“Seven Extremes Returning to Origin!”
A furious roar echoed through the clouds. Little Wa’s pores suddenly spewed forth dense Earth Vein Essence Qi, and those golden mists interwove in the air to form seven Earth Vein Dragon shadows, corresponding to the Origin of the seven Divine Mountains, now frantically surging into his damaged body.
Astonishing changes began to occur:
The spiderweb-like cracks on Little Wa’s entire skin surface began to heal, replaced by profound Mountain Dao patterns. His originally withered muscles re-inflated, shimmering with a metallic luster. Most striking were his eyes—his pupils completely transformed into two miniature Seven Extremes Divine Mountains, their rotation exuding an aura that suppressed Heaven and Earth.
“Boom!”
The seven Divine Mountain phantoms behind Little Wa reassembled with a roar. His Extreme Earth Dao Domain was now completely different from before:
Xuánhuáng Suppressing Mountain flowed with Xuánhuáng Qi, and a complete “Suppressing” Dao Seal floated at its peak; Returning Ruins Breathing Soil transformed into a flowing sand river, reflecting different worlds; within Crimson Flame Rock Mountain, Earth Fire condensed into nine Fire Dragons, traversing through the mountain’s Meridians…
Little Wa slowly straightened his body, his bones emitting thunderous crackles. He grew ten feet taller, and his entire skin exuded a profound Dao rhyme. As the last Earth Vein Dragon phantom merged into his Heavenly Spirit, he suddenly spread his arms:
“Come!”
Little Wa roared up at the sky, causing the earth within a thousand-mile radius to tremble simultaneously. The seven Divine Mountain phantoms in his Extreme Earth Dao Domain instantly solidified as if real, forming a perfect Dao Domain cycle around him. At this moment, he was completely one with the Extreme Earth Dao Domain, and every move he made carried a terrifying pressure that suppressed the eight directions.
However, the thunderclouds in the sky began a suffocating transformation in this deathly silence.
The originally surging sea of clouds now seemed to be smoothed by an invisible giant hand, turning into a hazy gray mirror that slowly twisted and deformed, like scorched glass, with countless fine cracks appearing on its surface.
The color of the clouds shifted from gray to black, becoming a heart-palpitating dark black, carrying a decaying texture, as if it were the color of death accumulated over countless Years.
The entire Tribulation Cloud was converging inward at a visible speed, as if being devoured by some entity, the clouds twisting in a spiral. At the center of this twist, a pitch-black vortex appeared, with faint crimson lights flickering deep within, like the slowly opening eyes of an ancient Vicious Beast.
The clouds around the vortex began to crystallize, solidifying into countless sharp-edged black crystals. These crystals collided with each other, emitting crisp cracking sounds, accompanied by a hair-thin black lightning bolt streaking across the sky. Wherever the lightning passed, space was easily torn like thin paper, revealing the dark Void Realm behind.
The entire Tribulation Cloud had now completely detached from the form of “cloud,” resembling more a Devil God’s egg that was hatching. Its surface continuously bulged, as if some terrifying existence was struggling within, trying to break out of its shell.
Below the Tribulation Cloud, the air had completely solidified, forming a transparent barrier. The barrier reflected a distorted and deformed landscape, like a mirror that had been broken and then pieced back together. Looking through this distorted barrier, the entire Tribulation Cloud had transformed into a ferocious demonic visage suspended in the sky, coldly staring down at the Undergoing Tribulation Cultivator with invisible eyes.
“Great Void Silent Dao Thunder!” Li Mu’s Chaos Dao Body trembled slightly, his eyes filled with violently surging Chaos Qi. He said in a deep voice, “This Tribulation does not destroy the Physical Body, nor does it sever the Divine Soul; it specifically eradicates a Cultivator’s Dao Foundation.”
Before he finished speaking, a pitch-black thunder pattern suddenly appeared in the sky. That thunder pattern was not ordinary lightning, but a Dao Mark condensed from pure intent of silence, like the Heavenly Dao’s pen of judgment, slowly outlining itself in the Void Realm.
