Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 227 - 216: Drawing Lines as Prison, Destined by Fate (Subscription Requested)

Chapter 227: Chapter 216: Drawing Lines as Prison, Destined by Fate (Subscription Requested)

Xuanqing had once thought that if the Heavenly Dao had not suppressed the long river of time and space, he would definitely go back to the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth to give himself an Innate Sacred as a follower.

But if he could reverse cause-and-effect and instead, dye his fate with the Fate Demon God, refine the Fate Dao, he could attain the status of a Chaos Demon God in one fell swoop.

Boom!

It was as if thunder had exploded within Xuanqing’s heart, ripples of fate emerged, ripples of time and space swirled, and his true self and the original self were switched in an instant.

He had learned the "Dao Yi Seal" from Yuanshi Tianzun, which symbolized the "Cause of All Fruits", able to connect cause-and-effect and naturally could invert their order.

This seal also symbolized the unity of the Dao; the Dao produces one, one produces two, two produce three, and three produce everything. If one were to reverse the cause and effect within it, they could also retrograde the Yin Yang and glimpse the Infinite Dao Yi!

During this time, he planned to temporarily stay at the Undying Volcano. First was to comprehend the Fate Dao, and second was to enrich his own cultivation foundations.

With half of the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit infused, he felt his Dao Flower was trending towards transformation, possibly allowing him to fully evolve into a Chaos follower.

According to the memories of Fate Cultivators, Pangu, Hong Jun, Luo Hou, Yang Mei, Time... these top Chaos Demon Gods all naturally had Twelfth Grade Dao Flowers.

Completely refining half of the Fate Demon God’s Dao Fruit might not allow him to transform directly into the Twelfth Grade, but attaining an Eleventh Grade Dao Flower was hopeful.

"Now, I am the Fate Cultivator!" Xuanqing pondered in his heart: "Once I refine the Life Dao Person, I will be the Fate Demon God who breaks the shackles!"

Besides that, because the Fate Cultivator mastered the fate of all beings, Xuanqing now also felt a connection between himself and the Human Dao.

"Morality Kidnapping Technique!"

At this moment, Xuanqing also had the ability to connect his own fate with that of all living beings in Primordial World, so as to make the Heavenly Dao hesitate to act.

"Heart Demon Transformation, fate interconnected!"

After mastering the Heart Demon Tribulation, he had established cause-and-effect with all living beings of Primordial World; borrowing this cause-and-effect made it easy to bind fate.

Should he fall, ninety-nine percent of the creatures in the Primordial World would also vanish instantly.

Even, he could transfer the unavoidable injuries inflicted on himself to the Primordial creatures whose fate was bound with his, to bear on his behalf.

He pointed his finger like a sword, cutting a wound on his left arm, but as the power of fate flickered, the wound on his left arm disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, on the arm of a Taiyi Golden Immortal of the Phoenix Clan, the force of fate emerged, but a ferocious wound appeared instantly.

"Who?"

The Mysterious Bird’s hair stood on end; someone was able to harm a Taiyi Golden Immortal Cultivator of the Phoenix Clan with an unfathomable method right under her watch.

There was no returning to the Undying Volcano; they could only find another place to settle the Phoenix Clan, who, with their foundations, could naturally easily obtain a piece of territory.

But just after settling down, such a strange incident happened to her Taiyi Golden Immortal, making her feel a wave of fear inside.

Could it be that someone saw the Phoenix Clan in decline and decided to take advantage of the situation?

At this moment, she was like a startled bird, a mere breeze or a stir in the grass would send her into deep terror; she immediately took the Phoenix Clan to the South Pole.

Originally, she intended to use the Phoenix Clan’s Great Divine Ability to snatch a portion of territory, but now, only Ling Guang Divine Monarch could give her a sense of security.

"It’s the Fate Dao!"

And in the South Pole, Ling Guang Divine Monarch also answered her doubts: "If I’m not mistaken, that guy called Xuanqing must have inherited the Fate Demon God’s Dao Fruit but has not yet fully mastered the Fate Dao, and now he is practicing with our Phoenix Clan Cultivators!"

As one of the Four Extreme Saints, equal to half the stature of a Saint, he also had the ability to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Dao and naturally had the ability to peer into the essence of fate.

"Outrageous!"

