Secrets of Chaos! The Difficulties of Cultivation

"Hellfire Mountain Master-- "

Ao Changsheng stared at the black flame demon god before him and shouted in a deep voice.

"It is indeed I!"

The Hellfire Mountain Master's laughter seemed to resound directly from the entire Chaos, the enormous sound crashing into Ao Changsheng's ears from all directions.

Ao Changsheng couldn't help but frown slightly.

It wasn't because the Hellfire Mountain Master's voice was loud, but because of Hellfire Mountain Master tone at that moment.

Although it wasn't very obvious, Ao Changsheng could tell that the Hellfire Mountain Master seemed extremely excited and thrilled.

Only...

Is it really necessary to be this excited after capturing one of his avatars?

However, what Ao Changsheng didn't know was that the reason the Hellfire Mountain Master was so excited was simply because he had taken him away from Ten Thousand Stars City.

The aura of the Great Dao revealed in Ao Changsheng's subconscious counterattack.

The Hellfire Mountain Master finally confirmed that the information he had obtained from Yangmei Mei was correct, and that Ao Changsheng was indeed cultivating the Great Dao of the World.

"Although it has been merged with the Great Dao of Water and is no longer pure, there is no doubt that this is the Great Dao of the World! The Great Dao of the World that I have been searching for for billions of years!"

The Hellfire Mountain Master's excited voice resounded throughout the Chaos, and his incredibly excited laughter was not restrained in the slightest.

The black Hellfire pulsed wildly, as if possessed.

The Hellfire Mountain Master's undisguised words made Hellfire Mountain Master Ao Changsheng instantly understand the reason for his excitement.

Only...

Ao Changsheng was puzzled.

Even if he is a cultivator of the Great Dao of the World, and even if the Hellfire Mountain Master needs the Great Dao of the World, there's no need for him to be this excited!

After all, Ao Changsheng couldn't possibly teach the Hellfire Mountain Master the secrets of the Great Dao of the World.

Moreover, Ao Changsheng did not believe that the Hellfire Mountain Master possessed a treasure like the Tree of the Great Dao, capable of extracting his Great Dao of the World.

Surely the Hellfire Mountain Master isn't planning to capture him and then directly compare his cultivation to the Great Dao of the World he's cultivating!

Leaving aside the difficulty of cultivating the Great Dao by directly referencing the methods of other Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Simply put, the Great Dao cultivated by the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal is basically Great Dao created by themselves, which contains an extremely strong personal will and style.

Even if one learns this Great Dao, it is still difficult to integrate it into the fundamental Great Dao of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

That would require an unimaginably long time, gradually eroding the individual's will before truly transforming it into their own Great Dao.

Only then can it be integrated into one's own fundamental Great Dao.

Just imagining the time required in this process is enough to make Ao Changsheng feel physically and mentally exhausted.

However...

Having been born in the Primordial World, a sacred place for cultivation, Ao Changsheng had no idea how difficult it was to cultivate in Chaos.

Even later, Ao Changsheng's Dao body entered the Chaos.

However, since the true body is in the Primordial World, relying on the supreme treasure of the Tree of the Great Dao to cultivate in seclusion, how could the Dao Body possibly be involved in matters of cultivation and enlightenment?

Ao Changsheng achieved the Hunyuan Daluo in just one era, and before the second era was even halfway over, he had already integrated more than a dozen Great Dao into the Great Ao Changsheng of the Great Dao of the World.

How could they possibly understand the difficulty of cultivating oneself amidst Chaos?

As long as Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal doesn't perish and Guixu, they are truly immortal.

For the Hellfire Mountain Master and other Chaos Demon God who have struggled in the Chaos for countless eons, time... is no longer of any concern to them.

Cultivating the Great Dao.

For them, the time spent is not a concern at all.

What troubled them was that cultivation was impossible in the Chaos.

The Supreme Great Dao of Chaos is high above, and it is simply beyond the reach of even Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Within the Chaos, apart from the Supreme Great Dao of Chaos, countless other Great Dao were all mixed together, extremely chaotic, incomplete, and disordered.

Countless Great Dao intertwine and entangle, like an incredibly messy ball of yarn, with no beginning and no end in sight.

Moreover, even if one is lucky enough to find some kind of Great Dao in the Chaos and comprehend its basics, but...

One can only enter the basics without being able to cultivate, and even with cultivation, one cannot achieve proficiency, and even with proficiency, one cannot fully master the art.

Vast Chaos.

Enlightenment and spiritual practice are almost a dead end.

