Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal's Legacy—Wuji Ring (Bonus Chapter for the First Alliance Leader) Please Bookmark and Vote!

Dawn was nearly over.

Just as the Sun Star was about to rise, Xia Manggan slowly opened his eyes.

The enormous black-and-white millstone spinning in his mind also dissipated.

[Hunyuan Infinite Wheel.]

Xia Manggan sighed inwardly.

[Its path is remarkably similar to the one Xuanji took. This Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal... what a pity.]

As he recalled the many profound mysteries of the inheritance he had received,

even with Xia Manggan's knowledge, he could not help but deeply lament for that Heavenly Immortal Patriarch who had long perished in the river of history, leaving behind little record even within his own sect's Academy.

The world of Desolate Era was not the Yang God World.

In the Yang God World, whether one cultivated Martial Dao or Daoist arts, divine souls, and thought-forms, one cultivated oneself.

Comprehending all kinds of principles also meant condensing one's own fist intent and spiritual will, ultimately using the human body's small cosmos to harmonize with Heaven and Earth's great cosmos.

But the world of Desolate Era possessed Heavenly Dao, Chaos Heavenly Dao, and even Chaos Universe Laws—the paths of Eternal Emperors and Supremes.

All Immortal cultivators in this world cultivated the Dao of Heaven, Earth, and the universe.

They used themselves to comprehend Heaven and Earth, received Heaven and Earth's feedback in return, transcended the ordinary and became saints, or even forged their own ultimate Dao. Then, with "one Dao giving birth to ten thousand Daos," they ultimately became controllers of the Chaos Universe.

Of course.

That was getting a little far ahead.

Xia Manggan only knew all this because he had read the original novel.

But just speaking of the Three Realms, speaking of the Xia Clan Great World—

to become a Heavenly Immortal, a Void Return Earth Immortal had to endure the tempering of the three heavenly tribulations of wind, fire, and lightning before achieving the body and Golden Core of a Heavenly Immortal.

Afterward, one had to pass the Heart Demon Tribulation to attain the Dao Heart of a Heavenly Immortal.

Only after overcoming all these tribulations could one be considered a carefree Heavenly Immortal, "outside the Three Realms and no longer within the Five Elements."

And to advance from a Heavenly Immortal to a Pure Yang True Immortal, one first had to completely comprehend and master a Great Dao. Then one had to comprehend five ordinary Daos corresponding to the Five Elements, condensing the "Five Qi in the Chest."

Only then could one transform a Heavenly Immortal Golden Core into a Pure Yang Golden Core, thereby gaining Pure Yang Immortal Force and becoming a Pure Yang True Immortal.

One would then become a great power capable of rivaling the lord of a great world.

In the entire Xia Clan Great World, a Heavenly Immortal appeared perhaps once every million years.

From the beginning of the Divine Demon Era until now, there were probably fewer than five people in the Xia Clan Great World who had broken through from Heavenly Immortal to Pure Yang True Immortal.

This showed just how difficult it was to completely comprehend and master a Great Dao, then become a Pure Yang True Immortal.

But what about the Hunyuan Patriarch?

With merely the foundation of a Heavenly Immortal, he had wanted to fuse ten thousand Daos, even merge Great Dao after Great Dao together, until he formed a Hunyuan Dao like the Black-White Diagram...

In theory, it was possible.

But in reality—

[What Hunyuan Dao? That is Chaos Heavenly Dao! Only a Daluo Dao Ancestor can begin to comprehend and pursue such a realm.]

Xia Manggan shook his head inwardly.

If the Hunyuan Patriarch had first chosen a Great Dao and continued down that path,

then with his comprehension, he might have had a sliver of hope of becoming a Pure Yang True Immortal.

But he was not even a Pure Yang True Immortal, yet he wanted to reach in one step the realm of a Daluo Dao Ancestor, which stood above Pure Yang True Immortals and even above Ancestor Immortals.

If the Hunyuan Patriarch had truly succeeded, that would have been utterly absurd.

[Still, obtaining the inheritance of the Hunyuan Infinite Wheel, along with the Black-White Diagram's assistance, will be tremendously helpful when I deduce the Wheel of Life and Death of the Heavens in the future.]

[And I have Super Epiphany, and I know the plot developments of the Desolate Era world well.]

[The path the Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal failed to walk, I may not be unable to accomplish!]

Xia Manggan's heart surged, and boundless fighting spirit welled up in his eyes.

Suddenly—

His ears twitched, and he turned his head.

In the distance, a hunched old man was walking toward him.

[A Heavenly Immortal?]

Xia Manggan was surprised.

Earlier, while comprehending the Black-White Diagram, he had combined it with the essential principles of the "Cosmos" chapter from the Yang God World's Supreme Elixir Scripture and successfully grasped a trace of the true intent of the Great Dao of Time. That was why he had triggered the Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal's inheritance to emerge after generations.

Thus, when he looked at the hunched old man approaching now, he could clearly sense from him an aura and bearing that casually stirred changes in the surrounding flow of time with every step.

Even among Loose Immortals and Earth Immortals, those with extremely high comprehension of the Great Dao of Time could not achieve such naturalness, such utter lack of worldly traces.

