Devouring Law, Initial Success in the Transformation

Above an open stretch of Yingzhou Immortal Island, the lingering might of the heavenly lightning had yet to dissipate.

Taotie's enormous body was charred and ruined, lying limply on the ground. It twitched faintly from time to time, and most of its ferocious aura had withered away.

Even though it had been severely wounded by the chaotic lightning, the savagery in its bones had not been extinguished. The unknown, bizarre power lurking deep within its soul stirred faintly, capable of igniting the baleful energy within it once more and causing another riot at any moment.

Li Changsheng's gaze remained calm as he looked at the ferocious beast below him, without relaxing in the slightest.

That lightning strike had merely suppressed Taotie's savagery for the time being. It had not completely sealed its origin.

To complete the transformation smoothly and eliminate all possible accidents, the first step was to suppress it again!

With a thought, Li Changsheng raised his hand and formed seals with the Creation Secret Art.

Strands of azure lotus Dao origin poured forth, condensing in the air into layer upon layer of illusory lotus patterns. They transformed into a sturdy prison of restraints that instantly enveloped Taotie's entire body once again.

This suppressive restriction fused twenty percent of his Creation Law with a trace of the majesty of the Heaven-Opening Mark, making it even more stable and tyrannical than the seal from a thousand years ago.

Taotie's body, meridians, and soul were completely sealed. There was absolutely no chance of it breaking free again.

Only after doing all this did Li Changsheng finally relax. In his palm rested that flawless, luminous white leaf of the Pure World White Lotus.

The lotus leaf was warm and translucent, with pure world-cleansing Dao charm flowing slowly through it. It carried a sacred and peaceful aura, forming the starkest possible contrast with Taotie's pitch-black ferocious baleful energy.

"Success or failure rests on this one move!"

Li Changsheng murmured inwardly.

Conventional purification was no longer viable. That unknown power was hidden within its origin, while forcibly erasing it would be far too wasteful.

Now, only by using the White Lotus spiritual leaf to transform its origin could he turn waste into treasure and completely tame this top-tier ferocious beast.

Without the slightest hesitation, he gave a gentle push with his fingertip.

The pure white lotus leaf transformed into a streak of light and instantly entered Taotie's charred body, plunging straight into the core of its physical meridians and soul origin!

The next moment!

Boom!

A terrifying storm of power instantly erupted within Taotie's body!

The incomparably pure world-cleansing power, which specialized in suppressing filth, violently collided within its body with the tyrannical Heaven-Opening baleful energy, which was savage and capable of destroying all things!

The two powers were natural mortal enemies, as incompatible as fire and water. The instant they came into contact, they began crazily clashing and annihilating each other.

The unknown, bizarre power that had lurked deep within Taotie's soul and repeatedly triggered outbreaks had no ability to resist under the violent impact of these two supreme Dao powers. It was instantly scattered, disintegrated, dissolved, and vanished without a trace.

The purer the world-cleansing power, the stronger its suppression of the Heaven-Opening baleful energy.

Conversely, the Heaven-Opening baleful energy accumulated over endless ages was dense and boundless, mounting a frenzied counterattack against the world-cleansing power.

The black and white forces raged and collided within Taotie's narrow physical meridians, neither willing to yield even an inch.

The two Dao-level powers madly annihilated and canceled each other out, producing terrifying explosive force and faintly developing toward mutual destruction!

Taotie's enormous body shook violently, fine bloody cracks continuously splitting open across its surface. Its body, which had been partially restored by the lightning, was once again on the verge of collapse.

If the two forces were allowed to keep clashing and annihilating each other, Taotie's body and soul would soon explode completely and turn to ash!

"Not good!"

Li Changsheng's pupils narrowed slightly, and his heart suddenly tightened.

He only wanted to transform the ferocious beast's origin. He had never intended to cripple it outright.

If the two forces perished together and self-destructed completely, all his painstaking plans and thousand years of preparation would turn to nothing. This one-of-a-kind ferocious beast test subject would also be utterly destroyed!

There was no room for hesitation. Li Changsheng no longer held back any of his strength.

Buzz!

The vast, boundless aura of his cultivation erupted. His foundation at the perfection of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm fully unfolded, and his surging mana poured into Taotie's body like a river or sea flowing in reverse.

Using his own cultivation as shackles, Li Changsheng forcibly suppressed the rampaging black and white forces. He steadied the balance of power that was about to collapse and prevented them from continuing their mad annihilation.

But suppression alone was far from enough.

Blind suppression treated only the symptoms, not the root cause. To achieve lasting stability, they had to be reconciled and fused.

