The Origin of the Cloud Seal!

Eight Views Palace.

The gaunt old Daoist gently stroked the head of the young man beneath him, a faint light emanating from his withered palm, slowly enveloping Zhou Hao.

Overwhelmed by both sorrow and joy, Zhou Hao felt a warm energy flowing through his entire body, especially his soul, which felt as if it were enveloped in warm sunlight.

Comfortable.

warmth.

Like curled up by a fireplace in the dead of winter, a deep sense of sleepiness washes over you.

Soon, soft snoring could be heard, and he had fallen asleep right there on his stomach.

"Foolish child." The gaunt old Daoist gently wiped away the tears on his face, just as he had done when he was a young child in the mortal world.

The gaunt old Daoist priest's gaze fell on Zhou Hao's left arm. With his level of cultivation, he could see even through the clothes that the original Nine Cloud Seal Secret Patterns tattoo had long since disappeared.

"Nine-Layer Chaos Restriction, my disciple was born with them... Is he a reincarnation of a great being from the chaos? Or is there some other opportunity?" The gaunt old Daoist looked at Zhou Hao's sleeping face with his eyes closed, still full of affection, and a smile appeared on his face.

Regardless of the reason, it is my little Changsheng.

This is an ancient courtyard, where an old Daoist priest stands in the middle, slowly practicing his boxing moves.

"Changsheng, you wish to encompass all paths with the Tai Chi Great Dao and achieve your own path. Today, your master will demonstrate all paths through Taiji Fist Chuan. Watch carefully."

"Yes, Master." A childish voice rang out.

In the corner of the courtyard stood a child of eight or nine years old, watching the old Daoist priest practice his boxing with great concentration.

Upon closer inspection, the child's face was strikingly similar to Zhou Hao's, exactly as he looked in his childhood.

But Zhou Hao forgot everything and was completely unaware of why he had returned to his childhood.

This scene is all too familiar.

I practiced boxing with my master when I was young, just like the scene I see today.

Whew! Whew! Whew!

Parting the Wild Horse's Mane... White Crane Spreads Its Wings... Brush Knee and Twist Step... Left Grasp Sparrow's Tail Right Grasp Sparrow's Tail Play the Lute's tail... Playing the pipa... Cloud Hands... Turn Around, Parry, Block and Punch... Sealing and Closing...

The fist techniques, long imprinted deep within his soul, were unleashed before Zhou Hao's eyes.

Water has many paths: dripping water, source water, living water...

The element of fire has many major paths, including Li fire, Ying fire, Wu fire, and so on.

The metal element includes Qian metal, Geng metal, Dui metal... In addition to the five elements, there are also wind, thunder, clouds, lotus flowers, the Eight Trigrams, Yin and Yang, and many other mysteries, all of which are gathered in the old Daoist's fist and foot techniques.

Gradually, a hazy moonlight emanated from the old Daoist priest, and faint black and white energy flowed around his punches and kicks.

"The Taiji Power," Zhou Hao murmured, his hands and feet involuntarily following his master's movements as he practiced the boxing techniques.

Once, twice, three times... At first, Zhou Hao could keep up, but later his master's boxing techniques became more and more profound, and the black and white aura around his body also changed from the hazy moonlight to become more and more radiant, like the sun in the sky. Then the black and white aura mixed into one color, becoming a hazy gray aura.

Zhou Hao could even clearly sense that the hazy gray air currents seemed to have come to life, as if they had truly come to life.

The master continued to practice his fists for a very, very long time, as if thousands or tens of thousands of years had passed.

Zhou Hao just stared at it intently.

Although he could no longer understand it, it was as if a seed had been planted in his heart, and he saw a path leading straight to the end of the road.

"Everything can lead to the Dao, and even martial arts can connect with the divine!" The gaunt old Daoist slowly withdrew his stance, his palms pressing down lightly. The hazy gray aura around him suddenly split into yin and yang, black and white, forming a huge Taiji Diagram.

