Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 247 - 234 [Incense is Poisonous, Eternal Furnace] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 247: Chapter 234 [Incense is Poisonous, Eternal Furnace] (Please Subscribe)

Emei Mountain.

Zhao Gongming was in closed-door cultivation, seeking the opportunity to cut off his third corpse. He did not want to fall too far behind Xuanqing, Duobao, or Yunxiao.

The fortune of Jie Sect had greatly increased, and he knew Xuanqing had successfully attained the realm of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Not long ago, when Daoist Duobao appeared, he had also broken through to the late stage of Primordial Golden Immortal.

As for his sister, she was also somewhat unconventional. A few years ago, during the Human Sect’s demon-cleansing event, Yunxiao had fortuitously obtained a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and went to the Eight Scenic Palace to pay respects to Taiching Laozi. She exchanged it with that great master for the "Eight Scenic Palace Lamp," which was among the three lamps of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Now she was in closed-door cultivation as well, preparing to cut off her third corpse. Knowing Yunxiao as he did, Zhao Gongming was certain she must be confident in her chances before deciding to enter seclusion.

As long as nothing unexpected happened, when she emerged, she would mostly likely have become a Quasi-Saint who had cut off her three corpses!

"Alas!"

Zhao Gongming let out a soft sigh, "You all are breaking through so quickly, the pressure on me, as the senior external disciple, is not ordinary indeed!"

In fact, he regretted being in such a hurry to ascend to Daluo, resulting in him now being weaker than Duobao and the others.

He was aware that both Duobao and Xuanqing had cultivated nine-grade blossomed spiritual flowers, while Jin Ling and Yunxiao had eight-grade flowers. In his impatience to ascend to Golden Immortal, he only achieved seven-grade spiritual flowers.

A seven-grade was not bad. Among the three thousand guests of Purple Cloud Palace, many had achieved only six-grade, and most of the Twelve Golden Immortals from Chan Sect were seven-grade as well.

But compared to whom?

The people around him either had eight-grade or nine-grade flowers, making him feel out of place.

Zhao Gongming could only comfort himself by thinking, "At least Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao are the same as me!"

But he did not know that, after Yunxiao comprehended "One Xiao transforming into Three Xiaos" and integrated the essence of Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao, they all had their spiritual flowers blossom by one more grade.

Now Yunxiao, just like Daoist Duobao, possessed a nine-grade spiritual flower, already qualified for Primordial Unity, while both Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao transformed into eight-grade spiritual flowers.

Although he had leveraged the Ocean Stabilizing Pearl and Qiankun Ruler to evolve the Twenty-four Heavenly Realms, acquired Heavenly Dao Merit, and in one fell swoop slashed his Good and Evil Corpses, if he wasn’t diligent enough, Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao might catch up to him.

Therefore, he had to find another path.

His Good and Evil Corpses now held divine positions in Heavenly Court, following a dual cultivation path of Divine Dao and Immortal Dao, aiming to compensate for his Immortal Dao foundation with Divine Dao methods.

Currently, his Good Corpse Zhao Xuantan presided over the Finance Department, enjoying abundant offerings; his Evil Corpse Zhao Longhu, as the Wind God of Heavenly Court, had lesser offerings compared to the Good Corpse, but as he was born from the transformation of Qingfeng, his hold on the Wind God Authority also allowed his original self to gain a new understanding of the Great Dao of Wind.

However, during today’s cultivation, he kept having a premonition of impending disaster, feeling his Good and Evil Corpses were trending towards slipping out of his control.

"What’s going on?"

With a thought, Zhao Gongming instantly connected with his Good and Evil Corpses, aiming to comprehend the situation in Heavenly Court, but instead he felt an immense evil thought striking his spiritual platform.

In a daze, he seemed to see countless living beings, cursing his deity statue.

"Aren’t you the God of Wealth? Why am I still not wealthy after praying to you every day?"

"A facade!"

