Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 1827 – Understandable

Chapter 1827 – Understandable

At this moment, the feeling of someone staring at him grew intensely…the source of this feeling was this pulsing World Heart.

“Qin Yu to fully create the World Heart, you need to be acknowledged by it.” The little blue lamp’s voice could be heard.

There was a moment of silence before Qin Yu took out the Ninerealm Token and placed it in front of the World Heart. The surface glowed before dimming. Eventually, it died out. What was presented before him was a grey, unimpressive-looking stone.

Putting away the token, he held the stone in his hand. Qin Yu felt as if he was holding an entire world in his hands – he could clearly feel where the Sky Spirit Clan was in this world. He even had an intense feeling that if he just applied a little pressure to crush this stone, he would destroy the entire world!

“It is done.” The little blue lamp said, “Hand this World Heart over to Seventh Dao Master and you will gain his trust. Do the rest of the things according to our plan.”

“Wait!” Qin Yu said in a deep voice as he stared at the stone in his hands. He was now extremely sure that this was the real World Heart. If he really gave it to Seventh Dao Master, it would mean handing the fate of that entire world into his hands!

“I know that you will not joke about this kind of matter. But you have to tell me how I can deal with Seventh Dao Master’s retaliation after handing the World Heart over.” Qin Yu looked serious, “Without confirming this point, I cannot rest assured.”

Seeming to have predicted that Qin Yu would ask this question, the little blue lamp replied calmly, “Simple. Because he cannot break this World Heart.”

Qin Yu frowned as he looked at the simple grey stone that was the World Heart in his hands. This thing did not feel sturdy to him at all. It felt like it would shatter if he just applied some pressure.

“It is a misguided feeling. A true World Heart is truly not that sturdy. At least for a Dao Masters, crushing it is easy. But this World Heart is not the same…it contains not only the origin of one world.” The little blue lamp disappeared after saying this.

There was a glimmer in Qin Yu’s eyes…in that case, it wouldn’t be a problem. The little blue lamp’s plan was actually very simple. This World Heart would be used to gain Seventh Dao Master’s trust. While it looked weak, it was extremely very sturdy! So even when things were exposed and Seventh Dao Master becomes furious, he would realize that this World Heart was useless in his hands.

Taking a deep breath, Qin Yu closed his eyes and regulated his breathing. After a moment, he recovered and stepped out to leave Sea King Island. He appeared outside Seventh White Jade Capital.

“Dao Master, Luo Guan is here!”

Buzz –

There was a vibration in the air as Seventh Dao Master’s voice could be heard, “Come in.”

Without hesitating, Qin Yu stepped in. There was a shift in his vision and he appeared in the hall.

Seventh Dao Master sat high above and looked down at him. He appeared calm and friendly but there was a strong pressure from him. There were faint scents in the air that made one feel uneasy. Qin Yu’s heart clenched. A strong thought filled him – if he could not gain Seventh Dao Master’s trust today, he would not be able to leave this hall alive!

“Greetings Dao Master.” Qin Yu bowed.

Seventh Dao Master smiled softly, “Dear Luo Guan, there is no need to be so polite. I have been waiting for your return. I hope you can surprise me.”

Qin Yu replied, “If I did not achieve anything, I would not have returned to White Jade Capital.” He flipped open his hand and retrieved the World Heart, “Dao Master, please have a look at this.”

Seventh Dao Master’s eyes narrowed slightly and he subconsciously leaned forwards, “World Heart…” Though the grey stone looked ordinary, the aura that was emitting from it was like a lamp in the dark of night to Dao Masters.

“That’s right. Luckily, I was able to complete what I set out to do. I hope that you will also keep to your word!” Qin Yu lifted his hand and the World Heart flew out.

Seventh Dao Master grabbed it and as soon as he held onto it, he felt it to determine if it was real. He smiled, “Hahahaha! Great! Luo Guan, I was right about you!” The World Heart was real and it really came from that freezing world…but the aura of this World Heart was not entirely pure.

Flipping it over, Seventh Dao Master held it tightly and asked about this.

Qin Yu was calm, “Even if an already dying world starts to recover, the World Origin is still too little and is not enough for it to form a complete World Heart. I had no choice but to take the risk and enter the other worlds linked through the altar and search for World Origin. Only after gathering the other origins was I able to create this.”

