Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 729 Yuanhuang Star, Yujing Dynasty, Dongxuan City, White Bone Mountain (Two-in-One)

"...Legend has it that when magic is cultivated to its highest level, it possesses all sorts of incredible powers. Hundreds of years ago, a Daoist master helped his disciple cultivate magic..."

It unleashed an ultimate concealment spell, obscuring the secrets of all realms…

On the gray stone platform, Li Yuan was carefully considering his words, preparing to ask the 'noble person' for some benefits, when he suddenly heard a voice related to the Dao Lord.

"The ultimate application of law obscures the secrets of Heaven?"

Li Yuan was taken aback.

This was the first time he had heard the Dao Lord's voice, but when he focused his mind and tried to hear it, he found it very vague.

"What kind of magic do you need to practice to conceal the secrets of the heavens?"

Feeling somewhat curious, but knowing it concerned Daojun, Li Yuan dared not think too much about it. He simply kept it in mind and turned to walk towards the giant bronze coffin.

"senior……"

Li Yuan bowed respectfully, but before he could finish speaking, he felt a blur before his eyes and was already drawn into the secret realm of the Divine Burial Coffin.

"Om~"

It seemed as if endless, intricate light and shadow were intertwining and flowing before my eyes.

"This is?"

Li Yuan looked around and found himself in deep darkness, with only specks of light coming from the surrounding shadows.

He stared intently, and even with the blessing of the Military Commander's Scroll, he could vaguely discern mountains, rivers, vegetation, and cities within the flowing light and shadow.
"Om~"

At that moment, a tremor came from above. Li Yuan looked up and saw a huge bronze coffin lid in the darkness, with a relief carving of a black cat on it.

In the darkness, the black cat's eyes glowed red, which was rather eerie.

"The spirit of the bronze coffin!"

Just as this thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind, the black cat stepped out from the relief.

It paced in the darkness, its eerie red eyes scrutinizing Li Yuan with shock, doubt, resentment, and hesitation.

'This cat's emotions are so intense!'

The emotional fluctuations of non-living beings cannot generate incense offerings, but Li Yuan's perception is keen, and he can sense that this cat is very spiritual.

"You played very well this time..."

The black cat licked its paws: "Unfortunately, it was ultimately killed by the God King's Guillotine."

"……Correct."

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

His mind raced, but he didn't believe the black cat had come to give him a post-battle report. It had previously disliked him intensely, and its sudden appearance this time...

"I won?"

"you!"

The black cat was carefully choosing its words when it heard this seemingly questioning but actually assertive statement, and its fur immediately bristled:
"If you die first, how do you win?"

"I won!"

Seeing its fur stand on end, Li Yuan felt a sense of relief, followed by great joy. Ignoring the black cat's hostile gaze, he bowed respectfully towards the darkness.
"Thank you, senior."

"What are you doing!" the black cat shouted angrily.

The voice of the Five Dragon Immortals came from the darkness, and she asked in surprise, "Why are you thanking me?"

"If it weren't for the senior pushing the trial to the third level, even if I had several more lives, I would never have been able to win..."

Li Yuan expressed his gratitude sincerely.

"..."

The black cat almost slapped him. Did this little bastard think he didn't exist?

"...I should be thanking you."

Wulong Xian was taken aback at first, then scolded the coffin spirit: "Little Black, stop fooling around!"

"……Oh."

The black cat trembled with anger, but still reluctantly agreed.

It glanced at the chaotic youth with disdain, then slammed its paw down. With a loud 'bang,' a sound like fireworks exploding in the darkness scattered into a sky full of stars.

"Upon clearing the level once, you can choose one spiritual item..."

"Little black!"

Hearing its owner's voice, the black cat felt rather tired and changed its tone:

"three item!"

Aren't they all for me?

Li Yuan inwardly grumbled, but his expression remained impassive. Instead, he bowed again in thanks to the darkness.

"Choose quickly!"

The black cat was indignant. How could that be considered a victory?
'This is the very foundation of the Origin Divine Dynasty…'

Glancing at the sky filled with divine light, Li Yuan suppressed his impulse and continued, "I have already comprehended the divine power that Senior bestowed upon me last time, but the 'Origin Divine Rune' is nowhere to be found..."

"you……"

Before the black cat could stop him, with a 'whoosh', a streak of light emerged from the darkness and landed in front of Li Yuan in a flash.

