Grandpa, times have changed.

quickly!

The red that had almost covered the entire Tai Xuan Realm faded away by more than half, and was replaced by a supremely wondrous and sacred purple aura.

The purple and red colors thus stood in stark contrast.

This applies not only to the Tai Xuan Realm, but also to all the myriad realms of the Chaos Sea.

Xuan stood quietly in the purple aura dojo.

His pale purple eyes seemed to reflect an endless landscape, where the past, present, and even the future lost their meaning.

The Immortal Realm, the Primordial Realm, the Peaceful Realm, the Taiyi Realm, and the distant shore of the Chaos Sea.

There's also the Tai Xuan Realm timeline stretching across the Chaos Sea, the Heavenly Demon Realm lurking at the bottom of the Chaos Sea, and the countless Heavenly Demons dwelling there...

Even the Holy Venerable, who was hiding himself beneath the surging chaotic aura and trying his best to conceal himself, was revealed in His eyes.

It was as if with just a gentle touch, it could influence the very fabric of the universe and the myriad beings within it.

Without even needing to think about it, everything will unfold in the direction He expects.

It was a very strange feeling, but also very scary.

After all, an individual's 'self' is far too insignificant compared to 'omniscience'.

If it weren't for Xu Xing, who was of equal status to Him and maintained his own existence as an anchor, His 'self' would probably have dissipated the moment He achieved the Dao Source.

The source of the Tao has no return...

Once you get to this point, there's no turning back.

Xuan lowered his eyes and sat down again on the purple aura platform.

It was at this moment that...

Without any warning, strands of seven-colored divine light emerged out of thin air, transforming into a majestic and sacred seven-colored deity before Him. Behind His head, a halo of time slowly rotated, manifesting endless light and shadow.

antiquity.

Looking at Xuan sitting on the Purple Qi Platform, a hint of astonishment flashed in His eyes.

He was clearly still in the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven a moment ago, how could he suddenly...

However, the next second, He noticed the change that had occurred in Xuan's body.

In an instant, a storm raged in his heart, and his seven-colored, glass-like pupils trembled violently.

"Xuan, you..."

"The Dao Source, the realm you've always dreamed of," Xuan said calmly, "is achieved."

done?

Gu felt a sudden boom in his mind.

A complex emotion, difficult to describe, filled my heart, and I uncontrollably staggered back two steps.

Xuan just stared at Him, his eyes devoid of any extra emotion.

He knows everything.

Now that things have come to this, is there anything you'd like to say?

"..." Gu was silent for a while before finally speaking slowly, "Whether it's Tai or you, the three thousand law enforcers and the eighteen gods were all formed because of me. I don't think I've done anything wrong."

Yes.

Even now, He doesn't think He's done anything wrong.

The Supreme Mystery, the Boundless Chaos, the myriad realms, all things were born from Him. He merely wanted to take all of it back. What's wrong with that?
Even if He was wrong, it was only because He underestimated 'divine will'.

“You feel that He is you, but He is not you.” Xuan Zhu understood Gu’s inner thoughts.

In the very beginning, that being had no self, no instincts, and could not even be considered an individual being, let alone the ancient one.

Xuan prefers to call that being 'the Way' or 'One'.

Strictly speaking, regardless of whether one attained the Dao in ancient times, by nature, or by acquired means, or even in the myriad worlds of today, as long as one has not touched the 'Source of the Dao,' one is ultimately subject to the changes of that being.

Ke Gu was the first person to attain enlightenment innately, and the first individual being in the entire universe.

However, he mistakenly identified himself as that one, and all his schemes were only to regain the Dao source through his 'self'.

For this reason, He did not hesitate to slaughter all living beings in the first and second eras, and even the three thousand 'Law Enforcers' and eighteen 'Gods of the Way' who should have been born in the third era fell victim to His cruelty.

If we say that the 'Heaven' who descended to earth and became the ancestor of the Azure Sky was both selfish and holy.

As the first living being in the universe, Gu was even more extraordinary during the first and second eras.

"Whether it is or not, what's the point of saying all this?" Gu looked at Him with a mocking gaze. "If you succeed, you succeed. There's no need to humiliate me like this."

"It's just a fact, nothing to be ashamed of."

After a pause, Xuan asked Him a question.

Why did you choose to entrust me with the original intention of 'existence'?

"Did I have any other choice at that time?" Gu asked rhetorically.

"..."

Xuan didn't speak again, but slowly closed his eyes.

At that very moment, Gu's form began to change, and his majestic, seven-colored divine body vanished without warning, turning into wisps of divine light.

The halo of time that had been spinning behind his head shattered, scattering into endless light and shadow, seemingly encompassing everything from ancient times to the present.

However, in the blink of an eye, the seven-colored divine radiance scattered throughout the Purple Qi Dojo invaded the ancient and modern shadows that appeared after the collapse of the Time Divine Ring.

Ultimately, with the convergence of divine light, Gu's 'self' completely perished.

Instead, there is a strange crystal with countless edges and facets, which integrates everything from the past and the present, and carries the way of the ancient and the modern.

Dao Bing.

Not bad!

Xuan directly refined Gu into a Dao weapon.

They are different from the Daoist slaves who were transformed from Dongzhen.

