Section 18: The Perfect Immortal Pouch World
2014-06-18 Author: Gu Zhenren
The Immortal Pouch World was a place of turbulent winds and surging waters.
Chu Yun stood proudly at the bow of the Blissful Joy Ship, surveying the entire world.
The land was made of yellow earth, and the sky was pure white. In the center of the land lay a Chaos Well, inhabited by the Demonic Beast Chaos, which continuously absorbed and expelled the flow of the Sea of Chaos. Using Chaos as the formation core was the most suitable choice.
Chu Yun was quite satisfied with this.
“The first thing to improve is the Two Powers formation core,” he said, shifting his gaze to the sky with a solemn expression.
In the white sky, golden light and dark clouds were in opposition. However, the dark clouds covered a wider area, with the golden light occupying only a small portion of the sky, making the weak and strong clearly discernible.
“Dawn Crimson Phoenix, go,” he commanded, pointing a finger. Immediately, a Phoenix bird flew out.
The Phoenix bird, as if aflame with crimson fire, was noble and elegant. It flapped its wings and soared high, tracing a brilliant crimson rainbow across the sky, displaying an unparalleled life force.
This was a Tribulation Demon that had lived for over ten million years, acquired by Chu Yun from the Emperor Dark Meeting. After its acquisition, it was nourished by Innate Original Essence, elevating it to the status of an Innate Demonic Creature.
The Phoenix bird circled the sky three times, chirping melodiously, its pleasant and prolonged calls echoing through the sky and earth.
“Primordial Golden Body Armor, return!” Chu Yun beckoned, and the golden light in the sky vanished instantly. A golden meteor flashed back and returned to Chu Yun’s side.
At the same time, the Dawn Crimson Phoenix dove into the Yang formation core, replacing the Primordial Golden Body Armor.
In the sky, a red sun slowly rose. Within the red sun, the Phoenix bird flapped its wings, dancing elegantly. Its boundless radiance illuminated the heavens and earth, so dazzling that it was impossible to look at directly.
The power of the red sun was formidable, immediately triggering the Netherworld Umbrella. The dark clouds condensed and shrunk, forming a dark moon that also rose leisurely.
Within the dark moon, the Netherworld Umbrella spun slowly. It stood opposite the red sun, each occupying one half of the sky.
At this moment, the entire Immortal Pouch World began to tremble slightly. The red sun and the dark moon clashed. The former unleashed thousands of light arrows, while the latter, unwilling to be outdone, stood firm, radiating dark blue light that completely dyed half the sky.
As time passed, the world began to stabilize, the trembling diminishing until it eventually settled.
The red sun and the dark moon seemed to have acknowledged each other. Their clash transformed into an exchange.
The exchange between the sun and the moon was the convergence of Yin and Yang.
The Two Powers formation core was not only oppositional but also capable of mutual transformation.
Seeing this, a fleeting look of joy crossed Chu Yun’s face. He knew his choice was correct. The Dawn Crimson Phoenix was more suitable for the Yang formation core than the Primordial Golden Body Armor, capable of standing on equal footing with the Netherworld Umbrella.
Thus, the Two Powers formation was perfected, requiring no further modifications.
“From this day forward, the sun and moon shall not shine together. When the Dawn Crimson Phoenix flies in the sky, the Netherworld Umbrella shall rest. When the Netherworld Umbrella hangs in the sky, the Crimson Phoenix shall land and rest. They shall alternate every six hours. Do you both understand?” Chu Yun asked, looking at the crimson sun and the dark moon.
The Crimson Phoenix immediately let out a soft cry, spread its wings, and soared to the highest point in the sky, while the Netherworld Umbrella slowly descended, retracting its dark glow.
Henceforth, this world would have a distinction between day and night.
“Drunken Snow Saber, return. Unicorn Holy Sky Horse, go.” As soon as the words fell, a roar like that of a dragon echoed. A magnificent white horse with a diamond-shaped horn on its head and a pair of wings emerged, galloping into the void.
