Chapter 214: Refining the Heavenly Court Fragment

Chen Mo looked at the Heavenly Court Imperial Order in his hand; he knew that the Heavenly Palace did not have much control over the Heavenly Court Secret Realm.

But he had not expected that the Heavenly Palace could not influence the operation of the Heavenly Court Secret Realm at all.

They only relied on their formidable strength, combined with their existing understanding of the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, to be able to occupy this Heavenly Court Fragment.

As for the Heavenly Court Imperial Order they had previously produced, it could only be considered a Passage Token, providing an opportunity to enter the Heavenly Court Secret Realm to participate in trials.

Over countless tens of thousands of years, no one in the Xuantian World had ever been able to completely master a Heavenly Court Fragment.

This was what gave Chen Mo this opportunity.

Wisps of Blood Qi circulated, and golden-red light surged into the Heavenly Court Imperial Order.

Chen Mo suddenly saw an extremely vast territory; it was nowhere else but a miniature of the very Heavenly Court Fragment he was currently in.

This Heavenly Court Fragment was one of the thousands of fragments scattered outside after the entire Heavenly Court collapsed back then.

Even so, it was still extremely vast and expansive, spanning over tens of thousands of miles in radius.

The Heavenly Court could empower itself and provide strength for itself.

From this, it could be seen that in its heyday, the area of the Heavenly Court was likely more than hundreds of millions of miles.

Even if it was just a small Heavenly Court Fragment, possessing the Creation Mechanism, it still reproduced a portion of the power of the ancient Heavenly Court.

Surging Blood Qi welled up, and True Qi power and Divine Sense power poured into the Heavenly Court Imperial Order together.

And the vastness of the territory governed by such a vast Heavenly Court was naturally unimaginable.

Moreover, it contained the mysteries of the Dao of Time; practicing inside for ten days meant only one day had passed in the outside world.

These three halls and this portion of the Heavenly Court Fragment were evolved according to the ancient Heavenly Court.

Currently, there were five palaces remaining within the fragment.

Therefore, by using his own Creation Dao to modify the Heavenly Court and turning it into a massive Derivative Divine Weapon, there was no need for further refining; as long as there was sufficient Heaven and Earth Power, the Heavenly Court would evolve and expand on its own.

That was a manifestation of the ancient Great Ability, the Mysterious Emperor, having mastered and applied the Heavenly Law to perfection.

Even if it was only a preliminary mastery, it was enough to unleash a portion of its power.

Chen Mo was not in a hurry; he mobilized his own power and continued to refine this token.

This was still only a preliminary refining; if he went a step further, the strength gained would be even greater.

But even so, this Heavenly Court Fragment was a rare treasure in the world.

The last palace was named the Nurturing Spirit Hall, which was the dwelling place of the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Among these things, except for the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate which already existed within this Heavenly Court Fragment, everything else was self-evolved by this Heavenly Court Fragment.

Of course, a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.

As long as there was abundant Heaven and Earth Power, it could still evolve these secret treasures again.

The Heavenly Court Imperial Order he was currently refining was, although only one of thousands of fragments, still significant.

It was precisely because of this wisp of Creation Mechanism that the Heavenly Court could be transformed into a Derivative Divine Weapon, continuously evolving various functions.

This point was achieved by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, the Mysterious Emperor, through his methods of refining.

At that time, the Heavenly Court was under his control, the territory was expanding, and the ancient Heavenly Court was somewhat crowded.

As he continued to refine it, he also gained a general grasp of the situation of this Heavenly Court Fragment.

The Creation Mechanism possessed by this Heavenly Court Fragment was only a single wisp; even if it tried its best to evolve, the quantity and power it could currently exert were still not even one ten-thousandth of the ancient Heavenly Court.

In terms of function, it was not particularly special compared to the other palaces, only capable of helping Martial Artists recover from all kinds of injuries at the fastest speed.

In addition, there was a Jiumiao Linglong Ta, which was used to verify the combat power of Martial Artists; the ancient Heavenly Court used it to select soldiers and appoint generals.