"Little Black may have forgotten to give you this divine rune; it's not one of the three items!"

"Thank you, senior!"

Ignoring the black cat's murderous gaze, Li Yuan reached out and caught the stream of light.

With a moment of focused concentration, he seemed to see the sun, moon, stars, and the origin of all things in this light, far more complex than any divine rune he had ever obtained.

It appears to be a single line, yet it seems to contain countless divine runes.

"...Choose!"

The black cat no longer wanted to be angry.

"Ah."

Li Yuan put away the Origin Divine Rune and then focused on observing the specks of divine light in the darkness. He tried to observe with the Weapon Master's Talisman, but perhaps due to the concealment of divine forms or the distance being too far, he could not see anything.

'It's all down to luck?'

Li Yuan was speechless. He then switched his control, throwing all the control items that could amplify one's luck into the weapon talisman. Then, relying on his intuition, he pointed:
"Then, those three items will do."

"So decisive?"

The black cat was startled, then turned around to look. When it saw the several beams of divine light that the boy was pointing to, it was immediately shocked.

"you……"

It turned to look at Li Yuan, its eyes flashing with red light, showing a mixture of surprise and realization.

'This kid is probably destined for great fortune...'

The black cat suddenly stopped being angry.

The Chaotic Body possesses a flexible and decisive mind, is ruthless in battle, highly intelligent, and blessed with great fortune.

It felt that this kid was fully qualified to be its master's protector!
Thinking about it this way, it found the boy much more pleasing to the eye. It immediately clapped its paws, concealing the other divine objects, while the three streams of light followed.

"You're lucky. Among these three divine artifacts, there's an exceptionally good one..."

Excellent?

Li Yuan noticed the black cat's emphasizing tone and then looked at the three spiritual objects enveloped in divine light.

A streak of light, a seed of divine runes, and an ancient scroll.

"This divine rune is called 'Starry Sky,' a high-grade divine rune that can be used to cultivate various supernatural abilities. And the seed of that divine rune should contain a top-level spell, or perhaps a supernatural ability!"

The black cat pointed to the flowing light and the seed of divine runes, its gaze falling on the ancient scroll, its expression shifting:
"As for this ancient scroll..."

Li Yuan could no longer hear what it was saying; when he saw the ancient scroll, his mind went blank.

【? ? ? 】

【? ? ? 】

【Control conditions:? ? ? 】

[Control Effect: ???]

What the hell!

Li Yuan was extremely shocked; it was the first time he had ever seen such a controllable object.

Rank, control conditions, origin, effects... none of it is visible!

"This ancient scroll..."

Li Yuan looked at the black cat, whose eyes were filled with awe. It hesitated for a long time, seemingly unable to speak.

Still in the darkness, Wulong Xian began to introduce himself:
"This ancient scroll contains my uncle's handwritten notes from years ago. It's not particularly rare, but the cover seems to have come from the First Emperor..."

"You, watch carefully..."

The God-King's handwritten inscription, the skin of the Ancestral Dragon!
Li Yuan gasped, never expecting his luck to be so good.

'A handwritten letter from the God-King! If only I could control this…'

The mere thought that crossed Li Yuan's mind made it difficult for him to breathe.

"The skin of the Ancestral Dragon must not be tainted by any divine thoughts or magical power, otherwise great calamity will surely follow. If you wish to study it, remember that you can only observe it with your naked eyes!"

The black cat hesitated for a moment, then gave this 'protector' a warning.

"Thank you, senior."

Li Yuan naturally knew the importance of the matter, so he restrained his five senses and magical power before carefully accepting it.

Even disregarding the God King's handwritten words, the mere fact that it was made from the skin of the Ancestral Dragon was terrifying enough.

The Ancestral Dragon was an unparalleled overlord from the ancient times, the source of the bloodline of all dragons in the myriad realms. It seems that there is no information about this Ancestral Dragon in the Dongxuan Mountain Scripture Pavilion.

Li Yuan knew about the Ancestral Dragon because he had a son named the 'Prison-Suppressing Dragon King,' who was listed among the Ten Fiends of the Primordial Era...

"All right."

Seeing him bow and express his gratitude, the black cat felt much better. It then clapped its paws, and the intertwined light and shadow in the darkness instantly transformed into six light gates.

The six gates of light contained their inner energy, with only one gate open. Li Yuan focused his gaze and could vaguely see the ancient city of Mingquan.

