Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune

Unlike the Heavenly Dao Inheritance, the inheritance left behind by the Earth Demon God was filled with jumbled, chaotic information, yet it contained many cultivation methods from before the world was opened.

Seeing this inheritance, Red Cloud recalled that piercing scream. That scream should have belonged to the Earth Demon God—but what had killed him?

Red Cloud searched the surroundings and spotted a purple ruler floating above his head.

With a thought from Red Cloud, the purple ruler flew into his hand. He refined it with his Primordial Spirit, and after obtaining the ruler's inherited information, a trace of delight appeared on his face.

"Hahaha, it is actually the Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos!"

Red Cloud had not expected it to be this Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure. The Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos could not only suppress fortune, but kill without staining itself with karma. It was also a spiritual treasure of the Dao of Attack; in terms of offensive power, it could contend for first place in the Primordial World.

Furthermore, as a merit treasure, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos possessed a special advantage against those burdened by karma. The more karma one carried, the stronger its attacks became.

"Hahaha, this ancestor has gained a great fortune as well. With this, I will surely be able to change my original fate."

Afterward, Red Cloud found no other spiritual treasures and could only settle down to stabilize his Primordial Spirit.

As Red Cloud stabilized his Primordial Spirit, he also refined the Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos. Thus, ten thousand years passed.

Red Cloud opened his eyes and frowned. Having no body made him feel deeply uncomfortable.

In his previous life, he had cultivated to the realm of Mortal-Shedding Immortal Ascension and Divine-Seeing Imperishability. The surging vitality of his bloodline, that solid, grounded sensation—it was something he missed dearly.

"The Primordial Spirit is yin, the fleshly body is yang. Only when yin and yang aid each other can one walk the Dao more steadily."

A thoughtful glint flashed through Red Cloud's eyes. He now had a direction for creating a cultivation method.

He wanted to create a supreme method that fused Primordial Spirit cultivation, body refinement, and mana, laying a solid foundation for the Great Dao.

Inspiration continuously surfaced in Red Cloud's mind, and he gradually formed some ideas about the cultivation method he would create.

What suited oneself was the best.

This principle was simple, yet few put it into practice. In the end, they found themselves with no gate through which to seek the Dao.

With that thought, Red Cloud began creating a cultivation method suited to himself. The process of creating it was also the process of sorting through the cultivation methods of the Heavenly Dao Inheritance, the Earth Demon God's Inheritance, the mental method of the Azure Lotus Righteous Qi Formula, the Dao laws nurtured within Red Cloud's origin, and the restrictions within the Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos.

Who knew how many years passed before Red Cloud finally created a new cultivation method, named the Red Cloud Dao Scripture.

The Red Cloud Dao Scripture took the Azure Lotus Righteous Qi Formula from Red Cloud's previous life as its core, while drawing upon the Heavenly Dao Inheritance and the Earth Demon God's Inheritance. It chiefly cultivated Heaven and Earth Righteous Energy.

Heaven and Earth Righteous Energy restrained all evil. Against living beings laden with heavy karma, it possessed an even more powerful force of special critical strikes.

Heaven and earth have righteous energy, bestowed upon all forms in their myriad flow.

Below, it becomes rivers and mountains; above, it becomes sun and stars.

Because the Red Cloud Dao Scripture fused the Dao laws nurtured within Red Cloud's origin with the restrictions inside the Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos, this method allowed the simultaneous cultivation of body, Primordial Spirit, and mana. Yet for that very reason, cultivation was also more difficult.

This cultivation method was divided into nine revolutions: first revolution, Human Immortal → second revolution, Earth Immortal → third revolution, Heavenly Immortal → fourth revolution, Mysterious Immortal → fifth revolution, Golden Immortal → sixth revolution, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal → seventh revolution, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

As for the eighth revolution, Primordial Golden Immortal (Quasi-Sage), and the ninth revolution, Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal (Sage), Red Cloud had not yet sorted out methods of cultivation for those two realms.

The cultivation method Red Cloud created could cultivate the Primordial Spirit, fleshly body, and mana together. Once mastered, even if it could not allow one to fight above one's realm, one would at least be invincible among those of the same realm.

"Unfortunately, there are inheritances to reference for the seventh revolution and below, so the cultivation methods I created are logically sound. The eighth and ninth revolutions beyond that are merely conjectures."

Red Cloud muttered somewhat dissatisfiedly.

