"Daoist Friend! Daoist Friend!"

"What's happening with you?"

"Quick, quick! Use the wall of books to isolate the surroundings! Mark the ground as a prison!"

The Confucian cultivators couldn't care about anything else, hastily splashing ink marks to try to help Li Ye isolate the influence of the thunder, but it was simply impossible.

The ink marks melted as soon as they approached Li Ye.

The light in the pitch-black world seemed as if primordial chaos was just born.

The Sea of Learning descended at this moment.

The raging sea water directly surged into this Grotto Heaven, its aim clear — to approach Li Ye!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

The sea water of the Sea of Learning rapidly evaporating as it approached Li Ye, characters falling to the ground, the black-and-white ink quietly accumulating around Li Ye.

This scene left the Confucian scholars bewildered.

The Sea of Learning!

Not even the Sea of Learning could penetrate the light surrounding Li Ye?

What exactly does this True Man from the Four Seasons Sect intend to do.

Su Ya, however, felt a peculiar sense, even letting out a sigh of relief— finally, what does this time my Junior Brother Li plan to stir up?

He tightly clenched the item given by the Sect Leader when he left, feeling slightly reassured, silently watching.

In fact, Li Ye himself was completely bewildered.

He could faintly feel a power within the glass bracelet, like a chain, or rather a Taoist Chain, binding something.

This brilliance was scorching his Lifebound Magical Treasure.

The Sun and Moon Ring seemed to convey a consciousness momentarily, fleeting, yet it surged into the glass bracelet and the evaporating mist of the Sea of Learning.

Although the Sun and Moon Ring appeared to have hardly any use usually, it ordinarily assisted with the bound Small Thousand World, conducting the most basic sun and moon cycle.

That was the "order" Li Ye intended to establish in the Small Thousand World.

It's simply the rising sun and setting moon.

Yet even this simplest of rules has shown no progress for a dozen years, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a stirring.

That feeling arising from the depths of his heart.

The Sea of Learning was evaporated by the light of the glass bracelet.

The dim, lightless sky.

The bewildering sky and earth...

The mist from the evaporation of the Sea of Learning carried a bitter and clean spring similar to the previous liquor, pouring continuously into Li Ye's body.

Leaving him in a state of inspiration like a rushing spring, yet his body felt intensely bitter.

That liquor was unmistakably brewed from the Sea of Learning Water!

In such a strange and special state, Li Ye achieved enlightenment.

Two voices, whether from the glass bracelet or the depths of his heart, resonated through his divine sense like the morning bell and evening drum:

"What can fathom the hidden depths?"

"Light and dark intertwine, what purpose at this time?"

This is...

Heavenly Inquiry?

Li Ye had specifically studied this after knowing he resided in the Celestial Inquiry Mountain Range; it was likewise a special ancient text.

It's said that during the definition of the heavens and myriad phenomena, Bitter Journey Academy used some chapters from within to set the foundation for the entire world.

Among these are the two verses Li Ye now hears.

One speaks of day and night mixing in chaos.

The other speaks of the flow of light and dark.

Why have they suddenly appeared, is it due to the influence of the Lifebound Magical Treasure? Should these two verses' "order" be established in the Small Thousand World?

Although still unaware of the true cause, he is determined to seize this opportunity, striving to imprint these characters into the spirituality of the Sun and Moon Ring— after all, they are this world's Taoist Chains.

He had previously thought of acquiring some stable treasures from the Small Grotto Heaven and Small Thousand World to develop his world, but how could those treasures compare to this world's Taoist Chains?

"These are truly fine treasures."

"So wonderful!"

The engraving process is extremely arduous.

Moreover, each time he uses divine sense as a carving tool, the glass bracelet and the Sun and Moon Ring emit golden fire intent on destroying everything; without the Sea of Learning continuously restraining the evaporating fire, he would probably fail.

Coupled with the mist blending into his body, the Spring of Inspiration and bitterness, he managed to persist, carving stroke by stroke with divine sense as the tool.

"Quenching the fire?"

"Is this Daoist Friend Li using the Sea of Learning for quenching?"

"What level of Magical Treasure is he forging, requiring the Sea of Learning for quenching?!"

