Boom!
The forest shook, the ground trembled, and all the ancient trees swayed, with leaves flying in all directions as if a great earthquake had occurred.
A massive Earth Dragon roared. Its body was as huge as a mountain, with legs stretching over a hundred meters. As it moved through the forest, it was capable of toppling small hills.
Its enormous claws came crashing down, breaking ancient trees and shattering boulders, directly collapsing the terrain. Though it seemed clumsy, its colossal size allowed it to cover great distances with each step.
Yet, such a ferocious beast was now fleeing. A tiny figure in the distance chased it like a shooting star, each step causing the ground to crack. Though small, this figure possessed overwhelming divine power.
“Roar!”
The Earth Dragon roared as it found it could no longer run. The tiny figure had grasped its tail and was pulling it backward as if dragging a sack.
Rocks tumbled, ancient trees fell, and the little figure dragged the enormous Earth Dragon out of the mountains. In the setting sun, the small figure pulling a beast as large as a small hill looked incredibly fearsome.
The setting sun stretched their shadows, making them appear disproportionally long.
“Little one is so powerful!” From a distance, Pi Hou and Er Meng were left dumbfounded.
In recent days, Little One had been undergoing various exercises, with wrestling beasts being the most straightforward and direct. He did not kill them but captured several beasts that posed a threat to the village and dragged them away to a distant location.
This was already the eighth beast he had subdued, which was astonishing.
In the morning, Little One rose early and left once more. This time, he arrived at a waterfall group five hundred miles away, standing at the base and confronting the cascading waterfalls.
Above, everything was a blur of white, with huge rocks occasionally falling. Instead of throwing punches, he radiated light and covered himself in symbols to counter the force.
“Rise!” he shouted.
“Boom!”
The white waterfall momentarily halted, then began to flow backward, heading upward. It was wrapped in a multitude of golden symbols, resembling a divine river.
In the past, when he trained his body, he had been struck under a great waterfall and resisted falling boulders. Now, it was entirely different. With just a breath and a loud shout, the symbols soared into the sky, lifting the enormous waterfall.
To ordinary people, this was a miracle. The entire waterfall group was bathed in golden light, with symbols interweaving and imprinting on the waters, looking brilliantly divine.
Little One was training to consolidate his cultivation in the Cave Heaven realm. He was waiting for the Willow Deity to perform the baptism, hoping to create new miracles.
The Tenth Cave Heaven was opened by him alone, exceeding the Willow Deity's expectations. Yet, it still insisted on performing the baptism for the child, to see if there could be new transformations.
At noon, Little One arrived at a lake, leaped into the water with a splash, and then the lake boiled. With a roar, hundreds of thousands of pounds of water surged up. He stood there, creating a vacuum, and then a portion of the lake water rose into the air, appearing as if he were a dragon confining the waters, suspended in mid-air.
Little One's training had moved beyond merely lifting giant stones to this form of resistance, requiring greater consumption and challenging both body and symbols, even his spirit.
With all Ten Cave Heavens opened, Little One could confine everything within a certain range. This was a release of ultimate divine power, difficult for ordinary opponents to break through.
This was not a treasure technique but an eruption of accumulated divine power, almost turning into a domain. It was the foundation for his ability to push through opponents in the Cave Heaven realm.
In this grand realm, he had reached its utmost limit, able to look down upon all within this level, like a deity.
Finally, after exhausting his divine power, a roar sounded, and the golden symbols disappeared. Half the lake's water fell, shaking the ground like muffled thunder.
Little One was directly slammed down, struggling for some time before crawling out of the great lake, exhausted and collapsing on the grass by the shore.
He was undergoing extreme training, not satisfied with the current state, and aimed to further elevate himself in the Cave Heaven realm, breaking through the Ten Cave limit.
“I want to surpass and reach the strongest level.”
The young rascal roared. After sufficient rest, he began his efforts again, disturbing the entire mountain range and frightening away all fierce birds and beasts.
In the blink of an eye, two months passed. The willow tree at the village head continued to glow, with mist and a peaceful aura that made training nearby extremely effective.
Recently, the Great Red Bird, Zi Yun, Unicorn Xiao Bai, and others all gathered here for secluded cultivation, achieving great results.
The young rascal was exhausted from early mornings to late nights, having solidified his cultivation in the Cave Heaven realm, and continued striving to push beyond the limit.
Finally, in the third month, the Willow Deity returned to calm. It was a brief period of silence before it emitted a divine sound, calling Little One back.
Even from deep in the wilderness, hundreds of miles away, the young rascal could sense it, as the imprint appeared like a lightning bolt across the void, manifesting before his eyes.
“It's about to begin.” He put everything aside and raced back to Stone Village.
The villagers were all stirred up; this was a major event. Everyone was anxious, including Er Tuzi and Ba Zhen Ji, who were all attentive and peering around.
Mao Qiu was even more restless, itching to rush over, but was stopped and unable to get close.
Little One returned, adjusted his breathing to be full of energy, and then sat under the willow tree, serious and solemn, no longer displaying his usual playful demeanor.
“It begins,” said the Willow Deity calmly, with only these three words. Then, its entire body shone, with a dozen branches hanging down like orderly divine chains, radiating treasure light.
First, four jade jars shattered, and four drops of crystal-clear divine liquid flew up. With a roar, they exploded into a blazing cloud, surging like a vast ocean.
