Chapter 450 - 391: Dao Ancestor Wins Again

In the third layer of the Origin Spirit Realm, Xu Ziqing first raised his finger, making a gentle beckoning gesture upwards.

The Bronze Sword that had fallen on the ground soared into the air, landing back in the huge Sword Box he carried.

After putting the sword away, he slowly walked towards the pile of powder and the items dropped within it.

Even though it was only a short distance of several tens of meters, he struggled with each step.

His body was severely exhausted.

Though he was a Body Refiner, he could only quickly recover from injuries.

The sixth restriction originally required the Sixth Realm cultivation to open smoothly.

Although he had mastered this method of forcibly breaking the restriction, the price he paid was ultimately too high.

This time, he could be said to have harmed his foundation again.

Harming the human body’s foundation means that even for a Body Refiner, the damage is slightly less, but still cannot be fully healed.

After walking about a dozen meters, he suddenly stopped, then spat out a mouthful of fresh blood violently.

The blood was black, and after falling to the ground, it emitted a faint black smoke.

"What is happening.....?" The young man was momentarily stunned.

He closed his eyes, carefully checking his body’s condition.

Since the Evil Sword substituted the fight afterwards, he knew nothing about what happened subsequently.

Xu Ziqing quickly noticed an extremely chaotic power within his body.

To be precise, it was not that this power was overly chaotic, but that it was mutually repulsive with him.

"Could this possibly be... the power within Kunlun Cultivator?" Xiaoxu was confused.

The Evil Sword devours everything.

Ever since the fifth restriction opened, he could share the spoils along with it.

Since then, it was as though he had the Star Absorbing Law, able to absorb others’ power and convert it to his own use.

It was just unexpected that it could absorb even Cultivators!

And this power was repelled by the Heavenly Dao and conflicted with the spiritual power within him.

Thus, it instead harmed himself.

"What should I do about this?" Xu Ziqing paused with a hint of panic.

He must find a way to resolve this issue.

If it goes on for a long time, he suspects he might die!

But the time limit of the Origin Spirit Realm was about to be reached, he guessed.

"Everything will be dealt with once I’m out," Xu Ziqing thought to himself.

He suddenly felt a bit thankful that under his senior brother’s guidance, he practiced the Refining Sword Formulas.

Otherwise, considering his current physical condition, he would definitely faint from pain.

And fainting within the Spirit Realm would have unimaginable consequences!

This made him involuntarily recall the moment when his senior brother handed him the booklet, where bold characters were written in a flamboyant style:

——Supreme Divine Skill!

Thinking about it now...

"Senior brother is truly sincere!" Xu Ziqing thought.

With this thought, he became increasingly respectful towards Chu Huaixu.

Thus, Xiaoxu painstakingly made his way to the "corpse powder" of True Monarch Ling Xiao, and then slowly squatted down.

He rummaged with his hands, ensuring there were only three items amongst the powder.

The Profound Yellow Origin Fragment was the focus of this trip; obtaining two pieces made him internally jubilant.

He indeed needed this item himself.

"The remaining piece can be given to Senior Sister Han," Xiaoxu thought.

——"Filial Piety."

Immediately after, he picked up the ring.

The ring was completely black, engraved with complex patterns.

Xu Ziqing did not know what the ring was.

Thanks to the Evil Sword fighting behind the scenes, otherwise, seeing True Monarch Ling Xiao’s actions would have only deepened his confusion.

Because back then, True Monarch Ling Xiao regarded the Donghuang Ring as his final reliance.

Yet, raising his hand, he summoned nothing, nor did he unfold any magic—simply playing a lonely game.

It was truly abstract.

"Evil Qi can almost devour all things in the world."

"All the other magical treasures of the Cultivator were destroyed."

"Even the Storage Ring wasn’t left, the good things inside were wasted, all consumed by the Bronze Sword."

"And this ring could still remain intact?"

"It indicates it is certainly not ordinary, with an extremely high grade!"

This should be the most valuable magical treasure on True Monarch Ling Xiao!

Xu Ziqing immediately picked it up, feeling the lightness in his hand.

Its weight was unlike metal, yet the texture appeared to be metal.

The young man examined it for a while but found no special features.

After contemplating, he intended to place it into the Storage Token first.

However, he couldn’t store it!

"Huh?" Xu Ziqing paused.

In the end, he could only wear it on his left hand for now.

Remaining on the ground was only the human skin engraved with array patterns.

To be precise, it was the palm skin from True Monarch Ling Xiao’s left hand.

On it was inscribed the secret technique jointly arranged by two Immortal Venerables!

Xu Ziqing picked up this human skin, and his expression immediately changed.

With the Donghuang Ring on his hand, and now holding the human skin, he had both the medium and the secret technique!

He immediately felt like he could move that extremely chaotic power from his body with just a thought.

"It can draw the Cultivator’s mana from my body?" The young man’s eyes lit up.

In this way, he could completely resolve his urgent problems.

This power was continuously damaging his body, and he couldn’t last much longer.

After some hesitation, he decided to give it a try.

The result was, with a motion of his mind, the mana within him was easily extracted.

It first surged into the human skin, and then, entirely entered the black ring.

The youth’s eyes lit up involuntarily.

"Is it really this simple?"

He increasingly realized that these two things were absolutely not simple.

