On the Path to the Great Dao

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor, King Li, and the others saw Chen Shi look up, and each of them subtly averted their gaze, but then their eyes fell back on Chen Shi's Primordial Spirit.

Chen Shi's Primordial Spirit swept the area once and found no abnormalities, so he paid it no further mind.

At first, he found the feeling of being watched rather unsettling, but gradually he grew accustomed to it.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is abundant. Worthy of the Earth Immortal Realm, any random place here is no less impressive than the Celestial Court."

He carefully sensed the great Dao of heaven and earth, feeling extremely satisfied, and murmured softly, "The immortal path, the immortal path, merging with the Dao of heaven and earth, is that all it takes to be the immortal path? I don't think so. There are so many great Daos of heaven and earth, plus countless human paths, how could one possibly cultivate them all? If heaven and earth were to decay, how could a Dao Realm merged with the Dao of heaven and earth continue to exist?"

Walking through his own Dao Realm, his eyes flickered as he said, "But if the great Dao of heaven and earth were to merge with me instead, I could still achieve the immortal path and attain eternal life. Even if the great Dao of heaven and earth were to decay, I could use my own Dao to repair it. Where would decay come from then?"

Beyond the Heavens, the Heavenly Official Great Emperor, King Li, and the others heard these words and were all visibly moved.

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor said, "This child is unlike other immortals."

King Li nodded gently and said, "His insights are extraordinary, he is bound to become a great figure. The immortal path is about to gain another master expert."

"Not necessarily a blessing for the divine path." A faint, ethereal voice came from the distance.

King Li and the others felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing this.

Nowadays, the contradictions between immortals and gods were growing increasingly intense. The Celestial Court held the Celestial Way magic treasures, and all immortals who crossed tribulation and ascended were under the Celestial Court's control. Once they entered the Celestial Court, if they had no connections, they would also have to perform corvée labor there.

There were other conflicts between gods and immortals, such as the fact that the Celestial Court was controlled by gods, and the power of immortals was inferior to that of gods. Immortals were free-spirited and undisciplined, unwilling to follow the rules established by gods.

More than three hundred thousand years had passed since the fall of the Great Shang, and over these three hundred thousand years, the contradictions between the two sides had grown deeper and deeper, showing an increasingly intensifying trend.

Many powerful and extraordinary gods in the Celestial Court had long since noticed this, and had also detected an undercurrent among the immortals, an attempt to make a move against the Celestial Court.

When they saw Chen Shi's actions, they couldn't help but feel a strong sense of crisis.

In recent years, more and more experts had emerged in the immortal path, showing a trend of surpassing the Celestial Court. If Chen Shi were allowed to grow as well, he would likely become another formidable enemy of the Celestial Court.

Just then, a deep, resonant voice rang out: "Misfortune is where fortune leans, fortune is where misfortune lurks."

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor and the others felt a sense of awe, carefully pondering the meaning of these words, and said nothing more.

Chen Shi arrived outside the valley, at the point of the great Dao anomaly. The demonic miasma here was still extremely dense and intense, continuously billowing outward as if trying to seize control. However, when the demonic miasma reached the outside and encountered Chen Shi's great Dao of heaven and earth, it was assimilated and could not form an effective attack.

"The great Dao anomaly doesn't seem as severe as King Li made it out to be."

After observing for a moment with his Primordial Spirit, Chen Shi murmured softly, "Could King Li have been exaggerating? Perhaps it's because King Li is too weak. When he leads his heavenly soldiers into battle, he's always having a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals devoured in one gulp by some Demon King or Demon Lord."

Beyond the Heavens, King Li's face flushed red, and he gripped his exquisite golden pagoda tightly, restraining the urge to throw it down and crush this fellow to death.

At that moment, the sky of the Dao Realm split open, and Chen Shi's true body walked in. His Primordial Spirit flew up and merged with his true body.

Chen Shi went directly to the point of the great Dao anomaly, sat down outside the valley, closed his eyes, and concentrated his mind, as if carefully sensing something.

