Chapter 43

This strategy also led to a rapid increase in the number of Immortal Venerable Gods among the Corpse Clan.

This speed also gave Jiang Chen a new concern.

He thought, "The Corpse Clan relies on devouring to grow. If I restrict the mutual devouring of Corpse Clan members above the Immortal Venerable God level, their growth may become extremely slow."

He hoped to create a cultivation canon like himself, allowing the Corpse Clan to cultivate on their own.

Just as the cultivators of the new era explored new forms of cultivation, the future Primordial World would also welcome new cultivation methods.

Although the Great Dao was boundless, only a minority could cultivate the Great Dao directly.

Most cultivators would seek new paths and learn from their predecessors. This was the inevitable reason scriptures came into existence.

For a guide, it was impossible to personally instruct everyone, especially for forces that existed as entire clans.

With a canon, a clan could pass down its heritage more effectively.

Those with outstanding talent could forge their own paths, while those with mediocre aptitude were safest following the paths of their predecessors.

Therefore, after careful deliberation, Jiang Chen decided to create a cultivation canon for the Corpse Clan.

Like Tai Ming's <Primordial Chaos Dao Slaying Demon God Incarnation Book>, this was also a good opportunity for Jiang Chen to organize his understanding of the Corpse Dao.

Over the course of this Yuanhui, he had comprehended the powers of numerous Great Dao Laws. After sorting through them, he could integrate them into his own Corpse Dao System.

After some time spent working and reflecting, he finally completed the creation of the cultivation canon for the Earthly Dao Lineage.

When he looked at the entire Death Land again, Jiang Chen saw that because his rules had restricted the Corpse Clan's mutual devouring, the clan's numbers had decreased countless times over, yet there were now trillions upon trillions of Corpse Clan members at the Immortal Venerable God level.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen was deeply relieved that he had foreseen the problem and created a new cultivation method for the Corpse Clan to cultivate and grow.

The Corpse Dao originated from the Source of Negativity of the Primordial Wilderness. It fed on living beings and Negative Energy. Although it had no Nascent Soul cultivation, it could continuously evolve its Corpse Body and grasp the power of the Corpse Dao.

Just as I could draw upon the power of the Netherworld Blood Sea and the Death Forbidden Zone, the Corpse Clan could also strengthen itself through the Negative Energy of the Primordial Wilderness.

Negative Energy was everywhere in the Primordial World. The Netherworld Blood Sea and the Death Forbidden Zone were merely two places where it was relatively concentrated. More of it was scattered throughout the entire Primordial World.

Therefore, Jiang Chen set his sights on this enormous energy reserve.

More importantly, no one was competing for this resource, allowing the Corpse Clan to monopolize it.

Purging this Negative Energy would not only help restore order to the Primordial World, but might even allow them to obtain Heavenly Dao Merit.

Although the Corpse Clan was often overlooked, it silently contributed to the entire Primordial World.

There was no absolute distinction between the positive and negative sides of the world. The existence of the Corpse Dao embodied the return of extremes through the interplay of yin and yang.

Jiang Chen sent a light of inheritance into the Corpse Clan, deriving the Heavenly Corpse Life-Giving Divine Method. He ordered them to switch to this method, cultivate by absorbing the Negative Energy of the Primordial Wilderness, and condense a Corpse Dao Golden Core.

This method was only suitable for Corpse Clan members at the Immortal Venerable God level and above who had developed Advanced Sentience.

Because the Corpse Clan could not produce Nascent Souls, it was much more difficult for them to gain wisdom than for other living beings.

Jiang Chen discovered that in the Primordial Wilderness of this era, Corpse Clan members below the Immortal level lacked sufficient wisdom to understand the profound meaning of this technique.

If they cultivated the Heavenly Corpse Life-Giving Divine Method, they would only devour Negative Energy instinctively, without being able to perfect their Corpse Dao Core or embark on the true path of cultivation.

A Corpse Clan that did not cultivate the Great Dao was like the Fierce Beast Clan of old, hated and attacked by everyone.

In the Primordial World, how could those who did not cultivate the Great Dao call themselves Dao Seekers? Even if the Corpse Clan evolved to the Grand Unity level, without the Power of the Great Dao, they might not even be able to stand against an ordinary Grand Unity cultivator.

Unless they could raise the Corpse Clan's limit to the level of a Chaos Demon God, focusing on cultivating the Corpse Dao was still the wiser choice.

Breaking ten thousand laws with a single force was by no means easy. Not everyone could turn the tide like Pangu.

