Chen Shi went downstairs and said to Black Pot, "Black Pot, you and Wooden Cart go back first. Tell Chen Tang that I'm staying at Fifth Uncle's place tonight and won't be coming ho."
Black Pot's expression turned serious, barking at him twice.
Chen Shi said, "He said it himself, I'm not his son, so it's useless for him to get angry. Just go tell him."
Black Pot had no choice but to take Wooden Cart back to the Chen residence, feeling uneasy all the way.
Upon arriving at the Chen residence, Chen Tang was waiting at the dinner table for Chen Shi to arrive. The food was already prepared. Seeing Black Pot return alone, he couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.
"Woof woof!" Black Pot barked at him.
"Staying at Chen Wu's place for a night?"
Chen Tang's expression didn't change. He picked up his chopsticks and said calmly, "Alright, I know. Go wash your hands and eat."
Black Pot went to wash its hands. From behind, the sound of chopsticks snapping ca. It looked back and saw Chen Tang placing the broken chopsticks aside, then pulling out another pair, his face still calm.
Black Pot finished its al with a pounding heart. Fortunately, Chen Tang showed no unusual behavior, and the chopsticks remained intact, never breaking again.
Black Pot cleared the dishes and went to the round stool Chen Tang had been sitting on. Its tail brushed against the stool, and suddenly, the stool silently crumbled.
Black Pot looked down and saw the stool had already shattered into fine powder, piled into a heap!
"Black Pot, you broke the stool. Rember to buy a new one tomorrow," Chen Tang's voice ca from the courtyard.
Black Pot was already used to taking the bla and responded with a grievance.
Chen Shi returned to Creation Little Five's room. Creation Little Five brought over a bronze mirror and said, "I refined the minor heaven into this mirror. Try it."
Chen Shi took the mirror and examined it. It was an ordinary bronze mirror, with grapevines carved on the back. Below, a fox looked up at a bunch of grapes on the vine, surrounded by coiling dragon patterns. The front of the mirror was polished copper, very bright.
He glanced at the front and saw a beam of light in the mirror, like a crack appearing.
He was examining it carefully when suddenly, an irresistible force of attraction struck. The crack suddenly grew imnsely large, rushing toward him!
Chen Shi cried out in surprise, his body lifted into the air, crashing into the ever-expanding crack.
He thought he would be smashed to pieces, but instead, he passed through the crack. White clouds rushed toward his face. Passing through thick cloud layers, Chen Shi suddenly found his feet on solid ground, standing steadily on the white clouds.
The cloud layers undulated beneath his feet, low areas like valleys, high areas like mountain ranges, constantly rising and falling.
Creation Little Five caught the falling bronze mirror, placed it on the table, and also passed through the mirror.
He appeared beside Chen Shi and said with a smile, "This is the minor heaven."
Before his words faded, a huge sun tore through the clouds, slowly rising from the sea of clouds.
The sun was about a hundred zhang in size, emitting blazing heat, illuminating all directions.
As the sunlight touched his body, Chen Shi imdiately sensed the familiar righteous energy of sunlight surging in.
Before he could examine this sun, a dazzling light shone from beneath the cloud layer at his feet, growing hotter and hotter.
Chen Shi hurriedly stepped aside and saw another sun rising from below!
"Two suns, just like outside!" Chen Shi exclaid in surprise.
At that mont, in two other places of the cloud sea, another sun rose each, making four suns hanging in the sky, their light dazzling!
Creation Little Five said with so pride, "Look again!"
Suddenly, the ground beneath Chen Shi's feet shook violently. Sothing was moving, pushing him and the clouds aside!
He was pushed off balance and hurriedly used his Nascent Soul to levitate, lifting himself up to look down.
Below, a huge eye was slowly opening, also about a hundred zhang in size. What had just moved was the eyelid of this eye!
Beneath this eyelid, the entire eye emitted a pure, bright light, exactly like moonlight!
But the strangest thing was that this eye actually had a pupil inside!
Chen Shi floated above the moon eye and saw the pupil roll once, looking at him, then roll again to look elsewhere.
