Borrowing a sword

Chapter 208 The Mysterious Nature of the Tao Begins with One
That invisible giant sword seemed to have pierced through the primordial spirit completely at this moment.

The Heart Sword is extremely effective against this type of spirit.

Soon, Ye Kongxuan's primordial spirit was on the verge of death, with only a last wisp of soul remaining.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Huaixu took out the golden bowl from his storage token.

"Nascent Soul old dog, since you love barking so much, I'll just capture you."

He began to activate the array within the golden bowl, drawing Ye Kongxuan's primordial spirit into the [Jili Gulu Holy Water], whose name he couldn't recall.

Soon, a wisp of air appeared in the water.

However, its color scheme is different from that of the previous wisp of soul seed.

It is golden.

The golden current of energy was like a crazed little fish, thrashing and crashing wildly in the water, seemingly trying to break free of the seal.

However, no matter how hard it tried, it was all in vain.

The soul seed of the primordial spirit is actually very weak, but its position is so high that cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm cannot completely annihilate it.

Seeing how much trouble it was causing, Chu Huaixu recreated the scene inside the main hall that day.

He lowered his head slightly and glanced at it.

In an instant, the golden stream of energy stopped moving!

Because it sensed that the other party could obliterate it with just one glance!

The so-called immortal and indestructible primordial spirit now holds the power of life and death in the blink of an eye!

Chu Huaixu held the golden bowl and quietly observed it for a while.

After confirming that there were no problems, he put it into his storage token.

Then, he walked toward the body that was about to be sucked dry.

Ye Kongxuan's possessed body is now barely recognizable as human.

Because of the [Mysterious Blood Burning], his physical body had aged considerably, turning him from a young man into someone in his forties or fifties.

Now, it looks even more shriveled, and some parts have been completely sucked dry.

Besides, Chu Huaixu was seriously injured, but his opponent wasn't in much better shape either.

The body that had been possessed was covered in wounds, and on several occasions the sight was horrifying.

Only then did he have the leisure to take a look at his injuries.

"Wow, those two bloody holes are pretty scary." He said nonchalantly.

Chu Huaixu squatted down and placed his hand on the mummified corpse's forehead.

With a forceful pry, he ripped off the [Fragment of the Primordial Origin] embedded between his eyebrows.

After he got his hands on it, he opened his palm and saw it float up on its own.

"Sigh, embedded in his flesh, I feel like this thing is getting dirty." Chu Huaixu said with a hint of regret.

At that moment, he heard the call of his destined object echoing in his mind.

The spirit of the medicine cauldron, which had only ever complained of hunger, reacted very strongly at this moment!

Even the black beads on the sword sheath floated into the air!

It was still crying out for food.

However, what it wanted to absorb was no longer the power of the Daoist scriptures within Chu Huaixu's body.

It wants this fragment of the Primordial Chaos!
Even more outrageous is that the desire that [Tao gives birth to One] is showing at this moment has become somewhat out of control.

If it weren't for Chu Huaixu being its master and suppressing it, it might have absorbed it on its own.

"You really want it that badly?" Chu Huaixu asked.

Unfortunately, the spirit remained incredibly stupid, only able to express its hunger even louder.

"Will it be of great use to you?" Chu Huaixu asked again.

The cries of hunger grew even louder.

This put him in a brief moment of confusion.

First of all, he wasn't even sure if he could have both of the original fragments.

According to the initial agreement, after Chu Huaixu entered the Origin Spirit Realm, the Xuanhuang Origin within was supposed to be given to him.

However, the Taoist sect needs to temporarily borrow the remaining spoils of war.

The reason is simple: the Xuanhuang Realm has limited understanding of the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven.

Taking the corpse, magical artifacts, storage bags, and other items back for research might enhance our understanding of the Kunlun Grotto-heaven.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Chu Huaixu didn't seem to care about this.

Since these things are only temporarily kept in the sect, he can still join if he wants to participate in the research.

For example, if there are Kunlun Sect's cultivation techniques and spells in the storage bag, he naturally has the right to look at them!
If there's anything he wants to use, he can go and get it.

In addition, the Taoist sect also needs to give him a generous amount of sect contribution points as a rental fee.

"But the [Fragment of the Profound Origin] is, after all, related to the Great Dao of the Nine Realms," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

However, "Tao gives birth to one" is also his natal magic weapon, his most important possession.

Its power and ingenious uses are self-evident. Moreover, even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn't.

Even though he put the [Fragment of the Primordial Origin] into his storage token, it could not escape Jiang Zhi's detection.

Because he possesses the power of origin!

But just as Chu Huaixu had thought before, now, because he is unique, therefore—I am the big picture!

"I acted first and reported later. I don't know how, but the Daozu sword sheath spontaneously absorbed a piece."

"Given my importance, how could you not give me the remaining piece?!"

