Essence Devouring Art

"Retract!"

Once the Dragon Vein was secured,

Evil Moon Immortal and the Red Lotus Demon Lord joined forces once more, unleashing their power to gather and contain the space-time of the Qianyuan Realm.

Within a few breaths,

the Qianyuan Realm transformed from a Great Thousand World into a Chaos Color Treasure Bead covered in a network of veins.

"Go!"

The two exchanged a look.

After stowing away the Qianyuan Realm, they vanished from their spot.

The disappearance of a Great Thousand World created a storm of destruction from the backflow of space-time. This was no laughing matter; even at the Saint Master Realm, they wouldn't dare face it head-on.

RUMBLE!!

The moment they left,

countless massive thunderclaps boomed across this region of the Border Wilderness. A space-time black hole on the scale of a Great Thousand World was born, furiously devouring and destroying everything around it to fill the void.

"The Qianyuan Realm is gone!"

"Dammit, who could be so depraved?!"

"Fucking animals! I've heard of stealing people and treasures, but what's the point of stealing a useless world? It hurts others without benefiting yourself!"

...

As the space-time black hole erupted,

its influence spread across hundreds of surrounding Great Thousand Worlds. Countless beings fled in terror, cursing madly. For a moment, it was as if the apocalypse had arrived.

It was foreseeable that,

unless a Venerable took action to reshape space-time, this place would become a forbidden zone of destruction where none below the Saint Master Realm could survive.

The reason Wu Dao hunted Original Dao Realms

was certainly not to harm others without benefiting himself.

He would never do anything that didn't profit him.

Original Dao Realms were crucial for the acceleration effect of the Primordial Dao Wheel 3.0.

What was junk in the eyes of others

was a priceless treasure in his!

「In an unknown region of the Sea of Chaos.」

The Extreme Dao Bell drifted silently.

Inside the bell,

Wu Dao's consciousness entered the Star Mother Origin Space. He and Star Mother were completely engrossed in an experiment: borrowing a hen to lay an egg.

After advancing to the fourth stage,

Wu Dao had reshaped Star Mother's true body, her Dragon Vein, with Primordial Magnetism Dao Particles. Now, Star Mother was at the Fifth Heaven of the Venerable Realm, two heavens stronger than his own normal state.

Her Origin Inner World

had begun to integrate the network of rules.

At the intersection of this network, a Venerable World had been born, its magnitude a full six qualitative leaps beyond that of a perfect Great Thousand World.

If it continued to grow,

it would gradually become a Cosmic Seed and sprout into a Proto-Grand Cosmos.

Within the Venerable Origin World,

the 2.5 fruits that once grew on the Primordial Magnetic Mother Trees had been removed. In their place were the Original Dao Realms, each one sealing a Dragon Vein.

At this moment, Wu Dao's will was focused on a world at the Second Heaven of the Venerable Realm. It was the most massive of all the Original Dao Realms.

Not long ago,

it had just been sacrificed by a fourth-rank Divine Envoy.

It had become Wu Dao's first test subject.

"Father God, the World cleansing is complete."

Star Mother's cheerful voice rang out.

Wu Dao glanced over it and nodded in satisfaction.

Under Star Mother's precise computational power,

this Venerable World

had been returned to its primordial state of Chaos, except for its main Great Dragon Vein. Everything else had vanished completely, yet the main Great Dragon Vein remained unaffected.

This was delicate work.

The Dragon Vein was a Venerable one, ancient and decrepit.

During the cleansing process,

a single mistake, like breaking a single root, could have caused it to completely disintegrate. It would have cost Wu Dao considerable effort to do it himself.

"Saving those in distress is our duty. Star Mother, revive this old dragon."

Wu Dao commanded again, his heart filled with delight.

"As you command."

Star Mother was also a kind-hearted and obedient child.

She immediately extended tentacles that transformed into IV tubes, connecting to the old Dragon Vein and pumping it full of Venerable World Mother Qi.

ROAR—

The vibrant and potent high-grade World Mother Qi

was like a timely downpour of sweet rain. The once-withered old Dragon Vein was instantly invigorated, roaring with excitement as it began to regain its youth.

In just a short while,

the old Dragon Vein, which had trembled just from moving, recovered its former glory. It prepared to fulfill its duty and begin creating all the things in the world.

But before it could show its might,

it was immobilized by Star Mother again.

'A rootless tree, its prosperity is but a fleeting moment.'

Wu Dao sensed that the connection point between the Great Dragon Vein and the Primordial Path was still withered. He knew the Dragon Vein's current strength was just an illusion—rootless water cannot flow for long.

To truly regain its youth,

the Dragon Vein needed to be reverted to its primordial, infantile state. It had to regain the favor of the Great Dao and drink the milk of the Great Dao Mother.

"Begin the transformation."

Without hesitation,

Wu Dao immediately ordered Star Mother to transform the Dragon Vein back to the state it was in during the conception of the Initial Tribulation.

In essence, this was just creating a different kind of Contaminated Body.

BUZZ—

Star Mother received the command and began at once, mobilizing Initial Tribulation Dao Particles to contaminate and transform the Great Dragon Vein from the ground up on a microscopic level.

