Essence Devouring Art

Her Innate instinct for sensing malice from peer predators in the natural food chain far surpassed that of Human Race cultivators.

A moment ago.

She had felt a faint, covetous gaze—one that had nothing to do with lust, but was the pure, bloodthirsty stare of a Hunter locking onto its prey!

’Did it give up?’

After a moment of wary vigilance.

Yaya found that the chilling gaze had only swept over her for an instant before vanishing. Yet, she didn’t relax; instead, a shadow of unease fell over her.

’Putting herself in its shoes...’

’If she herself had targeted a prey, she would never give up before it was in her jaws. That meant the earlier gaze was merely a mark, a prelude to the hunt.’

’A competitor, or...?’

A cold glint flickered in Yaya’s eyes. ’An unknown enemy in the shadows is always more terrifying than one in plain sight!’

At this thought, her vigilance sharpened, and she accelerated her progress in comprehending the Divine Technique.

Simultaneously, she sent a telepathic message to Xiaocai, telling her to activate her Lifebound Divine Technique to foresee any impending disaster. She was preparing to lure out this beast and see just whose bite was stronger!

「Meanwhile.」

Because of the obscuring effect of the Supreme Mark, Wu Dao didn’t recognize Yaya.

He also never imagined that when father and daughter met again after twenty years, it wouldn’t be a heartwarming reunion, but a standoff between a Hunter and its prey.

WHOOSH~

Below Huanwu Peak.

An Incarnation of Wu Dao stepped out of the void, its gaze sweeping across the Enlightenment Platforms bobbing within the Chaotic Qi Flow.

Looking up, he saw the core where the starlight of the Star Sea converged.

The mountain peak, shrouded in the nexus of the universe’s many veins, was also gradually being unsealed.

Faintly, one could hear deafening Daoist Teachings expounding on the mysteries of the Supreme Divine Techniques.

The Ten Great Supreme Divine Techniques of All Heavens.

They were the ten most dazzling jewels among the crystallized achievements of the Extraordinary, forged over countless years since the Heaven Opening of the Hongyuan era.

The only things more sublime... were the Taoist Scriptures of the All Tribulations Provers.

However, a Taoist Scripture represented a unique and unreplicable path to Attainment Dao.

Therefore, the Ten Great Supreme Divine Techniques were the ultimate pursuit of countless cultivators. Daoists of every era have drawn upon their mysteries to perfect their own Taoist Scriptures.

And atop Huanwu Peak, five of the Strongest Divine Techniques lay sealed!

One of Wu Dao’s main goals this time was to perfect his 365 Grand Circulations, so he naturally wasn’t going to miss this.

Of course, even after he perfected them, Wu Dao wouldn’t pass them up; the more roots his Primordial Magnetic Dao had, the closer he would be to the Great Dao.

After the third stage of the Essence Devouring Art, the Taoist Magic and Divine Techniques of All Heavens would still serve as nourishment for his growing roots. The more, the better; collecting them all would be true perfection.

VMMMM—

Ripples of starlight undulated like waves.

After Wu Dao probed the restrictive Magnetic Field around the peak and found it as unbreachable as a Divine Wall, he stopped trying and turned to search for other Emperor Scripture Divine Techniques to comprehend.

His Main Body, meanwhile, was analyzing the core nodes of the Magnetic Field in the space-time surrounding Cosmic Mountain to lay a Grand Array, a task that would take a great deal of time.

That time, naturally, could not be wasted.

The area below the peak contained numerous Emperor Scriptures and the vast majority of the Dao Platforms for the Great Gods of All Heavens.

As long as he found them, for Wu Dao, who possessed the Primordial Star Mother, comprehension was merely a matter of an instant.

"Get down from there! You think you’re worthy of comprehending an Emperor Scripture?"

After advancing through the Chaotic Qi Flow for a short while, a displeased, thunderous shout echoed from ahead. It seemed a dispute was taking place.

’An Emperor Scripture?’

Wu Dao’s interest was piqued. With a single step, he arrived before a Dao Platform suffused with green light, hovering high above the chaotic clouds.

The Enlightenment Stele at the Dao Platform’s core was now fully activated.

Myriad ancient, green scriptures flickered and danced, releasing a vibrant, ocean-like wave of life force. It appeared to be an Emperor Scripture related to life.

Beneath the Enlightenment Stele, a young man in green robes had an ugly expression on his face.

Before him, a group of striking young men and women, all exuding an air of intimidating talent, sneered contemptuously at the youth in green.

"Heaven Mending Sect... You’re all... very good!"

After a moment’s standoff, the young man, apparently aware that he was outmatched and outnumbered, didn’t dare force a confrontation. He could only grit his teeth, flick his sleeves, and storm away.

"Tch! Filthy commoner!"

The leader of the Heaven Mending Sect’s Celestial Prides, a handsome youth with arrogant eyes, spat in disdain. He rubbed his hands together, about to begin comprehending the Emperor Scripture.

But just then—

"Get down from there! You think you’re worthy of comprehending an Emperor Scripture?"

Wu Dao stepped onto the Dao Platform, delivering the same condescending, displeased rebuke. The members of the Heaven Mending Sect were left utterly stunned.