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Chapter 584 The Secrets of Primordial Chaos
Chapter 584 The Secrets of Primordial Chaos
boom!
Boom!
With the blessing of the Three Elements Qi, the Taiyi Supreme Saint Beiyun Divine Image in Chen Beiwu's eyes suddenly changed drastically.
A purple-gold halo appeared between the god's eyebrows, creating a faint ripple.
Within the ripples, a powerful aura converged and manifested, forming densely packed golden seal characters.
These seal characters are extremely small, and the light they emit flicker, like ant legs, yet each character is clearly visible.
"Using destiny as ink and divine images as paper, what a grand vision!" Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted slightly.
Even if he possessed the Nine-Breath Chaos Treasure, he could not have achieved such a supernatural power to transform the power of destiny into ink and brush, which remained for hundreds of thousands of years.
To leave such inscriptions on the statue of the Supreme Saint of the Northern Transport, could it be that he is an existence at the level of the Refining Void Dao Venerable?
"Woof?" (What's wrong?)
Sensing his master's unusual behavior, Tie Dan immediately looked up at where Chen Beiwu's gaze was, but found nothing.
"Huh?"
Schiller also put down the jade box in his hand, revealing a look of surprise.
Judging from Chen Beiwu's reaction, could this seemingly ordinary statue be hiding some secret?
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Chen Beiwu took a deep breath and smiled at Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Zhi Ling, Xue Le, and A Ji, who were standing beside him with concerned looks in their eyes.
Judging from the golden eggs' reactions, only they could see the seal script written with the power of destiny.
Even Aji, whose cultivation was close to that of a demon lord, could not detect anything amiss with the statue.
Upon hearing this, the golden eggs relaxed, put down what they were holding, and gathered around Chen Beiwu.
Chen Beiwu, on the other hand, used the Three Elements Qi Luck and the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Divine Power to decipher the Qi Luck inscriptions manifested by the divine statues one by one.
After ten thousand years of arduous cultivation, the gate to Void Refinement is right before me. Today, I will surely grasp the Path of Primordial Chaos and attain the Realm of Void Refinement!
Why was I still one step short? With my foundation and destiny, I shouldn't have failed in my quest to attain the Dao and refine the void; it was impossible for me to fail!
[As expected, the Primordial Dao is not empty; it already has a master. The Primordial Immortal Technique I cultivate is flawed; this was all a scheme.]
[Spanning time and space, using immortal techniques as seedlings and the geniuses of a particular world as nourishment, what **Dao Venerable, what **spreading the Dharma to all beings, is nothing more than an old immortal selecting medicinal ingredients and plotting to cultivate a great elixir —]
Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed as he keenly noticed that the Qi Luck Seal Script had undergone some changes after arriving here, with a few scattered characters becoming even more difficult to see.
Chen Beiwu could only speculate on some content by connecting the seal script above and below:
The cause and effect are already intertwined, and even divine intervention cannot sever them; there is no escaping, no escape. Since that is the case, then let us not run!
[Before chaos was created, primordial chaos had already arisen. With the aid of the Nine Breaths Primordial Treasure, I have comprehended the essence of the Great Dao of Primordial Chaos, and am only one step away from the Refining Void Realm. I may well be able to contend with a Refining Void Dao Venerable.]
Today, I, the Supreme Being, will bathe in the blood of the Dao Venerable, wield the primordial Dao, and prove my Dao and refine the void!
Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed as he discovered a crucial piece of information.
He was not the first host of the Nine Breaths Chaos Treasure, but the second, or even the Nth host!
As for which host it is, Chen Beiwu has no way of knowing for the time being just by looking at these aura inscriptions, but they roughly match his guesses, and his thoughts gradually wander.
The conclusions that can be drawn from this intelligence are already quite clear.
If nothing unexpected happens, the person who wrote the Qi Luck Seal should be the ancestor of the Huang family, the great immortal cultivator who once dominated Tianyuan Star in ancient times.
However, that ancestor was unlucky and was outmaneuvered by the Refining Void Daoist, so he could only fight against the Refining Void Daoist with his Nascent Soul body.
In this way, the ancestor's struggle against the Refining Void Daoist would likely not end well, which is why he left the Nine Breaths of Chaos in the statue and passed it on to one of his descendants.
Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
Even a giant like our ancestor was outmaneuvered by the Dao Ancestor of Refining Emptiness; the Nine Breaths Chaos might just be bait thrown out by a higher-dimensional being.
"Buzz!"
At the critical moment, the Lingtai Guardian Bell vibrated, gradually calming Chen Beiwu's mind.
Suspicion is useless. Without the help of the Nine Breaths of Chaos, even if he exhausted his entire life's efforts, he could only cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage, with a chance of reaching the Golden Core stage, instead of being able to reach the Nascent Soul stage as he is today, with a chance of becoming a True God.
To put it bluntly, all his current suspicions stem from his own insufficient cultivation level.
When soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it.
Regardless of whether there are problems with the Nine Breaths Chaos, once he raises his cultivation to the level of Nascent Soul True Venerable, or even Void Refinement, he will surely be able to obtain some answers.
With this thought in mind, Chen Beiwu held his breath and focused his attention on the Qi Luck Inscription.
Just one finger.
I've lost, utterly and completely!
[With a vast world and countless middle worlds as its resources, traversing time and space, and devouring endless immortal seedlings, that old immortal is definitely not an ordinary Void Refinement Dao Venerable, but rather an existence that has transcended the first step!]
Is it the second or third step of the Void Refinement stage?
[It doesn't matter anymore. The foundation for my Dao has already been stripped away. Before my death and the dissipation of my Dao, I can only exhaust the fortune I've accumulated over thousands of years and use the power of the Nine Breaths of Chaos to escape across realms and flee from the Ten Thousand Star.]
What kind of vast world is this? The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is as fiery and intense as fire; such domineering power is completely unsuitable for cultivators.
As expected, this world is dominated by demonic beasts, and humanity is extremely weak.
The Path of Primordial Chaos has been severed, and the Qi within the Nine Breaths of Chaos has long been exhausted. In order to recover from my injuries, regain my half-step Void Refinement realm, or even advance further, and prove my Dao in this vast world, I can only risk using the Qi of Humanity as a foundation to pass down the Immortal Cultivation Method in this vast world, gather Qi and position, and forge a new path to immortality.
Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu frowned slightly, unable to help but feel a sense of apprehension.
The Huang family patriarch was not a cultivator from Tianyuan Star, but a cultivator from Wanyuan Star. No wonder the Great Thousand World locked by the Ten Directions Gate was the Southern Wilderness Region.
In this case, if the Daoist Master whom the Ancestor was wary of had not died, wouldn't he, who inherited the Nine Breaths of Chaos, also be targeted?
After all, that old codger spread immortal techniques everywhere, just to select suitable immortal seedlings to cultivate and devour.
My current cultivation level is only at the Nascent Soul True Monarch level, which is probably not enough to catch the eye of that being, and that being may not even still be within the Ten Thousand Star!
Chen Beiwu's spirit platform bell trembled, suppressing his astonishment.
He wasn't just making wild guesses.
From ancient times to the present, a long period of time has passed, and that Daoist master may have left Wanyuan Star to seek opportunities in other great worlds.
Otherwise, the Southern Wilderness would not have been abandoned and degraded into a broken world where the Dao of Creation is incomplete and the True Venerable of the Divine Transformation realm is almost extinct.
However, to be on the safe side, Chen Beiwu decided that from this day forward, he would no longer delve into the cultivation of the immortal techniques of the Southern Wilderness, including the "Tianyi Beiming Wanxiang Daolu" passed down by Tianyi Zhenlong, lest he be accidentally schemed against by a higher-dimensional being.
The cultivation techniques of the Immortal Alliance mainly rely on the use of beasts for cultivation, so there's some precaution to take and no need to worry too much.
The reason is simple: the Holy Maiden of Taiyin cultivates the immortal arts of the cave heavens, and once mentioned that before the peerless true lord of the Immortal Alliance can attain the Dao and transform into a god, he needs to cultivate the immortal arts to the extreme and walk his own path of immortal cultivation in order to have any hope of refining into the void. Otherwise, he would have to confront the Dao Venerable of Refining into the Void.
However, Chen Beiwu couldn't help but recall the power of the Dao Fruit mentioned by the Sect Master, and his expression changed.
