Inside the quiet room, the thousand-year-old mermaid fat in the Qingyu lamp quietly burned. Li Mu sat in the center of the Cultivate room, the Hun Yuan Golden Seed floating in his palm, emitting sharp white light.
Li Mu gazed at the Hun Yuan Golden Seed flowing in his palm, and suddenly, inspiration struck. His Divine Sense immersed itself in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, fully operating the Star Return Observation Mind-Cultivation Technique, driving the Extreme Star Dao Principle, lighting up four stars: the four main stars of Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire, radiating dazzling brilliance.
The crimson star sand representing the Blazing Heaven Purple Fire exploded, transforming into a sky full of fiery rain. Clusters of flames manifested different forms as they fell: a Vermilion Bird flapping its wings, molten lava flowing, a Cauldron forging iron. Finally, they accumulated into crimson crystals at the bottom of the Sea of Consciousness.
The dark blue star sand of Mystic Nether True Water stirred up monstrous waves. The wave crests condensed into countless water soldiers holding halberds, and in the troughs, the Dragon Palace pavilions were faintly visible. When the tide receded, what remained were not water stains but cold, shimmering Mystic Nether True Water veins.
The most peculiar was the Yi Wood Dao Fetus. Seven Dao fruits suddenly formed on the stretching vines of the emerald green star sand, appearing in different forms such as swords, bells, and pagodas. One of the fruits, shaped like a Qingyu Cauldron, suddenly fell, taking root and sprouting the moment it touched the Sea of Consciousness, quickly growing into a towering Jianmu tree.
The newly formed Hun Yuan Golden Seed transformed into a white rainbow piercing through heaven and earth, leaving behind countless hair-thin golden threads wherever it passed. These golden threads automatically wove into complex three-dimensional array diagrams, connecting the power of the three stars.
“The Five Elements are missing one, only the Thick Earth is absent.” Li Mu suddenly opened his eyes, four-colored light flowing in his pupils. He pointed his fingers like a knife, drawing a Chaotic Dao Domain in the Void Realm, the spiritual light trailing from his fingertips condensing into substantial Dao patterns in the air.
The four stars began to rotate with the trajectory of his fingertips, drawing out strands of Innate Qi from the Chaotic Dao Domain. When a turbid yellow light gradually emerged at the intersection of the Dao patterns, a tooth-aching cracking sound suddenly came from the quiet room floor. Centered on Li Mu, spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across the entire profound crystal floor, and earth pulse Spiritual Qi gushed out like a fountain.
“Condense!”
Li Mu pressed down with his sword finger, and the gushing Spiritual Qi solidified the moment it touched the Chaotic Dao patterns, transforming into countless earthy yellow crystals suspended in the air.
“Metal governs killing, Wood governs vitality, Water governs fluidity, Fire governs intensity.” As Li Mu recited each word, the corresponding star doubled in brightness. The Chaos Qi in the Chaotic Dao Domain successively receded, all transforming into materialized Five Elements power.
The crimson fire spirits transformed into nine flaming Dragons coiling around the heavenly pillar, the dark blue water spirits condensed into Black Tortoises supporting the earth veins, the emerald green wood spirits generated the appearance of a Azure Dragon holding a pearl, and the platinum sharp Qi manifested as a White Tiger roaring at the moon. The moment the Four Symbols materialized, the central area suddenly collapsed, and the turbid yellow light spun like a vortex.
“The Four Symbols guard the four directions, and the central palace should have Thick Earth supporting Heaven!”
Li Mu fully output Chaos Qi, evolving and driving the four primordial powers to surge frantically towards the central vortex. The scales of the flaming Dragons peeled off into crimson sand, the shells of the Black Tortoises shattered into blue crystals, the whiskers of the Azure Dragon scattered into green mist, and the sharp teeth of the White Tiger disintegrated into white light—four extreme Dao powers violently collided in the vortex.
Inside the quiet room, Li Mu’s Daoist robe was covered in fine crystal dust. These dust particles were self-weaving into new patterns. In front of him, the sandstorm, tempered by the four great Dao Principles, continuously contracted, and a speck of brown light lit up at its core.
When the crimson star sand melted the sand, it actually separated into seven different colored metallic mists; the salt and alkali washed by the dark blue star sand condensed into blue prisms; countless microscopic insect phantoms crawled out of the humus filtered by the emerald green star sand. These Impurities did not dissipate but recombined at the edge of the Chaos Dao patterns, gradually forming five miniature mountains.
