Chapter 65

Om

As the illusory form of the World-Tree Divine Wood appeared behind him, the tree stump beneath Feng Yi was stirred by his aura, flashing with a crystal‑clear light like black jade, carrying a hint of majestic and sacred qi.

The next moment, a flow of black‑jade divine light, like water, emerged from the World-Tree Divine Wood now reduced to just the stump, streaming into Feng Yi's body where his qi had completely merged with it, resembling a winding, coiling black‑jade divine dragon.

Boom

In an instant, Feng Yi's body blazed with divine light, and ancient, weathered dragon patterns appeared one after another, continually being perfected.

The originally incomplete dragon patterns were swiftly filled in, fully formed, as if they were the natural markings born of the Great Dao.

At the same time, his interior underwent a tremendous transformation—bones, flesh, five viscera and six bowels, meridians throughout his body and countless acupoints all seemed to receive a baptism of mighty power, growing ever stronger and more perfect.

The Heavenly Stele Mystic Law within him activated on its own, Fuxi's status merging with his innate spiritual light; Feng Yi's mind sank into his body, as if fully fusing with the inner law, and the potential that had settled within him to accommodate Fuxi's status was stirred forth.

In a daze, he seemed to stand on a height, looking down upon a scroll below.

Beneath his feet, a yellow river roared and wound its way, racing hundreds of millions of miles, like a howling primordial dragon of the nine heavens.

An ancient, mysterious Heavenly Stele phantom flickered within the great river, as if suppressing the river yet also guarding that primordial dragon.

At this moment Feng Yi seemed to have fallen into a profound, mysterious epiphany; countless wisps of wisdom‑light flashed in his spirit, granting him an unprecedented deep insight into the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law.

Instinctively wandering beyond the heavens, his mind seemed to continually ascend, and, borrowing some mysterious connection, he saw one blurry Heavenly Stele phantom after another.

On an ancient island in the midst of a vast sea, a stone city loomed faintly, within which stood a Heavenly Stele; in a land of bird song and floral fragrance, a vibrant pure land where a towering Heavenly Stele rose at its center; in a misty, gloomy valley, a Heavenly Stele phantom flickered indistinctly; and beside a black lake of utter stillness, on its central island lay countless piled corpses, a Heavenly Stele suppressing them, beneath which lay a stone turtle.

Moreover, several Heavenly Stele phantoms seemed obstructed, allowing Feng Yi only a vague sense but preventing him from truly seeing them.

Numerous scenes continually flowed through his mind, vaguely coalescing into towering, lofty figures.

In the mental realm time had no meaning—it felt like an instant, yet also like endless ages had passed—Feng Yi's mind shuddered, and suddenly he locked eyes with one of those blurry figures.

That blurry figure instantly solidified into a majestic apparition with a human body and a dragon's head.

The figure beside him likewise solidified at once—a woman with a human body and a serpent's tail.

The two stood side by side, exactly like the yin and yang of the Great Dao, with countless beings following behind them, as if two supreme sovereigns had descended into the world.

Boom

At the moment he met the gaze of that majestic dragon‑headed figure, a great roar thundered in Feng Yi's heart, his spirit becoming extraordinarily clear, and a thought rose unbidden:

"He is me!"

"Or perhaps he is some future version of me, or even a past one!"

The moment this illogical, strange thought surfaced in his mind, Feng Yi's spirit snapped back, and the vision before him vanished in an instant.

As his mind returned to his body, the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law within him seemed to undergo a special adjustment and change, becoming ever more attuned to himself.

A sense of completeness rose in his heart, and Feng Yi instinctively circulated the inner law, causing it to flow along some intricate path.

Boom

A sound like a great bell rang out, a sensation of breaking through barriers rose in his mind, and Feng Yi's inner qi surged instantly.

The external world.

Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen stared in astonishment at the illusory World‑Tree Divine Wood that had appeared behind Feng Yi, and at the vast primordial dragon coiled around that divine tree.

The next moment, their gazes were drawn to the sudden rosy light that flickered into view upon the divine tree.

