Fortunately, though he had started this lifetime at a disadvantage, his Grotto-Heaven master had been blessed with remarkable luck.
Perhaps it was the reward for years of obscurity. At a street stall, the old man had stumbled upon a fragment of bone.
The bone looked ordinary, but a single glance was enough to sense an extraordinary aura about it, one impossible to put into words.
It was this fragment that caught the eye of a Transformation Spirit Realm cultivator.
With no time to think, the old cultivator quietly slipped the bone into Wang Xuan's robe, then fled in another direction. He drew away an enemy he stood no chance of defeating.
Only after finding a safe corner did Wang Xuan take out the bone and examine it closely.
The fragment was small, yet its surface was densely covered in ancient symbols beyond counting.
With his understanding of runes, he could almost hear gods and demons murmuring within the bone. Their voices pierced his mind and sent his blood surging.
He recognized it at a glance.
It was a fragment of the Primitive True Explanation's Divine Guidance Chapter.
The bone was inscribed with runes of the origins of all living things. Beginning with the most primal foundations of heaven and earth, they revealed its mysteries, profound and all-encompassing.
Wang Xuan knew exactly how valuable this art was. Its creator was an exalted Immortal Emperor.
If he could gather the scattered fragments and complete the Myriad Spirits Diagram, the path of cultivation through the Human Dao Domain would be clear before him.
"That little brat was only allowed to study the Primitive True Explanation after Willow God pushed his physical strength to the extreme of a hundred thousand jin."
Wang Xuan rubbed the bone with his fingertips, his eyes glinting. "But with