Chapter 907: Void Scripture

"This is all thanks to the paper you uploaded. Although my attempt at forming a Nascent Soul failed this time, the brief increase in my cultivation allowed me to comprehend Void Walking," Wenren Xuewei said with a smile.

After Ye Yun'e's wedding, she returned to begin her first attempt at forming a Nascent Soul. She hadn't expected to succeed this time; her main goal was to comprehend Void Walking. She had long been able to perform Great Void Teleportation, but it wasn't her innate ability; it was granted by the Great Chun Tree. As one of the core spiritual hubs of the Sky Veil and Earth Net array, the Great Chun Tree's roots extended throughout the Immortal Sect's thirty-six grotto-heavens and seventy-two blessed lands, allowing cultivators of the Everspring Cultivation Method to teleport through it. This is precisely why Wenren Xuewei could perform Great Void Teleportation, even without the location permissions of the Sky Veil and Earth Net Administration Bureau, yet she couldn't perform Void Walking.

This time, her ability to comprehend it stemmed not only from her exceptional talent but also from Chen Mobai. After passing his Fifth-Rank Array Master examination, he realized he hadn't contributed a single paper to the Immortal Sect despite years of cultivation. So, he wrote a paper on the deconstruction and practice of Void Walking. As a standard ability for Nascent Soul cultivators of the Immortal Sect, his mastery of Void Walking at the Golden Core stage was a stroke of luck. However, with Chen Mobai's current level of cultivation, he could now use the 'Inch-Square Book' to recreate these serendipitous events using the Immortal Sect's rigorous verification methods.

He dissected his process of mastering Void Walking into three layers: Sensing the Void, Utilizing the Void, and Walking the Void. Given the Immortal Sect's conditions, it was naturally impossible to be as lavish as he was, so he created a simplified three-step version for cultivating these three layers.

The first layer involves using the Minor Teleportation Talisman, the second layer uses the Underworld Grand Array, and the third layer is true Void Walking. Among these, the first layer, the Minor Teleportation Talisman, is the simplest. It's an introductory-level talisman in the Immortal Sect concerning the Dao of Space. Prolonged use allows a cultivator's body to adapt to the power of the void. Those with keen spiritual senses and exceptional talent can even capture and perceive it. Chen Mobai himself was able to achieve this primarily due to refining a massive amount of Ethereal Stones while cultivating the Ten Thousand Dharma Body. Chen Xiaohei and Yan Bingxuan also used the 'Void Stones' he gave them. The three of them were considered resource-dependent, unlike Lan Haitiantian, Yan Qiongzhi, and others who relied seven parts on talent and three parts on cultivation methods.

Chen Mobai's proposal to use the Minor Teleportation Talisman to sense the void could reduce the reliance on talent by about half, giving those who were just a step away the chance to perceive the power of the void at the Foundation Establishment stage and thus open up a domain. In fact, people in the Immortal Sect had proposed this idea before. Although they believed the Minor Teleportation Talisman *should* help cultivators perceive the void, they didn't know how to prove it. The Kunpeng Dao Academy had also experimented with this topic in order to cultivate more individuals who could open domains at the Foundation Establishment stage. However, after selecting thirty of the most outstanding Foundation Establishment students of a generation and using nearly ten thousand Minor Teleportation Talismans, none of them successfully opened a domain when they reached the ninth level of Foundation Establishment. Since then, the topic was shelved.

This changed until Chen Mobai wrote his paper: 'On the Feasibility of Deconstructed Cultivation for Void Walking!' After comprehending the Universal Heavenly Tome, Chen Mobai became an undisputed grandmaster in the Dao of Space within the Immortal Sect. He had also recently passed his Fourth-Rank Talisman Master examination, giving him the ability to modify this Second-Rank Minor Teleportation Talisman to better help cultivators sense the void. The direction of this modification was to reduce the number of uses for the Minor Teleportation Talisman. For example, if it originally allowed a cultivator to teleport one hundred times after setting a location, Chen Mobai changed it to only twenty times. In this way, during each teleportation, the power of the void would become several times more concentrated due to superposition. The void power that Foundation Establishment cultivators' spiritual senses originally couldn't perceive would become discernible due to this change. Furthermore, if one possessed ample financial resources, the Minor Teleportation Talisman's one hundred uses could be condensed into a single use. Chen Mobai had tested this, and it essentially allowed all genius-level Foundation Establishment cultivators from the four great Dao Academies to sense the power of the void.

