"Alright." Qing Yu responded straightforwardly, without any dispute, and turned to leave.

...

Qingping Mountain.

"Uncle Master!"

A burly man with a big beard walked over quickly, bushy eyebrows and bright eyes, grinning widely, appearing extremely rough and bold.

"I have a friend who has arrived. Is there an extra cave residence? He is planning to break through the Eighth Realm Barrier."

"Heavenly Monarch?" Shou Ji thought for a moment and said, "Which sect's disciple?"

"He is a Loose Cultivator, whom I met during my training. We became acquainted after some initial conflict." The burly man said.

"Loose Cultivator?" Shou Ji was somewhat surprised.

"I want to act as a guide and bring him into the Divine Temple. Uncle Master, do you think it's possible?"

Shou Ji shook his head directly: "No chance, even if he's a Heavenly Monarch, if he's not one of our own, he's not reliable. We want someone with a pure background."

The burly man sighed: "I understand. Can I lend my cave residence to him?"

Shou Ji continued to shake his head: "I've already lent out your cave residence. We're really short on cave residences now; three sects are still continuously sending people. Seeing you hadn't returned for a long time and they were in urgent need, I lent it out first."

The burly man widened his eyes: "But you are my own Uncle Master!" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Shou Ji replied casually: "That individual is a Heavenly Monarch from the Primordial Palace, also preparing to break through to the Heavenly Venerate, and is a core direct disciple, having a higher position in the temple than you and me."

"So you just lent it out like that?" The burly man was unwilling and said, "Didn't you feel a bit guilty at that time, Uncle Master?"

Shou Ji crossed his arms and shook his head indifferently: "You don't have a chance to break through to Heavenly Venerate anytime soon, what do you need a cave residence for? It's better to lend it to a Fellow Taoist from the Primordial Palace for a while. You should know that now, uniting all Returning to Truth Sects is the Hall Master's primary plan."

The burly man sighed: "So I've been 'sacrificed.'"

Shou Ji nodded calmly, without a trace of guilt, and patted his shoulder, lamenting:

"I've told you long ago, break through to Heavenly Venerate as soon as possible, don't be the basic setup—when the time comes, who wouldn't sacrifice the basic setup when necessary?"

Heavenly Venerate... The burly man smiled bitterly.

This rank, either waiting for a position in the hall to open up, or going out to battle the external realm for more positions, or relying solely on oneself.

And the latter is incredibly difficult. Except for the Supreme Heavenly Monarch, the top Heavenly King Domain, it requires immense luck to break through to the Eighth Realm Barrier by oneself and enjoy preliminary great freedom.

"What's the name of that Taoist Friend from the Primordial Palace?" The burly man suddenly asked curiously.

"Call him Uncle Master." Shou Ji corrected, "He is of the same generation as me and is named Jing Qiu."

"Jing Qiu?" The burly man paused for a moment, "He shares a name with someone from the Netherworld."

"Have you been paying attention to the Netherworld recently?"

"Yes, several families have already started attacking, progressing much faster than expected, it feels like someone is orchestrating this behind the scenes."

Shou Ji said lightly: "Behind those families, there is definitely the shadow of 'This Shore,' we're just not sure which specific power."

"That Netherworld is also quite peculiar." The burly man couldn't help but say, "It's rumored that they have more than twenty True Saints rushing in the Sea of Realms. Upon hearing that pseudo-transcendence gates began attacking the Netherworld, these people directly turned around and besiege the old nests of those pseudo-transcendence gates."

Shou Ji shook his head: "With someone who has Harmonization of One Realm guarding the realm, they can't stir up much trouble."

"Yes, I think the same way, but who would have thought these guys wouldn't play direct invasion, instead hiding in the Outer Realm, killing one at a time when they appear, and intercepting the reinforcement of the allied forces, engaging in guerrilla warfare in the Sea of Realms."

The burly man continued to express his feelings,

"I heard their leader is a Void Giant Beast, most skilled in Void Skill, not afraid of siege, looking across the True Saint Domain, almost reaching the Invincible Domain, so they dare to play like this, able to retreat or advance, pulling the frontline straight from the Netherworld to the Sea of Realms."

