Cangling Immortal Clan

Chapter 451 The End of the Cangyuan
How can your magic power be so great?

"Could it be that the Spirit Refining Technique also has the wonder of altering the very source of magical power?"

Daoist Cangyuan panicked and hurriedly activated various great formations to suppress Ye Linyuan, trying to force Ye Linyuan to sever the connection to the Path of Devouring Dao.

Unfortunately, Ye Linyuan would not let such a good opportunity pass by. He decisively activated all kinds of supernatural powers to protect his body, and then poured boundless magic power into the dark sun.

Daoist Cangyuan tried to forcibly close all the major acupoints and dantian in his body, but Ye Linyuan's immense magical power forced them open.

A vast ocean of powerful magic surged in, flooding into the body of Daoist Cangyuan like a boundless sea.

It must be admitted that Daoist Cangyuan truly deserves to be called an unparalleled genius; the opponent's magical power is simply too powerful and terrifying.

If it were an ordinary Great Perfection of the Primordial Spirit, even if all the Dao essence were poured into Dao Venerable Cangyuan's body, it would only fill one percent of his dantian.

With the vast power of the Cangyuan Daozun, even if these alien energies polluted his foundation, it wouldn't be a problem to spend several thousand years expelling them.

However, Ye Linyuan's magical power was too powerful and too domineering.

This supreme power of myriad transformations, far surpassing even the cultivation techniques of a realm lord, swept in. It only irrigated one-tenth of the power that had surged in, causing Daoist Cangyuan to turn pale and requiring him to mobilize all his power to suppress it.

When 20% of his magical power had entered, Daoist Cangyuan had already lost his ability to fight, as the extremely terrifying magical power had eroded his physical body, leaving it riddled with holes.

Ye Linyuan only consumed 30% of his mana, but Daoist Cangyuan could no longer suppress this strange energy and Dao essence. His physical body was forcibly cracked by the sword essence formed by the myriad transformation mana.

Sword energies pierced through the cracks in his body, and the terrifying external force almost completely annihilated his primordial spirit.

"How does it feel?"

Seeing that the other party was powerless to resist, Ye Linyuan stopped pouring in his magic power and calmly asked.

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Daoist Cangyuan revealed a bitter smile.

He gave up struggling, letting his body slowly shatter, and looked at Ye Linyuan with a sense of relief, saying, "A million years of planning, all for naught."

"If you had seen through the cause and effect back then and killed me beforehand, things might not have turned out this way."

Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, a hint of indifference in his eyes.

With Cangyuan Daozun's abilities, he could naturally have killed Ye Linyuan in advance, but he shook his head with a faint smile and said, "You are my opportunity to achieve the Dao. If you perish early, how can I prove the Dao and refine the Void?"

"So be it, so be it, I have no regrets about today's ending."

"This path of devouring is ultimately a one-way street. Even if I survive, I will eventually become someone else's resources."

"Unfortunately, the Bright Moon Over the Vast Ocean technique I created is too extreme. Only by using this method can one successfully break through to the Void Refinement Realm."

Ye Linyuan listened quietly, but after a moment he shook his head and said, "You're on the wrong path."

"Oh?"

Daoist Cangyuan was stunned.

Ye Linyuan calmly stood up, and the Devouring Demon Lord behind him slowly manifested. He then spoke in a low voice: "In the beginning of the universe, there was no distinction between pure and turbid energies, nor between immortals and demons."

"If you are walking the path of embracing all rivers, you shouldn't only take in the spiritual energy and ignore the impure energy."

"It does not distinguish between the pure and the impure, but embraces all rivers."

Cangyuan Daozun seemed to be deep in thought, then looked at the Devouring Demon Lord and said, "But such a demon lord will probably become a great calamity sooner or later."

"The turbid air will not disappear. For every wisp of spiritual energy you absorb from heaven and earth, there will be an extra wisp of turbid air in the world."

Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, then said indifferently, "Do you think that the demon soldiers and generals under the command of the Demon Lord of the Otherworld were all born out of thin air?"

"Indeed."

Daoist Cangyuan nodded, understanding all of this.

Whether in the vast world or the celestial realm of immortality, those who cultivate in seclusion and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will naturally have the impure energy that is stripped away sinking deep into the earth.

These worlds can absorb cosmic energy, but the excess impurities are ultimately beyond their control.

These turbid energies will either be absorbed by demonic cultivators or expelled beyond the vast world, eventually gathering in the darkest place in the universe. This is the origin of the Nine Nether Demon Realm, the cradle of the demon race.

Legend has it that the greatest mission of the Eternal Heaven Realm is to exist in order to fight against the Nine Nether Demon Realm.

Even though he understood all this, Daoist Cangyuan did not quite agree with Ye Linyuan's ideas. He said with great solemnity, "If you take this path, you might end up raising the most terrifying true demon."

