Chapter 696: Law of Heaven, Manifestation of Earth

The ninth wave of heavenly tribulation descended!

He Pingsheng managed to block the final strike of this heavenly tribulation using the phantom image of the divine turtle.

Yet the tribulation's power remained immense—it ultimately shattered all of He Pingsheng's defenses, then the residual force struck him directly.

Fortunately, his defensive strength was sufficient, and his body was equally robust.

Thus, under the ninth wave of heavenly tribulation, he suffered no injury.

Hummm… hummm… hummm…

In the void, the dark clouds dispersed.

Streams of golden light emerged, slowly converging and merging until they formed a golden cloud hanging high above.

Then, this golden cloud suddenly descended, enveloping He Pingsheng entirely.

Legend says that after a heavenly tribulation, 【Creation Golden Light】 descends.

In all previous tribulations He Pingsheng had endured, no Creation Golden Light had appeared.

Perhaps because this time he endured the perfect Nine-Nine Annihilation Thunder Tribulation, this time he actually received the Creation Golden Light!

The Creation Golden Light, brimming with countless laws, entered He Pingsheng's body and fused with his flesh, blood, and soul.

Slowly dissipated.

When the Creation Golden Light had fully vanished, He Pingsheng, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes.

Golden light shot forth from his pupils.

Then, dark red flames burst forth from every part of his body.

These dark red flames spread instantly around his body, and within a few breaths, coalesced into a colossal figure five hundred zhang tall.

This figure was naturally a phantom—formed from the Nine Heavens Mystic Fire.

Yet its face, its brows and eyes, were nearly identical to He Pingsheng's.

The immense phantom, radiating overwhelming pressure, made He Pingsheng himself feel a faint tremor within.

In that moment, his spirit clarity became absolute—he understood everything.

Law of Heaven, Manifestation of Earth!

This was a self-generated divine ability.

Legend says that once a cultivator reaches the Body Integration realm, a rule-force spontaneously awakens within them—this power is the Law of Heaven, Manifestation of Earth.

Then, using spiritual sense and magic power mixed with this rule, one can condense a colossal divine form.

Just like He Pingsheng's divine form at this moment.

Every cultivator who reaches Body Integration will generate a divine form.

But…

This is not absolute.

According to the records in 【Thousand Customs of the Spirit Realm】, a few rare prodigies, upon entering Void Refinement, immediately manifest a true divine form.

For example, He Pingsheng.

And also, the Mingyue Monk who once faced He Pingsheng in battle.

A strange sensation arose from deep within He Pingsheng's heart.

He slowly rose from his cross-legged posture.

Behind him, the colossal phantom also rose.

"Come…"

The black Tianque Divine Spear landed in He Pingsheng's hand; instantly, the five-hundred-zhang-tall phantom's hand held a massive black spear phantom.

Every movement He Pingsheng made was mirrored by the colossal true divine form.

Whatever he did, the divine form did the same.

Thus, in future battles, it could be used with full flexibility.

"Give me… open…" As he spoke, He Pingsheng thrust his spear forward violently.

Simultaneously, the divine form's spear slammed forward, striking directly at the surrounding purple-red treasure space.

A scene left He Pingsheng dumbfounded.

The purple-red space, ten thousand zhang wide, was violently torn open by this spear's force.

Boom… boom… boom…

The ten-thousand-zhang-wide space expanded violently.

In less than a few breaths, it expanded to a hundred thousand zhang.

One hundred thousand zhang long, one hundred thousand zhang wide, one hundred thousand zhang high.

Like a vast spherical space.

My word…

At this moment, He Pingsheng even felt as if he had shattered heaven and opened earth.

But then he understood everything.

It was not his single strike that shattered this space—actually, after his cultivation base broke through to Void Refinement, the space within this treasure expanded accordingly.

From ten thousand zhang in diameter, it grew to a hundred thousand zhang.

So that's how it is!

The size of this space is tied to one's cultivation level.

He Pingsheng sheathed the Tianque Divine Spear and scanned his surroundings.

Compared to before, this space had no other differences except its increased size.

It remained the same purple-red hue.

Above, below, left, right—all was purple-red.

Boom… boom… boom…

In a single thought, He Pingsheng dismissed the Law of Heaven, Manifestation of Earth technique.

A tiny flame leapt from his body, landing in the void before him, then transforming into the shape of a child.

This was the Nine Heavens Mystic Fire.

"Master has already awakened the Law of Heaven, Manifestation of Earth at Void Refinement Level One—truly a peerless prodigy!"

"I didn't choose wrong!"

He Pingsheng snorted. "Don't flatter me… your judgment isn't that good!"

"I forced you—you didn't choose me willingly!"

"Ah… hehehe, it's all the same anyway—I'm with you now!" The Nine Heavens Mystic Fire chuckled.

He Pingsheng waved his hand and reabsorbed this brazen creature.

Even among the peerless prodigies who can awaken the Law of Heaven, Manifestation of Earth at Void Refinement, not all achieve it at Level One.

Some awaken it at Void Refinement Level Ten; others, at Level Twelve…

Wait!

It varies.

Even among peerless prodigies, fortune differs in degree.

Stepping out of the treasure space!

He Pingsheng arrived at his Dao Hall and immediately tossed the blood-red turtle shell, the Hongmeng Purple Gold Rod, the worn array plate, and the 【Nanke Immortal Spring】 all into the Treasure Basin.

The next day, he took one look—and smiled.

The four items were still the same four items.

Not a single one had moved!

Meaning, these four items still could not be enhanced.

The Hongmeng Purple Gold Rod was certainly unenhanceable—its rank exceeded the limits of the Spirit Realm; even the Yinming Great Emperor had failed to refine it.

He Pingsheng knew this well.

But the fact that the worn array plate had not been enhanced was surprising.

And what rank was this blood-red turtle shell?

Yet the more unenhanceable it was, the higher its rank—and the happier He Pingsheng became.

Next, he took the four items from the Treasure Basin and tossed in a damaged flying sword.

This damaged flying sword was a Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure.

Low-grade!

It was obtained after He Pingsheng killed the White Tiger Clan's Crown Prince.

Previously, its rank was too high for him to enhance; now that he had reached Void Refinement, he should be able to.

Let's try!

The next morning, the damaged flying sword was indeed enhanced.

It split into two!

One was an ice-blue flying sword; the other, a snow-white flying sword.

Both blades radiated chilling cold.

They both seemed to be ice-elemental.

"Interesting!" He Pingsheng loved ice-elemental flying swords.

Because both Qiao Huizhu and Zhou Qingmei possessed ice-elemental spirit roots.