The ancient Heavenly Court was divided into the Nine Heavens, and the Heavenly Court Fragment he was currently refining came from the third heaven, the Taiwei Heaven.

The Creation Mechanism was mysterious and enough to evolve thousands of changes; if Chen Mo utilized its power, he could make his own combat power reach the True One Realm.

However, these powers of his were like clay oxen entering the sea, failing to stir up any movement within the Heavenly Court Imperial Order.

And the reason it could achieve this was because the entire Heavenly Court could be called an extremely massive Derivative Divine Weapon.

And the Mysterious Emperor, whose Creation Dao was heaven-reaching and earth-shattering, felt that refining it back and forth was too troublesome, and he also wanted to do something for the later Heavenly Emperors.

Not only that, it was precisely because of the Creation Mechanism that it continuously absorbed power from the outside world.

Chen Mo's internal Blood Qi continuously poured into the Heavenly Court Imperial Order, gradually refining it.

Chen Mo continued to refine the Heavenly Court Imperial Order; time passed second by second, and even though his cultivation was insufficient, through long-term refining, he was still gradually mastering this secret treasure.

The Derivative Divine Weapon known as the Jiumiao Linglong Ta was born at that time.

For countless tens of thousands of years, Martial Artists of the Xuantian World had taken countless secret treasures from the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, but this had no impact on the entire Heavenly Court Secret Realm.

As for the other two halls, one was named the Hengyu Asking Dao Hall, which could help Martial Artists practice.

Chen Mo could see the wisp of Creation Mechanism contained within the Heavenly Court Imperial Order.

But compared to Chen Mo, it was still very vast and immense.

Aside from the Main Hall where the Heavenly Court Imperial Order was located, there was also the Supervising Heaven Hall where the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was located, and the Ascending Heaven Hall which contained the Ascension Path.

All the weapons evolved within it could be considered part of the Jiumiao Linglong Ta.

Furthermore, he could continue to use the several major palaces in this Heavenly Court Fragment and exert their mysterious aspects.

The Hengyu Asking Dao Hall could be used for practice, and the Nurturing Spirit Hall could be used for healing.

The Jiumiao Linglong Ta could evolve Derivative Divine Weapons; with his current control over the Heavenly Court, even without entering it for trials, he could obtain Derivative Divine Weapons of various grades.

And the premise for all this was having enough Heaven and Earth Power to supplement the Heavenly Court Fragment, enabling the Creation Mechanism to evolve thousands of mysteries.

If it were during the ancient Heavenly Court period, that would naturally not be a problem.

The ancient Heavenly Court was extremely formidable, the territory it governed was unimaginably vast, and the Creation Power was even more boundlessly mysterious; even creating something from nothing was possible.

Unfortunately, the past was the past, and the present was the present.

A Heavenly Court Fragment with only a single wisp of Creation Mechanism left naturally did not have the power of the ancient Heavenly Court.

To evolve anything, it required time to come slowly, or the investment of various heavenly materials and earthly treasures to quickly catalyze it.

This is also the reason why every time the Heavenly Court Secret Realm opens, it must go through a long period of time.

Furthermore, activating anything within the Heavenly Court Secret Realm requires consuming an immense amount of Heaven and Earth Power.

Chen Mo can sense that within the Heavenly Court Imperial Order, there is a small pool filled with golden jade liquid.

This is Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid, formed from the extreme condensation of Heaven and Earth Power.

Each drop of Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid is the size of a fist, and there are a full thirty thousand drops inside.

Everything Chen Mo does using the Heavenly Court Imperial Order, whether it is evolving Derivative Divine Weapons or using the Questioning Dao Hall for his own cultivation, requires spending Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid.

The Heavenly Court Fragment he currently possesses also replenishes Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid on its own.

However, the speed is relatively slow, only replenishing two to three hundred drops a year.

But if he has any surplus heavenly treasures, he can cast them into the Creation Pool behind the Main Hall to supplement the Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid within the Heavenly Court.

Gradually understanding all the marvelous uses of this Heavenly Court Imperial Order, Chen Mo finally refined it completely.