So...

The Chaos Demon God, who was born with a Great Dao, and the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, who cultivated and transcended the Great Thousand World and completely mastered a Great Dao.

It became a guiding light for cultivation at Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, and while not the best, it was the easiest cultivation textbook to obtain.

Although the speed of cultivation is destined to be extremely slow, using the Chaos Demon God and the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal as references.

Moreover, it is even more difficult to integrate the Great Dao that one has comprehended into oneself, and the time required is so long that even Ao Changsheng finds it unimaginable.

But...

Compared to cultivating directly in the Chaos where countless Great Dao are mixed together.

Even if the cultivation speed of the Chaos Demon God and the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal is slow, it is still much faster.

If Ao Changsheng could truly understand the feeling of cultivating in the Chaos Bell for billions of years without making any progress, he would probably understand why the Hellfire Mountain Master was so excited.

That is precisely why.

That's why the Hellfire Mountain Master said something like, "The Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal is the most valuable treasure in this Chaos!"

Because in the Chaos, the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, especially the newly promoted Daluo Golden Immortal who has only mastered one Great Dao, is truly a treasure in the eyes of countless demons and gods in the Chaos!

But...

Although Ao Changsheng couldn't understand this at the moment, he knew that the Hellfire Mountain Master seemed to be celebrating too soon.

It's important to understand that he wasn't his true self at that moment, but merely an avatar!

As if sensing Ao Changsheng's thoughts, the Hellfire Mountain Master slowly stopped laughing.

Countless scarlet eyes stared at the indifferent Ao Changsheng, and the Hellfire Mountain Master's countless scarlet eyes all revealed a playful look.

"Ao~Chang~Sheng... you believe you're merely an avatar, which is why you're so calm and fearless, isn't it!"

The Hellfire Mountain Master's playful voice reached Ao Changsheng's ears.

"You're not the first person to think that way."

The Hellfire Mountain Master's countless eyes, which were fixed on Ao Changsheng, became even more intrigued.

"What do you think was the purpose of my conversation with your fragile avatar in the Ten Thousand Stars City? Was it to praise you?"

"There are many, many Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and Chaos Demon God who are just as cautious as you, and they all share the same thoughts."

"They all believe they are merely avatars, capable of vanishing without a trace at any time, so they are fearless in the face of the true self, even towards you, trying to extract more information."

"But no matter how careful and cautious we are in using avatars to probe, once we've discovered the location of Ten Thousand Stars City, it's destined that..."

"Your true forms aren't hidden too far away!"

The Hellfire Mountain Master spoke slowly, word by word, his countless playful eyes eagerly anticipating the gradual look of panic on Ao Changsheng's face.

This has almost become a staple of his every hunt.

Every time he saw those seemingly indifferent Hunyuan Daluo change their expressions drastically, even canceling their avatars, he would then appear directly in front of their true forms.

Watching the incredibly contrasting expressions on the faces of those Hunyuan Daluo was one of the few hobbies of the Hellfire Mountain Master.

However...

The scene that the Hellfire Mountain Master wanted to see did not appear.

Looking at the Hellfire Mountain Master before him, Ao Changsheng suddenly smiled, "You want to find the location of my true form..."

"If you can find it, then come! I'll be waiting for you..."

The moment Ao Changsheng finished speaking, with a thought, this avatar dissipated, turning into Chaos energy that merged directly into the surrounding Chaos.

Not even the slightest trace of its presence remained.

An avatar... if it leaves behind the cultivator's aura after it dissipates and is thus controlled by someone, then the avatar has no meaning in existing.

Seeing Ao Changsheng disappear, the Hellfire Mountain Master was not in a hurry.

This wasn't the first time he'd seen someone like Ao Changsheng.

Whether they are extremely confident in their ability to transform and believe they cannot be tracked back; or they are absolutely certain that their true self will not be found in their hiding place;

Or perhaps its true form has already begun to flee at high speed, confident in its own speed; or perhaps it believes in its own strength and has no fear of it at all.

The Hellfire Mountain Master has encountered this more than once.

And it is precisely in these moments, at the very last instant, that the Hellfire Mountain Master is most excited.

And...

The Hellfire Mountain Master Ao Changsheng absolutely confident that he could capture Ao Changsheng.

After all...

Suddenly, a wisp of Ao Changsheng's aura appeared in front of the Hellfire Mountain Master.

This wisp of aura belonging to Ao Changsheng was none other than the transaction that Yangmei had just completed with the Hellfire Mountain Master.

