Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 170 - 167 "The Death of Jingwei, The Mastermind Behind the Scenes" (Subscribe Please)

Chapter 170: Chapter 167 "The Death of Jingwei, The Mastermind Behind the Scenes" (Subscribe Please)

Jiuli Tribe.

At the time of Xuanyuan’s birth, Li Tan, who was forging a divine weapon, couldn’t help but feel a tremor in his heart, as if an archenemy had suddenly appeared in the world.

"What’s wrong?"

His brother Li Wu saw him suddenly space out and took the initiative to ask.

"Nothing!"

Li Tan shook his head and continued to forge the divine weapon in his hand, incorporating the physical body of a Daluo Demon God. This was a brand-new artifact refining technique he had created.

He called it the "Blood Refining Technique." Weapons refined through this method were far more powerful than others, capable of invoking the evil qi between heaven and earth to enhance their might.

This Daluo Demon God was one that he and his eight brothers had gone to great lengths to hunt down.

Bodu Demon God!

A tiger demon who had cultivated for nearly a hundred kalpas, whose cultivation had reached the pinnacle of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

During this time, he had also heard of the cultivation path of agriculture and the Method of Self opened up by Lieshan, transforming an Acquired Spirit Root into one’s "lifebound object," then growing it alongside oneself so that when one advanced to Daluo, they could use the Innate Undying Spirit Light that evolved during the breakthrough to transform the Acquired Spirit Root into an Innate Spirit Root.

But Li Tan was the first witch-born person in the Primordial World, emerging after the demons massacred humans. His cultivation had already reached the pinnacle of Daluo Golden Immortal a long time ago... so naturally, it was impossible for him to start learning the Method of True Self from scratch!

However, the ideals of Lieshan gave him a lot of inspiration; since there could be "Lifebound Spiritual Roots," why couldn’t there be ever-evolving "Lifebound Spiritual Treasures"?

"Success!"

After an indeterminate amount of time, a pillar of evil qi shot into the sky, and the shadow of the tiger demon could vaguely be seen, causing the evil qi within a million li to converge instantly.

This was a ferocious weapon. Because it had been forged with the physical body of a Daluo Demon God, a trace of Innate Qi was faintly circulating on the blade.

Unfortunately, Li Tan was not a disciple of the Xuan Sect. The artifact refining techniques he used were self-taught, and he was unable to transform this spiritual treasure completely into an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

"Let’s call you Tiger Soul!"

Li Tan held the newly-refined weapon in his hands, showing a very satisfied expression.

Following this, his physical body burst forth with a powerful force that made the void tremble, and the "Tiger Soul" in his hand seemed capable of cutting through the Qiankun Universe.

This was his great Dao, forged through the combination of the Xuan Sect’s "Golden Core Method" and the Witch Clan’s "Body Refining Technique," which allowed him to leverage the Heaven and Earth Power with his own physical body.

He called it—Martial Arts!

However, the Martial Arts at present were not yet mature. Within the entire Jiuli Tribe, only eighty-one people could cultivate it, and the rest could only study some rudimentary methods.

"To become a leader of the Human Race, as revered as the Heavenly Emperor and Earth Emperor, and gain tremendous prestige, there is still a long road ahead!"

Li Tan muttered to himself.

He had seen the Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi travel aboard the "Thousand-Winged Dragon Boat," radiant with golden light, greeted by billions, and that sparked a thought within him.

"This position could be mine to claim!"

Thus, for years, he had been devising ways to become an existence like Heavenly Emperor Fu Xi.

Under his leadership, the Jiuli Tribe was actually not much less powerful than the Fu Xi clan.

Even though the Fu Xi clan produced eighty-six successive Human Emperors after Fu Xi, in Li Tan’s view, few of them were capable.

Otherwise, why would the lineage, after eighty-six generations, be replaced by Lieshan?

"Once I perfect the Martial Arts and the Blood Refining Skill, and spread it across the entire Human Race, I will also surely become a leader of the Human Race like Lieshan!"

Li Tan swore in his heart.

Meanwhile, Guang Chengzi, under the guidance of Yuanshi Tianzun, found the newly born Xuanyuan in the Youxiong Tribe and established a master-disciple relationship with him.

He had heard about Xuan Dou and Chi Jingzi instructing the Heavenly and Earth Emperors... so, he thought that natural guidance was all that was needed.

Whatever Xuanyuan showed interest in, he would teach; as for which path to take in the future, that was Xuanyuan’s own business, with no need for excessive guidance.

