Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 450: The Deal with the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds

The Lord of the Nine Nether, Netherdark, was currently comprehending his fourth Dao Principle.

The Dao Principles he already controlled were Netherdark, Calamity, and Soul Dao Principles. The fourth Dao Principle he had previously intended to comprehend was the Samsara Dao Principle, but due to difficulties in comprehension, he shifted his focus and switched to the Life Dao Principle instead.

Soul and Life, these two had many connections. He faintly felt that comprehending this way was better, so he made this choice.

Consuming one Dao Source, his comprehension of the Life Dao Principle improved by another sliver.

What troubled him was the severe shortage of Dao Source. The Dao Source he had exchanged from Su Yuan was simply not enough to use.

Suddenly, a strand of causality power, following the thread of causality, connected to him.

This was the influence of the Causality Dao Principle, a method belonging to the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign. This strand of causality power entered the Nine Nether Realm. If he blocked it, it could not affect him at all.

But he restrained himself from acting, wanting to see what Su Yuan intended to do.

Thus, he saw that after the causality power touched the surface of his body, it triggered another type of Dao Principle power.

“Huh? The Transaction Dao Principle?”

He immediately discerned the source of the fluctuation, his heart filled with astonishment.

In an instant, he understood. The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign was attempting to master the Transaction Dao Principle!

He reached out and took out some Dao Source. He could see that after these Dao Source were tainted by the power of the Transaction Dao Principle, they underwent some changes. Their essence remained unchanged, but they gained certain new properties. He could even conduct long-distance transactions with others now! These Dao Source could be used for transactions following the Transaction Dao Principle!

“Truly not simple. So he wants to use my hand to master the Transaction Dao Principle! Should I stop it?”

At this moment, he recalled the previous statement from Dao Venerable Jiemeng.

A new Dao Venerable had been born. He naturally knew. He didn’t need to deduce to know that next, the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign would definitely conduct transactions with other Dao Lords. The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign, possessing the Causality Dao Principle, would absolutely be able to find the remaining Dao Lords. This point was also evident from Dao Venerable Jiemeng.

At this time, the Lord of the Nine Nether suddenly had a thought, realizing something strange.

“The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign now knows the locations of many hidden Dao Lords. With his strength, suppressing those Dao Lords is no longer a problem. Why isn’t he going to suppress these Dao Lords, but instead is comprehending the Transaction Dao Principle?”

He immediately sensed something amiss.

The Lord of the Nine Nether, possessing exceptional comprehension, immediately detected the issue.

He did not stop Su Yuan from comprehending the Transaction Dao Principle.

That strand of transaction power left the Nine Nether Realm and vanished into the Nine Stars Land.

Next, the Lord of the Nine Nether separated an avatar and, following the transaction power, entered the Nine Stars Land.

Su Yuan was surprised by the Lord of the Nine Nether’s arrival and immediately invited him to the Heavenly Palace.

“Fellow Daoist Netherdark’s sudden visit, is it regarding the matter of the Transaction Dao Principle?” Su Yuan expressed a slight apology, “I did not inform Fellow Daoist in advance about this matter. Please forgive me.”

The Lord of the Nine Nether waved his hand, his gaze burning, “Fellow Daoist Seven Stars, your Causality Dao Principle can locate hidden Dao Lords, correct?”

Su Yuan was taken aback and said, “Is Fellow Daoist Netherdark planning to trade Dao Lord locations with me?”

He thought the Lord of the Nine Nether intended to trade for the location of a Dao Lord. This way, the Lord of the Nine Nether could fulfill the “promotion” condition.

“I do indeed wish to conduct a transaction, but not for Dao Lord locations. What I want to trade for is the secret of why you are not suppressing those Dao Lords!” The Lord of the Nine Nether said calmly.

Su Yuan was somewhat surprised, “Oh?”

He fell into contemplation.

Seeing Su Yuan fall silent and not answer immediately, the Lord of the Nine Nether promptly spoke up, “I can offer Dao Source. You are currently comprehending the Transaction Dao Principle. Based on this, you can evaluate the stakes of our transaction, right? I believe that after completing this transaction, you will absolutely be able to greatly increase your mastery over the Transaction Dao Principle!”

Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, “Alright then!”

Su Yuan activated the Transaction Dao Principle, condensing a scale between the two of them.

Su Yuan condensed his information into a jade slip and placed it on the right side of the scale.

The Lord of the Nine Nether casually took out one million Dao Source and placed them on the scale.

However, the scale did not move at all, still sinking towards Su Yuan’s side.

This made the Lord of the Nine Nether pause.

He directly increased it to one trillion Dao Source.

What made his pupils constrict was that the scale still remained motionless, still leaning towards Su Yuan’s side.

This time, the Lord of the Nine Nether’s expression turned grave. He glanced at Su Yuan.

Su Yuan looked at him with a smile.

The Lord of the Nine Nether took a deep breath and took out a Dao Artifact, tossing it onto the scale.

The power of the Transaction Dao Principle wrapped around the Dao Artifact, and the scale finally rose slightly.

At this moment, the Lord of the Nine Nether stood up.

Su Yuan coughed lightly, “Fellow Daoist, I haven’t fully mastered the Transaction Dao Principle yet. This is the ‘objective weight’ judged by the Transaction Dao Principle of Chaos itself. I am not cheating!”

The Lord of the Nine Nether remained silent for a moment, then transferred two more Dao Artifacts from the Nine Nether Realm and placed them on the scale.

The scale still only rose a little, still some distance away from stabilizing.

The Lord of the Nine Nether’s face darkened, “Fellow Daoist, I really can’t offer any more!”

Su Yuan said, “Forget it. I’ll take a slight loss. I’ll accept these three Dao Artifacts!”

Su Yuan agreed to this transaction.

The moment he received the transaction power from the Lord of the Nine Nether, the difficulty of mastering the Transaction Dao Principle for him dropped to one thousand trillion Dao Source.

Now, after completing another extremely important transaction, the mastery requirement for the Transaction Dao Principle instantly dropped to the level of one hundred trillion Dao Source. It could be said he was one step closer to mastering the Transaction Dao Principle.

As for the Lord of the Nine Nether, he obtained that jade slip, refined it on the spot, and saw this one sentence.

[Suppressing Dao Lords is not the path to becoming a Chaos Dominator. A Chaos Dominator must personally master twelve types of Dao Principles.]

Just this one sentence made the Lord of the Nine Nether’s mind roar.

In an instant, his worldview collapsed, yet was rebuilt in the next moment. He directly shattered his cognitive barrier and instantly confirmed the truth of Su Yuan’s words!

At this moment, sweat, a rare occurrence, broke out on his back. A feeling of suffocation filled his heart.

His heart even became somewhat filled with despair.

Su Yuan spoke up at this moment, “Fellow Daoist, do not despair. If that existence could truly master Chaos at will, then there would be no need to leave behind this method. It could just silently act when someone masters eleven Dao Principles.”

The Lord of the Nine Nether was taken aback. The despair in his heart lessened slightly, but he smiled bitterly, “I didn’t think that far. I just feel that comprehending twelve types of Dao Principles is too difficult!”

“Heh, that’s not necessarily true. If there is enough Dao Source, breaking through is not impossible!” Su Yuan smiled faintly.