Breakthrough Again!

Within the world of the Cosmos Diagram.

Zhou Hao, dressed in black robes, and the Earth Elder stood in the void, opposite an old man in a simple Daoist robe, who was none other than the spirit of the Cosmos Diagram.

"Earth Elder, is the primordial energy of the Cosmos Diagram truly feasible?" Zhou Hao asked hesitantly.

After all, the Cosmos Diagram has never been upgraded to a Chaos Treasure, nor has it ever condensed the Five Elements Origin.

"Although the Cosmos Diagram was formed from the pure and ethereal energy of the sky in the primordial Pangu Chaosworld, it naturally contains the complete Heaven and Earth Great Dao, forming its own realm. There is absolutely no problem in converting its original energy into the Five Elements to make up for the lack of energy in the Earth Book," the Earth Elder assured him.

"Brother Earth Elder, I am not like you. I have become a true living being and can break free from the constraints of the spirit treasure's body. If the essence of the Cosmos Diagram is absorbed by its master, I will suffer a great loss of vitality." The simple old man, the spirit of the Cosmos Diagram, looked worried and was full of reluctance.

"Short-sighted fool! With Master's increased strength, how could he be afraid of not being able to replenish your origin? When Master becomes a great being in the future, it won't be difficult for him to help you transform into a Chaos Treasure and enlighten you to cultivate into a true living being." The Earth Elder looked at the simple old man with a look of disappointment.

The simple-minded old man thought about it and agreed.

Moreover, since it is merely the spirit of the magical treasure, it cannot resist if its master truly intends to extract the treasure's primordial energy.

It's better to be generous and let the owner remember your kindness.

Zhou Hao naturally had no time to pay attention to the communication between the two spirits of the magical treasures. After receiving the Earth Elder's assurance, he immediately began to absorb the primordial energy within the Cosmos Diagram.

Anyway, the Cosmos Diagram transformed into a Daoist robe and was worn on the main body, making it convenient to absorb energy.

"If the primordial energy of the Cosmos Diagram doesn't work, so be it! Expanding the Golden Core space seventy-three times, surpassing the Asura God's avatar, is enough." Zhou Hao sensed it with his breath held.

A stream of pure, ethereal energy was then injected into the illusory golden core, merging into the chaotic vortex.

"Phew~~~"

The chaotic vortex, which had stopped growing and was rotating more slowly without the infusion of the Five Elements' primordial energy, began to spin wildly again after being replenished by this pure spiritual energy.

"It works!" Zhou Hao was overjoyed and immediately increased his absorption of the primordial energy of the Cosmos Diagram.

The endless pure spiritual energy, like the Milky Way flowing backwards, surged into the chaotic vortex, and the illusory space of the Golden Core began to expand outwards again, quickly increasing from seventy-three times to seventy-five times.

However, Zhou Hao did not notice that at the center of the originally chaotic vortex, after merging with the primordial energy of the Cosmos Diagram, a chaotic world resembling a chicken egg was gradually born.

Moreover, as the pure spiritual energy continued to flow in, the newly formed small chaotic world rapidly expanded, like a balloon being continuously inflated.

"Rumble~~~"

The space expanded wildly, quickly reaching eighty times the size of the original Golden Core illusory space.

This is also the limit that Zhou Hao set for himself.

"It's time to condense." With a thought, Zhou Hao stopped absorbing the Cosmos Diagram and guided his Taiji Divine Soul into the center of the vortex to prepare for the upcoming Golden Core transformation.

The Five Elements Evil Qi Islands in the Purple Mansion Space, as well as Blue Flower rooted on the Earth Element Evil Qi Island, were all controlled by Zhou Hao's will and consciousness to enter the center of the vortex, along with the Taiji Divine Soul.

"In a moment, I will use the Five Elements Evil Qi to fuse with the disintegrated Five Elements Chaos, and then use the True Fire and True Water generated by the Evil Qi to quench and condense the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core." Zhou Hao silently recited the Golden Core condensation method that he had deduced countless times in his mind.

Because the Asura God's avatar did not cultivate the five elements of evil energy, the method by which the main body's avatar condensed the golden core was also different.

However, they all lead to the same goal: to condense the energy of the five elements into a physical golden elixir, thus shaping and stabilizing the golden elixir space that exists between the illusory and the real.