“Crack!” A black bolt of lightning struck down, fiercely slamming onto the Seven Extremes Dao Domain.
“Wah!”
Little Wa, in his peak state, was struck by lightning and suddenly suffered heavy injuries. The Seven Extremes Dao Domain trembled violently, and the seven Divine Mountain phantoms actually began to disintegrate on their own, transforming into strands of Law that were forcibly extracted by that thunder pattern!
“The Dao Foundation is being lost!” Crimson Flame Fire Phoenix exclaimed in horror, “This Tribulation Lightning is actually devouring Little Wa’s Dao Origin!”
Li Mu’s gaze sharpened, and seven blood-colored chains broke through the air, tightly coiling around Little Wa’s seven Divine Mountain phantoms, forcibly stabilizing his Dao Foundation.
However, that pitch-black thunder pattern bloomed again at this moment!
There was no earth-shattering roar, no world-destroying power, only a pure, ultimate “Light of Silence” slowly descending. Wherever that light passed, space silently annihilated, Law disintegrated, and even “existence” itself was erased.
“Dao Annihilation Thunder!” Li Mu’s expression changed drastically. This time, the Tribulation Lightning was actually the continuous descent of the eighth and ninth Great Void Tribulation Thunder.
Li Mu unhesitatingly unleashed his Divine Sense Divine Ability—Co-Soul Art, temporarily linking his own Dao Foundation with Little Wa. He formed hand Seals, and his Chaos Dao Body erupted with unprecedented light, while his Chaotic Dao Domain unfolded.
“Five Elements Reversal, Chaos Returning to Origin!”
Li Mu fully activated the Five Elements Talisman Treasure, which immediately burst forth with dazzling five-colored light. The Five Elements power of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth spun frantically, transforming into Extreme Earth power, which surged madly into Little Wa’s Earth Origin Dao Domain.
At this moment, Little Wa was bleeding from his seven orifices, but the Seven Extremes Divine Mountains in his eyes spun even faster. With Li Mu’s assistance, he suddenly pressed his palms together, and the seven disintegrating Divine Mountain phantoms suddenly erupted with earth-shattering roars. From within the Divine Mountains rushed out an Earth Vein Ancestral Dragon. These giant Dragons, entirely condensed from Law, coiled around each other, actually forming an ancient altar in the Void Realm.
“Sacrifice the mountains, summon the Ancestor to the mundane world!”
In the center of the altar, a blurry phantom slowly emerged. It was the image of an old man clad in beast hide, holding a gnarled wooden staff. The moment the old man’s phantom appeared, the Earth Veins of the entire land boiled, and countless ancient mountain wills surged from all directions.
The black Tribulation Lightning and the Chaos Qi collided in the Void Realm, but there was no earth-shattering explosion as imagined. The moment they touched, they diffused into each other like ink meeting water. The Great Void Silent Dao Thunder continuously melted away, and the power of the earth also assimilated the Tribulation Lightning. In this strange stalemate, the old man’s phantom suddenly slammed his wooden staff onto the altar.
“Suppress.”
A simple word, yet it caused the ninth Dao Annihilation Tribulation Lightning to momentarily freeze. Little Wa seized this fleeting opportunity, and his Seven Extremes Dao Domain suddenly contracted to the extreme, transforming into seven brilliant Dao Seeds that merged into his glabella. His form began to etherealize, and dense mountain totems appeared on his skin, as if his entire being was about to transform into a human-shaped Divine Mountain.
“Seven Extremes Unity, Earth Sovereign Descends!”
As Li Mu roared, Little Wa’s seven Divine Mountain phantoms suddenly overlapped and merged into a majestic Dharma Idol wearing a crown and treading on mountains and rivers, directly facing the descending Light of Silence.
“Boom—”
An indescribable collision occurred in silence.
The moment the Light of Silence touched the Dharma Idol, Little Wa’s Sea of Consciousness suddenly went blank. He felt his Dao Foundation being decomposed, not simply destroyed, but redefined from the most fundamental level of Law.