The Mysterious Bird was uncontrollably furious; she did not expect that Xuanqing, not only occupying their ancestral land of the Phoenix Clan, was also treating their cultivators as experimental subjects.

But then on her face emerged an expression of defeat: "Ling Guang, the Phoenix Clan ancestral land is gone, the massive egg of Yuan Feng undergoing Nirvana, and the phoenix tree are also missing, what should we do now?"

Hearing this, Ling Guang Divine Monarch also sighed lightly, then spoke to comfort everyone: "Do not worry, heaven never seals all exits. I can sense that Yuan Feng and the phoenix tree have only been sucked into the temporal turbulent flow; this may well be an opportunity for the Phoenix Clan’s revival!"

"One must know, to flourish is to decline, and to decline is to flourish; this is the basic principle of the operation of Heavenly Dao!"

"And furthermore..."

Ling Guang looked at the eggs of the Vermilion Bird, Mysterious Bird, Separated Phoenix, Heavenly Phoenix... hesitating to speak, but ultimately decided to nourish them with his Primordial Qi: "These few phoenix eggs are born of our Origin Power, with extraordinary aptitude; perhaps they could prop up the future of the Phoenix Clan, right?"

Indeed!

Even tigers do not eat their offspring.

Even if these phoenix eggs were not willingly conceived by them, the eggs contained the same-origin Phoenix Clan Bloodline...

Although the method of breeding was strange, they were still their offspring; no matter the reason, they could not simply erase them.

Upon hearing this, they all fell into silence. The events were so bizarre; Xuanqing’s actions resulted in heavy losses for the Phoenix Clan, losing even the ancestral land, but it also gave the Phoenix Clan a glimmer of hope.

...

At the same time.

On Golden Turtle Island, Taiching Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Sect Master were looking at Xuanqing’s Evil Corpse, inquiring about the specific situation of Xuanqing’s true body.

Xuanqing’s Evil Corpse spoke slowly: "My true self is unharmed and has also taken advantage of the Qiankun Ding to sever the Third Corpse, but due to the oath of the Heavenly Dao, I am temporarily unable to leave the Undying Volcano!"

"Additionally, my true self is also trying to reverse-refine the Fate Demon God, to reverse cause-and-effect, to become the Fate Demon God free from being followed!"

"He is currently looking for ways to assimilate that half of the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit inside him!"

"But to achieve the fusion of the Three Corpses, or even to refine and assimilate the Fate Demon God and obtain the Primordial Dao Fruit, it is not something that can be done in a short period of time!"

Even with the Innate Treasure "Qiankun Ding" at hand, to fully digest half of the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God would require at least several Kalpas.

Furthermore, even if he fully refined this half of the Dao Fruit, he would not become the true Fate Demon God, and he would still need to contest with the Path of Destiny’s practitioner for superiority.

If he wins, he will naturally become the Fate Demon God once he has reduced his attachments, shrugging off the fetters.

But if he loses, then he can only honestly become the product after the Fate Demon God has reduced his attachments, taking the place of the Fate Demon God to suffer the fetters.

Upon hearing the words, Tongtian Sect Master couldn’t help but frown slightly: "Will it be necessary for me and your two uncles to assist?"

Although he was not skilled in the Dao of Cause and Effect, due to his discourse with Yuanshi Tianzun, he also knew that reversing cause for effect is not easy.

Especially when the object of reversing cause for effect is the Fate Demon God, the slightest carelessness could lead to an irreversible disaster, with the complete loss of one’s consciousness, becoming a puppet.

Xuanqing shook his head: "No need for the time being! For now, I draw my own prison, trap myself, and with the power of the Heavenly Dao blocking Undying Volcano, if the practitioner of the Path of Destiny tries to strike me, it’s utterly delusional!"

"When I have completely digested the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit bestowed by the Path of Fortune’s practitioner, and taken his place, that is the time for the disciple to confront the practitioner of the Path of Destiny!"

"When that time comes, should the teacher need to make a move, the disciple will of course speak up!"

The current situation is that Xuanqing is bound by the Heavenly Dao, no matter what the practitioner of the Path of Destiny wants to concoct against him, the Heavenly Dao is an existence he cannot circumvent.

It is as if an assassin, who has accepted an assassination task, but the target is now in a heavily guarded prison—this is a constraint, but isn’t it also a form of protection?

And within the prison, Xuanqing can still learn and progress. On the day he leaves prison, what the practitioner of the Path of Destiny will see is a brand new Xuanqing.