In doing so, the Minor Teleportation Talisman was no longer its original self. So Chen Mobai renamed it: the Minor Void Talisman! The invention of this Minor Void Talisman alone could be considered the greatest invention in the Immortal Sect over the past decade.

However, Chen Mobai's subsequent 'invention' of the Underworld Grand Array earned him a nomination for the Soaring Immortal Award. He also renamed this demonic array from the Heavenly River Realm to the 'Void Dharma Domain Array.' Within the Immortal Sect, any cultivator with a domain, impressive body refinement techniques, and proficiency in the Dao of Arrays could use this 'Void Dharma Domain Array' to instantly move. This was the primary reason Wenren Xuewei was able to comprehend Void Walking. With her talent, refining the array into her body was effortless. After several instant movements using the 'Void Dharma Domain Array' and combined with her years of experience feeling the void's tearing power, she easily comprehended true Void Walking after her failed attempt at forming a Nascent Soul.

"You are the third person in the Immortal Sect to master Void Walking using my method, and the only one at the Golden Core stage. This also serves to validate my paper. Thank you," Chen Mobai said to Wenren Xuewei. He explained that although he had used the Inch-Square Book to deconstruct his own Void Walking process and write the paper, it still presented some difficulties and thresholds for other cultivators in the Immortal Sect. Therefore, apart from Nangong Xuanyu and Ye Yun'e, who quickly mastered it, it took another year for Wenren Xuewei to succeed. This case also increased his chances of winning the Soaring Immortal Award.

"Your paper will likely lead to the appearance of a dozen or so cultivators in the Immortal Sect who can instantly move at the Golden Core stage, and countless more in the future. This is truly immeasurable merit," Wenren Xuewei said with great admiration. Chen Mobai's method only consumed Second-Rank Minor Void Talismans. For Golden Core True Persons, Second-Rank talisman paper and ink were affordable investments. As for body refinement techniques, many Golden Core True Persons, while bored waiting for Nascent Soul elixirs, would either improve their spiritual roots or refine their bodies. With this paper now available, it's estimated that ninety-nine percent will focus on body refinement from now on. The last recipient of the Soaring Immortal Award was Venerable Yuanxu for his paper on artificially synthesizing Earth Fiend Qi. Chen Mobai's 'Three Steps to Void Walking,' however, created a cultivation method for the Dao of Space almost from scratch within the Immortal Sect, and its significance was no less.

"While the Immortal Sect possesses countless cultivation methods, it notably lacks one concerning the Dao of Space. Since I was able to comprehend the Universal Heavenly Tome, I am determined to do my best in this lifetime to fill this void." In front of Wenren Xuewei, Chen Mobai made no secret of his grand aspirations. His current achievements were thanks not only to the vast resources of the Heavenly River Realm but also to the illuminating knowledge left by previous generations of the Immortal Sect. After forming his Nascent Soul, the next hurdle, the Transformation God stage, would take at least centuries. Therefore, besides developing the Five Elements Sect, he also planned to write a cultivation method concerning the Dao of Space for the Immortal Sect. He had already thought of a name: 'The Void Scripture.'

However, his personal accumulation was still somewhat shallow. So, he planned to first release various aspects of Void Walking, External Minor Void, Great Void Teleportation, Void Doppelgänger, and so on, as separate papers. His ability to master these didn't mean others in the Immortal Sect could do the same. Only after extensive experimentation could a true cultivation scripture be successfully written and deposited in the National Library. Now that Nangong Xuanyu, Wenren Xuewei, and others had mastered Void Walking using his first paper, it demonstrated the paper's universality, allowing it to be included in 'The Void Scripture.'

