Chapter 822: Heaven and Earth Furnace Forging a Great Treasure
Zhong Shan continued to persuade the Eye of Heaven.
His temptation was extremely enticing. Entering the Great Thousand World? Could that be possible? Was it realistic?
"You have no choice: either dissipate like smoke or follow me to dominate the world. You are still too weak, and the Small Thousand World cannot offer you anything significant. Only I can provide you with stronger power. I am the strongest in this realm, and only I have this qualification. I possess 'Heaven.' After I open the heavens, I will have my own 'world,' and you can enter my 'world' and leave this realm with me!" Zhong Shan continued to entice.
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Zhong Shan stayed in front of the Eye of Heaven for about two hours.
During these two hours, no one knew what Zhong Shan was doing, nor did anyone understand what the Eye of Heaven was up to. Two forces that should be absolute enemies were instead ambiguously close, a sight filled with incredibility.
People couldn't comprehend the Sovereign, and even Di Xuansha and others found Zhong Shan increasingly unfathomable. They didn't know what the Sovereign was doing.
After two hours, Zhong Shan descended from the sky and stood at the mouth of the two realms again.
The Eye of Heaven remained in the sky but did not attack Zhong Shan.
Di Xuansha and others looked at Zhong Shan strangely. Could it be true, as Kong Xuan had once described, that Zhong Shan's greatest strength wasn't his power, but his words? Had he defeated the Eye of Heaven with his words?
The ministers were dumbfounded by this scene.
"Que'er, what's going on? Why do I understand less and less?" Yi Clan's patriarch asked in confusion.
"You don't understand? I haven't figured it out either!" Yi Lanque's eyes also flashed with a strange light.
In another location, Zhao Tiansha watched this scene with great turmoil. Again, it was like this. As long as Zhong Shan was there, nothing would go as he expected. Why was it always like this?
Zhong Shan landed at the mouth of the two realms, drawing everyone's attention again. What was the Sovereign planning?
As soon as Zhong Shan landed, he suddenly waved his hand. Before him appeared a three-dimensional image formed by a spell, filled with various mountains, rivers, and dense clouds enveloping the mountains.
A condensed map of mountains and rivers.
The same was true in the underworld. In front of Zhong Shan's shadow body, a similar three-dimensional image appeared, depicting a landscape with mountains and water.
"The Map of Rivers and Mountains?" Di Xuansha's pupils contracted.
The Map of Rivers and Mountains? Shui Jing's eyes narrowed as he looked at Di Xuansha. The sacred treasure of the past, the Map of Rivers and Mountains, among those present, perhaps only Di Xuansha had seen it before. Could the pattern Zhong Shan was forming now be the Map of Rivers and Mountains?
Indeed, the pattern Zhong Shan conjured was the Map of Rivers and Mountains, a sacred treasure crafting method left by Nie Fancheng when he left this realm. However, Zhong Shan had never found the materials to craft it, so he had not made it until now. Was he planning to craft the Map of Rivers and Mountains at the moment of opening the heavens?
"Whoosh～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～!"
Suddenly, a fierce wind arose around Zhong Shan, lifting sand and stones. The powerful wind radiated outwards, darkening the sky and earth. The terrifying radiation spread over hundreds, thousands, billions, and trillions of miles!
The terrifying and eerie wind seemed to sweep across the entire world in an instant, even causing monstrous waves in the Four Seas.
Covering the entire yang realm? No, the yin realm was also affected, radiating across the entire world. Perhaps only when Zhong Shan's divine image had infinite 'qi' and seven-colored light above his head could this be achieved. But what was happening now? The seven-colored qi on the Lingxiao Heavenly Court hadn't formed yet.
How was this being done?
How was this done? It was Zhong Shan who did it, and it was during those two hours that Zhong Shan persuaded the Eye of Heaven.
The Eye of Heaven was now channeling the essence of the heavens and earth from the Small Thousand World, gathering boundless terrestrial power and converging it towards Zhong Shan's 'Map of Rivers and Mountains.'
Typically, to forge the Map of Rivers and Mountains, one would first find a medium, then forge the framework of the map on it, and then continue refining. But now, without a medium, Zhong Shan was forging the framework out of thin air? Creating the most solid framework?
The essence of the heavens and earth, stolen by the Eye of Heaven, was now being used to forge a treasure for Zhong Shan?
As the Map of Rivers and Mountains was being forged, at the mouth of the two realms, a circular passage connecting the two realms suddenly had black and white energy appear within it, rotating around the circular passage and forming a Taiji Yin-Yang fish, slowly turning.
"Taiji Diagram?" At the Nanjing Gate in Changjing, Yin Realm, the Mud Buddha's expression shifted.
"Precisely the Taiji Diagram. Is the Sovereign forging the Taiji Diagram?" Nangong Sheng said in shock.
The Taiji Diagram, once the supreme treasure of the Nether Heaven, had its forging method passed down but was lost by the time it reached Nangong Sheng's generation. However, Jian Ao, upon his rebirth, recreated the forging method from his past life's memories.
