The Ring Leads Straight to Tushita Palace? Laojun Above, Accept This Disciple's Bow!

At the moment Xiao Yao's Dao heart became firmer than ever, the space before his eyes suddenly rippled. A tiny point of light appeared out of nowhere, then rapidly expanded in the wind, transforming into a translucent azure screen!

[Name: Xiao Yao]

[Lifespan: 15/88]

[Cultivation: Seven-Star Dou Zhe]

[Bloodline: Thin Dou God bloodline (not activated)]

[Special Physique: None]

[Cultivation Method: Low Xuan Rank · Fire Bathing Art]

[Dou Skills: Low Xuan Rank · Eight Extremes Fist, High Huang Rank · Iron Mountain Lean, High Huang Rank · Fire Blowing Palm]

[Destiny Points: 100 (Reward obtained for first altering the plot point, 'The Humiliation of Breaking the Engagement')]

This was Xiao Yao's detailed status panel.

[The host has successfully altered a key plot point. The Heaven-Defying Fate System has officially activated.]

[This system exists to assist the host in breaking free from the constraints of the worldline, shattering predetermined fate, and replacing the Child of Destiny as the ruler of the world. For every portion of the original plot the host changes, and every portion of fate's trajectory the host reverses, the host will obtain 'Destiny Points,' which may be used to exchange for all rare treasures across the myriad worlds and heavens.]

A cold mechanical voice suddenly sounded in Xiao Yao's mind.

It had come!

It had finally come!

Xiao Yao's breathing hitched slightly, yet there was no wild ecstasy on his face. Instead, there was only an icy calm that reached the extreme. He slowly clenched his fist, feeling the Dou Qi surging through his body.

Twelve years. Just as he had completely abandoned all fantasies and prepared to carve out a bloody path across this continent through his own cunning and ruthlessness, it... had finally appeared!

This was not help in a snowstorm, but icing on the cake! No, it was the sharpest edge being added to a sword on the verge of leaving its sheath! [Ding! Detected that the host is activating the system for the first time. A beginner's gift pack has been awarded. Open it immediately?]

"Open it." Xiao Yao's voice was calm and unruffled.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for opening the beginner's gift pack. You have obtained one Yin-Yang Creation Ring and one Primordial Creation Pill!]

As the system notification fell silent, a ring entirely purple-gold and etched with mysterious runes, emanating an arcane aura, appeared before Xiao Yao alongside a pill resembling yin and yang, wreathed in seven-colored divine radiance.

"Boom!"

At that moment, an incomparably mysterious fluctuation spread out from the Primordial Creation Pill. An unimaginable, terrifying energy gathered overhead and shot into the heavens, stirring the winds and clouds and bringing forth booming thunder! Vast Dou Qi spread outward before turning into tides, as countless phenomena appeared above the entire Gamma Empire and even the Northwest Continent!

Though it was clearly just a pill, it radiated a supreme aura as if it stood above heaven and earth themselves. It seemed as though even the world's origin was trembling.

The entire Dou Qi Continent shook at that instant!

Countless powerful experts hidden in the shadows turned their gazes toward the Northwest Continent.

"What a terrifying energy fluctuation! Could a peak Heavenly Flame have emerged?"

"Dispatch people to investigate immediately!"

"Could some hidden old monster from some clan be breaking through to the Dou Saint Peak?"

At the same time, Hun Tiandi in the distant Soul Realm and Gu Yuan of the Ancient Clan were both startled by this sudden energy fluctuation.

"This aura... could it be..."

Unprecedented gravity appeared in both their eyes.

As the person closest to becoming a Dou God on the entire continent, Hun Tiandi had plotted in secret for a thousand years, planning every move with care. He could sense even more clearly how extraordinary that fluctuation was.

Yet his pupils were now filled with terror and greed.

"Such immense energy, and such a high-grade aura. That's right, it can only be the emergence of an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill!"

"The Tou She Ancient God Jade hasn't been fully gathered yet. Could there be another complication?"

"Investigate! Investigate it for me! All Hall of Souls Protectors and above are to mobilize. Search inch by inch from the Northwest Continent to the Central Plains! Accelerate the plan. I will personally go to the center of the phenomenon!"

The same scene played out among ancient clans such as the Ancient Clan. For the first time in ten thousand years, the entire continent was thrown into turmoil.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yao, at the heart of the storm, had no idea what kind of chain reaction he had triggered. All he heard was the system notification repeatedly announcing, [Plot altered. Mall Points +1000.]

Without the slightest hesitation, he swallowed the Primordial Creation Pill.

With such a huge commotion, if I wait even a second longer, I'm afraid some passing expert will snatch it away.

Besides, could a pill from a beginner's gift pack really burst me to death?

"Boom!"

The moment the pill entered his stomach, an energy capable of destroying heaven and earth erupted within Xiao Yao's body.

"Aah!"

Xiao Yao could not help letting out agonized, miserable roars. His body felt as if it were about to be blown apart by that violent energy.

