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Chapter 531 The Boundary Tower [Part 1]

As soon as Hu Qi finished speaking, the entire space seemed to freeze.

Regardless of their cultivation level, all the martial artists were frozen in place like statues.

Even the celestial bodies in the star field where Mount Zongshi is located stopped rotating, and starlight condensed in the void into dazzling streaks of light, sparkling brilliantly.

It's like a world frozen in amber.

In this still space, only two figures remain alive.

Hu Qi stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering even without wind.

His gaze pierced through the frozen space and time, landing on the only figure that could still move.

It was Jiang Jiu.

The Holy Maiden of Zongshi Mountain slowly raised her head, her eyes gleaming with a look completely different from usual.

It was a calmness, unlike Jiang Jiu's previous indifference; it was a gaze that came from the bottom of her heart, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

She looked at Hu Qi and spoke softly.

"Lord of Infinity, you have indeed exceeded my expectations. I never imagined that you could advance to the Dao Lord level in such a short time!"

As the last word fell, a faint starlight began to emanate from her body, colliding and surging with the aura emanating from Hu Qi.

That was a power fluctuation belonging to the Dao Lord level.

To be more precise, it came from the power of the creator 'disk' in this black disk galaxy.

However, rather than saying Jiang Jiu is a plate.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that Jiang Jiu herself was merely temporarily possessed by Pan's consciousness.

After all, the entire Black Disk Galaxy was created by the disk, and can be said to be a part of it.

Looking at Hu Qi in front of him.

Jiang Jiu spoke in a flat tone.

"Tell me, Lord of Infinity, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Hu Qi didn't care about the other party's attitude.

Just a slight smile.

"I just feel that we shouldn't be considered enemies. It was just a coincidence that I took over this body. If you can answer some of my questions, I don't mind giving this body back to you!"

Lü Yang's physical body is closely connected to the plate.

After breaking through to the Dao Lord level.

Hu Qi was able to see more.

The connection between Lü Yang and Pan was far stronger than he had imagined.

In other words, Lü Yang is extremely important to Pan.

It's not as simple as just a chess piece.

"What do you want to know?"

Regarding what Hu Qi said.

Jiang Jiu's expression changed slightly, and she asked a question.

"I want to know information about that 'door,' what those black marks are, and why it was eroded after my real name was left behind?"

Hu Qi directly voiced his doubts.

The 'plate' before us, being an existence that had already advanced to the Dao Lord level long ago, should know about this kind of information.

"Ok?"

Hearing what Hu Qi said.

Jiang Jiu's indifferent expression finally changed slightly, showing a hint of emotion as she looked Hu Qi up and down.

Somewhat surprised.

"You've just become a Dao Lord, so you should be the least affected by the corruption, yet you can sense that you're being corrupted?"

Finished this sentence.

She shook her head again, as if denying her own answer.

"No, perhaps it's because the 'door' has been corroded too severely!"

"You can sense that erosion, which is not a good thing for you! Because those things are the real terrors, the true source of disaster..."

Accompanied by Jiang Jiu's narration.

This also answered Hu Qi's question.

When one advances to the Dao Lord level, they will see the giant gate known as the 'Gate of True Spirit'.

However, that door was originally supposed to be golden, but at some point...

The source of the disaster, which is the appearance of those black marks.

This resulted in the entire 'Gate of True Spirits' being severely eroded.

It slowly decayed and deteriorated, turning into pitch black.

As for the source calamity gray mist that is now invading the Origin Realm, it is just a diluted source calamity power that seeps out from the cracks in the 'Gate of True Spirit'.

In terms of harm, it is less than one ten-thousandth of the original calamity.

The necessary condition for advancing to the Dao Lord level is to leave one's true Dao Lord name on the Gate of True Spirit.

This also means that the Dao Lord will inevitably be polluted and eroded by the power of the Source Calamity.

This erosion is extremely insidious.

In general.

Only when the degree of erosion covers one-third of the Dao Lord's true name on the Gate of True Spirit.

Perhaps only the Dao Lord himself would realize this.

Hear the words.

Hu Qi's eyes flashed, and he asked.

"What if it's completely eroded?"

Jiang Jiu did not answer immediately, but remained silent for a moment.

Only then did he speak.

"Complete erosion?"

"The result would be that the true name on the Gate of True Spirit would be completely covered, and the Dao Lord would also die and his Dao would dissipate."

I have personally witnessed a Dao Lord perish due to the erosion and pollution of the Source Calamity.

Speaking of which.

She paused.

"I know what you want to ask. Once this erosion begins, it is irreversible. Even with extraordinary abilities, it is difficult to escape! At most, it can only be delayed!"

"Besides that, the only way is to keep breaking through to higher realms."

She looked up and gazed into the distance.

"The Dao Lord has four realms. Each time he advances to a higher realm, the erosion can be temporarily slowed down."

However, this is merely a stopgap measure that only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

There are only four realms for Dao Lords. Even if one reaches the Dao Fruit realm, one cannot be completely exempt from this kind of erosion!