In an instant, the Heavenly Court shook, and bursts of dragon roars, phoenix cries, and qilin calls rang out, with boundless visions manifesting.

Streams of clear Qi gushed forth, as if this world itself were celebrating.

Outside the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, the many powerhouses of the Xuantian World wore expressions of astonishment; they truly did not understand why the situation here had occurred.

Logically speaking, when the Heavenly Court Secret Realm opens, no visions should appear in the process.

Yet an accident happened this time, which is truly surprising.

"Ancestor, do you think something might have gone wrong?" the Great Elder of the Heavenly Palace, Mo Bicheng, asked a thin, elderly man beside him.

The old man wore a green robe, his aura long and lingering, vaguely merging with this world, which was enough to show his extraordinary strength.

He is the only Deity Transformation Cultivator in this world.

"I am not sure either; I have never seen such a scene before," Jiang Wanliu shook his head slowly, his eyes filled with confusion.

As a Qi Refiner, his lifespan is much longer than that of a Martial Artist.

A Deity Transformation Cultivator has a lifespan of at least twenty thousand years, and if their cultivation technique is geared toward longevity, living to twenty-five thousand years is not strange.

Whereas a Myriad Phenomena cultivator of the same realm finding it quite rare to live to ten thousand years.

In this era, he can be said to be the one with the longest lifespan, and he has experienced many major events.

Having lived a long time, he has naturally seen a bit of everything, but he truly has never seen this situation before.

The Heavenly Court Secret Realm has opened many times, and he has never seen visions occur midway.

Combining this with the arrangements Mo Bicheng made earlier, Jiang Wanliu could not help but guess in his heart if that little ancestor was breaking through their cultivation level inside.

This is hard to say; he also had visions when he broke through to the Deity Transformation Realm, but the momentum was nowhere near as grand as this.

It is just that with the power of the Heavenly Court Fragment, even if Shui Qianqiu were truly taking the opportunity to break through inside, it should logically be perfectly concealed.

Therefore, he is also at a loss now and can only watch from the outside.

And inside the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, Chen Mo can of course see the myriad visions; in fact, logically speaking, the manifested visions should be far more than these.

Flowers falling from the sky, Golden Lotus springing from the ground, all things receiving their nourishment and fostering boundless vitality—these various visions should have appeared.

However, Chen Mo did not let them manifest, because to achieve this step, it all requires Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid.

And as for himself right now, he can only use one word to describe it: poor.

Thirty thousand drops of Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid seem like a lot, but if he cultivates in the Questioning Dao Hall for one day, it requires one hundred drops.

Evolving a set of fifth-tier Derivative Divine Weapons requires a full one thousand drops.

And if he were to use the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate once, the required Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid would be at least one hundred thousand drops.

Therefore, thirty thousand drops of Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid look like a lot, but if he really starts using them, they definitely won't last long.

And the speed at which the Heavenly Court Secret Realm itself accumulates Heaven and Earth Divine Liquid cannot be called fast.

Even if someone is controlling it now, the speed can only be a notch faster.

But according to Chen Mo's estimation, the speed will not exceed five hundred drops a year.

If he wants to activate its power as soon as possible, he still has to find a way to obtain a large amount of heavenly treasures.

As he completely refined the Heavenly Court Imperial Order, Chen Mo only felt himself trance-like enter a peculiar space.

A figure appeared; this person's figure was very blurry, and their specific features could not be seen clearly.

Even everything around them was distorted; they seemed like someone who should not exist in the current world, but remained forcibly due to some reason.

"The Mirage Sea invades. As the Heavenly Emperor, I must lead the charge and cannot retreat.

However, its power is far beyond our imagination. The Heavenly Court shattered, and I turned it into thousands of fragments, scattering them into the Great Thousand Worlds.

Future cultivators, if you are fated to obtain one, you may use it to resist the Mirage Sea; although you cannot achieve complete success, you can temporarily delay the timing.

We are incompetent and failed to end the disaster of the Mirage Sea. I earnestly hope future cultivators will strive to pacify this catastrophe for our Great Thousand Worlds."

The figure's tone was steady, their voice calm and indifferent, but when they reached the end, they could not help but let out a long sigh.

