Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 156 - 154: [Fierce Beast Taotie, Swallowing Great Dao] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 156: Chapter 154: [Fierce Beast Taotie, Swallowing Great Dao] (Please Subscribe)

"You’ve also noticed this point?"

Seeing and listening to Xuanqing’s analysis, Tongtian’s eyes revealed a glint of brilliance: "Originally, your two masters and I realized our own shortcomings because we couldn’t completely perceive the Pangu Great Dao. We thought to use the method of incarnations of others and self to assist our true self in perfecting the Dao Fruit, probing the deficiencies, and evolving it towards perfection!"

Even they suspected that Pangu transformed into all things to use the thoughts and ideas of all beings to allow his Dao Fruit to transform towards transcendence.

Otherwise, to merely create heaven and earth – they had done it before, and although the worlds they created were far from Pangu’s, it shouldn’t have led to their bodies dying and Daos vanishing, right?

"This..."

Hearing the words of the Tongtian Sect Master, Xuanqing was startled, finally understanding why The Three Pure Ones, as the orthodox lineage of Pangu, were so eager to rid themselves of Pangu’s Mark!

If it’s really as The Three Pure Ones suspected, that all beings in the Primordial World were incarnations of Pangu God, then they could potentially be devoured by the true self at any moment.

"No!"

Xuanqing was rife with a myriad of thoughts: "As a member of the Primordial Human Race, my life was bestowed by Lady Nuwa. It shouldn’t be possible that I am an incarnation of others from Pangu, right?"

"But the materials for creating humans, whether it be the Three Lights Divine Water or the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, all came from the flesh of Pangu God which evolved into the Primordial World... To say there’s no connection at all, that’s also hard to justify!"

"Even when we, cultivators, inhale and exhale Spiritual Energy, it’s possible that we become assimilated by the Pangu Great Dao. Without realizing it, we turn into incarnations of others from Pangu!"

"After all..."

"The Spiritual Energy we inhale and exhale daily, also comes from the transformation of Pangu’s flesh!"

"Such an existence, where the self is everything, can casually create cause and effect, weave fate, and even the Heavenly Dao is but a frail bubble in its eyes, easily molded, and just as easily destroyed with a single thought... Any means beyond my understanding are unsurprising!"

Xuanqing was terrified by his deep thoughts, fearing that he was just a cell from Pangu, and hastily shook his head to cast away those extreme ideas.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why The Three Pure Ones went to great lengths to eliminate Pangu’s Mark.

The mysteries of others and self, infinite and inscrutable, even now, he hadn’t deciphered all secrets of the path of others and self. When you think you are the true self... is it possible that you are just an other to someone else?

The more Xuanqing thought, the more ill at ease he felt. Had he truly crossed into the Primordial era, or had some unknown existence woven a segment of memory into his mind?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but look towards the Tongtian Sect Master and earnestly asked, "Teacher, do you think it’s possible for an incarnation of others to replace the true self?"

"It is indeed possible!"

The Tongtian Sect Master spoke with a solemn voice, a hint of gravity in his expression: "Just like Yun Zhongzi and Chang’e. Although they were both beings evolved from the true spirits of the Good Corpse and Xi He, one day, if their strength surpasses the original selves of Yun Zhongzi and Xi He, it’s not impossible for them to take their place and become the new Good Corpse and Xi He!"

"Whoever is stronger, that is the true self!"

Seeing that Xuanqing looked somewhat troubled, the Tongtian Sect Master added, "Of course, their original selves have perished, which is a rather special circumstance. As long as your true self remains, it’s not likely that an incarnation of others will devour the true self. However, what I’m telling you now might not necessarily be correct either! After all... there’s a person beyond a person, a heaven beyond a heaven!"

"We’ve arrived!"

As the two discussed the Dao of others and self, time passed unknowingly, until the chaos in front of them dispersed, revealing a vast world filled with eerie aura.

"It seems this is the world mentioned by Luo Hou, where the Ponderosa Pine is located!"

After carefully confirming their coordinates, Xuanqing silently positioned the Tongtian Sect Master in front of him, not believing that even in this way Luo Hou could calculate against him.

The Tongtian Sect Master used his Divine Skills to carefully observe: "This world is indeed peculiar, no wonder Luo Hou, knowing of the Ponderosa Pine’s presence here, did not retrieve it, instead choosing to ignore it!"

