Chapter 249: Testing the Might of Divine Powers, the Limitations of Heavenly Dao Laws!

Chen Ku looked at Nüwa, utterly bewildered.

Beside them, Jieyin and Zhunti were equally puzzled.

However, faintly, Jieyin and Zhunti moved, shielding Chen Ku behind them.

The reason is simple!

In the previous great battle, Nüwa had stood on the side of the Demon Race.

And Chen Ku had once moved to imprison the Ten Golden Crows.

It can be said that the death of the Nine Golden Crows also had some connection to Chen Ku.

Jieyin and Zhunti were also worried, wondering if Nüwa had come to settle scores?!

Going straight to the Buddhist Gate—this seems a bit too much, doesn't it?

Chen Ku, however, was not so flustered; he merely frowned slightly and spoke in a low voice:

"What could a junior like me possibly deserve that would prompt Senior Nüwa to come in person?"

Elsewhere.

Seeing the wary expressions on Jieyin and Zhunti's faces, Nüwa also realized they had misunderstood her intentions.

She smiled faintly and said:

"There's no need for you two, junior brothers, to be like this!"

"I, the Palace, did not come to cause trouble; rather, I have a matter that I ask Junior Nephew Chen Ku to assist with."

Upon saying this,

Jieyin and Zhunti immediately exchanged glances.

What a fellow!

A saint personally descends, seeking help from his own disciple (nephew-disciple)?

Has Chen Ku become this domineering now?

However, these words still eased Jieyin and Zhunti's expressions, setting their hearts at ease.

Afterwards, the several people present looked at Nüwa with even greater puzzlement, waiting for her to continue speaking.

They also wanted to know what matter could cause Nüwa to come seeking help from this junior, Chen Ku.

And right after, Nüwa no longer beat around the bush.

With a wave of her jade hand, Lu Ya's figure appeared, lying horizontally before Chen Ku and the others.

"This is the tenth son of Emperor Jun, named Lu Ya."

"In the previous great battle, although he was not completely killed and his Dao extinguished, he was invaded by the Spatial Law, which eroded his origin."

"When Emperor Jun and the others knelt and begged the Palace, I therefore had no choice but to agree."

"However, after surveying heaven and earth, it seems only Junior Nephew Chen Ku can dispel the spatial power within his body."

"Therefore, the Palace has come for this reason."

Nüwa, in a few brief words, directly clarified the purpose of this visit.

As she spoke, her expression appeared quite composed.

However, upon hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti, as well as Hong Yun beside them, all wore strange expressions.

Have Chen Ku save Lu Ya?!

Could this be a mistake?!

One must know, the relationship between the West and the Demon Race is also not very good.

It can even be said that they have long been hostile.

Especially when Emperor Jun and Taiyi earlier schemed against Hong Yun, it nearly caused Chen Ku to exhaust his strength and perish.

What is the Saint Nüwa thinking?!

Hong Yun couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Indeed!

At this moment, Chen Ku also spoke.

He wore a strange smile, looked at Nüwa, and said in a low voice:

"Hehe, back then Emperor Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Race's great army, slaughtering their way to my Western Heaven and Earth."

"This matter... Senior Nüwa, you ought to know of it, right?!"

"Moreover, I have clashed several times with Emperor Jun and Taiyi and the others, being evenly matched."

"Senior Nüwa, why do you think I would act to save this Lu Ya?"

Chen Ku did not clearly say whether he would agree or not, but instead posed this question to Nüwa.

In fact, this is already Chen Ku being extremely polite.

One can imagine that if Emperor Jun and Taiyi and the others had come, they likely wouldn't even have gotten a chance to speak before being driven out of the West.

Hearing Chen Ku's words, Nüwa's expression also stalled.

Before arriving, Nüwa had already anticipated Chen Ku's reaction.

Therefore, Nüwa merely pondered for a moment and then responded:

"This time, consider it as the Palace owing Junior Nephew another favor!"

Nüwa's words caused the several people present to raise their eyebrows slightly.

A saint willingly incurs a debt?!

One must know, the significance of this is extraordinary.

Could it be that Nüwa's relationship with the Demon Race has already become this close?

To save Lu Ya, Nüwa would not hesitate to go this far?!

Little did they know, Nüwa was not naturally close to the Demon Race.

But now, of the ten great Golden Crows, only one remains.

One could say that Lu Ya is now the last of his line.

If he were to die, the bloodline of the three-legged Golden Crow would also be cut off here.

Precisely because it holds great significance for the Demon Race, if this could be achieved, Nüwa might also be able to use it to repay some of the karma between her and the Demon Race.

By then, wouldn't there be even greater hope of protecting her brother completely?

For this, Nüwa does not hesitate even if it means incurring a favor.

Seeing Nüwa's such resolute attitude, Chen Ku also fell into contemplation.

After a moment, he nodded.

"Good, this Lu Ya, I can save him!"

