Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 668

Chapter 668 Dao Seed

Chapter 668:
What does it feel like for a Dao Seed to grow old and die?
Fang Xing did feel it in the Daqian World.

Even if he had some supernatural powers, he still couldn’t stop his body from aging. The torment of watching himself weaken little by little was indeed difficult to overcome.

In the last few years, he even felt like a rotting corpse…

If he had not already broken the seal on his memory, he would have probably sunk into it.

Then they do all kinds of crazy and ridiculous things in order to achieve immortality and prolong life.

In fact, in his later years, there were indeed alchemists who came to offer him “elixir of life” or wanted to guide him to seek immortality or something.

For Fang Xing, who was originally a true immortal, this was a very speechless thing.

What’s more, the other party’s intention to poison him with heavy metal pills seemed to be openly concealed.

The result was naturally that all those Taoist priests were killed, and several princes and grandchildren of the emperor were ordered to commit suicide, and a number of civil and military officials were buried with them…

When he lay on the bed and took his last breath.

Boom!

The sky and the earth suddenly brightened.

Fang Xing suddenly returned to the beautiful place with mountains and rivers and saw the face made up of white clouds.

He subconsciously glanced around but did not see the female Taoist priest.

“Alas… Although this woman has some skills, I didn’t expect that she would be kicked out of the dungeon so quickly…”

“Is he exhausted by the various tricks of the harem? Or is it too tiring to govern the country?”

‘I don’t know what she thinks of me? Is she qualified to take the Xiantian Lingbao?’

“It’s the same with Jie Ling. We all downloaded the same instance, but why are we all in different places when we come back? Can’t we afford to play?”

Fang Xing complained in his heart, and then looked at the secret realm spirit: “Jie Ling, how is my character?”

The misty face seemed to glance at Fang Xing deeply, and then waved his hand.

whoosh!

The wind was rising and the clouds were surging, and a huge golden message unfolded in the sky.

Then, lines of golden seal characters appeared.

This seal script seems to be eternal and unchanging, yet it seems to be changing all the time.

Fang Xing understood the meaning at a glance.

【Character Ranking】

[No. 1 on the Character Ranking, Ye Weixian! ]

[Second on the Character Ranking, Fang Xing! ]

[Third on the Character Ranking, Wan Dao Liu! ]

…

“Who is Ye Weixian?”

Fang Xing was a little curious: “Dao Zun?”

“Not really…”

The giant face formed by the clouds and mist smiled and said, “I said that only one cultivator took away the innate spiritual treasure, and what Ye Weixian took away is more precious than the innate spiritual treasure… It’s a pity that it is a unique opportunity.”

“And based on your evaluation, you can choose one of these treasures.”

The spirit of the secret realm waved his hand again, and above the golden inscription, rays of light flashed, and the golden seal characters changed again:
[1. One innate spiritual treasure (you can choose the innate exquisite tower, the axe of creation, the chaos bead, the tripod of creation…)]

[2. A set of secret techniques of “Xu Feng Jiu Mu”, including complete cultivation resources…]

[Three, a Tianji puppet]

[4. The river flows upstream for 3,000 cubic meters]

[5. A piece of Yanyang rare wood]

[Six, seven beads of winter cold…]

…

“These… I don’t understand most of them. Is there a detailed introduction?”

Fang Xing asked.

“No, this is the rule set by the master. But I can tell you that each of these items is a rare treasure in the outside world. Some of them are even items brought back from the ‘Unspeakable Land’ after my master transcended… In other words, they are transcendental items!”

The spirit of the secret realm said: “If you obtain one of them, even if you are still a Taoist master, it will not be difficult to condense the characteristics of transcendence…”

Fang Xing glanced over and felt a little regretful.

“I really want to…rob this world spirit, but unfortunately I can’t beat it. Besides, it’s embarrassing to rob someone who gave you a treasure.”

“Transcendent objects? It seems that some of them can help to condense the characteristics of transcendence? Even an eternal being would be tempted…”

‘Unfortunately, it is of no use to me. I might as well exchange it for an innate spiritual treasure.’

Fang Xing took a look at the inheritance.

To be honest, he has a great interest in the inheritance of the transcendents.

But nowadays, of course, the most important thing is the innate spiritual treasure that can immediately improve strength.

“I choose one!”

Fang Xing said: “Just… the Axe of Creation.”

“This is not the best choice, nor is it the worst choice.” The spirit of the secret realm spoke.

Then!
The sky and the earth suddenly darkened, and countless chaotic air currents emerged.

A beam of axe light broke through the chaotic airflow and landed in front of Fang Xing.

It has a single-sided blade, a chaotic color all over, and a rough axe handle, which is made from a piece of unknown black wood.

“Axe of Creation?”

Fang Xing stretched out his hand and just by touching the axe, he felt some kind of unfathomable power surging and astonishing sharpness.

“The innate spiritual treasure – the Axe of Creation, is a rare treasure bred from the origin of the world of the heavens… After you are promoted to the third-step Dao Lord, you can try to refine it and transform the ‘Dao Seed’ in your body into an ‘Innate Dao Seed’…”

The spirit from the secret realm began to explain.

“The Great Dao has always been there. Even if there is an eternal existence to open up the Dao, once it is opened up, it will immediately be entrusted to the heavens and myriad worlds…”

“Therefore, the Great Dao is the Great Dao. There is no distinction between the innate Great Dao and the acquired Great Dao!”

