Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 529 Throne
Chapter 537

But all is in vain.

All his attacks were swallowed up by the Daoist energy flowing through the chaotic giant hand the moment they touched it, without causing any damage.

Click!Click!
Under the shocked gaze of countless beings from the Void, the monstrous bone ship that had roamed the dark universe and destroyed countless civilizations was as fragile as a toy before that chaotic giant hand.

The hardened skeletal armor was crushed to dust, and the complex metal structure shattered inch by inch. The tens of thousands of skeletal pirates on the ship didn't even have time to scream before they were crushed by the chaotic energy, turning into the most primordial soul fire and bone essence.

"No...who are you...?"

The Calamity King was gripped from the shipwreck by the giant hand, and no matter how much he struggled, he could not budge it an inch. He felt the primordial, all-encompassing, yet extremely domineering power, and finally understood what a terrifying being he had provoked.

This is not the Divine Fire Realm!

This is absolutely a being that surpasses the Divine Fire Realm! Is this one of those legendary figures who have begun to condense their own Great Dao... a Dao Lord level being?!
How could he possibly end up in such a godforsaken, remote star system?!

Xu Ran did not answer his question.

With a thought, the giant chaotic hand clenched tightly!
"what--!"

After a bloodcurdling scream, the Calamity King's soul fire was forcibly squeezed out from his immortal bones, transforming into a fist-sized ball of dark golden primordial divine fire.

His indestructible Divine Fire Realm skeleton, honed over countless years, was cleansed of all signs of death by the chaotic energy, transforming into a pure skeleton shimmering with a faint golden luster.

Xu Ran flicked his finger.

The dark golden primordial divine fire transformed into a stream of light, flying precisely to the top of the Inquiry Ladder and entering Cang Shi's body, who was attempting to break through to a higher realm.

"This is your 'fuel'; whether you can ignite it depends on yourself."

boom!
Having obtained this incomparably pure divine fire energy, Cang Shi's Guixu Dharma Body instantly solidified to its extreme, and a brand new divine fire belonging to him blazed fiercely from his soul!

Divine Fire Realm, achieved!
A powerful aura soared into the sky, announcing the birth of the first native Divine Realm expert in the Guixu Domain!

Cang Shi felt an unprecedented surge of power within him, and tears welled up in his eyes with excitement. He bowed deeply to Xu Ran's figure.

"Disciple Cangshi thanks my lord for his grace in giving me life!"

Meanwhile, Xu Ran flicked his finger again.

The pure skeleton belonging to the King of Calamity flew towards Zhenshan.

"This bone can be your 'throne' and help you take the final step."

Zhenshan was overjoyed. He took the skeleton, sat cross-legged, and a powerful fighting spirit and the Dao of Punishment soared into the sky, resonating with the skeleton. In an instant, he broke through the barrier and officially stepped into the realm of "Bone King"!
After doing all this, Xu Ran's gaze finally fell on the wreckage of the bone boat that had been crushed into scrap metal.

With a wave of his hand, countless broken bones and metal fragments, like rivers drawn together, flowed into the Ruins of Return.

"Zidian, distribute these materials and exchange them for merit points. I want my Guixu Dao soldiers to each have a 'Bone Weapon' magic weapon!"

"As you command, my lord!" Zi Dian's voice trembled with excitement.

A crisis that could have destroyed the Guixu Domain was transformed into an immense opportunity in the hands of our lord!

In the blink of an eye, a formidable enemy vanished into thin air!

With a flick of his wrist, he created a divine flame and a Bone King!
This scene was deeply imprinted on the souls of every being in Guixu. Their worship of Xu Ran transcended faith, reaching a level of fanaticism akin to the "Tao."

Our Lord is the only light on their path forward!

After Xu Ran finished doing all this, his expression didn't change at all, as if he had only done a trivial little thing.

He slowly descended from the sky and arrived in front of the Guixu Palace.

His gaze, however, was fixed on the hole in the sky that he had pierced. The hole was slowly healing under the influence of the chaotic Daoist energy.

He knew that this crisis was just the beginning.

The appearance of the Bone Pirates means that this star system is not a truly desolate place.

He broke through the cage, attracting starlight, but also the jackals in the darkness.

"Time... is running out," Xu Ran murmured to himself.

He opened his palm, and the bronze fragment lay quietly in his hand.

Unlike thirty years ago, this time, a corner of the fragment had been illuminated by him. It was an incredibly complex star map, and in one corner of the star map, a faint point of light was flickering.

That was a coordinate he determined by refining the last trace of the Calamity King's divine soul memory and verifying it with the ancient star map in the bronze fragment.

An ancient ruin, located billions of miles away, yet marked on the star map as the "Seventh Outpost of the Divine Court".

"Let's launch an offensive... Let's start from here."