Seventh Dao Master’s eyes glimmered. This matched with his assumption earlier…Luo Guan had already entered the other worlds linked through the altar! This person must be hiding something…for example, the way to create World Hearts. Even Dao Masters were not able to do this.

Not only did this require a very high cultivation level, it also required the acknowledgement of the world in order to form it. Luo Guan was able to do it. Moreover, the freezing world only started to recover after he entered…Seventh Dao Master immediately began thinking and he smiled, nodding softly, “No wonder. Thank you Luo Guan. I will definitely fulfill my promise.”

He chose to acknowledge it.

At least now, he could not be on bad terms with Luo Guan. He could only put aside these suspicions for now. Of course, the reason why Seventh Dao Master dared to do this was because he was confident in controlling the situation.

He had the World Heart and as long as there was nothing wrong with it, then the fate of the world was within his control. Luo Guan might have other plans, but as long as he could successfully swallow a complete Heaven and Earth Origin, Seventh Dao Master was confident in breaking through the last step and achieve enlightenment to reach the World realm.

The World realm in human cultivation was becoming the world themselves…they would then be able to try and reach the wild ambitions that the human cultivators had for so many years. The ambition that led them to build the nine White Jade Capitals.

Using the White Jade Capitals to replace the Blazing Suns and take control of a thousand worlds!

When the time came, with thousands of worlds under their control, who would dare fight against them? Even if they faced the controller of the Blazing Suns, they might be comparable. Luo Guan might have other plans, but when it came to strength, he would be crushed and his schemes would become a joke.

Qin Yu looked at Seventh Dao Master and they both smiled warmly at each other. Yet, both of them had extremely brutal thoughts internally.

It was just that both sides were now confident that they would be the last one laughing…how it would end up, only time would tell.

“Dao Master, without further ado, if you have no issues, then let us quickly begin.” Qin Yu said in a low voice.

Seventh Dao Master smiled, “Okay.” He paused, “But we have to keep this a secret in order to prevent things from going south. I have to make some preparations. Luo Guan, stay in White Jade Capital for a while. I will call for you.”

Leaving the hall, there were cultivators from White Jade Capital awaiting him who bowed when Qin Yu came out.

“Your Honor, Luo Guan, Dao Master has instructed for us to bring you to rest.”

“Mmhm.”

Qin Yu nodded.

Flying over some clouds, a grand palace complex appeared. Landing outside one of the palaces, one of the cultivators said, “Your Honor Luo Guan, please stay here for the time being. If you need anything, please just ring the bell in the palace.”

They then left.

Landing on a cloud, Qin Yu looked at the palace in front of him. Similarly, he sent the female servants in the palace away. However, this time he did not isolate for too long before he opened his eyes and looked out of the palace.

After a moment of silence, Qin Yu opened the palace door and Cheng Haoran was standing outside. He put his hands together respectfully, “Fellow Daoist Luo Guan, we meet again.”

Qin Yu replied, “Fellow Daoist Cheng, is there something I can help you with?”

Cheng Haoran said, “No, I was just passing by and heard that you were here so I came to say hello…I would also like to remind you that no matter what kind of deal you made with Master, please do your best. Master is extremely powerful and no matter how powerful you are, you will not want to suffer Master’s anger.” He smiled and put his hands together, “That’s all. I will take my leave.”

Watching the scholar of White Jade Capital leave, Qin Yu frowned slightly. It was not because he had received this strange threat. More importantly, it was because…Cheng Haoran was behaving strangely. With his personality and how he had been behaving, it was too out of the blue for him to appear here and say this. What was Cheng Haoran’s goal? Qin Yu could not figure it out and temporarily suppressed this matter.

Returning to the palace, Qin Yu looked up in the direction of Seventh Dao Master’s palace. When he said he had to make preparations, Qin Yu did not believe him. As the master of this White Jade Capital, did he really need to hide it from others if he were to shift White Jade Capital’s power? If this was the case, then the cultivation level and position of Seventh Dao Master would be a joke.

That was only just an excuse Seventh Dao Master was giving to test and make preparations for the future. No one wise and calculating would act hastily. They would need to make preparations and even try to prepare for all sorts of possible scenarios. When he was finally sure, then would he make a move.

This time passed quickly.

The next day, Seventh Dao Master summoned him.

“Your Honor Luo Guan, Dao Master invites you to his residence.”

