Chapter 727: Foundation Realized (4K)

With the insight of the Taiyi clan, it is naturally clear that establishing the Innate Divine Pool will further strengthen the origin of the Heavenly Dao of the Jin Yuan Heavenly Realm.

With the origin of the Heavenly Dao of the Jin Yuan Heavenly Realm enhanced, if he wishes to defeat the Yuan Phoenix, the difficulty naturally increases.

Taiyi's expression showed slight contemplation; he knew what he must do—he cannot allow the origin of the Jin Yuan Heavenly Realm to keep rising.

To restore his full strength and reclaim that supreme treasure, he still needs some time.

……

After seeing Zhang Jian personally refine a post-heaven spirit treasure-grade Innate Divine Pool, the impeachment against him on the Jin Yuan Dao Court vanished without a trace in a short time.

At the same time, he became a sought-after figure on the Jin Yuan Dao Court.

The frequency of the Nine Divine Emperors entering and exiting the Qinglian Manor has clearly increased.

Although the Qinglian Dao Sovereign previously promised to establish an Innate Divine Pool in the main network for them, he did not say he would definitely refine a post-heaven spirit treasure-grade Innate Divine Pool.

At this time, if Zhang Jian drags his feet or, alternatively, 'harbors resentment' and cuts corners, the loss will only be borne by the masters of the major main networks.

The other three-transformation Dao Sovereigns also came knocking with thick skins, even if some were clearly aligned with a faction.

But they were soon served with closed doors.

Zhang Jian has no intention of indulging them.

Even if it is the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor and the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Emperor, he treats them just the same—'public affairs handled publicly'!

He distinguishes clearly between gratitude and grudges.

……

Of course, on the surface, his time is indeed limited.

He needs to refine many Innate Divine Pools—besides the Heavenly Net and Earthly Net in the two major central networks, there are also the Innate Divine Pools in the ten major primary trunk networks; as for the secondary sub-networks behind them, although the Jin Yuan Dao Court provides the materials, when to refine, who goes first or last, still depends on his mood.

Without doubt, the Innate Divine Pool that forms first will, in the grand scheme of multi-network competition, occupy a greater advantage.

For example, now that the Innate Creation Divine Pool has taken shape, capable of regulating the creation of heaven and earth and various heavenly and earthly spiritual mechanisms, the Earthly Net is the only one that is the Creation Divine Net.

……

The Creation Divine Net covers heaven and earth; the first post-heaven spirit treasure-grade Innate Creation Divine Pool was filled within a short thousand years. After the first Innate Creation Divine Pool was filled, Zhang Jian proactively contacted part of the Jin Yuan Heavenly Realm dimensions—those small thousand worlds, medium thousand worlds, and even worlds drifting at the edge of the Dharma-ending age that were about to be elevated—and began openly bidding for the usage rights of this 'Innate Creation Divine Pool' origin.

The results were quite good.

A three-transformation Dao Sovereign used a portion of the qi fortune and origin of a great thousand world to purchase, at a high price, the thousand-year usage permit for the first Innate Creation Divine Pool, to save his own great thousand world that was in the Dharma-ending stage.

……

By the side of the Danque Divine Palace.

Qinglian Manor, Zhang Jian sensed a restoration of dimensional qi fortune, and the origin of the great thousand world gradually being accommodated by the Earth Emperor's Golden Canon. Layers of omens appeared around him, manifesting the true form of the land of a great thousand world. This power gradually merged into the Earth Emperor's Golden Canon.

Zhang Jian felt that if he could decipher this great thousand world's true form diagram, it would certainly aid his own contemplation of the three thousand Dao principles.

"Mosquito legs are small, but still meat; when numerous, they are quite substantial!"

Zhang Jian secretly mused.

On the cloud bed, Zhang Jian slowly rose, a hint of smile appearing in his eyes.

Such an opportunity is indeed rare and hard to come by.

But not every mighty heavenly realm can allow him to find such an opportunity to break open the situation.

At this moment, he cannot afford to calm down and contemplate; at this moment, he steps forward into the Danque Divine Palace.