As the voice fell, everything before his eyes disappeared once more.

Yet Chen Mo could perceive extremely clearly that in another world countless thousands of miles away, there existed another Heavenly Court Fragment, though he did not know if it had an owner.

The Heavenly Court Fragment is mysterious; if Chen Mo could obtain another one, he could merge the two Heavenly Court Fragments into one without any effort.

The Heavenly Court Fragment itself possesses many wonders and the ability to resist the Mirage Sea; the more he collects, the further he can restore the power of the Ancient Heavenly Court.

If the other Heavenly Court Fragment also has an owner, then he and that person are in a competitive relationship, and there will eventually be a battle.

But this is not a problem; the reason is very simple, because of the existence of the Mirage Sea.

The distance between him and the other Heavenly Court Fragment is separated by the infinite Mirage Sea.

Unless both worlds push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate in the future and can come into contact with each other.

Otherwise, even if he and the other party are in a hostile state, there is no chance for them to meet.

He does not need to worry about this problem for the time being, but since there are other Heavenly Court Fragments in the world, if there is an opportunity, he must still find a way to search for them.

Chen Mo sank his consciousness further into the Heavenly Court Imperial Order, where a mass of golden-red spiritual sense was coiled within.

This is the spirituality of this Heavenly Court Fragment; it is quite ignorant at present, yet it is rather close to Chen Mo, its controller.

Streams of information shifted and changed, and Chen Mo understood instantly.

The figure he had just seen was the last Heavenly Emperor, the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor.

He led numerous powerhouses to resist the Mirage Sea for the last time, and it was also in his hands that the Heavenly Court shattered.

The collapsing Heavenly Court turned into thousands of fragments, and as the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor was dying, he scattered the thousands of fragments into the Great Thousand Worlds, hoping that those who came after could use them to resist the Mirage Sea.

But he also knew well that a single Heavenly Court Fragment could not accomplish any great feat.

Therefore, as long as one could find a Heavenly Court Fragment, one could use it as a foundation to sense the existence of other Heavenly Court Fragments.

Find these Heavenly Court Fragments and use them to repair the Heavenly Court.

When the Heavenly Court was at its peak, although it was ultimately defeated by the Mirage Sea, this did not mean the Heavenly Court had no power to fight back against the Mirage Sea at all; it was just that there was a certain gap in strength, and thus it failed on the verge of success.

If Chen Mo could once again restore the ancient Heavenly Court, even if he could not resolve the Mirage Sea at its root, it would be enough to support a Golden Age for another million years.

And wanting to find Heavenly Court Fragments is by no means an easy task; the Great Thousand Worlds are too vast, and even if the Heavenly Court Fragments are shattered into countless pieces, wanting to find them one by one would require an extremely long time.

Fortunately, he is not the only one doing this; other powerhouses in the Great Thousand Worlds who have obtained fragments will also do so.

After countless tens of thousands of years, through the efforts of many powerhouses, a portion of the Heavenly Court Fragments must have already been gathered together.

Even so, wanting to accomplish this matter is by no means an easy task.

Otherwise, after such a long time, some powerhouse should have already succeeded.

But the difficulty of accomplishing this is still much faster than collecting them bit by bit from scratch.

Thoroughly mastering the Heavenly Court is a matter that cannot be rushed.

His own strength is currently still too weak; only by breaking through to the True One Realm as soon as possible can he find a way to collect the Heavenly Court Fragments.

There is also the most important point, which is that only by breaking through to the True One Realm can he thoroughly master this Heavenly Court, rather than the preliminary refining he has now.

After Chen Mo finished refining the Heavenly Court Imperial Order, he did not intend to stay in this secret realm any longer.

He now has another matter to attend to, which is that this Heavenly Court Secret Realm has always been regarded by the Heavenly Palace as their own.

Although they have never controlled this secret realm, now that he is going to take it away, he knows without thinking that they will certainly not agree.

Chen Mo intends to go and talk to them to see if he can convince them with reason.

This is, of course, the most appropriate solution; if it does not work, then he will have to use other means.

(End of chapter)