Chapter 571: Dust of the Great Dao, Source of Demonic Nature

After disintegrating with the spirit treasure Nine Springs, Qian Chen took the opportunity to escape the Dao Dust Pearl into the Nine Springs and began to refine the Jin Dan.

At this time, he was surrounded by the spirit treasure Nine Springs of the No-Constant Sect, and had five life-bound magic treasures inside. Now that his physical body was destroyed and abandoned, Qian Chen's true spirit soul guarded the Dao Dust Pearl, manifesting the essence of innate spiritual light for the first time.

With the high essence of his true body, even if external tribulations and human tribulations attacked, to be able to damage the innate spiritual light, it would require at least three Dao Ancestors to take action.

At this time, a chaotic-colored bead, surrounded by five magic treasures of different colors, floated in the phantom of the reincarnation.

Qian Chen inside the bead no longer had a human form, but was a spiritual light that reached the sky and the earth, converged in the Dao Dust Pearl.

Three Golden Cores, one like the innate clear qi, pure as the blue sky; one black and white intertwined, circling into Taiji; one qi into five colors, covering like a lotus flower, were arranged around him.

The true spirit in the Dao Dust Pearl was slow and vast, like the Heavenly Dao. Qian Chen had honed his character since waking up, and the various acquired imprints were firmly and slowly moving toward the true spirit, merging into it.

Gradually, the slow consciousness finally slowly activated,

"So, this is the real me!"

He sensed his true body, and with a thought, he brought the spiritual treasure Dao Dust Bead outside his body under his control, condensing the Forgetful River Grand Array into a water sphere to protect himself.

At this moment, Qian Chen could already use a portion of the Dao Dust Bead's power; the Old Demon You Quan outside was like an ant, and with just a single thought, he could easily annihilate him.

"Zhu Jiuyin doesn't lose out by calling me 'Big Brother'!" Qian Chen thought silently to himself: "My true body is actually this formidable. Hmm! Perhaps it is slightly lacking in killing power, but it seems that with a single thought, I can manipulate the laws of heaven and earth, invert the laws of yin and yang, create all living things, and confer divine titles upon ghosts and gods..."

At this time, Qian Chen glanced at the Profound Sea outside his body. The sea surface, which had originally been deep and bottomless, gradually revealed its true form in his eyes. Beneath the Profound Sea, a portion of the essence of the cosmic realms opened its curtain to him.

It seemed that with a light strike using the Dao Dust Bead, he could open up a world within the Profound Sea.

These various incredible powers of creation allowed Qian Chen to completely ignore the five Nascent Soul cultivators outside. At this moment, a single thought from him could strip these people of all their cultivation, or even imprison the flow of spiritual energy for ten thousand miles, freeze the light of time, or even turn them into beasts—all within the flip of a palm.

But Qian Chen had no interest in such things right now; he was too busy forming his Jin Dan!

At this moment, Qian Chen's thoughts were complete, and there was only a faint regret in his heart: "What a waste! If I had known I could use this much of my true body's power at the moment of Core Formation, I would have just run to Penglai to form the core. Wouldn't it have been better to suppress and kill all their Nascent Souls with a single thought?"

"Hmm! That doesn't seem quite right either! Penglai seems to have the Luo Tian Immortal Tool Golden Man sitting in command. If that old thing Xu Fu is still around, with a Dao Lord holding a Luo Tian Immortal Tool, I might not really be able to destroy their lineage. If I were delayed and missed the Core Formation, I would have lost big time!"

Qian Chen gathered his scattered thoughts and began to slowly control the Dao Dust Bead, merging his acquired consciousness into the vast, heaven-piercing innate spiritual light within the bead.

He began to refine his true body as if it were a Jin Dan!

Inside the Dao Dust Bead, his soul began to merge into the innate spiritual light, touching his own true spirit.

At this moment, Qian Chen felt his soul gradually slow down, and it became slower and slower. It seemed as if heavy shackles, countless obstacles, and layers of stagnation were winding around him. Within that innate indestructible spiritual light, a point of eternal, unchanging meaning that pierced through all space and time was incomparably firm. Yet outside the spiritual light, there was a kind of anger and destruction that even such pure spiritual light could not annihilate, constantly winding around him!

On one side is the eternal meaning of existence, the foundation of existence that pierces through the universe!

On the other side is the reverse of the Great Dao that shatters everything, the trend of destroying all things that exist!

