On the Path to the Great Dao

Li Tianqing widened his eyes.

It can be done like this?

He really can do it!

Stone Ji Xuanxuan's head could even petrify the real Ming treasure ship!

Stone Ji Xuanxuan could petrify others, so naturally, it could also release people from a petrified state.

Using Stone Ji's Ghost God Domain to counter Master Ku Zhu's Primordial Spirit demonic transformation might just save the lives of everyone in the city!

Guo Jin exerted himself to the utmost, trying to offer up Stone Ji's head, but Stone Ji Xuanxuan was still deep in slumber. With his cultivation, he couldn't offer it up.

Li Tianqing came to his senses. "Little Ten doesn't have that kind of power!"

Just as the thought crossed his mind, the sky grew abnormally bright. Golden light exploded outward, pushing the dust in all directions.

This was the harbinger of the demonic domain about to unfurl! Suddenly, Guo Jin dashed toward the Xing Shan headquarters.

Li Tianqing hurried after him. The two arrived at the rear courtyard, one after the other.

The rear courtyard housed Xing Shan Xuanxuan's true god blood fleshy mass. It was normally guarded by Crane Child, with no one allowed to approach. Seeing Guo Jin and Li Tianqing charging in, Crane Child immediately manifested to block them.

The child was still wearing his white bellyband with a peony pattern. Just as he was about to speak, a flash of light gleamed from the small shrine behind Guo Jin's head. Crane Child felt the world spin, and in the next moment, he appeared atop the Divine Shrine in the small temple.

"

Scholar, what are you doing?"

No sooner had he spoken than he felt an irresistible ghostly force mobilizing his divine power!

Crane Child was horrified and struggled fiercely, but he couldn't break free. He watched helplessly as he was offered up, his divine power surging toward the head of that beautiful stone statue on the shrine beside him!

Guo Jin offered up Stone Ji's head once more. This time, Stone Ji Xuanxuan's skull flew out from his small temple, manifesting just a trace of its power when Crane Child's divine power had already been nearly exhausted.

This Crane Child's power was no small matter. In a fight against a Heavenly Matron Society incense practitioner who had formed a Nascent Soul, he would have the upper hand.

Yet merely offering up Stone Ji's head was barely possible. To unleash its full power was far beyond his capabilities!

Guo Jin rushed into the rear courtyard. The first thing to enter his eyes was Xing Shan Xuanxuan's true god blood fleshy mass, followed by Yu Tiancheng.

This burly divine body of a man had grown even taller, sitting there several times larger than before.

Yu Tiancheng's back was to them, his shoulders broad like a mountain wall, covered in lumps of muscle, bulging and robust.

Beside him sat Xing Shan Xuanxuan, perched on his shoulder, helping to suppress the fiendish qi.

Hearing footsteps, she hurriedly turned her head, her face full of panic.

Guo Jin and Li Tianqing froze. Yu Tiancheng was no longer human—he had become a massive rabbit about eighteen feet tall, sitting on the ground!

His face was half rabbit, half human, still faintly resembling Yu Tiancheng's original features.

If you called him a rabbit, he had no fur, yet he bore a rabbit's face.

His body was incredibly robust, especially his arms—grotesquely muscled!

"No wonder Yu Tiancheng never showed up. So he's already transformed!"

Guo Jin had no time to think further. He immediately activated the small temple. In the next moment, Crane Child was ejected, and Xing Shan Xuanxuan took his place on the Divine Shrine.

"

Xuanxuan, I need your help to offer up Stone Ji's head and counter Master Ku Zhu's Primordial Spirit demonic domain!" Guo Jin said rapidly.

Xing Shan Xuanxuan was just about to open the shrine to help suppress Yu Tiancheng's fiendish nature. Hearing this, she immediately grasped the urgency and sat down properly.

She opened her mind without resistance. Guo Jin promptly mobilized her divine power to urge Stone Ji's head forth!

Hum—

A heart-palpitating force spread outward. Wherever it passed, plants, insects, fish, and birds all turned to stone!

Stone Ji Xuanxuan's Ghost God Domain rapidly expanded in all directions. Humans and beasts alike successively petrified, with no one spared.

Even objects turned to stone—pots, bowls, ladles, everything petrified!

At that moment, Yu Tiancheng let out a great cry, kicked off with his legs, and the rabbit leaped high into the air, fleeing from the rear courtyard.

Crane Child's body shook, transforming into an immortal crane that spread its wings and pursued him.

At the same time, Stone Ji Xuanxuan's domain continued to expand, soon enveloping the streets. Ordinary people petrified one after another. Only cultivators with magical power could resist slightly, avoiding instant petrification.

But they couldn't hold out for long before turning to stone as well.

"Kid, run!"

On the street, a young mother shouted to her fleeing child.

