Chapter 1: The Golden Finger Has Become Sentient!

After a million years of heritage, the Louguan Dao, once the source of the Daoist sects in this realm, was now a sea of flames. Clusters of thunder-light rampaged, shattering the ancient, simple Louguan structures atop Mount Zhongnan.

No matter how ancient a heritage, after millions of years of wind and rain, there will always be ups and downs.

The Louguan Dao now had only a few Daoist recluses practicing in seclusion; the entire sect consisted of fewer than twenty people. It had long since declined, and today, it had been thoroughly wiped out.

Two streaks of blood-red light shot up into the sky from the ancestral grounds of the Louguan Dao...

One of the two figures within the light was wrapped entirely in blood-red radiance, revealing only a pair of sinister, triangular eyes. His body was filled with a dense, demonic aura, not at all like a good person. Gritting his teeth, he painfully pulled a golden talisman from his bosom; the runes upon it were ancient and obscure, with spiritual light congealing.

"Now is not the time to be stingy!" someone in the other streak of blood-red light shouted urgently.

"Easy for you to say! This is a 'Golden Light Escape Talisman' that cost me three hundred morality points... It exhausted all the merit I had prepared to refine my life-bound magic treasure." Though he said this, he decisively crushed the golden talisman. Instantly, a streak of golden light rose up, carrying the two of them into the void, vanishing without a trace.

Only then did several figures arrive above the Louguan Dao. Among them, an old man with white hair, long eyebrows, and five wisps of long beard fluttering before his chest looked at the ruins of the Louguan Dao and let out a furious roar.

"How dare you, thieves!"

The old man waved his sleeve, and instantly, boundless auspicious clouds rolled and surged. With just a single press, the blazing demonic flames below were extinguished.

The cyan auspicious clouds churned and surged, carrying infinite might. The clusters of thunder-light capable of destroying mountains and cities, and the Yu Jiuyou Demon Fire that burned everything, were touched by these clouds and immediately ground into nothingness, without even stirring the slightest sound.

These auspicious clouds were originally signs of peace, but now they rolled like tribulation clouds, showing the old man's inner fury.

Another middle-aged Daoist also had a solemn expression and said to those around him: "The Louguan Dao is one of our three Supreme Daoist sects, the orthodoxy personally taught by the Dao Ancestor in the past; its status is extraordinary. Today, these two demons have low cultivation, yet they are bold enough to exterminate the Louguan Dao. They were even able to produce an ancient true talisman to escape; this matter is highly suspicious."

"Let me use the Supreme Taiyi Six-Lineage Divination Method to calculate the whereabouts of these two thieves. I must dig out the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"We of the Supreme Orthodoxy must work together with one heart. Even if we have to poke a hole in the sky, we must avenge this grudge!"

The group of Nascent Soul True Immortals were all extremely furious and nodded in agreement. Even if the mastermind behind the scenes were the two top leaders of the demonic path—the Blood Sea Dao or the Yu Jiuyou Sect—they would make them pay in blood!

Having said this, the middle-aged Daoist pinched his fingers to cast a hex. His right hand erupted with countless complex finger seals, creating dazzling, layered finger shadows. Finally, as if supporting something, he suddenly spread his hands and lifted them upward.

"Boom—"

Boundless spiritual light surged forth...

This middle-aged Daoist was already a grandmaster of heavenly calculation in this realm. Casting a hex to calculate should have been an effortless, traceless act, possessing the quality of returning to simplicity. But today, with the Louguan Dao exterminated, he felt nothing, already furious to the extreme. He no longer restrained his magic power and exerted his full strength. Within a thousand miles, the heaven and earth's primordial Qi churned, and the Great Dao manifested.

The group of Nascent Soul True Immortals were all reflected under this streak of spiritual light. Looking through the radiance, their expressions appeared blurred. Their tyrannical auras swept in all directions. Far away, ten thousand miles away, in a deep place where the aura was like an abyss, an eight-armed demon god manifested out of thin air, roaring at the sky, wanting to stand on equal footing with this aura. Above the Western Extreme Mount Lingshan, countless temples stood, and when that rolling pressure swept over, a golden lotus bloomed atop the mountain, encompassing Mount Sumeru, gently blocking the pressure outside and protecting a piece of pure land in the West.

A Taiji diagram appeared, rolling up the eight-armed demon god and smashing it beneath the Yu Jiuyou, then forcibly breaking open the golden lotus.

