Above the Great Dao

Daochengzi intercepted Little Dun Fairy and Chen Shi from the air, yet even carrying a person, Little Dun Fairy's speed was beyond his reach and soon disappeared from his sight.

Daochengzi roared repeatedly, seemingly devoid of any tranquility of a cultivator, instead showing extreme agitation.

After a moment, he regained calmness, and the vast sea of flesh and blood flowed mightily into his body, quickly penetrating within.

Daochengzi's split head closed up, the skin automatically stitching, returning to its original state.

The scholars and monk came over, and Daochengzi looked at the scholar, saying, "Brother Song, won't you explain?"

The monk also looked at the scholar, both with somewhat hostile expressions, silently surrounding him in front and behind.

The scholar said, "You both should know my ancient lineage, I won't hide it, I am a descendant of merchants."

Daochengzi and the monk remained silent; they already knew the scholar was a descendant of prehistoric civilization, possessing part of prehistoric culture, extremely formidable. At that time, both sides had contact, mostly probing, plotting murder, mutually devouring.

Until Chen Shi arrived, subduing them under his influence, they started cooperating at Chen Shi's urging.

The scholar said, "Confucian refers to witch, historian, blessing, divination; also known as witch. Great Shang period Confucian divided into Confucian Master, Human Confucian, Confucian Scholar, Confucian Emperor's Son. Confucian Emperor's Son was responsible for teaching the Emperor's son. My ancestor was the Confucian Emperor's Son of the Mysterious Bird Heavenly Court of Great Shang, passed down through the bloodline to my generation, and I am the current Confucian Emperor's Son. The woman just now is the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor of the Mysterious Bird Heavenly Court, so I must kneel."

Daochengzi said, "Brother Song, the Mysterious Bird Heavenly Court has long been overthrown by Great Zhou, and the merchant remnants rebuilt in West Bull New Continent, far from its former glory. It's long destroyed now, you're already transcendent and sacred, why kneel?"

Scholar Song Yi shook his head, saying, "I am so powerful because of my bloodline gift, which comes from the founder of my Song Family from the Great Shang era. The Emperor Shang sealed my ancestor as the Confucian Emperor's Son, with the witch sacrificial Dao pattern deeply embedded in the bloodline. As long as my bloodline gift exists, I'll still be suppressed when encountering royal bloodline."

Daochengzi and the monk frowned.

The monk said, "Such outdated customs should have been abolished long ago."

Scholar Song Yi said, "But the bloodline gift safeguarded the lives of my lineage."

Daochengzi gazed in the direction of Little Dun Fairy's escape, sighing, "Even preserving life, it's still difficult to become immortal."

The monk approached him, saying, "That's why Your Majesty is crucial. Without Your Majesty, we'd still be fighting endlessly, thinking about how to cease evil transformation, how to revert to humanity. Back then, we wouldn't see beyond our vile skins."

Scholar Song Yi said, "Indeed. Who would have thought, evil transformation isn't necessarily evil; it might just be the Great Dao evolving. Since we can't change heaven and earth, let's actively adapt to evil transformation, becoming new humans, new human immortals."

Daochengzi laughed, "After deepening the evil transformation, I felt much more normal."

"So did I."

They exchanged smiles.

The monk said, "Despair Slope aims for True God governance eternally unchanged, but their methods are outdated. Only proactive evil transformation can endure in this world!"

Daochengzi laughed, "What is evil, what is righteous? Does Despair Slope uphold righteousness? Is evil transformation truly evil? I believe evil transformation might not necessarily contradict the Heaven and Earth Righteous Dao, might not necessarily oppose Heavenly Dao. We are the true practitioners of Heavenly Dao!"

Scholar Song Yi said, "Words are futile, the Heavenly Girl abducted Your Majesty, we must find them soon. I'm worried the Heavenly Girl may harm Your Majesty."

They flew away.

