Su Ming ignored the shock of his two disciples and bent down to pick up the Five Elements Spirit Sword.
At that moment, the remnant soul imprint within the spirit sword had been completely erased, turning it into a truly ownerless object.
Su Ming extended his Divine Sense into it, and fragments of the Old Ancestor of Five Elements' memories from before his death surged into his mind like a tide.
Sure enough, just as he had expected, the Old Ancestor of Five Elements had indeed fought Demon Ancestor Luohu during the Dragon-Han Tribulation and ultimately died after being defeated.
But before his death, he had kept one card up his sleeve. He had entrusted a wisp of his remnant soul to his bonded spiritual treasure, the Five Elements Spirit Sword, and set up restrictions to guard the Dao Palace while waiting for someone fated to find it.
Unfortunately, the person he had been waiting for was not someone fated to meet him, but Su Ming, the Great Venerable of the Wu Clan!
Su Ming chuckled and sent a wisp of his own Primordial Spirit Imprint into the sword.
The Five Elements Spirit Sword let out a joyful sword cry. Its radiance burst forth, and it formed an intimate connection with him, as though they shared the same bloodline.
This Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure now belonged to him.
"Master, that person just now..." Kong Xuan finally recovered from his shock and asked cautiously.
"It was merely a remnant soul obsession of the Old Ancestor of Five Elements. Nothing to fear." Su Ming casually put away the spirit sword.
Now that the guardian had been dealt with, it was time to truly search for treasures.
The three of them passed through the front hall and soon arrived at the central hall, the core of the Dao Palace.
In the center of the hall was not some luxurious throne, but a meditation cushion. Quietly floating before it was a jade slip shimmering with multicolored light.
"This is... the inheritance of the Old Ancestor of Five Elements!" Golden-Winged Great Peng exclaimed.
The instant Kong Xuan's gaze touched the jade slip, the Five Elements bloodline within his body began to seethe uncontrollably!
He could sense that the Great Dao contained within the jade slip was incomparably compatible with his own origins!
Su Ming saw his longing and smiled faintly.
He understood. This was probably the true opportunity that had allowed Kong Xuan, in the original story, to cultivate himself into the foremost figure beneath the Saints.
With the foundation of a Chaos Demon God on the same level as Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng, the Old Ancestor of Five Elements' inheritance was practically tailor-made for Kong Xuan!
Su Ming swept his Divine Sense over the jade slip. The Great Five Elements Reincarnation Method and many other profound secret arts within it pointed directly toward the Primordial Great Dao.
An ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal would have gone mad with joy upon obtaining it.
But in Su Ming's eyes, it was beneath notice.
"The rotation of the Five Elements, one thing leading to another—everything has an end. How could it compare to my Great Dao of Chaos, which encompasses all things and is eternal and indestructible?"
His goal was to transform himself into chaos and refine a Chaos True Body!
The path of the Old Ancestor of Five Elements was ultimately too narrow.
"Kong Xuan, Golden Peng, this inheritance belongs to the two of you!"
Yin and yang complemented each other. The Five Elements had to unite with yin and yang, while yin and yang necessarily encompassed the Five Elements.
Golden Peng could cultivate this technique as well.
Su Ming flicked his finger, and the jade slip transformed into a streak of light that entered the brows of Kong Xuan and Golden Peng.
A massive stream of information instantly flooded their minds, and expressions of wild joy appeared on their faces.
They immediately sat down cross-legged and began digesting this tremendous opportunity.
Su Ming did not disturb them and continued exploring.
The Five Elements Dao Palace truly lived up to its reputation as the Dao Field of an ancient mighty figure. Aside from the core inheritance, the side halls and treasury also concealed quite a few good things.
There were more than a dozen Innate Spiritual Treasures. Although most were only low-grade or mid-grade, they would still be enough to cause a bloody storm in the outside world.
There were also mountains of Innate Spiritual Materials and spirit roots possessing various Five Elements attributes.
Su Ming showed no restraint. He took all the natural treasures with Five Elements attributes, along with the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, the Five Elements Fruit Tree, and put them all into his possession.
As for the dozen or so Innate Spiritual Treasures, he could not even be bothered to look at them twice. With a wave of his hand, he gave them all to Golden-Winged Great Peng, who was so delighted that he could barely close his mouth.
After completing all this, the entire Five Elements Dao Palace had practically been emptied.
Su Ming looked at Kong Xuan and Golden Peng, who were sitting cross-legged in meditation, then glanced at the abundance of Five Elements-origin treasures he had collected. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.