This is his scheme.

Moreover, his benevolent and malevolent corpses are outside, and there is also the incarnation in the Demon Realm. He is not without means to lay out plans in advance in the Primordial World.

"It’s good that you are aware!"

Tongtian Sect Master nodded and did not say much more. At Xuanqing’s stage, even a Saint wouldn’t be able to offer much help.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun couldn’t help but frown and said, "Although you have inherited half of the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God, the destiny of Xuanyuan and Jiufeng remains unchanged. Could it be that the practitioner of the Path of Destiny, that fellow, is planning to make a desperate wager?"

"Hmm?"

Xuanqing was startled upon hearing this. He knew that the thoughts of the Path of Destiny’s practitioner and the Path of Fortune’s practitioner were different, but he felt that since he had inherited half of the Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God, it should be enough to paralyze the Path of Destiny’s practitioner.

But why...

Is the practitioner of the Path of Destiny still stubbornly persisting?

"I’ll go take a look!"

The Evil Corpse of Xuanqing did not hesitate and directly went to the Human Clan Ancestral Land, where he found Xuanyuan being taught by Yu Ding Zhenren and the Human Emperor Xuanyuan.

Seeing the visitor, Yu Ding Zhenren couldn’t help but be greatly surprised: "Daoist Xuanqing, aren’t you supposed to be willingly suppressing the Undying Volcano by vow to the Heavenly Dao?"

The Evil Corpse of Xuanqing upon hearing this, immediately laughed and said: "I, myself, suppressing the Undying Volcano is my business, what does that have to do with this Evil Corpse of mine?"

Having said that, he directly looked towards Xuanyuan, only to see that his Three Flowers and Five Qi were perfect, and his Emperor Dao destiny was brilliant, already preliminarily possessing the demeanor of an Emperor.

However, Xuanyuan’s current fate seemed like a bed of roses but was in reality like oil over fire, like the turbulent undercurrents hidden beneath a calm surface.

"Reverse Destiny!"

The Evil Corpse of Xuanqing, right in front of Xuanyuan and Yu Ding Zhenren, attempted to use the divine power understood from the half Dao Fruit of the Fate Demon God, to forcefully change Xuanyuan’s destiny and set it on the correct course.

But as he just made his move, a mysterious force of destiny burst forth from Xuanyuan—it was a power transmitted from the future.

"This is..."

Xuanqing, in a trance, seemed to see a man dressed in black garb, wearing a Heavenly Emperor crown, brandishing a divine sword, slashing a ray of sword light towards him.

Xuanyuan, upon seeing this, quickly stepped in front of Xuanyuan: "Daoist Xuanqing, what are you doing? Why are you trying to forcibly destroy Xuanyuan’s Daluo Dao Fruit?"

"I see!"

Xuanqing shook his head and said, "I’m not trying to destroy his Dao Fruit, but rather intending to resolve the Destiny Divine Power cast upon him by the practitioner of the Path of Destiny!"

"However, I originally thought the problem lay with Xuanyuan and Jiufeng, but now it seems that Destiny Divine Power is locked onto the Zhi Guangji."

"Xuanyuan’s destiny belongs to water, naturally compatible with the destiny of Black Emperor. If I’m not mistaken, the chance for him to prove his Dao as Daluo lies with Zhi Guangji.

"If he seizes the destiny of Zhi Guangji, the auspicious sign of Water and Fire balancing harmoniously between him and Jiufeng could turn into a great omen of Water and Fire being unbalanced!"

"If he doesn’t seize it, then his path to Daluo will be cut off from there on. Once proven, Daluo is forever proven— this is also the reason the future Xuanyuan is preventing me."

"What a cunning Destiny Divine Power!"

Yu Ding Zhenren was completely confused, but Xuanyuan’s expression changed in an instant. Indeed, in his plan, he was prepared to let Xuanyuan seize the destiny of Black Emperor.

In fact, he had already located Zhi Guangji, and if Xuanyuan could inherit the position of Black Emperor, then there would be one more Human Emperor in the Heavenly Court!

The Northern Emperor!

But now, the practitioner of the Path of Destiny has bound Xuanyuan’s path to Daluo with Zhi Guangji. Then, any change in his destiny will become a foreordained event.

Unless Xuanyuan never breaks through to Daluo!

But is that possible?

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