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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 4: [Shuangsheng Dao Sect (Twin Rice Sect)]
Chapter 60 (315): [The Twelve-Character Dao Seed]
(60th of Volume 4)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The Netherblack Swamp was a crucial training and treasure-hunting ground due to the presence of the Meditation Mushroom and the Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone.
As a result, it was teeming with disciples from the Divine Sect.
Groups of three to five disciples often traveled together.
Li Weiyi and his companions donned masks to conceal their identities.
Li Weiyi approached returning disciples, hoping to purchase Spirit Platform Blazing Star Stone fragments on credit.
All attempts failed.
The Twin Rice Sect disciples were cautious, as if guarding against thieves. They either kept their distance or claimed to have found nothing.
If not for the pursuit of powerful enemies, Li Weiyi would have been tempted to use his status as the Divine Son to stop and search every disciple's Boundary Pouch.
The five-hundred-mile journey was treacherous, with rugged terrain, numerous forks, and occasional detours around hazardous areas.
By the time they reached the Netherblack Swamp, they had actually traveled nearly a thousand miles.
The swamp before them reeked of a pungent stench. The soil was soft and waterlogged, with countless pools of stagnant water.
The air was thick with miasma that had lingered for tens of thousands of years, severely impairing visibility.
Luminous plants grew throughout the swamp, and glowing Fierce Insects occasionally flitted through the air, preventing complete darkness.
"The Netherblack Swamp," Li Weiyi said, consulting the book, "According to ancient texts, it spans a thousand miles. It was once the site of a major battle during the Ancient Bhagavata Sect era. This place was once incredibly glorious, but it was devastated by that conflict."
"Beneath the mud lie countless buried structures and corpses. The dangers and mysteries are too numerous to fully unravel even after a thousand years."
"The area within a hundred miles is considered relatively safe. Beyond three hundred miles, it's strictly forbidden to venture."
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Li Weiyi explained the information from the book to the other two: "Let's split up and search. If we encounter danger, use a whistle to signal each other. I've personally drawn Divine Swiftness Talismans for each of you."
"Sikong Jingyuan and Yi Zhouxue, along with their other enemies, will likely realize they've been tricked soon. They'll inevitably come here eventually, so we must be extremely cautious."
"Old Qi, your cultivation is a bit weaker. Take this Fourth-Grade Hundred-Character Artifact, the Invisibility Cloak, to wear."
The Invisibility Cloak had been given to them by An Xianjing.
The three of them dispersed and plunged into the Netherblack Swamp.
Tuoba Butuo and Qi Xiao were both powerful cultivators who had survived the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival. They possessed both cunning and survival skills, making them more than capable of handling themselves.
Li Weiyi wasn't overly worried about their safety.
After entering the swamp, Li Weiyi concealed his aura and changed direction, heading toward a remote, peripheral area.
Upon reaching the shore, he found himself facing a mountain range over a thousand meters high.
The mountain range was dark and barren, its peaks rising like slumbering dragons along the eastern edge of the Netherblack Swamp.
After half a day of searching, Li Weiyi discovered a cave in the mountains.
Only after confirming that no one had visited it in years did he enter.
The stone walls of the cave were carved with Buddhist statues, covered in dense Ice Silk Spiderwebs.
After slaying the male and female spiders that had made their lair in the cave, Li Weiyi claimed the spider nest for himself. He used massive boulders to seal the entrance completely.
Still uneasy, he retrieved the Yellow Dragon Sword and dug a hundred meters into the earth.
Standing in the pitch-black depths, he could hear no sound from the surface.
Only then did Li Weiyi finally relax and sit cross-legged in meditation.
"Whoosh!"
A light ignited between his eyebrows.
Spiritual Light particles, like a swarm of fireflies, danced and swirled through the underground passage, illuminating the darkness.
These glowing motes converged on the two fish eyes of the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish.
One eye represented the Shaoyang Star, while the other contained the power of time.
Li Weiyi wondered what would happen if he activated both simultaneously.
Would he be sent directly back to Earth?