Before his ascension, Jian Ao had shared the forging method of the Taiji Diagram with Zhong Shan during a plum blossom wine discussion on heroes.
What was Zhong Shan doing now? Forging the Taiji Diagram?
Both the Taiji Diagram and the Map of Rivers and Mountains required a medium, yet Zhong Shan was preemptively forging their frameworks without one?
Medium? What would serve as the medium for these two treasures?
The Eye of Heaven was now constantly gathering the strongest essence to forge the most powerful Map of Rivers and Mountains and the strongest Taiji Diagram for Zhong Shan.
Using the entire Small Thousand World's power for forging?
After about an hour of numbness, it seemed the forging was nearly complete. In the Yang Realm, Zhong Shan moved the framework of the Map of Rivers and Mountains to the Yang fish of the Taiji Diagram, and in the Yin Realm, he moved it to the Yin fish.
With the world's power, he fused the two frameworks together.
Unification?
Nearly everyone who saw this was bewildered, but the faces of Mud Buddha, Nangong Sheng, and Di Xuansha twitched.
Fusing the Taiji Diagram with the Map of Rivers and Mountains? Was that possible?
Yes, Zhong Shan had been calculating this for hundreds of years. He had the most comprehensive method for merging sacred treasures. Now, using the world as a great furnace, he could fuse them.
Using the world's power to forge sacred treasures? Perhaps only Zhong Shan could be so fortunate.
The framework of the Map of Rivers and Mountains slowly merged into the Taiji Diagram.
The frameworks fused perfectly together, but where was the medium? It was like a painting; it needed paper to be sustained, otherwise, it would eventually dissipate.
Where was the medium? Zhong Shan had already planned this.
"Boom～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～!"
"Boom-kach～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～!"
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The essence of the heavens and earth was being used to forge Zhong Shan's treasure. Mountains withered, high peaks collapsed, and natural disasters ensued, alerting the world's heavenly consciousness. Soon, the culprit was discovered: the Eye of Heaven.
The Eye of Heaven was actually destroying this world? Helping an outsider extract its energy?
Suddenly, the Eye of Heaven's betrayal was exposed. The heavens roared, the earth quaked, and the world was furious. Being betrayed? Anyone confirming this would be enraged, especially the heavens.
A powerful explosion resounded, and endless lightning surged from all directions, striking the Eye of Heaven. Wind, fire, earth, water, thunder—all kinds of terrifying energies assaulted it from every direction, attempting to destroy the Eye of Heaven in an instant.
With the Eye of Heaven's betrayal, it had to be immediately annihilated.
For a moment, the sky above the mouth of the two realms was filled with colorful, infinite energy beams. The high-altitude space shattered completely, forcing the Daxia army to retreat, as the entire world seemed to be shaking.
The Lingxiao Heavenly Court in the Yang Realm and Changjing in the Yin Realm both retreated rapidly, moving back in the trembling world. It was all too strange.
The red clouds surrounding the Eye of Heaven rapidly dissipated, diminishing more and more.
The gigantic Eye of Heaven was now filled with panic. When the heavens want you dead, you have no choice but to perish!
Under the terrifying assault, the Eye of Heaven shrank, becoming smaller and smaller, hoping that reducing its size might ease the onslaught, letting the infinite energy overflow.
But the ferocity of the heavens was too intense. Wave after wave, the Eye of Heaven soon shrank to a size of only ten thousand feet.
"Boom～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～!"
In its moment of despair, a purple light suddenly blocked the surrounding energies' invasion. Around the Eye of Heaven, there was suddenly a sea of purple.
Had the heavens accepted the Eye of Heaven again?
No, this wasn't the original heavens. This was Zhong Shan's 'Heaven,' a realm of purple skies and flashing lightning.
The 'spirit' of the Eye of Heaven, along with its remaining power, was encompassed by Zhong Shan's 'Heaven.' The external world suddenly couldn't sense the Eye of Heaven anymore, and the previous assaults ceased.
However, within Zhong Shan's 'Heaven,' the Eye of Heaven continued to shrink, becoming smaller and smaller, as if unable to survive after being detached from its original world.
"Merge with my 'Heaven,' become one with it, or you will surely dissipate!" Zhong Shan said solemnly.
Merge with Zhong Shan's 'Heaven'? The Eye of Heaven looked deeply at Zhong Shan, filled with helplessness. It knew that once it merged with Zhong Shan's Heaven, it would lose its freedom completely, forever becoming a part of Zhong Shan's 'Heaven.'
"Do you have any other choice?" Zhong Shan asked sternly.
After another deep look at Zhong Shan, the now thousand-foot Eye of Heaven, full of resignation, slowly moved into the purple heaven, gradually merging with it.
The once blood-red pupil slowly turned purple after merging, forming an eye with a purple pupil.
"In my 'Heaven,' the raging thunder will be under your command. From now on, you will be called 'Heaven's Punishment,'" Zhong Shan declared solemnly.
The purple Heaven's Punishment Eye, having fully integrated into Zhong Shan's 'Heaven,' shrank to a size of only one hundred feet, appearing very weak. It closed its eye and slowly disappeared into the boundless purple sky and clouds.