Chapter 362: Canghao World!

Canghao World, Canghao Continent.

This is the place where the intelligent life of this Great World was first born.

It is also the absolute core of this Great World.

The surface area of its continent is extremely vast, exceeding that of tens of thousands of Cultivation Worlds combined.

In a spherical world this large, if it were in the technological world where Water Blue Star is located, I fear all mortals would have been flattened by gravity.

But in this self-contained Great World, it is just as the Void Sea is not a sea of stars.

No matter how large the Canghao Continent is.

The gravity and temperature differences experienced by the Cultivators and mortals living on the continent are no different from those in other Small Worlds.

If one were to speak of any greater difference.

Perhaps it is that the concentration of Spirit Qi on the Canghao Continent is much denser, and the number of Cave Heaven and Blessed Lands capable of supporting the growth of a Return to Void sect is countless.

It very much matches the Small World's imagination of the Immortal World.

In fact, in the Shikong Haiyang, a Great World will often actively swallow several or even dozens of Small Thousand Worlds to form a world of their own within the Void Sea inside their bodies.

However, this is not an erosion, but rather more like a cooperative relationship.

The Small Thousand World gains the protection of the Great World, allowing it to survive its young and helpless period.

The Great World, in turn, can obtain resource assistance from the Small Thousand World.

These resources and heavenly treasures are optional for the Great World; the most important thing is actually the peerless geniuses.

That is why those Small Worlds all have concepts like the Heavenly Path and Ascension to Immortality.

In fact, looking from a higher position, it is simply jumping from the Small World to the core continent of the Great World—the Immortal World in the mouths of others.

The Canghao World also used to have such clusters of self-contained Small Thousand Worlds.

It was only after the entire Great World was swallowed by the Mother God and entered into the Dark Void.

The Small Thousand Worlds of the Canghao World were also released, forming an asteroid belt surrounding the Canghao Continent.

And through this, a certain World Consciousness Network was formed.

This makes it so that what supports the spatial shelter is not only the consciousness of the Great World, but also the added support of those Small World consciousnesses that have turned into asteroids.

After Su Ping entered the Canghao Continent.

He appeared in a temple outside a small mortal city that had decent incense offerings.

Accompanied by a flash of Golden Light, Su Ping appeared in the side room of the temple.

He saw that three old monks were already kneeling there to welcome him.

Su Ping was not surprised by this; the Abbot and Elders of this temple were all secret pieces left behind by Tian Rulai.

Naturally, they had to come to welcome Su Ping, this True God Agent.

Su Ping ignored them and first took a few light breaths of the air.

He could feel that even in a mortal city.

The concentration of Spirit Qi still reached the level of a Market with a Second-Tier Spiritual Vein.

Mortals who grow up under such a concentration of Spirit Qi, even without a Spirit Root, can easily possess the blood and physique comparable to a grandmaster martial artist upon reaching adulthood.

For Loose Cultivators with inferior Spirit Roots who cannot enter a sect, Foundation Establishment is still somewhat troublesome.

But for the Qi Refining level below Foundation Establishment, one can cultivate step-by-step without needing to consume any heavenly treasures.

Quite curious about such an environment rich in cultivation resources.

Su Ping did not ask questions; he probed his divine sense into these seemingly monk-like evil cultivators.

The situation he learned made Su Ping slightly surprised.

The changes in this Canghao World over these past few thousand years have been quite significant.

Perhaps the Great World Consciousness also felt the threat.

After the Heavenly Demon catastrophe, which was suspected to be related to Tian Rulai, subsided.

On the Canghao Continent, in a mortal kingdom, a young monarch unexpectedly rose to prominence.

In just a hundred years, that monarch led his ministers to usurp the role of the host, defeating the sect that originally governed their kingdom.

He established the first dynasty on the Canghao Continent that did not look at the faces of other sects: Great Cang!

Following that, that monarch seemed to have activated a cheat, becoming stronger whenever he met strong opposition.

And his power seemed to snowball, growing larger and larger.

In just two hundred years, he brought one-third of the Canghao Continent's area under the sphere of influence of his dynasty.

Because of this, even the top sects where those Old Ancestors who mend the heavens reside were alarmed.

But it was beyond the expectations of many sects.

Those top sects did not take action to wipe out that monarch and return a bright and clear sky to the smaller sects.

Instead, they reached an agreement with that monarch.

This caused the entire Canghao Continent to be under the jurisdiction of the Great Cang Dynasty, at least in name, for the next hundred years.

At the same time, this Great Cang Dynasty was renamed the Great Cang Immortal Dynasty a hundred years ago.

That peerless monarch of the Canghao World also held an enthronement ceremony that was announced to the entire Canghao World.

He proclaimed himself the Canghao Emperor!

From then on, the main peaks of the Return to Void sects all migrated to various asteroids outside the Canghao Continent.

They often occupied an entire asteroid as their sect foundation.

And they only retained branch organizations on the Canghao Continent, mainly for recruiting disciples.

It was clear they would not be enemies with that Emperor.

Since the Return to Void sects had actively conceded, the sects at the Spirit Severing or even Nascent Soul levels could only follow suit and yield.

