Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 180 - 176 [The Centipede Dies But Never Becomes a Zombie] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 180: Chapter 176 [The Centipede Dies But Never Becomes a Zombie] (Please Subscribe)

There is the Xuanyuan Tribe.

Guang Chengzi looked at the disheartened Xuanyuan, unsure how to comfort him. He had thought that with the help of Heavenly Court and the Phoenix Clan, they could easily suppress Li Tan... However, they ended up utterly defeated.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but think of what Yuanshi Tianzun said about the Human Emperor’s assassination and the nine calamities and disasters. If Xuanyuan lost his conviction to confront Li Tan now and failed to recover, how could he become the Human Emperor?

He looked at Xuanyuan and slowly said, "A thousand hammers forge a cutting tool, a hundred smeltings turn iron into pure steel. Swords and blades are sharpened on stones, and only in danger do their edges emerge. True gold is tested in fierce fire, scrap iron enters the furnace. Parting the clouds to see the sun and moon, calamities forge the Human Emperor!"

"A momentary defeat doesn’t mean anything. If you truly lose your conviction, how can you become the Human Emperor who leads the Human Race in conquering all directions?"

"I, Guang Chengzi, do not have such a disciple!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan quickly retorted, "Teacher, I am not... I just don’t understand. Why, despite being the heavenly destined Human Emperor, am I powerless in the face of Li Tan?"

"That’s normal!"

Guang Chengzi sighed, then solemnly said, "That Li Tan, is the first witch of the Primordial World. He was born countless eons before you. In terms of age, even the Lishan Clan is considered his junior! Now tell me, who is more advanced in their cultivation, the Lishan Clan or Li Tan?"

"Of course, it’s the Earth Emperor!"

Xuanyuan answered without hesitation, "If Li Tan had the strength comparable to the Earth Emperor, why would he wait for the Earth Emperor to give up the throne of the Human Race’s grand master and then compete with me and Yu Wang for the position of Human Emperor?"

"Exactly!"

Guang Chengzi immediately nodded his head and said profoundly, "You were born too late, and naturally, you couldn’t match Li Tan for the time being, but you must not lose your spirit! Since Lishan Clan could surpass later, I believe you can also rise against the odds and defeat Li Tan!"

"You are the heavenly destined Human Emperor. There is no need to doubt that. My teacher once told me that a real Human Emperor must experience various calamities!"

"Only by breaking through calamities and turning the impossible into possible, can you show the true mettle of a Human Emperor!"

Hearing this, Xuanyuan immediately rallied and said, "Teacher, I will not admit defeat! I will prove that I am the true Human Emperor!"

With those words, he left the camp to boost the morale of his commanding officers.

Seeing Xuanyuan regain his confidence, Guang Chengzi couldn’t help but smile, but when he saw the Mysterious Bird and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Fairy, he immediately restrained his smile.

A trace of guilt flashed across his face: "Why do both of you look at me like that?"

The Mysterious Bird, unapologetically, coldly said, "Your words might deceive Xuanyuan, but not us! Xuanyuan is just a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Li Tan is at the peak of Daluo, his physique as strong as a Great Witch of the Witch Clan. How much time does he need before he can match, or even defeat, Li Tan?"

"Tell me honestly, why is it so? Isn’t Xuanyuan the heavenly destined Human Emperor?"

Just days ago in the great battle, one of their Phoenix Clan’s high-ranking Daluo fell at the hands of Li Tan, naturally leading to some dissatisfaction in her heart.

Although the Nine Heavens Mysterious Fairy did not speak, her sharp eyes also conveyed some doubts, wondering whether Xuanyuan really was the heavenly destined Human Emperor or not.

Seeing this situation, Guang Chengzi couldn’t help but sigh softly and slowly said, "Xuanyuan is indeed the heavenly destined Human Emperor, this is what my teacher personally told me, there can be no mistake! However, my teacher also mentioned that the Human Emperor wields weapons and will face assassination; Xuanyuan is destined to undergo nine major calamities!"

