There were also many mortal kingdoms on the north bank of the Tongtian River, and there were countless commoners living there.
As they continued north, there were fewer and fewer cities, and the green farmlands were gone, replaced by dark trees.
Gradually, snowflakes drifted down from the sky, and the white snow on the ground covered the earth.
The Sky-reaching Ship kept flying forward, and no one knew how far it had flown. Qin Di found a snow-covered mountain peak, set up a second-grade immortal array and a long-distance teleportation array, and then let the cauldron go through its tribulation.
The cauldron became a ninth-grade spirit treasure almost at the same time as the God Suppressing Pagoda, but it had to go through the tribulation two sixty years later than the latter, so it had accumulated a lot of energy, and easily passed the tribulation.
The location chosen for this tribulation was also very good, and no one came to disturb it!
When the tribulation was over, flowers fell from the sky, and after Qin Di absorbed a large amount of celestial core energy, he naturally began to advance.
His Void Step Celestial Phenomenon was 108,000 miles wide, and the space in his body was 36,000 miles wide, but after continuous evolution and shrinking, and a large amount of leftover materials were added in, the illusory space became solid, and a real grotto-heaven world was formed. This grotto-heaven world was circular, similar to a sphere with a diameter of 2,000 miles. The bottom half was land, and the top half was sky.
This space was already very big, many times bigger than an ordinary grotto-heaven. An ordinary grotto-heaven was said to have a radius of thousands of miles, but it actually referred to an area of only a few thousand or tens of thousands of square miles.
If calculated carefully, Qin Di's grotto-heaven had a diameter of 2,000 miles, and a radius of 1,000 miles. Such a circular area was about three million square miles, which was equivalent to 780,000 square kilometers, which was equivalent to the size of Qinghai Province on the map of China in his previous life.
Fortunately, this was the cultivation world. If it was anywhere else, no one would believe it even if they broke their heads.
In order to evolve this grotto-heaven, Qin Di used materials from about 30 grotto-heavens, a total of 180 large spirit veins, and countless metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elemental resources, so the final formed grotto-heaven had all five elements, and it was no longer a dual wood and fire grotto-heaven.
The inside of the grotto-heaven was rich in spirit energy, but it was still empty, without a trace of life.
Qin Di also used the ninety-nine Grotto-Heaven Stones to form his own Dao Integration Heart and communicate with the Heavenly Dao Tablet hidden in the depths of the universe!
The moment he communicated with the Heavenly Dao Tablet, Qin Di saw Nhat Hanh's words appear above the Grotto-Heaven Stone: "Congratulations, cultivator Qin Di, you have advanced to the Dao Integration Stage, and your current ranking is 107,000,000!"
There was only such a simple character, Nhat Hanh. It was unknown whether it was the ranking of power, wealth, or points.
Qin Di recalled that when Patriarch Shiyang had first progressed to the Dao Integration Stage, the number displayed on the screen was one hundred and eighty-three million, and he was extremely elated. "I've only just progressed to the Dao Integration Stage, but I'm already far ahead of Master. This is clearly a good thing!"
After a while, he saw the Heaven-reaching Stone spit out another jade slip!
He picked up the jade slip and scanned it with his divine sense. Suddenly, a lot of knowledge was added to his brain.
It turned out that the Grotto-Heaven Stone previously displayed a comprehensive ranking of strength. It included all cultivators above the Dao Integration Stage, including Spirit Immortals, Heaven Immortals, and Dao Ancestors Jin Xian! However, this ranking was not made public to everyone. Only the Perfected Cultivators themselves and Jin Xian, who could see the Heavenly Dao Tablet, knew who was at the top.
In addition, just like what Patriarch Shiyang had mentioned in the past, the functions of the Grotto-Heaven Stone were more complicated. It could transmit information like an identity token, and it could also transmit materials. However, this transmission required the Perfected Cultivators to provide spiritual energy.
