CHAPTER 238: CHAPTER 228: GREAT MOON VIRTUAL MIRROR, THE TIDE OF CONFLICT

The stone door of the cultivation room issued a heavy creaking sound as it slowly closed, leaving only silence.

Hong Yuan leisurely made his way to his Taoist mat and began to search through his storage bag.

Just now, Kun Rong mentioned the ’Sky-connecting Tower’ refining process, so it’s likely that this Sky-connecting Tower is Han Jiuming’s last resort; therefore, there should be manuscripts about the ’Sky-connecting Tower’ in this bag, Hong Yuan thought to himself while searching through the storage bag.

Sure enough, he quickly found a bamboo-bound manuscript.

Hong Yuan opened it and began to browse.

[Sky-connecting Tower: A total of eighty-one floors, each floor engraved with one Energy Array and one Demon Skill.]

[These Energy Arrays and Demon Skills must belong to eighty-one schools and can later evolve into Holy Arrays and Divine Powers.]

[It is to command a myriad of ways with one, not imitate them.]

[...]

Upon first reading it, Hong Yuan was amazed by Han Jiuming’s audacious idea.

The problem of Tao Mark Contradiction has plagued countless capable individuals throughout history; even Great Emperors only managed to walk one orthodox and one peculiar Tao.

Commanding myriad ways with one—what a staggering concept.

However, as he continued to read, Hong Yuan found that Han Jiuming had indeed figured out something remarkable.

For instance, it described how to use the Tao of Great Moon to command Water Tao and Ice Tao.

Perfect harmony... it’s not that simple.

To know the boundless yet live with bounds, to pursue the boundless with the finite, is perilous indeed!

Hong Yuan shook his head, admiring Han Jiuming’s ambitious spirit.

But beyond admiration, Hong Yuan quickly dismissed the idea of forging a ’Sky-connecting Tower’ Tao Species.

If he truly set out to forge the ’Sky-connecting Tower’ Tao Species, Master Heavenly River would likely die before the Tao Species even began to take shape.

Hong Yuan, on the other hand, wanted to leverage the power of his Life Tao Seed to evade the pursuit of Tianli, so that he could wear Tianli down with his Life Span.

Indeed. Hong Yuan planned to wear down Tianli with his Life Span; if that didn’t work, then he would have to look for Dream Tao methods to eradicate Tianli’s existence!

No matter your unparalleled elegance, I, who possess Longevity Martial Arts, shall remain undisturbed!

RUSTLE...

After flipping through the pages, Hong Yuan had more or less grasped Han Jiuming’s train of thought.

Water Tao, Ice Tao, the Tao of Great Moon... So, that’s how the Cold Moon Dragon originated, Hong Yuan realized, finally understanding the origin of the bloodline.

He closed the bamboo manuscript and shut his eyes, slowly organizing what he had learned and integrating his own thoughts into it.

What’s the primary objective of creating this Life Tao Seed?

How should the Tao Marks for Water Tao, Ice Tao, and the Tao of Great Moon be allocated?

How can I forge a Life Tao Seed that harmonizes with the True Body of a Demon Beast and its Innate Divine Ability?

What materials should be used for the Life Tao Seed? What form should it take? Which Array Pattern Talismans should be etched onto it?

...

Many questions emerged in Hong Yuan’s mind, causing him to frown deeply.

They were like a bundle of tangled lines, constantly entwining and creating a chaotic mess, leaving Hong Yuan unsure where to start.

PHEW...

Hong Yuan exhaled deeply. His Demon Essence began to flow towards his heart, activating a Wisdom Tao Demon Skill.

Wisdom Tao Demon Skill—Seven Star Beads!

Originally just a second-tier Demon Skill, Seven Star Beads had been forcibly elevated to the level of a fifth-tier Demon Skill by Hong Yuan’s Original Body, thanks to the opportunities bestowed by Asking Heaven and Earth.

Wisdom Tao Demon Skills were already rare, and each Wisdom Tao Demon Cultivator or Wisdom Tao Martial Artist was considered a strategic-level treasure, highlighting the preciousness of Wisdom Tao.

In that moment, the Big Dipper star pattern emerged behind Hong Yuan, its seven stars radiating light that illuminated the dim cultivation room—especially Hong Yuan’s head.

Hong Yuan suddenly felt that these problems, which had seemed so difficult to solve, now appeared quite simple, almost like arithmetic within ten!

The primary purpose is concealment and escape, to evade pursuit. I can forgo offensive capabilities and focus entirely on concealment and speed functions.

