Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

Chu Zheng stepped forward, measuring the heavens and earth, slowly observing the changes between them.

For the living creatures residing in the Cave Heaven World, each major change in the heavens and earth is an opportunity rare as ancient times, with the Heavenly Dao Laws bestowing generous gifts, granting indescribable benefits to those already inhabiting this place.

Under the great changes of the Heaven and Earth Laws, the bloodline, root bone, and spiritual wisdom of these living creatures have undergone a qualitative leap.

In the process of observing all things under heaven, Chu Zheng vaguely noticed some clues that some living creatures received benefits far beyond the limits they should have.

In the current Cave Heaven World, an invisible selection is happening in its own way, choosing the favored beings of heaven and earth. These living creatures, chosen by the will of heaven and earth, will ultimately grow to the extreme allowed by this world and become the apparent rulers of this land.

Soon, Chu Zheng arrived at the central region of the world.

Outside the layers of arrays he had previously set up, now resides the most powerful Otherkind between heaven and earth.

Among them, a few have terrifying auras like an abyss, reaching the peak of Eighth Order, vaguely touching upon the threshold of Ninth Order, about to become Immortal Venerable level creatures.

This place is the center of heaven and earth, and with the previous planting of the Longevity Immortal Fruit here, it has already changed the flow direction of nature's spiritual energy. All the spiritual energy, after going through the cycle, will return here.

In the future, this area will become even more prosperous until it becomes the center of the entire Cave Heaven.

Chu Zheng passed through the array and arrived in front of the wooden house.

Compared to before he closed cultivation, there had been considerable changes within the array, with many living creatures now active.

The area Chu Zheng initially marked is not small, spanning a hundred miles, and there are many living creatures active again, but compared to the creatures outside the array, they are much weaker, with the strongest being around Fourth Order.

It seems that the creatures exceeding this strength have already been relocated out of the array by Bai Nian.

The wooden house is no longer in its old form.

The once rough pine beams now exude a gentle jade-like luster, with pale golden Spirit Essence flowing between the grains, pulsing slightly as if alive. The thatched roof has also been reborn, emitting a hint of Immortal Charm, refracting seven-colored radiance under the sunlight.

This place is the core of the Great Realm, and even if originally mundane, after being nurtured by nature's spiritual energy for years, it has developed something mystical.

Bai Nian stood in front of the house, tending to the Immortal Flowers and Strange Grasses planted in the field, a snow-white Spirit Deer lay not far from him, with a body like newly fallen snow, only with a vermilion mark on its forehead, like a dancing flame under sunlight, its glass-like eyes reflecting a rainbow glow, with its entire coat lightly trembling, rippling with silvery ripples.

Chu Zheng glanced over, slightly surprised, as this Spirit Deer's cultivation was extremely high, almost stepping into Ninth Order, undoubtedly very dangerous for Bai Nian.

The Spirit Deer noticed Chu Zheng first, its entire body shivered, previously lazy demeanor vanishing, and it knelt to the ground, trembling.

Born with keen senses, the Spirit Deer had already detected the pressure emanating from Chu Zheng, unrelated to cultivation strength, but stemming from an instinctive awe of the master of heaven and earth.

Noticing the Spirit Deer's abnormal condition, Bai Nian finally looked up, discovering Chu Zheng's presence, and with a slight change in expression, immediately bowed respectfully:

"Congratulations on your return, my lord."

Chu Zheng glanced at Bai Nian, noticing his cultivation had crossed into Fifth Order, and couldn't help but ask with curiosity:

"How long did I close cultivation this time?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Nian unhesitatingly replied directly:

"One hundred and thirty-two years, five months, and thirteen days."

Over a hundred years had passed...

While feeling the rapid passage of time, Chu Zheng suddenly reacted, slightly surprised and asked:

"Why do you remember so clearly?"

"As the historian by the lord's side, keeping track of how much time has passed is my duty."

Bai Nian's expression remained unchanged, constantly bearing in mind his responsibilities. As a recorder, time to him is something calculated daily.

