Chapter 314: Great Freedom Demon Dao

Flower Fruit Mountain northern peak cave dwelling.

Su Chen did not know about the changes that had occurred in the Great Lei Yinsi of Lingshan.

He had no way of knowing that by leading Qiao Ling to cultivate the Demon Dao, he had caused the luck of the True Demon to reappear in the Three Realms, borrowing the great momentum of the Heavenly Dao, forcing the two Saints of the West to stand by and watch, not daring to take action easily again.

Spring went and autumn came, cold and heat alternated, and five years of time passed in a hurry.

During these five years, undercurrents surged in the Three Realms.

The Fomen was dispatched in full force, searching crazily in the Four Great Continents, yet they never found half a trace of Qiao Ling.

Inside the cave dwelling, Su Chen sat at the stone table, lifted the purple clay teapot, and poured a cup of clear tea.

He picked up the teacup, his spiritual sense crossing the stone wall, casting toward the secret chamber next door.

That was where Qiao Ling was in seclusion.

For these five years, Su Chen had not taken a single step away.

The backlash of Demon Dao cultivation was no small matter; once Qiao Ling could not suppress the tyrannical demonic energy inherited from Luo Hou, Su Chen had to suppress it at the first moment to save Qiao Ling's life.

While protecting Qiao Ling, he was also contemplating the True Explanation of the Hunyuan Jin Dan.

In five years, the Jin Dan within Su Chen's body became more and more perfect, the energy of the five elements circulating endlessly.

With the Great Luo-level physical body combined with increasingly deep magic power, his strength had risen another level compared to five years ago.

But regarding how to integrate the power of the Jin Dan and break through to the Great Luo Jin Xian Realm, Su Chen still had no clue.

His cultivation years were still too short; although he had used five-element spiritual objects to cultivate the "True Explanation of the Hunyuan Jin Dan" to the peak of the Tai Yi Jin Xian Realm in just over two hundred years, his foundation was ultimately insufficient, making him slow to see the opportunity to break through to Great Luo.

At this time, the magic power fluctuations coming from the secret chamber next door interrupted Su Chen's train of thought.

The cultivation speed of Qiao Ling, who had switched to cultivating the Demon Dao, exceeded Su Chen's expectations.

Qiao Ling's cultivation could be said to have no bottlenecks at all.

In just five years, Qiao Ling crossed several realms and was now about to step into the Immortal Dao.

The vast foundation contained in Tathagata's Dao Fruit was completely assimilated by Qiao Ling's origin demonic energy.

Those foundations that originally belonged to Tathagata's re-cultivation after awakening were all transformed into excellent nourishment for Qiao Ling's cultivation to skyrocket.

Su Chen took a sip of tea.

The Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror lay dormant quietly in his sea of consciousness.

He possessed a golden finger, opportunities kept coming along the way, and his cultivation speed was already considered top-tier in the Three Realms.

But looking at the realm soaring without any scruples next door, Su Chen secretly complained in his heart.

"This kid's leveling speed is completely unreasonable; I'm cheating and I'm not even this fierce."

Complaining was complaining, but Su Chen knew very well.

Qiao Ling could have such speed, firstly because the foundation of Tathagata's Dao Fruit was truly too terrifying, and secondly because Qiao Ling's temperament was excellent, perfectly fitting the lawlessness of the Demon Dao.

And Su Chen keenly sensed that the Demon Dao Qiao Ling was cultivating was different from Luo Hou's.

Luo Hou's Demon Dao emphasized slaughter, destruction, and the return of all things to silence; that was an extreme path of cultivation.

And in the first two years of Qiao Ling's seclusion, the demonic energy on his body still carried that violent nature inherited from Luo Hou.

But as Qiao Ling's cultivation gradually grew, that demonic energy was also changing.

In the gray demonic energy Qiao Ling cultivated, destruction and silence gradually faded, replaced by an aura that was peaceful, free, and transparent.

Demonic energy should have been arrogant and domineering, but Qiao Ling's demonic energy was extremely restrained, carrying a sense of purity that did not touch dust.

"Boom."

The heavy stone door was opened from the inside, and a slender figure walked out.

Qiao Ling was wearing a moon-white robe.

There was not a single bit of demonic energy leaking from his body, and the dark golden demonic pattern at the center of his brow was also hidden beneath his skin.

At this time, Qiao Ling's face was gentle, his gaze clear, his temperament outstanding.

No matter who looked at him, this was completely a mortal scholar who had read many books, not the only True Demon in the Three Realms today.