“All things are born from dust.” Li Mu suddenly spread his arms, and the brown light at the core of the sandstorm suddenly expanded: “And return to dust!”
“Crack!”
The Hun Yuan Golden Seed suddenly cracked, and the white rainbow-like Extreme Metal Dao Principle poured into the sandstorm like a heavenly river. An incredible scene occurred—the originally violent sand particles suddenly became docile, and the sound they made when colliding was no longer harsh friction but the clear ringing of chime bells.
The five miniature mountain phantoms then solidified, each presenting different geographical features: the eastern mountain was verdant but secretly harbored sword edges, the southern mountain was crimson like fire but contained jade marrow, the western mountain was shrouded in white mist with golden Qi crisscrossing, the northern mountain was covered in profound ice with undercurrents surging, and the central mountain was simple and unadorned but gave a sense of Eternal existence.
“So the ultimate meaning of earth is not in its heaviness.” Li Mu’s pupils reflected the changing Five Peaks. He suddenly pointed his finger and pierced his own glabella. The moment his fingertip entered his skin, a turbid torrent gushed out from the center of the five-pointed star array. This was not ordinary earth spiritual power, but the Mystic Yellow Earth Essence containing the aura of the primordial wilderness.
These earth essences appeared in a colloidal state, with scenes of ancient ancestors sacrificing to the earth constantly appearing on their surface. As the torrent flowed over the four great Dao Principle stars, an astonishing mutual generation transformation occurred:
The Blazing Heaven Purple Fire condensed into lava veins within the earth essence, with flame spirits in the form of Golden Crows swimming within each vein; in the underground dark rivers formed by the Mystic Nether True Water, Black Tortoise phantoms were actually patrolling the river channels; on the crystallized root system generated by the Yi Wood Dao Fetus, dew-like Wood Spirit True Marrow condensed; and from the metal ore veins precipitated by the Hun Yuan Golden Seed, the clang of swords occasionally echoed.
Within the Dao Domain, the four-colored star sand suddenly emitted a piercing screech. The white rainbow formed by the Hun Yuan Golden Seed actually began to devour other stars in reverse. This unexpected turn of events, instead of alarming Li Mu, made him realize something. He removed all protective Restrictions, allowing the white rainbow to twist the emerald green vines into green mist and evaporate the dark blue raging waves into profound frost.
When the last wisp of crimson flame wave was swallowed, the four-colored star sand had already transformed into a turbid, indistinct Qi. This turbid Qi continuously rolled and expanded, with faint glimpses of continental plate collisions and mountain range uplift geomorphological changes visible within.
“The earth carries all things, yet it never claims credit.” Li Mu suddenly reversed his Mind-Cultivation Technique, and the turbid Qi crashed into the earth crack. The moment it touched the earth pulse, nine streams of light of different colors separated from the turbid Qi. Seven of them were stable and solid, while two were ethereal and unstable.
Inside the quiet room, Li Mu had entered a deep state of Dao comprehension. His hair began to crystallize, but it was not simple earthy yellow glaze; instead, it constantly changed color with his breathing—sometimes as brilliant as gold, sometimes as ancient as bronze, and occasionally presenting dazzling light bands like Saturn’s rings.
The mountain and river patterns on his skin were even more mysterious. Upon closer inspection, they were actually miniaturized Kyushu landforms: the shadow of the Fusang Wood in the eastern territory swayed at his pulse, the outline of the Undying Volcano in the southern wilderness flickered with his breath, the sand dunes of the Western Regions flowed between his pores. The most astonishing was the Dragon-shaped mountain range rising along his spine, which was the projection of the Central Earth Ancestral pulse!
The floating Five Peaks phantoms suddenly descended, transforming into five divine seals branded into his five internal organs. When the central Wu Earth Seal fell into his spleen, the entire quiet room suddenly resonated with the sound of a grand yellow bell:
“The central Wu Earth suppresses the Yellow Court!”
From the heavy yellow light emanating from his spleen, the phantom of the Houzu appeared, and the other four organs resonated accordingly: his heart pulsed like surging earth fire, emitting Phoenix-shaped purple flames; his kidneys flowed like an underground river, with two Mystic Nether Flood Dragons connected head to tail; his lungs breathed with a metallic tremor, countless platinum small swords shuttling between the alveoli; and his liver, when expanding, exuded a grassy fragrance, its lobes actually transforming into jade-like spiritual plant leaves.