But when Zhou Hao's Taiji Divine Soul truly arrived at the center of the vortex, looking at the chaotic world where heaven and earth were not yet separated and primordial chaos was still present, he was completely dumbfounded.

"This, this... this is the Chaos World?" Zhou Hao was utterly astonished.

A chaotic world was generated within the chaotic vortex?

Are you kidding me?!

Zhou Hao's will within the Taiji Divine Soul saw void passages in the chaotic world, directly connecting to the chaotic vortex outside.

Endless chaotic energy surged in through the passage.

"Boom!" The entire chaotic world trembled and continued to expand, while the chaotic vortex outside shrank by one circle.

"No!"

"The primordial energy of the Five Elements Chaos is still needed to condense the Golden Core. If it is all absorbed by this chaotic world, how can I condense the Golden Core?" Zhou Hao was extremely anxious and immediately activated his will according to the method.

"The chaos of the Five Elements has disintegrated, and the malevolent energies of the Five Elements have returned to their original source!"

Boom!

The massive chaotic vortex instantly collapsed completely, and the five elements of malevolent energy it had nurtured transformed into the spirits of the five divine beasts, such as the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird Island, and Xuanwu, rushing into the primordial energy of the five elements, attempting to merge and condense into a form.

But at this crucial moment, the newly formed chaotic world also began to change.

Boom!

The chaotic energy within the entire chaotic world began to split and evolve, with the pure energy rising to become the sky and the turbid energy descending to become the earth.

The disintegrating chaotic energy of the Five Elements and the origin of the Five Elements' malevolent energy were also drawn in by a powerful force and swallowed into the chaotic world that was in the process of creating the world.

Rumble~~~

Earth Fire, water, and wind raged through the chaotic world.

The original world barrier expanded outwards once more, its volume increasing dramatically, quickly covering the entire Golden Core illusory space, and continuing its expansion...

"How could this be?" Zhou Hao looked at the chaotic world that was now out of control and almost lost his mind.

He understood that he was in danger.

After all, one's soul and spirit are all here; if it is destroyed, both soul and spirit will be annihilated.

Even with a perfect divine body, it couldn't withstand the rampant expansion of an entire chaotic world within its body.

"Could I be like Pangu, leaving behind a chaotic world after my death?"

"But Pangu created the world in the chaotic void, not within his own body!"

In his panic, all sorts of thoughts raced through his mind. Zhou Hao quickly tried to calm himself down.

"The more dangerous the situation, the less we can afford to panic!"

At this moment, Zhou Hao suddenly noticed Blue Flower, who had broken away from the Five Elements Evil Qi Island, like a rootless duckweed.

"Let's give it our all."

Zhou Hao's will enveloped the Blue Flower, causing it to drift towards the ever-expanding chaotic world.

"Swallow it!"

Whether it's a desperate attempt to find a cure or a desperate attempt to survive, he, who has always nourished Blue Flower with Origin Liquid, plans to directly feed Blue Flower the entire Chaos World as energy this time.

"This chaotic world is also formed from the primordial energy of the five elements and the pure spiritual energy. In any case, it's all energy; whether it succeeds or not depends on fate."

If Blue Flower could truly devour the chaotic world, and there were fewer troublemakers, he could simply continue absorbing the primordial energy within the Earth Book and the Cosmos Diagram to re-condense his golden core.

Zhou Hao watched nervously as the Blue Flower, with its countless flying roots, approached the chaotic world. As it drew closer, its roots seemed to be greatly tempted, swaying and reaching towards it.

"There's hope!" Zhou Hao exclaimed with delight.

The chaotic world was immediately swallowed up after the Blue Flower roots penetrated it.

Before Zhou Hao could even feel joy, he discovered that the golden core phantom that had been covered by the chaotic world had also disappeared.

The void space that was originally located in the Purple Mansion Origin Sea within his body was suddenly filled only with Zhou Hao's Taiji Divine Soul and Blue Flower, who had just devoured a chaotic world.

"I..." Zhou Hao was stunned.

You even devoured my illusory golden core; how am I supposed to condense my own golden core now?

"Smack!"

A round, golden pill, with a bluish-gold color and fine leaf patterns on its surface, suddenly appeared out of thin air on the petals of the Blue Flower porcelain.

When the golden elixir appeared, Zhou Hao's Taiji Divine Soul was immediately transferred into the golden elixir, and then perfectly merged with it, becoming inseparable.

