Chapter 298: Wielding the Transformation Pearl

Chen Mo looked at the Supreme Mirage Spirit that had finished condensing; unlike other Mirage Spirits, this one was extremely unique.

Its form was quite peculiar, being an extremely strange rune, and Chen Mo could perceive that the power contained within this rune came from the Mirage Sea.

The mere existence of this rune caused it to constantly radiate Shenhai Breath outward.

The cultivation methods used by the creatures of the Mirage Sea are certainly different from those of the creatures of this world, but those who can achieve the status of Supreme must surely have their extraordinary aspects.

Chen Mo could sense that this rune was connected to a certain Law Great Dao within the Mirage Sea.

But as for which one specifically, he had no way to determine at the moment.

Chen Mo reached out and took this rune, and clusters of gray mist surged forth, constantly eroding him.

However, the efficiency was too low, and the power contained within was not strong.

Wanting to erode Chen Mo was naturally impossible.

Yet, if this rune were to erode some Martial Artists at the Master or Great Ability realms, it would inevitably cause them great impact.

Chen Mo summoned a cluster of Chaos Qi to temporarily seal this rune, ensuring its internal power could absolutely not leak out.

Immediately, he sat cross-legged steadily and introspected the state of his physical body.

The recovery speed of his physical body's laws was far faster than those of his Small World; although countless laws were still intertwined at this moment, they were recovering rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Chen Mo did not put his mind on this matter, but instead introspected his own dantian.

His dantian had long since evolved and transformed into a Divine Sea, and in the center of this Divine Sea, the Transformation Pearl floated silently.

As his cultivation level continued to rise, Chen Mo was finally no longer helpless regarding the Transformation Pearl.

The power he could mobilize was enough to initially refine it.

It was just that there was no need for it now; in the process of undergoing one transformation after another, he himself was establishing a closer connection with the Transformation Pearl.

He could not master it before because his own strength was too weak.

And after breaking through to the Great Ability realm, although he had the foundation to master this treasure, he truly did not have much time to deal with this matter.

Only until now could he spare the time to truly master this supreme treasure in the real sense.

The Transformation Pearl did not come from this world; before this world was even born, this supreme treasure had already come into existence.

Its profoundness lies in two points: one is the transformation of the physical body, but its marvelous uses go far beyond transforming the physical body.

In the process of transformation, a Martial Artist's essence, Qi, and spirit will all be enhanced.

The second point lies in evolving the Heavenly Dao laws; by utilizing this treasure, a Martial Artist can even forcibly refine and integrate Heavenly laws.

Although Chen Mo could use this treasure before, he could only let it perform transformations for himself.

Only now that he had completely mastered this supreme treasure could he use it to refine the Heavenly Dao.

Furthermore, although this supreme treasure has no killing power, it is sufficiently sturdy in itself and can carry the power of the Great Dao.

If used against an enemy, it can also be considered a rare treasure.

As for the origin of this treasure, it existed before this world was born.

It was during the process of the Innate Five Tais evolving the world that it absorbed the origin of the Heavenly Five Tais and evolved into this treasure.

Taiyi, Taichu, Taisheng, Taisu, and Taiji.

The Innate Five Tais represent the evolutionary process of the world from nothing to something.

The Transformation Pearl, formed by absorbing the origin of the Innate Five Tais, thus contains the power of ten thousand creations, capable of helping living beings undergo Mortal Transformation and helping the Great Dao evolve.

Chen Mo, now wielding the Transformation Pearl, looked at the Supreme Mirage Spirit again, his eyes suddenly lighting up.

With his current strength, he was indeed unable to refine the Mirage Spirit.

The power contained within this Mirage Spirit was relatively not much, but it was connected to the Mirage Sea Law Great Dao.

If he were to attempt to refine it, he feared that before the Mirage Spirit was refined, he would first be transformed into a creature of the Mirage Sea.

But the Transformation Pearl was different; this supreme treasure absorbs the Qi of the Innate Five Tais, and in essence, this treasure is already nearing Transcendence.

It is only because it lacks intelligence that it can only exist as a treasure.

It is also because this treasure's grade is too high that it is absolutely impossible for it to give birth to intelligence.

