102: Chapter 102 Departure

A palm-sized, ancient jade ruler stood quietly. Its jade color was warm and moist like warm jade, and its entire body was a pale green. Layers of cloud patterns flowed on its surface, as if starlight were floating and flickering between the lines. It showed not a shred of sharpness, yet possessed an ancient aura that seemed to see through all worldly affairs.

Following closely behind, a wisp of emerald radiance condensed and formed, turning into an exquisite, lustrous white jade bottle.

Immortal Qi curled and rose from the mouth of the bottle, and a secluded, pure fragrance diffused. Just by getting close to it, one's Meridians felt stretched and unobstructed, and the Divine Soul became clear and lucid.

The bottle quietly sealed ten full, round drops of Immortal Qi liquid, each drop containing pure Origin power capable of stimulating a spirit plant to grow a thousand years of medicinal age.

"The mirror of prophecy and I exchange for the myriad worlds disk. The ten drops of Immortal Qi liquid are all delivered to you. The Spirit Control Technique is completely passed on to you. Remember to make an oath: in this life, you must never teach this secret technique to others. If you violate the agreement, you will suffer the backlash of the technique, and your Divine Soul will collapse and dissipate."

"Relying on the power of the tower body, I can help you isolate the Karma entanglement of this world. When the remaining twenty-nine days are up, I will open the tower gate and send you away from this realm."

Li Changqing raised his hand and steadily received the two supreme treasures. The moment his fingertips touched the jade ruler and the jade slip, a warm and vigorous power of the Dao poured into his body. There was no sense of rejection, and in an instant, it was completely under his own control.

He quickly formed solemn hand seals with both hands and loudly swore an oath: "Junior Li Changqing has the fortune to learn the Heaven Rank Spirit Control Technique. In this life, I will abide by my heart and keep the secret technique, never leaking even a fraction. If I break this oath, I am willing to have my Divine Soul suffer erosion and my Dao foundation completely collapse."

The oath resounded through the Void Realm. The Sky Dome Tower trembled slightly, and an invisible Dao rhyme was branded into his Divine Soul Origin, turning into a contract bond that could never be violated for eternity.

Inside the top of the Sky Dome Tower, Li Changqing closed his eyes and sat still, concentrating. He channeled his own Divine Soul power to carefully comprehend the true essence of the secret technique hidden within the jade slip.

A massive amount of obscure and exquisite Divine Soul Cultivation Techniques continuously poured into his Sea of Consciousness. From Divine Soul imprisonment and mind control to thought suppression and Divine Sense attacks, the Cultivation Technique system was clearly layered, with rigorous and comprehensive rules.

The Heaven Rank Spirit Control Technique was divided into three levels, with the difficulty of Cultivation increasing layer by layer.

Even though Li Changqing had previously come into contact with the incomplete first-level Cultivation Technique and possessed a corresponding foundation for practice, it still took him more than twenty days of dedicated study to barely grasp the first level. He was still some distance away from truly mastering it, which was enough to see the high threshold for practicing this Heaven Rank secret technique.

Just as he was immersed in comprehension, the ethereal and solemn voice of the Tower Spirit sounded again:

"The trial time limit is about to end, and the established transaction will be fulfilled immediately. I will now erase the cross-boundary mark on your myriad worlds disk. From now on, the will of this world will no longer be able to investigate your Karma and whereabouts."

With a soft hum, a subtle yet powerful Dao ripple enveloped Li Changqing's entire body.

The myriad worlds disk that had been silent within his body trembled slightly. The plane coordinates and the Karma aura of foreign beings that had originally adhered to it were all completely wiped away, leaving not a trace.

At the same time, the unique Origin fluctuations of the three Innate Spirit Treasures—the creation bottle, the newly Acquired Changsheng Garden, and the mirror of prophecy—were also covered layer by layer by the tower rhyme. Their auras became restrained and silent, hiding safely in the depths of his Dantian and Sea of Consciousness, no longer detectable.

With all matters handled properly, the Tower Spirit's figure gradually became illusory and ethereal, floating in the galaxy, and it advised:

"The Karma entanglement has been isolated for you. I will help you depart immediately using the myriad worlds disk. Now, the true upheaval of Tianlan Star has not yet begun, and the undercurrents of Luck are turbulent and dangerous. With your current strength, you are still unable to get involved."

