Chapter 448 - 369: Five Hundred Years, Legacy Disciple
A flick of the finger, five hundred years, Qingxiao Palace, Star Child Tower, a mysterious figure is slowly approaching.
Chen Sheng is wearing a Magic Robe embroidered with Dao Pattern of Yin-Yang.
During these five hundred years, the Demon Race’s Yin Soul used the Heavenly Treasure Mirror to descend into realms, then successively harvested several Small Thousand Worlds.
Although most of the Small Thousand Worlds’ origins are far inferior to the Xuanhuang World, after accumulating, nearly three thousand origin beads have been gathered.
This kind of massive origin nourishment allowed the Yin Soul’s Cultivation to steadily enter the Mid-stage, and even in the Mid-stage Realm, a solid step was taken.
[Yin Yang Divine Soul] Although unable to directly share Cultivation, can synchronously transmit enlightenment insights.
The Yin Soul stationed to harvest the Small Thousand Worlds evolved the Dao Domain, while the Yang Soul in Qingxiao Palace simultaneously advanced, and the Yin-Yang Dao Domain long evolved from "Life and Death as One" to the embryonic form of "Yin-Yang forms Three Disasters, Five Elements stabilize the universe."
"The Celestial Venerable of the Primitive Saint Sect has empty realms, all due to shaky foundations, valuing realms while neglecting actual combat."
Having learned from this previous lesson, Chen Sheng did not indulge in the rapid advancement brought by the Small Thousand World’s origin.
Besides studying Secret Techniques, he spent all his remaining time on adventuring through the Star Tower, consolidating his Realm and enhancing his combat prowess.
In this process, he smoothly cultivated the Secret Technique "Yin Yang Five Elements Annihilation Calamity Resolution" to the second layer, and broke through the eighth layer, stepping into the ninth layer.
...
The ninth layer, unlike the dazzling starry sky of the previous eight layers, here it is dark, with only a faint golden halo floating in the center.
Within the halo, a golden-haired lion is lazily lying in the void, its fluffy mane woven like sunlight, amber eyes half-open, seemingly gentle and harmless.
"Human, you’re here again."
The lion slowly raised its eyes, its voice crisp yet contained Dao Rhyme capable of trembling Divine Soul.
From the sixth layer of the Star Tower, these "Illusion Beasts" are no longer simple energy projections but are concrete bodies split from the Tower Spirit, carrying part of the Star Child Tower’s laws.
This golden-haired lion, named Jinmao Roar, is the embodiment of the Artifact Spirit of the ninth layer.
Chen Sheng stands outside the halo, the Cyan Nether Sword not yet unsheathed, yet his eyes show no trace of contempt.
He recalls vividly the scene when he first entered here — at that time, Jinmao Roar merely lifted its head to roar.
Boom~~~~
Tremendous sound waves centered on it, surging in all directions, instantly filling this dark region.
Where the sound waves reached, the dark space rippled like a lake surface,
Under the impact of the sound wave, Chen Sheng’s proudly proclaimed Yin-Yang Dao Domain was torn apart, his Dharma Body was blown away like a kite, directly transmitted out of the tower.
He couldn’t withstand this technique at all!
After going outside, Chen Sheng analyzed backward, only then did he discover that within this roar, the Termination Law of fluctuation, space, and destruction was fused into a remarkably intricate Dao Domain.
In a short time, he couldn’t pass it.
In the following years, Chen Sheng often came to spar with the opponent, honing himself and strengthening his foundation, increasing his combat strength.
...
In the dark space of the ninth layer, Dao Domain waves roil like a raging sea.
Chen Sheng and Jinmao Roar’s figures interweave and maneuver in the void, the cyan light of the Cyan Nether Sword and the golden light of the lion’s mane clash relentlessly, causing the surrounding void to annihilate.
Sometimes the Cyan Nether Sword transforms into Yin Yang Sword Qi traversing heaven and earth, sometimes it condenses into a pin-sized annihilation light spot.
The second layer of the profundity of the Secret Technique"Yin Yang Five Elements Annihilation Calamity Resolution" is exercised to the extreme by Chen Sheng, the Power of the Five Elements cycles to dissolve the space rift’s tear, while Yin Yang Qi constantly corrodes the Dao Domain barrier of Jinmao Roar.
Jinmao Roar’s offensive is even more fierce, each shake of its head raises sound waves containing fluctuation laws, while its paws condense black patterns of destructive force as it moves.