The Drunken Snow Saber yielded its position to return, while the Unicorn Holy Sky Horse took its place, suppressing the Heaven formation core within the Three Powers Formation.
The Unicorn Holy Sky Horse was sacred and noble, pure and flawless, a specialty Demonic Beast of Hezhou, considered a symbol of peace and prosperity there.
It too was a Tribulation Demon that had lived for over ten million years. Chu Yun had used Innate Original Essence to elevate it to an Innate Demonic Creature. Now serving as the formation core, it caused the entire sky to transform.
The original sky was pale as snow, filled with an aura of hostility. Now, it was as white as feathers, vast and expansive, radiating vitality.
The Immortal Pouch World trembled once more, and heaven and earth truly converged. The Unicorn Holy Sky Horse, paired with the Mysterious Yellow Breathing Earth Dao Robe, was an absolutely perfect match. And the Six Desires Heart Demon Scorpion, suppressing the Human formation core, corresponded to the fickle nature of the human heart and its seven emotions and six desires.
However, at this moment, Chu Yun’s Immortal Pouch World could not yet accommodate a large-scale migration of humans.
Nevertheless, at this stage, the Three Powers Formation was completely perfected, with heaven, earth, and humanity coordinating with each other harmoniously, leaving no room for improvement.
Next, Chu Yun used a Rumor Vine Dragon King, acquired through trade, to replace the Spirit Snake, suppressing the East Cardinal formation. He then transferred the Cloudwing Tiger to replace the Sky Fox, becoming the West Cardinal formation. For the South Cardinal formation, he used the Southern Bright Flame Sparrow to replace the Peach Tree. For the North Cardinal formation, he retrieved the Ice River Sword and used a Steel-backed Black Tortoise to suppress it.
The Four Cardinal Formations were thus monumentally completed.
Moving on to the Five Elements Formation, Chu Yun retrieved the Marrow Cleansing Cauldron. The Primordial Golden Body Armor was the most suitable item to suppress the Gold element formation core. The Cloudwing Tiger, which had previously served as the Water element formation core, had been transferred out, so Chu Yun used a Raging Waves Trident in its place. The Fire element formation core was the Raging Flame Mingwang. For the Earth element formation core, he retrieved the Golden Sand Strange Book and used a Thick Earth Divine Pearl to suppress it.
The Five Elements Formation was also perfected.
At this point, the previously violent Vital Energy had calmed down. Its ferocity was less than half of what it was before, and Chu Yun could now migrate Great Demons to inhabit and multiply within the world.
Chu Yun seized the opportunity and continued to modify the remaining formations.
In the formation cores, only the Light formation core was not entirely suitable. Chu Yun retrieved the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch from before and utilized a beast with pure light attributes—the Radiant White Jade Elephant—to become the Light formation core.
Subsequently, the Seven Star Formation, Eight Trigrams Formation, Nine Palaces Formation, and Ten Directions Formation were all modified one by one. For the Nine Palaces Formation, he used nine-colored Rainbow Demons — red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, and white. For the Ten Directions formation cores, he used ten supreme true dragons such as the Sea Sky Dragon, Polar Ice Dragon, Interlocking Mysterious Dragon, and Ten Thousand Year Azure Dragon.
The moment all ten great formations were completely modified, the entire Immortal Pouch World experienced the most intense tremor in its history.
The distance between heaven and earth increased, and the Chaos Well sank from the surface.
An underground world was formed, with the Chaos Well at its center.
In the sky, the sun and moon rotated, and a nine-colored rainbow bridge, woven from rainbow light, hung in a corner of the horizon, becoming a splendid and unique landscape.
On the ground, there were loess plateaus, grasslands, forests, basins, and mountain peaks, with various terrains intertwining.
Chu Yun stood on the Blissful Joy Ship, looking down. He observed areas covered in dark clouds, others bathed in bright sunlight, some buffeted by strong winds, and others blanketed in ice and snow.
The more Chu Yun looked, the more shocked he became.
In the mountains and rivers, he perceived an unparalleled natural harmony, something his previous Immortal Pouch World completely lacked.