The allocation of Tao Marks can be likened to a large tree: the Tao of Great Moon will be the roots, while Water Tao, Ice Tao, and other Tao Marks can be the branches.

...

One problem after another was resolved by Hong Yuan.

A smile appeared on his face, his lips curling upwards.

He felt a surge of confidence, the kind that would make one say, "I laugh at Zhou Yu’s lack of strategy and Zhuge Liang’s lack of wisdom!"

Time passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, nine days had gone by. Kun Rong had arrived at the cave dwelling early, settling down in Han Kui’s palace.

Han Kui’s palace was originally just a cold stone house. However, with her patient decoration, it had become a place of antique charm, elegant and pristine, even featuring the Dragon Claw Bamboo that Han Jiuming favored.

However, Han Jiuming had never entered her palace, as he was always cultivating arduously to combat Tianli.

"Sister Kun Rong, please, have some tea," Han Kui said, her sleeves rolled up, inviting Kun Rong with a beaming smile.

Upon hearing Han Kui’s voice, Kun Rong shifted her gaze from the stone door of the cultivation room.

Kun Rong thanked Han Kui, lifted the celadon teacup to take a sip, and then started to complain to Han Kui about Hong Yuan.

"Han Kui, you have no idea, but my shameless senior brother already has an excellent ’Sky-connecting Tower’ Tao Species concept.

"If only he would stop aiming for perfection, the Sky-connecting Tower would still be an excellent Life Tao Seed. But he’s just so stubborn; I really don’t get it."

Kun Rong didn’t understand it at all.

In her opinion, Hong Yuan’s concept was already superb. Even after she secretly told their master, the master couldn’t praise the simplified version of the ’Sky-connecting Tower’ enough.

"Brother Jiuming is also doing this to combat Tianli. After all, Tianli is simply too terrifying. I heard he’s still at the fifth-tier peak realm, yet he possesses nearly ten thousand Tao Marks of Power Tao," Han Kui sighed softly, her expression sorrowful.

"Tianli..." Hearing this name, Kun Rong also grew silent.

Just ten years ago, Tianli, at the cost of being half-crippled, had single-handedly slain a sixth-tier Flood Dragon Demon Saint!

What a terrifying existence.

On that day, everyone was reminded that the Heavenly Horned Ant clan’s fearsome reputation as a Chosen Imperial Clan was forged in battle.

The Endless Sea Area, even the Five Human Regions, were all on edge.

Over the past ten years, Tianli’s fame had grown day by day.

And yet, he had never let Han Jiuming off the hook.

Spies from the Ten Thousand Demon Holy Land were constantly scattered around the Huangqu River.

"Master said that those old fiends created the Dragon-transformed Demon Cultivators to activate Tianli’s status as the Demon Clan’s Son of Fortune. The more Dragon-transformed Demon Cultivators are sacrificed to Tianli, the stronger his immense fortune becomes."

"Once their leading figure among the Dragon-transformed Demon Cultivators is sacrificed, the Dragon Sun Demon Emperor’s influence within the Demon Clan will plummet. Tianli will then have the chance to reverse the trend of the Human Tao and re-establish the dominance of the Demon Tao throughout heaven and earth."

"And with the years of pursuit by the Ten Thousand Demon Holy Land, part of the fortune of the younger generation of Dragon-transformed Demon Cultivators has been transferred to my senior brother. He is destined to be targeted by Tianli. This is unavoidable."

"Even though Master is a man of Great Divine Power, his Life Span is not much longer..."

Kun Rong looked at the black tea in the celadon cup, her heart filled with complexity, as she slowly revealed various secrets.

Han Kui, a young girl, had never heard such secrets. Her expression was one of shock and disbelief.

In that moment, Han Kui felt as though an invisible hand had fiercely grasped her throat, rendering her speechless.

The feeling of suffocation overwhelmed her!

SQUEAK~

Just then, the tightly closed stone door of the cultivation room slowly creaked open, and Hong Yuan’s figure emerged.

The starlight shone on Hong Yuan, casting him in an aura as cold and distant as the Great Moon Star Lord.

Strangely, most of the suffocating pressure on Han Kui lifted.

"Brother Jiuming!"

"Hmph, Senior Brother, you finally came out. How did it go?"

Han Kui and Kun Rong asked in unison.

Hong Yuan, calm and unhurried, stretched out his hand into the starlight, lightly clenching it as though grasping the future.

"Naturally, it’s all settled!" Hong Yuan’s lips curved into a confident, composed smile.

His Life Tao Seed was determined: it was the Great Moon Virtual Mirror!