"I think his calamity, is probably going to involve that fellow Li Tan!"

At this point, he had to tell them the truth. Without the power of the Chan Sect, he could only rely on the Phoenix Clan and Heavenly Court to possibly help Xuanyuan defeat Li Tan and become the Human Emperor!

"What?"

Mysterious Bird found it somewhat unbelievable.

Suddenly, as if realizing something, she looked at Guang Chengzi and demanded, "Nine great calamities, why didn’t you tell us earlier about this? And what about the Dragon Clan, did they know about this?"

The current situation of the Dragon Clan, although much better than theirs, and being the earliest allies of the human-dragon alliance, they would not just watch the future Human Emperor without investing... unless, investing in the Human Emperor carried great risks!

"Why should I tell you?"

Guang Chengzi coldly retorted, "I didn’t beg you to come here! As for the Dragon Clan, I believe they should know about this! This matter was deduced by my teacher and Daoist Xuanqing! The Dragon Clan has a close bond with Daoist Xuanqing, so he most likely told them!"

Although he was not as powerful as the Mysterious Bird, being a disciple of a Saint gave him the confidence not to be polite with the Mysterious Bird.

The Mysterious Bird’s intentions were clear to him, but she had already invested heavily in Xuanyuan, making it impossible for her to cut her losses now!

Only if Xuanyuan became the Human Emperor, would the Phoenix Clan’s investments possibly see returns, the same with Heavenly Court, they would not think of investing in Li Tan now since it was too late!

"You..."

The Mysterious Fairy was furious but had to forcibly restrain herself. She and Guang Chengzi were only acquaintances, so he naturally had no obligation to inform her.

But now, being in the same boat, they must find every possible way to help Xuanyuan become the Human Emperor to see returns on their initial investments.

There was no second option.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Fairy sighed and said, "My teacher possesses a Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure known as the Kunlun Mirror, containing the Time Great Dao and the Space Great Dao, which might help Xuanyuan rapidly improve his cultivation! Furthermore, the Heavenly Court will also fully support Xuanyuan!"

At this point, she had no way out; she could only ask The Queen Mother of the West for help and make sure that Heavenly Court provided as much support for Xuanyuan as possible.

Die a friend’s death, but not a poor Dao’s death!

In her heart, the Mysterious Bird also had a thought, namely to involve more people in the situation.

For instance, those connected to her through karma like Emperor Donghua, and others like Feng Jiu of Qingqiu.

She needed more cultivators to help the Phoenix Clan share the risk of the Human Emperor’s calamity.

"Perhaps, this could also be an opportunity to eliminate some personal karma!"

The only thing she felt bad about was that the Dragon Clan knew about the Human Emperor’s assassination and couldn’t take advantage of the situation to drag the Dragon Clan into the contest for the Human Emperor.

...

At the same time, Xuanqing was also focusing on the reincarnated bodies of the three great Corpse Ancestors: the drought demon, Ying Gou, and Hou Qing, intending to locate the whereabouts of the Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen.

Although these individuals no longer possess their former cultivation levels, they still retained some characteristics of Daluo, and the "Book of Life and Death" could not peek into their experiences after reincarnation.

Because Daluo transcends the Three Realms and Five Elements, the cycles of life and death, the "Book of Life and Death" has no record of them; he could only rely on his own deduction techniques.

Of course, Xuanqing also had the Netherworld Daoist Soldiers crafted from the corpses of the drought demon, Hou Qing, and Jiang Chen, which could also be used to trace the karma of these Corpse Ancestors.

It was not without a starting point.

"Trace!"

Xuanqing shouted loudly, simultaneously activating the "Innate Eight Diagrams" and the "Dao Yi Seal," and immeasurable karma instantly manifested from the three Netherworld Daoist Soldiers.

The karmic ties of the drought demon and Hou Qing were clearly visible, but the karma of Jiang Chen seemed as if it had been erased by some supreme being.

"Is there really a problem?"

Xuanqing deduced several times, finding traces of tampering in the karma of the drought demon and Hou Qing, while Jiang Chen’s karma was completely severed.