Despair Slope, Le Dao Spring was steaming hot, rumored to be a spring of Great Dao, with water embracing Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi, void of any evil Qi, consuming it grants longevity.

Zhong Wuwang sat naked in the Dao Spring, most of his injuries healed.

The blade wounds from the Blood Transformation Divine Saber caused severe damage to him. Upon returning to Despair Slope, Heavenly Dao immortals came to suppress his injuries upon hearing. However, the Blood Transformation Divine Saber was formidable, escaping Yin Yang, all would transform into blood and perish. Even Despair Slope had no immortals escaping Yin Yang.

But fortunately, Despair Slope had a magical treasure escaping Yin Yang.

It was a small bottle, palm height, entirely white jade, semi-transparent, faintly visible Tai Chi patterns flowing at the bottle's base.

Feng Ruotong raised the treasure, suspended it above Zhong Wuwang's head, absorbing for four to five days, extracting half a bottle of filthy blood. Zhong Wuwang survived because of this.

"Your injuries are now stable. There's something you should know, your master Wei Luo, Wei Daoist, his life lamp has extinguished."

Feng Ruotong put away the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence, saying, "He descended the mountain hearing those outer gods are centipedes, dead yet unyielding, appearing everywhere as True God's eyes close. He went to eradicate these outer gods. Unexpectedly met you gravely wounded by Chen Shi, he shielded you at the cost of facing such calamity."

Zhong Wuwang closed his eyes, two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks.

Feng Ruotong said, "I know your feelings for him were great, but the dead can't resurrect. There's nothing you can do."

Zhong Wuwang said, "Disciple implores Master Uncle not to kill Chen Shi, disciple wishes to do it personally."

Feng Ruotong nodded gently, saying, "You focus on healing. Intending to break through Mahayana, practicing new techniques for immortality."

Holding the treasure bottle, he rose and left.

Zhong Wuwang focused intently, drawing from Le Dao Spring water to heal his injuries.

Feng Ruotong arrived at the Eternal Immortal Pavilion to return the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence. A Heavenly Dao Immortal asked, "Brother Feng Dao, when will the True God open His eyes again? The Upper Realm has already been destroyed. Can the sacrifice of the gods of the Thirteen Families light up the sun again?"

"No rush."

Feng Ruotong said, "The common people can hold on for a few more years, we must not be hasty. We need to wait until the enemies emerge one by one before awakening the True God."

He said unhurriedly, "The outer gods, the Evil Spirits, are all taking action. It used to be difficult to find them as they would always hide, but now they are becoming active. It is the best time to eliminate them and prevent future troubles!"

"Can the True God really be awakened again?"

"Of course. Didn't we do it this way over six thousand years ago?"

Feng Ruotong seemed relaxed, "Back then, we managed to do it, and now we can do it even more!"

In the Divine Capital, Grandfather Chen Yindou saw someone who should have been dead for a long time, and he was stunned. This person's surname was Jing, and his name was Yushu, an elder who had led him into the Independent organization. Back then, Jing Yushu was already very old with only a few years of life left, and later disappeared.

Some said Jing Yushu had long been dead. His life span had reached its limit, and it was impossible for him to still be in the mortal world.

However, in the Divine Capital, Jing Yushu appeared in front of him, which surprised him.

"Chen Yindou, long time no see." Jing Yushu said with a smile.

A moment later, the two of them sat at a teahouse, bought a pot of tea, and looked outside at this peculiar city composed of demons and disasters.

Although this place was called the Divine Capital, none of the residents were gods.

They were demons and Evil Spirits.

Chen Yindou even saw a demon transformed into a beautiful young girl, flaunting about with a monk.

"What happened to you? Why do you appear here?" Chen Yindou inquired.

Jing Yushu said with a smile, "What happened to me is something that happens to everyone. I got old, about to die, so I made the same choice as the predecessors before my death, to come here and live on."

Chen Yindou was silent and glanced at him, saying, "You're half Evil-transformed."

