The Baleful Sea Conceals a White Lotus, A Method to Attain the Origin

The Sky Measuring Ruler struck solidly against Qiongqi's crown, erupting with a sound like muffled thunder.

The crack of shattering bone was clearly audible. Qiongqi's massive frame shuddered violently, the fierce light in its golden vertical pupils instantly scattering, until it finally crashed to the ground, silent and still.

The moment its life force was severed, merit virtue descended from the nine heavens—fine strands, supremely pure, as if drawn by an invisible force, streaming straight into Donghua and Taizhen.

It was the response of the Heavenly Dao, bestowing merit for slaying a ferocious beast.

Donghua showed no surprise at receiving merit. Instead, his expression grew grave as he gazed beyond the great array.

Was I mistaken, or...

His original plan had been to find the Jade Disk of Creation Fragment he sensed and leave at once with Taizhen. But the moment he saw this Qiongqi, Donghua changed his strategy.

Slaying a ferocious beast could yield merit virtue. In the Primordial Wilderness of this era, such stable opportunities to gain merit were already scarce.

More crucially, after the Great Tribulation of Ferocious Beasts, it was impossible for any beast surpassing the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm to exist here.

Having calculated this precisely, Donghua and Taizhen had been concealing their true cultivation, feigning a protracted battle and allowing the beast to flee. Their aim was to use it as bait, luring out any remaining hidden beasts and sweeping them all away in one net!

Of course, Donghua never fought a battle without certainty. On an ordinary day, he would not resort to such a risky ploy. But after learning the function of that Willow Branch, he had ample confidence.

That object was precisely the contingency he had reserved for this situation.

Looking at Taizhen, Donghua said, "It seems we'll be staying here for a while."

Since they had already entered the great array, they naturally had to take the spirit treasures within.

More importantly, with the enemy hidden and themselves exposed, the contest now was one of patience.

Fortunately, sheltered by this Innate Great Array, the beasts despised by heaven and earth would never dare enter. This was the perfect chance to digest their gains.

The bait had been laid, the net cast—now they only waited for the willing to take the hook.

The two stepped into the core of the great array. The sight before them startled even their Dao Hearts.

A clear pool lay quietly within, its waters undisturbed, limpid as a mirror.

At the pool's center, a Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus bloomed serenely. Its petals were pure white and flawless, exhaling a warm, radiant glow that illuminated the entire space with translucent clarity.

Around the main lotus, several three-, six-, and nine-petal white lotuses clustered in stillness. Though lower in grade, they too emanated a pure Dao resonance.

The pool water shimmered with an unusual luster, gold, silver, and purple interweaving and flowing—the rare Three Light Divine Water of the Primordial Wilderness.

This water contained the essence of the three lights of heaven, earth, sun, and moon. Separated, each possessed fearsome power.

Sunlight Divine Water, golden, could dissolve flesh and bone; Moonlight Divine Water, silver, could corrode Primordial Spirit and soul; Starlight Divine Water, purple, could devour true spirit and consciousness.

Yet when the three merged, they became the foremost healing elixir of the Primordial Wilderness, capable of neutralizing all poisons, healing all wounds, even restoring flesh to bone and reviving the dead—priceless beyond measure. And here, there was such an abundance of it.

During the Great Tribulation of Opening the Sky, the Thirty-six-petal Chaos Azure Lotus shattered, its remnants scattering across the Primordial Wilderness.

Five lotus seeds each found their destiny. One mature seed transformed into the Twenty-four-petal Creation Azure Lotus, which heaven and earth could not tolerate; it would later split into three, giving rise to the might of the Three Pure Ones. The remaining four immature seeds became four twelve-petal lotus thrones, each with its own mystery.

The Annihilation Black Lotus once belonged to the Devil Ancestor Luohu, displaying great power during the Dao-Devil War before vanishing without a trace.

The Merit Golden Lotus, after the sermon, was bestowed by the Dao Ancestor Hongjun upon Jieyin, to suppress the fortune of the Western teachings.

