Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

After several years, he saw the contemporary Heavenly Dao again, the woman who was always so cool every time she appeared.

The Heavenly Dao was barefoot, her crystal feet stepping on blooming snow-white sacred lotuses. She stopped in front of Jun Wuxie, each step creating a lotus flower. She didn't speak, but looked at him with eyes as calm as water.

"You don't seem surprised at all that I'm looking for you?"

Jun Wuxie didn't like this feeling. The other party was too calm, making it impossible for him to see or sense any fluctuations.

"I am surprised, but what surprises me is the changes in you over the years, not the fact that you came to find me. As for you not seeing my surprise, if I, a Heavenly Dao, was seen through by a mere Symbol Dao Supreme, I would be ashamed to die."

Her calm words were full of powerful confidence, and she had the qualifications to say such things.

She was the contemporary Heavenly Dao. In this universe, apart from certain special existences, she was invincible.

The areas where those special existences resided seemed to be within this universe, but were actually special异 spaces that did not belong to this universe and basically would not interfere in the affairs of this universe.

"Come on, show some emotion, smile, or get angry, joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, can you do it? Try it?"

Jun Wuxie spoke to the Heavenly Dao while gesturing with his body.

"Boring."

The Heavenly Dao remained calm, without any expression or emotional fluctuations.

"Boring? If it's boring, let's talk about life, talk about ideals. You, as the Heavenly Dao, have seen the rise and fall of the world, the changes of time. You must have unique insights. Why don't you say a few words and let me listen?"

Jun Wuxie deliberately didn't talk about serious matters, acting a bit unreasonable.

"You want to talk about life, talk about ideals?" This time, the Heavenly Dao didn't say he was boring, but responded, "I have no problem with that. As the Heavenly Dao, I have plenty of time."

Jun Wuxie: … …

He was really speechless. Indeed, this woman was so idle every day that it hurt. Spending time with her was definitely not going to work.

He originally just wanted to provoke her, to make her take the initiative to ask him the purpose of his visit, but she just wouldn't take the bait.

"Come on, tell me, what will it take for you to let Jingya go?"

Jun Wuxie no longer beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"It is imperative that I fuse her Dao Fruit. This is also the mission and responsibility of the Heavenly Dao, so there is no question of letting her go."

The Heavenly Dao's words had an unquestionable tone, directly expressing her determination to Jun Wuxie.

"Is there really no room for negotiation?"

Seeing her attitude, Jun Wuxie's face also darkened.

Since he first saw the Heavenly Dao more than two years ago, he had a strange feeling that the Heavenly Dao had no hostility towards him. Even because of Jingya's matter, he had never felt the same killing intent from her as he did from his enemies.

Therefore, he believed that the Heavenly Dao really wanted to protect this universe and maintain the order of the universe.

"There is no room for negotiation on this matter! If it were something else, if you asked me for help, I might make an exception to help you."

"Make an exception to help me?"

Jun Wuxie was a little surprised that the Heavenly Dao, who regarded all things as mere straw dogs and represented fairness and justice, would say such a thing.

If it were the Child of Destiny, he could understand the Heavenly Dao making an exception, but he was clearly not.

"You are unwilling to change your decision and insist on fusing Jingya's Dao Fruit. It can only be your obsession. You cannot achieve it, just as you cannot find Jingya. So your persistence is meaningless."

Jun Wuxie sneered.

As long as he didn't let Jingya out, the Heavenly Dao would be helpless. No matter how strong she was, she could not enter the Eight-Nine Profound Palace without his consent.

Hearing him say this, there was finally some subtle fluctuation in the Heavenly Dao's indifferent eyes.

She stared at him with those beautiful and profound eyes and said, "I know you hid her, that's why I can't find her. I underestimated you before. You came to me today and spoke so frankly in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you, or control your Nascent Soul? If that's the case, no matter where you hide her, you, who have lost yourself, will obediently bring her to me according to my will."

"Would you do that?" Jun Wuxie also stared at her, looking directly into her eyes and profound pupils, neither of them yielding in the slightest. "Actually, you can try it and see if it works."

"You are very confident, and you have courage and guts." The Heavenly Dao was not angry because of his provocation, but shook her head. "I don't know what you are relying on, but your reliance may be useless in front of me. However, I won't do that to you, otherwise I wouldn't have waited until today."

"As you said, you can get your wish by simply controlling my Nascent Soul. Why are you unwilling to try?"

"If I try, and you experience such a thing, your Dao Heart will be tainted, which will affect your cultivation mood and progress for a certain period of time. I don't want to see that result, because we have the same goal—to protect this universe. After this prosperous age, the Flood of Doomsday will follow, which will be particularly fierce. You have experienced it in the Lower Realm, so you should be very clear about it."

