The Xishan region also fell silent amidst the War of Ten Thousand Beasts. Within its vast territory, two clans left behind surplus spiritual mountains and lands. Any heavenly treasures that could not be moved in time fell into Xishan's hands.
The War of Ten Thousand Beasts had lasted for fifty years, and the Snake clan had suffered millions of deaths among their ordinary, non-spiritual members.
However, the low-ranking members of the other two clans had suffered even greater casualties. The Black Lizard Overlord Clan and the Giant Crocodile Overlord Clan engaged in a beast tide battle of tens of millions, with countless lizards and crocodiles clashing incessantly. A mist of blood shrouded the Eastern Wasteland for hundreds of millions of li, and the crimson sky caused countless creatures to panic, trembling in their nests.
Above the Eastern Wasteland, a ferocious giant beast hovered in the twenty-seventh heaven, its enormous maw swallowing the boundless resentment, malevolent energy, killing intent, and death energy of the Eastern Wasteland. All of it entered its body, nurturing a single object.
After more than fifty years, the War of Ten Thousand Beasts concluded, and the Eastern Wasteland returned to peace.
The Salamander, a clan whose territory was divided among seventy-seven sub-clans, was reduced to sixty-one.
The sixty smaller clans, no longer scattered and idle, formed an alliance to confront the Tianjun Salamander Clan. When twelve Golden Immortal Venerables emerged from Tianjun Mountain, they shocked all the salamander races. Twelve Golden Immortal Late-stage Venerables, all of the same caliber, were terrifying to behold. Each salamander clan could boast at most three or four Golden Immortal Venerables, and many were barely held together by a single Golden Immortal Venerable.
Besides the twelve Golden Immortal Late-stage Venerables, the Tianjun Salamander Clan also had over a dozen ordinary Golden Immortal Venerables, totaling nearly thirty Golden Immortals. Such a formidable number could already rival the Mountain River Giant Ape Overlord Clan.
Fortunately, the War of Ten Thousand Beasts had ended, and the Eastern Wasteland was, at least on the surface, peaceful.
From then on, Xishan developed in a low-key manner. Only occasionally would astonishing auras erupt from its territory, signifying newly ascended Heavenly realm clan members.
Qing Ling's third epoch in the Primordial World had begun!
After tens of thousands of years of busy work by Xishan's Golden Immortal Venerables and clan members, they finally began constructing the Innate Spiritual Land.
Qing Ling did not intervene, as the clan had gained two more Golden Immortal Venerables. One was named 㟿, an Earth element Golden Immortal, and the other was Ke, a hidden identity Primordial World anomaly, the only Ice element Golden Immortal.
Xishan's destiny was rising vigorously, bolstered by abundant fortune. Furthermore, they had received infusions of power from the legacy of Patriarch Tai Geng, giving the older generation of Heavenly realm clan members a chance to step into the Golden Immortal realm.
While the new generation of clan members lacked the legacy power of the ancestors, they possessed the clan's bloodline inheritance and a vast foundation of Heavenly realm clan members. Thus, there would be no decline in the number of Golden Immortal Venerables in the future.
After preparing for over ten thousand years, the time to begin had finally arrived.
Qing Ling and numerous Heavenly and Earth realm clan members stood outside Xishan, sealing its five peaks. Granny Hua Geng took her position on the western side peak, Venerable Yu on Tai Chong Peak, Venerable Chi Li on the southern side peak, and Ke on the northern side peak. The great beast Zhan Mu, coiled in the form of a green serpent thirty thousand zhang long, positioned itself on the eastern side peak.
Dao patterns were inscribed everywhere on the five mountain peaks, and numerous heavenly and earthly spiritual objects were piled high. Underground rivers flowed, and lava was channeled in. To the east were forests, to the west was Geng gold, and the combination of the Five Elements would lead to prosperity.
Granny Hua Geng released a golden spiritual bead from above her head, covered in mysterious snake patterns, yet it still felt like an Innate Spiritual Treasure. However, Qing Ling, standing below, could discern it was a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the highest-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Xishan currently possessed.
The Tai Geng Divine Bead sank into the western side peak. Granny Hua Geng's Great Dao of Metal transformed into a path of golden divine flowers, descending from the void and into Xishan's western side peak. Engraved upon it were the three ancient Dao rhyme patterns of Hua Ling Peak.
Simultaneously, the great beast Zhan Mu to the east let out a roar towards the sky. The lush spiritual tree it had been perched upon on Tai Chong Peak grew ten thousand zhang, scattering countless innate green spiritual energy into the eastern side peak. Drops of its serpentine blood fell, irrigating the eastern peak with the power of wood, and as the bloodstains faded, Zhan Mu Peak became visible.
