Chapter 8

Bound by the power of the Earthly Path Dao Fruit of the Netherworld, he had no choice but to adopt this strategy of wounding the enemy for eight hundred while harming himself for a thousand.

Even for the supremely exalted Innate Divine Being that was the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation, his origin was of vital importance.

Yet faced with the choice between life and death, he still chose to sacrifice his origin to fight Hun Wusheng.

Though this move was fraught with danger, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation firmly believed it was the only way out.

At the same time, the Heart of the Earthly Path sensed the gravity of the situation and began suppressing the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's actions with all its strength.

However, the secret art had only just begun and had not yet pushed Hun Wusheng to his limit, so the Heart of the Earthly Path did not act rashly.

It too was observing Hun Wusheng's performance, hoping that this inheritance spirit of Yue Jianshi could display his true strength.

At this moment, Hun Wusheng faced a trial of life and death. Whether he could withstand the pressure depended entirely on himself.

A contest at the level of origin had already surpassed the scope of interference by any external power. The coming challenge would have to be faced wholly by Hun Wusheng himself.

Just how much he could endure would determine his future fate!

The Heart of the Earthly Path was closely linked to Hun Wusheng and hoped that he could absorb even more origin power.

However, should he reach his limit, the Heart of the Earthly Path would distribute the origin among the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan.

But then the origin Hun Wusheng obtained would be incomplete, and it would have far-reaching effects on his future development.

At this time, Hun Wusheng was wholly focused on absorbing the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's Innate Divine Being Origin Ancestral Qi, using it to strengthen himself.

As he absorbed more and more, he felt himself undergoing a transformation—both agonizing and blissful.

Attributes and laws that had been difficult to comprehend throughout the long years of the past now surged forth like a river bursting through its dikes, making him feel as though he stood within an Ocean of the Great Dao.

The feeling was like leaping straight from the 2G era into the 5G era.

Using the word "enlightenment"

to describe Hun Wusheng's feelings at this moment could not have been more fitting.

At the same time, thanks to the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's Innate Reincarnation Great Dao Origin, Hun Wusheng thoroughly comprehended the True Meaning of Yin-Yang Life and Death, which had previously been just one step beyond his reach, as naturally as water flowing into its channel.

He further gained control over the true meaning of reincarnation.

And this was merely the beginning. As he absorbed more origin, his comprehension of Reincarnation Law and the Great Dao rose at rocket speed.

Hun Wusheng was ecstatic at this moment. He finally understood why the Primordial World placed such importance on the roots and aptitude of living beings—the gap between them was simply too vast.

Having felt this rapid progress, Hun Wusheng became even more determined to devour more of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's origin.

If he let such a fortuitous opportunity slip away, he would regret it beyond measure.

Time passed unnoticed, and Hun Wusheng's origin continuously grew stronger.

Without realizing it, he also achieved his goal of deriving an understanding of the Chaos Attribute through his comprehension of Yin-Yang Life and Death.

The acquisition of the Chaos Attribute caused his Qi Body Source Flow to begin an even deeper transformation.

Because his Chaos Attribute True Meaning had been comprehended through the fusion of multiple attributes, his Soul Power could freely shift among the true meanings of every attribute.

[In the Primordial World, the passing years went uncounted. Upon the Nether Land of the Netherworld, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's origin quietly dissipated.

As his origin was absorbed by Hun Wusheng, one-third of the might of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's Innate Origin Ancestral Qi had already been lost.

Yet astonishingly, there was not the slightest sign that Hun Wusheng had reached his limit.

This strange phenomenon even drew words of praise from the Heart of the Earthly Path, the spirit of the Earthly Path Inheritance.

It deeply marveled at how extraordinary Hun Wusheng's potential and comprehension were.

In such a short time, he had comprehended the embryonic forms of multiple laws—especially the embryonic form of Chaos Law. Such talent unquestionably set him apart from all others.

Even in the Primordial World, most cultivators needed to reach the Immortal Venerable God Realm before they could truly touch upon the essence of the Great Dao. Yet Hun Wusheng, while still below the Heavenly God Realm, had already begun comprehending the seeds of Chaos Great Dao Laws.

This advancement in realm was the wellspring that allowed him to persist and keep progressing.

The Heart of the Earthly Path quietly formed a plan. It decided to continue investing in Hun Wusheng, hoping that he could one day become the Guardian of the Dao for the Earth Emperor's Lineage.

