Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 239 - 226 [Destroy and Establish, Chaos Origin Sea] (Subscribe Requested)

Chapter 239: Chapter 226 [Destroy and Establish, Chaos Origin Sea] (Subscribe Requested)

Countless memories surged towards Xuanqing, belonging to the Fate Demon God and the Ancient Dragon God Lei Ze as he cultivated in the Primordial World.

The Fate Demon God slain by Pangu was him, the Ancient Dragon God Lei Ze slain by the Ancestor Dragon was also him, and the one who now was a disciple of Tongtian Sect Master was still him.

The reason he was born with an unsubstantial fate and possessed various "memories of the future," destined to receive the "Innate Thunder Pool," was all predetermined.

There was never any so-called transmigration. The memories in his mind were but the fragments of the future that the Fate Demon God glimpsed through destiny.

At the time Pangu slew the Fate Demon God, he split his Great Dao in two, and his True Spirit, accompanied by the "Devastating Divine Thunder," descended into the Primordial World, becoming the Ancient Dragon God Lei Ze.

His Great Dao transformed into the Human Dao of Destiny and the Human Dao of Fortune, with his essence assimilated by Pangu into the Heavenly Dao and Human Dao. However, his True Spirit, due to the loss of the Fate Dao, was actually free from the shackles of the Chaos Dao.

That’s why his destiny was unsubstantial!

Only...

He didn’t know!

And the Human Dao of Destiny and the Human Dao of Fortune, cultivated by the Fate Dao, didn’t realize that they were the products of the Fate Demon God’s reduction and emptiness.

It’s just that the process of the Fate Demon God’s reduction and emptiness was outrageous. It was Pangu’s "Heavenly Creation Divine Axe" that forcibly cut off his shackles.

"What am I, then?"

Xuanqing couldn’t help falling into silence. Now he was the Fate Demon God post-reduction to emptiness, but now, he was about to attain enlightenment through the Fate Demon God’s Dao Fruit.

It was like handing over one’s property to someone else and, after losing his memory, having that person return the property to him.

He didn’t know whether this passive reduction to emptiness was a success or failure.

If it’s considered a failure?

Neither the Ancient Dragon God Lei Ze nor the current Xuanqing has followed the old path of the Fate Demon God; both have carved out their paths.

If it’s considered a success?

Now, by a twist of fate, he refined half of the Fate Demon God’s Dao Fruit, and in the mysterious workings of destiny, has formed a connection with the Fate Demon God again.

Xuanqing couldn’t help but frown slightly: "So, am I wavering between success and failure?"

"No!"

Suddenly, a flash of enlightenment struck his heart: "All of the past has dispersed like smoke and clouds. The moment the Heavenly Creation Divine Axe was swung, I was no longer the Fate Demon God!"

"It’s like I sold a house and a plot of land to someone else, but years later, I once again obtained that land by chance and built a new house upon it. Yet it was no longer the original house!"

"A towering skyscraper rises from the ground; I merely demolished the old house when building the new one, using it as the foundation for the new!"

"If anything, what I am experiencing now is not reduction to emptiness or a sacrifice of the body and Dao, but breaking down and rebuilding on top of the original foundation!"

"Yes!"

"It’s breaking and rebuilding!"

The plight of the Fate Demon God was like an old, decaying tree doomed to become dust. However, before it could turn to dust, Pangu gave it a single axe chop. Xuanqing was the newly sprouted tree, which, while seemingly unrelated to the Fate Demon God, absorbed the essence left by the old tree.

Fallen flowers are not heartless things; they turn into spring mud that nourishes blooms. Just like the old tree becoming the nurturing mud for a new tree, it mirrors the relationship between the Fate Demon God and Xuanqing.

Xuanqing felt a profound shake in his Dao heart, an unparalleled clarity, as if lightning were tearing through darkness, his horsetail whisk sweeping away the ashes, feeling himself returning to the embrace of the Great Dao’s origin.

At this moment, Xuanqing’s Dao heart was purified, shedding all restraints, his Primordial Spirit free from any fetters, his Mana surging like tumultuous Chaos Waves. If he could refine the other half of the Fate Demon God’s Dao Fruit, he would have a sufficient foundation to refine the Dao and become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal!

The overwhelming memories flowed like a tide, yet Xuanqing remained composed.

All of the past was a departed self!

All of the future is a new self!

Only the present self is the fundamental self, the true self, the Dao self!

"Today I finally understand that I am me!"

Xuanqing laughed heartily. His Refining Dao True Intent pervaded the endless space-time, traversing the ages, using the moment Pangu slew the Fate Demon God as the source for a parallel timeline to compose endless myths.

This timeline, stretching from before the opening of the heavens to the present and continuing into the future, had the power of destiny surging, seeming to show signs of transforming into Destiny’s Long River.

Looking at the timeline parallel to the space-time river before him, Xuanqing let out a sigh: "In doing so, I owe a great cause and effect to Pangu!"

He had always thought he came from a later time, was personally crafted by Nuwa, and had little to do with Pangu. But now, having understood his identity as the Fate Demon God, his deep connection with Pangu naturally emerged!

"Wait!"

A thought suddenly occurred to Xuanqing, and he frowned, "Pangu’s transformation into the Primordial World... could it be that he too wished to break and rebuild? And I am just the pawn to promote this event!"

