Chapter 1401: Tampering with Current Strength

The Profound Yellow Realm truly is a favored realm of the immortals. Its Heavenly Dao power far surpasses that of the Heavenly Law Realm.

This Heavenly Soul Reincarnation method completely severs all ties with the former realm, allowing only a wisp of remnant consciousness to reincarnate. I had previously tested it tens of thousands of times in the Heavenly Law Realm without a single failure.

Although I anticipated some unforeseen circumstances here in the Profound Yellow Realm, the actual danger far exceeded my expectations.

Fifty whole years, and I haven't awakened...

It seemed to take some time to discern the current state of this body.

After a long silence, the aged voice spoke again.

Filled with surprise and uncertainty, it said, "Strange! Heavenly Soul Reincarnation sacrifices the Grand Dao of Heavenly Souls in the Heavenly Law Realm to allow reincarnation into the Profound Yellow Realm, transforming one into a being of this realm. This method is meant to deceive the Profound Yellow Realm's Heavenly Dao."

"My original plan was that after I awakened, I would first study the Profound Yellow Realm, then create new methods to cause chaos from within. But now, my original consciousness hasn't even awakened, and this body has already created the new method?!"

"Defying the principles of heaven and earth to attain eternal life..."

Tianyi grew even more surprised and uncertain: "This cultivation method is exactly what I had in mind, even surpassing my thoughts in many intricate details!"

Just then, as if sensing Tianyi's words, Xuanyuan Tuo's eyelids suddenly twitched.

Tianyi's voice began to fade.

"No! Heavenly Soul Reincarnation is superior to the Body Seizure method. I have awakened, so why does this body's consciousness still exist?"

"The Xuanyuan Clan?!" Amidst Tianyi's startled exclamation, Xuanyuan Tuo fully awakened from his coma.

Tianyi made no further sound.

Xuanyuan Tuo, now awake, seemed completely unaware of Tianyi's presence within him.

He merely checked his cultivation, now at the Qi Refining realm, overcome with joy.

A short while later, Xuanyuan Tuo rose on the wind, soaring into the sky amidst the exclamations of the mortals in the city, and departed.

Within the immortal formation, light and shadow shifted.

Subsequently, guided by an indistinct sensation in his mind, Xuanyuan Tuo continuously searched for rare cultivation artifacts within the Profound Yellow Realm.

In just half a year, he used the Myriad Spirits of Profound Heaven to establish his Dao foundation, achieved the Golden Core with the Heavenly Deduction method, and ascended to the Nascent Soul realm through the Primordial Grotto-heaven.

Afterward, he entered the Soul Transformation stage by comprehending the myriad transformations of heaven and earth.

He progressed rapidly and irresistibly!

He only halted his progress at the peak of Soul Transformation, just before the step of sacrificing a Soul of Heaven and Earth to merge his body with the Dao.

The Profound Yellow Realm possessed countless Souls of Heaven and Earth.

How to choose became a dilemma for Xuanyuan Tuo.

Before the new method was created, the Souls of Heaven and Earth were often regarded by cultivators as projections of the Grand Dao's will, serving as the most suitable way to comprehend the laws of the Heavenly Dao.

Although some cultivators had attempted to capture Souls of Heaven and Earth, at best they merely used them for enlightenment. There was no method to refine and convert the power of these souls into one's own cultivation.

"Souls of Heaven and Earth are born to fulfill their heavenly duties. Although they appear as independent entities when manifesting as human-like illusions, they remain connected to the Grand Dao network of heaven and earth. The new method I envision precisely uses this connection to steal the power of heaven and earth."

"Each Soul of Heaven and Earth corresponds to a specific law of heaven and earth. My target is..."

Xuanyuan Tuo gazed upon the Profound Yellow world, its inner landscapes blurring into a vast, interwoven network of horizontal and vertical lines. His gaze swept through the network as he meticulously searched for his target.

An unknown amount of time passed...

Xuanyuan Tuo's gaze suddenly sharpened.

Then, a complex array of emotions flickered across his face.

There was doubt, and there was surprise.

