First Realm Gate: Evil Soul-Open!

Beneath the shroud of the fourth layer of golden light, his entire body was once again enveloped in familiar warmth...

This time, his whole being seemed to undergo a cleansing...

In contrast, another special mark was imprinted within his mystic veins...

This special mark was located at the lower right of the previous one, slightly lower...

And when the cleansing of his body and Soul Sea ended once more, just as Xiao Feng expected, another beam of golden light shone down upon him.

It was already the fifth layer...

Xiao Feng's thoughts drifted. This golden light, like Lightning Tribulation, came in layers...

Did this mean it was Lightning Tribulation? Only its form of manifestation differed somewhat.

This time... the golden Buddha Relic Tower appeared once more.

As the Buddha Relic Tower operated, his physical body became even stronger.

The sixth layer of the Great Path Buddha Relic Art—complete!

The limit attainable by mortals had now been effortlessly reached by Xiao Feng.

At this moment, his body and strength were undoubtedly multiplying layer by layer at a geometric rate!

Such terrifying progress shocked even Xiao Feng himself. Even if the Desolate God were alive, he would have been left utterly dumbfounded!

Along with the advancement of the Great Path Buddha Relic Art... another dimly colored mark embedded itself within Xiao Feng's mystic veins. It was once again lower right of the previous one, though the distance was clearly much greater.

As the fifth beam of golden light vanished...

The sixth beam of golden light immediately followed!

"The sixth beam of golden light enveloped Xiao Feng, cleansing his body once again..."

Just as Xiao Feng expected, another mark appeared within his mystic veins, still positioned at the lower right...

If the golden-light baptism I am receiving represents Lightning Tribulation, does that mean I am undergoing a six-layer Lightning Tribulation?

The earth-shattering six-layer Lightning Tribulation... had he actually passed through it just like that as the golden light faded?

But what Xiao Feng had not expected was that the seventh beam of golden light descended immediately afterward...

This cleansing by the golden light was vastly different from before. He did not know whether it was merely an illusion, but he felt that he had reached an entirely new level...

Whether Mystic Skills or Mystic Arts, they seemed to flow more smoothly...

And another Creation God Art that had stalled Xiao Feng for a long time finally broke through...

The Miracle of Life left behind by Lisa...

Xiao Feng had already cultivated the Miracle of Life to major completion, but he had always felt that one crucial condition was missing before perfection...

Yet beneath this heaven-bestowed Lightning Tribulation, it actually broke through, successfully cultivating the Miracle of Life to perfection...

And unchanged from before, another mark embedded itself within his mystic gate...

As the seventh layer of golden light dissipated, the eighth layer arrived as well.

Xiao Feng also sensed the difference in this golden light.

This time, the golden light no longer cleansed his body. Instead, it coursed through his mystic veins with all its strength...

At this moment, the sixth mark quietly appeared upon Xiao Feng's mystic gate, still located at the lower right of the previous one.

And when the eighth layer of golden light completely faded, the ninth layer was slow to arrive...

"An eight-layer Lightning Tribulation?" Xiao Feng murmured softly.

To be honest, eight layers had already exceeded Xiao Feng's previous assessment of himself...

Although he did not know why the "Lightning Tribulation" he had undergone differed so greatly from others', it... was enough!

When Ximen Qing in the distance saw that the golden-light Lightning Tribulation had finally stopped descending, he had just been about to step forward when a streak of white Lightning Tribulation suddenly surged in the heavens, filling him with terror!

White!

Before the Lightning Tribulation even struck the ground, the might it released made Ximen Qing's body uncontrollably want to prostrate itself...

This Lightning Tribulation landed extremely far away, yet merely being touched by its residual force made his entire body convulse and twitch uncontrollably...

Once the spasms faded, he hurriedly retreated.

"What exactly is going on?!" Ximen Qing snarled hatefully. Everything that had happened today was far beyond his understanding.

He was clearly undergoing tribulation, yet the tribulation lightning did not strike Xiao Feng—it actually struck him instead!

How was that fair? Was Xiao Feng the beloved son of the Heavenly Dao?!

As the white Lightning Tribulation descended, the ninth layer of golden light began to envelop Xiao Feng as well.

Still just as Xiao Feng expected, beneath this layer of golden light, the seventh mark appeared upon his mystic veins...

But something beyond Xiao Feng's expectations happened. The seventh mark actually appeared at the upper right of the sixth one!

