Chapter 146

Is this the brand-new cultivation system created by Fellow Daoist Fuxi?

The Primordial Ancestor Dragon and Shennong simultaneously turned their gazes to the black-robed figure before them, divine light bursting in their eyes as they observed the shifts in vital energy of the various secret realms within this fellow Daoist's body.

In a daze, they seemed to see a brand-new Heaven-Reaching Great Dao, a mysterious path completely different from the various cultivation systems of the current Longevity Realm.

Chant!

In the astonished gazes of the two, as Feng Yi achieved the Quasi-Emperor Realm, his spinal dragon shuddered violently, as if it had come alive.

Almost in an instant, the great dragon continuously absorbed the Primordial Dragon's Stone Dragon King qi, transforming into a supreme true dragon, ascending layer by layer, soaring toward the Immortal Platform secret realm.

Fengyi's body instantly became layered upon layer, with countless illusory, inexplicable doors, as if doors existing in another dimension opened.

Endless dust, endless worlds, within which countless deities dwell, ceaselessly chanting sutras.

A vast, mysterious Dao resonance sounded from within his body, causing his mind and spirit to fall into emptiness and clarity, his will continually undergoing transformation and sublimation.

Seeing this, the Primordial Dragon vaguely sensed something, a flash of realization in its eyes, and murmured: "This is what the Daoist friend Fuxi before you spoke of—the system of using oneself as the seed, opening the doors of potential within, tempering the physique, enlightening the true heart; it is a special path that seeks solely within oneself, relying on nothing external."

Hearing the Primordial Dragon's words, Shennong instinctively spoke: "Indeed, it is a path completely different from all current cultivation systems, yet immensely powerful; I never expected Fuxi to actually create such a powerful system!"

Saying this, both of their hearts involuntarily gave rise to a hint of admiration, and their gazes toward the dark-robed figure before them, whose aura continually shifted, also changed somewhat.

And under the gaze of the Primordial Dragon and others, as his will transformed, plus having received the Primordial Dragon's insight into the Great Dao and the baptism of the Stone Dragon King's qi, Fengyi's Fuxi Mystic Method automatically operated, and his Longevity Realm system naturally entered a new level.

Vast stone tablet phantoms appeared one after another at his side, constantly shifting, finally condensing into ten towering, vague figures.

The heavens suddenly brightened, and directly above the entire Kyushu appeared the celestial phenomenon of stars visible in daylight, instantly startling the hidden half-ancestor-level powerhouses.

This is someone achieving the Heaven-Reaching Half-Ancestor rank!

Boom

The next moment, the countless stars in the heavens each emitted a pure, vast starlight, which poured directly onto Fengyi's body, completely merging with his physique.

At this moment, Fengyi seemed connected to the rules of the entire universe, continually absorbing the primordial power of all things in the cosmos to temper his essence, energy, and spirit.

This is the key to achieving the Heaven-Reaching Half-Ancestor rank, and also the difference between the Longevity Realm's cultivation system and the Covert Heaven's 'using oneself as the seed' system.

The most crucial aspect of the 'using oneself as the seed' system is still the development of one's own potential; essentially it is opening the doors within, enlightening the mind and seeing one's nature, without relying on external things, ultimately reaching a supreme state akin to proving the Dao through strength.

Although the Longevity Realm's cultivation system also involves opening one's own potential, what is more important is the absorption and utilization of the power of heaven and earth from the outside world.

Whether it is tempering with the primordial power of all things in the cosmos when achieving the Half-Ancestor realm, or comprehending the grand cosmic rules in the Ancestor God realm, or even the Stone Person King's path of absorbing the primordial sources of all heavens and undergoing transformation, or the Supreme Ancestor God path's comprehension of the rules of all heavens, all are inseparably related to the myriad-worlds rules.

Precisely for this reason, after the sovereigns of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Pangu and Nüwa, etc., altered the rules of all heavens, the present era now sees the situation where sovereigns are absent and destruction is inevitable.

From this point of view, the Longevity Realm's system, compared to the 'using oneself as the seed' system, is more greatly affected by the external environment.