Then, not far away, another eyelid opened, revealing another moon eye!
Chen Shi walked through the air, trying to see where the eyelids had retracted to, but he never found them.
Just then, he saw the Milky Way within the minor heaven. Countless stars of various sizes ford a ribbon-like river, floating above the suns and moons!
Chen Shi hurried over, only to find the shapes of the stars in the Milky Way were quite bizarre.
These stars were small, so seven or eight chi, others six or seven zhang, capable of emitting starlight, transforming into the righteous energy of heaven and earth.
The righteous energy here had beco incredibly dense, far surpassing the outside world!
Cultivating here wasn't twice as effective, but several tis more effective!
However, Chen Shi's expression gradually turned strange.
Before him, the stars ford the Milky Way, flowing with a rustling sound through the minor heaven's starry sky. He saw stars shaped like pentagrams, so like quadrangles, others round, square, so like pavilions, so like pagodas, so resembling golden tripods.
There were also stars shaped like a wolf's head on a human body, probably the Kui star from the White Tiger constellation; stars shaped like flood dragons, probably the Jiao star; stars shaped like rabbits, probably the Fang star.
And so on, all very strange.
Creation Little Five walked over, boarded a small boat in the Milky Way, and said proudly, "Little Ten, this is the minor heaven I refined using the two Li Family ancestors' Realms of Emptiness. When disciples of great clans cultivate, they often enter the Realms of Emptiness of their clan's experts. If a Return to Emptiness or Great Ascension Realm existence dies, their Realm of Emptiness dissipates, difficult to preserve. But I, using two Great Ascension Realm Realms of Emptiness, refined this minor heaven!"
"Fifth Uncle is truly amazing!"
Chen Shi exclaid in admiration, boarding the star raft. "Disciples of great clans cultivate in Realms of Emptiness. How can country scholars ever catch up to them?"
He shook his head. Country youths simply didn't have such conditions.
Creation Little Five said, "Your grandfather once said that the gap between country youths and great clan disciples is smaller at lower cultivation realms. The higher the realm, the greater the gap. He spent the first half of his life trying to change this situation. Later, he hit walls until his head bled, and only then, utterly disillusioned, did he leave the court."
Chen Shi deeply agreed.
When cultivators are at their lowest realms, everyone cultivates the Heavenly Heart Righteousness Technique and the Ziwu Evil-Slaying Sword. Their cultivation and strength are about the sa.
But as realms get higher and higher, the gap between children from poor families and great clan disciples grows larger and larger.
This gap isn't just reflected in strength at the sa realm, but also in the realms themselves.
The cultivation realms of great clan disciples will far surpass those of cultivators from poor backgrounds.
Grandfather Chen Yindu spread the Heavenly Heart Righteousness Technique back then. If he had also passed down the subsequent cultivation techniques, it would have narrowed the gap between the countryside and the great clans considerably, but a chasm would still remain.
"However, these people's Realms of Emptiness are all refined incorrectly," Creation Little Five said.
Chen Shi looked around and nodded. "My small temple allows to see the starry sky of the Divine Continent. The Milky Way is completely not in this form, and even the stars are nothing like the star forms in this minor heaven! The Li Family ancestors who opened these Realms of Emptiness probably never saw what real stars look like, nor did they know what stars are. They could only rely on their own speculation."
Creation Little Five sneered, "They probably based it on stars recorded in ancient texts, taking the descriptions literally, so they created many incongruous star forms in their own Realms of Emptiness."
Chen Shi nodded slightly. "The forms of the sun and moon are also wrong."
"The sun and moon are wrong? No wonder there's so much sinister energy mixed into the righteous energy here."
Creation Little Five suddenly understood and smiled. "But don't worry, I've already absorbed the sinister energy in this minor heaven. It won't affect you."
Chen Shi felt inexplicably moved.
Actually, being with Chen Tang was far less intimate and relaxing for him than being with Creation Little Five.
Perhaps it was preconception, but Chen Tang always had a feeling of a strict father. When father and son talked, they would argue again after just a few sentences. But Creation Little Five was both like a father and a brother, always with many topics to discuss.