Besides these, Chen Mobai had another idea: once his understanding of the Dao of Space reached its peak, he would invite Patriarch Qianxing to discuss topics like the Blade of Void and Venerable Ling to explain the Dharma Domain, to be incorporated into his work. His wish was to open up a cultivation path for the Dao of Space for the Immortal Sect, an endeavor that would benefit all beings for millennia. He believed these two patriarchs would not refuse.

"May I ask about your cultivation insights?" Seeing that he had successfully diverted Wenren Xuewei's attention from Yan Bingxuan, Chen Mobai immediately changed the topic again. She lowered her head in thought for a moment, then stated she would need some time to organize her thoughts. After chatting for a while longer, Chen Mobai bid farewell and left.

Upon returning to Wangwu Grotto-Heaven, he found many visitors. After the paper was published, although Chen Mobai was the youngest Venerable Nascent Soul in the Immortal Sect, his reputation was already the most resounding. Many even speculated that he was the legendary Void Spirit Body. In response, Chen Mobai declined, using secluded cultivation as an excuse. However, there were some people he still had to show respect to, for example, Venerable Beiming of the Kunpeng Dao Academy.

After seeing the three-step cultivation method for Void Walking, he was so excited that he personally booked a flight to Wangwu Grotto-Heaven. For other cultivators in the Immortal Sect, the focus was on mastering Void Walking at the Golden Core stage. But for the Kunpeng Dao Academy, the first step was more important. Because for their lineage, the significance of being able to open a domain at the Foundation Establishment stage was simply too great. Those who could achieve this essentially possessed the potential for Nascent Soul. Even if those screened by this method didn't possess talent comparable to Lan Haitiantian or Yan Qiongzhi, making Transformation God nearly impossible, for the Kunpeng Dao Academy, it could at least fill five Nascent Soul slots. Chen Mobai's change from the Minor Teleportation Talisman to the Minor Void Talisman held no less significance for the Kunpeng Dao Academy than the Jumang Dao Academy having Everspring Cultivation Method practitioners in every generation. It was precisely for this reason that Venerable Beiming had to personally come and express his gratitude.

Additionally, he also wanted Chen Mobai to try cultivating the Six Dominance Scripture. "Given Venerable Chunyang's talent in the Dao of Space, I believe he is very likely a Void Spirit Body and might even become the first cultivator in the Immortal Sect to master the Dharma Domain!" Venerable Beiming spoke solemnly. The ultimate realm of the Six Dominance Scripture was to elevate one's own domain into a Dharma Domain. Once that stage was reached, no matter how dangerous or evil a place in the universe, when the Dharma Domain unfolded, it would become a supreme immortal realm. Regrettably, even Venerable Ling's Beiming Domain was only close to a Dharma Domain, not a true one, which is why Venerable Ling had been in a deep slumber, waiting. Mastering the Dharma Domain was equivalent to cultivating the Void using the Six Dominance Scripture. And the Void Spirit Body was the easiest to master the Dharma Domain; these were the words left by Patriarch Zhongli.

"My foundation is already set. It's impossible for me to switch to a Grand Dao other than Pure Yang. I'm afraid I'll disappoint Venerable Beiming," Chen Mobai said, shaking his head directly and refusing. He had already invested so much into the Pure Yang Scroll, even mastering the Post-Heaven Pure Yang Body. How could he switch to cultivating the Six Dominance Scripture after forming his Nascent Soul? Even if he were to switch, it would only be after failing to reach Transformation God with the Pure Yang Scroll, as a last resort.

"I was presumptuous. However, if Venerable Chunyang intends to compile 'The Void Scripture,' our Kunpeng Dao Academy has the deepest research in this area. Our library contains many relevant materials and documents. How about I invite you to become an honorary dean of our academy? This way, you can access all our academy's resources," Venerable Beiming suggested. Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment, then stated he would consult with Venerable Chengxuan before giving an answer. After all, he wasn't even an honorary dean of the Wuqi Dao Academy. Suddenly gaining such a title from the Kunpeng Dao Academy could easily lead to misunderstandings among those unaware of the full situation.

