Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 438 The Origin!

It was the gray bead containing strange energy that he had obtained from killing that strange and ferocious beast!
At this moment, Yu Kong no longer had time to study the origin and function of the bead!
He was just relying on intuition!
A crazy intuition born from the brink of life and death!

He used all the spiritual power in his body, and even burned a portion of his original essence!

A frenzy of energy surged into the gray bead!

hum! ! !
The gray bead began to vibrate violently!
The twisted patterns on it seemed to come alive!
An indescribable aura, filled with deathly stillness and coldness, yet containing a terrifying charm that could devour everything, suddenly erupted!

A visible gray ripple spread outwards from the bead in all directions!
Wherever the ripples passed, the space seemed to be "frozen"!

Time seemed to stand still for a moment!
The massive net of laws, powerful enough to destroy the heavens and the earth, emitted a "sizzling" sound the moment it came into contact with the gray ripples!

It was as if ice and snow had met a branding iron!
The violent fragments of laws that make up the great net are dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye!

It has become dull!

It has become sluggish!

Even the terrifying will that erupted, under the impact of the gray ripples, let out a roar of anger and surprise, like that of a wounded beast!
"What...what kind of power is this?!"

That will seemed unable to comprehend why this power, which appeared to be outside the universe's system, could actually restrain its proud law-based attacks!
Seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

A glint of light flashed in Yu Kong's eyes!
He didn't hesitate at all!
Despite the excruciating pain in his soul and the weakness in his body, he burned his very essence to gain the last bit of power, which transformed into a stream of light!
He charged suddenly toward the dark gold armor that was right in front of him!

His goal is very clear!
It's not about taking the armor!

Instead, they entered the shadowy area of ​​that mountain of bones!
He's betting!

I'm betting that the shadow can block the riverbed's will from attacking!

He was gambling that the remaining traces of his predecessor's aura might give him a glimmer of hope!
puff!
The gray ripples were ultimately unable to completely withstand the terrifying net of laws, and the remaining power still slammed into Yu Kong's back!

The Divine Armor shattered instantly!
Yu Kong coughed up blood again, his back a bloody mess with flesh and bone showing!
But with the force of the impact, he crashed into the deep shadows like a cannonball!
boom!
Almost the instant he entered the shadows, the raging net of laws lost its target, raging across the riverbed like a headless fly for a moment before finally dissipating slowly and unwillingly.

That terrifying will also let out an angry roar.

It seemed to want to rush into the shadows, but was as if it was blocked by some invisible force.

In the end, they could only return to the depths of the riverbed, filled with endless resentment and violence.

Everything returned to calm.

It was as if the cataclysmic scene that had just occurred had never happened.

Only the law crystals, still shimmering with alluring light yet exuding a deadly aura, silently testified to the terror of this place.

In the shadows, Yu Kong collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Covered in blood.

His breath was extremely weak.

He felt like all the bones in his body were falling apart.

A tearing pain still lingered deep within my soul.

The aftereffects of burning the source are beginning to appear.

But his eyes gleamed with the relief and excitement of surviving a disaster!
"You made the right bet!"

"This shadow really does block that thing's attack!"

He struggled to lift his head, his gaze falling on something not far in front of him.

The dark gold armor lay there quietly.

Observe closely.

You can feel the extraordinary nature of this armor even more!

Although it is broken, its material is neither gold nor jade, and it is engraved with countless mysterious and ancient runes.

Although most of it has been destroyed, the remaining parts still radiate a chilling power.

It was as if each rune contained a complete Dao!

Most importantly, there was that trace of a mysterious senior's aura.

It becomes much clearer here!
It was as if the predecessor had once stood here, gazed at this armor, and perhaps even touched it with his own hands!
"Who exactly are you, senior?"

What is your connection to this battlefield of falling stars?

Yu Kong muttered to himself.

My heart was filled with endless curiosity and awe.

He forced himself to stay upright.

He stretched out his trembling hand.

He slowly touched the cold, dark gold armor.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the armor.

hum! ! !
The remaining runes on the armor suddenly lit up!
A vast and boundless yet utterly desolate thought surged into Yu Kong's mind like a flood bursting its banks!

That wasn't an attack!
Instead, it was a fragmented and vague torrent of information!

Yu Kong's brain felt like it was about to explode!

