Chapter 162: Both the Sun and the Moon

The mountains and the spiritual leylines were combined, just as the formations were now integrated into the terrains.

Urged by the Origin Power from the Grotto-heavens, twelve small spiritual leylines were created.

With the birth of the spiritual leylines, the continent that was in the world of the Grotto-heavens also changed.

It was expanding, and it was progressing naturally, using the 12 Zodiacs Formation as the basis.

The leyline nodes came from the spiritual leyline nodes.

And the spiritual leyline nodes came from the formation nodes.

This derivation should have been done layer by layer and would normally require considerable time.

However, Chen Jingzhai used the authority of the Grotto-heavens to aid the Origin Power in its activation, which made this change possible.

The Grotto-heavens were slowly expanding, and the endless stream of essence power was continuously descending.

Without Chen Jingzhai’s control, a tributary of the long river of essence power appeared.

It was pulled by the innate money tree.

Such a large amount of pure essence power was making the innate money tree extremely joyful.

It drifted into the void of the heavens, and all of its roots were absorbing the essence power.

At first, it gurgled like gentle running water, but soon, the power of its swallowing began to increase.

This directly affected Chen Jingzhai, who was in the Grotto-heavens of the deep ocean.

He was able to get up and move around, leaning against the walls of the Grotto-heavens as he moved forward slowly.

Even more pure essence power was coming toward him.

Nearly half of the essence power that flowed into the Grotto-heavens was absorbed by the innate money tree.

This was something that Chen Jingzhai did not expect, and he had no choice but to intervene.

Because of the evolution that was happening to the Grotto-heavens, it would be ideal to allow the Grotto-heavens to be further advanced.

As if it understood Chen Jingzhai’s intention, the innate money tree began to vibrate.

It was becoming bigger at a rate clearly visible to the naked eye.

Dozens of roots appeared first, and then the trunk grew longer and thicker.

There were more and more branches, as different kinds of leaves began to grow as well.

Then, one after another, milky white coins started to grow from the branches.

When it grew to a height of about sixty feet, the innate money tree fell directly in front of the jade statue.

Its roots fell within the Small Heavens Cloud Forbidden Restriction.

Then, the tributary from the river of essence power disappeared.

However, the ability of the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens to draw the essence power from the outside world became several times stronger.

More and more essence power from the outside world began pouring into the Grotto-heavens.

The essence power began to take on the appearance of fog, and then it turned into the liquid form of the essence power.

It landed on the jade statue as well as on the innate money tree.

Under the irrigation of this liquid of essence power, the jade statue took on an additional layer of luster.

The innate money tree too continued to grow, reaching about 90 feet in height.

Hundreds of additional branches were covered with milky white coins.

A large amount of essence power passed through the restrictions and fell to the ground, and part of it ended up in the 12 Zodiacs Formation.

The 12 spiritual leylines that were on the ground continued to absorb the essence power and continued to grow.

The mountains were growing taller, just as the ground was expanding. Even the ocean was becoming deeper and wider.

Unbeknownst to him, the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens had completed a total transformation.

Originally, it was possible to give out the Innate Qi once every two weeks, now it could be done once every 10 days.

However, Chen Jingzhai could no longer afford to be so distracted until he kept checking on the changes in the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens.

He moved into the depths of the Grotto-heavens while supporting himself by the walls.

After walking for about 400 feet, he felt a little dizzy as his head began to spin.

Chen Jingzhai realized that he had reached his limit, but he did not stop.

Instead, he continued to urge the Grotto-heavens divine light so that it would penetrate deeper into the cave.

With the guidance of the divine light, the impact of the essence power was reduced, which allowed Chen Jingzhai to move forward with some effort.

After walking for about another 210 feet, he crossed his legs and sat down, entering a state of cultivation.

His consciousness entered the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens, and the cultivation was handed over to the spiritual deities.

All the acupoints in his body opened wide, and a huge amount of essence power was constantly being aspirated.

The spirit deities were increasing rapidly. Some acupoint spirit deities that were in deep slumber now took shape and showed themselves as sufficient essence power continued to enter into his body.