"The Golden Core has taken shape?" Zhou Hao's soul suddenly felt an incomparably comfortable sensation.

With each breath, surging celestial power permeated his entire body.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, he knew that this distinctly different golden core had now become his new life core.

"Let's first see how big the space inside the Golden Core is."

With a thought, Zhou Hao sensed the space contained within the golden core.

"This, this, this..."

The space looked exactly a hundred times the size of an ordinary Heavenly Immortal Golden Core cultivator's space, and Zhou Hao's expression was complicated.

There was astonishment, there was doubt... but mostly there was excitement.

A hundred times!

The strongest Pure Yang Golden Elixir of a True Immortal is said to be only a hundred times stronger than the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core.

Those true immortals are beings who, with just one more step, can become Great Luo Dao Ancestors.

Now that I am merely a Celestial Immortal, I am on par with True Immortals in terms of foundation...

Doesn't that mean that once one becomes a true immortal, it's equivalent to becoming a powerful being, comparable to True God Dao Ancestor?

"I've already reached the pinnacle of the Divine Demon realm, which is normally equivalent to a top-tier Pure Yang True Immortal. But now that I've achieved the Heavenly Immortal realm through the Qi Refining realm, I'm also equivalent to a top-tier Pure Yang True Immortal. Could it be that Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Gods, True Immortals and True Gods, should be equivalent?" Zhou Hao muttered to himself. "No wonder the two systems use the same names for each realm."

"Whatever, I'll think about it later."

Zhou Hao stopped thinking about it and stood up from the ground.

At this moment, Lu Shang and the others, who had been waiting, flew over after the strange phenomenon disappeared.

"How was it?" Lu Shang asked before even landing, "This time it took five days longer than your clone, but is the golden core you condensed stronger?"

The other Nine Luan, Shi La, and even the two Daoist boys, Clear Wind Mingyue, were also visibly excited.

"Why are you all more excited than I am?"

Zhou Hao was somewhat puzzled, but he still nodded and said, "He is stronger, but he almost failed and nearly died."

"Pioneering and experimenting is like dancing on a knife's edge; there's always danger. As long as the Golden Core can be improved again, that's all that matters," Lu Shang said with a smile. "How about I practice with you this time?"

Shi La, who was standing to the side, immediately clapped his hands and cheered, while Nine Luan and the others were also full of anticipation.

"No, thank you." Zhou Hao shook his head. "Although this experience was dangerous, it greatly helped my understanding of the Dao. I want to go into seclusion and cultivate in peace, and also practice a few supernatural abilities and secret techniques."

Having the experience of creating a clone before, even without sparring with Lu Shang, he could clearly judge where his strength limit lay.

Moreover, there's still the Wujian Gate outside who stole my pre-ordered magic weapon, and I haven't dealt with them yet; I can't waste too much time.

The seemingly ordinary quiet room actually has an exceptionally spacious interior.

Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to view this quiet room as a hidden treasure.

Within this cultivation paradise, spanning tens of thousands of miles, there are continuous mountain ranges, vast seas, and numerous mountain springs and lakes of varying sizes.

Brush!

Zhou Hao appeared out of thin air high in the sky, below which was a mountain spring lake with a diameter of about three thousand feet.

The lake's water was a vibrant emerald green, radiating a misty, ethereal aura.

Just by inhaling a breath of the emanating spiritual energy, Zhou Hao, whose Heavenly Immortal Golden Core was comparable to that of a top-tier Pure Yang True Immortal, instantly caused a stream of primordial energy to form within his Golden Core space.

"Good heavens!" Zhou Hao's eyes lit up. "Truly worthy of being a lake of spiritual liquid transformed from Ginseng Fruit, a single breath of its spiritual energy is almost equivalent to a top-grade heavenly spirit pill."

It turns out that Ginseng Fruit, as a rare innate treasure, is equivalent to a pure yang elixir even if it is just one fruit, making it a rare item in the world. However, for Zhou Hao, who is cultivating the Eight-Nine Arcane Art and wants to advance to the ninth level of the Great Completion, the required quantity is so enormous that even if he were Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) and could eat them one by one, he would still have to question his existence just by eating Ginseng Fruit.

