Chapter 22

Compared to acquired array formations, innate great arrays are not created by living beings based on their understanding of the Primordial World's innate great daos, but rather evolve naturally from the innate great daos themselves.

The Primordial Chaos Netherworld Reversion Great Array that Tai Ming found himself in was a fusion of the Innate Chaos Netherworld Dao and the Innate Reversion Dao.

Its sudden emergence was triggered by sensing Tai Ming's Innate Ghost Dao Destiny.

To some extent, this array was like a natural ghost dao domain, and Tai Ming was its destined master.

Entering the array, Tai Ming felt as if he had returned home; his ghost dao destiny sensed something and began guiding his path.

If anyone else had entered, their Divine Soul would have been scattered by the yin wind and swept into the reversion, but Tai Ming faced no obstacles.

Before him in the void, three thousand dao vortexes condensed into being, accompanied by the rising and falling of the Three Thousand Innate Great Daos' Innate Dao Qi.

Innate Reincarnation Dao Qi, Innate Yin-Yang Dao Qi, Innate Life-Death Dao Qi, and others drifted through the void.

At the center, a ghostly purple light mass formed from Innate Undying Spiritual Light pulsed, birthing a Dao Qi similar to Tai Ming's Innate Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao.

With each pulse, the surrounding Innate Dao Qi resonated with it, growing increasingly solid over time.

Seeing this, Tai Ming felt as though he were gazing at another version of himself.

The moment it manifested before Tai Ming, light burst forth from the heavens.

It resembled the magnificent scene of chaos's primordial radiance at the dawn of heaven and earth.

If not for the Primordial Chaos Netherworld Reversion Great Array guarding this place, its brilliance would undoubtedly have drawn the gaze of countless Innate Divine Beings from the Primordial Era.

Tai Ming's mind stirred. He casually reached out, and a mysterious ghostly purple spiritual light fell into his hand, instantly coalescing into a ghostly purple seal that emitted a solemn resonance.

It was like the call of fate, the sound of a spiritual treasure seeking its host.

The moment he touched the seal, Tai Ming felt a surge of innate information flow rapidly into his mind.

Learning that others and other things could gradually extract information after gaining recognition from an Innate Spiritual Treasure, Tai Ming realized this seal held an extraordinary affinity for him.

The seal actively transmitted information to him, as if it had long known his identity and mission.

It turned out that the seal's existence was intimately tied to Tai Ming's ghost dao—it was the tangible manifestation of his ghost dao in the Primordial World.

As Tai Ming continuously elevated and perfected his ghost dao, the seal evolved and improved alongside it, until today it finally manifested.

This was the innate destiny spiritual treasure symbolizing Tai Ming's ghost dao destiny—the Netherworld Ghost Seal! The Netherworld Ghost Seal's characteristics mirrored those of the netherworld realm, embodying the wondrous power of life's reincarnation and nirvana.

As the innate information from the seal continued to flow into Tai Ming, his heart surged with waves of emotion.

This spiritual treasure was actually a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with thirty-six Innate Dao Restrictions, its power very close to the top-grade level.

Each restriction was a natural expression and profound interpretation of the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao.

It not only brought Tai Ming unprecedented new experiences and insights but also continuously pushed his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao toward a more complete realm.

As Tai Ming began to deeply refine the Netherworld Ghost Seal's Innate Dao Restrictions and fully comprehend and integrate this power of ghost dao fusion, his strength would further increase.

The main body of the Netherworld Ghost Seal was round on top and square on the bottom, symbolizing the Primordial World's concept of a round heaven and square earth.

Within it contained a complete Great Thousand World, whose order was formed from three thousand Innate Dao Qi, like seeds of the Three Thousand Great Daos, growing continuously as Tai Ming's dao insights deepened.

If Tai Ming could comprehend all three thousand great daos, this world might one day grow into an existence comparable to the Primordial World itself.

The evolution of the three thousand Dao Qi he witnessed was actually the manifestation of the Netherworld Ghost Seal's world power.

At the top of the Netherworld Ghost Seal, nine ghostly purple ghost dao origin imprints intertwined, granting it a mysterious divine ring aura.

These nine imprints symbolized nine source transformations—mind, wisdom, will, and so on—precisely the Nine Transformations of the Source of Tai Ming's Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao.

These forces encircled the Great Thousand World, evolving into a Cosmic Divine Ring composed of nine Middle Thousand Worlds.