With the increase of spirit deities, the efficiency of processing the essence power was improving.

This created a virtuous cycle, as Chen Jingzhai’s cultivation also elevated steadily.

Furthermore, even the magic treasures inside of him were benefiting a great deal.

The most obvious was the Five Bamboo Sword that was hidden in the spine.

The Five Bamboo Sword was already of Grade 3 quality and later absorbed the ocean star black metal.

It was hidden within the celestial bones of the spine. Gradually, it had cultivated a spirituality of its own.

As the essence power increased inside Chen Jingzhai’s body, it too was secretly puffing out more essence power.

With the majestic essence power washing over him, it strengthened the body of the sword tremendously.

If the Five Bamboo Sword was secretly getting stronger, then it meant that the Great Heaven Mirror was swallowing everything up openly.

It existed between the Yin Yang Formation Pattern and the Heaven and Earth Formation Pattern.

It was composed of hundreds of acupoints, which were then connected to form formation patterns.

With the influx of essence power, the spirit deities of these formation patterns also manifested into forms.

This created a huge change in the Yin Yang Formation Pattern and the Heaven and Earth Formation Pattern.

These two formation patterns had not been interfering with one another, but now they were combining one with the other.

They were obviously subordinate deities. However, the combined formation pattern could absorb and process the essence power using the capability of an official deity.

Among them, the Great Heaven Mirror immediately reaped great benefits.

As the essence power continued to pour into the Great Heaven Mirror, the restrictions inside the mirror rapidly evolved by themselves.

The new combination of the Yin Yang Formation with the Heaven and Earth Formation was also being replicated.

This led to the further expansion of the space inside the Great Heaven Mirror.

Before Jiang Lin, who had escaped into it, could react, a majestic stream of essence power had already poured in.

He immediately sat down and entered into a state of cultivation and began receiving the essence power for cultivation.

As soon as he received the essence power, Jiang Lin was shocked to discover that the essence power here was not only pure to the point of being outrageous, but it was also extremely gentle and submissive.

Without the slightest resistance, it was extremely suitable for cultivation.

He did not have time to think more about it. At this moment, he instinctively seized the opportunity to quickly process it.

In addition to the Five Bamboo Sword and the Great Heaven Mirror, there was also the White Jade Sword and the Golden Flame Sword.

These two swords were hidden by Chen Jingzhai in the acupoint of his eyes.

His original intention was to use the power of the heavens for tempering so that the acupoint of his eyes represented the sun and the moon.

Now that the subordinate deities of his eyes had awakened, they began taking shape.

The two swords fell exactly into the hands of the subordinate deities of his eyes and cooperated with them to process the essence power.

In turn, the three magic robes inside of him were also taken over by official deities.

It even included the White Crane Tree Cloud Celestial Cauldron that was recently made by Chen Jingzhai.

With the passage of time, the more spirit deities that manifested, the more creations of magic treasures happened.

Compared with the changes within the body, the changes in the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens were even more astounding.

After a considerable absence, Chen Jingzai appeared in the Grotto-heavens in the form of the divine mind.

He stood in the palace, with only Hei Ji and Hei Wuchang by his side.

Even after the essence power inside the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens became stronger, the strength of Hei Ji and Hei Wuchang had not been affected.

These two spiritual deities could also cultivate, but their efficiency was not great.

After all, their so-called cultivation techniques were comprehended through their own soul remnants.

Chen Jingzhai was not stingy and taught the Fire Raven Connection Sky Celestial Code to Hei Wuchang.

Then, he passed the Jade Toad Swallowing Moon Celestial Code to Hei Ji.

Chen Jingzhai also allowed Hei Ji to come out of the puppet and rewarded the two of them with the Origin Power.

Immediately, Hei Ji and Hei Wuchang entered into a state of cultivation right there in the palace.

Of the two, Hei Ji’s cultivation speed was the fastest, and the cultivation method complimented her very well.

Under the influence of the Origin Power, she quickly cultivated to the level of Grade 4 Nascent Zhenjun.

