Chapter 13

Under the shelter of the Netherworld, a calm Blood Sea Dam formed at the point of contact with the Netherworld Blood Sea.

In comparison, Hun Wusheng and the Heart of the Earthly Path were like tiny specks of dust on that dam.

Witnessing this, Hun Wusheng felt deeply his own insignificance.

He let out a breath, both fearful and yearning for the Primordial Wilderness before him, and swore an oath: "I, Hun Wusheng, will one day ascend to the pinnacle of the Primordial Wilderness."

Then, he and the Heart of the Earthly Path moved swiftly, for the longer they lingered here, the greater the danger.

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

At the same time, he activated the Corpse Refining Secret Technique, which he had long since memorized, letting it circulate within his body.

As time passed, something astonishing occurred.

The Negative Energy of the Netherworld Blood Sea, which had originally corroded all things, seemed to sense something and no longer targeted the dim light of the Heart of the Earthly Path. Instead, it surged madly into the corpse being refined.

The corpse's body seemed inherently designed to bear this Negative Energy.

Under the constant erosion of Negative Energy, the marks on the corpse gradually vanished, giving birth to a new form of life—the Corpse Dao Body.

This transformation marked the birth of a new race in the Primordial Wilderness—the Corpse Clan!

On the other side, at the boundary 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 grew stronger.

After countless years of accumulation, the Split Soul will within Hun Wusheng's avatar finally completed its gestation and began to awaken.

At this moment, Hun Wusheng discovered a wondrous phenomenon.

He could now see through the Split Soul into the inner and outer conditions of the Corpse Clan's body.

His consciousness seemed to merge into the Split Soul, experiencing a miraculous resonance.

Even more astonishing, this fusion brought no sense of rejection to Hun Wusheng; instead, it felt as natural as a fish in water—not only for the Split Soul but also for his main body.

By comparing the Split Soul with his main body, Hun Wusheng finally grasped some of the mysteries of the Soul Splitting Secret Technique.

As the main entity, he could actually share the Split Soul's origin, perception, insight, and even talent.

He sensed that the origin, which had been damaged by the Split Soul before, had not only fully recovered but had nearly doubled in strength.

This discovery might have eluded even the Heart of the Earthly Path, as it had never cultivated the Soul Splitting Secret Technique.

This was also why many Innate Divine Beings favored the method of split soul avatars.

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

If not for the Heart of the Earthly Path shielding the Negative Energy, it would have already merged with Hun Wusheng's main body.

As for what other abilities the Split Soul possessed, Hun Wusheng was still unclear.

After all, the current Split Soul avatar was still gestating, hiding many secrets.

This made Hun Wusheng curious about the great divine being who had created this secret technique.

But this thought only flickered through his mind.

Then, the perceptions, memories, and insights of transformation within the avatar were all shared with Hun Wusheng, plunging him into a strange state of pseudo-enlightenment.

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

The Corpse Dao was essentially a transformation from death to life, a shift between yin and yang, life and death in the form of life.

This transformation was still based on the foundation before the change.

For example, Hun Wusheng's avatar retained its insights into the Great Dao of Reincarnation, and its physical strength still inherited the traits of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation.

In some respects, after transforming into a Corpse Clan member, its Corpse Dao Body became even more powerful.

Moreover, this life-to-life creation allowed Hun Wusheng's avatar to comprehend the creative force between life and death transformation.

With this power, his Split Soul nurtured a unique Innate Origin Ancestral Qi belonging solely to the Corpse Dao—the Tai Ming Hun Dong You Wu Zhen Yi Ancestral Qi.

Thus, born from the origin of the innate Corpse Dao Ancestral Qi, this 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 resounded: "Chaos reincarnation knows the past life, Netherworld Blood Sea forges the corpse body; once enlightened on reincarnation's meaning, today I know my true Dao."

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

The once violent Netherworld Blood Sea gradually calmed, emitting strands of Great Dao Profound Clarity Divine Light, the sea dyed in interwoven shades of dark gloom and profound clarity.

Then, a giant shadow like a God or Devil emerged from the Blood Sea, its palm's might chilling to behold, and a pair of blood-red eyes like sun and moon struck fear into all things under their gaze.

A joyful voice echoed through the void, seemingly amazed at the smooth birth of the Corpse Dao avatar: "By a stroke of fate, this Corpse Dao avatar was smoothly nurtured under the influence of the Netherworld Blood Sea, and even the innate Ancestral Qi was born before my Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi."

"By this reckoning, my Corpse Dao avatar can be considered a high-level Innate Divine Being of the Immortal Venerable God rank, and the True Name of the Great Dao has been acknowledged by the Mother of the Great Dao."

Hun Wusheng's Corpse Dao avatar was born at the Immortal Venerable God realm.

This avatar, derived from the remnant body of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation, could rival an ordinary Grand Unity Venerable God with its physical body alone.

The leap in Hun Wusheng's level was astonishing.

Even more miraculous, due to the influence of the Soul Splitting Secret Technique, although he was the Progenitor of the Corpse Dao, the authority, origin, and fortune of the Corpse Dao were all bestowed upon Hun Wusheng's main body.

As long as the main body remained undestroyed, his position as the Progenitor of the Corpse Dao was unshakable.

The Corpse Dao avatar's unique gestation also meant that even if the avatar fell, it could be reborn through the Netherworld Blood Sea.

To some extent, Hun Wusheng's Corpse Dao avatar had already become equivalent to an Innate Divine Being born from the Netherworld Blood Sea.

As long as its authority remained intact, it was an eternal and indestructible existence.