The spatial Dao Domain sometimes compresses and squeezes, sometimes expands and tears, attempting to completely confine Chen Sheng’s form.
"Human, your Dao Domain is exquisite, but it lacks a few parts of dominance!"
Jinmao Roar roars, the mane all falls off, transforming into countless strands of golden light, carrying the Power of Three Laws, pouring down like a storm towards Chen Sheng.
"Fellow Daoist’s trump card should also be fully revealed."
Chen Sheng’s figure flickers, turning into a black and white stream light shuttling through the sword rain, the Cyan Nether Sword tracing a perfect arc in front, instantly coalescing black and white Qi into a Yin Yang grindstone, which absorbs all the golden Sword Light during rotation, compresses it into pure power of laws to nurture himself.
This is already the three thousand seven hundredth move exchanged between the two; from the initial Dao Domain collision to later Secret Technique showdown, Chen Sheng has long grasped Jinmao Roar’s capabilities.
Once the final golden Sword Light is consumed by the grindstone, Chen Sheng retracts the sword and stands, his form suspended in the void, with a flat yet firm tone:
"Fellow Daoist, if that is all, I can only bid you farewell."
The Yin Yang Dao Domain around him slowly compresses, no longer initiating attacks, his aura solidifying like an unshakable mountain.
Jinmao Roar shakes its head, the mane regrows but lacks its former gloss, amber eyes fill with resignation and admiration:
"You are truly a monster! At Early-stage Void Refining Realm, you’ve actually comprehended such profound Dao Domain, every arrival is a breakthrough."
"In just a few hundred years, from being sent flying by my roar to now being able to match me evenly."
It slowly walks to the center of the dark space, the Three Laws around it no longer emitting aggression but condense into a faint golden cocoon:
"Come, use your killer move. If you can truly break my Spirit Body, you qualify to step into the tenth layer."
"If not, don’t blame me for transmitting you out again — truthfully, being honed by you repeatedly, I no longer wish to endure this torment."
On the cocoon, the intricately woven patterns of fluctuation, space, and destruction form a perfectly defensive barrier.
"Just as you wish, fellow Daoist!"
Chen Sheng nods, his eyes instantly sharp.
His right hand holding the sword slowly raises, the Cyan Nether Sword shines coldly in the dark space, the Yin Yang Dao Pattern on the sword body intensely flickers, faintly exuding an aura of termination.
"Sizzle——"
The Cyan Nether Sword traces an astonishing arch, without the explosion of grand Sword Qi nor the display of spectacular phenomena, only a black and white Sword Light refined to its extreme, like a meteor piercing through the long night, shoots towards the golden cocoon of Jinmao Roar.
Where the sword light passed, space seemed to be completely frozen, and the ripples of the fluctuating Dao Principle instantly calmed.
This sword actually contained the ultimate truth of "the end of all things," making the surrounding heavens and earth appear in a scene of annihilation.
The pupils of the Golden-furred Roar suddenly contracted, and the patterns on the cocoon of light frantically flickered, trying to mobilize the power of three Dao Principles to resist, but was startled to find that its Dao Domain was retreating as if meeting its nemesis:
"One sword ends all! Your secret technique has achieved great success!"
The sword light pierced the cocoon of light without any obstruction; there was no earth-shattering explosion, and the cocoon instantly disintegrated, turning into countless golden stars scattering widely.
The figure of the Golden-furred Roar gradually faded amidst the starlight, and before disappearing, it looked at Chen Sheng with eyes full of approval:
"It seems that the master’s seat can gain another direct disciple."
Chen Sheng sheathed his sword, watching the myriad starlight slowly fall to the ground, transforming into steps leading upwards; he didn’t pause for a moment, his figure flickered as he stepped onto the steps.
...
Inside the Star Hub Hall, Yunlu Daoist Palace.
Dharma Master Hong Jue sat cross-legged on the Star Jade Throne at the center, with a wave of his sleeve, three condensed runes of Termination Law flew to the three direct disciples below.
"The path of termination does not lie in ferociousness but in perceiving the principle of the demise of all things..."
Suddenly, a crisp jade chime sounded outside the hall, followed by a strand of Spirit Light of stars penetrating the hall door, suspended in front of Dharma Master Hong Jue.
The Spirit Light contained the intention of the Artifact Spirit of Star Tower, Dharma Master Hong Jue scanned it with Divine Sense, and his originally calm face suddenly broke into a smile, unable to contain his loud laughter:
"Hahaha! Good! Good! Good!"
