Chapter 19 Transformation

"Rumble!"

Just as the Pharmacist and the others were observing, the lightning tribulation descended once again from the void, becoming even more intense.

Lightning dragons roared, soaring in the violent thunderclouds. Each dragon was thousands of feet long, shining with different lights.

Finally, the three lightning dragons combined together, turning into a towering pillar of lightning, crashing down from the heavens!

The power of this strike was many times stronger than before, causing even the Village Chief and the others to be alarmed.

However, the black and white light sphere enveloping the exotic beast released immeasurable brilliance, as if it controlled the endless spiritual power of heaven and earth, bravely accepting the lightning tribulation!

"One…two…three…"

In the void, lightning dragons continued to combine, and the number of combinations also increased, from the initial combination of three, to a combination of six, and then to a combination of nine…

The power became more and more terrifying. If Su MuZhe and the others hadn't taken action, this mountain range would have been crushed into powder long ago!

After a long time, above the heavens, the thunderclouds finally slowly dissipated, and the aura of chaos also dispersed. In the void, there was only a figure, with a mysterious rune above its head, suspended three feet above it, scattering a vast divine glow, setting it off like an immortal descending to the mortal world.

After a moment, the figure's eyes narrowed, and the rune above its head suddenly fell, merging into her body. All the divine light was restrained, revealing only a slender and graceful figure.

"It turned into a human?"

Qin Mu was stunned. This was the first time he had seen an exotic beast transform, but just as he finished speaking, the graceful figure in the void landed in the Taoist temple.

Bang!

Without saying a word, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed nine times in a row before speaking, "This little demon is fortunate to have been enlightened by Senior, no longer ignorant, knowing longevity and entering the Great Dao. I implore to serve Senior, and hope that Senior will allow it."

The Taoist temple fell silent, and even the exotic beasts did not make a sound.

"Granted…"

After a long time, a voice appeared between heaven and earth. The void trembled, and even the endless heaven and earth seemed to be torn apart, as if supreme power was about to descend.

No one could resist this kind of power, and no one could ignore it. Even those who were thousands of miles away couldn't help but feel reverence when they heard this voice.

In the Taoist temple, it was even more extraordinary. All living beings knelt down, as if worshiping the supreme Heavenly Emperor, not daring to say a word.

Immediately afterward, five-colored immortal light fell, weaving into a Five Qi Flying Robe, which was worn on the transformed woman's body.

"Thank you, Ancestral Master, for your permission!"

The woman respectfully kowtowed until the immortal light and divine power between heaven and earth dissipated, and then she got up with the others and beasts.

"Ao Ling greets all seniors and fellow Daoists."

After that, she also bowed to the creatures in the Taoist temple, and slowly said, "The Ancestral Master has passed down an order that after nightfall, when darkness descends, you may come here to listen to the Dao and avoid disaster."

"Little girl, did this senior really issue an order?" Granny Si looked at Ao Ling. The other party had only cultivated to the Divine Power realm, but she had obtained good fortune, and even she couldn't estimate her strength.

"How dare Ao Ling falsely传Ancestral Master's order?"

Ao Ling's attitude was humble, and she didn't seem like an exotic beast that had transformed at all. Instead, she was like a reclusive scholar who had cultivated for many years and had a detached temperament.

"Little friend, I wonder if you can tell us the name and Daoist title of your senior?" Su MuZhe asked Ao Ling. He was indeed very curious about the identity of this mysterious being.

Ao Ling smiled, made a bow and said, "Ancestral Master's name is Tai Xuan. You can respectfully call Ancestral Master Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Venerate, or Dao Ancestor."

"Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Venerate, Dao Ancestor?!"

Not to mention Su MuZhe, even the others in the Remnant Old Village were shocked when they heard these names. Any one of these titles, if shouted randomly, would be punished by the heavens.

But the one in front of them had all of them, and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth didn't have any objections, and didn't even show a trace of abnormality.

There were three possibilities. First, this person was too weak to be noticed by the Heavenly Dao, and was simply ignored. But this was clearly impossible. How could someone who could create a system and enlighten living beings at will be weak?

The second possibility was that the Heavenly Dao recognized these titles. Such respect was justified, so naturally, no abnormality would befall.

As for the third possibility, it was the least likely, that even the Heavenly Dao did not dare to refute, or even disobey!

In Su MuZhe's and the others' minds, only the second possibility was valid, but this was enough to make people horrified and fearful. Such a high and mighty existence actually appeared in the Great Ruins, which was simply unbelievable.

Ao Ling looked at the changes in their expressions, smiled and said, "Ancestral Master's order also mentioned one point."