Once the Five Elements mutual generation was complete, five-colored auspicious light suddenly gushed from all the pores on Li Mu’s body. These auspicious lights intertwined three feet above his head, actually condensing into a Majestic Earth Crown engraved with primordial landforms.
Within the Mystic Yellow gem at the center of the crown, miniature continents could be seen evolving through vast changes, self-evolving different Heavenly Dao truths.
The moment the crown formed, Li Mu’s Sea of Consciousness underwent a drastic change. The Chaos star map completely reorganized, with nine star sands forming a perfect array: seven materialized Extreme Earth Dao Principles presented forms of Xirang, Mystic Yellow, Wu Earth, Ji Earth, Nether Earth, Dust, and Mountains, while the remaining two ethereal Dao Principles were absorbing the auspicious light falling from the crown.
“Deriving the Four Elements from Chaos, and using the Four Elements to prove the Extreme Earth.” Li Mu’s Dao sound resonated with heaven and earth, and the clouds above Spirit Valley suddenly formed a giant vortex. “Only today do I realize that the virtue of earth carrying all things is the embodiment of Chaos’s inclusiveness!”
With this shout, a turbid torrent gushed out from the collapsed center of the five-pointed star array. This was not ordinary earth spiritual power, but the Mystic Yellow Earth Essence containing the aura of the primordial wilderness. Wherever the torrent passed, the four great Dao Principle stars merged with it: the Blazing Heaven Purple Fire condensed into lava veins within the earth essence, the Mystic Nether True Water transformed into underground dark rivers, the Yi Wood Dao Fetus generated crystallized root systems, and the Hun Yuan Golden Seed precipitated into metal ore veins.
Within the Dao Domain, the four-colored star sand emitted a piercing screech. The white rainbow formed by the Hun Yuan Golden Seed actually began to devour other stars. Li Mu, instead of being alarmed, was delighted, allowing the white rainbow to twist the emerald green vines into green mist, evaporate the dark blue raging waves into profound frost, and completely swallow the crimson flame waves.
Li Mu’s eyes were slightly closed, Dao rhyme flowing around his body. In the Chaotic Dao Domain, the four extreme Dao stars suddenly shone brightly, outlining a perfect Five Elements mutual generation trajectory between them.
The Blazing Heaven Purple Fire suddenly contracted, transforming into a scorching white light point. In its ultimate combustion, it actually revealed a trace of the true meaning of the earth element: fire, when burned to its extreme, turns all things to ash, and within the depths of the ash, a speck of Thick Earth vitality is conceived.
The Mystic Nether True Water suddenly boiled, and the dark blue raging waves surged upwards, condensing into a sheet of frosty earth profound crystal at the dome of the Dao Domain. Water is extremely soft, yet it can freeze the Void Realm in extreme cold, solidifying water into land—this is the transformation of water and earth mutual generation.
The Yi Wood Dao Fetus emitted a brilliant green light. Countless vines suddenly self-immolated, and wisps of Xirang spiritual essence floated up from the ashes. The wood element, when pushed to its extreme, nourishes the earth. The cycle of flourishing and decay secretly aligns with the virtue of earth carrying all things.
The Hun Yuan Golden Seed was the most profound. Its white rainbow-like sharpness suddenly converged, transforming into countless fine golden patterns branded in the Void Realm. Wherever the golden patterns passed, they actually cut out clear earth Pulse outlines in the Dao Domain—metal governs killing, yet it can also cleave Chaos and stabilize mountains and rivers!
The four elemental powers intertwined, forming a vortex in the center of the Chaotic Dao Domain. In the depths of the vortex, the turbid yellow light gradually solidified, giving birth to two other Dao Principles.
A sharp glint flashed in Li Mu’s eyes. The brown earth star in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly trembled, and a vast, heavy aura rose from the depths of the Chaotic Dao Domain. The air in the quiet room instantly solidified, as if suppressed by some ancient, unchanging force, and even time slowed down.
“The extreme of earth can bear all ages!”
Li Mu’s five fingers clasped in the Void Realm, and the Chaos Dao patterns intertwined into a Mystic Yellow ancient seal. Beneath the seal, endless earth Pulse Qi gathered, transforming into strands of substantial earthy yellow Qi flow. These Qi flows were extremely heavy; wherever they passed, space subtly warped, and even light was stretched and bent.
