167: Chapter 167 Transformation into a Divine Being, Heaven and Earth Rejoice Together; Grotto-Heaven Changes, and the Universe is Initially Set.

Seven-colored rays of light, like brocade falling from the Nine Heavens, warm and peaceful, enveloped Ye Qing.

Within his body, the mana that had been nearly exhausted due to Undergoing Tribulation was recovering at an incredible speed under the nourishment of this light, which contained the power of the Heaven and Earth Origin. It became purer and more vast, as if every wisp of mana contained some profound truth of Heaven and Earth.

Inside his Dantian, the one-foot-tall Chaos Nascent Soul was bathed in the light, solemn and dignified, its eyes slightly closed, as if it were resonating with the entire world on a deep level.

On the surface of the Nascent Soul, those Dao patterns of stars, Void Realm, Five Elements, moonlight, toxicity, and Dragon Clan had now completely undergone Fusion, transforming into a more ancient and profound Chaos-colored texture, as if they were the primordial imprints from before Heaven and Earth were created.

Spirit Severing Realm!

Ye Qing had finally successfully stepped into this Realm that countless Cultivators dreamed of!

He slowly opened his eyes, the divine light within them restrained, appearing like two bottomless cold pools, yet also seeming to contain a Chaos starry sky slowly evolving.

He gently clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power within his body that seemed capable of shattering the Void Realm with a single palm and stirring the winds and clouds with a single thought, and a smile of realization appeared on his face.

"So this is the Spirit Severing Realm... It is not just an increase in power, but a leap in the level of life, a deeper mastery of the Laws of Heaven and Earth."

He could clearly feel that his connection with this world had become much closer. He could even vaguely sense the veins of mountains and rivers, the flow of Spiritual Qi, and even the fluctuations of the auras of some powerful living beings within a radius of several thousand miles.

This sense of control was completely unimaginable during the Nascent Soul Stage.

He looked up at the sky; the tribulation clouds that had obscured the sun and moon had long since dissipated without a trace, replaced by a clear, blue sky that looked as if it had been washed by water. The sunlight shone down, warm and bright, as if Heaven and Earth were celebrating for him.

He then sank his consciousness into the Cave Heaven World.

The 80,000-zhang Cave Heaven World had also undergone an earth-shattering, near-qualitative change after he achieved his Breakthrough to the Spirit Severing Realm and absorbed a portion of the Soul Transformation light.

First, there was the area.

The originally 80,000-zhang Cave Heaven World, under the nourishment of the Soul Transformation light, saw its edges—originally like walls of Chaos gray mist—begin to surge and expand violently, like an inflating balloon, expanding crazily in all directions!

100,000 zhang... 150,000 zhang... 200,000 zhang... 300,000 zhang!

It continued to expand until it reached nearly 500,000 zhang in radius before the momentum of expansion slowly came to a halt!

500,000 zhang!

The area of the Cave Heaven World had expanded several times over in one go! It was now comparable to a small continent!

Secondly, there were the changes in the world's Laws.

With the rapid expansion of the area, the Laws of the Cave Heaven World also became more complete and stable.

The earth became thicker, and the rumbling of the earth's veins was like the snoring of a sleeping giant Dragon, deep and powerful, emitting an even purer Qi of the earth.

The sea of stars became even more brilliant, with countless stars flickering on and off, and the starlight that fell, like a physical substance, nourished the entire world.

The area of the Floating Landmass had also expanded several times over, like a true aerial continent floating high in the sky. On the landmass, the moonlight jade tree shone with silver brilliance like a waterfall, and those few stalks of dragon transformation grass, having absorbed enough Dragon Qi and Soul Transformation light, had actually condensed a new, even more crystalline dragon saliva fruit prototype at their tips.

The Poison Source Land also expanded along with the Cave Heaven World, and that ten thousand poison soul-eating wood had grown to several tens of zhang tall, with lush branches and leaves, emitting a terrifying aura that was heart-palpitating and seemed capable of poisoning everything to death.

Even in some areas of the Cave Heaven World where the Spiritual Qi was most dense and the Laws were most perfect, some low-level, tiny specks of light resembling fireflies began to spontaneously generate.

These specks of light were not true life, but the most primitive prototypes of life, born from the interweaving of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and the power of the Laws.

"The Cave Heaven World... has begun to conceive life. Although it is only the most primitive prototype of life, this means that my Cave Heaven World is evolving towards a true, complete world!"

Ye Qing's heart was filled with shock and joy.

He exited the Cave Heaven World and cast his gaze into the distance.

Soul Transformation achieved, Cave Heaven World initialized.

This world would now let him roam freely.

His figure flickered, and without alerting anyone, he left the valley where he had been in seclusion for his Breakthrough, flying towards the deeper parts of the Great Wilderness Region—that more vast, more mysterious area said to hide the secrets beyond the Soul Transformation stage.

His legend had only just begun.