Chapter 19: The Heart Holds a Ruler That Can Measure the Heavens

After leaving the Phoenix Perch Mountain Secret Realm, the three continued forward. That day, a mysterious, illusory aura swept over the three, and Zhu Qingyun felt a gentle pulling force acting on himself.

This aura was kind, heavy, and broad; Zhu Qingyun seemed to have returned to his childhood in a past life, lying on his old father's back.

At the same time, the feeling of heartfelt enthusiasm brought about by that fated pull became even stronger!

"Pangu!"

Yin Yang Lao Zu gasped, his whole body froze on the spot, his eyes full of terror, cold sweat soaking his back.

Is this the residual will of Pangu? Immediately, Zhu Qingyun gave up resistance, and this pulling force took him and vanished from the spot.

"Pangu."

A gentle breeze came, and Yin Yang Lao Zu regained his composure from fear; the awe-inspiring axe-shadow in his mind that could slash everything gradually dissipated.

He was not worried about Zhu Qingyun's safety.

After all, without discussing whether Zhu Qingyun truly is as he guessed, a reincarnation of Pangu, simply by being a spiritual treasure formed from Pangu's heart's Vast Righteousness, he should be considered Pangu's direct descendant.

However, under the influence of that pulling force, Zhu Qingyun arrived at the interior of Mount Buzhou.

This is an independent space, vast in extent, with no end in sight.

The space was filled with deep red blood qi; strands of blood qi entered Zhu Qingyun's body through his pores, and he sensed his physical strength gradually increasing.

The pulling force grew stronger, and under its guidance Zhu Qingyun gradually approached the center of the space.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

"This seems to be. a heartbeat?"

As he drew ever closer to the depths of the space, the heartbeat grew stronger, the thick deep-red blood qi had already liquefied, granting Zhu Qingyun's physique a tremendous leap in strength! Although, due to the martial Dao's laws not improving, he remained at the initial stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, yet he could clearly sense that his physical strength was at least fifty percent greater than before!

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The heartbeat grew louder, signifying that Zhu Qingyun was drawing ever nearer to the space's center! At last!

Before Zhu Qingyun's eyes appeared a huge purple-gold heart! Strands of blood qi power derived from the heartbeat's beat, then dissipated into the space.

"Thud!"

The sound rang like thunder; in an instant, Zhu Qingyun's soul seemed to return to its mother body, unconsciously transforming into his true form, the Celestial Auspicious Clouds.

"Thud!"

The heart beat once more, and Zhu Qingyun felt a tingling numbness all over; thereafter, the Celestial Spirit Treasures surrounding him, except for the few that had already opened up great worlds, reverted to Vast Righteousness! Yet he astonishingly discovered that, under these circumstances, his primordial spirit was not harmed but instead, as if having taken a potent tonic, grew even stronger. This is the heart of Pangu!

Vast Righteousness enveloped the true form of the Auspicious Clouds and returned to Pangu's heart; countless blood qi surged in, and Zhu Qingyun's origin continually grew! As Zhu Qingyun immersed himself in refining the blood qi to strengthen his origin, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness and bewilderment, a flash of purple light passing by.

"This is. the aura of the Great Dao Primordial Chaos Purple Qi!"

Having refined a strand of Great Dao Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, Zhu Qingyun instantly recognized the source of the purple light, and his primordial spirit's true essence immediately began searching Pangu's heart.

Suddenly, within the Auspicious Clouds enveloped by Vast Righteousness, a Primordial Chaos world faintly appeared; a sense of longing and palpitation arose, and Zhu Qingyun's heart gained sudden understanding!

The origin I have been lacking lies within Pangu's heart! "Whoosh~"

A gust of wind rose, and Zhu Qingyun saw the blood qi before him scatter; a purple divine ruler encircled by merit lay horizontally in the air, and beneath the divine ruler stood an ancient, mysterious palace!

Vast Righteousness concealed in the heart, the heart possesses a ruler that can measure the heavens!

The divine ruler is precisely the Merit Supreme Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Measuring Ruler! The Primordial Chaos Heaven-Measuring Ruler, forged when Pangu opened heaven and merit fused with Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, incurs no karma when killing! A strong yearning came from the Primordial Chaos world within him; Zhu Qingyun rushed forward, and the great hand manifested by his primordial spirit firmly grasped the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

Instantly, a feeling of flesh-and-blood connection came; Zhu Qingyun had not refined it, yet he could wield it as naturally as an arm, for it was originally part of his true form.

Zhu Qingyun stored the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Measuring Ruler within his inner Primordial Chaos space; only to see the purple qi surging inside that space, the space expanding, stabilizing, and perfecting! Springs of spiritual water emerged, and herbs and trees sprang up, bringing vitality to the entire Primordial Chaos space.

A complete inner Primordial Chaos space equals a high-level Great Thousand World! Zhu Qingyun's origin and foundation have been supplemented, reaching the limit of the Innate Supreme Treasure! Speaking solely of physical strength, it is at least double what it was before entering Pangu's heart! As a spiritual treasure turned cultivator and martial Dao venerable, Zhu Qingyun has reason to believe that, among peers of equal rank, even the patriarchs of the Three Primordial Clans, he can absolutely crush them! "The Primordial Chaos space within is now complete; at last we can inaugurate the Literary Dao Great World!"

Zhu Qingyun closed his eyes to contemplate himself; he found that the world origin within the functional space was already flawless, yet the main body, the Auspicious Clouds, still lacked something.

"As for the missing part of the main body, the Auspicious Clouds, I do not know whether, in the evolution of the Primordial, it has transformed into an Innate Divine."

"If we could recover the Auspicious Clouds' origin, could we thereby break through the limit of the Innate Supreme Treasure and become that Chaos Spirit Treasure?"

Zhu Qingyun shook his head, not wishing to dwell further; having harvested the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Measuring Ruler and fully perfected his inner Primordial Chaos space, he was already quite satisfied.

As for whether the Auspicious Clouds' origin can be made up, it can only be said to be left to fate.

As the ages slipped by, tens of thousands of years passed, and Zhu Qingyun did not know how much blood qi he had absorbed!

The muscles finally reached saturation; the Vast Righteousness surrounding them transformed anew into Celestial Spirit Treasures, and even the lowest of them had reached the Upper-grade Innate Realm.

Within the Auspicious Clouds' Golden Lamp, the Martial Dao Great World also gained tremendous benefits this time!

Inside the Martial Dao Great World focused on body cultivation, blood qi power filled every corner; countless blood qi medicines nurtured and matured, and the Four Unalikes within it thereby supplemented their innate origin, advancing to the Great Luo Realm! At the same time, myriad strange beings took shape and were born; despite differing species, they were all innate talents for the martial Dao! Zhu Qingyun satisfiedly examined his own physique; his physical strength was now three times what it had been upon entry! Although he remained at the initial stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, he believed that, relying solely on bodily strength, he could contend with a mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal! After summarizing his gains, Zhu Qingyun finally had the leisure to survey the ancient, simple palace that lay beneath the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

This palace was ordinary and unremarkable, showing no reaction to Zhu Qingyun's approach; upon entering, he saw various principles flowing within, countless killing qi and innate qi intertwining! At the center stood a huge blood pool, within which the blood qi was solidified, filling it completely, and innumerable blood qi crystals paved the entire pool! (End of chapter)