The Strange Fat Daoist Who Established the Dao Through His Own Body and Created the Source Heaven Book

"He isn't the Demon Venerable!"

"The Demon Venerable may already be dead!"

"He has completely become a weapon!"

"He's nothing more than a weapon!"

Supreme Ba Snake roared. They had already entered Extreme Sublimation. There was no way for them to survive.

So what if the Heavenly Demonic Saber—or the Demon Venerable—was powerful? They were going to die anyway. Whatever it took, they would drag him down with them.

Hum, hum, hum.

The four Dark Supremes erupted with divine light that shot into the heavens. Killing intent stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, layer upon layer, as though the universe were exploding, the Chaos Sea were boiling, and spacetime were collapsing. Blazing light drowned the cosmos.

The Cosmic Frontier Wasteland became an ocean of laws, terrifying enough to destroy all life.

The four Dark Supremes attacked together, fighting with everything they had. They unleashed power that was truly unmatched.

Even the Dark Supremes watching in silence felt their souls tremble. They had never expected these four, fighting together with their lives on the line, to wield such power.

Boom! Faced with that earthshaking attack, the Demon Venerable barely exerted himself. He simply raised his left hand and gave a light slap.

That slap seemed capable of creating heaven and earth—or destroying them. The whole world roared, and amid the boundless haze, the four Dark Supremes were sent flying.

It was an astonishing result.

A moment ago, the four Dark Supremes had been surging with menace and killing intent. Now a single slap had knocked them away.

It was almost impossible to believe.

Whoosh! The four Dark Supremes flew back, steadied themselves, and fixed their eyes on the Demon Venerable.

The Demon Venerable remained calm, as though he had done something utterly trivial.

His gaze was cold, as though he were looking at dead men.

"Demon Venerable, you are strong, but you're a weapon now!"

"You can be stopped!"

Supreme Heavenly Demon spoke.

The four Dark Supremes blazed with light. Countless laws and currents of order boiled around them—their own undying Grand Dao Laws.

Those indistinct Divine Chains of Order belonged to their individual Daos. Now they burst forth in full, ready to link together.

The four stood united. They had even imprinted some Immortal Dao Runes upon those chains of law and order.

As powers who had once ruled the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, they had naturally encountered countless opportunities and legacies, including Immortal Dao Runes and ruins connected to immortals.

It was hardly surprising that they had copied down some Immortal Dao Runes and studied them.

Every Dark Supreme was formidable in his own right.

Each had once imprinted Immortal Dao Runes unique to himself, carving them into his body and his Grand Dao Laws.

They had also explored turning themselves into weapons, even into Immortal Weapons.

But they feared actually becoming weapons, and none had ever succeeded.

Now they were fighting for their lives.

When their many Immortal Dao Runes came together and combined with their Grand Dao Laws, an even more overwhelming aura erupted.

Killing intent swept across the entire Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.

Vast stretches of the Chaos Sea collapsed.

The awakened Weapon Deity of the Heavenly Demonic Saber looked exactly like the Demon Venerable.

An astonishing saber gleam burst from his eyes.

As though waking from a long sleep, he released a blade light that could cleave through anything.

His brilliant gaze cut across the stars, carrying a force that drove onlookers to despair.

He struck the four Dark Supremes with a single palm.

Flying Immortal Power erupted in full. A rain of light fell like fluttering petals, scattering across the starry sky.

That Flying Immortal Power was terrifying. The Heavenly Demonic Saber had actually used a Forbidden Secret Art unique to the Demon Venerable.

Flowers danced across the heavens, as though he were performing Mortal-World Ascension and about to enter the Immortal Domain.

It was too powerful. That aura of the Immortal Dao made people tremble, and many shook with excitement.

It was as though they had truly seen an immortal.

Powerful figures felt that Immortal Dao aura and could not help falling to their knees. Tears streaming down their faces, they bowed in worship toward the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber's power surpassed all imagination. His figure seemed dreamlike, as though he had crossed the River of Time. Immortal Dao Laws burst forth as he lightly struck with another palm.

Boom! The ancient starry sky shook and the cosmos shattered. The four Dark Supremes were sent flying again, their auras much weaker than before.

They were shaken to the core.

The four of them had entered Extreme Sublimation, yet they could not defeat a saber!

If they were facing the real Demon Venerable, how many moves could they endure?

