Chapter 2373 Qi of the Origin of All Heavenly Daos

Between heaven and earth, the primal chaos vortex slowly rotated, causing the surrounding void to twist and collapse.

Within the vortex were hundreds of tunnel-like ‘holes.’

Lin Xun halted before it, carefully observing his surroundings.

The lingering traces of the Spirit Treasure Holy Land experts’ auras vanished at this point.

However, upon closer inspection, he detected faint remnants near one of the ‘holes.’

The traces left behind were from their cultivation power resisting the vortex’s chaotic pull during flight.

“It seems they entered a secret realm.” With this thought, Lin Xun recalled the information he had extracted from Mingya’s spirit.

Over the years, Mingya had explored many of these tunnel-like ‘holes.’ Now, as Lin Xun reviewed those memories, he quickly realized that the previously explored tunnels no longer held any value.

There were some ‘holes’ that had been marked by Mingya as ‘extremely dangerous,’ which were places he had barely explored or dared not venture too deeply.

To Lin Xun’s surprise, the ‘hole’ tunnel that the Spirit Treasure Hold Land experts entered was one of those ‘extremely dangerous’ zones!

After a moment’s thought, the reason became clear to Lin Xun:

The Spirit Treasure Hold Land experts must have known that they would be pursued and so deliberately took a gamble by hiding in an extremely dangerous place.

Shua!

Lin Xun’s figure flashed as he rushed into this tunnel.

For Mingya, a place labeled ‘extremely dangerous’ likely concealed unknown ‘terrifying beings.’

Lin Xun was curious to know more about it.

The stars shifted and the void trembled.

When Lin Xun appeared, he found himself in a mysterious secret realm draped in misty rain.

The landscape was vast and magnificent like a painting. The rich power of the great dao condensed into fine misty rain, and every breath soothed the mind and invigorated the spirit.

“What a beautiful place!”

Lin Xun’s dark eyes gleamed as he felt his suppressed cultivation loosen significantly, surging back to the second realm Emperor Stage!

Clearly, this secret realm was very close to the origin core of All Heavenly Daos.

Moreover, as Lin Xun extended his spirit sense, he realized that, based on the density of aeth qi alone, this place could easily be considered a first-rate blessed land even within the Ancient Nebula Road.

While pondering, Lin Xun moved forward through the void.

Misty rain drifted through the air, shrouding the mountains and rivers in a hazy veil. Before long, Lin Xun picked up traces of the Spirit Treasure Holy Land experts’ lingering aura.

Following these trails, he advanced for a full quarter of an hour.

Soon, a vast, blood-red mountain came into view. From a distance, its jagged peaks undulating across the horizon resembled an ancient crimson dragon coiled over the earth.

Lin Xun’s dark eyes narrowed.

He could sense that nearly all the great dao power within this secret realm had been plundered by the blood-red mountain range.

The process was subtle and left no visible trace, imperceptible to anyone without an extraordinary cultivation.

“So this is the place where Mingya sensed an extremely dangerous aura and retreated without hesitation...

“If there are really ‘terrifying beings’ lurking in this secret realm, they are most likely hiding somewhere within this mountain range.”

With that thought, Lin Xun quietly advanced.

“Huh?”

Suddenly, his spirit sense locked onto a valley deep within the mountains. Everything in the valley, the grass, trees, and rocks were all an eerie shade of blood-red.

The ground was littered with the broken remains of weapons, and the air was thick with the lingering scent of blood.

Lin Xun descended onto the valley and after carefully examining the surroundings, a strange glint flickered in his eyes.

After a thorough investigation, he concluded that the Spirit Treasure Holy Land experts had been killed silently upon entering this valley. Even their flesh and blood had been devoured.

If he had come any later, even these remaining clues would have vanished completely.

“There are no signs of struggle, which means that the Spirit Treasure Holy Land experts had no chance to resist at all... They were wiped out instantly.”

With his hands clasped behind his back, Lin Xun pondered quietly.

Unnoticed, the misty rain drifting through the world began to take on a faint blood-red hue. As they neared Lin Xun, they transformed into ferocious, demonic heads and lunged toward him with gnashing teeth.

This sudden change would have caught most off guard.

However, before the blood-red demon heads could reach him, they disintegrated midway, as if crushed by an invisible abyss.

Lin Xun stood in the same spot without even lifting his gaze. He simply pressed his foot against the ground.

Boom!

The earth trembled and split apart, forming a massive blood-red ravine.

Countless blood-red demon-like figures burst forth from the depths with lightning speed. Each radiated a violent, terrifying aura, and possessed the strength of a quasi-Emperor. Some even reached the third level Quasi-Emperor Stage.

In the blink of an eye, they swarmed the sky, blotting out the sun!

Lin Xun remained calm and composed. With a slight motion of his right hand, a vast, abyssal force surged from his palm.

Rumble—

The blood-red demons were instantly swept up like leaves in a hurricane, their bodies torn apart and devoured by the power of Lin Xun’s palm strike.

Moments later, all that remained was a crystal-clear red bead resting in Lin Xun’s palm. The bead was no larger than a thumb. Glowing faintly, it was translucent with arcs of lightning crackling within it.

Lin Xun’s eyes flashed with interest as he examined it.

