Don’t Mess with that Turtle
Chapter 263 - 263 15 Writing Opens The Heaven Part 2_1

263: Chapter 15 Writing Opens The Heaven (Part 2)_1 263: Chapter 15 Writing Opens The Heaven (Part 2)_1 The Gen Trigram is like a mountain, the Dui Trigram like a lake.

The mountain and lake complemented each other and fell beneath Tai’a Mountain.

In reality, Tai’a Mountain was but a solitary peak amidst the chaos, with its surroundings spinning, making it impossible to discern up from down, east from west.

The two trigrams plunged into the chaos at the foot of Tai’a Mountain and then fell silent.

Unlike other hexagrams that thundered and exploded violently.

They moistened everything in silence.

The rolling chaos beneath Tai’a Mountain settled down.

After an indeterminate amount of time, with the Kun Trigram as the center and the Gen and Dui in harmony, a portion of the chaos transformed into vast stretches of land.

With the sun and moon above and the earth below, the Inner World began to take shape.

All the formations Ji Feixue had laid down over Yunmeng Ze were now removed, fearing they might hinder the nourishment Mystery Huang World provided Su He.

The Azure Dragon Qing Cang appeared, its enormous body coiling, encircling Su He within, and spat out a sound disdainfully.

“Those irresponsible old turtles, the youngsters are opening the heavens, and they don’t even show up!

What’s the use of having turtle offspring like them?

Wouldn’t it be better to have dragon offspring?”

Having no idea what the group was doing, it only heard they had taken down the Soaring Snake’s lair, then received a message from Luo, asking it to look after his kid, and the whole tribe went into seclusion.

Could it be that a bunch of illiterate turtles got themselves in a mess at the Soaring Snake’s lair?

Of course, it was just its speculation and teasing.

The mere Soaring Snake would be enough for three dragons to annihilate the clan.

The Dragon Turtle Tribe must have gained much.

Particularly after seeing the Spirit Snake on Su He’s back, it became more convinced of its guess.

It had watched the fight outside the Seven Absolute Secret Realm clearly.

Lei had a snake on its back too, but that one had wings.

The Dragon Turtle Tribe must be eyeing the Soaring Snake.

Luo had said that with this little turtle, the Dragon Turtle Tribe would become the strongest of the Four Spirits within ten thousand years.

Was that the reason?

Ten thousand years seemed unlikely, given that even White Spirit had taken nearly twenty thousand years to catch up to the predecessors’ pace and had never surpassed her own Thai Zu even until death.

If the Dragon Turtle wished to be the strongest clan, it would need at least two beings like Thai Zu—his Dragon Clan had two such ancestors among its ranks.

This little turtle, for the time being, showed no such talents, certainly not achieving the stature of Thai Zu within ten thousand years.

A bell toll resounded, centered on Su He, echoing through the wilderness.

“The heavens are being opened!” Zheng murmured softly.

This ringing marked the first step of opening the heavens.

It signified the beginning of creation, the initial form had been formed.

From this moment on, the Dragon Turtle became a Divine God Beast that opened the First Heaven.

The True Yuan now carried the Power of the World, changing combat from brutish reliance on sheer force to a more sophisticated approach.

Restrictions like Zhu Yan’s special technique, which had limitations on Divine God Beasts, would now be much weaker.

At the very least, Zhu Yan Blood poured over the Dragon Turtle would no longer completely suppress its Divine Skills.

And if the Dragon Turtle could open the Second Tier, then the blood of Zhu Yan that opened the Two-fold Heaven would lose its effect entirely.

Zhu Yan only has power over the weak!

At the initial stage of opening the heavens, with all sides bearing witness, one could from henceforth receive the blessings of heaven and earth.

Outsiders might not see the Inner World inside the Boundary Pearl, but they could roughly deduce the situation of the opened heavens by the degree of blessings bestowed by heaven and earth.

As the bell rang out, those witnessing the opening of the heavens above Yunmeng Ze felt an inexplicable sensation rise within them, as if they had just savored a sauna, their bodies entirely refreshed.

Invisible forces between heaven and earth flowed into them, healing hidden ailments and increasing their potential.

Surprises were apparent on their faces.

There were too few who had witnessed a Divine God Beast that opened the heavens, and the added heavenly blessings on this occasion were a fortunate encounter.

Bifang, with its eyes drooping, hummed softly in response; even this blessing could not compare to its own when it opened the heavens.

The Dragon Tortoise was just as it was!

After all, White Spirit was a rarity.

Not every leading Dragon Turtle could be a White Spirit.

It thought so.

The Opening of Heaven within Su He’s Boundary Pearl was still continuing.

Or rather, it was just beginning!

The appearance of the Innate Eight Trigrams only laid the foundation for opening Heaven.

For Taoism, this is the cornerstone of all things, just like the Buddhist elements of earth, water, wind, and fire.

The painted shadows of mountains and rivers outside the Boundary Pearl vanished one after another.

They didn’t disappear into the Inner World of the Boundary Pearl as directly as Tai’a Mountain had, but rather, the shadows melted away, and in the Inner World, high mountains rose, rivers rushed, and vast oceans appeared in all directions.

