Chapter 1031: Opening Up

"Master!"

Zhou Yuan looked at the figure in the scene with some shock. These scenes should be the memories of the Heavenly Fire Tree King, but he never expected to see Cang Yuan here! What on earth was going on?! Had the Heavenly Fire Tree King met Master before? With doubt flickering in his heart, Zhou Yuan's gaze was fixed intently on Cang Yuan's figure.

In the Heavenly Fire Tree King's memory, Cang Yuan's hair and beard were still white. However, compared to the Cang Yuan in Zhou Yuan's impression, his aura back then was even more formidable. When he appeared, the heavens and earth rumbled, as if in awe of a Saint.

Cang Yuan stood in the void, looking down at the continuous mountain ranges below. Finally, he seemed to nod gently. Then, he raised his palm, and a seedling appeared in its center. The seedling was emerald green, with faint flames flickering upon it.

Cang Yuan opened his mouth and exhaled a ball of Genesis Qi towards the emerald seedling. That Genesis Qi was like a starry sky, with countless star-dust particles twinkling within. Though it was just a small ball of Genesis Qi, it seemed to contain a miniature world. The starlike Genesis Qi enveloped the emerald seedling. Immediately, he tossed his hand, and the emerald seedling descended from the sky, finally landing directly into the mountains below.

Boom! Boom! When the seedling fell to the ground, it immediately merged into it. Immediately afterward, the mountains began to tremble, and Zhou Yuan watched in shock as crimson trees burst forth from the earth. Endless Heavenly Fire Trees continuously emerged and grew at an astonishing speed. In just a few minutes, this mountain range transformed into a crimson forest, and the forest's boundaries continued to spread outwards. This was already the prototype of today's Ancient Heavenly Fire Forest.

"The Heavenly Fire Tree King was actually planted by Master back then?!" Zhou Yuan murmured in astonishment. The seedling that Cang Yuan had thrown down earlier was clearly the Heavenly Fire Tree King!

However, after planting the Heavenly Fire Tree King, Cang Yuan did not stop. He raised his hand, and two more light clusters ascended from it. One light cluster was azure blue, and the other was silver. As before, Cang Yuan exhaled a ball of Genesis Qi to envelop each of them, then flicked his finger. The two light clusters shot through the air, heading towards distant directions.

After completing these actions, Cang Yuan closed his eyes and waited for an unknown period. Suddenly, he brought his hands together, then slowly opened them again. Boom! Boom! At that instant, the entire world trembled. Zhou Yuan could feel that between Cang Yuan's palms, a space was gradually taking shape. It was a space created by Cang Yuan. As the space expanded, Cang Yuan's body gradually ascended into the sky. Finally, he spread his palms, and the newly created space began to rise, eventually merging with this world.

But it wasn't completely over yet. Cang Yuan pointed a finger into the air, and as the Ancient Heavenly Fire Forest below vibrated thunderously, an emerald green pillar of light shot up into the sky. That light pillar soared straight into the clouds, eventually interweaving in the void to form a massive emerald light diagram. After this, on the other two sides of the world, two more pillars of light shot skyward—one azure blue and one silver. These also formed two massive light diagrams high in the sky, slowly rotating, mysterious and unpredictable.

The three light diagrams appeared between heaven and earth. The next moment, beams of light shot out from them, piercing through the void and connecting them to each other. Cang Yuan gazed at the forming light array, smiled faintly, and then raised both hands.

Boom! Boom! Boom! A scene that deeply shocked Zhou Yuan unfolded: Throughout this vast world, massive pillars of light shot skyward, merging into the light array formed by the three light diagrams. Each of those light pillars was incredibly brilliant and vast, and the Genesis Qi gathered within them made Zhou Yuan feel absolute terror. Under such Genesis Qi, he felt as small as an ant. What exactly was Grand Master Cang Yuan doing with such a grand scheme?

Under Zhou Yuan's shocked gaze, hundreds of terrifying Genesis Qi pillars entered the light array. Then, after being guided and refined by the array, they flowed like a torrent, completely pouring into the space that Cang Yuan had opened earlier. As a result, that originally lifeless space instantly transformed into a blessed land, a grotto-heaven! Even just watching the memory scene, Zhou Yuan could feel how vast and abundant the Genesis Qi within that space was. As more and more Genesis Qi surged into the space, the three light diagrams, along with Cang Yuan's extraordinary methods, were imprinted directly onto the entrance of the space. Finally, the fluctuations between heaven and earth gradually dispersed, and that space merged into the world, disappearing from sight.

The sources of the three light diagrams also became silent, hidden within heaven and earth. Zhou Yuan silently watched this scene. After a long while, he exhaled deeply. He finally knew what Grand Master Cang Yuan had been doing... If he wasn't mistaken, the space created by Cang Yuan's own hand should be the core of the current Heaven Abyss Great Domain: the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere!

Genesis Qi was not naturally born within the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere. According to Senior Sister Xi Jing, the vast Genesis Qi supplied to the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere came from the nine hundred provinces of the Heaven Abyss Great Domain. However, she clearly didn't know that this was merely the surface. The true reason the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere became a cultivation sanctuary desired by countless people in the Heaven Abyss Great Domain was the mysterious light array formed by those three light diagrams. Only after being guided and refined by that light array could the more refined Heaven and Earth Genesis Qi enable the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere to reach its current state.

Zhou Yuan clicked his tongue in wonder. If he wasn't mistaken, the sources of those three light diagrams were the Heavenly Fire Tree King and the two other wondrous objects hidden within heaven and earth. This was the greatest secret of the Heaven Abyss Great Domain. Perhaps even elders like Xi Jing and Sovereign Xuan Kun were unaware, otherwise, they wouldn't have been so clueless about the Heavenly Fire Tree King's existence.

But why did the Five Great Alliances know about the Heavenly Fire Tree King's existence, find it, and capture it? Zhou Yuan paused, then in the next instant, he seemed to understand something, and a chill immediately shot from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. The true purpose of the opposing side was probably to target the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere? How did they know this secret, one that even elders like Xi Jing were unaware of? Law Domain experts like Hong Jiuyuan probably didn't have such capability... It was Grand Venerable Wan Zu!

A chill rose in Zhou Yuan's heart. Others might not know Grand Master Cang Yuan's methods, but that individual, also a top-tier existence in this world, might very well see through them. He wanted to hunt down the three wondrous objects, break the array, and then destroy the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere from its very roots! What a vicious scheme! Destroying the Heaven Abyss One-Sphere would be far more terrifying than conquering hundreds of provinces in the Heaven Abyss Great Domain! At this moment, Zhou Yuan's scalp tingled. Grand Venerable Wan Zu was willing to resort to such a ruthless, absolute strategy just to force Grand Master Cang Yuan out...