Chapter 46

The fire dragon shattered, the waves surged backward, and the moonlit blade arcs were all smashed apart by a single thrust!

The earth-energy shield of the Kunyuan Dao Robe tore like paper, and the defensive barrier of the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner flew open in response. The black spear tip pierced straight into Lu Tian's chest, precisely punching through his beating demonic heart!

Lu Tian's body shook violently.

The secret art that burned his life force had actually been forcibly interrupted!

Even stranger, the demonic spear that had entered his body turned liquid and instead repaired his damaged demonic heart. By the time he came to his senses, Luohu had already drifted away atop a black lotus.

Pressing a palm against his restored chest, Lu Tian smiled bitterly.

He should have understood long ago—the one before him was Demon Ancestor Luohu!

Even if Luohu had suppressed his cultivation to the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal, how could someone at the mid-stage possibly contend against him? He simply had not expected the gap to be so vast.

Even his chance to risk his life had been effortlessly snuffed out.

As he sat cross-legged and regulated his breathing, Lu Tian suddenly froze.

Luohu had clearly been able to detonate the demonic spear and take his life, yet he had chosen to repair his demonic heart...

The answer was already clear—

This deathmatch had never been a fight to the death.

What Luohu needed was someone to inherit his legacy, and Lu Tian was undoubtedly the most suitable person in the world, the one most likely to meet his requirements. Why would Luohu take his life?

If that was the case...

Then this was instead a rare opportunity for Lu Tian!

Since Luohu would not kill him, did that not mean he could keep learning in secret and growing stronger?

Lu Tian's thoughts raced. He immediately finished regulating his breath and challenged Luohu once more.

Without suspense, he was defeated again.

In the long years that followed,

Lu Tian continuously repeated the cycle of challenging, losing, comprehending, breaking through, and fighting again.

During the first ten thousand years, he exhausted every method at his disposal, yet failed to damage even the corner of Luohu's robes.

It took twenty thousand years before he first forced Luohu into slight disarray. Though he struck him several times, he still could not break his defenses.

Not until the thirty-six thousand four hundred and seventeenth year did Luohu suffer an injury at his hands for the first time.

A full sixty thousand years.

Lu Tian immersed himself in this monotonous, bitter cultivation.

When the sixtieth thousand year arrived,

The vitality around him was nearly exhausted, and his body had begun to fade away.

Luohu had also gained a few injuries and was drawing in demonic qi to heal himself, looking somewhat disheveled.

A drop of blood fell.

Lu Tian instantly completed rebirth from a drop of blood.

Under Luohu's extreme pressure, he rediscovered the enlightenment he had experienced when clashing with Duobao, pushing his own potential to its limit!

After being reborn,

An intense hunger rose from the depths of his origin as expected.

He needed to devour!

Lu Tian immediately took out the placenta Styx had given him.

Although the placenta had shrunk considerably,

The life essence within it was still as vast as an ocean.

Seeing the item in his hand, a trace of surprise flashed through Luohu's eyes.

So he intended to devour this thing...

The mysteries of creation...

Later generations of cultivators truly did possess some unexpected qualities.

Luohu raised his eyelids slightly, then paid it no more attention and continued healing himself.

Lu Tian, meanwhile, began refining the placenta with all his strength.

This was precisely the moment he had been waiting for!

Ever since confirming that Luohu would not ** him, Lu Tian had constantly pushed past his limits over these sixty thousand years. Only when he felt he could advance no further did he choose to devour the placenta and complete the transformation of his foundation!

Devour!

Lu Tian continued refining the placenta in his hand.

Several thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, and the placenta had already shrunk by more than half.

The aura around him grew increasingly profound and unfathomable.

The repeated leaps in his level of life caused his strength to soar.

Once he finished devouring it,

The Severance divine ability could amplify his combat strength twentyfold!

This astonishing improvement finally allowed him to leave conspicuous wounds on Luohu!

Everything continued.

The placenta in Lu Tian's palm had yet to be fully refined.

As his realm rose, his foundation became increasingly difficult to break through.

With every portion he devoured, he encountered a bottleneck.

The seventieth thousand year.