Yet Hun Wusheng was utterly unaware of the changes outside. He was immersed in absorbing the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's Innate Great Dao Origin.

It was as though he had entered an entirely new realm, cut off from the outside world.

His state of cultivation was like upgrading from an outdated computer to a supercomputer. This qualitative leap made his former toothpaste-squeezing style of cultivation utterly incomparable.

Now, with only the slightest turn of thought, a ceaseless stream of mysteries would pour into his mind.

This change was like seeing the first light of dawn from within darkness, opening an entirely new chapter from then on.

Whether it was the growth of his strength or breakthroughs in his realm, both gave Hun Wusheng an unprecedented sense of joy and fulfillment.

At this moment, he had truly undergone a transformation that remade him from the very marrow.

Under such conditions, Hun Wusheng's Eight Extraordinary Skills—such as Spirit Binding and Dispatch, Dual Hands, and Yang God Transformation—all underwent transformations.

Qi Body Source Flow in particular had transformed into Chaos Attribute True Meaning, granting it a new foundation of power—Chaos Law.

Its nature encompassed all, contained all, and transformed all.

All the power around Hun Wusheng merged into the true meaning of Chaos Law, forming a wholly new power.

For example, after Spirit Binding and Dispatch merged into it, it refined the power of Soul True Meaning, revealing the first trace of Soul Law.

After Dual Hands fused with the true meaning of chaos, the True Meaning of Control was born. It could control souls, gods, bodies, and even all things between Heaven and Earth.

Due to the wondrous transformation of the Yin Spirit into a Yang Spirit, Great Luo Insight further developed the soul and spacetime talents, forming a Spacetime Domain and revealing the embryonic form of Spacetime Law.

Six Treasuries Immortal Thief had been elevated into a Devouring Domain, with the Devouring Law beginning to emerge.

After Divine Spirit Clarity fused with the true meaning of the Chaos Attribute, it transformed into the embryonic form of a World Law that could bring forth and transform all things within a single thought.

The remaining strange techniques, such as Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, Feng Hou's Mystic Gate, and Heavenly Talisman, also underwent transformations and became connected to Great Dao Laws.

Divine Spirit Clarity and the Eight Wonders Technique had always been linked, capable of promoting each other's fusion and evolution. At this moment, the sublimation of these strange techniques was equivalent to the seeds of multiple Great Dao Laws.

Though they were still immature, their foundations were solid and their potential limitless.

After Hun Wusheng comprehended the true meaning of yin and yang, life and death, reincarnation, and chaos, he already possessed the embryonic forms of more than ten Great Dao Laws.

The power accumulated through several hundred thousand years of cultivation had been cleansed away like impurities. Though he had once again lost his cultivation, his Innate essence had risen countless times over, and his strength far surpassed what it had once been.

Even without cultivating, his strength continued to rise. Within a few breaths, it surpassed the combined cultivation of the past hundred-odd Yuan Hui, allowing him to step directly into the Heavenly God Realm.

After experiencing the accumulation of the early Heavenly God Realm and the advancement of the middle Heavenly God Realm, Hun Wusheng finally reached the limit of the late Heavenly God Realm.

His growth was astonishing. He could almost instantly comprehend the power of true laws, entrust his True Spirit, turn false into true, return to simplicity, and thereby break through into the True God Realm.

At present, the law easiest for him to grasp was the Reincarnation Law.

Faced with Hun Wusheng's devouring, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation did not sit idly by. It resisted madly.

As Hun Wusheng absorbed more and more Innate Great Dao Origin, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation sensed a genuine crisis.

It could not accept having more than half of its origin devoured by a mere Hun Wusheng.

Thus, it decided to stake everything on one desperate gamble and resist Hun Wusheng's devouring with all its strength.

At this moment, under the influence of the Heart of the Earthly Path and the Power of the Earthly Dao of the Netherworld, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation had already fallen into a disadvantage and possessed no power to fight back.

Once Hun Wusheng seized the authority of its incomplete Innate Reincarnation Great Dao, it would completely lose its chance to resist.

Yet the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation did not give up. It decided to pour all its remaining strength into injecting all of its origin into Hun Wusheng's body.

Even though this would cause it to lose its origin completely, it still chose to do so, hoping to leave itself a chance to return.

Facing the sudden flood of immense origin, Hun Wusheng felt unprecedented pressure.

