The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 74 Merit Descends, Supernatural Powers and Treasures

Haotian also checked the density of spiritual energy in the Heavenly Court and nodded in satisfaction.

The Thirty-Three Heavens, where the Heavenly Court is located, are not far from having the highest concentration of spiritual energy, even if they are not as high as the top-tier blessed lands. Now, they are almost on par with the top-tier blessed lands.

After all, the Heavenly Court is the closest place to the ancient starry sky. Most of the starlight that wants to be projected into the primordial world has to pass through the Heavenly Court, which means that the Heavenly Court also intercepts a portion of it. So it would be strange if the Heavenly Court didn't have abundant spiritual energy.

Just as the group was lost in thought, Heavenly Dao merit began to condense in the sky, dyeing the sky a dark yellow color. Although it was not as much as the merit of creating the Netherworld, and it was Heavenly Dao merit, it was still very rare.

In the future, as the chaotic energy continues to transform, merit will also increase continuously, although it will be small, but it will be endless!

Once the merits were fully accumulated, they began to descend.

One-tenth was given to Haotian as a reward for providing materials.

Two-tenths were given to Xuandu, Nanji, Duobao, and others to help extract the essence of the stars, refine spiritual treasures, and place the spiritual treasures in their possession.

Three parts of the virtue were integrated into the spiritual treasure that was the origin of the stars.

Forty percent went to Zhou Chen, the plan's creator and implementer.

The disciples from the Jie and Chan sects who came to help were green with envy, but it was no use. Merit could not be stolen, and even if it could be stolen, they could not defeat the enemy.

Just as they were filled with envy, a surprised voice suddenly rang in their ears. Although each ancient star was very far apart, the fact that the voice could reach their ears showed just how surprised the person was.

"This, this is actually merit! Guarding an ancient star actually grants merit! This! This!"

After the sound was heard, no one looked for the person who made it; instead, everyone checked their own situation.

After careful investigation, it was finally discovered that the merit existed, but it was very little, only a trace, and could not be found at all without careful examination.

But this small amount of merit was slowly growing, albeit very slowly.

This also surprised these people, because the merits of Heaven were the rewards given by Heaven for doing things that benefited the primordial world.

In the primordial world, Heavenly Merit is like a panacea; it can elevate one's cultivation level, refine spiritual treasures, and ward off calamities, among other things.

Merit from the Heavenly Dao is very difficult to obtain, but today they obtained a trace of it simply by guarding the Primordial Star. Moreover, as time goes by, this trace is slowly growing stronger. In other words, guarding the Primordial Star can continuously generate merit. How could this not surprise them?
This made many people want to stay in the Heavenly Court, since it was a rare place to cultivate, as it was rich in spiritual energy and could earn merit.

Zhou Chen and the others put away their Heavenly Dao Merit, as now was not a good time to use it.

After checking, Zhou Chen found that the formation was operating stably without any hidden dangers, and the star source was gradually strengthening. He nodded in satisfaction, then activated the spiritual treasure's restriction to hide the strange phenomenon.

The primordial starry sky returned to its original state, with only the continuously increasing spiritual energy indicating that what had just happened was not an illusion.

"Great Celestial Venerable, this matter has come to an end. We have lived up to the expectations of our Grandmaster and have successfully completed the mission," Zhou Chen said to Haotian with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you are too modest. No one else has your abilities. Creating the Netherworld and converting spiritual energy for the Primordial World are things that ordinary people cannot do." Haotian said earnestly. He truly admired Zhou Chen, both for his cultivation and his ingenious ideas.

Duobao, Nanji, Xuandu, Jinling, and the others exchanged a few pleasantries before leaving with their junior brothers. Xuandu had to assist Emperor Fuxi, while Nanji and Duobao returned to Kunlun Mountain and Jin'ao Island to meet with the Sages and discuss the matter of the Earthly Sages. Haotian and Yaochi discussed Yaoji and Longji's situation with Zhou Chen, asking him to look after them, before returning to the Heavenly Court with their people.

After they left, Zhou Chen said to Zhao Gongming, the Three Immortals, Xiao Zhan and the others: "From now on, the formation of the Primordial Stars will be under special protection. Fighting is not allowed in the Primordial Starry Sky. Except for the scattered starlight and spiritual energy, the origin of the stars is not allowed to be mobilized. All the Star Lords must maintain the Zhou Tian Star Formation well and there can be no mistakes."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the crowd shouted in unison.

"Okay, go down!" Zhou Chen waved his hand, signaling everyone to go and take care of the Zhou Tian Star Array and maintain order in the Primordial Starry Sky.

Zhao Gongming and the others bowed and then withdrew.

Tai Zhen approached and asked, "Zhou Chen, what are your plans next?"

Zhou Chen thought for a moment and replied, "I will be going into seclusion for a while, so I'll leave the matter of the Primordial Star to you."

"Oh, right, we still need to refine some spiritual treasures for our subordinates. I'll leave that to you. I'll give it to you after I've used the Qiankun Cauldron."

Tai Zhen agreed, but was somewhat puzzled as to why Zhou Chen would use the Qiankun Cauldron, as Zhou Chen was not lacking in innate spiritual treasures.

"What are you refining with the Qiankun Cauldron?"

"I plan to inscribe my supernatural powers on a spiritual treasure and place it in the Ziwei Palace. If a star lord performs meritorious service, he can be rewarded by coming to the Ziwei Palace and choosing a supernatural power to comprehend."

"Or perhaps you can guard the ancient star for a certain number of years, and then reward them with a period of time to comprehend it. You can decide on the specifics and just make the arrangements," Zhou Chen explained.

Taizhen nodded and agreed.

The two then began refining artifacts. The first one they refined was the Ten Ferocious Treasure Technique. The artifact was shaped like the ten ferocious beasts, with runes densely engraved on each of them.

It can both allow people to comprehend the precious techniques contained within and activate this magical treasure to fight enemies.

Among these spiritual treasures, Zhou Chen left behind a trace of primordial ancestral energy, which, when fully unleashed, is no less powerful than the power of these treasure techniques Zhou Chen is currently using.

However, since Zhou Chen did not refine it, leaving a primordial spirit imprint, how to control it depends on the controller's understanding of this precious technique.

After finishing with these magical artifacts, Zhou Chen began to refine the inherited magical artifacts for the Three Thousand Great Divine Powers of Immortality. This time, Zhou Chen uniformly crafted them into the shape of a stele.

Because these great supernatural powers mainly involve using supernatural abilities to invoke the power of the corresponding Great Dao to fight enemies, the shape of the spiritual treasure does not enhance these great supernatural powers, so Zhou Chen simply made it into a stele-shaped spiritual treasure.

However, although they are stele-shaped spiritual treasures, their sizes vary. After all, some have weaker Daos and some have stronger Daos, so the size and material of the inscriptions are different.

The most powerful magical artifacts are those with the Great Destiny Technique, because the Great Destiny Technique is extremely complex and made of the finest materials. If the materials are inferior, they simply cannot withstand its power.

In this way, Zhou Chen and Tai Zhen slowly completed the creation of these spiritual treasures containing supernatural powers. Zhou Chen then infused the Heavenly Dao merits he had obtained into these spiritual treasures, and only then was the task completed.

"Taizhen, the rest is up to you. I'm going into seclusion for a while," Zhou Chen said.

(End of this chapter)