Ancient times.
In an inconspicuous courtyard in Cangyue City.
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged, silently circulating the Ten Directions Dao Scripture, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to improve his cultivation while comprehending the Daoist principles of the Ten Directions.
At his current level, every bit of improvement is extremely difficult.
That's why Lin Xuan wasn't willing to waste even a single second.
Within the sea of consciousness, the million-mile-long grotto-heaven resembled a spacetime black hole, frantically devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish the grotto-heaven.
The five realms of Heaven and Man are divided into five stages. The first stage is the Domain Realm, which consists of three stages: Dao Domain, Grotto Heaven, and World. In essence, it is the continuous improvement and transformation of one's own domain. If the transition from Dao Domain to Grotto Heaven is the transformation from the illusory to the real, then the transition from Grotto Heaven to World is the transformation from death to life.
The death and life here are not the normal life and death.
Rather, it refers to the transformation process from a grotto-heaven to a world. The death of a grotto-heaven means that in order for a grotto-heaven to be maintained, it must continuously receive energy from the outside world in order to continuously improve and grow stronger.
Without an external energy supply, it will stop operating directly and may even slowly deplete.
Therefore, he is dead.
But the world is different. The world actually refers to the inner world, which forms its own cycle within the martial artist's body.
Even without any martial artist actively injecting energy, the inner world can operate on its own, drawing a continuous stream of energy from the parallel void to maintain its own operation, forming a self-contained system with its own independent operating system.
It's like a person coming to life, without any external interference.
This is what is meant by life.
From the grotto-heaven to the world, it is from death to life.
"The transformation of the cave into the world is actually a process of continuous improvement and sorting out, allowing the entire cave to form a self-sustaining cycle, capable of autonomously drawing energy from the parallel void to maintain its supply, and forming an independent system."
Lin Xuan separated a portion of his consciousness to comprehend the Daoist principles of the ten directions, while merging the rest of his consciousness into the cave within.
Based on his own insights, he continuously refined and improved the entire cave.
"I am a formation master, and my understanding of formations is quite advanced. I can use some of the concepts of formations to organize and improve the cave heaven, allowing it to form a self-contained system and advance into an inner world more quickly..."
Lin Xuan muttered to himself, a sense of understanding gradually forming in his heart.
He never imagined that one day, a formation master could be of such help in improving his cultivation.
As the saying goes, "stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade," and the ancients were right.
Time flies, day and night.
During the ancient era, Lin Xuan kept a very low profile, rarely leaving his residence and spending his days cultivating and comprehending in this small courtyard.
Meanwhile, Cangyue City was becoming increasingly lively.
As the day of the Crimson Moon Cave's emergence draws ever closer, the momentum of Azure Moon City has reached its peak.
Countless powerful individuals came from all directions and poured into this ancient city.
All sides want a piece of the pie, so Cangyue City is now a melting pot of all sorts of people, with battles raging almost every day. If it weren't for the Cangyue City Lord's Mansion keeping things in check, these people would probably have razed Cangyue City to the ground.
This day!
As usual, Lin Xuan was cultivating in seclusion in his small courtyard.
Suddenly, his tightly closed eyes snapped open, and two beams of divine light shot out from his eyes like bolts of lightning, looking straight towards the southeast.
"It's finally coming."
Lin Xuan muttered to himself.
The next moment, the world changed. In the direction he looked, an astonishing light shot straight into the sky, and an invisible force swept out instantly.
Thousands of miles away from Cangyue City, a solitary peak suddenly exploded.
The boundless spiritual energy of heaven and earth was torn apart and stirred into a spiritual storm.
Within a few breaths, the spiritual energy storm expanded to a size of over a thousand feet, shattering the sky and causing endless spatial turbulence to surge.
You can vaguely see that there seems to be a world floating and sinking in the eye of the storm.
A surge of immense energy erupted from the eye of the storm, instantly transforming into a tide of spiritual energy that covered an area of tens of thousands of miles around.
Cangyue City, located only a few thousand miles from the storm, was instantly enveloped by this surge of spiritual energy. The concentration of spiritual energy within the city increased more than tenfold in an instant.
However, at this moment, no one thought about absorbing the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth to improve their cultivation. Instead, they all rushed out of the city and fled towards the storm.
"Hahaha... It's the Crimson Moon Grotto-Heaven. After waiting for so many days, it has finally emerged."
"This is a low-grade blessed land, a truly unparalleled opportunity."
"Quickly, get a head start, and you'll be ahead at every step..."
"The Crimson Moon Cave Heaven must belong to my Cloud Sword Sect. Anyone who dares to lay a finger on it is an enemy of my Cloud Sword Sect."
"Hmph, how dare a mere Cloud Sword Sect speak so arrogantly? Do they think my Overlord Heaven Sect is a pushover?"
...
The city was in chaos, with everyone laughing and shouting wildly.
One by one, they rushed out of Cangyue City as if they had gone mad, flying towards the storm.
Inside the courtyard, Lin Xuan's eyes gleamed, but he didn't rush to make a move. Watching people transform into streaks of light and fly towards the stormy land, he couldn't help but sneer.
"The entrance to this new grotto-heaven is still evolving; going there now would be tantamount to courting death!"
Lin Xuan sneered. He slowly got up, stretched his body a little, and then soared into the air, transforming into a streak of light as he rushed out of Cangyue City.
However, Lin Xuan did not head straight for the storm vortex. Instead, he stopped on a mountain peak about a thousand miles away from the storm, quietly watching the still expanding storm. Profound light appeared in his eyes, and he activated the superior divine ability, the Divine Eye, to its fullest extent.
He wanted to see through the world beyond the storm, but he was blocked by an invisible force.
It's impossible to see through it; you can only vaguely see a few scattered bits and pieces.
But even these few scattered glimpses sent chills down Lin Xuan's spine. In the vast expanse of heaven and earth, he saw a soaring, malevolent aura, like a pillar about to pierce the sky. The sheer density of that malevolent aura made his very soul tremble.
"Such a heavy killing intent, such a strong baleful aura, what exactly is being suppressed in this Crimson Moon Grotto?"
Lin Xuan's expression changed drastically, and he muttered in a deep voice, "If that's the case, should we go in or not? In any case, we have to wait a bit..."
He didn't rush to make a decision because what he saw was only the tip of the iceberg.
Even a low-grade blessed land must contain great opportunities. But opportunities often foreshadow great dangers, and the malevolent aura and killing intent he sees now are only a part of it.
Whether or not they will actually enter depends on how much profit they can make.
Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry. There would always be some fools who couldn't resist going in first to be guinea pigs. He would just wait for these cannon fodder to go in and scout out the situation first. As for whether someone would beat him to it, Lin Xuan didn't care at all.
Just from the overwhelming malevolent aura he saw, it was clear that the Crimson Moon Cave was no ordinary place.
It's not like you can get a great opportunity just by going in first.
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