Grand Unity

"Leave the spiritual root behind, and I'll spare your life!" Kuafu roared like thunder, his voice shaking the surrounding lands!

He stood several zhang tall, with a face like a red date, a bristling beard, and eyes like blazing bronze bells.

He wore a helmet fashioned from the skull of a ferocious beast, heavy bronze plate armor, and wielded a massive axe the size of a door.

With one step, the earth cracked apart. Baleful aura condensed into tangible armor around him as he charged after Dao Xuan with terrifying force capable of splitting mountains and shattering peaks!

Dao Xuan's heart tightened!

A Great Shaman!

This was a terrifying being comparable to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

Kuafu was especially renowned for his boundless strength and inexhaustible endurance!

Dao Xuan did not dare relax in the slightest and pushed his escape speed to its limit!

The Li Fire Feathered Sword beneath his feet transformed into a crimson streak of fire, shrieking through the air!

The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler in his hand circulated Mysterious Yellow Qi, cleaving through the obstructing currents ahead!

Even so, Kuafu's mountain-like figure continued to rapidly grow in his field of vision!

"Little thief! Where do you think you're going?!"

Kuafu roared and suddenly hurled the giant axe in his hand!

The massive axe became a black streak that tore through the sky, carrying the force to shatter stars as it crossed the distance in an instant and hacked straight at Dao Xuan's back!

Before the axe even arrived, its terrifying wind and baleful aura made Dao Xuan's back prickle as if pierced by needles, while his primordial spirit trembled!

"Block!"

Dao Xuan gritted his teeth and spun around!

The power of the sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique erupted from within him. His muscles bulged, and his blood vitality surged like a dragon!

At the same time, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler burst forth with unprecedented, dazzling Mysterious Yellow light!

Dao Runes raced wildly across the ruler's body as the Dao Rhyme of annihilating all techniques condensed to its utmost limit!

"Break!"

Dao Xuan swung his ruler with all his strength to meet that terrifying giant axe!

Clang—!!!!

An even more deafening explosion erupted, as though it would tear heaven and earth apart!

A terrifying shockwave burst outward in a ring!

The mountains below shattered, and ancient trees were ground into dust!

It felt as though Dao Xuan had been struck by a Primordial Divine Mountain. His right arm, which held the ruler, ached as though it would split apart. The web between his thumb and forefinger burst open, and golden-red blood, containing Taiqing immortal radiance and profound technique blood vitality, instantly stained his apricot-yellow Daoist robe!

A sweet taste rose in his throat as a surge of blood rushed upward, only for him to forcibly suppress it!

The giant axe was violently sent flying back by the annihilating Dao Rhyme and half a measure of Heaven and Earth Creation merit contained within the Mysterious Yellow Ruler!

But Dao Xuan was also shaken by that overwhelming, irresistible force until his blood vitality churned, his organs shifted, and his escape light instantly dimmed. Like a meteor, he was violently smashed toward a mountain below!

Boom!

Rock shattered, and dust filled the air!

"Cough, cough..." Dao Xuan burst out from the rubble, his face slightly pale and a thread of golden-red blood at the corner of his mouth. He had clearly suffered serious internal injuries.

Yet there was no fear in his eyes. Instead, his fighting spirit surged!

"What a Great Shaman! Your reputation is well deserved!"

"Thief! Die!" Though Chi You had lost an arm, his ferocity had not diminished. Enduring the intense pain, he wrapped baleful aura around his severed arm and charged once more like a raging bull!

Before him was the one-armed, vicious shaman Chi You, and behind him was the enraged Great Shaman Kuafu!

The two powerful shamans attacked him from both sides!

"Do you really think this Daoist is made of clay?!" Dao Xuan's temper flared as well!

Within his Mud Pill Palace, the Chaos Bead stirred almost imperceptibly. The heavy Dao Rhyme of the Nine Dragon Myriad Treasure Seal circulated, stabilizing his primordial spirit and body.

With his left hand, he formed a seal and summoned the Wind and Thunder Pearl once more!

"Wind and thunder together! Suppress!"

Boom!

Purple lightning danced like rampaging dragons, while cyan astral wind sliced like heavenly blades, instantly enveloping the charging Chi You!

Caught off guard in his heavily injured state, Chi You was blasted back repeatedly by the power of wind and thunder. His baleful aura armor flickered unsteadily, and more charred wounds appeared across his body!

Seizing that opening!

Dao Xuan suddenly slammed the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler against the ground!

