Chapter 804 - 456: Before Transcendence! Ten Thousand Paths Retreat_2
However, Zheng Yi’s words were quite a shock to her soul, as she had never imagined the world to be so vast in her impression.
Her father was the Celestial Palace Emperor Venerable, the foremost under the Heavenly Dao, and due to his immense power, he had to leave this realm after being impacted by it.
Clearly, her father Zheng Yi’s strength had already reached an unimaginable and terrifying degree, nearly surpassing the limits that this world could bear. If he didn’t leave, the entire Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm’s Heavenly Dao might collapse under the unbearable pressure.
Facing the silent Zheng Xianzi, Zheng Yi didn’t speak, just quietly gazing at the calm water’s surface.
Under the sunlight’s illumination, a small fish suddenly leapt out of the water, the bright shine reflecting on its scales, sparkling with dazzling silver light.
Gazing at the scene exposed before him, Zheng Yi remained silent for a long time, his calm eyes flashing with insight, pondering.
"Father, I hope to gain your approval. In the future I wish to trace your steps through my own abilities."
"Moreover, although the Great Dao of this realm is flawed, thanks to the resources you left for me, I can hone my Daoist practice through self-discipline. This place is the most perfect cultivation ground for me..."
After a moment, Zheng Xianzi spoke slowly. Though her voice was calm, her tone was extraordinarily determined.
𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
"The Zheng family’s bloodline has never been weaker than others!"
"Good!"
Originally thinking her words might seem somewhat rebellious and should displease Zheng Yi, she didn’t expect that Zheng Yi would lightly agree, which surprised Zheng Xianzi.
But since her father could accept her thoughts, it was definitely a huge encouragement for her.
"Yes!"
Only then did Zheng Xianzi lift her head, meeting Zheng Yi’s gaze directly, seeing a firmness and resilience in his eyes that reminded Zheng Yi of himself back in the day.
Throughout his journey, Zheng Yi had relied solely on his own efforts to reach his current heights, and his offspring willing to retrace his path was undoubtedly the greatest recognition for his prior efforts.
Among countless paths leading to the pinnacle of Immortal Dao, only by venturing out to find one’s unique path can one truly ascend to the apex of the Immortal Dao, discovering one’s ultimate destination.
"But before leaving, I must leave something for you."
With a casual wave, Zheng Yi imparted something onto Zheng Xianzi without her noticing, yet she felt something extra upon herself.
Since Zheng Xianzi was willing to seek her own path, Zheng Yi no longer obstructed, nor would he overly interfere with the path solely belonging to Zheng Xianzi.
After all, only by relying on one’s own capability, the path traversed is genuinely one’s own, ultimately discovering the Dao that truly belongs to oneself.
If Zheng Yi interfered too much, shielding her beneath his wings, it might seem protective but in reality, it would be indulgence, and she would never grasp the true essence of her own Dao.
This wouldn’t help her, but rather might harm her.
After all, with a vague road ahead, the path of cultivation is fraught with dangers. In the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm, it is instead a kind of protection.
Going to the outside world, Zheng Yi’s wings might not be able to protect his only daughter, the sole bond of blood.
Without hardships, how could one grow; without experiencing danger, how could one gain experience.
Thus, Zheng Yi only left her three marks for protection; as for other things, he had already prepared them adequately before, not providing any more to her.
"Be careful on your journey, at the end of the Great Dao, the bloodline reunites!"
After pausing for a moment on Zheng Xianzi’s face, Zheng Yi finally spoke, his tone filled with tenderness and concern, contrasting greatly with his usual image as a decisive and ruthless powerful figure.
As his words finished, his right hand gently passed over Zheng Xianzi’s head, and his figure leapt skyward towards the boundless firmament.
"Father, rest assured, I will follow in your footsteps and find you in the Upper Realm."
With a determined tone, Zheng Xianzi looked up at the already vanished figure.
...
After managing the sole major affair in his heart.
Zheng Yi’s gaze became cold once more, his figure instantly appearing above the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm.
With the emergence of numerous deities from the ’Investiture of the Gods’, it sparked immense enthusiasm within this realm’s cultivation world, doubling the number of cultivation realm powerhouses ranked on the Investiture of the Gods within a few hundred short years.
Among them, the numbers at Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Stage increased more than tenfold, reaching a period of great prosperity.
Yet the increase of those in the Divinity Transformation Realm was minimal, only a few more.
After all, there is an upper limit to cultivation in this Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm, generally capping at the Divinity Transformation Realm within this realm. Moreover, due to the realm’s constraints, their numbers couldn’t be too many, unable to surpass the realm’s capacity limit.
They had more options and didn’t necessarily choose to be ranked on the Investiture of the Gods.
After all, being listed meant their lives, cultivation, and Daoist practice were entirely in Zheng Yi’s hands. Even though as the Celestial Palace Emperor Venerable they could submit, not all were willing to in this manner.
Zheng Yi didn’t insist on this point.
The influence of the Investiture of the Gods was vast, almost leading to earth-shattering changes in the cultivation realm. The spaces prospering the most were the East Origin Sea Region and Great Snow Mountain Wilderness.
These two were most connected with Zheng Yi, thus containing significant traces of his aura, making them most favored by deities ordained by the Investiture of the Gods, who frequently appeared in these spaces, leaving traces of the Divine Spirit’s Dao, and even Spiritual Energy Revival.
In the East Origin Sea Region, originally the deep sea extremes were rarely focused on by cultivators. Despite the riches in minerals and veins, the harsh environment was ill-suited for average cultivators, requiring at least Golden Core level experts to venture deep.
Furthermore, within lived numerous ferocious ancient creatures, devoid of any amiable demeanor, any cultivators entering their territory faced severe retribution.
But ever since the arrival of Ghost Gods, they were unaffected by any environment - be it abyssal trenches or areas under immense pressure; it posed no issue to those listed in the Investiture of the Gods, they moved effortlessly within.
With over a hundred years of activity and harvesting, under Zheng Yi’s command, these divine spirits received orders to subdue numerous ancient ocean races, exploiting the deep sea resources.
Vast resources and spirit veins were uncovered, imbuing the space with abundant spiritual energy, fostering greater prosperity.
"Excellent! At just the right timing, it can be refined, completing the Three Realms!"
Zheng Yi held unimaginable prestige in these two spaces, even possessing numerous cultivating followers, thus focusing his gaze on these locations.
Throughout a hundred and fifty years, Zheng Yi deployed Investiture of the Gods’ Ghost Gods for incense offering rituals across these areas, instilling numerous techniques, planting countless array eyes, essentially covering every aspect and corner, endlessly refining the Spirit Realms.
These Ghost Gods wandering the realms weren’t merely for developing resources and gathering followers, but under Zheng Yi’s command, implanted Refining Array in various locations.
Just like diligent bees, they faithfully executed Zheng Yi’s orders, refining array points across key positions in the two Spirit Realms, making it so Zheng Yi wouldn’t have to act, the two great realms could be seventy percent refined.
"Rise!"
With Zheng Yi’s now formidable and pure Divine Soul, he invoked the array points everywhere. The vast array, spatially severing the two Spirit Realms from the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm, gradually detaching from the main world, seemingly wrapped in a balloon, gently soaring.
This was the Great Divine Technique of Heaven and Earth Reversal, within the space, none inside could sense external changes, only those transcending the space could see clearly.
At that moment, the two Spirit Realm spaces were being bound by massive golden chains, continuously permeated by the incense offering power at every spatial node, endlessly refining the space.