I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 1001 Changes in the Spiritual World

Tiger Power Immortal left with a worried expression, leaving Zhang Chen sitting silently in the cabin, watching Tiger Power Immortal's desolate figure.

What do imperial ambitions and worldly achievements matter in the face of life and death?

The once powerful Tiger Power Immortal, who swept across most of the human territory, now faces a life-or-death crisis, no different from ordinary creatures.

No matter if you are a king, general, or a high-ranking immortal or saint, when faced with life and death, you are still just an ant.

Zhang Chen ignored Tiger Power Immortal and instead focused his attention on his own little world: "Does Your Majesty have a way to make someone's memories last and allow them to be reincarnated repeatedly?"

"You want to rely on reincarnation to preserve yourself?" Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West's will fluctuated.

"Yes!" Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this.

He has now also realized the trouble of the Dharma-ending Age. Although he has the Middle Thousand Worlds, the key is that the Middle Thousand Worlds are integrated with his consciousness, so he can't enter them at all.

Even if he mobilized his innate power to nourish his body, he was like a water tank with a hole in it, unable to absorb anything. His only hope now was to accumulate enough points to raise the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to the Great Luo Realm of Opening Heaven in one fell swoop, and then break through the shackles of the world and escape. But the key was that he had not yet found the whereabouts of the Eight-Nine Profound Technique, so how could he raise it to the Great Luo Realm of Opening Heaven in one fell swoop?

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique can only help him attain sainthood, not the Great Primordial Luo realm, so Zhang Chen needs to make plans for himself as soon as possible.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Queen Mother of the West's voice was filled with a strange undertone: "Under the end of the Dharma, all extraordinary powers will dissipate, and even the true spirits of saints will perish. I cannot deduce the cultivation method you mentioned. In the past, during the great calamity of the end of the Dharma in the primordial world, countless saints had the same idea, trying to deduce the means to overcome the tribulation, but unfortunately, they all failed. Without the support of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, all methods are nothing but illusions."

“The most crucial point is that no one knows what will happen after the Great Calamity of the End of Dharma. What if the end of Dharma is followed by a cataclysmic calamity that destroys the world? In that case, the reincarnated souls will be directly annihilated by the calamity of the collapse of the world. The uncontrollable and dangerous factors involved are too great, and no one dares to take the risk,” said the Queen Mother of the West.

"What happened after the end of the primordial world?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The world burned to ashes, turning into ruins. If any saints had truly chosen to preserve their true spirit and consciousness in the cycle of reincarnation, even if they had succeeded, they would likely have been destroyed in that cataclysmic calamity." The Queen Mother of the West's voice was filled with melancholy.

Upon hearing the Queen Mother of the West's words, Zhang Chen's face darkened, and he sat silently in the cabin.

Just then, the void suddenly distorted, and the Empress emerged from the void, holding the Measuring Ruler, standing in front of Zhang Chen with a pale face: "A shocking change has occurred in the Thirty-Three Heavens. The essence of heaven and earth is constantly flowing away and can no longer contain me."

"Was the Thirty-Three Heavens also affected?" Zhang Chen's pupils shrank upon hearing this; he had really stirred up a hornet's nest this time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen looked at the Empress whose life force was rapidly depleting and directly opened the Middle Thousand World: "I have a safe place that can help you avoid the calamity of the end of Dharma. I will send you there now. Do not resist."

The Empress is his eldest niece, yet he still intends to send her to the Middle Thousand Worlds.

Upon hearing this, the princess felt dizzy and disoriented. The next moment, her vision blurred, and then an overwhelming surge of innate energy tried to penetrate her body. Not only did the loss of her original essence stop, but her body was also nourished by the innate energy, and her cultivation began to recover.

"Where is this?" The Empress stood in the Middle Thousand World, looking around at the world before her. In particular, she was shocked to see the towering tree with its vast and mighty innate energy cascading down from its canopy like a waterfall. Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

Such a vast amount of innate energy was unprecedented even in my own time.

"This is the Middle Thousand World that I created, isolated from the power of the Great Thousand World. It can be used independently as a place to recuperate and survive." Zhang Chen's consciousness manifested within the Middle Thousand World, with innate energy condensing and transforming into Zhang Chen's body.

"The Middle Thousand Worlds you created? What is that tree? How could it give birth to innate energy?" The Empress's eyes revealed disbelief.

Zhang Chen smiled slightly upon hearing this: "This great tree is the Jianmu, which reaches to the heavens. Its branches can break through the world's barrier and enter the chaos, absorbing the chaotic energy and transforming it into innate energy."

"You actually possess such good fortune, it's truly unbelievable. With this, what is the mere end-of-days calamity?" The Empress's voice was filled with shock. Like a thirsty fish, her pores opened, as if she wanted to devour the primordial energy of heaven and earth to replenish herself. "You mustn't devour primordial energy like this!" Zhang Chen quickly stopped her when he saw the Empress devouring primordial energy like this.

The princess stopped what she was doing and looked at Zhang Chen. It wasn't that she didn't want to absorb anymore, but with Zhang Chen's intervention, the innate energy in the world seemed to have changed. The other party passed through her body, but she couldn't absorb even a little bit.