The connection between Hun Wusheng's main body and his avatar had forged a truly formidable being.

Although his main body had yet to break through to become an Immortal Venerable God, Hun Wusheng himself was not the least bit bothered—on the contrary, he was overjoyed.

"Good! Good! Good!"

He cheered repeatedly, expressing the delight in his heart.

Hun Wusheng clapped three times in succession, his gaze blazing as he fixed his eyes on the place where the avatar resided.

He murmured to himself: "To have nurtured this avatar has cost me a great deal of power, but now I, Hun Wusheng, finally have a trump card to deal with Innate Gods."

Imagining that indestructible, deathless physical body, comparable to a Grand Unity Venerable God, his heart surged with wild elation. He felt that as long as his main body could survive, his chances of enduring long in the Primordial World had greatly increased.

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

Through the Netherworld Blood Sea, he could even resurrect the avatar, making it an eternal being.

This would become a crucial pillar of support for him in the future.

At this moment, Hun Wusheng sensed an indescribably terrifying power; his clenched fists felt as though they could crush space itself.

He was lost in it, unable to pull himself away, but in the end, reason overcame desire, and he calmed his agitated emotions.

He let out a breath. "This power is fine, but in the end, it doesn't truly belong to me."

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

Even so, he would not let this power lie idle. "Since the avatar has already birthed authority, from now on, let it walk the Primordial World in my stead."

Aside from Innate Divine Beings above the Grand Unity Venerable God level, there were now few in the Primordial World who could pose a threat to him.

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

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

With that, the Corpse Dao avatar sank back into stillness, beginning to absorb the energy of the Netherworld Blood Sea for cultivation.

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

A vast torrent of information flowed through the depths of his mind, merging with his own knowledge.

As time passed, an indescribable enlightenment took shape in his thoughts.

As a split soul of Hun Wusheng, the avatar's breakthrough to become an Immortal Venerable God would naturally feed back to the main body.

After all, the sharing effect of the Soul Splitting Secret Technique was no empty promise.

The insights of an Immortal Venerable God surged into the mind of a True God in an instant.

The transformation he underwent was profound beyond measure, far from what the naked eye could perceive.

Suddenly, a mysterious energy appeared within Hun Wusheng's body, like a seed sprouting a tender shoot, with the origin of the Great Dao flowing like divine runes.

Before Hun Wusheng could react, the tender shoot grew rapidly, breaking through the void to become a towering tree. Its trunk bloomed with the mysteries of the Ghost Dao—this was the symbol of Hun Wusheng's Ghost Dao Origin.

As time passed, this Great Dao Origin Tree continuously spawned Branch Veins, each flowing with unique divine runes, covering multiple paths such as Yin-Yang, Life and Death, and Reincarnation.

The Corpse Dao, as a newly derived Great Dao, was tightly linked to the Ghost Dao's main trunk and should have merged into it as a branch.

The Great Dao of Reincarnation, however, far exceeded 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 improved, his Ghost Dao main trunk would gradually grow stronger, even surpassing his comprehension of the Great Dao of Reincarnation.

For now, he was immersed in the Great Dao insights fed back by his avatar. The Ghost Dao Origin Tree grew ever stronger with his understanding, as though each branch were providing nutrients to the main trunk.

The branch of the Great Dao of Reincarnation, in particular, poured forth like water bursting through a sluice gate.

This extraordinary scene did not escape the notice of the Heart of the Earthly Path.

Hun Wusheng's fortune was astonishing, and his decisive demeanor was breathtaking.

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. Though the Heart of the Earthly Path had long known this, the depth of it exceeded expectations.

Faced with such partial insights, he still chose to cultivate the Ghost Dao—a resolve that commanded admiration.

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

At this moment, Hun Wusheng was wholly devoted to comprehending the Ghost Dao. His breakthrough elevated the Ghost Dao Origin to an entirely new level.

As time flowed on, ten thousand years passed, and Hun Wusheng finally achieved the status of an Innate Divine Being, becoming the Progenitor of the Ghost Dao—Tai Ming.

His True Name of the Great Dao shook heaven and earth, and the Great Netherworld responded in kind.

As the name Hun Wusheng arose, the Netherworld Origin Merit Light and the Great Dao Profound Clarity Divine Light intertwined, bestowing blessings upon him.

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

Such was the might of an Innate Divine Being's True Name—connecting to the Great Dao of heaven and earth, profound and boundless, manifesting its authority.

The wind of the Blood Sea dissipated, and rosy clouds scattered down. The mysterious man gradually revealed his true form: a refined face, a slender build, and ink-black hair cascading to his waist.

His eyes spun like the reincarnation of heaven and earth, clad in an ink-black ghost-patterned Daoist robe, a Yin-Yang Ghost Jade at his waist, a Yin-Yang Ghost Staff in hand, and treading upon Naihe Yellow Springs, his entire being radiating a fierce, icy aura.

He was none other than Hun Wusheng, now transformed into Tai Ming.

At this moment, Tai Ming was filled with joy.

Since ascending to the Primordial World, after countless Yuan Hui of tempering by time, he had evolved from the nameless nobody Hun Wusheng into the advanced Innate Divine Being, Tai Ming.

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

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

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

Those top-tier Innate Divine Beings who could surpass him were even fewer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

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

Only by letting go of the past could he better merge into the future, but recalling his days as Hun Wusheng, he felt as if an entire lifetime had passed.

Not far away, the divine being born from the Heart of the Earthly Path quietly observed Tai Ming's transformation and reminded him, "You have come this far from an insignificant brat. I hope you remember the original intent you hold today."