The bead turned out to be condensed from the origin essence of the fire dao and lighting dao. The aura of both daos exuded a primal and authentic quality.

Just like the very origin power of the dao of fire and dao of lightning!

“This lower world is said to be the origin core of all heavenly daos... It seems the rumors aren’t baseless.” With a flick of his wrist, Lin Xun stored the bead away.

The dao was formless, manifesting in the boundless mountains and rivers, in all things and all phenomena.

Cultivators observed the heavens, the earth, and the landscapes, seeking to comprehend the mysteries and secrets of the dao, and in doing so attain their own transformation.

However, the origin of the great dao and the mysteries of its essence were difficult to comprehend, not only for ordinary cultivators, but even for beings as powerful as Emperors.

In the lower five cultivation stages, one primarily comprehended Dao Ripple and Dao Meaning.

At the King Stage, one grasped the dao laws of the longevity path.

At the Saint Stage, one delved into the laws of the Saint Dao.

At the Quasi-Emperor Stage, one touched upon the incomplete laws of the Emperor Dao.

Even when one reached the Emperor Stage, what one truly controlled was nothing more than the Emperor Dao Laws.

However, no matter whether it was Dao Ripple, Dao Meaning, longevity laws, saint dao laws, or emperor dao laws, all were merely manifestations of the great dao.

However, the further one advanced in cultivation, the deeper their understanding of the dao, bringing them closer to its essence.

The Emperor Ancestor Stage was also known as Ancestor of a Path, as it was equivalent to fully comprehending and mastering the origin and essence of a complete dao path.

Therefore, an Emperor Ancestor was revered as a supreme being!

This was precisely why Lin Xun was surprised upon discovering that the small bead contained the origin essence of two daos—fire and lightning.

Unfortunately, although the great dao power within the bead was exceptionally rare, it was merely a wisp, a faint trace of aura and far from complete.

To ordinary cultivators, it would be an invaluable treasure, but to Lin Xun, it held little value.

Even so, this discovery made Lin Xun’s heart stir.

The lower world was said to be the origin core of all Heavenly Dao. If this is true then the closer I get to the ‘core,’ the more likely I am to witness the origin power of all Heavenly Dao?

If I could comprehend the mysteries of the essence of the origin of all Heavenly Dao, when I reached the Emperor Ancestor Stage, wouldn’t I be called the Ancestor of all Daos?

Lin Xun quickly shook his head.

The great daos of the heavens were boundless and immeasurable. The term ‘All Daos’ was just a generalization. Throughout the ages, no one had ever attained such a supreme title Ancestor of All Daos.

How difficult would it be to reach this point on the cultivation path, even if there was hope?

“Huh?” Lost in thought, Lin Xun’s pupils narrowed, and his figure flashed, appearing beneath the sky.

At that moment—

Boom!

The blood-red mountain that stretched across the vast earth suddenly trembled violently, as if awakening from an eternal slumber.

Immediately after, endless blood-colored light surged skyward, intertwining and writhing, gradually condensing into a blood-red figure.

As this figure took shape, the world quaked, the clouds shattered in all directions, and an overwhelming, boundless power erupted, spreading like the force of an almighty god!

In Lin Xun’s eyes, the figure was bizarre, its form constantly shifting. At times, it was an old man with gray hair, other times a young, heroic figure, or a charming and beautiful lady. It even morphed into various fearsome birds and ferocious beasts...

It was as if it embodied ‘all living beings and spirits!’

The aura of this figure was terrifyingly powerful, reaching the limit of what this world could bear.

Second realm Emperor Stage!

Is it a human or a demon?

Lin Xun’s dark eyes flashed. He couldn’t tell what kind of strange creature that was.

“Die!”

The blood-red figure spoke, its voice like the roar of a thunderous drum, shaking the heavens and earth.

Boom!

The sky and the earth quaked in chaos as a storm of fire and lightning surged upward, condensing into a giant seal that descended upon Lin Xun.

Its power was so immense it seemed capable of obliterating the world!

“Hmph!” Lin Xun snorted coldly and without any hesitation, he flashed into the air, charging toward the giant seal.

Boom!

With one palm strike, he crushed the dao seal that could have easily killed any cultivator below the Emperor Stage. A shower of fiery red lightning erupted.

“Die!’

Seeing Lin Xun charging forward, the blood-red figure let out another thunderous roar. Chains of fire erupted, entwined with dazzling arcs of lightning, roaring toward Lin Xun.

Chi!

Lin Xun made a swift motion with his hand as if tearing through a canvas. The chains of fire and lightning shattered into dust, disintegrating under the immense force.

Seeing the unfavorable turn of events, the blood-red figure attempted to flee.

Lin Xun sneered coldly and reached out with his hand.

Boom!

The blood-red figure had no time to evade and was directly seized by Lin Xun’s grip. With a sudden squeeze, the figure’s body exploded inch by inch, accompanied by a deafening sound.

Wisps of smoke rose as the figure disintegrated.

In the end, all that remained within Lin Xun’s palm was a fist-sized fire lightning crystal. It contained an enormous amount of origin power of the great dao, pulsating with the essence of both the fire dao and lightning dao.

Compared to the dao power in the crystal that Lin Xun had just refined, this was a thousand times stronger!