As the Primordial World continued to advance, the wisdom threshold for the Corpse Clan also continued to fall.

The future methods of Corpse Dao cultivation would become more complete as well, and even Corpse Clan members below the Immortal level would be able to cultivate.

Of course, devouring and evolution inevitably had limits.

Like the Fierce Beast Clan transformed from the Remnant Body of Chaos Demon God, no matter how much they devoured, they could never reach the realm of the Chaos Demon Gods.

Grand Unity-level fierce beasts were also exceedingly rare.

Therefore, Shen Ni created the Path of Gods and Devils, allowing the Fierce Beast Clan to use him as a template and transform into demon gods.

The Corpse Clan was the same now. They were transforming toward Jiang Chen, the Corpse Clan Progenitor.

The Heavenly Corpse Life-Giving Divine Method was the law by which every member of the Corpse Clan transformed toward Jiang Chen.

The first step was to give them a Corpse Dao Seed—the core Corpse Dao Golden Core formed from Negative Energy.

After the Corpse Dao Golden Core underwent nine transformations, the Corpse Clan would become purer and closer to the state of an Innate Divine Being, with strength reaching the consummate Immortal Venerable God level.

As long as the Corpse Core remained undamaged, the Corpse Clan would be immortal!

The second step was to shatter the Corpse Dao Golden Core and rebuild it, completely fusing it into the Corpse Clan's bodies to form an undying Zombie True Body, similar to the form of Jiang Chen's True Body.

At this point, the Corpse Clan's strength could rival that of an ordinary Grand Unity Venerable God. Every movement carried an attack imbued with the power of the Corpse Dao, much like the Witch Clan in the legends of the myriad worlds.

Jiang Chen was exploring the higher Grand Unity realm of the Corpse Dao, but he stated that this portion was not yet complete.

With Jiang Chen's enlightenment, the Corpse Clan began walking onto the right path, officially embarking on the journey of Corpse Dao cultivation.

Within the Death Forbidden Zone, Corpse Clan members transformed into Negative Energy Vortices. Some went even further and manifested their Zombie True Bodies.

Jiang Chen sensed that his Corpse Dao had become the Main Vein, with countless branch veins continuously growing. This foretold terrifying improvements in the future.

Jiang Chen was as if bound to the cultivation achievements of the entire Corpse Clan, growing stronger along with the clan.

When the Corpse Clan entered the proper path of Corpse Dao cultivation, he would welcome a period of explosive growth in strength, perhaps even catching up to the cultivation realm of his main soul, Tai Ming.

However, although his heart was filled with joy, Jiang Chen still clearly understood that he remained trapped here.

Thus, he came up with a bold idea—since he could not leave, why not refine the entire Death Land?

Although he alone could not shake this Death Land, which was like a great world, the birth of countless Corpse Clan members and their shared achievements gave him hope. If the entire Corpse Clan joined forces to refine this forbidden zone, success might be possible.

After careful consideration, Jiang Chen decided to try.

He ordered every member of the Corpse Clan to refine this forbidden-zone world with all their strength.

Although they were all Corpse Clan members below the Grand Unity level, they truly managed to shake this great world.

From the mountain rocks to the rivers and then the dark clouds... trillions of Grand Unity Corpse Clan members and countless trillions of Immortal Venerable Gods moved in orderly fashion like marching ants. Wherever they passed, they left behind the imprints of the Corpse Dao.

When the Death Forbidden Zone had been refined by one ten-thousandth, the world origin began to condense before Jiang Chen's eyes.

Jiang Chen gazed at the origin and instantly realized that his plan had been fully realized.

"It's truly unbelievable. Relying on such insignificant power, I actually defeated the mighty Demon Ancestor Rahu."

He sighed with emotion.

"The power of all living beings can overturn the universe, shake Heaven and Earth, churn the seas, change the course of fate, and even help me refine the entire universe!"

At this moment, he entered a state of enlightenment for the first time, and endless insights into the Corpse Dao surged through his heart.

At a visible speed, the power of the complete Three Thousand Great Dao Laws he had originally possessed—just over a hundred of them—began to increase rapidly.

From three hundred to five hundred, then to one thousand, three thousand... Only when he had condensed a full thirty thousand complete laws did he awaken from his enlightenment.

"Is this what enlightenment feels like?"

He muttered to himself, "No wonder my strength reached such a level in such a short time."

However, he also understood. "My Corpse Dao is still inferior to Tai Ming's Ghost Dao.

