Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 561 The mysterious strong man

Chapter 569

Although his current body has been reshaped, it is ultimately not his original Dao body. To return to his peak, or even surpass it, he needs the most primordial substance to rebuild his foundation.

This fragment of a body, containing the "power of creation," is undoubtedly the best divine material!

His fingers gently brushed across the mangled body, a barely perceptible wisp of sword intent seeping into it.

hum!
The mangled body trembled violently, as if sensing a kindred spirit, or perhaps a natural enemy. An overwhelmingly domineering will, capable of shattering all the heavens and myriad realms, erupted from it.

Upon being struck by this will, Tu Feng's blood surged, and he staggered back more than ten steps before collapsing to the ground, staring in horror at the piece of flesh no bigger than the palm of his hand.

Even a mere wisp of his remaining will was enough to render this Dao Lord utterly powerless to resist!

Xu Ran remained unmoved. His sword intent, the intention to "correct mistakes," began to collide and merge directly with the power to "create the world."

If the "power" of giants is creation, it is the ultimate transformation from "nothing" to "something".

Therefore, Xu Ran's "sword" is the end, the destination from "existence" to "non-existence".

The two are two sides of the same coin, representing the two poles of the universe's birth and death!

Xu Ran did not forcibly refine it, but instead used his own Dao to guide and resonate with it.

A wisp of dark golden "power" was drawn out by his sword intent and slowly merged into his limbs and bones.

Click!Click!
Within his body, the sounds of bones shattering and reforming echoed. Every inch of flesh, every cell, was undergoing a radical transformation under the baptism of this primal power.

His aura did not become stronger; instead, it became more restrained and ordinary.

But Tu Feng was horrified to discover that he could no longer sense Xu Ran's presence at all.

Even though that person was sitting right there, in his divine sense, it was an absolute "emptiness," as if Xu Ran had completely "disappeared" from this world, this space-time.

This was even more terrifying to him than when he crippled two Dao Ancestors with a single finger!

Xu Ran ignored his shock and stopped after initially guiding a trace of the "Power of Creation" to temper himself. The power contained in this fragment of body was too vast to be fully absorbed in a day or two.

He put away the mangled body and then his gaze fell on the fist-sized crimson crystal core that he had extracted from Xue Wuyai's body.

"The origin of the Blood Prison Divine Body..." A hint of disdain flashed in Xu Ran's eyes.

"Senior, this...this is the most core inheritance of the Blood Prison Star Sea! It is said that the Lord of the Blood Prison swept across several star fields with this divine body, thus establishing his current hegemonic status. As his most valued offspring, Xue Wuyai's source within him is probably extremely pure!" Tu Feng's eyes were filled with greed and fervor as he saw the crystal core.

This thing is an unparalleled treasure for any cultivator who practices the Blood Path!
"Core inheritance?" Xu Ran scoffed. "It's nothing but a flawed product that has strayed from the right path and copied others' ideas."

"A...a defective product?" Tu Feng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The supreme inheritance that enabled a being above the Dao Ancestor to dominate several star fields was actually just... a defective product?

"The true 'blood' path originates from the essence and blood of the chaotic gods and demons at the beginning of the world. It is the source of life and the root of creation, containing the principles of 'birth' and 'creation'."

Xu Ran held the crystal core and said calmly, "Their so-called 'Blood Prison Divine Body' is putting the cart before the horse, only taking the most superficial aspects of 'slaughter' and 'devouring.' It seems domineering, but in reality, it has a shallow foundation and is full of filth and impurities. This path has its limit at the Dao Ancestor level. To go any further is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

He flicked his finger, and a wisp of sword intent entered the crystal core.

hum!
The dazzling crimson crystal core shone brightly for a moment. Then, wisps of black energy, visible to the naked eye and filled with resentment, madness, and tyranny, were forcibly forced out of the crystal core, emitting mournful howls in mid-air before being completely annihilated by the sword intent and turning into nothingness.

As the black aura disappeared, the originally eerie blood-red crystal core began to fade in color, eventually transforming into a translucent, pale golden crystal that seemed to contain the pulse of life!

A pure, vast, and vibrant aura emanated from it.

Tu Feng only took one sniff and felt that the bottleneck that had been stuck for thousands of years was beginning to loosen!

"This...this is its true form?" Tu Feng stammered, his worldview being refreshed once again.

“No.” Xu Ran shook his head. “I’ve only removed the dross and restored a trace of its original characteristics. A single drop of true divine and demonic blood can create a vast world.”