"It should be known that demonic nature is hard to change, and impure energy will eventually harm the spirit."

"I will suppress all of this."

Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, showing sufficient confidence in himself.

As long as his strength can continue to suppress the Devouring Demon Lord, even if the Devouring Demon Lord truly falls into demonic possession, he can still keep him from causing havoc on the world.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Cangyuan said nothing more. He merely glanced at Ye Linyuan before speaking meaningfully, "Although you have defeated me, you still face a great tribulation if you wish to break through to the Void Refinement Realm."

"This calamity is so perilous that there is almost no chance of survival. There is only one way for you to successfully break through it."

"Oh?"

Ye Linyuan frowned slightly, vaguely guessing what was going on.

Daoist Cangyuan nodded, a smile appearing on his face, and said, "I will pledge allegiance to the Demon Lord."

"Is this why you obtained the Asura Devouring Heaven Dao?"

Ye Linyuan spoke, his tone tinged with coldness.

Cangyuan Daozun smiled and stopped struggling, letting his physical body disintegrate and transform into the Dao.

On his deathbed, he sighed softly and said, "In this day and age, I have no other choice, and neither do you."

As his final words fell, Daoist Cangyuan transformed into a sky full of Dao essence and dissipated, leaving behind a large number of rare treasures in this world.

Ye Linyuan sighed inwardly. At his current level of cultivation, he could already sense the difficulties ahead.

For cultivators in this era, the greatest difficulty in breaking through the chain is not their foundation or resources, but the most terrifying external tribulation.

Although the war against the heavens back then completely slept the Demon Lord and annihilated countless demons, the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm was not without its own contingency plans.

Of the twenty-four divine artifacts of Xuantian back then, nine were corrupted. Ye Linyuan had only seen the Youtian Bell, and he had not yet found any trace of the others.

However, these entities are all forbidden forces hidden in the shadows. Under normal circumstances, these hidden forces may not awaken, but when someone breaks through to the Void Refinement Supreme Realm, they will likely encounter the most terrifying calamity.

"No matter what lies ahead, I will shatter everything."

Ye Linyuan murmured to himself, then collected all the treasures left behind by Daoist Cangyuan.

It must be admitted that Daoist Cangyuan truly deserves to be the biggest winner of the ancient war, and the treasures he possesses are truly astonishing.

Besides the hundreds of thousands of spiritual treasures used to set up the grand formation, Ye Linyuan also found a massive amount of fragments of spiritual treasures, various rare and precious medicinal herbs, and even a fifth-order Daoist who had cultivated thousands of acres of spiritual fields in his storage bag.

"Treasures piled up like mountains, and rare items were as numerous as hairs on a cow."

"No wonder this Daoist Cangyuan was able to fight against a Void Refinement Supreme with only a half-step Void Refinement cultivation level."

Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, unable to help but marvel at how fortunate Daoist Cangyuan truly was.

In fact, the path of the Bright Moon Over the Vast Ocean Technique is not easy. This technique consumes far too many resources, and it is extremely difficult to cultivate it to the half-step Void Refinement stage.

However, the ancient war gave Cangyuan Daozun this opportunity. After the war against the heavens, he plundered too many treasures and then refined the Longevity Wood Heart to gain a lifespan of 360,000 years.

The long lifespan, coupled with most of the relics from the ancient era, made Cangyuan Daozun the biggest winner after the ancient war ended.

He successfully broke through to the half-step Void Refinement stage and then inherited hundreds of fragments of Xuan Tian spiritual treasures, including a large number of incomplete Xuan Tian spiritual treasures and a few relatively well-preserved Xuan Tian spiritual treasures.

He spent countless years repairing these rare treasures, eventually obtaining a super sixth-order killing formation, a pseudo-mysterious heavenly treasure, the Cangyuan Ancient Pearl, and three powerful mysterious heavenly treasures.

Without these treasures, even if Daoist Cangyuan broke through to the half-step Void Refinement stage, he would at most be a top-tier half-step Void Refinement level combatant.

However, with the blessing of these massive treasures, Daoist Cangyuan's combat power has already reached the threshold of the Refinement Void Supreme.

Especially in this spatial cave, relying on the terrain to set up a sixth-order killing formation, it is probably enough to confront a veteran Void Refinement Supreme head-on, and even make Ye Linyuan feel a bit troubled.

If Ye Linyuan hadn't countered the opponent's Devouring Dao technique, this battle would likely have taken much longer to determine a winner.

"Hundreds of fragments of spiritual treasures, plus those incomplete Xuan Tian spiritual treasures, a large number of sixth-order Xuan Tian rare items, and this massive amount of spiritual treasures and rare gems."