King Li, the Heavenly Official Great Emperor, and the other beings observed for a long time, only to see Chen Shi sitting there motionless the entire time.

Some ancient gods grew impatient and got up, quietly taking their leave.

Within half a day, more than half of the gods had left.

After a long while more, Chen Shi finally rose to his feet. After only a moment's hesitation, he actually walked straight into the valley!

A chorus of exclamations came from Beyond the Heavens. King Li was also greatly shocked and blurted out, "Foolish! Why did he go in there?"

He had originally been planning to leave as well, since when immortals went into seclusion, they often stayed closed off for over a decade, or even a hundred years. Chen Shi looked like he was settling in for a long cultivation session here, so King Li had let his guard down.

Who could have imagined that Chen Shi would only cultivate for half a day before getting up and walking into the point of the great Dao anomaly!

The great Dao anomaly was extremely dangerous, being the source of the aberrant great Dao.

Anyone else, whether immortal or god, who entered it would either lose their mind to madness or die. It was truly sinister!

Chen Shi walking so casually into the great Dao anomaly was undoubtedly seeking his own death!

The moment Chen Shi stepped into the valley, he immediately felt the demonic Dao here assaulting him, impacting his Dao Heart, attempting to transform his great Dao. It was absolutely unstoppable!

Chen Shi immediately shifted his Dao Field, transforming from Yin-Yang Fusion into Demonic Dao Fusion, the transition seamless and fluid.

In an instant, he became one with the surrounding radiance and dust, his own aura becoming identical to the demonic Dao within the anomaly.

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The intense aggressiveness within the great Dao anomaly vanished completely. Chen Shi walked through the valley with ease, like a fish in water.

As he walked through this dim world, he looked around and saw that under the assault of the demonic miasma and demonic Dao, all the plants in the valley had died. There was not a trace of life force.

The air here was filled with death qi, and the demonic nature was extremely intense. If not for his extremely high attainment in the demonic Dao, he would likely have been affected by this place.

Chen Shi walked for a long time and finally found an ancient well at the bottom of the valley.

Around the well, there was nothing at all, just an incredibly flat stretch of ground.

The demonic miasma and demonic Dao that affected the outside world were seeping out from this well.

Chen Shi came to the edge of the well and looked down. At a depth of about ten feet below, he could clearly see the well water.

In the middle of the well water, there seemed to be a piece of earth and stone, like an island within the well. On the island, something seemed to be growing, a tree.

Chen Shi rubbed his eyes and looked more carefully. Indeed, it was a tree, but the well water was only four feet square, and the island in the well was only the size of a fist. The tree appeared even smaller.

He looked with increasing care, and suddenly the world spun around him. The next moment, he found himself somehow lying under a great tree, without knowing when he had fallen asleep.

The great tree was about sixteen or seventeen feet tall, with a canopy spanning about twenty feet in diameter, as if growing on top of a massive mountain peak.

Chen Shi looked up and saw that the mouth of the well had become a vast expanse of sky.

It seemed he had been shrunk countless times. The world around him was vast and expansive, with a boundless sea stretching as far as the eye could see.

"Is this tree the great Dao anomaly?"

Chen Shi was momentarily stunned, then walked around this ancient tree, examining it carefully.

This was a blood tree. The trunk and body of the tree were both blood-red in color, as if it had been born bathed in blood.

Having helped the Empress of Earth with her affairs, he had handled hundreds of earthly treasures and spiritual roots. He could tell that this ancient tree was also an earthly treasure and spiritual root!

But why would an earthly treasure and spiritual root turn into a great Dao anomaly?

And why would such a bizarre thing grow in the Dao Ruins?

"This place is suitable for comprehending the demonic Dao." He thought to himself.

After investigating and finding nothing else, Chen Shi sat down beneath the tree, silently circulating the Profound Yin Nine Heaven Art, attempting to merge with the Dao of heaven and earth using the Profound Yin Nine Heaven Art.