Clearly, it corresponds to the Five Dragon Immortals.

"You only managed to pass the first test by luck, not because you have any extraordinary abilities. However, the Immortal is still willing to give you a chance."

The black cat paced through the air and pointed to the first door: "From now on, you may freely enter and exit this door to take on challenges."

Li Yuan nodded and listened intently.

"As for the other five doors, they also correspond to five Dao-transformed shadows. You may choose one of them. If you win, you will receive six spiritual items and open the next door."

The black cat explained it to him.

"Where is the first door?"

Li Yuan inquired.

"You will receive a spiritual item for each victory, but it is best if you complete all four realms before advancing."

The black cat glanced at him:
Choose a door.

"May I ask, senior, are there differences in strength among these five doors?"

Li Yuan continued to ask questions.

"Maybe there is, maybe there isn't."

The black cat was vague, as if it didn't know either.

In the darkness, Wulong Xian also spoke, his tone uncertain:
"These five doors should be about the same size?"

"...I understand now."

Li Yuan cupped his hands in greeting, understanding dawning on his mind.

These two probably never went behind those five doors...

"Choose!"

The black cat urged.

Li Yuan observed carefully, but couldn't discern any difference. After thinking for a moment, he chose the door closest to the Five Dragon Immortals:

"This one will do."

"Om~"

Before he could finish speaking, the black cat had already kicked him through the second door.

"Boom!"

Before Li Yuan could even curse, he was already helplessly falling into it. He focused his mind and sensed that the void was churning, as if endless light and shadow flashed by in an instant.

"Whoo~"

The next instant, the five senses returned.

Li Yuan composed himself and was immediately hit by a stench. He frowned and looked around, finding himself in a shack. When he looked up, he saw two fine horses.

"puff!"

One of the horses snorted.

"..."

Li Yuan was speechless. He shook off the horse manure and straw from his body, walked out of the stable, and found that it was an extremely large horse farm.

He glanced around and found that there were thousands of similar stables on both sides, and each stable contained two fine horses.

"The magic power has been suppressed."

Li Yuan focused his senses and discovered that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him was extremely active, no less than that of Dongxuan Mountain. However, the magical power within his body was suppressed by an invisible force, which even a god-level expert could not detect, let alone cast spells.

"As expected, this is a testing ground specially set up for that important person..."

Li Yuan inwardly grumbled.

Suppressing the magical power of that nobleman who didn't cultivate body supernatural abilities and throwing him into the stable might have had some impact, but to him, what did that matter?
Even without being able to unleash the Prison Suppression Divine Power, he could still kill a group of cultivators at the third realm with his physical strength alone.

At this moment, a faint light appeared in Li Yuan's eyes.

[Bloodline: Human]

[Constitution: Chaotic Dharma Body]

[Realm: Perfected Divine Palace]

[With ten thousand lives, defeat the Qingxuan Daoist]

"Ten thousand lives... Qingxuan Daoist, the guardian of the second gate?"

Li Yuan understood immediately and then disappeared from the spot.

He walked out of the horse farm and encountered several monkeys guarding the farm. They were all at the initial stage of cultivation, and he quietly bypassed them.

"Om~"

The moment he stepped out of the horse farm, Li Yuan felt a slight warmth between his brows, but he was already free from his restraints.

"Is there a protective barrier or divine restriction beneath this horse ranch?"

Looking back at the horse farm, Li Yuan vaguely sensed an extremely fierce aura, seemingly dormant, but unconsciously spreading.

"This is probably the fifth realm..."

Li Yuan's eyelids twitched slightly, and he decisively withdrew his energy.

Even though he had ten thousand chances, he wasn't going to waste any of them. He quietly slipped away and left the horse farm.

Beyond the horse farm lay a vast wilderness, where exceptionally handsome horses galloped back and forth, creating bursts of thunderous roars.

The horses raised here are naturally exceptional.

Further away, there is an ancient city, and behind the city, you can vaguely see a very high mountain.

"The second challenge should be that mountain."

Li Yuan made a guess in his mind, and then walked towards the ancient city.

……

"..."

At the same time, the person and the cat who were paying attention to the second secret realm exchanged a glance and fell silent.

"What is Uncle-Grandpa planning to do?"

Wu Longxian frowned deeply, feeling that his great-uncle had underestimated him.

After the destruction of the divine city, she had been wandering for many years. What kind of trial was that horse farm to her?
"My Lord, please don't be angry."