"This is the fifth level of Taiji Power, the ' Spirit-Communion Realm '."

Boom~~~

The enormous Taiji Diagram enveloped Zhou Hao, and a vast and boundless sense of mystery welled up in his mind.

At this moment, Zhou Hao fully touched and felt the Dao of Taiji.

"Um?"

Zhou Hao jolted awake and opened his eyes.

He found himself lying on a futon in an open space, with his familiar master beside him, smiling at him.

"I..." Zhou Hao was about to speak when he suddenly realized that his soul seemed to have changed.

The little figure that was originally Mud Pill Palace has now transformed into a Taiji Diagram with a hazy black and white aura.

"Taiji Divine Soul?" Zhou Hao exclaimed in surprise.

Cultivating the Tai Chi Great Dao and reaching its pinnacle will allow one's soul to be nurtured by the origin of Tai Chi and transform into Taiji Divine Soul. However, although I have comprehended the first level of Taiji Power, I am still quite far from achieving the pinnacle of the Great Dao.

How could they have improved so much so suddenly?

Just because I just took a nap?

"Master, I..." Zhou Hao looked at True Person Daoyi's familiar face and felt that everything was so unreal.

But the Taiji Divine Soul within the Mud Pill Palace cannot be faked, nor can the countless profound mysteries of the Great Dao within it.

"What's wrong with you? You just took a nap, didn't you?" The gaunt old Daoist laughed. "Silly boy, you haven't even mastered the Tai Chi Great Dao, yet you've already comprehended the Taiji Power. I wouldn't dare say there will be no one like you in the future, but you can certainly be called unprecedented."

Seeing that Zhou Hao was still somewhat confused, the gaunt old Daoist continued, "To perceive the origin of the Dao, one must at least reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao before one can have a subtle connection, truly enter the path, and even more so, one must completely comprehend and master it, becoming Pure Yang True Immortal before one is qualified to trace the power of origin."

"Your soul was shaken earlier, so I used the methods of ' A Dream of a Thousand Years ' and ' Empowerment Transmission ' to guide you into a dream, allowing you to truly experience the complete Tai Chi Great Dao and the profound mysteries of Taiji Power from the first level, ' Moonlight Realm ', to the fifth level, ' Spirit-Communion Realm '."

"Normally, these two secret techniques would only allow you to experience the feeling of fully mastering the ' Tai Chi Great Dao ' once. However, you have already sensed the origin of Tai Chi, and your mind is incredibly close to Tai Chi. Therefore, under my guidance, your Dao realm has advanced by leaps and bounds, no less than that of someone who has cultivated and comprehended the Dao for thousands of years."

"Thank you, Master, for imparting your skills and guiding me," Zhou Hao said, kneeling down.

"This is also your good fortune," the gaunt old Daoist priest chuckled. "Without a solid foundation and extraordinary comprehension, even with my guidance and instruction, you wouldn't have received such benefits. Get up."

"Yes." Zhou Hao kowtowed three times respectfully.

He was well aware of how much his master's transmission of skills would help him this time.

It not only allowed me to experience and appreciate the Tai Chi Great Dao and the Taiji Power, but also the countless Great Daos, and even the more profound mysteries of the Heavenly Dao, which made my future path clearer.

This is the greatest advantage of having a master with profound spiritual attainments.

The path of cultivation, which involves comprehending the workings of the universe, is like feeling one's way across a river by touching the Shitou.

In particular, one must have great ambition and perseverance to integrate all paths into one, and the path chosen is much more difficult than specializing in one path.

However, his master's transmission of power and empowerment gave him a general understanding of various great principles and even the Heavenly Dao.

When you come to understand it in the future, it will naturally be easier.

"Okay, sit down and talk." The thin old Daoist smiled and watched Zhou Hao kowtow respectfully, then stand up and sit down on the futon beside him, feeling emotional in his heart.