"But besides that, I also need an innate spirit treasure of the Demon Race as an exchange."

These words are truly shocking to the world.

If it were any ordinary cultivator, hearing that they could obtain a favor owed by a Saint, they would surely have eagerly agreed already.

Who would dare to keep pushing for more and haggle?!

But know this: in Chen Ku's eyes, a Saint's favor is not actually that important.

His own master and grandmaster are both Saints.

And Hong Yun could see that he was getting ever closer to proving the Dao.

If it were merely a so-called favor, Chen Ku would hardly bother to act and agree to this.

Demon Race spirit treasure?!

Nüwa was somewhat surprised, not understanding why Chen Ku, as a disciple of the Buddhist Sect, would be interested in a Demon Race spirit treasure.

But she still nodded without hesitation.

"Good, what spirit treasure?"

"Junior disciple, speak freely; this palace agrees to you!"

Having come to this point, whether Chen Ku is waiting for a better price or has other calculations, Nüwa will answer without hesitation.

However, upon hearing Nüwa's agreement, Chen Ku instead became unhurried.

"Hehe, not in a hurry!"

"Specifically what spirit treasure, I will go fetch it myself later."

"If so, Uncle will leave this Lu Ya in the West."

"Wanting to heal him is not a matter of a day or two."

Chen Ku said thus.

Again, just as before in Nüwa's Heaven, Chen Ku merely let Nüwa keep Lu Ya.

Nüwa fell silent.

After a long while, she merely gave Chen Ku a meaningful glance, then stopped speaking and turned to leave directly.

The scene again fell into silence.

After a moment, Jieyin then looked at Chen Ku and asked with an inscrutable meaning:

"Disciple, do you really intend to save this Lu Ya?!"

Although he had personally heard Chen Ku's agreement earlier, Jieyin still harbored some doubts.

After all, Chen Ku could easily do nothing and later claim the rescue failed.

Even Nüwa could not say much more.

In Jieyin's view, such a matter also entailed absolutely no psychological burden.

Know that Lu Ya had previously caused countless killings as well.

But Chen Ku nodded.

"Having promised Aunt Nüwa, I naturally must save him."

Obviously, Chen Ku is not preparing to play any tricks.

But Zhunti also spoke up next.

"Just let Lu Ya perish here—wouldn't that be an even greater blow to the Demon Race?!"

"If we save him instead, it would actually let the Demon Race regain its prestige."

"This......"

Needless to say, Zhunti's every word expressed disagreement with this.

However, upon hearing this, Chen Ku merely laughed and shook his head.

"Hehe, Uncle, your words are mistaken; this Lu Ya is not that utterly unforgivable!"

"He is merely spoiled by indulgence, unaware of worldly rules."

"As a disciple, I will help him correct himself a bit, and that will suffice."

Jieyin and Zhunti both gave Chen Ku a surprised glance.

"Help him reform?!"

For some reason, they vaguely felt that Chen Ku's words might have a deeper meaning.

But seeing that Chen Ku had already made a decision, the two simply stopped saying anything more.

Nowadays, Chen Ku no longer needs them to control his direction; he himself will make the most suitable decision.

Therefore, just let Chen Ku do as he wishes.

Only then did Chen Ku finally fix his gaze on Lu Ya.

His divine sense was vast and mighty, and the heavenly eye ability displayed astonishing effect.

At a glance, Chen Ku indeed saw that within Lu Ya's body, spatial laws flowed and surged like terrifying waves, entwining his origin.

That spatial power had almost fused with Lu Ya, making it extremely difficult to separate.

This is precisely why even Nüwa, a saint, dares not act rashly.

For Chen Ku, it is hardly a problem at all.

「Enjoin! 」

All that was heard was Chen Ku softly issuing the command.

Then, he formed hand seals, mysterious and peerless, indescribable.

In an instant, an even more profound and wonderful, obscure and abstruse spatial law also emerged from within Chen Ku's body.

In the darkness, it condensed into countless chains of divine order, which boomed and linked to Lu Ya's origin.

And just under the influence of this spatial law.

The spatial power that originally entwined Lu Ya's origin also seemed to receive an inexplicable summons, and was devoured one after another by the divine order chains.

Soon after, Lu Ya's origin reappeared, no longer entwined or suppressed by spatial power.

From beginning to end, Chen Ku appeared calm and effortless, as easy as flipping a hand.

This scene even caused Jieyin and Zhunti to click their tongues in wonder.

Although Chen Ku has not yet proven the Dao of the Primordial Unity, his mastery of spatial law is already so profound, it is truly rare in the world.

As for this disciple (junior nephew) of his own, Jieyin and Zhunti also felt increasingly relieved.

After doing all this, Lu Ya still did not awaken.

Chen Ku was not surprised either; with a wave of his hand, he directly placed him into the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Letting the merit pool's waters cleanse him, Lu Ya's body glowed, and his breath became indescribable.