The first six marks had followed the natural course, continuously imprinting themselves toward the lower right. But the seventh went against the flow. Rather than moving lower right according to the original pattern as Xiao Feng had expected, it defied that pattern and imprinted itself toward the upper right...

Defying the rules... rules were undoubtedly set by the Heavenly Dao. Would reversing the rules not mean defying heaven?

Xiao Feng's heart and soul were filled with confusion, but an even more shocking sight appeared: the marks actually began connecting to one another...

When they completely joined together, an extremely familiar term surfaced in Xiao Feng's mind—the Big Dipper...

Those seven connected marks actually formed the shape of the Big Dipper, with Alkaid at its peak!

As the marks linked together one after another, Xiao Feng's body developed a feeling of being connected to them by blood...

They seemed like a part of himself, something he could mobilize at any time...

Looking at the marks within his mystic veins that formed the Big Dipper...

Xiao Feng suddenly understood. He murmured, "Realm gates... the Evil God realm gates!"

For eighteen years, he had continuously tried to comprehend them, yet had never found the method. And now, beneath this heaven-bestowed ninefold tribulation, he had successfully comprehended it—the Evil God Art!

The Evil God Art was also part of the God-Demon Forbidden Canon.

In ancient times, there had been a total of eight supreme divine beings in the world. Four were called Creation Gods, while the other four were called Demon Emperors!

Their realm was a height no living being could reach even in an entire lifetime, because they were the first lives born from Chaos, derived from the Progenitor God's power...

Back then, the Progenitor God dispersed her life essence. Before she completely vanished, she imprinted part of her memories and power onto eight special fragments of life... These eight fragments would become the future four great Creation Gods and four great Demon Emperors.

Because they inherited most of the Progenitor God's power, their strength was likewise a height that later beings could never attain.

And... the Evil God Art was created by Ni Xuan, the Elemental Creation God, who fused it with Dark Eternal Tribulation, the dark Mystic Art of the Heavenly Tribulation Demon Emperor, one of the four great Demon Emperors!

Creation Gods and Demon Emperors were like light and darkness—mutually repelling opposites...

Thus, the birth of the Evil God Art was the fusion of a paradox, and what this paradoxical fusion produced...

Was a heaven-defying divine art capable of overturning the world's structure and understanding!

The Evil God Art possessed seven realm gates in total. Every realm gate that opened would cause the holder's mystic power to erupt, allowing them to challenge opponents beyond their level!

The golden light began to dissipate... and the World-Overturning Black Cloud finally stopped gathering, beginning to vanish alongside the gradually fading golden light.

The World-Overturning Black Cloud that represented the Heavenly Dao showed no reluctance, nor did it demand any "compensation" from Xiao Feng. It was like parents selflessly devoting themselves to their child...

As the golden light gradually went out, Xiao Feng's body slowly descended to the ground. At this moment, his injuries had completely healed.

The current him... was like one reborn!

His already fair skin was now as tender and smooth as that of a newborn infant...

Those black eyes, already bright and radiant, now carried a divine gleam like a lake in an immortal realm—ever more tranquil and peaceful—while within them lay a dreamlike black abyss that made others unconsciously sink into its depths...

His already handsome features now seemed to have been repeatedly refined by a meticulous craftsman, without the slightest flaw...

His aura made people want to approach and touch him, yet fear disturbing him...

His entire body seemed to have been bestowed with the Creator's utmost favor...

If the Heavenly Dao had granted this world three measures of grace and splendor,

Then Xiao Feng alone... possessed seven measures!

His deep black eyes gazed toward the sky as he spoke a heartfelt word of gratitude. "Thank you..."

"Whatever the reason for this, if you ever have need of me, I will not refuse even if it costs me my life!"

He received no response. Instead, what came was the urgent howl of a gale behind him...

As the World-Overturning Black Cloud in the sky gradually dispersed and the terrifying pressure of the Heavenly Dao weakened, Ximen Qing could no longer endure the "torment." His mystic power erupted instantly, and in the blink of an eye, he had arrived behind Xiao Feng.

Sensing the aura behind him, Xiao Feng withdrew his gaze and turned around. The instant he saw who had come, boundless hatred flooded his heart and soul.

"XI! MEN! QING!" Xiao Feng ground out furiously.

When Ximen Qing saw the reborn Xiao Feng, intense jealousy actually appeared in his eyes...

"Why... were you able to receive such a blessing?!"

Ximen Qing's voice was filled with unwillingness and jealousy. He paid no attention to Xiao Feng's teeth-gritting hatred, caring only about the blessing Xiao Feng had received.

