418: Uncover the Secrets of Heaven

Overall, the four Dao Lord Level items harvested this time were all exceptional.

At the same time, Xiao Shi began to ponder over these four Dao Lord Level items, wondering if any of them were suitable to be transformed into his exclusive item.

After some consideration, he shook his head.

He felt that none of these four Dao Lord Level items were suitable as an exclusive item.

Even The Rule of Dao, which was currently extremely useful to him, was not suitable.

Because The Rule of Dao was a one-time consumable.

It could not be used long-term.

If a consumable was made into an exclusive item and disappeared after one use, it would certainly not be worth it.

“As for exclusive items...”

“I don’t need to rush.”

“In the future, I will definitely have opportunities to acquire better Dao Lord Level items, or even Demigod Level items.”

Xiao Shi looked at the Dao Beast Egg, preparing to begin its incubation.

He held the Dao Beast Egg in both hands.

Numerous black threads began to intertwine and cover his skin.

These black threads spread from his hands to the Dao Beast Egg, instantly covering the entire Dao Beast Egg, causing it to turn deep black.

A dense killing aura permeated from it.

At the same time, these black threads began to continuously seep into the egg.

This caused the entire Dao Beast Egg to vibrate.

And amidst the continuous vibrations, cracks began to appear on the egg.

These cracks gradually spread across the entire eggshell until, with a 'crack', a piece of shell the size of a fingernail shattered directly.

As the eggshell broke, a terrifying killing aura, so immense that even Xiao Shi was moved, violently emanated from within the egg.

While Xiao Shi was shocked by the terrifying killing aura from within the egg, he focused even more intently on the Dao Beast inside.

He was filled with anticipation for this hatched Slaughter Dao Beast.

Soon, after the eggshell shattered, he saw a pair of long horns revealed!

“This is...”

Xiao Shi’s eyes suddenly lit up... Meanwhile, in a little-known, secluded place on the Tianwu Continent.

This place was like a completely independent world.

The sky was perpetually dim, filled with dead silence.

And in this secluded place, there was a vast and ancient stone temple.

The entire stone temple was imbued with the vicissitudes of time.

It seemed to have existed for countless ages.

Whoosh!

A figure shrouded in a black cloak appeared inside the stone temple.

The face beneath the black cloak was humble and respectful.

He bowed towards the only stone statue in the temple.

It was more appropriate to call it a stone eye than a stone statue.

There was only a pair of giant stone eyes in the entire stone temple, but these stone eyes were tightly shut.

As the Black Robed Man bowed, a mysterious and grand will suddenly descended upon the stone eyes.

This caused the stone statue’s eyes to tremble and open a tiny slit.

Black light emanated from the slit, enveloping the Black Robed Man.

The Black Robed Man respectfully said, “Reporting to the Divine One, the plan we previously formulated needs some modifications. I now need some power to implement this plan earlier. I humbly request the Divine One to grant me divine power.”

As the Black Robed Man spoke, a voice formed from will instantly appeared in his mind.

“Do you have a sacrifice?”

“Yes!”

The Black Robed Man nodded.

He raised his hand, and numerous souls instantly appeared beside him.

None of these souls were ordinary.

The weakest among them were the souls of Martial Demon Realm Martial Demons.

There were even souls of Saints.

And most terrifying of all, among these souls, there were even souls of Dao Lords!

All the souls remained conscious, their faces filled with confusion and fear.

Buzz!

The black light emanating from the stone statue’s eyes instantly spread, enveloping and rapidly absorbing all these souls.

Immediately, numerous screams from the souls and chewing sounds were heard.

“A good taste.”

“Too bad...”

“The quantity is too small, not even enough to fill a tooth gap for me.”

The voice formed from will echoed in the Black Robed Man’s mind.

“Once I become a Martial God, I will definitely offer enough sacrifices to the Divine One,” the Black Robed Man quickly said.

Soon, a black beam of light shot out from the stone statue’s eyes.

Puff!

It directly entered the Black Robed Man’s glabella.

The Black Robed Man’s head tilted back, and he let out a painful, uncomfortable groan.

“With your current body, you can only bear this much of my power, but I think it should be enough for you to complete your plan,” the voice formed from will said.

The Black Robed Man endured the pain.