The Dao Fruits of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens are not true Dao Fruits, but pseudo-Dao Fruits, which require powerful immortals and peerless geniuses to bear.
The more a prodigy cultivator borrows the power of the Dao Fruit, the easier it is for them to be assimilated by the Dao Fruit, thus stopping them at the True Venerable of the Divine Transformation realm and preventing them from ever reaching the Void Refining Dao Venerable realm.
And this power of the Dao Fruit seems to be quite similar to what the ancestor said about "the Dao Venerable sowing the seeds, the immortal techniques becoming the seedlings, and then devouring the immortal seedlings."
Could it be that most of the top talents selected by the five great grotto heavens will eventually become resources for the Immortal Alliance's Void Refining Dao Venerables?
Chen Beiwu felt a chill run down his spine upon closer examination and dared not think about it any further.
His intuition told him it was impossible, but from a profit perspective, it wasn't impossible.
Fortunately, my aptitude was limited back then, and I failed to enter the Five Great Grotto Heavens, so I did not need to bear the power of the Dao Fruit.
Chen Beiwu heard the bell on the Spirit Platform humming, suppressing the shock in his heart.
If even the Five Great Grotto-Heavens are like this, with their high-ranking members relying on the Immortal Alliance's peerless geniuses for sustenance, then how much better can the Thirteen Immortal Sects be?
He's probably overthinking it!
But we should learn from the mistakes of the past.
To be on the safe side, Chen Beiwu was already considering how he should use the power of the Nine Breaths of Chaos to create his own cultivation method, instead of continuing to comprehend the fundamental immortal techniques of the Primordial Beginning and forging the Primordial Myriad Tribulations Body.
Even if doing so might make it difficult for him to rank among the top five in the Jade Purity Golden Book, or even cause him to miss the opportunity to enter the Jade Purity Hidden Forbidden Zone and attempt to subdue the immortal beast remnant, the Sky-Mending Eagle!
The Primordial Great Dao is singular and already has an owner. My early planning, using the fundamental immortal techniques of the Primordial Dao as a foundation to create my own cultivation method and embark on another path of immortality, might not necessarily be a bad thing.
Chen Beiwu's gaze gradually hardened as he continued to look at the Qi Luck Seal.
Judging from the seal script left by our ancestors, the cultivation methods passed down by our ancestors on Tianyuan Star are very likely one of the sources of many cultivation methods in the Immortal Alliance.
If he could obtain the ancestor's cultivation method and combine the two, he would be able to avoid some major pitfalls in the future, whether he created his own cultivation method or practiced some immortal alliance techniques.
This world is strange and treacherous, teeming with exceptionally powerful demonic beasts, including quite a few true dragons comparable to Void Refinement Dao Venerables!
The matter of spreading the Dharma to the human race must be handled with extreme caution; it must not attract the attention of the monsters of this world, or a great calamity will surely befall us.
[Having fed on the essence of the Tenglong, my injuries have finally healed somewhat, but if I wish to survive, I must forge a Dharma-like Heaven and Earth within a thousand years and once again attain the Dao and become a True God.]
[This is truly an exaggeration. The demonic beasts of this realm are exceptionally blessed with powerful bloodlines, including many sixth-tier great demons whose strength rivals that of a Void Refining Dao Venerable. Fortunately, these great demons fight amongst themselves and regard humans as ants. I only need to conceal my aura with nine breaths of Chaos to avoid attracting too much attention.]
[The law of the jungle far surpasses that of Wan Yuanxing. If I were to act too frequently, I risk damaging my own foundation and attracting the attention of powerful demons. Subduing a demon beast to act on my behalf would undoubtedly be a safer course of action.]
[If the Path of Primordial Chaos is unavailable, the Path of Beast Taming might offer a different world, worth a try. If we can successfully subdue those two sixth-tier great demons who are as powerful as heaven and earth, we will surely avenge our past grievances!]
And then? That's it!
Chen Beiwu paused, his brows furrowing.
He also wanted to see how his ancestor had opened up a path to immortality for the human race on Tianyuan Star, a place teeming with demon saints, and dominated the Tianyuan Star region. However, the golden seal script manifested by the statue became less and less.
