The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 31 Red Cloud Self-Destructs, Stars Assist

Zhou Chen understood the principle behind Hongyun's use of this method, but was it really necessary to use such a method?
This method involves temporarily integrating one's own Great Dao, magical power, and primordial spirit into the Heavenly Dao through the Primordial Purple Qi, borrowing a portion of the Heavenly Dao's power for a short period. The drawback is that one's own Great Dao will be assimilated by the Heavenly Dao, and there is also the risk of being devoured by the Heavenly Dao. After all, one is not a saint, and the power of the Heavenly Dao is not something anyone can use at will, even if they possess the Primordial Purple Qi.

This assimilation is different from the consumption in battle. The consumption in battle can be slowly recovered over time as long as it is not completely wiped out. However, assimilation by the Heavenly Dao cannot be recovered because when one is assimilated by the Heavenly Dao, it means that this Great Dao belongs to the Heavenly Dao. Even if it is dealt with and the primordial spirit is withdrawn, it will be very troublesome and one will fall from the realm of cultivator to Qi refiner. To embark on the path of the Dao again, one needs to build a new Great Dao.

This is equivalent to sacrificing one's own Great Dao rules and primordial spirit power in exchange for a temporary sage realm.

Zhou Chen felt he shouldn't have done that. Since Hongyun had noticed the effect of the Primordial Purple Qi, he should have understood that the Primordial Purple Qi was basically useless to him.

Why would Hongyun risk transforming himself into a Daoist master to continue doing this? Zhou Chen was somewhat confused about the intentions of these powerful beings.

Is it really worth it for a mere wisp of Primordial Purple Qi? Even if you possessed Primordial Purple Qi, it's not certain whether you could become a saint! Why cling so desperately to Primordial Purple Qi?
It would be better to simply give the Primordial Purple Qi to Kunpeng to repay the karmic debt. Given Kunpeng's nature, he probably wouldn't easily offer it to Taiyi, and the two might even have to fight. With other powerful beings watching over the area, it should be easy for Hongyun to escape in the chaos.

Just as Zhou Chen's thoughts were racing, the other side made their move.

The Great Laws of Heaven and Earth suppressed Taiyi and Kunpeng. Taiyi coldly watched Hongyun from under the Chaos Bell. Kunpeng was also protected by Taiyi. There was no other way; the demon race still needed Kunpeng.

After Hongyun merged his own Great Dao and primordial spirit into heaven and earth, he briefly obtained the power of the Heavenly Dao, but he also knew that he only had the power for one strike, and that the backlash from the Heavenly Dao would come afterward.

If it were just a strike using the power of Heaven, he wouldn't be confident of breaking through the Chaos Bell's defenses. After all, the title of the number one person below the Sage Donghuang Taiyi was not undeserved. He didn't believe that Taiyi, who possessed the supreme treasure Chaos Bell, couldn't even withstand a Sage's attack.

Hongyun frantically integrated the Great Dao Laws of the Primordial World into his body. As the power of the Great Dao Laws was integrated, Hongyun's physical body cracked due to the inability to withstand the power, resembling a piece of porcelain about to shatter.

Zhou Chen's lips twitched, and he quickly stood up and retreated. He was just watching the show; if he got caught in the crossfire, who could he complain to? Moreover, Hong Yun actually resorted to self-destruction. But thinking about it, it made sense. Without reaching the corresponding level, the power of the Heavenly Dao wasn't so easily borrowed. The backlash from the Heavenly Dao afterwards might even affect his survival, so he simply let himself go, aiming to kill one person while dragging two others down with him! Rather than using the power of the Heavenly Dao to attack, self-destruction was far more effective. Integrating the power of the Great Dao laws of heaven and earth into his body and then triggering a self-destruction would unleash power far greater than direct use.

You really can't bully honest people. When honest people get angry, they can be really ruthless!

