Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 164 The Chaotic Demon God World and the Thirty-Six Chaotic Heavens (Please Subscribe)
Instead, they were several extremely large corpses. To be precise, they were the corpses of several savage beasts the size of mountains, exuding waves of corpse aura and chaotic energy, creating a truly magnificent sight.

"Where did the corpse of a savage beast come from in the chaos?"

"Why did you perish here!" Li Xuanyang frowned, his body transforming into a golden cloud of light, arriving before him and falling outside the starlight surrounding him.

Countless rays of divine light from the celestial stars fell upon the corpse, eroding the pitch-black corpse aura with a sizzling sound, transforming into wisps of black smoke that drifted into the chaos.

Changxi and Xi Wangmu, who were standing some distance from the corpse, saw Li Xuanyang dissipate his golden radiance and their eyes revealed a hint of joy. They each bowed to him.

"I've met the teacher!"

"I've met fellow Taoist!"

"No need for such formalities!" Li Xuanyang nodded slightly, his gaze falling on the corpses of several savage beasts, and asked, "Where did these savage beast corpses come from?"

"This disciple is also unaware of this matter. This object was encountered by the Queen Mother of the West." Changxi shook her head and said to Li Xuanyang, "Originally, this disciple wanted to use the Cleansing Golden Fire to investigate, but unexpectedly it attracted countless corpse evil energies that spread out, which is why I had to activate the Zhou Tian Star Array."

"I encountered them by chance. However, based on my guess, these beast corpses should have come from the depths of chaos!" the Queen Mother of the West said thoughtfully.

"Deep within the chaos!" A strange light flashed in Li Xuanyang's eyes. A burst of chaotic divine light appeared around him, manifesting the twenty-four chaotic heavens. He stepped into the divine light of the Zhou Tian stars and walked towards the corpse of the savage beast, examining it in detail.

There are three of these savage beast corpses, each of which is extremely large, much larger than the shell of the Golden Turtle.

However, there was no hidden brilliance, suggesting that it had likely perished some time ago.

To Li Xuanyang's surprise, although the three beast corpses had been eroded by the chaotic energy for a long time, their original bodies remained completely undamaged, showing no signs of being eroded or assimilated.

Only on their heads was there a huge wound, like the marks left by being killed by magical weapons.

"That's quite interesting!" A smile appeared on Li Xuanyang's lips. "It seems that it really might be a being born from the depths of chaos."

If it is the corpse of a savage beast from the primordial world, even if it had extraordinary cultivation and supernatural powers in life, once it falls into chaos after death, it will be completely eroded and assimilated by the chaotic energy in a short time, and will never leave behind a huge corpse.

Only savage beasts or creatures born from chaos are naturally immune to the erosion and assimilation of chaotic energy.

"Teacher, these corpse demons contain chaotic energy that can corrupt and erode a cultivator's primordial spirit and consciousness!"

Seeing Li Xuanyang getting closer and closer, almost within inches of the black corpse demon, Changxi couldn't help but remind him.

"It's alright!" Li Xuanyang replied with a smile, his steps never faltering as he gradually walked towards the edge of the black corpse demon.

Countless malevolent energies surged forth before them, accompanied by howling winds and soaring black mist, covering the three enormous corpses. A faint howling sound could be heard, seemingly containing boundless resentment.

Seeing the resentment spreading within the corpse demon, Li Xuanyang's eyes flashed with a golden light, and then his three primordial spirit flowers appeared, standing upright on a cloud of a size of one acre.

A beam of white divine light shot into the sky and descended upon the three corpses of savage beasts. The overwhelming aura of corpses was dissolved by the white divine light and turned into nothingness.

"Innate Purifying Divine Light!" When the Queen Mother of the West saw the white divine light that Li Xuanyang had unleashed, her eyes lit up. She couldn't help but think of the Innate Twelve-Grade Purifying White Lotus, which was just right to suppress all kinds of evil spirits and evil things.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyang pointed to the Innate Purifying Divine Light, which gave rise to an innate white lotus with twelve petals, which fell into the bodies of the three savage beast corpses.

In no time, the corpse's malevolent energy was completely swept away, and the light reflected in the vast chaotic void shone brightly, revealing the true appearance of the three savage beast corpses.

Its appearance is not much different from the savage beasts in the primordial world, except that it exudes a very strong chaotic aura.