Qian Chen had long known that his essence contained a terrifying demonic nature, jokingly calling himself the Supreme Heart Demon Bead! But he had never imagined that the reality of that demonic nature would be so terrifying. It seemed that if it erupted from this tiny Dao Dust Bead, it could cause all the cosmic realms to fall into a trend of destruction...

The entanglement of contradictions within this essence, at the moment Qian Chen touched it, almost completely tore his acquired consciousness apart!

"Dao Dust Bead!"

Qian Chen realized in his heart: "Sure enough, there are only spiritual treasures misunderstood by later generations, no names wrongly given by the Supreme!"

"The Great Dao is incomparably pure, creating all things and encompassing everything; it should have been the purest thing in the world. If there is any existence that can become dust or impurity upon the Great Dao, it means it contains a firmness and distortion that even the Great Dao cannot accommodate, and it attracts a trend opposite to the Great Dao!"

"Originally, both yin and yang were within the Great Dao; creation and destruction balanced and depended on each other. All relative concepts were encompassed within the Great Dao, and there was fundamentally no 'reverse of the Dao'!"

"But if the Great Dao is stained with dust! The yin and yang it encompasses will create some kind of relative reverse Dao, becoming its opposite trend!"

"In the past, when the Supreme merged with the Dao, the situation must have been critical to the point of imminent collapse! The Supreme merged with the Dao, re-stabilizing the foundation of existence, but there was one point of disharmony, which is me, this anomaly from outside the heavens!"

"Originally, whether Dao or Demon, regardless of what kind of destruction, madness, despair, and distortion, all could be encompassed by the Great Dao. But because I do not belong to this Great Dao, it allowed these distortions to be entrusted, magnifying that point of 'Dao dust,' making the Supreme's obsession unable to merge into the Great Dao, hindering the merging with the Dao!"

"At the moment when the cosmic realms were about to be destroyed, the Supreme cut me out. Those thoughts of destruction and anger that were entrusted to the 'Dao dust' also remained, and finally, the Supreme merged with the Dao to save the world!"

"So! The Dao Dust Bead is truly the dust of the Great Dao! The Supreme Heart Demon!"

"That is why I attract the Nine Heavens! Because the Nine Heavens is the transformation of the reverse of the Dao of the cosmic realms. The Nine Heavens was originally merged into the Great Dao, but because of my existence, the Great Dao split off a reverse side, attracting the essence of the Nine Heavens. It can be said that I am the transformation of the Great Dao of the Nine Heavens! I am the Supreme that the Nine Heavens is waiting for to merge with the Dao!"

Qian Chen shuddered in his heart; his demonic essence was even more terrifying than he had imagined...

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This is not some aggregation of demonic nature belonging to the Demonic Path, but an anomaly that caused the Great Dao itself to split in order to re-accommodate it!

After the Supreme, yin and yang became the foundation of the Great Dao. One yin and one yang are like the Taiji; existence and non-existence generate each other, difficulty and ease complete each other, long and short define each other, high and low incline toward each other. All existence contains some kind of opposing and contrary principle. Where there is yin, there must be yang; where there is life, there must be death; where there is movement, there must be stillness. All these contradictions unified constitute the Great Dao!

But Qian Chen's existence is outside the Great Dao. Although as small as dust, it violates the fundamental principles of the Great Dao!

One yin and one yang is called the Dao...

The legal principles of the Great Dao itself cause it to differentiate everything into yin and yang. All existence has its opposing side. The unity of these opposites is the Dao!

So when the 'Dao dust' appeared, the Great Dao instinctively wanted to accommodate the anomaly, establishing the 'Dao dust' as its own opposite side, which is the 'reverse of the Dao'!

In this way, the Dao and the reverse of the Dao are like yin and yang, opposing yet unified, re-forming the Taiji and harmonizing into the Great Dao.

This does not affect the essence of the Great Dao. Although the anomaly is outside the Dao, once it exists, it has already been accommodated by the Great Dao. But this trend will cause the original Great Dao to be downgraded!

After the Supreme merged with the Dao, the original Great Dao created the opposing 'reverse of the Dao,' downgrading itself into the Heavenly Dao.

From the results, it was that when the Supreme merged with the Dao, the Great Dao was degraded, splitting off a portion of its principles, attaching them to the 'Dao dust' to become the 'reverse of the Dao'! And the Supreme itself accommodated the many laws and principles of the cosmic realms, transforming into the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao and the reverse of the Dao are like yin and yang, opposing each other and becoming a part of the Great Dao. This trend does not manifest at first, but with the changes of the Great Dao, it will inevitably cause an impact on the foundation of existence.

