Chapter 711

Di Jiang laughed heartily: "Thank you, Carefree Wanderer, for your concern! Although we cannot cultivate the primordial spirit, we can train the flesh to nourish the soul. The stronger the body, the stronger the soul becomes, and controlling the body and executing combat techniques will become more adept. Please come in quickly; you are a cherished friend of our Wu tribe!"

Perhaps because Pangu's will has dissipated, the Pangu Palace's repelling force against everyone is now much weaker than before.

The White Jade Dragon Elephant and Bai Qi, due to their merged aura, are no longer rejected; the Nether Phoenix absorbed the ancestral witches' soul killer qi and also took on the Wu tribe's aura.

Ye Qin replied: "Everyone, please! This accidental arrival here is also fate. I have some insights on the Soul Dao; later I will help you find a suitable cultivation method. I also plan to retreat here to comprehend the Twelve Origin Great Dao."

Hou Tu exclaimed with joy: "Hearing the White Jade Dragon Elephant say you can devour the chaos demon god's soul, your Soul Dao cultivation must be profound—this truly solves our Wu tribe's urgent need! Although the Wu tribe is warlike, we are absolutely sincere to friends; staying however long you wish is no problem."

Ye Qin looked toward Earth Mother, speaking gently: "Earth Mother Daoist friend, you need not worry overly; your soul damage is relatively light, and if an opportunity arises, you can still achieve the primordial spirit. Should you sense such an opportunity descending, please inform me." He recalled the legend of Earth Mother embodying reincarnation; Earth Mother cultivated the essence of earth, her heart full of compassion.

After the great calamity passes, the innate beings perish and the acquired beings are born in great numbers; when the Yao clan rules heaven and the Wu clan rules earth, countless homeless souls will surely appear, and then Earth Mother will likely lament all beings.

Upon entering the Pangu Palace, a heart‑shaking throbbing sound came from the depths, like the voice of the Great Dao, captivating.

Ye Qin instantly felt the origin runes in his soul begin to flicker; he immediately ordered everyone, then sat cross‑legged on the ground.

In an instant, the runes containing the origin Great Dao surged forth like a flood from deep within the hall.

Zhu Rong ancestor witch exclaimed: "Carefree Wanderer Daoist friend, your Divine Abilities are truly vast and your methods endless! Only now have we realized that your grasp of origin Divine Abilities is even deeper than ours—truly admirable!" The other ancestor witches nodded in agreement. Though they were formed from Pangu's essence blood, possessed extraordinary foundations, and had received Pangu's inheritance, they still fell short of Ye Qin.

In that mysterious world, as the Great Dao turned, heaven and earth underwent a tremendous change. The Five Elements wheel shattered with a roar, wind, rain, thunder and lightning raged, the earth collapsed, and the heavenly Dao broke.

Yet this was not a sign of the apocalypse; rather, it radiated the joy of returning to the Great Dao. A star‑fruit tree shot up from the ground, piercing the three great worlds of Pure Yang Heaven, the Human Dao, and Pure Yin Earth, as well as countless origin worlds of various colors.

These worlds seemed to be pulled by some force, all converging toward the star‑fruit tree.

Suddenly, with a tremendous boom, all worlds exploded, endless origin merging into the heart of the chaos tree, transforming into vast chaos qi.

At the center of the star‑fruit tree appeared the heart of the chaos tree; clusters of chaos qi enacted the primordial scene of the Great Dao, faintly revealing the illusory form of the chaos dao fruit.

Within these chaos qi lay a unique Carefree Wanderer will.

A green‑light‑emitting eye hovered in the chaos, overlooking all things; within it resided majesty, the Great Dao, and wisdom.

Illusory mixed‑origin dao fruits each exuded a distinct aura; fragments of the three thousand Great Daos and eight hundred lesser paths, like flowing light, merged into them, enacting the profound truths of heaven and earth.

Suddenly, a tremendous boom shook the void; all worlds collapsed with a crash, and one after another, spirit treasures imbued with mysterious power appeared.

First to appear was a black‑gold ring, which carried a joyful thought, plunged into a mixed‑origin dao fruit, then exploded and dissolved, returning to the origin of heaven and earth.

Immediately after, the aura of the Beast God Great Dao permeated, silently nurturing within the dao fruit.

At that moment, a towering tree bursting with vigorous life sprouted from a certain world. It frantically absorbed the world's entire power, bore countless spirit fruits, then merged into another mixed‑origin dao fruit, condensing into a vivid illusory dao fruit teeming with vitality.

Just then, a little girl with pure white wings sprouting from her back and holding a jade bow appeared angrily from the void: "Carefree Wanderer big brother, what are you doing?! I finally managed to set up the eighteen‑linked jade realm beautifully, and now it's all ruined… waa waa waa!"

Before her words faded, the eighteen crystal‑clear jade beads suddenly merged, enveloping the girl, and together they sank into the heart of the chaos tree of the star‑fruit tree, fusing with a mixed‑origin dao fruit into one.

Immediately after, three sharp sword qi shot straight into the clouds. Three women carrying gold swords stepped out of the golden world; they seemed to have received a mysterious summons, allowing the world to crumble into origin while they themselves turned into flowing light and plunged into the heart of the chaos tree.