Original.

Hellfire Mountain Master believed that even with Ao Changsheng's aura in hand, it would take him an incredibly long time to find Ao Changsheng in the vast Chaos.

But who would have thought that Ao Changsheng would be discovered by him in Ten Thousand Stars City in the blink of an eye.

Ten Thousand Stars City, while not his most important hunting ground, is definitely his most convenient hunting ground.

The reason for this is the Stars Tongtian Tower at the very center of Ten Thousand Stars City.

The Stars Tongtian Tower, a divine artifact that determines the ownership of Ten Thousand Stars City, originated from Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

It possesses incredible power.

One of these powers, which is truly incredible, is not recorded anywhere in Ten Thousand Stars City...

Whether it's a clone or an incarnation, once you choose to enter the Stars Tongtian Tower for trials...

No matter where their true form is, no matter how far away, they will be directly pulled over by the power of the Stars Tongtian Tower.

It is precisely by taking advantage of this characteristic.

The Hellfire Mountain Master, along with his 'companions,' began their hunt in the Ten Thousand Stars City.

The method of hunting is to personally descend, just as the Hellfire Mountain Master is doing now, and search the surrounding area for the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal who has mistakenly entered Ten Thousand Stars City.

Or perhaps they wait quietly, waiting for those ignorant Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal to finally succumb and choose to accept the trials of the Stars Tongtian Tower.

Then they captured the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal who had failed the trial and whose true form had entered Ten Thousand Stars City.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Stars Tongtian Tower is possible.

Even though the Hellfire Mountain Master is not in Ten Thousand Stars City, he always reaps rewards whenever prey is caught.

It can be said that Ten Thousand Stars City is one of the most convenient hunting grounds for the Hellfire Mountain Master.

As the wisp of aura appeared before the Hellfire Mountain Master, an incredibly profound magic array also appeared.

That magic array was extremely profound and complex; even Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal would probably feel dizzy at a glance.

Clearly, this magic array was not something the Hellfire Mountain Master had just built, but rather something prepared before his arrival.

Just as the Hellfire Mountain Master said before.

In Ten Thousand Stars City, his purpose in talking with Ao Changsheng's avatar was not to praise Ao Changsheng.

Rather, it was to buy time and prepare the magic array in advance to prevent Ao Changsheng from escaping immediately after he appeared.

While it can't be described as foolproof.

However, it should be noted that the deal between the Hellfire Mountain Master and Yangmei was only recently completed.

Even he himself did not expect that he would encounter Ao Changsheng so soon in the vast Chaos.

It can be said that the Hellfire Mountain Master has exhausted all his efforts to perfect the means of tracking Ao Changsheng.

They resorted to such simple tricks out of desperation.

After the mysterious formation appeared, it immediately enveloped Ao Changsheng's aura, and then directly fell into the black Hellfire of the Hellfire Mountain Master.

"Found you!"

The Hellfire Mountain Master's countless scarlet eyes flashed with blood-red light, his excitement undisguised.

The next instant.

The figure of the Hellfire Mountain Master vanished directly into the vast Chaos.

At the same time.

In a place infinitely far from Ten Thousand Stars City and the Hellfire Mountain Master, the Water Dragon Great Thousand World is advancing at an astonishing speed.

And the direction we are heading.

Without a doubt, it was the opposite direction of Ten Thousand Stars City.

In the Water Dragon Great Thousand World, Ao Changsheng remained calm, showing not a trace of panic.

Sudden...

Ao Changsheng frowned, looked behind him, and a strange look appeared in his eyes. He asked in surprise, "How come the Hellfire Mountain Master arrived so quickly!"

Clearly, Ao Changsheng had long been mentally prepared to be caught by the Hellfire Mountain Master, but...

Ao Changsheng was clearly unaware that a wisp of his aura had long ago been traded by Yangmei to the Hellfire Mountain Master.

So...

The Hellfire Mountain Master didn't search at all; instead, he rushed straight towards him at full speed.

And the moment Ao Changsheng's self-talk ended.

The massive body of the Hellfire Mountain Master, spanning billions of light-years, directly surpassed the Water Dragon Great Thousand World, blocking its path.

The moment it appeared, the Hellfire Mountain Master did not hesitate and decisively made his move.

The crimson light formed a domain that completely sealed off and enveloped the Water Dragon Great Thousand World and the surrounding endless Chaos World.

Then.

Then the Hellfire Mountain Master's incredibly excited laughter rang out.

"Found you! Great Dao of the World-- "