The entire world belongs to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen's will pervades the entire world. Every wisp of innate energy is controlled by Zhang Chen's will. Without Zhang Chen's permission, even a Primordial Saint cannot absorb even a trace of innate energy.

“The gestation and formation of the Middle Thousand World requires a large amount of innate energy. Don’t be fooled by the fact that the innate energy is like an ocean at present; it’s just a drop in the ocean for the evolution of the world. And the amount of innate energy that we can control is even less.” Zhang Chen explained to the Empress. “Most of the innate energy in this world is used to power the world’s operation and keep it from collapsing. If the world collapses, the innate energy will flow into the Great Thousand World, and then we will all be in trouble.”

"Therefore, I can only supply you with ten thousand strands of innate energy each day, just enough to keep your life force from being lost and maintain your current cultivation level." Zhang Chen looked at the Empress.

The princess was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's already very good."

Ten thousand strands of innate energy are equivalent to ten thousand strands of innate energy exhaled by ten thousand leaves every day. To be honest, ten thousand strands of innate energy is not much, but it cannot keep up with the large amount of innate energy consumed by the innate spiritual roots such as the Peach Forest and the Tree of Immortality that Zhang Chen cultivates. After deducting the basic innate energy required for the operation of heaven and earth, Zhang Chen has no surplus energy.

Although ten thousand strands of innate energy are not much, as long as the Empress's vital energy does not leak out, ten thousand strands a day can be a reserve. Although it cannot allow the Empress to recover her full strength in an instant, over time, she will eventually recover her peak strength.

Seeing that the Empress did not raise any objections, Zhang Chen had a thought and inscribed the rule that the Empress could only absorb 10,000 strands of innate energy each day into the laws of heaven and earth, thus forming the rules of this world.

The Empress was unaware of Zhang Chen's thoughts. At this moment, her eyes surveyed the world before her, her gaze gleaming: "What a stroke of luck! What a stroke of luck! The great calamity of the end of the world has arrived, yet there is such a stroke of luck here. It is truly unbelievable. I am already very fortunate that this place can stop the loss of my original essence and allow me to hide here for refuge. Even if you do not give me innate energy, I will have no complaints."

The princess is indeed someone Zhang Chen should befriend. Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen pointed to a distant mountain: "You can choose any mountain to sleep on, or live here. However, within this Thousand Worlds, there is a terrifying being. You must be careful not to provoke him, otherwise no one can save you."

"A terrifying existence?" Following Zhang Chen's pointing gaze, the Empress seemed to sense the aura of the Queen Mother of the West, and her pupils contracted sharply: "You... how can your world have such a terrifying existence? What if it goes berserk and destroys your minor world? Wouldn't you be doomed then?"

"She also came to my little world to avoid trouble, but she has a bad temper," Zhang Chen said.

Upon hearing this, the princess nodded solemnly, determined to stay away from the Queen Mother of the West in the future. Even the mere aura emanating from the Queen Mother of the West was enough to make her tremble and fill her heart with great fear.

After Zhang Chen guided the princess to familiarize herself with the entire small world, the princess decided to settle down by a small river and then began to build a wooden house.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen's figure flashed, and his consciousness withdrew from the Heavenly Eye World. At this moment, the voice of the Queen Mother of the West fell into Zhang Chen's ears: "That woman's cultivation is too weak, she is only at the Great Luo Realm. Keeping her is a waste of innate energy. Why don't you drive her out and give me her quota of innate energy? I will solve any trouble you may have in the future."

Zhang Chen ignored Xi Wangmu's words and pondered the matter of the spiritual world: "Has something changed in the spiritual world as well? But I don't know what has happened. I need to investigate further."

As Zhang Chen's mind stirred, his spiritual will was about to enter the spiritual world. However, just as his spiritual will was approaching the spiritual world, an invisible force suddenly blocked it, preventing it from entering.

"What is this?" Zhang Chen felt the barrier that appeared out of nowhere, severing his connection with the spiritual world, and his eyes showed disbelief.

"How could this be?" Zhang Chen was about to venture into the spiritual world to search for the whereabouts of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by an obstructing force between the spiritual world and the world barrier.

"This shouldn't be!" Zhang Chen thought to himself. His consciousness flashed, and he tried to rush into the spiritual world again. However, the invisible barrier was very peculiar. As soon as Zhang Chen's consciousness got close, it was like a ball being kicked back by the other party.

"No wonder the Empress was forced to return from the spiritual world; it seems that something extraordinary has truly happened there." Zhang Chen frowned.

But what exactly happened in the spiritual world?
A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, and his consciousness descended once more into the Middle Thousand Worlds, arriving before the Empress: "What changes have occurred in the spiritual world?"

The Empress said, "In the higher heavens, a great terror has resurfaced. Because the flow of primordial energy within the spiritual world is accelerating, these great terrors have no choice but to awaken from their slumber in order to survive. They plunder all the creations within the spiritual world as their resources, devouring any living beings they can to prolong their lives and prevent their own premature death. I could not resist those great terrors either, so I could only flee in a sorry state."

(End of this chapter)