For the first seven revolutions of the Red Cloud Dao Scripture, Red Cloud had relied on the cultivation methods within the Heavenly Dao Inheritance, combined with the Earth Demon God's Inheritance, the Azure Lotus Righteous Qi Formula mental method from his previous life, the Dao laws nurtured within his own origin, and his comprehension and deduction of the Dao laws, principles, and restrictions within the Heaven-Measuring Ruler of Primordial Chaos.

As for the eighth and ninth revolutions, Red Cloud had only some ideas and speculations, but did not know how they should be cultivated.

"The cultivation method is complete, but it still lacks a spiritual treasure to carry it. This ancestor shall refine one."

As he spoke, Red Cloud summoned a mass of origin.

Red Cloud then brought forth true fire to refine it, striking in divine inscriptions and forbidden spells one after another, transforming them into Acquired restrictions. In the end, he refined an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

It was a spiritual treasure resembling both a diagram and a book, crimson as blood yet lustrous as jade, covered in all manner of cloud patterns. It recorded the cultivation methods, divine abilities, and wondrous arts Red Cloud had created over the years.

"Such high-grade material, and it only produced a Lesser-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure. Fortunately, no one knows."

Just as Red Cloud felt awkward, a stream of merit descended from the sky and fell upon both him and the spiritual treasure.

At the instant the merit descended, Red Cloud suddenly understood. It was because he had created the first Acquired book to record Primordial Dao Script, benefiting heaven and earth. That was why the Heavenly Dao had rewarded him.

Red Cloud stored away the Heavenly Dao Merit.

Merit was formed from the origin of heaven and earth. Although absorbing it would not destabilize one's realm, and would even grant corresponding insights, Red Cloud still felt that cultivating on his own was more reliable.

Then Red Cloud looked toward the Acquired Spiritual Treasure in his hand. Having absorbed the Heavenly Dao Merit, it had become a Lesser-grade Acquired Merit Spiritual Treasure.

As the first Acquired book, it bore a portion of Literary Dao fortune. It generated divine marvels on its own and possessed extraordinary profundity; in the future, it might grow into a supreme treasure of Literary Dao enlightenment.

One had to know that not just any spiritual treasure could become a merit spiritual treasure after merit was infused into it. The treasure also needed to possess the fortune of a certain Great Dao.

"You are the first Acquired book. You have received Heavenly Dao Merit and bear a portion of Literary Dao fortune. You may question the literary heart and reflect literary fortune. I shall name you the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune, in the hope that you will become a supreme treasure of Literary Dao enlightenment."

The Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune shone with golden light, and the four gilded Primordial Dao Script characters "Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune" immediately appeared upon its cover.

Next, Red Cloud continued refining the restrictions within the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune. Its aura continuously rose and soared, giving birth to even more mysterious transformations.

Endless mysteries evolved within the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune.

The cultivation methods and divine abilities Red Cloud had placed within the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune were sorted and arranged by it into orderly chapters, such as the Cultivation Methods Chapter, the Divine Abilities Chapter, and so on.

It encompassed all things, containing measureless great chiliocosms.

Red Cloud rejoiced greatly. "Hahaha, Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune, I never expected you to possess such miraculous abilities."

The Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune could deduce cultivation methods and divine abilities on its own. This was something Red Cloud had not anticipated.

Worthy indeed of being a merit spiritual treasure—it was truly extraordinary. In merely a moment, the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune had deduced four or five Literary Dao divine abilities, such as War on Paper, Verbal Swords and Spears, Lingering Echo, Windlike Resonance, and Stroke of Divine Inspiration.

Red Cloud saw the potential of the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune. If it recorded countless cultivation methods and measureless merit, it had the potential to grow into an Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure.

This was absolutely a supreme treasure of enlightenment. If he established a sect in the future, the Illustrated Record of Literary Fortune could also suppress fortune, and there would be no better treasure to serve as the sect's foundation.

"In that case, I shall begin cultivating."

Red Cloud glanced around. Just as he was preparing to cultivate, he suddenly discovered a problem.

His origin seemed somewhat muddled. It contained Water-Fire-Wind Origin, Pangu Heartblood Origin, and Cloud Origin formed from the fusion of heartblood with water, fire, and wind.

Moreover, beyond those, there was Rosy-Glow Origin formed from fire and clouds, Smoky-Cloud Origin formed from fire and heartblood, and countless other miscellaneous origins.