Chapter 405

Chapter 405: The Demon Lord Emerges from Seclusion, The Human Ancestor Is Revived

"Master, if one day, the Heavenly Dao shattered and the Pangu universe turned into chaos, where would we mortals go?" Su Mu said pessimistically.

"With me around, you’re still scared of death?" Ye Xu said.

Su Mu shook his head; the broader his knowledge grew, the more keenly he felt his own insignificance.

"Focus on cultivating," Ye Xu said with a smile. "Someday, you’ll earn a spot on the Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings."

"It’s better to be a salty fish."

Su Mu chuckled; his life’s greatest wish was to recover Yue Lingxi, and now he had succeeded, so he just wanted to stay with Yue Lingxi and live together forever.

As for the Three Yuan Proof or transcending and ascending to immortality, Su Mu felt little interest.

He was a romantic at heart.

Otherwise, why would he have chased Yue Lingxi through countless reincarnations so hard?

"You sure live thoroughly," Ye Xu said with a smile.

Woosh!

Suddenly, from the depths of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, a mighty wave of demonic energy surged, and an immense aura erupted fiercely. The demonic energy towered over the heavens, as if a peerless demon was making a descent into the world.

"The Formless Demon Lord has broken through."

With a single thought of Ye Xu’s, the Formless Demon Lord appeared in Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

His body was wreathed in vast demonic energy, with terrifying demonic lights shining in his eyes. In his blood, veins, and even cells, were concealed Great Dao Symbols of formlessness. He had decisively advanced to the proof of the First Primordial Spirit and was now invincible.

Ye Xian’er and Xixi gazed at the great demon in alarm.

"Congratulations, Daoist brother Formless," Su Mu said while cupping his fists.

The Formless Demon Lord reined in his demonic energy, showing no arrogance at all, and bowed respectfully to Ye Xu, saying, "Thank you for your support, Master."

He knew deeply well that without Ye Xu’s help, even if he had obtained one divine pillar, it would be impossible to fully grasp its mysteries and achieve the invincible state.

"This is your fortune," Ye Xu said. "How do you feel?"

"I feel completely filled with power now," the Formless Demon Lord said eagerly and looked at Su Mu. "Su Mu, how about letting me throw a punch to test it?"

Su Mu shook his head hastily.

If he tried it, he’d surely perish.

"This great demon still has deep-rooted vile habits; I need to steer clear of him from now on," Su Mu thought to himself.

Ye Xu said, "The proof of the First Primordial Spirit is only the first step toward transcendence. To become conceited over this small success shows how little ambition you have."

"Hehe…" the Formless Demon Lord said sheepishly. "Master, I reached the proof of the First Primordial Spirit thanks to your immense fortune, so how dare I wish for more?"

But if I keep cultivating, what level can I reach? Please, Master, guide me."

"I can," Ye Xu said. "Pay first."

"Master, I’m one of your own," the Formless Demon Lord said, stunned and staring at Ye Xu in disbelief.

"Exactly because you’re my own, we must settle matters separately."

"…"

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Formless Demon Lord rolled his eyes. His meager possessions weren’t even enough to fill the Master’s teeth crevices.

"Daoist brother, you’re so overjoyed you’ve lost your wits," Su Mu said.

"Just faithfully follow the Master. Why worry about not reaching higher cultivation realms?"

Formless Demon Lord’s eyes burned with intensity.

"Soon, all realms will descend into chaos again," Ye Xu remarked.

"Then you’ll have a place to wield your skills."

"I will face any hardship without hesitation, even if it kills me countless times," Formless Demon Lord solemnly declared.

Ye Xu nodded.

Time flowed like water, passing silently.

Several days later, another disturbance arose deep within Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

Ye Xu immediately stopped the Dou Di Zhu game with Su Mu and Ye Xian’er.

"Master, finish this round first! I have four twos and a king bomb," Su Mu urged anxiously.

Whoosh!

Ye Xu vanished instantly, reappearing in the spacetime nurturing the Chaos Divine Vine.

