There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 155 All Paths Become Fire

Inside the stone tower, after obtaining the cultivation technique, Hao Chen pondered for a while and then made up his mind to sever his current cultivation level.

Hao Chen did not waste the cultivation that was severed. Instead, he used the secret method recorded in the "Huangji Jingshi Shu" to re-polish his foundation and transform it into the foundation for his own transformation.

"Without destruction, there can be no construction; destruction precedes construction. Heaven and earth are the furnace, all paths are the fire, yin and yang are supreme, governing all paths."

With a low shout, Hao Chen activated his secret technique, directly severing his own cultivation until his aura plummeted to that of a mortal beast.

Beside Hao Chen was a ball of light emitting a hazy immortal glow; that was his severed cultivation.

When Hao Chen looked at the ball of light, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes: "I will use my past cultivation as a guide to fuse all the Dao into my body, and then use my own Yin and Yang origin as the main force to command all the Dao."

As he spoke, Hao Chen crushed the ball of light without hesitation. Instantly, countless booming sounds and endless divine laws of order appeared one by one, swirling around Hao Chen's body.

Hao Chen was not surprised by this, after all, he had previously used the World Tree to emulate many divine beasts, and even the Dao and Law of Heaven and Earth. Although his immaturity was still immature, it was still a part of the myriad Daos.

His own Dao resonated with the Dao in the stone tower space, causing countless laws of the Great Dao and the essence of heaven and earth to surge towards Hao Chen.

In an instant, this place seemed to have transformed into a world of Tao, an ocean of essence and energy.

Hao Chen calmly absorbed the surrounding essence, and like a whale swallowing its prey, a massive amount of essence entered Hao Chen's body.

The massive amount of essence instantly restored his meridians, which had been injured from forcibly severing his cultivation, to their original state. In fact, the meridians even widened and became more resilient as a result.

"Although it is said that the body is tempered by the fire of ten thousand paths, we can't just be courting death from the start. Let's start with ten paths, no, five!"

After making a decision, Hao Chen used his primordial spirit to inscribe five massive divine runes around him.

Divine flames surged on the runes, instantly igniting Hao Chen's physical body. These were not ordinary flames, but rather symbols of the Great Dao, emanating streams of Daoist rhyme, and faint Daoist sounds echoed in Hao Chen's ears.

"It hurts, it hurts too much!"

Hao Chen had no mind to appreciate this change. His entire body was being scorched and ignited by the Great Dao Fire. The intense pain distorted his face, and he even wanted to give up.

In just a moment, most of his body was burned to nothingness. Fortunately, at this moment, the World Tree inside Hao Chen suddenly unleashed its power, bursting out of Hao Chen's body and floating above his head.

A rich life essence descended from the World Tree, enveloping Hao Chen and repairing the area where Hao Chen had been burned.

New flesh and blood grow back, only to be quickly burned away by the Great Dao Fire, then grow back again, only to be burned away again...

The cycle repeated itself, and Hao Chen quickly became numb until the Great Dao Fire could no longer harm his physical body.

Touching the soft fur on his body, as if every hair was radiating divine light, and feeling the powerful sensation emanating from his flesh, Hao Chen had a feeling that if he didn't use divine power, he could definitely beat his pre-transformation self to a pulp.

"continue!"

Seeing the changes, Hao Chen gained confidence and this time he directly summoned ten Great Dao Flames to refine himself.

This time, however, Hao Chen did not directly use the Dao Fire to temper himself, but instead stirred up the Yin and Yang origins within his body.

In an instant, he rose from the ground, but remained seated, suspended in the air. The Yin and Yang essence transformed into two Yin and Yang dragons, which flew out from Hao Chen's body and circled around him.

The next moment, the void twisted and blurred, and the Yin-Yang Dragon also changed, becoming like a Yin-Yang furnace, which contained Hao Chen inside.

At this moment, Hao Chen was like a dish, placed in a black and white stove, being cooked by the fire below.

Hao Chen discovered that with the isolation provided by the Yin-Yang Furnace, the Daoist essence within the Dao Fire could enter his body in a gentle form. His understanding of the profound mysteries of the Great Dao entering his body also began to increase significantly, as if he had already comprehended and mastered these Daoist principles.

"Although I wish to govern all paths, I do not blindly imitate the paths of others and the world. Instead, I take the Yin-Yang Great Dao, which evolved from my own Yin-Yang origin, as the supreme principle to govern the myriad paths within my body. Therefore, my Dao is Yin-Yang."

With the confirmation of his Dao Heart, Hao Chen felt as if he had been sublimated. The Yin-Yang Dao within his body hung high above the nine heavens, like a Heavenly Emperor looking down on all ages, while the myriad Daos below bowed down like subjects.

And so, within the Yin-Yang Furnace, the Dao Flames that Hao Chen ignited increased from the initial five to ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred... one thousand...

As the Great Dao Flame continuously imprinted the divine laws of order onto Hao Chen's body, his aura began to rise steadily. The improvement in his cultivation made Hao Chen forget the passage of time, and he focused wholeheartedly on cultivation.

Wuchen, from the ancient land of origin, was sitting cross-legged in front of the stone tower at this moment, and he immediately sensed the changes within the stone tower.

Wuchen muttered to himself, "Once I've trained a suitable successor, I can go back with peace of mind. I wonder which of Haochen and Chenying is more suitable for this position."

