Chapter 49: Grotto-heaven and Blessed Land

Ye Qingxuan followed the methods within the Earth Immortal inheritance.

He integrated all his consciousness into the essence, qi, spirit, and soul through his immortal soul, and then allowed it to spread from that source throughout his entire body.

With his immortal soul controlling the entire process, everything proceeded very smoothly.

In just half a quarter of an hour, Ye Qingxuan completed this step.

After integrating his consciousness into the source of his essence, qi, spirit, and soul, Ye Qingxuan gained complete control over his physical body, spiritual power, and even his immortal soul was entirely under his command.

He no longer had to surge his consciousness into his immortal soul every time just to utilize a tiny fraction of its power as he had before.

As his consciousness flowed through his body, Ye Qingxuan could easily observe his own miniature human universe, within which various elemental colors radiated and intertwined in a continuous flow.

His mobilization of spiritual power no longer required the casting of spells; it was entirely under his control.

Even if his spiritual power left his body, the presence of his consciousness allowed it to maintain itself independently in the outside world for a long time.

In addition, the range of his divine sense expanded tenfold. Previously, he could only perceive things through his divine sense; now, he could not only perceive them but also see them with his "eyes."

It was as if a pair of eyes had spontaneously grown from his divine sense!

Now, he felt a sense of absolute command over his divine sense and spiritual power, as effortless as moving his own limbs.

Sensing this special realm, Ye Qingxuan chuckled softly.

"Feels not bad!"

In this way, his comprehension would rise to a new level, and the time required to cultivate spells and divine abilities would be greatly reduced.

After integrating his consciousness into the source of his essence, qi, spirit, and soul, Ye Qingxuan entered a brief period of secluded cultivation.

It would take another three months for the Grotto-Heaven to be fully opened and formed, and he naturally would not let these three months go to waste.

Even the lowest-level Divine Ability Seeds required the Golden Core Stage to condense, but there were many spell inheritances within the Earth Immortal legacy that he could practice to bridge the gap.

Thus, over the next three months, Ye Qingxuan was either meditating in cultivation or practicing spells.

The spiritual power of the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages was limited, so he could only practice primary-level spells for the time being; it was simply that the power of the primary spells cast by the two stages was worlds apart!

In addition to meditating and practicing spells, Ye Qingxuan spent his leisure time planting many spiritual plants within the Qingxuan Blessed Land, including many spiritual medicines.

Spiritual medicines belong to the category of spiritual plants, but spiritual plants encompass more than just medicines.

Although these plants would not provide much help to Ye Qingxuan in the short term, they would provide significant assistance to the early growth of the Blessed Land.

As the Lord of the Blessed Land, Ye Qingxuan could clearly sense that as these plants grew, the Blessed Land was continuously analyzing the minute fragments of elemental laws contained within them to perfect itself!

Perhaps because of the existence of his immortal soul, Ye Qingxuan's perception of the world was extremely keen; he could feel even the slightest bit of progress in the Blessed Land almost every day.

In this manner—meditating, practicing spells, and nurturing spiritual plants—Ye Qingxuan's rhythm of life remained orderly, and time passed quickly.

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

On this day, while meditating, Ye Qingxuan suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them!

"The Grotto-Heaven is complete!"

In the next moment, a source of essence even more massive than the feedback from the Qingxuan Blessed Land appeared within Ye Qingxuan's body, tearing through the void.

Without the need for refinement by a spiritual root, this source of essence began to actively assimilate with Ye Qingxuan's spiritual power, rapidly increasing his cultivation level.

Having experienced this once before, Ye Qingxuan did not panic. He remained extremely composed, controlling everything within himself and smoothly coordinating with this Grotto-Heaven essence to elevate his cultivation.

Late Foundation Establishment!

Peak Foundation Establishment!

Finally, after absorbing this Grotto-Heaven essence, Ye Qingxuan successfully broke through to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, leaving him only one step away from the Purple Mansion Stage.

The Purple Mansion Stage required the opening of the Niwan space to strengthen the cultivator's soul essence.

Since Ye Qingxuan had already condensed an immortal soul, the Niwan space in his mind had long since been opened.