He looked at the pale golden crystal in his hand, lost in thought.

"The ancestor of the Blood Prison brought back the legacy from the Ancient Road to the End... It seems that he obtained a remnant of a drop of divine and demonic blood essence. Unfortunately, his comprehension was too poor, and he only grasped the most superficial aspect of the path of killing. He also regarded this filthy method as a treasure and passed it down from generation to generation."

Xu Ran's tone carried a hint of pity.

It's like a beggar who owns a mountain of gold but only knows how to use it to crack walnuts.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the purified primordial crystal in one gulp.

boom!
A surge of vital energy exploded within his body.

Xu Ran's body seemed to transform into a black hole, frantically devouring this power. His aura began to rise at an alarming rate!
Early stage of Dao Lord... Middle stage of Dao Lord... Peak stage of Dao Lord!
In just a few breaths, his cultivation level surpassed the path that countless cultivators would take several epochs to complete, directly reaching the pinnacle below the Dao Ancestor!
Moreover, this upward trend shows no signs of abating!

"He's...he's about to break through?!" Tu Feng was horrified.

The path from Dao Lord to Dao Ancestor is an insurmountable chasm! Countless geniuses and outstanding individuals have been trapped at this step, unable to advance an inch in their entire lives.

But this senior in front of me seems to treat it as easily as eating and drinking?
"not enough."

Xu Ran's brows furrowed slightly.

He could sense an invisible barrier blocking his path. It was the laws of this universe, restricting his breakthrough.

His "Dao" is incompatible with the "Dao" of this world. To become a Dao Ancestor here, one must gain the "recognition" of this world.

But does Xu Ran need its approval?

"Why should Heaven and Earth recognize my path?"

A hint of arrogance flashed in Xu Ran's eyes.

"I am my own Way, I am my own Heaven!"

With a thought, the sword intent of "correcting mistakes" soared into the sky!

It's not about merging with heaven and earth, nor about comprehending the Great Dao, but rather... severing the Great Dao!

Boom!

Outside the cave, the sky above Shattered Star City instantly changed color.

The energy turbulence that had just subsided erupted once more. No, this time, it wasn't a riot, but rather... a wail!
Visible chains of laws appeared in the sky, trembling violently as if they had encountered something that terrified them to the extreme.

Dark clouds gathered, and crimson lightning rolled within them.

That wasn't a tribulation of lightning, but... the wrath of Heaven!

There are living beings that are challenging its majesty, trying to rise above heaven and earth with their own power!
"what happened?!"

"Heaven's wrath! This is the wrath of Heaven! Who has committed an act that defies all reason and law?"

"This aura... is coming from that cave! It's from that mysterious expert!"

The powerful figures of Shattered Star City were once again alarmed. They stared in horror at the strange phenomenon in the sky, their very souls trembling. They had seen before a prodigy who had attracted a tribulation of lightning.

But to incur the wrath of Heaven and be punished... they had never heard of such a thing!

Inside the cave, Xu Ran's aura had reached its peak.

The void behind him began to distort and collapse. Faintly, it seemed as if an even more ancient and vast starry sky was about to project itself from the collapsing nothingness.

"break."

Xu Ran uttered a single word softly.

That invisible barrier shattered instantly!

An aura far surpassing that of the Dao Lord, yet completely different from that of the Dao Ancestor of this world, suddenly erupted from his body!

Become!

The realm of Taozu!

No, perhaps it shouldn't be called the Dao Ancestor.

Because the path he took was not the right one at all.

He did not condense the Dao Fruit, nor did he entrust his true spirit to the Great Dao River.

He used his own "sword" to carve out a path that belonged only to him!

If we say that the Dao Ancestor of this world is a "trendsetter" who follows the Great Dao.

Then Xu Ran is the "pathfinder" who goes against the natural order!
The aura gradually subsided, and the strange phenomena in the world slowly dissipated.

Xu Ran opened his eyes, feeling the surging power within his body, and nodded in satisfaction.

Although he is still far from his peak, at least in this black sand belt, he has the means to protect himself and even run rampant.

"Congratulations... Congratulations, Senior, on attaining enlightenment... No, congratulations, Senior, on achieving the Great Dao!" Tu Feng didn't know what words to use to describe his feelings, so he could only stammer out his congratulations.

Xu Ran glanced at him and said calmly, "It's just walking the same path again."