Lu Tian once more burned away all his vitality and resumed his path of devouring.

The ultimate state of Severance had reached a twenty-fivefold amplification.

It was still not over!

The eightieth thousand year.

Luohu once again forced Lu Tian into desperate straits—his blood exhausted, he was reborn on the brink of death.

But Luohu's aura was now waning. He had clearly paid a heavy price as well.

Lu Tian brought out the final piece of the placenta and began the ultimate refinement!

After several cycles of life and death, his vitality was already nothing like before.

His origin foundation had undergone a complete transformation.

The moment devouring began, Lu Tian looked inward—

Upon his true body of Purple Bamboo, faint chaotic starlight emerged.

He had finally embarked upon the road to ultimate transformation!

Luohu watched in silence.

Lu Tian failed to notice that deep within those ancient, unruffled eyes,

Appreciation and satisfaction were churning at that moment,

Even carrying a trace of hidden ecstasy.

Wonderful... truly wonderful!

The Demon Ancestor's thoughts stirred, then he returned to indifference.

This devouring process was exceptionally difficult.

Every inch of evolution in his origin felt like bearing mountains upon his back,

And it took far longer than any of the previous times.

Eight thousand years passed, yet he was still missing the final opportunity.

Luohu suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

His voice rang through Lu Tian's True Spirit, making him abruptly open his eyes. "Why interrupt me?"

The Demon Ancestor explained with rare patience:

The primordial world was not chaos.

Chaos Demon Gods needed to absorb chaotic qi, just as cultivators breathed in spiritual qi.

Now that heaven and earth had been separated, where could he find a source of chaotic power?

Not to mention leaving the primordial world—you still lacked the power to set foot beyond its boundaries.

Lu Tian came to a realization, but felt Luohu had not finished speaking.

Sure enough, Luohu's gaze suddenly brightened:

More importantly...

The Heavenly Dao no longer permitted Chaos Demon Gods to exist in this world.

This realm was opened by me, so it could still conceal the secrets of heaven.

If you appeared in the world, you would surely be struck down by heavenly punishment!

The Demon Ancestor's eyes blazed as they shone directly upon Lu Tian's origin.

"Your foundation is quite extraordinary, possessing both the power of creation and annihilation. But if the Heavenly Dao wished to erase you, it would be no harder than turning its hand."

"Not to mention beings like the Heavenly Dao Saints and Hongjun."

"A variable like you would surely be personally eliminated by a Saint!"

"I know you have two Saint masters. Though they possess some means, can they truly keep you safe?"

The Heavenly Dao actually did not permit the foundation of a Chaos Demon God to exist?

Lu Tian lowered his head in thought.

Then he only needed to avoid the Heavenly Dao's detection?

As for absorbing chaotic qi...

That seemed capable of being resolved at the same time.

He suddenly thought of the Chaos Bead in his possession!

This treasure could obscure the secrets of heaven, so concealing his foundation would be no problem.

It even contained a complete chaos world within it!

Could an entire chaos world not support the cultivation of one person?

With that thought, Lu Tian immersed himself in devouring once more.

At the sight, anger surged in Luohu, and he was about to stop him—this was the first time he had revealed anger.

But then a chaotic spirit pearl suddenly appeared above Lu Tian's head, its aura flowing.

The Chaos Bead!

How could Luohu fail to recognize it?

He had identified it the moment it appeared.

Ecstasy immediately became impossible to suppress in his heart.

This boy actually possessed the Chaos Bead!

Wonderful!

Truly wonderful!

"Good! Excellent!"

"With the Chaos Bead concealing the secrets of heaven, you need no longer worry about your Chaos Demon God foundation. Devour and transform as you please!"

Luohu threw back his head and laughed loudly.

Lu Tian had already closed his eyes and continued refining the placenta, a faint smile curling his lips.

The smiles of the two reflected one another.

"Luohu..."

Lu Tian's thoughts stirred slightly, then he devoted himself fully to comprehension.

Two thousand years flew by!

With a thunderous boom, chaotic qi burst forth, washing away the surrounding demonic qi.

The pressure radiating from Lu Tian shook the heavens!

