A Thought Gives Birth to the Source of Tribulation, the Middle-Core Eighth Stage Law Takes Shape
After slaying the Jiao King and quelling the drought across a thousand miles, Chen Du quietly returned to the Qingfeng Mountain.
He carefully stored the lustrous, white Flood Dragon Pearl, which contained the essence of water vapor from thousands of miles away, deep within his storage artifact.
This object suppresses moisture and harmonizes wind and rain; it is a rare treasure of nature and will surely be of great use in the future.
After tidying up, he sat cross-legged on the bamboo couch, his mind completely calmed, and he focused his consciousness.
The next instant, a vast, warm, and powerful current of energy surged into the depths of his soul.
It's Calamity Qi.
This Calamity Qi was far richer, heavier, and sharper than any previous harvest. It carried the Dao Resonance of the end of the great calamity of heaven and earth, as deep and serene as the ocean, and as fierce as a heavenly blade.
Chen Du made a rough calculation, a slight tremor running through his heart.
A full 950,000 years of Calamity Qi.
He slowly exhaled a long, stale breath, his eyes clear and bright.
The Water-Running Jiao King was killed this time was a great demon of the Fourth Stellar Metamorphosis the Twelfth Realm Star Transformation, which had been entrenched in one place for a thousand years.
Driven by its own personal grievances, it forcibly imprisoned the water vapor for thousands of miles and blocked the wind and rain, causing the land to become barren, the people to be displaced, and the dead to be found everywhere, resulting in an unprecedented catastrophe that affected countless lives.
The calamity was far more widespread, the casualties more severe, and the chaos more profound than any previous crisis or peril. Heavenly Dao rewards merit accordingly, and its bounty was exceptionally generous.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Du, with a thought, poured all the abundant Calamity Qi from the past 950,000 years into [Heaven's Way's Gift].
Buzz--!
The innate Dao seal in the sea of consciousness trembled violently, and a ten-thousand-foot-long dark golden Dao radiance soared into the sky, illuminating the entire world of the divine soul.
After a brief silence, a ball of extremely deep, condensed, and flawless dark golden light quietly floated in the center of the sea of consciousness.
Chen Du probed into it with his Spiritual Power.
In an instant, boundless insights into the laws surged forth like a tidal wave, cleansing the soul and purifying the foundation of one's Dao.
A rough sense suggests that this Heaven's Way's Gift contains hundreds of millions of years' worth of insights gained from both the Tribulation-Transcending Law and the Tribulation Armor Law through cultivation.
The profound knowledge and cultivation that others could only accumulate over millions of years was now entirely his.
Chen Du didn't delay any longer. He closed his eyes and pushed the deduction ability of [Divine Revelation Reading] to its limit.
The vast and endless network of laws was gradually reorganized within the sea of consciousness.
Two vast streams of Dao Resonance, like two surging golden rivers, traversed the entire sea of consciousness.
One is the origin of Tribulation Traversal, and the other is the foundation of Tribulation Armor. Layer upon layer of patterns, countless mysteries, and subtle key points are all clearly revealed.
With the power of supreme divine revelation, he placed the two great rivers of laws side by side, comparing each pattern, verifying each path, and digging deeper layer by layer.
He had already grasped the fundamental essence of both laws.
The Tribulation-Transcending Law that one should take tribulations as food and use them as a furnace, actively facing tribulations and using them to comprehend the Dao, tempering one's own Dao fruit through all kinds of tribulations.
The Tribulation Armor Law uses calamity as armor and calamity as the body, actively and passively devouring calamity and condensing calamity into a shield, borrowing the power of calamity from the heavens to protect the foundation of one's Dao.
The two laws originate from the same source, yet they diverge into two paths: one for offense, one for defense; one for movement, one for stillness.
The deeper Chen Du delved into the Dao, the clearer he became that there was always a hazy barrier between the two laws.
They are like two branches growing from the same towering ancient tree, with different appearances and functions, but their roots, which can be buried deep in the void, are originally one.
Once a thought is made, the Great Way begins to unfold.
Chen Du abandoned all established cultivation methods and insisted on returning to the source, forcibly gathering, refining, and unifying the myriad threads of the two Ninth Tier laws towards the most original foundation of the Great Dao.
The first month.