And recording each passing day for Chu Zheng has become his most significant task.

"But this time is recorded based on the rotation of the sun and moon of this realm, and there might be some differences compared to the time that passed in the Great Universe."

Bai Nian thought for a moment and added another sentence, he had vaguely noticed something amiss recently.

As a Historian Cultivator, the existence of time holds extremely special significance to him.

Recently, when recording time, he always had a strange feeling, as if there was some disconnection with the heavens and earth of the Great Universe.

This situation is most likely because the world he resides in has a time flow discrepancy compared to the Great Universe.

After discovering this point, Bai Nian felt a bit excited, as this heaven and earth is the manifestation of Chu Zheng's cultivation. The time flow discrepancy now sufficiently proves that Chu Zheng's cultivation is one step closer to the Realm of Space-time.

"No matter, just remember the approximate time."

Chu Zheng didn't mind, glancing at the kneeling Spirit Deer, somewhat puzzled:

"Do you know the cultivation of this deer? Why keep it by your side?"

Nearing Ninth Order in cultivation, it is far too dangerous for Bai Nian, as a mere sneeze from the deer could reduce Bai Nian to ashes.

"This Spirit Deer has been raised by me since childhood, its nature has always been gentle, so I never released it. I am not quite sure about its current cultivation either."

Bai Nian shook his head; this Spirit Deer had accompanied him for over a hundred years, forming a bond, so he had little sense of its strength, only aware it should be strong.

"Raise it if you wish."

Chu Zheng gave the Spirit Deer a glance but didn't inquire further.

Having already accompanied for a century, it could continue to stay with Bai Nian in the wild land, offering some solace from concerns.

...

...

Chu Zheng left the Cave Heaven World, once again returning to the Boundary.

Upon entering the Great Universe, Chu Zheng's divine sense slightly paused, forming a connection with the Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny in the intangible.

His divine sense unfolded instantly like a tide, and when he touched some invisible boundary, he abruptly saw a vast silvery-white ocean before him.

It was an immense existence, interwoven from countless flowing Immortal Dao runes. Each rune contained the most primordial Immortal Dao Laws, weaving into a net that encompassed over half of the Great Universe including the Immortal Domain.

Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny!

The most primordial force of the Immortal Dao, woven into a net by Heavenly Fate, covering the regions where all Immortal Path Cultivators exist within the Great Universe.

Chu Zheng awoke to this, sensing a vague connection between himself and this silver ocean, as if like a dam to a river, opening the floodgates would bring forth immense waves.

He could vaguely feel that some connection had been established between himself and the Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny, and he could even temporarily borrow some of its power to augment his combat strength.

This was a feeling he had never experienced while in the Realm of Great Immortal Venerable.

Chu Zheng pondered for a moment, not hesitating much, and immediately began to try.

This was borrowing Heavenly Fate to augment his combat strength, and in the future, there would certainly be many places he could utilize this; familiarizing himself with it beforehand would cause no harm.

A wisp of his divine sense probed into the starry sky, beginning to touch the intangible Heavenly Fate, trying to draw some Heavenly Fate into his body.

He used his divine sense as the guide and the Immortal Mark within his divine soul as a bridge to connect Heavenly Fate.

Under normal circumstances, Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny would soon sense, and then descend some Heavenly Fate into Chu Zheng's body.

However, within his perception, the silver ocean churned violently, all the Immortal Dao runes frenziedly reassembled, forming a vague human figure in an instant, which then raised a hand and shattered the bridge constructed by Chu Zheng's divine sense.

Boom!

A loud explosion reverberated in Chu Zheng's mind, the excruciating pain feedback through his divine sense made him instinctively groan, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

He suddenly opened his eyes, displaying a hint of astonishment; the Immortal Dao Heavenly Fate True Spirit had conveyed a very clear intention of rejection just now, completely unwilling to lend him power.

Chu Zheng frowned, not giving up yet, perhaps the method used earlier was incorrect.

After adjusting his divine sense, he attempted once more.

Yet this time, the reaction from the Heavenly Fate True Spirit was even more apparent, utterly obliterating that wisp of divine sense he used to communicate, directly interrupting the hand he extended.

