Essence Devouring Art

Haaa~

Wu Dao let out a soft breath, his mind calm and composed as he suppressed the boundless, illusory sense of power that came with his recent surge in strength.

His consciousness began to survey the now-stable, towering Thirty-Three Heavens Illusion, as well as the Heavenly Saber Small Circulation, where countless crackling Primordial Magnetic currents filled every inch of space.

This was a newborn Minor Circulation.

Its space was small and limited.

But its quality and grade far surpassed the likes of the Golden Cloud Sect Master’s gradeless Dharma Dantian space.

The moment it was formed,

the feedback of its potential alone increased Wu Dao’s Primordial Magnetic Power by fifty turns.

More importantly, fifty turns was not the upper limit of the Heavenly Saber Circulation.

As he gradually transformed the Thirty-Three Heavens from an illusion into reality in the future, the upper limit of the Heavenly Saber Circulation would continuously rise.

With this feedback,

the magnetic field space of his Primordial Magnetic Crystal Particles would also continuously draw closer to the All Heaven.

’I’ll continue.’

After a brief rest, the overloaded Primordial Dao Wheel returned to normal.

Wu Dao did not stop. He set his next target for opening a Minor Circulation on the Primordial Magnetic Celestial Prison Cage.

After forming a Minor Circulation, he could clearly feel that the Divine Country’s walls were no longer so indestructible. Perhaps he wouldn’t need to achieve Heaven Opening for all his Daos to break free from this cage.

***

The cosmos was silent.

In the starry void outside, one could scarcely feel the passage of time.

By his own subjective perception, about a month had passed since leaving the Primordial Cave Heaven.

The Jinxiao Ship finally sailed out of the Primordial Star Domain.

Within the Divine Country Grotto Heaven, Wu Dao finally halted his cultivation.

He sensed the many Circulations he had formed within his body, and the trillions of Crystal Grain Bodies that felt like a vast ocean of magnetic power.

He calmly opened his attribute panel.

[Physique: Sacred Spirit]

[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring·Opening the Sky (8/11)+]

[Three-Phase Divine Punishment Fist: 43,000 years (Fist Phase 0/33)+]

[Holy Spirit Transformation: 43,000 years (Horizontal Refining Tenth Dao Gate, Human World Yang God 0/33)+]

[All Heaven Magnetic Divine Power: Primordial Magnetic Celestial Saber, Ten Directions Divine Slaughter, Primordial Magnetic Tribulation Finger, Celestial Essence Magnetic Burst Fist, Primordial Magnetic Celestial Prison Cage, Primordial Magnetic Demon Embryo, Infinite Magnetic Shock. 0/33]

[Holy Spirit Divine Techniques: One Origin, Ten Thousand Transformations - Dharma Aspect 0/33]

[Great All Heavens Divine Techniques: Unassailable Dharma Aspect (0/33)+, Five Thunders Celestial Heart Technique, Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, Forced Disarmament, Great Thousand Seal, Dragon-breaking Skill, Celestial Will Four Symbols Fist... (Land Immortal)+]

Creation Divine Techniques: Great Silence of All Heavens (Grandmaster)+

Emperor Scripture: Thunder Emperor Scripture, Ten Thousand Solutions Emperor Scripture, Inference Celestial Emperor Scripture, Returning Abyss Sword Scripture, Luotian Sword Scripture, Qing Yu Annihilation Scripture (Land Immortal)+

Divine Format: Primordial (Lower True God)+

[Celestial Treasure: Bitter Dust Robe (Emperor’s Artifact 100%)

Celestial Treasure Advancement Ceremony: Suffering Dust Mortal Transformation.

Celestial Treasure Law: Concealing Celestial Secret, Cause and Effect Immunity.]

[Teleportation Points: 0]

’The Essence Devouring Art’s Dao Body Grand Circulation, and the Seven Great Primordial Magnetic Divine Powers’ Minor Circulations...’

Wu Dao looked at the 8/11 progress on his Essence Devouring Art. As his consciousness sank into his physique, he could see deep within the sea of countless Primordial Magnetic Crystals seven Minor Circulations, blazing like divine suns.

Within the Minor Circulations,

shining at the center of each Primordial Magnetic Vortex Wheel were the Primordial Magnetic Divine Techniques. Each had created its own heaven and earth, transforming into a Celestial Pillar Dao Foundation and evolving a Thirty-Three Heavens Illusory Phenomena with its own unique Mighty Power.

Most importantly, the formation of these seven Minor Circulations had raised Wu Dao’s magnetic field rotational power to five hundred and fifty turns.

It was not a simple additive increase of power; it was an explosive, all-around surge in his comprehensive strength. He could now utterly obliterate the version of himself who only had two hundred turns.

’Unfortunately, with the limited conditions, my Cultivation outside of the Main Path hasn’t improved much.’

Wu Dao glanced at his Transverse Cultivation and Soul Refining Technique, which had only increased by five thousand years, feeling a slight sense of regret.