Xu Ran put away the fragments, his eyes showing no fear, only endless calm and an even stronger will.

What he wanted was more than just leading the Guixu Domain to survive.

What he wanted was to retrace the path of the "Divine Court" and see for himself just how magnificent the "Battle of Burying Heaven," which buried an era, truly was.

And he, Xu Ran, will no longer be a bystander in history.

He will be a new pioneer!
He will be a new pioneer!
This statement was not mere boasting, nor a fleeting display of ambition, but rather the nascent form of a Dao tree that had long taken root in his heart and was now finally sprouting. Xu Ran's Dao was never about seclusion or a life of mere survival. The Guixu Domain was his root, his foundation, but it would never be his end. The hole in the sky slowly closed under the influence of the chaotic Dao rhythm, cutting off the last ray of starlight from the outside world, and the Guixu Domain returned to its ancient, unchanging gray hue. But the state of mind of all living beings could never return to what it once was. In their eyes, that brilliant yet dangerous galaxy had once been reflected—a source of hope, and also an invisible spur.

"Cangshi." Xu Ran's voice rang out again.

"Disciple is here!" Cang Shi, who had just stabilized his Divine Fire Realm cultivation, stepped out from the top of the Inquiry Ladder and appeared in front of the Guixu Hall in an instant, kneeling on one knee. His aura had undergone a complete transformation, with strands of divine fire power flowing spontaneously, causing the surrounding space to distort slightly. However, his respect and piety towards Xu Ran were even greater than before.

"Now that you have ignited the divine fire, you are the first God Realm expert in my Guixu Domain, and you deserve a title." Xu Ran's gaze fell on him, as if he could see through the origin of his divine fire. "With the will of a rock, you climbed the ladder to heaven, drew the light of the Milky Way, and ignited your own path. Today, I bestow upon you the title of 'Heavenly Stone God Lord,' making you the first divine general under my command."

"Disciple Cangshi thanks my lord for bestowing upon me this title!" Cangshi kowtowed excitedly. The four characters 'Heavenly Stone Divine Lord' seemed to contain some kind of heaven and earth authority, shining brightly with his divine fire, making his newly broken realm as stable as a mountain in an instant.

Xu Ran nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Zhen Shan on the other side. At this moment, Zhen Shan was sitting cross-legged on the Divine Fire Realm skeleton left behind by the Calamity King. His battle intent and the Dao of Punishment intertwined to form a domain of blood and iron, displaying the might of the Bone King and soaring to the sky with murderous aura.

"Zhenshan".

"Your subordinate is here!" Zhenshan suddenly opened his eyes, and two tangible killing lights flashed by. He stood up and bowed, and the bone throne beneath him hummed, as if it were resonating with him.

"You are in charge of punishment and should suppress enemies from all directions. You should carefully refine this 'Throne of Calamity'. When you succeed, I will appoint you as the 'King of Prisons' and the head of my war division."

"Zhenshan will not fail my lord's trust!" Zhenshan's voice was powerful and resounding, filled with boundless fighting spirit.

A crisis has turned into a reward. The two newly promoted powerhouses, like two pillars supporting the sky, have caused the fortune of the entire Guixu Domain to surge. The countless undead below can no longer be called undead at this moment; they are "Guixu Dao Soldiers." They look at the three figures under the sky with unprecedented fervor in their eyes.

My lord Xu Ran is as deep and unfathomable as the ocean.

Heavenly Stone God, the divine fire was first ignited, its power overwhelming all directions.

The Bone King of the Prison, with boundless fighting spirit and unparalleled killing prowess.

This is the future of their Guixu Domain!

"Purple Lightning." Xu Ran finally looked at the Right Envoy.

"Your subordinate is here." Zi Dian stepped forward, his expression solemn.

"You are responsible for inventorying and storing the spoils of the White Bone Star Pirates. From this moment forward, improve the merit system and establish three levels: 'Dao Soldier,' 'Dao General,' and 'Dao King.' All beings in the Guixu Domain will be Dao Soldiers. Those who can ascend three thousand steps of the Dao Ascension Ladder will be promoted to Dao General and will be rewarded with magical artifacts and elixirs. Those who can ascend six thousand steps will be promoted to Dao King, and will be able to enter the Guixu Hall to listen to my lectures and be granted supernatural powers."

"As for the remains of that bone ship..." Xu Ran's gaze fell upon the mountain of broken bones and metal, "Based on its core dragon bone, and fused with the bones of countless space pirates, gathering the power of the entire domain, I want you to oversee the construction of a ship capable of traversing the starry sea... the 'Return to the Ruins Ark'!"

The Ark of Desolation!