"The one-month trial of the Sky Dome Tower has successfully concluded. Everyone who entered the tower will be sent back to their original regions!"

A command resounded throughout the entire nine-story ancient tower.

A rumbling sound echoed. The rosy light of the tower body slowly retracted, and the treasures across the sky hid in the Void Realm. The pure white trial space began to twist and fold violently.

The myriad worlds disk released a gentle teleportation force, steadily wrapping around Li Changqing's body.

Taking advantage of the moment he left the tower domain, he quietly untied the Divine Soul Restriction he had placed on Captain Xia Dong and the others, and then his figure turned into a blue stream of light, breaking through layers of spatial barriers.

The light and shadows before his eyes rotated rapidly, and the surrounding scenery spun around.

A moment later, the clear and vast Dao rhyme inside the tower completely dissipated, and the familiar moist air rushed towards him. Li Changqing had returned to the cave at the bottom of Xuanling Lake.

Standing in place, he slowly composed his mind, his thoughts swirling.

This trip to the top of the Sky Dome Tower and passing the trials brought him opportunities far exceeding his initial expectations.

Returning to the quiet and deep secret chamber at the bottom of Xuanling Lake, Li Changqing waved his hand, dispelling the water mist surrounding him, and opened the layers of Formation Restrictions.

The Spiritual Qi light faded, and silence returned to the secret chamber.

He sat cross-legged, dispelling distracting thoughts, and focused his entire mind.

In the next instant, a simple and vast jade-like nursery terrace slowly materialized from the depths of his Divine Soul, floating leisurely in the center of his clear Sea of Consciousness, silently flowing endlessly.

This was the Innate spatial Spirit Treasure that had fused with his Divine Soul—Changsheng Garden.

The main body of this treasure was born from an Innate spirit fetus; its entire body was integrated, with natural Dao rhyme flowing within it.

The jade texture of the four walls was delicate and warm, and strands of clear, glistening Spiritual Qi light flowed like water ripples, hazy and misty, completely natural, without the slightest trace of Acquired carving.

The cave heaven inside was regular and square, forming its own world within a hundred feet. The entire spatial barrier was as solid as warm jade, isolating the real from the illusory, separating the inside from the outside, and completely escaping the constraints of the rules of the outside world.

Li Changqing's mind sank into his Sea of Consciousness. In an instant, his Divine Soul shifted, and he stepped directly into this cave heaven.

One thought opens a cave heaven; a square inch contains the universe.

The hundred-foot space floated within his Divine Soul Sea of Consciousness, using the Innate spirit fetus as its skeleton and misty Spiritual Qi light as its clothing, with an endless stream of Dao rhyme surrounding it.

In the center of the cave heaven, a mu of spirit fields spread out quietly. Black, red, and white spirit soil layered and intertwined, rotating, with vast vitality rising into the sky, covering the entire Small World. Compared to any soil Li Changqing had seen, it was even better.

The Spiritual Qi in Changsheng Garden was so dense it almost turned into mist. Strands of milky white spiritual breath floated with the wind, drifting and flowing, making the entire cave heaven look like it was filled with Immortal Qi.

Stepping on the three-colored spirit soil, a gentle and mellow warmth instantly spread through his Meridians from the soles of his feet, permeating his limbs, bones, and internal organs.

The most Heaven-Defying and mysterious aspect of this portable cave heaven was not the dense Spiritual Qi and creation spirit soil, but the Origin Dao mouth hidden deep within the spatial Origin.

The Dao mouth was hidden in the Void Realm, silent and soundless, but it contained boundless power of absorption and refinement.

The drifting Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth, the brilliance of the sun, moon, and stars in the firmament, the fierce and evil Qi of Yao Beasts, the residual medicinal Qi of the Pill Furnace, the essence of gold and Ore... all forms of energy in the world, regardless of whether they were righteous, evil, mixed, pure, or coarse, could be slowly absorbed, layered and dismantled, cleansed of dross, and melted into essence by the Origin Dao mouth.