Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts - Chapter 6995 Merging the Dao

Chapter 6995 Merging the Dao

When Evilmoon dropped the corpse into the primal chaos space, the black soil quickly consumed it. The eight-color divine ring shivered; a gentle ripple spread outward like the ripple caused by a stone dropped in still water.

Even as he was immersed in his state of comprehension, Long Chen felt it at once.

“The Heavenly Daos are emotionless. All things are treated the same. In their eyes, there is no good or evil, no right or wrong, no beautiful or ugly.

“The Grand Dao is a wheel rolling ever forward. All life must follow its laws, or be crushed beneath it.

“Aunt Gong said I was chosen by the heavens, which means I too must follow the workings of the Grand Dao. I must trample everything that blocks my way.

“When experts of other races stood in my path, I killed them without hesitation. Yet, I held back a bit against my own kind. The notion that I shouldn’t feed human corpses to the primal chaos space was foolishness… nothing more.

“To refuse what the heavens offer is to invite calamity. Ah, no wonder everything has been so hard all these years. I was simply stupid.

“And yet even the chosen must comprehend the Dao on their own. So, Aunt Gong could only watch.”

Looking back on his talks with Aunt Gong, Long Chen realized that many of her words had hidden meanings. She had tried to guide him, but he had been too clueless to understand.

This moment of insight made Long Chen feel as if his soul had changed completely. His Dao-heart became steady and unshakable.

Even his heart-devil now seemed unimportant. At that moment, the future of the whole world became clear to him.

Every few breaths, his divine ring sent out a ripple that blended into heaven and earth. The sounds of heaven and earth kept echoing, as if telling Long Chen a sad story.

Time slowly passed. The astral gates grew blurry after being filled with new astral energy.

Seven days later, the astral gates disappeared, leaving the eight-color divine ring. The divine ring continued giving off a bewitching light.

Eventually, the divine ring also faded away. Half a month later, only the starry sea behind Long Chen remained.

After a month, the starry sea disappeared too. The starlight faded as well, and in the end, only Long Chen remained, sitting in his plain black robes beneath the Seven Treasure Colored Glass Tree.

At this point, Long Chen gave off no aura at all, neither Blood Qi nor spiritual fluctuations. If someone couldn’t see him, they wouldn’t sense his presence at all.

A few days later, his body also became blurry. It seemed like he was about to truly merge with heaven and earth.

At that moment, Yue Xiaoqian and the others became nervous, but the Heavenly Devil Zither told Zi Yan not to worry. This was a key moment in achieving the Dao—Long Chen was merging with his Dao.

It meant letting go of all personal desires and becoming completely clear-minded, so he could become one with the Dao and see the world through its eyes.

The ten primal chaos divine items had experienced this state before. Only those with a grand mission from the Dao, those chosen by the heavens, could hope to reach this state.

The Grand Dao could not show favoritism and could not give guidance. Even the chosen one had to understand its will on their own.

If someone chosen by the heavens couldn’t understand the Grand Dao’s will, they would fail their mission. Then the Grand Dao would choose someone else.

“Senior, as one of the ten primal chaos divine items, you also carry the karmic luck of the nine heavens and ten lands. With the new era coming, does that not mean you will return to your peak?” asked Zi Yan.

“Foolish child, the ten primal chaos divine items have become things of the past. After the primal chaos war, the laws of heaven and earth collapsed, and we were heavily damaged. Our own karmic luck has been ground away over the years—half absorbed by the nine heavens and ten lands, half taken by the outsider laws. The Grand Dao gave us power, but we couldn’t protect it. When the new era comes, this world’s karmic luck will be divided again. If we want to recover, we must seize this power ourselves. As for recovering to our peak… the chances are almost none.”

The Heavenly Devil Zither sighed.

“Why?” asked Zi Yan in surprise.

“The heavens are now split three ways. Every manner of lifeform is fighting for karmic luck, and the other divine items are also seizing this chance to transform. The ten primal chaos divine items were all badly damaged. Recovery is already difficult enough, and beyond that, it depends on whether the Grand Dao is willing to grant us the opportunity. The chosen are selected by the Grand Dao’s judgment, but in truth, it is also a gamble.”

“A gamble? The Heavenly Daos gamble?” Zi Yan asked, shocked once again.

The Heavenly Devil Zither sighed once more, and its tone was tinged with grief and resentment. “Of course. Did they not lose their gamble last time?”

In the past, the ten primal chaos divine items were the pillars of this world. But the primal chaos war destroyed them.

At that time, the nine heavens and ten lands lost and nearly collapsed. Without the Star Master’s final sacrifice, they would never have had time to recover.

This time, even though the great era was not quite settled yet, the Heavenly Devil Zither could sense that the Heavenly Daos no longer cared about them.

In other words, in this new era, the Heavenly Daos would not automatically support them. They would have to rely on their own strength to take back their lost power.

Zi Yan’s expression suddenly changed. “But if Long Chen is a chosen one and also one of the pieces of the Heavenly Daos, does that mean—”

“The Heavenly Daos show no mercy to anyone, not even those they choose. Long Chen faced countless hardships in his life because they were trials from the Heavenly Daos. If he failed those trials, he would not be able to fulfill the Grand Dao’s mission. In that case, the Heavenly Daos would choose someone else. A pawn that fails is simply tossed aside,” interjected the Heavenly Devil Zither.

“Are the Heavenly Daos really so merciless?”

“Yes and no. What seems merciless can actually be a form of true love from another point of view. The love of the Heavenly Daos is what keeps the world in order and gives all life a chance to reach its full potential. What looks like apathy is also a kind of love. You simply love Long Chen too much to understand the Grand Dao’s love. The fact that Long Chen is resonating with the Grand Dao means he has grasped its love. You need to work harder. After all, whether I can return to my peak and help Long Chen depends on you,” replied the Heavenly Devil Zither.

Zi Yan took a deep breath and nodded firmly. “I understand! I will not disappoint you, senior!”

The Heavenly Devil Zither floated in the air. Zi Yan sat on top of it, facing Long Chen. She formed hand seals and slowly closed her eyes.

At the same time, Long Chen’s figure grew fainter and fainter, until he became completely invisible.

“Long Chen, come out and face your death!”

Just then, a furious shout rang out, shaking the world like thunder.