Chapter 441

Chapter 441: Poison Emperor’s Choice, The Profundity of Transcendence

Outside Linglong City.

A young lady walked with lotus-like grace, her waist swaying like willow catkins in the breeze. Her features were charming and delicately beautiful, a myriad of enchanting expressions lingering between her brows, causing passersby to gaze at her in a daze.

She seemed to relish their captivated stares intensely.

Slowly she entered the city, heading straight for Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

"Master, this young lady Yan Lingfei requests an audience."

Her voice was soft and melodic, as honeyed and pleasing as rice wine. Any who heard it felt their bones turn to jelly.

"Yan Lingfei? Who is that? Never heard of her." The Formless Demon Lord frowned, perched on Su Mu’s shoulder. He parted strands of Su Mu’s hair, stood on tiptoe, and peered at the woman outside the door.

Su Mu also turned to look.

His expression instantly froze in astonishment.

"Isn’t that the Poison Emperor?"

Su Mu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "This wom—bah!…no,this man—bah! Not that either…"

"The guy actually gave himself a name?"

Was Poison Emperor such a bad name?

How majestic!

"Enter."

Ye Xu’s eyes also held a peculiar glint. Poison Emperor’s new name perfectly matched his aura the moment you heard it.

"This young lady pays her respects to the Master."

Yan Lingfei stepped into the hall, her figure soft and supple as she offered Ye Xu a curtsy.

"Huh?"

Su Mu’s expression shifted sharply in surprise. "Fellow Daoist Poison Emperor, have you fused all the parts of the great beast and advanced to the Immortal Venerable realm?"

Poison Emperor’s cultivation had indeed reached the Immortal Venerable realm.

Evidently, during this time, he had located all parts of the great beast, becoming the complete Primordial being—the great beast.

"I owe it all to Senior Lin," Yan Lingfei replied.

Since Lin Qianmo regained her memories, Poison Emperor had stayed within the Everlasting City of Desolation.

Numerous powerful experts from the Undying Divine Clans resided there. With their assistance, Yan Lingfei successfully devoured all parts of the great beast half a month prior, evolving into a complete great beast.

Furthermore, he had retained the "Poison Emperor" consciousness.

He was the great beast, yet also "Poison Emperor."

All of this stemmed from Ye Xu’s words spoken back then.

"I have come today specifically to thank the Master," Yan Lingfei said, lifting a delicate hand. The gauzy sleeve fluttered slightly, revealing a snow-white arm and causing the Formless Demon Lord to stare fixedly.

His beauty was near perfection, devoid of the slightest flaw—the sole figure capable of rivaling the Innate Moon Goddess.

After advancing to the Immortal Venerable realm, his aura grew even more captivatingly seductive. Every movement carried an alluring charm.

It is hard to change one’s nature.

Formless Demon Lord was an expert of the proof of the First Primordial Spirit, and he had severed ties with people like Han Ziyu and Yu Ziyi. But deep down, he still loved flirting with others.

"This object is the Dao fruit of an Immortal Venerable, and it is a token of thanks from this young lady."

A Dao fruit flew toward Ye Xu.

"Exchange."

Ye Xu did not refuse it. This Dao fruit, while it could only be exchanged for hundreds of billions of heavenly secrets points, was extremely precious to Yan Lingfei.

It could be said that the thought meant more than the gift.

"Actually, this time, this young lady also wishes to consult the Master with one more question," Yan Lingfei said, her eyes shimmering, "Primordial beings cultivate with limitations. If one wants to break through the shackles and advance further, I wonder if it is possible?"

"System, how many heavenly secrets points are needed to find a method for Kui to break through the limitations and cultivate normally?" Ye Xu asked.

【The host could accomplish it himself.】

"Me?" Ye Xu was surprised.

【The host had mastered the Great Dao of creation and could fundamentally change a being’s bloodline, soul, and Dao. As long as Kui shed the bloodline of a Primordial being and became an ordinary postnatal being, she could cultivate like a normal person.】

So it turned out like this…

Those words were truly enlightening.

