Chapter 161 : Innate Dao Bone Containing Immortal Arts
Chapter 161: Innate Dao Bone Containing Immortal Arts
“Let’s do it this way—take a look first!”
Li Yunqing no longer struggled and followed the pulling force of the young child, rushing out of the water.
“Boom!”
The water surface exploded as Li Yunqing’s figure, carried by that force, landed directly on the lakeshore.
Looking around, everything was lush and verdant. Vegetation thrived abundantly, with clear mountains and beautiful waters, fragrant flowers filling the air—like an immortal realm.
In the sky, all kinds of divine birds flew and cried out, their voices echoing through the nine heavens, their bodies radiating dazzling divine light.
“That is a Golden-Winged Roc?”
Seeing a golden giant bird sweep across the sky, Li Yunqing was suddenly stunned.
Such a creature had long gone extinct in the Fallen Immortal Land, yet here in the Nine Heavens, it could be seen everywhere?
“Why is it a person?”
The young child’s voice sounded, filled with surprise.
Only then did Li Yunqing notice the porcelain-doll-like child in front of her, staring at her with wide, round eyes.
And she herself was still bound by a fishing line, her posture extremely awkward.
“Big sister, you’re really pretty, just a bit fat!”
The child’s gaze fell on Li Yunqing’s chest, a trace of disdain appearing in his eyes.
Bulging like mountains—wasn’t that too fat?
“Fat?”
Li Yunqing was speechless, but her tone remained gentle and calm: “Can you release me first?”
As she spoke, spring water rippled in her eyes, and the Greater Yin Eyes activated instantly.
But in the next moment, her gaze was stimulated by a strand of golden light on the child’s chest, and tears inexplicably streamed down.
“Big sister, don’t cry! I won’t say you’re fat anymore!”
“I’ll release you right away!”
Seeing Li Yunqing’s eyes full of tears, the child panicked. A strand of aura suddenly burst from his body and flowed into the fishing rod.
In the next moment, the fishing line around Li Yunqing vanished instantly.
“I’m not crying!”
Li Yunqing wanted to argue, but ultimately did not say it.
What occupied her mind instead were the words of that old man and the child earlier.
On the child’s chest was likely the so-called Dao Bone.
An innate Dao Bone containing immortal arts—destined to be invincible in the future. Even her Greater Yin Eyes could not perceive it; instead, they were stimulated into tears.
Moreover, the aura on his body was actually comparable to the Profound Realm—a six-year-old at the Profound Realm.
“So this is the Nine Heavens?”
“With such powerful beings, they still fear the Ascension Battle?”
For a moment, Li Yunqing was deeply shaken.
Toward the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, she suddenly felt a sense of awe.
The heavens had nine layers; such royal clans likely numbered at least nine.
And judging from the name Ascension Battle, it was likely that the strongest one or several lands among the Ten Lands joined forces to attack the Nine Heavens.
That was probably what the so-called Ascension Battle meant.
As for the Ten Lands Reincarnation Battle, it was likely a great war among the Ten Lands, plundering each other to strengthen their own foundations.
“So this is the true Nine Heavens and Ten Lands?”
“The strong live, the weak perish?”
Thoughts flickered through Li Yunqing’s mind as she circulated Immortal-Martial Power, unwilling to give up, and once again looked at the child before her.
“This is…?”
This time, she did not look at the child’s chest, but at his entire body.
She saw a surge of blood qi rising to the sky like wolf smoke, rolling and surging.
This was pure physical power, like the cub of a primordial ferocious beast.
What was even more terrifying was that this physical strength alone was comparable to her at the Profound Realm—simply hair-raising.
Martial arts also cultivated the body, but reaching ten thousand jin of strength was already considered a solid foundation.
The child before her possessed no less than a hundred thousand jin of physical strength. If it erupted, he could probably overturn a mountain.
“Little one, what’s your name?”
“And can you tell me why your body is so strong?”
“Of course, if it involves secrets and you’re unwilling, I won’t force you.”
As she spoke, Li Yunqing’s gaze swept around again. With the assistance of the Greater Yin Eyes, she could now see even farther.
But what entered her sight was a world like primordial wilderness.
Divine mountains stood tall in endless stretches, ferocious beasts rampaging and battling everywhere.
Their blood qi also surged straight into the heavens, terrifying—like true dragons fighting, crashing into mountains and shattering them.
Too terrifying.
The power of Great Scarlet Heaven exceeded imagination.
“This is the inheritance of the Great Scarlet Heaven royal clan—I can’t tell you. But I can tell you some methods.”
The child was not foolish; instead, he was exceptionally intelligent, nothing like a six-year-old.
His thinking was extremely quick: “The cultivation method of Great Scarlet Heaven focuses on the body. They often use the blood essence of ferocious beasts for medicinal baths to temper the body.”
“But you’re too fat—you probably can’t beat those ferocious beasts.”
“As for me!”
At this point, the child puffed out his chest proudly, full of arrogance as he said, “A descendant of the Great Scarlet Heaven royal clan—Gu Yuan.”
Hearing this, Li Yunqing’s lips twitched slightly. She lowered her head and looked at the peaks before her chest.
The first time someone had called her fat.
Forget it—no need to argue with a little brat.
“You fished me up from somewhere else—you can’t just say nothing, right?”
“If I didn’t see that you’re just a child, I would’ve beaten you already.”
“How about this—tell me some common cultivation methods of Great Scarlet Heaven, and we’ll call it even?”