This made Li Xuanyang even more curious. Immediately, as soon as the thought arose in his mind, he used his primordial spirit and divine sense to explore the bodies of the three savage beast corpses.

The next moment, Li Xuanyang let out a soft exclamation. He hadn't expected that the three beast corpses not only had extremely strong physical bodies, but also contained a lot of chaotic energy.

In the primordial world, only Li Xuanyang's Undying Chaos Body cultivates primarily using chaotic energy.

However, these three savage beasts had clearly cultivated using chaotic energy in their previous lives.

Seeing that Li Xuanyang had dispelled the corpse demon, Changxi and the Queen Mother of the West appeared in a flash of cloud light beneath their feet and came to him.

"Has the teacher made any discoveries?"

"These three beast corpses seem to have had their essence and soul extracted by a powerful being," Li Xuanyang said with a slightly grave tone.

"The essence of a savage beast!" The Queen Mother of the West paused for a moment, as if lost in thought.

"Changxi, use the Cleansing Fire to investigate again!" Li Xuanyang instructed Changxi.

"Teacher, please wait a moment!" Upon hearing this, Changxi unleashed her divine light of Taiyin, revealing a cloud of auspiciousness covering half an acre in size. From this cloud a nine-inch-tall glass palace lantern, exquisitely crafted, burned with a golden flame that spread across the sky.

"This Cleansing Fire is one of the four great heavenly fires of the primordial world!" Looking at the glass lamp and the Cleansing Fire that Changxi offered up, a hint of surprise flashed in the beautiful eyes of the Queen Mother of the West.

When Changxi first brought out the glass lamp, she had already recognized its origin. It was a treasure of the Dragon Clan, possessing the ability to detect all spirits.

Upon seeing Changxi summon it again, the Queen Mother of the West couldn't help but ask a question.

“It is the Cleansing Fire, one of the four great heavenly fires of the primordial world,” Li Xuanyang said with a smile.

"This lamp is called the Xuan Yang Glazed Lamp. It is a spiritual treasure that Master obtained by chance." Changxi explained briefly, pointed at the glazed lamp, and turned the Cleansing Golden Fire into a sky full of golden flames, which fell on the three savage beast corpses.

In an instant, fragmented and chaotic images gradually appeared on the three beast corpses.

The three were not surprised by this. They didn't know how many years these three beast corpses had drifted in the chaos, or how their essence and soul had been extracted by a great supernatural being.

If it weren't for the extraordinary mystery of the Cleansing Fire, even some of the incomplete images would probably be difficult to display.

Fortunately, Li Xuanyang and the other two were still able to discern some clues from them, which gradually coalesced into various scenes.

The most common scene is a boundless chaotic world, with several enormous savage beasts, or rather, chaotic beasts, wandering together in the chaos to cultivate, breathing in and out chaotic energy, and only occasionally devouring some stars for food.

"They feed on the stars!" Changxi exclaimed in surprise. "Why have we never heard the Heavenly Court of the Demon Race mention such a powerful beast?"

It's understandable that the demon race had no way of paying attention to the outer starry sky before setting up the Zhou Tian Star Array.

However, back then, Di Jun and Tai Yi used the Zhou Tian Star Array to seal off the starry sky. If a savage beast came from the chaos and fed on the stars, it would definitely trigger the Zhou Tian Star Array, be noticed by the demon race's heavenly court, and even spread throughout the entire prehistoric world.

But until the deaths of Di Jun and Tai Yi, no one had ever heard of this.

“These stars probably didn’t originate from the primordial world!” Li Xuanyang’s expression changed slightly as he suddenly thought of a possibility and said in a deep voice.

"It's not the primordial world!" Changxi was shocked, her face showing disbelief. On the contrary, the Queen Mother of the West remained calm, as if she had already guessed it.

“That’s right!” Although Li Xuanyang was also surprised, he did not find it hard to believe. Putting aside everything else, the Chaos Pearl he used to suppress the twenty-four Chaotic Heavens could create another world or even transform into a separate world from the Primordial Origin it contained.

"The primordial world was created by the great god Pangu."

"What if there is another world existing deep within the chaos!"

"Could it also have been created by the Chaos God?" Changxi asked Li Xuanyang with a face full of surprise.

