Xi Heng made several guesses, but they were all basically meaningless.

The reality before her was beyond her current comprehension; she could only let it unfold until the true outcome became clear.

Speculation was useless, so although his eyes remained fixed on the scene, his mind had already turned to something else.

Start thinking of a way—how to contact Ima Yuu, who is far away in the Mortal Realm, and ask him to find a way to seek refuge as well.

The disaster only hit the Imaginary Realm itself, and its impact should not extend to those realms that have not yet been truly absorbed by the Imaginary Realm.

In the Senluo Realm, only Changpingjing was shrouded in the power of the imaginary number, and it did not expand. Xiping and other surrounding cities were not greatly affected.

However, this does not mean there is no danger. Xi Heng is trying to make contact or go to help the other party avoid the natural disaster.

"In the past, many visits were made by directly transferring through the imaginary boundary, but this method can no longer be used..." the girl thought.

"Because we could teleport using the Imaginary Realm before, we didn't leave behind any teleportation nodes for the Spirit Fire..."

The distance between my location and the Senluo Realm is too far, and the cost of constructing nodes is too high, so I haven't thought much about this aspect.

"Hmm... Thinking about it now is a bit troublesome, but just keeping in touch shouldn't be a problem."

When Xi Heng left, he gave some spiritual items to Jin You.

Among them is a spirit fire hairpin. No matter how far away they are, the spirit fires are connected to their own origin and can be used as a means of communication.

So, while observing the development of the situation in the void before him, Xi Heng sensed the hairpin in the Senluo Realm.

In the scene projected by Su Ziyuan, the enormous phantom of the Celestial Venerable Zhi Cang only shaped the Azure Calamity into a cage that trapped the Imaginary Realm, and then maintained the action without doing anything more.

However, the shape of the cage itself will be sculpted more and more intricately and tightly over time.

What started as a simple round birdcage with some patterns has now become a meticulously crafted, multi-layered sphere, seemingly carved to perfection.

Although gaps remain, anyone who looks at them can see that unless there is an unimaginable and unlimited force, this cage cannot be broken through.

Whether you are outside or inside.

When the azure cage became extremely detailed, surrounding the two pupils to form a strange star emitting a dark azure light, the enormous phantom itself gradually disappeared, its whereabouts unknown.

Looking further into that area, all that could be seen were cyan spherical cages; the imaginary realm itself inside was nowhere to be seen.

The ripples emanating from the two pupils as they rotated were also trapped within, isolated from the void outside the realm.

After that, nothing changed.

"Is it over?" Su Ziyuan blinked and asked from inside the Spirit Fire Space.

“Or it has begun.” Xi Heng, who was more knowledgeable, shook his head: “This formation looks very much like a preliminary step in the refining method.”

"Can realms be refined?" The other party was somewhat incredulous.

"Realms, realm spirits, and so on can all be refined; this has been recorded in some ancient books." Xi Heng had seen several descriptions of this when he was searching for time-manipulation techniques:

"However, generally speaking, high-level cultivators refine other external or near-extinct realms, not large realms like this one that refines their own and is inhabited by countless cultivators."

This practice is too heinous and immoral, even if other cultivators of the same realm do not label him a demonic cultivator and kill him.

The ethereal, formless, and selfless void consciousness, yet imbued with divine intent, will also be considered an enemy, and will approach and annihilate it with void calamities such as annihilation and devouring.

Even if one survives, the refiner's cultivation will be difficult to improve afterward, and the tribulations of lightning and inner demons during the actual advancement will be greatly enhanced.

Naturally, no cultivator would do something so thankless and arduous.

But this Venerable One named Zhi Cang was able to proceed without hesitation, even utilizing the power of calamity that he may have deliberately attracted.

Xi Heng thus had a hunch—could it be that such a thing could be done after the collapse of the heavens without having to worry about the backlash from the heavenly Dao?

"Then, why did he refine it?" the little girl asked again.

"A promotion?" Xi Heng guessed.

Although it is unknown what realm this so-called Celestial Venerable has reached, or what realm he can advance to after further advancement.

But cultivators are the type who must move forward as long as there is a path ahead. Apart from advancement, she couldn't think of any other motivation that would make the Great Venerable who controls the entire realm do this.

"Become an immortal?" Su Ziyuan also guessed.

"I don't know," the girl replied with a half-answer.

No sooner had she finished speaking than her perception ability, which had begun a few minutes earlier, had already yielded results—a portion of the spiritual fire within her body had resonated with the hairpin left behind in the distant Senluo Realm.

