Chapter 20

I absorbed the essence of the Great Dao's origin and took in the energy of the universe. I was the Dao, and the Dao was me.

My body, divine soul, and the Dao merged together, reborn from the mysteries of the Qi-State Origin-Flow.

These Nine Transformations of the Source were founded on the foundation of the Ghost Dao and expanded upon it.

Unlike before, when deriving only a few Ghost Dao branches was enough to reach the limit, Tai Ming could now accommodate many more branches.

As the Nine Transformations of the Source system became more complete, Tai Ming's Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao revealed limitless potential, surpassing his own imagination.

Under Tai Ming's deductions, the perfection of any single transformation could make the Ghost Dao comparable to an Innate Great Dao.

For example, once the Transformation of the Heart reached its pinnacle, Tai Ming's power of the heart could reflect the chaos of the universe, forming Tai Xu and knowing the hearts of all living beings.

When the Transformation of Wisdom reached completion, Tai Ming could analyze the Three Thousand Great Daos in an instant and know everything in the world.

When the transformations of will, emotion, Dao nature, True Spirit, Transcendence, and Wuji reached completion, Tai Ming would gain different divine abilities.

Once all nine transformations reached completion, only the supreme Mother of the Great Dao could compare with him.

As time passed, Tai Ming's Nine Transformations of the Source gradually became complete, and the framework of his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao was roughly finished.

At this moment, Tai Ming had taken half a step into the realm of the Primordial World's Innate Divine Beings who had transcended it. His Dao body had completely eliminated all flaws and become an Innate Primordial Chaos Qi Ghost Body.

It was innate, supreme and sovereign; yet it was also postnatal, with limitless potential.

Tai Ming's body had previously displayed the Dao body of an advanced Innate Divine Being. Now, it had been elevated to the level of a top-tier Innate Divine Being's Dao body.

This transformation did not rely on the forced germination brought about by the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's origin. Instead, it was the manifestation of a perfect fit with his own nature.

At this moment, Tai Ming no longer needed to borrow external forces to prove the strength of his Ghost Dao.

Tai Ming had now fused the innate and postnatal Ghost Daos into one, forming the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao.

As time passed, the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao could evolve on its own and might eventually even surpass the Three Thousand Great Daos.

His true body—the Ancestral Qi of the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao—was formless and shapeless. As long as it did not perish, even if Tai Ming fell, he could use the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao to recreate his body and manifest once more in the Primordial World.

Unless someone could completely erase his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao, Tai Ming could be said to be deathless and indestructible.

Once Tai Ming could 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 would surpass the realm of the Dao Lord and truly attain the Dao.

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

No one noticed that, in this brief period, earth-shaking changes had taken place within Tai Ming.

His cultivation realm had merged into the Nine Transformations of the Source. Although he now possessed no cultivation, using any single transformation from the Nine Transformations of the Source was enough to deal with any existence below the Grand Unity Venerable God realm.

He was even confident that he could contend with an ordinary Grand Unity Venerable God.

Feeling the powerful strength surging through his body, Tai Ming's heart swelled with pride.

After countless Yuan Hui of cultivation in the Primordial World, he finally possessed the strength to protect himself.

Next, he would continue perfecting the Nine Transformations of the Source. At the same time, he was finally qualified to participate in some of the matters he had always dreamed of.

A soft chuckle escaped Tai Ming's lips. He began reining in all his aura, concealing the Ancestral Qi of his main body's Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao within the obscurity of his Purple Mansion.

The Transformation of Dao Nature from the Nine Transformations of the Source descended upon Tai Ming, while the power of the Self Transformation strengthened him.

The Nine Divine Rings of the Great Dao behind his head vanished from sight, leaving only the divine ring representing Dao nature and the Self shining brightly.

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

With Tai Ming's breakthrough, the powers of the two Ghost Dao branches he had comprehended also reached the realm of the Indestructible Grand Unity Venerable God.

At this moment, those two powers transformed into two Grand Unity Divine Demons. They each occupied a region within Tai Ming's divine ring, and their strength was enough to deal with most Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

Tai Ming's deep violet eyes opened slightly. As he sensed this Innate Primordial Chaos Qi Ghost Body, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Although he was only in the early Grand Unity stage, the essence of his power had already taken half a step into the Grand Unity realm. Compared with before his breakthrough, he was more than a hundred thousand times stronger.