After a thousand years of calculation, he has already deduced the refining method for the Earth Dao Divine Pool.

This is of utmost importance.

The Danque Divine Sovereign, this 'temporary boss,' is still not to be offended.

……

At this moment, before a great realm named the North Sea, many powerful Dao Sovereigns, even immortals and gods, are watching from afar in the void.

Although this great realm named the North Sea is vast and magnificent, at this moment it can be seen that its twilight is deep and heavy, the boundless calamity killing shrouding the gray-white great realm, causing the gray layer to keep increasing. As the gray air increases, it makes it sway and seem ready to fall, as if being absorbed by a great abyssal eye of the dimensional deep beneath the world vortex, with a tendency to fall toward that abyssal eye.

That abyssal eye is the manifestation of the heavenly void representing the end and conclusion of the heavenly and earthly great Dao principles.

It can ignore all heavenly realm dimensional power defenses and directly manifest.

Anyone who is absorbed by the abyssal eye is in great danger.

Yet, seen in the deep void, at this moment a vast and mighty creation qi mechanism condenses into form above the North Sea realm.

That surging innate creation qi likewise evolves into a terrifying creation yang, with strands of creation divine light emerging from within, transforming into a creation long river that falls into the depths of the North Sea realm—like a strong heart needle.

After the creation long river falls into the North Sea realm, the North Sea realm's heavenly Dao, which was like withering life, actually bursts forth layer upon layer of radiant vitality. In a short time, the heavenly Dao principles actually re-suppress the boundless conclusion qi mechanism, preventing the North Sea realm from directly falling into the abyssal eye.

"Indeed effective!"

At this moment, above the void, a three-transformation Dao Sovereign, the Qianhai Dao Sovereign, shows a face of great joy and surprise.

With this creation divine light, he can now have more time to save the world, or alternatively, ask his superior, the Cangming Divine Emperor, for help.

This is one great realm.

If not in dire straits, who would willingly give it up easily!

At this moment, however, countless destruction Dao principles re-form in the void above; upon manifestation, they instantly shroud the entire North Sea realm, like a long whale sucking water, drawing out part of the North Sea realm's born destruction, final fate, destruction, and even calamity qi, almost completely extracting one-fifth of the calamity qi from the North Sea realm's surroundings, causing a glimmer of dawn light to appear above the North Sea realm.

At the same time, a faint and light voice falls from the void.

"Qianhai Dao friend, you are the first customer of the Creation Divine Net; this god will extend a hand once more, counted as a free bonus!"

Upon hearing this, the Qianhai Dao Sovereign stops the smile on his face, clasps his hands, and says.

"Thank you, Qinglian Dao brother!"

His gaze sweeps over the gods; the smile on his face cannot be hidden, and his figure likewise turns into a flowing light, taking the opportunity to sink into the North Sea realm.

With an added strand of creation origin and having extracted part of the great calamity qi mechanism, the long night of the North Sea realm draws to an end, and a thread of vitality is already seen.

The Qianhai Dao Sovereign feels joy in his heart.

"This Qinglian Dao Sovereign is indeed skilled at doing business……"

Above the void, the Dao Sovereign of Imperial Petals had long secretly taken note of the North Sea Realm, this first 'crab-eating' great thousand-world.

Seeing the North Sea Realm regain vitality, she knew that the master of the Fortune Divine Net would surely reap great profits next.

The Dao Sovereign of Imperial Petals, whose true name is... she envied.

She had inquired and found out clearly.

The Dao Sovereign of Azure Lotus's pool of innate fortune origin had indeed exchanged for a portion of the great thousand-world's fortune, as well as the great thousand origin.

The great thousand origin can bolster one's authority, or be directly refined into magical artifacts, secret arts, elixirs, or directly refined into cultivation.

Fortune is even more precious.

Moreover, this Dao Sovereign of Azure Lotus is completely getting something for nothing—truly, enriching oneself at public expense.

Where did this innate fortune origin come from? Was it not produced by the Golden Origin Heaven Realm?

