Xuandu returned to his cave mansion, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed his turbulent emotions.
His consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness as he called for the system.
Radiance flowed as a translucent System Panel quietly appeared before him.
[Host: Xuandu] [Realm: Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak] [Sect Affiliation: Jie Sect] [Real-time Cultivation Feedback: Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak (continuously increasing)] [Real-time Pedigree Feedback (extractable): Calculation complete]
His gaze locked firmly onto the final line.
His heart began to race uncontrollably.
Success or failure would be decided in this one move!
He focused his thoughts on the Real-time Pedigree Feedback option, and the detailed information instantly unfolded.
[Jie Sect Disciples' Root Sum: Initial Chaos God Demon Pedigree]
Xuandu felt his mind roar as though Chaos Divine Thunder had exploded within it.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and even his breathing stopped for a moment.
Initial Chaos God Demon Pedigree?
Even though he had been mentally prepared and had guessed that the combined pedigree would surely be extremely high—
he had never imagined that it would directly surpass the innate level and reach the domain of Chaos God Demons!
Though it was only initial-level, it was still Chaos God Demon Pedigree!
It far surpassed Innate God Demons and stood above the vast majority of living beings in the Great Wilderness!
It was a supreme foundation possessed only by ancient existences born amid Chaos before World Creation!
"How... how is this possible..."
Xuandu murmured to himself, his voice trembling with disbelief.
But in the next moment, a realization rose from the depths of his heart, instantly soothing his shock.
Of course.
Kong Xuan, the First Peacock in the World, Son of Primordial Phoenix, born from Primordial Five Elements Qi—his pedigree was unquestionably top-tier innate.
Duobao Daoist was an enlightened Great Wilderness Exotic Species, born with an Innate Spiritual Treasure. His pedigree was unfathomably deep and likewise top-tier innate.
Saint Mother Jinling, Saint Mother Wudang, Saint Mother Guiling... Zhao Gongming, the Three Goddesses of Xiao... the Seven Attendant Immortals...
Among these core disciples of the Jie Sect, which one did not possess deep roots and enduring fortune?
Even the weakest had the pedigree of superior Innate Lifeforms!
Even more were the tens of thousands of Outer Disciples and Registered Disciples scattered throughout the Great Wilderness.
Though their quality varied, their numbers were immense. There would always be some with special pedigrees and exceptional potential.
With the pedigrees of myriad disciples gathering and stacking together, quantitative change producing qualitative change, it was not impossible for the total to reach the initial Chaos God Demon level!
"Reasonable... far too reasonable!"
Brilliant divine light burst from Xuandu's eyes, and all his previous doubts transformed into wild joy.
Chaos God Demon Pedigree!
What did that mean?
It meant his cultivation talent would undergo an earth-shattering transformation!
Previously, despite possessing Zenith Heaven Peak mana through the system's Cultivation Feedback, his own pedigree limited him, leaving the Golden Immortal of the Origin far beyond reach.
If his pedigree remained unchanged, he could only take the path of Quasi-Saint by Severing Three Corpses.
Now, the shortcoming in his pedigree had been remedied—and in such a heaven-defying manner!
The path ahead instantly became clear!
"Extract it! Extract it immediately!"
Xuandu no longer hesitated in the slightest, crying out urgently in his heart.
[ Ding! Root Sum Feedback extraction beginning... ]
The system's cold prompt sounded like celestial music at this moment.
BOOM!!!
A force far older than the one that had descended when he extracted cultivation erupted upon him!
This was not mana, but the remolding of the very origin of his foundation!
"Urgh!"
Xuandu could not help releasing a low roar.
Indescribable agony!
Within his sea of consciousness, Chaos Qi spread while Earth Water Fire Wind surged, as though the scene of creation was being replayed.
After an unknown amount of time, the agony of tearing apart and reforming receded like a tide.
What replaced it was an unprecedented clarity.
Heaven and earth were still the same heaven and earth, and the rules were still the same rules.
Yet in his perception now, everything had become completely different.
Spiritual Qi was no longer merely Spiritual Qi. It separated into clear Innate Five Elements, Yin Yang Purity Turbidity, Creation Destruction...
All kinds of Great Dao Traces appeared before him with unprecedented clarity.