His soul body swelled like a balloon, as though it could burst at any moment.

At this moment, the Heart of the Earthly Path also turned solemn, warning him that he had to steady his mind and absorb this origin as much as possible.

Otherwise, this origin might be dispersed among the Yin-Yang Ghost Clan.

At that instant, the boundless power of the Netherworld surged forth, surrounding Hun Wusheng and suppressing the Innate Great Dao Origin of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation.

Hun Wusheng's soul body was rapidly compressed, turning into a cocoon of Soul Power.

However, the origin power injected by the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation was too overwhelming. Hun Wusheng's devouring speed could not compare to it.

Even with the Heart of the Earthly Path's assistance, Hun Wusheng could not maintain it for long.

The danger surrounding him became increasingly apparent, and the two kinds of ancestral origin qi began to collide violently.

Just then, a sudden mutation erupted within Hun Wusheng's body. A black-hole-like existence appeared and madly devoured the accumulated Innate Primordial Netherworld Reincarnation Ancestral Qi, instantly resolving the crisis.

The Heart of the Earthly Path extended its perception inward and discovered that the Divine Mechanism within Hun Wusheng's body had automatically protected its master at the critical moment.

The Divine Mechanism absorbed the power of Earthly Dao Merit and broke through, becoming a strange Innate Being. Its essence was even more powerful than Hun Wusheng's.

After absorbing the ancestral qi of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation, the Divine Mechanism's potential became even more extraordinary.

This unexpected development left even Hun Wusheng astonished, and he turned his attention to the Divine Mechanism's condition.

The birth of the Divine Mechanism not only resolved the current crisis, but also brought several unforeseen benefits.

However, Hun Wusheng's perspective was not yet broad enough to fully understand the far-reaching implications of this change.

Hun Wusheng sensed the Divine Mechanism's concern, and the Divine Mechanism responded within his thoughts that it was safe and sound.

The Divine Mechanism told him that this origin was not only harmless, but greatly beneficial to its advancement. It needed even more Innate Great Dao Origin.

Hearing this, Hun Wusheng was both surprised and relieved.

He had not expected the Divine Mechanism to possess such an ability. The infusion of that merit seemed to have caused some sort of transformation within it.

Thus, without hesitation, he allowed the Divine Mechanism to absorb the Innate Great Dao Origin it required.

The Divine Mechanism devoured far faster than Hun Wusheng, as though this origin was more compatible with it.

Hun Wusheng seized the opportunity and absorbed the Innate Origin of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation with all his strength.

At the same time, he noticed the transformation taking place within the Divine Mechanism during the absorption process, sensing its increasingly powerful strength and strange aura.

As the Divine Mechanism absorbed more and more Innate Great Dao Origin, Hun Wusheng even felt as though he were nurturing a new life.

He did not reject this change. He even looked forward to the Divine Mechanism becoming a unique living being.

As time passed, Hun Wusheng and the Divine Mechanism had jointly absorbed eighty percent of the Innate Great Dao Origin of the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation.

By now, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation could no longer reverse its defeat.

Even if it regained its sanity and recovered part of its power, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation could no longer return to its peak state.

Facing this scene, the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation neither struggled fiercely nor begged for mercy in ** , but instead sighed in a peculiar tone over the journey that had begun in the unrecorded years of chaos. In the end, he chose to stop struggling and handed over his origin.

He said to Hun Wusheng, "I hope you will not disgrace my name of Reincarnation."

The Beast Emperor of Reincarnation had utterly fallen, gifting his origin to Hun Wusheng.

His figure scattered on the wind, leaving behind only a remnant body and lingering might.

The dense origin surrounding Hun Wusheng seemed to be responding to some mysterious force.

This sight filled Hun Wusheng with solemn respect for the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation.

Though the other had been his enemy, he had also been an Innate Divine Being worthy of respect.

His death was undoubtedly an immense loss to the Primordial World.

After absorbing the Beast Emperor of Reincarnation's origin, Hun Wusheng's strength surged greatly.

However, the Heart of the Earthly Path noticed that Hun Wusheng's soul body had not completely transformed.

Its presence was like some mysterious little thing, constantly absorbing the remaining Innate Great Dao Origin, as though nurturing some new form of life.

This left the Heart of the Earthly Path waiting curiously for his awakening and transformation.