Saints Beg Me Not to Show Off

The gourd in hand, he should continue his journey to explore Buzhou Mountain.

Meanwhile, the others present witnessed this scene. As they gazed in the direction Ao Chen had departed, their expressions grew even more complex and solemn.

A draw—Eastern Emperor Taiyi, wielding an Innate Supreme Treasure, had actually fought to a standstill with this unknown youth. The sight left them utterly stunned.

Now that the Sun Palace had been established, though the Demon Race had yet to emerge, Eastern Emperor Taiyi's domineering might and power were renowned throughout the Primordial Wilderness.

To put it bluntly, among the great powers, Eastern Emperor Taiyi could easily rank in the top three, and there was even a chance he could claim the top spot.

Yet such an existence had been evenly matched with a youth none of them recognized.

"This Daoist friend Ao Chen is truly unfathomable!" Old Ancestor Hongyun clicked his tongue, still shaken.

Zhen Yuanzi stroked his beard and nodded, his gaze deep. "When did a figure like this emerge in the Primordial Wilderness?"

"I've never seen him before. Even when we attended the sermons at Purple Cloud Palace and the Dao Ancestor transmitted the Dharma, none of us laid eyes on him."

Fuxi shook his head slightly, his eyes narrowing as a thoughtful look flickered within.

Beside him, Nuwa also nodded faintly, her expression grave. "His strength is secondary—what truly matters is that technique."

Hearing Nuwa's words, everyone present felt a stifling pause.

They naturally understood what Nuwa was referring to.

If they had initially suspected Ao Chen of concealing his aura, the moment he clashed with Eastern Emperor Taiyi had laid everything bare.

That aura was that of a Heavenly Immortal.

Yet a Heavenly Immortal had fought to a draw with Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who was at the peak of the Great Luo realm. Such a technique was truly extraordinary.

"Hmph! Heresy and deviance!" Primordial Lord of Heaven snorted coldly, flicking his sleeve and departing.

Sect Master Tongtian, however, burst into laughter. "Interesting! Interesting! I hope I'll have the chance to test it myself someday!" With that, he too transformed into a streak of sword light and vanished.

Taishang Laojun glanced at the crowd, shook his head slightly, and dissolved into a wisp of Pure Qi, disappearing.

Nuwa and Fuxi exchanged a look, then left together.

Only Old Ancestor Minghe remained, looking at the direction the others had gone, then at where Ao Chen had vanished. He chuckled darkly, and with a flash of blood light, he too melted into the void.

But after this battle, Ao Chen was destined to fade into obscurity no longer.

On the other side, Ao Chen had already left the region where the Primordial Wilderness's top powers had gathered. He paid no heed to the complex gazes and murmurs behind him.

The looks of shock, wariness, curiosity, or disdain that followed him—he was utterly oblivious to them.

His Dao Heart was firm, his goal clear. The clamor of the outside world could no longer shake him in the slightest.

At this moment, all his focus was devoted to the towering mountain before him—the pillar that held up heaven and earth, the symbol of Pangu's Will, the foremost divine peak of the Primordial Wilderness: Buzhou Mountain.

With each step, he crossed a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers.

Ao Chen's figure wove through the undulating ridges of the Buzhou Mountain range, gradually drawing closer to its most central and towering spine.

The closer he got to the main peak, the heavier and more oppressive the pressure of Pangu—born from the creation of the world—became, like a prison.

The very void seemed to solidify, every inch of space filled with an invisible, overwhelming force, as if it would grind any intruder into dust.

For ordinary immortals, even standing here would be a challenge, let alone climbing.

Yet Ao Chen walked through it all, his expression calm, his steps steady.

He was now a Mythical Heavenly Immortal, his realm having "Sublimated Through Eternity, Eternal Uniqueness." His personal Dao had already begun to touch the dimension of time and space.

Though Pangu's Pressure was immense, it could not truly shake the foundation of his Dao, "Time is My Sole Proof."

What's more, this omnipresent pressure and the vast Dao resonance it contained were, for him, an excellent resource for cultivation!

He did not deliberately resist. Instead, he opened his mind and actively drew in this pressure to temper his physical body and Primordial Spirit.

His Five-Clawed True Dragon body was already formidable. Now, under the grinding of Pangu's Pressure, every dragon scale gleamed with an immortal luster. Within his flesh, blood, and bones, it seemed as if stars were being born and dying, transforming toward a higher level.

His Primordial Spirit, too, was baptized by the Dao resonance of Pangu, growing ever more crystalline and translucent. His comprehension of his own "Mythical Grand Unity Method" also rose accordingly.

"Buzhou Mountain, Pangu's Spine... truly lives up to its reputation."

As Ao Chen climbed, he silently absorbed the experience.

The process of climbing was itself the process of cultivation.

But he did not devote all his energy to comprehending Pangu's legacy.

While steadily ascending, he moved his mind, and a small gourd—chaotic gray in color, devoid of any patterns, appearing extremely plain and ordinary—quietly appeared in his palm.

It was the seventh gourd born from the Innate Gourd Vine.

Since obtaining it, he had never delved deeply into it.

Now, Ao Chen felt the time had come.

As he climbed Buzhou Mountain and comprehended Pangu's Will, he would also seek to understand the profound Dao mysteries hidden within this mysterious gray gourd—especially the layers of Innate Spiritual Restrictions naturally bred within it.