"For some reason, I feel an inexplicable familiarity."

"Furthermore, the law corresponding to that particular Soul of Heaven and Earth doesn't seem to be indigenous to the Profound Yellow Realm; it feels somewhat out of place compared to other laws..."

"From the Upper Realm?"

Xuanyuan Tuo remained silent for a long time, eventually making up his mind.

He spent another half a year, employing every possible means, and finally succeeded in drawing out this unique Soul of Heaven and Earth!

Enveloped in a golden light, its aura was sacred and inviolable. It stared down at Xuanyuan Tuo below, as if looking at an ant.

"Even if it originated from the Immortal Realm, having merged with the Profound Yellow, it has fallen into the mortal dust. Death is at its doorstep, yet it remains unaware!" A year prior, Xuanyuan Tuo had the mindset of an old farmer, troubled by his age.

However, over the past year, as his cultivation and realm advanced, and more memories continuously surged into his mind, Xuanyuan Tuo's demeanor became increasingly distinct.

He even completely disregarded those subtly connected to the Upper Realm, viewing them merely as prey.

Xuanyuan Tuo struck down with his palm, and the space around the golden Soul of Heaven and Earth instantly solidified. Countless scenes from the Profound Yellow Realm transformed into grim shadows, swarming forward.

It was as if a world had been created around the golden Soul of Heaven and Earth, from which more Souls of Heaven and Earth evolved to launch a siege.

Xuanyuan Tuo remained unmoving, like a commander-in-chief seated firmly in the center of the army, allowing his subordinates to fight.

Although the golden Soul of Heaven and Earth was powerful, once Xuanyuan Tuo used unfathomable means to sever its connection with the Profound Yellow world, it ultimately became like a tree without roots or water without a source.

It was eventually exhausted and perished, transforming into a golden light that Xuanyuan Tuo absorbed.

"Soul of Heaven and Earth, Golden Enforcer!"

The brilliant golden light retracted, and Xuanyuan Tuo let out a long breath.

The Golden Enforcer had existed since the Profound Yellow Realm's inception. Created by immortals, it possessed the power to govern and create all things within the Profound Yellow. Originally hidden deep within the realm, it was undetectable by mortals. However, with the destruction of the Immortal Realm, the ancient formation that enabled the Golden Enforcer's laws to function had also shattered.

This was how Xuanyuan Tuo detected its presence.

By merging with the Golden Enforcer, Xuanyuan Tuo's strength underwent another qualitative leap. Ordinary immortal cultivators were no match for him. Only the sect leaders of the Ten Immortal Sects, with their profound foundations, might pose a slight threat to him.

Xuanyuan Tuo knew it was time to begin his path of spreading the new method, which was also the final step.

"Using human power to seize heavenly power."

"Using the human way to establish the heavenly Dao."

"When more and more cultivators in the world practice my new method, eventually turning the tide and making it the sole path, that will be the day I attain Dao!"

"From this day forth, I will turn the Profound Yellow Realm upside down!"

With this conviction, Xuanyuan Tuo arrived at Congyun Marsh, a border region of the Profound Yellow Realm.

He began his first sermon.

When he, embodying the laws of heaven and earth, proclaimed to the world the principle of defying nature to attain eternal life, it didn't cause much of a stir. The new method was simply too shocking, and few cultivators were willing to believe him and switch their cultivation.

But Xuanyuan Tuo paid no mind and continued to spread the new method throughout the Profound Yellow land.

However, when the first group of ordinary mortals, who had been unable to cultivate, ascended to become cultivators, they became Xuanyuan Tuo's most fervent believers.

They did not know Xuanyuan Tuo's name, only revering him by the title "Immortal Venerable of the Transmission of Laws."

The believers spontaneously formed the Myriad Immortals Alliance, helping each other and spreading the new method.

In just a few years, the new method had become a raging wildfire, sweeping across the entire world!

Such an anomaly naturally caught the attention of the lofty Ten Immortal Sects.

Slaughter ensued.