A portion of concepts opposing the foundation of existence gradually attached themselves to Qian Chen, changing their affiliation...

And the one who gathers the great achievements of the reverse of the Dao is the Nine Heavens!

Therefore, since the Supreme merged with the Dao, the Nine Heavens has gradually stood in opposition to the cosmic realms, developing into a negative universe, and has begun to call for Qian Chen's return!

"The Great Dao is a psychopath who likes to play with balance, believes in the Equilibrium Sect, and thinks—'Equilibrium exists between all things!' Originally, he was in charge of everything, and then one day I, this anomaly, came along. I wasn't under his control, and there was no equilibrium. The Great Dao, having an obsessive-compulsive disorder attack, split what he was in charge of into two halves and gave me half, just so that I would also be under his control! Then he had a mental breakdown, created a Heavenly Dao that is hostile to me, and continues to play with balance between me and the Heavenly Dao?"

Qian Chen combed through the cause and effect and couldn't help but curse secretly: "Psychopath!"

He changed his way of understanding: "After the Supreme merged with the Dao, because the obsession had not yet dissipated, he cut me out! After merging with the Dao, because of my existence, the Supreme himself was incomplete, causing the Great Dao he merged with to also be incomplete, degrading into the Heavenly Dao! As the Supreme Heart Demon, I became the Demonic Path outside the Heavenly Dao that stands in opposition to it. Therefore, various principles of the reverse of the Dao, Dao-defiance, distortion, madness, destruction, and nothingness attached themselves to me..."

"Hmm! That's much easier to understand!"

"The reverse is the movement of the Dao! Therefore, I am the reverse of the Dao, the opposite side of the cosmic realms, the reverse of the foundation of existence, the master of the negative universe, the Supreme Heart Demon, the enemy of the Heavenly Dao, the fated master of the Nine Heavens, the third Demon Xie Xie Zushi, and also the ultimate master of the Demonic Path, the subverter of destruction, nothingness, distortion, madness, and all order, the opposite side of all normality... the splitter of the Great Dao, the anomaly, the ultimate villain, the source of the Demonic Path—the Supreme Demon Xie Xie Zushi Qian Chen!"

"If one wants to upgrade the Heavenly Dao that the Supreme merged with and restore the Great Dao, one must eliminate me and make up for the deficiency in the Supreme's merging with the Dao!"

Qian Chen said speechlessly: "So I, a dignified direct descendant of the Supreme, a patriarch of the Daoist Sect, whose seniority has no equal in the entire Daoist Sect, the designated patriarch of the Supreme Louguan Dao whose status is as noble as a Dao Xie Xie Zushi! In the blink of an eye, I have become the enemy of the Daoist Sect, the greatest villain in the cosmic realms, and the source of the Demonic Path?"

Qian Chen imagined the hundreds of Dao Lords, dozens of Dao Venerables, and three Dao Ancestors standing behind him—all these solid backers—suddenly standing on the opposite side of him, silently raising countless innate spiritual treasures, acquired spiritual treasures, Luo Tian Immortal Tools, and ancient divine artifacts.

Then, with a single order, countless spiritual treasures destroyed the heavens and the earth, completely annihilating him and the Nine Heavens...

He couldn't help but shudder from the bottom of his heart!

"I originally planned to achieve the Jin Dan and then start refining my true body! But now it seems that the pit in my true body is too big, so big that it is no longer something that any Jin Dan or foundation can fill!"

"Even if I invited back all the patriarchs of the Louguan Dao who ascended, it wouldn't be enough to fill it. And I was delusional enough to try to refine my true body... Now it seems it would be better to cut myself out, re-establish an independent true spirit, and continue to be my Louguan patriarch and direct descendant of the Supreme!"

"This Dao Dust Bead is as treacherous as it gets; the further away I throw it, the better!"

The background and qualifications that Qian Chen had originally been proud of were instantly despised by him, and he began to turn his thoughts to how to shake off this huge pit!

"I don't want this true body anymore!"

"After all, it's a pit dug by the Supreme. Even if it kills me, I can't fill it. Even if I obediently go to be the Master of the Nine Heavens, because of the 'reverse of the Dao,' I would only become the Supreme's true heart demon, transforming into his opposite side. Becoming the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Heavens!"

"Whatever fate the Supreme had after merging with the Dao, that is the fate I will have! Even if there is a remnant of consciousness, that would be the Supreme Heart Demon, not the transmigrator Qian Chen!"