In his estimation, he would need fifty thousand years in both techniques to be confident in shattering the shackles on his Dao Body’s potential and forming their Minor Circulations.

The difficulty, however, represented a higher level of achievement.

If his Transverse Cultivation and Soul Cultivation could open their own Circulations, the Magnetic Field Power fed back to his Essence Devouring Art would definitely exceed one hundred turns.

Haaa~

Closing the attribute panel, Wu Dao rose to his feet. His thoughts turned to the biggest reason he was able to form seven Minor Circulations in just one month despite the environment, and his consciousness probed the Primordial Dao Wheel.

Unsurprisingly, after a month of being run on overload, the more than two thousand weaker Celestial Being nodes on the periphery were completely spent. Not even ash remained.

This was after constantly replacing them, and using up every last one of his believers.

One could only imagine how terrifying the consumption for Wu Dao’s cultivation had been this past month.

The Divine Ability Users in the inner circle had all cracked apart, beyond any hope of repair.

The Great Divine Power Users and the Golden Cloud Sect Master in the innermost circle were unharmed, with plenty of use left in them.

At the same time, they had also endured countless tribulations and received boons in return, causing their Life Magnetic Fields to increase by a large margin.

Mm.

In a way, it could be considered their good fortune.

Take the Golden Cloud Sect Master, for example.

He had already reached the end of his potential in this lifetime.

Now, he had broken through his shackles in just one month.

If you were to take him out on his own, his strength would be comparable to a Phenomenon Perfect of the First Layer of a Saint Grade Dharma Aspect. If that wasn’t good fortune, what was?

’Low-quality nodes for the Dao Wheel are ultimately just filler. I need more high-quality nodes to keep the Primordial Dao Wheel’s Mighty Power from diminishing.’

Wu Dao gazed at the Primordial Dao Wheel, which looked significantly thinner. After checking its output, he found that although the inner circle had been enhanced, its total output had dropped to only three hundred turns. For now, it was struggling to keep up with his cultivation needs.

However, as for how to upgrade the Primordial Dao Wheel, Wu Dao already had an idea. If he could realize it, he wouldn’t need to replace the nodes for a very long time.

As for now...

WHOOOOSH~

A five hundred-turn Primordial Magnetic Vortex Wheel began to spin.

Raging, purple-gold Divine Fire surged endlessly from Wu Dao’s body, and divinity quickly filled his dark eyes.

As far as his gaze reached, the information of every inch of the Pocket World Divine Country’s crystal walls appeared in his mind as clearly as the lines on his own palm—their strengths, weaknesses, thickness, and thinness.

If this were an undamaged Divine Monarch’s Divine Country, the qualitative gap of a major realm would make it incredibly difficult for him to escape, even at the Peak of Full Dao Dharma.

But after three thousand years of decay and ruin, the Primordial Divine Monarch’s Grotto Heaven was left with only a sliver of its divine essence. It was weakened by an unknown magnitude and could only be described as being riddled with holes.

Using the authority of the Divine Fire to perceive its weak points, it wouldn’t be difficult for the current Wu Dao to get out. He no longer needed to be constrained by relying on the Faith Channel.

Haaa~

After a moment of analysis, Wu Dao took a single stride across the Grotto Heaven, unleashed Shen Wutian, and slapped his large hand against a dreamlike, glazed section of the crystal wall.

Infinite Magnetic Shock!

BZZZZT——

Empowered by Shen Wutian, the five-hundred-and-fifty-turn Primordial Magnetic Vortex Wheel flared up like oil on a fire, blazing with incandescent light. It drove the magnetic field around his hand into a frenzied vibration that annihilated everything.

It was clearly visible that after the originally indestructible crystal wall began to resonate with the magnetic field, it disintegrated as if a 2D image were hit by a dimensional-reduction strike, breaking down into countless one-dimensional black and white lines that flowed into Wu Dao’s body.

’Such pure magnetic field Energy. It even involves Creation Qi.’

Wu Dao savored the feeling. The black and white magnetic field Energy poured into his body, and his All Heaven Small Worlds craved it immensely, like a starving man feasting on the rarest delicacies.

In the Cave Heavens Realm, one forms the prototype of a world within their body.

What one absorbs is no longer simple Spiritual Qi and Primordial Qi, but Creation Qi—the foundational Mother Qi from which the Great Dao births all life during the creation of heaven and earth.

Only Creation Qi can enable a Cultivator to form a complete Grotto Heaven, and eventually, step by step, evolve it into a real World.

If one were to analyze it from the perspective of the Magnetic Field, this Creation Qi was undoubtedly the royal family of humanity. The purity of its Great Dao bloodline was far beyond what any common, flashy trash could ever hope to match.

To observe and capture Creation Qi, one must either be a Grotto Heaven Level expert or have the Great Fortune to stumble upon a Creation Source Stone Vein.