After a long while, with multiple fruitless attempts, Chu Zheng could only resign himself to giving up.

The Heavenly Fate True Spirit was openly unwilling to lend him strength, extremely rejecting him, evidently related to his previous devouring of part of the Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny.

He had already been blacklisted by the Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny.

For an ordinary Immortal King, losing the support of Immortal Dao Heavenly Destiny would undoubtedly have a significant impact, at least their combat strength would be reduced by a tier.

However, for Chu Zheng, it had little impact; the Heavenly Fate within himself was already sufficiently vast, now he was able to mobilize some of it to enhance his combat strength.

It's expected that other Immortal Kings, even if they could borrow some Heavenly Fate, their portion would be limited, far less convenient than the Heavenly Fate within himself.

Originally, Chu Zheng planned to try other methods, but the Immortal Dao Heavenly Fate True Spirit's reaction became increasingly intense, he feared provoking Heavenly Fate's backlash.

Should the Immortal Dao Heavenly Fate True Spirit be enraged, as in Ancient Times, once more issuing a warning and delivering a kill order to the Immortal Ancestor, he definitely couldn't withstand it now.

After abandoning this path, Chu Zheng felt a faint hint of regret in his heart, if the Immortal Dao Heavenly Fate True Spirit were truly willing to lend him strength, the Luck Stealing Skill might come into play once more.

Maybe he could gather half of Heaven's Fortune in advance, then directly hide within the Vast Universe, quietly waiting for the moment.

Unfortunately, the Immortal Dao Heavenly Fate True Spirit was indeed too vigilant.

Shaking his head slightly, drawing his thoughts back, Chu Zheng took one step forward, traversing the endless Star Sea, arriving before Heaven Pass.

Heaven Pass stretched across the Star Sea as always, this ancient war fortress, compared to the last time he saw it, had not changed much; the battle-scarred walls forged from Immortal Gold bore no new marks.

It seems that during this time, there hasn't been any major battles.

A figure emerged from within Immortal Pass, nearing his forties, clad in Immortal Armor, waist adorned with the Monitoring Jade Order, it was Hao Qing.

"Hao Qing, pays respect to Heavenly Judge."

Hao Qing bowed slightly, unable to conceal the awe in his heart.

Chu Zheng's aura was unobscured, the terrifying pressure unique to an Immortal King directly bearing down.

Having spent many years at the Cosmic Edge, he had seen numerous Immortal Kings, and in his perception, none of those he had seen could compare with the pressure exerted by Chu Zheng.

This indicated that Chu Zheng had advanced extremely far within the Immortal King Domain, perhaps even reached Perfection, and touched the Space-time Law.

The last time he met Chu Zheng, Chu Zheng's cultivation was just at the Early Stage of Great Immortal Venerable, and now he had stepped into Immortal King, which was truly challenging his understanding.

"There's no need for formalities."

Chu Zheng glanced at Hao Qing, nodding slightly:

"Inspector Hao has made considerable progress in cultivation over these years."

The last time they met, Hao Qing's cultivation was only mid-stage Immortal Venerable, now having entered the late stage, for someone of Hao Qing's age as an Immortal Venerable, this was quite a feat, extending his longevity somewhat, opening up the possibility of stepping into the Realm of Great Immortal Venerable.

"This mostly relies on Heavenly Judge's presence at the Boundary, since your arrival nearly a century ago, no Evil Demons have invaded, plus previously, Heavenly Judge rid us of the corrupting Evil Qi, allowing me to make some minor progress."

Hao Qing shook his head repeatedly, claiming not to dare.

"Nearly a century?"

Chu Zheng's expression shifted slightly, inquiring: "How many years ago was it the last time you saw me?"

"This..."

Hao Qing hesitated, thinking for a long moment before uncertainly saying: "It should be eighty or ninety years ago."

He had been residing at the Cosmic Edge for too long, almost forgetting the passage of time, a hundred years just a fleeting moment to him, hard to remember clearly.

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