Bearing faith in the power of Incense Flame Path, strong cultivators like Pei Xuanjing may regard it as inferior, not a necessary choice. Even if they would utilize such power of cultivation, they would absolutely refuse to let the core of their faith in the flame of incense be tainted.
However, such a cultivation method that gets sneered upon by powerful beings like Pei Xuanjing is not as uncommon or rare in the Sky Wasteland as one might think. In contrast, it can be considered as a second-tier method. Even though it can't rival the Great Tao of Refining Qi, Refining Essence or Refining Spirit, it still holds a place among various methods of cultivation.
After all, compared to other cultivation methods, the Incense Fire God Refining Path has many deficiencies and shortcomings, but there is one advantage that other methods can't achieve.
Talent!
For any cultivator, talent is essential. Even a Bone and Marrow Transformation at the Mortal Realm could improve one's innate talent, enhancing the original gift. However, this would still be a case of the stronger gaining greater benefits.
As the realm of a cultivator continues to elevate, their talent would inevitably affect the next phase of the cultivation. No matter which path they choose — Refining Essence, Refining Qi, or Refining Spirit, the farther they want to go, the higher the demand for talent.
But the Incense Fire God Refining Path is completely different. As long as the cultivator can continue accumulating the Power of Incense Faith, then they can continuously use it to enhance their own strength. Even though this might be very slow, compared to being trapped in a realm with other cultivation methods unable to progress, this advancement is what many people greatly hope for.
So, many cultivators had to switch to the Incense Fire God Refining Path in situations where they see no hope.
If the considerably huge accumulated power of the Incense Flame Path Faith could be used by me, it would definitely increase my cultivation by at least two realms," a powerful being said with a covetous look, watching the power of Incense Flame Path Faith continuously emerging within the Great Ming Divine Dynasty, sighing a little.
"Hehe, whoever dares to touch it will die!" Someone sneered.
Indeed, this Power of Incense Faith is displayed here as if it could be taken at will without anyone caring, but all the powerful forces in the world, especially those who follow the Incense Flame Path, are all holding back their desires to possess it even if they covet this power. They coldly observe, daring not to make any moves for fear of misunderstandings.
Towards Pei Xuanjing, they showed great apprehension, or even fear. Powerful beings like him may have enemies but they are definitely not the ones they can provoke, especially not the cultivators of the Incense Flame Path Faith.
"Is this person's achievement in the Incense Flame Path Faith this profound?" wondered some powerful beings belonging to top forces of the Sky Wasteland in their minds.
No one in the top forces would underestimate the mystery displayed by Pei Xuanjing. They continually pay attention to every move of Pei Xuanjing, silently gathering information.
After all, whether they turn out to be enemy or friend in the future, they instinctively feel the need to understand him first, to know when to clear their judgment of him so as to prevent being unprepared in case of conflict.
In the eyes of many veteran top forces, they actually look down upon an emerging power like the Taixu Sect. Although the emergence of a strong cultivator at the Nine Realms of Spirit has promoted the Taixu Sect, the sect still lacks the foundation, placing them at the bottom of the chain of top forces.
If someone else from another top force showed up this time, they would definitely not rashly block Pei Xuanjing's way before truly figuring out Pei Xuanjing's trump card.
After all, in their eyes, since Pei Xuanjing has already had a conflict with the Canglang Palace, they need to merely wait and observe. They can make a decision after a result emerges between the two parties. This would be the wisest decision.
"What is he trying to do?" A powerful cultivator, also standing high up in the sky, looked at the endless Heaven and Earth Essence Qi and the power of Incense Flame Path Faith constantly gathering in the Great Ming Divine Dynasty realm while feeling intensely curious.
A powerful being like Pei Xuanjing emerged and rose so quickly that their understanding of him remains superficial. His every move keeps breaking their original perceptions and differs from the information they gathered.
Additionally, the more they understand about Pei Xuanjing, the more mysterious they find him, seemingly veiled behind an enigmatic layer, preventing them from seeing through his true essence.
"No matter what he wants to do, what is known is that he's doing something important for himself. If you don't want to become mortal enemies, you can only watch quietly and don't do anything else," remarked No Phase True Monarch, waking many people with his words.
Yes, the strength he's showing now is very powerful, so during this time unless one is ready to confront him to death, they can only step back and watch, refraining from interfering rashly.
They had to admit that Pei Xuanjing's previous actions were indeed perfect. He's demonstrated his position in this world. Without understanding Pei Xuanjing's exact intentions and without any huge benefits, these people couldn't rashly interfere with his plans, despite their curiosity.