The black cat offered a word of comfort, explaining on behalf of its old master:
"The material that Your Excellency used to create this secret realm was six fragments of time that you extracted and captured from the past using your supreme divine powers."
Aside from the shadow of the Dao within, there are no other features.

Wu Longxian didn't dwell on this, but instead looked at the black cat:

"What ancient history does this second secret realm capture? Who is the one who has attained enlightenment?"

"Allow me to sense something."

The black cat focused its attention on sensing.

As the spirit of the Divine Burial Coffin, it could not defy the will of the Five Dragon Lords, so it was unaware of the other five secret realms before. But now that Li Yuan had entered one, it could naturally sense it.

After a few breaths, the black cat opened its eyes, its expression somewhat strange:
"This piece of ancient history seems to be a fragment from before 'Qingxuan Daoist' attained enlightenment..."

"Qingxuan Daoist?"

Upon hearing this name, Wulongxian's breath hitched: "Grand Uncle, Grand Uncle really thinks highly of me, he even has Qingxuan Daoist..."

My lord is about to lay the foundation for your divine emperorship!
The black cat thought to itself, but dared not say it aloud; it just looked at the light screen with a strange expression.

"By the way, Immortal Master, which Weitian Dao Sect did this kid join before?"

The black cat seemed to remember something and asked a question.

"do not know."

Wulongxian shook his head.

"I wonder if this lad will be able to meet Daoist Qingxuan this time..."

The black cat pondered these thoughts as it continued watching.

……

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to continue his journey.

As he strolled slowly through the wilderness, he couldn't resist taking out the scroll of the 'God King's Handwritten Book'.

The ancient scroll wasn't heavy to hold, but when he tried to open it, the pages felt as heavy as mountains, and he struggled to open it without using his magic.

"This scroll of calligraphy is probably of very high quality..."

Upon opening the first page, Li Yuan was not surprised but delighted. He concealed his aura and only looked at it with his naked eye.

"...Today...they came to invite me...to listen to the Dharma, but after consideration, I politely declined...Is the turmoil in the Divine Dynasty solely due to the Ruins of Return? Is it related to the Weitian Dao Sect?"

The pages were covered with divine script, but to Li Yuan's alarm, he couldn't make out many of the words written on them.

"Where should we listen to the Dharma? The Weitian Dao Sect? The Guixu Otherworld?"

Li Yuan pondered this as he read on, word by word.

The ancient scroll is not large, but it contains far more text than expected.

Just as Wulongxian said, this is merely a handwritten note, not some kind of secret manual.

However, for him, this book on controlling objects was of great value, so he was not disappointed.

"...The creation of Guixu has failed again...That Mother of Ten Thousand Kun actually wanted to...Unfortunately, the cycle of reincarnation...However, the turmoil in the Divine Dynasty is too severe. My Origin God Clan is showing signs of decline. After me, who can support the Divine Dynasty?"

The text in the ancient scroll is not systematic and is more like a collection of random thoughts.

Li Yuan watched patiently, and when he reached the end, his eyes narrowed as he saw something that greatly interested him.

"Nine is the ultimate, ten is the limit. The Nine-Scene Golden Elixir may not truly be the ultimate... Did he actually condense a Super Grade Great Elixir back then? Was his ancestor also at the Ten-Scene level?"

"Super Grade Dan!"

Li Yuan's eyes were bright, but he stopped abruptly. He wanted to turn to the second page, but the page felt incredibly heavy. He really couldn't turn it without using his magic.

But if one uses magic...

"Ok?"

The thought had barely crossed Li Yuan's mind when he felt a jolt in his heart, as all sorts of concealment spells were issuing warnings.

"These pages..."

Li Yuan changed his control, and with the help of the perception set, he vaguely seemed to see the trace of a dragon scale on the page.

"Could it be that the skin of the Ancestral Dragon could come back to life after being imbued with magical power?"

Li Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately suppressed his aura and carefully stored it in his weapon-controlling space, preparing to find a way to turn the page to the second page later.

At that moment, he paused slightly as the ancient city came into view.

The city was not large, not even comparable to Hengshan City, let alone the immortal city of Tianshiyuan, but Li Yuan was taken aback and his gaze fell on the ancient city wall.

Above it are two large characters:

"Dongxuan".

"It seems we are destined to meet."

Upon seeing the words "Dongxuan," Li Yuan felt a sense of familiarity and immediately followed the others into the city.

