Chapter 13

Under the protection of the Netherworld, a tranquil Blood Sea Dam had formed where it met the Netherworld Blood Sea.

By comparison, Hun Wusheng and the Heart of the Earthly Path were like tiny specks of dust atop the dam.

Witnessing this scene, Hun Wusheng felt deeply aware of his own insignificance.

He exhaled, both fearful and yearning for the Primordial Wilderness ahead, and swore, "I, Hun Wusheng, will one day reach the pinnacle of the Primordial Wilderness."

Afterward, he and the Heart of the Earthly Path moved swiftly, for the longer they stayed there, the more dangerous it became.

Hun Wusheng manipulated his physical body out of the protection of the nether light and walked toward the Netherworld Blood Sea.

At the same time, he activated the Corpse Refining Secret Technique that he had long since mastered, causing it to circulate within his physical body.

As time passed, something astonishing happened.

The Negative Energy of the Netherworld Blood Sea, which originally corroded all things, seemed to sense something. It stopped targeting the nether light of the Heart of the Earthly Path and instead surged madly into the corpse refining **.

The corpse-refined body seemed to have been born specifically to bear this Negative Energy.

Under the unceasing corrosion of the Negative Energy, the markings on the corpse-refined body gradually disappeared, giving birth to an entirely new life form—the Corpse Dao Body.

This transformation marked the birth of an entirely new race in the Primordial World—the Corpse Clan!

Elsewhere, at the border between the Netherworld and the Netherworld Blood Sea, as Hun Wusheng's avatar continuously evolved into a Corpse Dao Body, the Split Soul Consciousness within it gradually grew stronger.

After countless years of accumulation, the split-soul will within Hun Wusheng's avatar was finally fully nurtured and began to awaken.

At this moment, Hun Wusheng discovered a wondrous phenomenon.

He could actually see through the split soul and perceive the conditions inside and outside the Corpse Clan's body.

His consciousness seemed to merge into the split soul, sensing a mysterious resonance.

Even more astonishingly, Hun Wusheng felt no rejection from this fusion. Instead, he felt as comfortable as a fish in water. It was not only the split soul—even his true body shared this sensation.

By comparing the split soul with his true body, Hun Wusheng finally grasped some of the split soul's mysteries.

As the primary body, he could actually share the split soul's origin, perceptions, insights, and even talents.

He sensed that the origin damaged earlier because of the split soul had not only fully recovered but had even increased by nearly half.

Even the Heart of the Earthly Path might not know about this discovery. After all, it had never cultivated the Soul Splitting Secret Technique.

This was also why so many Innate Divine Beings favored the method of splitting souls to form avatars.

The most astonishing aspect was the sharing of talents. Hun Wusheng had now inherited his avatar's affinity with Negative Energy.

Had the Heart of the Earthly Path not shielded him from the Negative Energy, it would have already fused with Hun Wusheng's true body.

As for what other abilities the split soul possessed, Hun Wusheng was still unaware.

After all, the current split-soul avatar was still being nurtured and concealed many mysteries.

This aroused Hun Wusheng's curiosity toward the great divine being who had created this secret technique.

But the thought merely flashed through his mind.

Afterward, the perceptions, memories, and insights from the avatar's transformation were all shared with Hun Wusheng, bringing him into a wondrous state of pseudo-enlightenment.

In this state, he comprehended the transformation between life and death, and death and life; the essence of the Netherworld Blood Sea's Negative Energy; and the mysteries of the true lineage of Corpse Dao creation.

Corpse Dao was, in truth, a transformation of gaining life from death—the transformation between yin and yang, life and death, among different forms of life.

This transformation still relied on the foundation accumulated before the transformation.

For example, Hun Wusheng's avatar still retained its comprehension of the Great Dao of Reincarnation, while the strength of its body still inherited the traits of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation.

In certain aspects, however, after transforming into the Corpse Clan, its Corpse Dao Body had become even stronger.

Moreover, this creation and derivation between life forms allowed Hun Wusheng's avatar to comprehend the power of creation contained in the transformation between life and death.

Relying on this power, his split soul nurtured the Innate Origin Ancestral Qi unique to Corpse Dao—the Tai Ming Vast Cavern Nethervoid True Unity Ancestral Qi.

It could be said that the nurturing of the origin of the Innate Corpse Dao Ancestral Qi symbolized the complete birth of the Corpse Clan Progenitor.

In an instant, the power of the Netherworld Blood Sea swept across countless great realms, causing the void to tremble.

