Chapter 27

He asked himself, "Who am I?"

Then he continued to use heaven and earth as his stage, performing various transformations and leaving behind imprints of his inheritance.

As Pangu grew, the three supreme treasures merged into the Primordial World.

The Chaos Green Lotus disintegrated; its petals turned into green qi scattering in all directions, while the lotus seeds went their separate ways.

Pangu observed the heavens and decided to transform his body into the myriad things, bringing new vitality to the Primordial World.

His breath, voice, and eyes turned into natural elements like wind, clouds, thunder, and lightning between heaven and earth.

His spine propped up heaven and earth, and was called Buzhou Mountain.

Finally, Pangu's Primordial Chaos Primordial Beginning Ancestral Qi Dao Fruit gave birth to the Innate Five Primes, Five Fortunes, and Five Virtues, completely stabilizing the order and chaotic state of the Primordial World.

The deity Tai Ming witnessed the might of the Primordial Creator Spirit, sweeping away the Ancestral Qi within the chaos.

The essence of the Great Dao carried the mysterious Netherworld Ancestral Qi, along with the Primordial Spirit Qi bearing the Ancestral Qi from the chaos.

The movement of these forces represented creation, transformation, morality, and termination.

Part of the Ancestral Qi rose to the nine heavens, part sank deep beneath the earth, and part scattered between heaven and earth.

This Ancestral Qi perfected the World Great Dao, nurturing countless sacred beings.

The spiritual mechanisms of the Three Sovereigns resonated with the Great Dao, bringing celestial rain, purple qi and golden lotuses, and immortal sounds from the heavens, until finally the Primordial World took shape.

All of this was deeply perceived by Tai Ming, who awakened to his true self.

He wondered if he had truly returned to the Primordial Chaos Era, because while witnessing Pangu's Creation of Heaven and Earth, he had gained the recognition of the Innate Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi.

This Ancestral Qi not only shifted from illusion to reality but also triggered a transformation within his Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi.

Tai Ming realized that the path of cultivation wove reality and illusion together; the Great Dao and Primordial Chaos were everywhere, and both past and future could be reached.

Though he was still far from the supreme level, he needed to absorb this opportunity and insight to complete his ultimate transformation.

Although his Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi had already been achieved, it was incomplete because it originated from the Postnatal Great Dao Ancestral Qi and the Innate Primordial Chaos Reincarnation Ancestral Qi, and required further refinement.

Through some stroke of fate, Tai Ming dreamed his way back to the Primordial Chaos Era and obtained the complete Innate Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi.

This qi allowed his Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi to sublimate and move toward true perfection.

Only then could he lead his own Ghost Dao into the realm of the Great Dao, achieving true immortality and eternal existence.

If Tai Ming perfectly merged this Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi, it would become the Innate Tai Ming Ancestral Qi that best suited him.

Although he had already coincidentally united the innate and the postnatal, refining the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi, this strand of Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi produced a unique transformation on that foundation.

As Tai Ming refined it, it retained its Primordial Chaos essence, allowing the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi to sublimate.

In the end, a brand-new Ancestral Qi—the Primordial Chaos Tai Ming Ancestral Qi—was conceived and born.

Primordial Chaos is the source of chaos, the beginning of the Great Dao, transcending the innate and encompassing the root of the postnatal.

Tai Ming had previously only touched a sliver of an opportunity to transcend the Primordial World; now, having transformed into the Primordial Chaos Tai Ming Ancestral Qi, he had stepped halfway into the realm of transcendence.

Because his strength and realm were insufficient, he had not yet fully transcended and remained a Primordial Being.

Tai Ming's transformation was known only to himself.

The path of the Great Dao before his eyes had never been so clear.

Compared to before, he had become a being of two entirely different levels.

In the past, he was the Ancestor of the Ghost Dao, comparable to the top-tier Innate Divine Beings of the Primordial World.

Now, he seemed to have become a Chaos Great Dao Demon God at the level of the Great Dao, the Dao Lord of the Ghost Dao, and his Ghost Dao could bear the enlightenment of more people, his position unshakable.

His own Ghost Dao talent would grow ever stronger, surpassing conventional Innate Great Daos.

It was foreseeable that Tai Ming would not need to actively cultivate; as the Ghost Dao naturally perfected itself, his cultivation would reach the Dao Lord level.

