Chapter 30

Since the Creation of Heaven and Earth, only the Ancient Three Sovereigns were known to have obtained Great Dao Merit through their own abilities.

When the Heavenly Dao Lineage emerged, all the Innate Divine Beings were curious about who would receive the Great Dao's blessing.

Their calculations proceeded without obstruction, and they could even discern the other's origin.

At the same time, within the Chaos space of Buzhou Mountain, the Great Dao could not see through the qi of this place.

Yellow Old Lord and the Heart of the Earthly Path waited there.

The gate to Yue Jianshi's inheritance suddenly stirred, and Tai Ming walked out.

His appearance caused flashes of light to flicker in both their eyes. The Heart of the Earthly Path was even shaken, calling Tai Ming a monstrous brat and sensing a threat from him.

Though the Heart of the Earthly Path possessed extraordinary strength, it still found this unbelievable.

After his breakthrough, Tai Ming's power had grown even more formidable.

Although he had yet to reach the Grand Unity Realm and was still only at the Grand Unity Venerable God perfection level, he nevertheless made the Heart of the Earthly Path sense a trace of danger.

Tai Ming, who had once kept a low profile, now possessed baffling strength. Even compared to the unfathomable Ancient Three Sovereigns and Shen Ni of old, it was difficult to tell who was superior.

At this moment, the Heart of the Earthly Path could no longer see through Tai Ming's hidden secrets.

Even Yellow Old Lord, who had always possessed a keen eye, praised him repeatedly. Although he still could not completely discern the level of Tai Ming's Ghost Dao, he could tell that Tai Ming's Ghost Dao had already been perfected.

What astonished the two even more was that Tai Ming's current identity was merely a manifestation. His strength had fused the Primordial Origin characteristics, Hongmeng characteristics, and the Chaos Demon God's characteristics of the Divine Body before fusion, allowing his power to transcend common sense.

Even if the Ancient Three Sovereigns revived, few would be able to see through his true strength.

Tai Ming did not become arrogant after leaving seclusion because of his increased strength. He responded humbly to Yellow Old Lord's evaluation.

As for the Heart of the Earthly Path's reaction, Tai Ming was already accustomed to it and ignored its exaggerated display.

The Heart of the Earthly Path knew Tai Ming as well as the palm of its hand and did not mind being ignored.

When it heard Tai Ming's response, it teased him for being conceited, but it still held great expectations for his potential.

Tai Ming agreed with the Heart of the Earthly Path's ambitions. At the same time, he sensed the two mighty figures' affirmation of his Dao heart, and his heart filled with confidence.

While conversing with Yellow Old Lord, they discussed the Innate Divine Beings of the Primordial Wilderness. Tai Ming firmly believed that he, too, could become a top-tier existence.

As he prepared to leave Yellow Old Lord's Chaos Dojo, Yellow Old Lord gifted him a Shore Flower. While sighing with emotion, Tai Ming also actively absorbed the innate information it carried.

What he failed to notice was that, at the moment of his appearance, the Great Dao above the Nine Heavens had undergone a subtle change.

At this moment, Tai Ming was completely focused on the Shore Flower in his hand.

The Shore Flower, also known as the Flower of the Netherworld, the Flower of Death, and the Flower of Reception, had initially been regarded merely as a low-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

However, its terrifying growth characteristics were remarkable. As the number of Shore Flowers increased, the rank of its main body would continue to rise, ultimately even reaching the level of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.

As its name implied, this flower could receive the dead and departed souls.

Therefore, wherever Shore Flowers grew, death and departed souls gathered, forming a unique Netherworld atmosphere.

As the Shore Flower grew, it would gradually give rise to an Other Shore World.

For Tai Ming, the Lord of the Ghost Dao, the Shore Flower's appearance was like the natural companion of the Ghost Gods.

Tai Ming's Lineage of Ghosts and Gods possessed two kinds of Ghost Gods: those of the living and those of the dead. The Living Ghost Gods could cultivate and improve themselves, while the Departed Soul Ghost Gods relied on the Netherworld Ghost Seal's existence. Although they were undying and imperishable, they could not improve on their own.

With the Other Shore World born from the Shore Flower, Tai Ming's Ghost Gods could break free from the Netherworld Ghost Seal, forming ** a Ghost Domain, and could increase their own strength by perfecting the Ghost Domain.

This was undoubtedly a tremendous opportunity for Tai Ming.

After learning the innate information of the Shore Flower, Tai Ming expressed his respect toward the direction of Buzhou Mountain, where Yellow Old Lord was.

Although Yellow Old Lord might not care about this, Tai Ming was someone who repaid every kindness.