"Mysterious Yellow without measure! Suppress!"

Hum!

Vast Mysterious Yellow Qi erupted around the ruler, forming a solid curtain of Mysterious Yellow light that instantly covered a radius of one hundred zhang!

It was like raising an impregnable Mysterious Yellow barrier in the middle of the chaotic battlefield!

Boom!

Kuafu's mountain-like body crashed violently into the curtain of Mysterious Yellow light!

The light curtain shook fiercely. Mysterious Yellow Qi roiled like boiling water, while countless Dao Runes flickered in and out of existence, yet it forcibly withstood the enraged Great Shaman's charge!

Kuafu only felt an extremely firm, extremely yang force that annihilated all techniques rebound toward him. Even his blood vitality churned, and his body came to a halt!

"A merit treasure?!" A flash of surprise and uncertainty crossed Kuafu's bronze-bell eyes.

Seizing this chance!

Dao Xuan's eyes flashed sharply!

"Now!"

Without hesitation, he recalled the Wind and Thunder Pearl as his thoughts raced!

"Myriad Treasures Nine Dragon Seal! Earth escape!"

Hum!

The Treasure Distribution Rock Seal flew from his sleeve in an instant, becoming a gray-white streak as it sank into the ground beneath his feet!

An incomparably heavy force of suppression and support spread outward!

Dao Xuan followed close behind it, vanishing into the earth as though he had merged with it!

"Earth escape?!"

Kuafu roared and drove his giant fist, carrying the force to collapse mountains, into the spot where Dao Xuan had disappeared!

Boom!

The earth caved in, forming an enormous pit dozens of zhang deep!

Yet there was nothing at the bottom but dirt and broken rocks. Where was Dao Xuan's figure?

The Supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure-level earth escape technique contained within the Treasure Distribution Rock Seal, coupled with its Dao Rhyme of suppression and support, perfectly concealed Dao Xuan's aura and escape light!

"Ah—! This infuriates me!" Kuafu threw back his head and roared, the sound waves echoing through the mountains!

Chi You also rushed over. Seeing the empty pit, his face turned livid.

"Big Brother! That thief..."

"Chase him! He's injured, so he can't have fled far! Send orders to every division!

Seal off everything within ten thousand li of Buzhou Mountain!

Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, find that little thief! Recover Father God's lost treasure!" Flames of rage burned in Kuafu's eyes as baleful aura surged into the sky.

Deep within the earth veins.

Wrapped in the Myriad Treasures Nine Dragon Seal, Dao Xuan traveled through the dense earth vein essence like a fish through water.

His face was pale. His magic power had been greatly depleted, his organs still ached faintly, and waves of tearing pain came from his right arm.

"Hiss... The power of a Great Shaman truly is terrifying! If not for the Mysterious Yellow Ruler and the sixth revolution of the profound technique, that axe would have taken half my life!" Dao Xuan still felt lingering fear.

He did not dare stop, instead driving the Treasure Distribution Rock Seal at full force as he fled away from Buzhou Mountain.

At the same time, he circulated the Taiqing Immortal Art and drew upon the Kunlun Immortal Spiritual Qi contained in the jade talisman Laozi had given him before his departure, nourishing his injuries and restoring his magic power.

After fleeing for an unknown amount of time, he had traveled who knew how many tens of thousands of li underground.

Dao Xuan sensed a point where several earth veins converged, where the fire qi was unusually pure and vigorous.

Guided by the Myriad Treasures Nine Dragon Seal, he broke through a layer of rock.

The view suddenly opened up before him!

It was actually an enormous underground cavern!

Countless crystalline stalactites hung from the ceiling, dripping Nectar and Jade Liquid.

Below, a pool of scarlet magma flowed slowly, radiating blistering heat. Yet it carried none of sulfur's foul stench and instead contained pure essence of earthfire.

At the center of the magma pool rose an enormous black platform, smooth as a mirror and emitting a gentle aura that could isolate the high heat of the earthfire.

"What an excellent earthfire spiritual cavern! This is the perfect place to heal injuries and refine treasures!" Dao Xuan rejoiced.

He flew down onto the black platform.

The Treasure Distribution Rock Seal hovered above his head, releasing dense Chaos Qi that isolated his aura from the outside and suppressed the earthfire.

The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler lay across his knees, Mysterious Yellow Qi circulating around it to protect him.

Dao Xuan sat cross-legged and took out the healing immortal pill Laozi had given him.

