Chapter 1335: Omniscient and Omnipotent

Through Zhang Chen’s time acceleration, the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu has grown for hundreds of thousands of years, enough to cover the entire small world he has opened.

The Heaven-Reaching Jianmu is also known as the World Tree. It can grow alongside the world, and even if it’s a small dimension, once the World Tree is planted, it can forcibly evolve into a Great World as the World Tree grows.

As Zhang Chen planted the World Tree, it began to absorb energy from the Chaos. The small world then welcomed vigorous vitality, and innate energy began to condense on the earth, transforming into various innate creations and Reishi Immortal Grass.

But that’s not enough. Zhang Chen took out the resting soil and casually tossed it into the small world. The moment it hit the ground, the earth trembled, a fissure opened up, and the resting soil was swallowed down.

The resting soil took root, expanded upon encountering water, and continuously absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, altering the underground soil, causing it to evolve towards the innate.

The resting soil is a valuable nutrient for both the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and the Tree of Life. Divine light flowed on the Tree of Life, and after being nourished by the resting soil, it rapidly grew roots and sprouted, while the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu accelerated its growth from the creation it absorbed, its branches extending along the world’s barrier, spreading in all directions, reaching into the inner world barrier.

“I wonder if my time acceleration can work on the small world,” Zhang Chen pondered over the Chaos before him. After some thought, he lightly tapped the Chaos in his hand, and the next moment, the Chaos remained unchanged, but within it, the small world boomed and surprisingly expanded to 500 miles.

“It worked!” Zhang Chen looked at the expanding small world, his eyes lighting up.

As the small world expanded, the Power of the World fed back to the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, which also began growing accordingly. Upon receiving feedback and nourishment from the Power of the World, it transformed into a Jianmu a hundred miles tall, and the innate energy it emitted became ten times richer, making the entire small world so suffused with Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi that it formed a mist, resembling the legendary Immortal Realm, where various Reishi Immortal Grass emerged. Except for the lack of life forms, it could already be considered a perfect cultivation small world.

Zhang Chen observed the small world that had developed for a hundred years under time acceleration, the ground soil had already completely transformed into innate soil, and the Reishi Immortal Grass was all of innate material, the entire world had turned into an innate world.

Zhang Chen smiled satisfactorily, then took out the Peach Tree and casually planted it within the small world, scanning his eyes over the world. Now, the dense Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in the small world satisfied the Peach Tree’s needs for rooting and sprouting.

Then Zhang Chen entered a state of seclusion, accelerating time for the small world every day, speeding up its expansion.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed. On this day, with one instance of Zhang Chen’s time acceleration, the final piece of Chaos within the small world exploded, transformed into Innate Primordial Qi, and was absorbed by the small world. At this moment, the small world was completely opened up, becoming a small world equal in size to the Eighteenth Heaven.

In the center of the small world, a gigantic tree thousands of miles tall grew, like a Heaven-Reaching Pillar, cascading innate energy like a waterfall, pouring over the entire world.

Centered around the Jianmu, within a thousand miles, the area was filled with Reishi Immortal Grass and innate materials, with concentrations of innate energy wanting to transform into innate spirits.

Within the world, a great river formed by Innate Divine Water flowed, and the Water Spirit Pearl turned into an innate divine spirit mastering Water Power, currently evolving and nurturing. The great river traversed the world, with tributaries acting as veins, extending throughout the underground dark river.

In the void, a great sun condensed, its searing rays illuminating the entire starry sky. The Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit evolves into the great sun, transforming into the Sun God being nurtured in the sun.

The Five Directions Banner at this moment also evolved into five innate divine spirits, nurturing within this world, holding authority over the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth.

The Tree of Life seeks to evolve into the divine spirit in charge of vegetation vitality, representing the power of the Four Spirits of Heaven Opening, the Heaven and Earth Spirit seeks to evolve into the innate divine spirit in charge of the earth’s path.

And only the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu is Zhang Chen’s avatar, it encompasses the entire world, representing Zhang Chen’s will, merged with the Heavenly Dao, transforming into the master divine spirit governing the operation of the Law of Heaven and Earth.

This world was opened by Zhang Chen, and he had long mastered the Authority of the Five Elements, so Zhang Chen rightfully claimed the supreme rulership.

His Primordial Spirit mastered the Heavenly Dao’s operation of the whole world, directing the overarching trend and principles of Heaven and Earth, being the rule-maker and ruler.

“It’s done!” Zhang Chen, looking at the world he opened up, was full of joy.

“The whole world is millions of miles wide, quite the Middle Thousand World,” Zhang Chen caressed the World Primordial Embryo, but soon noticed something amiss; he realized that his world had Essence, Qi, and Spirit leaking through the world membrane, being absorbed by the Great Thousand Worlds, startling Zhang Chen to quickly seal it within his Celestial Eye, preserving it with the Celestial Eye.

Once the Middle Thousand World entered the Celestial Eye, the depletion from the Great Thousand Worlds was thoroughly sealed off.