Fortunately, Ginseng Fruit is incompatible with the five elements and will dissolve upon contact with water. Therefore, the Earth Elder threw all the Ginseng Fruit he needed to cultivate his supernatural powers into the mountain spring lake, turning the water in the lake into a spiritual liquid containing endless energy.

Its vast and boundless energy was more than enough for Zhou Hao and his Asura God clone to cultivate the ninth stage of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art together.

Thump!

Zhou Hao leaped from the air into the lake and immediately felt an endless surge of spiritual energy flowing into his body through every pore.

"It's true that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. From now on, let the Earth Elder manage the finances." Zhou Hao swam happily, greatly praising the Earth Elder's practice of leaving behind most of the Ginseng Fruit every time he appeared at Five Village Temple.

Otherwise, the value of the pills needed to master the Eight-Nine Arcane Art would be so high that it would break the heart of even a Great Luo Dao Ancestor, let alone the fact that Zhou Hao had to prepare two sets.

"Let's do it here." Zhou Hao swam to one side of the lake, while his Asura God clone went to the other side and began to practice the seventh stage of the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~

The spiritual liquid flowed wildly and converged, forming two huge vortexes, with Zhou Hao's main body and clone at the center.

The Eight- Eight-Nine Arcane Art is an external martial art that refines the divine body into something resembling a magical artifact. It requires two things: first, complete comprehension of the method; and second, sufficient energy.

Zhou Hao met both requirements, so his progress was naturally rapid.

Moreover, he was multitasking; while his Asura God clone was cultivating profound skills, he was also comprehending the secret technique <Universe in the Sleeve>, and his main body was also pondering the mysteries of the second level of the <Great Chaos Hole Palm> supernatural power.

Leaving aside the comprehension of the clone, let's focus on Zhou Hao's main body. After initially comprehending the Great Chaos Hole Palm, he immediately sensed changes within himself.

"My golden elixir, formed from Blue Flower, can actually make my understanding of the origin of the Dao clearer?" Zhou Hao exclaimed in surprise.

If one's previous attempts to comprehend the Great Dao and perceive its origins were like trying to see flowers through a thick fog, where even the general outline was difficult to discern, then...

Now it's as if the fog has suddenly become incredibly thin; you can see not only the outlines but also the faint outlines of the veins.

Especially the 'Origin of the Tai Chi Great Dao ' and the 'Origin of the Great Dao of Wuji', since he had the deepest understanding of these two fundamental Daos.

Secondly, other Great Daos such as Lightning, Heaven and Earth, Time, and Dripping Water are also much stronger than before.

It's as if, as long as one concentrates on enlightenment, one can enter a state of enlightenment without thought or desire at any time, no longer needing to rely on Blue Flower Water Pearl droplets as before.

"The second level of the Great Chaos Hole Palm requires condensing the Divine Pattern in the palm into something as perfect as a real, vast world..." Zhou Hao comprehended the second level of Divine Pattern in the inherited technique.

Looking at the incredibly complex yet perfect Dao patterns in his mind, which seemed to contain countless Daos, the chaotic world that had evolved from the Five Elements Chaos within the previous Golden Core phantom suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Chaos was divided into Yin and Yang, then the Five Elements were developed, and from there all things were born..." Zhou Hao murmured softly, feeling as if he had grasped a glimmer of inspiration.

Boom~~~

Zhou Hao was suddenly startled.

He was completely stunned.

"From Wuji comes Taiji. Before heaven and earth were separated, the primordial energy was mixed into one, which is Taiji!" Zhou Hao was overjoyed.

The fog that obscured the Tai Chi Great Dao vanished from his eyes, and he comprehended all the mysteries of the Tai Chi Great Dao.

Wow~~~

With a casual wave of his hand, Zhou Hao conjured a clear black and white Taiji Diagram in front of him, without revealing the slightest fluctuation.

"So this is Tai Chi!" Zhou Hao smiled.

At this moment, Tai Chi Great Dao was like an obedient child in front of him, without any resistance.

Because he has completely understood and mastered it!

"Having just become a Celestial Immortal, he has already comprehended the Tai Chi Great Dao. I estimate that he can be considered unprecedented and unparalleled in the Three Realms," Zhou Hao murmured.

"Having achieved the Tai Chi Great Dao, I have long been able to condense the five elements within my chest."

"Since that's the case, let's break through!"