The Chaos Divine Vine swayed amid the chaos. A gourd gently rocked, radiating immense merit energy as countless voices echoed through heaven and earth.

Sounds of reading, prayers, infant cries…

These were the whispers of all living beings.

From the Primordial Era through today, incense tributes to the human ancestor persisted on earth. After the Great Calamity in the Immortal Realm, this worship and merit converged here.

"He’ll be revived at last," Ye Xu mused.

He anticipated it eagerly. The number one on the Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings, half-step into transcendence – this formidable power could resolve his most urgent crisis.

Buzz!

Scenes of countless beings streamed into the gourd. Endless hymns merged into a mighty river, flooding the human ancestor’s Merit Spirit.

Rumble!

Within the gourd, the human ancestor’s embryo had matured into a curled-up infant. Symbols of merit burrowed into his flesh, making his aura elusive and mystical.

His primordial spirit fused with the Xuantian Merit Dao Embryo and Jianmu divine tree. Having absorbed merit from all beings, it merged completely with his physical form.

This was the true Merit Golden Body!

Crack!

A faint splitting sound echoed. The Chaos Gourd fractured slightly, golden radiance bursting out to illuminate the profound chaos.

The infant slowly opened his eyes.

His irises held pure, flawless Divine patterns of merit swirling within, flashing glimpses of all existence.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

He waved his arms, exerting milk-sucking strength to break the gourd’s shell. His erupting power strained against the Chaos Gourd, widening the cracks amid sharp snapping sounds.

Bang!

Finally, after half an hour, the infant broke out of the gourd cocoon.

He greedily absorbed the golden divine liquid on the gourd, strengthening himself.

That divine liquid originated from the condensed power of merit, and for the newly emerged human ancestor, it was absolutely a powerful tonic, superior to all elixirs in the world.

After another half hour or so, he completely absorbed the divine liquid of merit, not a single drop left.

The human ancestor burped contentedly, and his bodily form gradually expanded.

In an instant, he transformed from a swaddled infant into a child of about four or five years old, with brilliant golden pupilss shining resplendently and an aura filled with profound mysteries.

"The old man has finally come back to life," pronounced the child.

The human ancestor was profoundly thrilled.

Ye Xu’s gaze held a trace of peculiarity.

A little brat of four or five years old calling himself an old man and acting prematurely dignified always seemed somewhat inappropriate to him.

He stared at the naked human ancestor, his smile laden with significance.

"Er…"

Suddenly, the human ancestor glimpsed Ye Xu from the corner of his eye, followed Ye Xu’s stare downward, and his face, full of youthful vigor, flushed crimson red.

The human ancestor immediately materialized clothes onto himself, easing the embarrassment.

"Not right…"

The human ancestor stiffened his expression, "Master, how could you be here?"

"And where am I now?"

All his memories resided within the Merit Spirit, and since Ye Xu had helped him reassemble the primordial spirit, the human ancestor recalled everything distinctly, naturally recognizing Ye Xu.

"This is Heaven’s Secret Pavilion," replied Ye Xu with a smile.

"I’m at Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?"

The human ancestor reeled in shock. His contingency measure was the Chaos Divine Vine, entrusted back then to a young man named Ye Qing Xuan, with explicit warnings.

Yet now he found himself in Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, making everything self-evident.

Ye Qing Xuan must belong to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

In fact, it seemed highly probable that Ye Qing Xuan was Ye Xu himself.

"So, everything had been within Senior’s calculations," murmured the human ancestor with a sigh.

"Senior’s methods truly evoke this old man’s immense admiration."

To the human ancestor, Ye Xu must have known all future outcomes and transformations since the opening of the Seven-Treasure Mystic Forest or even long before.

Otherwise, why would he dispatch Ye Qing Xuan to the Seven-Treasure Mystic Forest and store the Chaos Divine Vine at Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?

It was obvious.

It was all to await his revival.

But.

One point puzzled the human ancestor profoundly: as a transcender, Ye Xu had never met him before, so why bother helping him at all?