Atop Mount Lingshan, in a small temple that could only accommodate one person, a long sigh emerged: "Fellow Daoists of the Supreme Dao, this matter has nothing to do with our Buddhist sect." He then voluntarily released the golden lotus, allowing the Taiji diagram to examine the aura.

In the Southern Savage Mountains...

On the three immortal islands of the East Sea...

Where the destiny of the Central Dynasty lay...

Countless strange phenomena manifested in all four directions, all faintly resisting this aura that swept across the world. At this moment, a white jade Ruyi manifested atop Mount Kunlun, and an immortal sword floated above the overseas islands, joining with the Taiji diagram formed by the group of Supreme Dao Nascent Soul True Immortals to suppress all the strange phenomena in the four directions...

The destiny of the three lineages looked down from above, as if overlooking all living beings in this realm.

The group of Nascent Soul True Immortals had a solemn aura. Borrowing this might, they searched the world for the aura, manifesting it into the threads of heavenly destiny.

That boundless spiritual light slowly gathered, finally transforming into Eight Trigrams runes, interacting with each other and deriving countless golden hexagrams. The group of Nascent Soul True Immortals took the golden hexagrams one after another to calculate the Great Expansion of heavenly destiny for the future. This time, the Supreme Dao was making such a grand display, even inviting the Nascent Soul True Immortals of the Primordial Dao and the Lingbao Dao to take action; not only did they want to catch the culprit, but they also wanted to take the opportunity to divine the heavenly destiny for the next five hundred years.

"There is actually a sign of a great tribulation approaching! Could it be that the extermination of the Louguan Dao, which has been passed down for a million years, is the precursor to the start of the quantitative tribulation?"

"Within five hundred years, there are indeed signs of a great tribulation approaching. But the quantitative tribulation is cruel and rages for a long time; a tribulation lasting ten thousand years is only a small matter. It comes slowly and goes fiercely. Even if there are some signs, within a few thousand years, it may not necessarily trigger the tribulation. Moreover, every four hundred and ninety years there is a 'Four-Nine Small Tribulation,' and every ten thousand years there is a 'Group Immortal Great Tribulation.' This may not be a sign of the quantitative tribulation; perhaps it is only the Four-Nine Small Tribulation or the Group Immortal Great Tribulation..."

While the group of Nascent Soul True Immortals were discussing, the middle-aged Daoist suddenly opened his eyes, looking somewhat surprised and uncertain.

"How is this possible? I actually cannot calculate the karma of these two thieves."

"It seems they are not within this realm, not within the heavenly destiny." The middle-aged Daoist said with a solemn expression: "The matter of the Louguan Dao's extermination also has chaotic heavenly destiny; it seems a great supernatural being has obscured the karma."

"However, this power to shield heavenly destiny only lasts for one hour."

Inside an ordinary residence in Guanglingcheng, the two previous culprits looked at the terrifying aura sweeping across the world, both shocked and afraid. The Daoist in the black robe said to the triangular-eyed man with a ferocious face: "Miaokong, didn't you say the Louguan Dao had already declined, and the highest cultivation in the entire sect was only a Core Formation cultivator, and a scholar at that, which could be easily taken?"

"As a result, it actually attracted so many Nascent Soul True Immortals. The strength of this aura is probably greater than all the Nascent Souls in our realm combined!"

"Old Daoist Tongshen, what are you afraid of? Haven't we already taken the Louguan Dao? No matter how vast the supernatural powers of the Nascent Soul True Immortals are, can they calculate the karma shielded by the Lord of Samsara? The Lord of the Heavens' Samsara is such a great being; sending us to descend into this realm to complete the mission, he had already suppressed all our karma. Even a Heavenly Immortal Dao Lord could not calculate it..."

Although the triangular-eyed Miaokong also had lingering fears, he still spoke toughly.

"I don't care about that; just don't forget the things you promised me." Old Daoist Tongshen thought of the might of the Lord of Samsara and his mood calmed slightly.

"Moreover, your own karma is suppressed by the Lord of Samsara. But the things you snatched from the Louguan Dao are not. After one hour, the mission will be completed. The heavenly destiny obscured by the Lord of Samsara will gradually become clear. I'm afraid that in the next instant, a Nascent Soul True Immortal will come to take your life. At that time, under the hands of a Nascent Soul True Immortal, you will find it hard even to seek death."

"I advise you to throw that thing away early. Save your life first!"

