On the Path to the Great Dao

"The newly arrived Master is a truly good person."

After Chen Shi left, the villagers of Fuluo Village were still discussing among themselves.

"Master Chen never collected rent from us, nor did he bully men or women. He is a righteous and incorruptible official. It wouldn't be right to beat him to death."

"Master Chen just casually picked a cucumber and ate a handful of cherries. Back in the Great Shang era, they would have skinned him alive and offered his hide to the Imperial Armor. The Celestial Court heavenly general who came to bully us last time, we buried him behind the mountain, didn't we? How many years ago was that?"

"Who remembers? In the past, the Celestial Court still sent Earth Spirits and immortal officials to try and collect our rent. We beat many of them to death, and they stopped sending people. This Master who came this time, he's a truly kind person."

"This Master seems very powerful, one or two times stronger than our village's Shang Du Gong. We can't beat him."

"That's right, we can't beat him. Otherwise, he'd be buried behind the mountain too."

"Cackle cackle!"

...

Chen Shi was completely unaware that he had earned the tenants' praise. He returned to the Celestial Way Residence and saw that Black Pot had finally come back from outside. The dog had been drinking with someone unknown and was utterly drunk, stumbling left and right. Two immortals were supporting him, escorting him home.

"This medicinal pill, what exactly is this medicinal pill? Next time I go to Fuluo Village, I must ask clearly."

Chen Shi was quite curious and swallowed a medicinal pill.

Once this medicinal pill entered his stomach, it was different from the cherries and cucumber he had eaten earlier. He felt the pill nourishing his physical body, moisturizing his Primordial Spirit, causing both body and spirit to slowly improve. His expression turned grave as he rose and hurriedly left, soon arriving at West Heaven Expanse.

Chen Shi summoned his sword box and executed the first move of the Primordial Chaos Sword Scripture, Earthly Qi's Cold Greeting.

His swordsmanship was fierce, the power contained within his sword Dao stronger than before, but Chen Shi's expression grew increasingly solemn: "Wrong, indeed wrong! The Dao patterns of this move were not perfected. At the moment of Heaven's Inverted Cycle of Life and Death, there were errors in my Dao patterns on the path of life!"

He rapidly corrected the errors, then immediately executed Wind Lord's Irregularity, quickly fixing the flaws in that move as well.

He continued executing move after move, performing the entire Primordial Chaos Sword Scripture and correcting dozens of errors.

These techniques were all comprehended by him through the Celestial Way's imprints. Previously, he simply believed what the Celestial Way believed, knowing the "how" but not the "why." But now, for some unknown reason, he suddenly knew both the "how" and the "why," allowing him to see many errors.

"The Primordial Chaos Dao Scripture also has mistakes in its cultivation!"

Chen Shi muttered to himself, sitting cross-legged in West Heaven Expanse, modifying the Dao patterns of the Primordial Chaos Dao Scripture that he had comprehended.

These Dao patterns were yin-yang Dao patterns, formed from his yin-yang enlightenment merged into the Primordial Chaos Dao Scripture. Previously, Chen Shi could not see these errors, but now he suddenly had an epiphany, his comprehension seeming to have greatly improved as he rapidly modified those yin-yang Dao patterns.

"Oh? I seem to have comprehended several other divine abilities from the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection!"

He suddenly leaped to his feet and actually began executing the other divine abilities of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection right there in West Heaven Expanse.

Besides the Small Heavenly Cycle Tribulation Formation, there were also Seven Stars Scattered, Constellations Divided, Ten Suns Clashing with the Dipper, and other divine abilities. For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt that these divine abilities of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection should naturally be executed this way.

After using the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection divine abilities, he didn't stop. He actually gathered qi into a blade and executed the Blood-Transforming Divine Blade's techniques with his bare hands.

This blade technique normally required the Blood Lake Sutra to be executed, yet Chen Shi actually elevated the Blood Lake Sutra to the Dao Realm level in a short time, as if manifesting a bloody myriad heavens. He performed the Seven Blood-Transforming Forms to perfection, unleashing the killing intent within the blade to a degree that shook the entire West Heaven Expanse!