The Netherworld Ghost Seal represented the authority of Tai Ming's nine source daos; as his Nine Transformations of the Source improved and perfected, these nine worlds would grow ever stronger.

With the Netherworld Ghost Seal's enhancement, Tai Ming's Nine Transformations of the Source power gained unprecedented amplification.

Now, each of the Nine Transformations of the Source was comparable to a Grand Unity Venerable God, making the Netherworld Ghost Seal's function far exceed its high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure rank.

For all Innate Divine Beings, this was a Destiny Opportunity beyond dreams.

Though this spiritual treasure was currently only high-grade, it had the potential to rise to top-grade or even reach the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Its ability to continuously upgrade made it priceless; even if offered an Innate Supreme Treasure in exchange, Tai Ming would not let it go.

Especially since it was an innate destiny spiritual treasure so perfectly aligned with his own ghost dao.

Tai Ming preferred to channel all power into himself, even though Innate Supreme Treasures were extremely precious.

With the Netherworld Ghost Seal in hand, he would use it as a reference to delve deeper into the ghost dao.

The Netherworld Ghost Seal seemed perfectly attuned to him, even surpassing him in some aspects, becoming a mirror for him to reflect upon himself.

In future cultivation of the great dao, he would leverage the Netherworld Ghost Seal as if granted a privilege, accelerating his cultivation speed far beyond others.

As a standout among countless Innate Divine Beings, his cultivation speed was already at the forefront.

With the Netherworld Ghost Seal, he was undoubtedly on a cheat-like path.

This was just one of the wondrous uses the netherworld's Innate Undying Spiritual Light had for Tai Ming.

The true power lay in the strength the Netherworld Ghost Seal itself had yet to reveal.

The Netherworld Ghost Seal's power stemmed from its formidable Innate Netherworld Emperor God Conferment Divine Restriction, a ghost dao version of the Great God Conferment Technique.

This divine restriction can enfeoff ghostly Yin spirits and deities, opening up the Lineage of Ghosts and Gods within the Primordial World's divine path.

Ghosts and gods combine the Yin of heaven and earth with the spirit of man, ** outside the three lineages of Buddha, Demon, and Immortal, bridging Yin and Yang, walking the Netherworld, and coexisting with the living of the Primordial World.

When Tai Ming grasped this power, he sighed: "My path is complete!"

In the divine Primordial World, conferring godhood is nothing unusual.

Powerful Innate Divine Beings can bestow pseudo-divine paths upon their subordinates through secondary authority—that is, the path of post-heaven god-conferment.

But Tai Ming's Ghost Dao had previously been confined to personal strength; even the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan he created were unlike his Ghost Dao cultivators, more akin to the Earthly Dao Lineage of the Netherworld.

With the Innate Netherworld Emperor God Conferment Divine Restriction, his Ghost Dao would become a brand-new cultivation system, like the paths of Heaven, Earth, Man, Buddha, Demon, and Immortal.

This divine restriction also differs in two methods of god-conferment: life and death.

The living, when enfeoffed, become Ghost Dao deities. Below the Undying Venerable God are Ghost Soldiers; the Venerable God becomes a Ghost General; a Grand Unity Venerable God may be called a Ghost King.

Limited by Tai Ming's own realm, a higher-level Grand Unity Ghost Emperor cannot yet be enfeoffed.

Wandering souls of the dead may also receive Ghost Dao enfeoffment—this is a unique ability of Ghost Dao god-conferment.

After enfeoffment, a wandering soul may retain part of its former power, corresponding to the levels of Ghost Soldier, Ghost General, Ghost King, and Ghost Emperor.

The two methods of enfeoffment differ greatly and can complement each other.

The living, enfeoffed as Ghost Dao deities, need not convert to Ghost Dao cultivation—like hired laborers, they have greater autonomy, can cultivate to improve their strength, and may break free from the enfeoffment if powerful enough.

But wandering souls, once enfeoffed, become entirely new Ghost Dao beings of Tai Ming, able to use only Ghost Dao power, everything stamped with Tai Ming's mark, life and death at a single thought.

Yet their True Spirit Imprint lies within the Netherworld Ghost Seal; as long as it remains unbroken, they are undying and immortal.

Living ghostly deities, if slain, perish utterly, and their Ghost Dao Authority imprint returns to the Ghost Dao.

