Chapter 202 Return to the Ruins (Guixu)
"May I ask, Holy Venerable, you just said that you have made progress on the method of reversing the innate way of the sword. May I ask what method it is?"
The sword way was ultimately created by Feng Zichen. It would be best if one could use this way to achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
"The acquired way reverses the innate way. This is unprecedented in the prehistoric world. Once it appears, it will inevitably be fraught with calamities. Without reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, there is absolutely no possibility of success."
The Xuanwu Sacred Beast was clearly not optimistic about Feng Zichen's ability to achieve the Dao through the sword way. However, Xuanwu was knowledgeable and experienced. After thinking for a moment, it came up with a solution that was not a solution at all.
"However, nothing is absolute. Calamity is a calamity sent down by the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, you only need to deceive the Heavenly Dao's perception to establish the Innate Sword Dao in advance, making it the foundation of heaven and earth." "
In this way, even if the Heavenly Dao is furious afterward, it is unlikely to risk damaging the foundation of the primordial world to kill you."
"At most, it will just go through the motions, sending down a few world-destroying divine lightning bolts as a warning!"
After the Xuanwu Sacred Beast finished speaking, Feng Zichen was speechless. This method, at first glance, made some sense, but upon closer inspection, it was completely impractical.
The Heavenly Dao doesn't care much about ordinary matters and can easily deceive people. But to create something out of nothing, to forcibly add an Innate Dao to the primordial world— such a major event involving the operation of heaven and earth and the changes of all Daos—even if the Heavenly Dao were blind or deaf, it would sense it.
Moreover, it is not!
Thus, it is almost impossible to conceal it from the Heavenly Dao. However, what kind of person is the Xuanwu Sacred Beast? If it can think of something, there is no reason why it cannot.
But he still spoke of it, which meant… He had a way to deceive the Heavenly Dao!
"Does the Holy Venerable have a way to deceive the Heavenly Dao?" Thinking this, Feng Zichen tentatively asked.
"In other places, I might not have a way, but in the Northern Underworld, there is a strange place that can isolate all paths. If you attain Dao there, the Heavenly Dao will have no chance of discovering it."
The Xuanwu Sacred Beast stroked its beard and said with a smile.
"Isolated from all paths?"
"There is such a strange place in the Primordial World? Truly unheard of!"
"I wonder where that mysterious place is? Please enlighten me, Holy Venerable!"
Feng Zichen had been in the Primordial World for so long and had never heard of such a place, so he couldn't help but be curious.
"This place is called Guixu!" After a pause, the Xuanwu Sacred Beast said.
"Guixu?"
"Is the Holy Venerable joking?"
"Even a Great Luo Golden Immortal might not be able to come out alive from such a dangerous place, let alone me!"
Hearing this, Feng Zichen's face immediately fell. The Xuanwu Sacred Beast spoke sweetly, but was Guixu a place he could go?
Guixu, the end of the universe, is the resting place of all spirits and the final destination of all worlds. There, the myriad paths are obscured, the laws are not manifest, making it a land of the end of Dharma, the true dead end of the primordial world.
At the same time, Guixu is also the vent of the primordial world; waste gases and impurities that heaven and earth cannot transform on their own converge here.
At specific times, they are expelled by Guixu, flowing into the Great Chaos, where they are consumed by the chaotic energy.
Even more disturbing is that Guixu was formed from the yin energy after Pangu's death; just thinking about it is repulsive, truly the utmost filth.
Compared to it, the Blood Sea seems exceptionally clean.
Even the Heavenly Dao doesn't want to look at this place; what righteous person would go there!
Besides, he dared to go to the Ruins of Return, why bother proving the Sword Dao? He could directly prove the Dao of Stars and perfect his own Dao Fruit, wouldn't that be better!
"Haha! Young friend, although the Ruins of Return are dangerous, if you want to achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal through the Sword Dao, this place is the only way.
"Whether you go or not, you should weigh it yourself. This matter concerns your future, and I cannot make a decision for you!"
The Xuanwu Sacred Beast was not surprised by Feng Zichen's reaction. Even if it wouldn't go to the Ruins of Return, it was not only dangerous but also extremely disgusting.
"Holy Venerable, my abilities are limited. I can only try to establish the Innate Sword Dao after I achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal. For now, I should focus on cultivating the Five Elements Dao and achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal through this."
Feng Zichen would not go to the Ruins of Return; it was unpredictable and full of unknowns. No one knew what dangers lay within, and he was not confident he could come out alive.
"That's right, achieving the Dao through the Five Elements is the safest option." " The innate sword path is ultimately beyond your current reach."
Knowing when to advance and retreat, understanding gains and losses, is the only way to go further and longer on the path of the Great Dao. Feng Zichen's choice clearly pleased the Xuanwu Sacred Beast.
"The Northern Underworld is located overseas. It's not easy for you to come all this way, so I can't let you return empty-handed."
As if remembering something, the Xuanwu Sacred Beast took out twenty-four precious pearls and tossed them to Feng Zichen.
"These Ice Soul Divine Pearls are of no use to me, so I'm giving them all to you."
Those twenty-four precious pearls, entirely silvery-white, crystal clear, and radiantly bright, exuded a chilling aura and emanated the energy of Taiyin, resembling the bright moon, dreamlike and ethereal, truly beautiful.
The Ice Soul Divine Pearls are the most precious treasures of the Northern Underworld, born from the primordial chill deep within the Northern Underworld, nurtured for countless eons under the illumination of the Taiyin starlight.
This treasure is a primordial spiritual object; with careful refinement, it becomes a rare acquired treasure.
If one has the opportunity to find the primordial Taiyin origin, one can merge with it and refine it into a primordial spiritual treasure…
"Thank you, Holy Venerable!" "
Accepting the Ice Soul Divine Pearls, Feng Zichen thanked them.
Twenty-four Ice Soul Divine Pearls could be refined into a complete set of acquired treasures, whose power might not be inferior to innate spiritual treasures.
As for the innate Taiyin Origin, the Taiyin Star was the Demon Queen's backyard; he shouldn't indulge in such fantasies.
"You should leave now. The Five Qi Convergence is complete; it's time for you to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Remember, without achieving Great Luo, it's all in vain!"
With a wave of its hand, the Xuanwu Sacred Beast escorted Feng Zichen out.
"Great Luo Golden Immortal!" "
Beyond the black ocean, Feng Zichen murmured to himself, then turned and headed towards the human race.
In the primordial world, only those who reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm possessed the power to protect themselves and had limitless possibilities.
At the same time, they shed their status as pawns, leaping off the chessboard of heaven and earth, gaining the qualification to observe the game, and even becoming players, controlling the fate of all living beings.
After hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation, Feng Zichen was only one step away from becoming a Great Luo Golden Immortal; he only needed to return and cultivate for a thousand years to achieve it.
At this moment, a feeling of joy welled up in his heart, and even his flying speed involuntarily increased.
However, his good mood did not last long, as it was interrupted by a sudden accident.
As he flew, a sense of oppression suddenly surged in Feng Zichen's heart, as if some bad thing was about to befall him.
(End of Chapter)