Zhou Chen sighed and stopped some distance away. His own spacetime was independent, and the myriad Daos of the Great Acupoint World gathered around him, concealed and unleashed, guarding against the upcoming aftershocks. Although Zhou Chen's physical body was immortal and couldn't be harmed, inability to be harmed didn't mean he wouldn't feel pain! He was there to watch the show; why should he suffer this?
Hongyun had also finished accumulating power. Between the cracks in his body, one could clearly see the power of various Heavenly Dao Laws. If Hongyun hadn't used the power of the Heavenly Dao to seal them tightly, they would have already broken out of his body. After all, not all laws can coexist harmoniously. Unless corresponding rules are established and the power is condensed together to form the power of the Great Dao, they can coexist. Otherwise, like Hongyun, directly sealing all the power of the Heavenly Dao Laws into his body in a chaotic manner would only cause an uncontrollable explosion.

"Fellow Daoists, this is my understanding of the Primordial Purple Qi!"

As soon as Hongyun finished speaking, a loud "boom" was heard, and Hongyun's physical body turned into dust. The surging Heavenly Dao Laws formed a torrent that shot out in all directions, obliterating everything in its path. Time, space, laws, and so on were all wiped out by the torrent, leaving only a void after the torrent passed.

Of course, most of the power was directed towards Taiyi and Kunpeng; the power in other directions was weak, but not to be underestimated. Taiyi, bearing the brunt, fully activated the Chaos Bell, and the power of this innate treasure began to revive. The bell tolled continuously, and the power of the Great Dao rules that suppressed the primordial chaos surged out, suppressing the torrent of Heavenly Dao laws.

The two forces clashed and neutralized each other, resulting in a brief stalemate. Ultimately, the power of the Heavenly Dao Laws prevailed. Taiyi's cultivation level was too low, and he had not fully refined the Chaos Bell, so he could not unleash the full power of this innate treasure.

If a sage were to use the Chaos Bell, these torrents of laws could be completely suppressed with a single strike from the Chaos Bell.

Otherwise, it would be a disservice to the Chaos Bell's reputation as a supreme treasure of creation. You should know that at the time of creation, the Chaos Bell was used by the Heavenly King Pangu to suppress the primordial world.

Ultimately, Taiyi's cultivation level was insufficient, which is why the Chaos Bell could not unleash its full power.

The torrent of Heavenly Laws continued to slowly advance towards Taiyi and Kunpeng. Taiyi snorted coldly, and his magic power and the power of the Great Dao he had constructed himself surged wildly into the Chaos Bell in order to stimulate the Chaos Bell to have a stronger power, but the effect was not great. Although the torrent was slow, it was still moving.

Kunpeng wanted to help, so he sent out a spiritual treasure and activated it, sending it towards the torrent. As soon as it touched the torrent, the spiritual treasure was damaged by the power of the Heavenly Dao Law contained within it.

Just as the torrent was about to reach Taiyi and Kunpeng, the ancient stars in the sky, the two supreme stars of the sun and the moon, unleashed their own power of the Great Dao, projecting it onto the torrent of Heavenly Dao Laws.

This was because the Emperor immediately activated the Zhou Tian Star Array to rescue Taiyi after realizing that Taiyi was in danger. Oh, and Kunpeng too.

The Zhou Tian Star Array truly lives up to its reputation as one of the Primordial Chaos Arrays; even without the blessing of the Chaos Bell, its power is not to be underestimated.

With the assistance of the Zhou Tian Star Array, the torrent of Heavenly Dao finally subsided, and Taiyi stopped activating the Chaos Bell and looked in the direction of the torrent.

After the torrent passed, only emptiness remained, a silent black hole, with nothing inside but nothingness.

"Why bother!"

Taiyi's expression was complicated. Although Taiyi was arrogant and looked down on Hongyun, this kind old man from the prehistoric world, Hongyun's behavior of preferring to transform into a Dao rather than live a wretched life earned him the respect of this Eastern Emperor.

(End of this chapter)