82: A scroll composed of the power of cause and effect

Those around the Falling Cloud Sect saw the whole matter conclude, but they just stood frozen in place, unable to recover for a long time.

From this day forth, they would remember that a powerful force had been born in the Eastern Region.

The Su Family!

A formidable force capable of slaying a Saint King.

As this news spread, it immediately shook the entire Eastern Region, especially the people of the Jinghong Empire, who were the most shocked.

No one had expected the Su Family to possess a powerhouse capable of slaying a Saint King.

When the Su Family first began to stand out, it was during the Battle of the Nine Dragons for the Succession; at that time, Su Chen displayed formidable strength to help Lin Jin seize the throne.

After that, the Su Family became stronger and stronger, increasingly beyond belief.

Within just a few short decades, the entire Su Family underwent earth-shattering changes, and just when everyone thought that was it, the Su Family dealt them another heavy blow.

The Su Family has a Saint!?

This is just too ridiculous, isn't it?

It wasn't just those outsiders; even the Su Family members themselves felt it was quite absurd.

Su Chen could actually slay a Saint King—this was something none of them had anticipated.

For a time, Su Chen became the hero of everyone in the Su Family... Three months later.

In the center of the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven.

Su Chen stood in the air, looking around.

Although the Spiritual Qi in the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven was currently very abundant, it was somewhat insufficient.

These members of the Su Family were breaking through too quickly, and combined with their incredibly powerful Physiques, the amount of spiritual energy they absorbed was massive; it was still somewhat difficult to satisfy so many people.

At the very least, demand exceeded supply; if this continued, as the Su Family's strength increased, the generation speed of spiritual energy in the entire Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven would fall further behind.

Su Chen raised his hand and took out two Dao Origin Crystals, filling them into the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven.

In an instant.

The entire Grotto-Heaven began to tremble violently; the members of the Su Family were all startled, waking from their secluded cultivation one after another, looking around with astonished expressions.

However, after they saw Su Chen in the air, they felt relieved.

With Su Chen there, everything would surely be fine.

Accompanied by the violent shaking of the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven.

Soon, incredibly dense spiritual energy began to gush out, and the entire Grotto-Heaven underwent earth-shattering changes; not only did its size double, but the laws within the Grotto-Heaven became more complete.

Most important was still the spiritual energy; after absorbing two Dao Origin Crystals, the speed at which Spiritual Qi was generated in the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven directly soared nearly tenfold.

One must know that the speed of Spiritual Qi generation in the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven was already terrifying before, many times faster than that generated by the Mount Wangyun dragon vein.

Dense spiritual energy permeated the entire Grotto-Heaven, as if it were shrouded in mist.

Of course, these were not mist, but the manifestation of spiritual energy.

Due to the Spiritual Qi being too dense in the Grotto-Heaven, many Spiritual Ponds even appeared on the ground.

Because of the sudden explosion of spiritual energy, several auras immediately erupted within the Grotto-Heaven; Su Yunqian and several other Cultivators at the Body Integration Stage Perfection all began to Breakthrough to the Return to Origin Stage.

"Two Dao Origin Crystals should be enough for a long time."

Su Chen left the Mount Wangyun Grotto-Heaven and returned to his small courtyard; Ruoxi was currently cultivating in the Grotto-Heaven as well.

As his maid, she usually served him with all her heart.

Therefore, Su Chen also gave Ruoxi some preferential treatment, allowing her to Cultivate in the Grotto-Heaven for three hours every day.

Now Ruoxi's strength was also growing rapidly, her cultivation having reached the Soul Transformation Stage Late Stage.

However, she had almost no combat experience, so she would likely suffer if she faced those Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators with rich combat experience.

But that didn't matter; Su Chen had no intention of letting her go into battle.

Gazing into the distance, Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling the breeze from the horizon with an incredibly relaxed expression.

His days were also very easy and leisurely; he only needed to lend a hand when the Su Family encountered difficulties they couldn't solve.

However... Su Chen narrowed his eyes and looked toward the sky; as the years passed, he found that the Heavenly Dao within the Profound Sky Realm was becoming increasingly weak.

Although this weakness might not be particularly obvious, it certainly existed.

In several decades, it had weakened by about one-thousandth.

This one-thousandth might not be particularly fatal, but what if it continued like this every few decades?

If it continued to develop this way, in at most tens of thousands of years, the Profound Sky Realm would enter the Age of Dharma Decline and would no longer be able to support cultivation.

Su Chen's eyes turned slightly cold; he would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

But why was the Heavenly Dao weakening?

What was the reason behind this?

Thinking of this, Su Chen was no longer in a leisurely mood; he left the peak of Mount Wangyun and came to the Nine Clouds Temple below.

Master Ziyang had existed for a long time; surely he must know something.

At this moment.

Master Ziyang and Immortal Master Yuhua were sitting cross-legged on the ground, quietly cultivating.

Su Chen did not hide himself; his footsteps were loud. Master Ziyang immediately turned his head to look, and upon discovering it was Su Chen, he immediately stood up and cupped his hands, saying:

"So it is Young Lord Su."

Su Chen smiled faintly, glanced at the simple and ancient facilities of the Nine Clouds Temple, and asked curiously:

"Is the cultivation of Daoist experts always so special? No need to seek out a Grotto-Heaven?"

He had also noticed long ago that these two Daoist priests before him had also made progress in their cultivation over the years.

Logically speaking, both of them were very strong; although a place like Mount Wangyun was decent, it certainly shouldn't be of much help to them.

But even so, their cultivation had still progressed, which was very mysterious.

Master Ziyang pondered but did not answer; seeing this, Su Chen waved his hand and said:

"It's fine, if it's hard to say, then forget it."

Master Ziyang smiled: "Actually, it's not some incredible secret; other Daoist Schools are not like my Nine Clouds Temple."

"It's just that my Nine Clouds Temple is a bit more special; we don't rely purely on cultivation to increase our power."

Su Chen immediately showed interest and asked curiously: "Can you tell me about it?"

Master Ziyang did not hesitate much; he pointed quite frankly at the portrait in the center of the hall and said:

"This is the foundation of the Nine Clouds Temple; our cultivation increases precisely because we visualize this portrait, and besides that, there is the Power of Incense."

"However, fewer people offer worship at my Nine Clouds Temple, so the cultivation provided by the Power of Incense isn't much; we mainly rely on visualizing this portrait."

Su Chen's strength was extremely great, so Master Ziyang was not worried about him being interested in the portrait or doing anything to seize it by force.

Moreover, others could not take this portrait of their Nine Clouds Temple away; Master Ziyang had joined this temple when he was very young, only five or six years old, and was still just a Mortal.

Since then, he had always followed his master in cultivation until now.

During this period, the portrait had actually been stolen many times, but every time, within three days, the portrait would return to the side of the Nine Clouds Temple's successor.

Those who had stolen the portrait had all perished without exception.

Many people in the Daoist faith actually have Visualization methods, but only those from the Nine Clouds Temple can truly visualize this portrait; others see only a patch of Chaos.

Previously, Master Ziyang didn't know why, but as his cultivation grew, he learned about the concept of Karma.

And behind this portrait lay a massive power of Karma; this Karma determined that the scroll belonged only to their Nine Clouds Temple, so no one could take it away.

Once taken, one would suffer misfortune because they could not bear the Karma.

Rather than saying this portrait contains the power of Karma, it would be better to say that this portrait is composed of the power of Karma..."