Chapter 425

Chapter 425: Transcendence through Merit (Finale)

Li Ruoyu felt immensely troubled.

"Uncle Master, when I promise something, it shall be done," he declared, fixing his gaze on the Mad Daoist. "This Taishi Divine Mountain concerns a pledge to my Daoist friend Taisu. Grant me this courtesy."

"Very well."

The Mad Daoist waved a dismissive hand. "For my junior apprentice nephew’s sake, I’ll overlook it this once."

"Don’t presume controlling the Great Dao of Taisu means I can’t kill you!"

Immortal Emperor Taisu trembled with suppressed fury.

"Take it!"

With a sweep of his sleeve, the Mad Daoist sent the Taishi Divine Mountain hurtling toward Immortal Emperor Taisu.

Shoom!

Immortal Emperor Taisu flicked his finger, and the Origin Dao Seed landed in the Mad Daoist’s grasp.

"This should suffice," the Mad Daoist murmured. Having plundered Purple Star Heavenly Court, the treasure adorning him easily valued one hundred trillion Star Yuan.

"With this settled, it’s time to visit the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion."

"Uncle Master, the Ziwei Spirit Root… you’ve yet to give it to me," Li Ruoyu reminded.

The Mad Daoist offered a faint smile. "Once I reach Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, you shall have the Ziwei Spirit Root."

Li Ruoyu frowned. The Mad Daoist clearly distrusted him.

Meanwhile, anxiety gripped the five Immortal Emperors of the Qing Xuan plane. Confusion reigned over why Immortal Emperor Mu allied with Li Ruoyu, yet they knew Li Ruoyu’s price must have been astronomical.

Could the Heavenly Emperor hold secrets of Transcendence? The thought echoed silently within them.

Huummm…

A resonant chime suddenly filled the firmament. The ultimate void materialized slowly, its expanse swirling with heavenly divine patterns. Skies blossomed with radiant flowers as the melodious sound of the Dao filled the air.

A slender figure emerged from the ultimate void.

Qi Qingsi.

Every gaze converged upon her.

Waves of pure, untainted Heavenly Dao emanated from her being. Her eyes held not a flicker of distraction—only coldness, detachment, and profound stillness. Utterly unperturbed.

She had succeeded.

Yi Tianxing observed her; a pang of guilt surfaced within. From this day, Qi Qingsi embodied another Son of Heaven, fused inseparably with the Heavenly Dao’s will.

The Great Indifference Path she cultivated was a prison, designed to cage the Dao’s inherent selfish desires.

Henceforth, the Dao would act only with impartiality.

"One final step remains," Li Ruoyu announced with a knowing smile. "Teacher, proceed."

That final step was Repairing the heavens.

Their struggle had nearly shattered the Dao fruit itself. To complete Transcendence through Merit—to coalesce the merit of the Dao and ascend to Hongmeng Dao Realm—the heavens first needed restoration.

No one dared to stop Yi Tianxing.

Not even the Heavenly Emperor.

After all, Yi Tianxing had leaped out of the River of Time. He could easily slay Immortal Emperors, yet they could find no weakness in him.

"Daoist friend, I also wish to enter the ultimate void for a look," Lin Qianmo spoke up.

Yi Tianxing nodded.

The group stepped into the ultimate void, while the five Immortal Emperors of the Qing Xuan plane hesitated, not daring to enter.

The Dao fruit bore countless cracks.

"Heh…" Xuan Du Ancient Immortal stared at the Dao fruit, suddenly revealing an eerie smile. "This old man has only just learned today that the Heavenly Dao possesses a Dao fruit."

Lin Qianmo and Reincarnation Ancient God exchanged a glance without showing any trace of emotion.

"This ultimate void is extremely marvelous," Reincarnation Ancient God remarked. "It resembles a world, yet exists independently beyond the Pangu universe."

"This is as it should be for the Heavenly Dao suspended on high," Immortal Emperor Mu replied.

She perceived nothing unusual about Reincarnation Ancient God’s question.

"Elder brother, begin your performance," Mad Daoist urged with mingled envy and anticipation.

Witnessing Yi Tianxing achieve Transcendence through Merit with their own eyes would make this entire journey worthwhile.

Boom!

Yi Tianxing channeled his spiritual power, his consciousness reaching out to the Heavens. Piece after piece of seven-colored divine stone fused into the Dao fruit. An inexhaustible tide of merit power gathered from all realms.

"The path I tread today is one our Mother Goddess once walked," Yi Tianxing thought inwardly.

The instant he merged with the Xuantian Merit Dao Embryo, his future path had been completely determined.

This was Nuwa’s scheme.

Naturally, it couldn’t have happened without Ye Xu’s contribution.

Both were indispensable.

Vast currents of merit power surged in from all realms, accompanied by countless sounds—recitations of scriptures, readings from books, joyous laughter, furious curses—the myriad manifestations of all beings.

Pangu created the heavens, Nuwa repaired the heavens, thus giving birth to the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao nurtured all beings.

Now, all beings could nurture the Heavenly Dao in return.

Though their individual strength was minuscule, even firefly light could converge into a bright moon or blazing sun.

Through the merit from all beings, the cracks on the Dao fruit began to heal bit by bit. A majestic pressure of the Heavenly Dao gradually emanated.