She watched in terror as the mysterious aura swept in from all sides, petrifying people and objects alike wherever it went.

"

Don't look back!"

She yelled to the child.

Her child ran forward while turning back to look at her, his terrified face clearly reflected in her eyes.

The child suddenly stopped and ran back toward her instead.

The young mother panicked, hurriedly opening her arms to embrace the rushing child, holding him tightly to her chest, her back to the surging mysterious aura.

"

Hum!

She felt a slight impact. The mysterious aura swiftly engulfed the mother and son, then overtook the others on the street.

The young mother realized she wasn't dead, and neither was her child. Overjoyed, she tried to stroke his head to comfort the frightened boy.

But in the eyes of others, the mother and son had become stone—the mother rigidly squatting there,

tightly clutching the child.

Yet in their world, they were still alive. It was just that time around them seemed to speed up, the world turning bizarrely strange.

But what did that matter to this mother and son?

Xing Shan Xuanxuan only felt her divine power draining rapidly—faster than ever before. She was horrified. "What on earth did Little Ten offer up?"

Soon, the Ghost God Domain enveloped the entire Gongzhou City, rapidly extending beyond.

Refugees who had barely escaped the city were quickly overtaken, turning to stone one after another.

In Gongzhou City, those cultivators who had formed Divine Embryos also turned to stone. Others felt their bodies growing sluggish, their qi circulation erratic, their blood flow obstructed—as if their bodies were slowly petrifying.

This time, Guo Jin had merely borrowed Xing Shan Xuanxuan's power to offer up Stone Ji's head. Its might was far inferior to that on the Ming treasure ship.

Back then, Stone Ji's head had been part of the True King's layout, unleashing excess power that even Grandpa could utilize to suppress the Creation Little Five—naturally far superior.

Fei Tianzheng had already led his retainers, servants, and family out of the city in carriages. As the mysterious aura surged toward them, many servants and retainers instantly turned to stone!

Ghost God Domain?

Fei Tianzheng's expression shifted slightly. The Ghost God Domain was similar to the demonic domain! The Ghost God Domain was a pure domain, composed of twisted, bizarre great dao forces.

The demonic domain, however, was a hotbed for nurturing demonic paths—like a sprouting seed turning the enveloped area into a demonic realm until the demonic seeds hatched and grew into true demons!

The two shared similarities: both were exceedingly dangerous!

"

Keep moving forward!"

Governor Fei Tianzheng shouted loudly, urging the others to press on.

Suddenly, the horses and coachman of a carriage turned to stone, tripping and crashing. The speeding carriage flipped, shattering into pieces.

The chests of gold and silver treasures aboard spilled open, scattering everywhere.

To their shock, the gold and silver had also turned to stone!

"My silver!"

Fei Tianzheng cried out, heart aching like a knife twist, but his dao heart steadied. He shouted,

"Everyone, abandon the gold and silver! Keep only magical treasures and items that can resist the Ghost God Domain. Press on!"

The petrification continued. Fei Tianzheng's thirteenth concubine, who had just given birth to his child a month ago, couldn't resist and turned to stone.

The concubine wailed piteously, grating on Fei Tianzheng's nerves.

At that moment, a shrill scream came from the sky. Fei Tianzheng looked up to see figures plummeting from the heavens.

Before they hit the ground, their heads burst from their bodies with pops, transforming into massive mushrooms that fell.

Fei Tianzheng's eye twitched. He said gravely, "Everyone stop! Don't go any further!"

The Fei household halted, turning back to him.

Fei Tianzheng's face muscles twitched violently twice. Composing himself, he said, "Beneath the demonic domain, all beings are equal.

Master Ku Zhu's demonic domain is now formed, the corridors manifesting. No one can escape.

Rather than wait for death, better to strike out.

All who have formed Primordial Spirits, follow me to Daxing Zen Temple!"

His words left the Fei household pale-faced.

Seeing no one step forward, Fei Tianzheng sneered. "Tiange, Tianxiang, come out.

Fei Tiange and Fei Tianxiang had no choice but to step forward stiffly.

Fei Tianzheng said, "Deputy Prefect Qian, Circuit Intendant Mo, you too. Come with me to Daxing Zen Temple to confront Ku Zhu's Primordial Spirit."

The two officials reluctantly stepped out.

The four felt deeply uneasy.

Ku Zhu was a Mahayana existence, a legendary half-step to immortality.

His Primordial Spirit turning into a demonic seed, on the verge of becoming a true demon—its power was unimaginable!

They four were merely at the Soul Transformation stage, a chasm away from such legendary realms!

Even Fei Tianzheng was only one stage higher, a God Descent Realm expert—still worlds apart from Mahayana.

Going to Daxing Zen Temple was suicide!

Fei Tianzheng went to his principal wife's side.

"Madam, the five of us will head to Daxing Zen Temple. You guard the household and ensure as many Fei family members survive as possible.