It was time to take that final step!
He sat down cross-legged.
With a thought, two supreme treasures appeared out of thin air.
One was the Universe Ruler, and the other was twelve Sea Calming Divine Beads radiating boundless treasure light!
"Today, I shall imitate Daoist Burning Lamp and open the Twelve Heavens within the Sea Calming Divine Beads!"
Holding the Universe Ruler, Su Ming lightly slashed at one of the Sea Calming Divine Beads!
"Rumble!"
As the ruler fell, heaven and earth split open!
Within that tiny bead, a vast and boundless Small World was instantly created!
Earth, fire, water, and wind surged, while yin and yang and the Five Elements emerged!
But this was not over yet!
Divine light surged in Su Ming's eyes. What he intended to do went far beyond this!
He took a deep breath. The terrifying physical and Primordial Spirit power of the Great Venerable of the Wu Clan erupted simultaneously, and an invisible force enveloped the entire area where the Five Elements Dao Palace stood!
"Rise!"
Accompanied by his low shout, the Dao Palace, which had existed for countless billions of years, began to shake violently!
Then, under Golden-Winged Great Peng's horrified gaze, it was forcibly uprooted from the void by an unimaginable force!
In the next moment, Su Ming flicked his wrist. The gateway to the newly opened Small World swung wide, and it actually swallowed the entire enormous Five Elements Dao Palace, along with the immortal island itself, in one bite!
From then on, this ancient Dao Field became his personal Cave Mansion!
After finishing all this, Su Ming let out a long breath. Looking at the Sea Calming Divine Bead in his hand, which had transformed into a Small World, he curved his lips into a satisfied smile.
"Rumble!"
Within the Sea Calming Divine Bead, the newly opened Small World shook violently.
The Five Elements Dao Palace that Su Ming had forcibly uprooted with supreme power, along with the entire Five Elements Valley, was swallowed by the Small World's gateway and then crashed heavily onto the newborn world's land.
For a moment, the earth shook and the mountains trembled, as though the scene of Sky Splitting were about to be reenacted!
But Su Ming's expression did not change. His Primordial Spirit power descended to suppress it, and he shouted sharply, "Still!"
With a single word, Words Manifested as Law!
The earth, fire, water, and wind that had just been raging violently instantly calmed, and the violently shaking land stabilized as well.
The Five Elements Dao Palace settled firmly in the center of the Small World, as though it had always belonged there.
What delighted Su Ming even more was that, as the Dao Palace merged into the world, the five Top-grade Five Elements Spiritual Veins that had been drawn in with it burrowed into the depths of the earth like five enormous dragons, completely merging with the Small World's Earth Vein.
"Buzz—"
In an instant, the spiritual energy density throughout the Small World soared!
The world, which had initially seemed somewhat desolate, began to fill with greenery at a visible rate. Between the mountains, rivers, and streams, Five Elements Spiritual Energy interwove and circulated, transforming into resplendent clouds. The entire world was filled with vigorous life.
This Small World had come alive!
Just then, a cold mechanical voice rang out in Su Ming's mind.
[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully opened and integrated a Dao Field, activating a special entry: Small World Dao Field!] [World Dao Field levels: Small World, Lesser Thousand Worlds, Middle Thousand Worlds, Great Thousand Worlds, Primordial World, Chaos World, Primordial World!] [Current Dao Field level: Small World!] [Special ability activated: Time Acceleration!] [The flow of time within this Small World Dao Field is ten times faster than in the outside world!]
Ten times the flow of time!
Su Ming's breathing paused slightly, and unprecedented brilliance erupted in his eyes.
Ten times!
What did that mean?
One year in the outside world would be ten years of cultivation for him within this Small World!
For the Primordial Wilderness, where the Tribulation was about to begin and time was of the essence, this was practically a heaven-defying divine technique capable of changing fate!
He had originally been troubled by the Wu Clan's lack of Primordial Spirits, which prevented them from comprehending the Heavenly Dao and left their cultivation speed far behind that of the demon race.
But with this tenfold time flow, everything would be different!
He could completely open up an area here and have the Wu Clan warriors enter it, using ten times the time to temper their bodies and cultivate the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art!
When that time came, what sort of terrifying explosive growth would the Wu Clan's strength undergo?
Su Ming's heart surged with excitement.
He seemed to have already seen the scene of billions of Wu Clan warriors who had cultivated the Pangu True Body sweeping across the Primordial Wilderness and remaining invincible wherever they went!
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