“The Qi of all ages is the breath of the Origin of the great earth, accumulated over hundreds of millions of Years, heavy and Eternal!”
Li Mu let out a low cry, and the ancient seal in his palm suddenly pressed down. The Qi of all ages coiled upwards like Dragons and snakes, actually condensing into a towering ancient mountain in the Chaotic Dao Domain. The mountain body was entirely Mystic Yellow, its surface covered with traces of Years’ erosion, bearing the changes of vast changes.
Even more astonishing, this ancient mountain was not static but was slowly growing! The mountain body absorbed the scattered spiritual power in the Chaotic Dao Domain every moment, transforming it into a part of itself, as if it would extend to the end of time.
“The earth Qi is Eternal, and the mountains last forever!”
As Li Mu’s Dao sound fell, beside the brown earth star in his Sea of Consciousness, the eighth star slowly lit up—Mystic Yellow and ancient, heavy as a mountain, with faint patterns of earth Pulse currents appearing on its surface, bearing the weight of all ages.
The ninth type of Extreme Earth Dao Principle—Sumeru Sand Particle!
Before Li Mu could stabilize the eighth Dao Principle, the Five Peaks phantoms in the Chaotic Dao Domain suddenly contracted rapidly, finally transforming into a speck of dust, suspended on his fingertip. This speck of dust seemed ordinary, but if one probed it with Divine Sense, one would find that it actually contained a complete world—rolling mountains, surging rivers, and even grass and tree phantoms swaying with brilliance!
“The extreme of earth can contain the universe!”
Li Mu’s gaze was deep. He lightly tapped the sand particle with his fingertip, and the space in the quiet room instantly twisted. Tables, chairs, walls, and even light were swallowed by this speck of dust. Xue’er was surprised to find that her ice crystal barrier uncontrollably shrunk, finally transforming into a tiny speck of light and merging into the dust.
And inside the dust, the ice crystal barrier reopened, and Xue’er’s figure appeared in an unfamiliar world—here, the mountains were clear and the waters beautiful, and the Spiritual Qi was abundant, no different from the outside world!
“A grain of sand, a world; Sumeru hides a mustard seed…”
Li Mu whispered softly. The brown earth star in his Sea of Consciousness trembled again, and the ninth star slowly condensed—crystal clear, like a speck of dust, yet containing vast and boundless vitality.
Thus, all nine types of Extreme Earth Dao Principles had been deduced!
Li Mu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid Qi. The Dao rhyme around his body converged, only the phantom of the earth’s changes still reflected deep in his pupils. He looked up at the sky, his Divine Sense penetrating the quiet room’s dome, reaching beyond the Nine Heavens.
“Five Elements Perfection, Extreme Earth Major Achievement… Next, it’s the Yin and Yang Great Dao!” Li Mu’s lips curved slightly, Battle Intent rising in his eyes: “Finally, pluck the Chaos Dao Fruit!”
Li Mu pointed his fingers like a brush, using the Chaotic Dao Domain as a scroll, and sketched a Yin and Yang taiji diagram in the air. As spiritual light flowed from his fingertips, the Blazing Heaven Purple Fire and Mystic Nether True Water simultaneously boiled. Moon essence frost condensed within the fire, and sun wheel golden flames burned within the water. Two completely opposite spiritual powers intertwined in the Void Realm, transforming into a black and white swirling vortex.
“Fire contains extreme Yin, water hides ultimate Yang… The Five Elements are inherently mutually generative, and Yin and Yang are also mutually rooted.”
As Li Mu’s words fell, the Yin and Yang taiji diagram in the Chaotic Dao Domain had rotated ninety-nine thousand times.
“Crack!”
The Majestic Earth Crown shattered with a crash. The Mystic Yellow gem turned into powder, but it reorganized into black and white twin fish in the Void Realm. The moment the twin fish connected head to tail, the clear Qi ascended to form the Nine Heavens, and the turbid Qi sank to condense into the eighteen layers of the Netherworld, within the Yin and Yang fetal membrane suspended in the center.
“Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three…”
Li Mu’s voice carried the ancientness of creation. With each word he uttered, the space-time within the quiet room twisted a bit. When the last word fell, his hair had all turned into Chaos gray, and his eyes reflected the trajectories of stars being born and dying… (End of Chapter)