"I don't know about this matter either." Li Xuanyang shook his head. He attained enlightenment in human form a little late. Not only did he miss the beginning of the world, but he also never truly experienced the great calamity of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin, or the struggle between the Dao and the demons.

They knew nothing about the matter of the Great God Pangu and the three thousand Chaos Demons.

"Fellow Daoist, are you aware of this matter?" Li Xuanyang suddenly asked the Queen Mother of the West.

"I only know a little bit about it." Hearing Li Xuanyang's words, the Queen Mother of the West smiled slightly and said, "When the great god Pangu created the world, he almost killed all three thousand chaotic demons."

“Some of these Chaos Gods, though they have died and their powers have vanished, were extremely powerful in life. They were born to wield the laws of the Great Dao, and their physical bodies are immortal and incorruptible, almost existing as long as the Dao itself.”

"Fellow Daoist, are you saying that this world was gradually evolved from the physical body of the Chaos Demon God?" Li Xuanyang nodded slightly upon hearing Xi Wangmu's words, finding them to be quite reasonable.

Even fundamentally, all things in the primordial world were also derived from the physical body of the Great God Pangu. "This is merely a guess; I have not seen it with my own eyes." The Queen Mother of the West suddenly pointed to the three corpses of savage beasts and said with great certainty, "But the origins of these savage beasts must be related to the Chaos Demon God."

"It's related to the Chaos Demon God!" Changxi exclaimed in shock, her gaze shifting to the Queen Mother of the West with a hint of surprise.

Such a secret is probably unknown even to their own teachers and the sages, so how did the Queen Mother of the West find out about it?
At this moment, the incomplete scene suddenly changed, and a scene reappeared, with gray flames falling from the sky, surrounding the savage beasts.

Then countless divine lights of the two colors of black and yellow emerged, obscuring billions of miles of void, and transformed into beams of light that fell down, killing one savage beast after another.

The next moment, the chaotic void shattered, and a black divine light shot out from it, revealing a jet-black millstone. Rays of light descended, extracting the essence, blood, and soul of all the savage beasts and placing them onto the millstone.

The gray, fiery flames that had previously surrounded these savage beasts also fell onto the millstone, refining their essence, blood, and soul.

Time passed in this way, and only a wisp of golden blood remained of these essences and souls. It was then collected by the black millstone, accompanied by the aura of the Great Dao Laws.

Although it was just a few incomplete images, Li Xuanyang's gaze sharpened. "Chaotic True Fire, Primordial Measuring Ruler, World-Destroying Millstone!"

"This matter is actually related to the Taoist Jidu that my teacher encountered?" Changxi was shocked. Although these savage beasts were not chaotic demons, they were still born with strong bodies and should not be underestimated.

However, under the divine light of the two colors of Xuanhuang, they were easily killed and their essence, blood and soul were absorbed by the Great Millstone of Annihilation.

This clearly demonstrates Jidu's supernatural abilities.

“That’s right!” Li Xuanyang nodded, his gaze still fixed on the screen, and said, “That hazy gray true fire and the two-colored divine light of black and yellow are the Chaos True Fire and the Primordial Measuring Ruler that I once encountered!”

"As for that black millstone-shaped spiritual treasure, it is the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the World-Destroying Millstone."

Although Jidu and the Beast Emperor Shenni were not shown in the scene, Li Xuanyang was certain that this matter was related to Jidu and the Beast Emperor Shenni, based solely on the Chaos True Fire, the Primordial Measuring Ruler, and the World-Destroying Millstone.

"That Jidu once tried to stop our teacher. His cultivation and supernatural powers were extraordinary. In addition to the Chaos True Fire and the Primordial Measuring Ruler, he even summoned the World-Destroying Millstone, a supreme treasure of chaos."

At this point, a look of doubt gradually appeared on Changxi's face, "But why would he kill these savage beasts to extract their essence and souls, and then temper them with the Chaos True Fire!"

“As Fellow Daoist Xi Wangmu just mentioned, this savage beast is related to the Chaos Demon God, and it must contain a trace of the Chaos Demon God’s bloodline.” Li Xuanyang couldn’t help but think of the Ancestral Witch of the Witch Clan.

The twelve ancestral witches of the Wu tribe were born from the essence and blood of the great god Pangu, which fell deep into the earth at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth and was tainted by the turbid energy of the earth.