Chu Huaixu stood tall with his chest out, buttocks tucked in, and stomach pulled in, looking arrogantly at the thought—absolutely impossible!

But if you take both of them out together, the situation will be different.

"My original idea was to get one for myself, and then gradually get one for Big Ice Block and one for Little Xu, if conditions allowed."

"How come you're suddenly here too!" He was both amused and exasperated.

From a rational perspective, without thinking about things through the lens of romance, the priority of "Tao gives birth to one" is actually higher than that of Han Shuangjiang.

"Because the second level of the Origin Spirit Realm will be opened next year."

Given Chu Huaixu's narcissism and arrogance, he certainly thought I was still the best choice!
The Dao Begins with One and the Heart Sword are his two most relied-upon items.

The stronger your natal magic weapon, the greater your chances of winning when you enter the second level of the [Origin Spirit Realm] next time.

"As long as we win, we can at least get one fragment of the origin."

"If Kunlun Cave Heaven continues its buy-one-get-one-free promotion, then I can get two more!"

As long as I keep killing my way through, I can get Origin Fragments on every level!
Just as he was deep in thought, Chu Huaixu suddenly felt a tickle on his back.

He was carrying a black sword sheath on his back when the black bead floated up and kept rubbing against his back.

It was obvious that it was so hungry that it couldn't resist anymore.

Chu Huaixu gritted his teeth and muttered to himself:
“Senior Sister Han, this fragment of the Primordial Origin has been embedded in someone else’s flesh, it’s very dirty.”

"Junior brother, I'll get you another one next year."

He raised his palm and gestured, "Here, eat."

The fragment of the Xuanhuang Origin was immediately sucked into the black bead and then refined and absorbed by the medicine cauldron.

Chu Huaixu couldn't understand it either. This thing was clearly meant for cultivators to enter the ninth realm. How could a magic weapon absorb it?
However, it must be said that after being fed a fragment of origin, the Gluttonous Cauldron stopped complaining of hunger for the first time.
He channeled his divine sense into the black bead, wanting to see how the cauldron absorbed the fragment of origin.

"Goodness, you can multitask, doing it with both hands, huh?" He was somewhat speechless.

Inside the cauldron, it continued to refine the remaining evil energy, attempting to condense it into a [Evil Elixir].

However, as things stand, there isn't much residual evil energy left. Just as Chu Huaixu had previously thought, at most he could only refine 1-2 more.

"If I run out, can I go to the evil sword and absorb some more?" Chu Huaixu wondered.

However, he personally speculated that, for the bronze sword, the evil energy was probably not something that could be infinitely regenerated.

He felt that every bit of energy absorbed by [Tao Sheng Yi] would decrease the amount inside the bronze sword, and it would not replenish itself.

Inside the medicine cauldron on the right side, it was absorbing the wisp of primordial power contained within the primordial fragment.

The fragment is visibly shrinking.

"I heard from the sect leader that with my cultivation level and realm, I would need to go into seclusion for at least one or two months to digest and absorb this wisp of primordial power."

"The specific time varies from person to person."

"Furthermore, during this period, one must be free of distracting thoughts, otherwise it is easy to go astray and become possessed by demons."

"Looking at this medicine cauldron now, I suspect it will absorb all of this stuff before I leave the Origin Spirit Realm!"

"How did you do it?"

"How come you seem to have absorbed it so well?" Chu Huaixu asked, puzzled.

Could it be that even the Dao Ancestor fed it?
The reason it's so tempting is because it's eaten it before and still craves the taste.
Chu Huaixu felt that this was a possibility.

"So, what level of magic weapon is the [Dao Sheng Yi]?"

"You know, even that old geezer Jiang Zhi only refined one fragment of the Origin!" He started to let his mind wander.

But soon, Chu Huaixu's gaze was drawn to the elixir.

"What is this?" He was slightly taken aback.

Previously, in order to prevent the evil pill from devouring everything and even the original fragment between Ye Kongxuan's eyebrows, Chu Huaixu had already put it back into [Dao Sheng Yi] and hadn't had time to examine it closely.

In fact, he couldn't even summon it back from afar with his own spiritual power; he absorbed it with the power of [Dao Begets One].

Because the spiritual energy was immediately absorbed upon contact with the elixir.
At this moment, inside the medicine cauldron, it stands out clearly from everything else.

It was not mixed with other evil energies, and it was also far away from the fragments of the Xuanhuang Origin on the right.

It seems they will all be completely controlled by [Tao gives birth to One]!
What evil pills, evil energy, fragments of origin? You stay where I tell you to stay, and behave yourselves!

Strangely, the previous Chongdan was like a translucent round bead with dark blue-black evil energy surrounding it.

"But now, why is there something extra in here?"

Inside the Chongdan, Chu Huaixu saw a four-colored ball of light.

He tried sending an "Information Probe" message, and to his surprise, he actually got an answer.

According to the system feedback, this thing is actually
——【Four Symbols Spiritual Roots】!
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