There are no benefits without cause in this world; he didn’t believe that just by persuading Pangu a few times, Pangu would want to help him break free from his shackles.

The biggest possibility was that the other thought he could help him in the future.

In the future originally glimpsed by the Fate Demon God, the Primordial World was stepping towards decline, and at a certain point in time, it would even face the catastrophe of the decline of the Dao.

But now, under the influence of Xuanqing, Houtu was not trapped in the Netherworld, and with the "Heavenly Creation Jian Mu" and "Celestial Stars Battle Formation" constantly transforming Innate Primordial Energy, the Primordial World has been developing upwards.

The future...

Will the catastrophe of the decline of the Dao still erupt?

Xuanqing stood above the river of space and time, gazing toward the future. Though it was still not clear, he knew that the great trend of the future had changed.

"Pangu, is this what you wanted to see?"

Xuanqing couldn’t help but murmur to himself, recalling everything he had experienced, the opportunities he had received, which were far too many compared to an ordinary person of Great Divine Power!

Among these, there were the influences of the fragments of the future that the Fate Demon God had glimpsed in his mind, but he felt that it was also inseparable from Pangu, who had become one with the Primordial.

After all, when Buzhou Mountain collapsed, there was a sort of mystical guidance that made him want to seize the broken parts of Buzhou Mountain into his hands.

For this, he did not hesitate to use the "Sun and Moon Essence Wheel" as a price, asking Zhen Yuanzi to use the "Earth Book" to help him collect the half of Buzhou Mountain rooted in the earth.

Now it seems that this was the price Pangu cut away his fetters for, requiring him to pay.

Realizing this, the "Earth-breaking Chisel" in Xuanqing’s possession began to vibrate slightly within the Celebrating Clouds, bursting with dazzling divine light, as though it meant to part with him.

His Good Corpse, upon seeing this, directly evolved a great hand of mana, attempting to suppress the "Earth-breaking Chisel."

"Enough!"

But Xuanqing just waved his hand: "Let it go! Rain falls from the sky, a daughter weds by her mother’s wish; let it go on its path!"

This Heavenly Dao Treasure was originally transformed from Pangu’s Spine, and since Pangu had removed his fetters, how could he possibly continue to keep it in his hands?

Although, in the plan of The Three Pure Ones, this Heavenly Dao Treasure was meant to restrain the Earth Dao, but now the "Chaos Bell" has landed in his hands, always ready to reassemble the "Heavenly Creation Divine Axe." The "Earth-breaking Chisel" can be substituted, so consider it as the price he pays back to Pangu for the karma owed!

"Go!"

Xuanqing nodded slightly, and the "Earth-breaking Chisel" immediately broke through space and departed, but it did not enter the Primordial World and instead flew towards the depths of the Chaotic Universe.

"That is..."

Xuanqing used his Divine Skills, looking toward the direction where the "Earth-breaking Chisel" escaped, and saw a vast Chaos Origin Sea, quietly adrift in the center of the Chaotic Universe.

A sense of enlightenment arose in his heart; that was where Pangu was born.

Chaos births the Green Lotus, the Green Lotus nurtures Pangu, Pangu opens the heavens and the earth, just like the Infinite births the Taiji, the Taiji births the Two Forms, the Two Forms generate the Four Symbols, aligning with the grand principle of the Dao birthing one, one birthing two, two birthing three, three birthing all things under heaven.

And that Chaos Origin Sea is the birthplace of the three Chaos Treasures: "Chaos Green Lotus," "Heavenly Creation Divine Axe," and "Creation Jade Disc."

"Pangu’s contingency plan for his return is not in the Primordial World but within the Chaos Origin Sea?"

Xuanqing frowned slightly, wishing to examine it closely, but a grand force of the Great Dao penetrated through the Chaotic Universe, directly shattering his prying gaze.

He immediately understood that Pangu did not want him to learn the coordinates of the Chaos Origin Sea!

Xuanqing also had the self-awareness not to continue probing the Chaos Origin Sea. Since the "Earth-breaking Chisel" was flying there, it indicated that there must be a backup plan left by Pangu.

If he were to probe, perhaps several Divine Axe lights from the primordial times would come slashing towards him.

"So be it!"

"Let you go your way, and I follow mine, let’s see who will have the last laugh!"

Xuanqing did not know what Pangu was really thinking, but as of now, he had no conflict of interest with Pangu, and there was no need to think about harming him.

To do more is to err more, to do nothing is to err not!

When not knowing what to do, then do nothing at all, firmly follow one’s own path, only with one’s own strength can all schemes be defied.

Of course, Xuanqing was still planning to inform The Three Pure Ones about the recent happenings, as their plans would likely need some slight adjustments.

Tongtian Sect Master has now severed the Pangu’s Mark on him, but Taiching Laotzu and Yuanshi Tianzun still bear Pangu’s Mark.

He couldn’t just ignore it!

With this thought, he immediately stowed away the "Chaos Bell" and the "Fusang Tree" that supported this world, turning into a rainbow light flying towards the Primordial World.

At the same time, Luo Hou, who had stabilized the "Primordial Demon Realm" and rebuilt his physical body, also cast his sights back to the Primordial World once more.

This time, although he had escaped his bonds, it came with great loss, no longer at his peak, even half of the authority of the Demon Path was divided by the Primordial Heavenly Demon.

He naturally wanted to reclaim what he lost!

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