With another thought, the most mellow and vital force of Creation, best at resolving the contradictions of all things, followed and surged into every limb and bone of Taotie.

The Dao of Creation governed life, harmony, and evolution. It could reconcile the conflicts of myriad Daos and resolve clashes between powers.

Li Changsheng held onto a trace of hope, wishing to use the profundity of the power of Creation to neutralize the extreme opposition between the world-cleansing power and the Heaven-Opening baleful energy, allowing the two forces to slowly merge into one.

But reality ultimately failed to meet his hopes.

World-cleansing power purified and slew evil, while baleful energy embodied destruction and savagery. The two Great Daos were completely opposite, natural adversaries, the ultimate polar forces of heaven and earth.

Even with the power of Creation constantly mediating, buffering, and reconciling between them, the two forces remained clearly divided, separated as though by an uncrossable chasm and utterly incompatible.

The black baleful energy occupied the physical meridians, while the pure white world-cleansing power guarded the soul origin. They confronted each other in a deadlock, refusing to give an inch, with no sign of merging whatsoever.

Watching the two forces remain deadlocked, Li Changsheng frowned tightly, a faint sense of helplessness rising in his heart.

The polar opposites of the Great Dao, suppressing each other to the extreme, truly were not so easy to reconcile.

At this rate, they would either remain locked in opposition forever, or eventually break through the suppression and self-destruct completely.

The path of transformation seemed to have reached a dead end.

But just as Li Changsheng considered a new way to break the impasse, another change occurred!

Under the continual stimulation of the two extreme forces, Taotie's innate origin, dormant for endless ages, was finally fully activated!

Buzz!

A peculiar Dao charm, tyrannical and greedy yet encompassing all things, suddenly spread from the deepest depths of Taotie's soul!

It was its natal Great Dao.

The Devouring Law!

For endless ages, Taotie had grown by devouring all things. The Dao of Devouring had long since been etched into its origin and bones.

Now that the two extreme powers within its body were clashing violently and constantly stirring, they had instead fully activated its hidden natal talent!

That tyrannical devouring power slowly spread out, impartially enveloping both the rampaging Heaven-Opening baleful energy and the pure world-cleansing power.

There was no violent collision, no frenzied clash.

There was only a slow, steady, yet incomparably resolute devouring and absorption!

Whether it was the violent, destructive baleful energy or the sacred, purifying white light, all of it was slowly pulled in, absorbed, and assimilated by Taotie's devouring origin.

The process was slow, yet exceptionally stable, never stopping for even an instant!

"There's hope!!"

Witnessing this scene, Li Changsheng's eyes suddenly lit up. The gloom that had weighed upon his heart instantly vanished, replaced by boundless delight!

No matter how much he had calculated, he had never expected that the key to breaking the impasse would be Taotie's own natal Dao of Devouring!

Since external power could not reconcile these polar forces, then let the ferocious beast devour them and unite them itself!

The Dao of Devouring encompassed all things, devouring and accepting everything. It could forcefully consume these two opposing extreme powers and achieve an unprecedented transformation of its origin!

Having found the right direction, Li Changsheng no longer hesitated.

He immediately adjusted the output of his mana. Rather than forcibly reconciling the two forces, he focused entirely on suppressing them!

Vast Creation mana wrapped around the black and white forces layer by layer, gradually compressing their range of activity to eliminate any risk of self-destruction. At the same time, it gently urged the two forces forward, sending them into Taotie's devouring origin.

He assisted it with all his strength in completing the devouring and assimilation!

Time slowly passed.

Yingzhou Immortal Island was tranquil and silent, with only Dao charm gently circulating.

With Li Changsheng's full support and Taotie's natal talent devouring madly, the two extreme forces that had originally been deadlocked and on the verge of self-destruction steadily diminished at a visible rate.

The violent Heaven-Opening baleful energy no longer raged, and the sacred world-cleansing power no longer resisted. All of it was swallowed, refined, and assimilated by Taotie's origin.

After a long period of accumulation.

The final trace of black and white power was completely devoured!

Thus, the two inherently opposing supreme Dao powers were fully absorbed into Taotie's origin soul!

The instant it completely devoured the two forces, the violent turmoil around Taotie instantly subsided.

The chaotic Dao charm within its body gradually settled into order, and its violent aura fully withdrew. Its body, once on the verge of collapse, slowly recovered under the continuous nourishment of the power of Creation.

Having exhausted all its origin and depleted every bit of soul power, Taotie could no longer hold on.

Its enormous body relaxed slightly, becoming completely still as its consciousness sank into its origin. It peacefully fell into a deep slumber.

A perilous transformation of origin, surviving from certain death, had finally come to an end!

All that remained was to wait.