However, as a mentor, Guang Chengzi emphasized the importance of personal example in his first discipleship. In his interactions with Xuanyuan, his own arrogance was on full display.

It’s as if he had an air of... "I, as a Daluo, am invincible, I’ve been personally instructed by a Saint, my master is Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Chan Sect’s method is the strongest in the Primordial World!"

This led Xuanyuan to believe from a young age that he was destined to become the Human Emperor.

Maintaining such a mindset allowed him to cultivate rapidly, but too much rigidity could easily break. Without a sense of reverence, should he face a major defeat in the future... it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to his Dao heart.

...

The Human Race’s fortunes were rising day by day, and Lieshan’s prestige was also increasing. Meanwhile, during this time, Ting Yao once again gave birth to a daughter for him.

Lieshan was very fond of her and named her "Jingwei," with the pet name "Nü Wa."

Although Jingwei wasn’t as extraordinarily talented as the Emperor’s daughters Wei Yang, Daughter Sang, Emperor Kui, or Yao Ji, she also began cultivating from a young age under Lieshan’s guidance.

Before she was ten years old, she had achieved some success in qi refinement and was capable of performing simple flying escapes!

But as the common leader of the Human Race, Lieshan had too many things to handle and couldn’t always be with Jingwei.

Thus, Jingwei spent most of her time in the care of her elder sister, Daughter Sang.

However, Daughter Sang was also unreliable. Because of her love for Chi Jingzi, she often disappeared to seek Chi Jingzi in the Primordial World.

One day, while Daughter Sang was away, an overly curious Jingwei was playing in the East Sea, when a streak of dark qi flashed by, and she fell into the East Sea.

And then—she was gone!

Only her soul remained, gathering the evil qi of the sea to transform into a Jingwei Bird, circling above the East Sea as if attempting to fill up the sea that had taken her life.

When Daughter Sang returned, she discovered that Jingwei had perished in the East Sea: "Impossible, with her cultivation, how could she drown in the East Sea?"

And the East Sea was precisely the territory of the Dragon Clan, which led her to suspect: "Could it be that the dragons of the East Sea played dirty tricks on my sister?"

Her mother, Ting Yao, descended from the Phoenix Clan and naturally held some prejudice against the Dragon Clan.

And Lieshan was heartbroken, unable to believe in Jingwei’s demise.

"It must have been the work of the Dragon Clan!"

Ting Yao insisted adamantly that the matter was inextricably linked to the Dragon Clan: "The Dragon and Phoenix Clans have always been fraught with conflict, and Jingwei carries the bloodline of the Phoenix Clan!"

"Bullshit!"

The figure of the East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang slowly materialized within the Jiang Water Tribe’s domain: "This matter has nothing to do with our Dragon Clan, do not wrongfully accuse us with your slander!"

"Our Dragon Clan, even if we were to target the Phoenix Clan, wouldn’t possibly target the daughter of the Earth Emperor!"

Ao Guang was also anxious at this moment. Upon hearing of the incident, he rushed over immediately... After all, Jingwei’s mishap had occurred on his territory!

The Human Race wanted an explanation, and the Dragon Clan did not wish to bear an unwarranted blame. If this were not handled properly, it could possibly lead to an outbreak of conflict between the Human and Dragon Clans.

Shortly after, powers like Fu Xi, the Mysterious Bird, and the Candle Dragon also arrived at the Jiang Water Tribe.

This was a major event involving three clans!

Fu Xi summoned Jingwei’s soul into his hands; her soul took the form of a giant bird, and within it, a trace of Curse Power was intermingled, elusive and faint.

"Indeed, someone targeted Jingwei!"

Fu Xi slowly spoke: "However, the likelihood of the Dragon Clan’s involvement is slim. It seems more likely that someone attempted to use this incident to calculate against us, just like Luo Hou plotted against the Dragon, Human, and Han Clans in the past!"

He employed the Innate Yi Dao to deduce, but to no avail, and could only sigh: "The culprit must possess a treasure that conceals the mechanizations of cause and effect from Heavenly Mechanism; I cannot deduce any useful information!"

In the art of deduction, within the Primordial World, those stronger than him were only a few Saints. If even he could not deduce the truth, then hope was slim!

Chi Jingzi, seeing this, also used the "Dao Yi Seal" and brought forth the "Yin Yang Mirror," intending to reflect some cause and effect with the divine powers of the Chan Sect.

Alas, he too came up empty-handed!

