Chapter 692: Elements, Seeker's Paradise

The Phoenix stared blankly at everything.

The entire world was tiny, as if she had been born inside an ancient oval egg. Was this a new creation?

"No, it couldn't be!"

She paused. This was a complete rebirth, and she hadn't yet cultivated. At only a sixth-level, infantile stage, she shouldn't be capable of supporting such a momentous mission.

At the same time, she felt that this world was indeed tiny, with a clear, insurmountable world barrier that prevented tearing open any more space.

"So, is this world truly so small?" She looked around and suddenly noticed the lightning element, the fire element clinging to her, and the Buddha element near a glowing pebble.

Beyond the mysterious world barrier, she sensed what seemed to be flowing water, containing blurry life forms—the water element.

"Four unique elemental soul beings?"

She was momentarily stunned, then mused, "What a wondrous world!"

Her eyes gleamed brightly, her face full of curiosity. She exclaimed, "I also sense an ethereal spiritual world here?"

She reached out and gave a flick.

A light blue screen appeared before her, allowing her to adjust various parameters of the spiritual universe.

"Elements, an elemental world?"

"Then I'll start adjusting the data."

Her eyes wide, she disliked anything too flashy. She directly adjusted the parameters to exactly match reality, then double-checked for any errors before considering it complete.

She returned to the glass bottle, gazed at the four adorable, newly born, blurry little life forms around her, and slowly pulled them into the spiritual universe.

In a world of mountains and plains, the Phoenix flew through the sky, observing the four little beings.

They resided in lightning, water currents, volcanoes, and the earth, respectively.

"Gods of the four elements."

She murmured, her face filled with joy, as if she had opened the door to a true demon race, a realm of plant spirits. "No flesh-and-blood beings, a pure elemental land."

"Thank you, Creator God!"

The next morning.

Bright sunlight streamed in as Xu Zhi opened his eyes and stretched lazily.

"Another beautiful day."

His gaze withdrew from the bright sunlight outside the window and fell upon the desk lamp by his bedside. He glanced at the electricity meter connected behind it, and his face instantly darkened.

"Only one night has passed, and it's using so much electricity. Is my electricity bill free?"

Xu Zhi cast a sidelong glance. "It seems I'm going to become a major electricity consumer, all because of one lamp."

The little Phoenix seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Just like in the previous demon world, the Phoenix taught everyone to live in harmony, guiding them to collectively deduce cultivation techniques and create a harmonious, loving small world.

"Let me see how things are now?"

Xu Zhi picked up a magnifying glass, sat by his bedside, and observed the entire light bulb.

The entire world was one of elements.

Overnight, the four elements continuously grew stronger, underwent self-division, produced offspring, and even mutated, leading to the hybridization of elemental descendants.

The entire world was vibrant and colorful, like slimes or sprites. In the sky, various colossal golden aberrations, resembling octopuses and glowing masses, drifted like a rainbow.

On the land were various mutated, radiant creatures, resembling monsters and demons, while ghostly greyish-white rocks, like ganoderma lucidum, rose from the earth—these were the irradiated earth elements.

In the rivers, pure, transparent water-flow beings drifted, like blue ribbons.

In mid-air, twisted forms of multicolored flames continuously floated. Some had even merged the Buddha element with the fire element, transforming into black, magma-like, Aladdin-shaped, half-human, illusory monsters with no faces.

Roar!!

In the sky, a thunderous, hazy blue whale, like a deity, floated past, emitting a majestic roar.

A strange and beautiful world, like a realm of ghosts, elements, and fairies.

The brilliant beauty of life.

Xu Zhi felt a long-lost sense of purity within it, his heart calm and peaceful.

Xu Zhi had long anticipated this scene.

"It's just a place for her to settle and cultivate," Xu Zhi muttered, shaking his head. "The four elements will self-reproduce, self-divide, and form a truly pure elemental plane."

As for war? Civilization? Slaughter?

Xu Zhi hadn't considered them.

While small animals gaining sentience and becoming demons might be kind and pure, animals still possess desires, however minimal. That wildness is written in their genes. However, for "plant spirit demons" born from inanimate objects, their souls are inherently exceptionally pure, closest to primitive soul purity, and they are pure seekers of the Tao.

If uncontaminated, they are extremely kind and gentle, like a blank slate.

Moreover, with the Phoenix guiding them?

If he truly wanted to create war in this world, he would have long ago introduced various flesh-and-blood creatures—life forms that loved violence, war, and desire, just like on Medusa's side. Why would there only be a civilization of four elements?

"It's just a pure elemental plane, so pure it's devoid of desires, spotless, a world of Tao seekers perfectly dedicated to cultivation." Xu Zhi sighed softly, a smile playing on his lips. "This is how elemental life reaches its greatest value."

In fact, he didn't intend to interfere, just like with the Phoenix and the demon world she developed herself back then. He wanted this universe sandbox to retain a rare pure land.

Therefore, this wasn't "developing a civilization"; "settlement" would be a more appropriate term.

After all, the Phoenix's role was that of a ninth-tier reserve. There was no need to expend extra energy on her to develop a civilization for him.

Serious cultivation was enough.

Just obediently be a light bulb.

As for Medusa's kind?

She couldn't function without consuming others.

The Cthulhu evil god had no energy, and he didn't know how long she could last, so he created a multi-crystalline wall universe for her to work in.

Thus, both were tailor-made world civilizations.

"Proper allocation, placing them in appropriate positions based on their nature—that is my true responsibility as a Creator God," Xu Zhi mused, resting his chin in his hand.

Speaking of which, the two locations in his home—the four-element light bulb by his bedside and the crystal wall mural in his study—were simply two terrifyingly powerful artifacts.

And they were both alive inside glass containers.

On one side, a gorgon; on the other, a phoenix...

"Honestly, observing the lamp occasionally is enough, just like how I completely left the Phoenix's demon world alone back then. Freedom is key... The Phoenix won't disappoint me either; perhaps in a while, a special elemental system will emerge that I can study."

"Also, putting aside the crystal wall mural, I'm already imagining myself in the future, smashing people with a high-dimensional desk lamp." Xu Zhi gazed at the Golden Crow of the sun within the glass light bulb, his mind wandering far away.

"Thinking about it, it's quite exciting."