714: Five Qi Return to Origin

Yao Delong snapped back to his senses, forcibly suppressing the shock and desire in his heart. He took a deep breath, his gaze instantly locking onto his target!

He strode to that row of bookshelves, his Divine Thought surging out like a tidal wave, precisely capturing three scrolls that radiated strong Five Elements dao rhyme!

He couldn't wait to probe them with his Divine Thought, studying them carefully:

"Blazing Fire Burning Stars": A supreme treasure manual of the Fire Element Origin within the Five Elements, domineering and peerless, capable of burning the eight wildernesses, pointing directly to the Fire Dao Origin!

"Wutu Hunyuan Art": The supreme Legacy of the Earth Element Origin within the Five Elements, thick and majestic, bearing all things; its defense and power are the best among the Five Elements!

"Record of Ten Thousand Waters Returning to Origin": The ultimate derivation of the Water Element Origin, both softest and hardest, changing in ten thousand ways; its capacity for inclusion and penetration is unparalleled!

All three Cultivation Techniques were Heaven Rank High Grade, even approaching Peerless Grade! Any one of them falling into the outside world would be enough to make countless top-tier powers fight tooth and nail for it!

However, Yao Delong's brows were tightly knitted!

Strong! Too strong! Each one was enough to support a first-rate Sect!

But that was also the problem—they were all too pure when Cultivated to Perfection!

Each pushed a single Five Element to the extreme, yet they were completely incompatible with the "Sunset Glow Illuminating Yin-Yang Art" he had already Cultivated to the Transcendent state within his body, which emphasized the balance of Yin and Yang rotation!

His expression became grave and conflicted.

Choosing any one of them might cause his combat power to skyrocket in the short term, but in the future, when the two Origins merged, this extremely pure Origin conflict would likely become a catastrophic disaster!

Long Yu took in every change in Yao Delong's expression. She had read the "True Scripture of Dual Source World Derivation," so she naturally understood what this little guy was struggling with.

"How is it?" Long Yu's voice arrived with a hint of lazy amusement, "Did you discover that these Heaven Rank treasure manuals, which point directly to a single Five Element Dao, run counter to the path of 'balance' and 'Fusion' that you seek?"

Yao Delong gave a bitter smile and said frankly, "Martial Ancestor sees clearly. Although these Cultivation Techniques are strong, they are... too extremely pure, and conflict with this Disciple's Foundation. Cultivating them forcibly would likely sow the seeds of disaster for the future."

"The Fusion of Dao..." Long Yu whispered, a deep light flashing in her eyes, "Yin and Yang, Five Elements, Time and Space, Life and Death... The more powerful the Origin, the harder it is to merge perfectly. This path is as difficult as ascending to heaven. You have chosen the most perilous path, kid."

She paused, and looking at the light in Yao Delong's eyes that had not extinguished but instead grown even firmer, the appreciation in her heart deepened.

"However..." Long Yu changed the subject, a curve that could topple nations appearing at the corner of her mouth, "Since you have brought out an 'exchange' that satisfies this Old Ancestor, this Martial Ancestor cannot let you return empty-handed."

Her beautiful eyes, capable of turning the world upside down, glanced toward the area on the right filled with wondrous treasures radiating divine light, and her slender finger pointed casually!

"Swish!"

A strange crystal stone, radiating a gentle, five-colored glow and seeming to have countless tiny stars being born and dying within it, flew out as if it had a spirit, hovering steadily in front of Yao Delong!

As soon as this crystal appeared, a vast fluctuation that encompassed all things, nurtured all things, and carried the aura of the beginning of Chaos began to permeate the air!

"Innate Five Elements Source Stone?!" Yao Delong exclaimed involuntarily! This was a legendary divine object!

It was a rare treasure of heaven and earth formed by the condensation of the purest Five Elements Origin at the beginning of the creation of the world!

Its value was enough to rival a xuanhuang dao artifact! It was a supreme treasure for refining top-tier Magic Treasures, or even for comprehending the Five Elements Origin!

"Count yourself as having some knowledge, kid." Long Yu chuckled, "To me, this item is just a decent Artifact Refining material. But for you..." She looked at Yao Delong meaningfully: "Drop a drop of your life essence blood onto it."