“What really differentiates the Great Dao is people!”

“Refining the innate spiritual treasure and achieving the innate great Dao Lord is the sublimation of the Dao Lord himself…”

After the explanation from the spirit in the secret realm, Fang Xing roughly understood.

Theoretically speaking, there will always be four-step Taoist priests appearing, and there will also be eternal beings opening up the way… The avenues they opened up and left behind are naturally the innate avenues, but why did they degenerate into acquired avenues after later generations took control?

This is certainly not right.

The essence of the Tao is the same, there is no distinction between innate and acquired.

The real difference is the Tao Lord himself!

The so-called Dao Lord and Dao Sovereign-level existences in the fourteenth realm are those who completely control a great Dao and gain the blessing of the power of the great Dao.

But fully comprehending a great principle does not mean completely mastering it.

This is something that only those who have pioneered the great way can do.

After the Dao Lord Daojun-level existence occupies the ownerless avenue, it uses its own true spirit imprint to distort the avenue… to achieve control. This distorted point can be called the “Dao Seed”!
When it reaches the fourth step of Daojun, it will return the imprint to the innate, forming an “innate Dao Seed”!
With the “innate Dao Seed”, the control and amplification of the avenue far exceeds that of ordinary Dao Lords.

From the outside, it seems as if the Tao is sublimated into the innate Tao.

In fact, it is only the practitioner himself who is sublimated!
Even if he abandons the original Dao when he opens the Dao, the innate Dao seed will not be abandoned. Instead, it will be more closely integrated with the practitioner and sublimated into the ‘eternal Dao seed’!
Only with the blessing of the ‘eternal Dao seed’ can the imprint of eternal existence spread across countless planes and have eternal and indestructible power.

“This axe is great…it goes well with my Panwu Avenue.”

“Panwu Kaitian?”

Fang Xing gripped the axe handle and stroked the axe body with his hand, feeling very satisfied with it.

Even though he hadn’t refined this innate spiritual treasure yet, he could sense its power, which was definitely far superior to ordinary imperial weapons!
What’s more, there was an innate spiritual treasure origin in it that could help him quickly break through the barrier of the third-step Taoist master!

“Innate Dao Seed, Eternal Dao Seed?”

Fang Xing sighed in his heart: “What a pity… I am only a second-step Dao Lord.”

He looked at the world spirit: “I wonder if there are other cultivators who have entered the secret realm after I participated in the trial?”

The spirit of the secret realm did not answer, but just waved his hand: “You have completed the test and obtained the opportunity… It’s time to leave.”

In an instant, Fang Xing felt dizzy.

When he came to his senses, he found that he had arrived at the surface of the earth and was excluded from the origin area of the world.

“Ah… You are so stingy. Would I steal someone else’s opportunity?”

He sighed and tore open the void in front of him.

In an instant, the immortal clone crossed the infinite distance and came in front of the original body.

The Axe of Creation in his hand was naturally taken by the master.

“Good baby.”

Fang Xing’s eyes lit up, and the power of the Panwu Avenue came crashing down.

Compared to the immortal clone who only has the strength of a Taoist Lord, the original body is already a second-step Taoist Lord and has gone very far in this realm.

He is fully capable of refining this innate spiritual treasure and bringing out its power even more deeply.

“Sure enough… the first time I saw it, I knew that the Axe of Creation was a perfect match for Panwu Avenue…”

“If the Three-Step Daoist Master refines its innate essence, I will definitely be able to achieve the ‘Innate Martial Dao Seed’!”

“The practice below transcendence, the complete understanding of the law in the thirteenth realm, the mastery of a great way in the fourteenth realm… in fact, these are not your own things.”

“After forming the Dao Seed, even if you abandon the Great Dao, you can still leave behind the Dao Seed. This is something that completely belongs to you!”

“After that, we need to transform the innate Dao seeds into eternal Dao seeds. During this process, we need to ‘open up the Dao’…”

“After opening the Dao, the nature of the Dao Seed will also change… For example, Dao Zun originally comprehended the law of truth and illusion, and then the Dao related to truth and illusion… Then the Fourth-Step Dao Lord is the innate Dao of truth and illusion… Finally, he opened up the ‘Dao of Immortality’. His ‘Innate Dao Seed of Truth and Illusion’ will naturally become the ‘Dao Seed of Eternal Immortality’ after breaking through the fifteenth realm of eternity!”

“Even though he later gave up the ‘Great Way of Immortality’, the ‘Eternal Immortality’ was still in Dao Zun’s body, blending with him and bringing him eternal power…”

“The Great Dao is not something that one person can possess forever. Therefore, the cultivation of the Great Dao of Laws is like grabbing pork. The pork is given away, but there is still some oil in your hand… The so-called ‘oil’ is the innate Dao seed?”

“What’s more, after eternity, they will take the initiative to open up new avenues, which will be of great benefit to the heavens and myriad worlds. It’s like making a bigger cake…”

This trip to the secret realm freed Fang Xing from any confusion about his future cultivation.

“Next, in order to deal with the Zerg in the Great Xia Universe… the Qingyuan Realm needs to work harder.”

Fang Xing left behind a clone to cultivate immortality, and the real body made a stroke with his hand.

With the help of the fully refined Gate of the Heavens, he immediately arrived at the Qingyuan Realm, the Lingbao Palace…

(End of this chapter)