"Damn it..." Miaokong felt a burst of impotent rage inside: "How could the extermination of the Louguan Dao cause such a big stir? The thing I originally prepared to suppress heavenly destiny is probably not even as good as a piece of waste paper in front of so many Nascent Soul True Immortals. I originally thought the Louguan Dao had long since declined; although their ancestors were wealthy, now even the Sect Master only has Core Formation cultivation. If they had such a big backer, how could it come to this!"

"So the thing I originally prepared to shield the Nascent Soul's calculations is far from enough."

"Even if I could have thought that the Louguan Dao was a hornet's nest that could provoke so many Nascent Souls, I wouldn't have been able to find anything capable of shielding the calculations of such grandmasters."

"Now this thing is a hot potato!" Miaokong thought to himself, touching the bead in his bosom.

Old Daoist Tongshen was still there mocking: "I don't know what kind of treasure it is, worth you paying such a high price. Your entire fortune is probably lost. Now that you've fallen at the last hurdle, you should be spitting blood in heartache, right!"

"What thing!" Miaokong laughed secretly in his belly: "This is no 'thing'; this is one of the Three Treasures of the Supreme. If I hadn't flipped through an ancient notebook in my early years—it didn't record any useful techniques, but it wrote a legend about the revival of the Louguan Dao—it mentioned that in this era, the Louguan Dao had already declined. It was only five hundred years later that the revival ancestor realized the long-lost Supreme True Transmission from the Louguan Dao's heritage treasure—the Supreme Dao Dust Bead—and achieved the Nascent Soul. Even in the great tribulation, he achieved the Dao Lord fruit position in one step and greatly revived the Louguan Dao."

"During the mission before last, I actually came to this era."

"I worked hard, gave up the mission reward, and left behind the opportunity to enter this realm again. Later, I spent my entire fortune and calculated everything before I exterminated the Louguan Dao and plotted to get this treasure."

"And..." Miaokong's heart was burning: "If the clues I found later are correct, the origin of the Dao Dust Bead is shockingly large... Legend has it that before the Supreme Dao Ancestor achieved the Dao, he was just a cowherd boy in the countryside. One day, while herding cows on the mountain, he saw a meteor streak across the sky and accidentally obtained a wisp of spiritual light from another realm. From this spiritual light, he realized the fundamental classic of the Supreme Dao, the 'Dao De Jing.' After experiencing ten thousand tribulations, he proved the Great Dao, opened the Daoist sect, and promoted the other two Dao Venerables."

"After the Supreme achieved the Dao, that wisp of spiritual light was long since dispensable to him. To commemorate his path to achieving the Dao, when the Supreme proved the Dao, he slashed out the spiritual light and transformed it into a spiritual bead. This is one of the three supreme treasures representing the Supreme Orthodoxy, the Supreme Dao Dust Bead. Holding this bead, one can greatly increase their comprehension and realize the supreme Dao mystery."

"It is the heritage treasure of the Louguan Dao, the symbol of the Supreme True Transmission orthodoxy. If I can obtain this bead, the Nascent Soul is already a smooth path, and the Dao Lord is not a dead end!"

Miaokong's heart trembled. No matter what, he could not give up this opportunity. Moreover, he had bet too much; for this, he had even secretly plotted against several great figures he couldn't afford to provoke. Losing the opportunity for this bead would still be a dead end, just dying a little later, and still miserably.

Miaokong was entangled in his heart, seeing that there was really no other way. He gritted his teeth and dragged a comatose boy out from behind the house.

The boy was about fourteen or fifteen years old, carved from jade, with clear eyebrows and bright eyes; one could tell at a glance that he came from a wealthy family.

Seeing Miaokong act like this, Old Daoist Tongshen hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "You're crazy! This is our mission target."

Miaokong ignored him completely. A trace of ruthlessness flashed on his face as he backhanded a streak of spiritual light into the boy's body. Old Daoist Tongshen looked strange and said: "You're so kind, giving the thing to him?"

"Or do you want to hide it on him and wait for a chance to take it back in the future?" Old Daoist Tongshen mocked: "Don't forget, after one hour, the Nascent Soul True Immortals of this realm will be able to calculate the whereabouts of the treasure you snatched. This boy has a clean background; perhaps nothing will happen to him, and he might even be favored by a True Immortal of the Supreme Dao, taken back to be carefully taught and accepted as a disciple."

"But the treasure on him will definitely be taken away by the Supreme Dao."

Before Old Daoist Tongshen's words fell, he saw Miaokong reveal a mocking look and take out a jade talisman.