At this moment, Qian Chen was incomparably glad that he had not easily formed his Jin Dan, but had used the opportunity of touching the essence of the Dao Dust Bead during Core Formation to discover this huge pit.

At this moment, he still had a glimmer of a chance to jump out!

If he hadn't discovered his essence this time, by the time he achieved the Nascent Soul, that would have been the moment he was invaded by the demonic nature in the Dao Dust Bead and transformed into the Supreme Demon Xie Xie Zushi!

"I laughed at Zhu Jiuyin before, but now I am about to walk down this same path!"

Qian Chen began to recall the various struggles of Zhu Jiuyin as he broke free from his true body and underwent reincarnation... Now, there are two opposing existences hidden within the Dao Dust Bead: one is the innate indestructible spiritual light, and the second is the source of the Demonic Path, the Supreme demonic nature.

The innate indestructible spiritual light was originally an anomaly of the Dao dust, but now the Great Dao has already re-accommodated the anomaly by splitting itself.

Qian Chen, this anomaly, was thinking of changing his allegiance and defecting to the Great Dao once again!

"The Supreme Heart Demon is a heart demon, and the innate spiritual light is spiritual light. Although both are 'Dao dust,' now I am the innate indestructible spiritual light. The Supreme's 'gold finger' old grandfather is preparing to abandon darkness for light and return to the righteous path. How could the Heavenly Dao not accept me? The Heavenly Dao and the Demonic Path are in opposition, like two countries, but if I, this leader of the Demonic Path, abdicate, I can also immigrate, right?"

Qian Chen began to help the innate indestructible spiritual light suppress the demonic nature, using the pressure of the Supreme demonic nature to connect his own soul consciousness to the true spirit within the innate indestructible spiritual light.

His consciousness gradually merged into the innate spiritual light, combining this point of spiritual light with the magic power hidden in the five natal magic treasures outside the Dao Dust Bead. The essence of the spiritual light was extremely high; if it weren't for the fact that Qian Chen's true spirit had long been inseparable from it, it would be far from what magic power could invade.

Now, saying that magic power and spiritual light were combined is not as accurate as saying that Qian Chen was using the spiritual light to invade the magic power, washing away the influence of the demonic nature.

The innate indestructible spiritual light retracted in an instant, transforming into a point of faint radiance. Surrounding this point of radiance, Qian Chen's magic power and soul merged, shrinking into an extremely small point within the Dao Dust Bead, and then suddenly exploded. It was like the opening of chaos, the success of creation, opening up a world within the Dao Dust Bead.

And Qian Chen's soul was like the Heavenly Dao, residing high above this world, mastering all laws and principles. With a wave of his hand, he had infinite power, and with a single thought, he could create or destroy the world.

His consciousness was also gradually invaded by this Dao-meaning, becoming lost in the Heavenly Dao.

At this step, the Dao Dust Bead suddenly shook slightly. The five natal magic treasures circling it each shot out a ray of colorful merit light, transforming into a five-colored canopy that shrouded the outside of the Dao Dust Bead. This merit energy seeped into the Dao Dust Bead, triggering the Five Elements Heaven-Escaping Pill, transforming into five-colored energy that dripped onto Qian Chen's soul, causing him to sense the heaven and earth outside, finally breaking through this confusion and struggling free from that creation.

At this moment, a chaotic, dim, and hazy Primordial Jin Dan quietly took shape.

Beside this Jin Dan, where yin and yang were not yet divided and everything was chaos, three Golden Cores circled and rotated like stars. At this moment, Qian Chen finally exhausted his accumulations, triggered the innate spiritual light, and successfully formed his core within the Dao Dust Bead. Moreover, the pill achieved a 'super-rank,' having long since transcended certain barriers of the Jin Dan Great Dao.

Once the Jin Dan was formed, Qian Chen gained a bit more control over the Dao Dust Bead, so he triggered the innate indestructible spiritual light to continue suppressing the terrifying demonic nature within the bead.

He dispersed the Jin Dan again, transforming it into a piece of chaos. The innate indestructible spiritual light escaped into it, condensing into the Great Dao, and then the Five Elements Heaven-Escaping Pill suddenly fell into the chaos, the Jin Dan shattered, and the chaos was enlightened.

This caused the innate five elements energy of white, green, profound, red, and yellow to differentiate and emerge, with the light of the five virtues added as an external medicine to consolidate the foundation of the five elements' existence.

Gradually, the chaos gathered the Great Dao of the five elements, filling in its own legal principles, causing this Jin Dan, which was like chaos, to undergo one revolution...