Wuchen knew about Chenying, and even Chenying's appearance was partly due to Wuchen's help behind the scenes.

Since Wuchen wanted to leave the Ancient Land of Origin, he had to find a successor. Originally, he valued Haotian.

However, he disliked Haotian's personality, feeling that Haotian was too power-hungry and unable to maintain a fair view of the world.

Therefore, Wuchen turned his attention to Haochen, who was unable to see the cause and effect. In order to test Haochen, he even secretly helped him copy Chenying when Haochen was making small moves while copying the demon god.

As for Haochen and Chenying, it doesn't matter to Wuchen who will win their battle, because the Dao is divided into Yin and Yang, and they are the two sides of the Dao. Anyone can become anyone else.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, after obtaining the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, Chen Ying led all the gods to locate the Dark Universe using the Sky-Supporting Tree they had found long ago.

With the activation of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, it instantly carried Chen Ying and the others across the vast chaos to the dark universe.

The aura of reincarnation emanating from the Six Paths of Reincarnation was instantly detected by the Emperor of Fengdu.

Before the Emperor of Fengdu could speak, Shen Tu frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I sense that the aura of reincarnation comes from the heavens. Could it be the Heavenly Court?"

The Emperor of Fengdu shook his head, his eyes coldly fixed on the direction of the Heavenly Court: "Whether it was done by the Heavenly Court or not, Haotian cannot escape responsibility."

After saying this, the Emperor of Fengdu led the army of the underworld and marched directly towards the Heavenly Court.

The passage of a large number of ghostly soldiers was impossible to conceal, and the Emperor of Fengdu had no intention of hiding his whereabouts. Others might fear Haotian, but Fengdu had no fear of him.

Haotian knew that ordinary heavenly soldiers and generals could not stop the Emperor of Fengdu, so he stood alone in front of the army of the underworld.

"Fengdu, you have quite the airs. Instead of properly guarding your underworld, what brings you to my Heavenly Court?"

Haotian naturally knew why Fengdu had come, but he could not openly admit to being involved in the matter. Instead, he turned the tables and accused the Emperor of Fengdu.

The Emperor of Fengdu laughed in fury: "Ha, Haotian, do you think I don't know that Chen Ying is just a pawn of yours?"

The Emperor of Fengdu sneered, "Originally, I didn't want to bother with your trivial matters, but you shouldn't have done that, in order to weaken the Underworld, you actually secretly guided it to steal the Underworld's treasures and disrupt the cycle of reincarnation."

As he spoke, the Emperor of Fengdu unleashed a fierce aura, pressing down on Haotian: "Hand over the treasures of the Underworld, and I will retreat; otherwise, hmph!"

Hearing these threatening words, Haotian remained calm and countered with a wisp of Quasi-Immortal Emperor aura: "This matter has nothing to do with me. As for whether you believe it or not, I have no say in it. Step down."

Just then, a figure sitting cross-legged on a golden lotus quietly appeared beside the Emperor of Fengdu.

Haotian frowned as he looked at the figure radiating Buddhist light: "Ksitigarbha, doesn't your Buddhist sect preach purity of the six senses? What, are you getting involved in this matter too?"

Ksitigarbha clasped his hands together and looked at Haotian with a smile: "Your Majesty, this humble monk's purpose in coming here is only to take away my old companion."

As he spoke, the light behind Ksitigarbha twisted and transformed into a golden hand, which flew toward a corner of the Heavenly Court.

Before long, the golden hand flew back with a comatose little white dog. Looking at the extremely weak little white dog, Ksitigarbha felt a pang of heartache. He could see that his little white dog was now like a candle in the wind, its life force about to be extinguished at any moment.

"Little White, I'm here. I've come to take you home."

"Um, Master, you've come. Little White knew you wouldn't forget me."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Xiaobai tried hard to open its eyes, but after trying for a long time, it still couldn't.

Seeing that Xiao Bai was so weak that he couldn't even open his eyes, Ksitigarbha tightly hugged him in his arms: "Your Majesty, this humble monk needs an explanation."

"Hmph, who do you think you are, daring to ask me for an explanation!"

Haotian was somewhat annoyed. He hadn't expected to be tricked by Chenying, who would actually keep this beast alive in order to put Buddhism on the opposite side of him.

"This humble monk does not wish to cause trouble, but he is not someone to be trifled with. You should know that there is also the saying of the wrathful Vajra in Buddhism."

"Are you trying to force me?" Haotian shouted in a deep voice, while the strange phenomena of the Thirty-Three Heavens appeared behind him, pressing towards Ksitigarbha.

Ksitigarbha clasped his hands together, and a burst of Buddhist light appeared on his body. A Bodhisattva image appeared behind him, raising his hand to block the falling Thirty-Three Heavens.

The Great Emperor of Fengdu roared, "Haotian, do you think there's no one in my Underworld?!"

But before Fengdu could make a move, a sudden change occurred. A giant Pixiu, evolved from the divine laws of order, came down from the sky with a decree in its mouth.

In the blink of an eye, ignoring the oppressive aura of Haotian, Dizang, and Fengdu, it descended upon the center of the battlefield, and at the same time, a majestic Daoist voice resounded in everyone's hearts.

"The Heavenly Emperor's decree has arrived!!!"