136: Transformation! Cave Heaven Method!

With his consciousness fully clear, a boundless power surged endlessly within his body, and an unprecedented sense of control filled his heart.

But Chen Fan did not rush to break through the barrier and return to reality; instead, he calmed his mind and, using inner vision, carefully contemplated the earth-shattering changes brought by his two-and-a-half-year seclusion.

First and foremost was his Immortal Cultivation.

Within his Dantian, the Chaos Dao Seed, formed with the pure yang spirit accumulating pearl as its core and coexisting with the entire Zhengyang Lake Secret Realm, slowly rotated, emitting an aura far more vast, profound, and seemingly containing the Origin of a world than that of ordinary Golden Core Cultivators.

"This Core... is no longer a traditional Golden Core."

Chen Fan's thoughts raced, and countless insights flooded his mind.

"The ordinary Golden Core Dao seeks individual transcendence and boundless magical power by condensing the three treasures of one's essence, Qi, and Divine Soul into an immortal Dao Seed.

As for my method..."

He felt an incredibly close, almost integral connection between himself and the Small World within his body, as well as the pure Origin power that continuously flowed back as the Small World breathed.

"It is to take a Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth as the Foundation of the Dao, with the Secret Realm as the core, one's self nourishing the Secret Realm, and the Secret Realm nourishing one's self, coexisting and growing together. This is... the Cave Heaven Method!"

He named this unprecedented path he had forged.

The advantages of this method were obvious:

Firstly, the worry of Lifespan was temporarily resolved.

His Lifespan was now bound to this nascent inner Cave Heaven; as long as the Cave Heaven endured, he would exist eternally.

Unless the Cave Heaven's Origin dried up or suffered irreversible severe damage, he had almost attained a certain degree of the Dao of Longevity, no longer needing to struggle for Lifespan Spirit Pills or life-extending treasures like ordinary Cultivators.

Secondly, his combat power was immense.

With the power of a Cave Heaven World, his magical power's density, recovery speed, and ability to manipulate the rules of Heaven and Earth had completely transcended the Golden Core Realm.

He had a clear premonition that even if he were to face those Soul Transformation True Monarchs who were legendary for being able to open their own Small Worlds and control the power of space, he might not be without the power to fight!

This was a terrifying gap spanning two major Realms!

Thirdly, potential and Foundation.

The Cave Heaven was both his Golden Core and his Dao field; its future growth potential was extremely high, and as the Cave Heaven evolved, his Dao cultivation would naturally improve.

However, the drawbacks were equally astonishing:

Firstly, entry was extremely difficult.

Finding a Secret Realm of Heaven and Earth was already fraught with countless dangers, and to completely refine and integrate a Secret Realm into one's body was even more unimaginably difficult.

Many Sects and aristocratic families in the world possessed Secret Realms, but who could truly 'master' the core Origin of a Secret Realm?

Natural Secret Realms were creations of the Heavenly Dao, containing Innate rules, and were extremely difficult to tame;

And artificial Secret Realms that could form a self-sustaining Cave Heaven were, without exception, formed from the lifelong essence left behind by Soul Transformation and above mighty experts after their demise, each representing a history of bloody strife and the end of a peerless expert.

The difficulty and risk of acquiring them were Heaven-Defying.

Secondly, Cultivation was arduous, and resources were consumed massively.

Cultivating the Cave Heaven Method was no longer a personal Cultivation.

Every single one of his advancements required a terrifyingly vast amount of resources!

Not only did he need to nourish himself, but he also had to feed the entire inner Cave Heaven, promoting its evolution and growth.

Perhaps from Golden Core to Soul Transformation, he could rely on the Cave Heaven's own evolutionary Foundation to naturally succeed, but to Break through further... the resources required would probably be enough to Cultivate hundreds or thousands of ordinary Cultivators of the same Realm!

The arduousness of the Dao path was like being an enemy of the whole world, contending with Heaven and Earth for sustenance!

"The Cave Heaven Method... fortune lies hidden in disaster, and disaster is where fortune dwells.

This path is destined to be lonely and difficult."

Chen Fan slowly exhaled a turbid breath, but his eyes burned with an even more intense light.

The more difficult it was, the more it proved its power!

He, Chen Fan, had never walked an ordinary path!

Next, he sensed his Martial Dao.

His Qi and blood surged like a Dragon, roaring through his Meridians; every inch of his flesh and blood contained explosive power, crystal clear, as if not of the mortal world, but condensed from pure Spiritual Qi.

His Divine Soul and Physical Body were tightly integrated, thought leading to power, subtly touching upon deeper levels of Void Realm power.

"Beyond the Divine Firmament Realm... in this Realm, I feel my Physical Body is flawless, power penetrates all phenomena, spirit and body are one, and I can shake rules with my bare hands..."

He carefully experienced this new Realm, a Martial Dao path purely opened by himself.

"This Realm, I shall name it — the Myriad Manifestations Realm!"

He did not know if anyone in this world's Martial Dao had reached this Realm before him, but he was certain that he was at least a solitary traveler and pioneer in the Nanyu Wasteland for tens of thousands of years!

He slightly clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power that could easily crush low-grade Magical Artifacts and instantly kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a single punch.

He had a hunch that now, solely with this Myriad Manifestations Realm Martial Body, he could withstand the bombardment of a Golden Core Cultivator's Magic Treasure and the attacks of Divine Abilities and Spells without harm!

A heroic spirit of looking down upon the world spontaneously arose.

"Cave Heaven Golden Core, Myriad Manifestations Martial Body! Both inner and outer Cultivation, both reaching this Realm!"

Chen Fan's eyes flashed with brilliant light, and an invisible aura vibrated throughout the entire inner Cave Heaven.

"Now, the time to change Heaven and Earth has come! In this world, who can stop me now?!"

Confidence stemmed from absolute strength!

However, this pride did not last too long before it quickly settled, transforming into a deeper sense of responsibility.

He knew that his power System was too unique and powerful, almost impossible to replicate.

But the Chen family could not rely solely on him.

"The method I Cultivate is beyond the reach of ordinary people, but there are three thousand Great Daos, and there are always traces to follow."

He sat cross-legged, his mind sinking into a mysterious state of Dao comprehension.

"I need to strip away the irreplicable core of my 'Cave Heaven Method' and 'Myriad Manifestations Realm' insights, extract the profound principles of Heaven and Earth contained within, the methods of power application, and the secrets of Breaking through bottlenecks, and systematically organize them."

He wanted to leave for the Chen family, and for the Martial Dao and Immortal Cultivation of this world, a guide that, though difficult, was truly feasible and led to higher levels!

Perhaps no one could walk the Cave Heaven Method again, but perhaps they could gain insight from it to form a 'pseudo-Cave Heaven' or a stronger Golden Core condensation method?

Perhaps no one could immediately reach the Myriad Manifestations Realm, but perhaps they could clarify the direction of the path after Divine Firmament?

Legacy requires a method of 'transmitting' for future generations to 'inherit' its essence.

For a time, within this nascent inner Cave Heaven, the sound of the Great Dao faintly resounded, and countless golden runes flew out from Chen Fan's body, swirling and dancing around him, intertwining and combining, beginning to transform his earth-shattering insights into systematic knowledge that could be understood and learned.

This was a process of refining the essence and simplifying the complex, its difficulty no less than creating an entirely new, peerless Cultivation Technique.

And as he was immersed in organizing the Legacy, the Small World within him also underwent subtle and continuous evolution with his insights, becoming more stable and its rules becoming clearer.