There were others cursing by the seaside, "Damn Wind God, why stir up towering waves, preventing us from fishing at sea?"

A vast resentment struck Zhao Gongming’s Primordial Spirit in an instant. Even though he was a Quasi-Saint who had cut off two corpses, his Primordial Spirit was nearly torn in half by the malevolent thoughts.

This is the Divine Dao.

Prospered by the masses, destroyed by the masses; bound by the masses while depending on them.

"Not good!"

"The offerings are toxic!"

Zhao Gongming didn’t know what had happened, but he knew that if he continued to be bombarded by this resentment, he might fall into madness and lose his Dao heart.

"Suppress!"

He immediately used his accrued merit to manifest a bright sun, suppressing his spiritual platform and resisting the resentment. Then, he transformed into a breeze and flew towards Golden Turtle Island.

Just now, he had completely lost control over his Good and Evil Corpses. They no longer obeyed him and even sought to kill their own original self.

Also experiencing the same fate was Taiyi True Master, who had manifested in countless forms and spread across infinite space and time, now perishing under the resentment.

Alarmed, Zhao Gongming wanted to seek help from Yuanshi Tianzun, but before he could leave the Eastern Ultimate Palace, he was blocked by several Heavenly Court-sanctioned Immortal Gods.

Leading them were Zhao Gongming’s Good and Evil Corpses, which had slipped from his control.

"Zhao Gongming, what are you trying to do?"

At this moment, Zhao Xuantan and Zhao Longhu exuded a terrifying demonic aura, seemingly lacking the righteous air of disciples from Xuan Sect and immortal gods of Heavenly Court.

Even the slow-to-realize Taiyi True Master could sense their malice towards him.

Zhao Xuantan heard the words and immediately revealed a cunning smile: "With Kui Gang just having become the Heavenly Emperor, of course I’m taking you to meet the Heavenly Emperor Kui Gang!"

Before he finished speaking, he and Zhao Longhu attacked Taiyi True Master from left and right, forcing Taiyi True Master to defend himself with the "Nine Dragon Divine Fire Shield."

But two fists are no match for four hands, and with the addition of other Heavenly Court cultivators, including Zhao Gongming’s Good and Evil Corpses, Taiyi True Master was quickly subdued.

Before long, Taiyi True Master’s mana was sealed and he was brought to the Palace of the Polestar by Zhao Xuantan and others to meet Kui Gang, who was holding the "Sealing Demon List."

"Who exactly are you? Where is my senior brother Nanji? Why is the Investiture of the Gods in your hands?"

Taiyi True Master was greatly alarmed. Although the current "Investiture of the Gods" was entwined with demonic qi, he recognized at a glance the Treasure that bestows divinity upon gods.

At the same time, he realized that the gods of the Heavenly Court, including Zhao Gongming’s Good and Evil Corpses, had gone out of control, evidently misled by the other party using the "Investiture of the Gods."

But what concerned him most was the safety of Nanji Daoist, who had achieved Quasi-Saint status by Slashing the Second Corpse, yet was taken down without a trace. Could it be that this Kui Gang had already obtained a power comparable to that of a Saint?

"Rest assured! He is still alive!"

Upon hearing this, Kui Gang immediately laughed: "The Demon Ancestor has specifically instructed that the lives of you two must be spared! However, whether you both can survive in the end depends on how much Yuanshi Tianzun cares about the two of you!"

Having said this, he summoned the "Heavenly Demon Tower" and collected Taiyi True Master into it.

As for Fu Xi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Zhuanxu, and Shaohao, these five Heavenly Emperors were not in their rotational duty period and were absent from the Heavenly Court.

Compared to the Heavenly Court, Fire Cloud Cave, a place where the fate of the Human Race converges, was more suitable for their cultivation.

After taking control of the Heavenly Court, Kui Gang continued to maintain its original appearance, the only difference being that he set up an altar in the Turquoise Pool.