These savage beasts may be similar to the ancestral witches of the witch clan, being born from the essence of the chaotic demon god's blood falling into chaos and being tainted by the chaotic energy.

"That trace of golden blood is the essence blood of the Chaos Demon God that has been refined!" Changxi was shocked. After cultivating for hundreds of millions of years, she had never heard of anyone being able to refine the essence blood of the Chaos Demon God.

Although the essence blood of the Chaos Demon God is not as precious as that of the essence blood of the Great God Pangu, it is still no ordinary item. For cultivators who practice the same Great Dao Laws, it is no less than a supreme treasure.

"Teacher, can you tell which Chaos God's essence blood this is?" Changxi suddenly glanced at the three beast corpses and asked Li Xuanyang.

“You underestimate the Chaos Treasure.” Li Xuanyang waved his hand and put the Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus of the Primordial Spirit into the Three Flowers of the Primordial Spirit. He then suppressed his magic power and said, “The origin of these three beast corpses was completely absorbed by the Great Millstone of Annihilation. Apart from being able to see that the physical bodies are strong, it is impossible to deduce what kind of Chaos Demon God essence blood they contain.”

Unless one's life essence is still intact, and one can use the mysteries of the Qiankun Cauldron and the Cleansing Golden Fire to return it to its original state, perhaps it's worth a try.

Otherwise, even with Li Xuanyang's Taoist cultivation, supernatural abilities, and knowledge, he wouldn't have been able to deduce it.

"Fellow Daoist, are you planning to travel to the depths of Chaos?" the Queen Mother of the West suddenly asked Li Xuanyang.

“I have no such plans for the time being.” Li Xuanyang shook his head and said, “I just sent Fellow Daoist Fuxi’s true spirit into the cycle of reincarnation. I still need to wait for the birth of the Human Emperor. There is no rush to go to the depths of chaos to explore.”

Moreover, he had just obtained twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls from Kunpeng, but had not yet refined them to perfection, transforming them into twelve Chaotic Heavens and integrating them into his physical body and primordial spirit to complete the thirty-six Chaotic Heavens.

Furthermore, it would be one thing if it were just Ketu alone.

However, the Great Millstone of Annihilation is related to the Beast Emperor Shenni, so it cannot be underestimated and must be properly prepared.

"Let's go back first." Li Xuanyang waved his sleeve and released a beam of chaotic divine light, which took the three savage beast corpses into the Twenty-Four Chaotic Heavens and into the Chaos Pearl.

Changxi and the Queen Mother of the West nodded, each emitting a ray of cloud light, and together with Li Xuanyang headed towards the primordial world.

However, the Queen Mother of the West did not return to the starry sky, but chose to stay at the edge of the Zhou Tian Star Array, intending to continue her secluded cultivation.

"Teacher, is the Queen Mother of the West...?" Back inside the Zhou Tian Star Array, Changxi hesitated, then asked Li Xuanyang about the Queen Mother of the West.

However, before Changxi could finish speaking, Li Xuanyang interrupted her, saying, "You don't need to ask about this matter. If Fellow Daoist Xi Wangmu wants to talk about it in the future, you will naturally know."

Since it concerns the Great Immortal Yangmei, even if it's Changxi, Li Xuanyang doesn't intend to say much to her.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go back to Taiyin Star and take charge," Li Xuanyang said, waving his hand at Changxi.

"Disciple will respectfully obey Master's decree!" Changxi bowed to Li Xuanyang, then rose and glanced back at the place where the Queen Mother of the West was in seclusion before transforming into divine light of the moon and heading towards the direction of the moon star.
On the way, she was thinking about what had just happened. It seemed that her guess was correct. The Queen Mother of the West was definitely not an ordinary innate god or demon. Perhaps her teacher already knew about this, but it was inconvenient for him to say it.

"Without the dominance of the Lich and Demon races over the primordial world, it has become even more chaotic." Li Xuanyang sighed slightly, a flash of chaotic divine light around him, and he headed back into the chaos.

However, Li Xuanyang did not leave the prehistoric world. He only came to the chaotic void, where his primordial spirit emerged from his body to explore a range of billions of miles, but he did not sense any aura of cultivation.

He then sat cross-legged in the chaotic void, activating the Chaotic Undying Body Technique within his body, revealing the twenty-four chaotic heavens, with countless chaotic divine lights scattering out, spreading and permeating billions of miles of chaotic void.