Upon hearing this evaluation, Shou Ji's eyes flickered: "The intelligence within the temple shows that the Netherworld indeed has a few strong individuals. If they can hold out this time, the temple will acknowledge them and send reinforcements to jointly fight against 'This Shore.'"

The burly man detected other meanings from these words and said seriously: "Is the situation very serious, is 'This Shore' that strong now?"

"You need to cultivate well. If the real fight starts, it's the people above who will bear it."

Shou Ji didn't say much but waved his hand to drive him off, urging him to seek more opportunities in the Void Realm. This place is the Great Dao Ancestral Land, perhaps might enable his breakthrough of the Heavenly Venerate Barrier.

"Without a cave residence, is there at least a place to rest?" The burly man asked helplessly.

Shou Ji was about to nod when he suddenly exclaimed in surprise and looked back towards a certain spot.

That location... Is it Ji?

How long has it been since he went in, and he already has progress?

Originally thought it would take at least several decades for there to be any activity.

Shou Ji couldn't help but show admiration, such a marvelous vision of the sun and moon in the sky, with the Group Stars dimming.

It seems this Ji has accumulated over many years, now bursting forth with accumulated strength.

...

You Lan squinted his eyes, tip of the tail propped on his chin, curiously looking into his 'bedroom' at the sun and moon there.

Ji Jingqiu's Inner Heaven and Earth he had lain in from small to large, previously also had a sun and moon, but not as bright as now.

However, no matter how brilliantly this sun and moon shone, with colors flowing through them, they still couldn't illuminate the world.

Because Ji Jingqiu's Inner Universe prototype was officially starting to expand, it was no longer a mere one side of Heaven and Earth, but was tending towards representing the "Infinite" cosmos.

No matter how bright the sun and moon were, in the vast starry sky, they were as faint as candlelight.

Before advancing to Heavenly King, Ji Jingqiu once forged the sun and moon in the Inner Heaven and Earth using Moonlight and Solar Core, thus laying the foundation.

But today, it was still not enough.

At this moment.

In the Inner Realm Universe prototype, above the sky was like a star map, the sun and moon were in the sky, Group Stars surrounded, Void's Dao Intent abundant, stars rotated orderly, seemingly held together by an invisible Great Dao of rules.

The vision of the sun and moon in the sky was like the pair of eyes of Ji Jingqiu, overlooking the 'human world.'

He was trying to elevate the Position of this sun and moon, otherwise how would they become one of the fundamental bases of the only True Realm, which would later project the myriad worlds?

Initial attempts yielded slight success but were far from sufficient.

Not only was the sun and moon insufficient, the Dao Intent of these stars was also too thin, needing to be filled with abundant Dao Intent to support future projection of the Ten Thousand Realms.

Ji Jingqiu was somewhat troubled, collecting and visualizing this abundant Dao Intent by himself—spanning thousands of years was the norm.

"Bitter cultivation won't work..." Ji Jingqiu stood up, speaking to himself, "The current plan is to borrow from this Heaven and Earth first."

No matter how high and grand Dao Intent is, how can it compare to truly eternal Group Stars?

"I remember the brother Void left me a gift, could it be this Void Realm?"

In the True Spirit Pool, the sleeping Sword Light Brother was also disturbed by Ji Jingqiu's attempt to elevate the Position of the sun and moon.

Sword Light's form changed, seemingly yawning, stretching, and looking around, finding Ji Jingqiu attempting to shape the Inner Heaven and Earth's pattern.

Could not help but feel a sense of admiration.

This time it should be truly a Big Dream lasting a thousand years; Ji is trying to break through to Heavenly Venerate.

Just as it was about to say something, a line of sword… should say a line of saber light.

A line of saber light fell straight down, connecting Heaven and Earth.

At the same time, it wiped away everything in the previous "falling piece" Heaven and Earth, returning this Inner Heaven and Earth to clarity, sweeping away all "foolishness."

It was Ji Jingqiu who overturned this attempt, rising relieved.

But Sword Light was left standing in amazement.

The phenomenon in this sword resembled "Taiping Universe Slash Foolish," yet was entirely different.

It recognized the foundation of this sword at a glance, it was the second sword, "Ancient Flow Reveals Truth."

This left Sword Light somewhat confused.

Was it muddled from sleep?

When did it teach Ji Jingqiu the second sword?