Amid swirling clouds and mist, a phantom of a heavenly palace appeared indistinctly atop the tree's crown.

And deep within that heavenly palace, a vague imperial figure stood, gazing down upon the world.

Boom

Just as the two tried to make out that figure, Feng Yi's aura began to shift, continually rising.

The surrounding heavenly and earthly qi howled and swirled, instinctively converging upon him, almost forming a gale.

At the same time, the World‑Tree Divine Wood beneath him flowed with black‑jade‑like divine light, continually merging into his body to nourish and temper his physique.

"Not the fourth heaven—still rising, the fifth heaven."

As that thought arose in his mind, Lan Nuo suddenly noticed that the fellow Daoist Feng before him seemed to be undergoing a special change, as if innumerable illusory doors that did not truly exist were opening within him.

Om

The surrounding void flickered in layers, phantom doors opening one after another, as if many mysterious special spaces lay hidden beneath the ordinary phantoms.

Glancing at the surrounding void, Lan Nuo's eyes flashed with realization, and he thought to himself: "This is the spatial‑like divine ability that Fellow Daoist Feng used before!"

Compared to Lan Nuo's calm, Xiao Chen stared at the figure before him radiating powerful qi, feeling a momentary bewilderment.

Earlier, in the Ancestral Dragon Village, that figure's combat prowess had been above his, yet he seemed not yet truly to have stepped into the Mortal‑Shedding Realm.

But only a short year has passed, and while I still linger in the Mortal‑Shedding Realm, he has outright bypassed it and entered the Knowledge‑Storing Realm!

Moreover, sensing the faint yet powerful qi emanating from him, Xiao Chen understood that even within the Knowledge‑Storing Realm, Feng Yi had already advanced far.

"Am I really the protagonist of this era? Is Elder Brother Feng not just deceiving me?"

Xiao Chen fell into a kind of self‑doubt.

Paying no heed to the thoughts of the two beside him, Feng Yi's mind sank completely into his body, he circulated his mystic art, and completed his breakthrough and transformation.

Lan Nuo's feeling was correct—he had merged the concept of the "Gate" with his mystic system, turning it into his second innate divine ability.

According to the cultivation theory of the Longevity Realm, each person is a miniature cosmos, and the essence of cultivation is the continual opening of one's potential and breaking of one's shackles.

This cultivation idea reminded Feng Yi of an immensely powerful system from some realm of the myriad heavens, one based on "the body as seed."

The essence of that system's cultivation is to rely on no external aids, constantly shatter one's own limits, open door after door within, and ultimately attain a supreme state akin to proving the Dao through strength.

And the ability to manipulate concepts is inherently unreasonable—who could say that the door of inner potential isn't a door?

Meanwhile, cultivation in the Knowledge‑Storing Realm consists of opening one's inner treasury, combining one's potential, cultivated methods, comprehended principles, and so forth to form one's innate divine ability.

Feng Yi can now, using the secrets of the Knowledge‑Storing Realm, fully fuse the gate concept with his mystic system, making it a part of himself.

Once accomplished, this divine ability that embodies the gate concept may, for his future excavation of potential and opening of the inner‑potential door, produce some unexpected effect.

Moreover, even if this attempt fails in the future, merely treating the gate concept as a powerful spatial‑like divine ability would still leave Feng Yi unharmed.

After all, in these heavens the saying has long circulated: "Space is supreme, time is king."

Time and space are precisely the two most powerful divine laws in these heavens, using them as one's innate divine ability will also greatly aid one's future cultivation.

Thoughts turning in the mind, Feng Yi's mind and spirit completely merged with the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law and the concept of the Gate, continuously circulating profound skill, comprehending the mysteries of the Knowledge Storage Realm.

Om

No one knows how much time has passed; a phantom of a Heavenly Stele appeared and faded within their body, gradually dissipated, transforming into strands of mysterious patterns, merging with the phantom of the Gate, and becoming a special pattern on it.

(End of chapter)