He used all his divine inspiration to decipher the laws of Tribulation Traversal and Tribulation Armor, dismantling them layer by layer, stripping away all superficial techniques, intermediate mysteries, and external supernatural powers, tracing back all the way to the fundamental origin.
Finally, the intricate patterns of the two laws faded away, revealing a wisp of primordial Dao pattern as thin as a hair and as faint as nothingness.
This pattern resembles a calamity pattern, but it is more ancient, purer, and more primordial than any other calamity pattern in the world.
The third month.
After countless deductions and reconstructions day and night, Chen Du finally managed to completely separate this wisp of original foundational texture from the branches of the two laws.
He possessed profound insight and completely grasped the true meaning.
This pattern carries not the weight of Tribulation Traversal or the Tribulation Armor, but the origin of all things and tribulations— the Source of Tribulation.
It is the root of all calamities and the ultimate prototype of all laws governing calamities in the world.
Using this primordial pattern as the framework of the Great Dao, Chen Du began to reforge, melt, and fuse the shattered Tribulation Traversal of the Tribulation Armor Laws, bit by bit.
The fifth month.
After five months of refining through the grand scheme of the universe, the two intermediate-level Ninth Tier laws that stood at the pinnacle of the ninefold perfection were completely dissolved, unified, and reborn.
Deep within the sea of consciousness, a brand new, vast law slowly rose.
It is flawless, all-encompassing, and combines offense and defense; its grandeur far surpasses the previous two laws.
There is no longer a distinction between actively confronting a calamity and passively accepting it, nor is there a separation between offense and defense.
When calamity comes, welcome it; Tribulation Birth, refine it; when calamity departs, devour it; Calamity Annihilation, bury it.
It encompasses all the functions of the calamity path and connects to the origin of all calamities.
A brand new Great Dao Law has been fully formed!
[A New Law is Born: The Origin of Calamity]
[Rank: Mid-level Core Eighth Stage]
Compared to the previous two Ninth Tier laws, the Tribulation Source Law has risen in grade against the trend, touching the core essence of the Calamity Dao and completing a true leap in the Great Dao.
After a long while, Chen Du slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a deep, turbid breath.
A flash of dark gold light appeared in his eyes and disappeared in an instant; his Dao Resonance was restrained and silent.
He lowered his eyes to look at his palm. Beneath his skin, a faint, almost transparent primordial tribulation pattern slowly flowed, vivid and lively, like an innate mark of the Great Dao, rooted in his flesh and blood, and integrated into his soul.
In May, the principles of governance were fused, the dual methods were fused, and the source of calamity was born.
The two Ninth Tier perfect laws merged into one, transforming into Eighth Stage core origin law.
Such a terrifying speed of fusion, such a heaven-defying transformation of the Great Dao, if it were to spread beyond the Ancestral God Realm, would be enough to make countless ancient geniuses and veteran Dao Ancestors pale with fear and feel terrified.
But Chen Du had long been accustomed to it, and his state of mind remained calm and undisturbed.
He slowly rose, stretching his shoulders, neck, and limbs. The stagnation from five months of meditation dissipated completely, and his Dao foundation became increasingly solid and refined, flawless.
Stepping out the door, a gentle breeze caressed my face.
The bell of the ancient temple in the mountains rang out leisurely, clear and melodious, echoing through the forest.
The severe drought that had plagued the area for months was completely eradicated, and the sweet rain soaked the land for miles around, bringing new life back to the barren fields. The displaced people have long since returned to their homes, rebuilding their fields and living in peace and contentment.
The mountains and rivers are restored to peace, and humanity returns to tranquility.
Chen Du stood in the courtyard, enjoying the gentle breeze, gazing at the vast mountains and rivers.
Every step, every thought, every moment, a lifetime.
His spiritual path has reached a new level, and the road ahead is becoming increasingly broad and boundless.
The moment the Tribulation Source Law was fully formed, deep within Chen Du's sea of consciousness, the long-dormant dark golden Self Star suddenly trembled violently!
It was as if the very origin of the Great Dao had been ignited in an instant, and an eternal Dao fire rose from the depths of the star's core, scorching the entire celestial body.
The intricate patterns of tribulation and Eternal Night on the star's surface shone with an extremely brilliant dark golden light, exuding a profound Dao Resonance aura, layer upon layer covering the star's surface.
The old patterns crumbled inch by inch, and the new patterns instantly reformed.