Chapter 436: Three Years

Three years later.

Inside the stone pavilion outside the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Ye Qingxuan sat still on a stone bench, his mind immersed in the sea of profound principles and rules between heaven and earth.

Daoist resonance radiated from his body, with various profound principles and rules circulating and evolving.

The stone pavilion, originally made of ordinary material, began to gradually become extraordinary due to this Daoist resonance and the baptism of the profound principles and rules.

It seemed that a kind of spiritual nature was being born within it.

With every breath Ye Qingxuan took, the entire stone pavilion seemed to begin a certain special rhythm.

It matched the rhythm of Ye Qingxuan's breathing very closely.

After a long time.

The Daoist resonance radiating from Ye Qingxuan and the circulating profound principles and rules slowly converged.

Finally, they all merged into Ye Qingxuan's body.

When everything returned to calm and several flashes of light circulated in Ye Qingxuan's eyes.

Ye Qingxuan finally emerged from his state of comprehending the Dao, returning to his previous state.

He lifted his feet from the stone bench, stood up, and came to the edge of the stone pavilion.

Looking at the heaven and earth, where the principles and rules of heaven and earth had already dimmed considerably, Ye Qingxuan sighed lightly and said:

"It seems the principles and rules of heaven and earth manifested in the Di Xuan Realm are about to re-integrate into heaven and earth?"

During these three years of the manifestation of the principles and rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm.

The heavenly and earthly constraints of the Di Xuan Realm were far greater than Ye Qingxuan had imagined.

Previously, Ye Qingxuan had thought the impact was limited to cultivators.

Later, Ye Qingxuan discovered that it affected every aspect of the Di Xuan Realm.

With the manifestation of the principles and rules of heaven and earth, the heaven and earth of the Di Xuan Realm were suppressed by these rules, becoming exceptionally stable.

Not only did the flight speed of cultivators slow down and the difficulty of breaking through space increase.

Even the teleportation arrays previously established in the Di Xuan Realm lost their teleportation function.

Even Ye Qingxuan's Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land.

During the period of the manifestation of the principles and rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm, could not open the realm gate to enter or exit at will.

Because of this reason.

Since three years ago, Ye Qingxuan had stayed inside the stone pavilion.

He had not returned to the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land for a full three years.

Fortunately, these three years were not in vain.

Because of the manifestation of the principles and rules of heaven and earth.

Within the Di Xuan Realm, whether comprehending the Great Dao laws or the profound principles and rules, the difficulty had decreased significantly.

In just three short years, the dozen or so profound principles and rules Ye Qingxuan had comprehended had all transformed to the six-tenths realm level.

The principles and rules of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm have not yet completely hidden and re-integrated into heaven and earth.

If Ye Qingxuan were not limited by his cultivation base, he would continue to seclude himself and comprehend deeper-level profound principles and rules.

Profound principles and rules at the six-tenths realm level are already at the peak of the minor success stage.

Taking one step further, comprehending the changes of the seven-tenths realm profound principles and rules, would mean entering the major success stage of profound principles and rules.

Profound principles and rules at the major success stage correspond to the powerhouses of the Tribulation Crossing realm.

For the current Ye Qingxuan, this is still far too distant.

The power of the rule level, even the shallowest profound principles and rules, is already a power of another dimension.

Even the world requires this kind of power as support.

With this kind of power, every step forward is a qualitative transformation; if the gap in cultivation base is too large, it will be impossible to bear.

Ye Qingxuan, currently only at the Void Penetration realm, can at most bear profound principles and rules within the scope of minor success.

Glancing at the principles and rules of heaven and earth in various places that were gradually fading.

Ye Qingxuan wore an expression of calm indifference.

He did not feel unwilling to stop here.

With his comprehension, mere profound principles and rules would not become an obstacle to his progress.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry for the moment.

Just.

Ye Qingxuan's gaze shifted, looking toward the south of the Di Xuan Realm, and he said softly:

"The principles and rules of heaven and earth are about to return to heaven and earth; perhaps, the invasion of the Qing Demon Realm is about to begin as well?"

Although his main consciousness had not descended to the border pass.

But through the clone on the border pass, Ye Qingxuan still vaguely sensed it.

The fluctuations generated by the clash of the principles and rules of heaven and earth at the boundary between the Di Xuan Realm and the Qing Demon Realm were slowly weakening.

It was not that the principles and rules of heaven and earth of the two realms had stopped clashing.

Rather, the two great sets of principles and rules of heaven and earth had fallen into an eerie balance.

Through mutual devouring over these years, a small portion of the principles and rules of heaven and earth of the two realms had entered a preliminary fusion.

It was just that within this fusion of partial principles and rules of heaven and earth.

Which side would occupy the dominant position had not yet been decided.

However, how vast is the volume of the two Middle Realms?

Let alone the fact that the Di Xuan Realm and the Qing Demon Realm are currently in a state of equal strength; even if one side were at a disadvantage.

Nor is it something that can be decided in a few years, a few decades, or even a few hundred or a few thousand years.

Therefore.

Although Ye Qingxuan had been closely monitoring the shifting situation between the Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm,

his heart remained utterly composed and calm.

The time for the two realms to clash had been long enough for him to fully mature. By then...

Ye Qingxuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

After stretching and moving his body a bit,

he waved his sleeve toward his back, arranging the tea set on the stone table.

Then he turned, walked to the stone bench, sat down, and began to enjoy tea and leisure within the stone pavilion.

Currently, the realm gate of the Grotto-Heaven blessed land could not be opened.

The spiritual energy level outside was too low, making cultivation yield half the result with double the effort.

He could only temporarily stay in the stone pavilion, brewing tea and admiring the scenery, waiting for the laws of heaven and earth to re-integrate into the world.

Time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, another three months had passed.

Just as the laws of heaven and earth in the Di Xuan Realm were about to completely vanish and re-integrate into the world,

Ye Qingxuan, who had been drinking tea in the stone pavilion, suddenly paused, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He looked up toward the south and exclaimed in astonishment:

"Is this... a breakthrough?"

At the same time.

Above the border pass of the Southern Barbarian Domain in the Di Xuan Realm.

An old man with a full head of silver hair, wearing a Daoist robe, sat suspended in mid-air, as if embedded within the void.

He appeared very close, yet also seemed extremely distant, creating a harmonious sense of contradiction.

Lightning crackled around his body, and a perfect-level rule of the Thunder Dao was rapidly changing in an irregular manner.

This was because the cultivators above the border pass were all immersed in comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.

Moreover, the changes around the old man did not affect the border pass.

Thus, the cultivators below the Mahayana realm on the border pass did not notice the old man's transformation.

As time passed.

The rule of the Thunder Dao changing around the old man began to expand and evolve rapidly, as if about to create a new world.

Yet this transformation did not affect the cultivators on the border pass.

This was because the old man, though positioned above the border pass, seemed to have entered a different dimensional layer.

The extraordinary phenomena expanding at extreme speed around him appeared to be expanding the space surrounding his body.

Clearly, his distance and position had not changed in the slightest.

However, the expanding phenomena never reached the nearby border pass.

Finally, after the evolving rule of the Thunder Dao around the old man formed a vast world,

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, that world instantly collapsed.

(End of this chapter)