Countless chaotic energies were illuminated by divine light, transforming the originally pitch-black chaotic void into a world emitting a hazy gray glow over hundreds of millions of miles.

"Now I can refine the Chaos Heavens to perfection and present the number thirty-six Chaos Heavens!" A glint of light flashed in Li Xuanyang's eyes. He waved his hand and took out the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls he had just obtained, which fell into the Chaos Void and emitted a dazzling five-colored light.

"These twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls are actually a set of mid-grade innate spiritual treasures!" Li Xuanyang's eyes lit up as he looked at the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls in front of him.

"In that case, the thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls are not only of the highest quality among the top-grade innate spiritual treasures, but also a set of innate spiritual treasures of the same origin, which can be used to entrust the three corpses of good and evil."

"However, these thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls contain the same law attributes, and it is not easy to derive the Primordial Chaos Dao from them. Unless one can directly comprehend the Primordial Chaos Dao from them, rather than relying on the method of severing the three corpses and the power of the laws contained in the innate spiritual treasures."

“In this respect, it is not as good as the Sun, Moon and Stars Banner.” Li Xuanyang pondered for a moment, then pointed to the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, turning them into twelve rays of light that fell into the twenty-four chaotic heavens.

The next moment, the twenty-four chaotic heavens shone brightly, and the layers of heavens manifested and slowly unfolded, like a series of spatial worlds.

The twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls also shone brightly, transforming into twelve five-colored rays of light that revolved around the twenty-four chaotic heavens, passing through layers of space, seemingly merging together, yet unable to truly merge.

"Without the Qi of Heaven and Earth, we can only refine the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls to perfection first, and then integrate them into the twenty-four Chaotic Heavens, using the Qi of Heaven and Earth contained within them to evolve the heavens."

With a thought, Li Xuanyang channeled his inner power toward the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, and with both hands he unleashed a stream of primordial spirit energy that flowed into them, refining them with his primordial spirit power.

In a daze, more than a thousand years passed. Li Xuanyang stayed in the chaotic void, ignoring external affairs and focusing on refining the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls.

As time passed, Li Xuanyang gradually refined his primordial spirit imprint into the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, transforming them into innate talismans that gradually became connected with his mind and were eventually refined to his satisfaction.

"Go!" Li Xuanyang suddenly shouted, and a beam of chaotic divine light entered the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls. The Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, which were radiating five-colored light, suddenly transformed into twelve hazy gray lights and merged into the twenty-four chaotic heavens.

This caused the thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls to connect together, come into contact with the Qi of Heaven and Earth, and be transformed into spaces by two beams of light, one black and one white, which corresponded to the number of the Twelve Heavens.

These twelve heavens differ from the twenty-four chaotic heavens. They do not contain chaotic energy, nor are they suppressed by the Yellow Plum and the Chaos Pearl. They are merely ordinary heavenly spaces, and their divine power is not manifest.

"Chaos Pearl!" Li Xuanyang unleashed a divine light into the Twenty-Four Chaos Heavens, manifesting the Yellow Plum and the Chaos Pearl. He drew out endless chaotic energy, which surged towards the Twelve Heavens, merging them with the Twenty-Four Chaos Heavens to completely transform them into the Thirty-Six Chaos Heavens.

In an instant, the thirty-six chaotic heavens suddenly changed, as if a change had occurred, gradually transforming into a mysterious state. Each chaotic heaven began to operate along a certain trajectory, presenting a state where the primordial energy was not yet divided and chaos was one.

"The formation of these thirty-six chaotic heavens seems to be a unified whole, secretly conforming to the number of chaos, which is truly unexpectedly profound!" Li Xuanyang felt the mysterious changes of the thirty-six chaotic heavens and couldn't help but smile.

"Thirty-six Chaotic Heavens, rise!" Li Xuanyang suddenly unleashed the full power of the Thirty-six Chaotic Heavens, unleashing countless chaotic divine lights that swept across billions of miles of chaotic void. Wherever they passed, countless chaotic energies were drawn into the Thirty-six Chaotic Heavens, forming a hazy gray vortex.

This attracted the divine light of many stars in the distant heavens, which converged towards the thirty-six chaotic heavens, gradually dyeing the vortex a silvery-white color.

(End of this chapter)