The laughter shook the star runes in the hall, flickering intensely, and Taiyuan along with the others raised their heads in surprise.
They had followed their mentor for tens of thousands of years and never seen him behave this way—even when sect masters of various major sects visited, Dharma Master Hong Jue remained calm.
"Master, what makes you so happy?"
Dharma Master Hong Jue waved his sleeve, and the Spirit Light suddenly surged, transforming into a light curtain about a meter wide suspended in the hall.
On the light curtain, the scene of the tenth layer of the Star Sub-Tower was vividly displayed.
It was a chaotic void, with countless fragments of realm floating amidst, and at the center of the void, a gigantic Taotie was crouched.
This beast was covered in blue-black scales, its head large as a small mountain, with a huge mouth occupying a third of its body, fangs like white jade pillars, and a mouth swirling with pitch-black devouring power, even light could not escape.
On the light curtain, Chen Sheng’s figure was exceptionally striking; he wore a dark sword robe, the Cyan Nether Sword pointed diagonally to the ground, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding chaotic aura.
"This is... the tenth layer guardian, the Heaven-Devouring Taotie, cultivating the secret technique of devouring."
"Even the devouring art of the Golden-Winged Roc Race is little compared to this!"
In the next moment, the Taotie lazily opened its giant mouth, and the pitch-black devouring power suddenly erupted, manifesting into a black-hole-like Dao Domain in front of it.
As the Dao Domain rotated, the chaotic void was forcibly torn apart, countless fragments of space were drawn into it, turning into powder.
Chen Sheng’s gaze sharpened, a sword pierced forth, directly stabbing at the core of the black-hole Dao Domain.
Taiyuan nodded:
"A commendable sword technique! The cycle of Yin Yang and Five Elements, annihilation returns to termination!"
...
On the light curtain, the sword light collided with the black hole, releasing a muffled boom, as the black and white two qi contended with the pitch-black devouring power.
Chen Sheng’s wrist twisted, and within just over ten moves, he pushed the sword cultivation techniques he learned and Dao Realm Power to the limit, each sword precisely piercing the weak spots of the black-hole Dao Domain.
But the Taotie’s devouring divine techniques were truly profound, and after the tenth move, the black-hole Dao Domain suddenly expanded, the devouring power abruptly intensified several times.
Chen Sheng felt an irresistible Giant Strength coming from the sword, he had no chance to withdraw the sword, being enveloped by the black-hole Dao Domain, directly sucked into the Taotie’s giant mouth.
The next moment, the Taotie shook its head, seemingly not yet satisfied with the taste, letting out a dissatisfied roar, eyes full of resentment.
Chen Sheng’s figure had already been forcibly transmitted away by the rules of the Star Tower, leaving only the empty giant mouth.
The light curtain gradually dissipated, Taiyuan was the first to react, laughing heartily:
"Congratulations, Master! Another direct disciple under your door! To break through to the tenth layer at the early-stage of Void Refining and engage in over ten moves with the Heaven-Devouring Taotie, such talent is rare even in a millennium in the Spirit Realm!"
Both Meteor Star and Cold Monarch hurriedly bowed in salute: "Congratulations, Master, on acquiring such a talent!"
Dharma Master Hong Jue’s eyes were full of joy, stroking his beard, he said:
"Your junior brother’s Dao title is Life-Annihilating, hearing this name, he should indeed be a disciple of my lineage."
"Truly an enlightenment genius! I had set a target for him to break through the tenth layer in two thousand years."
"Unexpectedly, after only five hundred years, he has comprehended the Yin-Yang Dao Domain, evolved the Dao Domain to such a profound realm, and even utilized secret techniques to evolve the path of termination, arriving at the tenth layer."
His satisfaction was evident in his words.
...
It wasn’t long.
Just after being transmitted out of the Star Sub-Tower, Chen Sheng felt a star light falling, turning into countless fragments of stars upon landing.
The star fragments intertwined and coiled in the air, spontaneously condensed into a radiant star trail, with countless miniature star maps floating on both sides.
Carrying Chen Sheng traversing countless spaces, appearing in the familiar grand hall.
He then saw Dharma Master Hong Jue sitting on the Jade Throne smiling, and below, the three Daoists with friendly faces.
He hurriedly bowed and performed a standard grand salute:
"Disciple pays respects to Master!"
Dharma Master Hong Jue laughed heartily:
"From today, you are the fourth direct disciple under my Hong Jue lineage."