He solemnly expressed his gratitude to Yellow Old Lord and said that if Yellow Old Lord ever needed anything in the future, he only had to give Tai Ming his orders.

After expressing his thanks, Tai Ming noticed the startling change in the Great Dao above the Nine Heavens.

When he gazed at the clearly visible Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, he seemed to sense that the other side had noticed him.

Previously, within the Chaos space of Buzhou Mountain, not a single Great Dao Law could peer inside.

After Tai Ming appeared, Great Dao Merit descended, accompanied by a world-shaking pillar of Great Dao Merit light that fell upon him.

This also attracted the attention of countless Innate Divine Beings.

Since Tai Ming made no attempt to conceal himself, he appeared before all the factions without holding anything back.

At the same time, he learned the reason for its descent from the Great Dao Merit that had just arrived.

Tai Ming's Destiny Opportunity had become a major turning point in the development of the Primordial World.

The success of this Destiny Trial had brought endless benefits.

The previous Destiny Trial had involved the order and balance of the Primordial World. Tai Ming's act of blasting a Grand Unity expert had produced an enormous positive impact.

The actions of the various major factions had all originated from Tai Ming's Destiny Trial.

The Great Dao naturally sensed Tai Ming's role in promoting the development of the Primordial World, and thus bestowed Great Dao Merit upon him to commend his contribution.

Originally, this reward should have been issued immediately after the Western Great War ended.

However, Tai Ming had been taken into the Chaos space of Buzhou Mountain by the Heart of the Earthly Path at that time, where even the Great Dao could not observe him. The reward had therefore been temporarily set aside.

But the Great Dao was impartial. The reward belonging to Tai Ming would eventually reach his hands.

As soon as Tai Ming appeared, the reward arrived as scheduled.

At first, he had only wanted to seek justice for the ordinary living beings who had been innocently dragged into the war. He had never expected to have such a tremendous impact on the Primordial World.

Those who had worked hard to contribute to the development of the Primordial World had failed to obtain Great Dao Merit, while Tai Ming had effortlessly gained the Great Dao Merit that others dreamed of.

The affairs of the world were unpredictable. Sometimes, the workings of the world were simply this inconceivable.

Tai Ming's deeds in the West had opened a new era for the Primordial World.

Therefore, this Great Dao Merit was far more massive than anyone could have imagined.

After entering Tai Ming's body, it transformed into three Great Dao Merit Divine Rings, making his divine nature even more striking.

Combined with his tremendous perseverance, great fortune, great Wisdom, and the Primordial World's recognition of his destiny, this Great Dao Merit allowed him to turn danger into safety in anything he did. At any moment, he might even gain the recognition of an opportunity or spirit treasure.

When cultivating, he would also find it easier to achieve sudden enlightenment whenever he encountered a bottleneck.

It was as though the entire Primordial World were giving him cheats.

Given enough time, he would certainly grow stronger at an astonishing speed.

More importantly, Great Dao Merit itself was a powerful cheat.

The world origin formed from its Primordial Violet Qi allowed Tai Ming to draw closer to the power of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws.

This was like the Ancestral Qi of the Ghost Dao that formed his true body when he entered the Primordial Chaos Dao Realm, greatly enhancing his comprehension of the Great Dao.

Tai Ming's comprehension had already been outstanding. Now, it had improved tremendously.

He had also obtained the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao and possessed an endless supply of Profound Yellow Great Dao Qi, allowing him to create limitless resources.

All of this was immensely beneficial to him and his Ghost God forces.

At this moment, the timely arrival of the Great Dao Merit made Tai Ming feel that it had come at exactly the right time.

The various factions of the Primordial Wilderness were beginning to reveal themselves, and he himself had already become the representative of two major forces.

He was not only the Guardian of the Earthly Dao. With the inheritor of the Earthly Path yet to emerge, he could represent the Earthly Dao and participate in the Primordial Trend. At the same time, he was the Lord of the Ghost Dao, and his strength was enough to make every major faction wary.

Even though he was currently only in the Taiyi Realm, his identity as the Grand Unity Ghost Emperor among his Ghost Gods still made no faction dare underestimate him.

Even more shocking was that the monks of the Pure Land Buddhist Dao, originally belonging to the Nameless Ascetic Monk of Mount Sumeru, had now become the Ghost Buddha Lineage under Tai Ming.

As a result, more and more people began to take Tai Ming seriously.

Although he himself might believe that his strength was insufficient and that he still needed to continue striving, his power had already attracted the attention of the entire Primordial Wilderness.