Before Tai Ming, all obstacles of the Great Dao had vanished.

His original body had already evolved into the source of the Great Dao Ancestral Qi; the Ancestral Qi that once was had now transcended the heavens and earth of the Primordial World and entered the Primordial Chaos.

Tai Ming's final latent flaw had also completely disappeared.

Even in the face of the Mother of the Great Dao, Tai Ming's Ghost Dao would coexist with the Great Dao.

However, Tai Ming discovered that this approach was not without drawbacks.

He found that his own strength seemed unable to match his current Ghost Dao realm.

The Ghost Dao seemed to be assimilating everything about him.

This was not the Ghost Dao going out of control, but rather the power of the Great Dao being too far beyond his life level, attempting to elevate him to the same level.

This could cause him to lose his self-will and become a pure existence of the Ghost Dao.

Faced with this situation, Tai Ming made a difficult choice.

He gave up the power that came easily and chose to preserve his self-will.

He decided to separate his original body from his mind and will, much like the Nine Transformations of the Source.

An indescribable radiance burst forth from him, and the main body of his Primordial Chaos Tai Ming Ancestral Qi rose like a specter into the Primordial Chaos Dao Realm, the source of the Great Dao.

The main body will immerse itself in the source of the Great Dao, while his mind and will manifest in the Primordial World, becoming the incarnation of the Ghost Dao.

To better achieve this goal, Tai Ming began deducing a method of incarnation suited to himself.

Using the soul-splitting secret technique imparted by the Heart of the Earthly Path in the past, he now operated like a machine of absolute rationality, endlessly unraveling the mysteries of the Great Dao.

Then, under the guidance of his will, the sparks of Dao wisdom collided and fused continuously.

After some time, Tai Ming's mind and will broke through their shell once more.

He shouted with joy: "The Primordial Chaos Dao-Cutting God-Demon Incarnation Book has finally been born!"

The core power of this book originated from the Dao's main body, capable of severing Tai Ming's own tributaries of the Great Dao and birthing new gods and demons.

It was called "Dao-Cutting"

because Tai Ming realized his own ambition was too vast—the nine tributaries of the Great Dao he had derived were all somewhat understood, but none mastered.

Thus, he decided to separate these tributaries from the Ghost Dao, making the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao purer.

On this basis, Tai Ming further created the Primordial Chaos Transformation as the overarching framework of the Nine Transformations of the Source, integrating it into the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao.

In this way, the power separated from the Nine Transformations of the Source could return to the Ghost Dao without hindrance.

The nine separated transformations of the Ghost Dao's source could all be used by Tai Ming to nurture new incarnations.

His mind and will could freely roam among these incarnations.

Aside from the Self Transformation, which had already manifested, the other eight transformations had yet to appear. If wielded properly, Tai Ming's status in the Primordial World would rise from a chess piece to the greatest chess player.

At this moment, new schemes were already surging in his mind.

Immediately, Tai Ming began to act.

Unlike the cautious soul-splitting last time, with the power of the Great Dao now under control, the strength of the Nine Transformations of the Source was effortlessly separated into nine entirely new sources of origin.

Miraculously, these nine sources of origin all derived brand-new Ancestral Qi.

This allowed the nine sources, like Innate Divine Beings, to undergo God-Demon Incarnation.

God-Demon Incarnation was akin to how the Chaos Demon Gods of old reincarnated in the Primordial World, using the residual will of Chaos Demon Gods to replace the Innate Divine Beings that should have been born.

What Tai Ming replaced were the Innate Divine Beings or spiritual treasures and roots that should have been created from his nine sources of origin.

If Innate Divine Beings corresponding to these sources were to emerge, they would inevitably sense each other, sparking a Dao Struggle.

But Tai Ming had absolute confidence that the incarnations of the Nine Transformations of the Source would ultimately prevail.

After all, they were all immortal bodies—unless the opponent could erase the Ghost Dao he had merged into the Primordial Chaos Great Dao, they could only seal these incarnations.

Thus, they would not face the extinction that other Innate Divine Beings might.

Tai Ming was about to nurture his first incarnation. He planned to first complete the Self Transformation through the source's Ancestral Qi.

For the other eight sources, he decided to wait until he found corresponding Innate Spiritual Treasures, roots, or Innate Divine Beings before fusing them, to enhance the incarnations' potential.

