Golden Immortal of the Origin!
It was a Dao Fruit utterly different from the path of Heavenly Dao Sages walked by him, Laozi, Yuanshi, and even all the Guests of Purple Heaven Palace!
No merit borrowed, no Three Corpses severed, no entrusting oneself to the Heavenly Dao!
Instead, one relied on one's own supreme pedigree to forcibly shatter the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, open up a world within oneself, and condense a Hunyuan Dao Fruit belonging solely to oneself!
Transcending the Heavenly Dao, forming one's own laws, free and unfettered—this was true great freedom, true great transcendence!
Since the Dragon Han First Tribulation, when Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Beginning Qilin broke through to this realm through their innate races, only to perish one after another after the Great Tribulation...
How many epochs had passed in the Great Wilderness without a single living being truly setting foot in this realm?
Even the Three Pure Ones and the Three Thousand Guests of Purple Heaven Palace had ultimately chosen the steadier path of Quasi-Saints, though it remained bound by the Heavenly Dao!
Severing the Three Corpses and entrusting them to Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Though that also granted immense magical power and great Divine Abilities, it ultimately did not bring true transcendence!
Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Ran Deng, and the rest were all trapped at the Quasi-Saint Peak.
Without Primordial Violet Qi, they simply could not become Saints.
And now...
Right before his eyes!
At the Jie Sect's sacred ground, before Biyou Palace!
Xuandu, who had entered the sect only days ago, possessed the Chaos God Demon Pedigree, and had soared all the way to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak.
Was actually walking the Hunyuan Dao, a path long forgotten by all beings in the Great Wilderness!
And judging from the Chaos Anomaly he had triggered, from that vast, surging Hunyuan Dao Rhyme that continued to rise...
Was he truly about to succeed?
"How could this be..."
Even Sect Leader Tongtian, with his Clear Sword Heart, felt dazed at that moment.
This had already surpassed the scope of what could be explained by opportunity!
This was defying the heavens!
Truly walking against the heavens!
Before Biyou Palace, upon the plaza.
The Hunyuan Dao Rhyme that swept through everything surged outward!
The countless Jie Sect Disciples who had been immersed in the Great Dao's Resonant Voice were rudely jolted awake by that Primal Dao Rhyme!
"Wh-what happened?"
"My head... hurts so much!"
"What is this aura...? Why is my Divine Soul trembling?"
Countless disciples raised their heads in confusion, only to be intimidated by the Chaos Scene filling their vision and the terrifying Hunyuan Pressure. Their faces turned pale.
Those with weaker cultivation even collapsed directly to the ground, trembling all over!
Daoist Duobao's pupils contracted sharply, and the treasure light drifting around him froze in an instant.
He looked toward the faint green-clad figure, his lips trembling as his voice turned dry.
"Junior Brother Xuandu... this aura... far surpasses that of a Daluo Golden Immortal..."
His eyes were filled with incredulous shock as he muttered.
"Is he... about to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm?"
The moment those words fell, monstrous waves rose in the hearts of the immortals!
"A Quasi-Saint?"
"Senior Brother Xuandu is going to Sever Three Corpses and become a Quasi-Saint?"
"How is that possible? How long has he been in the sect?"
Cries of shock rose one after another.
Countless gazes converged upon that figure.
Shock, envy, confusion... all kinds of emotions intertwined.
For the first time, a clear fluctuation appeared on Saint Mother Wudang's cool face.
Her delicate brows drew together as her gaze tried to pierce through the veil of Chaos mist.
"His aura has indeed surpassed the limits of Daluo and points toward a higher realm..."
"But... why is there no Spiritual Treasure Radiance? Why can I not sense the Severing the Three Corpses Dao Rhyme?"
Her voice carried deep confusion.
The Method of Severing Three Corpses to become a Quasi-Saint was personally transmitted by the Dao Ancestor and recognized throughout the Great Wilderness as the orthodox path to Quasi-Sainthood.
One had to sever the good, evil, and self corpses, entrusting them to Innate Spiritual Treasures, before one could break through to the Quasi-Saint realm.
Yet around Xuandu at this moment, there was only surging Chaos and the howls of gods and devils.
That vast and continually rising Dao Rhyme was terrifying beyond measure, but it was completely different from the Path of Severing Corpses that they knew!