He was habitually dependent on the system, so when faced with Yan Lingfei’s question, he almost consulted the system without thinking, completely forgetting he was a top expert proficient in the Great Dao of creation.

【Host, you need to learn to be independent.】

The system’s voice sounded old-fashioned.

The system’s words were not untrue.

Ye Xu rarely did not argue back against it.

"Daoist friend, if you wish to cultivate normally, then you need to give up the strong body that a Primordial being is born with. Are you willing?" Ye Xu pondered for a moment and spoke.

Yan Lingfei was stunned.

She had never thought about abandoning the body of a Primordial being.

"May I ask, Master, if I give up Kui’s body, will my cultivation regress and I become an ordinary person?"

Yan Lingfei looked serious. She knew very well that this choice, just like the last time at the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, would affect her entire life once she made the decision.

"That depends on your fortune."

Ye Xu said, "Perhaps you will become a mortal. Perhaps you can advance to a higher level."

"You can take your time to consider it."

Ye Xu laughed.

"I am willing."

Yan Lingfei said without hesitation.

"Very well." Ye Xu was slightly taken aback. Yan Lingfei had lived her life almost entirely to become Kui, yet today, she was giving up everything she had earned through hardship.

How much courage and willpower did this require?

He couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration.

Gaining was easy, but willingly letting go—that was truly difficult.

Su Mu and the Formless Demon Lord also watched with stunned expressions. This concerned the Dao path and even their lives. Even they wouldn’t dare make such a choice lightly.

How could those two know how much suffering Yan Lingfei endured to become the great beast?

After becoming the great beast and finding further progress impossible, Yan Lingfei naturally refused to accept it.

From the moment it chose to become itself, its goal was never merely to become another great beast.

"Please assist me, Master."

Yan Lingfei kneeled on the ground and kowtowed once. "As for the price, if it is within my power to give, Master may take it."

"The fleshly body of the great beast will suffice."

Ye Xu chuckled lightly. This time, he relied on his own ability, not the system.

Therefore, Ye Xu intended to charge a commission fee.

Boom!

Ye Xu activated the Creation Heart Sutra. Countless Divine Patterns of Creation enveloped Yan Lingfei. As the Great Dao channeled into its body, it began stripping away Yan Lingfei’s Primordial being essence, depriving it of the great beast’s bloodline and rules.

In an instant, Yan Lingfei felt its strength continuously weaken, its vitality drain, leaving it utterly feeble.

Yet, it felt not a shred of reluctance.

The great beast’s bloodline restricted its growth.

It believed that once the bloodline of a Primordial being was cast off, its comprehension and perseverance would allow its achievements in this lifetime to be no less than that of the great beast.

Yan Lingfei closed its eyes.

Free of distractions, it began contemplating Ye Xu’s Great Dao of creation.

A stick of incense passed.

Two incense sticks passed.

After a full half day, the great beast’s bloodline within Yan Lingfei was finally fully extracted by Ye Xu.

"System, exchange."

Ye Xu exchanged the great beast’s bloodline.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained one hundred and twenty billion heavenly secrets points.]

"Indeed, the full bloodline of a Primordial being." Ye Xu thought to himself. The great beast’s bloodline even surpassed that of ordinary Immortal Venerable cultivators.

Having shed the great beast’s bloodline, Yan Lingfei’s aura was weak.

Yet, an astonishing transformation occurred to its bearing—becoming increasingly pure. Though still captivatingly charming, it was now mingled with a sacred aura.

It sat cross-legged in lotus position, its aura climbing steadily from weakness, growing stronger and stronger.

"Could… could it be about to breakthrough?"

Su Mu exclaimed in shock.

One step further meant the proof of the First Primordial Spirit.

"Mm." Ye Xu nodded.

This was an expected matter.

Bang!

