I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 969 Fusion of the Heavenly Eye
Zhang Chen didn't mind cooperating with the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother of the West being able to preserve her strength was also a kind of guarantee for Zhang Chen.

Just like this time, when refining the Eighteen Heavens and transplanting the Tongtian Jianmu tree, if it weren't for the help of the Queen Mother of the West, Zhang Chen, who had not yet attained the Dao Fruit, would never have been able to do it.

“I appreciate your kindness, but your minor world has just been established and still needs to be stabilized. It is not advisable for me to extract its innate energy, lest it delay the evolution of the minor world. Only when it evolves into a middle world can I enter it to slumber, thus completely resolving my hidden danger. I can wait, so please do not worry about me,” said the Queen Mother of the West.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen stopped trying to persuade her. With cultivation at the level of the Queen Mother of the West, she naturally knew what to do and when to do it, so he didn't need to be polite to her.

"By the way, what methods did you use to conceal the aura of the Lesser Thousand Worlds, preventing it from being invaded by the Greater Thousand Worlds?" the Queen Mother of the West asked, her voice full of curiosity.

The Eye of Heavenly Punishment is Zhang Chen's last trump card, hidden deep within his consciousness, unnoticed even by the Queen Mother of the West. It is Zhang Chen's life-saving trump card, and he doesn't want outsiders to know about it. Faced with the Queen Mother of the West's probing, Zhang Chen smiled and replied, "This is my trump card, and I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness for not being able to reveal it."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother of the West did not press the matter further. After all, she possessed the magnanimity to say that everyone in the world has a trump card, something that cannot be revealed to outsiders, and is a person's greatest secret.

Meanwhile, Zhang Chen sealed the small world into his own Heavenly Eye. As the small world entered the Heavenly Eye, it seemed to have some mysterious and inexplicable connection with it. Countless divine light runes intertwined within the Heavenly Eye and permeated into the small world.

Zhang Chen, who was outside, immediately noticed the changes in his Heavenly Eye. Inside Zhang Chen's Heavenly Eye was a vast woven body of laws, composed of countless chains of rules and order. It was an ocean of laws, completely woven from laws and independent of the Great Thousand Worlds. The reason Zhang Chen was able to seal items within his Heavenly Eye was that he could create a void within it to store his various treasures and seal them within the ocean of rules.

As Zhang Chen sent the embryo of the Lesser Thousand World into the Heavenly Eye, it seemed to trigger a strange reaction from the Heavenly Eye. Countless laws within the Heavenly Eye resonated with the laws of the Lesser Thousand World, and then, like flowing water, seeped into the Lesser Thousand World, seemingly trying to envelop it.

Those strands of law merged into the Lesser Thousand Worlds, replacing their original operating laws. A mysterious and unpredictable energy began to fluctuate between heaven and earth. Within the endless void, within the world barrier, something seemed to be gestating; two sources gradually emerged, one called: Destiny. The other: Time.

"It seems the Heavenly Eye is about to merge with the Lesser Thousand Worlds?" Zhang Chen's heart stirred, and a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyes. He didn't know whether he should intervene to stop it. After all, both the Heavenly Eye and the Lesser Thousand Worlds were of great importance. They were the two most important things in Zhang Chen's life. One was related to his means of protection, and the other was related to his ability to survive in the future.

However, seeing the Heavenly Dao Laws constantly emerging within his minor world, the increasing power of various rules, and the consciousness that dominates the entire world's operation through the interweaving and interaction of countless laws, Zhang Chen knew that his minor world was changing for the better. Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he ultimately did not stop it, but allowed the two to merge in the darkness, gradually intertwining and becoming one.

Deep underground, the waters of the Yellow Springs flow. As countless laws from the Heavenly Eye merge into it, the void where the Yellow Springs waters are located begins to distort, giving rise to a new dimensional world.

Deep within that world barrier, a river of time, as thick as a thumb, flows from its source, traversing the past and the future.

There is another river of destiny, weaving the innate and sacred fate of this world, and writing its destiny.

Those countless rules are like a vast net, enveloping the entire world and encompassing it. The power of destiny flows through every corner, weaving the power belonging to the Heavenly Dao. The will of the Heavenly Dao is born, and with countless rules as its framework, it evolves and intertwines to form an eye of the Heavenly Dao.

At the moment the Heavenly Dao returned to its rightful place, Zhang Chen's Small Thousand World trembled slightly, and innate Qi condensed into life, and life force began to emerge.

"New life has actually emerged in my little world!" Zhang Chen exclaimed, his eyes wide with shock as he watched the algae grow in the water. "I have witnessed the birth of the Heavenly Dao with my own eyes. It is truly unbelievable!"

Although the Eye of Heaven has been integrated into the Lesser Thousand Worlds, its function remains unchanged, and Zhang Chen can still mobilize the power of the Eye of Heaven.

Most importantly, Zhang Chen felt that his small world seemed to have undergone a strange change. He had become omniscient and omnipotent in his control over the small world. After the small world was imbued with the will of the Heavenly Dao, the will of the Heavenly Dao would drive the small world to evolve, deduce the future evolutionary path of the small world, and evolve towards the optimal path in the dark according to some kind of law. Unless Zhang Chen actively mobilized his will to intervene, the evolution of the small world would be driven by the Heavenly Dao and carried out in the optimal way according to the laws of nature.

Moreover, he also realized that the Lesser Thousand Worlds possessed another function: they could evade the plundering of the Greater Thousand Worlds. The Heavenly Dao's will operated the rules to seal the origin of the Lesser Thousand Worlds, so even the Greater Thousand Worlds could not plunder them in the slightest.