Therefore, the bottleneck of the Purple Mansion Stage was easily surmountable for him; even if his source of essence were exhausted now, Ye Qingxuan could still break through with ease.

With a mere thought, the bottleneck that originally belonged to the Purple Mansion Stage collapsed, and Ye Qingxuan's realm instantly entered the Purple Mansion Stage.

However, without the Grotto-Heaven essence, Ye Qingxuan had to spend a considerable amount of time breathing in and out spiritual qi before he could stabilize his early-stage Purple Mansion cultivation.

Fortunately, since Ye Qingxuan was currently within the Qingxuan Blessed Land, he did not cause much impact on the outside world.

After years of dormancy, a sudden ascent to the Purple Mansion Stage!

Even with Ye Qingxuan's temperament, he could not help but show a hint of excitement in his eyes.

After the successful opening of the Grotto-Heaven, aided by the special connection between Ye Qingxuan and the Eternal Turtle, a spatial passage appeared deep within the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Beyond the spatial passage, the essences of the Grotto-Heaven and the Blessed Land began to merge, and energy began to flow and complement one another. The Blessed Land, which had previously been at the late first-tier, instantly advanced to the peak of the first tier.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan did not linger; he stepped into the spatial passage and left the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Through the spatial passage in the Blessed Land, Ye Qingxuan arrived in a bright space; this space was the newly opened Grotto-Heaven.

Above the space, a gentle orb of light illuminated all things; this orb was actually the location of the Grotto-Heaven's essence.

Like the Blessed Land, the Grotto-Heaven was currently only at the peak of the first tier.

For a Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land to advance, they required not only sufficient energy but also the analysis of enough elemental law fragments to perfect themselves.

This was also the reason why the level of the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land was currently restricted to the peak of the first tier!

"I shall call this Grotto-Heaven the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven!"

Since the Blessed Land was named after him anyway, he might as well name the Grotto-Heaven the same to make it easier to remember!

Standing within the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven, Ye Qingxuan closed his eyes slightly and began to sense the state of the Grotto-Heaven.

And it was exactly as he had anticipated!

Because of the unique nature of the Eternal Turtle, he could both fully control the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land—enjoying the benefits they brought—and remain free from the karmic restrictions of the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, standing transcendent to them!

Currently, his natal clone, the Eternal Turtle, had begun to merge with the Grotto-Heaven, but to fully integrate, he would likely have to wait until the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land unified and advanced to a Small Thousand World.

But even with just this preliminary fusion, the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven already possessed the Eternal Turtle's characteristic of being immune to all laws.

Simply put, from now on, Ye Qingxuan's Grotto-Heaven could ignore the attacks of others.

This characteristic brought Ye Qingxuan great surprise and joy; it meant that as long as his main body stayed tucked away in the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven in the future, he would basically be safe and sound.

The Grotto-Heaven was currently only about ten miles in diameter, similar in area to the Blessed Land. Its interior was mostly plains for the time being, with a small hill at the center and a spiritual spring continuously bubbling with spiritual water.

The spiritual qi level within the Grotto-Heaven had only just reached around the second tier, but as it converged with the Blessed Land, and with the Grotto-Heaven continuously converting chaos energy, the density of the spiritual qi was steadily rising.

Furthermore, after the convergence of the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, Ye Qingxuan perceived that the restrictions of the Blessed Land itself had greatly diminished.

The growth of spiritual plants primarily relies on the energy and nutrients within the earth!

The reason why high-tier Blessed Lands cannot plant spiritual plants higher than their own tier is that the essence of a Blessed Land absorbs the void energy of its inner space, and the speed at which it converts that into the essence of the earth is too slow.

Therefore, once a spiritual plant exceeds the tier of the Blessed Land, it will severely affect the development of the Blessed Land, or even directly drain the Blessed Land's essence to grow.

But the Way of the Earth Immortal is different; the essences of a Grotto-Heaven and a Blessed Land can merge. With the Grotto-Heaven continuously converting chaos energy to nourish all things, the combination of two first-tier Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands could support the cultivation of up to third-tier spiritual plants.

In this way, the assistance provided by the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land to Ye Qingxuan would increase significantly.