"In the Lower Realm, you turned the tide and fought alone against the dark powerhouses of a realm. This is something no one has ever been able to do. You are very amazing and have enough heaven-defying combat ability in the same realm. However, in this Upper Realm, you are destined not to be able to block the siege of tens of thousands of powerhouses of the same realm by yourself, as you did in the Lower Realm. No one in the Eternal Saint Realm can achieve such a level. Those who can cultivate to the Eternal Saint Realm are all amazing talents."

"So, you are thinking of me in every way?"

Jun Wuxie basically believed what she said, but so what?

No matter what, it was impossible for him to let anyone hurt Jingya.

"No matter what her identity was in her previous life, I only know that she is my woman in this life! You, an Upper Generation Heavenly Dao, and a Contemporary Heavenly Dao, should not interfere with each other. Even if there is a special relationship due to your identities, you should coexist harmoniously!"

Jun Wuxie's attitude was more determined than the Heavenly Dao's.

"How can you see that we are not in harmony? It's just that she doesn't remember some things. Some of those past memories should not have been restored."

"When she was the Heavenly Dao, you were not yet born. How can there be harmony? You have never met each other. The only connection is limited to the fact that you have the same identity. There is no other connection!"

"When her memory is completely restored, you will naturally know some things. I fuse her Dao Fruit not for myself, but to fulfill my mission and responsibility. Only in that way will our universe have hope in the future."

"How can you see that?"

"When that day comes, there will be dark powerhouses who exceed the understanding of cultivators in this world. With my current strength, I am not their opponent. Only by fusing her Dao Fruit will I have the confidence to defeat them."

"Not necessarily. Jingya's Dao Fruit is now recovering at an alarming rate. Although the time for the Flood of Doomsday to come will not be too long, it will not be too fast either. We have time! After all, the current heaven and earth environment is still in the process of rapid recovery and evolution, and the prosperous age has not yet reached its peak."

"What did you say?"

The Heavenly Dao suddenly lost her composure, looking at him in shock, unable to believe what he said. "You said her Dao Fruit is recovering at an alarming rate?"

She couldn't believe it. As the Heavenly Dao, she naturally knew how difficult it was for the Dao Fruit to awaken after the Heavenly Dao fell and reincarnated, to release the power of the Dao Fruit, and gradually recover to its peak in the previous life.

The difficulty was too great, because only one Heavenly Dao could exist in a universe.

She was the current Heavenly Dao, so in the dark, for Jingya, who was reincarnated, the Dao Fruit was basically impossible to recover and could not return to its peak in the previous life.

Now, not only had Jingya's Dao Fruit recovered, but it also had an amazing recovery speed, which completely subverted common sense.

"I said it very clearly, and you heard it very clearly."

"How could it be… There is such a thing… How did she do it…"

The contemporary Heavenly Dao was no longer as calm as before. Now she had obvious emotional fluctuations.

Jun Wuxie did not respond. He didn't know how to respond. He couldn't say that I am a little expert at opening passages, and I used the Seven-Inch Battle Spear to help her open it up.

Reality was so helpless. Sometimes, if you tell the truth, you might be regarded as a hooligan, especially since the one in front of you was particularly powerful and unfathomable, which would cause trouble for yourself.

Just as he was thinking this, an unusual sensation suddenly came from his chest, and even a slight cracking sound came from inside his clothes.

Jun Wuxie's face changed, and he reached in and took out the Compassionate Sound Ice Heart Pendant he was wearing on his chest.

At that moment, the moment his eyes fell on the Compassionate Sound Ice Heart Pendant, his body shook violently, and his pupils also contracted.

"How could this be… Could it be that something happened to Master Compassionate Sound?"

Jun Wuxie's expression was solemn. The Compassionate Sound Ice Heart Pendant in his hand was covered with several cracks. Through this pendant, a strange feeling seemed to be transmitted to his heart, making him feel very uneasy and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

"I'm leaving. Don't even think about fusing Jingya's Dao Fruit!"

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he wanted to leave. His mind was now full of finding Mu Ciyin as soon as possible.

"If you leave like this, do you know where your target is? The owner of this pendant is not on Canglan Ancient Star. By the time you find her, it may be too late."

Jun Wuxie was about to leave, but stopped because of the Heavenly Dao's words.

"What, are you going to help me?"

Jun Wuxie knew that if the Heavenly Dao had no intention, she would not remind him at all; since she reminded him, it was definitely not as simple as saying a word.

"Your master is now undergoing tribulation in the starry sky—the Eternal Saint Tribulation."