Rumble—

With the achievement of the Heaven-Reaching Half-Ancestor rank, towering, fearsome thunder like mountains appeared in the heavens, turning the entire firmament into a sea of thunder.

Seeing this, Shennong instinctively prepared to act.

"Wait a moment!"

The Primordial Dragon shook its head, pointed forward, and softly said: "No need for us to act!"

Hum

Just as the Primordial Dragon's words fell, a humming sound rang out, and a magical implement in the form of a turtle-shell book appeared between heaven and earth.

On the turtle-shell book, ten black-and-white light points continually recombined and changed, exhausting the principles of yin-yang and the five elements, the heavenly secrets and the great derivation of the Yi Dao.

The next moment, the turtle-shell book directly turned into a huge yin-yang taiji diagram, overturning and covering the heavens, directly enveloping the entire sea of thunder.

The yin-yang eight trigrams rotated, eight kinds of heavenly and earthly phenomena appeared between heaven and earth, secretly aligning with the primordial rules of the great cosmos, directly collecting the entire sea of thunder into nothing, letting the whole sky return to normal once more.

The hidden half-ancestors throughout Kyushu, upon seeing this, were completely stunned.

If they are not mistaken, that is the heavenly tribulation they endured when achieving the Half-Ancestor rank, and the heavenly might it emits is who knows how many times stronger than the tribulation they faced when they first attained the Half-Ancestor rank.

They had barely survived it with nine deaths to one life back then, yet now this heavenly tribulation was simply swept away by a single yin-yang taiji diagram!

Which heaven-defying entity achieved the Half-Ancestor rank, actually treating the heavenly tribulation as nothing?

At this moment, looking at the sky restored to normal, many half-ancestor powerhouses began to doubt whether they were experiencing an illusion.

Meanwhile, after completing all this, the yin-yang eight trigrams diagram continually shrank, returning to the form of a turtle-shell book, upon which countless thunder lights flickered, as if it were being tempered.

Whoosh

The next moment, the turtle-shell book object flew directly back into Fengyi's body, sinking into his wheel-sea world.

Crackling thunder sounds continually rang out on Fengyi's body, emitting immense heavenly might, causing his body to continually undergo the baptism of thunder.

However, as the power of Fuxi and Nüwa flowed through the wheel-sea world, transforming into yin-yang creative power, Fengyi's body quickly returned to normal.

And amidst the continual destruction and repair, the thunderous power seemed to become Fengyi's tempering of his creative power, letting his essence, energy, and spirit continually increase, growing ever stronger.

Seeing this, Shennong couldn't help but exclaim: "What a powerful physique, what a terrifying aura; even if we don't count that self-created special system, Fuxi can now be called a War Ancestor."

The so-called War Ancestor is a special realm, referring to those who have reached the level of Ancestor God but, for certain reasons, failed to attain the Ancestor God position.

For example, Xiao Chen from the original work, his physique and spirit both reached the Ancestor God level, and his combat power even surpassed that of ordinary Ancestor Gods, yet because he never comprehended the great cosmic rules, he never entered the Ancestor God realm.

Even if he later could easily slay Ancestor God realm powerhouses, he could still only be called a War Ancestor.

At the moment Shennong expressed his feeling, the changes in Fengyi's aura also reached their end, the thunder gradually dissipated, and his breath returned to tranquility.

Hum

The moment he opened his eyes, a divine light shone from Fengyi's pupils, making the whole heaven and earth tremble slightly.

Even Shennong, an Ancestor God–level existence, upon being swept by that gaze, felt his heart involuntarily throb, a heavy and oppressive sensation, causing a sigh to arise once more in his heart.

He closed his eyes and opened them again; the divine light in Fengyi's eyes retracted, his breath fully returned to normal, aside from his pupils being a bit deeper, there seemed to be no significant change from before.

He glanced around, then directed his gaze toward the Primordial Dragon, and solemnly performed a salute, saying: "Many thanks to Senior Primordial Dragon for the gift, which has allowed me to completely perfect the path of the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm."

"No need for many thanks."

A hint of smile appeared in the Primordial Dragon's eyes, and it said: "As fellow inhabitants of Kyushu, Daoist Friend Fengyi, you are to some extent also considered a member of my dragon clan, and thus qualified to receive my inheritance."

