Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

He took a few steps back.

Back then, the remnant hall was breached, and the demonic entities lingered but couldn't enter. The difference now lies in whether this door is open or not. When this door opens, the demonic entities enter but then disappear. Where did they go?

The door inside the room has a restriction, and this outer door should also have one.

He cast his divine sense towards the wooden door on the north side of the passage, but it was bare, seemingly without anything. However, upon closer inspection, he noticed a faint engraving near the bottom.

He turned and approached, clearly sensing a kind of suction from the wood, swallowing the surrounding power of nothingness.

Looking back at the wooden door on the south side, there were no traces of any patterns.

"Could it really be like this?"

Zhang Yuanjing had a guess and was greatly surprised.

The demonic entities' disappearance could, of course, be because they couldn't break through the inner door and left. However, this was unlikely because the last time he was here, this first door hadn't been opened, and the demonic entities still lingered. It didn't make sense that they would give up after breaking through one door.

In that case, it was most likely that most of the demonic entities were swallowed by the restriction on the south door when they attacked it, while the remaining demonic entities were either trapped in the north door or the inner door.

The reason why the south door was opened was probably also related to it swallowing too many demonic entities and the power of nothingness. Whether demonic entities or the power of nothingness, they both counteract spiritual power and can destroy the foundation of the restriction.

After more than a hundred years of erosion by the power of nothingness, the restriction on the north door was close to collapsing and would probably open on its own in a few years.

He pondered for a moment and decided to break through the wooden door in the south room.

Standing before the door, he didn't bother to look at the complex patterns. He guided a mass of heavy earth power onto the restriction.

This was the experience he gained during the trial of techniques in the mustard seed space of the Heavy Earth Sect.

"Buzz, buzz buzz!"

Stimulated by the heavy earth power, the patterns seemed to come alive, each line and strand jumping as if they were some kind of marionette.

Zhang Yuanjing took a few steps back, vigilantly watching the changes on the door. Unexpectedly, after two breaths, these exquisite engraved patterns gradually subsided again.

Zhang Yuanjing quickly guided the heavy earth power again, injecting it into the restriction from a distance. Sure enough, these lines jumped again, turning from a picture on paper into a real existence.

He continued to pour heavy earth power in, allowing the restriction to consume it. After twenty or so breaths, a door of light and shadow appeared before him, sometimes bright, sometimes dim.

Without hesitation, he protected himself with the Source Stone, took a step, and walked into this illusory door.

Everything went black before his eyes. It seemed to be a passage, but without needing to take a step, a force pushed him forward at a rapid speed. After only half a breath, he landed on a giant rock.

It was still pitch black all around, unable to see anything, as if he was in the void, but there was no power of nothingness.

He quietly communicated with Zhang Shi, knowing that there were no demonic entities around, and his heart was slightly relieved.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

The sound of rough stone rubbing came from the side, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

He followed the sound and saw a stone man about ten feet tall walking towards him in the dense darkness.

This stone man had facial features, just like a real person. Especially its eyes, which were lively and spirited, definitely not stone or mechanisms.

It walked up to Zhang Yuanjing and stared at him repeatedly, its gaze full of serious scrutiny, but without a trace of hostility.

Zhang Yuanjing didn't conceal his aura. Instead, he circulated the heavy earth power, spreading it throughout his body, so that the stone man could identify it clearly.

The stone man examined him for about a dozen breaths, then suddenly asked, "Do you have a Source Stone?"

Zhang Yuanjing said, "I do."

"Please show it to me!"

Zhang Yuanjing summoned Zhang Shi and had it float before the stone man.

"Is this a third-order or a fourth-order?"

"Fourth-order."

"Fourth-order!" The stone man's eyes showed surprise. "You raised the Source Stone to the fourth-order in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm?"

"That's right."

The stone man was silent for a long time before continuing to ask, "Has the honored guest learned the Eight Earth Techniques?"

"I have learned them."

"How many techniques have you learned?"

"I have learned all eight techniques."

The stone man looked at him in surprise and said, "Could you perform the Ground Splitting, Mountain Moving, and Sky Bracing techniques for me to see?"

Zhang Yuanjing threw the Source Stone up, transforming it into a mountain descending, exerting all its gravity. He used the Sky Bracing technique to stabilize himself, the Mountain Moving technique to bear the weight, and finally the Ground Splitting technique to strike forward, bombarding an invisible wall with a loud bang.

The stone man praised, "Complete integration, you have truly understood them. I have one last question, has the honored guest learned the complete Heavy Earth Sutra?"

This question was profound. Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said, "My technique originates from the Heavy Earth Sutra, but it is also different from it. Its method is to destroy first and then create, with earth power as the main force, integrating all forces into one; its art is to condense all things, continue to create life, circulate repeatedly, and endlessly regenerate. I name it the Heavy Earth Continuing Creation Sutra!"

He created the Nascent Soul realm technique on the arena of the two races, but after breaking through, he had been too busy running around to deal with things and hadn't had time to name it. After returning to the Profound Heaven Sect, he remembered this matter and pondered a few names, but he was never very satisfied. Today, when asked by this stone man, he couldn't help but feel something and came up with the name 'Continuing Creation', so he no longer hesitated and settled on it.

The stone man's eyes lit up, and it clapped its big, heavy hands, praising, "The two words 'Continuing Creation' capture the essence of the Heavy Earth Sutra. To be able to innovate, you can be called a sect successor."

"Sect successor?" Zhang Yuanjing was a little confused by its meaning.

"In my Non-Phase Sect, anyone who can shoulder the responsibility of carrying forward the techniques is called a sect successor, to distinguish them from personal disciples and direct disciples," the stone man explained.

Zhang Yuanjing hesitated for a moment and asked, "The Non-Phase Sect has five branches, how many sect successor disciples are there usually?"

"How many?" A smile flashed in the stone man's eyes. "Usually none. As the saying goes, one in ten thousand is a personal disciple, one in ten thousand of those is a direct disciple, and one in ten thousand of those is a sect successor. Although this saying is exaggerated, over tens of thousands of years, there are only a handful who can take on the responsibility of sect successor. And coming to this place, there is only you."

Zhang Yuanjing was surprised and said, "Why is it so difficult to produce a sect successor?"

In his opinion, although those who can carry forward the sect are rare, they shouldn't be this few. In the Profound Heaven Sect, Senior Brother Yuan Kui could be worthy of the responsibility of a sect successor. Looking back, Pan Xuanli, the teacher of Xie Tianwei, was not far behind.

The stone man said, "Sect successor, don't underestimate yourself. There is no shortage of people in each sect and faction who have created new things in techniques, but most of them are only elaborating on the basis of the original techniques. But like you, sect successor, who can stand on the old methods and create new methods, and whose grade is only higher than the original techniques, there are very few. Such achievements cannot be obtained without the combination of factors such as comprehension, opportunity, luck, and accumulation."

It paused slightly and then said in a delighted tone, "I have been waiting here for tens of thousands of years. Since the ancestor created me and placed me in this hall, I have never seen him again. Since the sect successor has arrived, it means that my mission is about to end, and I can finally go find him!"