Chapter 224: I’m Doomed—Righteously Betrayed!

Chen Fei had never experienced his body overflowing with spiritual energy before.

His Myriad Dao Cultivation Method was pushed to its absolute limit.

“Bang!”

The embryonic form of the Void Heaven Cauldron slowly condensed into a solid state. It kept resonating as it merged with the real Void Heaven Cauldron. When the two fused completely, a deafening boom erupted.

This sound came entirely from within Chen Fei’s body. Even with his formidable physique, the shockwave left his body tingling, followed by waves of numbness.

While observing the changes within, Chen Fei noticed impurities being shaken out from his organs when the cauldron vibrated. These impurities formed a foul-smelling layer of grime over his skin.

His eyes lit up in joy.

But then came the second boom—far more intense than the first. Chen Fei felt like his body might fall apart.

Again, the impurities within were purged, but something was different this time. The excessive spiritual energy inside him began to madly converge within his internal organs, reshaping them anew.

Chen Fei immediately activated the Thousand Temperings Art. This was too good an opportunity to waste on not refining his body.

Then came the third boom…

After a total of eight successive booms, Chen Fei couldn’t hold on anymore. His vision began to blur from the cauldron’s resonance, and just as he thought it would stop—the ninth boom arrived.

Suddenly, his divine sense felt as if it had cracked open, violet light spreading through his sea of consciousness. Three auras appeared out of nowhere, causing the void within his spirit sea—previously emptied due to the embryo’s formation—to surge with mist.

Mist? No, it was condensed spiritual power.

“What is this?” Chen Fei’s dazed eyes refocused, shining with divine clarity. But when he gazed into the center of his spiritual sea, where the violet light gathered, confusion returned to his face.

He tried to approach it with his willpower, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get close to the violet core.

Still, the three familiar auras inside it stirred a memory—these were the very auras he’d used to rapidly expand his mental star clusters before!

“Strange… wasn’t the fusion of the Dao Embryo supposed to give rise to Dao Force and mark entry into the Dao Realm? What exactly is my current state?”

Chen Fei was puzzled. Maybe this oddity had to do with his reliance on the Void Heaven Cauldron—perhaps his path differed from others.

Spreading out his spiritual perception, he noticed something even more bizarre—

His spirit vision range had actually shrunk to around 1,000 kilometers.

But the quality of that vision had transformed dramatically—he could even faintly hear distant voices.

It reminded him of that old saying: “Three feet above your head, the gods watch you.”

Wasn’t this divine perception?

However, this ability consumed insane amounts of mental power, so he quickly retracted it.

“So this is Dao Force?”

Previously, he needed the Void Heaven Cauldron to convert spiritual energy into it.

Now, he could invoke Dao Force directly—no more tedious steps!

His attacks would be faster, more efficient, and harder to detect.

Facing enemies like Wang Fang or those wicked cultivators of the Dao Realm, he wouldn’t even need to hide his cultivation—one strike would catch them completely off guard!

Just when Chen Fei thought the process was over, the Void Heaven Cauldron gave him another surprise.

A familiar sensation hit him—another message from the cauldron surged into his mind, making his head reel.

Once he recovered, clarity filled his eyes.

“Myriad Dao Cultivation Method… As expected of a technique that dares call itself ‘myriad.’ My future path is now crystal clear. The more Dao Intents I absorb, the stronger I become!”

The cultivation method was indeed powerful, but it had originally only gone up to the Dao Realm.

Now, with his rising strength, the Void Heaven Cauldron had unlocked the post-Dao Realm path of the method.

Its core principles could be summed up in two words: Comprehend and Devour.

“Comprehend” was self-explanatory.

“Devour” was straightforward too: by using the cauldron, he could quickly form Dao Seals. Once the seals were condensed, they could be branded onto the Void Heaven Cauldron, increasing his power.

In theory, even if he remained in the Dao Realm forever, as long as he devoured enough Dao Seals, he could withstand even Celestial Realm attacks!

Of course, that was only theoretical.

In practice, devouring Dao Seals would also rapidly raise his cultivation—

If he absorbed enough, he would definitely break through eventually.

“This feels amazing!”

Chen Fei actually felt grateful to Wang Fang.

That guy had thrown the Evil God’s Finger at him out of malice, but the unexpected result was Chen Fei’s direct breakthrough into the Dao Realm and a solid foundation for his future cultivation.

Naturally, he was thankful.

The Evil God’s Finger had now transformed into a Dao Seal marked with the word ‘Evil’, branded onto the cauldron.

After reaching the Dao Realm, all his former runes had evolved into Dao Seals.

These seals weren’t yet fully condensed, requiring further resources and insights to solidify.

The evil-seal currently exuded a terrifying and sinister aura.

But to Chen Fei, it didn’t matter whether it was demonic, evil, or monstrous—

The cultivation path wasn’t wrong. The Dao Seal wasn’t wrong. Only the person walking it could be right or wrong.

Curious, he activated the evil-seal.

A surge of sinister energy erupted from within, enveloping his entire body.

At that moment, even among a group of demonic cultivators, no one would suspect he was anything else!

Just as he was having fun playing around—

A chilling murderous intent suddenly locked onto him.

Chen Fei’s eyes snapped open.

He saw Cold Moon Saintess looking at him with grief.

“Junior Brother Chen Fei! It was all that bastard Wang Fang’s doing! Don’t worry… I will avenge you!”

“Senior Sister Cold Moon…” Chen Fei was confused.

She gave him a sorrowful smile.

“Don’t blame me, Junior Brother.”

With those words, a silver longsword shot straight at his neck!

Chen Fei’s bladeless greatsword vibrated, shielding him and deflecting the silver sword.

Finally realizing the misunderstanding, Chen Fei saw the evil aura on his body and understood why she had attacked—she thought he had been corrupted!

“Senior Sister, wait! Don’t attack!” he yelled.

But she only grew more convinced.

“You’re still trying to deceive me?! The evil energy has clearly twisted your soul! I must stop you before it’s too late!”

Heartbroken and furious, she unleashed her full cultivation.

With her Silver Moon Sword in hand, her movements were graceful yet laced with deadly killing intent.

Chen Fei was helpless.

“This woman’s too deep into the act!”

True, it was partly his fault for not explaining before covering himself in evil energy.

But he needed to end this fast.

Sighing, he muttered,

“Forgive me, Senior Sister!”