Accept the leadership of this Canghao Emperor.

In addition to contributing their respective inherited divine abilities and Secret Techniques, they must periodically offer up a portion of the precious resources within their sect's Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.

They often also have to send outstanding sect disciples to take up positions in the imperial court.

This is the case for Cultivators, and the mortal world cannot escape the influence either.

In the mortal cities on this Canghao Continent, every household has a portrait of the Canghao Emperor posted.

In the ancestral halls of those large clans and wealthy families, there is also bound to be a spirit tablet for the Canghao Emperor.

Even in this Temple where Su Ping is, which by rights belongs to a subordinate force of a major Fomen sect.

There is a dedicated side hall enshrining the statue of the Canghao Emperor, and the Incense Wish Power there has always been quite substantial.

After all, although Cultivators are unhappy about having an imperial court placed over their heads.

And that it interferes in everything.

For mortals, compared to the days before, they can clearly feel that life has become a bit easier.

Although most of what they earn from a year of hard labor still has to be given away.

At least there is no major problem with the whole family being fed and clothed.

Sometimes the imperial court even strikes with thunderous force in the name of harboring evil Cultivators, directly wiping out local sects.

Besides being able to free up quite a bit of farmland to distribute to the local people.

The land tax also drops significantly as a result.

Furthermore, in every prefecture city, this Emperor has set up a Dengwen Drum.

Mortals can also beat the drum to report grievances or other anomalies to the Immortal envoys.

And from time to time, notices are posted to inform the world that so-and-so discovered the tracks of an evil Cultivator, and after beating the Dengwen Drum, they ascended to the heavens in a single step.

Not only were the evil Cultivators or demonic creatures that plagued the countryside eliminated.

They themselves also received rewards; if they were mortals, they obtained Spirit Herbs to become Cultivators and received a large amount of wealth.

If they were Cultivators, they were granted a guaranteed spot as an Outer Sect Disciple in a major sect under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

And it was explicitly stated that when they were unwilling to continue their cultivation and returned to their hometowns in old age, they would at least be able to enjoy high official positions and generous salaries in a prefecture.

The more Su Ping looked, the more amazed he became, feeling that this Emperor was undoubtedly the child of destiny of the Great World.

The Old Ancestors of those top major sects likely realized this as well, which is why they chose to compromise and retreat rather than go against the World Consciousness.

Especially during this period when the invasion of Evil Qi is intensifying day by day.

It is estimated that in the recent outbreaks of the Evil Qi Tide.

Those Old Ancestors and their True Disciples were all rejoicing that they did not antagonize the World Consciousness for the sake of short-term benefits.

Otherwise, when facing the Evil Qi Tide, they would only have had a much harder time!

After understanding enough, Su Ping curiously and quietly probed over with his divine sense.

He discovered that the Emperor's statue in the side hall was primarily black and white, and the figure looked slender and powerful.

The face wore a mask, revealing only a pair of piercing eyes and a vertical eye in the center of the brow.

Scanning carefully, Su Ping thought of Erlang Shen from Water Blue Star.

Except for some differences in clothing, other aspects looked quite similar.

Additionally, Su Ping also saw the dense Incense Wish Power on this Emperor's statue.

And he could see dozens of white threads flying out from the statue, connecting to an unknown existence.

Su Ping rubbed his chin and ultimately abandoned the bold idea of following the trail to investigate.

According to Tian Rulai's plan.

Su Ping's visit this time was only to collect intelligence.

Once enough intelligence is collected, Tian Rulai will use his trump card to coordinate with the arrival of the next Evil Qi Tide, when the pressure on the Canghao World increases significantly.

They will then take the opportunity to strike with their full force.

Amidst the Chaos, they will seize the Ancient Divine Tree, Jianmu.

"Hoo!"

After withdrawing his divine sense, Su Ping walked out of the temple gate.

Immediately after, Su Ping felt a cloaked, massive object pass over the sky.

At the same time, an illumination artifact within that massive object scanned over Su Ping.

However, the focus should have been on searching for Evil Qi.

After confirming that there was no Evil Qi on Su Ping, it left immediately after a single touch.

"This Canghao Continent is much stricter on evil Cultivators than other Small Worlds."

"Every evil Cultivator here is truly a rat crossing the street, shouted at by everyone."

"Fortunately, I am full of righteous Qi and great compassion, and I fear no inspection at all!"

Su Ping flicked his sleeves and silently sensed the inner armor covered in Fox God Amulets on his chest.

As well as the Fifth-tier Concealed Qi Talisman he had activated upon entering the Canghao World, which was reinforced with the blood of his own Blood Talisman Spirit Body.

Su Ping transformed into a Qi Refining Loose Cultivator who looked just a little handsome, took the Wooden Tablet of identity given by the temple, and went down the mountain.

The old monk in the temple watched Su Ping go down the mountain and leave.

He then returned to his bedroom, closed his eyes, and reported to Tian Rulai.

Before long, having received the grand promise from Tian Rulai, he opened his eyes and revealed a look of joy.

Although this old monk was an evil Cultivator by status.