Although he spoke lightly just now, the secret technique of ' Empowerment Transmission ' is not so easy to perform.

Not to mention that he also had to evolve the fifth level of Taiji Power and many other great Daos and Heavenly Dao, all without harming Zhou Hao's soul.

Even at the peak of his Dao Ancestor realm, where he had vaguely touched upon a higher level of chaos, he still felt somewhat exhausted in his soul.

"Of all my disciples, only my Changsheng disciple, Changsheng, has truly moved me like this," the gaunt old Daoist priest thought to himself, shaking his head inwardly.

It's like how parents and elders claim to treat all children equally, yet they still can't help but spoil their youngest child.

Compared to the other disciples who had already become Dao Ancestors, True Gods, or at the very least Pure Yang True Immortal and Heavenly Gods, Zhou Hao was only a hundred years old and the most inexperienced.

His cultivation level was only at the Myriad Phenomena, not even a Celestial Immortal, and he was the weakest among them, so naturally he would take better care of him.

In addition, the other disciples had all lived long lives when they became his disciples, but Zhou Hao was someone he personally raised from infancy when he was reincarnated, so the experience was different.

The other disciples were just disciples, but Zhou Hao treated them like his own children.

After his initial joy and excitement subsided, Zhou Hao, seeing his master again, couldn't help but ask, "Master, you still haven't told me how I suddenly became one of the Three Pure Ones? And was my sudden appearance in the Great Xia World also Master's arrangement?"

If it were an ordinary, newly initiated disciple, especially when facing a powerful leader of the Dao Sect like the Three Pure Ones, they would naturally not dare to ask such a question so directly.

But in Zhou Hao's heart, his master was still his master, even if he was one of the Three Pure Ones.

If you have doubts, of course you should ask.

"I was originally one of the Sanqing, I didn't become one suddenly." The gaunt old Daoist smiled, and his appearance returned to the white-bearded, white-haired old man that Zhou Hao had first seen. "This is the original appearance of my human avatar. As for 'Dao Yi,' it is the identity of my avatar when I reincarnated and experienced in Red Dust mortal world."

It turns out that the Three Pure Ones, over countless ages, had already reached the pinnacle of the Dao Ancestor realm, which is above the Pure Yang True Immortal realm, the ' Ancestor Immortal ' realm.

Reaching his level means he has reached the pinnacle of the Qi Refining System in the Three Realms.

However, considering the Pangu God Realm of Pangu and Nuwa, and the many secrets discovered from chaos over countless years, there is an even higher realm, or even more realms, above the Ancestor Immortal.

The Three Pure Ones were naturally unwilling to stop there. Therefore, in addition to comprehending the Chaos Heavenly Dao, every now and then they would create an avatar, seal their memories, and go to reincarnation to experience everything and seek an opportunity for breakthrough.

"The small world you inhabit, though a lawless place, is a rare pure land in the Three Realms. My avatar, 'Dao Yi,' has reincarnated eight times there. Nine is the ultimate number, so the memories I sealed were only restored after nine reincarnations, allowing me to understand myself and reconnect with my original self."

The Taiji Dao Venerable sighed, "The ' True Person Daoyi ' I met when I was in my ninth and final incarnation."

Zhou Hao nodded.

Having heard Xuandu Grand Mage recount his master's reincarnation story before, he had some suspicions, and now it was indeed true.

"At that time, my spirit was clouded, and although my memories had not yet returned, because I was already in my ninth life, I still had some fragmented memories of the Dao Sect supernatural powers and secret techniques, as well as some insights into the Great Dao. Therefore, when I saw you, especially the Cloud Seal tattoo on your left arm that you were born with, I immediately felt that you had an affinity with the Dao Sect."

"Since Heaven cherishes life, I will take you back to the mountain gate to raise you," said the Taiji Dao Venerable.

"The Visualization Technique and Taiji Fist methods I passed on to you are based on fragmented memories and cannot be compared to ordinary learning."

Zhou Hao suddenly realized.