He walked up to Su Chen and bowed deeply.

"Disciple greets Master."

His voice was clear, not carrying half a bit of violent aura.

Su Chen looked him up and down, his gaze sharp, probing Qiao Ling's condition.

The foundation was incomparably solid, and he was only one layer of window paper away from stepping into the Immortal Dao, which could be poked through at any time.

"I observe that your demonic energy seems to have changed; it seems you have gained a lot from this cultivation," Su Chen nodded and asked.

Qiao Ling straightened up, a smile on his face.

"Master has sharp eyes." Qiao Ling walked to sit opposite the stone table and lifted the teapot to pour himself a cup of tea. "In these five years of seclusion, disciple has contemplated the Demon Ancestor's inheritance day and night. Disciple feels that Demon Ancestor Luo Hou's Dao is too extreme."

Su Chen raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue.

"Demon Ancestor Luo Hou wanted to prove the Dao through slaughter, destroying all things in heaven and earth to achieve himself. Walking this path to the end means being the enemy of the whole world, a lonely person. There is only destruction in his heart, no vitality," Qiao Ling looked at the tea in the cup. "This is not the freedom disciple wants."

"Disciple once studied Buddhist Dharma for many years," Qiao Ling continued. "The Fomen emphasizes perfection without leakage, a heart as clear as a mirror. Disciple then boldly integrated the Fomen's method of cultivating the heart into the Demon Dao's cultivation method."

Su Chen's gaze condensed upon hearing this—Buddha and Demon merging.

This was something that had never happened in the Three Realms; Buddha cultivates the next life, Demon cultivates the present life; Buddha saves all living beings, Demon seeks the self.

These two completely opposite concepts, Qiao Ling was actually able to merge them; his disciple was worthy of being someone who gave up Tathagata's Dao Fruit and switched to cultivating the Demon Dao, truly not to be measured by common sense.

"What did you cultivate?" Su Chen asked.

Qiao Ling put down the teacup, astonishing light bursting from his eyes.

"Disciple took the meaning of the Demon Dao—'follow your heart's desire, free and unfettered'—and stripped away its groundless violent aura. Using the Fomen's method of seeing one's nature clearly, I control the destructive power of the Demon Dao."

Qiao Ling raised his right hand, and a gray-white airflow condensed in his palm.

This power was no longer pure destruction, but to break all shackles and seek great freedom.

"Disciple calls it, Great Freedom Demon Dao!"

Great Freedom Demon Dao; Su Chen looked at the airflow in Qiao Ling's palm and suddenly pointed out a finger.

His fingertip shot out a ray of magic power, heading straight for Qiao Ling's face.

Qiao Ling did not dodge or evade, pushing the gray-white airflow in his palm forward.

The two powers collided in mid-air, and Su Chen's attack was actually decomposed and assimilated by Qiao Ling's Great Freedom Demon Dao, finally disappearing into nothingness.

Although Su Chen only used a trace of insignificant power, his Immortal Dao cultivation was at the peak of the Tai Yi Jin Xian Realm, which was enough to prove the terrifying grade of the Great Freedom Demon Dao.

Seeing this scene, Su Chen laughed loudly.

"Good! What a Great Freedom Demon Dao!" Su Chen clapped his hands in praise repeatedly.

He had originally been worried that Qiao Ling would be affected by Luo Hou's origin demonic energy, but he didn't expect this kid's comprehension to be so heaven-defying, actually walking out a path to the heavens by himself.

This was absolutely a Great Dao pointing directly to the Semi-Sage, and even having hope of impacting Hunyuan.

Now, Qiao Ling has completely stepped out of the shadow of the Tathagata and has also transcended the mold of Luo Hou.

He was no longer anyone's substitute; he was Qiao Ling, the founder of the Great Freedom Demon Dao.

"You are now only half a step away from stepping into the Immortal Dao," Su Chen restrained his laughter and said solemnly. "I suggest you strike while the iron is hot and break through to Human Immortal... no, that's not right... for you, it should be called the Demon Immortal Realm."

"Master is right; disciple came out this time precisely to tell Master about the breakthrough."

Qiao Ling stood up, his expression solemn. "Disciple sensed that this breakthrough might have a tribulation, so I wanted to find a place without people to break through."

"A tribulation?"

Su Chen was somewhat puzzled; logically speaking, now cultivation only had the three disasters after breaking through to Heavenly Immortal, and now Qiao Ling was only about to break through to the Demon Immortal Realm, so how could there be a tribulation? ===== CHAPTER 315 =====