Since he had an idea, Lu Chenxing immediately got to work, starting to modify his visualization diagram.
He activated the Weaving effect to create the visualization diagram: “journey to the west,” first scene, the birth of the Monkey King.
As his mental power grew stronger, his memories of his past life became clearer, and the original description of Huaguo Mountain from “journey to the west” surfaced in his mind.
“Since Pangu created the heavens and earth, the Three Sovereigns ruled the world, and the Five Emperors established the order, the world was divided into four great continents: Dongsheng Shenzhou in the east, Xiniu Hezhou in the west, Nanzhan Buzhou in the south, and Beiju Luzhou in the north.”
“Overseas there is a country called Aolai Country. This country is near the great sea, and in the sea there is a mountain called Huaguo Mountain.”
“This mountain is the ancestral pulse of the Ten Continents, the incoming dragon of the Three Islands, established since the separation of the clear and turbid, and formed after the differentiation of chaos. It is truly a magnificent mountain! There is a poem to prove it.”
“The poem says: Its power controls the vast ocean, its might pacifies the jade sea.”
“Its power controls the vast ocean, where tides surge like silver mountains and fish enter their holes; its might pacifies the jade sea, where waves churn like snow and houses rise from the abyss.”
“The corners of wood and fire are piled high, and it stands majestically in the East Sea. There are cinnabar cliffs and strange rocks, sheer cliffs and wondrous peaks.”
“Colorful phoenixes sing in pairs, and solitary Qilins lie. On the peaks, one often hears the cries of pheasants, and in the stone caves, one frequently sees dragons entering and exiting. In the forest are longevity deer and immortal foxes, and on the trees are spiritual birds and profound cranes.”
“Jade grasses and strange flowers never wither, and green pines and cypresses are always spring-like. Immortal peaches constantly bear fruit, and tall bamboos always retain clouds. A single ravine is dense with vines, and the surrounding embankments have fresh green grass. It is truly the pillar that supports the heavens where a hundred rivers converge, the root of the earth that remains unmoved through myriad kalpas.”
Based on the original description from journey to the west, a vibrant scene began to form. As for things like “colorful phoenixes,” “Qilins,” and “dragons,” Lu Chenxing chose to selectively forget them for now, as he couldn’t create such things yet.
However, he almost completely replicated the rest: the ocean was turbulent, and wood and fire attribute spiritual energy accumulated and manifested at high altitudes, dyeing one cliff red. Other areas were layered with mountains, the trees were incredibly lush, and the peaks were as sharp as knives, extremely perilous!
Within the forest, longevity deer and immortal foxes moved about, pheasants chirped on the peaks, and various divine birds perched on the branches.
And looking out from the mountaintop, there was an extremely vast world stretching into the distance, with no end in sight. Although he knew those places were like reflections in a mirror, just looking at them made his heart yearn!
The environment was almost complete; next, it was time for the protagonist to appear!
“On the very summit of that mountain, there was an immortal stone. This stone was three zhang six chi five cun high, and two zhang four chi in circumference. The three zhang six chi five cun in height corresponded to the three hundred and sixty-five degrees of the heavens; the two zhang four chi in circumference corresponded to the twenty-four solar terms.”
“It had nine orifices and eight holes, corresponding to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. On all four sides, there was no tree shade, but on the left and right, there were orchids complementing it. Since its creation, it had constantly absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, and the essence of the sun and moon. After a long period of absorption, it gradually developed Spiritual Sense.”
At this point, Lu Chenxing keenly realized that pushing to this stage was the limit of his second tier. Any further situations would probably have to wait until he reached a higher tier before he could incorporate them into his visualization diagram.
Soon, on the summit of the mountain, a strange stone appeared, shaped with nine orifices and eight holes. There was nothing around the stone, only a few beautiful wild flowers below it.