Zhao Gongming furrowed his thick brows and said in deep puzzlement.
"Strange! How strange!"
"If he is breaking through to Quasi-Saint, why has he not used a Spiritual Treasure to sever his good corpse?"
"Though I have not reached such a realm, I know that severing corpses requires an Innate Spiritual Treasure as an anchor to entrust one's obsessions."
"But around Junior Brother Xuandu, aside from Chaos Qi, there is not even the shadow of a decent Spiritual Treasure!"
He looked at his three younger sisters beside him.
"Sisters, have any of you sensed signs of corpse severing?"
Yun Xiao slowly shook her head, confusion also present in her cool eyes.
"No."
"There is no resonance with a Spiritual Treasure, no sign of obsessions being stripped away, and no manifestation of a Corpse God Incarnation."
Qiong Xiao continued, her tone grave.
"This scene does not resemble corpse severing. It seems more like another method of breakthrough."
Bi Xiao blinked her beautiful eyes as she looked toward the center of Chaos, both astonished and admiring.
"Junior Brother Xuandu has always done the unexpected."
"Perhaps... the path he walks was never one we understood?"
The conversation between the Personal Disciples was not deliberately lowered, and it clearly reached the ears of the surrounding disciples.
It immediately sparked an even greater commotion and debate.
"Not severing corpses? Then how can he become a Quasi-Saint?"
"But that aura cannot be false! It has far surpassed Senior Brother Duobao and the others!"
"Could there be another way to become a Quasi-Saint?"
"Impossible! The Method of Severing Three Corpses passed down by the Dao Ancestor is the orthodox path!"
"Then how do we explain Senior Brother Xuandu's current state?"
The disciples discussed heatedly, both shaken and bewildered.
The method Xuandu was displaying had completely overturned everything they knew.
In the area where the Seven Attendant Immortals stood.
Chang Er Ding Guang Xian slumped onto his meditation cushion, his face deathly pale and even uglier than before.
Monstrous waves surged in his heart, accompanied by endless terror and regret!
"H-Hunyuan Dao Rhyme? N-no, impossible!"
Unlike those Ordinary Disciples, as one of the Seven Attendant Immortals, he had once accidentally heard a few words from his master.
He knew that beyond the path of Quasi-Saints who severed corpses, there also existed the Hunyuan Dao!
Not Relying on External Objects, not severing the Three Corpses, not entrusting oneself to the Heavenly Dao!
Forcibly shattering the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, opening a world within oneself, and condensing a Hunyuan Dao Fruit belonging solely to oneself!
Transcending the Heavenly Dao and forming one's own laws!
It was an Ancient Path that even his master had once lamented was nearly impossible to reproduce!
But now...
The Chaos Qi Xuandu had stirred up, along with that supreme Dao Rhyme that stood above all Daos, was so similar to what his master had described back then!
"He is actually walking the Path of Hunyuan! He actually dares to walk this road! And he is... about to succeed?"
Chang Er Ding Guang Xian felt a chill shoot from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, turning his entire body ice-cold.
If Xuandu had merely severed corpses step by step to become a Quasi-Saint, it would still have been astonishing, but understandable.
But a Golden Immortal of the Origin...
That was a being who had truly transcended!
His future potential would be immeasurable!
And he had actually offended him so badly before...
At that thought, sweetness welled up in Chang Er Ding Guang Xian's throat as another mouthful of Reverse Blood surged upward, but he forcibly swallowed it down.
His heart was already filled with boundless terror.
Jinguang Xian, Piluxian, and the other Seven Attendant Immortals.
Though they did not know as much as Chang Er Ding Guang Xian, they could still sense the terror and extraordinary nature of that Chaos Dao Rhyme. It was absolutely not an ordinary sign of corpse severing.
They looked at one another, each seeing shock and gravity in the others' eyes.
Senior Brother Xuandu was far more terrifying than they had imagined!
Upon the high platform.
Sect Leader Tongtian had taken in the reactions of the Myriad Immortals below.
His gaze was as deep as an abyss as it rested upon Xuandu in the center of Chaos, thoughts racing through his mind.
"As expected... it is the Path of Hunyuan."
