512: A fruitful harvest, the Dao embryo evolved

The jiu xuan dao tablet, an immortal monument that had stood in Nirvana Valley for countless ages, was now wailing violently.

It was no longer a lofty tester; instead, it was like a prisoner who had been drained of all value.

Upon the body of the tablet, the brilliant golden light dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The thousands of dao runes that had surfaced on it of their own accord also began to disintegrate and dissipate one by one.

The pseudo-immortal dao rune that Shen Yuanmo had branded upon it was like a malignant tumor rooted in its core, frantically devouring everything it had.

Inside the stone tablet, the screaming of the Messenger's intent had long since ceased, along with the backup mark left behind by Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries.

Both were crushed to pieces by that overbearing devouring power, turning into pure Divine Soul energy that was absorbed by the rune.

The entire process lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

When the last wisp of dao rhyme was drained and the last bit of divine brilliance was squeezed out.

There was a crisp "crack."

The hundred-zhang-tall jiu xuan dao tablet began to show spiderweb-like cracks from within, finally collapsing completely with a "crash."

However, it did not turn to dust; instead, under Shen Yuanmo's control.

It re-condensed into a palm-sized, pitch-black, ordinary-looking stone that fell into his palm.

Although the Great Dao Imprint and immortal dao charm within were lost, the material itself remained excellent Materials for refining a Dao Artifact.

"Waste utilization."

Shen Yuanmo casually put it into his storage space, planning to recraft it when he had time later, using it as an upgrade material for the great evolution immortal slaying sword or the chaos myriad dao armor.

Having done all this, he was in no hurry to explore the space that might exist behind the Dao tablet.

He sat down cross-legged on the spot, eyes slightly closed, and began to digest this terrifying harvest.

That was the entire accumulated stock of the jiu xuan dao tablet since the ancient era.

Within it were the supreme Sword Intent of Sword Cultivators, the overbearing blood Qi of Body Cultivators, the Creation of Plants of Alchemists, the heavenly principles of Formation Grandmasters... it was all-encompassing, covering almost every aspect of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.

The owners of these Dao insights were all top-tier Prodigies who could reach this place in the past, or Mahayana Saint Lords with heaven-reaching cultivation.

Although they all eventually became nourishment for Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries, the height of their attainment and the depth of their insights were very real.

Such a massive and motley torrent of the Great Dao would cause an ordinary Cultivator, even one at Mahayana Perfection.

To suffer from a disordered Dao Heart and fall into Qi Deviation if they tried to forcibly absorb it.

But for Shen Yuanmo, this was a perfect feast.

The Chaos Myriad Dao Returning Origin Scripture operated frantically within his body at an unprecedented speed.

Within the Dantian Sea of Qi, the chaos dao embryo was like an ancient beast awakening from its slumber, opening an invisible maw.

Those Dao insights, enough to drive any Cultivator mad, flooded into his body.

Yet they failed to create even a single ripple before being dragged entirely into the chaos dao embryo.

Chaos, by its nature, accommodates all things and returns them to the Origin.

Under the refining of the dao embryo, these motley insights were forcibly broken down, stripped of all personal marks belonging to their previous owners.

Removing the dross and retaining the essence, they eventually turned into the most pure and primitive Law runes.

These runes, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, merged bit by bit into Shen Yuanmo's own Chaos Great Dao, completing every minor detail of his path.

If his previous Dao was a towering tree with a thick trunk and lush foliage.

Then at this moment, every branch, every leaf, and even every vein of this tree.

Was becoming clearer, fuller, and more resilient at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His Chaos Great Dao became more harmonious and profound than ever before.

Although his cultivation Realm remained the same, his understanding and application of the Dao had undergone a world-shaking qualitative change.

Now, facing that True Immortal phantom again, he might not even need to use the great evolution immortal slaying sword.

Based solely on his understanding of the Dao, he could play with it in the palm of his hand.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yuanmo slowly opened his eyes.

Those eyes had grown deeper, as if they contained a newly formed Universe where myriad Daos were born and destroyed.

He had finished digesting all the Dao insights.

Then, his gaze turned toward two other things.

One was the dozens of grey crystal cores containing the immortal dao origin that he had collected after hunting countless Aberrant Demonic Creatures in the outskirts of the Burial Ground of Immortals.

The other was the massive amount of masterless Chaos Immortal Lightning that still surged incessantly within Nirvana Valley after the Soul of the Thunder Dragon had dissipated.

"Still not enough."

Shen Yuanmo stood up, and in the next moment, his body expanded rapidly against the wind.

A ten-thousand-zhang Dharma Idol descended with a boom!

The massive Chaos Dharma Idol almost filled the entire bottom of Nirvana Valley.

On its face, identical to Shen Yuanmo's, the expression was indifferent, like a deity looking down upon the mortal world.

He opened his giant mouth.

An unimaginably large Chaos Vortex rapidly took shape in his mouth, emitting a terrifying suction force enough to devour heaven and earth.

"Come!"

With a soft shout, his Words Carry the Weight of Law.

Those dozens of incredibly hard grey crystal cores, along with the endless Chaos Immortal Lightning in the lightning pool below, seemed to receive an irresistible summons.

They turned into grey-purple torrents, soaring into the sky, and were all swallowed into the belly of that giant Chaos Vortex.

Within just a few breaths, all the lightning in Nirvana Valley was swept away, and it returned to a deathly silence.

Within the chaos dao embryo, an evolution of an even higher level began.

If the Dao insights absorbed earlier were theoretical knowledge.

Then now, these crystal cores and immortal lightning containing the immortal dao origin were the highest-grade practical Materials.

Shen Yuanmo used these immortal dao origins as firewood and the newly sublimated Dao insights as flames.

He began a new round of tempering and evolution for his core chaos dao embryo.

The dao embryo sat cross-legged in the center of the Chaos Qi Sea, looking solemn and divine.

At the center of its brow, the Character 'Yuan' formed from the General Principles of the Chaos Myriad Dao Returning Origin Scripture.

After absorbing a massive amount of immortal dao origin, it began to undergo a strange change.

Within the originally pure Chaos color, a faint but incredibly noble golden halo gradually emerged.

That gold was unlike any known power.

It represented immortality, transcendence, and a higher level of life form that stood above the Mahayana.

An Immortal!

Shen Yuanmo could clearly feel that his chaos dao embryo was charging towards a Realm he could once only look up to.

Its essence was undergoing a leap.

Although there was still a long way to go before a true transformation, he had already faintly touched that threshold.

A long time later, the ten-thousand-zhang Dharma Idol slowly retracted, turning back into Shen Yuanmo's form.

He stood quietly at the empty bottom of the valley, feeling the complete transformation within his body, his eyes calm and deep.

"Heavenly Venerable of Nine Mysteries..."

"I am very satisfied with the gift you prepared for me."

"I hope what follows won't disappoint me."