Then time rotated, and the four seasons passed. The stone endured wind, sun, lightning, and rain, while also absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, and the essence of the sun and moon. As time went on, it gradually developed a natural, lively feeling.
“Tsk, I always feel like something’s missing…” Lu Chenxing stroked his chin, then suddenly realized, slapped his head, and added a large number of monkeys to the mountain forest!
“I knew something was missing! It was the monkey descendants!”
With the appearance of the monkey descendants, the scene became even more harmonious.
As the four seasons rotated, the monkey descendants continuously experienced birth and death, and plants withered and flourished, but only the green pines and cypresses remained evergreen.
The Weaving effect glowed, and as it took effect, the seemingly vibrant scene now appeared even more vivid. Streaks of true meaning and Dao rhythm emerged from within it.
“It’s a success!” Lu Chenxing looked at the newly created cultivation method, his heart filled with excitement. This meant he could truly use journey to the west as a visualization diagram! What a sight it would be when places like the Heavenly Court and the Underworld appeared?!
After a long period of excitement, he finally managed to calm his emotions and began his cultivation.
His spiritual world began to change little by little. Because Lu Chenxing had entered the second tier, the scope of his spiritual world was much larger than before. Now, he could manifest the main peak of Huaguo Mountain, which was the mountain where the immortal stone was located.
The other areas would have to be expanded in his spiritual world during his cultivation process before they could be manifested.
Within his spiritual world, the scenery shifted. Lush green mountains rose from the ground, filled with groups of monkey descendants! On top of the high mountain was an immortal stone with nine orifices and eight holes, subtly exhaling and absorbing rays of light, appearing quite divine!
Then, images of wind, sun, lightning, and rain appeared. Because of the immortal stone’s divinity, even these seemingly ordinary images possessed an indescribable, special feeling, and the sunlight, which had absorbed a wisp of the power of rules, appeared even more miraculous at this moment!
The burgeoning Hope within the light and flames became increasingly evident at this moment!
When time began to flow within it, and the four seasons completed a cycle, Lu Chenxing finally completed his first cultivation session at the second tier! And after cultivating, he found that his control over elements and the efficiency of his magic power circulation almost synchronously strengthened as the immortal stone absorbed and exhaled the light!
The elemental bonus he had expected to gain from the weather was surprisingly small!
This phenomenon surprised and puzzled Lu Chenxing, but he soon understood, “The original text says that the immortal stone daily receives the influence of the essence of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon to give birth to ‘Spiritual Sense.’ It seems that the essence of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon here should be a collective term for all energies.”
“So, things like wind, rain, thunder, and lightning are just extras? Is this ‘Spiritual Sense’ the main point?”
Lu Chenxing felt the energy he had absorbed. The moment it entered his spiritual world, it was absorbed and filtered by the immortal stone, then transformed into his own magic power.
And the filtered magic power seemed to gain a spiritual quality, becoming even more responsive. If his original magic power was like a puppet that only moved when commanded by his mental power, now his magic power was like a robot with a chip, able to recognize some of his thoughts and actions, and automatically cooperate with him!
Before, if you wanted a circle, you had to draw it yourself.
But now, if you want a circle, you just need to use a little mental power to convey that thought to the magic power, and the magic power will automatically transform into the circle you desire, and it will be even more perfect!
Therefore, the formation speed, precision, and power of his spells all received varying degrees of improvement! Yet, the consumption of mental power and magic power decreased!
“Holy cow, this is pretty awesome!” Lu Chenxing exclaimed, looking at the vivid, fiery red rose in his hand, its petal textures and other details incredibly precise.
This fiery red rose was formed almost instantly with just a slight thought, consuming a little mental power, and the magic power automatically surged out, communicating and bonding with the elements. It didn’t require much intervention from him at all! It was simply a perfect match for the Weaving effect!
At the same time, he also found that the immortal stone also had an effect on his mental power. After this, using mental power would become even more responsive, and the resilience and quality of his mental power were also improving!