Chapter 1336: Fusion of the Celestial Eye

Zhang Chen didn’t mind collaborating with the Queen Mother of the West, as her ability to preserve strength was also a kind of assurance for him.

Just like this time when transplanting the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and refining the Eighteenth Heaven, without the help of the Queen Mother of the West, it would have been impossible for Zhang Chen with his yet-to-be-proven Dao Fruit strength.

“I appreciate your kindness, but your Little Thousand World has just been established and still needs consolidation. I mustn’t extract Innate Qi from it, lest it delay its evolution into a Middle Thousand World. Only then can I enter it for slumber, thus thoroughly resolving my hidden dangers. I can still afford to wait, so you needn’t worry about me,” said the Queen Mother of the West.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen didn’t try to persuade further. Cultivation had reached the realm of the Queen Mother of the West, so naturally, she knew what to do and when. He didn’t need to be polite with the Queen Mother of the West.

“By the way, what means did you use to conceal the aura of the Little Thousand World so that it isn’t attacked by the Great Thousand World?” the Queen Mother of the West asked curiously.

The Celestial Eye relates to Zhang Chen’s ultimate card, always hidden in the deepest part of his consciousness, something even the Queen Mother of the West hadn’t detected. This was Zhang Chen’s life-saving card, and he didn’t want outsiders to know. Facing the Queen Mother of the West’s probing, Zhang Chen playfully replied, “This is my trick kept at the bottom of the box. I beg your pardon for not revealing it.”

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West did not pursue further. After all, every person in this world has a trump card, an inviolable secret, the greatest hidden aspect.

Then Zhang Chen sealed the Little World within his Celestial Eye. As the Little World entered the Celestial Eye, it seemed to have some profound, inexplicable connection with the Celestial Eye. The Celestial Eye saw countless divine light runes interwoven, permeating into the Little World.

Outside, Zhang Chen immediately noticed changes within the Celestial Eye. Within his Celestial Eye was a grand fabric of laws, constructed by countless Order Chains, a law ocean independent of the Great Thousand Worlds. What allowed Zhang Chen to seal items inside the Celestial Eye was his ability to open a void within it, storing various treasures while sealing them in the ocean of rules.

As Zhang Chen sent the embryonic Little Thousand World into the Celestial Eye, it seemed to trigger a mysterious response. The Celestial Eye saw countless laws resonate with the Little Thousand World laws, flowing towards them as if to envelop the Little Thousand World.

Those threads of laws assimilated into the Little Thousand World, replacing its original operational laws, causing mysterious energy waves to ripple through Heaven and Earth. In that Endless Void, within the world’s barrier, something seemed to be gestating. Two springs gradually evolved: one named Destiny, the other named Time.

“The Celestial Eye seems to be merging with the Little Thousand World?” Zhang Chen’s heart stirred, expressing hesitation, unsure whether to intervene. After all, both the Celestial Eye and the Little Thousand World were of paramount importance to him; one related to his Guardian Dao technique, the other to his future survival and abilities.

However, observing the continuous evolution of Heavenly Dao Laws within the Little Thousand World, the increase in various Rule Power, and countless laws weaving and deriving consciousness governing the world’s operation, Zhang Chen knew his Little Thousand World was transforming positively. So, after hesitating a moment, he refrained from interference, allowing the two to gradually weave and integrate in the unseen, merging into one.

Deep underground, Yellow Spring Water flowed. As countless laws from the Celestial Eye merged, the void where Yellow Spring Water resided began to warp, unexpectedly giving rise to a new dimensional world.

Deep within that world barrier, a thumb-thick river of time flowed from its source, traversing past and future.

There was also a river of destiny, weaving the fate of this world’s Innate Divine, scripting the world’s destiny.

Those countless rules seemed to form a vast net, enveloping the entire world, with destiny’s power circulating every corner, weaving Heavenly Dao strength. Heavenly Dao’s will was born, using countless rules as its framework, evolving and intertwining into a Celestial Eye.

At the moment when Heavenly Dao returned, Zhang Chen’s Little Thousand World gently trembled, unexpectedly condensing Innate Qi into life, Life Power burgeoning.

“My Little Thousand World has actually birthed new life!” Zhang Chen saw algae springing to life in flowing water, his eyes filled with astonishment: “I’ve witnessed the birth of Heavenly Dao; how extraordinary!”

Even though the Celestial Eye had merged with the Little Thousand World, its functionality remained unchanged; Zhang Chen could still harness its power.

Crucially, Zhang Chen felt his Little Thousand World underwent an inscrutable transformation; his command over it was now omniscient. With the presence of Heavenly Dao’s power within the Little Thousand World, the Heavenly Dao’s will would propel its evolution, deducing future evolutionary paths, progressing optimally under some pattern, unless Zhang Chen consciously intervened with his will. Otherwise, the evolution of the Little Thousand World would be driven by Heavenly Dao, advancing naturally and optimally.

Moreover, he noticed the Little Thousand World had acquired another feature: evading plunder by the Great Thousand World, where the Heavenly Dao will operated rules sealing the Little Thousand World’s origin, even preventing the Great Thousand World from claiming anything.