As the True Name of the Great Dao reverberated, it proclaimed, "Chaos Reincarnation knows my former self; the Netherworld Blood Sea forges my corpse. Once I comprehend the meaning of reincarnation, today I shall know my true Dao."

"Today, I, the Progenitor of the Corpse Dao—Jiang Chen—am born!"

The originally violent Netherworld Blood Sea gradually grew calm. Wisps of Great Dao Profound Clarity Divine Light emerged, dyeing the blood sea in a color interwoven with dark nether and profound clarity.

Then, a gigantic, god-and-demon-like shadow emerged from the blood sea. The might of its palm was terrifying, and beneath the gaze of its blood-red eyes, which resembled the sun and moon, all things fell cold.

A delighted voice echoed through the void, seemingly unable to believe that the Corpse Dao avatar had been born successfully. "By a fortuitous combination of circumstances, this Corpse Dao avatar was successfully nurtured under the influence of the Netherworld Blood Sea. Even the Innate Ancestral Qi emerged before my Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi."

"By that reckoning, my Corpse Dao avatar can be called a high-grade Innate Divine Being born as an Immortal Venerable God, and its True Name of the Great Dao has also received the recognition of the Mother of the Great Dao."

Hun Wusheng's Corpse Dao avatar was already at the realm of an Immortal Venerable God upon birth.

This avatar originated from the remnant body of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation. Relying on its physical body alone, it was enough to rival an ordinary Grand Unity Venerable God.

The scale of Hun Wusheng's leap across realms was astonishing.

Even more wondrously, because of the influence of the Soul Splitting Secret Technique, although he was the progenitor of Corpse Dao, the authority, origin, and destiny of Corpse Dao were all added to Hun Wusheng's true body.

As long as his true body did not perish, his status as the progenitor of Corpse Dao would remain unshakable.

The special circumstances surrounding the nurturing of the Corpse Dao avatar also meant that even if the avatar fell, it could be nurtured anew with the help of the Netherworld Blood Sea.

To some extent, Hun Wusheng's Corpse Dao avatar was already equivalent to an Innate Divine Being nurtured by the Netherworld Blood Sea.

As long as its authority remained unaffected, it would be an eternally indestructible existence.

The connection between Hun Wusheng's true body and avatar had created a truly powerful existence.

Although his true body had yet to break through and become an Immortal Venerable God, Hun Wusheng himself did not mind at all. Instead, he was overjoyed.

"Good! Good! Good!"

He cheered repeatedly, expressing the delight in his heart.

Hun Wusheng cried out his approval three times in succession, his eyes shining as he stared at the place where the avatar was.

He muttered, "Nurturing this avatar consumed an enormous amount of strength. Now, I, Hun Wusheng, can be said to have gained a trump card against Innate Divine Beings."

Imagining that indestructible body, one comparable to a Grand Unity Venerable God, he was overwhelmed with joy. He felt that as long as his true body could remain alive, his chances of surviving eternally in the Primordial World would increase greatly.

Even if the avatar's Corpse Dao perished, as long as Hun Wusheng's main body survived, the destiny and authority of Corpse Dao would remain in his hands.

Through the Netherworld Blood Sea, he could even revive the avatar and make it an eternal existence.

This would become an important support for him in the future.

At this moment, Hun Wusheng sensed an indescribably terrifying power. His clenched fists seemed capable of crushing space.

He became completely immersed in it, unable to pull himself away, but in the end, reason overcame desire and calmed his excitement.

He exhaled. "This power is certainly wonderful, but in the end, it does not belong to me personally."

Yet he firmly believed, "One day, I, Hun Wusheng, will possess such powerful strength through my own abilities alone."

Even so, he would not leave this power unused. "Since the avatar has already given birth to its authority, let it travel through the Primordial Wilderness in my place from now on."

Aside from Innate Divine Beings above the level of Grand Unity Venerable Gods, there were already very few existences in the Primordial Wilderness capable of threatening him.

However, Hun Wusheng still had other important matters to handle.

He had only just nurtured this avatar, and it still needed to continue cultivating in the Netherworld Blood Sea for some time.

Afterward, the Corpse Dao avatar sank into silence once more and began absorbing the energy of the Netherworld Blood Sea to cultivate.

As the avatar fell silent, Hun Wusheng's consciousness returned to his true body.

Vast amounts of information flowed through the depths of his mind, merging with the information within himself.

As time passed, an indescribable comprehension emerged in his mind.

As Hun Wusheng's split soul, breaking through to become an Immortal Venerable God would naturally provide feedback to his true body.