Countless bizarre and fantastical images flashed before his eyes!

He seemed to see
A starry sky billions of times more vast than the battlefield of Tianyun!

Countless powerful, indescribable figures are fighting!

The stars shattered like dust!
The universe is torn apart like a painting!
A figure clad in dark gold armor, like an immortal war god, charged at the forefront, wielding a massive weapon whose appearance was obscured!

His opponent is a terrifying shadow that blots out the sky, a twisted, bizarre, and indescribable thing!
Every strike shatters the galaxy!

Every roar shakes through the ages!

But there are too many enemies.

Too strong.

Blood stains the starry sky.

The armor shattered.

Fight to the point of madness!

Finally, the dark golden figure let out a roar that resounded throughout the universe!

With endless resentment and determination, it transformed into a beam of light that pierced through time and crashed into the endless darkness. The scene ended abruptly there!

Yu Kong suddenly snapped back to reality!

My whole body was soaked in cold sweat!
His face was frighteningly pale!
But his eyes were filled with unprecedented shock and horror!

"That is..."

"What kind of war was that?"

"Who is that figure in dark gold armor?"

"Could his opponent be..."

Yu Kong dared not think any further!
The mere glimpse of aura revealed from that shattered image made his soul tremble!
That was an existence that was absolutely beyond his comprehension!
What terrified him even more was that at the very end of that shattered image, in the background where the dark golden figure turned into light and crashed into darkness, he vaguely seemed to see an extremely familiar yet blurry figure!

That figure from behind was the same one he saw at the edge of the Southern Starry Universe.

How similar he is to that mysterious predecessor who destroyed stars with a flick of his finger!
"Could it be that you, senior, also participated in that epic battle?"

"Is this armor a relic of that war god?"

"What is the relationship between you, senior, and this God of War?"

Countless questions flooded into Yu Kong's mind like a tidal wave.

It made him feel like his brain was about to explode!

He had a vague feeling that he had come across an unimaginable ancient secret!
A colossal secret concerning the survival of the universe and the eternal cycle of reincarnation!

And all of this seems to be closely related to that mysterious predecessor!

"Senior, what exactly are you carrying on your shoulders?"

Yu Kong stared at the tattered armor, his eyes filled with a complex mix of shock, awe, and curiosity, but above all, an indescribable sense of heaviness.

He knew that following in the footsteps of his predecessors might not be as simple as pursuing power.

That might mean shouldering some heavy mission.

We must face an unimaginable enemy!

"I am still far, far away from it."

Yu Kong smiled bitterly, but then his eyes hardened again!
"But I won't give up!"

"No matter what lies ahead, I will keep going, step by step!"

"Until you are truly qualified to stand behind me!"

He took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and began to practice his internal energy cultivation to heal his injuries.

Although this place is safe for the time being, the terrifying outburst of that will just now will inevitably attract other observers, and he must recover his strength as soon as possible!
At the same time, he also needs time to process the huge shock brought about by that fragmented information!
He was considering his next move, and he didn't intend to touch the dark gold armor, not because he didn't want it, but because he had a gut feeling.

The armor contained something far too heavy; with his current strength and realm, he simply couldn't bear it!

Forcibly taking them away will only lead to your death!
Moreover, since the predecessor left it here, there must be a profound reason for it.

Perhaps they are waiting for the right opportunity.

Or perhaps they are waiting for the right person.

Yu Kong decided to heal and meditate here first, trying to draw as much power or Dao essence as possible from this armor.

Even just a superficial understanding was enough to benefit him greatly!
As for the future, he believes that as long as he continues to grow stronger, one day he will be able to unravel all the mysteries!

To truly understand everything that our predecessors carried!
Time passed quietly.

Just as Yu Kong was struggling to survive and gain enlightenment in the core area of ​​the Heavenly Meteor Battlefield, in another dark void, some distance away from the Southern Starry Universe,...

Within the enormous shadow composed of countless twisted, wailing limbs and faces, a certain area where what was originally just a blurry outline of a gray "face" has now become slightly clearer.

Within its empty eye sockets, two faint, eerie lights seemed to flicker.

"The scent of a key."

"The remains of the ancient 'Guardian'."

"Hehe, interesting."

"The 'seed' grew faster than expected."

"It seems the day we awaken is not far off."