With the arrival of the Great Dao Merit, Tai Ming gained an even clearer understanding of his position in the Primordial Wilderness.

He calmly faced the attention coming from every direction and, in his capacity as the Earthly Dao Guardian and Lord of the Ghost Dao, announced to the entire Primordial Wilderness: "All living beings of the Primordial Wilderness may join my Lineage of Ghosts and Gods, enter the Earthly Dao Lineage of the Netherworld, enjoy the protection of the Earthly Dao's destiny, and possess the authority of Ghost Gods."

To attract more living beings of the Primordial Wilderness to join the Earthly Dao Lineage, Tai Ming not only opened the Netherworld as his headquarters but could also confer titles upon Ghost Gods.

Of course, he would not accept just anyone as a disciple.

He needed to return to the Netherworld and formulate more specific plans together with his divided-soul incarnation, Jiang Chen.

This announcement was merely intended to reveal the existence of the Earthly Dao Lineage to the Primordial Wilderness to a limited extent and prevent it from being completely suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Lineage.

Tai Ming knew very well that, if he wanted to truly strengthen the Earthly Dao Lineage, the best opportunity would come only after the Heavenly Dao emerged, the Heavenly Realm opened, and the Heavenly Court was established.

Before then, any minor action he took would be regarded as disrespect toward the Heavenly Dao Lineage and might even provoke retaliation from the other side.

After all, respect had to be mutual.

Tai Ming, who believed he had yet to reach the realm of invincibility, did not wish to become the target of everyone before the Heavenly Dao emerged.

He was still a Grand Unity Venerable God. The Heavenly Dao Lineage's probing was not yet something he needed to face personally.

Therefore, after completing his announcement, he decisively used his own abilities to vanish from the observation of the many divine beings.

He did not care about the discussions throughout the Primordial Wilderness.

His final destination had always been the Netherworld. That was where his roots lay.

Thirty thousand years later, in the Primordial Wilderness's forbidden land, the Netherworld Blood Sea, Negative Energy was as dense as blood, and even the surrounding great worlds had been dyed scarlet.

This place was filled with the auras of slaughter, death, and despair.

The Western Great War not long before had caused the Negative Energy of the Netherworld Blood Sea to increase once again, making it even more terrifying.

However, today, a dark violet stream of light descended from the heavens, and a divine figure stepped out from within it.

Before this figure, the terrifying Negative Energy around him seemed to grow gentle.

It was Tai Ming, who had returned from Buzhou Mountain.

He had originally planned to use the Heart of the Earthly Path to cross the void and return to the Netherworld, but he had encountered quite a few unexpected gains along the way.

Although he had not obtained any heaven-defying opportunity or Top-grade spirit treasure, he had still returned safely to the familiar forbidden land of the Netherworld Blood Sea.

Sensing the familiar aura and the attraction of the divided-soul power hidden within the Netherworld Blood Sea, a long-lost, relaxed smile appeared on Tai Ming's face.

Tai Ming gazed at the remarkable progress of his incarnation, Jiang Chen, and sighed inwardly. Over the years, it had not only been he who had grown; his incarnation had also displayed tremendous development.

Jiang Chen had now successfully entered the Taiyi Realm. Although he had yet to reach perfection, he had already reached the late stage.

This was the true rate of progress for an Innate Divine Being of the Primordial Wilderness, and all of it was thanks to the Netherworld Blood Sea, an exceptional place for cultivation.

Without this place, Jiang Chen's strength might have been somewhat inferior.

Of course, compared with a peerless genius like Tai Ming, this rate of progress was still lacking, but Tai Ming was already very satisfied with him.

Although Jiang Chen could communicate with Tai Ming through their divided souls, the one who traveled outside and gained experience was not Jiang Chen himself. His ability to cultivate to the late Taiyi stage was entirely due to his steady progress, taking one solid step at a time.

Tai Ming pondered the current state of the Netherworld and looked forward to Ming He and Huang Quan completing their gestation. Once that happened, Jiang Chen would be able to break free of his restraints and travel outside for experience.

Although remaining in the Netherworld Blood Sea was not dangerous for Jiang Chen and would allow his strength to continue rising, his lack of experience and knowledge would inevitably cause his progress to slow later on.

Therefore, Tai Ming hoped that Jiang Chen could gain experience in the Primordial World and stabilize his foundation.

With this thought in mind, Tai Ming hurried toward the Netherworld.

Although he could obtain Jiang Chen's divided-soul memories, seeing things with his own eyes was the only way to know they were real.

With a thought, he appeared in the familiar world between heaven and earth. This was the Netherworld.

He had returned!