The Heavenly Demonic Saber's Weapon Deity was far too powerful, far too uncanny.

Everyone was stunned.

Many even suspected that the Demon Venerable really had become the Heavenly Demonic Saber's Weapon Deity. How else could he be so overwhelmingly strong?

One light slap had sent four Dark Supremes in Extreme Sublimation flying and left their bodies riddled with cracks.

"Could the legend be true?"

"Can a Chaotic Body really achieve Mortal-World Ascension?"

"Can a Chaotic Body truly break through the limits of the Immortal Dao and become immortal in this world?"

"He actually commands the power of Flying Immortal!"

"Could he be an immortal?"

Question after question rose in people's minds. It was almost impossible to believe.

"This is clearly just a weapon. Why is he so strong?"

"He is definitely not the Demon Venerable!"

Supreme White Snake muttered, his face full of anger and agitation.

The other Dark Supremes looked much the same.

They frantically devoured the essence of heaven and earth from every corner of the universe. They even consumed most of the nearby Chaos Sea. Countless stars went dark, swallowed by them.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber watched silently as they replenished their divine power, seemingly unimpressed.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber stood among the stars, his hands tracing ceaseless patterns. Dense Immortal Dao Runes appeared and gathered into a sea.

At the sight of those Immortal Dao Runes, the four Dark Supremes' expressions changed drastically. Cold swept through their bodies.

They had the sudden, hazy feeling that something terrifying had locked onto them.

They dodged desperately, trying to escape the fatal blow.

But the Heavenly Demonic Saber was too fast. No matter how they dodged, he followed them like a shadow.

Boom! Heaven and earth split apart, and the universe collapsed. The power released by that sea of Immortal Dao Runes swallowed the four Dark Supremes whole.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The four Dark Supremes' bodies exploded one after another, becoming clouds of bloody mist.

Their last substitute bodies had been blown to ash, and they themselves were gravely wounded.

Everyone was stunned.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber had crushed the four Dark Supremes just like that.

"Unbelievably strong!"

"And he really is just a weapon!"

"He's an Immortal Weapon!"

"But even an Immortal Weapon shouldn't be this powerful. We've all seen the Desolate Pagoda and the Kunlun Immortal Bell unleash their might. Neither was this strong!"

The awakened Dark Supremes whispered among themselves, exchanging what they had seen and heard.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber's figure appeared again without a sound, looking just like the real Demon Venerable.

He planted a foot on Supreme Red Dragon's head.

That jade-like foot appeared soundlessly in that patch of the void.

The Demon Venerable, imposing and striking, stood with his foot on Supreme Red Dragon's head.

The sight was so shocking that it etched itself deep into everyone's minds, impossible to erase.

It was hard to imagine a Dark Supreme who had once ruled the world being stepped on like this.

"Aaaargh..."

Death was preferable to humiliation. Supreme Red Dragon had ruled for countless ages. When had he ever suffered such disgrace?

He let out a shrill roar, burned his life and origin, and exploded with a thunderous crash.

He had self-destructed.

His destructive Grand Dao Laws tore open the universe, turning the area into a wasteland of ruin. Shattered Chaos flowed everywhere, and fragments of broken space churned through it.

Supreme Red Dragon died just like that.

Yet the Demon Venerable's body remained unscathed. He strode through the air, untouched by the shattered space and Chaos, neither of which could swallow him.

He seemed to stand above it all, strolling at leisure through the abyss at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.

Supreme Red Dragon had died for nothing. The black-hole-like abyss left by his self-destruction could not harm the Demon Venerable in the slightest.

Supreme Ba Snake, Supreme White Snake, and Supreme Heavenly Demon roared, grieving the fate that might soon be their own.

Since becoming Supremes, when had they ever endured such humiliation?

Supreme Red Dragon had been forced to bear a foot on his head, unable to break free no matter how he struggled. The despair had driven him to end his humiliating life by self-destructing.

When people looked back on history, they might give the episode a prominent place and brand him with that shame forever.

Northern Polar Immortal Light appeared around all three remaining Dark Supremes.

They had gathered that Northern Polar Immortal Light over countless years and refined it into weapons.

Now they unleashed all of it.

They no longer hoped to survive.

They wanted only to wound the Heavenly Demonic Saber as badly as possible.

Rumble!

