After the Death of the Great Dao
Chapter 173

Emperor Daye Arrives in Person, Dao Foundation Divine Ability [Heavenly Being's Thought]

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Chen Lingxi stood amidst the sea of clouds, sensing that her spiritual energy remained unchanged.

The spiritual energy in his Qi Sea had not been completely depleted, but the spiritual light from the mysterious man had become increasingly dim, as if it was about to dissipate.

Chen Lingxi was still immersed in the mysterious and profound aura of the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade.

"One cultivator at the Qi Circulation, Eleventh Floor, and another at the Twelve Profound Realm, died at my hands just like that."

Chen Lingxi's eyes were burning. With the blessing of the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade, he could keenly sense that every move he made in his battle against Marquis Fengshan and Qi Lian was filled with unimaginable power.

"To add power to my Divine Ability abilities out of thin air, the power of such Cauldron Vessel is truly unbelievable."

"With this Cauldron Vessel, within this realm, perhaps apart from the Emperor Daye, you have no one who can rival me."

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, her gaze falling once more on Jade Pivot Island in the distance.

He rode the clouds away and landed on Jade Pivot Island.

Jade Pivot Island is not large. Chen Lingxi landed in the place where Marquis Fengshan and the other man had originally been guarding and immediately saw the huge rock.

The boulder split in two, and within it, rays of spiritual light flickered.

Chen Lingxi stood before the boulder without hesitation and began to circulate the Qi Observation Technique.

When Chen Lingxi's gaze fell upon the spiritual light emanating from the crack in the boulder, Chen Lingxi suddenly sensed something and his expression turned solemn.

What kind of sight is this?

Under Chen Lingxi- Qi Observation technique, the numerous spiritual lights seemed to construct a mysterious image.

The image was extremely blurry, yet many things could be vaguely seen.

Chen Lingxi was surprised to see a cultivator.

The monk was dressed in an old Daoist robe, and his face was indistinct in the blurry image.

But the cultivator sat cross-legged in the Void, his body devoid of any spiritual light, just like an ordinary mortal.

However, the next moment, the cultivator slowly opened his eyes. He did not form any hand seals, but simply raised his eyes and looked at the empty space in front of him.

Then...

Chen Lingxi was full of surprise.

He clearly saw that in that blurry, illusory place, a mountain had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The mountains and peaks gathered together, majestic and incomparable!

Chen Lingxi could almost see through the faint spiritual light and clearly perceive the weight of the mountain and the hardness of its rocks.

The mysterious cultivator then turned and left.

The mountain crashed down with a deafening roar, piercing through the clouds and then landing on the plain.

Dust and smoke billowed up instantly, creating a deep crater in the plain and cutting off the river within it.

The river overflowed, creating towering waves!

The image shifted again, and the monk looked back at the severed river.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and the river began to swell.

The river, which had been a trickle, instantly transformed into a raging torrent, its waves reaching tens of feet high, sweeping away with immense force!

The river water seemed to be imbued with some mysterious force, making it incredibly heavy and terrifying.

Chen Lingxi could sense that if he were to be washed by this river water, his bones and muscles would dissolve and his spiritual energy would dissipate!

At the same time, a series of mysterious messages were captured by Chen Lingxi Qi Observation and entered his Chen Lingxi.

The light within the cracks of the boulder still flickered, but the images within them vanished.

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, his mind still filled with the mystery and wonder of that cultivator!

He glanced at it only once, and pondered for only a moment.

Those mountains and Long River existed from nothingness.

Turning the abstract into the concrete...

Chen Lingxi sensed the various messages in her mind and took a deep breath.

"This is what is called the Dao Foundation Divine Ability Inscription... A Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability is engraved within that spiritual light."

"Using the method of Qi Observation, I can only capture the residual images and messages within the spiritual light, but I cannot see the true profound secrets of this Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability."

"And these Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability are called..."

"[Heavenly Being's Thought]."

The Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability, Heavenly Being's Thought!

Before the ancient times, there existed Celestial Person.

Where there is thought, there can become a temporary reality.

This is the Great Divine Ability of the Boundless Ephemeral Force Dao... Practicing this technique can transform thought into reality.

At this moment, Chen Lingxi felt a surge of overwhelming emotions.

"Can Dao Foundation Realm really use such a profound and mysterious technique?"

The power and mystery revealed by this Heavenly Being's Thought have surpassed any technique that Chen Lingxi has cultivated so far.

Transforming the abstract into the concrete, transforming thought into reality...

What an incredibly bizarre method!

"Is this what is meant by the Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability?"

Chen Lingxi's gaze was intense as he suddenly recalled the two Divine Ability cultivated by Emperor Daye.

Mysterious Brightness Grand Splendor Way, the Sundial Reversal!

The Shangdie Ruanle Way, Heavenly Decline Method!

"Emperor Daye has already mastered the great Divine Ability of the Mysterious Brightness Grand Splendor Way [Sundial Reversal], and is now using the array constructed from his Immortal Husk to nurture a wondrous flower."

And that wondrous flower is the Dao Foundation Spirit Item needed for cultivating the [Heavenly Decline Method]!

"So, just how powerful is the Emperor Daye of Daye now? Once he masters the Heavenly Decline Method and reaches an even higher level, how mysterious will his methods be?"

Chen Lingxi was deeply shaken, gazing at the Dao Foundation Divine Ability Inscription before him from afar.

"Unfortunately, I cannot yet see through the Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability inscribed within these spiritual lights."

It's like having a treasure right in front of you, but being unable to access it.

As his thoughts drifted to this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"I am currently in the Total Perception Divine Chamber, and this Dao Foundation Divine Ability Inscription is an unclaimed object."