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Standing above the sky, Pei Xuanjing, who is unaware of the happenings around him, didn't care. His attention was entirely focused on his current experiment.
In all the Taoist academies in the Great Ming Divine Dynasty, divine light soared into the sky, forming pillars of light that pierced the clouds and constantly connected, filling the entire sky. The infinite Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, as well as the power of Incense Flame Path Faith, fused together, converging towards the void where Pei Xuanjing resided. Right now, the power surrounding Pei Xuanjing formed a vicious vortex, gathering ceaselessly in this place.
A thunderous sound kept resonating in the sky above. The invisible and intangible Golden Core in his body, formed by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art, was constantly rotating at high speed, flowing out Shenxiao Origin Qi, permeating these powers.
After waiting for a long time, Pei Xuanjing's eyes suddenly opened, divine light twinkling in them. He was emotionless, rational to the extreme.
In the next moment, the Sanbao Jade Ruyi appeared out of thin air, its power manifesting itself. This power abided by Pei Xuanjing, elevating his aura even more.
Pei Xuanjing slowly raised his hands, causing the sky to change color and the void to shake.
Seeing this, Pei Xuanjing revealed a satisfied smile. At this moment, his power had reached its peak, the culmination of every trick and strategy he had drawn upon himself without holding anything back.
"Such power is truly intoxicating, almost impossible to resist!" Pei Xuanjing felt somewhat entranced by this energy.
It could be said that this was the first time he had revealed his peak state in the Daming World, because none of his previous opponents, even the incarnation of the Taixu Venerable, could force him to go all out.
Feeling such a powerful force at his command, even Pei Xuanjing, who had experienced the simulation of life, was somewhat intoxicated. He could clearly sense that if he so desired, even the void could be shattered by him.
"Next, I'll shape my own Divine Domain." Pei Xuanjing calmed his mind, and when his power was stabilized, he began to act.
With a flick of his sleeve and the stirring of the Divine Origin Qi, the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi began to flow in an orderly manner, gradually forming a picture scroll. It was the map of the Great Ming territory that Pei Xuanjing had asked Deer Elder to draw with Pang Hong and his disciples.
Using the endless Heaven and Earth Essence Qi as the base, it formed the outline of the entire Great Ming Divine Dynasty, and places where the Six-Color Divine Heaven Vitality dyed represented mountains and rivers…
This scroll gradually formed under Pei Xuanjing's drawing, and began to slowly spread towards the sky. He seemed like a painter, splashing ink and painting on the sky.
These actions, with the unfolding of the scroll, were displayed without any reservation to everyone in the Daming World. At first, many were puzzled, but as the scroll continued to enlarge and take shape, their faces showed shock and almost indescribable astonishment as they recognized those familiar mountains and rivers.
They weren't sure what Pei Xuanjing was trying to do, why he wanted to depict the map of the Great Ming Dynasty in such detail.
But they instinctively understood that this must be a critical event for Pei Xuanjing, otherwise, he would not go through such lengths to do it.
Everyone was anticipating, waiting for Pei Xuanjing's next move, hoping to discover something that could unlock the mystery within.
Pei Xuanjing was too mysterious, and his growth was too rapid. Many people wanted to uncover these mysteries, longing to become as powerful as him.
When the scroll was completely drawn, and covered the entire Great Ming Dynasty territory, everyone looked up. It was as if they were looking into a mirror, and an identical, illusory Great Ming Dynasty hung upside down in the sky. Rivers and streams, famous mountains, nothing was missing, it looked like a perfect impression.
"Come!"
With a soft shout from Pei Xuanjing, the power of faith and incense fire he had gathered, seemingly sentient, obeyed his command and slowly poured into the void scroll.
The next moment, this initially somewhat illusory scroll became somewhat solidified. The mountains and rivers slowly moved and became increasingly real and clear, as if they were about to become reality.
"The way of Blessed Land and Cave Heaven? Is he trying to cultivate the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven? "
Suddenly a powerful person exclaimed, his voice filled with shock and disbelief.
Upon hearing these words, many cultivators' faces changed drastically. They immediately concentrated all their attention on Pei Xuanjing, wishing they could deeply imprint every move of his into their hearts, and dared not miss even a single detail.
The path of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven was one of the reasons that sparked a huge battle in the Tang Dynasty.