Cracks spread across his body like cracks in porcelain, and jets of blood sprayed in every direction. Yet the raging energy kept repairing his body, healing all his wounds in an instant before covering him with new ones again. The cycle repeated endlessly, bringing pain beyond endurance! Wave after wave of palpitating energy fluctuations slowly seeped from within his body.

The pure energy rapidly burrowed into every meridian in Xiao Yao's body. In the end, like layers of blood membranes, it slowly permeated his meridians and bones, remolding him from the inside out.

"Not good! I can't hold on! But even if I can't, I have to endure! If I can't even withstand this beginner's gift pack, what right do I have to talk about becoming a Dou God!"

Xiao Yao's face twisted savagely. At this moment, he could only exhaust every ounce of strength to keep his consciousness clear and fuse with the energy.

However, at that moment, an incomparably profound voice suddenly came from Xiao Yao's Yin-Yang Creation Ring.

"Dao gave birth to One, One gave birth to Two, Two gave birth to Three, and Three gave birth to all things..."

As the mysterious voice rang out, the violent energy within Xiao Yao's body miraculously calmed down. It then began frantically transforming his body.

His meridians continuously widened, his bones continuously strengthened, and his flesh and blood continuously reconstructed and ascended...

In just a few breaths, Xiao Yao underwent earth-shattering changes.

His skin became crystalline like jade, while his eyes held profound runes within them, deep as the starry sky, as though they could see through all falsehoods in the world.

An otherworldly aura radiated from him, making him seem like an immortal banished from the heavens, untouched by mortal dust.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully refining the Primordial Creation Pill. Your physique has evolved into the Innate Dao Body, with supreme comprehension!]

At that moment, Xiao Yao's consciousness was suddenly pulled into the Primordial Creation Ring by a mysterious force.

His consciousness was undergoing an unimaginable journey of "ascension"! It was as if an irresistible supreme force had gently plucked him from a mundane painting and cast him into a mythic world formed from pure "Dao" and "principle."

The sea of clouds stretched endlessly, and purple qi coiled like dragons!

Before him stood a supreme heavenly palace supported by swirling immortal mist. Its grandeur could no longer be measured with words. It was not made of bricks or timber, but was the manifestation of laws, the condensation of the Great Dao!

Xiao Yao stared at the cloud-shrouded palace before him, at the immense Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace in its center, and shock filled his face.

"This is..."

"Hm? A living being can actually enter this old Daoist's Tushita Palace through consciousness alone?"

At that moment, a calm yet aged voice seemed to descend from beyond the nine heavens, yet also seemed to resound directly within Xiao Yao's heart.

Immediately afterward, an old man wearing a Daoist robe adorned with the Eight Trigrams, with white hair, a youthful face, and the bearing of an immortal, appeared before him out of thin air.

"Y-you... are... Taishang Laojun?!"

Xiao Yao stared at the old man before him, instantly dumbfounded and frozen in place.

This person before him was actually the supreme saint of Taoism from China's mythological legends, Taishang Laojun—the one who created heaven and earth, guided beings through countless tribulations, and governed through nonaction!

This was not the interior of the Yin-Yang Creation Ring at all! This was clearly the legendary immortal sacred land, Tushita Palace! Xiao Yao's soul trembled with the instinctive awe born from the difference in their levels of existence.

A trace of nearly imperceptible surprise seemed to flash through Laojun's calm eyes. He looked deeply at Xiao Yao, seeming to understand, before speaking lightly. "Oh? You little one actually recognize this old Daoist. It seems you are not a living being of this world."

With a single sentence, he exposed Xiao Yao's greatest secret!

Xiao Yao felt his scalp go numb, but what followed was unprecedented ecstasy and excitement!

A heaven-sent opportunity! This was absolutely a heaven-sent opportunity!

Without hesitation, he dropped to both knees with a thud and respectfully bowed to Laojun. His voice was incomparably sincere. "This junior is Xiao Yao, from another world. By a twist of fate, I accidentally entered this saint's sacred grounds. I beg the saint's forgiveness!"

"No matter." Laojun's tone was indifferent. "The ring in your hand originated from the Purple Gold Red Gourd this old Daoist used while refining pills. Over time, its gourd mouth gained sentience and descended to the lower realm on its own. I did not expect it to form a bond with a soul from another world like you. It is quite an interesting matter."

His gaze shifted slightly and fell upon Xiao Yao, as though he were examining a piece of unpolished jade.

"The pill you swallowed is called the Dao Origin Immortal Pill. It is one of the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pills this old Daoist casually refined. This pill contains a trace of the origin of the Great Dao. When mortals consume it, they can be remolded from the inside out and have their foundations reconstructed. I did not expect you, little one, to possess such deep fortune that you could borrow this pill's power to cultivate the Innate Dao Body in one stroke. That is rather rare."

Laojun's words were like bolts of thunder exploding in Xiao Yao's mind.

So that was it! So this was the source of it all!