“So, when the Middle Thousand World was within the Great Thousand Worlds, its entirely innate energy naturally had to leak its Origin Essence Qi into the Great Thousand Worlds.” Zhang Chen felt secretly startled, realizing even the Middle Thousand World couldn’t avoid it.

“If the Small Thousand World can evade calamity, then why should we be so troubled, hiding and shrinking away? We could just open up a Small Thousand World and hide within,” said the Queen Mother of the West to Zhang Chen.

This made sense, as even the Small Thousand World is not spared from the difficulties faced by the Great Thousand World.

“Your Small Thousand World’s evolution has come to a halt. If you wish for it to continue evolving, you might consider seeking some Innate Spiritual Treasures or Innate Spirit Roots to throw in it, enhancing your world’s foundation and aiding its evolution,” the Queen Mother of the West advised Zhang Chen.

“If I were to place the Six Paths of Reincarnation within, I wonder if it could make the Small Thousand World evolve,” Zhang Chen asked.

“With the Six Paths of Reincarnation, it would be enough to transform it into a Middle Thousand World, and a top-tier one at that,” said the Queen Mother of the West.

What amazed the Queen Mother of the West the most was that Zhang Chen actually had the means to seal the Small Thousand World, preventing the Essence, Qi, and Spirit within from dissipating—this was what shocked her the most.

Just like how she hides within the Ice Hell, preserving her own Essence, Qi, and Spirit—truly astonishing.

She directed Zhang Chen, not without personal motives. If Zhang Chen could evolve the Small Thousand World into a Middle Thousand World, she could leave the Ice Hell and enter the Middle Thousand World to evade calamity.

The Ice Hell is bleak and can’t compare to a Middle Thousand World.

If the Small Thousand World could accommodate beings of her caliber, she would have already slipped in, absorbing Innate Qi to replenish her own deficits.

Zhang Chen was unaware of the Queen Mother’s thoughts and set his sights on the Underworld: “What if I bring the Underworld here and refine it into my Small Thousand World—would my Small Thousand World become bigger?”

“I advise against such an idea. Though this move might make your world larger, size doesn’t equate to quality or strength. There are schemers in the Underworld; if you’re careless, you might invite trouble and lose control of your world, with nowhere to cry. The only truly valuable thing in the Underworld might be the Yellow Springs River—if you could incorporate it into your Small World, it could aid its evolution. I could help you move the Yellow Springs River in,” the Queen Mother of the West suggested.

Zhang Chen laughed at the remark: “That would be excellent!”

He thought not only of moving the Yellow Springs but also integrating the Blood Sea Dao into his Small Thousand World.

Zhang Chen directly employed Divine Techniques to dive underground, seeing the space before him shift, unfolding the Nine Bends Yellow River Array beneath the world. He then approached the bubbling Springs of Yellow, stepping into its wellspring, appearing atop vast, endless waves and flows of the river.

Zhang Chen brought forth the World Primordial Embryo. As it appeared, the Innate Qi began to dissipate at a heart-stopping rate. Anxious, Zhang Chen beckoned to the Queen Mother: “Please, Your Majesty, assist me!”

The speed of the Innate Essence Qi’s dissipation was too rapid. The Heaven-Reaching Jianmu could not keep up with replenishing the Innate Qi, letting it all wither away.

Zhang Chen caressed his Small World with a hint of anxiety in his eyes. Meanwhile, the Ice Hell broke open, and a slender, pale hand stretched out. Upon appearing, it unleashed a torrent of Essence Qi so vast that its speed of pouring out was many times that of the Small World.

The hand reached into the empty space and grasped the endless, surging Yellow Springs River, lifting it like a pendant. Effortlessly cutting through the Small Thousand World barrier, it placed the Yellow Springs River into Zhang Chen’s Small Thousand World.

“Boy, I, the Ancestor, lent you a hand once, at a loss of Origin Qi immeasurable—I suffered greatly,” the Queen Mother’s somewhat fatigued voice rang in Zhang Chen’s ears.

Standing still, Zhang Chen cradled the World Primordial Embryo in his hands, feeling the density of Essence Qi between Heaven and Earth. The concentration of Essence Qi dispersed by the Queen Mother’s actions had already transformed the area, making the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi density equal to that within Zhang Chen’s Small World.

This was a testament to the dire circumstances faced by the Queen Mother and other Great Divine Power Users. Their internal source was like uncontained oxygen, appearing in the air and endlessly dissipating away.

“I understand Your Majesty’s difficulties and naturally should compensate. How about this: I allow Your Majesty to draw a thousand years’ worth of Innate Qi from within my Small Thousand World—how does this sound?” Zhang Chen queried.

His single Time Acceleration lasted a hundred and eighty years; replenishing millennia in merely five or six days—he wasn’t too concerned about the Queen Mother’s absorption.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother was overjoyed; her contributions finally bore fruit.