With a mere thought, without deliberately circulating his cultivation method, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from billions of miles around spontaneously gathered, joyfully pouring into his body at an efficiency more than ten thousand times faster than before!
As for many portions of the Shangqing Gongfa and Shangqing Sword Art that had originally been obscure and difficult to understand—
they now became perfectly clear, and all manner of exquisite applications naturally surfaced in his mind.
He could even vaguely sense the more fundamental traces of the Chaos Great Dao hidden deep within the Heavenly Dao Rules!
Was this Chaos God Demon Pedigree?
Xuandu slowly opened his eyes.
The vision of stars and galaxies being born and destroyed was gone from his eyes, replaced by an unfathomable expanse of Chaos.
Only now did he truly feel that the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak mana granted by the system had completely become his own.
Power and pedigree matched perfectly, without the slightest obstruction.
"Chaos God Demon Pedigree... Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak mana..."
Xuandu spoke in a low voice, unable to suppress the upward curl of his lips.
"Then what difficulty could the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm possibly hold?"
His gaze seemed to pierce through the stone wall, looking toward the illusory Primordial Dao Fruit.
The road had already been paved, and the obstacles had been cleared away.
Next, he would rely on the continuous cultivation feedback of the Jie Sect Myriad Immortals to accumulate strength and charge toward the gate of transcendence!
Moreover, the improvement in pedigree concerned not only the future; it also greatly enhanced his current strength.
The same mana, wielded through the pedigree of an Innate Human Race and wielded through Chaos God Demon Pedigree, differed in power as vastly as heaven and earth!
"Chang Er Ding Guang Xian... the demon race slaughtering the Human Race..."
Xuandu's eyes gradually turned cold.
Some debts were due to be settled slowly.
With sufficient strength, many plans that had once required patience and concealment could also be put on the agenda.
For instance, how to use the Jie Sect's power to protect the Human Race, which stood on the brink of disaster.
For instance, how to help the Jie Sect recruit more disciples, especially... the enormous number of humans!
Golden Ao Island, deep within Biyou Palace.
Sect Leader Tongtian sat quietly upon a cloud bed, Sword Qi restrained around him as his mind harmonized with the Great Dao.
Suddenly, his closed eyes shifted slightly.
It was neither the aura of the Killing Tribulation nor a sensing of Great Powers battling.
Rather, an immense flow of Spiritual Qi was quietly occurring somewhere on Golden Ao Island.
Its range was so vast that it stirred the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi across billions of miles in an instant!
Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, it surged in a single direction.
Its speed and efficiency far exceeded the phenomenon of an ordinary cultivator's breakthrough.
"Hmm?"
Sensing this, Sect Leader Tongtian felt slightly surprised.
The scale and manner of such a gathering of Spiritual Qi could never be caused by a Taiyi Golden Immortal's breakthrough.
Even an ordinary Daluo Golden Immortal breaking through might not create such an aura.
When had such a person appeared on the island?
With a slight movement of his mind, his Spiritual Sense silently spread outward and precisely locked onto the place where that spiritual qi was flowing.
Yet at the instant his perception clearly reflected it within his mind—
even Sect Leader Tongtian, whose Saint Heart was undisturbed and still as an ancient well, could not help freezing in place.
The center of that immense gathering of Spiritual Qi was not the cave mansion of any of his Personal Disciples.
It was, astonishingly, Xuandu's Simple Cave Mansion at the island's edge—the most remote place, where Spiritual Qi was thinnest!
"Xuandu?"
For the first time, a faint trace of astonishment and confusion clearly crossed Sect Leader Tongtian's deep eyes.
How could it be him?
He had seen this child's root bone clearly.
Though Elder Brother Laozi had taken a liking to him, and he might possess some special aspect, he was ultimately of Human Race pedigree, shallow and limited.
Even though he had displayed decent comprehension the day before yesterday and entered the Heavenly Immortal realm in a single day after receiving the Shangqing Gongfa, that could be considered an accumulation finally bearing fruit and remained understandable.
But this shocking phenomenon before him, stirring Spiritual Qi across billions of miles—let alone a Taiyi Golden Immortal, even a Daluo Golden Immortal could never accomplish it!
Only an immensely powerful innate pedigree could trigger such Heaven and Earth Resonance!
But how could mere Human Race pedigree possibly evoke such a phenomenon?
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