The Nine Tripods ascended to the skies, and the Heavenly Court rose from the earth.
Within the universe, two new worlds erged once again.
The upper layer beca the Heavenly Court; its shadow could be seen, but once ascended, it disappeared without a trace.
The middle layer beca the Mortal World, a turbulent sea of red dust, devoid of immortals or ghosts.
The lower layer beca the underworld, ho to evil ghosts and Demon Gods, buried a thousand feet deep yet unseen.
The Three Realms were completely separated, and the once tens of thousands of ters tall Kunlun vanished; what remained of Kunlun reached rely ten thousand ters.
From now on, mortals ascending to this place would no longer find any Immortal Gods.
Nor would ghosts appear underground, as they are now confined to another dinsion.
Even the City Gods, although guarding their cities, have their Yin Bureau located in the underworld. They can see mortals, but mortals cannot see them.
Previously, cultivators could use their Yin Yang Eyes to observe the Ghost Soldiers and ghosts within the city, but now they no longer can.
Countless years later, mortals would call this day the "Breaking of Heaven and Earth's Connection." This separation of mortals and divine beings left most poets and nobles who admired the Immortal Dao sighing deeply, seeking immortality and enlightennt, but to no avail.
To Song Lin, this was a good thing.
Those fated would only be discovered by ghosts and gods, who would then direct a sect to illuminate them.
Those without fate or talent, no matter how much they pursued it, would never enter the Immortal Sect.
Moreover, Song Lin also left two paths to immortality for those lacking talent.
Perform good deeds and accumulate rit, and upon death, one could beco a god. Or reincarnate, entering the path of cultivation in the next life.
When Kunlun still existed, it had brought about negative influences on the world.
Countless people went bankrupt in pursuit of immortality, and those they sought were mostly frauds, who ruined lives for wealth, or worse, secretly climbed the mountain only to et their deaths.
Such events were incessant. With such a towering Kunlun Mountain standing there, how could it not tempt people? Everyone believed they were the chosen one.
Each thought they were destined, and many desperate individuals treated it as their last hope to turn their lives around.
The result was clear: most perished on the path to immortality.
Only by distancing the Heavenly Court from the Mortal World could mortals cease these pursuits.
This was a paramount matter benefiting both nation and people.
Leveraging the ascension of the sky, Song Lin continuously absorbed Innate Ancestor Qi, solidifying his Tao Golden Pill to the brink of consummation.
Occasionally, he split off an avatar to observe the situation in the story worlds.
One day, Song Lin suddenly awakened, his entire presence retracting, like a pine upon a great mountain—majestic and unmoving.
As it is often said, the greater the realm, the stronger the self-control; the further one advances, the more restrained the release of power becos.
Standing within the depths of the cosmos, Song Lin closed his eyes to sense the directions of heaven and earth. Within him was a Tao Golden Pill—circular, golden, dazzling.
Flawless and whole, as if it were the most perfect entity in existence.
This was the Tao Golden Pill of Innate Yang Qi.
As the saying goes, "Swallow but one Golden Pill, and my fate is mine, not Heaven's."
His Divine Thought could sense any corner of the universe. As long as sothing contained Yang Qi, he could perceive it. Instantly, the universe's vast outline erged in his mind.
This universe spanned over 90 billion light-years and was still expanding.
The number of stars was roughly 300 sextillion suns.
There were around 7,000 planets that harbored life.
Compared to the vast number of suns, life-bearing stars seed few.
But upon reflection, this made sense. The conditions for life's genesis were harsh, requiring exceptional environnts and precise timing. Even a minor fluctuation in the cosmos could annihilate an entire civilization.
Seven thousand was not a small number after all.
Future modifications by the Heavenly Court could wait, as there was no rush.
Still, there was little need for modification, as not every location held the Great Dao. The stars varied, with so being nothing more than ordinary rocks.
While sensing the universe, Song Lin discovered so intriguing phenona.
So places appeared mundane, devoid of signs of life, yet they gave him an inexplicable feeling of strangeness.
There was a sense of unreality, where nothing seed apparent yet sothing seed hidden within.
Other areas within his Divine Thought appeared marred, like holes torn in white paper.
"They should be Ancient Demons, perhaps even the Taishi Demon Emperor hiding in such places,"
Song Lin thought to himself.
In addition to these obvious signs, there were likely many formidable demons employing far more concealed thods to obscure their whereabouts.
A reckless move at this mont would easily alert them.
With less than three years until the Upper Pure Demon Tribulation, it was better to let them remain active for now. When the tribulation arrived, they would surely be dealt with.
"It is ti to end the story world,"
Song Lin thought.
Yet just as he was about to return to that world, a sudden thought made him abandon the idea.
According to Ji Dan, Emperor Yi had disappeared without reason, his whereabouts unknown.
If he went now, he might fall into Emperor Yi's trap.
After all, the Yinn Shang Heaven had deep foundations; things were undoubtedly not as simple as they appeared on the surface.
Instead, it would be wiser to head to the Lingwei World first and deal with its dwellers.
Otherwise, when the Upper Pure Demon Tribulation began, he would have to confront attacks from both sides, which would be overwhelming.
In the anti, he could also refine the Black Lotus further. He did not expect it to solidify but even transforming it into liquid form would suffice.
The thirty-three Bodhisattvas, eighty-eight Mahayana Arhats,
could be dealt with in one year's ti. He would sever the Lingwei Realm's ties to the Real World, concealing the Real World in the process.
Lingwei Realm.
Western Pure Land.
At this mont, light illuminated the Ten Directions World.
The Golden Body of Lingwei Buddha appeared above the Western Pure Land. Imdiately, the Buddhas of the Ten Directions gathered to offer their blessings.
Thirty-three Bodhisattvas, eighty-eight Mahayana Arhats, seven hundred and twenty Small Mahayana Arhats, innurable monks and bhikkhus, Heavenly Humans, and virtuous people all ca to pay homage.
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