The Eight Trigrams floated, setting the directions of up, down, left, right, and all sides, establishing the seasons of ancient and modern times: autumn, winter, spring, and summer.

Once the universe was set, the blessings of the external world suddenly intensified, and the crowd observing the ceremony looked up in surprise, one after another.

At this moment, a ceaseless stream of spiritual power from heaven and earth poured into their bodies.

This spiritual power, unlike the spiritual energy that one must laboriously gather and refine, merged directly into their acupoints and meridians upon entering the body, being absorbed and nourishing immediately.

Bifang’s expression changed slightly, this spiritual power was acceptable, but what of it?

He had reached this stage when he crossed his Heavenly Catastrophe as well!

It’s all about who can keep it up longer!

With the help of the Inner World, the witch could no longer stand atop the sun and moon, which now hung in the sky without bearing anything.

As it descended to stand on the top of Tai’a Mountain, it looked around.

The Chaos that had been opened by the Eight Trigrams churned as if it wanted to surge over and reclaim this newly opened Heaven and Earth back into Chaos.

From all directions, Chaos rolled in like yellow clouds, pressing towards the Inner World.

Yet the witch did not move at all, only watched the floating Eight Trigrams.

The Eight Trigrams did not resist the Chaos; instead, they flickered and flew in all directions, merging into the mountains, rivers, gentle breezes, flames…

Outside, the crowd uttered in confusion, the blessings from heaven and earth…

weakened!

Has the Dragon Turtle’s Opening of Heaven ended?

Bifang was startled, a sharp light flashed in its eyes, and it croaked twice, sounding like laughter mixed with bird calls.

That’s it!

The Dragon Turtle’s Opening of Heaven, is this all there is?!

Owning the identity of a Dragon Turtle, it opened Heaven in less than a year, and this was the result?

Could it be that the Dragon Turtle had just condensed its Opening Heaven Divine Artifact and immediately proceeded to open Heaven?

Just to show off as a genius in front of everyone at the Dragon Divine God Sacrifice?

But for the grand Dragon Turtle Opening of Heaven to end like this, it’s laughable!

When it opened Heaven back then, the blessings from heaven and earth lasted a full day and night!

It flapped its wings arrogantly, looking around as if it weren’t the Dragon Turtle whose Opening of Heaven had failed, but rather like it had successfully opened Heaven and advanced to the Opening Heaven Three-fold.

In the Underwater Garden in Ze Water, Ji Feixue’s brows were tightly knit.

She stared intently at the image on the belly of the toad.

This was her projection of the painted shadow of Su He’s Inner World through special means.

Without the unity of the Soul Beast and its master, it would be difficult to achieve this.

Ji Feixue watched the witch begin the process of Opening Heaven with the brush, silent.

Even as Chaos came back, she made no move to help; Opening Heaven was a matter for the Divine God Beast itself, and no one else could intervene!

Even though White Spirit schemed for ten thousand years to help Su He condense the Dao foundation, Su He himself had to personally visit the small world of the Pill room, to feel those mountains and rivers, to undergo the baptism of the Pill Room World, to personally protect, and to let the Hexagrams manifest.

Even the bearing stones of the Hexagrams were transformed from White Spirit’s White Jade Turtle Shell, which had draped Su He’s body for who knows how long, accompanying him in Crossing the Heavenly Catastrophe to become a Dragon Turtle.

Rather than saying it was White Spirit’s White Jade Turtle Shell, it would be more appropriate to say that it had already been certified by Heaven and Earth as something belonging to Su He.

During the Dragon Turtle’s Opening of Heaven, Ji Feixue could not help.

She looked towards East Cloud Mountain, considering whether to pull Su He’s consciousness back.

Without an active consciousness to control it, relying solely on the Boundary Pearl to open Heaven was very difficult!

It was unclear what White Spirit was calculating, but for a Dragon Turtle, the First Heaven is the foundational basis for cultivation, the most important Opening of Heaven, which could not be taken lightly!

Eternal Trigram revealed the Origin of the World.

The accumulation of the Opening Heaven Divine Artifact had reached its limit.

Pulling back Su He’s consciousness, opening the First Heaven will not be any issue.

…

In the East Cloud Mountain, a wild goose landed by a lake, its body trembling non-stop, eyes filled with panic.

As if the sky was falling, it sensed an inexplicable fear.

Had something catastrophic happened, had its flock been wiped out?

The wild goose didn’t know, nor could it figure it out.

It only felt something oppressive that left it gasping for air.

Looking up, dark clouds rolled menacingly towards the ground, signaling the approach of a heavy downpour.

A sudden gust of wind began, and yellow sand filled the sky.

The oppressive feeling grew heavier.

The wild goose’s chest heaved violently as it looked up at the sky.

Swallows flew low, their chirping muffled as they were pressed close to the water’s surface.

Under such a sky, all beings are subdued.

The wild goose gasped for breath and finally let out a cry towards the sky.

It flapped its wings and soared, spiraling upwards on the wind, rising determinedly through the cloud.

It wanted to break through the dark clouds!

Crack!

A peal of shocking thunder pierced the heavens.