He had personally buried the people of his city, slaughtered his own brothers and sisters, and even killed his biological father... all to obtain supreme power in the mystic path.

Yet Xiao Feng had merely undergone a God Tribulation Realm tribulation and had already nearly surpassed him. How much had he sacrificed to reach his current realm? Why did Xiao Feng... deserve this?!

Ximen Qing sensed the aura of mystic power circulating around Xiao Feng's body... Level ten of the God Monarch Realm. He was actually already at level ten of the God Monarch Realm!

Xiao Feng had crossed the God Spirit Realm, crossed the God King Realm, crossed the God Monarch Realm... nearly three major realms!

"Are! You! Worthy?!" Ximen Qing said through gritted teeth. The jealousy in his heart now was as intense as the hatred filling Xiao Feng's heart and soul!

Why? A mere God Tribulation Realm trash who had failed to break through for twelve years—how could he... become a God Monarch overnight?!

"Why are you like the Heavenly Dao's favored child, with even Heavenly Tribulation protecting you?!" Ximen Qing demanded, unable to understand.

"If not for that, you would have died by my hand long ago!" His jealousy was now completely undisguised!

"Why?" Xiao Feng's tone suddenly grew heavy. He involuntarily recalled the scenes of devastation in Flowing Wind City. Though his heart had been reborn anew, it still ached as sharply as before!

Qi Panjian's unyielding stance and Situ Yao's ethereal, childish voice... could now only live within his memories!

If they could return, he would rather become that piece of trash who could not break through the God Tribulation Realm even after twelve years!

The hatred that had long filled his heart and soul made him wish he could tear the man before him into eight pieces!

He spoke heavily to Ximen Qing. "Ximen Qing, I do not know about others, but someone like you, who slaughtered your own brothers and sisters for no reason, is absolutely unworthy!"

"Why..." Xiao Feng murmured softly, before his tone suddenly sharpened. "If you insist on asking why, then it is because of you, Ximen Qing!"

"You made my hatred reach the Heavenly Dao itself, making even it wish to slaughter you!"

"I would not dare claim to be the Heavenly Dao's favored child, but I dare say..."

"Heaven wants you dead!"

"Heaven wants me dead? Hahahaha..." Ximen Qing froze at first upon hearing Xiao Feng's words, then burst into disdainful laughter, as though he had heard the ridiculous words of an ignorant ant.

"Xiao Feng, you truly are absurdly arrogant. I admit that I am indeed jealous. Although I do not know why you received such a blessing, so what? You will still die by my hand, just like those people from Flowing Wind City, becoming stepping stones on my path to godhood!"

As his words fell, his mystic might erupted in full force—he was astonishingly at level three of the God Master Realm!

He said disdainfully, "Xiao Feng, you leaped through layer after layer of cultivation from the God Tribulation Realm and reached the God Monarch Realm, so you must be overflowing with confidence right now."

"Just as I was when I stood in the God Monarch Realm... but you have never reached the God Master Realm. You cannot understand the enormous chasm between the God Master Realm and the God Monarch Realm!"

"The gap between the God Monarch Realm and the God Master Realm is the difference between clouds and mud. Do you think that receiving some unknown blessing means you can contend against me?"

"I am telling you, I can... crush you to death with a wave of my hand!"

"You ant, who thinks that receiving a minor blessing makes you worthy of challenging me—good. Let me show you the unbridgeable gap between us, and while I am at it... kill you with my own hands once more!"

Boom—!

As his words fell, accompanied by an explosive roar, Ximen Qing unleashed his mystic power in full and charged straight toward Xiao Feng. The surrounding earth instantly collapsed and sank beneath the might of his God Master Realm aura...

Xiao Feng watched Ximen Qing rush toward him. With his God Master Realm mystic might fully unleashed, it was as though a towering Mount Tai had descended heavily upon Xiao Feng, making it impossible for him to move even an inch...

But now, there was no trace of unwillingness in his eyes. There was only the desperate urgency to tear Ximen Qing's tendons and strip his bones!

Within his mystic veins, the realm gate marking the position of Alkaid burst open...

First Realm Gate: Evil Soul—Open! "I originally wanted to use periods to sketch out the rough shape of the Big Dipper I mentioned for everyone, but every time I finished and saved it, the system automatically indented the first line by two spaces. It drove me crazy—I did it seven whole times!

Forget it, I gave up. If anyone is interested, just search for the Big Dipper and find the image with Alkaid at the highest point, though it does not affect the story if you do not.

The Big Dipper changes, you know..."