Within the Primordial World, he was second only to the Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

As the Self Transformation became more complete, his power would continue to rise. Before long, it would reach the level of a Grand Unity Venerable God.

Although his cultivation realm was insufficient, he had already surpassed countless others.

Next, Tai Ming focused on the movements of the three factions in the Western Land.

He had already transformed into the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao and embarked upon the Path of the Great Dao of incarnation. However, the fastest way to perfect the Nine Transformations of the Source within him was to absorb the power of other Dao veins.

Therefore, the coming war would set off the Dao veins hidden in the shadows.

To Tai Ming, the battlefield would become a paradise for growth.

Thus, he left his secluded cultivation site and looked toward the Western Land outside Mount Sumeru.

Since the three factions had begun confronting one another, the Western Land of the Primordial Wilderness had seen the Demonic Dao, Mount Sumeru, and the Western White Tiger Divine Race constantly deploying reinforcements and preparing for war. Small battles erupted without cease, and major conflicts followed one after another.

Yet the three Great Hegemons—Luohu, Ascetic Monk, and White Tiger Divine Venerable—had disappeared, and no one knew what they were plotting in secret.

In reality, the struggle in the Western Land lay among the Immortal, Grand Unity, and Grand Unity Venerable God experts of the three factions.

Luohu and the others would not act lightly. The main body of the war was the contest between these experts, while the battles beneath them could only be considered cannon fodder.

During Tai Ming's seclusion, quite a few Grand Unity Venerable Gods had already fallen among the various forces.

The Grand Unity Venerable Gods had yet to appear. They represented eternal spacetime and boundless freedom.

Even in the Primordial World, Innate Divine Being Supreme Beings like Luohu did not dare easily mobilize Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

Every Grand Unity Venerable God was a true upper echelon figure of any faction. Their deployment often meant that the war had reached a crucial stage.

This rule had been acknowledged by all the great factions of the Primordial World. Any attempt to break it would offend every faction at once.

Because if a Grand Unity Venerable God attacked a low-level existence, the result would be virtually free of suspense. Such an action would be utterly meaningless.

In a wondrous Pure Land within Mount Sumeru, a Gray-robed Divine Being was ** painstakingly cultivating beneath Enlightenment Bodhi.

Not far away, a Chaotic Lotus Stamen seemed to sense something and entered into a strange resonance with the Gray-robed Divine Being.

At this moment, the Divine Being seemed to notice something. He opened his eyes and looked toward a certain place on Mount Sumeru, precisely when Tai Ming emerged from seclusion.

"So it was this little fellow who broke through. He actually brought me quite a surprise."

Sensing the newly risen branch of the Buddhist Dao and the fortune that had grown along with it, surprise flashed through Nameless Ascetic Monk's eyes.

A Buddha Shadow flickered hazily behind him.

If Tai Ming had been there, he would surely have been shocked to discover that the Buddha Shadow was permeated with the aura of the Great Freedom Pure Land Ghost Dao—and that aura far surpassed Tai Ming's own.

However, as a flash of black light passed through his eyes, the Buddha Shadow instantly vanished.

Nameless Ascetic Monk's expression changed. He immediately mobilized the Thirty-Three Colored Glazed Buddha Light surrounding him, seemingly responding to something.

Only after a long while did he regain his calm.

"Luohu's Demonic Dao is truly troublesome."

Nameless Ascetic Monk thought, At this critical moment, I must deal with that power as quickly as possible. Otherwise...

At the thought of certain matters, wariness appeared deep in Nameless Ascetic Monk's eyes.

At the same time.

In the Western Land, an invisible force wandered about, seemingly sensing some sign.

Demon Ancestor Luohu, who controlled the Demonic Dao, muttered to himself, "The Chess Piece I arranged actually produced an unexpected result. How intriguing."

He added, "That little Chess Piece actually did not bite down on the bait we set. How interesting."

In just a few words, he revealed information about certain matters.

