Darkness, profound and deep, with countless viscous and unknown substances flowing in the black sea unknown depths.

A massive vortex of darkness was slowly rotating, its size so immense that the entire far side of the moon appeared as insignificant dust before it.

At the very center of the vortex was an irregular island of black and yellow rock.

The island remained motionless at the vortex's center, its surface even bearing a collection of pavilions and towers.

Beneath the sharp, curved eaves of the buildings, slender black streamers swayed gently in the wind.

The buildings were mostly characterized by pointed and rounded domes, with dark gold and black as the primary colors.

Many of the buildings had large golden rings standing upright on their sides, shimmering with colored light.

At this moment, countless iridescent halos rapidly condensed within one of the golden rings.

Hiss!

In an instant, a white ray of light shot out, landing gently and revealing three figures.

It was none other than Yin Jiu Zhenren, accompanied by Li Cheng Yi and Que Ru.

"This is the True Division," Yin Jiu Zhenren exhaled. "According to the rules, you must acquire your methods here before returning to your original location."

Li Cheng Yi nodded, carefully surveying the small island before him.

Outside the island was a hemispherical black firmament, with countless black fluids rapidly rotating in the outside world. Just a slight gaze caused dizziness.

He quickly averted his gaze, looking toward the buildings instead.

Most of these buildings resembled Taoist temples and palaces, clearly demonstrating that the Tian Ju Pavilion still adhered to the Taoist style.

The continuous, undulating Taoist buildings were mostly deserted and quiet, with hardly anyone around.

"Why is it that, aside from us, we don't see anyone? Are there no guardians here or anything?" Que Ru asked, voicing the question Li Cheng Yi wanted to ask.

"This is a place for acquiring methods. After you've chosen the forbidden knowledge path system, you can leave and cultivate on your own. You wouldn't think you'd have to cultivate here all the time, would you? If cultivation could constantly advance in one place, then we wouldn't need to search and compete for resources everywhere," Yin Jiu Zhenren said with a smile, shaking his head.

"There are indeed guardians here, but you can't see them."

Li Cheng Yi understood some of the internal affairs of the True Division. His teacher, Yin Yue, had mentioned some details before he came.

"May I ask, Shibo, is there no concept of time here, as Teacher Yin Yue said?" He thought for a moment before asking.

"That's natural. When you return, you'll still be able to go back to the second day after you left. The builders of the True Division have divided all things into countless nodes. They extract you from spacetime and return you to the vicinity of the moment you left," Yin Jiu Zhenren's explanation was difficult for the two to fully understand.

However, they still tried to remember these words, perhaps to gain enlightenment in the future.

The two followed Yin Jiu all the way to the largest Taoist palace here.

The entire exterior of the Taoist palace resembled a strange beast with disheveled hair, its mouth open as if to devour.

The strange beast was neither lion nor lion, with gray-white fur all over its body. The patterns between the fur were the subtle stone pillars and ropes that supported the building of the Taoist palace.

Yin Jiu was the first to enter the gate of the Taoist palace, with the two following closely behind.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a tall Taoist with a snake's head and a human body, sitting quietly on a prayer mat with blue fluorescent lights shining in his eyes, and a huge black sea character behind him: One.

"You must pay your respects to him. This is Senior Ping Qiu, the Taoist who imparts the Dharma," Yin Jiu said solemnly, turning his head.

Li Cheng Yi and Que Ru hurriedly followed suit and bowed to the Taoist.

The other party didn't seem to notice them at all, still sitting motionless on the prayer mat, like a sculpture.

"This place is the origin of time. You have three hundred breaths to slightly comprehend the changes in the surrounding origin points. Afterwards, you must return here to receive the Dharma," Yin Jiu said in a deep voice.

Li Cheng Yi and Que Ru both bowed to him.

"Thank you, Shibo."

"Remember, once the Dharma is imparted, if you cannot improve your realm within three hundred years, you will be demoted to the Guard Division and sent out to open Tian Ju Pavilion branches and recruit disciples," Yin Jiu instructed.

The two were stern in their hearts, and nodded with serious expressions.

After bowing again, the two turned and left the Taoist palace.

Stepping on the ground of this island, Li Cheng Yi truly felt that this was a real place.

He looked up at the dark firmament rotating rapidly around him.

He glanced at Que Ru.

"What are Shijie's plans?"

"I plan to wander around first, and then contact other fellow disciples to exchange information," Que Ru replied.

"However, I heard from my teacher that the disciples who receive the Dharma here are not only from our spacetime, but also from the entry disciples of other node spacetimes. Rash exchanges may cause huge karma and entangle oneself, so the gaps for coming to impart the Dharma are arranged," Li Cheng Yi said. "I'm afraid that disciples will communicate with each other in advance, affecting the variables of different spacetimes."

"It's not that serious. The solidified areas of different spacetimes in the Black Sea are different," Que Ru smiled. "The elders of the division use great supernatural powers to reverse the changes of all things. Those who can jump out of these changes are naturally not affected. Those who cannot jump out are just ants and cannot hear our words. It is also impossible to come here."

Li Cheng Yi didn't quite understand. Obviously, the other party knew much more than him.

Seeming to see Li Cheng Yi's lack of knowledge, Que Ru stopped talking, bowed, and turned to walk towards another Taoist palace.

Li Cheng Yi watched her leave and took a light breath.

