Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 177 - 174: [Kui Gang, the Ancestor of the Law, Jidou Demon Star] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 177: Chapter 174: [Kui Gang, the Ancestor of the Law, Jidou Demon Star] (Please Subscribe)

Heavenly Court.

Xuanqing sat upright on the cloud bed of the Thunder Department’s residence, with two strands of Primordial Ancestor Qi roaming incessantly in the "Innate Thunder Pool", countless thunders spreading around his body.

He was attempting to refine his divine authority.

Divine authority encompasses everything and theoretically can evolve endlessly.

Among the many authorities Xuanqing held, unquestionably the most significant were those of the "Ancestor of Ghost Immortals" and "Tribulation Ancestor", equivalent to the rank of a top-tier god in the Heavenly Court.

As for "Thunder God", "Fire God", "Plague God", "Wind God", although they were also extraordinary, they were roughly equivalent to the rank of a second-tier deity.

At this moment, Xuanqing was using the "Tribulation Ancestor" authority to devour the "Thunder God" authority, and attempting to integrate the two strands of Primordial Ancestor Qi bestowed by Yuanshi Tianzun.

These two strands of Ancestor Qi, no matter whether it was for the "Emperor of the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor" or the "Yuanshi Tianzun of the Thunderous Voice Universalizing the Nine Heavens", both were authority related to the Thunder Great Dao.

And thunder is the foundation of all kinds of tribulations; Refining Thunder into Tribulation, controlling Tribulation through Thunder, evolving infinite kinds of tribulation deep within the source of the Heavenly Dao... it is also the core idea of the Innate Catastrophe Great Dao!

Before long, Xuanqing had integrated the authority of "Thunder God", "Emperor of the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor", "Yuanshi Tianzun of the Thunderous Voice Universalizing the Nine Heavens", including the "True God of the Thunder Department" title bestowed by Hao Tian, all into the "Tribulation Ancestor" authority, transforming them into the foundation of the Innate Catastrophe Great Dao!

Boom!

The fabric of destiny exploded apart, cause and effect intertwining, ripples of fate spreading out, and in an instant, the sound of thunder reverberated in the ears of countless beings as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River.

This was the transformation of the "Tribulation Ancestor" authority, conforming to the mandate of Heaven, perceived by the Heavenly Dao, with all beings facing their tribulations, using the vast thunder to caution all beings in the Primordial to be wary and careful.

If the previous "Tribulation Ancestor" authority was merely Xuanqing’s own boasting, the current "Tribulation Ancestor" authority had already received the endorsement of the Heavenly Dao.

Truly worthy of reverence and ancestry!

However, this was not the end. Innate Tribulation and Acquired Catastrophe interwoven, instantly began refining Xuanqing’s other authorities under the Refining Great Dao.

Transforming plague into calamity, refining thunder into tribulation, melting fire into misfortune, commanding wind into hurdles... all such powers became the subsidiaries of the Innate Catastrophe Great Dao and the "Tribulation Ancestor" authority, constantly transforming!

By the time he had refined both the authority of "Ancestor of Ghost Immortals" and "Tai Mountain Lord" into his "Tribulation Ancestor" authority, it was already on par with that of the Heavenly Emperor.

Capable of descending tribulations upon the Heavenly Emperor!

Logically, the Heavenly Emperor is the son of the Heavenly Dao and should be invulnerable to all tribulations like the Saints, but the Heavenly Dao is obviously also displeased with Hao Tian, the inactive Heavenly Emperor.

All beings are within tribulation, all are striving to cross over; how could the Heavenly Emperor alone remain unaffected?

"Wonderful!"

Xuanqing hadn’t expected that by merging all his authorities, he would be able to transform the "Tribulation Ancestor" authority to the extent that it could descend tribulation upon the Heavenly Emperor.

As long as Hao Tian made a mistake, he, as the "Tribulation Ancestor", could directly impose tribulation upon Hao Tian.

Has Hao Tian made mistakes?

Of course!

When Fu Xi was the co-leader of the Human Race, Ao Hong, as the War God personally enfeoffed by Hao Tian, his actions were inseparable from Hao Tian.

At the very least, it was an issue of lax control over his subordinates!

"Why not give it a try?"

Descending tribulation upon the Heavenly Emperor was very much of interest to Xuanqing. With a flick of his fingertips, a strand of Tribulation Qi flew towards the Turquoise Pool where Hao Tian was located.

At that moment, Hao Tian was in seclusion within the Turquoise Pool, aiming to slash away his second corpse.

Xuanqing, Taiyi, Nanji, and others, even if they were just named in the Heavenly Court, could increase its destiny; naturally, he wanted to take this opportunity to slash away his corpse.