Xi Heng manipulated it slightly, shaking the hairpin a few times.

A moment later, I felt the hairpin being gently held.

"This touch should be Jin You's..." Xi Heng thought to himself, then scattered the spiritual fire that made up the hairpin and used it to form characters in the open space opposite him, inquiring about the situation in the Senluo Realm.

A moment later, Jin You used the hairpin as a pen and wrote words in the air before her eyes as a response.

She described in writing that the other side of the Senluo Realm was temporarily safe, and because Xiheng had given a warning about the calamity before his seclusion, Xiping City had used spiritual light technology to construct several large flying boats and send them to the outside world, and had dispatched a large number of detection devices to search the surrounding area, ready to transfer the population to the edge of the void at any time.

The various calamities in the void have indeed become so intense that they are boiling over, but so far they have only polluted the central region.

The closer you are to the edge of the void, the safer you will be.

Xi Heng nodded and replied, "It's good that you're alright."

After finally managing to communicate, Jin You started writing about other things, such as the void coordinates she would be going to later, and how she had inadvertently made some connection with the legendary Jade Toad Realm when she sent out the probe... and other trivial matters.

Xi Heng mentioned that he would also send a spatial node to the other party for future teleportation.

By the way, I asked:

"You once said that perhaps in a hundred years or so you could hand over Xiping City to the people below. Now it has been more than a hundred years. Have you thought about retiring or anything like that?"

"Let's wait until we get through this situation. There are too many dangers in the void right now, and living beings are also suffering. I still need to do my best to help the Netherworld overcome its difficulties."

“Alright… When the teleportation connection is re-established in the future, just call me if you need anything,” Xi Heng wrote.

After reciting a few farewell words, the two finally lost contact.

Looking up ahead, Chen Fenghuo had also come over and was happily given a sweet pastry by Su Ziyuan.

Looking at the same situation in the void outside, it's equally difficult to discern anything.

Xi Heng took a few steps closer and asked Chen Fenghuo, who was eating, "I remember that the location of Xuanxiao Realm isn't very close to the edge. How's the situation on your side?"

“Xuanxiao has always been protected by the Light Calamity, and it has been quite peaceful for the past few decades. It seems to be much safer than other realms that have not been affected by the calamity before.” The other party replied, “It’s just that cultivators outside cannot enter, and those inside cannot leave.”

“We can go in.” Su Ziyuan raised her hand from the side: “The Light Disaster won’t attack us, so we can bring everyone in together.”

"Why do I always feel like you are the calamity of light..." Xi Heng had been with you for so long, and he always had a strange premonition.

"No, no." The other person shook their head: "The difference between the human incarnation and the original is much greater than the difference between a mother and a child."

Xi Heng listened with barely any thought, and after a moment said, "Speaking of which, theoretically speaking, as long as the Light Calamity keeps its promises, the Xuanxiao Realm is indeed a relatively safe place..."

At least in these chaotic times, few places are safer than there.

"Should we take everyone there?" Su Ziyuan blinked repeatedly.

"No need. I can bring one of my avatars there, set up a node there, and then we can teleport directly through the Penglai World."

Xi Heng had already planned three spiritual fire teleportation nodes in his mind—the first one would be located at the location of his avatar in the Jingtian Realm, the second one would be located at the edge of the void where Jin You was, and the third one would be placed in the Xuanxiao Realm, which seemed to be relatively safe.

Although each node requires a large amount of spiritual fire and spiritual energy to take root and maintain, it is indeed necessary to establish it.

If the Spirit Fire Space cannot take root in the real world, it will be fine in the short term, but in the long term it will become unstable and eventually collapse.

Xi Hengyuan himself is one of the bases and nodes in the outside world.

Now that we're inside, we need to place at least one node on the outside to promote spatial stability.

One plant has already been placed in the Heavenly Realm, but that place is also a battlefield of calamities and cultivators, so it is not particularly safe.

It's better to plant more nodes—even if it consumes a lot of resources, stability is the most important thing.

"Hmm, okay," Su Ziyuan replied. "When do we set off?"

“After you’ve been away on missions or activities, you usually spend ten days or so here sightseeing. Let’s talk about it again once you’ve had enough rest,” Xi Heng said.

"I didn't expect you to have such a kind and understanding side..." The little girl seemed a bit surprised.

"It's always been good."

The girl pinched out two fingers and casually touched the other person's forehead.