Since time was limited, he didn't delay and turned to quickly walk towards the edge of the island.

Before long, he came to the edge of the black island rock.

Outside was rapidly flowing black fluid.

Countless fluids were like black worms, with a granular feel. Approaching, one could hear countless buzzing sounds.

"This is the origin point matter?" Li Cheng Yi slowly stretched out his hand, his fingertip touching the black fluid.

Whoosh!

The front half of his finger instantly disappeared, as if cut off by an extremely sharp blade, leaving no trace.

"Sure enough... This is the Still Scenery."

Yin Yue had also mentioned before he came that the Still Scenery contained all things and also dissolved all things. It was the original substance before the origin of everything.

Without reaching the Saint level, rashly touching it would be extremely harmful.

After testing it himself, Li Cheng Yi believed it.

'This place seems extremely boring, no wonder there are not many people staying here.'

He glanced around and saw that the island was empty. Apart from Que Ru who had just left, he couldn't see anyone else.

Sighing in his heart, he began to wander around the Taoist palaces one by one.

Most of the Taoist palaces here were empty, with no one inside. Only a few had one person sitting quietly in cultivation, but they didn't react to greetings.

It was like a dead zone.

Li Cheng Yi went around every Taoist palace, and then at the back of the island, he found a small well with a round opening.

A Taoist youth with red skin and bull horns was standing by the well.

He stared blankly at the well, chanting something, not knowing what he was saying.

Seeing that the time was approaching, he returned to the largest Taoist palace, entered the door, and sat cross-legged behind Yin Jiu.

"Isn't it very boring?" Yin Jiu smiled.

"Indeed, it's empty, and no one pays attention to us. This place is completely different from what I originally thought," Li Cheng Yi frowned.

"It is normal for it to be like this. After staying here for a long time, any living being will be affected by the surrounding Still Scenery, thereby reducing the speed of their own changes."

He said with a smile.

"To put it simply, if you stay here for a long time, your own time will become slower and slower. If you don't take the key step of becoming a Saint, you will be forever turned into a still sculpture and left here."

He sighed.

"Do you see these empty Taoist palaces? They used to be full of people. Unfortunately, those predecessors of the division failed to take the key step and eventually merged with this place, turning into underground black stone. In the beginning, this island did not exist, but was transformed by the corpses of senior teachers. Gradually expanding."

Li Cheng Yi was awe-struck in his heart, and the image of the Tian Ju Pavilion in his heart became even more mysterious.

After sitting cross-legged for a while, Que Ru also returned.

The two sat cross-legged facing the snake-headed human Taoist, just like Yin Jiu, and waited quietly.

Dong.

Suddenly, a bell rang.

A colorful ray of light suddenly flew in from outside the Taoist palace and landed accurately in front of the three.

The ray of light turned into a bald old Taoist with a double chin, wearing a white Taoist robe. The other two arms besides his arms were wantonly showing off behind him.

The old Taoist nodded slightly to Yin Jiu, and also sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting quietly for the Dharma to be imparted.

Soon, Ping Qiu, the snake-headed human Taoist, slowly defrosted like an ice sculpture, and his face trembled.

His blue glowing eyes rolled and scanned the four people present.

"The Dharma transmission begins. Calm your mind and focus." A strange, shrill voice with a hissing sound echoed among the crowd.

The four quickly adjusted their states.

Li Cheng Yi's eyes locked on Taoist Ping Qiu.

Dong.

In a trance, there was another sound of bells.

The blue light in the opponent's eyes was like two beams of light, shooting out suddenly and piercing into his eyes.

In an instant, countless messages poured into his mind, just like the feeling when using the Talented Flower Language.

It was just that the strength was slightly lighter than that time.

Countless methods about how to improve the Yin Canon Creation Furnace, how to burn it, how to strengthen it, etc., entered Li Cheng Yi's consciousness.

Not only that, but at the same time, an ancient furnace image engraved with countless patterns and symbolic texts emerged from the information transmitted by Ping Qiu Taoist.

The Primordial Spirit Sword Palace in Li Cheng Yi's mind vibrated violently, and the sword furnace in the shape of a sword was affected by this, and its shape changed rapidly.

It became more refined, and black sea text patterns constantly appeared on the surface. The fire inside became brighter and clearer.

The furnace image seemed to be a great tonic for nourishing the Sword Furnace, and quickly shortened and stabilized Li Cheng Yi's current realm of True Fire and Void Fire.

At the same time, the Sword Furnace he condensed also flew out a transparent image and reflected it into Ping Qiu Taoist's eyes.

Not knowing how long it had passed, Li Cheng Yi slowly woke up from his meditation.

He was still sitting in the Taoist palace, but the Primordial Spirit Sword Palace was more solid and pure than ever before.

The previously illusory and translucent fire of the Sword Furnace had now turned into a substantial golden flame.

In just a short while, he actually directly crossed the Void Fire level and entered the second stage of True Fire, Refined Fire!

In this stage, the True Fire of the Sword Furnace will begin to fully strengthen the body's flesh, bones, etc.

The ultimate state of the Refined Fire Realm is to purify and strengthen the flesh body to the limit of living beings.

It is not the upper limit of a certain race, but the limit of the entire living being.

Li Cheng Yi, who had obtained a large number of Yin Canon cultivation methods, instantly recognized the realm he was in at this time in his heart.

(End of this chapter)