Chapter 276: Azure Lotus Shines in the Void, Floating Godly Soil of Fuli

"Alright! You may withdraw~"

Fang Longye waved his hand, signaling for Shentuo to retreat.

After Shentuo withdrew, he stood up and paced back and forth in the quiet room, pondering matters in his heart.

His eyes held a look of deep thought.

"I knew it! In this day and age, for a member of the Giant Ao Clan to be able to awaken their intelligence, it must be either the guidance of a great power or a stroke of fortuitous destiny."

The true form of the Giant Ao Clan is extremely powerful, but it is not without a price; one can understand this simply from the weakness of their primordial spirits.

Compared to other races, awakening their intelligence is more than a thousand times harder.

Especially in this current era, this shortcoming of the Giant Ao Clan is magnified far too much.

Without the guidance of others, there is almost no possibility of them spontaneously developing intelligence.

"It seems that after this matter is concluded, I must make a trip to that sea area in the deep ocean!"

Just now, he had indeed probed some memories in Shentuo's mind that interested him.

Although these memories deposited in his mind were somewhat incomplete due to the weakness of the Giant Ao Clan's primordial spirit.

They still allowed him to figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

This Shentuo must have entered a Secret Realm of an ancient battlefield.

In its memories, Fang Longye saw all sorts of mountains of corpses and seas of blood; there were the molted remains of the Longbo Clan, and the discarded shells of the Giant Ao Clan, all of them gargantuan.

The reason Shentuo was able to suddenly awaken its intelligence, and even possess the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal just after gaining sentience, lay in the fact that it had inadvertently fallen into this Secret Realm and obtained some of the legacy and fortune left behind by the ancestors of the Giant Sea Turtle Clan.

"A battlefield between the Longbo Clan and the Giant Ao Clan." Fang Longye arrived at the center of the quiet room without realizing it.

In the center of the quiet room was a lotus pond about a zhang wide. At this moment, the pond was full of green water, and the emerald leaves floated with luster, layer upon layer. When the wind blew, the lotus leaves carried a faint fragrance.

Several lotus flowers the size of bowls were as scarlet as blood, appearing extremely eerie.

"Then this battlefield, in all likelihood, belongs to the ancient era of the Witch Clan and Demon Clan."

Fang Longye recalled some of the images he had seen in Shentuo's mind, combined with some information he already knew, and thought to himself.

"Liezi: Questions of Tang" says: "In the country of Longbo, there were giants. With a few steps, they reached the five mountains. With one cast of a line, they hooked six Giant Sea Turtles. They carried them back to their country together and scorched their bones to count them.

Consequently, the two mountains of Daiyu and Yuanqiao drifted to the North Pole and sank into the great sea, and the number of immortals and sages who were displaced was in the hundreds of millions.

The Emperor was furious and reduced the country of Longbo to make it suffer, and made the people of Longbo small and short. By the time of Fuxi and Shennong, the people of that country were still several tens of zhang tall..."

This, of course, deviates from the facts.

According to Fang Longye's understanding, this Longbo Clan did not act out of unintentional negligence; they came purely for those five immortal mountains.

On the surface, they were targeting the overseas immortals on those five mountains, but in reality, they were pointing directly at the Demon Heavenly Court of Di Jun.

As for the reason, it was naturally due to the confrontation between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan! The Giant Ao Clan was working for the Demon Heavenly Court, and the Longbo Clan was fighting for their boss, the Witch Clan.

Similar to the Giant Spirit Clan, although the Longbo Clan cannot be considered close kin to the Witch Clan, they can be considered a distant relative of the Witch Clan.

The relationship between the two must be discussed starting from the first ancestor of the Longbo Clan.

This first ancestor of the Longbo Clan was a Great Divine Ability who was born into Honghuang at the very beginning of the creation of the world.

His origin was extraordinary, and he could be ranked among the best in the entire Honghuang; he was transformed from a Dharma manifestation and mystery of Pangu when he opened the heavens.