“Okay.”

Qin Yu got up and left his palace.

On this day, an incident happened in White Jade Capital. The outsider cultivator Luo Guan angered the Dao Master for some unknown reason and was thrown into the underground prison!

Rumors quickly spread that Luo Guan had tampered with the World Origin when he was collecting it and kept a huge portion for himself. The Dao Master found out and hence he ended up like that.

Anyone with a nose and eyes swore that the rumor was true.

While the rumor was spreading, Seventh Dao Master sat across from Qin Yu in the underground prison.

“Fellow Luo Guan, I apologize. This is also out of consideration for your safety and to keep this entire thing a secret. This underground prison is the safest place in White Jade Capital. As long as you stay here, no one can disturb you.”

Seventh Dao Master was smiling as he spoke and looked extremely sincere.

Qin Yu nodded, “Okay, I will stay here.”

“Hahaha, I knew that you would understand and not be resentful of me for something as small as this.” Seventh Dao Master took out the World Heart, “Let us begin.”

Though a dying world could recover, it would still require a long time in order for a complete Heaven and Earth Origin to form. But as long as external power was supplied in a sufficient amount, it could speed up the process. And with White Jade Capitals being a reflection of the nine Blazing Suns in the world, it could achieve this.

Boom –

At this moment, through the World Heart that the Seventh Dao Master held in his hand, in the freezing world far from the White Jade Capital, a connection formed. An immensely strong power from the White Jade Capital entered the World Heart. It was like a checkpoint for the energy to be delivered into the freezing world!

In the northern snowy region!

In the bitter cold that had lasted for years, cold wind howled. It was at such a low temperature that it could instantly kill any creature.

But at this moment, with several loud sounds, ‘boom boom boom’, the entire snow field started to shake. ‘Crack crack’. Cracking sounds filled the air and lines could be seen over the ground, spreading as far as the eye could see.

An intense heat rose from the cracks and steam filled the air, rising towards the sky. After a while, clouds slowly started to appear in the sky and thicken from the heat and steam.

Boom –

There was the sound of thunder as rain began to fall over the snowy grounds! Water was the source of life. This meant that this freezing world was starting to recover and awaken.

Everyone in the sealed space, including the Great Clan Elder, stared towards the sky. ‘Pitter patter’, raindrops fell. The sealed space was created to block out the cold but not the rain. The entire valley was covered in rain.

“It is raining!” A Sky Spirit Clan member kneeled on the ground. His hand trembled as he reached out to catch the raindrops. Following the calamity, this was the first rain ever since the world froze.

“His Honor, this must be because of His Honor. He saved the entire world. He saved all of us!”

Amidst the cheerful shouts, all the Sky Spirit Clan members kneeled on the ground. They were extremely devoted as they prayed. At this moment, they did not realize that along with the rain, it also brought a divine sense.

It was the Seventh Dao Master, using the World Heart to bring his will into this world. As the rain fell on the Sky Spirit Clan members, it silently became a divine sense that entered them and reviewed their memories.

So at this moment, Seventh Dao Master believed that he had found Luo Guan’s secret.

No wonder he was able to freely enter the other world through the altar.

No wonder he could create the World Heart which even Dao Masters could not achieve.

Ruler…or rather, it was because he received the inheritance left behind by the past rulers of this world!

In the underground prison, Seventh Dao Master’s eyes shot open and his eyes flickered and landed on Qin Yu, “Luo Guan, everything is going smoothly. You did not lie to me!”

Qin Yu said, “Of course. But Dao Master, I hope that you can keep to your promise and save the natives of these worlds. I need them to become my most loyal devotees to help light my Incense Great Dao!”

“Of course, I will do what I promise.” Seventh Dao Master smiled. At this moment, he felt like he had seen through Qin Yu’s scheme.

Perhaps at the start, Luo Guan had been extremely excited when he found out the link between the altar and the other worlds. But very soon, he realized that with his own power, it would be impossible for him to get the nine worlds…especially since White Jade Capital had already found the altar. Once things were exposed, he would be sure to die when facing the nine White Jade Capitals.

Hence, Luo Guan chose to take a step back and ask for help. He gave up his status of ruler to ask for the native creatures to be saved. As long as he saved them from the end of their worlds, he would gain their most sincere devotion and use this to light up his Incense Great Dao!

Everything could now be explained. It was understandable.