The Karma Fire Red Lotus took root in the Sea of Blood, coexisting with Old Ancestor Minghe.

And this final Pure World White Lotus had grown silently in this land of extreme northern Sha Qi, now falling into Donghua's hands—as if guided by an unseen fate.

These four twelve-petal lotus thrones were all Top-grade Innate Spirit Treasures with forty-eight layers of restrictions, ranking among the strongest below supreme treasures.

Not only could they suppress fortune, but each also possessed supreme power.

The Pure World White Lotus, besides its formidable defensive capabilities shared with the other thrones, contained the purest purifying force of heaven and earth, naturally restraining all impure things—heart demons, Sha Qi, evil entities, and the like.

Donghua gazed at the white lotus blooming quietly in the pool, feeling its pure Dao resonance, then looked toward the surging Sha Qi beyond the array.

"This treasure and this place complement each other well."

Confirming there were no other spirit treasures here, the two each took a three-petal white lotus and immediately went into seclusion to digest the gains of this journey.

Donghua settled on the east side, Taizhen on the west, with the Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus at the center. Each set up their own restrictions.

No sooner had he sat down than Donghua eagerly took out the newly acquired Jade Disk of Creation Fragment. Had Qiongqi not attacked, he would have long been unable to resist probing its secrets.

He slowly extended his Divine Sense into the fragment. In an instant, countless Dao inscriptions surged into his sea of consciousness like a river of stars.

As his Divine Sense delved deeper, the laws recorded in the jade disk manifested at once—the Space Law and the Pure Yang Law!

"Heaven aids me!"

Even with his steadfast Dao Heart, Donghua could not suppress the surging excitement within.

Donghua was born with the Pure Yang Origin; cultivating the Pure Yang Great Dao was his destined path. Now, obtaining this Jade Disk of Creation Fragment was no different from finding his own road to enlightenment.

Suppressing the urge to immediately contemplate the Pure Yang Law, Donghua first took out the Bronze Ancient Door he had obtained from Illusory Daoist.

This spirit treasure was ancient and mysterious, its surface covered in obscure Dao patterns. He prepared to refine it first.

As Magic Power slowly infused it, the Bronze Ancient Door emitted a faint cyan glow, and Donghua began refining its restrictions.

After refining one restriction, Donghua understood the treasure's wonder. It was a Postnatal Supreme Treasure, capable of transferring damage, and contained a small world within.

Having refined the Postnatal Supreme Treasure, Donghua finally calmed his mind and began to comprehend the inheritance gifted to him by Illusory Daoist.

As Innate Divine Beings born bearing the fortune of heaven and earth, Donghua and his kind had possessed their own Dao inheritances since birth. Their vision was exceedingly lofty.

The fact that even an existence like the Illusory Daoist would pass it down with such solemnity and declare the cultivation method extraordinary meant its origins were surely earth-shattering, most likely stemming from a Golden Immortal of the Origin.

His Divine Sense sank into the scripture, and at first, it only felt profound and abstruse.

But when Donghua used his Divine Sense as a guide, merging it with his own comprehension of the laws to perceive anew, the words of the cultivation method began to reorganize and evolve.

"This is..."

Donghua's Dao Heart trembled. The Great Dao's silent sound exploded deep within his Primordial Spirit, unleashing immeasurable radiance that illuminated his Purple Mansion.

Countless innate Dao texts burst forth with dazzling brilliance, like the rising sun, lighting up his entire Purple Mansion in a blaze of clarity.

Golden seal-script characters soared like dragons and serpents, swimming and intertwining, rearranging themselves under the pull of Dao resonance—each character seemed to bear the Principles of Heaven and Earth.

At the same time, four maxims imbued with supreme Dao resonance, like four towering pillars holding up the sky, slammed into Donghua's Primordial Spirit, every word weighing a thousand jun, radiating an eternal light that guided the path ahead.

To shatter the shackles, repay karmic debts, and rely on merit—the Origin can be attained.

Donghua's Dao Heart was clear, as if parting clouds to see the sun, illuminating the true essence of the Origin.

"This is the Method to Attain the Origin!"