When Su MuZhe and the others heard this, they came back to their senses, and heard Ao Ling say, "Ten years later, open up a new path, preach the Dao to all realms, guide all living beings, and embark on the path of Limitless Great Dao!"

Su MuZhe was shocked. He naturally understood what this meant.

Today's cultivation system has also undergone countless reforms before reaching today's cultivation path.

But the meaning of this Heavenly Emperor was to change the cultivation system of all living beings with his own strength and open up a new Great Dao!

At the thought of this, how could he not be surprised?

"Open up a new path!" The Pharmacist and the others felt something in their hearts. This new path must be the system they learned last night when they listened to the Dao. If this was the case, they would have ten more years than others to cultivate!

Don't look down on ten years, but with the foundation of the past, they were confident that they could completely transform their cultivation, and even go one step further!

"Village Chief, let's move the village here!"

The Cripple took a deep breath and said that there was nothing to move in the Remnant Old Village. The main thing was those stone statues.

What he was thinking was to seize the opportunity as soon as possible, and he had a feeling that this opportunity was not just as simple as allowing him to go one step further.

He even felt that as long as he seized this opportunity, not to mention those Pseudo-Gods, even True Gods would definitely not be his end.

The others were also looking at Su MuZhe, waiting for him to make a decision.

"…Okay!"

After a moment of silence, Su MuZhe chose to agree.

In fact, he no longer had any binding force on the Cripple and the others. In the past, they were old and crippled, supporting each other and living hard.

But yesterday's good fortune had already restored them to their peak. They were still willing to stay here entirely because of this Tai Xuan Heavenly Emperor. Otherwise, they would have left long ago.

Therefore, even if he didn't agree, these people would definitely run to the vicinity of the Taoist temple. Rather than that, it would be better to have them all come over.

"Let's go back and pack our luggage quickly, and then carry the stone statues over. We may not be able to get here today, but it won't take too long." Su MuZhe said. The others also nodded, then grabbed Qin Mu and flew towards the Remnant Old Village.

Not long after they left, a figure floated over. This was a middle-aged man with phoenix eyes and willow eyebrows, tall and with an extraordinary temperament, unlike ordinary people.

"Ao Ling greets National Preceptor."

When he arrived, Ao Ling also walked out of the Taoist temple, stood in front of the Taoist temple, and saluted Yan Kang National Preceptor from afar.

"…Similar but not quite." Yan Kang National Preceptor looked at Ao Ling, with a bit of strangeness in his eyes, "You are an exotic beast that has transformed, but the power in your body is quite strange."

The strangeness lay in the fact that it could not be cultivated with the current cultivation method. Although its aura was not weaker than that of a peak Heavenly Human Divine Treasure expert, it gave him a sense of unreality, as if this power should not exist in this world.

"National Preceptor has keen eyes. What this junior has learned comes from Ancestral Master and is indeed not the current method." Ao Ling was calm and composed, and did not show any timidity because the person in front of her was the number one person under the gods.

"Oh?" A trace of surprise flashed in Yan Kang National Preceptor's eyes. He seemed to have thought of the figure he saw in the void, and then said after a moment, "I wonder if I can pay a visit to your Ancestral Master?"

Ao Ling smiled and said, "Naturally, there is no problem. Walk up this mountain and arrive before the Taoist temple, and you will naturally be able to see Ancestral Master."

"Walk?"

Yan Kang National Preceptor looked at the winding mountain road and stepped onto it without hesitation.

Like Su MuZhe and the others, after walking on the mountain road, a grand scene appeared before his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh. Even he couldn't detect it at all, so the Ancestral Master in Ao Ling's mouth must be an extraordinary figure.

As the Yan Kang National Preceptor and the number one person under the gods, his temperament and will were all extraordinary. Naturally, there was no reason why he couldn't climb the short mountain. He soon arrived before the Taoist temple.

"Please."

Ao Ling stepped aside, and Yan Kang National Preceptor also saw the figure in the Taoist temple.

Looking at that figure, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Then, he slowly stepped into the Taoist temple and came to a spot one zhang in front of Jiang Xuan.

"Yan Kang, Jiang BaiGui, greets Senior."

Yan Kang National Preceptor bowed. After a brief silence, his mind was suddenly sucked into a black hole. When he came back to his senses, the front was an endless starry sky, surrounded by hazy chaos. Spots of starlight scattered, enveloping him and surrounding him.

In all directions, he could see large stars rising and falling, a galaxy hanging upside down, and nebulae falling down, sweeping across billions of light-years. Everything was like a dream, like a fairyland!

This was an unimaginable and indescribable scene. Each scene made Jiang BaiGui only sigh at the vastness of the universe. Compared to it, life was as small as dust.

However, all of this paled in comparison to the figure at the end of the ancient starry sky road!