The Five Elements wheel exploded with a boom, five towering peaks flew out, crashing into the depths of chaos to nurture new life.

A heavenly dragon roared as it rose from the earth, its draconic aura surging; it plunged its head into the heart of the chaos tree, merging with chaos qi to become a coiled chaos‑dragon form.

Jade qilin, yin‑yang celestial phoenix, giant ao, kun‑peng, and countless other strange divine beasts emerged from the shattered heaven and earth, rushed into the heart of the chaos tree, and turned into streaks of chaos‑colored illusions.

At the same time, innumerable spirit‑root origins melted, merged into the chaos qi, and condensed into clusters brimming with vital energy.

Soon after, a dim gray world appeared, carrying endless soul‑purifying fire. Within it, the sea of souls suddenly exploded, forming a diamond‑shaped crystal.

This crystal continually absorbed the chaos qi clusters, gradually condensing into a humanoid form, as if complete with flesh and blood, and bearing a mysterious, unfathomable smile on its face.

This person sat cross‑legged in the heart of the chaos tree; chaos qi gathered from all sides, eventually forming a huge egg that grew larger over time, its aura becoming ever more profound.

In an instant, the green light‑emitting eye from the sky descended and entered the great chaos egg.

The great egg instantly generated a powerful suction, flashing with profound green light. The mixed‑origin dao fruits that had absorbed countless origins and divine beast illusions flocked toward the egg; threads containing the supreme truths of the Great Dao wound around its shell, intertwining into an elaborate, colorful pattern.

"Finally, success! The twelve origins are perfected, giving rise to a mighty creative force that returns the Carefree Wanderer Realm to the primordial chaos state. All past accumulations have merged into chaos, blending with chaos qi to nurture the most primal Dao. The soul realm contains my soul Dao, condensed into this great chaos egg; all chaos power and the Dao within the mixed‑origin dao fruits are linked to it. My Dharma‑breaking divine eye will comprehend the most original Dao truth within it. Chaos is boundless, able to dissolve all things. Henceforth, whatever is poured into it will return to its true nature without conflict. Once my Dharma‑breaking divine eye fully understands all Daos, the myriad worlds will be born, and the first generation of innate beings of the Carefree Wanderer Realm will likewise arise. When these beings enter the Honghuang…"

At this moment, Ye Qin, though seated with closed eyes in the Pangu Palace, had his soul constantly monitoring the earth‑shaking changes in the Carefree Wanderer Realm.

Within the Pangu Palace, he successfully comprehended the complete Twelve Origin Great Dao, rendering his own origin perfect and flawless.

Previously, the Carefree Wanderer Realm was chaotic and disordered, with many Great Dao rune fragments sealed within it.

Now, the perfection of the twelve origins is like erecting a stable framework that draws the chaos qi from the heart of the star‑fruit tree, causing the entire world to return to its origin.

Those shattered Dao runes repeatedly recombined, condensing into complete Dao, merging with chaos qi to outline the embryonic form of the mixed‑origin dao fruit. Within them, the Dao of the twelve origins is already whole; the dao fruit gradually solidifies, and once mature it can give rise to twelve minor thousand‑worlds. Moreover, the souls of those divine beasts will likewise nurture beings endowed with innate Divine Abilities—this is the key layout Ye Qin meticulously planned.

Almost everything in the Carefree Wanderer Realm has already merged into the heart of the chaos tree of the star‑fruit tree; only the origins transformed from the Heaven, Earth, and Human realms continue to gather.

The Pure Yang Immortal Realm turned into a mass of pure white light; its Pure Yang immortal qi is extremely domineering, not only resisting assimilation by chaos qi but continually absorbing chaos power.

The Human Realm turned into a mass of light with a unique hue, brimming with vitality; the spirits of all beings gathered within, the Xuan Qin qi permeated, condensing into the Xuan Qin dao fruit.

The Nine Nether Earth Realm turned into a mass of ink‑black light, exuding reincarnation aura, bearing the beings' thoughts of transcendence.

Amid the rumbling, these three masses of light entered the heart of the chaos tree, revolving around the great chaos egg, greedily sucking up the Dao essence and symbols emanating from the egg. They are perfectly pure, without impurity, akin to the most primal origins of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

After all dust settled, the star‑fruit tree began to shake violently. Its bark layered and merged into countless strands of starlight; the tree's largest three hundred sixty‑five stars fell into the heart of the chaos tree, gathering their light and absorbing chaos qi.

Three thousand stars containing the Devouring Great Dao also plunged into chaos, forming a mysterious Devouring Grand Array that nurtures spiritual intellect.

Countless star‑fruits fell like a meteor shower; some were melted by chaos, while others stubbornly absorbed chaos qi.

At that moment, a spacetime Dao essence emerged from the void, imprinting spacetime marks upon all mixed‑origin dao fruits.

In this wondrous spacetime transformation, the chaos qi underwent a metamorphosis.

With a tremendous boom, the chaos qi abruptly contracted, enveloping everything within, exhaling the primordial aura of the Great Dao, and finally condensed into a chaos pearl that merged into Ye Qin's soul sea.