The difference was that she herself was a spirit deity herself, so she was already a nascent entity.

In the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens, she did not have to rely on the others. Rather, all she relied upon was the Grotto-heavens itself.

She was the spirit deity in the Grotto-heavens, and her existence was not reliant on the treasures between heaven and earth.

The celestial code in her hands was going through some changes. She was using the celestial code to cultivate the way of the spirit deities.

“Proclamation of Pardon: Hei Ji as the Primordial Essence Moon God; White Jade Sword bestowed.”

“Proclamation of Pardon: Hei Wuchang as the Primordial Essence Sun God; the Golden Flame Sword bestowed.”

After Hei Wuchang got used to the method and successfully cultivated it, Chen Jingzhai immediately used the power of the Grotto-heavens, aided by the Proclamation of Pardon from the Supreme Sky Master, to truly pardon the spirits inside the Grotto-heavens.

In the past, these two were spirit deities created by the soul remnants of sea beasts.

They were just spirit entities without authority or form, but this was not the case at the moment.

With the canonization by Chen Jingzhai, the Origin Power that was pushed into the bodies of these two was transforming rapidly.

Hei Ji’s shape solidified from elusive to real, into a body of flesh and blood, full of divine aura.

There was a look of surprise on her face. The power in her body quickly condensed with the Origin Power into the jade toad.

The jade toad that jumped out of her body was the size of a hand. But once it was outside, it began to grow quickly in size.

After growing to about thirty feet, the jade toad made a sound before it flew into the air.

At the same time, a fire raven also flew out of Hei Wuchang’s body, circling and ascending higher into the sky.

The fire raven and the jade toad appeared in the void of the heavens together and were quickly recognized by the Grotto-heavens.

After a few minutes, the jade toad began to retreat, while the fire raven turned into a fireball, hanging high in the sky.

That was when a sun and a moon started to appear in the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens.

This was a huge change, one that could cause a series of reactions.

The Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens had been transformed for the second time. An Innate Qi could be generated every three days now.

The Grotto-heavens could give back more Origin Qi, allowing Chen Jingzhai to gain more power as well as access to the source.

More importantly, the rotation of the sun and the moon began to mark time inside the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens.

This allowed the Primordial Essence Grotto-heavens to have the foundation of truly becoming a miniature world.

“If you want to ask something, ask away!” Chen Jingzhai said with a smile as he looked at Hei Ji.

“Am I the Moon God now?” Hei Ji asked hesitantly.

“But you are also Hei Ji.” Chen Jingzhai nodded. “This process was just using yours and Hei Wuchang’s spirit deity bodies, with the White Jade Sword and the Golden Flame Sword, to create a little bit of the true will. Then, the Origin Power was able to shape all that into a basic form of the sun and the moon. In the future, you two must cultivate diligently so you can help me perfect the path of the sun and the moon.”

“I don’t feel that my strength has improved much,” Hei Wuchang said as he took out the Golden Flame Sword.

“For you, the biggest advantage is that you can use the sword in your hand to appear on the outside,” Chen Jingzhai said solemnly. “Whether it is the Golden Flame Sword or the White Jade Sword, this is your foundation, and it is also the basis for the future evolution of the true will of the sun and the moon. I hope you both would guard them well.”

“It’s only Grade 2,” Hei Ji said with some disdain.

“No.” Chen Jingzhai shook his head with a smile. “Try to sense it carefully again.”

“It’s Grade 3 now,” Hei Wuchang said. “I can cultivate it as my natal sword.”

“In that case, I will use White Jade as my name in the future,” Hei Ji said.

“And I will use Golden Flame as my name,” Hei Wuchang said.

“Do you guys disklike your own names so much?” Chen Jingzhai raised an eyebrow.

The two newborn deities did not speak. They merely took the swords and began to cultivate in silence.

Perhaps, this was a no-response kind of response!

Could it be that he just had no talent for naming people?

Chen Jingzhai scratched his head secretly, feeling a little frustrated, which was a new sensation to him.

But on second thought, he became cheerful again.

After all, the White Jade and the Golden Flame were also names given by him.