Master Tongtian was extremely shocked to see that Zhou Chen had already fused with the Indestructible Spiritual Light, reaching the realm of an immortal Physical Body and an indestructible primordial spirit.
One must know that even he had not successfully cultivated to the realm of an immortal Physical Body and an indestructible primordial spirit.
Although he was in the realm of a Sage, his primordial spirit was entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, which made his primordial spirit indestructible, but this relied entirely on the Heavenly Dao.
At this moment, Master Tongtian was deeply shaken and desperately wanted to ask Zhou Chen how he had managed it. However, he had watched the entire breakthrough process, and given the scouring of the endless River of Time, even he would find it hard to achieve.
Master Tongtian still harbored some fear toward the River of Time. After all, he had not yet mastered the Great Dao of Time and could not invoke the power of the River of Time, let alone enter it and let it scour his own body. He reckoned that if he dared to enter the River of Time and use Zhou Chen's method, the River of Time would likely wash away his Sage Dao fruit.
If he could successfully master the Great Dao of Time, he would be able to borrow its power and use the force of the River of Time to scour himself, thereby condensing the Indestructible Spiritual Light.
Master Tongtian dismissed the idea of using Zhou Chen's method. He glanced at Zhou Chen once more and then shook his head helplessly.
Now that this disciple of his had cultivated an immortal Physical Body and an indestructible primordial spirit, Master Tongtian felt both gratified and pressured. After all, his disciple had achieved it, yet he, the teacher, had not, making him feel somewhat losing face.
However, when he saw that Zhou Chen's realm was still at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. This disciple of his was simply too fond of playing the pig to eat the tiger and was far too cautious.
Clearly possessing strength no less than that of a Great Divine Powerholder, and having achieved an immortal Physical Body and an indestructible primordial spirit, he still disguised himself as a Heavenly Immortal.
Master Tongtian felt quite helpless, but he did not say anything. Such was his disciple's personality; he could hardly force the man! He simply withdrew his gaze, choosing out of sight, out of mind.
Master Tongtian merged with his avatar and continued expounding the Great Dao.
Zhou Chen was unaware of Master Tongtian's thoughts. At this moment, he began to absorb the endless heavenly flowers and golden lotuses within Biyou Palace, starting to cultivate his Stellar Particles into miniature universes.
As Zhou Chen began to cultivate, a massive suction force erupted from within his body, drawing all the heavenly flowers and golden lotuses in Biyou Palace into him.
This change caused Master Tongtian to open his eyes, but seeing that it was Zhou Chen, he simply flicked his finger. The space within Biyou Palace shattered, and endless Chaos power permeated the area. He then used his divine powers to transform the boundless Chaos power into pure Houtian spiritual Qi to supply the various disciples for absorption.
By this point, Master Tongtian was no longer shocked that this disciple of his absorbed so much Houtian spiritual Qi.
After all, this wasn't the first time, and Zhou Chen had already reached the realm of an immortal Physical Body and an indestructible primordial spirit, with magic power comparable to a Great Divine Powerholder. What was absorbing this bit of spiritual Qi?
Never mind absorbing all the heavenly flowers and golden lotuses in Biyou Palace; even if Zhou Chen had absorbed all the Houtian spiritual Qi on Jinao Island, or even that above the East Sea, Master Tongtian would not have been surprised.
Having finished all this, Master Tongtian continued expounding the Great Dao.
Zhou Chen, meanwhile, began expanding the Stellar Particles he had previously opened up, gradually developing them toward miniature universes.
This process required immense energy. Fortunately, he was on Jinao Island, where Master Tongtian was preaching, so there was no need to worry about a lack of spiritual Qi.
Drawing upon his memories of the universe from later generations, he began the expansion.
In the memories of later generations, the universe was created by a cosmic explosion. During the period of the cosmic explosion, all matter gathered at a single point, forming a material sphere of extremely high density and temperature. This material sphere suddenly erupted, releasing a massive amount of energy and matter, causing the matter to scatter in all directions. The cosmic space continuously expanded, and the temperature dropped accordingly. After millions of years, the universe gradually cooled down, and clouds of matter slowly condensed to form large amounts of hydrogen and small amounts of helium. These gas clouds continuously gathered and collapsed, forming galaxies, stars, and planets—the embryonic form of the universe.