Upon hearing the Primordial Dragon's words, Fengyi performed another salute, saying: "Senior, rest assured; I, Feng, promise that I will definitely help the dragon clan lift its curse."

"Hmm."

The Primordial Dragon nodded slightly and said in a soft voice, "With Fellow Daoist Feng saying that, I can rest easy."

Having said that, the Primordial Dragon seemed to think of something, turning his gaze to Feng Yi's body, and said, "Fellow Daoist Feng, what is that divine herb resembling a dragon just now? May I take a look?"

"Senior, you mean the True Dragon Immortality Elixir?"

As he spoke, Feng Yi's heart stirred, and the True Dragon Immortality Elixir that merged with his spinal great dragon appeared before him, like a vivid true dragon, its aura more profound than that of the original immortality elixir.

Obviously, having been nurtured by the myriad dragon qi of Dragon Island, supplemented by the rules of this realm's heavens, and together with the transformation and sublimation that occurred when Feng Yi broke through, the incomplete Dao of the Immortal King within the True Dragon Immortality Elixir was perfected to some extent.

"Senior, this is what I obtained in the remaining heavens."

Handing the True Dragon Immortality Elixir to the Primordial Dragon before him, Feng Yi then repeated his earlier explanation to the Ancestral Dragon once more.

After receiving the True Dragon Immortality Elixir and examining it carefully for a moment, the divine light in the Primordial Dragon's eyes grew ever brighter.

Although only a strand of her soul remained, perhaps because she was about to dissipate, her state at this moment resembled a final flare before death, resonating with the source of the heavens, and her spiritual perception became ever stronger.

In the Primordial Dragon's eyes, this divine herb was clearly the manifestation of a dragon's Dao fruit of the same level as her, or even stronger, but due to some special reason, its Dao was flawed, no longer complete.

More importantly, she faintly seemed to see within this divine herb a dragon powerhouse utterly different from herself.

Afterward, upon hearing Fellow Daoist Feng's explanation, the Primordial Dragon gave him a strange look.

Unlike the Ancestral Dragon, as the ancestor of the dragon clan, she was quite clear that this divine herb had nothing to do with their lineage of dragons.

At the same time, the Primordial Dragon also knew that among all the heavens and worlds, including the Primordial Heavenly Realm and the World of Death, no dragon could possibly transform into this divine herb.

"'The dragons from before endless ages? Or the legendary sole true realm?'"

Thinking of this, the Primordial Dragon increasingly felt the mystery of Fellow Daoist Fuxi, and also grew more certain of a suspicion deep in her heart—that Fellow Daoist Fuxi's true identity might indeed be related to the legendary sovereign.

However, although countless thoughts turned in her mind, the Primordial Dragon said nothing more and had no intention to investigate; after a moment, she returned the True Dragon Immortality Elixir to Feng Yi.

Afterward, she glanced at Feng Yi and said, "Fellow Daoist Feng, from now on the Nine Provinces and the dragon clan are entrusted to you."

The moment her words fell, the Primordial Dragon was about to completely dissipate.

"Wait a moment!"

At this moment, Feng Yi hastily said, "Senior Primordial Dragon, I, Feng, have a special treasure that might help your current state."

The moment his words fell, Feng Yi extended his hand, and the Luo Shu appeared before him, directly activating the information and Dao contained within that originated from the Subduing Emperor, that existence on the other shore.

Hum

In an instant, the Luo Shu flipped open on its own, page after page, revealing countless images, as if a world were being deduced, emanating the power to turn the illusory into the real.

"Huh"

The Primordial Dragon's gaze narrowed slightly, and she instinctively fixed her eyes on the book before her.

At this moment, she actually could not truly see through the nature of this book, whose aura was not particularly strong, but faintly she sensed from it an extremely lofty Dao rhythm.

In a daze, the Primordial Dragon seemed to see the apparition of an emperor surrounded by immortal music, making her feel utterly insignificant.

"'This is an aura far surpassing that of the Stone Man King's supreme power.'"

(End of chapter)