Yao Delong's heart hammered wildly! Although he didn't understand why, Martial Ancestor Long Yu would never do anything without a reason!

He did not hesitate, forced a drop of life essence blood from his fingertip that contained his own Yin and Yang Qi and swirled with golden light, and flicked his finger!

"Plop!"

The essence blood landed on the five-colored Source Stone like a drop of water falling into a hot frying pan!

"Hum—!!!"

The Source Stone suddenly erupted with unprecedented, brilliant radiance! The radiance instantly swallowed Yao Delong completely!

Yao Delong felt his Primordial Spirit shake violently! A vast, irresistible suction force originating from the Universe Origin arrived, instantly pulling his consciousness into a bizarre, grand, and boundless strange space!

Before his eyes was a creation painting so shocking it could not be described with words!

The crimson Fire Origin exploded first! Burning away Chaos, bringing light and heat!

Immediately after, the thick and steady Earth Origin condensed and settled, turning into the vast earth that bore all things!

The gentle and vast Water Origin surged out, nourishing all things, benefiting all living beings!

Subsequently, the tough and sharp Metal Origin broke through the soil, stern and biting, severing decay!

Finally, the vibrant Wood Origin spread across the earth, connecting life and death, cycling endlessly!

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth! The Five Elements did not exist in isolation; they were like a perfect, endless, huge wheel, constantly cycling through generation and restriction, transforming into one another!

Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal, Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire! Cycling endlessly, without end!

Together, they formed the prototype of a miniature world!

In this world, the Five Elements were the rules of operation, the Foundation that constituted all things, and the process of the world's birth and destruction itself!

The moment this Five Elements world evolved to the extreme in Yao Delong's consciousness and reached perfect balance!

Boom!

The entire world suddenly collapsed inward!

All the Five Elements radiance, stars, and all things collapsed toward the core point!

Within that Origin point, a bit of chaotic, hazy, yet infinitely possible primordial Qi was born quietly!

This wisp of Chaos Qi was like the ultimate antidote, like the ultimate key! It both encompassed the Five Elements and transcended the Five Elements!

It... was the ultimate bridge to harmonize, sublimate, and even eventually control that powerful Yin Yang Origin!

At the same time, a massive amount of incredibly profound information, like a floodgate opening, poured directly into the core of Yao Delong's Primordial Spirit!

[Five Qi Returning to the Origin]!

These four ancient seal characters, containing supreme dao rhyme, were deeply branded into the depths of his Soul!

This Cultivation Technique did not Cultivate a single Five Elements attribute, but pointed directly to the Great Dao Origin of the Five Elements' generation and restriction, endless rotation, and final return to Chaos!

It did not split the Five Elements into separate cultivation, but viewed them as a whole, a system, a cornerstone that nurtured the world!

Using the Five Elements as a Foundation, construct an inner Universe! When the Five Elements reach Perfection, return to Chaos! Chaos generates Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang derive all things!

This is... the supreme method to glimpse the Dao of Creation!

Yao Delong's consciousness returned to his body, and he stood dazed on the spot, eyes tightly closed, yet his body involuntarily emitted a faint five-colored glow, reflecting the Innate Five Elements Source Stone!

A mysterious and abstruse dao rhyme flowed slowly over him.

Long Yu looked at Yao Delong, who had fallen into an Epiphany state, and then looked at the Innate Five Elements Source Stone, whose light was gradually receding and which seemed to have developed a strange connection with Yao Delong; in her beautiful eyes, a light of unprecedented anticipation flickered.

"Five Qi Returning to the Origin... the Dao of Creation... little guy, your path... is truly getting more and more interesting..."

Inside the Lotus Pond Dao Palace treasure vault, Yao Delong stood with his eyes tightly closed, as still as a stone statue.

Five-colored light flowed endlessly around his body, resonating with the Innate Five Elements Source Stone floating in front of him, emitting a strange rhythm that nurtured all things and returned to Chaos.

His consciousness was completely immersed in the vast Dao realm of "Five Qi Returning to the Origin."

This was not simply cultivating Five Elements power, but viewing the Five Elements as an indivisible whole, a cornerstone of the world that rotated endlessly and relied on generation and restriction!