In an instant, a mighty force swept over his body. Ye Qin's muscles bulged instantly, his blood‑line power surged like a raging tide. A roar erupted, and a sky‑swallowing rat twelve‑myriad zhang tall appeared; its eyes deep as abysses shot green light straight to the heavens, its fangs flashed cold light, its claws glowed with bloody radiance, its musculature perfectly defined, every inch containing the power to destroy heaven and earth.

In the blink of an eye, the sky‑swallowing rat's body dissipated, re‑forming into a human shape, only his hands retained the claw shape. He waved his claws, tracing mysterious trajectories in the air; five intersecting, unclosable spatial rifts appeared, with mighty power continually gathering between the claws, growing ever more terrifying.

Only a soft "hiss" was heard!

A pair of claws fiercely tore at the air; in an instant, space split like paper to either side, revealing a chaos scene in the middle.

This seemingly gentle claw bore no trace of vital energy—it was Ye Qin's Myriad Beasts True Martial technique.

"Third form of the Myriad Beasts True Martial—Rend‑Heaven Claw."

As his words fell, Ye Qin's claws reverted to warm, jade‑like palms, showing no relation to the destructive claws just moments before.

"The power Dao comprehended by Pangu is indeed profound. After studying the three thousand Great Daos and eight hundred lesser paths, he finally fully grasped the power Dao, thereby proving the Dao with force and cleaving heaven and earth. I still have a long way to go to reach such a realm!" Ye Qin murmured, his tone full of feeling.

Inside Pangu Hall, the formless power of the Great Dao permeated the space.

The ancestral witches of old could not fathom it, yet Ye Qin, after a hundred years of painstaking cultivation here, had only scratched the surface. Nevertheless, this was thanks to the Boundless Great Dao he cultivated, which gave him even this modest gain.

"In the blink of an eye another hundred years have passed—truly hard to believe. Now just how old am I? The seas turning to mulberry fields are but a moment; in a single thought, billions of years pass!"

Suddenly, a sense of vicissitude welled up in Ye Qin's heart. He had always regarded himself as an ordinary person, not an innate being devoted to the Dao.

By that reckoning, a mortal capable of living for untold hundreds of millions of years—he might be the only one in the world.

"Carefree Wanderer, you actually have such feelings? For us, time is most abundant, lifespans near endless—why lament the passage of years?" Zhu Jiuyin said.

As the ancestral witch who wields the power of time, Zhu Jiuyin is extremely sensitive to it. The strong spacetime aura on Ye Qin made him feel quite astonished.

"Haha, Fellow Jiuyin speaks truly! No matter how time and space flow, I remain carefree and unbound. By the way, over the past hundred years, what has become of the world beyond Honghuang?" Ye Qin asked with a smile.

Di Jiang replied: "Now the Heavenly Dao of the Honghuang world has fallen into nirvana, and the Patriarch already controls the overall situation……"

During this hundred years of the Heavenly Dao's nirvana, Honghuang fell into a state of lawless chaos. So-called lawlessness means the strong do as they please, the whole world becomes more cruel, wholly following the law of the jungle where the strong devour the weak. Here, the strong hold absolute sway, able to dispose of the weak as they wish—enslaving, devouring, or destroying them, with no restraint.

Over the past century, the struggles on Honghuang Dadi have been fiercer than any previous era, their brutality surpassing even the Dragon Court's eastern crusade that eradicated the hundred tribes and the Demonic Palace's forging of demonic banners to slaughter myriad spirits. The land constantly caved in, mountains collapsed with a roar, rivers were cut off, floods spread everywhere, and this heaven and earth had never known peace.

From time to time, roars of beasts echoed between heaven and earth, their voices either mournful and sorrowful or shocking to the heart. This is an age where the strong reign supreme, yet a hell for the weak! Honghuang is like an invisible chessboard, with several powerful figures looming above, treating all beings as pieces to move about.

Luo Hou Mozu, as the paramount existence of the Demonic Dao, craved not the power of the Demonic Palace but the qi of destruction, seeking to prove the Dao through annihilation. To this end, the Demonic Palace frenziedly subdued beings from all quarters, and wherever they went, demonic qi permeated the air.

Those beings controlled by the Demonic Palace harbored only the destructive thoughts implanted by Luo Hou; the threefold demonic notions of heaven, earth, and man invaded their souls. Wherever they passed, beings either turned demonic or were consumed by demonic qi, transforming into demonic qi to feed these demonic leaders.

Starting from the Northwest Lands and extending eastward and southward for hundreds of millions of li, it encompassed the former Holy Land of Spreading the Dao, the Ancestral Land of the Qilin, and the vast Southwest Territories, continuing southeast to Mount Buzhou. Vast tracts of land became scorched earth, shrouded in demonic qi, and even the newly born beings turned into demonic spirits.

As the Demonic Palace continually expanded, the killing-qi of Honghuang grew ever more intense, and these murderous qi transformed into Luo Hou's demonic qi, steadily increasing his power; his whole body emanated the holy aura of the Demonic Dao, drawing ever close to the Sage Realm. (End of chapter)