An ancient, hoarse, and cold voice whispered again, carrying a hint of barely perceptible anticipation and a bloodthirsty desire.

With this whisper, beings throughout the universe who have been "sown" are...

Whether it was that Nascent Soul elder, that prodigy youth, or any other corrupted individual lurking in the shadows.

The gray aura emanating from them seemed to have intensified, and their behavior became more secretive and eerie.

A dark storm sweeping across all the heavens and myriad realms.

It is brewing quietly.

In the Southern Starry Universe, deep within the earth's veins of the Kaoshan Sect ruins.

In the center of the dead lake, a figure stands still like an ancient reef.

Xu Ran.

His tightly closed eyelids trembled very slightly, and the almost invisible gray mark between his brows flashed with a faint light.

It was as if a faint resonance had been formed with some existence from a distant time and space.

The lake remained still and lifeless.

But deep in the lake, something seems to be slowly awakening.

The wind has long since died down, but the gears of fate continue to turn slowly in a grander, more mysterious, and more unstoppable way, affecting all living beings.

Whether it's the struggle for survival in the sky.

Xu Qinghan is still searching for answers.

Or perhaps it refers to the masses of people who are still ignorant and unaware.

They are all drawn into the coming, unknown, and terrifying future!

The core of the Meteor Shower Battlefield.

Deathly silence is an eternal theme.

The shattered laws wander like invisible ghosts across this ancient land.

Occasionally, it stirs up ripples in the space.

It is powerful enough to tear apart the physical body and soul of an ordinary cultivator seeking enlightenment.

Yu Kong sat cross-legged, his body seemingly transformed into a bottomless vortex.

It greedily devoured the thin yet incredibly pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth surrounding it.

This primordial energy carries an ancient aura, mixed with an intensely dense and impenetrable aura of malevolence and death. Ordinary cultivators who absorb even a trace of it may suffer from qi deviation and mental instability.

However, the cultivation technique within Yu Kong's body is extremely domineering.

Like a furnace, it forcibly refines these mixed and violent energies, transforming them into the essence needed for its own recovery.

His injuries were slowly but steadily healing, and his broken bones were slowly healing under the nourishment of a mysterious power.

The dried-up meridians became full again, and the pale complexion gradually regained a rosy hue.

However, physical injuries are easy to heal, but the shock to the soul and the mark left by that terrifying will are like a maggot clinging to the bone, impossible to erase.

Whenever he tried to delve deeper into healing, the terrifying pressure was like a landslide and a tsunami, containing an endless will of slaughter, destruction and loneliness.

This would once again shock his mind, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave and tremble all over.

"What a terrifying will."

"Even a mere trace of the brand is terrifying."

"It's hard to imagine what the predecessor who left behind this armor went through."

Yu Kong was horrified.

He tried to fight against this will.

Use your own beliefs to erase it.

But every collision.

They were all like ants trying to shake a tree.

His will was in the face of that devastating power.

They seemed so small and ridiculous.

"wrong."

"The senior's will is terrifying."

"But it seems that destruction is not the only aspect involved."

"There is another kind of protection."

"A resolute determination to never back down, even if it means eternal damnation."

In the midst of repeated impacts and confrontations.

Yu Kong keenly sensed a different kind of charm.

Hidden beneath the endless slaughter was a trace of persistence, a trace of sorrow, a trace of belief that even if it meant turning to dust, one should protect something!

This subtle, different charm.

Like a glimmer of light in the darkness, though faint, it gave Yu Kong a tremendous inspiration!
He no longer blindly resisted, but tried to understand, feel, and experience the desolation and determination deep within that will.

This process was incredibly difficult.

It was like walking through a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire. With each step deeper he went, his soul had to endure unimaginable pain, as if it were about to be assimilated and torn apart by that will.

But Yu Kong gritted his teeth, his eyes clear and firm, "I want to understand you."

"I want to know what you are protecting."

"I need to understand why you fought to this extent."

Time passed amidst these difficult realizations, and I don't know how much time had gone by.

Perhaps it will be a day.

Perhaps it will be a month.

Perhaps longer.

Yu Kong's body had already recovered, and his cultivation had even made a slight improvement due to his continuous refinement of the primordial energy containing malevolent and deathly energy in this place.

It seems we're one step closer to the next level.

(End of this chapter)