Chapter 673: All Blessings From the Predecessor

On the peak of Divine Sky Mountain, Purple Gold Thunder Light cascaded like a waterfall, flowing day and night without rest.

Xu Yunfan sat cross-legged in the center of a huge, flattened platform on the summit. Beneath him was a naturally formed diagram of Thunder Runes.

The entire Divine Sky Mountain was like a colossal Melting Furnace of Thunderbolt. A majestic and pure Power of Thunder Origin, thousands of times greater than that of the old Divine Sky Peak, was surging madly into his body.

The Grotto Heaven Embryo evolving within his Golden Core was nourished by this irresistible Power of Origin. Its spatial walls solidified at a visible rate, and the Thunderbolt breeding within it took on a richer Dao Rhyme of Destruction and creation.

‘Nurturing Heaven… True Monarch Dong Ming wasn’t lying.’

Xu Yunfan immersed his Heart and Spirit in the process. He combined the insights on nurturing the core from True Monarch Dong Ming’s Jade Scroll with the incomparably precise Skill Level feedback from his Attribute Panel, and his understanding of the Early-Stage Golden Core deepened rapidly.

Perhaps all the information True Monarch Dong Ming had provided was true, but Xu Yunfan was certain she had deliberately omitted something at a critical juncture.

The slightest deviation would lead him completely astray, leaving him to waste his time.

But she never would have imagined that Xu Yunfan possessed an Attribute Panel, allowing him to constantly experiment through trial and error.

Every time he contemplated a cultivation path, prompts would constantly appear in his vision, telling him whether it was useful or not.

As a result, Xu Yunfan’s progress was incredibly fast.

‘Damn it. That bitch actually left something out right here.’

Having just tested an incorrect path, Xu Yunfan saw a message pop up in his vision. The corner of his eye twitched, though he wasn’t particularly angry.

A Golden Core was like a fertilized egg, the beginning of all incubation. But how to incubate it and in what direction were all matters of specific rules and standards.

Any reckless deviation would result in malformation and improper development.

It would naturally lead to a dead end.

‘Women are all so venomous!’

‘Good thing I intentionally laid a few traps of my own.’

Xu Yunfan finally felt a bit of consolation.

At this moment, on his Attribute Panel, although the status of the “Profound Vault Undying True Scripture of the Divine Sky Nine Heavens” was already “Perfection,” a new line of information had appeared below it.

[Divine Sky Golden Core (Early Stage): Stability 87%→ 92%→ 96%…]

Every time Divine Sky Mountain washed over him with the Divine Sky Thunder Principle it had accumulated for many years, and every time he gained a new insight from True Monarch Dongming’s notes, the number jumped steadily and rapidly.

A Realm that would take an ordinary Golden Core True Monarch decades or even centuries to stabilize was being completed at an astonishing speed under the dual boons of Divine Sky Mountain’s Origin and his Attribute Panel.

In his heart, Xu Yunfan was sincerely grateful for the hard-earned accumulation of the previous Divine Sky True Monarch, all of which was now benefiting him.

Now, his Golden Core was completely stable, and his Dao Fruit was condensed and unmoving.

Only now could it be said that the Divine Sky Dao Fruit truly belonged to him, Xu Yunfan.

He tried to draw upon the deeper powers of the Divine Sky Dao Fruit.

With a flicker of his thoughts, a wisp of purple-gold electricity danced on his fingertip. It was no longer a simple thunderbolt strike, but had transformed into a fine Thunder Net. Between the net’s threads, space twisted slightly, and wisps of chaotic energy were drawn in and annihilated.

This was a demonstration of a more refined control over Thunderbolt, touching the very edge of the Divine Sky Dao Principle.

At the same time, his consciousness sank into the Grotto Heaven Embryo in his Dantian.

That Chaotic Small World formed from Thunderbolt, nourished by the power of his Golden Core and supplemented by the Origin Law Fragments from Divine Sky Mountain, was gradually gaining clearer boundaries.

All of this was the accumulation of the previous Divine Sky True Monarch over many years. After he was slain by the Pure Yang True Monarch, it all now conveniently benefited Xu Yunfan.

He tried to use a wisp of his Divine Thought to guide the internal Thunderbolt along a specific trajectory, attempting to evolve a more fundamental Life and Death Law.

Although it was merely an embryo within an embryo, each attempt consumed a huge amount of energy, and progress was slow. A new prompt would only pop up in his vision after a long while.

