Chapter 529: New Home for the Mortals

"As for the other cultivators, they are all people who cultivate and struggle against Heaven for their lives. What they choose to do is up to them. However, if any of the mortals wish to seek protection from other forces, they should be allowed to follow their own wishes. The Eternal Prosperity Sect will only take in those helpless mortals who have nowhere else to turn and are too weak to protect themselves. We will teach them how to survive in this unfamiliar world."

Sure enough, even after experiencing so much, the things that made Master shine had not changed. However, he had finally learned to stop wasting his light on those who did not need it... That was wonderful.

Fu Young thought silently, his eyes exceptionally bright as he gazed at Xiao Shou.

"Mm! Since you’ve decided to do this, you must already have a way to arrange things, right?"

His eyes were practically being blinded by Fu Young’s gaze. Tushan Shanhe shot him a sideways glance, yet still had to put up with him. The whole situation was truly infuriating.

If Tushan Shanhe felt aggrieved, then Ying Xuanyan, the Four Tribulation Immortal Ascendant who stood at the pinnacle of the Mystic Jade Realm, felt even worse. He had been captured by a brat at the Tribulation Crossing Stage, bound more tightly than a dumpling, and then ignored by everyone. He had truly suffered the worst luck imaginable.

The instinct to survive in a world where the weak were prey to the strong made him afraid to even consider how he might deal with Tushan Shanhe. After all, the Tushan Clan was a powerful family among the top clans of a top tier Spirit Realm.

Compared with them, the Celestial Artifice Palace, which Ying Xuanyan belonged to, was far inferior. Some Spirit Realms had already lost their inheritances, others were obscure and insignificant, and only a handful had managed to establish themselves at the pinnacle. Moreover, the Celestial Artifice Palace’s backing in the Immortal Realm was not particularly strong.

He could not compete with Tushan Shanhe in terms of connections, nor could he match him in combat strength. Other than swallowing his anger and accepting his fate, what else could he do?

However, he had already marked the true culprit who had caused him to seek trouble with Xiao Shou for revenge. Once he escaped, he intended to settle the score with her.

Unaware of the little schemes brewing in Immortal Ascendant Ying Xuanyan’s mind, Xiao Shou nodded at Tushan Shanhe’s question. Then, with a thought, he sent a private voice transmission to him.

"Great Granduncle Shanhe, I used that damaged realm membrane along with several other rare materials to refine a special space time treasure. It contains a world of its own and can accommodate mortals and cultivators below the Deity Transformation Stage for living and cultivation. However, the Heavenly Dao’s laws inside it are incomplete. Anyone who begins cultivating there from the Qi Refining Stage onward will be unable to advance to a higher realm."

"Oh! If the Heavenly Dao’s laws are incomplete, you can merge the realm stone into your special treasure to make up for the missing parts. That will allow cultivators to advance in their cultivation while inside. If the realm stone receives enough spiritual energy, it can even promote the growth of the world within."

There were countless examples of this throughout the Spirit Realms. Many Sumeru immortal artifacts, sects, and family secret realms had been created in this way. Even the Tushan Clan possessed more than a dozen secret realms of this kind.

Thus, Tushan Shanhe had extensive experience. After offering Xiao Shou some guidance, he spoke aloud in front of everyone, making sure they could all hear him.

"Then hand it over to me. I’ll help you with this."

"Thank you, Great Granduncle Shanhe. Also, White Silver City is a subordinate city of the Eternal Prosperity Sect, so it can be moved directly into the area beside the Eternal Prosperity Mountain Range."

Hearing this, Xiao Shou summoned the special treasure he had refined without the slightest hesitation and handed it to Tushan Shanhe. As Tushan Shanhe accepted it, information he had received after successfully creating the Heaven Origin Realm suddenly flashed through his mind.

[ Heaven Origin Realm ]

[ A space time treasure refined primarily from the membrane of a Small Thousand Realm, million year old silver heart, Millenium Ice Heart Core, and a Tier 6 Flower of Time. It contains a world of its own, spanning ninety million li. The celestial phenomena and passage of time within it change according to its master’s will. ]

[ Master: Xiao Shou. ]

[ Creator: Xiao Shou. ]

With proper cultivation and development, it could become a portable secret realm. Although Xiao Shou did not possess an immortal artifact like the Immortal Pearl, having such a treasure was almost like carrying an entire world around with him.

Of course, he would need to expend considerable effort and resources to fill it. Only then could its initially empty interior gradually transform into a secret realm rich in resources. But at the time, Xiao Shou had thought that even if the place remained barren, he would be satisfied simply to possess a world of his own.

Now, being able to use it to shelter and protect the mortals of the Heaven Origin Realm made the treasure well worth the effort. This was far more meaningful than keeping it as a personal portable treasure.

Xiao Shou had conceived this idea as soon as he saw the resources of the Heaven Origin Realm being divided up among the various forces. As a cultivator himself, he had no obligation to protect the other cultivators of the Heaven Origin Realm. But when it came to sheltering its mortals, there was never anything to hesitate about.

Looking at the pearl like space time treasure that had been handed directly into his hands, Tushan Shanhe was speechless.

There was no way a descendant of that fellow Tushan Qing could be this naive and trusting.