"If it can be refined entirely with sixth-order fire veins and transformed into pure Xuan Tian items and materials, the Myriad Transformations Immortal Tower will have no problem advancing to a pseudo-Xuan Tian spiritual treasure."

Ye Linyuan calmly put all these treasures into the Myriad Transformations Immortal Tower, because there were simply too many treasures and he didn't have much time to select them.

He simply focused his energy on completely suppressing and refining the six intact Xuan Tian spiritual treasures, and soon after, he gained initial control over them.

This Xuan Tian Ling Bao possesses unparalleled power, but without the activation of a Refining Void Supreme, it can only unleash a small portion of its power.

With Ye Linyuan's cultivation level and the strength of his soul, it wouldn't be difficult for him to even begin refining it.

Having refined six Xuan Tian spiritual treasures, Ye Linyuan strode deeper into this spatial-temporal cave, eventually finding a dilapidated palace at its core.

It was a grand hall that had been cleaved open by weapons, yet it still contained the supreme power of the laws of time and space, which even made Ye Linyuan feel extremely threatened.

"Is this the supreme legacy left behind by the Lord of Haotian Realm?"

Ye Linyuan murmured to himself, yet he had a feeling that this power did not seem to restrict him.

Because the spiritual refining technique within my body had triggered a response, it seemed that this technique was the key to entering this great hall.

Without hesitation, he calmly stepped into the main hall and indeed found that the laws of space and time slowly parted, allowing him to enter the hall.

"You came."

As soon as Ye Linyuan stepped into the main hall, he heard a familiar voice.

He looked up and saw a figure blurred by the power of spacetime sitting at a stone table, seemingly having been waiting for a long time.

This person exudes a gentle and peaceful aura, yet a hidden, unparalleled sword intent surges through the heavens.

This gave Ye Linyuan the feeling that he was talking to an unparalleled world lord across a vast expanse of time and space.

"Greetings, senior. Are you the Lord of Haotian Realm?"

Ye Linyuan whispered, and immediately bowed with exceptional respect.

The man smiled and then calmly said, "I am not the Lord of Haotian Realm. The real Lord of Haotian Realm has long since perished. I am merely a remnant left behind by him."

"However, when he swung that sword back then, he saw your figure in the future, so he specially left me here to wait for you."

Ye Linyuan nodded, realizing that he had met the Lord of Haotian Realm before.

Back then, Ye Linyuan saw a corner of the ancient war through the remnants of the Binghuo Immortal Apricot Tree in the Blood Prison Forbidden Land.

In that battle, the black tide engulfed the heavens and obscured the eternal sun. Immortal palaces and Dao palaces fell like rain, floating immortal islands crashed onto the earth, and even the very origin of heaven and earth was filled with a putrid stench.

Ancient powerful beings burned their own eternal lamps, and countless sages fought to the death, but ultimately they could not withstand the encroachment of the Black Tide.

The nine realm lords understood that the Nine Heavens Ancient Realm was beyond saving, so they decided to destroy it and rebuild it.

They launched a war against the heavens, taking advantage of the time when the Demon Lord was cultivating and devouring the Heavenly Dao to carry out the act of attacking the heavens, and completely engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the Asura Demon Lord.

During that battle, Ye Linyuan saw a man in white robes appear out of nowhere, unleashing a sword light that cleaved through the Nine Realms with the power to destroy everything, causing the dark shadows outside the heavens and earth to roar in agony.

Finally, the figure vanished, but in the instant before it disappeared, its gaze seemed to pierce through the void and see Ye Linyuan, ultimately entrusting the mission of recreating the universe to Ye Linyuan.

"Later generations, perhaps each generation, have their own mission."

"I have done my best, but the Black Tide will eventually return. Whether we can rebuild the world depends on you."

Ye Linyuan recalled the events of that year, and finally looked at the illusory remnants before him, saying, "So, you are the one who arranged this meeting with me by Senior Haotian."

The blurry figure nodded, then calmly said, "In the instant he fell, he saw you in the future, and he saw the extraordinary spirit-refining technique on you."

"You were chosen by the Spirit Refining Technique, so you must be a person of extraordinary talent and destiny."

"So he left something here to help you get as far as possible."

Ye Linyuan nodded, but instead of directly seeking opportunities, he asked, "Did everyone die in that battle?"

"Are any of the demon lords from the Black Tide still alive?"

The blurry figure remained silent for a moment: "All nine realm lords are dead, and the extraterrestrial demon lords are either asleep or have escaped. The Nine Heavens Ancient Realm has become a forbidden zone."

"But death does not mean the end."

Ye Linyuan understood somewhat. For beings at the Refining Void Supreme level, especially those at the level of the Nine Realm Lords, achieving complete death was probably not an easy thing.

(End of this chapter)