It is rumored that when Pangu opened the heavens, he underwent eighty-one transformations in a single day, resulting in eighty-one opening-heaven Dharma manifestations.

And the Xiantian Shengsheng form of this first ancestor of the Longbo after he was born corresponded to the 'Dragon-Headed Human Form' among Pangu's eighty-one opening-heaven Dharma manifestations.

Therefore, the divine name he was born with in accordance with heaven and earth was the two characters "Longbo".

This is also the origin of the name of the Longbo Clan.

Later,

This Great Divine Ability with an extraordinary origin unfortunately fell during the primordial era of the struggle between the three clans, and his original source and molted remains evolved into nine Xiantian Shengsheng.

These were the original Longbo giants.

Later still, these nine Xiantian Longbo giants, imitating the Witch Clan, used their own essence blood and original source to derive thousands of Longbo giants.

The Longbo Clan thus multiplied and spread.

With such a relationship, this Longbo Clan was naturally drawn into the great war between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan.

So, come to think of it~ whether it was the Longbo Clan or the Giant Ao Clan, they were merely performing their respective duties and obeying the orders of their respective bosses! However, as enemies, who cares if you were acting against your will! The Longbo Clan's actions against the mountain-carrying Giant Ao soon provoked a counterattack from the Giant Ao Clan.

The classics preserved in the Demon Master Mansion contain records of this struggle.

I do not know how many Giant Ao sought out the Longbo Clan, starting a war between the two clans.

The intensity of the battle is difficult to describe in words.

The remaining nine mountain-carrying Giant Ao were the ones who fell in this struggle.

"Longbo molted remains, Giant Ao shells, and I don't know how many Spirit Treasures and divine weapons." Fang Longye wiped the drool from his mouth.

Even if these Spirit Treasures and divine weapons were in a damaged state, the materials themselves alone would be enough for him to benefit greatly.

Not to mention, this first ancestor of the Longbo Clan was a being born at the beginning of the creation of the world in response to Pangu's 'Dragon-Headed Human Form'!

For his descendants and bloodline, even if they are not Xiantian, the original source of the molted remains has extraordinary value to him.

After all, one of the three Dharma bodies he is refining is that 'Dragon-Headed Human Form'.

"This battlefield Secret Realm is fated for me!"

Fang Longye confirmed.

……

After some consideration.

Fang Longye immediately determined that battlefield Secret Realm as a stop he would visit in the future.

Subsequently, he sorted through his gains from these past days.

What he could use himself, what he would leave for those around him, what he would keep as a collection, what he would sell in his own Yaofang in the future,...

He sorted them one by one into categories and tidied them up completely.

Next, he took out the Undying Green Lotus, which had been transformed from that "Chaos Green Lotus."

Without hesitation, he swallowed it directly.

Roar—

As the Undying Green Lotus fell into his stomach, it transformed into a strange power that coursed through his entire body and covered his True Spirit, causing dragon roars to erupt incessantly from within Fang Longye.

A streak of green light poured out from his true body, and gradually, there was more and more.

It permeated the surroundings, transforming into blooming green lotuses, with an exotic fragrance assailing the nostrils.

And within his body, divine radiance was already everywhere, with streaks of green Divine Light rising and swirling.

Countless laws and principles emerged within his sea of consciousness.

Among them were the principles he had comprehended himself, as well as many vastly different and unfamiliar Great Dao essences.

One by one, they flowed through his sea of consciousness, constantly colliding, intertwining, and merging.

This brought him immense good fortune.

Where his True Spirit resided, that streak of Primordial One Qi also grew bit by bit during this process.

It grew continuously stronger.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Fang Longye opened his eyes, and countless law projections were reflected within them, like a torrential flood.

Withdrawing the phenomena, Fang Longye sensed the changes in himself, and joy welled up in his heart.

This Undying Green Lotus, besides making his origin increasingly profound and bringing many new insights into Dao laws, also caused his Pure Lotus Divine Ability to undergo new changes.