Upon hearing those four words, Zi Dian's mind trembled violently. He instantly understood Xu Ran's grand plan. "My lord, you not only intend to break through the cage, but also to lead them all to conquer the starry sea!"
"Your subordinate obeys the decree!" Zi Dian's voice trembled slightly with excitement.

With the promulgation of decrees, the entire Guixu Domain was mobilized. An unprecedented and bustling frenzy of construction and cultivation was thus launched.

That menacing white bone starship, in the hands of the Calamity King, was a tool of plunder and destruction, but under Xu Ran's plan, it is being dismantled, reshaped, and transformed into the cornerstone of the rise of the Guixu Domain.

The hardened bones were refined into standardized bone knives and spears, distributed to meritorious Dao soldiers. The metals containing the laws of death were cleansed of evil by Zidian's enlightening divine thunder, forging them into sturdy armor. The essence of the soul fire of tens of thousands of star pirates was refined into batches of "Soul Essence Pills," becoming supreme medicines for Dao soldiers to break through their bottlenecks.

Every day, the Hall of Merit is bustling with people. The Dao soldiers exchange their records of climbing the Ladder of Inquiry, their proof of breakthroughs in cultivation, or their victories in the martial arts arena for the cultivation resources they dream of.

The weak become stronger by striving to acquire resources.

The strong consolidate their position through merit, acquire better resources, and become even stronger!
A virtuous cycle, full of enterprising spirit, was perfectly established in the Guixu Domain.

Time slipped away like sand through our fingers during this frenzied preparation.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In ten years, the changes in the Guixu Domain have been greater than those in the previous thirty years combined.

Thanks to abundant resources and a clear promotion system, the overall strength of the Guixu Dao Soldiers has improved significantly. The former "bone soldier" physique is now the minimum standard, with most elites having condensed into "bone general" bodies. Among them, over a hundred powerful individuals have emerged who have touched the threshold of "bone king," known as the "Hundred King Generals," the core fighting force under the Prison-Suppressing Bone King.

After refining the divine fire essence of the Calamity King, the Heavenly Stone Divine Lord Cangshi's cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, and he has already stabilized at the peak of the early stage of the Divine Fire Realm. He often performs the Dharma at the top of the Daoist Ladder, and the light of the divine fire shines in all directions, causing countless Daoist soldiers to have sudden enlightenment, and his merits are immeasurable.

The Bone King Zhen Shan, who was in charge of suppressing the prison, had also completely refined the "Throne of Calamity". His fighting spirit and the way of punishment were fully integrated into it. With every move he made, he could trigger the laws of punishment of a world. His power was awe-inspiring. He had already reached the peak of the Bone King. He was only one opportunity away from igniting the divine fire.

And the much-anticipated "Ark of Return to the Ruins" is beginning to take shape thanks to the tireless efforts of countless craftsmen working day and night, and the unreserved investment of resources by Zidian.

It hovered silently above the center of the Guixu Domain, like a lurking ancient behemoth. Its entire body was grayish-white, the color of the fusion of chaotic Daoist principles and the essence of countless bones. The hull was imprinted with the scriptures of the *Primordial Guixu Scripture*, forming a natural protective array. It lacked the ferocity and evil of the White Bone Starship, instead possessing an ancient and profound quality, like a moving continent, filled with an aura of absolute dominance.

On this day, Xu Ran emerged from seclusion once again.

He had not appeared for ten years, remaining in seclusion in the deepest part of the Guixu Palace. No one knew what he had been doing for those ten years, but the moment he appeared, the entire Dao Laws of the Guixu Domain resounded with joy.

His aura was even more unfathomable than it had been ten years ago. If he was a black hole ten years ago, then he was now the universe itself, the very fabric of that black hole. Boundless, without beginning or end.

His cultivation level had already taken that crucial step from the Great Perfection of the Divine Furnace Realm, entering... the Half-Step Dao Lord Realm!
The Divine Furnace Realm involves creating a world within one's body and forging a divine furnace. The Dao Lord Realm, however, requires completely imprinting one's own Dao onto the world created, giving that world its own unique "Heavenly Heart Imprint"!
Xu Ran has successfully condensed a rudimentary form of "Heavenly Heart Imprint" from the "Great Dao of Returning to the Void".

"See my lord!"

Heavenly Stone God, Prison-Suppressing Bone King, and Right Envoy Purple Lightning appeared before him immediately and bowed respectfully.

Xu Ran's gaze swept over the three of them, and he nodded slightly.

"Cangshi, your divine fire is stable. Zhenshan, your throne is complete. Zidian, how is the ark being built?"

"Reporting to my lord!" Zi Dian stepped forward, his face filled with fervor and pride. "The main dragon skeleton of the Ruins Ark is complete, and the core of the formation has been imprinted. Only the final step, 'Spirit Awakening,' remains before it is truly accomplished!"

(End of this chapter)