Within this blade technique, the Dao patterns and Dao techniques he had never comprehended before were now all comprehended, and he corrected many of his own errors.

Chen Shi dispersed the blade qi and smoothly transitioned into the Mysterious Subtle Sword Scripture. This sword scripture was originally not an immortal-level technique, but in his hands, various exquisite moves that the Mysterious Subtle Sword Scripture originally did not possess were soon displayed, forcibly elevating this technique to the immortal level!

He dispersed the sword qi and then executed The Supreme Golden Court Wondrous Scripture, which transformed into The Cinnabar Heaven Controller of Fate Golden Register, followed by The Compassion Light Seventeen Purify Heaven and Earth Great Incantation!

Every immortal-level technique and cultivator technique he had learned or seen before was now all executed, casually modified, with every cultivation error and mistaken comprehension corrected!

Even some of the original creators' shortcomings within these techniques were improved by him, making them better than the originals!

Chen Shi had learned and seen an enormous number of techniques. Besides the True King's treasury, there were various methods remaining from the Great Shang Era and dozens of techniques from Despair Slope. Now, as he casually displayed them all, it was truly a spectacular display of dazzling brilliance, attracting many immortals from the heavenly soldier camps to come watch!

Among the heavenly soldiers and generals, there was no shortage of accomplished True Immortals and Gold Immortals. Seeing this scene, they all nodded in silent admiration.

Most immortals who ascended to the Earth Immortal Realm would consider it extraordinary fortune to cultivate one immortal technique and witness three to five types in their lifetime. Even if many immortal techniques were laid out before them, they wouldn't cultivate them. First, it was time-consuming and laborious. Second, dividing their attention too much would actually hinder their cultivation progress.

Yet Chen Shi had actually displayed over a hundred immortal techniques, each one extremely exquisite and awe-inspiring.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"To be able to cultivate all these immortal techniques to such a level, he is truly a genius!" someone praised.

However, they did not know that these techniques were originally not as exquisite as Chen Shi displayed them. It was Chen Shi's modifications that made them so marvelous.

Commander Wu Guanyun watched and thought to himself: "Truly worthy of the Young Master who came from a famous sect. His learning and comprehension are truly formidable, far beyond my reach! In such a short time, the Young Master's Dao techniques and cultivation have advanced yet again. This inheritance is enough to make anyone envious!"

Chen Shi practiced and corrected everything he had learned and comprehended, finally exhausting the medicinal power of this single pill.

That crystalline clarity gradually faded, and Chen Shi actually felt as if he had become much dumber, leaving him with a sense of loss.

"Who exactly is Spirit Treasure Daoist? A medicinal pill casually given to Fuluo Village actually has such miraculous effects!"

Only now did he understand why the people of Fuluo Village had such high cultivation and strength. Spirit Treasure Daoist's medicinal pills not only enhanced the villagers' cultivation and power but also improved their aptitude and comprehension, turning them into supremely intelligent master experts!

Even though they would return to normal after the effect wore off, their Dao techniques and divine abilities would inevitably be greatly improved!

Soldiers from other camps flew over, intending to speak with Chen Shi and seek his guidance on Dao techniques, only to see him suddenly transform into a beam of immortal light and flee into the distance. The crowd was stunned and shook their heads: "This man is truly aloof. He didn't even spare us immortals a glance."

Chen Shi hurried back to the Celestial Way Residence and grabbed Black Pot, who was sound asleep.

Black Pot, still bleary-eyed, looked at him in confusion.

Chen Shi took out a duck egg from his pocket and said, "Eat this first, it'll sober you up."

Black Pot yawned and swallowed the duck egg. Suddenly he froze, then let out a loud bark, stood up on his hind legs, summoned the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler, and began dancing wildly around the courtyard, venting the terrifying medicinal power within the duck egg.