Venerable Chi Li to the south waved his hand, releasing the Scarlet Flame Banner into the southern peak. Innumerable ground fires erupted, and lava surged upwards, emitting heat. After the Great Dao of Innate Scarlet Fire surged, Chi Li Peak materialized on the southern peak.
In the north, Ke's icy breath, a thousand li in scope, swept forth. Subsequently, three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, manifesting the wonders of the Three Heavens, were submerged into the northern peak, bringing with them the Dao of Innate Water. Bei Ke Peak appeared.
On the central Tai Chong Peak, Venerable Yu manifested a hundred thousand divine mountains behind him, casting a shadow that obscured the sky. The energy of the earth veins was stirred, and the heavy Xuanhuang energy bent the man's spine. The hundred thousand divine mountains were stacked and descended, merging with Tai Chong Peak.
The Five Golden Immortal Venerables were immediately enveloped by the Innate Five Elements light, which shone across the sky. Five pillars of colored light enveloped Xishan, forming a world of Five Elements, a resplendent and dazzling celestial dome.
Countless clan members outside Xishan looked up with longing. This was Xishan's own Innate Spiritual Land. Once completed, they would have the foundation of an overlord clan!
In the entire Primordial World, there were only thirty-six Celestial Grottoes and seventy-two Blessed Lands that were Innate Spiritual Lands.
Xishan had originally been ranked the seventeenth Celestial Grotto. Its depths contained countless profound Dao principles, and even though it was destroyed, it surpassed ordinary spiritual mountains.
The five colored light pillars separated into five parts, and profound innate Dao emanated from the Five Golden Immortal Venerables, integrating into Xishan's five peaks.
After countless years of silence, the scattered laws of the Celestial Grottoes of Xishan began to glow. The five peaks gradually transformed into five divine peaks. The Golden Immortal Venerables were not tasked with building Xishan's spiritual land, but rather with using the Innate Spiritual Objects and their own Dao to activate Xishan's residual Celestial Grotto power, combining the ceaseless generative force of the Five Elements to nourish Xishan's spiritual veins and help Xishan re-emerge as a Celestial Grotto.
Of course, it was impossible to restore it to its original state. However, as long as the Golden Immortals hoped for Xishan to return to the category of Innate Spiritual Lands, it would suffice.
The Innate Spiritual Qi could attract countless innate spiritual Qi from heaven and earth into the cave dwelling, spontaneously condensing spiritual objects. Furthermore, Innate Dao Rhyme integrated into the cave dwelling would make enlightenment and cultivation twice as effective, with cultivation speed far surpassing that of ordinary mountainous regions.
Even Heavenly realm cultivators could sense the spiritual vitality of heaven and earth, and there was a possibility of breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm!
Qi's large eyes stared blankly at the five-colored light domain and murmured, "Brother, will our Xishan also become a Celestial Grotto world?"
Qing Ling looked up at the sky with emotion and nodded, "If nothing unexpected happens, tens of thousands of years from now, Xishan's Celestial Grotto will emerge!"
Even with the efforts of the Five Golden Immortal Venerables, tens of thousands of years of preparation, the use of five Innate Spiritual Objects, and the expenditure of countless heavenly treasures, it was only a possibility.
The remaining Venerable Du and Venerable 㟿 guarded the Five Golden Immortal Venerables outside the five-colored light domain of Xishan, preventing any malicious individuals from causing disruption.
Within Xishan, there was not a single clan member at this moment. In the empty Xishan, the souls of the ancestors in the Guixu spontaneously depleted their soul power, injecting it into Xishan's foundation. Only Granny Hua Geng sensed the soul power of the ancestors. A flicker of light flashed in her eyes; this was the ancestors' own choice to contribute their last bit of strength to Xishan.
Furthermore, the Fu Chun Divine Spark within Qing Ling's primordial spirit was slowly reviving. The missing innate divine spark shone brightly. As fellow Innate Spiritual Objects, all of the Innate category received assistance.
He took a firm step forward and entered the protective formation.
Qi immediately called out, "Brother, the clan leader said that no one can enter until the Xishan Celestial Grotto is completed."
Qing Ling smiled and said, "It's alright, I won't act rashly." With that, the patterns on his hand flashed, opening the formation, and he walked inside.
Venerable Du, patrolling the sky, also witnessed this scene. He did not intervene. What the Holy Son did would not harm Xishan. Not for any other reason than that Qing Ling bore the title of "Holy Son."
Stepping into the vast expanse of five-colored light, Qing Ling felt his entire body being impacted by infinite power. There was no harm, nor any benefit. Here, he would attempt to reach a higher realm with the power of Xishan's Celestial Grotto.