Chapter 20

Drawing in the essence of the Great Dao's source, absorbing the energy of the cosmos—I am the Dao, and the Dao is me.

Body and spirit merge with the Dao, born from the mysteries of Qi Body Source Flow.

This Nine Transformations of the Source, built upon the foundation of the Ghost Dao, expands further.

Unlike before, when merely deriving a few branch veins of the Ghost Dao reached the limit, Tai Ming can now accommodate far more branch veins.

With the refinement of the Nine Transformations of the Source system, the potential of Tai Ming's Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao is limitless, surpassing his own imagination.

Under Tai Ming's deduction, the perfection of any single transformation can elevate the Ghost Dao to rival an Innate Great Dao.

For instance, at the pinnacle of the Transformation of the Heart, Tai Ming's heart-mind power can reflect the chaos of the cosmos, forming Tai Xu and knowing the hearts of All Beings.

When the Transformation of Wisdom is perfected, Tai Ming can instantly analyze the Three Thousand Great Daos, leaving nothing in the world unknown.

When the transformations of Will, Emotion, Dao Nature, True Spirit, Transcendence, and the Infinite are perfected, Tai Ming will manifest different divine powers.

When all nine transformations are complete, only the supreme Mother of the Great Dao can compare.

As time passes, Tai Ming's Nine Transformations of the Source gradually refine, and the framework of his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao is largely complete.

Now, Tai Ming has half-stepped into the realm beyond the Innate Divine Beings of the Primordial World, and his Dao body has completely eliminated all flaws, becoming the Innate Primordial Chaos Qi Ghost Body.

Innate, supreme and venerable; Postnatal, with boundless potential.

Tai Ming's body, previously manifested as an advanced Innate Divine Being's Dao body, has now ascended to the pinnacle of Innate Divine Being Dao bodies.

This transformation does not rely on the forced stimulation of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's source but is a perfect alignment with his own being.

Now, Tai Ming no longer needs external forces to prove the strength of his Ghost Dao.

Now, Tai Ming has merged the Innate and Postnatal Ghost Daos into one, forming the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao.

As time passes, the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao can evolve on its own, eventually even surpassing the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Its essence, the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi, is formless and imageless. As long as it is not extinguished, even if Tai Ming falls, he can reshape his body through the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao and manifest again in the Primordial World.

Unless someone can completely eradicate his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao, Tai Ming can be said to be immortal and indestructible.

When Tai Ming can use the Nine Transformations of the Source to elevate the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao to the level of the Mother of the Great Dao, he will transcend the realm of Dao Lord and truly attain the Dao.

At this moment, Tai Ming returns to Mount Sumeru Divine Mountain, where his Innate Primordial Chaos Qi Ghost Body resides.

No one notices that in this brief time, Tai Ming has undergone a earth-shattering transformation.

His cultivation realm has merged into the Nine Transformations of the Source. Though he now has no cultivation level, by employing any one of the Nine Transformations of the Source, he can handle all beings below the Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

He even has the confidence to contend with ordinary Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

Feeling the surging power within his body, Tai Ming's heart swells with pride.

After countless Yuan Hui of cultivation in the Primordial World, he now finally has the means to protect himself.

Next, he will continue to refine the Nine Transformations of the Source, and at the same time, he is qualified to participate in some things he has always dreamed of.

A soft laugh escapes Tai Ming's lips as he begins to conceal all his aura, hiding the main body of the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi deep within the Purple Mansion's obscurity.

The Transformation of Dao Nature within Tai Ming's Nine Transformations of the Source now descends upon him, the power of the Transformation of Self empowering him.

The Nine Divine Rings of the Great Dao behind his head are hidden, leaving only the divine ring representing Dao Nature and Self shining brilliantly.

Then, from the Self Divine Ring, the Dao resonance of the Great Freedom True Demon and the Great Freedom Pure Land manifests.

With Tai Ming's breakthrough, the power of the two Ghost Dao branch veins he comprehended has also reached the Indestructible Grand Unity Venerable God realm.