Success—Chaos Demon God foundation!

He no longer concealed himself and laughed aloud.

After this transformation, the burning of Severance could amplify his combat strength thirtyfold.

Yet this was merely icing on the cake.

What truly delighted him was the qualitative transformation of the Dao of Creation.

As one whose origin foundation was the Creation-Destruction Bamboo, his former power of creation had only possessed restorative effects.

But now, he awakened an entirely new ability:

Creation!

With this divine ability, he could consume his own vitality to evolve all things and living beings!

With a thought, images of the Chaos Bead and Zero World surfaced in Lu Tian's mind.

He sent his consciousness into Zero World. At this moment, Zero World had declined from prosperity and entered decay.

Countless Vajras had fallen, living beings had vanished, and the universe was nearing its end.

Lu Tian activated the Chaos Bead. With a flash, he entered it.

Chaotic qi swirled around him, leaving him refreshed and invigorated.

The power of life circulated around him. The phantom of Zero World dispersed with his aura, gradually condensing above his head.

It was a vast universe, one he could not yet manifest completely with his current cultivation.

He first condensed a single corner—

The Primordial Red Vajra.

The Red Vajra appeared, looking around with curiosity in his eyes.

Then he knelt and bowed respectfully. "Primordial Red Vajra pays respects to Master!"

His cultivation had already reached the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal, only a step away from Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Surviving in chaos was difficult, so Lu Tian manifested another starfield and set up a protective formation for him to dwell within.

Gazing at the boundless chaos, Lu Tian's lips curved slightly.

Once his cultivation reached the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, perhaps he could use his origin secret art and the power of the Virtual-Real World to carve out a true heaven and earth here, thereby proving the Dao and becoming a Saint!

However...

That was still a distant matter.

His top priority now was to defeat Luohu and seize the second layer of inheritance!

Lu Tian sat cross-legged within the Chaos Bead, frantically absorbing chaos qi as his cultivation rapidly advanced.

Boom—

A vast spiritual pressure erupted from Lu Tian's body.

After thousands of years of arduous cultivation, he had finally reached the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, his condition adjusted to perfection.

Such progress was nothing short of shocking!

Sky-Piercing Heart's Innate Divine Ability, the Chaos Bead's pure spiritual energy, and the innate foundation of a Chaos Demon God had all aided him.

Of course, in the primordial world, advancing through minor realms had never been difficult.

Comprehending the Great Dao and breaking through one's realm were what truly mattered.

Lu Tian ended his cultivation and emerged, retrieving the Chaos Bead.

Luohu had long since recovered. He studied Lu Tian, his eyes filled with approval.

"Come. Let me see how much you have improved," Luohu said solemnly.

The Twelve-Petaled World Destroying Black Lotus once again glimmered with a dark radiance, all of it absorbed into him as a pitch-black demonic spear condensed in his palm.

Lu Tian's lips curved upward as the Vajra Dharma Form suddenly manifested, and all the treasures around him emerged.

He launched the first attack!

The moment he struck, he directly ignited his life essence!

With a thirtyfold increase in combat power combined with his peak Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, he was utterly unlike the man he had been a hundred thousand years ago.

Now, a casual slash of his blade could kill his former self!

Blade light flashed, and heaven and earth changed color.

The destructive aura it contained made Luohu's hair stand on end!

This was a fatal threat!

Lu Tian gave his opponent no chance to maneuver, his killing moves following one after another!

The Nine Dragon Fire Cover and the Twelve-Grade Void Clarity Spiritual Lotus rose into the air at once, while the Kunyuan Dao Robe and the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner transformed into divine protective light, forcefully withstanding every one of Luohu's attacks.

Wherever the blade passed, Luohu suffered his first wound!

What followed was a blade net that blotted out the sky and covered the earth!

The Flame of Life burned wildly.

To minimize the drain, Lu Tian pushed his combat power to its limit, determined to end the battle swiftly!

In the end, Luohu failed to hold out.

He was reduced to ashes amid endless blade light!

Lu Tian immediately ended the secret art.

Even so...

A tenth of his life essence had already been consumed.

Fortunately, the loss was still manageable.