The three Dark Supremes burned their lives and origins, unleashing countless laws and secret arts as though determined to perish alongside the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

Supreme Immortal Dao Laws erupted from the Heavenly Demonic Saber, along with a fierce and dazzling saber gleam.

It became brilliant Great Dao Flowers, blooming throughout the universe.

Boom! The three Dark Supremes flew backward, their bodies exploding once more.

Only after a long struggle did they manage to reform their bodies.

"Were we wrong all along?"

"Could he be more than an Immortal Weapon?"

"Could he be the real Demon Venerable?"

Boom! The three Dark Supremes' bodies were blown apart yet again.

When they reformed once more, their faces were pale and their auras weaker still.

"All beings who once worshipped us: in the name of the Supremes, we call upon the Faith Power that has scattered to return!"

The three Dark Supremes roared again. They used a Forbidden Secret Art to draw upon Faith Power.

They had all once ruled the world. Countless people had built temples to them, and they had once possessed endless Faith Power.

Even now, some still made offerings to them and recited their honored names.

Boundless Faith Power gathered—the power born of the faith of all living beings.

They were about to die and had to fight with everything they had. Whether Faith Power was poisonous no longer mattered.

They would use their greatest strength to drag the Heavenly Demonic Saber down with them.

Endless Faith Power became peerless Grand Dao Laws that empowered their bodies.

Their bodies resounded like thunder and roaring seas, radiating power that could destroy heaven and earth.

Light shone from every part of them. It was a strange light that set their Faith Power ablaze and turned it into a kind of Grand Dao law, surpassing their original strength. They were using the power of the Human Dao to resist the power of the Immortal Dao.

A vast formation appeared. Three formations of Ultimate Dao Laws overlapped, each the product of a Dark Supreme's lifelong comprehension.

Then the Demon Venerable's figure vanished, becoming the Heavenly Demonic Saber once more.

Boom! The dazzling Heavenly Demonic Saber streaked across the sky.

It pierced straight through that terrifying formation.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Heavenly Demonic Saber drove on without losing momentum, piercing the three Dark Supremes. Their bodies and Primordial Spirits exploded.

Everyone was stunned.

With a single thrust, the Heavenly Demonic Saber had killed three Dark Supremes, shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

It truly deserved to be called an Immortal Weapon!

It surpassed everything they knew.

That region of the starry sky collapsed. The Heavenly Demonic Saber seemed to have become the source of destruction.

The three Dark Supremes' bodies had exploded to ash, leaving a sea of blood that surged in towering waves.

Their resentment and fury filled it. Humiliated to the end, they clung to one last obsession and refused to accept death, but there was nothing they could do.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber gave a light tremor, turning the crimson blood into brilliant clouds of light that streamed into its blade.

It absorbed every Grand Dao Law contained within.

Several more Dark Supreme imprints appeared on the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

It now bore the mysterious imprints of more than thirty Dark Supremes.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber had fully assimilated all their Grand Dao Laws.

It had become an Immortal Weapon of immense power.

Everyone stared, dumbstruck.

"What a terrifying saber!"

"The Heavenly Demonic Saber really will be invincible!"

"He really turned into an Immortal Weapon!"

"Where is the Demon Venerable? Did he really merge with the Immortal Weapon?"

No one knew the answer.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber trembled softly, then plunged into the Chaos Sea at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland. No one could find a trace of him again.

It swept the Chaotic Dragon Nest along with it into the Chaos Sea at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland, and both vanished from sight.

No one knew how much time passed before the void of the Kunlun Mountain Secret Realm suddenly tore open and the Heavenly Demonic Saber appeared.

With a clear ring, he landed in Li Ming's hand, conveying a sense of joy.

"Not bad at all!"

"This is the Immortal Weapon I dreamed of!"

The Heavenly Demonic Saber rang out in response to Li Ming's praise.

The battle was over, but it shook the entire universe.

The whole universe buzzed with talk of it.

The Chaotic Dragon Nest had fallen into the Demon Venerable's hands. His Heavenly Demonic Saber had evolved into an Immortal Weapon, and it seemed he had merged with the saber to follow an Alternative Longevity Path.

The news was staggering.

Though it was only speculation, word spread among all the major powers.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber had slain eight Dark Supremes and bathed in their blood. It was hailed as the foremost Immortal Weapon of the Age of Mythology.