No wonder I was able to possess such great power after arriving in the Great Xia World, thanks to the skills and Visualization Technique taught to me by my master.

He even led everyone to mistakenly believe that he was a reincarnated immortal.

Even the scattered memories of the Three Pure Ones would be considered an extraordinary inheritance of cultivation techniques in the world of cultivation.

"Later, until my time came, at the moment my soul left my body, I finally reconnected with my original self's memories and understood everything," the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable said with a smile.

"I could have brought you directly to the Heavenly Realm back then, but you were just a mortal at the time. If you had stayed by my side, the starting point would have been too high, and I was worried that you wouldn't have received the best training. So, I left a boundary-breaking Great Teleportation Dao Talisman in the Taiji Diagram stone disc in my personal belongings, sending you to the Great Xia World."

"The Great Xia World is ruled by a branch of the Ancient Imperial Clan. It is a rare place of peace and tranquility, and its fortune is among the best of the three thousand great worlds in the Human Realm. It is never short of opportunities and good fortune. Let you train and hone your skills there, and then guide others after you have achieved something. This will be more beneficial to your future."

"In addition, your Cloud Seal tattoo makes me feel that you must have had an extraordinary background in your past life. I even checked the Book of Life and Death, but there was nothing special about it."

"Let me venture out into this unfamiliar world of cultivation on my own, while I watch over you. Perhaps I'll discover something then," sighed the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable. "But even now, I haven't discerned your true nature. I suppose it's because my cultivation level isn't high enough, and this Chaos Realm is far too mysterious."

It turns out that my master had been watching me all along and had been secretly planning for me.

"Master, was the divine power inheritance from the Turtle-Snake Immortal Mansion also given to me by you?" Zhou Hao asked.

Because he was being chased by the Divine Camel Daoist, he was so lucky to run into San Pang, and then entered the Immortal Mansion to receive the inheritance of supernatural powers, and killed the Divine Camel Daoist.

Everything went so smoothly, it's no wonder he thought that way.

"That's not it." Supreme Pure Dao Venerable shook his head with a smile. "Speaking of which, it's also because of your amazing luck. That Xuanwu Divine Ability was created by your senior brother ' Turtle-Snake,' and it can rank among the top one hundred of all divine powers in the Three Realms."

"Originally, the Turtle-Snake had their eyes on you, not the little fellow who was with you. But you accidentally stumbled into the palace where the Turtle-Snake left their legacy, causing quite a misunderstanding."

"Ah. So that was San Pang's opportunity. Then I..." Zhou Hao said nervously.

"It's alright," Supreme Pure Dao Venerable laughed. "I told the tortoise and Turtle-Snake that you were my junior disciple back then. Otherwise, do you think you could have received the inheritance so smoothly? However, you'll have to repay the karmic debt for receiving these supernatural powers yourself."

"Yes." Zhou Hao nodded.

"Alright, now that your doubts have been resolved, tell me what happened to those nine Cloud Seal tattoos?" asked the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable.

"When I first started cultivating..." Zhou Hao immediately recounted in detail how, after cultivating, the nine Cloud Seal tattoos disappeared, transforming into Sea of Consciousness Blue Flower. He also explained how the nine cloud-shaped tattoos could absorb Origin Liquid and primordial energy, transforming into Blue Flower Mist to aid in better comprehension, and how his strength could soar across realms.

Although the matter of Blue Flower was his biggest secret, he had no need to keep any secrets from his master.

"Nine-Layer Chaos Restriction, transformed into a Blue Flower?" The Supreme Pure Dao Venerable pondered, "It seems I greatly underestimated it when I initially mistook it for a secret rune restriction on a chaotic treasure..."

"Nine-Layer Chaos Restriction? What is that?" Zhou Hao asked, puzzled.

"Speaking of which, I saw something similar to the nine Cloud Seal on your left arm back in ancient times." A look of reminiscence appeared in the eyes of the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable.