During the process,

the information recorded in the Great Dragon Vein's Magnetic Field manifested.

The past scenes of this Venerable World began to rewind at extreme speed, from decay to decline, from decline to its prime, then its youth, its adolescence...

Five Tribulations, Four Tribulations, Three Tribulations...

Its entire past rewound at high speed.

All the way back to the Initial Tribulation!

Amidst the boundless Chaos,

the old Dragon Vein transformed into an unconscious, newborn state from the Initial Tribulation, wailing instinctively and craving the nourishment of the Great Dao Mother.

BUZZ—

At that very moment,

joy blossomed in Wu Dao's heart!

At the root of the connection between the Initial Tribulation Great Dragon Vein and the Primordial Path,

an indescribable, ancient, and magnificent existence descended! It began to execute its programmed duty of nurturing all creation, reconnecting the channel of nourishment!

The Great Dao encompasses all.

From the Heaven Opening until now,

the Great Dao of All Tribulations has been a single, integrated entity throughout time. There is no such thing as a "new Tribulation Great Dao" that replaces the foundation of an "old Tribulation Great Dao."

In other words,

the one descending now was the Initial Tribulation Path!

This was the original "mother" that had nurtured this Primordial Dao Realm of the First Tribulation, not a "stepmother." Naturally, it would "dote" on it once again.

And how would it dote on it?

By supplying Initial Calamity Dao Source and replaying the process of the Initial Tribulation from beginning to perfection!

And what Wu Dao needed to do

was to place his nascent Primordial Magnetic Dao into the magpie's nest—cuckoo-style—and let the Primordial Path raise his "egg"!

That's right!

This Great Dragon Vein,

apart from the "mouth" it used for suckling, which was a Hongyuan Initial-Tribulation Dao Vein, all of its "organs" for digesting nourishment were a single vein of the All Things Dao Vein of the Primordial Magnetic Tribulation!

To put it bluntly,

this was a grafting process!

BUZZ!

Once the Great Dragon Vein began receiving a supply from the Primordial Dao Source of the First Tribulation, Wu Dao had Star Mother release its restraints.

Instantly,

the Chaos within this Venerable World dissipated.

The Great Dragon Vein sprouted countless secondary branches and began to rapidly evolve the world's myriad things, giving birth to various levels of Primordial Magnetic Contaminated Bodies.

'Emotionless, desireless, a cold program... sometimes it's quite endearing.'

Wu Dao watched the fake 'Crown Prince'—the Primordial Magnetic Great Dragon Vein—suckling away rapidly. Feeling his own Initial Tribulation cultivation begin to rise, he couldn't help but grin.

However, this wasn't enough.

The speed at which the Primordial Magnetic Great Dragon Vein was absorbing nourishment and growing was already countless times faster than the original Hongyuan Initial Tribulation, but this was merely Wu Dao's normal rate of cultivation.

He needed to accelerate!

He had to increase the intake of nourishment—in other words, increase the force with which it suckled the milk!

"Star Mother, maximum gear!"

Wu Dao felt not a shred of guilt for deceiving a kind, old mother. He had Star Mother directly activate the Evil Lotus State for the Great Dragon Vein!

Star Mother now had a foundation of five hundred ranks!

Upon reaching the limit of the Divine No Evil Lotus,

it would be a 1,500-fold acceleration!

BUZZ!

In an instant,

the Great Dragon Vein transformed into the gaping maw of a Taotie.

Its suction was like a black hole,

madly absorbing the Hongyuan Initial-Tribulation Dao Source.

The bizarre Primordial Magnetic Civilization born from all the existences within this branch Primordial Magnetic Dao Realm had its super-acceleration button pressed, and it couldn't be stopped!

The Great Dragon Vein

was like two giant trees joined at their crowns.

The gains from the growth of the branch Primordial Magnetic Civilization

would all pass through the other side, via Star Mother's relay station and through the Faith Channel.

Ignoring the distance of space-time,

they were transported into Wu Dao's Primordial Magnetic Dao Source, nourishing his branch of All Things. Combined with his own cultivation at his limit, reaching One Tribulation Perfection would be incredibly fast.

This was the Primordial Dao Wheel 3.0.

Exploiting living beings was too outdated.

He was directly deceiving and exploiting the Great Dao to do the hard labor!

Well,

that was a bit of an exaggeration.

To be precise, it was just one Dao Realm.

But if he continued to upgrade and iterate, turning a Dao Realm into the Great Dao was, in theory, not a problem at all.

"Hiss! So satisfying."

Inside the Extreme Dao Bell,

Wu Dao felt the endless fruits of cultivation from the Initial Tribulation Primordial Magnetism Path pouring into his body, and he couldn't help but let out a sound of pleasure.

The test subject was a success.

The mass production to follow

would be an assembly-line job.

Wu Dao tossed the work directly to his "little daughter," Star Mother, to process, while he himself sat back and reaped the benefits.

The only unfortunate thing was,

the civilizations born from the Hongyuan Initial Tribulation were limited.

The Initial Calamity Dao Source couldn't allow his Primordial Magnetism Path to create more branches.

However,

if the Initial Tribulation wasn't enough,

then he would just have to find the strongest Five Tribulations Dao Source—

Shanhai Pass!