"Rip—"

He reached out to tear through the space before him and stepped into the spatial torrent.

A place of profound darkness.

Within the spatial torrent, Fang Longye stood tall and motionless, regardless of how the surrounding spatial turbulence buffeted, tore, and twisted.

He resisted it all with his body. With a thought, the Green Lotus Dao Mark at his brow flickered, and a celestial Green Lotus immediately formed above his head, appearing substantial and wreathed in Chaos energy.

Every petal was crystal clear, shining brilliantly, and wreathed in divine radiance.

Once this celestial Green Lotus appeared, the spatial turbulence for billions of miles around stopped instantly.

All chaos and all ravages were completely dissipated.

If viewed from a bystander's perspective, it was as if he had forcibly carved out a world within this endless spatial turbulence.

"And there's more—"

With a thought from Fang Longye, the celestial Green Lotus above his head immediately moved beneath his feet, spitting out rosy clouds and auspicious light, swaying with specks of brilliance.

Wisps of Chaos mist swirled around the Green Lotus. As he stepped upon it, he was like Pangu opening up the heavens and the earth.

As the celestial Green Lotus moved beneath his feet, it seemed to receive a blessing, and this power to imprison space and suppress everything became even more vast.

The spatial turbulence billions of miles away also began to dissipate rapidly, becoming as calm as water. Moreover, this dissipation continued to spread into the distance.

Scanning the area, with the eyesight Fang Longye had enhanced with various investigative divine abilities, he could not even see a shadow of spatial turbulence.

It was as if he had truly opened up a vast, empty world devoid of all things.

This Undying Green Lotus had been swallowed.

His Pure Lotus Divine Ability had actually combined with his "Human Body Stepping on Green Lotus" dharma body transformation, producing a new change that integrated suppression and defense into one.

Fang Longye believed that as he grew, this divine ability transformation would one day reach the effect that the Qing Di original body had during Ye Hei's growth.

By then, a Green Lotus phenomenon in the sky would suppress everything, and all Dharmas would be unable to invade.

That was not impossible.

After experimenting with the new changes to his divine ability, Fang Longye tore through the void and returned to the present world.

Sitting upright on the Cloud Couch, Fang Longye calmed his mind and took out several items.

A bowl of deep, gloomy divine water, a bag of Heavenly Star Divine Sand, a handful of Innate Godly Soil, and a tattered, ancient scroll.

The contents of this bowl were naturally the divine water refined by Shuimu Niangniang using five types of Innate True Water.

Along with the Heavenly Star Divine Sand, these were all things Fang Longye had shamelessly begged from the Great Sage of the Macaque King.

Not much, just one-third of what he had.

As for that handful of Innate Godly Soil, it was one of the three Innate Spiritual Objects Fang Longye had previously selected, which was Innate Wutu.

And that tattered, ancient scroll was naturally the Nine Bends Yellow Springs Map, whose material was the Heavenly Membrane of the Great Thousand World!

What Fang Longye wanted to do by taking out these divine objects was self-evident.

Clearly, he intended to use these divine objects to upgrade his Inner World.

However, he did not directly cast these divine objects into his Inner World.

Instead, he pondered for a moment.

He immediately sank his consciousness into his Golden Finger and exchanged the handful of Innate Wutu before him for another type of Innate Godly Soil.

As for why he didn't split a portion to use for the exchange, it was mainly because this Innate Wutu was too scarce, with only that one handful.

Even if one became two.

For the improvement of the Inner World, it might not even be as good as a single type of divine soil!

Looking at the newly exchanged Innate Godly Soil in his hand, compared to the full handful of Innate Wutu just now, it could only be called half a handful.

But Fang Longye felt not a shred of annoyance; instead, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "This Fuli Godly Soil is even more suitable for my Inner World than Innate Wutu~"

Fuli Godly Soil is also a type of Innate Godly Soil. Similar to Breath Soil, both can absorb spiritual energy and derive infinitely.

It is just that in terms of derivation speed, it is far inferior to Breath Soil.

