Chapter 424: Chapter 383: Jingshan’s Disappearance (Bonus for 1,000 Monthly Tickets in February)

Jiang Yuebai also didn’t know how long had passed, an instant, or a million years.

Her consciousness was immersed in the Divine Tree Branch, witnessing the transformation from chaos to clarity in the world, from one giving birth to two, two giving birth to three, and then three giving birth to all things.

Sun and moon, stars, the four seasons, vegetation, Five Elements, the natural world...

The path she had comprehended over these years, the path not yet understood, what she learned and gained, all in this process transitioned from scattered to integrated, as if countless chaotic threads finally allowed her to find the thread end.

With a wave of her hand, she pulled out a landscape belonging to her own.

Golden Core as the sun, Divine Elixir as the moon, spirit and energy weaving Five Element Spiritual Energy as all things, dividing the four seasons, opening heaven and earth within the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.

Jiang Yuebai immersed herself in this process, witnessing a speck of dust transform into continuous high mountains, witnessing swirling water vapor accumulate into rivers and lakes, seeing seeds sprout and eventually become ocean forests, seeing lightning and thunder bring down flowing fire, seeing mountains and rivers shatter, gold hidden within stones...

Time swiftly passed, the earth went from birth to destruction, then reborn anew from destruction, with only the heavens unchanged, only the heavens eternal.

Jiang Yuebai gazed at that piece of ’heaven’, in the Enlightenment Realm, her own sapling grew increasingly robust.

Stars shift, seasons come and go, floating clouds and morning dews, the change of sea and mulberry fields.

Jiang Yuebai almost forgot the existence of ’herself’, when the earth finally stabilized, she suddenly returned to consciousness to find herself standing on the mountain peak.

The sky was clear and bright, with not a single cloud for ten thousand miles, where her gaze fell, great rivers surged, forests were lush, peach forests spread pink beneath the mountain, streams rushed through the valley, silver mist splashed.

She turned around, and in a moment thought she saw the Divine Tree, but upon closer inspection realized that the tree standing in the center of this land, supporting the heavens with its crown, was much smaller than the Divine Tree, likely transformed from that segment of the Divine Tree Branch.

"Is this my Lotus Platform Cave Heaven? Has the Small World already formed?"

Jiang Yuebai rose into the air, rushing towards the four directions, discovering that this land wasn’t vast and boundless, but still larger than Huaxi Valley and Heavenly Cry Peak combined. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

This place remains the center Lotus Platform, amidst the boundless darkness, there still exist countless large and small Lotus Platforms, presenting different worlds based on the different things she placed on them.

Jiang Yuebai excitedly ran back under the center mountain, inspecting the soil, rivers, and trees in the valley.

"It’s like springtime now, the Spiritual Energy in the soil is alright, can be used to plant some Spiritual Medicine, though the overall Spiritual Energy and Earth Vein Spiritual Energy are still somewhat lacking. Later, when my cultivation is high enough, I can move in a few Spirit Veins, plant fields here, build a house there..."

Jiang Yuebai happily planned, and when tired, she lay in the flowery sea on the hillside, stretching her arms and laughing blissfully.

"Finally, there’s a piece of Small World all to myself, oh right!"

Jiang Yuebai sat up, frowning in thought.

"I came in here, what does the outside look like? The Five Elements Lotus Platform can’t have come in too, right? This is bad!"

Jiang Yuebai hurriedly focused her mind to exit the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.

*

At that time, atop the Divine Tree in the Phoenix Nest.

Two fiery red fledglings, taking advantage of the Phoenix Father and Phoenix Mother being away, ran to the center of the Phoenix Nest, drooling at a cluster of White Ganoderma growing in the Glazed Lotus Platform.

The orangish one couldn’t resist and opened its mouth to peck at the fatty leaves of the Ganoderma, the other fiery fledgling quickly flared its wings to block, sticking out its feather-barren rump.

That was from the day before yesterday when it tried to steal a nibble of the Lingzhi and was beaten by the Phoenix Father.

The orangish fledgling brushed off the other, directly pecking at the White Ganoderma.

Slap!

A dull noise echoed through the Phoenix Nest, the orangish fledgling tilted its head, slapped by the Ganoderma.

The other one stared agape as that cluster of White Ganoderma shrank back into the Glazed Lotus Platform with a swoosh, and then a figure leaped out from within.

Jiang Yuebai put away the Lotus Platform and looked down at herself, touching her face and head, feeling the changes in her body.

Body intact, cultivation greatly improved, the Lingzhi atop her head was gone, her nose didn’t blossom, ears were normal, but why was her hair still white?