The Myriad Immortals Alliance was still nascent; how could it be a match for the Ten Great Immortal Sects that had dominated the Profound Yellow Realm for thousands of years? It didn't even require the Ten Great Immortal Sects to act personally; their affiliated sects alone were enough to inflict heavy losses on the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

However, cultivators of the new method also possessed advantages unmatched by those of the old method.

Firstly, the cultivation speed of the new method was astonishingly fast. Even if they suffered heavy casualties, a large number of new cultivators would reappear shortly.

Secondly, once they reached the Nascent Soul realm, new method cultivators possessed extremely strong life-saving abilities. As long as their spirit was not fatally wounded, their physical bodies could instantly recover from even the gravest injuries.

With these two factors combined, while many new method cultivators died, most were in the Qi Refining to Golden Core stages. Higher-level cultivators, from Nascent Soul and above, often managed to survive.

Through continuous struggle, their experience grew richer.

In contrast, for old method cultivators, cultivating a qualified combatant required significant time and resources. Each death meant one less.

With this waxing and waning, the situation slowly began to reverse.

Furthermore, Xuanyuan Tuo could sense that even within the Ten Sects themselves, some individuals had begun to switch to the new method. They were no longer a monolithic entity; how could they possibly sweep away external enemies in one fell swoop?

Seeing everything develop favorably according to his plan,

an ominous premonition grew stronger in Xuanyuan Tuo's heart. It felt as if disaster could strike at any moment!

Even though Xuanyuan Tuo carefully concealed his whereabouts and no longer publicly taught the method in broad daylight,

the sense of crisis in his heart remained undiminished.

Xuanyuan Tuo then knew that he must have been targeted by the prominent figures of the Ten Sects.

Only by facing them directly could one truly understand the despair felt when confronting a colossal entity like the Ten Sects.

Xuanyuan Tuo exhausted every method, yet he seemed to face only one outcome.

That was death.

But Xuanyuan Tuo did not want to die.

Just as despair was about to engulf him, the ethereal whispers that had accompanied him since childhood, after many years, reappeared!

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, this voice had vanished from Xuanyuan Tuo's life. Its return now brought back all the past experiences Xuanyuan Tuo had undergone throughout these years!

Amidst the elusive and mystical whispers, Xuanyuan Tuo seemed to relive his past.

He could also observe everything around him from a third-person perspective.

Xuanyuan Tuo even felt an inexplicable sensation in his heart.

He seemed, to some extent, capable of manipulating and altering these people's thoughts!

When he saw a young cultivator in his memory, who had gathered around him to listen to his teachings, a sudden surge of great joy inexplicably arose in Xuanyuan Tuo's heart.

He knew that this young man was his key to survival!

His spirit rejoiced and leaped with excitement. Accompanied by the whispers, Xuanyuan Tuo approached, touched, and infiltrated...

Even though it was merely a phantom in his memories, with the inexplicable power of the whispers, Xuanyuan Tuo felt as if he had truly entered the other person's spirit.

He learned everything about the other person.

Chen Tianhai! The first direct disciple of the Taiyan Sect!

The Nine Scrolls of Heavenly Derivations, and the Dao-Transforming Stone Mother!

"Such a divine object exists under heaven?" Xuanyuan Tuo's mind was stirred, and he nearly woke from that mystical state.

He had never even heard of this Dao-Transforming Stone Mother, not even in the countless scenes that continuously surged into his mind.

"If I can use the power of this Dao-Transforming Stone Mother for divination, I will surely find a glimmer of hope for survival!"

Hope ignited in Xuanyuan Tuo's heart.

However, even Chen Tianhai, the Taiyan Sect's first direct disciple, was not qualified to use the Dao-Transforming Stone Mother. For him, an outsider and a sworn enemy of the Ten Immortal Sects, to want to use it...

It was simply wishful thinking!

"Perhaps I can manipulate and influence Chen Tianhai to accomplish all of this."

Xuanyuan Tuo suddenly had a realization.

Peeking into the thoughts and memories of a past phantom was already an inconceivable feat.

To influence the future in reality through past phantoms,

was even more unheard of.