Without spending a single penny of her own, she grasped a golden egg-laying hen; the Dao Sovereign of Imperial Petals felt her eyes turn red.

This is only the beginning; continuing onward will be even more so.

At this moment, the Dao Sovereign of Imperial Petals gazed toward the skies above the North Sea Realm.

Only seeing that after part of the North Sea Realm's twilight aura had dissipated, a grand and vast merit subtly emerged.

That is salvation merit!

This certainly also owes a share to the Dao Sovereign of Azure Lotus.

"Truly eating from both ends…… not afraid of bursting!"

The Dao Sovereign of Imperial Petals silently cursed in her heart.

Not only her, in the void many Dao Sovereigns silently cursed heaven's injustice—some Dao Sovereigns eat their fill, while others truly are 'starving to death'……

In a vast and boundless spacetime tributary, the Daoist Sovereign of Azure Rosy Clouds manifested her true form, her gaze sweeping over the gradually concealed Fortune Divine Net.

"Truly Xue Hai……"

The Daoist Sovereign of Azure Rosy Clouds also felt some emotion.

Zhang Jian once again made her look at him anew.

In this heaven monopolized by the Phoenix Clan, it is rare for anyone to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.

The Phoenix Clan is very stingy and very protective of their food; even she is cautious.

Zhang Jian, however, openly and boldly 'seizes resources'!

More importantly, the Nine Great Divine Emperors actually 'dare not' stop him, indulging him in 'raking in gold'!

His way of opening the situation truly astonished the Daoist Sovereign of Azure Rosy Clouds.

……

In the Vermilion Terrace Divine Palace, Zhang Jian also felt another substantial sum of salvation merit being brewed.

"Knowledge is wealth!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly; this 'small-town exam-taker' of his is no mere fool, only knowing to grasp knowledge but not knowing how to flexibly apply it.

Cultivation is not only about striving to master greater power, but also the process of monetizing one's endless knowledge.

He greatly enjoys this transformation.

His foundation is rapidly converting into strength.

Not far off, the Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor opened his eyes, glanced at Zhang Jian.

"Daoist Friend Azure Lotus truly knows how to generate wealth!"

"Some small tricks, yet they made Your Majesty laugh!"

The Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor chuckled: "Who dares say these are small tricks?"

Zhang Jian immediately resumed discussing with the Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor the many details of establishing the Great Earth Spirit Pool.

Although Zhang Jian had many ideas about establishing the Great Earth Spirit Pool, he still took the Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor as his guide, unwilling to reveal his true foundation, lest he break the trust established between them.

After receiving the Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor's 'guidance,' Zhang Jian merely spent over fourteen hundred years to refine nearly nine Great Earth Spirit Pools.

Among these nine Great Earth Spirit Pools, half are post-heaven spiritual treasure level—four in total.

The others are fifth-rank eternal immortal treasure level Great Earth Spirit Pools, but all possess the potential to advance to post-heaven spiritual treasure.

The Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor naturally was extremely satisfied.

As for how to place the Great Earth Spirit Pools, where to locate them, Zhang Jian thereafter no longer participated.

……

After assisting the Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor in refining the Great Earth Spirit Pools, Zhang Jian immediately proceeded to the Phoenix Holy Hall to assist the Phoenix Emperor in refining three Heavenly Dao Spirit Pools and nine Innate Five Elements Spirit Pools.

Everything proceeded smoothly.

The Vermilion Terrace Divine Emperor and the Phoenix Emperor are indeed the two wealthiest Divine Emperors in the Golden Origin Heaven Realm.

One oversees the Golden Origin Dao Court, the other the Boundless Earth; both lack neither innate divine materials nor heavenly treasures and earthly gems.

Had it not been for the recent emergence of the Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, constructing over a dozen innate divine pools would not have been difficult for their wealth.

After assisting the Phoenix Emperor in completing the forging of the innate divine pools, Zhang Jian then entered in succession the abodes of the Golden Phoenix Divine Emperor, the Singing Phoenix Divine Emperor, the Underworld Sovereign of the Refining Hell Divine Emperor, the Solar Divine Emperor of Golden Radiance, and the Lord of Waters, the Vast Abyss Divine Emperor; as for the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Emperor and the Blazing Feather Divine Emperor, they were naturally placed last.

