Chapter 452 - 401: I Will Make It Complete for You

"Proving the Dao now... Isn’t that a bit rushed?"

Within the Celestial Demon Well, above the boundless Blood Sea, Nether Spring frowned slightly.

He stood upon a Twelve-Grade Blood Lotus, Ah Bi in his left hand and Yuan Tu in his right, the Dao Rhyme of the Blood Sea flowing ceaselessly around him.

His blood-red eyes gazed toward a certain point in the void.

That was the direction from which the will of his original body, Qi Yun, was descending.

He did not refuse, nor would he ever refuse.

As his original body’s avatar, he would obey whatever decision it made.

This was his very foundation, the meaning of his existence.

He only spoke up to ask because he was perplexed.

He had only just condensed his Immortal Appearance and subdued these two supreme treasures of slaughter; his Realm had not yet stabilized, nor was his foundation firm.

To attempt Seeking Gold and Proving the Dao at a time like this was truly too hasty.

There was no guarantee of success.

"There is no more time to build your foundation."

Qi Yun’s voice rang in the depths of his Heart and Spirit—calm and steady, yet carrying an unquestionable decisiveness.

In the span of a thought, a torrent of images and information flooded into Nether Spring’s Heart and Spirit, like a river breaking its dam.

Above the Celestial Vault, over a dozen True Monarchs faced off, their killing intent surging to the heavens;

A pressure great enough to make the void collapse intertwined madly between Heaven and Earth;

The crazed light burning in Wu Dao True Monarch’s eyes, Qingyuan True Monarch’s abyss-deep killing intent, Nine Revolutions Undying True Monarch’s near-fanatical will to fight, and the ghostly green light flickering in the Nine Nether Sun-devouring True Monarch’s eyes;

And that one phrase—

"Shatter the Profound Yellow Origin Realm!"

Nether Spring’s blood-red eyes abruptly froze.

The corner of his mouth twitched. After a long moment, he forced out a few words through clenched teeth:

"Holy hell..."

"These old monsters... they lie low for ages, but the moment they pop up, they want to shatter the entire Profound Yellow Origin Realm?"

He grimaced, a mixture of horror and shock washing over him.

’Above the True Monarch realm.’

Legendary existences of that level were secretly plotting, instigating a war that could destroy the entire Profound Yellow Origin Realm.

"Right now, only by Seeking Gold and Proving the Dao, achieving the rank of True Monarch, and shaking the All Marvelous Heaven will we have a sliver of a chance to startle the other True Monarchs awake."

Qi Yun’s voice rang out again, each word like forged steel:

"Otherwise, once the True Monarchs go to war, the damage will be irreversible..."

"The Profound Yellow Origin Realm is in peril!"

Nether Spring fell silent for a moment.

Then, he raised his head. The last trace of doubt vanished from his blood-red eyes, leaving only absolute resolve.

"My true self has commanded, and Nether Spring shall naturally obey!"

He declared, his voice echoing across the Blood Sea.

No more words, no hesitation.

Never mind that the situation was already dire; even if his true self had commanded him to attempt Seeking Gold and Proving the Dao on a whim, he would have done so without a second thought.

But—

"To rush Seeking Gold... I really don’t have much confidence."

He lowered his gaze slightly, looking at Ah Bi and Yuan Tu in his hands. He could feel the Immortal Appearance within him, which had yet to fully stabilize, and his tone grew heavy.

"Rest assured."

Qi Yun’s voice remained calm, yet it carried a reassuring steadiness:

"The foundation you lack..."

"I will provide it!"

The instant the words faded—

Within the Celestial Demon Well, a pair of eyes suddenly materialized in the eternally murky Celestial Vault.

They were vast and cyan-gold, as if they could perceive the changes in the Ten Thousand Laws and command the very turning of the Great Dao.

The eyes hung silently above the Blood Sea, gazing down upon the boundless crimson expanse below and the blood-red figure standing upon the Twelve-Grade Blood Lotus.

Observing All Changes!

Qi Yun had pushed this Venerable Divine Technique to its absolute limit!

VMMMMMM—!!!

An indescribable tremor erupted from the pair of cyan-gold eyes!

Wherever the tremor passed, the Supreme Yin and filthy qi suffusing the Blood Sea seemed to be parted by an invisible hand, revealing what lay beneath: the most essential and fundamental Dao Patterns!

Nether Spring looked up, his heart trembling violently as he gazed at the eyes and the countless scripts and Dao Rhymes reflected within them, flowing at a frantic pace.

That was...

That was the fundamental framework of the Blood Sea Dao!

It was the true face of the Great Dao, something he had never fully glimpsed in all his years of cultivating the Blood Spirit Scripture, despite exhausting his life’s effort!

Now, under the miraculous power of Observing All Changes, those ultimate principles of the Great Dao—once hidden in obscurity and impossible to grasp—were being stripped away, analyzed, and manifested, layer by layer, by the pair of cyan-gold eyes, like silk being pulled from a cocoon!

One by one, strand by strand, thread by thread—

Endless Dao Insights poured down from the eyes like a cresting flood from a broken dam, flowing ceaselessly into Nether Spring’s mind!

It was the essence of the Blood Sea, the true meaning of slaughter, the ultimate evolution of the Supreme Yin and filth, the final sublimation born from the fusion of Yin and Yang’s twin evils!