As for the Desolate Pagoda, the Kunlun Immortal Bell, and the Bronze Immortal Hall, those were prehistoric relics. They had nothing to do with this era.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber was the first Immortal Weapon forged in the Age of Mythology.

After laying layer upon layer of formations around Kunlun Mountain, Li Ming left for a time.

He continued cultivating and contemplating the Dao in the Chaotic Dragon Nest, within the Reincarnation Sea.

One day, on a sudden impulse, he went to the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Star.

There, he noticed a strange fat man crawling out of the ground.

Li Ming found it bizarre, and a vague, uncanny feeling stirred in him.

Could this be Netherworld Emperor Duan De?

Li Ming began watching him.

The fat man's cultivation method was utterly unlike anyone else's. He was forging his own path, feeling his way forward.

He cultivated the methods of the Five Great Secret Realms, but only drew on them for reference. He was pursuing his own path of the Grand Dao.

It was almost unbelievable.

Ordinarily, someone who ventured into an unfamiliar field and hoped to master it, much less achieve Enlightenment as Supreme, would struggle to break through its limits without extraordinary talent.

To Li Ming's surprise, the man traveled among famous mountains and great rivers, carefully studying the naturally formed Great Dao Divine Patterns. From them, he began developing a discipline called Source Arts.

He pored over cultivation scriptures and devoted enormous effort to studying what he called Source Arts.

Formations and methods for studying mountains and their underground veins all fascinated him.

His mastery of formations was astonishing.

Li Ming watched the fat man quickly become a leading figure in the field.

But the man clearly had no intention of stopping there. He meant to use formations to forge his own path in Source Arts.

He wanted to create a path of evolution and a cultivation method that belonged to him alone.

Li Ming saw him inscribe dense Source Art Runes across his body. Using the mysterious runes he had extracted, the man built a Source Heaven Formation uniquely his own.

With it, he defeated one formidable opponent after another and escaped deadly calamity time and again.

He crossed famous mountains and great rivers and visited sacred lands everywhere.

Mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon were all places for him to contemplate the Dao and cultivate. He drew the most fundamental Source Art Runes from them, combining them into the vision of a world he sought to create.

He inscribed mysterious Source Art Runes across the land. With an astonishing Source Heaven Grand Formation, he could even pin a Dragon Vein in place.

Li Ming was surprised to discover that every few decades or century, the man used the Source Heaven Grand Formation as a womb to nurture a new Divine Embryo. He cycled from youth to old age and back again.

He was not living out one Lifetime and beginning another. He was using the Source Heaven Grand Formation to transform and elevate himself again and again.

With each transformation, his strength and Dao Fruit grew.

It was a mysterious, lonely path, and the fat man explored it alone, racing ever onward.

He pressed through the fog by himself. It was truly incredible.

He had no idea the Demon Venerable was watching him.

Now and then, a fleeting intuition made him uneasy and suspicious, but he never found anything.

He kept charging ahead until he finally reached the Quasi-Emperor realm.

By then, Li Ming was nearly certain the man was Netherworld Emperor Duan De—the Tribulation Heavenly Venerable after his Corpse Spirit Awakening.

After Corpse Spirit Awakening, he would use Source Arts to achieve Enlightenment as Supreme in this Lifetime.

Li Ming kept watching the fat man unseen. He wanted to witness how he created Source Arts and used them to achieve Enlightenment as Supreme.

One day, after tirelessly forging his path and developing his methods, the fat man seemed to have a sudden, profound realization.

Standing atop a high mountain above a mighty Dragon Vein, he declared, "The Grand Dao has ages of dormancy and revival. But even in an age of the Unmanifest Grand Dao, when the order of the Grand Dao Laws is beyond reach, my Source Arts can find another way forward. From mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon—from every blade of grass and every tree—I can draw out mysterious runes and continue onward."

"I will forge this path of the Grand Dao myself."

"Wherever I stand, the laws and order of Source Arts shall be born!"

"Today, I establish my Dao through my own body and create the Source Heaven Book. One day, it shall evolve into a Heavenly Venerable Scripture."

"I did it!"

At the Quasi-Emperor realm, the fat man had truly created a scripture and secret art of his own: the Source Heaven Book.

"Oh? Is it really that amazing? Let me have a look!"

A voice suddenly sounded behind him...