At this moment, he prepared to use his own Stellar Particles as the target, continuously accumulating energy and compressing their mass.
As Zhou Chen frantically absorbed the Houtian spiritual Qi, Master Tongtian had no choice but to increase his magic power for extracting the Chaos Qi, while isolating Zhou Chen to avoid affecting the other disciples.
Time slowly passed, and unconsciously, another five thousand years elapsed.
Master Tongtian glanced at Zhou Chen and was originally prepared to stop his preaching, but seeing that his disciple was still deep in cultivation, he continued.
Master Tongtian knew that Zhou Chen's breakthrough required a vast amount of Houtian spiritual Qi. If he were to leave Zhou Chen alone in Biyou Palace, it would be somewhat unfair to the others. Thus, he resumed expounding the Great Dao.
Time quietly slipped away, and in the blink of an eye, another five thousand years passed.
At this moment, Zhou Chen's cultivation was also nearing its end. As the first Stellar Particle within his body underwent an explosion, utilizing the power of time to catalyze the birth of a universe, the remaining Stellar Particles broke through one after another.
However, when Zhou Chen's Stellar Particles exploded, the inadvertently emitted fluctuations of magic power rapidly burst forth from his body. Fortunately, Master Tongtian had isolated him; otherwise, the shockwave of these magic power fluctuations could have wiped out ninety percent of the Jiejiao disciples.
Master Tongtian glanced at Zhou Chen, initially paying little mind, but the second wave of breakthrough magic power fluctuations arrived, closely followed by the third wave, the fourth wave...
Master Tongtian turned solemn. He hurriedly manifested an avatar to continue preaching while his main body reinforced the barrier. If Zhou Chen's magic power fluctuations were to break through the barrier, Jiejiao would likely need to be founded all over again.
Master Tongtian continuously observed Zhou Chen's changes. Suddenly, he felt a bit weary at heart. Was this what it felt like to be a teacher? Not only did one have to provide abundant spiritual Qi to disciples, but one also had to protect the other disciples—yet why had he never received such treatment when he was a disciple?
Five thousand years flashed by in an instant, and Master Tongtian was growing somewhat irritable. He had reinforced the barrier well over eight hundred million times for Zhou Chen. Although he was a Heavenly Dao Sage, constantly repeating such a task was rather tedious, yet he had no other choice. He certainly couldn't interrupt Zhou Chen's cultivation! After all, this was the only Great Divine Powerholder of his Jiejiao, and moreover his own disciple—completely different from Randeng of the Chanjiao; Zhou Chen had cultivated all the way from a mortal to a Great Divine Powerholder.
Furthermore, he could not stop reinforcing the barrier. Zhou Chen's magic power fluctuations were growing stronger and stronger, reaching a point where they were no longer inferior to a full-strength strike by a Quasi-Sage mighty figure. Although it lacked laws and the cultivator's own Great Dao, it was still not something the Jiejiao disciples, whose highest realm was merely the Taiyi Golden Immortal, could withstand.
At this moment, Zhou Chen finally succeeded in subjecting all eight hundred and forty million of his Stellar Particles to a cosmic explosion, transforming them into embryonic universes.
Although the universes had not yet fully formed, Zhou Chen could feel that the cosmic power contained within his body was terrifying to the extreme. At this moment, he had no idea which realm of the Primordial World he had reached—whether it was comparable to a Quasi-Sage or a Great Divine Powerholder.
Zhou Chen thought about it and stopped pondering these matters.
Now, he had already comprehended the true meaning of the Great Dao laws, completed the transformation of an immortal Physical Body and an indestructible primordial spirit, and turned his Stellar Particles into miniature universes. Moreover, because his primordial spirit was indestructible and his physical body immortal, he could perfectly withstand the vast cosmic particles within his body, and his primordial spirit could invoke the power of those cosmic particles at any time.
He had basically completed his breakthrough, successfully cultivating to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, with the embryonic universes simply needing to slowly form under the nourishment of the power of time. He didn't need to worry much about it anymore. The only thing that left him helpless was that the major acupoints condensing the shadows of the Zhoutian worlds had not yet been successfully cultivated.
However, since he had already broken through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the remaining task of condensing the shadows of the Zhoutian worlds in his major acupoints could wait for future cultivation. After all, one cannot grow fat in a single bite.