Now, these two powers manifest as two Grand Unity Divine Demons, each occupying a realm within Tai Ming's divine ring, their strength sufficient to handle most Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

Tai Ming's ghostly purple eyes open slightly as he senses his current Innate Primordial Chaos Qi Ghost Body, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

Though only at the early Grand Unity stage, the essence of his power has half a foot in the Grand Unity realm, over a hundred thousand times stronger than before his breakthrough.

In the Primordial World, he is second only to those Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

With the refinement of the Transformation of Self, his power will continue to rise, soon reaching the level of a Grand Unity Venerable God.

Though his cultivation realm is insufficient, he has already surpassed countless others.

Next, Tai Ming turns his attention to the movements of the three factions in the Western Land.

He has already incarnated the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao and set foot on the path of incarnating the Dao, but the fastest way to refine the Nine Transformations of the Source within him is to absorb the power of other Dao veins.

Thus, the coming great war will ignite the hidden Dao veins.

For Tai Ming, the battlefield will become a paradise for growth.

So he steps out of his secluded cultivation site, his gaze fixed on the Western Land beyond Mount Sumeru.

In the Western Land of the Primordial World, ever since the three factions stood in opposition, the Demonic Dao, Mount Sumeru, and the Western White Tiger Divine Race have been continuously reinforcing their troops and preparing for war. Small skirmishes never cease, and great battles never end.

Yet the three overlords—Luohu, the Ascetic Monk, and the White Tiger Divine Venerable—have vanished, secretly plotting something unknown.

In truth, the struggle in the Western Land lies among the Immortal, Grand Unity, and Grand Unity Venerable Gods of the three factions.

Luohu and the others will not act lightly; the main battles are fought among these powerhouses, while those below are mere cannon fodder.

During Tai Ming's seclusion, many Grand Unity Venerable Gods have already fallen among the various factions.

The Grand Unity Venerable Gods have yet to appear, for they represent eternal time and space and boundless freedom.

Even in the Primordial Era, a supreme innate divine being like Demon Ancestor Rahu would not lightly deploy a Grand Unity Venerable God.

Every Grand Unity Venerable God represents the true upper echelon of any faction; their deployment often signals that a war has reached a critical stage.

This rule is recognized by all major powers in the Primordial Era, and any attempt to break it would offend every faction at once.

Because if a Grand Unity Venerable God were to strike at lower-level beings, the outcome would be all but certain—such an act would be utterly meaningless.

In a divine pure land on Mount Sumeru, a gray-robed divine being was ** cultivating bitterly beneath the Enlightenment Bodhi tree.

Not far away, a chaotic lotus stamen seemed to sense something, resonating strangely with the gray-robed divine being.

At that moment, the divine being seemed to perceive something. He opened his eyes and looked toward a certain part of Mount Sumeru, the timing coinciding precisely with Tai Ming's emergence from seclusion.

"So it's this little one who broke through—quite a pleasant surprise."

Sensing the newly risen branch vein of the Buddha path and the surge in fortune that followed, the Nameless Ascetic Monk's eyes flickered with astonishment.

Behind him, a Buddha Shadow flickered faintly and vanished.

If Tai Ming were here, he would be shocked to find that the Buddha Shadow was steeped in the aura of the Great Freedom Pure Land Ghost Dao—and that aura far surpassed Tai Ming's own.

Yet, as a flash of black light passed through the monk's eyes, the Buddha Shadow instantly dissipated.

The Nameless Ascetic Monk's expression shifted, and he immediately mobilized the Thirty-Three Colored Glazed Buddha Light around him, as if countering something.

It was a long while before he regained his composure.

"Rahu's Demonic Dao is so troublesome."

The Nameless Ascetic Monk thought to himself, "At this critical juncture, I must quickly dispose of that power, or else..."

Recalling certain matters, a deep wariness surfaced in his eyes.

Meanwhile.

In the Western lands, an invisible force roamed, as if detecting some sign.

Demon Ancestor Rahu, who governs the Demonic Dao, muttered to himself, "The chess piece I placed has borne unexpected fruit—curious."

He added, "That little chess piece didn't bite the bait we set. Very interesting."

His few words hinted at information regarding certain matters.

He then lightly flicked his finger, and a seal brimming with powerful demonic energy shattered instantly, its surface flowing with the aura of Tai Ming's Great Freedom True Demon Ghost Dao.