The Confucian scholars couldn't help but be overwhelmingly curious.

But no matter how much they wanted to get close and probe, or politely inquire with Su Ya, they received no answers—the former they couldn't get close at all, and the latter remained silent.

Just as their curiosity was about to explode, time slowly passed.

About seven months later.

Li Ye finally opened his eyes.

The Sun and Moon Ring in his hand appeared unchanged, merely becoming more translucent and sacred.

But at its core, it had already imprinted the chapter about the chaos of day and night and the alternation of light and darkness, determined by the founder of Bitter Journey Academy.

It was only at this point that Li Ye had a moment of enlightenment.

—The thunder in the sky was indeed preventing him from perceiving the true meaning of the glazed bracelet; within the bracelet were the most fundamental laws of the Celestial Dao.

And later, the continuous thunder was meant to help him perceive those sixteen characters of the "Heavenly Inquiry" chapter.

Don't underestimate just two sentences.

But this is indeed a true Holy Book.

Even placed within the entire Bitter Journey Academy, it would be considered one of the most powerful Holy Books.

Li Ye did not immediately get up, still sitting cross-legged to check the situation of his Small Thousand World, and found that within it, there was truly a distinction between day and night!

The True Spirit of the Sun and Moon Ring hung high in the Heavenly Dome of the Small Thousand World.

The hazy mist was like morning fog and night fog, whenever they rose, they would promote the transformation of the Sun and Moon Ring's form—resplendent sun and looming cold moon.

With the change of day and night in the Small Thousand World, the land that was originally only about one acre started to expand wildly, growing several times with every breath.

Finally settling on the subtle number of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine acres—from one acre expanding nearly to ten thousand acres!

This is the impact brought by the Taoist Chain.

The rotation of the sun and moon is the most basic transformation of Yin and Yang!

"Holy Books."

"I also have Holy Books, so I..."

Li Ye turned his gaze to the Tribulation Fire still quietly burning at the center of the world.

He aimed to make something unique.

He wanted to try to use the Holy Books of Bitter Journey Academy and the method of Merit to enlighten the spirituality of the Tribulation Fire!

When he uttered the first word to the Tribulation Fire: "Ming..."

An indescribable pressure suddenly pressed hard upon his shoulders, the thunder that was already planning to retreat surged again, becoming utterly dark and silent.

It transformed from thunder into Celestial Tribulation.

A Celestial Tribulation.

Li Ye was not unfamiliar with this; he had encountered it many times, even felt somewhat accustomed.

But this time, the Celestial Tribulation was somewhat peculiar.

The glazed bracelet on his wrist lost all its luster, severing the connection with the Celestial Tribulation, which hung gloomily over the entire Grotto Heaven, seemingly intent on destroying it.

He couldn't do it!

His Divine Sense warned frantically.

If Li Ye really did this, it was highly likely to provoke an incredibly terrifying Celestial Tribulation, which he certainly, no, absolutely could not overcome on his own.

Yet Li Ye was determined to try.

Since the Tribulation Ash was born into this world, why couldn't it develop spiritual intelligence—even if it did, he was confident he could tame it, or guide it onto the Righteous Path.

Isn't it just Merit? Qi Fortune?

I will give it!

Li Ye unhesitatingly released all the accumulated Merit stored in Jianmu, initially intended to promote its growth, though it hadn't finished consuming it.

The pitiful Jianmu stirred with an unwilling consciousness but extracted it all nonetheless.

About four to five thousand taels.

As Li Ye arduously recited those two sentences of the Holy Book, the Merit was infused into the Tribulation Fire.

The Holy Words and Merit created ripples around the Tribulation Fire, encircling and embracing it, filling the entire Small Thousand World with a motivating consciousness.

But it was still not enough.

The amount of Merit was evidently insufficient, unable to leave a complete imprint on the Tribulation Fire.

Insufficient Merit?

Li Ye didn't expect that he would one day feel embarrassed due to a lack of Merit!

Mind you, he had received an unknown amount of Merit, more than most ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators!

It was at this moment.

"Junior Brother."

Su Ya silently opened his palm.

In his palm was a gray-tinged Token.

On it were four large characters:

Four Seasons Smooth!

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