Jing Yushu laughed, "What do you mean by Evil-transformed? Isn't cultivation just following the Heavenly Dao? Since the Heaven and Earth Great Dao has changed, and the Righteous Qi between Heaven and Earth has turned into Evil Qi, shouldn't we adapt to the change of the Great Dao?"

Chen Yindou said, "You're not completely Evil-transformed, just halfway there."

Jing Yushu said helplessly, "The Heaven and Earth Great Dao hasn't completely Evil-transformed, so I can only be half Evil-transformed. Others in the Divine Capital are the same. Being half Evil-transformed is the upper limit. However, this situation is improving because the Evil Qi is getting heavier. Sooner or later, the Heaven and Earth Great Dao of the West Bull New Continent will completely Evil-transform. By then, I will be a true immortal, immortal and everlasting!"

Chen Yindou looked him up and down, as if he could see through him, saying, "You're neither good nor evil now, like a cross between a wolf and a dog."

Jing Yushu got angry, "You still speak as harshly as you did back then!"

Back then, he was very old and wanted to choose someone to inherit his legacy, and he happened to encounter Chen Yindou. He initially wanted to take Chen Yindou as a disciple, but after some testing, he found that his knowledge was not enough for Chen to learn in a few days, so he gave up the idea.

The two became friends despite the age difference, and Jing Yushu led Chen Yindou into the Independents and took him to a gathering of Independents.

Chen Yindou smiled, "Seeing you not dead makes me very happy."

Jing Yushu chuckled and scolded, "I'm here to tell you, there's no need to be so guarded. The Divine Capital has no malice towards you, or towards you, or towards Chen Shi."

Chen Yindou remained silent.

Jing Yushu smiled, "You still don't believe, right? Actually, the Independents were established by the Divine Capital."

Chen Yindou's heart was slightly shocked, "Is this true?"

Jing Yushu smiled, "Of course, it's true. The Independents were established after the True King Era ended, over six thousand years ago. Many Independents have multiple identities, some are from the Thirteen Families, some are wandering cultivators from the Jianghu, and some are experts from various Holy Lands. Even the Sect Leaders of the Holy Lands include many. Becoming an Independent is not easy and requires someone extremely intelligent. However, after becoming an Independent, entering the Divine Capital is even harder."

He looked at Chen Yindou, smiling, "But Chen Yindou, you are definitely the talent most desired by the Divine Capital! After His Majesty ascends the throne, you will be the Supreme Emperor (note: father of the Supreme Emperor)."

Chen Yindou did not respond to him and asked, "Independents aim to research Daoist Divine Powers, uncovering the lost truths of the True King Era and the Prehistoric Era while searching for various Daoist Skills to advance the era. So what is the purpose of the Divine Capital? Evil Transformation? Immortality?"

"Wrong!"

Jing Yushu shook his head, "The purpose of the Divine Capital is nobler, which is to let the whole world completely Evil-transform, ending all the current sufferings! At that time, the underworld will be the mortal world! Everyone will become a new species, and cultivators like you and me will become the New Immortals!"

Chen Yindou was silent for a moment, shook his head, "You're worse than the Independents. Jing Yushu, I'm ashamed to be associated with you."

Jing Yushu no longer persuaded, smiled, "Chen Yindou, do you have a better solution? You've explored the mortal world and searched the underworld over the years, yet you haven't found any way to resolve the evil transformation of cultivators or the transformation of Heaven and Earth."

He smiled, "But your grandson, he solved it. He said, if we all undergo evil transformation, all become Evil Spirits, then there won't be any Evil Spirits, will there?"

——Additional Chapter. Thanks to many supporters such as Little Dog Head, Royal Tree Chopping Group, Heng Wu, Ruo yue Spring, Jiu Jiu Jiu Er Qi, Crystal Angel, Book Sea Deer, Evil Dragon and Seven Generations of Red Fate, and all the Alliance Hierarchs for their rewards, thank you~