Chapter 344: The Key to Breaking Through to the Dao-Merging Realm

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger took a step back, and green flames began to burn fiercely on its body.

As soon as the flames appeared, they came into contact with the omnipresent Nether Yin Qi, emitting a sizzling sound.

It was also at the very instant this sound emerged.

The figures of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and the Demon Emperor White Ape vanished from their spots simultaneously!

Immediately, the two collided high in the sky, producing a thunderous, earth-shattering roar.

The iron rod in the White Ape's hand, serving as its Life-Bound Spirit Treasure, had also fused with the Nether Yin Qi, becoming a Nether Divine Weapon.

It was precisely due to this enhancement that it could come into contact with the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger's protective green flames without being eroded or decayed.

As a veteran Divine Beast of the Return to Void realm, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger did not suffer a disadvantage in this exchange with the Demon Emperor White Ape.

Instead, relying on its profound foundation, it swatted the Demon Emperor White Ape away with a single claw.

Yet, it did not feel the slightest bit of advantage.

The moment they clashed, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger realized that the threat the opponent posed to it was no pretense.

Under the enhancement of that strange power, the opponent possessed the strength to fight it.

And the worst part was, there was more than one such monster!

Furthermore, they did not play by the rules of martial virtue!

They had all attacked together in a siege!

"Roar!"

Seeing the other Demon Emperors closing in, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger looked up and let out a roar.

Three identical phantom Avatars split off from its body.

It then had these three Avatars each confront one Demon Emperor.

As for its true form, it hardened its heart and headed straight to flee the Mu Family's Zhu Feng, intending to find the old Patriarch who was out campaigning before deciding on a long-term plan.

However, this intention had already been spotted by Su Ping.

Just as it attempted to flee, Su Ping's Primordial Spirit appeared above it, and with a sweep of his eyes, he shot out the Five-Colored Divine Light.

"Oh no!"

Upon coming into contact with the Five-Colored Divine Light.

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger secretly cried out in alarm; as its entire body swayed, the green flames abruptly vanished.

Then, its entire body lost the ability to traverse the air, and it plummeted down to the mountainside with a thud, crushing patches of tall forest.

Before it could recover from the discomfort of the Five-Colored Divine Light extinguishing its protective green flames.

The Demon Emperor White Ape had already swung its iron rod and found it once more.

In this exchange, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger dared not continue to deal with the Demon Emperor White Ape with all its might.

Instead, it kept a constant watch on Su Ping's Primordial Spirit in the sky.

It was extremely wary of his Five-Colored Divine Light from just a moment ago.

However, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger soon revealed an expression of astonishment again.

It discovered that its three Avatars in the air, which had previously been able to trade blows with the opponents,

were now being suppressed as a strange young girl emitted a pale blue halo.

Those three Demon Emperors seemed to have used some kind of Forbidden Technique, their strength greatly increased.

In an instant, they suppressed its Avatars into a narrow airspace.

And then, they were actually swallowed in one gulp by a giant Xuangui that had suddenly appeared from the thick, dark clouds high above!

"That is... an adult Xuangui Divine Beast?"

"And, it seems to have a royal Bloodline?"

As a Divine Beast, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger possessed an innate Bloodline intuition.

Because of this, after seeing the large head of the Xuangui protruding from the dark clouds.

It immediately sensed a portion of the foundation of Su Ping's Xuangui Baxia.

It could not help but panic violently, a premonition deep within its Divine Soul that things were going to go poorly this time!

"Wait... wait!"

Finding that the Xuangui, whose eyes were as large as small hills, was looking at it greedily, clearly unsatisfied after eating its three Avatars.

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger suddenly sent a message via Divine Sense:

"Stop fighting!"

"Great master above! I only ask to ensure the Mu Family's Bloodline does not go extinct, and we are willing to surrender!"

Saying this, seemingly worried that its bargaining chips were insufficient, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger suppressed its heartache and said:

"The Mu Family and I both have multiple special Secret Realms storing a vast amount of heavenly treasures!"

"With just a single thought, those Secret Realms have self-destruct Dharma Arrays that will turn everything into nothingness!"

Bang!

Just as it finished speaking, the right side of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger's head was struck by an iron rod.

It retreated in pain, wanting to counterattack, but discovered that the Demon Emperor White Ape had voluntarily stopped.

It could not care about revenge, hurriedly restrained its aura, and looked up at Su Ping's Primordial Spirit.

At this moment, the mountain-sized Xuangui was already lying in the air.

Su Ping sat cross-legged on its head, looking down at the battlefield below with indifference.

Su Ping's Primordial Spirit transmitted a Divine Sense, informing the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger of the prerequisites for surrender.

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger's heart sank; it had not expected this fellow to be so ruthless, actually demanding it first open its mind to form a contract and become a guardian Divine Beast under his command.

As the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger hesitated.

Suddenly, a seal appeared in the hand of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit in the sky.

That was none other than the Heaven-Turning Seal, which had already acknowledged its master.

The sense of threat emanating from the Heaven-Turning Seal.

Was already enough for the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger to feel the aura of death with absolute clarity.