「Next, we only need to nurture his origin with the power of merit. 」

「Given time, he will naturally recover. 」

Chen Ku said as such.

With this matter concluded, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the others no longer paid attention; they departed to continue teaching Buddhist disciples and attending to various Buddhist affairs.

Hong Yun, meanwhile, returned to his own dojo to continue researching the creation of Buddhist scriptures.

Now that merit is greater, this endeavor will likely be even more efficient.

After a brief moment, the few people each went their separate ways.

And Chen Ku also fell into contemplation.

He immersed himself in sensing the two supreme divine abilities he had previously comprehended.

Heavenly Dao Grind Disk!

Three Styles of Opening Heaven!

Chen Ku's divine sense first landed upon the Heavenly Dao Grind Disk.

Upon sensing it, he astonishedly discovered that this divine ability actually had no concrete method of execution.

Its sole requirement is the depth of one's mastery of the Heavenly Dao laws.

「This Heavenly Dao Grind Disk is itself condensed from the Heavenly Dao laws. 」

「In other words, the deeper one's grasp of the Heavenly Dao laws, the greater the might of this divine ability. 」

「Conversely, it will be weaker. 」

Chen Ku clearly understood this.

Immediately thereafter, he arose with great curiosity.

With his own mastery of sixty percent of the Heavenly Dao laws, if he were to manifest the Heavenly Dao Grind Disk, what would the scene be like?

Such might of this divine ability naturally cannot be tested near Mount Sumeru.

Even, it cannot be within the heavens and earth.

Thinking this, Chen Ku immediately set out, rushing to the edge of the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

He intends there to unleash this Heavenly Dao Grind Disk, to display its true power.

And once far from all beings, Chen Ku directly executed this divine ability.

Merely with a thought.

In an instant, above the high heavens, boundless Heavenly Dao laws misted and converged.

The laws' order intertwined, and at great speed condensed into a Heavenly Dao Grind Disk identical to the previous one.

Now personally manifesting it, Chen Ku could see it even more clearly.

He saw only that the grind disk was boundless, spanning tens of millions of li in width.

And over the entire grind disk, obscure and profound, extremely ancient Great Dao glyphs flickered in and out, sketching a pattern of profound profundity.

Terrifying!

An indescribable great terror!

The Heavenly Dao Grind Disk rumbled as it turned.

And under its divine might, torrents of divine light poured down, directly ripping apart the myriad-zhang high heavens.

Spiritual energy surged, and the rosy light vanished!

Even the fluctuations of myriad laws in the world were utterly crushed, fragmented, and turned into vast swaths of broken legal order pouring down.

The power of the Heavenly Dao laws, like a raging torrent, destroyed billions of stars and shattered all things in the heavens.

Chen Ku advanced all the way, continually testing the might of the Heavenly Dao Grind Disk.

Unbeknownst to him, he had already reached the boundary of the Primordial Heaven and Earth, or rather the interface with the Chaos space.

The Heavenly Dao Grindstone was still turning.

In just an instant, countless cosmic stars surged and exploded with a terrifying boom.

But at this moment, Chen Ku frowned.

"Mmm... The power of the Heavenly Dao Grindstone seems to have weakened a bit here?"

He muttered uncertainly to himself.

Immediately afterward, Chen Ku suddenly understood.

It seems this is precisely the shortcoming—or rather, the limitation—of the Heavenly Dao's Law.

The Heavenly Dao's Law, as the name suggests, is the power of law born from the will of the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, only within the Primordial Heaven and Earth can one gain the greatest boost and erupt with the utmost sublime power.

But conversely, if one is in Chaos Space, the Heavenly Dao cannot reach it, and its power there will be greatly diminished.

This is also to be expected.

However, Chen Ku was not disappointed.

Don't forget, besides the Heavenly Dao Grindstone, he also has the Primordial Chaos Divine Ability known as Opening Heaven Three Styles.

In ancient times, Pangu the Great God wielded a great axe in Chaos and split heaven and earth.

"If that is the case......"

"In the future, within the Primordial Heaven and Earth, the power of the Heavenly Dao Grindstone will be sufficient."

"And if one is in Chaos Space, employing Opening Heaven Three Styles will be overwhelmingly superior, unmatched."

Chen Ku's train of thought gradually became clear.

These two divine abilities each have their own marvelous uses and complement each other.

Thinking of this, Chen Ku calmed his mind and recalled the peerless might of Pangu's illusory apparition from before.

His every move, each flow of breath, and the edge of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe manifested in Chen Ku's mind.

Boundless and vast!

Terrifyingly abnormal!

Instantly, the divine ability of Opening Heaven Three Styles became ever clearer.

Moreover, it also incorporated Chen Ku's own insights.

He stepped into Chaos Space, wishing to continue testing the power of Opening Heaven Three Styles there.

However, just then—

Within the Primordial Heaven and Earth, a sudden anomaly arose!