His Heaven-Defying Comprehension activated at full power. Ao Chen's gaze seemed to pierce through the gray gourd's surface, directly reflecting the incredibly complex and profoundly mysterious Innate Spiritual Restrictions within.

These Spiritual Restrictions were completely different from those of other Innate Spiritual Treasures. They did not point toward clear laws but instead manifested a chaotic, hazy state—seeming empty yet not empty, seeming present yet not present—as if they were the most primitive traces from the dawn of the Great Dao, containing infinite possibilities yet impossible to grasp.

"This feeling... is it chaos? Or nothingness?"

Ao Chen's mind raced at full speed, enduring the tempering of Pangu's Pressure while analyzing the Innate Spiritual Restrictions within the gourd.

Gradually, from these chaotic Spiritual Restrictions, he captured a thread of core true intent: an extreme form of "inward convergence," "self-consistency," and "independence."

It was as if this gourd itself was a perfect, self-sufficient chaotic origin point, not dependent on the outside world, not stained by karma, standing independent of the laws of the Primordial World.

This discovery made Ao Chen's heart jolt!

He immediately connected it to the next realm he was conceptualizing—the Mythical True Immortal Realm!

According to his conjecture, the core of the True Immortal Realm lay in "self-attaining the Dao, an Immortal Body, an Indestructible Primordial Spirit, and Condensing Three Bodies of past, present, and future."

Among these, one must first establish one's own Dao, then achieve an Immortal Body and Indestructible Primordial Spirit, and finally sever the past, present, and future bodies.

The indestructibility within this Innate Spiritual Treasure before him, and the unique self-contained Dao within the Chaos Gourd, gave Ao Chen immense inspiration.

As for the final method of severing the Three-Life Body, it was relatively a matter of natural progression.

"I see! 'Condensing Three Bodies of past, present, and future' is not merely a time-based divine ability, but the manifestation of one's own Dao reaching perfection!"

"Only when one's own Dao, like this gray gourd, achieves absolute inward convergence and self-consistency, forming a true self Dao domain independent of the River of Time in the Primordial World..."

"This true self Dao domain is one's own heart! It does not rely on the Heavenly Dao, forming its own cycle, and can gradually replace dependence on the Heavenly Heart!"

"And the foundation for constructing this true self Dao domain is an Immortal Body, enabling an Indestructible Primordial Spirit!"

"Only with immortality and indestructibility can the past self and future self scattered in the River of Time be forcibly anchored, recalled, and condensed into the present self!"

"One link connects to the next—so that's how it is, so that's how it is, hahaha! My Dao is complete!"

Boom!

Ao Chen felt a sudden clarity, his thoughts unimpeded!

The core cultivation philosophy of the Mythical True Immortal Method, the key steps, and the specific path for Condensing Three Bodies and Using My Heart to Replace Heavenly Heart rapidly constructed a clear framework in his mind!

Although the specific techniques still required massive deduction and refinement, he had already found the key to the door leading to the True Immortal Realm!

Ao Chen's steps did not pause; he continued climbing steadily. His gaze was calm, but deep within blazed an unprecedented light.

On Buzhou Mountain, amidst the drifting clouds and mist, a brand-new mythical realm was quietly gestating in the heart of this dragon youth with Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

The Great Dao Origin Scripture: Mythical True Immortal Chapter was no longer distant!

Chapter 22: Seeking the Perfect True Immortal Dao, the First Battle of the Sorcerer and Demon Clans Begins

At a certain spot on the mountainside of Buzhou, clouds and mist swirled, and the Dao resonance was naturally perfect.

Ao Chen sat cross-legged, eyes tightly shut, his mind spinning at an unprecedented speed.

In his thoughts, the myriad mysteries of the Mythical True Immortal Realm—self-attaining the Dao, an Immortal Body, an Indestructible Primordial Spirit, Condensing Three Bodies, Using My Heart to Replace Heavenly Heart...

These core concepts, gained from comprehending the Chaos Gourd's Innate Spiritual Restrictions and Pangu's Pressure, were being continuously integrated and deduced by his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

He was attempting to weave these scattered insights into the general outline of the Mythical Dao Path he had created for himself—the Great Dao Origin Scripture—to construct its crucial third chapter, the Mythical True Immortal Chapter.

However, as the deduction deepened, Ao Chen's brow involuntarily furrowed slightly.

"No... it's still not enough..."

He keenly sensed that although the core direction of the True Immortal Realm—constructing a true self Dao domain to bear the Three Bodies, an Independent Spacetime, and ultimately Using My Heart to Replace Heavenly Heart—was clear, the specific path of realization seemed to be missing something crucial.

It was like a puzzle where the final image was clear and most of the pieces were found, but the most central pieces remained blurry, unable to fit perfectly into place.

The theoretical framework of the Mythical True Immortal Chapter existed, but the details felt obscure, obstructed, lacking smooth and complete integration.

"The Chaos Gourd's chaotic Spiritual Restrictions pointed the direction of 'independence and self-consistency'; Pangu's Pressure provided a reference for the foundation of immortality... but this is still not enough to support a complete True Immortal Chapter."

"Without a more comprehensive and stable method, forcing the process would lead to unpredictable consequences." Ao Chen understood in his heart.

Although his comprehension was high, able to directly point to the origin of the Great Dao, creating a method was not building castles in the air.

The Mythical Grand Unity Method was an unprecedented path, and every step required an extremely solid foundation and verification.