He then lightly moved his finger. An imprint containing powerful demonic qi shattered instantly. Flowing across it was the aura of Tai Ming's Great Freedom True Demon Ghost Dao.

Judging from the aura it revealed, its power far surpassed Tai Ming's original Great Freedom True Demon Ghost Dao.

This was enough to show how frightening the strength of the Primordial World's top experts was.

If Tai Ming had failed to withstand the ** and chosen the two Great Freedom Demon Buddha Paths as the core of his Ghost Dao, he would likely have fallen into the other party's hands by now, and even his Ghost Dao Authority might have been seized.

However, Tai Ming had endured the trial and successfully escaped the calamity.

Once the core of his Ghost Dao had been reestablished, it no longer held much value for the Demon Buddha Paths.

When Ascetic Monk and Luohu's schemes came to nothing, Tai Ming, who had just learned of the current state of the Western Great War, seemed to sense it as well.

Two powerful auras surged within 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 have gained true spirituality, while the demonic and Buddhist qi they originally possessed vanished without a trace.

Tai Ming's expression changed drastically when he saw this. He realized that he had been schemed against by Primordial World Supreme Beings.

"They let me steal the profundities of the Demon Buddha Paths so easily before because they wanted me to fall into a trap."

Fate had already marked a price on every sudden gift.

Postnatal Great Daos bearing the imprints of Supreme Beings could not be so easily seized by others.

Without firm will and great fortune, one would likely have already fallen under the other party's control.

After his thoughts settled, Tai Ming looked at the two perfected Ghost Dao branches.

Although Tai Ming still felt shaken, he also found a trace of comfort.

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 twice before acting."

Although he had lost the fortune of the Demon Buddha Paths, he had gained two fully controlled incarnations of branch Dao veins. In his loss, he had found a gain.

These two incarnations of Dao veins had not cost him much effort or resources. Instead, they had helped him comprehend some of the essences of the Demon Buddha Paths.

The feeling was like picking up someone else's property on the road. Although he had ultimately returned it to its owner, he had indeed received some compensation.

Thus, Tai Ming's mood brightened. After all, no one disliked a gain obtained without effort.

Afterward, Tai Ming completely severed himself from the fortune of the two Demon Buddha Paths. He realized that he was no longer crucial and that Mount Sumeru was no longer a place where he could remain for long.

To prevent Nameless Ascetic Monk from changing his mind, he chose to leave Mount Sumeru while he had the chance.

The moment he left, he felt more relaxed and free than ever before.

Tai Ming's figure vanished from the spot, and every trace of Dao Qi Spiritual Mechanism disappeared without a trace.

Because of the nature of his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao, he could easily merge into the Primordial Chaos Qi permeating the universe.

This power contained all things and transcended everything, making Tai Ming's existence difficult to detect.

At this moment, he was truly free!

One Yuan Hui after Tai Ming disappeared, Nameless Ascetic Monk ended his seclusion within Mount Sumeru and began extensively dispatching Pure Land Buddhist Disciples to convert Demonic Dao cultivators.

The formerly allied Demon Buddha Paths began attacking each other.

Even stranger was that Demon Ancestor Luohu seemed unconcerned by the situation, allowing Mount Sumeru to act as it pleased.

Seeing this, the White Tiger Divine Race of the Land of the Far West chose silence. They intended to watch the tigers fight, wait for the Demon Buddha Paths to suffer mutual losses, and then reap the benefits.

However, neither Mount Sumeru nor Demon Ancestor Luohu would allow the White Tiger Divine Race to have its way.

Another Yuan Hui later, the Demon Buddha Paths, which had previously been fighting one another, suddenly joined forces to attack the White Tiger Divine Race. Caught off guard, the White Tiger Divine Race suffered heavy losses.

This ultimately triggered a great war involving White Tiger Divine Venerable, Luohu, and Ascetic Monk. Its outcome was unknown, and the battle continued until the hundredth Yuan Hui.

The White Tiger Divine Race became like a blazing fire that had been ignited, taking the initiative to attack and challenge opponents everywhere.

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

Amidst the flames of war, the forces hidden in the shadows also emerged one after another, further intensifying the battlefield's chaos.

Sometimes, even a single glance or a disagreement over one sentence could trigger a heaven-shaking battle.