Guarding the River of Time

Chapter 444 - 434: Transformation! Sublimation! Black and White!

The moment his fingertip touched the Black and White Streaming Light, it slid through Su Mu’s fingertip and silently entered his body.

Immediately, he felt a breaking sound coming from his dantian.

The next second, a tender sprout broke through the "soil of his dantian".

Upon closer inspection, the sprout was black and white, white on the left, black on the right.

Suddenly, Su Mu’s aura began to surge violently, and his dantian started to transform....

Slaying Dao Eight Realm!

Slaying Dao Nine Realm!

Slaying Dao Perfection!

In just a few breaths, his cultivation directly reached the Slaying Dao Perfection Realm!

Su Mu could feel that the main improvement was not in his cultivation but in the changes to his body.

He inwardly observed his dantian and could clearly feel his spiritual power transforming, evolving towards a higher-level "spiritual power", and within the spiritual power was a thread of "Power of Origin".

Although he didn’t know what this "Power of Origin" truly was, one thing was for sure, the quality of his spiritual power had instantly climbed several tiers!

Moreover, as the sprout in his dantian grew, Su Mu’s cultivation strength would gradually increase; the real benefits were yet to come.

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It’s undeniable that this man in the Taoist robe is a good person!

Brought him a great gift.

Just not sure where he went?

Did he escape, or did he die?

Since Su Mu shattered the "Black and White Bright Moon", the aura of the man in the Taoist robe had instantly vanished.

He even suspected if the man in the Taoist robe had transformed into the "Black and White Streaming Light", but he couldn’t detect any of his aura in the Black and White Streaming Light, not even a trace.

Besides, normal living cultivators have complete flesh, soul, blood and flesh, etc., it’s impossible to turn into a stream of light out of thin air, right?

So..... it’s highly likely that he ran away.

It’s just that the other party’s means of escape were indeed brilliant; Su Mu couldn’t detect how he ran.

However, this is understandable— the more powerful the cultivator, the more life-saving techniques they have; if we can’t win the fight, can’t I at least escape?

To give an example, even if two Immortal Emperors of similar realms have a gap in strength, if the weaker side is determined to flee, it’s very difficult for the other to catch up.

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At this moment, in the chaotic void.

The face of the Chaotic Human Shadow darkened; he was just about to take action to reclaim the "Innate Yin and Yang", but unexpectedly.... it was directly absorbed by that River Guardian.

Damn it!

If it weren’t for that disciple nephew of mine who didn’t understand the situation causing trouble, such a fatal mistake would never have happened.

Now that he has acquired the "Innate Yin and Yang", things are getting more complicated.....

This trial cost me dearly, next it’s "his" turn, I’ll just watch from here, no way am I gonna bleed alone.

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At the opening of the realms, many "Origins" were born.

Among them, one origin is called "Innate Yin Yang Qi".

Regarding the Innate Yin Yang Qi, those who truly understand it are so few in all the heavens and myriad realms that they can be counted on one hand, because it involves the origin.

Legend has it that at the opening of the realms, the first complete strand of Innate Yin Yang Qi was born, and for some unknown reason, this strand of Innate Yin Yang Qi split into five parts, scattered in different places.

And his nephew, the man in the Taoist robe killed by Su Mu, was transformed from one of these strands of Innate Yin Yang Power.

His birth was a taboo, a miracle, an origin.

Since the moment he was born, there was no need for cultivation, he only needed to temper his heart and comprehend the world, understand the other powers of origin in heaven and earth, and he could break through smoothly without any barriers.

He also didn’t need a cultivation technique, he had no dantian, no spiritual power, not even considered a "creature", he was an entity of an origin law.

However, unlike other natural laws, he had thoughts and his own mind, and could walk the mortal world like an ordinary creature.

His way of fighting only needed a wave of his hand to create a cultivation technique on his own, forming a unique attack technique.

Since his birth, he had always been one of the oldest and most powerful existences in the Ten Thousand Realms.

He had no name, only an honorific title, the world referred to him respectfully as— "Divine Venerable Dao Inference".

About him, there’s also a renowned phrase— "Dao Inference Four Nine, Beyond Five Elements, Between Yin and Yang".

This phrase appears in the prologues or epilogues of many supreme cultivation techniques across the heavens and myriad realms; numerous powerful techniques have more or less drawn inspiration from this bit of "truth".

To use a quite fitting analogy, this truth about "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" is akin to a mathematical axiom; the pyramid of mathematics could not be constructed without this mathematical axiom.

This analogy highlights the status and legend of "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" in the entire cultivation realm.

However, truly knowing of "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" existence is exceedingly rare, people who have seen "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" have in some cases already been obliterated in the River of Time, others remain alive but have long been unable to see "Divine Venerable Dao Inference’s" silhouette, dwindling and old.

Many know the phrase "Dao Inference Four Nine, Beyond Five Elements, Between Yin and Yang", but few know its origin.

The origin of this truth is a descriptive phrase spoken by a Daoist Ancestor Immortal Venerable who once saw the true appearance of "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" from a distance, moved to speech just by his visage.

Yet this descriptor of "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" became an irreplaceable truth in countless supreme techniques.

Therefore, the existence of "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" is supremely great for all the heavens and myriad realms.

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This is also why, when the Chaotic Human Shadow learned that a strand of "Innate Yin Yang Qi" was absorbed by Su Mu, his reaction was so intense.

There were in total five strands of Innate Yin Yang Qi, Divine Venerable Dao Inference was one of them.

There are four remaining.

Among them, one is none other than "Divine Venerable Dao Inference’s" master, also the disciple nephews of the Chaotic Human Shadow— "World-Honored One Wanqing".

Why "World-Honored One Wanqing" became the master of the equally sourced "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" is unknown, even to the Chaotic Human Shadow, but roughly inferable.

Perhaps it was because the shaping times of the five strands of Innate Yin Yang Qi were not unified, some formed first, others later.

"World-Honored One Wanqing" formed first, "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" formed later.

In the whole Ten Thousand Realms, having the qualification to be favored by "World-Honored One Wanqing" and taken as a disciple surely could only be "Divine Venerable Dao Inference" himself!

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Currently, in all the heavens and myriad realms, three strands of Innate Yin Yang Qi remain.

As they are origin, they naturally evade causal deduction; as long as they don’t actively expose themselves, no one can find them.

So, even the Chaotic Human Shadow does not know where the remaining three strands of Innate Yin Yang Qi are.....