But this was the beginning of Heaven Transformation.

He was using the Golden Core as the pivot and the Grotto Heaven as the furnace to evolve his own Great Dao Laws.

In the days that followed, Xu Yunfan was exceptionally busy. The Divine Sky Dao Fruit needed to be deeply explored, and the various mysteries derived from his own condensed Golden Core also required time to comprehend.

While stabilizing his Realm, Xu Yunfan didn’t forget about Divine Sky Mountain’s defenses.

His thoughts connected with the entire Immortal Mountain, and his Divine Thought swept over the naturally formed thunderbolt nodes and Earth Vein hubs across the mountain.

“Stars of the Celestial Sphere, heed my command!”

He gave a low shout and waved his sleeve. Three hundred sixty-five miniature, starlit banner shadows split off a wisp of energy from the main body of the Star Spirit Banner. They transformed into streaks of light and precisely sank into the key nodes of Divine Sky Mountain.

He deeply branded the main banner into the core of the mountain, connecting it to the Origin of Divine Sky Mountain.

HUMMM!

The entire Divine Sky Mountain trembled slightly. Amidst the violent thunderclouds at the peak, points of starlight suddenly lit up.

These were not real stars, but projections of Star Power drawn from the void after the core nodes of the All Heaven Star Formation were activated.

They resonated with the Thunder Runes inside the mountain, forming a colossal, invisible net that covered the entire Immortal Mountain.

Purple-gold Thunderbolt and silver-white starlight intertwined and flowed together. A vast and majestic aura, possessing both Destruction and protection, spread out and enveloped Divine Sky Mountain.

Although limited by the number of Banner Spirits, it was far from the complete version of the All Heaven Star Formation and couldn’t trap and kill a True Monarch. However, its defensive capabilities already far surpassed those of an ordinary Mountain Protection Array.

What’s more, three Golden Core Banner Spirits were stationed within it. Xu Yunfan naturally wouldn’t use them as mere anchor points; that would be a true waste. Even for the other Banner Spirits, he only split off a wisp of their energy to infuse into the Array Banners he had refined.

Combined with Divine Sky Mountain’s own sturdy spatial barriers and Thunder Origin, it was enough to withstand a full-force attack from an Early-Stage Golden Core True Monarch and provide Xu Yunfan with a home-field advantage.

‘With the All Heaven Star Spirit Banner and this carefully arranged Array, I might even be able to hold out against a Mid-Stage Golden Core cultivator for a while.’

After finishing all this, Xu Yunfan turned his gaze toward the outer region of the Primordial Sect, to the Divine Sky Peak that had once been his. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

With a flicker of his Divine Thought, a Purple Gold Thunder Talisman imbued with his will shot through the air.

Not long after, several streaks of Escape Light rose from the direction of Divine Sky Peak. They traveled through the vast sea of clouds of the Primordial Sect, filled with excitement and trepidation, and finally landed outside Divine Sky Mountain’s Mountain Protection Array.

The one in the lead was Bi Yuan, followed by Xuezhen, Qingming, Elder Ni, the Maiyi Old Taoist, and several core disciples who had performed reasonably well during their time on Divine Sky Peak.

They gazed at the magnificent Immortal Mountain before them—wreathed in Thunderbolt, with starlight faintly visible. Feeling the suffocating, majestic pressure, they were all so shaken and excited they could barely contain themselves.

“We pay our respects to the Divine Sky True Monarch!”

Everyone bowed in unison, their voices trembling.

They knew Xu Yunfan had become a True Monarch, but it wasn’t until they personally arrived at his domain that they truly felt the might of a Golden Core and the grandeur of an Immortal Mountain.

Xu Yunfan’s figure appeared silently before the mountain gate. Purple Gold Thunder Light was contained within his body, his Divine Sky True Monarch Robe billowed without any wind, and his aura was as deep as the ocean.

His gaze swept over the group. He gave a slight nod to Bi Yuan and the others before turning to the disciples.

“Rise. Now that you have entered Divine Sky Mountain, you are my disciples. The Spiritual Qi and Origin here far surpass the past. You must all cultivate diligently and not waste this opportunity.”

He lifted a hand and pointed. The Mountain Protection Array opened a gateway, guiding everyone inside.

At the same time, with a flicker of his Divine Thought, he designated several areas in the outer regions of Divine Sky Mountain—places with abundant Spiritual Qi and relative peace—as their cultivation abodes.