"Maybe... I should just take it."

Upon realizing this, Chen Lingxi immediately enveloped the stone with her spiritual energy, intending to put it into her Hongdong Bag.

However... when his spiritual energy landed on this boulder, it vanished instantly, like water falling into the ocean, completely unable to be enveloped by spiritual energy.

Chen Lingxi thought for a moment and then stepped forward. He circulated his qi and Qi and Blood, and spiritual energy surged forth. He then tried to move the boulder.

But when the time came, it didn't move an inch.

He shook his head slightly and sighed.

"No wonder Emperor Daye sent Qi Lian and Marquis Fengshan here to guard this Dao Foundation Divine Ability Inscription Dao Foundation Realm, and did not bring it back to the capital."

"The problem likely lies with the Dao Platform Restriction."

Chen Lingxi recalled what Marquis Fengshan had reported to Emperor Daye during his Sight-Roaming.

The inscription still bears the remnants of Dao Platform Restriction, which was formed by the Dao Origin of that Dao Foundation Realm cultivator after his fall, which remained condensed and did not dissipate.

Even someone like Qi Lian, who Qi Circulation, Eleventh Floor, needed the Emperor Daye to bestow a golden talisman to barely tear open a crack and glimpse the image within.

He is currently only at the Ninth Floor of Qi Circulation; for him to break the restrictions and move the stone tablet is nothing short of a pipe dream.

Chen Lingxi remained silent for a moment.

He then gently shook his head.

"Since no one else can move this Dao Foundation Realm inscription, and I have now witnessed the extraordinary nature of this Divine Ability with my own eyes, why should I be in such a hurry?"

"I haven't yet reached the Ascending Heavenward Realm, and I'm still too far from the Dao Foundation Realm. It won't be too late for me to plan this [Heavenly Being's Thought] Great Divine Ability after I've cultivated the Twelve Levels of Qi Circulation, and am about to cultivate the Dao Foundation Grand Divine Ability and cultivate the Dao Platform Profound Root."

"This Dao Foundation Divine Ability Inscription here; no one can take it away."

Chen Lingxi thought to himself, "The most important thing now is to find out where the Cauldron Vessel that can bear fruit is located."

Upon realizing this, Chen Lingxi immediately activated the Cloud-Riding Method. A cloud of green mixed with thunder appeared out of thin air, carrying him soaring into the Void, then sinking into the sea.

In the pitch-black sea, Chen Lingxi silently circulated the Qi Observation Technique. Spiritual Qi emerged from the Qi Sea, traveled upwards along the meridians, and flowed into his eyes.

In an instant, the deep sea before him suddenly changed its appearance.

Those vital energies that are imperceptible to ordinary eyesight gradually emerged.

Some originate from volcanic fissures deep in the ocean floor, scorching and violent.

Some of them came from scattered seashells, corals, and medicinal remnants on the seabed, mottled and messy.

It lacked the ancient and weathered aura that Cauldron Vessel should possess.

He thus swam in the Heaven Gate Sea for most of the day, heading north from Jade Pivot Island, crossing countless underwater mountains and deep-sea trenches.

He used the method of Qi Observation to scan every possible Cauldron Vessel for the cauldron, exploring shipwrecks on the seabed, caves under coral reefs, and fissures on the edge of volcanoes.

But it never came.

That complete Cauldron Vessel was like a needle sunk into the vast ocean; no matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find a trace of it.

"It seems it's not that easy." Chen Lingxi surfaced and landed on a deserted reef, exhaling a long breath.

He didn't feel particularly disappointed.

How could Cauldron Vessel and fruits be found so easily?

"My journey into the Total Perception Divine Chamber has been incredibly fruitful. I was able to witness firsthand the profound mysteries of the Heavenly Being's Thought, a great Divine Ability, and to test the strength of the two people on Jade Pivot Island."

"Search again, until Total Perception broken... and..."

Chen Lingxi looked into the distance.

"The people in the palace should already know that I killed Marquis Fengshan and Qi Lian. I wonder what their reaction will be."

Chen Lingxi continued his search, spending seven days in the Heaven Gate Sea.

He searched from Jade Pivot Island to the northernmost Heaven Gate Sea, and then turned back south from there, turning almost the entire Heaven Gate Sea upside down.

The method of Qi Observation was practiced day and night without stopping. His eyes ached slightly from the continuous infusion of spiritual Qi, and most of the spiritual Qi in his Qi Sea was also consumed.

But the complete Cauldron Vessel seemed to have never existed, leaving not a trace.

"It seems we won't be able to find it."

On the seventh day at dusk, Chen Lingxi stood on a desolate reef, gazing at the clouds that met the sea and sky in the distance, which were dyed dark gold by the sunset, and finally shook his head.

Seven days of searching yielded nothing.

He was about to sit cross-legged here, quietly waiting for his Total Perception to shatter...

Suddenly, Chen Lingxi looked up into the distance, a chill running through her.

In the Void, a surge of energy was approaching this place.

That energy was initially faint, like a dying star on the horizon.

It was already close, growing heavier and heavier, like an invisible abyss slowly pressing down from the sky.

Chen Lingxi looked up!

Then, on the horizon, amidst the surging sea of clouds, a cloud boat slowly approached.

The cloud boat was formed entirely of clouds and mist, with no patterns or spiritual light flowing on its surface, just like an ordinary cloud drifting in the wind.

But the figure standing at the bow of the boat made Chen Lingxi's breath catch in her throat.

Emperor Daye, Ying Xian!

P. S.: I'm sick with a fever and only managed to write two chapters. I'm taking a break tonight to write less. I'll rest a bit and get back to work tomorrow.

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