Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1317 618: Xuanhuang Dao Pattern (2)

Chen Shi sat down with peace of mind, quietly contemplating, and when he encountered places he didn't understand, he went to the stone slab by the well to observe the Eight Trigram Dao Patterns of the Fu Xi Family, using a stone from another mountain to solve his own problems.

For several days in a row, he was engrossed in contemplating the Xuanhuang Dao Patterns, neglecting sleep and food, tirelessly.

However, human effort has limits, and so does the Heavenly Mechanism Strategy. Chen Shi felt it was difficult to glean more Great Dao insights from the Xuanhuang Dao Patterns, so he stopped.

He tried to condense his own Xuanhuang Dao Patterns and to refine the patterns into the Daoist Field.

The Xuanhuang Dao Patterns he had realized were still superficial, and he only barely understood a portion of the principles. To completely decipher the Xuanhuang Dao Patterns of the Emperor Earth as Immortal Dao Dao Patterns, there was still a long way to go.

Chen Shi came to the well, a strand of Divine Power flew out, like a silk string, descended into the well, and tied a strand of Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi, with a slight movement of his mind, the strand of Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi rose from the well, as if weightless.

The Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi coiled around his fingertips, like a young dragon, slowly swimming.

Chen Shi thought of Lady Houtu's words about the magic of its use, existing within the mind, and the strand of Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi on his fingers stretched and shortened, grew heavier and lighter according to his thoughts.

He gently brushed his hand through the air, and the Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi transformed into a sky, and when he retracted his hand, the sky contracted and returned to a strand of Ancestor Qi.

With a slight movement of his mind, the Ancestor Qi transformed into a Taiyue, with a motion of his hand, the Taiyue turned into a long river.

Chen Shi withdrew the Ancestor Qi, exclaiming, "Indeed, the Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi is quite wondrous."

He continued to fish for Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi, storing it in the Purple Heaven Immortal Gourd.

Originally, the Immortal Gourd nurtured the Six Paths Mystic Sky Sword Qi, but unfortunately, the Mystic Sky Sword Qi was shattered by the Scorpion Tail Hook and scattered like starlight.

"I'd better use the Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi to refine some Sword Qi."

Chen Shi quickly fished out more than ten strands of Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi, curiously finding that these dozen strands did not merge, like a dozen young dragons crawling at the bottom of the gourd.

"Strange, why do they merge in the well, but can't merge after I collect them?"

Chen Shi pondered for a moment, unable to understand the reason, continuing to fish for Ancestor Qi, but seeing more Ancestor Qi enter the Immortal Gourd, still crawling like young dragons, not merging.

He felt even more puzzled, so he continued fishing, when he glimpsed the Infinite Diagram out of the corner of his eye, suddenly realizing, and laughed, "So that's the case. The Xuan Qi and Yellow Qi within the Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi are constantly in a state of chaos and confusion, each strand of Ancestor Qi is different, belonging to an independent whole, naturally hard to merge. They merge in the well only due to the constraint of the Infinite Diagram."

The Infinite Diagram within the well was indeed very formidable.

Chen Shi fished out one hundred and eight strands of Ancestor Qi, then stopped, thinking, "These things are precious, one shouldn't take too much. Lest there be too little Ancestor Qi in the Infinite Diagram to suppress the Great Demon Skeleton at the bottom of the well... wait a moment, I must get some for my brother Black Pot."

He fished out some more Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi, for he was genuinely concerned that the Infinite Diagram wouldn't suppress the Great Demon Skeleton, then stopped.

Just as he was about to leave, he caught sight of the White Bone Scorpion Tail he'd burned off and collected it.

The White Bone Scorpion Tail was extremely hard, shattering his carefully refined Mystic Sky Sword Qi at a touch; even his Blood Transformation Divine Saber couldn't harm it in the slightest. If this thing could be refined into a Magical Treasure, it would surely be ferocious and domineering!

He walked out of Ruzhu Dao Hua Palace, passing through the streets and alleys of the Thick Virtue Heavenly Palace, where the fairies lived carefree, full of leisurely charm; most importantly, besides him, there wasn't a single man to be seen, thus his passage attracted the gaze of many girls, making it truly enchanting.

"This place is a land of tenderness, to stay here as the Crown Prince would be utterly delightful."

Chen Shi returned smiles to the fairies looking in his direction, passing leisurely through the dazzling array of colors.

"Such a beautiful land of tenderness is built upon the skeletons of countless Great Demons. These fairies have no idea of the danger beneath their feet."

Chen Shi's heart was filled with emotion, "When the Three Pure Ones opened the Earth Immortal Realm, many unbelievable things surely occurred, which is why so many Great Demon skeletons are buried at the bottom of the well in Houde Palace. Each Heavenly Palace guarding the Earth Immortal Realm is not so simple."

The Four Imperial Lords each have their own Heavenly Palace, powerful Heavenly Venerates like the Thunder Department, the Dou Department, the Wen Department also each have a Heavenly Palace, as do the Five Directions Five Elders and the Shenxiao Nine Celestial, each with their own Heavenly Palace.

The number of Heavenly Palaces might be as numerous as the existences above King Li.

These Heavenly Palaces spread throughout the Earth Immortal Realm, might each be suppressing something under them?

Chen Shi blinked, this speculation seemed absurd at first, but after being to the world beneath the well, it doesn't seem so absurd anymore.

"The struggle between the Immortal Court and the Heavenly Court, could it ruin the legacy left by the Three Pure Ones, releasing what was suppressed by the gods of the Heavenly Court?" He was somewhat worried.

He returned to the Eastern Palace.

The Emperor Earth arranged for him to reside in the Eastern Palace, where many fairies dwelled, a team of fairies passed by him with flower baskets in hand, upon seeing his face, they all shyly lifted their sleeves half-covering their faces and lowered their heads as they walked past.

"Being the Crown Prince is truly nice," Chen Shi thought to himself.

He found Black Pot and Yu San'er, only to see the dog and fish still practicing tirelessly, Chen Shi awakened them, saying, "Prepare yourselves, I'm planning to bid farewell to Emperor Earth and leave this place."

Black Pot and Yu San'er were shocked, Yu San'er cried out, "Leave? Why leave? It's so nice here, there's endless Spiritual Energy to cultivate, and nobody wants to eat you, nor do you toil hauling boats, why leave?"