"Samsara Guide... Miaokong, you really paid a high price, actually giving up the Samsara Guide that can bring people into the Samsara Land. This thing is hard to find in the Samsara Land of the Heavens, and you actually used it on an irrelevant person."

Miaokong sneered: "Once you enter Samsara, all karma is eliminated."

"I used a secret method to fuse this boy with the spiritual bead. After becoming a Samsara traveler, all his karma is eliminated, and all previous causes cannot be calculated. This spiritual bead has transformed into a part of him, so naturally, it cannot be calculated either. It's equivalent to becoming a wonderful packaging for my treasure. When the time is ripe... tear open the packaging, and won't the thing be in my hands?"

"You gave him the Samsara Guide, so you are his guide. Everything else doesn't matter, but a guide has one permission: to follow the person they lead into three worlds of Samsara." Old Daoist Tongshen exclaimed: "Wonderful! But acting like this in front of me, aren't you afraid that I'll take the first step?"

"Time is tight; no matter what means I use, I can't hide it from you. Moreover, when I asked you for help, didn't you already swear a Dao oath before the Lord of Samsara not to use any means to plot for this object?"

Old Daoist Tongshen thought to himself: "If I hadn't sworn an oath, I would have already taken action! Moreover, you villain must still be worried; in the future, I have to be careful that you don't plot against me."

Old Daoist Tongshen, however, did not reveal his thoughts and said: "After becoming a Samsara traveler, you have to accept a trial mission in three days. If this kid dies in some world, you won't have time to cry."

"I can search for his trial world and then find a way to get in."

Miaokong's face was wooden. He took out a storage bag from his bosom, and his face gradually became ferocious: "Put the spiritual talisman in. These magic treasures cost me a huge risk... Forget it! Compared to the supreme treasure, these are nothing. There are also life-saving spiritual pills... My remaining fortune is cheap for you. These Taoist books cannot be given to you; if you really have great fortune... what if you snatch my opportunity and your cultivation advances by leaps and bounds?"

"But these killing spells can be left to you."

Miaokong filled a bag full of treasures and looked at the boy's comatose little face, grinning ferociously: "You kid better live and come back... Also, just in case..."

Miaokong forced out a drop of essence blood, which transformed into a handful of five-colored silk ribbons, with all kinds of vicious curse powers entwined upon them.

"Secret Demon Soul-Impeaching Three-Life Seal." Old Daoist Tongshen clicked his tongue: "To deal with a mortal who has no cultivation, is it necessary to use this?"

Miaokong struck the seal into the boy's body and said fiercely: "Better safe than sorry. This kid sat at home, and the treasure fell from the sky. No matter how you look at it, he seems to have some fortune. To prevent me from becoming a treasure-delivery boy, I must give him a ruthless one."

One hour later, Miaokong and Old Daoist Tongshen confirmed something in their spiritual sense. The Nascent Soul True Immortals searching the heavens and earth at Mount Zhongnan instantly calculated the karma of the Louguan Dao's heritage treasure and arrived at Guanglingcheng in streaks of light. At this time, Miaokong and Old Daoist Tongshen were already in the desolate mountains and wild ridges ten thousand miles away.

They waited for three quarters of an hour before their figures instantly vanished, departing from this world.

Outside Guanglingcheng, in a small county under the jurisdiction of Guangling Commandery, the youth slept for half a day before waking up faintly in a residence. He let out a long breath and said, "The Land of Cosmic Samsara, the Lord of Samsara... I have finally reincarnated as a human again! Pity me, a dignified transmigrator, actually acting as a golden finger for a native, becoming a sleeping old grandfather..."

"This body is also full of trouble, not only being used as packaging to store treasures but also being sealed."

"When that Samsara traveler fused me with him, I don't know what went wrong with the secret method. His original spiritual sense was replaced by me, and as a result, this vicious seal also fell to me. I woke up at that time, with two culprits on the side, but I could only sink my spiritual sense into the spiritual bead, not daring to move. They should have left by now!"

Qian Chen touched his stomach, feeling that he hadn't eaten or drunk for a day.

He forcibly endured; he couldn't eat yet. After checking the incomplete spiritual sense of the original owner in his sea of consciousness, Qian Chen frowned secretly. Except for common sense, all other memories were damaged.

"Before leaving, for fear that I would contact my family, he even used the seal to destroy all the memories of this body. It made me not even know the name of this body. If my own spiritual sense hadn't come from outside this body, this move alone would have made me hopeless in the Great Dao in this life. It is truly vicious."