The pill melted upon entering his mouth, turning into a vast, gentle current of immortal spiritual qi that swiftly nourished his damaged organs and meridians, repairing his bodily injuries.

At the same time, the Taiqing Immortal Art operated at full force. The Top Three Flowers swayed above his head, and the Five Qi in the Chest circulated as he absorbed the rich earth vein spiritual energy and fire-element essence here.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique also began circulating on its own. His blood vitality flowed like mercury, washing over his wounds. Broken bones rejoined, cracks closed, and his body glowed with a treasure-like radiance, even stronger than before!

And so, an unknown amount of time passed.

Dao Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

Divine light shone within them. His aura was rounded and full, his injuries completely healed, and his magic power had improved considerably. The bottleneck at the Peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm seemed to have loosened by another thread.

"It's time!"

His gaze burned as he looked into his sleeve.

With a sweep of his wide sleeve—

Hum!

Treasure light swirled, and thousands of streams of auspicious qi emerged!

The Supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Root Banana Tree, three feet tall and jade-green throughout, appeared atop the black platform.

Its four innate spiritual leaves swayed gently. The scorching heat of fire, the freezing chill of water, the sharpness of wind, and the heaviness of earth—four entirely different yet naturally harmonious Dao Rhymes spread outward, bathing the entire cavern in flowing, multicolored light.

"Earth, water, fire, wind... the origins of the four symbols, the foundation from which all things evolve!" Dao Xuan's eyes filled with anticipation.

"If I can fuse them into one, it will surely become an extraordinary Innate Spiritual Treasure! It will also be my opportunity to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!"

He took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

His hands formed profound Mystic Arts as the power of his primordial spirit surged from his Mud Pill Palace, connecting with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler and the Treasure Distribution Rock Seal!

"Heaven and earth as the furnace! Creation as the artisan! Yin and yang as the charcoal! All things as the bronze!"

"Mysterious Yellow as the guide! Treasure Distribution as the foundation! Origins of the four symbols! Fuse!"

Dao Xuan chanted the true words, his voice like a Daoist cry!

Hum!

The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Merit Ruler responded first!

Vast Mysterious Yellow Qi poured forth from the ruler. Rather than annihilating, it transformed into an utmost pure force of creation that reconciled yin and yang and ordered all things. Like an invisible furnace flame, it enveloped the entire Banana Tree!

The Treasure Distribution Rock Seal also trembled, releasing dense Chaos Qi that became the foundation of an invisible crucible. It bore the origins of the four symbols and suppressed earth, fire, wind, and water!

Boom!

Within the cavern, the scarlet magma pool seemed to be drawn upward. Earthfire essence rose and transformed into a scarlet fire dragon, merging into the Mysterious Yellow furnace flames!

The fire leaf responded first. Crimson light flared brilliantly, and its flame patterns came alive, transforming into incomparably pure fire-element origin!

Then!

Azure light flowed across the water leaf. Freezing intent spread, ripples swayed, and pure water-element origin overflowed!

The wind leaf became lush and verdant as the howling of astral winds rose. The sharp origin of wind emerged!

The earth leaf was thick and earthen-yellow, its earth veins clearly visible as dense, weighty essence of wu earth condensed!

Under the refinement of the Mysterious Yellow furnace flames and the suppression and support of the Treasure Distribution Rock Seal, the four incomparably pure origin powers slowly began to merge!

The process was extremely difficult!

The origins of the four symbols restrained and generated one another. A single mistake would cause their origins to clash and the spiritual treasure to be completely destroyed!

Dao Xuan's primordial spirit was intensely focused. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he fully controlled the Mysterious Yellow Qi, reconciling yin and yang and sorting through the conflicts.

Time seemed to lose all meaning within this underground cavern.

Like the most skillful craftsman, Dao Xuan used his primordial spirit as a hammer and Mysterious Yellow as his guide, continuously tempering and refining the four origins.

Gradually.

The crimson, azure, verdant, and earthen-yellow lights no longer remained distinctly separate. Instead, they slowly began to rotate, forming a vortex where the four colors merged.

At the center of the vortex, a speck of Chaos-colored light quietly came into being!

It was weak at first, yet it contained the supreme Dao Rhyme of Heaven and Earth Creation and the evolution of all things!

Hum!

The instant that speck of Chaos light stabilized!

The Banana Tree itself transformed into a jade-green streak and voluntarily entered the vortex!

Boom!

Myriad rays of rosy light and thousands of streams of auspicious qi filled the cavern!