"Crack... crack...".
The Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish began to rotate slowly.
After three full rotations, distant chanting and Daoist invocations echoed in Li Weiyi's ears, growing clearer and louder, as if another world were drawing near.
The space around him warped and twisted.
The underground scenery gradually blurred.
"Whoosh!"
Countless Dao Scriptures and Buddhist Sutras poured forth from the Dao Ancestor's Tai Chi Fish, swirling around Li Weiyi's body in a dense, all-encompassing cloud.
These Dao Scriptures and Buddhist Sutras were profoundly esoteric, forming two vast seas of characters that floated above and below him, rotating like a Tai Chi diagram.
Everything else vanished. Li Weiyi felt as though he were sitting in the void of the universe, wandering among the infinite Great Daos.
It was overwhelming!
His heart surged with excitement, making it impossible to remain still. He stood up and walked through the sea of scriptures.
With each step, the scriptures beneath his feet trembled.
Li Weiyi reached out, trying to grasp a Dao Script, but it slipped through his fingers.
He couldn't hold on.
After a moment of contemplation, he began practicing the Jade Void Breathing Technique. His mind gradually calmed, his spirit cleared, and his arms slowly rose as he executed the first Technique of the Chan Sect's Twelve Dispersed Hands: the Heaven-Turning Palm Seal.
Then came the second move, the third...
He repeated the sequence again and again.
Twelve colossal projections of battle technique intent appeared at the twelve cardinal points of the sea of characters.
Their bodies were as vast as mountains, their presence sacred and majestic. Their bearing was extraordinary, their eyes filled with Spirituality and Wisdom, as though they possessed life, not merely shadows.
Li Weiyi opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings, feeling as insignificant as dust before the twelve divine projections.
"Could it be that the Chan Sect legends of the Twelve Immortals truly exist?"
"Their auras are even more terrifying than the Transcendent realm. If they once appeared on Earth, where did they go?"
"Why would they leave behind legends on Earth?"
At that moment, Li Weiyi had shed his earlier shock and trepidation. He faced the gazes of the twelve divine projections with a strange calm he found unsettling.
"Is this still my battle intent?"
Li Weiyi extended his right hand, fingers spread, toward the divine projection of a crane-haired, youthful-faced immortal riding a divine beast.
He reached out to draw the projection into his Divine Pivot.
"Hahaha!"
A vast, earth-shaking laugh erupted, shaking heaven and earth.
The divine projection had come to life, stroking his long beard and laughing heartily.
"Jade Void's wave of a hand shatters ten thousand laws; a single seal flips the heavens and stills mountains and river of stars."
He struck out with his palm, and a divine seal, countless times larger than Li Weiyi's body, materialized. It descended from the heavens, accompanied by thunder and lightning, causing space to collapse.
Li Weiyi's expression changed drastically.
He didn't know where the courage came from, but he refused to be cowed.
Instead, he raised his hands in a sky-supporting posture and, incredibly, managed to hold the divine seal steady.
Li Weiyi was struggling to hold on, but he could endure it.
This was utterly bizarre!
Countless Great Dao Symbols flew out from the Divine Seal, condensing into scriptures.
Li Weiyi stared at the scriptures floating before him.
Though he had never seen them before, they felt as familiar as words he had learned since childhood.
Yet he couldn't understand them at all - it was agonizing!
"These must be the Dao I touched while cultivating the Heaven-Turning Palm Seal. I must comprehend them to make them my own and forge a Dao Seed."
"Boom!"
The Divine Seal above Li Weiyi's head was struck away by a familiar sword.
It was the Yellow Dragon Sword!
The phantom wielding the Yellow Dragon Sword raised its voice: "The crane's shadow flies alone beyond the battle clouds; the Dao heart, free from desire, laughs at the mortal world. Since you cannot comprehend his Dao, forge your Dao Seed with mine."
The Yellow Dragon Sword slashed down, unleashing a torrent of ten thousand dragons.
"Roar!"
Li Weiyi fought against the ten thousand dragons, but he was hopelessly outmatched.