"Thirty thousand innate Great Dao Laws are already my limit."

Next, he planned to break through and become a Grand Unity cultivator.

Unlike Tai Ming, he had enough self-awareness to know that the changes of the Ghost Dao could not be replicated.

He could completely follow the example of most Grand Unity cultivators in the Primordial Wilderness: break through first, then gradually accumulate his foundations, and eventually reach the peak of the Thirty-Six Layers of Great Luo Dao Realm.

Just as Jiang Chen began refining this Death Forbidden Zone world, the land of the Primordial Wilderness remained mostly peaceful, aside from the occasional emergence of a prodigy.

The experts of the major forces were still in seclusion. The New Generation Prodigies had yet to enter the age of Grand Unity, and they could not ignore the restrictions of space and time.

The Virtual Primordial World, however, was exceptionally lively. The distance restrictions of reality no longer existed in the virtual world.

The New Generation Prodigies of the Primordial Wilderness gathered at the Virtual Buzhou Mountain and began fierce battles.

In their spare time between cultivation, they enjoyed discussing who was stronger and who was weaker.

Among them, the Son of God of the Divine Court Lineage was hailed as the strongest below the Grand Unity level. He possessed the Archaic Three Sovereigns Bloodline and had yet to encounter an opponent.

However, the Heavenly Dao Lineage's Mysterious Yin True Lord and Pure Yang True Lord could join forces to manifest the Taiji Dao Diagram, whose might was astonishing.

There was also Ancestor Minghe of the Earthly Dao Lineage, who grasped the Blood Sea Nether River Dao and could claim an entire domain of the Great Dao as his own.

All living beings released themselves in various ways within the Virtual Primordial World. They loved debating, and even the hotheaded Primordial Beings dared to criticize mighty figures of the Grand Unity realm.

Yet when the true prodigies began competing, a sudden change concerning the future of the Virtual Primordial World was quietly unfolding.

In this battle, the Son of God, brimming with confidence, challenged the Heavenly Dao Lineage's Mysterious Yin True Lord and defeated him.

Just as he was preparing to accept his victory, Ancestor Minghe suddenly appeared.

The battle intent between the two sides quickly intensified, triggering a fierce contest.

A virtual battle immediately sparked an even greater debate: What was the strongest path? A decisive battle would reveal the answer within this virtual world.

Hearing the Son of God's bold declaration, Ancestor Minghe was equally fearless.

Over the years, he had seen many New Generation Prodigies like the Son of God, who thought highly of themselves. He had not feared them even during the Divine Holy Period, when all the gods had gathered.

He firmly believed that the path he walked and the sword in his hand were the only ways to obtain true strength, unlike his opponent, who merely relied on his mouth to boast.

Thus, when the Son of God heard Ancestor Minghe's taunt, he immediately flew into a rage.

Facing Ancestor Minghe's challenge, the Son of God instantly displayed his formidable strength. He brought out the Divine Halberd and Divine Armor of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure level, forcing Ancestor Minghe to unleash the Blood Sea Nether River transformed from the Great Dao.

Within the Virtual Primordial World at Buzhou Mountain, the battle immediately drew the attention of countless spectators.

The onlookers began discussing who would ultimately prevail. The battle had remained evenly matched so far, and the outcome would depend on who revealed a weakness first.

These spectators had discerning eyes. Among them, there might even be hidden Grand Unity Venerable Gods.

The two combatants were completely focused. The battle had continued for several hundred days, moving from the Virtual Buzhou Mountain to the Virtual East Sea, and attracting more and more attention.

Even the strongest Grand Unity Venerable Gods of the New Generation—Ancestor Dragon's Nine Sons, Kong Xuan, Garuda, Cai Feng, Five-Colored Qilin, and the others—all believed that the two were evenly matched.

The Grand Unity cultivators of the older generation from the Archaic Era could not help marveling at how quickly their juniors had grown.

After the Heavenly Dao displayed its might, their cultivation speed was as if they had gained a cheat.

Although their foundations could not compare with those of the Archaic Grand Unity cultivators who cultivated the Great Dao directly, their cultivation speed was enough to make up for everything.

While the great battle raged in the Virtual Primordial World, no one noticed that a powerful force of Dark Energy was quietly taking shape in the Origin Land of the Virtual Primordial World.

Through its perfect fusion with the real Primordial World, the Virtual Primordial World had also begun to develop problems similar to those of reality.

The venting of all living beings within the Virtual Primordial World caused its Negative Energy to continuously accumulate and grow.