"Back then, in the ancient Pangu World, I had just comprehended Yin and Yang, and had also mastered the power to destroy the Heavenly Dao. I had also comprehended the secret technique of ' One Breath Transforms into Three Pure Ones,' and possessed three of the most powerful Dao Ancestor avatars. Even Nuwa at that time might not have been my match if they joined forces. Therefore, I had the idea of traveling through the chaos to seek opportunities."

"After all, other Dao Ancestors and True Gods do not have clones. They are afraid of getting lost or encountering danger and dying when they enter the Chaos. I do not have such concerns. Even if I lose a clone, I can restore and condense it again."

Zhou Hao listened attentively.

"Chaos is inherently wondrous, giving birth to wondrous objects and magical treasures far beyond what our Three Realms can compare to. Therefore, through continuous exploration, I have made continuous gains. I have also ventured deeper and deeper into Chaos, spending nearly 300,000 years to discover an incomparably pure void, yet exuding an extremely dangerous aura. Just approaching it fills me with a tremor and fear that runs deep in my soul," said the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable in a deep voice.

"At that time, I was only going as an avatar, so I wasn't afraid of dying. I had also memorized the route, so I found a secluded place, hid the gains and important spiritual treasures from those years, and risked my life to investigate."

"And then?" Zhou Hao pressed.

Even someone as powerful as his master said it was a death-defying mission; what kind of terrifying and dangerous place must it be?

"There was no 'later'," Supreme Pure Dao Venerable said with a bitter smile. "As soon as I stepped into that area, I felt an invisible force sweep over me, like a gentle breeze blowing on my body, directly penetrating my soul. If I hadn't reacted quickly and retreated, my soul would have been destroyed on the spot."

Zhou Hao was amazed.

What kind of wind is that?

If it were an ordinary Dao Ancestor, wouldn't they have perished immediately?

"Although I escaped unscathed, my soul was damaged. Fortunately, that mysterious power only swept through that pure void, so I recuperated and recovered in the outer chaos while observing the surrounding area in hopes of gaining something. After all, danger and opportunity coexist, and such a terrifying and dangerous place might very well contain treasures beyond imagination," said the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable.

"I waited for nearly a million years before a fragment of Qingshi drifted out of the pure void and landed in my hand."

"That fragment of Qingshi is made of a special material; even I cannot easily damage it. Moreover, it is inscribed with Nine-Layer Chaos Restriction."

"The Nine Cloud Seal Secret Patterns on my left arm?" Zhou Hao asked, holding his breath.

"No." Supreme Pure Dao Venerable shook his head. "I have studied the Nine-Layer Chaos Restriction on the fragment of Qingshi for countless years. Although I have only refined the seventh layer, I am extremely familiar with it. Although it is similar to the Cloud Seal secret pattern on your left arm, there are subtle differences. It is about 70 to 80 percent similar. But according to my speculation, they should come from the same source. However, I don't know why."

"If you can reach the level of Pangu in the future, you may try to explore it, but for now, don't even think about it."

Zhou Hao nodded.

Even his master nearly perished after taking only one step, so there was no point in thinking about it himself.

Suddenly, a thought struck him: weren't there still fragments of Qingshi?

"Master, what about the fragment of the Qingshi?" Zhou Hao asked. "I want to see those nine secret patterns."

"That's all," said the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable. "That exploration of the Chaos yielded four Chaos Divine Swords. After returning, I refined them, referencing the Nine-Layer Chaos Restriction, and used that fragment of Qingshi as a base to forge the Immortal-Slaying Sword Diagram."

"Ah. So the ' Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation,' hailed as the number one ancient killing treasure, is actually related to that fragment of Qingshi." Zhou Hao was shocked.

Those Nine Cloud Seal Secret Patterns of his own...

There will be another chapter tonight, but it will be quite late.

My child got out of school early today; I went to pick them up first.

These two chapters mainly explain some previous events and lay the groundwork.