The space within the well was extremely vast. This time, his Dao Unification went even more smoothly, and he quickly imprinted his own great Dao onto the space within the well.

Chen Shi sat silently beneath the Demonic Blood Tree for a long time before finally rising to his feet.

During this period, his cultivation in the demonic Dao had improved considerably!

"I obtained the Dao Ruins and imprinted my own Yin-Yang Eight Wilderness Dao. Then I entered the well and imprinted the demonic Dao. Only now am I truly a Dao-Unified immortal!"

Chen Shi was overjoyed. "Now I have two places for Dao Unification. No, three! A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Even if others find my other two Dao Realms, I can hide in the third!"

The demonic Dao did not originally exist in the Earth Immortal Realm, so even if one cultivated the demonic Dao, there was nowhere to find a demonic Dao world to merge with.

Unless, like the master of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, one used primordial insect pollution to demonize a world like the Western Ox New Continent, only then could one achieve Dao Unification and elevate the demonic Dao to the immortal realm.

By finding the space within the well, Chen Shi had essentially found a small demonic Dao world!

"The demonic Dao world in the well should have been formed by this Demonic Blood Treasure Tree."

Chen Shi examined this Demonic Blood Treasure Tree, his heart stirring slightly. The great Dao anomaly was centered on the valley and had been constantly trying to expand outward. Did this mean the Demonic Blood Treasure Tree was still growing?

In other words, the space of the Demonic Blood Treasure Tree had not yet grown to its maximum.

If the Demonic Blood Treasure Tree could continue to grow, then he would never have to worry about his demonic Dao cultivation again!

"King Li has done me a great favor!"

He sighed with emotion and flew out of the well.

A moment later, he walked out of the valley.

King Li, the Heavenly Official Great Emperor, and the others saw him walk out of the great Dao anomaly alive, and each was startled. They silently exchanged glances. The Heavenly Official Great Emperor said, "Heavenly King, you know the most about great Dao anomalies. Is that valley truly a great Dao anomaly?"

"Without a doubt, yes." King Li said in a deep voice.

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor said, "Then why was Chen Shi not assimilated when he entered? Nor did he go mad?"

King Li also looked completely bewildered.

Since he had taken command of the heavenly soldiers, more than three hundred thousand years had passed. He had been responsible for suppressing the disturbances in the Dao Ruins for over a hundred thousand years as well. He had encountered no fewer than several hundred great Dao anomalies, and never once had he seen anything like this.

Just then, suddenly the demonic miasma and demonic nature in the valley contracted violently. Soon, the demonic miasma that had shrouded the valley disappeared without a trace.

Everyone saw this and was startled again.

The great Dao anomaly, disappeared?

"It's not that the great Dao anomaly disappeared."

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor observed carefully, his expression grave, and said in a deep voice, "I sense that the aura of that demonic Dao is still there, hidden deep within the valley, and it is gradually growing stronger. It hasn't disappeared, it has gained a master, and like this Dao Realm, it has been concealed by its master. Who is its master?"

King Li's eyes flickered as he said, "Just now, besides Chen Shi, no one else entered the valley."

"Then it's Chen Shi!"

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor said, "Chen Shi must have something strange about him! Being able to refine a great Dao anomaly and make it serve his own use, this person might very well be a great demon! King Li, he is a heavenly soldier under your command. You must be on your guard."

King Li slowly exhaled a turbid breath and said, "Although he is a heavenly soldier under my command, he is also personally looked after by the one in the palace. I cannot directly interrogate him."

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor said, "But you have various means at your disposal to make him reveal his true abilities and expose his identity. Surely the one in the palace would not want the person they have their eye on to be a great demon."

King Li's eyes flickered, and he turned to leave: "Rest assured, I have my own plan. If he is a demon, he will definitely show his true colors!"

The Heavenly Official Great Emperor also rose to his feet. Several immortal officials raised a Huagai over him, and together they departed.

In the Dao Realm, Chen Shi looked up toward the Heavens Beyond with confusion. He sensed that the feeling of being watched by many people had disappeared.