Wanting to seize the Chudong Heaven

Using the two words "World" might be a bit inappropriate.

More fitting would be existences a tier lower, such as "Small World" or "Grotto-Heaven".

Without a doubt, the newborn Five Elements Great Grotto-Heaven was forming right here.

"The Gate of the Profound Womb is the Root of Heaven and Earth," Li Fan muttered to himself.

Similar sayings were also passed down within the records of the Xuanhuang World.

Heaven and Earth nurture all things.

But where did Heaven and Earth come from in the first place?

Among the community of Cultivators, there was no shortage of fellows full of an exploratory spirit.

Aside from the aforementioned Cultivators who had always tried to reestablish contact with other Cultivation World outside of the Xuanhuang World,

there was also a group of Cultivators who specialized in studying the birth of Heaven and Earth and the origin of living beings.

Li Fan had once read some related books.

These Cultivators believed that Heaven and Earth, much like humans, constantly grew and evolved.

The initial Xuanhuang World was very likely just a microscopic grotto-heaven-like existence.

After unimaginably long years, it finally evolved into its current appearance.

As for those microscopic grotto-havens, they might have been created out of thin air by powerful Cultivators and ancient True Immortals, or they might have spontaneously evolved and been born from the Void Realm.

Just how vast an existence the entire "Time and Space" they found themselves in was remained unclear to Cultivators.

But there was no doubt that the Xuanhuang World was merely an insignificant part of the vast, boundless time and space.

Even though not many Cultivators truly cared about this fact, it could not change the essence of its existence.

In the boundless time and space, what evolved into the prototype of a world was called the [Root of Heaven and Earth] by Cultivators.

That place was the origin of the world, the convergence of Laws, and the beginning of creation.

It existed only in theory, and no one had ever truly had the good fortune to witness it.

Who would have thought that today, after gathering information across several lives of Reincarnation and coupling it with his own tenacious will,

Li Fan had finally entered this place.

Even though the various nascent Laws contained here were still too profound for the current Li Fan to understand at all,

it still irresistibly stirred a feeling in Li Fan's heart akin to, "To hear the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening."

Horizontal and vertical colored particles collided, and different sights emerged.

The horizontal and vertical lines spread throughout the entire space acted like a gigantic loom, weaving the birth of a "World".

Indulging in the magnificent scenery here for a long time, Li Fan only reluctantly snapped back to his senses.

Although upon deeper investigation, it seemed like drawing water with a bamboo basket—emptying out with nothing comprehended—

his entire Soul felt as though it were soaking in hot water; not only was it incomparably comfortable, but it also gained an inexplicable sublimation.

Aside from the joy in his heart, Li Fan did not forget the goal of this trip.

"Seize the essence of Heaven and Earth to form the Nascent Soul."

Li Fan's gaze flickered.

At that instant, he actually had the thought of "plundering this [Root of Heaven and Earth] and transforming it into an existence like his own Nascent Soul Grotto-Heaven".

If that were truly possible, coupled with the Dao Foundation forged by his half-[Huan Zhen], he should surely be able to freely and willfully evolve his own grotto-heaven domain just like changing Foundation Establishment wondrous items at will.

Hidden Dragon, Volcano, Dharma Eye…

As long as he grasped the specific information, he could evolve it in an instant.

What a pity…

"The Foundation is too shallow. A snake swallowing an elephant is not enough to describe it; an ant swallowing an elephant is more like it," Li Fan mocked himself slightly.

After observing for just a moment longer, Li Fan rejected his courting-death idea.

An ant swallowing an elephant would only be courting death.

Perhaps far in the future, Li Fan, who had achieved the Dao Integration Realm, would have a sufficiently profound understanding of the principles of Heaven and Earth.

Only by returning here with the cultivation of the Golden Core Realm would he have a sliver of certainty in plundering it.

As for now…

It was better to be pragmatic and set his target first on the [Five Elements Great Grotto-Heaven].

Having stayed here for a period of time, Li Fan also managed to see some clues.

Perhaps because it was stimulated by the original Five Elements Grotto-Heaven being forcibly migrated away,

the Root of Heaven and Earth was intertwining horizontally and vertically, re-weaving a new grotto-heaven.

"That being said, I just need to wait patiently."

"A nascent grotto-heaven is weak and easier to subdue."

"Moreover, there is no need to worry about the strength of the grotto-heaven affecting my actual combat power after ascending. The Five Elements Grotto-Heaven possesses all Five Elements and forms a self-contained entity. It is Never Ending and continuously evolves."

Li Fan had an idea in his heart and could not help letting out a sigh of relief.

Not caring about what might happen in the outside world, he simply immersed himself and observed the process of the grotto-heaven's initial birth.

Originally, Li Fan thought that a person's birth still required ten months of pregnancy in the womb.

The birth of a grotto-heaven should, no matter what, be dozens of times more difficult.

But clearly, trying to use "human" logic to guess at Heaven and Earth would ultimately lead to fallacies.

The formation speed of the new Five Elements Great Grotto-Heaven far exceeded Li Fan's imagination.

The collision frequency of the horizontal and vertical particles became increasingly frequent.

It was like scene after scene of fireworks bursting before Li Fan's eyes.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth…

Li Fan began to perceive that energy fluctuations of five attributes were born in this space.

But they were all bound individually and did not dart around everywhere.

Li Fan's eyes could not see the actual scene of the grotto-heaven's birth.

He could only indirectly feel it through the changes in energy within the [Root of Heaven and Earth].

As the prototype of the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven was about to appear in the world, Li Fan could not help but become somewhat excited in his heart.

But at this moment, he discovered that the lines constituting his body began to collapse outward.

Li Fan guessed that perhaps because "weaving" the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven caused the Root of Heaven and Earth to lose a portion of energy,

it wanted to try and extract everything from the outside world that could replenish itself.

Thus, Li Fan, this invading foreign object, became the primary target.

Should he directly devour the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven here and ascend to the Nascent Soul Realm?

Or should he first leave the Root of Heaven and Earth, wait until the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven was completely formed and manifested in the Void Realm of Tianling Province, and then carry out the devouring act?

In Li Fan's heart, there was inevitably some hesitation.

But very quickly, he made up his mind.

Although there was a risk of being disintegrated here, at least there was no interference from outsiders.

Near the Void Realm of Tianling Province outside, Cultivators of the Myriad Immortals Alliance were patrolling.

No matter how lax they were, the fluctuations generated by a Golden Core ascending to the Nascent Soul Realm would definitely not be able to escape their notice.

By then, even if Li Fan had a silver tongue, he probably wouldn't be able to fool his way through.

"It's worth a try."

"If I accidentally fail, at worst I'll just come again next time."

Thus, Li Fan no longer resisted, allowing this space to absorb the lines of his body.

Just like fine threads being continuously pulled out from a ball of yarn, Li Fan's body was also shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, he was completely unfearful; instead, taking advantage of this absorbing force, he smoothly flew toward the location of the nascent Five Elements Grotto-Heaven.

"Above" the [Root of Heaven and Earth].

Five distinct colored light clusters were gathering.

From the horizontal and vertical threads below, nodes continuously exploded, making the Five Elements light clusters clearer and more stable.

During this process, with only half his body remaining, Li Fan arrived before the light clusters.