After all, the sharing of the Soul Splitting Secret Technique was not empty talk.

The insights of an Immortal Venerable God instantly surged into the mind of the True God.

The changes he underwent were profound and unfathomable, far from something visible to the naked eye.

A mysterious energy suddenly appeared within Hun Wusheng's body. Like a seed nurturing a tender sprout, the Great Dao origin circulated like divine talismans.

Before Hun Wusheng could react, the sprout rapidly grew, breaking through the void and becoming a towering tree. Mysteries of the Ghost Dao blossomed across its trunk—this was the symbol of Hun Wusheng's Ghost Dao Origin.

As time passed, this Great Dao Origin Tree continuously produced new branches. Each branch flowed with unique divine talismans, encompassing such Daos as yin and yang, life and death, and reincarnation.

As a newly derived Great Dao, Corpse Dao was tightly connected to the main trunk of the Ghost Dao and should have merged into the Ghost Dao as one of its branches.

The Great Dao of Reincarnation, however, far surpassed Hun Wusheng's current cultivation realm, becoming the thickest branch on his Great Dao Origin Tree.

Hun Wusheng firmly believed that as his cultivation realm advanced, the main trunk of his Ghost Dao would gradually grow stronger and perhaps even surpass his comprehension of the Great Dao of Reincarnation.

At present, he was fully immersed in the Great Dao insights brought about by the avatar's feedback. The Ghost Dao Origin Tree continued to grow because of his comprehension, as though each branch were providing nourishment to the main trunk.

The branch representing the Great Dao of Reincarnation was especially like water surging through a breached floodgate, pouring into it furiously.

This strange scene was all witnessed by the Heart of the Earthly Path.

Hun Wusheng's fortune was astonishing, and his decisiveness was admirable.

Even the Heart of the Earthly Path was shaken by his performance.

Hun Wusheng had inherited part of the Reincarnation Law from the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation. Although it had known this for some time, the depth of his inheritance had exceeded its expectations.

Despite possessing some of those insights, he still chose to cultivate the Ghost Dao. His resolve was worthy of admiration.

The Heart of the Earthly Path was deeply gratified by Hun Wusheng's growth and decided to provide him with even more support.

At this moment, Hun Wusheng was devoting himself wholeheartedly to comprehending the Ghost Dao. His breakthrough had brought the Ghost Dao Origin to an entirely new level.

Time flowed on. After ten thousand years passed, Hun Wusheng finally achieved an Innate Divine Being's body and became the Progenitor of the Ghost Dao—Tai Ming.

His True Name of the Great Dao shook Heaven and Earth, and the Great Netherworld responded.

As Hun Wusheng's name rose, the Netherworld Origin Merit Light and the Great Dao Profound Clarity Divine Light interwove, bestowing blessings upon him.

Wherever the divine light passed, the corrosive power of the Netherworld Blood Sea merely brushed past him like a gentle breeze.

This was the might of an Innate Divine Being's True Name. Connected to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, it possessed boundless mysteries and embodied his authority.

The wind of the blood sea dissipated, and rays of light descended. The mysterious man gradually revealed his true appearance. He had delicate features, a slender figure, and black hair hanging to his waist.

His eyes seemed like the turning wheels of Heaven and Earth's reincarnation. He wore a black Ghost Dao robe patterned with ghost motifs, a Yin-Yang Ghost Jade at his waist, and held a Yin-Yang Ghost Staff in his hand. He stood upon Naihe Yellow Springs, while a powerful, frigid aura of the netherworld radiated from his body.

He was Hun Wusheng—now transformed into Tai Ming.

At this moment, Tai Ming's heart was filled with joy.

Since ascending to the Primordial World, after enduring the tempering of tens of thousands of Yuan Hui, he had transformed from the nameless nobody Hun Wusheng into the high-grade Innate Divine Being Tai Ming.

Although the path had been winding, the future was bright.

Tai Ming knew deeply that every Innate Divine Being was a treasure of the world, unique and unparalleled.

Even in the Primordial World, existences with such origins were exceedingly rare.

Top-grade Innate Divine Beings capable of surpassing him were rarer still.

Thinking of the future, Tai Ming's heart filled with emotion.

Only by letting go of the past could one better integrate into the future. Yet when he recalled his past experiences as Hun Wusheng, he felt as though he had passed through another lifetime.

Not far away, the divine being formed by the Heart of the Earthly Path quietly observed Tai Ming's transformation and reminded him, "You've come this far from being an insignificant nobody. I hope you remember the original intention you had today."