At most, the increased strength will only slow down the erosion process.

"Even the Dao Fruit cannot be exempt!?"

Hear this message.

Hu Qi's expression shifted slightly.

Dao Fruit is the highest known limit of realm.

But even such a being could not get rid of it.

This, in some respects, is enough to illustrate the horror of this calamity.

No wonder it takes 100,000 modification values ​​to clear an erosion progress of 0.1.

After that, the two exchanged words.

Regarding Hu Qi's question.

Pan didn't hold anything back and told everyone everything.

Of course, only Hu Qi himself can discern the truth or falsehood of the words spoken.

"So what's your situation right now?"

Hu Qi looked at Jiang Jiu in front of him.

"It's nothing, I just used the Three Corpses Severing Technique to break through to the Jade Realm!"

"Jiang Jiu" said calmly.

She then briefly explained her current situation.

That's why things are in this state now.

It's not like in the myths and legends of Earth, where someone died because they created the world and then wanted to be resurrected.

Actually.

To create a new world.

For the Dao Lord, it was no big deal at all.

Even creating the entire Black Disc Dao Domain would only take some time.

Now that Hu Qi has been promoted to Dao Lord, he has a deep understanding of this ever-increasing power.

The power of the Dao Lord cannot be treated with ordinary reason.

'Severing the Three Corpses' is also known as 'One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones'.

Its essence lies in severing one's good thoughts, evil thoughts, and the three corpses of the true self, allowing them to reincarnate and undergo trials, and then reclaiming them when the time is right, ultimately achieving the state of the three corpses returning to oneness.

This will allow us to break through existing constraints and reach new heights.

However, this method, though simple to describe, is actually extremely dangerous.

The slightest carelessness could lead to the tearing apart of one's soul and the complete destruction of one's foundation.

Each time a corpse is successfully severed and fused, the cultivation level increases by one point.

To this day, the 'pan' has successfully severed the good and evil corpses, but the original self corpse is not yet complete.

This last remaining corpse was none other than Lü Yang, whose body had been taken over by Hu Qi.

Lü Yang's entire life trajectory was the result of a meticulously planned scheme.

According to the original plan, Lü Yang was supposed to use the power of the Abyss Prison to grow rapidly, join Zongshi Mountain, and then collect the five treasures, including the Heaven-Mending Stone, the Xuanhuang Pagoda, and the God-Slaying Spear.

When the time is right, one can merge with the original deity.

Unexpectedly, the future is unpredictable, and Hu Qi accidentally stumbled into the Origin Realm and was captured by the Abyss Prison.

This resulted in Lü Yang's body being usurped, completely disrupting the original plan.

As for now occupying Jiang Jiu's body.

They were obviously looking for him. However, now that Hu Qi had offered to return his physical body, it saved him the trouble of taking action.

This place is, after all, the Black Disk Galaxy.

The destructive power unleashed by the two Dao Lords was enough to easily destroy everything.

This is something that 'Pan' does not want to see.

Finally, looking at Hu Qi, 'Jiang Jiu' spoke.

"The Gate of True Spirits and the Lord of the Dao can be seen as one entity."

An increase in the number of Dao Lords will enhance the True Spirit Gate's resistance to source calamities.

Conversely, once a Dao Lord dies, the erosion on the Gate of True Spirit will intensify!

The meaning of '盘' is self-evident.

If the Dao Lords fight each other, it will only weaken the power of the True Spirit Gate, and the final result will only be a lose-lose situation.

This feeling is as if all the Dao Lords are helping the True Spirit Gate share the burden of the Source Calamity's erosion.

"If possible, try to minimize the harm done to the beings of the Origin Realm. The Gate of True Spirits can also be seen as the Gate of All Beings."

A significant decrease in the number of living beings could weaken the power of the Gate of True Spirits, thus exacerbating the erosion!

"According to what you're saying, does an increase in the number of living beings also strengthen the power of the Gate of True Spirits?"

Hu Qi suddenly asked.

"The increase in the number of ordinary living beings is actually not very significant."

Jiang Jiu shook her head.

"Only a Dao Lord can truly influence the Gate of True Spirits! But unfortunately, after being eroded by the Source Calamity, it is far more difficult than before for a Dao Lord to be born again given the current state of the Origin Realm."

After that, Hu Qi asked a few more questions.

Wait until it's almost time.

Hu Qi, dressed in white, stepped out from Lü Yang's body.

at the same time.

The aura of Lü Yang's physical body rapidly declined.

He fell from the peak of Martial God to Martial Emperor.

After all, everything before came from Hu Qi.

At this moment, along with Hu Qi's departure, these powers were also taken away.

However, this was because he had refined a drop of Pangu's blood.

Lu Yang's physical body still retains the strength of a Martial Emperor.

"As a reward for answering my question, I will go back to the beginning!"

Looking at Lü Yang in front of him.