Unless a Great Ability at the Transcendence realm is willing to enlighten it, and then it experiences billions of years of time, it might then possibly give birth to intelligence.

But lacking intelligence does not hinder the inherent power of this supreme treasure.

It can be called pseudo-Transcendence or half-step Transcendence; one could even say that apart from lacking intelligence, it is no different from a Transcendence powerhouse in terms of status.

The Mirage Sea is indeed very strong, but unless its status is higher than that of a Transcendence powerhouse, otherwise, by using the Transformation Pearl, even if he cannot refine the entire Mirage Sea, refining this Mirage Spirit and even the Mirage Sea Great Dao connected to it is absolutely no problem.

But before refining it, his own injuries must be recovered first.

Fortunately, with the Transformation Pearl in hand, stimulating its ability to evolve the Heavenly Dao can help him recover from his injuries faster.

A month's time passed in a flash.

Chen Mo's physical body and Small World laws were all fully recovered.

He immediately wielded the Transformation Pearl and swallowed the Supreme Mirage Spirit; in an instant, the Mirage Sea shook, and the Boundless Mirage Sea breath surged.

The Martial Artists of the Xuanhuang World, who had just let out a sigh of relief, immediately became nervous again, carefully observing every sign in the Mirage Sea.

However, no matter how they looked, they never discovered a single Mirage Sea creature.

It was just that they could not contact Chen Mo at this moment, so they could only remain on guard and observe the situation of the Mirage Sea at all times.

Chen Mo's physical body was radiant, emitting a profound precious light, with Daoist runes circling around his body, inside and out, to resist the power of the external Mirage Sea.

His Small World had long been retracted; at this time, the entire deep sea was in an uproar, and Chen Mo could even feel wave after wave of surges.

He took a step forward, his figure flickering, and he went deeper into the Mirage Sea.

The Mirage Sea laws were rioting and disintegrating, and the original power of the laws was constantly merging into the Transformation Pearl.

Chen Mo sat cross-legged in the depths of the Mirage Sea, guarding his mind and spirit, not daring to have the slightest distraction.

He used the Transformation Pearl with extreme caution, beginning to nibble away and devour the power of the Mirage Sea.

The power that the Transformation Pearl devoured was not just simple power, but the order of the laws.

For the living beings of the world, the Mirage Sea is, of course, an extremely sinister thing.

Moreover, in the eyes of the vast majority of living beings, the Mirage Sea Law is entirely chaotic and disordered.

Only the Supreme and a small number of Great Ability can perceive that the operation of the Mirage Sea Law has its own inherent patterns.

The Mirage Sea is also a world, only this world is rather special.

It is like a kind of disaster, or perhaps a disease, spreading back and forth between many worlds.

Its existence continuously erodes those normal worlds, and when the power of a world is drained dry by it,

it then acts like a moving natural disaster, continuing to search for the next world.

These circumstances were gathered bit by bit by the many powerhouses of this world from the Mirage Sea creatures.

Before arriving at this Da Tiandi of theirs, the Mirage Sea creatures had already witnessed the Mirage Sea destroy at least three Da Tiandi.

When destroying that initial Da Tiandi, many Mirage Sea creatures were not very strong in power.

Yet many powerhouses of that world could not resist the Mirage Sea despite exhausting every means.

Following the destruction of the first world, many Heavenly Laws poured into the Mirage Sea, and some of the powerhouses of that world were even transformed into Mirage Sea creatures.

From then on, the strength of the Mirage Sea creatures grew continuously, and some Mirage Sea creatures even created cultivation techniques.

By the time they arrived at this world, the strength of the Mirage Sea creatures could already be called quite strong.

They believed they would easily destroy this world; after all, as long as they slaughtered all the powerhouses, they could greatly accelerate the process of the Mirage Sea devouring this world.

However, they underestimated the strength of the top powerhouses of this world, and even more so, their courage and determination.

The top powerhouses of this world, at the cost of nearly ninety percent of them dying, slaughtered the vast majority of the Mirage Sea powerhouses.

It is precisely because of this that this world has been able to survive until now, remaining in a stalemate with the Mirage Sea creatures.