He stored all the sources into the Netherworld Ghost Seal, using the nine Great Thousand Worlds to nurture them.

While exploring places of opportunity, Tai Ming discovered two leftover treasures, which surprised and delighted him.

He realized these treasures would help him resolve his current predicament, allowing him to complete the God-Demon Incarnation and become a new Innate Divine Being.

Otherwise, he would need a long period of gestation to emerge.

Yue Jianshi seemed to have foreseen this scene, preparing substitutes for him.

The first treasure was the heart of a Chaos Demon God, also known as the Heart of the Great Dao.

The bodies of Chaos Great Dao Demon Gods could derive a Chaos Body, transforming into true flesh-and-blood beings, their flesh containing the essence of the Great Dao.

After Pangu Clan slew the Three Thousand Great Daos Chaos Demon Gods, the remains of many Chaos Demon Gods merged into the Primordial World.

The Primordial World, born from the opening of chaos, rejected the remnants of chaos.

Only chaotic places like Buzhou Mountain could preserve the remains of Chaos Demon Gods.

The intact heart before him was the only one in the Primordial World.

Upon touching the heart and receiving the Dao's information, Tai Ming was startled to find it aligned with his self-awareness.

This heart was originally the heart of the Chaos Soul Demon God, later reincarnated as an Innate Divine Being.

Since the Self Transformation stemmed from the Ghost Dao, and the Ghost Dao was rooted in the soul, this heart was tailor-made for him.

Using this heart as material, its potential surpassed that of an Innate Divine Being, possibly reaching the realm of a Chaos Demon God.

Tai Ming could hardly resist using the Primordial Chaos Dao-Cutting God-Demon Incarnation Book to forge it into a divine body.

But in the end, he chose to turn his gaze to the second treasure.

Seeing the Netherworld's world source, the Heart of the Netherworld, Tai Ming understood its origin and function, leaving him with mixed feelings.

Controlling the Heart of the Netherworld meant controlling the authority of the Netherworld, even potentially shifting the Netherworld from the Earthly Dao Lineage to the Ghost Dao Lineage.

But he decided to abandon this idea, realizing that even if he took the Netherworld, he couldn't guarantee its defense. Better to treat it as a fallback.

With the Netherworld as a retreat, his problem of a main base in the Primordial World was solved.

In the future, the inheritors of the Earthly Dao Lineage would gain no less than what was here.

He believed he had the ability to create a great realm, and even now, the world within the Netherworld Ghost Seal was not far off.

In the end, he stored the Heart of the Netherworld into the Netherworld Ghost Seal and focused entirely on the Demon God Heart.

Tai Ming was about to experience the power of the Chaos Demon God from ages past.

Though the Chaos Demon God Heart had been depleted by one cycle of reincarnation, refining it remained an immense challenge.

The pervasive Innate Soul Dao Blood possessed a formidable power of assimilation—one misstep and the refiner could be completely absorbed.

If the refiner's own Dao was incompatible with the Soul Dao, it could even trigger violent conflict.

Yet for Tai Ming, none of this seemed to pose a threat.

His Self-Transformation Source was perfectly compatible with the Soul Dao, and his own essence had already reached the same level, rendering the Soul Dao's assimilation power negligible.

Once prepared, Tai Ming activated the Netherworld Ghost Seal to envelop the Demon God Heart.

In an instant, the Innate Soul Dao Law began to retaliate.

But under the suppression of the Netherworld Ghost Seal, these Soul Dao forces were like roots without soil, unable to exert their full strength.

In just ten thousand years, the Demon God Heart was completely subdued.

Then, Tai Ming's Innate Dao Nature Self Ancestral Qi began to merge into it.

As time passed, the Demon God Heart nurtured vast creative forces, gradually transforming into an Innate Divine Cocoon.

What was once a heart slowly took the shape of an innate divine being.

Under the power of Tai Ming's Nine Transformations of the Source, the Innate Soul Dao was thoroughly divided and absorbed.

This caused his strength, already at the peak of the Grand Unity Venerable God Realm, to grow even further.

Tai Ming immersed himself in the process of divine transformation, his heart filled with surprise and delight.

Suddenly, he felt his power break through an entirely new limit.

Though he remained within the Grand Unity Venerable God Realm, everything seemed to fuse into one, coalescing into a perfect, flawless seed—the Dao Fruit.