"What? Master Ciyin, she broke through to the Eternal Saint Realm?"

Hearing this news, Jun Wuxie was both surprised and happy. It seemed that the millennium of enlightenment in the Stone Pagoda had a very good effect, and Mu Ciyin had broken through so quickly.

"Indeed, she is undergoing tribulation. This kind of great tribulation is an Orderly Holy Punishment laid down by the previous Heavenly Dao, and its methods are so clever that even I cannot undo it. The Eternal Holy Tribulation is immensely powerful, making it difficult to withstand in the first place. Yet, at this moment, someone is interfering and launching sneak attacks, causing her tribulation to become even more severe."

After speaking, Heavenly Dao waved its hand, and a set of star coordinates flew over, landing in Jun Wuxie's hands.

"Even if you go there now, I'm afraid you won't be able to help her. Those attacking her are all great experts in the Mixed Origin Realm. Why don't I give you a stroke of good fortune instead?"

After Heavenly Dao finished speaking, the surrounding environment underwent earth-shattering changes, instantly turning into a dark void, vast and boundless.

"I will lend you a hand in the Dao of符 (Fú - Talismans/Inscriptions). How far you can go depends on yourself."

Heavenly Dao's voice echoed in this void. Almost simultaneously, a vast holy light descended from the sky, crashing down like a great waterfall, enveloping him.

Within the holy light were countless 符篆 (fú zhuàn - talismans/inscriptions), each bearing profound mysteries of the Dao of 符, permeated with the aura of the Primordial Dao of 符.

Jun Wuxie was shocked. Heavenly Dao actually knew the Primordial Dao of 符?

These Dao of 符 mysteries were indeed very profound, containing insights that were extremely deep, rare, and invaluable. For him, it was indeed a great stroke of good fortune.

However, Mu Ciyin's situation was critical. Where would he have the time to comprehend the Dao here?

"Concentrate your mind and calm your heart. Don't think about anything. There is a time multiplier here. These Primordial Dao of 符 talismans carry the insights of a Dao of 符 expert, the essence of their lifelong cultivation. Before their death, they refined their physical body and primordial spirit to condense these talismans. You can directly fuse with them. The effect is lasting, but in the short process of fusion, you will receive a boost. How much of a boost you get depends on your own fortune."

Heavenly Dao's voice rang in his ears, impacting his mind like a resounding bell.

"Thank you. Except for Jingya's matter, everything else is negotiable!"

This sentence did not receive a response from Heavenly Dao. This space was very silent. Countless Primordial 符篆 crashed down from the holy light, entering his body.

This process did not last long, about fifteen minutes.

Next, Jun Wuxie began to frantically fuse within his body. During the fusion process, the essence of the Primordial 符篆 greatly benefited him.

This process was very fast because it was just fusion, not conventional Dao comprehension.

Within the Primordial 符篆, there was not only the Primordial Dao of 符 law insights but also a massive amount of Qiankun (Heaven and Earth) energy.

Within Jun Wuxie's Qiankun Cave Heaven, the energy sea was expanding frantically.

This speed was quite astonishing, many times faster than any time he had experienced before.

After only half a day in the special space, brilliant 符 light soared into the sky from his body. At the same time, countless 符篆 flashed on his body surface, deriving endless runes, spreading to the surroundings, forming a giant 符 array in this vast void.

His Dao of 符 aura was many times stronger than before!

The fusion of the Primordial 符篆 was now complete.

Jun Wuxie opened his eyes. The golden light of the Dao of 符 in his eyes was blazing, and his entire aura had changed.

"Ninth Realm Holy 符 Master!"

He never would have dreamed that the Dao of 符, which was so difficult to cultivate, could actually break through from the middle to late stage of the Eighth Realm to the Ninth Realm in just half a day!

Corresponding to the Martial Dao realm, he was now a Mixed Origin-level 符 Master.

The peak of the Eighth Realm was equivalent to stepping into the Mixed Origin level, and he had now entered the Ninth Realm!

The void collapsed, and the secret realm dissipated. The surrounding environment returned to the appearance of the storm planet, but Heavenly Dao's figure was nowhere to be seen.

"Half a day in the special space... Time flows differently. The time in the outside world shouldn't have passed for too long..."

Jun Wuxie looked at the Ciyin Ice Heart Pendant on his chest. Although there were more cracks on it, the pendant had not completely shattered.

The Ciyin Ice Heart Pendant had a special connection with Mu Ciyin. Since it had not completely shattered, Jun Wuxie felt a little relieved. Immediately, following the coordinates given by Heavenly Dao, he rushed out of the storm planet, transforming into a brilliant golden light, piercing through the dark starry sky.