As the Transformation Pearl changes, Chen Mo can feel the lack of Mirage Sea tides; a law unique to the Mirage Sea is being continuously stripped away and refined by the Transformation Pearl, eventually to be turned into its own nourishment.

What surprises him even more is that even so, the Mirage Sea remains stable, everything operating as usual, with no abnormalities born.

Heavenly Laws are interdependent and coexist.

Logically speaking, no matter which one is missing, it could cause the entire world to collapse.

Even if it does not completely perish, a deficient world would undergo great changes.

Yet in all this, with the Mirage Sea Law missing, no major changes have occurred.

This point is truly surprising.

Chen Mo does not know the situation at the moment; although he can sense the Mirage Sea Law, his research and understanding of it are truly not deep.

However, upon sensing more carefully, he discovers that the moment the Mirage Sea Law swallowed by the Transformation Pearl disappears, another law fills the gap, allowing it to continue operating normally.

This point is truly astonishing; the Mirage Sea is just like a human body—if it loses certain functions, other functions will immediately compensate.

It is just like a blind person; although they cannot see things with their eyes, their hearing and sense of touch become more acute.

Chen Mo does not delve further into this matter; this matter is indeed important, but using the Transformation Pearl to swallow the Mirage Sea Law is even more important.

If he can succeed, not only will he be able to welcome another Mortal Transformation, but his strength will also rise to a higher level.

Even if he cannot directly reach the realm of Transcendence, it is still a hope for resolving the Mirage Sea crisis.

As more Mirage Sea Law is swallowed by the Transformation Pearl, Chen Mo feels the power continuously surging outward from within the Transformation Pearl.

With the creation of the Innate Five Tais, the power of the Mirage Sea Law is transformed into the power of the Heavenly Law.

Like a vast, boundless sea of waves, the power of the Heavenly Law continuously pours out from the Transformation Pearl, bringing Chen Mo a new round of Mortal Transformation.

As a Supreme powerhouse, his cultivation has already reached the limit within a world.

Having established a Heavenly Dao, his status is equal to that of the world.

Henceforth, no matter what further improvements he makes, all he can increase is the amount of power, and he cannot make essential changes in his status.

The difference in strength between a Supreme who has established one Heavenly Dao and one who has established two is immense.

Yet when facing a true Transcendence, there is no difference at all.

If Chen Mo wants to further Transcend, he must seek another way.

During this time of healing, he carefully contemplated the Jade Slip given to him by Taichu Daojun.

Many Supremes have proposed many concepts for the realm of Transcendence, and have even exhausted their own wisdom to continuously study this realm.

Long years have passed, and although no one has been able to successfully break through to the realm of Transcendence, the methods adopted by the many Supremes are not the same.

Only one point is agreed upon by all Supremes.

To break through to the realm of Transcendence, a Martial Artist must reverse the Heavenly Dao.

Since the birth of the world, among the living beings born, there is a distinction between Innate Life and acquired life.

So-called Innate Life are those beings that possess intelligence born by inheriting the blessings of the world when it is reopened each epoch.

And acquired life are those beings born from the reproduction or creation of Innate Life after the Heavenly Laws have stabilized.

The Human Race, their bloodline origin also comes from Innate Life, but after passing through long years, almost all existing humans are acquired life.

But before the birth of the world, there was no Innate Life, and even less any Heavenly Dao.

At that time, the world was a void, between existence and non-existence.

The Innate Five Tais evolved during this process.

If a Martial Artist wants to Transcend, they must reverse this process.

From existence to nothingness, separating oneself from the world, mastering the wonders of the Innate Five Tais, one can open up another world in the void.

Upon reaching this realm, a Martial Artist is no longer restricted by their own world.

As for what other mysteries the realm of Transcendence has, there is no record on the Jade Slip.

This is normal, after all, no true powerhouse in this world has ever broken through to the realm of Transcendence.

Everything regarding this realm is a deduction made by many Supreme powerhouses.

Chen Mo is clear that the difficulty of breaking through to the realm of Transcendence is such that even if one's own aptitude is good enough, breaking through is by no means an easy task.