Chen Shi said, "Grandfather taught the Luo Heaven Sacrificial Rite, with twelve hundred deities, many of whom are star lords."
He created talismans with a single thought, constructing twelve hundred talismans in the air to form the Luo Heaven Sacrificial Rite. Then, talisman by talisman transford from flat to three-dinsional, imdiately manifesting twelve hundred deities. The various deities emitted different auras and divine light.
Chen Shi had previously used the Thunderous Jade Pivot Great thod, injuring his vitality. Now, activating the Luo Heaven Sacrificial Rite made him feel sowhat deficient in qi and blood. He coughed twice and said, "The auras of these star lords don't match the auras of the stars in the Milky Way."
"So even though they are top experts, they are all fools."
Creation Little Five examined the Luo Heaven Sacrificial Rite, showing an appreciative look, and smiled. "If you weren't deficient in vitality, I'd definitely drag you to et these fools in Western Capital City, enter their Realms of Emptiness, and properly mock them."
The fools he spoke of numbered fifty or sixty in Western Capital, comprising the ancestors of the Thirteen Great Clans and other top experts at the Return to Emptiness and Great Ascension Realms.
They stood high above, laughing proudly in the world, with transcendent status, revered by all.
But in Creation Little Five's heart, these people couldn't even open their Realms of Emptiness correctly. What else could they be but fools?
For others, gaining the appreciation of such existences was a great honor. Entering their Realms of Emptiness to cultivate was like their ancestral graves emitting smoke. But for Creation Little Five, entering these existences' Realms of Emptiness was like casually visiting neighbors in his spare ti, checking if his food was still fresh.
"However, your Luo Heaven Sacrificial Rite is only the weakest of the three great sacrificial rites. After you recover, I'll teach you the Grand Cosmic Sacrificial Rite."
Creation Little Five said, "The Grand Cosmic Sacrificial Rite has twenty-four hundred deities of China, its power ranking second. The Universal Sacrificial Rite has thirty-six hundred deities, its power the strongest."
He sighed, his expression dimming. "If Father were still alive, if we hadn't quarreled, we probably would have restored the Universal Sacrificial Rite by now. Back then, even working together, we couldn't completely eradicate a single great clan. If he were still alive, we should have had a seventy or eighty percent chance..."
He reminisced about the past, feeling sowhat lancholy.
Chen Shi's eyes widened.
Grandfather and Creation Little Five had done such lawless things?
Creation Little Five rallied his spirits and said, "Cultivate well here. First, replenish your vitality. Tonight, I need to go out."
"Where are you going, Fifth Uncle?" Chen Shi inquired.
Creation Little Five smiled. "When the four Li Family ancestors besieged , they said that if I won, they would tell who cut off your Innate Dao Embryo. Two of the four were beaten to death by , and the remaining two were also severely injured. I was a bit injured a few days ago and had to refine this minor heaven, so I didn't go look for them. Tonight is just right to go have a chat with them."
Chen Shi quickly said, "I'll go with you!"
Creation Little Five shook his head. "No. When I et them, we might have to spar again. With you along, I can't fight freely. You're about like my umbrella; if I hold the umbrella, I can only fight with one hand."
Chen Shi didn't quite understand his aning.
Creation Little Five left the minor heaven, walked straight out of the room, and headed toward the Li Family in Western Capital.
Arriving at the Li residence, he knocked on the door. After a mont, a servant hurried over and said, "The Old Master knew you were coming and has been waiting for several days. Please!"
Creation Little Five walked in.
Reaching the backyard, he saw the garden brightly lit. Realms of Emptiness floated in the air one after another. Beneath the Realms of Emptiness stood old n with ancient, noble appearances, each standing in place without moving.
Creation Little Five looked at them. Most had fought with him before, had been beaten by him. He imdiately nodded and smiled, greeting them.
"Creation Little Five, it's not that we fear you."
Li Family's Great Ancestor Lord Li Yiran greeted him leaning on a cane. His leg had been broken by Creation Little Five and hadn't healed yet. He said calmly, "It's just that it's better to resolve enmity than to create more, so we won't fight you again."