After Venerable Beiming left, Chen Mobai immediately called Chengxuan, who couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing the news. "That Beiming fellow, he seems straightforward, but he's actually full of schemes. You're practically guaranteed to reach Transformation God, so if he makes you an honorary dean of Kunpeng, he'll be able to use you as leverage in the future..." Chen Mobai naturally understood what Venerable Chengxuan was implying. Patriarch Qianxing similarly became an honorary dean of the Butian Dao Academy back then. After reaching Transformation God, he was directly promoted as Butian's Transformation God Patriarch. Many in the Immortal Sect were unaware that Patriarch Qianxing actually hailed from the Taiyuan Academy and merely studied at Butian.

"Just agree to it. Our Wuqi isn't like the Taiyuan Academy," Venerable Chengxuan said nonchalantly. Compared to Taiyuan, which was a weak branch of Butian in the Immortal Sect, their Wuqi was one of the four pillars of the Immortal Sect. Furthermore, their Wuqi would have two Transformation God Patriarchs in the future, a husband and wife duo. Venerable Chengxuan didn't believe Kunpeng would dare to spread rumors in front of Patriarch Baiguang.

"Alright then, I'll serve as Kunpeng's honorary dean for now. When Wuqi has successors in the future, I'll retire from the Hall of Righteous Law and formally take over your dean position," Chen Mobai said with a smile after hearing this. Venerable Chengxuan wasn't angry, and even expressed great anticipation.

In the following period, Chen Mobai tried to draw Fifth-Rank Water Spirit Talismans, improved his artifact refining skills, and also took time to download all the accumulated literature and materials related to void power and the Dao of Space from the Kunpeng Dao Academy into his Heavenly Computation Pearl, beginning to compile 'The Void Scripture.'

Time flowed by, and three years passed in the blink of an eye. One day, as Chen Mobai was refining a Sea-Calming Pearl, he suddenly felt the originally stable void power between heaven and earth violently surge, as if it had fallen into a cauldron of boiling oil, continuously heating up and bubbling. His mind unsettled, the Third-Rank pearl in his hand immediately cracked. This meant the refining had failed, but Chen Mobai didn't care in the slightest. The Five Elements Commerce Guild had helped him purchase twelve pearls of this material from the Eastern Lands. They were all for practice, primarily to master the refining of the Grand Abyss Blue Pearl. He had already succeeded with eight of the previous ten, indicating he had completely mastered the refining method, so the failure of this one was insignificant. Compared to this, he was more concerned about why the void power in the Immortal Sect had suddenly become so turbulent.

Soon, he thought of the reason. After informing Shi Wanyu, silver light flashed, and Chen Mobai left his home's artifact refining studio, arriving directly at Five Peaks Immortal Mountain. The area appeared calm, but Chen Mobai stood in mid-air, his gaze fixed on the direction of Gathering Immortals Peak. At the same time, three more silver lights appeared around him. Qi Yuheng, Venerable Chengxuan, and Wenren Xuewei had also arrived using Great Void Teleportation. Following them, other Nascent Soul cultivators from Wangwu Grotto-Heaven, such as Ying Guanghua, Shuixian, Ye Yun'e, and Gongye Zhixu, also emerged from the void, each flickering with silver light.

"Venerable Chunyang, you are a grandmaster of the Dao of Space. Could you tell us what has happened?" Wenren Xuewei asked. She was the only one present who wasn't a Nascent Soul cultivator, yet everyone treated her with great courtesy. Over the past three years, she had used Chen Mobai's Tushita Fire to condense enough Everspring True Qi, triggering Nascent Soul formation phenomena multiple times. However, she had deliberately interrupted each attempt, hoping to lay a perfect foundation. Now, the upper echelons of the Immortal Sect knew that Wenren Xuewei could take that step at any time she wished, becoming another Venerable Nascent Soul of the Immortal Sect.