The ancient city was not large, but it was inhabited by various races. Humans only made up a small part of the population, while the majority were the 'Night Demons' with four arms and the 'Wild Apes' with their hair still intact.

……

After entering the city, Li Yuan, as usual, searched for intelligence.

"Origin, the Sixth Period!"

Inside a restaurant, Li Yuan held an ancient scroll in his hand, his brows furrowed, looking somewhat surprised and uncertain.

But what shocked him was not that this city was in the sixth era of origin.

But...

"Yuanhuang Star, Yujing Dynasty, Dongxuan City, White Bone Mountain..."

Could this be a coincidence?!

Li Yuan was filled with surprise and doubt, and decisively withdrew from the Divine Burial Secret Realm.

"Om~"

The next instant, he stepped out of the portal and into a dark place.

"Who is that Qingxuan Daoist?"

Before he could even see anyone, Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"The person guarding the second pass."

The black cat quietly emerged from the darkness.

"..."

Li Yuan ignored it and instead cupped his hands in greeting towards the darkness, asking, "Senior, may I ask who this Daoist Qingxuan is?"

"Qingxuan is his Daoist name. No one knows his original name. All that is known is that he was born on Yuanhuang Star..."

In the darkness, Wulong Xian hesitated for a moment, but still answered:

"...In the sixth era of origin, he joined the Weitian Dao Sect and was given the Daoist name 'Qingxuan' by the Great Luo Heaven Ancestor. Later, he became the Lord of the Great Luo Heaven!"

"..."

While Li Yuan was shocked, he suddenly remembered his conversation with Ling Shu Tong Zi when he joined Dongxuan Mountain.

The latter once said that his master had nine major Daoist temples, but Dongxuan Mountain was the most special. At the time, he wondered why it was special, but now he thinks about it...

"The Grandmaster bestowed the name upon me..."

Li Yuan was shocked for a long time before he came to his senses.

"you……"

The black cat reacted quickly: "You wouldn't happen to be from the Great Luo Heavenly Gate, would you?"

Li Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief:

"I am a disciple of Dongxuan Mountain and a member of the Daluo Tianmen... Qingxuan Daoist should be my grandmaster!"

"This……"

The black cat was somewhat taken aback, not expecting such a coincidence.

In the darkness, Wu Longxian straightened up, somewhat nervous:
"So, are you still going to fight?"

"Um……"

Li Yuan looked at the door, feeling somewhat hesitant.

He was somewhat curious about his master, whom he had never met, but also felt uneasy. What if his master sensed something?

The black cat snorted.
"Double the spiritual items!"

……

Li Yuan still stepped into the portal.

He didn't care much about whether it was a spiritual object or not; what he mainly wanted to do was pay homage to his master who had not yet attained enlightenment.

"Om~"

With a faint glimmer of light, Li Yuan re-entered Dongxuan City.

He patiently gathered various pieces of information and compiled them to gain a general understanding of this second secret realm.

The horse farm outside Dongxuan City belongs to a violent ape at the peak of the fifth realm, while in the White Bone Mountain behind the city lives a wandering Taoist named Qingxuan.

He was said to be at the fourth or fifth level of cultivation, and that he came to subdue the violent ape.

……

……

Woo~
A lone boat sails through the darkness.

"This Tai Xuan Sword Scripture is truly exquisite, but unfortunately, it is difficult to master without an innate sword dao saintly body. It's a pity, Nephew Li..."

At the bow of the ship, the old Taoist Tianyun played with the Knowledge Orb, sending his understanding of the sword scripture to Li Yuan one by one, before putting the Knowledge Orb away.

"Given Junior Nephew Li's talent, he will reach the fifth realm at most in a hundred years. If that bearded man is truly unwilling, why not ask Junior Nephew Li?"

As Daoist Tianyun was pondering, he suddenly had a sudden realization.

"Master summons me?"

He snapped to attention, put away the knowledge ball, and immediately focused his mind on communicating with the Great Luo Diagram.

"Om~"

Daoist Tianyun felt a momentary daze, and in the next instant, he had entered an ancient and simple hall, where powerful auras arrived almost simultaneously.

"They're all here..."

Daoist Tianyun sat cross-legged on the futon in the last row. With a glance, he saw his fellow disciples. The twelve futons in the front were also full.

At the very front of the main hall stood an old Taoist priest dressed in a purple robe.

(End of this chapter)