She looked at the now relatively calm void for a while, then turned to find Yin Wanluan to plan the future construction of the Spirit Fire Space.

After all, we may be living here for a long time, so we naturally need to build a more comfortable place.

Su Ziyuan rubbed her brows, watched Xi Heng walk away a few steps, and pouted for a moment.

After a while, she picked up another piece of sweet pastry from the box and brought it to her lips.

Beside her, the void vision shared by the Light of Relief slowly rotated, for some unknown reason, from the Imaginary Realm itself to the more distant Realm of Heaven.

A moment later, lines of white light, like extended tentacles, were projected toward the extremely distant celestial realm.

A thousand miles in an instant, yet its power never fades.

Other calamities in the void continued to operate, while the imaginary realm that had just been in turmoil and the countless beings within it seemed to have been forgotten, turning into a small, round ball of blue light that slowly rotated on its own, with no other forces disturbing it.

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Volume 1: Chapter 381, Setting Up Camp

On a wooden platform by the lake, used for fishing.

"Whoo~"

Xi Heng casually uttered an onomatopoeic word, and with a wave of his right hand, scattered many special spirit stones shaped like small goose eggs onto the lake surface.

Small pebbles falling into the water create ripples and waves.

After a moment, the water calmed down, trembling only slightly with the breeze in the forest.

The leaves of the surrounding green trees rustled softly in the breeze, and a fearless white rabbit emerged from the bushes, stepping on the green leaves as it approached.

The other spirit beasts in the forest also sensed the fluctuation of spiritual energy. Several sika deer, carrying leaves and buds in their mouths, raised their heads to look.

These beasts in the spiritual fire space were cast by Xi Heng more than two hundred years ago.

Today, they have multiplied from two small animals into a species that has spread throughout the entire Penglai world.

Furthermore, as the spiritual veins within the realm become increasingly powerful, these spiritual beasts are also influenced and have basically acquired some spirituality, thus more or less transcending the category of wild animals.

If you spend more time here, you will clearly see that most of the animals can show some humanity in their daily lives.

Even their curiosity is undiminished.

A squirrel perched on a tree, its oversized tail protruding, peered out. Several birds of different appearances chirped and chattered, seemingly discussing something.

There are also snakes whose ancestors were imprisoned for decades, and the fewest of them exist here, flicking their tongues as they look over, wondering why there is such a strong spiritual energy surging here.

Xi Heng ignored the changes around him and simply took out a handful of special spirit stones from the large brocade pouch in his hand and scattered them.

The spirit stone fell in, and upon immersing in the water, it emitted a bluish light.

Its form changed from a solid to a more viscous liquid, and then, amidst the ripples in the water below, it transformed into various swimming fish, vividly and lively swaying its tails and swimming freely.

Catch a handful and scatter a handful, and a school of fish will gather at the bottom of the water, adding more vitality to the place.

This large lake is tens of thousands of meters wide and long, and it connects with the dense forest next to it, forming a Tai Chi symbol.

This lake did not exist before.

Xi Heng found the forest and wilderness next to this spiritual city too monotonous, so he used magic to dig up a clearing and a few bushes, creating a round pit shaped like a magatama.

The pit's curved surface and surrounding mud and dust remained smooth, but Xi Heng used magic to turn the soil near the surface into hard stone.

Transparent walkways were also built at the bottom of the lake, creating an underwater park in the style of the aquarium envisioned by Xi Heng.

The pipes are wide and not cramped, and the surrounding area is decorated with many lights, which is also part of the scenery.

After the long walkway that runs straight through the bottom of the lake was completed, Xi Heng threw a few water-attribute spirit fruits into the pit, and then used some wood magic to increase vitality and fill the environment, thus completing the basic shape of the lake.

Now comes the final step – releasing the fish fry.

Although there are many fish in the long river flowing through the city of Spirit Creation, and the shops in the city have even developed many ways to cook them, the variety is too limited. In the end, Xi Heng still chose to purchase a large number of aquatic amber spirit stones directly from outside.

These special spirit stones are generally used to feed any aquatic spirit beasts. The spiritual power contained within them can replenish the spirit beast's cultivation level, just like a elixir.

In order to adapt to the ecological environment, the spirit stone will quickly transform into various fish shapes as soon as it is put into the water.

Furthermore, these fish do indeed possess a certain degree of spirituality, exhibiting various fish-like behaviors that make it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake without divine perception.

More importantly, the types of fish that spirit stones can transform into are far more numerous than those in this realm.

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