"It seems he was not slacking before. Rather, his method of cultivation had always been different from that of all other beings."
Sect Leader Tongtian's Saint Heart was clear, and he instantly understood many things.
He watched Xuandu launch an assault against the Hunyuan Bottleneck, a trace of complexity flashing through his eyes.
There was surprise, appreciation, and an indescribable sense of anticipation.
Golden Immortal of the Origin...
If he truly succeeded, the Jie Sect would gain another genuine supreme powerhouse!
A disciple who did not follow the Heavenly Dao, who formed his own laws, and who might one day truly transcend!
This held extraordinary significance for the Jie Sect!
He slowly raised his hand. Not only did he not stop Xuandu's breakthrough, he lightly brushed his sleeve instead.
An invisible yet vast wave of Sage Power quietly spread out.
It instantly enveloped the entire Biyou Palace Plaza, protecting the lower-cultivation disciples from the increasingly terrifying Hunyuan Dao Rhyme.
At the same time, it temporarily confined the anomaly caused by Xuandu's breakthrough within a certain range, preventing it from alarming the entire Great Wilderness too soon.
"Wait and see."
Sect Leader Tongtian's voice was calm, yet it carried unquestionable authority as it resounded beside the ears of every emotionally unsettled disciple.
The Myriad Immortals immediately grew solemn, suppressing the tempest in their hearts. They held their breath and once more turned their eyes toward that expanse of Chaos.
Only this time, there was less confusion in their eyes and more awe and anticipation.
At the center of Chaos.
Xuandu was utterly oblivious to everything around him.
His mind had completely sunk into his body as he guided all his magical power to assault the Hunyuan Bottleneck!
"Boom!!!"
Within his Dao Heart, it was as though Chaos had exploded and the universe had first opened!
Within his Purple Mansion, the Eight-Petal Three Flowers swayed wildly, blooming with unprecedented dazzling radiance!
Vast power surged forward, crushing every obstacle in its path!
That bottleneck, once seemingly indestructible, was struck by the terrifying force gathered from the Cultivation Sum of the Myriad Immortals.
"Crack..."
A faint sound of shattering rang out.
Xuandu's entire body shook violently!
He felt as though some invisible shackles binding him had suddenly shattered at that very moment!
His vision abruptly opened wide!
The heavens and earth were still the same heavens and earth, and the laws were still the same laws.
Yet in his current perception, everything had become utterly different!
With the slightest thought, without any deliberate effort, endless Chaos Qi naturally gathered around him, evolving into Earth Water Fire Wind, endlessly forming and perishing.
The nature of the magical power within his body underwent a fundamental transformation. It was no longer mere immortal power, but Hunyuan Power carrying the aura of Chaos Origin!
It was more condensed, more tyrannical, and contained the Dao Rhyme of creation and ending!
His Divine Soul rose without limit, as though it could directly communicate with the hidden Chaos Great Dao!
Golden Immortal of the Origin!
He had succeeded!
Xuandu suddenly opened his eyes!
No longer did the birth and death of galaxies fill his pupils. Instead, they reflected the terrifying sight of Chaos opening and the universe rotating!
"Buzz!"
A Hunyuan Pressure that stood above the Myriad Immortals and transcended the shackles of the Heavenly Dao erupted without reservation, sweeping through heaven and earth!
Before Biyou Palace, Chaos Qi stretched for thousands of miles as it boiled and churned, while countless God and Devil Phantoms bowed in worship!
Golden lotuses vanished, and celestial music fell silent!
Only the Hunyuan Dao Rhyme endured through the ages!
Daoist Duobao, Saint Mother Wudang, Zhao Gongming, San Xiao, Kong Xuan...
All the Jie Sect Disciples, regardless of cultivation level, had their minds shaken beneath this pure Hunyuan Pressure, seized by the urge to prostrate themselves in worship!
Chang Er Ding Guang Xian bore the brunt of it. He was forced straight to the ground by the pressure, sprawled in full prostration and trembling violently, unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance!
Xuandu stood at the heart of Chaos, sensing the vast, surging Hunyuan Power within his body.
Yet before the smile at the corner of his lips could fully bloom, his heart abruptly tightened.
An aura of destruction that made the Divine Soul tremble crashed down from the Nether Void!
"Rumble..."
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