Li Yunqing spoke, her mind full of doubts.
This kind of physique was too terrifying. A five- or six-year-old child’s body comparable to the Profound Realm—even more frightening than the demon race.
In the Fallen Immortal Land, such a thing was simply impossible.
As those martial artists said, the human body had limits—it was impossible to reach such a level.
“Could it be that the blood essence of ferocious beasts contains some kind of heaven-and-earth laws?”
“Or is the very heaven and earth of Great Scarlet Heaven extraordinary?”
“Or perhaps both?”
Such thoughts suddenly surfaced in Li Yunqing’s mind, filling her with confusion.
“I don’t understand many other techniques!”
Gu Yuan spoke, his eyes flashing: “How about this—I’ll demonstrate once. Whatever you comprehend yourself doesn’t count as me teaching you. That way, I won’t violate my clan’s ancestral rules.”
As he spoke, Gu Yuan’s body trembled. Vast blood qi gathered and actually condensed into a black hole, enveloping him.
The spiritual energy and essence of heaven and earth all poured into the black hole, then transformed into vital essence, surging into Gu Yuan’s body.
A fierce and violent aura surged upward like that of a ferocious beast.
“This is forcibly seizing the creation of heaven and earth?”
Seeing this, Li Yunqing was stunned.
The Immortal Dao relied on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish the spirit and body, ultimately forming the Primordial Spirit.
Martial Dao relied on the essence of all things to nourish oneself, cultivating True Qi.
But the cultivation method of Great Scarlet Heaven was to forcibly plunder the essence of heaven and earth.
No matter Yin-Yang or Five Elements—once seized into the black hole, it became essence to nourish oneself.
Such a cultivation method was astonishing.
For a moment, spring water rippled again in Li Yunqing’s eyes as the Greater Yin Eyes stared intently at Gu Yuan, observing the operation of that black hole.
“This… how is it done?”
Li Yunqing watched silently, gradually falling into comprehension.
Meanwhile, high above this place, more than a dozen figures stood, looking straight down, almost all their gazes focused on Li Yunqing.
“Wasn’t it said that a treasure would be fished up? Why is it a person?”
“Although she’s pretty, cultivators are rarely ugly anyway!”
“If we dig out the Dao Bone, will Yuan’er’s life force be on her?”
“Don’t tell me we have to make her Yuan’er’s child bride?”
Voices overlapped, yet none of them spread outward—only echoing among the group.
“She is born in harmony with the Dao, and it is the Pure Yin Dao—this is an extremely rare Pure Yin Dao Body!”
The old man whom Gu Yuan called great-grandfather spoke.
At these words, several people’s expressions changed slightly.
“The Pure Yin Dao nourishes all things and contains endless vitality. If we dig out the Dao Bone, she indeed can let Yuan’er live!”
“But this is clearly an incarnation!”
“Indeed, it’s an incarnation. If she is unwilling, there is nothing we can do.”
Between the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, even communication between Immortal Daos was impossible. The great Daos of each land were different, even capable of plundering each other.
As for the Immortal Dao, aside from those remnants of immortal artifacts, it had long become legend—few could touch it.
If Li Yunqing was unwilling, they truly had no means at all.
Listening to the discussion, a tall man in his twenties, with double pupils, suddenly spoke:
“Great-grandfather, there is no need for my brother’s Dao Bone. I will exhaust everything to defend Great Scarlet Heaven!”
“My brother’s talent surpasses mine. Given time, he will surely become a supreme of the Nine Heavens—perhaps even allow our clan to ascend to the upper eight heavens.”
At these words, everyone fell silent, their expressions filled with reluctance.
The Gu royal clan had occupied one of the Nine Heavens through generations of effort, relying on their royal bloodline, producing Heaven’s Chosen Prodigies in every generation.
Combined with ancestral teachings—no internal strife, unity in life and death, sharing glory and disgrace—this was how they had endured and flourished.
But this time was different.
The Ascension Battle against Great Scarlet Heaven was launched by the two strongest lands among the Ten Lands.
After millions of years of accumulation, they could not be underestimated—nor could there be any mistake.
“We can wait a bit longer.”
The old man called great-grandfather spoke again: “But this battle must not fail.”
“Once we fail, the Gu clan will be annihilated, and the billions of living beings in Great Scarlet Heaven will all be plundered.”
“That is not the most frightening part. The true terror is that if we lose, Great Scarlet Heaven will fall into the Ten Lands. From then on, ascending again would take at least a million years.”
“The entire Great Scarlet Heaven is watching our Gu clan. This is a war of the entire realm—one that determines the fate of all. It must not fail.”
“So, when it becomes unavoidable, the Dao Bone must be taken. The immortal arts within it will be the hope of Great Scarlet Heaven!”
Hearing these words, the dozen or so people all fell silent.
All their gazes turned toward Gu Yuan below, filled with pity.
Once the Dao Bone was extracted, Gu Yuan’s entire life would be ruined.
Even if that girl could let him live, in such a world, lacking strength was worse than death.
The man in his twenties, his double pupils manifesting, spoke again with extreme solemnity:
“How can we make this young lady agree to help?”
“She was forcibly fished out with an Immortal King Artifact—she will inevitably harbor resentment.”
“My brother must not come to harm!”
At these words, even the great-grandfather’s mouth twitched slightly.
Who could have expected that this broken fishing rod would catch a young girl?