"Another alternate world has begun to border ours. The void powers of both worlds are colliding, creating this spatial instability phenomenon," Chen Mobai stated his judgment. He was now widely recognized as the foremost expert in the Dao of Space below the Transformation God stage. In the eyes of many, even some Transformation God Patriarchs were inferior to Chen Mobai when it came to the void.

"The time Patriarch Qianxing calculated is almost here!" Ying Guanghua murmured. Among the Nascent Soul cultivators from Wangwu Grotto-Heaven present, only Nangong Xuanyu was missing.

Just then, a brilliant silver light shot skyward from the summit of Gathering Immortals Peak, where Patriarch Qianxing resided, not far away. The light, like an endless pillar, pierced directly through the Sky Veil and vanished into the dark, profound starry void. Chen Mobai and the others' expressions subtly changed, as the Immortal Sect's void power began to fluctuate even more violently.

"Notify the Sky Veil and Earth Net Administration Bureau to stabilize the void of Diyuan Star," Ying Guanghua immediately ordered via phone. As the World Gate opened the rift between the two worlds, the fluctuations of void power at their juncture would become increasingly terrifying. In recent years, thanks to Chen Mobai's Void Scripture, many cultivators in the Immortal Sect had emerged who could simply perceive the power of the void. If they weren't careful, they could be injured by these violently surging void powers. Fortunately, the Immortal Sect's Sky Veil and Earth Net Grand Array also possessed the power to stabilize the void.

"Come up, all of you!" Patriarch Qianxing's voice echoed in their ears. Chen Mobai and the others immediately nodded toward Gathering Immortals Peak, then each performed Void Walking, arriving at the base of the mountain. They had expected Chen Chun to lead the way, but found that the restrictions on Gathering Immortals Peak had been lifted. After a moment of hesitation, they heard Patriarch Qianxing's voice again, telling them to go up.

"Greetings, Patriarch!" Flashes of silver light appeared as Chen Mobai and this group of the Immortal Sect's top cultivators all bowed to Patriarch Qianxing, who stood before the World Gate.

"I've already sent Nangong Xuanyu and the others over. To avoid being discovered by the other side, we need to seal the fluctuations of the World Gate. Little Chen, come with me," Patriarch Qianxing said. As soon as Patriarch Qianxing finished speaking, Chen Mobai immediately nodded and walked to his side. Over the years, news of his compilation of 'The Void Scripture' had reached Patriarch Qianxing, who had specifically summoned him to share his own understanding of the Dao of Space, expressing strong support for Chen Mobai's endeavor. During this time, Patriarch Qianxing also had him try to interact with the World Gate. However, every time he stood before the World Gate, the Turtle Treasure would violently pop up. Chen Mobai, before reaching Transformation God, still dared not swallow the so-called 'Gate of Grand Void,' so he always told Patriarch Qianxing that he had gained no insights into the World Gate. Patriarch Qianxing seemed somewhat disappointed by this. Nevertheless, he still imparted to Chen Mobai all the incantations and mental cultivation methods related to the World Gate within the Immortal Sect. These were all left behind by successive Transformation God cultivators of the Immortal Sect, who, before their demise, sought to cultivate the Void through the World Gate or directly travel to an unknown alternate world. The understanding and insights of these predecessors regarding the World Gate had been passed down through generations, and now, from Patriarch Qianxing's mouth, they were imparted to Chen Mobai. It was precisely for this reason that Patriarch Qianxing asked Chen Mobai to help seal the World Gate's fluctuations this time. Because Patriarch Qianxing had discovered that Chen Mobai's perception and mastery of void power were no less than his own, a True Monarch of Transformation God.