"Peculiar?"

Xuanqing was puzzled; utilizing his Dharma Eye, he did not see anything amiss.

"That’s right!"

The Tongtian Sect Master nodded, and then summoned the Green Duckweed Sword, slashing towards the world ahead: "This world is alive! It’s the stomach lining of the Fierce Beast Taotie transformed!"

Boom!

The green sword light, in mid-air, multiplied from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, from a hundred to a thousand... until trillions, and then instantly landed upon the boundary wall.

No, instead of calling it a boundary wall, it was more like a stomach lining of a multiverse. With just a slight tremble, all the sword light from the Tongtian Sect Master was swallowed up.

Boom!

The void trembled, and endless chaos surged. As a beam of light passed by, a giant figure with the body of a sheep, the face of a human, fangs of a tiger, human-like claws, and huge eyes under its armpits, its body as vast as the universe, appeared in front of them.

"Wuwu~"

However, despite such a massive being, its voice was like that of a baby’s, eerie and able to affect the Primordial Spirits of the Daluo Golden Immortals.

"Ding!"

Without hesitation, Xuanqing summoned the Cosmic Light Bell, using its sound to counter the voice of Taotie, simultaneously relieved that he had invited the Tongtian Sect Master along.

The world mentioned by Luo Hou was the stomach lining of the Fierce Beast Taotie; if he had entered directly... would there be a chance to return?

Seeing this, the Tongtian Sect Master showed a hint of interest: "This Taotie is one of the four great Fierce Beasts, second only to the Beast Emperor Shen Ni, amongst the Fierce Beasts. After the tribulation of the Primordial era, it disappeared from the Primordial World. Who would have thought that it had already gained the strength of half a step into Primordial Chaos!"

By Primordial, he naturally didn’t mean Primordial Golden Immortal, but Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Half-step Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal!

Tongtian Sect Master directly deployed the "Slaying Immortal Sword Formation," utilizing the Array Map and four Killing Swords to seal off hundreds of millions of miles of the void, instantly enveloping the body of the Taotie.

Xuanqing felt a chill creep up his spine: "I told you, Luo Hou was up to no good! That pine tree was probably devoured by the Taotie during the Fierce Beast calamity! At that time, Luo Hou had not yet achieved saintliness, so even if he discovered the whereabouts of the Top Grade Innate Spirit Root pine tree, he would not dare to lay a hand on it!"

Now, after hundreds of millions of years, the power of Taotie has undoubtedly risen to the next level, surpassing the past Shen Ni and reaching the threshold of a Half-step Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

However, in the presence of the Saint Realm Tongtian Sect Master, it was still somewhat insignificant. The moment "Slaying Immortal Sword Formation" was activated, Taotie immediately showed a look of terror.

"Slaying Immortal Sword Formation, rise!"

With a loud shout from Tongtian Sect Master, the four Killing Swords instantly evolved into infinite Doomsday Sword Qi, each strand capable of effortlessly turning the void into dust.

To deal with a Taotie, there was actually no need for the major weapon "Slaying Immortal Sword Formation." If Tongtian Sect Master wasn’t interested in the Taotie’s stomach and the pine tree, he would never have made such a big show of force.

The stomach of the Taotie is a Multiverse in its own right; given its characteristic of devouring everything, he speculated that it might contain not just the Top Grade Innate Spirit Root pine tree.

Who knows, various Innate Spiritual Treasures, various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, might be as common as small mountains in there.

"Taotie, leave behind your life!"

Tongtian Sect Master chuckled lightly, and the four Killing Swords vibrated, shooting out strands of Doomsday Sword Qi, stirring the void, instantly turning into an unparalleled Sword Array.

Numerous Innate Daoist Scriptures crisscrossed, forming a series of array patterns that resonated with the Doomsday Sword Qi. One formation was a sword, one sword was a formation, interlinking tightly; the "Slaying Immortal Sword Formation" instantly became a Universe of Swords.

Not made of copper, iron, or steel, once hidden beneath Mount Sumeru. Without the need for Yin Yang Inversion Refinement, wouldn’t it still have the edge honed by water and fire?

Slay the immortals with deadly ease, imprison immortals and stir up red light everywhere. The ever-changing eradication of immortals, leaving Daluo Divine Immortals with bloodstained attire.