"Boom boom boom!"

One Celestial Way Residence after another was smashed to pieces by him. Even Chen Shi's own Celestial Way Residence was reduced to rubble by the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler.

Black Pot desperately refined the power within the duck egg and finally managed to fully refine it. He felt his cultivation had actually improved considerably and couldn't help but marvel.

"Black Pot, try this one too!"

Chen Shi tossed over a medicinal pill.

Black Pot swallowed the pill. At first, he didn't feel anything particularly special, but gradually, his doggy eyes grew brighter and brighter, clearer and clearer. Suddenly, he started barking incessantly at Chen Shi.

"You feel it too, right?"

Chen Shi said excitedly, "Do you feel like you've become much smarter? All those Dao techniques you learned before, do you see many errors in them? Do you feel like those techniques can still be improved?"

Black Pot charged out of the Celestial Way Residence, heading straight for West Heaven Expanse.

In West Heaven Expanse, the heavenly soldiers and generals had not yet dispersed. They were still discussing the actions of the heavenly soldier Chen Shi when they saw the black immortal rushing in. He summoned the Heaven-Measuring Iron Ruler, activated the Seventh New Talisman, and danced while riding thunder. His techniques and divine abilities were truly mysterious and unfathomable!

Black Pot quickly performed all his Dao techniques, then switched to another technique, namely the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection.

Commander Wu Guanyun was dumbfounded, a voice screaming in his heart: "The black immortal is also a Young Master! He too is a disciple of that existence!"

Little did he know, Chen Shi had spread the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection far and wide after comprehending it. In the Western Ox New Continent, while not exactly in everyone's hands, the number of people cultivating this technique was absolutely not small!

The Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection in the Western Ox New Continent was like the Primordial Chaos Dao Scripture in the Earth Immortal Realm. Any cultivator, whether they were human or not, wanted to practice it. Whether they could actually master it was another matter.

Black Pot executed the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection once, then switched to other techniques. Chen Shi's Yin-Yang Dao Field, Heaven-Earth Variation, Jade Emperor's Embryonic Breathing Scripture, The Xiao Lang Imperial Chapter Technique, The Jade Emperor Nine Heavens Register, and various other techniques were all displayed one by one.

Chen Shi had seen an enormous number of techniques, and since Black Pot followed him around, he had basically seen them all as well. Previously, he only chose to cultivate the ones he was interested in. But now, after taking Spirit Treasure Daoist's medicinal pill, techniques he had never learned before suddenly became perfectly clear to him!

In West Heaven Expanse, over a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers who were drilling stood dumbfounded, staring blankly as Black Pot executed various immortal techniques flawlessly, a truly breathtaking sight.

After a long while, Black Pot finally exhausted the medicinal power of this pill. He looked around in confusion and saw a sea of people, all heavenly soldiers and generals watching him.

When their eyes met, they all said, "Daoist Black must be tired. Please go rest."

"Smashed our Celestial Way Residences? What does that matter? No need to apologize!"

Everyone urged him to go rest, so Black Pot took his leave and soon arrived at the Celestial Way Residence that had been flattened to the ground, finding Chen Shi there.

Chen Shi smiled and said, "This type of medicinal pill was refined by a few of my tenants. Where did the tenants come from? That's a long story."

In the Heavenly King's residence, King Li soon received news from West Heaven Expanse and had quite a headache.

"In the blink of an eye, Chen Shi has caused such a commotion. And the black immortal, he's also this formidable. I underestimated them."

King Li raised his hand and approved a memorial, muttering softly, "The Heavenly Official Great Emperor is right. It's time to test Chen Shi's background."

Before long, the Fire Battalion where Chen Shi was stationed received a transfer order.

"It is ordered that the Fire Battalion of the Chen Character Office of the Chen Character Guard proceed to Thunderclap Mysterious Province to investigate the Mud Bodhisattva incident. Depart immediately. No delays permitted. Violators will be subject to military law!"