He knew that the Hell Path had deliberately created this tragedy to seek revenge against them.

Regardless of the talk about exorcising demons and protecting the world, being a part of the Four Seasons Sect meant he had the responsibility to deal with these tragedies - certainly, the Hell Path was something he had long remembered thoroughly.

How innocent mortals are, yet the magical duels of powerful forces bring disaster upon them.

Outside the pit, Ying Ying and Li Yuan clicked their tongues in amazement:

"Li Ye is just so kind."

"Doesn't feel like someone from your Su Xing lineage."

"To spend this much effort and mana transferring evil qi, if it were me, I wouldn't do it no matter what."

As members of the Spirit Race from the Four Seasons Sect, leaning toward the battle-focused Spirit Race of Yinglong and Enlightened, they had exterminated countless demon beasts and evil spirits before advancing to Golden Core.

They had long been accustomed to stopping killing with killing.

Their friend Chen Mo naturally had the same inclination.

Yet suddenly seeing such a kind-hearted Li Ye left them pleasantly surprised, especially Ying Ying, who murmured to herself, "Such a good Li Ye, why doesn't he want a Dao companion?"

Third Senior Brother was quite speechless; he couldn't refute and just directed his gaze below, lest this guy mention matchmaking again.

"Huh."

He suddenly noticed that the tribulation ash beneath Li Ye's feet seemed to be trembling slightly.

Wait... tribulation ash.

He suddenly felt uneasy, but it was already too late.

All the tribulation ash within the pit exploded, engulfing the entire pit and Li Ye within it, the terrifying spiritual power surged like a vast ocean.

A flash of spiritual light sparked within Third Senior Brother.

His face became even graver.

The remnants of tribulation fire after a great tribulation, wasn't it precisely Dongcang Town's tribulation?

The Hell Path intended to refine tribulation ash.

And perhaps they had calculated exactly what method Li Ye would use to save this Yang Sha!

...

"Hmm?"

Li Ye, who was originally guiding the Resentment Qi into Jianmu in an orderly manner, suddenly felt something, and looked around, his mouth twitching.

— The tribulation ash around him had ignited a wisp of flame.

It was a deep red, yet the internal glow was a mix of various colors, emitting an extremely intense and dazzling halo.

Accompanied by extremely terrifying Resentment Qi, as if wanting to invade his Emotion Song, and enter his body for redemption!

What are you making a fuss about out of nowhere!

If such a massive amount of tribulation fire invaded his body, even he certainly wouldn't be able to withstand it.

In a flash, he took stock of the treasures on him, gritted his teeth and took out a seed wrapped in a bronze glow.

Then he bound his lifebound magical treasure Sun and Moon Ring with this Seed of the Small Thousand World, forcefully penetrating it with a Jianmu branch tinged with a bronze hue.

Now only this seed could bear the tribulation fire ignited by the tribulation ash and the vast spiritual power within.

Although it deviated a bit from his plan, cultivation requires adaptation; perhaps this tribulation might turn into an opportunity for him.

After binding, the Sun and Moon Ring and the Seed of the Small Thousand World became an extension of Li Ye's spiritual power, allowing the Emotion Song to barely guide the tribulation fire inside.

The bronze glow on the surface of the Seed of the Small Thousand World faced with the tribulation fire seemed to meet its nemesis, disappearing swiftly, dismantling much faster than Li Ye had previously done bit by bit.

Time passed second by second.

After about half a day, the bronze luster was completely gone.

The palm-sized seed floated up, radiating rings upon rings of halos at the center of the Sun and Moon Ring.

"Did not expect it would solve this way."

"Well."

Li Ye sat cross-legged, then closed his eyes.

His fingers quickly formed seals, imprinting layers of spiritual light on the seed's shell, strands of filament extending from the spiritual light towards him.

This was the Dharma Method of the Four Seasons Sect to support the Golden Core with a world, initially intended to use a Seed of the Small Thousand World for nurturing.

Later, as obtaining the Seed of the Small Thousand World proved difficult, they gradually replaced it with cultivable Grotto Heaven Spirit Seeds.

The seed, guided by the Golden Core's filament, gradually integrated into Li Ye's body, it was supposed to occupy Jianmu's position, although Jianmu's rank was inferior.

Yet somehow, the top of Jianmu emitted some five-colored glow, causing the integration of the Seed of the Small Thousand World with Jianmu to stop, obediently staying at the top.

From it, countless spiritual lights burst forth.

It seemed like tender sprouts slowly peeked out.

The buds, emitting a faint white light, encircled the Golden Core, imprinting a peculiar, ever-changing world scroll phantom on its surface.

It was a very primitive landscape.

Absent were divine light and mist, only sky and earth.

Filled with a sense of wilderness and barrenness, there was nothing but the vast heavens and earth, devoid of any living beings.

"Huh."

"Was the world initially in this form?"

"Or had it been pre-processed."

Li Ye grew increasingly puzzled; by rights this divine technique was completed, yet why did he feel no 'nurturing' of the Golden Core by the world, only a sense of eerie foreboding.

It was as if…

"…"

"Tribulation fire!"

"This world is to be destroyed once more!"

He almost jumped in shock, he said something felt missing, those tribulation fires had also surged into the Seed of the Small Thousand World!

These mountains and lands were generated by the tribulation fire's spiritual power.

As if he noted it, thus the tribulation fire emerged.

On that expanse of vast land, it began to burn slowly, everything, including space, mountains, sky… everything in that world turned to ash in the slow-burning tribulation fire.

This was not something Li Ye could control.

He hadn't even had the chance to construct Earth Veins and an Array within this nascent world, naturally, he could only watch.

But honestly, there wasn't much feeling of heartache.

After all, he initially aimed to address the impact of tribulation ash on him; obtaining a broader world was a bonus, failing wasn't a loss.

Upon understanding this, he watched the tribulation fire consume the newly born world with a very calm gaze, gradually incinerating mountains, lands, and even space into nothingness.

Watching this, Li Ye felt some emotional stirrings.

Tribulation fire…

Tribulation ash…

A divine technique using the world as fuel…

He seemed to grasp something, but comprehending such divine techniques wasn't ordinary, especially something involving tribulation fire and ash.

During this time, the tribulation fire kept burning.

In the end, only a small patch of land, about an acre in size, stubbornly remained, unburned by the tribulation fire no matter what.

Thus, the tribulation fire soon gave up, but didn't vanish, instead floating quietly at the land's center, emitting dazzling halos.

Li Ye knew this patch of land was the initial land of the Small Thousand World. The so-called "Small Thousand World" wasn't merely gauged by size, but by developmental limit.

A common Grotto Heaven Spirit Seed might barely support only until the Golden Core and early-stage Nascent Soul, losing effectiveness and halting further cultivation.

But not the Seed of the Small Thousand World.

As long as Li Ye could continuously nurture this land, even beyond Divinity Transformation level, the Seed of the Small Thousand World could still yield substantial benefits.

He exhaled lightly.

The Golden Core spun around, and with it, his Lifebound Magical Treasure merged into the newborn world, quietly floating in the sky, appearing as if two suns emerged simultaneously.

At the same time, the surface of the Golden Core sprinkled some golden dust, which was Li Ye's Original Power.

The dust was gradually forming some arrays and runes, once they coalesced, the Small Thousand World would strive to nurture the Golden Core.

If you want the world to nurture you, you need to give first.

Thus ended the process.

Li Ye collected his thoughts and opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was the tribulation clouds converging in the heavenly dome, within them silver snakes danced, the spectacle extremely grand.

"..."

Why must he face another tribulation crossing.

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