An indescribably terrifying aura erupted!

If not for the Treasure Distribution Rock Seal's suppression, the entire earth vein would likely have been overturned!

The four-colored vortex rapidly collapsed inward!

In the end, it became a strange fan!

The fan was neither gold, jade, nor stone. Its ribs were Chaos-colored, as if condensed from the most primordial Chaos Qi.

Its surface was woven from the origins of earth, water, fire, and wind, evolving images of mountains and rivers, vast oceans and seas of fire, astral winds of the nine heavens, and thick earth. The cycle repeated endlessly, ceaselessly giving rise to new life!

At the end of the handle, two ancient Dao patterns were naturally inscribed—Banana!

It was the Supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—the Four Symbols Banana Fan!

The moment this treasure took form, a vast and majestic Origin Dao Rhyme surged back, instantly flooding Dao Xuan's body!

Boom!

Dao Xuan's body shuddered violently!

The Top Three Flowers above his head spun wildly and solidified at an unprecedented speed!

The Five Qi in the Chest boiled as they returned to the origin and merged into one!

Within the Mud Pill Palace, his primordial spirit bloomed with boundless radiance!

The chasm separating Taiyi from Grand Unity shattered under the impact of the Four Symbols' origin and the Dao Rhyme born from the Banana Fan's completion!

An immortal, indestructible aura that transcended the river of time rose from Dao Xuan's body!

Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

His Dao Fruit had initially formed!

At the same time!

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique was struck by this immense power, and the bottleneck at the peak of the sixth revolution was pierced as easily as thin paper!

Boom!

Dao Xuan's body swelled once more!

A thousand zhang... ten thousand zhang!

His vital blood roared like thunder, while his sinews and bones rang together like dragon cries!

His muscles knotted like coiling dragons, treasure light flowed beneath his skin, and mysterious Dao patterns faintly emerged!

A terrifying power from the very origin of his fleshly body awakened like a slumbering primordial fiendish beast!

At the ultimate extreme of strength, all laws were destroyed!

The seventh revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique!

The strength of his physical body now rivaled that of a peak Great Witch! It might even surpass one!

Feeling the ceaseless, seemingly inexhaustible power coursing through his body, as well as the Grand Unity Dao Fruit within his primordial spirit that transcended time and overlooked the river of fate, Dao Xuan could not help throwing back his head in a long howl!

The howl split metal and shattered stone, containing the Dao Rhyme of Grand Unity and the divine power of the profound technique. It made the entire underground lava cave hum and tremble; if not for the Treasure Distribution Rock Seal suppressing it, the cave would have long since collapsed!

"Grand Unity Golden Immortal! Seventh revolution of the profound technique!"

"This brush with death was worth it!"

With a thought, he withdrew his ten-thousand-zhang Dharma body and returned to normal.

With a wave of his hand, the Banana Fan with its chaotic fan ribs and Four Symbols fan surface fell into his grasp.

It felt warm and smooth in his hand, yet weighed as much as ten thousand jun. The power of the Four Symbols' origin lay within it; with a mere thought, he could invoke Earth Water Fire Wind and unleash endless might!

"Good treasure!" Dao Xuan could not bear to put it down.

He then looked at himself.

He wore a Blue Gauze Headband and an Apricot Yellow Bagua Immortal Robe. Though he had gone through a great battle, not a speck of dust stained him, making his immortal bearing and Dao-boned grace even more pronounced.

His face was like polished jade, his eyes like bright stars. Handsome and refined, Dao Rhyme flowed around him, and the bearing of a Grand Unity had taken shape.

"It is time to leave."

Dao Xuan put away his various treasures, leaving only the Banana Fan in his hand.

The Treasure Distribution Rock Seal above his head flashed faintly, and his figure vanished from the cave deep within the earth's veins.

The next moment.

Above an unnamed valley in the Great Desolation World.

Space rippled slightly, and Dao Xuan's figure silently emerged.

He sensed the clearer threads of law throughout the Great Desolation World, as well as the ever-present and increasingly dense aura of tribulation and baleful energy. His gaze deepened.

"Witches and Demons... the great tribulation..."

"Grand Unity achieved, the profound technique at its seventh revolution, and countless treasures at my side."

"There should also be a place for me amid the storms of the Great Desolation!"

A Clear Wind blew past, making his Daoist robe flutter.

Dao Xuan took a step forward, his figure merging into the clouds and rosy mist before vanishing beyond the horizon.