"Incredible! This evolution has incredible uses for me." Zhang Chen looked inward into the deepest part of his own consciousness. The Eye of Heaven disappeared, leaving only the Lesser Thousand World. However, the existence of the Lesser Thousand World was very mysterious. It seemed to rely on Zhang Chen's consciousness and be integrated into Zhang Chen's consciousness, but it was also independent of his own consciousness.

That small world exists between consciousness and matter, between reality and illusion, and is based on Zhang Chen's consciousness. Its state is between existence and non-existence, which is very mysterious.

This is also the key to their ability to evade the plundering of the vast world. "Incredible!"

Zhang Chen uttered four words.

He could sense that, under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao, the Five Directions Flags and other innate spiritual treasures were also being assimilated by the rules, undergoing a re-melting process, transforming into five sources of essence, distributed across the five directions of heaven and earth, and undergoing a new round of evolution.

"All the innate spiritual treasures, including the three beads, have been re-refined and shaped by the Heavenly Dao, transforming into the origin of rules, constantly circulating in the void, perfecting the Five Elements Dao of Heaven and Earth. Most importantly, the Five Elements origins scattered in the five directions have actually transformed into a Five Elements Grand Array, merging into the world barrier. This not only enhances the power of the Lesser Thousand World, but also accelerates its operation, strengthens its foundation, and makes its framework indestructible under the Five Elements Laws. With the gains from this innate grand array, the defensive level of the Lesser Thousand World has increased many times over." Zhang Chen stood there thoughtfully, silently observing the changes in the Lesser Thousand World.

After a moment's thought, Zhang Chen had a thought, and the golden scissors flew out and fell into the Lesser Thousand Worlds, where they were allowed to disintegrate.

Although the Golden Scissors are good, they are not useful to Zhang Chen for the time being. In the future, when the world is in decline, the Golden Scissors will not have a chance to be used by Zhang Chen.

As for the idea that keeping the treasures and entrusting them to the Five Elements River could enhance combat power, Zhang Chen had already considered that, though he might not be able to use this supernatural ability in the future.

First, if Zhang Chen were to undergo a sublimation at the ultimate level, he would face the consequences of a transformation in his internal magical power and the loss of his original essence. Therefore, Zhang Chen would never undergo a sublimation during the Dharma-ending Age.

The end of the Dharma era is countless millennia away from the next revival. Zhang Chen's peaches have ripened countless times, and by then he will probably have accumulated enough points to upgrade to the Hunyuan Kaitian Daluo level, rendering this skill useless.

Secondly, if Zhang Chen encounters a formidable enemy, he still has the Eye of Heaven to unleash lightning and defeat them. If even the colorless divine lightning unleashed by the Eye of Heaven cannot defeat his opponent, then even if Zhang Chen's Five Elements River is sublimated, it will be in vain.

Therefore, having one Heavenly Punishment Eye is enough when facing an enemy!
The same applies to the Golden Scissors. For Zhang Chen, it would be better to evolve the Lesser Thousand Worlds, help them advance, help the Peach Tree grow quickly, and accumulate points to upgrade his Nine Revolutions Profound Technique as soon as possible.

As for the third point, which is also the most important one, he still has the Queen Mother of the West! No matter what crisis occurs, the Queen Mother of the West is his last line of defense. If even the Queen Mother of the West cannot solve the problem, then no matter how many methods he uses or how many treasures he has, it will all be in vain.

As the golden scissors were thrown into the small world, Zhang Chen's mind stirred, and the power of the Heavenly Dao began to melt the golden scissors. The golden scissors transformed into Yin and Yang energies and disappeared into the small world, transforming into a primordial Yin-Yang array that enveloped the entire world, covering it completely.

When the Primordial Yin-Yang Array and the Primordial Five Elements Array met, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and they were tightly combined. The Five Elements Qi and Yin-Yang Qi between the two transformed into each other, giving birth to Chaos Qi, which flowed continuously within the barrier of their small world.

“Chaos gives rise to Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang give rise to the Five Elements, and similarly, the Five Elements can be reversed into Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang can be reversed into Chaos.” Zhang Chen looked at the wisp of chaotic energy born in his small world, a strange look appearing in his eyes: “My small world has really undergone strange changes, becoming more and more interesting. The changes brought about by the Eye of Heaven are far more than this. The Eye of Heaven is really strange; it can even melt innate spiritual treasures. It’s truly defying the heavens.”

It is absolutely impossible to forge innate spiritual treasures in an ordinary small world! Even in a vast world, it is impossible!

Just as Zhang Chen was pondering this, the Queen Mother of the West's angry curses startled him awake.

"You scoundrel, what methods did you use to melt my Five Directions Banner? I was wondering why you were so kind as to give me a thousand years of primordial energy, but it turns out you were waiting for me here. You actually melted my Five Directions Banner, and I've lost all connection to it." The Queen Mother of the West's cursing voice echoed within Zhang Chen's icy hell.

"Boy, give me back the Five Banners, or I'll never forgive you!"

As soon as Zhang Chen melted down the Five Banners, the Queen Mother of the West immediately sensed it.

Upon hearing the Queen Mother of the West's questioning, Zhang Chen's eyes darted around, and he said with a smile, "Those five flags are nothing more than five innate spiritual treasures to Your Majesty. What's the big deal? I'll make it up to you in the future."

(End of this chapter)