“Incredible! This evolution holds unfathomable marvels for me.” Zhang Chen surveyed the deepest part of his consciousness, finding the Celestial Eye vanished, leaving only the Little Thousand World. Yet, the Little Thousand World existed mysterious and subtle, seeming to rely on Zhang Chen’s consciousness while remaining independent from it.

The Little Thousand World hovered between consciousness and matter, straddling reality and illusion, lodged in Zhang Chen’s consciousness, conditionally between presence and absence, with great profundity.

This is also the key to why the opponent can evade the plundering of the Great Thousand Worlds.

“Incredible!”

Zhang Chen uttered four words.

He could sense that under the guidance of the Power of Celestial Dao, innate spiritual treasures like the Five Directions Banner seemed to be assimilated by rules, being re-refined, transforming into five essence origin energies, distributed across the five directions of heaven and earth, undergoing a new round of evolution.

“All innate spiritual treasures, including the three pearls, have been re-refined and reshaped by the Celestial Dao, transformed into rule origins, constantly circulating in the void, perfecting the Five Elements Dao between heaven and earth. Most importantly, the Five Elements Origin scattered in the five directions actually formed a Five Elements Grand Array, merged into the world barrier, embedding the entire Five Elements Grand Array within the world barrier. This action not only enhances the power of the small cosmos but also accelerates its operation, strengthens its foundation, and makes its framework virtually unbreakable under the Five Elements Law. With the achievement of this innate grand array, the defense level of the small cosmos has increased by numerous times.” Zhang Chen stood there in thought, silently ‘observing’ the transformation of the small world.

After brief contemplation, Zhang Chen triggered a thought, and the Golden Scissors flew out accordingly, entering the small cosmos, allowing it to be disintegrated.

Although the Golden Scissors are fine, they are temporarily unnecessary for Zhang Chen, and in the future End of Dharma Era, the Golden Scissors offer no opportunity for Zhang Chen to wield them.

As for keeping treasures to commit to the Five Elements River to enhance combat power, Zhang Chen had already considered that he might not be able to use this divine technique later on.

First, if Zhang Chen achieves Extreme Realm Ascension, he will face the consequence of the transformation of magical power and loss of origin essence qi in his body, so he will never ascend during the End of Dharma Era.

And the End of Dharma Era’s distance to the next awakening is unknown for several tens of thousands of years, Zhang Chen’s peaches of immortality have matured numerous times; by then, he would likely have already accumulated enough points to upgrade to Primordial Heavenly Creation Daluo, thus rendering this skill useless.

Second, if Zhang Chen encounters a formidable enemy, he has the Celestial Eye, and the thunder emitted can solve the opponent. If the colorless divine thunder emitted by the Celestial Eye cannot resolve the enemy, then upgrading the Five Elements River would just be in vain.

Thus, leaving a Celestial Punishment Eye for dealing with enemies is sufficient!

As for the Golden Scissors, similarly, for Zhang Chen, it’s better to evolve the small cosmos, aid its upgrade, and assist the Peach Tree in rapid cultivation, to quickly accumulate points and upgrade his Nine Revolutions Profound Skill.

As for the third point, the most crucial, he still has the Western Queen Mother! Regardless of any crisis, the Western Queen Mother is his ultimate backup; if even the Western Queen Mother cannot resolve the issue, any means he employs and however many treasures he has would only be futile.

With the Golden Scissors sent into the small world, Zhang Chen, his mind stirred, sensed the Power of Celestial Dao beginning to refine the Golden Scissors, which transformed into Yin Yang Qi, disappearing within the small cosmos, turning into an innate yin-yang grand array, enveloping the entire world, covering the small cosmos.

When the innate Yin Yang Grand Array met the innate Five Elements Grand Array, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction, tightly integrating together, with the Qi of the Five Elements and Yin Yang Qi mutually transforming, even birthing Qi of Chaos, circulating within the barrier of the small world.

“Chaos births yin and yang, yin and yang birth the Five Elements, similarly, the Five Elements can reverse into yin and yang, yin and yang reverse to chaos.” Zhang Chen observed the wisp of Qi of Chaos born within the small cosmos, a mysterious glimmer emerging in his eyes: “This small cosmos is truly undergoing inexplicable changes, becoming increasingly interesting, the changes brought by the Celestial Eye far exceed expectations, that celestial eye is truly peculiar, it can even refine innate spiritual treasures, truly defying the heavens.”

An ordinary small world can by no means refine innate spiritual treasures! Even a Great Thousand World cannot achieve this!

While Zhang Chen was deep in thought, the Western Queen Mother’s angry shouting startled him.

“You little rascal, what method did you use to actually refine my Five Directions Banner? Previously, I was wondering why you were so kind to give me a thousand years of heaven and earth primordial qi, turns out you were waiting for me here, you actually refined my Five Directions Banner, I’ve lost the sense of it!” The Western Queen Mother’s nagging voice resounded within Zhang Chen’s ice hell:

“Kid, return my Five Directions Banner, or else I’ll never let you off!”

Just after Zhang Chen had refined the Five Directions Banner, the Western Queen Mother immediately sensed it.

Upon hearing the Western Queen Mother’s questioning, Zhang Chen’s eyes rolled slyly, smiled broadly, and said: “The Five Directions Banner is just five innate spiritual treasures to you, madam, what is there to be so fussy about? I’ll repay you handsomely in the future, won’t I?”