The cultivation technique he practiced did not have a shred of Evil Qi; instead, it was a Fomen technique full of magnificent grandeur.

It was precisely because of this that these monks had been here for so long without ever being caught by the patrols.

Su Ping walked quickly to the small city at the foot of the Temple mountain.

Though called a small city, in Su Ping's view, it was not actually small.

Canghao Continent was, after all, a Great World, with abundant Spirit Qi and rich resources.

Even a small city had enough productivity to be built high and secure enough.

The city walls reached a height of one hundred meters, with a circumference of one hundred thousand meters.

Every thousand meters along the top of the city wall stood a thick Array flag, from which a powerful aura was slowly released, intimidating the Cultivators within the city.

Su Ping paid two low-grade Spirit Stones and was then allowed to enter the city.

The city looked prosperous, with streets and districts in perfect order.

This was aside from the endless stream of traffic on the ground.

In the sky, flying Dharma Artifacts and Immortal birds carrying Cultivators and even mortals passed by from time to time.

At a rough glance, Su Ping could feel that the status of mortals was not as low as in other Small Worlds.

At least, this was the case at the level of low-rank Cultivators.

Compared to the distinction between Immortal and mortal.

The amount of Spirit Stones one possessed was more capable of distinguishing their respective positions.

Mortals with Spirit Stones could also hire Cultivators to help them do things.

Cultivators without Spirit Stones could only head to the market to hang up a sign and look for work.

Of course, such Cultivators were basically Qi Refining Cultivators without any background or sect.

In the Cultivation World, they were just Loose Cultivators with poor Spirit Roots.

After thinking about it for a moment, Su Ping understood.

The mortals of this Canghao World, truth be told, most likely had ancestors in every household who were Cultivators, or even Great Cultivators.

Furthermore, there was no shortage of large numbers of their fellow Cultivator clansmen still alive.

After all, this place was rich in resources, and the proportion of Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul Cultivators far exceeded that of a Small World.

And those who reached the Golden Core stage had a basic lifespan of over five hundred years.

Those who reached the Nascent Soul stage could have a basic lifespan of a thousand years.

Added to that were longevity-increasing cultivation techniques and all kinds of Spirit Pills and medicines.

It was highly probable that every household would have Golden Core or even Nascent Soul Realm Old Ancestors surviving.

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One day later.

Su Ping walked out of Tiannv Tower.

He only felt that the ingredients of this Canghao World still had some unique characteristics.

It was just that the consumption of Spirit Stones was not small.

For most Qi Refining Cultivators, they probably could only bear to come and enjoy it once every six months or more.

Su Ping stretched his back.

Thinking of the news he had gathered at Tiannv Tower last night, his heart stirred.

He then used his identity as a Loose Cultivator to go to the city square and sign up for a Guest Minister position at a certain small sect.

Su Ping revealed his Qi Refining Perfection aura, and crucially, he also displayed the Hundred-Armed Phantom Dharma Image.

He immediately defeated the other competitors.

He successfully took the position of an Outer Sect Guest Minister for the Qingfeng Sect.

He had his first formal job in the Canghao World.

Then.

The Reward and Punishment Elder of the Qingfeng Sect, seeing the young and somewhat handsome new Guest Minister, suddenly pulled one Demon Beast after another out of his Storage Bag and into the hall.

Those Demon Beasts included many late-stage and even Qi Refining Perfection great demons.

Yet they had all been killed in a single blow.

Without exception.

The Reward and Punishment Elder stood up, carefully scanned the corpses of those Demon Beasts, and then looked at Su Ping.

Golden Light flashed in his eyes.

However, despite his best efforts, Su Ping remained just a Qi Refining Cultivator in his eyes.

Swallowing his saliva, this Foundation Establishment Late Stage Reward and Punishment Elder's attitude toward Su Ping became respectful.

Regardless of whether the other party had a hidden wonder item to conceal their cultivation, or if they were truly a once-in-ten-thousand-years fighting genius.

This most senior Elder of the Qingfeng Sect understood one thing.

That was that none of this was something he could afford to offend, nor was it something that the Qingfeng Sect—a small sect that only survived because its Sect Master was dashing enough to marry the daughter of a certain general—could afford to offend!

He honestly exchanged Merit Points for Su Ping.

And he opened the highest level of authority of the Qingfeng Sect to Su Ping.

Su Ping was able to successfully enter the library of this small sect, and with a sweep of his divine sense.

He took all the books and various Inheritance Jade Slips in the library into his mind.

At the same time, he also used this place to begin studying the Array of this library.

Thereby peeking into the similarities and differences between the Arrays of this Canghao World and other Small Worlds.

This would also serve to increase his experience for when he might go to other libraries or inheritance blessed lands in the future.

During this period, the Sect Master of the Qingfeng Sect outside noticed the strange phenomenon in the library and wanted to check it out.

But he was hurriedly intercepted by the Reward and Punishment Elder.

Upon hearing of this matter, the Sect Master quietly took out his life-saving Jade Pendant.

After discovering that it had not been contaminated by Evil Qi, he set his mind at ease and quietly left.