Back then, some powerful beings were nearing the end of their lifespan and were not willing to fade away quietly. They sought to pursue the Immortal Path by way of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven, hoping to gain more lifespan for themselves and extend their lives using the power of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven. This is the origin of the Forbidden Places of the Daming World that continue to appear today.
In that era, the deduction and development of the Forbidden Places of Blessed Land and Cave Heaven had reached an extreme. Although the Immortal Road had not been truly broken through, at least one fact was verified, that if one could truly condense a perfect Blessed Land and Cave Heaven, they could hide their real body within it, were nourished by the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven, and obtained a longer life.
Because of this, countless powerful beings who were nearing the end of their lifespan, fought over resources hoping to gain more life for themselves. This triggered that war.
After the war ended, the Ancestral Land fell. Many remaining forces retreated to the Sky Wasteland, and they also destroyed the cultivation method of Blessed Land and Cave Heaven, keeping this secret to themselves.
Since then, the method of opening the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven, like the promotion of the Divine Dynasty, has become a very mysterious way of cultivation in the Sky Wasteland. Although it is widely known, it is only held in a few powerful hands, and ordinary people rarely get to see it, let alone cultivate it.
The one who just spoke was a powerhouse of a top-tier force, who had accidentally come into contact with this secret and blurted it out.
However, the moment the words left his mouth, he was filled with regret, as it had attracted the attention of countless people.
A top-level divine power technique, especially one related to extending life, is a great temptation for any cultivator. They would not miss this opportunity, having never had a chance to obtain it on a regular day.
That powerhouse who thought he had seen through Pei Xuanjing's action was now not considering much else. He focused his attention on Pei Xuanjing, wanting to remember all his movements.
After all, for them, it doesn't matter where Pei Xuanjing got this divine ability. But the chance to see someone performing the cultivation of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven is once in a thousand years, no one wants to miss it.
Interestingly, the Divine Kingdom and Divine Domain that Pei Xuanjing was cultivating were somewhat similar to the method of the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven that were spread back then. They both had the same idea but different methods. The difference was the Divine Kingdom and Divine Domain needed the infinite power of faith and incense fire as the foundation to condense, while the Blessed Land and Cave Heaven required more resources to condense and open up their own Blessed Land and Cave Heaven.
This difference was not clear to the powerhouse who only had a half-understanding of the matter. It was within expectation that he would misunderstand.
However, even if they could not distinguish the difference between the Divine Kingdom's Divine Domain and the Blessed Land's Cave Heaven, Pei Xuanjing's blatant demonstration, executed without reservation, was a major revelation for these spectators.
Perhaps for the ordinary martial artists and cultivators, all they could see was that Pei Xuanjing seemed like a god, exalted in the heavens, changing the universe with a wave of his hand, causing heaven and earth to tremble.
However, these were just the manifestations. For the true powerhouses, every move of Pei Xuanjing, was like a heavenly mandate that endowed him. The principles of heaven and earth emerged from him.
In the eyes of these powerful beings, Pei Xuanjing at this moment seemed to be the embodiment of the Great Tao, acting as a spokesperson of Heaven's will, merging with Heaven and Earth, becoming one with them.
For both the cultivators who are at the Spirit Realm Sixth Level looking for the opportunity to break through, and those who have already began to form their Taoist foundation and ascend to the heavens, the present Pei Xuanjing appears as if he is presenting all of the Heavenly Earthly Force to them without reservation for their understanding.
Their eyes could see everything within the Great Ming territory and they naturally could observe all the changes in the domain of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty.
Inside the numerous branches of Daoist Academies within the Great Ming Divine Dynasty domain, the statues of the gods shine brightly like several sources of light, illuminating the earth. These countless sources of light are connected, lighting up the entire domain. In the center of these light sources, which is the Nameless Mountain where Pei Xuanjing was just a while ago, the scrolls symbolizing Five Directions and Five Elements, Four Seasons and Five Orders, and Thunder Obliteration drawn by Pei Xuanjing's Taoist foundation are continuously rotating.
As the scrolls continue to rotate, these light sources also start to move slowly, corresponding to the scroll of mountains and rivers being constantly permeated by the Power of Incense Fire above the heavenly wilderness.
It seems as if it was carefully calculated. The permeation of the Power of Incense Fire from the heavens and the movement of light sources on the ground sync perfectly, without any deviation, proceeding swiftly in an orderly fashion.
This kind of moment lasted for a long time, until all the belief permeated the scroll of mountains and rivers, and those light sources completely blanketing the whole Great Ming Divine Dynasty domain.
However, at this moment, everything did not stop.