Most importantly, Tai Ming, as master of the Netherworld Ghost Seal and the Ghost Dao Lineage, holds absolute control over the enfeoffed ghosts and gods.

The innate spirit within the Netherworld Ghost Seal is Tai Ming's karmic incarnation—the Underworld Emperor—the supreme deity of ghosts and gods, wielding authority over them second only to Tai Ming.

The Underworld Emperor's form is fixed, borne by Tai Ming's own destiny.

Tai Ming could choose to merge it into himself, inheriting the Ghost God Karma Position of the Underworld Emperor.

But Tai Ming knows his own management skills are lacking, so he retains this karmic incarnation to govern the Lineage of Ghosts and Gods.

After understanding the Netherworld Ghost Seal's abilities, Tai Ming has already devised new plans for the Ghost Dao's future path.

The Ghost Dao will one day be worthy of standing alongside the paths of Heaven, Earth, Man, Buddha, Demon, Immortal, and God.

At this moment, ambition spreads wildly in Tai Ming's heart.

Within this specific space, only the Ghost Dao holds sway **, and even the Heart of the Earthly Path has lost its perception of the outside world.

Tai Ming's gains shocked the Heart of the Earthly Path, but he did not reveal the details.

Now, he is immersed in the joy of refining the Netherworld Ghost Seal, while simultaneously comprehending the Ghost Dao Origin gestating within it.

What would be difficult for others to refine—the Innate Dao Restrictions—comes as smoothly as cheating for Tai Ming, fully refined in just over a thousand Yuan Hui.

The Ghost Dao rapidly perfects itself under the reflection of the Netherworld Ghost Seal's origin, its overall realm reaching the peak of Grand Unity Venerable God.

Yet, at this moment, Tai Ming feels his own mission! He clearly understands his future responsibilities and the challenges ahead... Most Innate Divine Beings sense a subtle tremor in their own Dao authority, as if summoning them to the Western Land to restore its balance.

But these ancient divinities of the Primordial World have already experienced too much, growing wary of the great war in the Western Land, unwilling to intervene lightly.

At present, other parts of the Primordial World are also in a delicate balance, with no one willing to break it.

The change in the Western Land stems from the eruption of Negative Energy triggered by the negative emotions of fallen beings.

To restore balance, one must face the three great powers: the Demonic Dao, Mount Sumeru, and the White Tiger Divine Race.

Thus, those with ability choose to avoid it; those who cannot may become wandering souls in the great war.

Yet Tai Ming sees all this clearly.

His Ghost Dao seems born of the times, arising from wandering souls and the dead.

Tai Ming possesses the talent of the Corpse Avatar Soul Transformation—the Corpse Dao—and fears not Negative Energy.

At this critical moment, he obtained the Netherworld Ghost Seal, as if some grand will is using his hand to confront this calamity.

Tai Ming realizes this is the instinct and destiny of the Primordial World.

It feels like when some part of the body is unwell, the body itself begins to produce corresponding antibodies.

This is the destiny of the Primordial World, not the Heavenly Dao opened by Cang Li Shi.

The Children of Destiny before have also encountered such situations.

When Tai Ming sees the current state of the Western Land with his own eyes, he calmly accepts this arrangement.

The entire Western Land has completely become a Death Land, with living beings reduced by nearly half.

To other Innate Divine Beings, this is a negligible trifle, but Tai Ming feels a weight in his heart, as if something presses down on him.

A nameless fire burns within him, stirring a deep anger.

The calamity is both destiny and a trial of his Dao heart.

Whatever his conscience may be, it is merely a stubbornness he refuses to abandon.

Having risen from the lowest ranks, Tai Ming understood the will of the lowly beings—they only wished to live in peace, yet were always treated as mere weeds.

Thus, even when Primordial Beings turned into wandering spirits and You Hun, they carried with them resentment and unwillingness.

When countless grievances converge, even a Grand Unity Venerable God would be moved.

Born as a man, some things must be done by someone—so why not him? Being chosen by fate was his honor; he would bear these grudges and unleash the Revenge of the Ants.

In the Nether Realm, Tai Ming's figure radiated a chilling murderous intent.

The Nameless Ascetic Monk of Mount Sumeru Divine Mountain sensed a sudden shift in Heavenly Secrets, yet could deduce no information, as if everything were an illusion.

Though the monk's cultivation was profound, he experienced an inexplicable phenomenon of illusion, as if some force was manipulating it from behind.