These years have been hard on you. Shortly after our marriage, you conceived. Having just formed your Nascent Soul, you shattered it to birth our son Lin'er.

I owe you greatly."

His face dimmed.

"Take care of the family. If I return, hold on until reinforcements from the Fei clan arrive!"

The principal wife shed tears, choking,

"Master, rest assured. The Fei family will not fall into chaos."

Fei Tianzheng smiled. "Don't weep. I may not lose this time.

After all, Commander Xia and the others couldn't escape either! With nowhere to go, they'll head to Daxing Zen Temple too.

With the thirteen great families united, how could we not overpower a dying Master Ku Zhu's Primordial Spirit?"

He rallied the other four and set off at once toward Daxing Zen Temple.

At the same time, Commander Xia found Xia Luoying. "Father, use this chance to wipe out Xing Shan Chen and avenge the Heavenly Matron Society. They'll submit even more to you."

Commander Xia was about to speak when he sensed something. He looked up at the figures plummeting from the sky, his face flickering, and finally sighed.

"Luoying, from today, Gongzhou's Xia household is yours to manage. Your father... must make a trip!"

Xia Luoying was startled.

"Father, where are you going?"

"

Daxing Zen Temple!"

Commander Xia headed toward Daxing Zen Temple, waving his hand. "I must fight for a chance of survival—for you, for the Xia bloodline in Gongzhou!"

At the same moment, Governor Yan Jiuling stared at the sky for a long time before instructing on his affairs and sending several Primordial Spirit experts from the Yan household to Daxing Zen Temple.

Meanwhile, Censor Zhang dismissed his Zhang clansmen and set off for Daxing Zen Temple.

Education Commissioner Xu Ming, Provincial Administration Commissioner Gao Canghai, Commander Yang Gui, Deputy Commander Jiang Shouqing, and other high officials all arranged their affairs and hurried to Daxing Zen Temple.

They gradually converged, heading together to Daxing Zen Temple.

Daxing Zen Temple was just a small, obscure temple known only from scriptures. Its dozen or so monks occasionally drew visitors, but now their mindset was different.

They came with resolve to die!

"Little Ten really is such a jinxed kid!"

Granny Sha gazed at distant Daxing Zen Temple, where a colossal mushroom sprouted skyward, towering over the halls. She sighed deeply. "Dug out his Divine Embryo as a child and left for dead, barely survived, then Grandpa died. Met Li Bodhisattva on Qianyang Mountain, now faces a Mahayana Primordial Spirit catastrophe in Gongzhou City. The kid hasn't enjoyed a single good day!"

The bearded giant was racking his brains when he suddenly asked,

"What was Little Ten's name again?"

"

Little Liang, you still haven't remembered?"

Qingyang said in surprise. "How did you get hit?"

The bearded giant said, "Yesterday, I was watching Little Ten, afraid he'd cause more trouble. Until his family's dog glanced at me."

"Such a unlucky kid."

Granny Sha sighed. "Blackie Pot out of control—he couldn't even keep his name. With a double layer of demonic domain and Ghost God Domain on top, plus the rampaging Blackie Pot, truly unlucky!"

Qingyang eyed Daxing Zen Temple eagerly. "Shall we make a move? A Mahayana Primordial Spirit demonic transformation—I want to test it!"

The bearded giant sneered. "Lewd sheep, want to try mushroom hotpot? That old coot Ku Zhu is one of the top existences of our era. His Primordial Spirit is no trifle—stronger than us! Even Old Pot Head might not beat him!"

Qingyang flexed lightly, muscles bulging. He sneered, "Lewd fox, I don't believe even after death he can be stronger than me!"

In Xing Shan headquarters, once Xing Shan Xuanxuan's power was exhausted, Guo Jin finally stopped urging Stone Ji's head.

Xing Shan Xuanxuan looked wilted and listless.

Guo Jin hurriedly lit several sticks of incense, but she remained drowsy and dispirited, struggling to say,

"Little Cheng! Little Cheng is without my suppression of his fiendish qi—he's still running mad outside!"

"

I'll go find him!"

Guo Jin handed Xing Shan Xuanxuan to Li Tianqing. "Tianqing, you and Blackie Pot guard here. Xuanxuan's vitality is greatly damaged—don't let anyone come knocking!"

Li Tianqing nodded, glancing at Blackie Pot. *Me and Blackie Pot again...*

Guo Jin strode out of Xing Shan headquarters. The entire Gongzhou City had fallen deathly silent, without a sound.

"

Pfft—

From afar came a deflating sound—a mushroom taller than a house spewing pale spores.

Beneath this giant mushroom was a head with another mushroom growing from its neck, excitedly shambling about, muttering to itself.

"Heavenly transformation into life—this is heavenly transformation into life, the profound mystery of immortality beyond death!"