The scroll of mountains and rivers in the heavens, permeated by the Power of Incense Fire, has become more substantial and started to slowly descend. At the same time, the light sources covering the earth's surface of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty domain also began to slowly rise.
One descending, one rising, they quickly merged and gradually congregated, shrinking.
By the time both were truly combined, it was discovered that they had shrunk to traversing thousands of miles.
Thousands of miles of land may seem not small, but compared to the original scroll that covered the entire Great Ming Divine Dynasty domain, it really was just a fraction of the original. Moreover, as the two close up, the shrinking of the scroll of mountains and rivers did not stop.
Pei Xuanjing activates the Power of Incense Fire that he has accumulated over so many years, without the slightest reservation, pouring it into the scroll of mountains and rivers.
As the scroll continuously shrinks, almost forming a few miles square, radiating with brilliant light, and a faint pressure, Pei Xuanjing corners of the mouth reveals a faint smile. With a step, he disappears into it.
With one step, it's like stepping into a different world.
In a blink of an eye, Pei Xuanjing had completely entered the scroll.
However, the scene inside the scroll at this moment is not like what it appeared to be from the outside – full of mountains, rivers, and great peaks. It is but a façade, a basic structure.
At this moment, inside the scroll, it's a grey blur, like a mass of Chaos, without any distinction of up or down, east or west, north or south, day or night, past, present, and future.
Pei Xuanjing stands in the gray and chaotic world, silent and doesn't choose to act immediately. Instead, after picking a suitable place, he sits cross-legged, begins to restore his spirit and adjust his state.
Without the concept of time and day or night, it may have been only a moment, or perhaps countless years, Pei Xuanjing suddenly opens his eyes, divine light flickering in his pupils, as he stands up.
Inside Pei Xuanjing's body, the Shenxiao Origin Qi circulates, a terrifying power gathers in his body. Then, with a sudden slap, a purple Thunder Dragon roars out, and charges towards the grey and chaotic world.
Bang!
This originally calm chaotic world suddenly bursts out with such terrifying power, immediately like an injured beast, it becomes violent and angry.
A thunderous sound constantly resounds in this chaotic world, as if heaven and earth are shaking, but Pei Xuanjing remains unmoved, his face calm.
This grey world in front of his eyes is actually the result of his Taoist foundation projection and numerous Powers of Incense Fire. It represents the primitive form of his Divine Domain Divine Country, not even worth being called a primitive form, this is just the beginning of his plan.
After some practice in the previous life simulation in the wilderness world, Pei Xuanjing has improved the way to form a Divine Domain Divine Country.
During the time he formed the Divine Domain Divine Country in the wilderness world, he didn't choose this method, but according to the previous steps, he directly condensed the completed scroll with his own Powers of Incense Fire, constantly consolidating it, turning the fake into reality, making it his Divine Domain Divine Country.
But the result is obvious, this plan did not truly succeed. Even though Pei Xuanjing, with the help of infinite Powers of Incense Fire at the time, was able to maintain and continuously strengthen the Divine Domain Divine Country, there was a big drawback.
That was, the Divine Domain Divine Country was always attached to the human domain in the wilderness world. As this Divine Domain Divine Country was bound to the human domain during its development, it could not be separated any more, losing its independence.
This was unacceptable to Pei Xuanjing, because in his opinion, a god's Divine Domain should have its own independence. They could rely on other methods to maintain and grow, but if one day they lose these supports, would they perish and fall?
On this issue, Pei Xuanjing pondered for a long time. He tried out various simulations and finally had a flash of inspiration and thought of a solution.
The legendary Divine Domain is an independent world, so why not cultivate the Divine Domain as if cultivating a world, allowing it to grow, yet maintaining its independence.
The best way to turn the Divine Domain into a world of its own is to follow the most widely spread method—creating a world.
So Pei Xuanjing turned it into the grey chaotic world and stepped into it in order to create a world, or rather, to create an independent Divine Domain's small world.
That slap just now was a trial, since Pei Xuanjing wasn't sure what this grey world, which he had condensed using the Powers of Incense Fire that he had accumulated over the years, was like.
This trial let Pei Xuanjing determine how solid this grey chaotic world really was, and he could also figure out how much power he could use in the future.
After all, this thing was condensed by Pei Xuanjing with a large amount of consummation. Whether it was shattered because his power was not condensed or it could not be shaken or destroyed. For Pei Xuanjing, neither was a good result.
The next moment, Pei Xuanjing's body begins to slowly rise. He stretches out his slim and fair right hand and slowly opens it.