As Qin Di pondered over the explanation on the jade slip, he stroked the Grotto-Heaven Stone and gently knocked on it.
Soon, the Grotto-Heaven Stone turned into a screen, on which dense information was displayed. It felt like a computer, and it was a computer that was triggered by divine sense. As long as he willed it, the content he wanted to see would appear.
Qin Di was glad that he had used ninety-nine Grotto-Heaven Stones. Otherwise, the screen would have been too small, and he wouldn't have been able to read it clearly!
He casually browsed for a while and found that the content on it was too rich! Not only were there requests to buy, but there were also requests to teach mystical techniques and secret manuals. There were also requests to cooperate with people on expeditions. There were all sorts of strange things that had happened!
Soon, he saw someone requesting to buy a Grotto-Heaven Stone, saying that one Grotto-Heaven Stone could be exchanged for ten immortal stones.
He thought to himself, "I have a lot of Grotto-Heaven Stones, but I have never seen what an immortal stone looks like. I might as well try using a Grotto-Heaven Stone!"
He took out a Grotto-Heaven Stone and clicked on the request to buy a Grotto-Heaven Stone. Then, Nhat Hanh's words appeared on the screen. Please place the Grotto-Heaven Stone on the top of the screen.
Not long after, the Grotto-Heaven Stone gradually disappeared. Seven shiny stones appeared on the screen. Each of them was as smooth as an egg. They were indeed bluish-white in color and had a dazzling luster.
At the same time, Nhat Hanh's words appeared on the screen. "Item exchange. Three immortal stones will be automatically deducted for those who are less than thirty immortal years away!"
Qin Di recalled the explanation on the jade slip he had previously obtained and understood.
The so-called immortal years referred to the average distance a first firmament Earth Immortal could travel in a year by teleporting. The jade slip did not specify how many hundreds of millions of kilometers it was. In any case, it was a very large number.
The common currency used to exchange through the Grotto-Heaven Stone was immortal stones. The transmission fee depended on the distance. About ten immortal years would cost one immortal stone. However, in order to protect the secrets of cultivators and prevent them from finding their way, it was three immortal stones for those who were less than thirty immortal years away.
Qin Di felt that the fee wasn't too high and was completely affordable.
He held the immortal stones in his hand and steered the Sky-reaching Ship back. At the same time, he attempted to absorb the energy in the immortal stones.
In the end, he discovered that the energy in the immortal stones was like the immortal essence contained in the heavenly flowers. It was very easy to absorb. An immortal stone could roughly increase his cultivation by ten years. This number was already very impressive, so much so that he wanted to go to the Dead Sea to dig a few more Grotto-Heaven Stones.
In any case, Qin Di felt that if he could advance to the Dao Integration Stage and communicate with other Perfected Cultivators through the Grotto-Heaven Stone, it would be equivalent to opening a window in front of him. It would make his future cultivation even more interesting. He was prepared to slowly figure out the new functions of the Grotto-Heaven Stone in the following days and understand more about the cultivation world outside.
This year, Qin Di was five hundred and sixty years old. He became a Dao Integration Perfected Lord and was ranked 107,000,000 on the Immortal Cultivator Ranking List.
When he returned to Butterfly Island, it immediately caused a wave of jubilation.
Qin Di invited his friends to the Half Immortal Corner and held a banquet for seven days. As long as they were familiar with him, no matter which sect they came from, they were welcome to attend the banquet.
During these seven days, the Immortal Grade Pavilion held an auction every day and consecutively auctioned seven Dao Pills, shocking the entire Yunmeng Great Swamp! Some people couldn't help but wonder why the Immortal Grade Pavilion had so many Dao Pills. Could it be that they found a lot of Illusion Bird eggs? However, they didn't know that the Illusion Bird population on Butterfly Island was getting bigger and bigger. It had already developed to nearly forty birds. However, most of them were young birds and hadn't reached the age to lay eggs.
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