Otherwise, this world should have long since had a powerhouse break through.

If Chen Mo were given sufficient time, he would have enough confidence to break through to the realm of Transcendence.

But in the current situation, there is not that much time for him.

Although the creatures of the Mirage Sea have been repelled by him, the Mirage Sea is still constantly eroding this world.

He must seize the opportunity and break through as quickly as possible while he can.

Otherwise, the more severely the world is eroded, the harder it will be for him to cultivate later on.

He had long since made plans in his heart; he had already opened up a Small World, and the Origin Law within this Small World was complete, no different from a normal Da Tiandi.

It was just that its scale was not large, and the power it contained could not be compared to a Da Tiandi at all.

Chen Mo currently intends to use the power of the Mirage Sea to further elevate his own Small World.

If the quality is not enough, make up for it with quantity.

As long as the power he can grasp is strong enough, he will be able to reverse the heavens and earth and reach the realm of Transcendence.

Even if one Mirage Sea Law is not enough, as long as he devours enough Mirage Sea power, then he will inevitably be able to reach this realm.

Chen Mo unfolded his Small World, and a world full of active vitality emerged.

The Boundless Mirage Sea breath was washed away and constantly driven off.

Within the Transformation Pearl, Heavenly Law as blazing as divine radiance continuously descended.

The Small World controlled by Chen Mo was constantly absorbing these powers.

The Transformation Pearl was refined by him, and the Small World was also opened up by him.

Accepting these powers, the Small World required no extra refinement.

Chen Mo only needed to guide these powers of law to keep them growing.

This could truly be called the simplest of tasks; Chen Mo could feel the power he mastered constantly expanding.

The power possessed by the Mirage Sea Law far exceeds that of normal Da Tiandi laws.

Firstly, it has destroyed at least three Da Tiandis, and all the power of those three Da Tiandis has been integrated into it.

Secondly, its status itself transcends that of a normal Da Tiandi, so the power it contains is naturally stronger.

If not for relying on the Transformation Pearl, Chen Mo would have been unable to devour so many Mirage Sea Laws by his own power alone.

Feeling his own constantly rising and surging power, Chen Mo began to guide his own world to reverse.

From existence to non-existence, turning fruit into cause.

The world he opened up returned to a Chaos State in an instant.

Immediately following, it began its Mortal Transformation, and the first barrier it faced was the Taiji.

Chen Mo has cultivated the Innate Yin-Yang Dao quite deeply.

And the Yin-Yang Dao is derived from the Taiji.

The difficulty for Chen Mo to carry out this step of cultivation is truly not high.

The Small World he controls gradually evolved from a Chaos State into Hongmeng.

At this time, the world had not yet opened, the chaos had not yet evolved, and even Earth Wind Water Fire did not yet exist; the myriad Hongmeng Purple Qi had not yet evolved into the Dao of heaven and earth.

At this time, the world still existed, and Chen Mo continued to trace the source, using the power evolved by the Transformation Pearl to further reverse his own world.

This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult task, but fortunately, the power of the Mirage Sea is strong enough for Chen Mo to make sufficient attempts.

The Hongmeng Sea began to vibrate, and the ten thousand paths of Hongmeng Purple Qi were scattered.

Chen Mo guided the world to transform into the form of Taiji.

Taiji is the last of the Innate Five Tais.

It is the most special among the Innate Five Tais, being the end of the evolution of heaven and earth, existing between non-existence and existence.

The Hongmeng Purple Qi dissipated, and then immediately merged again.

Taiji is not chaos; chaos is a state of complete disorder.

Although Taiji exists between existence and non-existence, its operation is extremely regular.

Chen Mo is currently searching for this regularity, and he is also wielding the Transformation Pearl, attempting to find the law that derives the Taiji Dao from within it.

As a supreme treasure born from the evolution of the Innate Five Tais, it naturally contains the true meaning of Taiji within it.

However, as he searched, a wisp of extremely special breath spread out.

This power, existing between existence and non-existence, is the true meaning of Taiji, one of the Innate Five Tais.

As this power spread, Chen Mo could feel that both his physical body and his Small World were changing.

