Chapter 1659: Shaping A World

This was happening because his “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Sutra” and “Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict” had merged into the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict”, of course.

Undoubtedly, the “Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict” was the latter half of the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Sutra”. Since the two halves had merged into a complete whole—and maybe the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon had given him an extra push as well—his spiritual power had grown tremendously. Naturally, his Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven was becoming bigger and more complete, and his yang god was growing in strength as well.

There was no doubt his increase in strength was a good thing.

This wasn’t how he wanted to grow in strength though.

For one, this meant that his karmic bond with the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon had grown deeper than ever before. He had no doubt that he had come under the Heavenly Demon’s attention completely.

He was the heir to the Earthly Sovereign. He had a boundless future ahead of him. Although catching the attention of the malicious Heavenly Demon had earned him a lot of power, it also gained him a ton of trouble. No matter how he thought about it, the gains weren’t worth the drawbacks.

Besides that, he could clearly sense himself growing increasingly indifferent and uncaring toward the living as his Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven grew bigger, and his yang god grew stronger. He felt as if he was growing beyond the mortal coil and becoming unfettered from mortal concerns. He felt as if all of the living in the many worlds and the red dust were no more important than the ants crawling across the earth. He felt like he could kill them on a whim or play with them like a toy.

This state of being was known as Elevation among practitioners of the Dark Ways. They viewed it as elevating oneself beyond the mortal coil until all that mattered under the heavens and above the earth was themselves. Everyone else besides them was an ant.

A practitioner of the Dark Ways would be more than happy to attain such a state of mind.

However, Ye Qing was not a practitioner of the Dark Ways. He could not become unfeeling toward the red dust. He could not view all of living as ants. He had bonds and burdens that he could not give up among the red dust. He had humans, friends, family, and people he wished to protect in the human world. He had his own responsibilities and duties he needed to shoulder.

Sure, the red dust was full of troubles and strife, and there were a billion things he could nitpick about the human world. Even so, he was fine with it all so long as there was the wind, the rain, a cup of fine wine, and people he cared about.

Therefore, this Elevation neither fit his beliefs nor his martial way. He did not want it as a matter of course.

Even if it did, he knew that choosing to accept it was to succumb for the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon’s trap. It would become even more difficult for him to escape the bastard.

Unfortunately, he was not in a position to stop right now.

For one, the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict” had become completely tied to him. If he stopped it now, he would surely suffer a backlash. Besides, the only way to completely break free from the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon was probably removing the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict” completely. This was not the outcome he desired.

Two, this was free power. It would be a huge waste to give it all up.

But of course, this didn’t mean he had to accept its changes without resistance.

His plan was to add some color to this world. It was too plain and dry for him.

With one thought, his yang god summoned two wisps of Innate Yin Yang Qi. Then, he threw them out.

“The sky opens...”

A grandiose voice boomed, and the Innate Yin Yang Qi split into two. White air began rising into the sky and transforming into a boundless sky.

“The earth appears...”

Black qi began sinking slowly and taking form in the endless space of nothingness. It transformed into the land, the rivers, and the mountains.

“The sun rises...”

A bell chimed, and the Earthly Sovereign Bell punched through all illusions and appeared at the center of the sky.

Thang... thang...

The Earthly Sovereign Bell shook slightly and cast down light from above like the sun. It illuminated the dim sky and dispelled the endless gloominess.

“The plants grow...”

Ye Qing waved his hand, and a painting floated into the air. A Taoist riding a bull walked out of the painting, causing purple qi to rise from the east, and all sorts of plants to grow on the barren mountains and rivers. What was a monotonous, dead, and desolate world before instantly gained much needed life and color.

Before the world was created, and all was Primal Chaos, Pangu split the world into heaven and earth, yin and yang. His eyes turned into the sun, moon and stars, his flesh and blood turned into the rivers, mountains and the land, and his hair turned into the plants and animals. That was how the world began.

Ye Qing was emulating Pangu, though of course he did not possess the immense power of Pangu. He could not create a true world with an ecosystem that could support countless lives. He was simply using his martial foundation to construct his own mental world and perfect his martial domain.

Since he was merging all of his martial foundations and willpower into one instead of allowing the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict” to monopolize everything, he could both seize this opportunity to greatly increase his strength, and protect his martial will and preserve his martial way. This would keep him from being influenced by the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon.

Although doing this would make it nigh impossible for him to resolve the karmic ties between him and the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon, and he was guaranteed to fall under the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon’s purview and gain an endless source of trouble in the future, this was already the optimal solution.

Of course, he did not care even if the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon decided to grace him with his presence.

He was no longer the helpless boy who could only wait for the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon to slaughter him back at the Six Livestocks Market.

He was now a Sage, a Sage who had transcended mortality and become unfettered from heaven and earth. He now possessed the strength to at least give these ancient existences a run of their money. So what if his opponent was the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon? If he pushed him too much, he would rip off a chunk of the bastard’s flesh if it was the last thing he did.

Besides, as scary and powerful as the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon was, he resided beyond the nine heavens and could not easily descend upon the human world. So long as he wasn’t facing the original, Ye Qing did not fear the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon.

He would deal with the threats as they came.

After merging his martial foundations and willpower into the Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven, ye Qing gradually detached himself from that sense of elevation and detachment where all things were ants but him. He was slowly filled up with a sense of normality, the Seven Emotions and the Six Desires once more.

At the same time, the roots and laws of his Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven were growing increasingly perfect. His Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven itself was much different from the original formless, faceless, and anomalous void it was at the beginning. The blue sky looked real, the earth was thick and dense, the rivers and mountains were meandering, the plants sprouted like spring, and the sun hung high in the nine heavens, casting light upon everything like daytime. It looked no different from the real world.

Of course, a closer inspection would reveal that the world wasn’t unchanging or completely the same. In fact, it was constantly changing between real and unreal, true and false, form and formless.

It was because the this world was founded upon the “Earthly Sovereign Scripture”, the “Records of Laojun Studying The Dao On A Bull”, and the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict”. Therefore, it possessed the density and steadiness of the “Earthly Sovereign Scripture”, the capacity to accommodate everything of the “Records of Laojun Studying The Dao On A Bull”, and the formlessness and dynamism of the “Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon Treasure Edict”.

After his Paranirmita Vasavartin Heaven was complete, Ye Qing felt his strength growing by leaps and bounds once more. Once he took some time to steady it, he would enter the second level of the Sage-stage.

Just like the Spirit Master stage was split to early, middle, and late, and the Trueman stage was split into Trueman and Great Trueman, there were multiple levels in the Sage-stage as well.