He had no choice but to activate Yellow Dragon Ascending to Heaven and flee toward the sky.
"The Taiyi (Supreme Unity) Divine Sword cuts through karma, subduing demons and vanquishing evil with compassion."
Above him, a divine phantom swung its sword downward, splitting the sea in two.
Li Weiyi finally understood.
None of this was real.
He wasn't battling those twelve figures; he was contending with their Dao.
Having cultivated the Chan Sect's Twelve Dispersed Hands for years, he possessed the ability to communicate with twelve different Dao.
"I won't dodge. Whatever move they use, I'll counter with the same."
"Observe! This is a rare learning opportunity. Their techniques are infinitely profound, perhaps even more powerful than Imperial Techniques."
Li Weiyi's resolve was unwavering, fearlessly drawing the Yellow Dragon Sword and unleashing Tai Yi Opens the Sea, its blade piercing the heavens.
With a single strike, he shattered the sword descending from above.
A golden scripture fell into his body, hovering in his Divine Pivot.
Li Weiyi turned inward, examining the scripture.
To his surprise, he could understand it. It resembled both the traces of a sword technique and the pathways of qi, yet also carried an indescribable sense of mystery.
"My sword technique is stronger than his, so I've earned Great Dao Symbols, which have condensed into scripture, allowing me to directly Seed Dao."
Li Weiyi's mind was clear.
He realized this was because he had devoted the most effort to Tai Yi Opens the Sea Technique, repeatedly using it in life-or-death situations, gaining a deeper understanding. This allowed him to easily pluck the Dao Seed.
"If that's the case, then let's go! I'll claim all your Daos!"
Li Weiyi charged toward the next Godly Shadow, his aura surging with each step. His mind was sharp, his battle spirit ablaze.
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Time passed in countless moments of contemplation and battle.
Li Weiyi stepped on the shimmering light of a Jade Cauldron, crushing the one flying toward him and claiming his twelfth scripture.
The entire world fell silent.
Within Li Weiyi's Divine Pivot, the twelve scriptures spun and flew at dizzying speeds, transforming the liquid Spiritual Qi into a swirling vortex.
The vortex spread throughout his body, drawing all the Spiritual Qi from his seven Qi Seas into the Divine Pivot.
The Spiritual Qi condensed like a gentle drizzle, becoming liquid.
Gradually, the twelve scriptures within the liquid Spiritual Qi coalesced, forming a single, radiant Dao Seed that instantly illuminated the previously dark and empty Divine Pivot, extending its light far into the distance.
Wherever the light shone, Spiritual Qi Mist filled the air.
What surprised Li Weiyi most was that as the twelve-character Dao Seed rotated, faint images of a Tai.Chi pattern and a Swastika light shadow flickered within it, crisscrossed by countless Dao Traces.
With the successful Seed Dao cultivation, the acupoint below was now covered in liquid Spiritual Qi.
"After condensing the Dao Seed, I completely drained all seven of my Qi Seas. I wonder if directly channeling the liquid Spiritual Qi from my Divine Pivot to cast Martial-Mystic Path techniques and Dao Techniques would make them even more powerful?"
Li Weiyi retracted his Psychic Power, and the ocean of Dao Scriptures and Buddhist Sutras flew back into the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish.
The distorted space around him returned to normal, and he reappeared in the underground cave.
The emptiness emanating from his seven Qi Seas was excruciating, more painful than ten days of starvation.
He activated the Buddha's Relic Fish Eye alone, entering the Blood Mud Space and traveling to the Tanggu Sea.
There, on the sea's surface, he practiced the Jade Void Breathing Technique, absorbing the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth.
With each breath, Spiritual Qi flowed in from the outside, circulating around the twelve-character Dao Seed in his Divine Pivot and undergoing refinement.
Li Weiyi could clearly feel the Spiritual Qi condensed in his Qi Seas rising in grade once again, and his physical body subtly underwent further transformation.
His Ancestral Field and Wind Mansion both expanded further.
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END OF CHAPTER
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