He even fell into a state of enlightenment, penetrating the changes of Taiji and grasping the power of Taiji, one of the Innate Five Tais.

Immediately following, the Transformation Pearl gradually dissipated, and all the power contained within it continuously merged into Chen Mo's body.

Chen Mo finally understood why he had a connection with this treasure, and why he was able to grasp and refine this item.

Because he himself was a part of this supreme treasure, or rather, this supreme treasure contained a part of his own power.

Before this world, when the Innate Five Tais were evolving, the Transformation Pearl had already appeared.

But it was only a supreme treasure, with no possibility of giving birth to intelligence.

It was not until the Boundless Void evolved into Taiji that a wisp of the true meaning of Taiji, which was about to merge into the Transformation Pearl, gave birth to intelligence.

The Transformation Pearl could not give birth to spirituality, but the true meaning of Taiji that merged into it could.

But this wisp of the true meaning of Taiji that gave birth to consciousness only did so during the process of merging into the Transformation Pearl.

If it were to completely merge into the Transformation Pearl, then this wisp of spirituality would be assimilated by the power already present in the Transformation Pearl and would never exist again.

And if it left the Transformation Pearl, then as the world evolved, the Innate Taiji would inevitably disappear.

This is an established rule; unless it could cultivate to the realm of Transcendence before the Innate Taiji perished, it would be unable to break this rule.

Under these circumstances, this wisp of spirituality, which had only just been born, made a choice according to its nature.

Leaving his own power within the Transformation Pearl, he took the risk and attempted to head toward another world.

Doing so certainly carried immense risk, and he might have become lost in the boundless void, but there was, after all, a glimmer of hope for survival.

By leaving his own power in the Transformation Pearl to serve as a beacon, one day it would guide him back to retrieve this supreme treasure.

He himself was that original spark of ignorant consciousness that had departed, and only upon arriving in that other world did he evolve a complete intellect.

Until he returned once more, the Transformation Pearl was naturally drawn to him.

It was just that because his strength had been too weak before, although he possessed this treasure, he could not fully utilize it.

And the period before his complete intellect was born, when he possessed only that spark of consciousness, was like the ignorant stage of an infant.

Although he had memories, they were not necessarily recorded.

Only now, as the power of the Innate Taiji within the Transformation Pearl was refined by him, did Chen Mo finally perceive and understand all of this.

As for why it took so long for him to travel to the other world.

That was actually quite normal.

If one possessed beacons for both worlds, then traveling between them would naturally not require much time.

But without them, one could only try their luck in the boundless void.

The time consumed by that was completely impossible to estimate.

It did not take Chen Mo long to return to this world, but the time spent searching for the other world in the void was long enough.

Furthermore, for two completely different Da Tiandi, the rate at which time flows and changes is not necessarily the same.

This is what created the current situation.

Even so, he could still be considered extremely lucky; regardless, he had ultimately arrived safely in the other world.

Chen Mo felt his own surging power, both in his physical body and in the small world he controlled.

At this moment, as long as he wished, he could evolve into any form of the Innate Five Tais.

Yet Chen Mo was also clear that he had not truly achieved Transcendence.

Otherwise, he could evolve into an Innate Martial Artist, and could cause the world to go from nothing to something, and from something to nothing.

He would be able to fundamentally reverse, modify, and change the Heavenly Law.

But he had still not achieved Transcendence, because regarding the Innate Five Tais, he could only perceive and comprehend the Dao of Taiji.

Although he wielded the power of the remaining four, he had not fully comprehended or understood them.

Therefore, his application of the Innate Five Tais could only exist within a certain framework; he could not yet achieve total mastery.

In terms of power, Chen Mo was sufficient to rival those who had achieved Transcendence, but his comprehension of the Heavenly Law was far inferior.

Even if he were to battle a true master of Transcendence, Chen Mo would at most be at a disadvantage; it would be very difficult for him to be defeated.

However, the power of the other four Innate Tais had already been integrated into his body; from here on, as long as he continued his cultivation, his breakthrough to the realm of Transcendence was only a matter of time.

Of course, before breaking through, there was a more important matter he needed to resolve.

That was the Mirage Sea Catastrophe!

(End of chapter)