This altar, which Luo Hou specifically instructed him to build, would open up a void channel to the Chaotic Universe once sufficient Spiritual Energy was gathered, bringing forth the arrival of Chaos Demon Gods such as Greed into the Primordial World.

...

At the same time, Xuanqing was operating the "Refining Dao Furnace," continuously drawing in the Power of Fire Evil and using this supreme treasure to transmute it into Innate Qi.

The endless Innate Qi rose within the Undying Volcano, then merged into the mountain itself, as Xuanqing was attempting to refine the entire Undying Volcano into a Spiritual Treasure.

The Power of Fire Evil flowed incessantly; if it could all be transformed into Innate Spiritual Energy, the cultivation environment of the Primordial World would undoubtedly rise to a new level.

However, Xuanqing also developed a curiosity: "Energy is constant, so why can the Power of Fire Evil be never-ending?"

With a thought, he dove into the magma of the Undying Volcano. The Refining Great Dao evolved into endless immortal radiance, protecting him from the invasion of the Power of Fire Evil.

His goal was to refine the Undying Volcano into the "Eternal Furnace", smelting the Power of Fire Evil and continuously providing the Primordial World with Innate Spiritual Energy.

There was no choice!

He had swindled the "Qiankun Cauldron" from Heavenly Dao and refined it into the divine instrument "Refining Dao Furnace," and he had to compensate the Primordial Heaven and Earth in some way.

Boom!

Xuanqing journeyed through the Undying Volcano, soon coming into contact with the boundary wall of the Primordial World. In a daze, he saw endless "Devastating Divine Fire" burning the corpses of Chaos God Demons.

"What is this..."

He watched the scene before him in disbelief. In a timespace connected to the Primordial World, there existed another Great Thousand Worlds that was no less formidable than the Netherworld.

In fact, this world was even more vast than the World of Darkness, with countless corpses of gods and demons serving as its foundation, already possessing a hint of the majesty of the Hongmeng World.

However, this world was devoid of any living beings; it seemed like an incinerator, with only the "Devastating Divine Fire" endlessly burning the corpses of gods and demons.

His Divine Thought swept across like an ocean, instantly capturing the entirety of this world, discovering two connections to the Primordial World.

One was the Undying Volcano and the other was the Returning Ruins, suppressed by the Dragon Clan.

Returning Ruins consumed the waters of the Eight Extremes and Nine Wilds to maintain the stability of this world, forming a thin membrane, suppressing the Power of Fire Evil, while the inherent Spiritual Energy fueled the "Devastating Divine Fire" to remain undying for billions of years.

Xuanqing frowned slightly: "This seems to be an energy conversion device? Only, Pangu didn’t perfect it when evolving it!"

Like reincarnation, even before Houtu became reincarnation personified, the Reincarnation Great Dao existed in the Primordial World, with the rising and setting of the sun as an embodiment of the Reincarnation Great Dao.

Only after Houtu transformed into reincarnation, opening the Six Paths and replacing the Reincarnation Demon God, radiating the Reincarnation Great Dao to every corner of the Primordial World, infinite times, and All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, did reincarnation truly become perfected.

This world is also the same; essentially, it can provide the Primordial World with ceaseless Spiritual Energy, but due to some accident, it became a calamity instead.

Whether it’s the Undying Volcano or the Returning Ruins Sea Eye, both require suppression by a Great Divine Power.

This undoubtedly went against Pangu’s original intention!

"If this world could operate normally, with the many corpses of gods and demons as the source, it would only need a hundred cycles of the Earth Dao to be fully perfected!"

Xuanqing was entangled in thought.

With his current power, helping Pangu complete this energy conversion device wasn’t a problem, but he also didn’t want to see an imbalance between Heaven and Earth Dao.

Unless he could gain control over the authority of both the Earth Dao and the Heavenly Dao to prevent conflicts between the two.

But to do this, things came full circle; he must first assist Yuanshi Tianzun in completing the plan to replace the Heavenly Dao with his own.

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