Moreover, although Fuli Godly Soil is incomparably heavy, no less than an equal volume of Breath Soil, it remains the size it appears to be.

It cannot expand or contract at will.

It is unlike Breath Soil, which can grow the moment it meets the wind. A mere grain of rice in size can transform into thousands of great mountains.

Therefore, in terms of utility, this half-handful of Fuli Godly Soil before him is far more limited compared to an equal volume of Breath Soil.

After all, it is only this half-handful.

Although it also grows infinitely, compared to the near-instantaneous growth speed of Breath Soil, it is simply as slow as a tortoise crawling.

One thousand years might not even be enough for the Fuli Godly Soil to double in size.

But this does not mean it is not precious. Otherwise, Fang Longye would not have passed up the Innate Wutu to trade for this instead~

Floating in the vast void, majestic and peerless, transcendent beyond objects, unaffected by Tribulation, hence it is called Fuli.

This Fuli Godly Soil is a soil of auspiciousness, a soil of blessed virtue.

Tribulation cannot invade it; it is immortal and indestructible.

It is said that this divine soil is named Fuli to signify that after countless Calamities, the divine soil will exist forever, Fuli will not perish, and eternal life is in sight.

Although this is merely a prospect, it is enough to show how formidable the immortal and indestructible ability of this Fuli Godly Soil is.

And for those who walk the path of the Inner World, who would not hope that their Inner World could be immortal, indestructible, and eternal?

Although the quantity of this half-handful of Fuli Godly Soil is small, integrating it into his Inner World will surely allow his Inner World to reach a higher level of stability.

Fang Longye held the Fuli Godly Soil in his hands, feeling an incomparably profound principle swirling within it.

Staring at it for a little too long, one would see all sorts of illusions appearing before their eyes.

The ten directions are boundless, reaching near the nine heavens; jade trees stand tall, immortal flowers bloom in clusters, dragons play and qilin coil, dancing in the sky; fragrance arises with wonderful music, spreading along with the wind.

Regardless of anything else, just seeing such illusions makes a feeling sprout from the bottom of one's heart—

Tribulation is before you, yet it is shut outside the door.

It can be said that if the mother of the Yu Rong King had had this half-handful of Fuli Godly Soil back then, she probably would not have suffered a calamity and fallen.

"This is far more precious than Innate Wutu!"

It is just that there is truly too little of it!

Fang Longye thought to himself.

Compared to some filthy rich, there is simply no comparison.

As far as he knows, top-tier major powers in the Honghuang like Dao and Brahma often possess some special Cave Heaven Blessed Lands.

These are reserved for their own people who are entangled in Tribulation to avoid it and cultivate in seclusion within.

Residing within them,

one is truly immune to Tribulation and untouched by karma.

The reason such special Cave Heaven Blessed Lands have such an effect is that they are constructed entirely from 'Fuli Godly Soil'.

At the thought of this, the joy that had sprouted in Fang Longye's heart faded significantly.

It is truly that once one thinks of the behavior of those filthy rich, one cannot be happy anymore~

He casually placed this half-handful of Fuli Godly Soil onto a tray. Fang Longye took the Nine Bends Yellow Springs Map and began to comprehend the residual true meaning of the array upon it.

After a long time~

Fang Longye raised his head, his eyes reflecting a phantom image of a nine-bend winding Yellow River, which only dissipated after a good while.

Reflecting on the array principles he had comprehended, Fang Longye could not help but exclaim: "It is indeed worthy of being the legendary 'Nine-Bend Yellow River Array'!"

It is truly exquisite and peerless, possessing immense power; no wonder it could make a Saint step into the mortal world for its sake.

"It is a pity—"

This scroll was originally a damaged array map, and the residual array imprints on it were naturally not complete.

Although his ability to set up arrays had greatly increased after contemplating the residual array imprints on it,

the thought he had previously harbored of being able to comprehend the 'Nine-Bend Yellow River Array' had effectively fallen through! (End of chapter)