Did we go through it again...?
Tu Feng's mind completely went blank.

……

Meanwhile, Xu Ran's feat of crippling the two ancestors with a single finger and imprisoning the young master with a flick of his finger outside the Wanbao Tower in Shattered Star City has swept across the entire Black Sand Belt like a level twelve cosmic storm!

When the news spread, no one believed it at first.

Blood Elder and Nether Elder were renowned veteran Dao Ancestors in the Black Sand Belt. When the two joined forces, even a mid-stage Dao Ancestor would have to give way.

Xue Wuyai, the young master of the Blood Prison Star Sea, is of noble status and possesses countless protective magic treasures. Who would dare to touch him?
But when the Dao Ancestors who witnessed that scene sent back their terrified divine images to their respective sects and clans, the entire Black Sand Belt was in an uproar!

"One finger! Just one finger! Elder Xue's 'Blood Prison Refining Heaven Hand' was completely wiped out from the concept! His Dao foundation was even shattered!"

"Old Master Ming was even worse off! He was completely wiped out! I watched his existence disappear bit by bit with my own eyes, and that feeling... I never want to experience it again in my life!"

"What exactly is that power? It doesn't belong to any of the great paths we know! It's domineering, strange, and unreasonable!"

"A mysterious and powerful figure, of unknown origin and unfathomable strength, and seemingly has a past grudge against the Blood Prison Star Sea!"

Countless forces are frantically trying to find out Xu Ran's background.

The Black Sand Belt, this lawless land that has been in chaos for countless years, seems to be about to face an unprecedented change!
Tian Dao Mountain.

A colossal mountain suspended in the starry sky, the entire mountain is like a giant blade piercing the sky, exuding endless sharpness.

At the mountaintop, a gaunt old man dressed in hemp clothing and carrying a stone knife suddenly opened his eyes. In his eyes, it seemed as if countless blades of light were being born and dying.

"Severing cause and effect, obliterating existence... What a domineering 'sword'! Who exactly is this person? Why is he in the Black Sand Belt?"

Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons.

Beneath the pitch-black abyss, demonic energy surged, and countless demons roared within.

In the deepest part of the abyss, a pair of crimson eyes, larger than the stars, slowly lit up.

"Interesting... truly interesting... That old bastard Blood Prison has really bitten off more than he can chew this time. I'd love to see how he'll get out of this mess."

……

At the eye of the storm, the Blood Prison Star Sea was now raging with towering waves.

Inside a magnificent temple floating in the center of a blood-red galaxy.

boom!
A throne forged from immortal divine metal was crushed into dust by a giant hand covered in blood-red scales!

"Useless! Two pieces of useless trash!"

A majestic yet tyrannical voice resounded throughout the entire temple.

Below the temple, dozens of high-ranking members of the Blood Prison Star Sea knelt, trembling, not daring to even breathe.

A figure sat regally on the throne.

He was shrouded in a bloody light, obscuring his face. All that could be seen were a pair of eyes that seemed to contain mountains of corpses and seas of blood, filled with endless rage and murderous intent.

It is none other than the Lord of the Blood Prison Star Sea, the Lord of the Blood Prison!
"Wuya's natal soul lamp has dimmed to the extreme! His Blood Prison Divine Body's origin has been forcibly stripped away! Blood Elder's Dao Foundation has been severed, and Nether Elder has even perished!"

The voice of the Lord of Blood Prison was so cold it seemed to freeze time and space.

"Who can tell me, in the Black Sand Belt, in this place I consider my backyard, who has such audacity!"

Below, an elderly man at the peak of the Dao Ancestor realm stepped forward tremblingly and reported the information sent back from Shattered Star City in detail.

After hearing this, the air inside the temple seemed to freeze.

"One finger... to obliterate?"

For the first time, a hint of solemnity appeared in the voice of the Lord of Blood Prison.

He asked himself if he could defeat the combined forces of Blood Elder and Nether Elder, but he could never do it so easily, let alone use that bizarre method of erasing "existence".

"The Ancient Road to the End... Ancient Waterway Map..."

Upon hearing these words, the Blood Prison Lord's body, shrouded in blood-red light, trembled violently!
An even more terrifying and violent aura than before erupted from his body.

"It's him! No...it can't be...could it be...that he caught up with us?"

There was a hint of...fear in his voice!
That was an indelible fear of a certain being, originating from the depths of one's bloodline and inherited memories!
(End of this chapter)