Chapter 18: The Boundless World's Five Elements Evolution
Xuandu, Wujie bowed to Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu: "Disciple Xuandu (Wuji) greets Master Yuanshi and Master Tongtian, wishing both Masters a boundless and sacred longevity." Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu did not expect that their elder brother would go out for a trip and unexpectedly take in two disciples, leaving them caught off guard.
Nowadays, the three Qing have become wealthy after dividing the treasure in the Purple Mist Palace. Each of them has dozens of pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. Tongtian is the most exaggerated, taking hundreds of pre-heavenly spiritual treasures from the cliff where they divided the treasure. As a result, when the two met for the first time as seniors, they still had gifts to give to their juniors.
Yuanshi Tongtian and the others each took out a pile of pre-heavenly spiritual treasures and placed them in front of Xuandu Wuji, saying: "Here are some pre-heavenly spiritual treasures. You can choose one as our gift to you for this meeting."
Xuandu and Wuji heard Yuanshi's words and hastily turned their gaze to the Taicheng Saint standing beside them. The Taicheng Daoist saw the two men's gazes, and said to them: "You two have been my disciples for hundreds of years now. Today, I will bestow upon you the gifts that were due to you when you first met me. Xuandu, as my eldest disciple, I grant you the extreme-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, the South Departing from Earth Flame Flag. Wuji, as my second disciple, I grant you the extreme-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, the Yin-Yang Dry Sky Chart. You may each take one of these treasures from your master's pile of pre-heavenly spiritual treasures."
Xuandu chose an extreme-quality pre-heaven spiritual treasure, the Qianyuan Sword, from the pile of pre-heaven spiritual treasures. Wuji selected 24 Dinghai Divine Pearls from the same pile. Seeing that Xuandu had chosen an extreme-quality pre-heaven spiritual treasure while Wuji had only chosen a high-quality one, Tongtian Jiaozhu didn't want to show favoritism and took out another set of high-quality five-element pearls from his own warehouse to give to Wuji. After the two finished selecting their treasures, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiao Zu put away the remaining pre-heaven spiritual treasures.
Taiqing Shengren saw that the meeting had taken place, and after giving the meeting gifts, he ordered Xuandu and Wujie to find a cave dwelling around his own thatched cottage. He also took advantage of the time when he and others were closed for cultivation to timely sacrifice the Xiantian Lingbao bestowed by his three brothers.
Wuji saw that his teachers and masters had all disappeared, so after bidding farewell to his senior brother Xuandou, they each went their separate ways to find a place to build their own cave dwellings. Xuandou established his cave dwelling on a mountain peak not far from the residence of the Taiqing Saint, while Wuji built his in a mountain valley.
Wuji set up an array formation around the cave, passed down by the Taicheng Saint, for defense. Then he personally cut down the nearby bamboo and built a bamboo building. After setting it up, Wuji left behind a part of his divine consciousness outside to keep watch, then immediately began closed-door meditation to refine the Extreme Prenatal Spiritual Treasure Yin-Yang Qiankun Diagram.
Wuji incorporated the Taiji diagram into the Small World, so that with the help of the Small World, he could more quickly and effectively break through the pre-heavenly restrictions within the Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Treasure. Time passed unnoticed, and before he knew it, five hundred years had gone by. At this point, Wuji had already refined the 35th layer of restrictions in the Taiji diagram, which was still only possible with the help of the Small Thousand World and the Time-Space Wheel.
Wuji then took out all his family's wealth in the Small Thousand World, and suddenly a jade seal appeared in front of him - the Kongtong Seal, 29 pearls - 24 Dinghai Divine Pearls and a set of Five Elements Pearls.
After that, Wuji began to refine the remaining few congenital spiritual treasures. Time really flew by like flowing water for cultivators. After 1,500 years, Wuji finally fully refined the remaining high-grade congenital spiritual treasures (at this time, the Human Tribe had not yet risen, and the Kongtong Seal was only a high-grade congenital spiritual treasure; when the Human Tribe rose to power, it became an extreme-grade congenital spiritual treasure).
The time is still abundant, waiting for the teacher to come out of the pass, it's probably going to take a long time. Wuji decided to get familiar with his own small world. Since the birth of the small world, except for when Wuji first woke up and took a look at the small world, he had never checked on it again. It was only during the resistance against the heavenly pressure that the small world saved his life. Wuji began to pay attention to the small world, after all, the small world was too small at the beginning, only about a thousand miles in diameter, which made Wuji neglect its existence.
Wuji only realized the greatness of the Small Thousand World after he was saved by it. He decided to explore its potential thoroughly. Wuji saw that the Small Thousand World could absorb the power of heaven and earth, convert it into its own world's origin, and strengthen itself. Therefore, Wuji prepared to find more spatial innate spiritual treasures to merge with the Small Thousand World, promoting its development.
Wuji silently observed the small world of Xiaochi and found that it was like a newborn baby, with only a few laws governing time and space, as well as some laws of yin and yang, qian and kun from Wuji's recent refinement of the Taiji diagram. Additionally, there were some laws of the five elements - metal, wood, water, fire, and earth - obtained through the refinement of the Five Elements Pearl, and some laws of water obtained through the refinement of the Dinghai Divine Pearl. The small world of Xiaochi was far from perfect and had a long way to go.
Infinite clarity and spiritual treasure are external objects, only self-strengthening is the foundation. Pre-heavenly spiritual treasures do not need to be fully refined, just using a few that perfectly suit oneself is enough. Of course, the more pre-heavenly spiritual treasures one has, the better, as they themselves carry vast heavenly and earthly energies. Refining pre-heavenly spiritual treasures can transfer their heavenly and earthly energies onto oneself.
Wuji decided to painfully merge the Five Elemental Orbs into the Heaven and Earth of the Small Thousand World for its development. The Five Elemental Orbs had been refined by Wuji, so it was very easy for the Small Thousand World to absorb them. The Wood Spirit Orb flew towards the east of the Small Thousand World, transforming into a small world affiliated with the Small Thousand World. The Water Spirit Orb flew towards the north, the Fire Spirit Orb flew towards the south, the Metal Spirit Orb flew towards the west, and the Earth Spirit Orb flew towards the center, sinking into the ground below.
Five spiritual beads of gold, wood, water, fire and earth attributes each evolved into a small world belonging to the Small Thousand World in the five directions of the sky and earth (Golden Spirit Realm, Wooden Spirit Realm, Water Spirit Realm, Fire Spirit Realm, Earth Spirit Realm). The five small worlds form the Five Elements Array. The Five Elements Array not only absorbs various energies from outside the Small Thousand World into the Small Thousand World but also converts these energies into the five attributes of gold, wood, water, fire and earth during its operation. The converted energies are then dispersed through the small worlds evolved by the Five Elements Beads to the inside of the Small Thousand World, giving rise to the spiritual energy within the Small Thousand World.
The Five Elements Great Array is still a top-notch defensive array, guarding the safety of the Small Thousand Worlds. Now it also suppresses the five elements within the Small Thousand Worlds, ensuring the stability of space.
The Small Thousand World also developed the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth due to the integration of the Five Elements Pearl, and has evolved into about five layers. As for other laws, they can only slowly evolve on their own.
Wuji saw the development potential of Xiaochi World and felt that it was not distinctive to continue calling it Xiaochi World, so he decided to rename Xiaochi World as Wuji Boundary - Wuji's world.