The sword’s hum shook the Great Thousand Worlds, Doomsday Sword Qi severed space-time, annihilating all in an instant, leaving the Taotie stripped down to nothing but a skeleton.

Certainly, aside from the skeleton, there was also a Primordial Spirit, and a stomach comparable to a Multiverse.

The Primordial Spirit of Taotie trembled, endless True Blood fell like chaotic stars, crashing the Qiankun Universe.

"Slain!"

With a thought from Tongtian Sect Master, the Green Duckweed Sword flew out at once, like the judgment of the Heavenly Dao, crossing infinite space-time, and directly striking the Primordial Spirit of the Taotie.

Upon seeing this, Xuanqing hastily said, "Master, please show mercy. This Primordial Spirit of Taotie is excellent material for Artifact Refining! It’s comparable to a Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!"

The Primordial Spirit of a Half-step Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, with its vast Innate Undying Spirit Light, could be used to refine a Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure even with average materials.

Hearing this, Tongtian Sect Master immediately employed the power of the Heavenly Dao to reverse time on a small scale, regathering the Primordial Spirit of Taotie, which then turned into a dazzling stream of light and fell into the "Water and Fire Gourd" he carried with him.

"Those True Blood drops are also treasures!"

Xuanqing immediately deployed the "Netherworld Geomancy Map," sweeping towards the True Blood of Taotie scattered in the void. Unfortunately, a good amount of the True Blood had already been swallowed by Chaos.

What a waste!

His own master, perhaps accustomed to being generous, didn’t care for the True Blood of Taotie, but in Xuanqing’s eyes, they were all prime material for Artifact Refining... Even wasting a single drop caused him great pain!

"How admirable!"

Tongtian Sect Master chided without good humor: "Look at you, you might as well be some Loose Cultivator out in the wild!"

"Alas! As a Heavenly Dao Saint, Master naturally looks down upon these things!" Upon hearing this, Xuanqing immediately laughed: "But if they were thrown into the Primordial World, countless Daluo Cultivators would fight over them!"

The True Blood of a Half-step Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, not to mention using it for Alchemy or Artifact Refining, just studying the Great Dao within it would be enough to benefit a Daluo immensely.

The bloodline of the Fierce Beast Taotie definitely contains fragments of the Swallowing Great Dao.

And Xuanqing, possessed a "Twelve Grade Purifying World White Lotus" that could purify all impurities. Swallowing combined with purifying, wouldn’t that be infinite swallowing without side effects?

Thus, Xuanqing showed a strong interest in everything about the Taotie, whether it was its stomach, its skeleton, or its flesh...

Tongtian Sect Master revealed a slight smile and retracted the "Slaying Immortal Array," "Rest assured! The real treasures should all be in this fellow’s stomach!"

He casually tossed the skeleton of Taotie to Xuanqing and then, using the power of the Heavenly Dao, began shrinking Taotie’s stomach continually, until it was the size of a palm, radiating an almost imperceptible force of space-time, before he stopped channeling his Divine Skills.

"A stable Multiverse!"

Tongtian Sect Master sent his divine consciousness into it, carefully inspecting: "The Top Grade Innate Spirit Root pine tree and over a dozen Innate Spiritual Treasures, although the majority of them are of Mid and Low Grade, there are still two that rank among High Grade! Besides, there are mountains and veins that evolved from Immortal Gold Divine Iron! Has this Taotie been devouring all things just to evolve into a world?"

He had heard that the Fierce Beast Taotie, which swallows everything, but he never imagined that the many treasures it swallowed directly formed a world inside its stomach.

Seeing this, Xuanqing also sent his divine consciousness to explore, and he couldn’t help but express elation: "Such fortune! We must thank Luo Hou indeed!"

Luo Hou, that fellow, spoke only half-truths, definitely with ill-intentions, but with Tongtian Sect Master personally taking action, any scheming was nothing but a joke.

Therefore, in his heart, Xuanqing silently conferred upon Demon Ancestor Luo Hou the title of "Treasure-Gifting Demon."

Not long ago, Luo Hou had sent them the "Heart Demon Tribulation" and the "Twelve Grade Destructive Black Lotus," little did they expect that so soon he would deliver yet another tremendous opportunity!

"What a good soul, Luo Hou Daoist!"

Xuanqing smiled faintly, silently sending thanks to Luo Hou in his heart.

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