The aura around Nether Spring, the one that had drawn the attention of the Blood Sea Dao Fruit, grew ever denser, ever more substantial!

The aura was so potent it was nearly tangible, condensing behind him into the faint, illusory phantom of a Blood Sea!

Within the phantom, countless Blood God Children kowtowed, a Twelve-Grade Blood Lotus bloomed, and Ah Bi and Yuan Tu rang out.

The Blood Sea Fruit Position was faintly taking form!

...

And just as these Dao Insights were being furiously channeled—

Qi Yun’s true self let out a faint, muffled groan.

The pair of cyan-gold eyes trembled for an instant.

He was forcefully using Observing All Changes to comprehend a Great Dao he was unfamiliar with, to analyze the fundamental mysteries of the Blood Sea’s Supreme Yin and filth.

The burden was too great.

So great that even with his cultivation at the Great Master Peak, he found it difficult to bear.

But just at the moment he was about to falter,

A warm and gentle Great Sun Dao Intent, one that illuminated all things, surged forth from the unseen void!

The Great Sun Dao Intent was clear and pure, nourishing all things like an invisible sun. It shone into his Purple Mansion, into his Heart and Spirit, and deep into his Divine Soul, which was aching from the forced calculations!

It was Great Sun Purple Extreme!

This True Monarch Level being was helping him from afar!

BOOM—!!!

Bolstered by this True Monarch’s Power, Qi Yun felt a weight lift from him. The pair of cyan-gold eyes suddenly erupted with a light even more blazing and brilliant than before!

He pushed Observing All Changes to its absolute, ultimate limit!

Surging, boundless Dao Insights of the Blood Sea Dao, like the celestial river pouring from the heavens, were funneled into Nether Spring all at once!

One stream, ten, a hundred, a thousand—

Endless!

...

「Within the Celestial Demon Well.」

「Above the Blood Sea.」

Nether Spring threw his head back and roared!

The roar was filled with exhilaration, relief, the thrill of finally touching the Great Dao, and—the do-or-die resolve of his imminent apotheosis!

BOOM—!!!

The Twelve-Grade Blood Lotus beneath him erupted with a blinding, blood-red light!

The light was so blazing and bewitching it nearly engulfed the entire Blood Sea!

The Twelfth-Grade Lotus Petals bloomed layer by layer. On each petal, dense, blood-red runes appeared—the condensed essence of Nether Spring’s lifetime of cultivation!

He held Ah Bi in his left hand and Yuan Tu in his right, the two supreme treasures of slaughter ringing out in unison!

Their chiming echoed throughout the entire Blood Sea!

Black and white light intertwined, forming a Heaven and Earth of slaughter around him that roiled with black and white qi. Wherever this aura passed, even the eternally murky void was rent with cracks!

And beneath his feet—

The boundless Blood Sea began to tremble violently!

The tremors grew increasingly intense, increasingly violent, as if the entire Blood Sea were about to capsize at that very moment!

Waves of blood surged toward the heavens, reaching tens of thousands of feet high!

Countless phantoms of the Blood God Children shrieked, kowtowed, and writhed in madness within the bloody waves!

And at the very center of the Blood Sea,

The blood-waters slowly began to part.

It was as if they were being brutally cleaved down the middle by an invisible hand!

The chasm grew wider and deeper, an increasingly startling sight!

In the depths of the chasm, there was no blood, no filth—only an indescribable, pure darkness that seemed capable of devouring all things.

And in the deepest part of that darkness,

A speck of light slowly emerged.

The light was extremely faint at first, almost imperceptible. But the instant it appeared, the entire Blood Sea fell silent!

All the soaring waves of blood froze in midair;

All the shrieking Blood God Children fell deathly silent;

Even the chiming of Ah Bi and Yuan Tu came to an abrupt halt!

The light grew brighter, more resplendent, more substantial!

Finally—

An indescribably profound object forcefully emerged from the chasm in the deepest part of the Blood Sea!

It was a Fruit Position.

A Blood Sea Fruit Position, shaped like an egg, gestating like a placenta, and containing the boundless Dao Intent of the Great Dao!

It floated silently above the chasm in the Blood Sea, rotating slowly.

With each rotation, countless streams of Dao Intent flowed out, merging into the Blood Sea, the Twelve-Grade Blood Lotus, Ah Bi and Yuan Tu, and Nether Spring’s body!

Within the Fruit Position, one could see the Blood Sea churning, slaughter rising and falling, the root of the Supreme Yin and filth, and the ultimate sublimation born from the fusion of Yin and Yang’s twin evils!

Nether Spring gazed at the Fruit Position, at the fundamental truth that had emerged from the depths of the Blood Sea—the very thing he had pursued for countless eons. The savage grin on his face widened to its absolute limit.

He spread his arms wide.

Ah Bi chimed, Yuan Tu shrieked.

The Twelve-Grade Blood Lotus radiated a dazzling brilliance.

The boundless Blood Sea beneath his feet began to boil, and a billion blood waves surged toward the heavens as one, as if welcoming their king!

Nether Spring tilted his head back, gazing at the slowly rotating Blood Sea Fruit Position and the boundless Great Dao it contained.

Then, he leaped!

He shot straight toward the Fruit Position—toward the final trial of proving his Dao!

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