This Dao weapon, made by offering the ancient 'self' as a sacrifice, can be considered a concrete manifestation of the concept of 'past and present'. Its power far surpasses that of ordinary enlightened beings.

However, because of the existence of Xu Xing, who is of equal status, He could only refine this one.

"You offered the heavens as a sacrifice, and now I offer you as a sacrifice." Looking at the Dao weapon crystal hanging before him, Xuan couldn't help but sigh, "It's a cycle of cause and effect, retribution is inevitable..."

Why did the ancients entrust the original concept of 'existence' to Him?
Ultimately, it's just that He disguised Himself as the Ancestor of Cang and spent too much time with the Cang Clan, so a part of Him began to see Him as a member of the Cang Clan.

Unlike 'Heaven,' which was merely a part of the ancestor of the Azure, Gu was a truly individual being.

As individual beings, and without the detached perspective of observers that characterized the First and Second Ages, how could they remain unaffected?
If he hadn't been influenced and changed, how could the extremely 'self-centered' Gu have given up his original intentions?

Even in death, He will hold it tightly in His hand!
The source of the Dao is all-knowing.

Therefore, He already knew the answer to this question before He even asked it.

……

……

Central Continent.

Sword Sect.

Above the Inner Continent, Xu Xing looked up at the sky, gazing at the distant starry sky beyond.

The Thirteen True Immortals of Tai Xuan were right behind him.

"Junior brother," Bie Xuening gripped her longsword tightly, "how should we fight now?"

Her current junior brother has reached a level that she cannot understand at all.

All the previous arrangements seem to have lost their meaning...

"Don't worry, just follow the original plan." Xu Xing turned to look at everyone. "Xuan transcended using the 'Slay Me' method and has now achieved the Dao Source, so there's still a fight ahead."

It's the same as always.

He can't do anything to Xuan now, but Xuan can't do anything to him now either.

However, Xuan was, after all, the source of the Dao achieved through the method of 'severing the self'. His 'self' was disappearing every moment. All that was needed was to stall for time and accelerate the process.

"As for you senior sisters, you have now been refined into Dao weapons by Xuan, so you will probably be very difficult to deal with."

"I can't handle it either?" Meizu frowned.

She has the highest cultivation level besides Daoist Brother and Xuan.

"We can't handle it, after all, it's a Dao weapon that was forged by Xuan Yigu using his 'self' as a sacrifice."

The price of an enlightened being's 'ego' is not insignificant.

"The power unleashed at full strength should be at the pinnacle of the Dao-holding level among the three realms of True Immortals."

The pinnacle of the path.

Although not as good as him and Xuan before they achieved the Dao Source.

But this is no ordinary matter. Even the most powerful Demon Ancestor besides him is still some distance from this level.

"Then, fellow Daoist, could you also use beings at the level of those who have attained the Dao as materials to forge Dao weapons of equal caliber?" Yuanjun asked.

"It's possible, but unnecessary."

“Xuan and I are now on the same level, and there is a mutual restraint between us.”

"The creation of this type of Dao soldier requires the sacrifice of the 'self' to achieve such an effect."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of emotion flashed in his eyes.

The hand gripping the large, black bow tightened, as if about to say something.

However, as soon as he made a move, he noticed that Xu Xing was looking at him, as if he knew what was on his mind.

“On the one hand, Xuan’s ‘self’ is dying out; on the other hand, the pinnacle of the Dao cannot really make the Daoist perish. We just need to stall for time.”

"..."

After a moment of silence, Kui ultimately chose not to speak.

He didn't care whether his 'self' disappeared, but since his fellow Daoist had said so, he couldn't possibly ask for anything more.

"Moreover, that Holy Venerable Fellow Daoist on the other side of the Chaos Sea also helped this time, so let's not treat Him like this," Xu Xing said with a smile.

That's right.

Yuanjun had actually set her sights on the Holy Venerable.

"Won't Xuan attack Him?" I wondered.

If he remembered correctly, Xuan had clashed with that Holy Venerable before.

“They acted immediately,” Xu Xing explained, “but I stopped them.”

After Xuan Cheng achieved the Dao Source, he not only captured Gu Cong from the Ancient Tai Xuan Heaven, but also wanted to capture the Holy Venerable along with him.

Xu Xing protected Him because He remembered how He had previously restrained the True Gods under His command and helped eliminate some people with ulterior motives.

Otherwise...

He probably won't protect her; instead, he'll choose to compete with Xuan for her.

"Alright everyone," Xu Xing turned to look at the sky, "it's about to begin..."

The voice just fell.

Xu Xing's figure vanished into thin air without any warning, and even the Thirteen True Immortals of Tai Xuan, who were nearby, did not notice anything amiss.

It's as if Xu Xing never existed...

Do not!
wrong!

The immortals quickly noticed more anomalies.

Not only Xu Xing, but also the more than 3.9 million Void Returners who remained in the Central Continent and were distributed in various parts of the Four Star Regions, all disappeared.

They were the only ones left in the world, and on the distant other side of the starry sky, a seven-colored crystal, infinitely large yet infinitely small, carrying the shadows of the past and present, broke through the front line of the starry sky and crashed in!

The cosmos trembled, and stars fell from the sky! (End of Chapter)