"Rise!" Chen Mobai and Patriarch Qianxing arrived before the World Gate. Each grasped one side of the ancient, weathered stone gate, then simultaneously shouted, lifting it up. It transformed into two streaks of silver light and flew towards the sky beyond. Seeing this, Ying Guanghua and the others immediately cast their escape light and followed! Before long, they arrived before the Sky Veil. A treasured pearl rotated in Patriarch Qianxing's eyes, and in an instant, a hole large enough for the World Gate to pass through opened in the Sky Veil. In a single breath, their group left Diyuan Star's Skygang and flew into the cosmic starry sky.

"This will do!" After flying a considerable distance from Diyuan Star, Patriarch Qianxing spoke, and Chen Mobai immediately stopped. Then, both began to form hand seals, manipulating the power of the void into threads, stitching them along the open seam of the World Gate.

Half a day later, Chen Mobai sat somewhat pale on the Grand Unity Five Smoke Gauze. Patriarch Qianxing, however, had a calm expression. By this time, the World Gate had regained its initial calm and simplicity, but the open seam allowed everyone to see through it. Through the seam, they saw endless yellow sand. The alternate world on the other side seemed utterly desolate!

"Nangong Xuanyu and the others have the Immortal Sect's latest signal transmitters on them, which can transmit through this gap in the World Gate. However, there might be some omissions, so the Immortal Affairs Hall should open a dedicated department to manage this matter," Patriarch Qianxing said to Ying Guanghua, who immediately nodded. This matter had long been prepared; personnel had been mobilized and were just waiting for this day. "Besides Nangong Xuanyu, there are also some Immortal Sect cultivators whose cultivation limits the signals they can transmit. However, we cannot relax our vigilance, as intelligence isn't necessarily proportional to higher cultivation levels. Furthermore, I had Nangong Xuanyu take ten of my puppet avatars. Each avatar is equipped with a fully charged top-grade spirit stone, but I don't know how long they will last in that environment. There are still twenty years until the two worlds fully connect, at which point the World Gate will fully open. I hope the bordering world is one devoid of life but rich in resources."

After Patriarch Qianxing finished speaking, Chen Mobai and the others all bowed to him. "With the Patriarch personally taking charge, this pioneering war is sure to be a complete success," Ying Guanghua was the first to speak, but Patriarch Qianxing shook his head and waved his hand.

"Once Nangong Xuanyu and the others arrive, and my puppets are released, I will fully concentrate on exploring the alternate world. You all on the Immortal Sect's side, do not cause me any trouble," Patriarch Qianxing stated firmly. At these words, everyone's expressions turned solemn. This was the first time Chen Mobai had heard Patriarch Qianxing speak with such gravity, and he understood the meaning behind his words. In the face of a pioneering war, if anyone inside were to hold them back, this Transformation God Patriarch would clearly show no mercy.

"Yes, Patriarch!" Ying Guanghua, Chen Mobai, and Qi Yuheng were the first to respond. Everyone knew that Patriarch Qianxing's words were a warning to their three lineages.

"You may descend. If anything happens, I will have Chen Chun inform you. If the World Gate fluctuates again and I am not out of seclusion, Little Chen, you come up and handle it," Patriarch Qianxing instructed. Chen Mobai nodded with a wry smile after hearing this. Just now, suppressing the void power fluctuations caused by the World Gate, even with Patriarch Qianxing's help, had been strenuous for him. If the integration of the two worlds were to break open this seal next, he would essentially be helpless.

Fortunately, the current seal, primarily set by Patriarch Qianxing, should hold for about ten years. After ten years, the World Gate would open nearly halfway. By then, the surging void power from both worlds would shatter and tear apart this seal, and even Patriarch Qianxing would be unable to reseal it. Above the alternate world on the other side, a half-opened portal would appear. Not only could people from the Immortal Sect cross over, but if beings from that side discovered it, they could also come to Diyuan Star through the portal. If Nangong Xuanyu proved capable, he could hold the area where the World Gate opened, establishing a bridgehead for the Immortal Sect. If the beings from the alternate world on the other side were too powerful, then the Immortal Sect would have to desperately defend their side. It was precisely for this reason that they moved the World Gate away from Diyuan Star, to prevent their homeland from becoming the primary battlefield!