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger's eyes flickered as it thought of the Secret Technique of Evil Qi provided by the Five-Colored Dragon Sect.

With such a Secret Technique, at the very least, it would not be left without any way out.

It might even be possible to seize a further opportunity once the other party let their guard down!

After all, judging by the power of these people and Demon Beasts before it, they certainly did not come from this Small Thousand World.

Thinking of this, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger lowered its eyelids, closed its six eyes, and sighed:

"The situation is beyond saving; in order to prevent the Mu Family from being destroyed in a single day..."

"This venerable one will trust you this once."

"Come, this venerable one is willing to become the guardian beast of a high-level expert in exchange for sparing the Mu Family from devastation!"

The voice of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger echoed around the Zhu Feng of the Mu Family, lingering for a long time.

However, because the disparity in strength was simply too great.

At this moment, the Mu Family from top to bottom had already lost the power to resist and had become captives of Su Ping's army.

Many of the Mu Family's artisans were even kneeling on the ground, frantically demonstrating their various cultivation crafts to Mu Cangtian, begging to trade them for their lives.

Meanwhile, Valkyrie Kong discovered a Temple dedicated to an Evil God and thousands of young boys and girls prepared as sacrifices inside a Cave Heaven Secret Realm.

This Temple had no traces of sacrifices yet.

But the aura of the Evil Spirit on the statue of the Evil God was not fake.

Su Ping was an old hand at this, and he knew what was going on with just one look.

It was likely that not only the Mu Family, but other major families of the Five Elements World probably had similar arrangements.

Once the Five Elements World fell into an irredeemable situation.

These arrangements would be activated, allowing a portion of their family members to become evil cultivators first.

However, Su Ping, who knew more of the truth, understood that the speculative behavior of these families was destined to have no good outcome.

Against the backdrop of the Mother God's imminent awakening.

The children of the Evil God were themselves highly likely to kill each other.

They would certainly not share any benefits with these evil cultivators.

I fear that the moment the Small Thousand World completely collapses will be the moment these evil cultivators are all eaten as dessert!

The surrender declaration of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger was not without effect.

At least those family-born servants who had served the Mu Family for generations.

Their hearts, which had been somewhat conflicted, all relaxed and let go of their worries after hearing the voice of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.

Since the Mu Family's guardian beast had surrendered, what was wrong with them, the family-born servants, following suit?

With the surrender of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, the Mu Family could be considered settled.

After the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger opened its mind, it was invaded by Nether Yin Qi.

Pitch-black chains coiled around its Divine Soul, and then suddenly tightened!

Instantly!

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger felt the original contract within its body being eroded, and it began to resist instinctively.

This process caused immense damage to the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.

However, since the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger had chosen to surrender, it endured this pain in silence.

Suddenly, a lake-light Barrier enveloped the area where the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger was located.

The Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger immediately felt a chill appear within its body.

This chill greatly alleviated the pain of the Divine Soul within its body.

At the same time, strands of liquid fell from the sky and entered its mouth.

Following that, a miracle occurred.

For the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, injuries that should have taken years or even decades to heal were recovering visibly with the help of these liquids.

This was the effect of the Life Potion and Purification Potion that Su Ping had exchanged for.

Although it could not achieve the exaggeration of an instantaneous effect due to the difference in levels.

The fact that the potions were effective.

Was enough to open the eyes of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.

It also increasingly confirmed its suspicion in its heart that the powerful enemy that had attacked this time... came from other Small Thousand Worlds or even the Great World mentioned in ancient books!

Thinking of this, the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger began to hesitate about whether it should rebel later on.

If it really was a Great World, then breaking through the Return to Void Realm to reach the Harmony Realm would have great hope.

Opening its eyes again to look at the surrounding scene, which was deep with Yin Qi.

It no longer seemed so terrifying.

With the help of the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, Su Ping opened the various treasure vaults of the Mu Family.

Among them, the most important Inheritance Cave Heaven.

Was only saved from the activation of the self-destruct Dharma Array within the Cave Heaven thanks to the Emerald Heaven-Swallowing Tiger's intervention.

And the sheer number of the Mu Family's inheritances.

Could be considered an eye-opener for Su Ping.

He secretly thought that they were indeed worthy of being a major family standing at the pinnacle of the Five Elements World!

The number of inheritances in this Dongtian alone compares to the inheritances of the Ten Directions Sect and the Great Golden Light Temple combined.

In terms of quality.

There are over a hundred Nascent Soul cultivation techniques, and over thirty Spirit Severing techniques.

There are even as many as nine techniques that lead directly to the Return to Void stage.

Moreover, among these Return to Void techniques, three contain methods to break through to Dao Integration.

They are Great Divine Ability techniques from which Dao Integration True Monarchs have emerged.

It is a pity that, judging from the memories obtained, the Five Elements World has not seen a Dao Integration True Monarch for a very long time.

It is rumored that this is not just because the world is influenced by the Mother God.

It is also because the key Spirit Materials required for the original breakthrough to Dao Integration have long since gone extinct, while no heaven-gifted genius has yet been able to explore other breakthrough methods.