Hu Qi reached out and grabbed the drop of refined Pangu blood, which was then transformed back into a drop of golden blood.

At that moment, Lü Yang's aura rapidly declined.

……

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Lü Yang's consciousness awoke in a hazy state.

He opened his eyes, and moonlight seeped in through the gaps in the curtains, falling obliquely onto the floor, becoming the only light in the darkness.

What comes into view is a dim, yellowish ceiling.

There was still a dark brown stain in the corner.

Those were mosquitoes I swatted with the sole of my shoe last night.

"I actually fell asleep, and it seems like I had a really long dream."

Lü Yang frowned slightly.

But no matter how hard he tried to recall, he couldn't remember the contents of the dream.

And as time went by, the content about it quickly disappeared.

In this regard.

Lü Yang didn't pay too much attention to it.

He had seen information about this online before.

During sleep, the prefrontal cortex is responsible for logic and memory encoding. However, because of sleep, physiological activity is reduced, making it difficult for dream content to be effectively encoded into long-term memory.

Some theories suggest that forgetting dreams may be a self-protective mechanism of the brain, preventing the confusion between illusory dreams and real memories, thereby maintaining cognitive stability.

Therefore, once you have a dream, you only remember it most clearly when you first wake up; after a while, you may forget it.

Since he couldn't remember, he simply gave up.

He glanced at the time and realized he had slept for about five or six hours.

I stepped out of the room and into the living room.

The sound of my father, Lü Jianguo, snoring came from the door across the street.

He found a piece of paper on the table.

There was a line of text written in black ink above.

[Xiaoyang, the food is in the refrigerator. Heat it up when you wake up.]

It was obvious that her father came back and saw that she was asleep, so he didn't wake her up.

Lu Yang didn't eat. After going to the toilet, he returned to his room, closed his eyes, and regained consciousness.

He was already standing on a tranquil lake.

Passing through the misty fog, the familiar gates of the Abyss Prison remained tightly shut.

The number representing the prisoners on it is still 'four'.

"I wonder when the new prisoners will arrive. That fat bastard is a real handful!"

Thinking of the fat man in the fourth cell.

Lü Yang felt a headache coming on.

"Forget it, I'll try to get approval from other people first and try to boost my Qi and blood to 100 calories before the college entrance exam."

Lu Yang stepped forward, pushed open the heavy door, and his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.

……

An elliptical region of stars outside a black disk galaxy, shaped like an egg.

The gray fog surged and spread silently, leaving stars extinguished and all things withered in its wake.

However, in the next moment.

The void trembled, and ripples spread.

The all-consuming source of calamity, along with the already decaying celestial bodies within it, vanished suddenly.

Not a single strand remained.

Where the gray fog had disappeared, a figure quietly emerged.

Dressed in white, her black hair fluttering slightly.

It was Hu Qi who left the Black Disk Galaxy.

At this moment, his Adam's apple bobbed as if he were swallowing something, and a wisp of gray mist remained at the corner of his lips, wriggling like a living thing, but he gently inhaled it and completely absorbed it into his body.

Modified value +390012 (5%)

"Wow, that's powerful!"

Hu Qi licked the corner of his mouth.

Perhaps it's because of Taiyu's snake-like bloodline.

He wanted to eat everything he saw.

Given his current physical condition.

Even if he were to swallow a star whole, it wouldn't affect him much.

But this black mist gave him a long-lost sense of excitement.

It's like when you're still an ordinary person, you can down a glass of baijiu in one gulp.

But I must say, it tastes pretty good.

Think of this.

Looking back, a dark glint flashed in Hu Qi's eyes.

"Pity!"

Throughout the entire process, the disk itself never appeared, clearly still hidden somewhere in the Black Disk Galaxy.

In his view, the other party's failure to appear was clearly not as simple as he had claimed.

There must be some restrictions preventing it from making a move.

However, he did not investigate further.

Although it is impossible to confirm the truth of everything Pan said, one thing is certain: the other party did not deceive him.

That means the Dao Lord and the Gate of True Spirits are indeed in the same boat.

If a Dao Lord falls, the erosion of the True Spirit Gate will accelerate.

Think of this.

He refocused his gaze on the panel in front of him.

My gaze fell on one of the columns.

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[Skill: Divine Limit Heart Technique △ (Dao Lord Chapter 9: Spirit Earth)]

……

[Modified value: 11407464 (7%)]

The modified value that was originally almost depleted.

After killing those four Dao Domain warriors, plus the gray mist he had absorbed along the way.

With the modified values ​​added together, it broke through more than ten million points again.

The Divine Limit Heart Sutra Dao Master Chapter has a total of thirty-six levels.

He has now directly promoted it to the ninth level.

The Dao Lord has four realms.

Each realm is divided into nine levels.

With his current modified values, he should be able to modify and advance to the second realm of Dao Jing.

But when Hu Qi's thoughts landed on that triangular rune...

However, it returned a message stating that it could not be modified.

(End of this chapter)