His entire pupils, under the influx of the other party’s power, had completely transformed into dark vertical slits, exuding an eerie, chaotic aura.

“It’s definitely enough!”

He grinned painfully... Above the intersection of the three Demigod Domains.

Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Yao Xi floated in the air. Demigod Xing Kui stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes closed.

Demigod Yao Xi, on the other hand, rested her chin on her hand, as if contemplating something.

Whoosh!

A figure flashed, transforming into Demigod Mu Wen, with long hair draped over his shoulders, a pale complexion, and an air of sickness and effeminacy.

“You’re late,” Demigod Xing Kui opened his eyes and said indifferently.

“Heh... It’s rare for you, Xing Kui, to summon us proactively. I had to make sure you weren’t trying to kill me before deciding whether to come,” Demigod Mu Wen said with a half-smile.

The relationship between these three Demigod Heavenly Kings had always been delicate.

When the Great Wu Dynasty still existed, they were united against a common enemy.

But now, with the destruction of the Great Wu Dynasty, their relationship had become adversarial.

Although they had not yet started fighting each other, they all knew very well that a battle between the three of them would happen sooner or later.

Among the three Demigod Heavenly Kings, Demigod Xing Kui had always been the strongest.

Demigod Mu Wen and Demigod Yao Xi were slightly inferior to Demigod Xing Kui in terms of strength.

However, the difference between them was not significant, not yet reaching the point where one could defeat the other.

Demigod Xing Kui ignored Demigod Mu Wen’s sarcastic remarks.

He went straight to the point and said, “I summoned you here to discuss the Fifth Domain.”

“I believe your Domains were attacked by Dao Lords from the Fifth Domain not long ago, right?”

Demigod Yao Xi and Demigod Mu Wen both nodded.

In fact, they had already guessed that Demigod Xing Kui had summoned them because of the earlier Dao Lord attacks from the Fifth Domain.

“At first, I was very confused, not understanding why these Dao Lords from the Fifth Domain would come to my Domain and exchange their lives with my subordinate Dao Lords...”

“It wasn’t until I discovered that the dao stars of these Dao Lords I killed remained unchanged that I began to realize...”

“These Dao Lords are still alive in a way I don’t know, and have not truly died!”

Demigod Xing Kui’s expression was solemn.

“I suspect...”

“All of this originates from that star of heavenly dao!”

Demigod Yao Xi and Demigod Mu Wen pondered this.

They had also noticed that the dao stars of the Dao Lords they had killed earlier had not become unclaimed dao stars.

They understood that those Dao Lords had not truly died.

However, they had not immediately thought of the star of heavenly dao.

“You mean...”

Demigod Yao Xi’s eyes narrowed, vaguely guessing Demigod Xing Kui’s intention in summoning them.

“This person’s Heavenly Dao is too secretive. To this day, we cannot see his Heavenly Dao and have no idea what abilities his Heavenly Dao possesses.”

“Although it currently seems that this person has no hope of advancing to Demigod, given that he could silently become a Dao Lord, we cannot view him with ordinary eyes.”

“Perhaps he will advance to Demigod later through some method unknown to us.”

“I have a premonition that these Dao Lord attacks might be related to his advancement to Demigod.”

“And when he was a Dao Lord, we didn’t even know what Dao he wielded. If he becomes a Demigod... how should we deal with him?”

Demigod Xing Kui’s words caused Demigod Yao Xi and Demigod Mu Wen to frown deeply.

It had to be said that the current wielder of the Fifth Domain had begun to make them feel apprehensive.

There was even a faint sense of crisis.

Just as Demigod Xing Kui said, once this person became a Demigod, they would not know the Rules of Dao he wielded if they did not know his Heavenly Dao.

After all, the Rules of Dao are all advanced from one’s own Dao.

“While he is still a Dao Lord, we still have a chance to see through his Heavenly Dao.”

“But if he becomes a Demigod...”

“Then we will have no way to know the Rules of Dao he wields, and that will be a catastrophe for us!”

Demigod Xing Kui said in a deep voice.

As Demigods, they all knew very well that without knowing the opponent’s rules, they could not contend with them!

“No matter what, we must see through his Heavenly Dao before he becomes a Demigod!”

Demigod Xing Kui said solemnly.