Only true Heavenly Immortals who had stepped beyond the Three Realms could do so.

[It's Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal of the Beishan Clan.]

Xia Manggan realized who the newcomer was.

At the same time, from the original novel, he knew that the Beishan Clan was utterly loyal to the imperial Xia Mang Clan and had always treated the Black-White Academy with great care.

Therefore, he did not panic. He calmly bowed and said, "This junior is Xia Manggan. Greetings, Heavenly Immortal Senior."

"Oh? You know I am a Heavenly Immortal?"

Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal became even more certain of his earlier guess. "My Dao title is Tuoshan. I am a Heavenly Immortal of the Beishan Clan, the Marquis of Anchan. Which branch of the Xia Mang Clan do you come from, young friend? Prince Qi, Prince Ning, Prince Wu, or Prince Wei?"

The branches he mentioned all had the most descendants and the greatest strength within the Xia Mang Clan.

The Heavenly Immortal ancestors of those branches were either Xia Emperor's right-hand men or members of his direct bloodline.

"..." Xia Manggan did not answer, responding with silence.

"Do not worry. My immortal arts have sealed off this place, so even a Heavenly Immortal cannot investigate it. Besides, I have met most of those top Heavenly Immortal princes of the imperial clan." Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal smiled warmly. "If you tell me your background, I may even know your elders and give you a more generous meeting gift."

"..." Xia Manggan shook his head, remaining silent.

As for his own identity, he had only made a guess and could not yet be certain. How could he casually speak nonsense?

As for lying to deceive someone into giving him benefits, he disdained doing that.

"It seems your elders do not permit you to reveal it. Then this old man will not ask."

Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal smiled and shook his head.

After learning that Xia Manggan came from the imperial clan, he naturally wanted to clarify his identity and origins.

Given his status, as well as the Beishan Clan's control over Anchan Commandery, he only needed to spend a little time to discover that Xia Manggan had arrived through the Yinglong Mountain headquarters' teleportation formation in the Great Xia Royal Capital.

Furthermore, Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal had also investigated the conflict at the entrance of the Black-White Academy the previous evening.

He had even personally gone there and used the Time Reversal Technique, seeing Ah Huang's true form with his own eyes.

Only the few Heavenly Immortal princes he had mentioned possessed the means to procure a Heaven-Eroding Yellow Dragon as a spirit beast for a junior descendant.

Therefore, since he could not get an answer, Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal stopped asking.

As for whether Xia Manggan might be Xia Emperor's descendant, Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal had never even considered it.

After all, Xia Emperor was so ancient and his lifespan so long that he was even older than the entire Three Realms.

For such an ancient and great being, producing descendants was far too difficult, and there was no need for it at all.

"I came here specifically to see you."

Without waiting for Xia Manggan to ask, Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal produced an ancient stone ring that emitted dark, oily gleams.

"Back then, the Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal made an agreement with my Beishan Clan. If the inheritance he left behind appeared, this item was to be returned to his successor after generations."

As he spoke, Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal opened his dry, wrinkled palm, like the roots of an old tree. The ancient stone ring in his hand immediately flew toward Xia Manggan.

"I came to return it to its rightful owner."

[An item left by the Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal?]

Xia Manggan reached out and caught the ancient stone ring, whose material was clearly identical to that of the Black-White Diagram.

Immediately—

"So, you are the successor after generations chosen by Hunyuan?"

A crisp, childish voice, like that of a three- or four-year-old child, rang out beside his ear.

"You've finally appeared. I don't even know how long I've been stuck in that mortal little world. I got sick of it long ago."

"A treasure spirit?" Xia Manggan was not surprised.

After all, an item left behind by a Heavenly Immortal had to be an immortal-ranked magic treasure at the very least.

There was nothing strange about an immortal-ranked magic treasure producing a treasure spirit.

Moreover, one had to reach the Void Return Earth Immortal realm on the Qi Refining path before one could use an immortal-ranked magic treasure.

He could not use it for the time being anyway.

At most, he could exchange it for several million jin of Essence Liquid to cultivate with. That was somewhat useful.

Thus, Xia Manggan merely cupped his hands toward Tuoshan Heavenly Immortal in thanks.

"You do not seem very excited?"

After giving a cold snort, the childish, crisp voice suddenly produced a Little Fatty Spirit from the ancient stone ring. It wore a black-and-white bellyband and had a single topknot sticking straight into the air.

"I'm telling you, I'm not some ordinary magic treasure spirit! I am the treasure spirit of the Xiantian Spirit Treasure, the Wuji Ring."

As he spoke, the Little Fatty Spirit stretched out a chubby little hand and pointed proudly at the Black-White Diagram.

"The Black-White Diagrams that you little brats of the Black-White Academy observe and comprehend were all nurtured by me!"

Thanks to my fellow villager, "Liunian Qingtan," for the Alliance Leader reward!

This is also the first Alliance Leader for this book. I'm adding an extra chapter first as thanks!

After the book enters V and launches, I'll make up another ten thousand words of updates. Suifeng has written it down in his little notebook, so don't worry, fellow villager.

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