"What exactly are these things?"

"Moreover, they seem to need to be combined in order to be effective."

After the chaotic power within him was drained, Xu Ziqing immediately felt much more comfortable.

He exhaled a breath of impure air and attempted to place the human skin into the Storage Token.

However, he couldn’t store it there either.

"Is it because their grade is too high?" the youth wondered.

Because the Bronze Sword was like this, it couldn’t be placed in the Storage Magical Treasure.

He could only put it in his pocket.

After doing this, he went to the center of the Origin Spirit Realm and took the Origin Fragment placed there.

Xu Ziqing looked around and found that the exit was not yet open.

"It seems there is still some time."

Thus, he sat down on the ground and began to heal his injuries while absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi.

The Spiritual Qi in the Origin Spirit Realm seemed inexhaustible.

The Evil Sword devoured madly, but still had little effect.

Within Xu Ziqing’s body, there was already a large force that he could barely suppress.

He immediately began his Realm Breakthrough.

Soon, he easily broke through the Two Heavens consecutively.

After a while, the exit of the Origin Spirit Realm finally opened.

The youth stood up and flew towards the outside world.

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Kunlun Cave Heaven, Endless Sea.

An old youth and a black-haired elder sat opposite each other in the sky above the sea area, looking up at the vortex appearing in the sky.

The two waited for a while, but True Monarch Ling Xiao did not fly out from the exit.

For the first time, a surprised expression appeared on the indifferent face of the black-haired elder.

"Ling Xiao... actually failed?"

"The Night Venerable Fruit Position was not removed?"

The incredulous expression kept spreading on the elder’s face.

He couldn’t help but speak again:

"With the secret technique we set up, even if he was only in the Fifth Realm, not to mention even if he had cultivated to the Ninth Realm, he absolutely could not survive!"

"Chu Huaixu would be instantly killed, and the Night Venerable Fruit Position would be extracted in an instant."

"However, such heaven-defying actions would cause severe damage to the Fruit Position."

"At that time, the Power of Fruit Position would flow into the Donghuang Ring."

"With his mere Fifth Realm Cultivation, what method did he use to survive, and even kill Ling Xiao?"

Indeed, just as Xu Ziqing was stripping the mana from his body, the mana flowed into the Donghuang Ring.

If True Monarch Ling Xiao did indeed kill Chu Huaixu, the Fruit Position would only enter the Donghuang Ring.

He had no chance to absorb it.

On the contrary, his heaven-defying actions would cause the innately born Fruit Position to be damaged, and when he returned to Kunlun Cave Heaven, he would immediately suffer the Heavenly Dao’s backlash and die on the spot!

A half-step Divinity Transformation Stage was nothing more than a pipe dream.

The old youth looked at him without saying a word.

He took out True Monarch Ling Xiao’s Soul Lamp.

It was seen that the Soul Lamp had already extinguished.

This indicated that his great disciple had completely died and dissipated.

Even the Primordial Spirit had been destroyed!

According to the current information known in Kunlun Cave Heaven, the only one capable of destroying a Primordial Spirit in the Profound Yellow Realm was Chu Huaixu.

Thus, the two Immortal Venerables became even more reluctant to think otherwise, becoming more convinced that the one sent by the Profound Yellow Realm into the Origin Spirit Realm was still Chu Huaixu.

The old youth casually pushed, and the Soul Lamp was pushed off the table, falling into the endless black sea.

He was expressionless, just waved his sleeve, and his right hand formed a seal, saying: "I left a trace of the Primordial Spirit imprint on the Donghuang Ring."

This kind of Innate Supreme Treasure is used by those who are destined.

Whoever holds it can use it.

The Innate Supreme Treasure is formed by the Power of the Heavenly Dao and cannot be claimed by a master.

Even at the Divinity Transformation Stage, it is impossible.

From a certain perspective, the grade of Innate Supreme Treasures is actually consistent with the Fruit Position of Divinity Transformation.

However, Innate Supreme Treasures differ from Magical Treasures, as they lack any spirituality, they are powerful dead objects.

But the old youth soon frowned.

"That trace of imprint has also been destroyed."

The black-haired elder looked at him with a furrowed brow.

He had also paid a great price in assisting to engrave the Array Pattern.

Was it all in vain, drawing water from a bamboo basket?

His senior brother also lost an Innate Supreme Treasure!

As mentioned earlier, Kunlun Cave Heaven already had enough of the Origin Fragments.

The reason they hadn’t massively descended upon the Profound Yellow was because they were still probing whether the Dao Ancestor had any remaining moves.

"So, what kind of move did he leave behind to achieve such a level?" The black-haired elder couldn’t figure it out, looking at his senior brother.

Yet the old youth’s face remained indifferent, still expressionless.

But he couldn’t help but lower his head slightly, looking at his left index finger.

His left thumb lightly rubbed his index finger.

That was where he wore the Donghuang Ring!

And at this moment, within the Junzi Temple of the East Continent Daoist Sect in the Profound Yellow Realm.

As soon as the exit of the Origin Spirit Realm opened, a young man who had been lying on a bed for a long time awakened as if set by an alarm clock, promptly waking up from the bed.

Chu Huaixu, wearing a black-gold long robe, suddenly opened his eyes on the bed.

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