"Thank you."
Creation Little Five thanked him, but felt sowhat regretful inside. He really wanted to turn these old fellows into dried rations, but Chen Yindu had taught him to thank people in such situations.
"Do you two still stand by what you said?" he inquired.
Li Yiran and Li Qianfeng exchanged a glance, then looked at the ancestors of the Zhang, Xia, Xu, Jiang, and other twelve great clans. The white-haired old n each nodded.
The Fei Family's Great Ancestor Lord said, "It's not our business. We can't always take the bla for it."
Li Yiran, leaning on his cane, said solemnly, "Chen Wu, you and Chen Yindu always commit misdeeds, exploring the secrets of the True King's Era's decline. Then do you know who is behind the Heaven's Listeners? To whom does the Heaven's Listeners' Venerated King deliver the compiled major events of the world? Who acts on behalf of the Celestial True God?"
Creation Little Five's expression changed slightly.
Li Qianfeng said, "You've been to Despair Slope before. Do you know what is truly behind Despair Slope?"
...
Within the minor heaven, Chen Shi's mind was sowhat chaotic, always distracted, thinking about who exactly cut off his Innate Dao Embryo, causing him to die an unnatural death.
This person's actions not only hard him but also hard his grandfather Chen Yindu, hard Chen Tang, hard Chen Shi's mother!
He desperately wanted to know this enemy's identity and origins, wanted to personally take revenge!
However, Chen Shi still cald down, knowing that getting anxious now was useless.
He activated his qi and blood, creating a Calming Heart Talisman with a single thought to calm his mind.
After a while, he activated the Xiao Lang Imperial Chapter Technique, trying to replenish his lost vitality.
He had originally cultivated the Xiao Lang Imperial Chapter Technique to the level of Six Layers of Heaven. But this ti, after using the Thunder Ancestor's true form, he could only manifest Three Layers of Heaven with the technique. Attempting the fourth layer was extrely strenuous.
Chen Shi first activated Three Layers of Heaven. The righteous energy within the minor heaven imdiately surged over violently. The small temple also had righteous energy surging over. With the help of Talisman God Tianji, Stone Ji Your Ladyship, and Chen Shi's Nascent Soul, the two types of righteous energy converged, refined within the Three Heavens, transforming into vigorous qi and blood that rged into his body!
This minor heaven was refined from the Realms of Emptiness of the two Li Family Great Ascension Realm ancestors, the condensation of their lifelong cultivation. The heaven and earth energy here was originally extrely pure. Creation Little Five had also absorbed the sinister energy within, leaving the righteous energy, which was a great tonic for Chen Shi!
Chen Shi sat in the small boat. The boat drifted in the Milky Way. As his energy gradually beca abundant, the fourth layer of heaven gradually ford behind his head!
In just half an hour, the fifth layer of heaven ford behind his head.
After one hour, his qi and blood were abundant, and the sixth layer of heaven ford.
Originally, Chen Shi had suffered a great loss of qi and blood. Even lying in the coffin at Qianyang Mountain's Mirror Lake Villa would have taken six or seven days to recover. But in this minor heaven, it took only two hours to replenish the depleted vitality!
By the latter half of the night, the seventh layer of heaven had ford behind Chen Shi's head.
The Calming Heart Talisman had long been exhausted, but he still sat peacefully in the small boat, letting it drift with the Milky Way, floating elsewhere.
When dawn ca, he awoke from ditation. The deficiency caused by using the Thunderous Jade Pivot Great thod had long been replenished. Moreover, the eighth layer of heaven now appeared behind his head, and his Nascent Soul was also a size larger than before!
Chen Shi stood up, stepped off the small boat, leaped out of the minor heaven, jumped out of the bronze mirror, and landed on the floor of Creation Little Five's room.
Creation Little Five wasn't in the room.
Outside, in the alley, children's shouts and cries could be heard. Chen Shi pushed open the window and looked down. He saw Creation Little Five and several children playing cuju in the alley, kicking the ball very enthusiastically.
Creation Little Five sensed his gaze, stopped the ball with his foot, looked up at him, and revealed a smile.
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