Fortunately, Chen Beiwu finally saw a few key lines of seal script.
The path of beast taming holds boundless potential and can serve as proof of my own path.
[However, my foundation was damaged, my lifespan greatly reduced, and my body was eroded by the power of primordial chaos. In the end, all my efforts were in vain, and even the power of destiny could not save me.]
[Death is inevitable; I fear no death. My only regret is not being able to cut off that old bastard's head and use it as a chamber pot to vent my hatred.]
"So be it. Before my body dies and my Dao dissipates, I comprehend a celestial technique called the 'Taiyi Hundong Jiuxuan Zhisheng Miluo Bahui Wuliang Beiyun Xianjing,' which can restrain the Hongmeng Dao."
Unfortunately, the humans of this world are all blockheads; no one can learn from them, no one can comprehend them. They can only be inscribed on statues, left for those with the right destiny.
[Taiyi, the source of all laws. Hundong, the root of chaos. Jiuxuan, the foundation of nine layers of immortality. Zhisheng, who unites heaven and earth. Miluo, all-encompassing. Bahui, bearing true beasts. Wuliang, pointing directly to the immortal realm. Beiyun, governing destiny.]
"boom!"
Under the sweeping influence of this powerful Daoist aura, Chen Beiwu's spiritual platform cleared, and an old man whose face could not be seen quietly appeared deep within his sea of consciousness.
The old man clenched his five fingers into a hand seal, looked up at Chen Beiwu, and began to expound on the great principles, his voice as resonant as a great bell.
Chen Beiwu's body trembled violently, and countless profound and mysterious immortal scriptures emerged in his spiritual platform, helping him to circulate his internal cultivation techniques and form the Taiyi Boundless Northern Transport Seal.
But Chen Beiwu was in no hurry. He activated Tai Xuan Shou Yi and became clear-headed during his enlightenment.
While the "Taiyi Hundong Jiuxuan Zhisheng Miluo Bahui Wuliang Beiyun Xianjing" is indeed powerful and sounds prestigious, being an extremely ancient immortal technique, it was ultimately created by a cultivation giant, not passed down by the Refining Void Daoist, and therefore cannot keep up with the changes in the cultivation versions of the Immortal Alliance.
Without exaggeration, in Chen Beiwu's eyes, this Taiyi Boundless Northern Transport Immortal Scripture is neither comparable to the methods inherited from the Five Great Grotto Heavens, nor to the Primordial Fundamental Immortal Method inherited from the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
But the beauty of this technique lies in its antiquity, which allowed Chen Beiwu to vaguely glimpse another path to becoming a True Immortal.
The immortal techniques passed down from our ancestors can be used for reference and verification, but they should not be relied upon too much. Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, his gaze calm.
The path of cultivation must be taken step by step to ensure a steady progress.
Whether it is the Way of the Primordial Beginning or the Way of Taiyi passed down by the Ancestor, they are all other people's ways.
With the teachings of his ancestors, he could not rush into practicing immortal arts and neglect the foundation of his life.
"Buzz!"
Just then, all the golden seal script dissipated, transforming into wisps of purple mist that were absorbed by the Nine Breaths Chaos.
One!
Two!
Three!
In just a moment, Chen Beiwu discovered that five incomparably precious purple energies had appeared within the chaotic world.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the purple aura, Chen Beiwu picked up the statue with a solemn expression.
Even with the aid of the Nine Breaths of Chaos, the ancestor was utterly defeated before the Refining Void Daoist, ultimately meeting a tragic end, his body and soul extinguished.
If he becomes arrogant because of his Nine Breaths of Chaos, he will suffer a great loss sooner or later. He must be extremely cautious in his future cultivation.
Besides that, there was something else that concerned Chen Beiwu the most: from beginning to end, the ancestor never mentioned the specific origin of the Nine Breaths Chaos.
"Did our ancestors not know the origin of the Nine Breaths Chaos, or did they deliberately avoid discussing it?" Chen Beiwu couldn't find an answer.
The fact that our ancestor was able to escape from the clutches of the Refining Void Dao Venerable with the help of the Nine Breaths Chaos suggests that this treasure of destiny is likely of a higher rank than the Primordial Dao Artifact and is trustworthy; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to do so.
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