"Let's see if, after I become a Pure Yang True Immortal, I can be on par with the True God Dao Ancestor as I imagined!" Zhou Hao was filled with pride. He immediately connected the various minor paths of the Five Elements that he had comprehended and mastered over the years with heaven and earth, condensing them into five faint streams of energy in his chest.

For a celestial being to become Pure Yang True Immortal, the most important thing is to comprehend one Great Dao, and the second is to comprehend five ordinary Daos, each belonging to one of the Five Elements.

These five ordinary paths of the 'Five Elements' are also like five bridges connecting heaven and earth. Only when they are successfully condensed and transformed into the five energies in the chest can the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core Elixir receive the nourishment of the Five Elements of the origin of heaven and earth.

Only after the Golden Core absorbs a massive amount of primordial energy can it truly transform into a Pure Yang Golden Core, transforming the Celestial Immortal's power into Pure Yang power, thus becoming a true Pure Yang True Immortal.

Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew!

Once the five energies in his chest were formed, they immediately stirred the five elements that constitute the foundation of the Three Realms.

Streams of the Five Elements' primordial power flowed directly into Zhou Hao's Heavenly Immortal Golden Core, like heavenly thunder stirring Earth Fire, instantly causing intense changes.

Originally, it was Heavenly Immortal Golden Core formed by absorbing the primordial energy of the Five Elements within the Earth Book, and in terms of quality, it was already comparable to the most outstanding Pure Yang Golden Pill.

Now, nourished by the Five Elements, the very foundation of the Three Realms, his Heavenly Immortal Golden Core has undergone another transformation.

Rumble~~~~

Zhou Hao's golden core suddenly seemed to have been thirsty for an unknown amount of time, and began to frantically devour all the energy.

The lake of spiritual liquid transformed from the Ginseng Fruit was engulfed by terrifying waves, which were directly absorbed by the rapidly transforming golden core.

Upon seeing this, the Asura God's avatar immediately stopped cultivating and leaped out of the lake.

Although the original body and its clones share the same memories and insights, the original body's Heavenly Immortal Golden Core is stronger, and its combat power after breakthrough is higher. Therefore, the original body should be allowed to break through first.

Wow~~~~

The lake of spiritual herbs, which was three thousand feet in diameter and nearly a hundred feet deep, shrank rapidly.

In just the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, less than half of it remained, as it was all absorbed by Zhou Hao's own golden core.

His golden core had transformed into a more refined and profound one, even a dark cyan-gold color, with more complex leaf and branch patterns on its surface, as if the sapling had grown.

The original celestial power, purified by this successfully transformed pure yang golden pill, possessed an even deeper and more profound golden power, far surpassing the previous celestial power.

On the foundation alone, it has increased by at least tenfold, and the amount of magical power it contains has increased by hundreds of times.

"This is what it feels like to be Pure Yang True Immortal? It's truly exhilarating!" Zhou Hao felt his own power surge.

A surge of pure Yang energy coursed through his body, seemingly capable of easily destroying a small world with a single thought.

With his soul nurtured by the Pure Yang Golden Elixir, he didn't even need to exert any effort; his consciousness could easily cover an entire great world.

Keep in mind that this is only a recent breakthrough. Once his divine soul is nurtured by the Pure Yang Golden Elixir for a longer period of time, it would be no problem for him to cover dozens or even hundreds of great worlds with a single thought.

"I wonder what it feels like to be True God Dao Ancestor?" Zhou Hao wondered to himself.

It feels like even a newly awakened True God Dao Ancestor is only this much at best.

"Now, my strength at the Qi Refining stage is actually stronger than that at the Divine Demon stage." A smile appeared on Zhou Hao's face.

This was the first time I'd experienced this since I started practicing.

"Oh no." His smile suddenly froze.

"I wonder if the Earth Elder still has any Ginseng Fruit left."

The remaining lake of spiritual liquid is probably only enough for me to cultivate the Eight- Eight-Nine Arcane Art.

The Asura God's clone still needs to break through and cultivate supernatural powers, and it seems the spiritual liquid is running low again!

Second update!

When Zhou Hao reached the Void Return, he was equivalent to a Celestial Immortal. He had been mingling for a long time and accumulated enough experience. He had even killed many True Immortals and Celestial Gods. There was no point in staying at the Celestial Immortal level any longer.

The Pure Yang Celestial Immortal begins to contend with a host of True God Dao Ancestor; this is what the protagonist should be doing.