The ultimate void grew increasingly stable.

Throughout heaven and earth, the sound of the Dao drifted faintly.

All present unwittingly sank into profound realization.

Boom!

Yi Tianxing formed a seal with both hands as his lifetime of merit poured into the Dao fruit.

One day.

Two days.

After an unknown amount of time, the Dao fruit had fully healed and became even more powerful. It evolved into Forty-nine ultimate treasured objects of the Heavenly Dao, which hung high in the void, suppressing the ultimate void.

Qi Qingsi sat in lotus position, bathing in the power of the Heavenly Dao, becoming ever more attuned to it.

"Did he succeed?"

Everyone was roused by this commotion, each opening their eyes to gaze upon Yi Tianxing.

Boom!

In the next instant, a golden light surged from the Dao fruit and descended into Yi Tianxing’s body.

"He succeeded."

Xuan Du Ancient Immortal and Lin Qianmo spoke.

With the merit of the Dao bestowed upon him, Yi Tianxing had taken the final step.

In that moment, the merit of the Dao and merit from all beings merged as one. Yi Tianxing’s aura grew increasingly profound and mystical.

His primordial spirit was tempered unceasingly by the power of merit, undergoing constant metamorphosis.

As the power of merit flowed, faint yet limitless hymns of praise arose. Yi Tianxing’s inner world began to gradually refine itself, step by step transforming into a cosmos.

He was forging a world.

Cultivators in the God King realm could also forge inner worlds. As their cultivation deepened, these inner worlds could become more refined.

However, they were bound by the constraints of the Heavenly Dao.

The inner worlds of transcendents were built upon their own inner world foundations, transcending the Heavenly Dao of their native universe. It was a realm where "My heart being the Heart of Heaven, My Dao being the Heavenly Dao."

A merit Dao fruit slowly condensed into form.

"He has truly attained the perfection of his merit."

Mad Daoist watched this scene, overwhelmed with emotion.

Until this very moment, Yi Tianxing had not concealed the intricate process of his Transcendence through Merit, laying it bare before everyone’s eyes.

After an unknown length of time.

The merit Dao fruit solidified fully, suspended above his inner world. The divine light in Yi Tianxing’s eyes retracted inward, washing away all superficialities until he appeared like an ordinary child.

"Teacher, did you succeed?" Li Ruoyu’s gaze was complex.

Yi Tianxing nodded.

"I still have seven days left to stay in the Pangu universe."

The instant he attained Transcendence, he had been sensed by the Dao of heaven.

However, Yi Tianxing did not ascend immediately.

He could remain for seven days.

In these seven days, he wished to take a good, long look at this universe.

After all.

No one knew if, after Ascension to Hongmeng Dao Realm, one could still descend to the lower realms.

"Congratulations, Daoist friend." Xuan Du Ancient Immortal, Lin Qianmo, Reincarnation Ancient God, and others congratulated.

"Congratulations, Daoist brother." Immortal Emperor Mu and Immortal Emperor Taisu also congratulated Yi Tianxing.

"In this world, even fools can ascend." Mad Daoist sighed and said.

"……" Everyone was speechless.

Xuan Du Ancient Immortal’s gaze wandered over the ultimate void, divine patterns intertwined in his eyes, as if he was activating an Eye Technique secret, observing the mysteries of the ultimate void.

"The battle against the Heavens has passed, everything in the world showed no signs, that mystery must be hidden in this ultimate void." Xuan Du Ancient Immortal thought to himself.

The ultimate void was independent of this universe, forming its own realm.

Heavenly Emperor, Immortal Emperor Mu, and others couldn’t see through it, but he was very clear that it resembled an inner world, and moreover, the inner world of transcendents.

Therefore, the ultimate void was absolutely greatly connected to the Ninth Young Master.

In fact, the place of legacy was hidden within the ultimate void.

"From now on, the Heavenly Dao is selfless. This place entrusts the Heavenly Dao’s Dao fruit, which is crucial."

"So, starting from now, I will conceal the ultimate void. You all, please take your leave." Yi Tianxing said.

Xuan Du Ancient Immortal smiled slightly, as if unbothered.

"Farewell." Everyone did not continue staying in this place, and departed one after another.

Lin Qianmo gave Yi Tianxing a deep look, turned around, and flew out of the ultimate void.

"From now on, you stay here and cultivate well." Yi Tianxing looked at Qi Qingsi, sighed, and said, "Perhaps one day, you can also transcend."

"Then, we will meet again in Hongmeng Dao Realm."

"Okay." Qi Qingsi said calmly.

Yi Tianxing activated the Great Dao of space.

After transcending, his entire Great Dao had sublimated, completely surpassing how it was before.

It seemed that the Great Dao of space he had mastered before was only incomplete, not perfect.

Yi Tianxing understood that this came from the power of Hongmeng Dao Realm.

This was the origin!

Otherwise, Hongmeng Dao Realm could not have stood above the world.

After sealing the ultimate void, Yi Tianxing also vanished from Qi Qingsi’s sight.

After everyone had left, Qi Qingsi suddenly stood up. She gently waved her sleeves, and the ultimate void gradually trembled, revealing a deep void.

In the boundless depth of darkness, a spark drifted and swayed, like a bright lamp, guiding the way in the darkness.