As if the heavens would not allow a mere mortal bird such a defiant act, the rain poured down heavily.

The wild goose cried out, looking at the thunder, with a steely will in its eyes.

It flapped its wings and plunged into the thick of the dark clouds.

Crack!

Shocking thunder erupted again, illuminating the sky.

Within the dark clouds, the wild goose veered left and right, breaking through the clouds as it ascended.

“Open!”

At the top of Tai’a Mountain, Witch suddenly stood up, arms outstretched as if embracing the sky, mimicking a wild goose.

She leapt up, soaring straight into the heavens, bursting through the clouds.

Above the Nine Heavens, she wrote swiftly in midair, drafting hexagram after hexagram that swirled around like dragons, resembling a barrage of cannons firing in all directions, smashing into the Chaos.

These hexagrams weren’t like the Innate Eight Trigrams, which have various marvelous applications.

They were purely for opening the sky!

Merely bombarding the Chaos!

The roiling Chaos that returned met its true nemesis.

Each hexagram that burst into the Chaos exploded violently, turning segments of Chaos into the most primal essence of energy, flowing into the Inner World.

The Inner World churned and expanded outwards at a rate that left even Ji Feixue speechless.

Above the Boundary Pearl, landscapes and shadows disappeared one by one, and with every disappearance, a corresponding area grew within the pearl.

Tundra, oceans, grasslands, deserts…

Above Yunmeng Ze, the spectators rejoiced once more as the Spiritual Power of the world surged into their bodies, increasing at an ever-faster rate with no signs of stopping.

The Sixty-Four Trigrams opened the sky, merely expanding the Inner World and continued for a long time.

One day, two days…

seven days…

the opening of the sky was still not over.

On the second day, Bifang’s breathing became noticeably rougher.

By the seventh day, when a Spiritual Power Whirlpool formed over the head of each spectator, and Spiritual Power freely burrowed into everyone’s bodies, Bifang was utterly flustered.

Not only did the Spiritual Power not dissipate, but its quality even improved!

Bifang’s breath grew coarser, like a broken bellows, flames igniting over its body, seemingly wanting to disperse the streams of Spiritual Power Whirlpools.

Scorn and joy in its eyes turned to madness the instant the Spiritual Power Whirlpools appeared!

How could this be!

Spiritual Power Whirlpools were a phenomenon that appeared when it opened the Second Tier of Heaven, and it was a genius of the Bifang clan.

How many Divine God Beasts could bring forth Spiritual Power Whirlpools when opening the Three-Fold Heaven!

This Dragon Turtle was clearly at its limit, so why was it able to exert force again, even bringing forth Spiritual Power Whirlpools!

Within the underwater garden, Ji Feixue focused her gaze on the toad’s belly screen.

It seemed that Witch had been influenced by Su He’s consciousness after all.

After all, the flesh body was hers, the Boundary Pearl was hers, and the Inner World was also hers.

No Pill Medicine could completely isolate Su He’s consciousness.

If the Divine God Soul and flesh body still exist, consciousness stems from the Divine God Soul—how could it be completely isolated?

The Inner World’s sky revolved with the sun and moon, as stars started to emerge.

Su He’s Inner World expanded rapidly, and on the Boundary Pearl, the landscapes and shadows melted away piece by piece.

After seven days, the depictions had vanished by a full seventy percent.

Yet Ji Feixue slightly shook her head.

She did not understand how White Spirit had managed to craft such a Dao foundation, based on the Sixty-Four Trigrams, and nurtured for tens of thousands of years.

If Su He’s consciousness was present, personally overseeing the opening of the heaven, there was a chance all depictions could be pulled into the Inner World on the first attempt.

Why did White Spirit insist on isolating Su He’s consciousness?

What was the use of a natural opening of the sky?

Witch was opening the sky, but Witch itself was a Divine Artifact naturally formed by the Inner World; not a person, just an item, a Magical Treasure, a weapon!

Itself was a thing of this small world.

Ji Feixue pondered as she saw a special thin membrane gradually take shape behind the starry sky in Su He’s Inner World, enveloping the entire Inner World.

The World Cocoon—Earth Cloth!

Ji Feixue’s teacup in her hand snapped from the pressure, yet was held together by mana, not allowing even a drop of water to spill.

She stared blankly, witnessing the most improbable event.

The Inner World could have an Earth Cloth?

Whether a world has an Earth Cloth or not makes a world of difference!

Not only does the Earth Cloth protect the world within, but after the world’s growth, it becomes the foundation for the world to advance.

The Three Thousand Great Worlds are naturally formed, and the reason Chaos wraps around the external world is due to the dissolution of a former Earth Cloth.

Having an Earth Cloth means future entanglement with Chaos, indicating limitless potential!

For ordinary Divine God Beasts, the Boundary Pearl has a fixed amount of Chaos.

How many tiers of heaven they can open depends on that Chaos.

No matter how talented, once the Chaos within the Boundary Pearl is depleted, there is nowhere left to open the sky.

The Four Spirits are powerful because the Chaos within their Boundary Pearls is ample, allowing the opening of Seven-fold Heavens.

Each opening dramatically increases combat power.

Su He has an Earth Cloth…