Judging by the aura that leaked out, its power far exceeded Tai Ming's original Great Freedom True Demon Ghost Dao.

A testament to the fearsome strength of the top-tier Mighty Beings of the Primordial Era.

If Tai Ming had failed to withstand the ** and chosen either of the two Great Freedom Demon Buddha paths as the core of his Ghost Dao, he would likely have fallen into their hands by now, with even his Ghost Dao Authority possibly seized.

But Tai Ming endured the trial and escaped disaster.

The Ghost Dao, now reestablished with a new core, had lost much of its value to the Demon Buddha Paths.

When the schemes of the ascetic monk and Rahu fell through, Tai Ming, who had just learned the current state of the Western Great War, seemed to sense something as well.

Two powerful auras surged from his divine ring. The Great Freedom True Demon and the Great Freedom Pure Land Buddha, which had previously carried the aura of the Demon Buddha Paths, seemed to gain true sentience, their original demonic and Buddhist energies vanishing without a trace.

Seeing this, Tai Ming's expression shifted drastically as he realized he had been schemed against by a Primordial Era Supreme Expert.

"They let me steal the essence of the Demon Buddha Paths so easily back then, only to trap me."

Fate had long marked the price for sudden gifts.

The Postnatal Great Daos bearing the imprints of supreme experts could not be so easily usurped.

Without unwavering will and great fortune, he would have already fallen under their control.

Once his thoughts settled, Tai Ming gazed at the two perfected branch streams of the Ghost Dao.

Though shaken, he also found some solace.

He took a deep breath and muttered to himself, "It seems I still need to strengthen my inner resolve. In similar situations, I must think thrice before acting."

Though he had lost the fortune of the Demon Buddha Paths, he had gained two branch vein incarnations fully under his control—a gain amidst the loss.

These two Dao Vein Incarnations had cost him little effort or resources, yet they helped him grasp some of the essence of the Demon Buddha Paths.

It felt like picking up someone else's lost property on the road; even if you eventually return it, you still get some reward.

Thus, Tai Ming's mood brightened—after all, no one dislikes a windfall.

Afterward, Tai Ming completely severed ties with the fortune of the Demon Buddha Paths. He realized he was no longer a key piece, and Mount Sumeru was no place to linger.

To avoid the risk of the Nameless Ascetic Monk changing his mind, he chose to leave Mount Sumeru while he could.

The moment he left, he felt an unprecedented lightness and freedom.

Tai Ming's figure vanished from the spot, and every trace of Dao energy and spiritual mechanism disappeared without a trace.

Thanks to the nature of his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao, he could easily merge into the Primordial Chaos One Qi force between heaven and earth.

This force embraces all phenomena and transcends everything, making Tai Ming's existence difficult to detect.

At this moment, he was truly Great Freedom!

Tai Ming had been gone for a Yuan Hui when the Nameless Ascetic Monk of Mount Sumeru ended his seclusion and began dispatching Pure Land Buddhist Disciples en masse to convert practitioners of the Demonic Dao.

The once-united Demon Buddha Paths turned on each other.

Stranger still, the Demon Ancestor Rahu seemed unconcerned by this, allowing Mount Sumeru's actions to proceed unchecked.

Seeing this, the White Tiger Divine Race in the Land of the Far West chose silence, planning to watch from the sidelines as the two paths bled each other dry, then swoop in to claim the spoils.

But neither Mount Sumeru nor the Demon Ancestor Rahu would let the White Tiger Divine Race have their way.

Another Yuan Hui later, the Demon Buddha Paths, which had been locked in conflict, suddenly joined forces to attack the White Tiger Divine Race, catching them off guard and inflicting heavy losses.

This ultimately sparked a great war involving the White Tiger Divine Venerable, Rahu, and the Ascetic Monk—its outcome unknown, raging on into the hundredth Yuan Hui.

The White Tiger Divine Race, like kindled wildfire, struck out aggressively, challenging foes on all fronts.

The Western Land was swept into utter chaos, with battles erupting every single day.

Amid the flames of war, hidden powers emerged from the shadows, fueling the turmoil further.

Sometimes, even a single glance or a careless word would trigger a cataclysmic battle.