After an uncertain amount of time, Yan Lingfei’s cultivation advanced to the late stage of the Immortal Venerable Realm, yet she did not continue to break through.

"Huh? Strange." Ye Xu’s eyes slightly changed.

With Yan Lingfei’s insight, along with his Great Dao of creation and mana, she should have been able to cultivate at least to the proof of the First Primordial Spirit. So why had she stopped at the late Immortal Venerable Realm and not advanced further?

"Master, why do I feel that her strength is even stronger than mine?" the Formless Demon Lord said with confusion.

Yan Lingfei’s aura was clearly at the late Immortal Venerable Realm, yet the Formless Demon Lord felt that Yan Lingfei’s strength surpassed his own.

"Indeed, that’s the case," Ye Xu said.

This was precisely the strangest thing.

"If, after the end of the Great Dao, one can transcend without going through the Three Yuan Proof, then wouldn’t that correlate to the opportunity of the creation of the Tianyuan?" Ye Xu murmured to himself.

It should be noted that once the creation of the Tianyuan began, any Immortal Venerable at the end of the Great Dao could enter the Taihuang Ancient Realm to seek the opportunity for transcendence.

So did this mean that the so-called Three Yuan Proof realm was merely a detour taken by cultivators in lower plane universes who could not transcend relying on their Origin Dao?

"System, can you explain the changes in Yan Lingfei?" Ye Xu thought to himself.

【One hundred billion heavenly secrets points.】

"So cheap?" Ye Xu couldn’t believe it.

Had the damn system changed its nature?

【Once you enter the Hongmeng Dao Realm, you will understand everything.】

Ye Xu comprehended.

It seemed like the system wanted to pull one last piece of wool from him before he entered the Hongmeng Dao Realm, which was why it only asked for one hundred billion heavenly secrets points.

"Query immediately."

One hundred billion heavenly secrets points were erased, and the system’s voice sounded.

【After the end of the Great Dao lies the transcendent realm.】

【The so-called Three Yuan Proof is a method for cultivators in lower plane universes who, after reaching the end of the Great Dao, cannot find a suitable Origin Dao to enhance themselves.】

【However, finding an Origin Dao and integrating it through refinement is only the simplest method of transcendence.】

【To cut off the three bodies, one must go through the Three Yuan Proof to sever the past, present, and future.】

【As for why Yan Lingfei experienced such a change, it was because her insight was good. During her transformation, she comprehended a trace of profundity from the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, correlated it with your Great Dao of creation, and combined it with her own understanding, leading to this outcome.】

Ye Xu immediately understood.

After Ye Xian’er, Yan Lingfei was the second person capable of sensing the profundity of the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

"And what about Transcendence through Merit?"

Since he was asking, Ye Xu felt he must clarify everything.

【Transcendence through Merit, as the name implies, means that as long as one accumulates sufficient merit, even an ordinary person can ascend from a lower plane universe to the Hongmeng Dao Realm.】

"…"

Ye Xu frowned tightly.

This method sounded simple, but without strength, it was simply impossible to accomplish.

"Is shattering the Heavenly Dao and directly entering the Hongmeng Dao Realm also a method?" Ye Xu continued to ask.

【Host, shattering the Heavenly Dao of a lower plane universe implies possessing strength that surpasses the Heavenly Dao of that lower plane. After shattering it, consuming the entire universe naturally allows one to ascend.】

"And what about transcendence through the Three Proofs?"

Ye Xu posed the next question.

【Host, you are asking too many questions; it requires additional payment.】

"…"

"How much?" Ye Xu was covered in metaphorical sweat lines, thinking that old habits die hard indeed.

【Two trillion Star Yuan.】

"I’m not asking,"

Ye Xu smiled sheepishly.

"Then let me ask one last question: if I gather one hundred trillion Star Yuan to transcend, will I be stronger than the Ninth Young Master who transcended through the Three Proofs?"

【The question is too low-level; the system refuses to answer.】

"!!!"

At this moment, Ye Xu felt he had been insulted.