Before, his world was like a jumbled collection of objects, mountains were just mountains, and rivers were just rivers, seemingly piled together arbitrarily. The various climate changes were also chaotic.
But now, in this world, mountains and water were skillfully combined, and the various terrains transitioned seamlessly, without any abruptness. Snow-capped mountains turned into water, streams flowed into rivers, and rivers flowed into the sea. The sea’s surface, illuminated by the sun, caused water vapor to rise and form clouds and rain, which then fell as raindrops to nourish the land.
This was true nature, a beautiful cycle pervading everywhere. All things developed harmoniously, moving forward in an endless progression of exchange and renewal. The entire Immortal Pouch World was constantly improving and developing.
Previously, Chu Yun’s world had no discernible development. But now, he could clearly feel the speed of this self-development.
“Utilizing Innate Demonic Creatures to perfect the ten great formations has indeed yielded extraordinary benefits. Even the worlds of the White Emperor, Azure Emperor, and Iron Emperor are not as coordinated and natural as mine. Their worlds are too monotonous and lack self-development. My Immortal Pouch World, however, can develop on its own. Even without absorbing external nutrients, it can one day grow to the size of the Nine Continents!”
Chu Yun rejoiced in his heart. He faintly felt that his path of development was the truly correct one. While other Emperor-level experts could achieve rapid success by using other Innate Demonic Creatures, they were taking a shortcut, moving further and further away from the realm of Saints.
Chu Yun’s Immortal Pouch World had only just completed the construction of its ten great formations. However, the nine types of Vital Energy—gold, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, light, and darkness—had all completely calmed down and become exceedingly mild.
To say nothing of Lesser Demons and young demons, even humans could now adapt to it! If mass-produced Innate Demon Soldiers were used, such a situation would be unimaginable; it would take hundreds or thousands of years to reach this level.
Of course, Chu Yun could not directly migrate humans yet. First came plants, then animals, and finally humans. This order could not be disrupted; it had to be done step by step.
Similarly, Chu Yun needed to start paying attention to collecting Dao threads and reasoning lines to complete the Net of Law. The more principles that formed the Net of Law, the more diversified and stable his Immortal Pouch World would become.
“My current world, in terms of volume alone, is half as large again as the worlds of the White Emperor, Azure Emperor, and Iron Emperor. The richness of Vital Energy, the fertility of the soil, and other aspects are more than double that of theirs. And this is just the foundational stage of my recently constructed world. In the future, I will collect various resources from the outside world and pour them into the Immortal Pouch World to accelerate its development. My development speed will be ten, even dozens of times faster than theirs!”
At this moment, Chu Yun was filled with ambition.
He had originally thought it would take several years to collect suitable Innate Demonic Creatures and build the great formations to perfection. However, he never expected the emergence of the Emperor Dark Meeting to become an unparalleled opportunity for Chu Yun to advance.
These Emperor-level powerhouses, in their daily completion of their own faction’s tasks, earned Contribution points. But these Contribution points alone were insufficient to meet their own development needs. Not to mention the difficulty of these tasks (such as the White Emperor’s mission in Bingzhou), even with Contribution points, they might not be able to exchange for what they needed within their own faction (like Chu Yun wanting to acquire Enlightenment Stones through the Xingzhou Token).
Thus, the Emperor Dark Meeting came into being.
The Emperor-level powerhouses, who were usually locked in endless conflict, had to set aside all their grudges upon entering the Ancient Saint Hall, becoming pure traders. They exchanged necessities and shared resources, greatly meeting their needs.
On a deeper level, this was also a form of resistance by the Emperor-level powerhouses who were unwilling to be controlled by the Nine Saints.
Chu Yun took advantage of this opportunity, relying on his inexhaustible Innate Original Essence, to extensively acquire Enlightenment Stones and several Supreme grade demonic creatures. If he had relied on himself alone, it would have taken him nearly ten years of effort.
This saved him a great deal of time, allowing him to take a significant leap forward.
(To be continued)