Fifteen thousand years later.

Blazing Flame Continent, Azure Leadership Holy Hall.

This time, when Zhang Jian was refining artifacts, an 'accident' occurred—the furnace explosions increased noticeably!

The final refining result left the Blazing Feather Divine Emperor seated on the Blazing Feather Throne unable to save face.

"Only three Heavenly Divine Pools were produced!"

On the throne, the Blazing Feather Divine Emperor's face bore an unyielding chill.

Below, a goddess of considerable height, dark complexion, and rough skin glanced at him, then said:

"Your Majesty, it seems the Dao Sovereign of Azure Lotus still harbors deep prejudice against you!"

This is the Xuan Sha Dao Master.

He is also one of the attendant deities of the Chi Ling Shen Huang, a Three-Transmutation Dao Master.

Although Chi Ling Shen Huang attained the Dao latest, he is still one of the few Divine Emperors who possess a Three-Transmutation Dao Master as an attendant deity.

By a fortunate coincidence, she cultivated this Xuan Sha Dao Master.

The two are also close friends.

At this moment, the Xuan Sha Dao Master stepped forward a few paces, then inspected the defective products several times, and there was also a hint of regret in her eyes.

The heavenly and earthly divine materials for refining this Four Symbols Divine Pool are not cheap!

Chi Ling Shen Huang let out a cold snort—how could she not know?

She had actually prepared nine sets of refining materials, yet only three innate divine pools were successfully formed, and only one of them was a postnatal spirit treasure-grade Four Symbols Divine Pool.

The other two Four Symbols Divine Pools actually only reached the level of fourth-rank eternal immortal treasures?

Who would believe this was a mistake?

After all, this Qing Lian Dao Master previously did excellent work—even Cang Ming Shen Huang obtained six innate divine pools.

Among those six water-element divine pools, half were low-grade postnatal spirit treasures.

Only one set of materials was scrapped.

How could the difference be so great?

The Xuan Sha Dao Master gazed toward Chi Ling Shen Huang and said.

"Your Majesty, should we audience with Yuan Huang Majesty, accuse this deity of neglecting heavenly mandate and dereliction of duty..."

At this moment, Chi Ling Shen Huang's expression gradually turned cold; she glanced at the nearly three innate Four Symbols Divine Pools, waved her hand to collect them, and spoke calmly.

"It's useless—even if several Divine Emperors knew he was secretly sabotaging, they would not punish him, at most utter a few rebukes—what good would that do!"

Chi Ling Shen Huang's expression remained cold, and she spoke lightly.

"Do not rush—so long as he remains in the Jin Yuan Tian Jie, one day he will fall into this Emperor's grasp!"

"The Jin Yuan Tian Jie is the territory of our Phoenix clan—this is not the Heavenly Court!"

She let out a cold laugh, and her form instantly flew into the depths of the void.

……

Within the Creation Divine Net, Zhang Jian at this moment felt himself as if united with destruction and creation, the two great Dao principles combined, and furthermore, a vast surge of merit-golden light condensed from the depths of his primordial spirit.

Assisting the Jin Yuan Dao Ting in refining this innate divine pool, his gains were also considerable—aside from a portion of heavenly merit, his comprehension of multiple heavenly and earthly great Dao principles is becoming profound.

Over nearly twenty thousand years, he has actually condensed seven or eight strands of source qi.

This efficiency is several times faster than before.

And naturally, during this process, his Di Huang source qi has further undergone transformation.

When he emerges from seclusion after another period of years, he will surely be able to further uncover his own foundation.

Just then, Zhang Jian suddenly heard a voice in his ear.

"Qing Lian Dao Master, do you think what you have painstakingly obtained in the Jin Yuan Tian Jie can be retained?"

This voice suddenly appeared, and Zhang Jian couldn't help but change his expression.