BZZZZ BZZZZ BZZZZ——

The Magnetic Field vibrated unceasingly.

As Wu Dao advanced, he continuously absorbed the magnetic field Energy that was converted from the Creation Qi within the shattered crystal walls.

He could clearly feel his seven Minor Circulations cheering with delight as they constantly expanded in size, boosting the power of his Primordial Magnetic Vortex Wheel.

Although the increase was minuscule, this was merely the amount contained within a single passageway.

This Divine Country, which had existed in the form of a Jiezhi Space since the fall of the Primordial Divine Monarch, was still enormous, even in its dilapidated state. Its size was no less than that of a star hundreds of thousands of miles in diameter. If he could absorb and refine all of it, he would definitely save himself an immense amount of painstaking cultivation.

An ordinary Cultivator would never have the good fortune to encounter Creation Qi while still in the Dharma Aspect realm.

Perhaps it was just as the old saying went: Fortune and disaster are two sides of the same coin.

VMMMM!

Before the final, thin layer of the Divine Kingdom Crystal Wall, he was careful to avoid damaging the Divine Country’s overall structure, which would cause the Creation Qi to rapidly dissipate.

Wu Dao reduced the output of his Infinite Gang Shock, focusing the attack from a surface to a single point. He poked a tiny channel in the crystal wall, only the size of a single Primordial Magnetic Crystal Particle.

CRACKLE—

Then, Wu Dao vibrated his Magnetic Field, dissolving his form into countless Crystal Grain Bodies. With a flash like an electric current, he shot through the channel.

CRACK!

Inside the silent Divine Hall aboard the Jinxiao Ship, the brow of the shadowed statue of the Primordial Divine Monarch split open.

Countless star-colored Primordial Magnetic currents wriggled out from the crack like the mature tentacles of a parasitic demon, eventually coalescing in the void to form a tall, majestic figure that seemed to prop up the heavens.

Haaa~

Landing on solid ground, Wu Dao closed his eyes and took a deep, enjoyable breath of the Hongyuan Great World’s air. His entire body relaxed. This was the taste of freedom!

He had been in Hongyuan for over a month, but it was only today that he could be considered to have truly entered this magnificent Great Era.

CRACKLE—CRASH.

The sound of shattering and disintegration echoed.

The majestic, holy statue of the Primordial Divine Monarch on the Divine Altar continued to fall apart, its gaze seeming to pity the living beings who were about to face the great darkness it had just unleashed.

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Your Divine Sect... I’ll take good care of it,"

Wu Dao said with a benevolent grin, unceremoniously snatching the fist-sized, diamond-faceted crystalline Divine Country from among the thousands of floating fragments.

VMMMM~

An immense sense of weight pressed down on him.

The Divine Country crystal was only the size of his fist, but Wu Dao felt as if he were holding up an entire star. It was incredibly heavy.

He had expected this, however.

With a bit of effort, he pulled the Divine Country completely from the Divine Altar and stored it within one of his Minor Circulations to serve as a reserve of cultivation fuel.

After stowing away the Divine Country, Wu Dao’s consciousness passed through the Jinxiao Ship. He looked back at the last star on the edge of the Primordial Star Domain, compared it to the Star Map in his mind, and confirmed his current distance from the Star Ruins Forbidden Area.

It wasn’t far.

With his current teleportation speed of over five hundred turns, he could cross the starry expanse and arrive in five days at most if he traveled at full speed.

And if he used the Primordial Dao Wheel, the time would be reduced even further.

With this in mind, Wu Dao dismantled the Jinxiao Ship’s core engine. He discarded the nearly obsolete components and spent some time integrating the rest into his damaged Primordial Dao Wheel.

VMMMM~

With the new nodes added, the Primordial Dao Wheel regained its vitality, its power reaching four hundred turns.

It floated behind Wu Dao like a dreamlike Star River vortex, slowly rotating as it gathered the cosmic magnetic field.

"The Primordial gives birth to the Great Dao, all living things return to the Primordial..."

As the three thousand nodes constructed of flesh, bone, and soul writhed and ground against each other, a tidal wave of male and female voices rose in praise and pilgrimage, releasing a torrent of devout, converted faith toward Wu Dao.

"Believe in me, and you shall receive the Primordial,"

Wu Dao said, cracking his neck. He grinned like a Demon God crawling out of Hell. With a tap of his foot, a magnetic vibration annihilated the Jinxiao Ship, and he shot into the vast, starry sky.

After covering some distance,

VMMMM!

the Primordial Dao Wheel on his back began to charge at high speed, spinning like a sea of stars as it devoured and distorted the surrounding cosmic magnetic field.

RUMBLE—

Wu Dao simultaneously exerted his own power, rotating his magnetic field.

CRACKLE!

With a sudden flash of lightning, man and wheel entered an abstract, blurry domain of magnetic jumps. In an instant, the stars seemed to shift, and he vanished into the cosmos at extreme speed.

His destination—

The Star Ruins!