These were the blood of four great ferocious beasts: the Sky Devouring Sparrow, the creatures of Mount Yi, Qiong Qi, and the beings from the Southern Falling Divine Mountain, condensed essence previously refined by the Willow Deity.
At this moment, the four drops of blood exploded, and the divine power they emitted was as if heaven and earth were breaking apart, with such intense fluctuations that they could destroy the village and the land.
However, all the ripples were countered by the dozens of willow branches, and the ocean-like radiance was tamed, turning into streams that coalesced into waterfalls, falling from the sky and showering upon Little One’s body.
This was a wondrous sight, as if the celestial realm had opened. The divine spring and nectar fell, nourishing a mortal youth, tempering his body, and seizing the creation of the universe.
Little One closed his eyes, his body glowing. The divine radiance from the blood of the strongest beings merged into him, rumbling as his organs shone, and his body emitted a mist as if he were about to ascend with the mist.
Ripples spread out, and Little One’s bones cracked with a sound, his flesh and blood moving rhythmically with a crackling noise, like a divine sound, containing a Daoist charm.
He had reached the peak of the Cave Heaven realm, with little progress possible. His body had become stronger, and though the symbols were brilliant and covered him inside and out, there was no significant change.
“I don’t believe this isn’t the peak. There must be more to break through.”
Little One suddenly opened his eyes, with his black hair flowing. His eyes sparkled like lightning, his entire body enveloped in clouds and mist, resembling a youthful deity with a world-shocking aura.
Boom!
Around him, all ten Cave Heavens appeared simultaneously. This time, instead of “lava” falling, they refined the divine light, absorbing the essence of the four great deities, with continuous roaring sounds.
Among them, the Cave Heaven above his head was the most magnificent, filling the void, commanding the other nine Cave Heavens with unmatched pressure.
These days, he had been studying why the largest Cave Heaven was different and whether it was possible to transform the other nine Cave Heavens into something as magnificent, which would certainly cause a surge in divine power.
“Will this not be wasted?” From a distance, the old clan leader was astonished. If these divine essences were consumed by the ten Cave Heavens, it would be too regrettable.
“He is giving back. He usually draws divine power from the Ten Cave Heavens, and now he is using endless divine brilliance to nourish them. Is he opening new Cave Heavens?” Er Tuzi was puzzled. With ten Cave Heavens already perfected, what more could be done?
Suddenly, Little One let out a loud shout, his entire body ablaze with symbols. His bones cracked and his flesh trembled as endless vitality transformed into a true dragon that surged up, splitting into ten streams and entering the Ten Cave Heavens.
Boom!
The sounds of Dao reverberated continuously, and the Ten Cave Heavens roared, becoming even more resplendent. It was as if the celestial realm had emerged, with the Ten Cave Heavens merging into one, dazzling and astonishing, with divine radiance boiling.
In the sky, the divine essence of the four great beings turned into waterfalls, all pouring in. It was as if the heavens and earth were being opened, with some chaotic energy spreading.
The Ten Cave Heavens absorbed all the essence, but it was still not enough.
The Willow Deity intervened. The dozens of willow branches that had been drooping, fresh and dripping, suddenly flared up. Each branch's tip, previously tender, began to drip liquid.
Divine light pierced through the sky. This was the divine essence of the Willow Deity. As the juice fell, it resembled a sea of life descending, and just the aura alone caused all the vegetation in Stone Village and the surrounding mountains to grow wildly, with vitality astonishing.
In the grass and soil, many seeds immediately took root and sprouted, rising from the ground in an instant and growing rapidly.
On the sheer cliffs, withered old trees and dead giant vines suddenly began to glow with dense green vitality, reviving and gaining new life.
This was a miracle. The Willow Deity’s juice was like the opening of the heavens and the creation of a vast world, ending the void and bringing forth immense life force.
In front of the village, everyone felt completely refreshed, old ailments disappeared, and the oppressive feeling vanished. The vitality was overwhelming.
Even the elderly clan members instantly had their faces flush and their spirits restored, seeming to have rejuvenated by several years.
In the center of the scene, Little One sat cross-legged under the willow tree, with the blackened tree trunk behind him, fresh branches beside him, and sparkling juice in the air. He felt an indescribable Daoist charm.
Endless vitality and rolling Dao sounds poured into his body, then surged into the Ten Cave Heavens, turning into countless symbols, densely packed, achieving a breathtaking baptism.
He had reached this step through his own efforts. After reaching the ultimate realm, the Willow Deity performed the baptism for him, just to see if, like others who had help, he could reach new heights and possibly create a miracle.
“Hum”
The aura was overwhelming. The Ten Cave Heavens roared, expanding violently, almost unable to contain the divine essence of the Willow Deity. It was truly vast, each drop like a boundless ocean.
Boom!
Little One’s body shone, holding his breath, as his vitality condensed into a beam of light that burst out of his body and flew into the Ten Cave Heavens.
At that moment, the world seemed to fall silent, as if time had frozen, everything returning to emptiness. He felt as if he had traversed the cosmic wilderness, condensing the essence of heaven and earth.
In a moment that felt like eons, he wandered in the void, creating the world, merging his spirit with the Ten Cave Heavens, transforming into a celestial domain.
“It seems I know what to do now.”
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