Concerned about a Chaos Demon God, Xuanqing dared not take any chances and, realizing his own deductions were powerless, he prepared to seek help from Yuanshi Tianzun.

However, just as this thought arose, a dark thought attacked him, attempting to pull his Primordial Spirit into an unknown space.

Clearly, the entity behind this had discovered the traces of his deduction.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, Xuanqing quickly activated the "Twelve Grade Purifying World White Lotus," and with a thought, the "World Purification Divine Light" emitted by the evil corpse fell upon the endless karmic lines.

His true form even more hurriedly activated the "Dao Yi Seal," evolving a Karma Heavenly Saber and directly slashing at the manifested karmic lines in the void.

This is the downside of the Karma Dao; when deducing beings stronger than oneself, it’s very likely for the other party to trace back directly along the karma line.

Although Xuanqing was extremely quick to react, the opponent was faster; as he severed the karmic line, a dark demonic shadow landed in his spiritual platform.

"Heavenly Creation!"

Faced with this extremely strange power, Xuanqing immediately activated the "Heavenly Creation Talisman," which contained the profound mysteries of the Pangu God’s act of creation.

"Pangu?"

"This is impossible!"

The dark demonic shadow was somewhat incredulous, but before its body could solidify, it was crushed thousands of times by a force capable of creating heavens and earth.

Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither tainted nor pure, theoretically cannot be killed, but Pangu is undoubtedly an existence beyond theory.

Boom!

Under the power of the "Heavenly Creation Talisman," Xuanqing’s Inner Scenery Land returned to chaos, and time and again, even the strongest forces would be worn away.

After countless cycles of creation and destruction, that force was finally completely eradicated, and Xuanqing’s Inner Scenery Land was restored to its original state.

Only a pure Origin Power was tightly enveloped by the "Innate Thunder Pool."

"Curse Demon God!"

Although this Origin Power no longer had any attributes, based on all previous signs, he easily deduced its source.

"It really is a worm that does not die even when stepped on!"

Xuanqing thought of the dark demonic shadow, saying with lingering fears: "Good thing I had the Heavenly Creation Talisman!"

Initially, when the Tongtian Sect Master and Yuanshi Tianzun took action together, Xuanqing was sure that the remnant Primordial Spirit of the Curse Demon God was eradicated by the two Saints!

However, the opponent, especially with Jiang Chen who bore no karma at all, might have already had his consciousness replaced by the Curse Demon God!

Thinking of this, Xuanqing immediately contacted the Tongtian Sect Master and Taiching Laozi, while his true form swiftly headed towards Kunlun Mountain.

"What has happened?"

As a Saint, the Tongtian Sect Master arrived at Yuxu Palace before him: "You actually called up your teacher, your grandmaster, and your second master?"

Taiching Laozi also appeared puzzled; this was the first time he saw Xuanqing so flustered.

"It’s the Curse Demon God!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanqing immediately explained: "Initially, the Curse Demon God that teacher and second master slew has returned through some bizarre means, using the contingency of the four great Corpse Ancestors!"

Following that, he briefly explained to the Three Pure Ones about having discovered the three of the four great Corpse Ancestors reincarnated under Xuanyuan’s command.

Subsequently, he also took out the pure Origin Power: "This Origin Power is the Curse Demon God’s tactic against my deduction from discovering my karmic deduction, but ultimately it did not prevail!"

Speaking, Xuanqing looked towards Taiching Laozi: "Grandmaster, could you lend your Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Treasure Tower to your disciple for a few days? I fear that the Twelve Grade Purifying World White Lotus may not withstand his tactics!"

Xuanqing was proficient in curse techniques, naturally aware of this method’s terror, killing invisibly. If Pan King was considered the ancestor of this path, then the Curse Demon God was the ancestor of ancestors.

After all...

Even Pan King’s "Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book" was deeply related to the Curse Demon God.

At this time, the "Chaos Bell" was not suitable to bring into the Primordial World, leaving only the "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Treasure Tower" to provide Xuanqing a sense of security!

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