At the critical moment of life and death, the Earth Sovereign Seal, which Li Mu had empowered to its extreme in his Sea of Consciousness, suddenly burst forth with brilliant light. The four Dao characters “Earth Mountain Eternal Stability” at the bottom of the Seal transformed into four golden swimming Dragons, traversing through Little Wa’s rapidly dissipating consciousness, forcibly maintaining his “Dao.”
At the same time, the external confrontation reached its peak.
The Light of Silence had already corroded most of the Earth Sovereign Dharma Idol’s body, but the remaining part still stubbornly resisted the Tribulation Lightning, never completely shattering—seven different colored Dao rhyme flowed from the cracks, which was the Origin power of Little Wa’s Seven Extremes Dao Domain.
“Now!”
Li Mu suddenly pressed his palms together, and his Chaos Dao Body exploded with a roar, transforming into countless Earth Origin power that merged into Little Wa’s body: “With Chaos as the guide, Seven Extremes Rebirth!”
In Little Wa’s damaged Sea of Consciousness, seven brilliant stars suddenly lit up. Each star corresponded to a Divine Mountain Origin, now operating in a profound trajectory. The Earth Sovereign Seal floated in the center, becoming the hub connecting the seven stars.
Outside, the collapsing Earth Sovereign Dharma Idol suddenly burst forth with dazzling light. The seven Dao rhyme perfectly fused under the harmonization of Chaos runes, and the Dharma Idol’s damaged body began to reassemble—the newborn body presented a translucent, glazed texture, with seven-colored Law flowing within.
“Break!”
The reborn Dharma Idol roared, suddenly pushing its hands upward. The Earth Sovereign Seal then exploded, transforming into seven miniature Divine Mountains that merged into the Light of Silence.
An unbelievable scene occurred.
Within the pure Light of Silence, seven points of light actually lit up! Fine golden threads extended between the seven points of light, weaving a miniature “Dao Net” within the destruction.
“Earth Mountain Eternal Stability!”
Little Wa fully activated the Earth Sovereign Suppressing Mountain Scripture, letting out a silent roar. The four golden Dragons formed by the Earth Sovereign Seal suddenly connected head to tail, forming a perfect cycle in his Sea of Consciousness. The seven-colored Dao Net outside vibrated accordingly, beginning to contract with a profound rhythm.
As the seven-colored Dao Net contracted, the Light of Silence was assimilated by the same amount. The seven points of light within the net gradually brightened, finally transforming into seven mountain-shaped Dao Seals. These Dao Seals attracted each other.
“Boom—”
A silent roar resonated at the Law level. The moment the seven Dao Seals completely formed, the Earth Sovereign Dharma Idol, which had been corroded by the Light of Silence, suddenly solidified. The decomposed Law not only re-aggregated but also completed a fundamental transformation in destruction—the newborn Dharma Idol was no longer a phantom, but a tangible entity condensed from pure Law!
Little Wa’s tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. The phantoms of the seven Divine Mountains in his pupils had already fused into one, forming an ancient “Earth” Dao pattern. He slowly raised his right hand, palm upward, making a lifting motion.
“Disperse.”
A simple word, yet it carried an irresistible will. The descending Light of Silence suddenly solidified, then shattered like a mirror. Before the countless black fragments could fall to the ground, they were sucked in by the Dharma Idol’s open mouth, all swallowed into its belly.
Heaven and Earth fell silent.
The sky after the Tribulation Cloud dissipated was like glass wiped clean by a Divine Being, presenting a breathtakingly pure indigo blue. The blue was so deep it seemed capable of sucking away one’s Divine Soul, yet so clear it reflected every scar on the broken earth.
The setting sun poured down through the cracks in the clouds, billions of golden threads penetrating the lingering Spiritual Mist, weaving a flowing carpet of light on the scorched earth. The sand grains, scorched into crystals by lightning and fire, shimmered in this light.
Little Wa’s Earth Sovereign Dharma Idol stood in the center of the light waterfall. Seven-colored Xia light flowed like liquid jewels on its glazed body. The scorched earth beneath the Dharma Idol’s feet underwent a miraculous change—tender green sprouts emerged from the cracked fissures, and withered tree stumps sprouted emerald branches, as if all creation was responding to the aura of the Earth Sovereign’s birth.