"Slash!"

Just as he was concentrating fully, preparing to slash away the Evil Corpse with the "Hao Tian Sword", an imperceptible strand of Tribulation Qi suddenly fell into his spiritual platform.

The Tribulation Qi mingled with evil thoughts, immediately forming Hao Tian’s Heart Demon, and instantly, Hao Tian’s golden Primordial Qi began to transform into pitch-black Demonic Qi.

"Not good, the Heart Demon Tribulation!"

Hao Tian had not expected himself to suddenly generate a Heart Demon; as the Heavenly Emperor, he was extremely frustrated, and naturally, dark thoughts would arise in his heart.

Under normal circumstances, with the Heavenly Emperor’s rank suppressing all, such stray thoughts would not cause any turmoil.

But at this moment, as he was at the crucial point of slashing away his Evil Corpse, the evil thoughts in his heart were magnifying.

"Why should they?"

"Those Saints, why do they not regard you at all, even allowing two second-generation disciples from the Chan Sect to stand on equal authority with you?"

Dark thoughts proliferated in Hao Tian’s heart, evil thoughts expanding as if countless tentacles wanted to drag him into the Void Illusion Sea.

"No!"

"I am the Heavenly Emperor, destined to suppress all in the world; how could a mere Heart Demon affect me?"

But at the critical moment, Hao Tian’s will prevailed. His eyes erupted with a golden light, and his mana instantly formed into a Supreme Heavenly Blade, severing affections and desires, fiercely slashing towards the evil thoughts in his heart.

Crack!

As if some shackles were broken, Hao Tian suddenly felt his Cultivation breakthrough its bottleneck, the Heavenly Dao Laws becoming clearer in his vision.

Mid-stage Quasi-Saint!

Hao Tian couldn’t help but burst into laughter, having been the Heavenly Emperor for so long; his Cultivation had finally made a breakthrough.

But his joy was premature!

Just as he wanted to absorb the Evil Corpse into the Mud Pill Palace for nourishment, a sudden change occurred, and his Evil Corpse struck his original body with a shocking blow.

"Not good!"

Hao Tian hurriedly invoked his protective divine light, subsequently summoning the "Hao Tian Tower" to suppress the Evil Corpse, curious about what changes had occurred to the Evil Corpse.

Unfortunately, it was still a step too late. The Evil Corpse, powered by the "Hao Tian Sword", was already invincible in offense; how could it be completely blocked by merely protective divine light?

Boom!

Hao Tian was severely injured in an instant.

And his Evil Corpse rose up with endless Demonic Qi, laughing loudly: "Hao Tian, what you dare not do, I will do it for you from now on! Hahaha! From today, I am Kui Gang the Law Ancestor!"

"Suppress!"

Hao Tian did not expect that even before he had perished, his own Evil Corpse had developed consciousness and, moreover, did not hesitate to strike against himself, the original body.

He tried to suppress it, but to no avail; the "Hao Tian Tower" was immediately blasted away.

"Your Majesty!"

The great commotion naturally alarmed the Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Court. Yaochi Golden Mother and Gold Star Taibai were the first to arrive, but they only saw a dark shadow disappearing in front of them.

Soon, Fu Yuan Immortal, Ma Yi Great Immortal, and Green-clothed Great Immortal also rushed over.

"It’s nothing!"

"There’s a small fry who planned to take advantage of my seclusion to strike at me, but little did they know, I have already successfully Slashed the Second Corpse!"

"I have already repelled him!"

Such a strange incident, his own cultivation going awry, the Evil Corpse rebelling against the original body, was simply too bizarre; Hao Tian really did not want others to know.

Thus, within a very short period of time, he concocted a reason for the recent commotion.

Although the backlash from the Evil Corpse was real, his breakthrough to the Quasi-Saint mid-stage was genuine; his towering aura instantly subdued the likes of Fu Yuan Immortal and the others!

Gold Star Taibai even complimented: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! How fortunate it is for the Heavenly Court and all Immortal Gods that Your Majesty has broken through to the Quasi-Saint mid-stage!"

"Go down!"

Seeing this, Hao Tian immediately waved his hand: "I still need to close off and consolidate my strength!"

The gods promptly took their leave.

Only Yaochi, sensing how Hao Tian was inwardly strained, quickly stepped forward to support him as the gods left, asking, "Elder Brother, what exactly happened just now?"

"Don’t mention it!"

To Yaochi, Hao Tian naturally had no need to hide anything and immediately sighed: "A Heart Demon invaded. I thought I could suppress it with my own will, but I didn’t expect it to be extremely cunning. Taking advantage of when I Slashed the Evil Corpse, it fused directly with my evil thoughts and ran off with my Evil Corpse!"