Jiang Yuebai tugged at a strand of hair, scrutinizing it closely to find that while her hair looked like normal hair, it was actually extremely fine White Vine.

Jiang Yuebai held it under her nose and sniffed, detecting a faint floral fragrance, very refreshing, no hint of demon energy.

White hair it is, better than having Lingzhi sprouting on her head, some who practice special Cultivation Techniques also have white hair.

Her heart calmed, and Jiang Yuebai then looked at the two fledglings as tall as she was, realizing how much time had passed for these Phoenix fledglings to hatch.

Jiang Yuebai leaned to the side, looking behind the fledglings, seeing remnants of a few egg shells!

"Cough~ Thank you for looking after me during this time, I don’t have much to offer, but look at your messy nest, I’ll tidy it up for you."

As Jiang Yuebai spoke, she moved to the back, swiftly gathering the eggshell fragments.

The two fledglings looked bewildered, glancing at each other, both shaking their heads.

"Could I ask how long I’ve been asleep here?"

One fledgling raised its paw, spreading out four toes.

Jiang Yuebai stared in surprise, "Four months? It didn’t feel that long."

The other fledgling stretched out a paw, raising one toe, and chirped.

"I’ve been asleep for five years!!"

Jiang Yuebai was so shocked she almost jumped, her first reaction was disbelief!

Calming down to think carefully, she realized she had experienced the entire process of the Small World’s initial opening, birth, transformation to stability within the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, during which she had no sense of time passing, only immersing herself in the evolution of the world.

This entire process only took five years, which isn’t long. Without the Divine Tree’s help, she wouldn’t have completed it in a hundred years.

"Xie Jingshan!"

Jiang Yuebai remembered instructing Xie Jingshan before she became a demon not to leave until her return; five years, could Xie Jingshan still be waiting for her in Lanruo Valley?

"Divine Tree, I’m leaving for a while."

Jiang Yuebai jumped directly from the edge of the Phoenix Nest.

Little did she know, her departure without saying a word caused the Male Phoenix and Female Phoenix, upon returning, not seeing the Lotus Platform and Lingzhi, to directly scold the two fledglings.

During her downward flight, Jiang Yuebai glanced at the Immortal Cultivation Panel, finding her "Five Elements Returning to Truth Skill" had already reached the late stage of the Third Layer, one breakthrough away from the Fourth Layer - Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Golden Core securely in the Dantian, Divine Elixir securely in the Sea of Consciousness, akin to the Yin Yang Fish Eye in a Tai Chi Diagram, allowing her to faintly touch the threshold of Yin Yang.

These five years weren’t spent in vain.

A cloud of vivid green mist flew out from the tree crown, buzzing and approaching.

"Green Armor Bee Swarm? You’re still here, and have grown so much."

Jiang Yuebai casually received the Green Armor Bee Swarm into the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.

Nearing the ground, Jiang Yuebai opened the Taihe Umbrella, slowing her descent, twirling to land.

Squeak!

The call of a familiar Little Fox came from the forest, Jiang Yuebai withdrew the umbrella and looked over, indeed seeing Yousu Xiaoxiao sparring with the Blood Qilin, unchanged even after five years, still a small bundle.

To avoid trouble, Jiang Yuebai quietly left, not seeing Yousu Xiaoxiao’s practice target pinned to a tree, which was her transformed appearance, chopped into pieces, with the Human Clan words "Shipwreck Grass" written beside it.

Jiang Yuebai returned to the appointed place, two Dragonfly Little Demons flew over from a pond nearby, upon confirming it was her, they immediately clung to her head, hugging and cried.

"Don’t cry, don’t cry, I’ll send you to a good place, never leaving you again."

Jiang Yuebai passed some of her Cloud Mushroom Grass aura to them, sending them into the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, then used the Taihe Umbrella to cast the ’Wind God Technique’, accelerating to the extreme, racing towards Lanruo Valley.

Nearing Lanruo Valley, Jiang Yuebai’s heart trembled, discovering that the Four Symbols Eight Trigrams Array she had set up was gone, and the valley was enveloped in a cloak-like Demon Art.

Jiang Yuebai’s gaze sharpened, she waved her hand to split down a Water Thunder to break the barrier of Demon Art.

"Xie Jingshan?"

Jiang Yuebai rushed into the valley, seeing charred land scorched by the blazing fire, everywhere were alarming deep pits, the hut hiding the Puppet Avatar was razed to the ground, Xie Jingshan was nowhere in sight.