This was also his main purpose in summoning Demigod Yao Xi and Demigod Mu Wen this time.

Although they currently had no way to deal with Xiao Shi, they at least needed to know his Heavenly Dao.

Demigod Yao Xi shook her head at this.

“This person’s Heavenly Dao has extremely strong secrecy. I tried to decipher the secret of his Heavenly Dao before, but I failed...”

Demigod Mu Wen stared at Demigod Xing Kui.

“You summoned us two here because you want us three to combine our strength to decipher the secret of his Heavenly Dao?”

“That’s right,” Demigod Xing Kui nodded.

“Since we cannot individually see through the secret of his Heavenly Dao, then let’s combine the strength of the three of us to decipher it together. I refuse to believe that the three of us working together cannot see through the secret of his Heavenly Dao!”

Demigod Yao Xi’s eyes lit up, indicating her agreement.

“This is indeed a good method.”

Demigod Mu Wen also nodded and said, “It’s worth a try.”

Immediately, as the three Demigod Heavenly Kings reached a consensus, they immediately acted simultaneously, working together to see through the secret of Xiao Shi’s Heavenly Dao.

In an instant, three different Rules of Dao all converged towards the Dao River, causing the entire Dao River to shake violently.

It directly leveraged the entire Dao River.

After all, in one era, there were at most five Rules of Dao.

Now, with the three Demigod Heavenly Kings simultaneously unleashing their respective Rules of Dao, it was equivalent to utilizing more than half of the Tianwu Continent’s Rules of Dao.

It was already enough to shake the Dao River!

And the Heavenly dao star at the very top of the Dao River, at this moment, under the influence of these three Rules of Dao, the secretive starlight, like mist, surrounding the star of heavenly dao, was instantly dispersed by the vibration.

These starlights vanished in large swaths, causing the three Demigod Heavenly Kings to all their eyes light up.

“It’s working!”

They immediately intensified the exertion of their own rules, causing the starlight to dissipate even faster.

In just a blink of an eye, a large portion of the numerous starlights surrounding this star of heavenly dao had already dissipated, revealing the Heavenly dao star that had been surrounded and enveloped by the numerous starlights.

The three Demigod Heavenly Kings all looked at the star of heavenly dao with fervent eyes after the starlight dissipated.

Their hearts were filled with excitement.

They would soon be able to clearly see the Heavenly Dao of the wielder of the Fifth Domain!

However, the smiles on their faces only lasted for less than a second.

The moment the numerous starlights dissipated, their smiles suddenly stiffened.

When the starlight dissipated, what was revealed before them was a dao star as black as ink, devoid of any color or light.

The darkness on the dao star made it full of mystery and an unknown quality.

Even the three Demigod Heavenly Kings, when gazing at this dao star, could not discern anything from it... If the previous dao star primarily relied on those starlights for its secrecy, then the dao star now revealed before them possessed a deeper level of secrecy in itself.

Even without the concealment of those starlights, they could not discern any clue from this dao star.

It seemed that the formation of this dao star itself was based on secrecy!

The faces of the three Demigod Heavenly Kings grew dark and gloomy.

Especially Demigod Xing Kui, the veins on his forehead bulged, and his eyes were bloodshot.

His fists were clenched, and his aura surged like boiling flames, emitting terrifying fluctuations that caused the void to continuously rumble.

“I refuse to believe it!!” Demigod Xing Kui roared through gritted teeth.

Demigod Yao Xi and Demigod Mu Wen also had gloomy expressions.

The three of them simultaneously pushed their own rules to the extreme, wanting to forcefully see through Xiao Shi’s star of heavenly dao through their own rules.

However, even with all three of them fully operating their own rules, they could not obtain any information from Xiao Shi’s star of heavenly dao.

It seemed that this star of heavenly dao was inherently the Dao of Secrecy.

“We failed,” Demigod Yao Xi sighed, shaking her head.

Demigod Mu Wen, on the other hand, frowned tightly.

“Is there a possibility... that his Heavenly Dao is actually the Dao of Secrecy itself? In fact, we have now clearly seen the essence of his Heavenly Dao.”

Demigod Mu Wen’s words caused Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Yao Xi to fall into deep thought.

From the current situation, this seemed to be the answer.

But Demigod Xing Kui always felt that this Heavenly Dao was not that simple!