"What?"

Yaochi found it hard to believe: "Then just now, the one who struck against Elder Brother was...?"

"That’s right!"

Hao Tian helplessly nodded: "It’s my Evil Corpse. He self-proclaims to be Kui Gang the Law Ancestor, possessing formidable strength, and even took my bestowed Hao Tian Sword with him!"

This turn of events came so suddenly; he still found it somewhat hard to accept. He didn’t understand, how could his well-behaved Evil Corpse suddenly betray him?

He looked towards Yaochi and instructed: "Junior Sister, I entrust the Heavenly Court to you for the time being! I must find a way to capture my Evil Corpse back!"

Of course, his immediate concern now was to retreat and recover from his injuries.

He still had a faint connection with his Evil Corpse, and the "Hao Tian Sword" was his Spiritual Treasure; he could use these to sense the rough location of the Evil Corpse... so he was not in a hurry to pursue Kui Gang!

"I understand!"

Yaochi immediately nodded her head.

She understood Hao Tian’s concern; if the Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Court were to learn of the issue in the Heavenly Emperor’s cultivation, inevitably some unwarranted thoughts might arise.

...

But to Xuanqing, as the instigator, he was well aware of Hao Tian’s situation.

At this moment, his eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Kui Gang the Law Ancestor, Hao Tian’s Evil Corpse! Could it be that the Heavenly Dao is using me to accelerate the evolution of the Heavenly Dao’s momentum?"

He indeed wanted to see what kind of tribulation his "Tribulation Ancestor" would bring down upon Hao Tian, but he hadn’t expected it to produce a Kui Gang the Law Ancestor!

Xuanqing knew that the momentum of the Heavenly Dao, when at its peak, would decline; that there would be a day when the Immortal Dao weakens and the day when the Demon Path sweeps across the Primordial World...

Originally, he was considering, after he had taken Luo Hou’s "Twelve Grade Destructive Black Lotus," what would happen if there were no artifact to carry the fortune of the Demon Path in the future?

Yet unexpectedly, before Wu Tian emerged, Hao Tian’s Evil Corpse evolved into Kui Gang!

"And further, the method of Slashing Three Corpses..."

Xuanqing always felt that there was something wrong with the method of Slashing Three Corpses pioneered by Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun, especially the Good and Evil Corpses, which could easily have some negative effects.

Xi He’s Good Corpse gave birth to Chang’e, Red Cloud’s Good Corpse evolved into Yun Zhongzi, and now, Hao Tian’s Evil Corpse evolved into Kui Gang...

"However, it should not affect me!" Xuanqing thought secretly to himself: "I used the Twelve Grade Destructive Black Lotus to Slash the Good Corpse and the Twelve Grade Purifying World White Lotus for the Evil Corpse. With good and evil balanced, there should be no backlash to the original body, right?"

Either the Good thoughts overwhelm other thoughts, or the Evil thoughts do; either case leads to an extreme path. Without merging the Three Corpses and breaking through to the peak of Quasi-Saint, there’s a risk of losing control.

Xuanqing had discovered this hidden peril of Slashing the Three Corpses quite early.

Therefore, when he Slashed his Good and Evil Corpses, though he borrowed the power of Merit, he was extremely cautious and strove to maintain a balance between good and evil.

"Will there also be some kind of accident when I Slash my True Self Corpse?"

Although this situation is an outlier, with most cultivators in the Primordial having normal Three Corpses, Xuanqing still harbored some concerns.

Therefore, even though he had enough Merit to Slash his Third Corpse, he wasn’t in a rush. Instead, he used the Self-Other Incarnation technique to continually strengthen his understanding of his True Self from the perspective of his other selves.

"Huh?"

"Why did Kui Gang go there?"

Just as Xuanqing was preparing to reinforce his sense of self, Kui Gang entered the Ancient Starry Sky, drawing near to where he had hidden the Jidou Demon Star.

And Kui Gang, coincidentally, discovered the concealment methods Xuanqing had laid down, as though guided by an invisible hand.

Seeing this development, Xuanqing involuntarily looked toward the depths of the Heavenly Dao’s origin: "Is it a coincidence? Or is the Heavenly Dao repairing a deviation from its original trajectory of the momentum?"

The Ancient Starry Sky trembled, and Kui Gang slammed directly into the Jidou Demon Star. Then, a void rift instantly swept him into it.

"That Jidou Demon Star, indeed, has some problems!"

As the Demon Ancestor, Luo Hou was naturally not just ordinarily cunning, which is also why Xuanqing had always been reluctant to explore the Demon Realm using the Jidou Demon Star!

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