That was an unimaginable figure, supporting the heaven and earth, billions and billions of miles tall, surrounded by endless immortal radiance. The entire starry sky paled in comparison to him!

He seemed to be the master who controlled the Great Dao, immortal and indestructible, possessing endless Dao might.

He stood in the void, his aura shaking the myriad realms, sweeping across the entire galaxy. Between breaths, he swallowed endless astral essence, as if he could swallow the stars into it. Everything paled in comparison to him!

Impossible to understand, impossible to describe, impossible to fathom, as if he could lift his hand to support the universe, and lift his foot to pierce the chaos of the Nine Heavens, like an immortal emperor who was eternally unchanging, stepping on the stars, bearing the galaxy on his shoulders, the supreme taboo of the myriad realms.

"What a terrifying existence!"

Jiang BaiGui was horrified, so shocked that he couldn't speak. This phenomenon was too terrifying, beyond imagination!

And in the next moment, that figure looked back, dressed in black, his face shrouded in chaos, only vaguely revealing a trace, a gaze that dominated the ages shot out from within. All living beings, all rules, could only bow their heads under this gaze, unable to look directly at it!

"Boom!!"

That gaze contained an incomprehensible power. In this instant, countless memories flooded into Jiang BaiGui's mind like a tide!

*Tai Xuan Sutra*, *Limitless Great Dao*, *Dao Body*, *World of the Mind*…

Those were profound scriptures, expounding the principles of heaven and earth, discussing longevity, mysterious and beyond the imagination of all living beings, imprinted one by one into Jiang BaiGui's mind!

And Jiang BaiGui's body was also in a state of sleep.

Although he was the number one person under the gods, what Jiang Xuan passed on to him was not an ordinary Daoist method or ancient scripture, but the Daoist method of all living beings, a supreme Great Dao, so naturally he could only accept the inheritance little by little.

And the body was in a state of sleep, which was the same as the human body's own protection mechanism.

…

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the outside world had gradually darkened, and Jiang BaiGui finally came back to his senses.

Looking at the Daoist in front of him, he respectfully kowtowed, "Thank you, Dao Ancestor, for the grace of preaching the Dao. This junior will definitely live up to your trust, spread the Limitless Great Dao to all living beings, and open up a great world where everyone is like a dragon!"

"Good."

A heavenly sound rang out from the void. At the same time, an ancient disc filled with an aura of light slowly condensed from the void and landed in Jiang BaiGui's hand.

"Civilization Ancient Disc?!"

Jiang BaiGui was shocked. When he came into contact with the Civilization Ancient Disc, a memory also flooded into his mind.

"This!!"

After he absorbed that memory, his eyes couldn't help but widen. In his memory, he had never seen such a terrifying treasure. It could no longer be described as a divine object.

Various systems, various functions, various civilization systems, countless!

If Yan Kang could truly apply this Civilization Ancient Disc, not to mention this fake sky, even the real sky, the real gods, they would not care about them.

"Go."

Jiang Xuan's voice sounded again. He bestowed the Civilization Ancient Disc to Jiang BaiGui because this person was very special in this era. He was known as the number one person under the gods, a saint who appeared once every five hundred years, with amazing talent. He also presided over the Yan Kang Reform, the person who started the prelude to the great world, breaking through the thorns and clearing the mountains. He belonged to the pioneer who pioneered the era, the pioneer of the era.

Passing the new system to him was to allow more people to cultivate.

Of course, if he wanted everyone to cultivate, he would naturally be able to do so when he preached the Dao to the myriad realms.

Moreover, with his realm, it was naturally impossible to create a flawed Great Dao. Doing so was only to allow all living beings to explore this incomplete Great Dao and see what inspiration they could have.

Ten years, neither short nor long, but with the Civilization Ancient Disc, it was not difficult to achieve this step.

"Yes."

Jiang BaiGui bowed respectfully, retreated from the Taoist temple step by step, and bowed to Jiang Xuan in the Taoist temple before leaving.

After he left, Jiang Xuan entered the state of creating the Dharma again.

"Tenth realm, Innate Five Tai, first step, Taiji…"

"The Great Dao is above Taiji but not high; below the Six Extremes but not deep; before heaven and earth but not long; older than ancient times but not old. Master the ultimate of eternity, know the changes of yin and yang and the five elements, thoroughly understand all laws, and rule the Great Thousand."

This realm was comparable to the gods among the Saint Kings, spanning the five levels from Lower God to Great Perfection God.

And in his estimation, these five steps of the Innate Five Tai, reaching the third step could be comparable to the Immortal, reaching the fourth step, could be comparable to the Non-Existent Immortal, and reaching the fifth step, could surpass the Non-Existent Immortal.