Yet, for some reason, Xuanyuan Tuo felt an inexplicable surge of confidence. If he could utilize the whispers in his mind...

This matter would not be difficult.

Xuanyuan Tuo was truly a heaven-gifted talent.

Even though he didn't fully understand the principle behind the whispers, this didn't prevent him from instinctively and gradually figuring out their practical use.

In a daze, a connection formed with the real Chen Tianhai.

He could vaguely perceive Chen Tianhai's thoughts at every moment.

Thus, Chen Tianhai's memories were silently altered.

It seemed that when he had been observing the sermon, the one giving the sermon had inexplicably glanced at him.

In the years that followed, that gaze from the sermon had always accompanied him.

It became his inner demon, causing him restless nights.

For Chen Tianhai to be chosen as the Taiyan Sect's first direct disciple, his talent and disposition were naturally impeccable; he was an absolute prodigy.

Chen Tianhai, with immense perseverance, forcefully suppressed the unease in his heart.

Xuanyuan Tuo did not grow impatient, instead patiently waiting for the opportune moment as sensed.

Since the seed had been sown, it would naturally blossom and bear fruit.

As expected.

Not long after, Fang Dingge, the sect leader of the Grand Dao Sect, entrusted the Taiyan Sect leader, Daoist Xingji, to use the Dao-Transforming Stone Mother for divination regarding the six immortals' siege on the sermon-giver, before setting off.

Daoist Xingji performed divination five hundred million times, and all the results ended with the death of the sermon-giver.

Having received the answer, Fang Dingge began his journey to search for and hunt down the sermon-giver.

"Six immortals, what a grand gesture." Xuanyuan Tuo's heart turned cold.

Feeling death gradually approaching, Xuanyuan Tuo remained calm despite his alarm.

He used the mysterious power of the whispers to continue corrupting and influencing Chen Tianhai's mind.

It also seemed that Xuanyuan Tuo was not destined to perish.

Daoist Xingji had temporarily left the Taiyan Sect to suppress disturbances in the Unstable Prison.

Chen Tianhai ultimately could not resist the inner temptation and presumptuously initiated divination with the Dao-Transforming Stone Mother.

He didn't know how many times he had activated the Stone Mother for divination.

Finally, amidst countless impossibilities, he found the sole glimmer of hope for survival!

Chen Tianhai seemed to foresee the downfall of the six immortals, his mind shaken and his spirit disoriented.

Xuanyuan Tuo, seizing the last opportunity, headed directly for the small world revealed in the Dao-Transforming Stone Mother's divination.

He barely made it to his destination before the six great immortals of the Immortal Sect surrounded him.

The six immortals arrived one after another.

Even with his heaven-defying divine abilities, Xuanyuan Tuo was quickly gravely wounded under the siege of the six great immortals.

Just as he was about to perish,

the otherworldly beings in the small world, who had suffered heavy casualties from their battle, launched an unexpected counterattack.

Those beings, whom the six immortals had regarded as mere ants and completely disregarded, chanted and summoned a gateway.

It enveloped all seven individuals, including Xuanyuan Tuo.

The gateway opened, and endless gloom engulfed everyone.

Within the Sea of Gloom, leveraging the insights from the Dao-Transforming Stone Mother's divination and the revived true immortal's will to survive, Xuanyuan Tuo defeated the six immortals one by one.

Ultimately, due to his severe injuries, he fell unconscious in the Sea of Gloom.

During this time, Tianyi, who had been dormant and waiting for the right moment, finally regained control of the body.

"What exactly were those whispers?"

Tianyi, who had observed everything from beginning to end, was also shocked by that mysterious and inexplicable power.

Tianyi had thought this body was doomed, yet unexpectedly, Xuanyuan Tuo had truly found a path to survival amidst the impossible.

To influence and change reality through past memories,

such an ability could never exist in the mortal world!

"More importantly, Xuanyuan Tuo and I are fundamentally one entity with the same soul. Yet, those whispers only existed within his memories."

"Although I know such a thing exists, I cannot specifically recall or perceive it..."

Tianyi's mind was profoundly shaken, unable to calm down for a long time.