Fu Xi felt somewhat helpless and turned to the Candle Dragon, saying: "Candle Dragon Daoist friend, is it possible for you to employ the Time Dao to reveal the process of Jingwei’s fall into the East Sea?"

"I’ll try!"

The Candle Dragon immediately nodded.

He led everyone above the East Sea, and when he stimulated the Power of Time, he found a stream of black qi crossing millions of miles in distance, casting a shadow directly upon Jingwei... Clearly, the one who acted was exceedingly cautious, striking from tens of millions of miles away, effectively severing any possibility of deduction or the retracing of time and space!

"We’ve found nothing!"

Candle Dragon could only shake his head in helplessness.

Seeing this, the Mysterious Bird sneered with disdain: "Could it be you who’ve done it? If you were to act yourself, of course, the methods of retracing time would be of no use!"

The Mysterious Bird was actually pleased with the scenario unraveling; should a rift form between the Human and Dragon Clans, even a slight one, the Phoenix Clan could exploit it to secure more fortune from the Human Race.

"Humph!"

Upon hearing this, the Candle Dragon immediately retorted with a cold snort: "I could just as well suspect it to be a self-directed farce by your Phoenix Clan! To drive a wedge between the relationship of the Dragon Clan and the Human Race, a bitter ploy initiated by your own hands just to frame the Dragon Clan!"

"You!"

"How dare you spout such slander!"

The Mysterious Bird hastily got agitated.

According to the Candle Dragon’s reasoning, should the relationship between the Human and Dragon Clans shatter, the Phoenix Clan would reap the greatest benefits, thus becoming the mastermind behind the scenes!

"Why should that be impossible?"

Candle Dragon scoffed directly at the Mysterious Bird: "I hear that not long ago the Mysterious Bird Daoist Friend fought over a man with the Qingqiu Fox Clan; what else is there that you would not dare to do?"

"You’re seeking death!"

The Mysterious Bird, unable to contain his fury, was about to take action as Candle Dragon’s words had undeniably provoked him.

"Both Daoist friends, please calm down!"

Fu Xi intervened promptly, standing between the two to prevent a great battle: "If a war were to break out now, we’d likely fall right into the scheming of the mastermind behind the scenes!"

Whether it be the Human and Dragon Clans’ relationship fracturing, or rifts emerging between the Human and Phoenix Clans, or an all-out war between the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, none of these outcomes were desired by him.

He looked at Chi Jingzi and proactively said: "Would it be possible to trouble Daoist Chi Jingzi to return to Kunlun Mountain and request Saint Yuanshi to personally deduce once more?"

"Of course!"

Chi Jingzi immediately nodded.

Then, he looked at the Candle Dragon: "May I also trouble Candle Dragon Daoist friend to visit Golden Turtle Island and ask Daoist Xuanqing for assistance, employing the Pan King’s Secret Technique to seek the traces of the one behind the scenes?"

"Of course!"

Candle Dragon also nodded, aware that Xuanqing had a unique method of locating people.

After these arrangements, Fu Xi turned to Lie Shan Clan and reassured: "Daoist friend, rest assured, no matter who is behind this, I will provide you with an explanation!"

In fact, it was a last-ditch effort for him; if both he and Candle Dragon couldn’t deduce, then the methods of Yuanshi Tianzun and Xuanqing were not guaranteed to be effective either!

Plus, Fu Xi was aware of the unsavory issues between the Phoenix Clan and Xuanqing; the grand battle that had recently taken place near Qingqiu had spread throughout the Primordial World.

How vile!

He hadn’t expected Xuanqing to actually tie the "Red Thread of Destiny" between the Mysterious Bird, Li Huang, and Emperor Donghua, shaping a calamitous romance for the three.

Afterward, he looked at the Mysterious Bird: "I understand the friction between Daoist Mysterious Bird and Daoist Xuanqing. However, for the sake of the bigger picture, I implore you to endure for the time being."

Fu Xi also feared that if Candle Dragon brought Xuanqing, Mysterious Bird might just engage in an outright battle with the latter.

The "Red Thread of Destiny" had some impact on Quasi-Saint Cultivators, but as long as their emotions were not too strongly stirred, with the cultivation of a Quasi-Saint, it could still be suppressed.

However, Xuanqing had previously set up a Daluo Enigma of the Heart. Combined with the "Red Thread of Destiny," even a Quasi-Saint cultivator could not resist.

After all...

This not only involved the Dao of Matrimony but also the rules of the Heavenly Dao!

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