This has led to the current situation where the strongest in the Five Elements World are stuck at the Void Return Late Stage, unable to advance or retreat.

Su Ping finally got the opportunity this time to read those Return to Void techniques to satisfy his curiosity.

While having his army, along with those who surrendered from the Mu Family, continue their efforts to empty the Mu Family's treasury.

He entered the Inheritance Cave Heaven with his Primordial Spirit to forcibly read those inheritance techniques.

This time, Su Ping did not encounter the embarrassment he faced at the Ten Directions Sect's inheritance grounds.

Once his Primordial Spirit, nourished by so many Golden Leaf Bodhi fruits, entered.

The entire room, laid out like a library, saw the bookshelves storing various divine techniques and secret arts light up one after another.

One inheritance technique, shaped like a Huijuan, even emitted a faint glow and floated before Su Ping.

The Huijuan slowly unfurled.

Inside, hundreds of complex Immortal characters lit up with Golden Light.

Just as Su Ping intended to look, a phantom of an old man with a white beard appeared above the Huijuan.

The old man's phantom was quite cheerful, laughing heartily as soon as he appeared:

"Hahahaha!"

"My Mu Family has finally produced a prodigy!"

"Hurry and cultivate this secret art; remember not to let word leak out before reaching the Spirit Severing stage!"

"As for the required materials, this master has long since ordered the descendants to store plenty, so it should not arouse suspicion from the outside world!"

After the old man's phantom finished saying this, he retreated back into the Huijuan.

Leaving Su Ping's Primordial Spirit with no time to explain clearly.

However, there was actually no need to explain; the other party was merely an Avatar of a divine thought, much like an artificial intelligence.

It was likely that the technique within the Huijuan involved so much that this Old Ancestor, unable to let go before his death, specifically left it to warn those who came after.

But was he not worried about making a mistake?

Su Ping suddenly thought of the Mu Family high-level direct-line blood used by the Green Heaven-Swallowing Tiger to break the secret technique.

Plus, that tiger itself already possessed a portion of the authority over the Inheritance Cave Heaven.

One can only say that, in the end, it is hard to guard against a thief within one's own house.

Su Ping also became interested in the technique mentioned by this Mu Family Old Ancestor.

He guessed it should be one of the techniques that contained a method to break through to Dao Integration.

His divine thought looked carefully at the Immortal characters in the Huijuan.

These Immortal characters were clearly of a higher grade.

Each Immortal character could be broken down into more than ten new Immortal characters, and each character contained a vast amount of knowledge and insight.

The more Su Ping looked, the stranger his expression became.

After scanning through it roughly.

Su Ping took a deep breath.

"This is clearly the Big Dipper Death-Marking Scripture and the South Dipper Life-Granting Art!"

"The Upper Realm truly has the continuation of this technique!"

"And it seems this divine art is considered extremely high-end and prestigious even in the Upper Realm, such that an Old Ancestor of such a great family could not stop thinking about it!"

"It just looks difficult to cultivate; having finally discovered someone who can cultivate it, he immediately activates his Old Ancestor divine thought Avatar to offer comfort..."

Su Ping was not in a hurry to cultivate this divine art immediately.

After silently putting it away, he remembered his main business and looked at the other techniques.

Su Ping immediately discovered that the level of the Big Dipper South Dipper Divine Art was indeed more than a notch higher.

For other Return to Void techniques, Su Ping's Divine Sense would consume at most one percent of its strength when scanned.

Scanning the Big Dipper South Dipper Divine Art once, without even daring to delve into the Immortal characters within, consumed more than one-tenth.

If it were someone who had not eaten the Golden Leaf Bodhi fruit.

Wouldn't they only be able to study it slowly, character by character?

Su Ping did not know that, let alone divine arts like the Big Dipper South Dipper.

Even for the Immortal characters of other Return to Void techniques.

When heaven-gifted geniuses want to learn them, which one of them doesn't do it slowly, character by character?

Reading it through directly is a privilege only Return to Void Old Ancestors possess.

And through reading, Su Ping also learned what the missing Spirit Materials actually were.

To transform from Return to Void to Dao Integration.

One must open up a Small World within their Primordial Spirit or life-bound artifact.

Merge the body with the world, contain the Dao of the world within... only then can one cross from Return to Void directly to the realm of Dao Integration.

Become a True Monarch of Dao Integration capable of traversing the Sea of Time and Space, possessing the potential to roam countless worlds!

It is also for this reason that these techniques mention that to break through to the Harmony Realm, Return to Void Old Ancestors need to obtain Void Creatures and refine them into their life-bound artifacts or their own Primordial Spirit.

And then, the most important and critical step is to obtain a world-creation wonder capable of self-creating a Small World!

For example, the Mountain and Sea Creation Bead that can evolve a world, the ancient Jianmu Divine Tree, the Flame of Generations, and so on.

After all, for a cultivator who has developed normally.

Compared to seizing a mature Small World and making it obediently enter one's own body to become one's own possession.

It is obviously much simpler to cultivate it slowly from the beginning and merge with it while it is weak and ignorant.