Suddenly, a clear dripping sound came from the highest point of the sky.
A fist-sized drop of sweet dew condensed out of thin air. Within the crystal-clear water droplet, a miniature rainbow was actually sealed. Its falling trajectory carved a spiral light trail in the air, finally landing on Little Wa’s glabella with a “ding.” The moment of contact, the seven Divine Mountain phantoms simultaneously materialized behind Little Wa, and a column of Spiritual Qi light rose from the peak of each mountain, connecting with the descending rain of sweet dew from the sky, forming a brilliant light curtain.
Outside the rain curtain, the earth, moistened by the sweet dew, had transformed into a fairyland. Scorched earth grew jade-like moss, shattered cliffs had waterfalls condensed from Spiritual Qi, and even the most ordinary stones began to emit a warm, precious glow. A twin-lotus emerged from the earth beneath the Dharma Idol’s feet, each stem bearing a bud: when the left flower bloomed, the phantom of Xuánhuáng Suppressing Mountain appeared, and as the right flower unfurled, the Dao rhyme of Returning Ruins Breathing Soil manifested.
When the last drop of sweet dew seeped into Little Wa’s glabella, a clear bell chime resonated throughout Heaven and Earth. The outlines of ancient palaces faintly appeared between the clouds, and countless phantoms seemed to bow in greeting in the clouds—this was the will of the ancient Earth Sovereign lineage saluting the new Emperor.
Seeing this, Li Mu decisively released Little Wa’s Divine Sense Divine Ability—Co-Soul Art, a rare smile appearing on his face: “Using Tribulation Lightning as a furnace, silence as fire, to recast the Dao Foundation—what an Earth Sovereign Suppressing Mountain Scripture!”
“This is great! Little Wa succeeded!” Little Gold danced with joy.
“Amazing!” Azure Moon True Dragon couldn’t help but praise.
“Heavenly Dao Sweet Dew! The sweet dew after the Tribulation is so fragrant!” Xue’er took a deep breath, envying.
As the Tribulation Dew gradually ceased, Little Wa’s Fellow Daoist Dharma Idol began to shrink, finally returning to the size of a normal human. He stood in mid-air, the Dao patterns of the seven Divine Mountains faintly visible on his skin, and the Earth Vein Essence Qi within a hundred-mile radius surged accordingly, forming a visible Spiritual Qi vortex.
“Is this the Earth Sovereign Body?”
Little Wa looked down at his hands, feeling the surging new power within his body. The Origin of the seven Divine Mountains was no longer dispersed, but perfectly fused into a higher-level power—Earth Origin power.
Little Wa turned and flew towards Li Mu, excitedly kneeling and bowing: “Thank you, Master. If not for you using your Chaos Dao Body as a guide, risking your own life… I would have long since had my Dao Foundation destroyed.”
Li Mu reached out to help him up, smiling: “This is your own fortune. Few in ancient times could recast their Dao Foundation under the Great Void Silent Dao Thunder.”
Li Mu paused, Chaos Qi flowing in his eyes, then gestured: “However, though the Earth Sovereign Body is formed, it is not yet at Perfection. Nine Extremes can achieve Perfection, and the remaining two types of Extreme Earth Dao Law are the true test.”
“Nine Extremes Perfection?” Little Wa frowned slightly, looking inward. Indeed, although the seven-colored Law flowed and intermingled within his body, there were two distinct “holes” at the deepest level, like a perfect painting missing two crucial colors.
“Yes, a true Extreme Earth Dao Domain needs to contain nine types of Origin Earth Qi. Whether it’s Extreme Wood, Extreme Fire, or Extreme Water, one must condense nine types of Extreme Dao power and achieve Nine-Return Unity to advance to the next Realm!” Li Mu looked at Little Wa, then his gaze swept over Little Gold, Crimson Flame Fire Phoenix, and Azure Moon True Dragon, indicating.
Upon hearing this, everyone seemed to be deep in thought, as if they had all experienced an Epiphany. (End of Chapter)
