Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

In the darkness.

The Queen Mother of the West's voice suddenly sounded:

"Pangu reunites."

"The battle has already begun several days ago."

"The nine great sequences have descended upon the human realm, beginning to test the power of the current Pangu World."

"However, Pangu is no longer the world it used to be."

"This time, we turned the tables and tested three sequences among them, which are:"

"'Sage,' 'Miracle,' 'Divine Gift.'"

"Pangu will continuously perceive, learn, evolve, and surpass these three sequences."

"Little Wu, you've thwarted their schemes; not only did they fail to obtain any elements of Heavenly Realm Skin from you, but they also exposed themselves."

"Of course, part of this is due to their arrogance."

"Be careful."

"They've detected something and are beginning to erase you!"

A scene flashed in the darkness.

Three mysterious lives spoke in unison:

"In accordance with the will of the Eternal sequence:"

"This person is an eternal enemy, a being deserving of ten thousand deaths, the source of calamity that will disrupt all."

"They want to kill me." Wu Xiaode said.

"Watch." The Queen Mother of the West said.

"With all our power, we converge into that force piercing through all spaces, reaching the place this sinner has come from." The Shadow of the Sage exclaimed.

"With the great power of the sequence, we converge into that force piercing through all time, reaching the moment in the past where this sinner obtained his power!" The Invincible Demon General exclaimed.

"Fate, even you cannot prevent this supreme execution of the Causality Law, this person shall die in the past, completely disappearing from the river of history!" The Ghostly Floating Entropy Demon said.

They all radiated dazzling brilliance, forming a spear that pierced through the Netherworld sky from out of nowhere, and disappeared in an instant.

"The great power of the three sequences is unmatched, at least for now." The Queen Mother of the West said.

"So I'm going to die?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"You can hide in the Netherworld, continue to develop your power—unless you can find the flaw in the technique conjured by these three sequences acting together, then I can intervene." The Queen Mother of the West said.

"I've found it." Wu Xiaode said.

"Hmm, you need to hide—what? You've found it?" The Queen Mother of the West said in surprise.

"They think I am constantly growing, then emerging as a powerful figure from the chaos; in fact, I am not."

Wu Xiaode continued calmly:

"Their curse is always 'the past', but actually, I am from 'the future'."

A silence ensued.

"Let's go and see." The Queen Mother of the West said.

The darkness shifted.

The future.

That moment—

The Capital.

Inside an inconspicuous alley.

A few thugs were entangling with Wu Xiaode.

One of the thugs suddenly pulled out a fruit knife and stabbed toward his back.

Feeling something, Wu Xiaode's body subconsciously twisted, rolling to the ground.

The Void suddenly split open.

A light spear invisible to mortals fell down and struck Wu Xiaode directly.

He was instantly immobilised.

The knife plunged directly into his back.

A line of ice crystal characters suddenly emerged:

"Causality Law has successfully struck."

Wu Xiaode was about to speak, but the Queen Mother of the West's voice resounded sharply in his ear:

"Yes, the time is the future!"

"This Causality Law has a flaw—let me intervene and project your spirit to a place where there's a sliver of chance for survival."

Wu Xiaode saw his spirit emerge from the body.

Then a light of immortality wrapped around him and "whooshed" away from the airspace above the street.

The Queen Mother of the West's concerned voice sounded again:

"This technique can't break the Causality Law; it just leveraged a possibility for you, I don't know whether you will live or die."

Wu Xiaode fell silent for a few moments.

So that was it.

No wonder I thought, with my caution, why I had no guard against that gang leader.

As a human, of course, I couldn't see through the problem here.

But after countless battles through blood and fire—

Wu Xiaode suddenly understood everything that happened at that time.

"It's okay, I won't die," he said.

Before the sound of his voice died away.

Everything on the street began to reverse.

All people returned to a few minutes ago!

"You really have come back to life!" The Queen Mother of the West exclaimed in surprise.

Wu Xiaode looked toward the alley, only to see himself sitting at a roadside stall, blankly staring at the beer and barbecue on the table.

Having awakened the Book of the Dead in the Death Demon Cave, he had escaped from underneath the One-eyed Giant's watchful eye and returned to the human world.

—This was the beginning of everything!

The Sequences wasted their effort!

"The supreme and eternal Causality Law faltered when being exercised, the locked time shifted from the past to the future!"

"You survived, and everything began to change accordingly."

The Queen Mother of the West continued:

"This is an unimaginable miracle, so I bestow upon you a strand of Pangu's original divine power to enhance your 'Book of the Dead'."

In the darkness, the Book of the Dead quietly appeared in front of Wu Xiaode.

The pages turned automatically.

A line of golden text emerged on the pages:

"You have obtained a strand of Pangu Divine Power, capable of evolving the Book of the Dead."

"Please choose a direction:

"A, draw inspiration from the Sequence Power, manifest various mystical talents, and move towards eternity, which can evolve into the Holy Spirit Book;"

"B, use the power of your origin to delve deeper into your talent, excavating deeper powers to manifest in the book."

Wu Xiaode glanced at it and couldn't help hesitating.

Indeed.

The power of the Holy Realm created humans and mysteries.

Humans can only despair in front of mysteries, not to mention facing the Eternal Saints?

By comparison, he was just a human who had fortunately awakened the Undead Side talent, stumbling all the way to this point.

Logically, he should have chosen A without hesitation, to gain eternal power.

But—

He had indeed come this far on his own.

—He was just a mortal, and yet he had come this far on his own.

Mysterious life was forced by him to only be able to transform into human form.

The Sequence bestowed by the Eternal had not won yet.

—Wasn't this a magnificent feat created by mortals?

If mortals could achieve this, why follow their path?

"I choose B."

Wu Xiaode heard himself say.

In front of him, a bronze glow slowly flew towards him and entered the Book of the Dead.

The entire book suddenly turned from black to bronze, and a faint shadow of a skull emerged on the cover.

The frontispiece of the book opened, all the ice crystal glyphs flashed, and immediately turned bronze:

"Bronze is the most primitive color of civilization, the initial form among the sources of all civilizations, far from all critical points, allowing all beings to live in peace."

"From this moment on, your Book of the Dead has undergone a Pangu-level evolution."

"The current Book of the Dead has evolved into a brand new Death system talent power:

"Evil Spirit Book."

"A manifestation of Pangu's rare power, the Eternal Mockery, the Book of God Battle, the Death Authority of all beings, the Ten Thousand Gods' master of peace, and the personal treasure of the bearer."

"Description:

"The bearer of this book is naturally immune to manipulation by Sequence-like entities."

"May the wall evolve into the Wall of Wishes;"

"You can see all the 'wishes' of the world, and upon completion, you may gain."

"The Wall of Sighs, Holy Walk Wall shall complete their evolution in 24 hours, 36 hours, respectively."

"The remaining power from this evolution can elevate one of your Death Skills by three levels, please choose."

"Super Shadow Followers." Wu Xiaode said.

"Upgrade completed."

"This ability has been levelled up to:

"Shadow Demon King."

"All those selected are servants of the shadow, to be manipulated at your will."

The bronze glyphs flashed by.

The voice of the Queen Mother of the West was tinged with a hint of fatigue:

"Take heed."

"You are returning to reality now."

"The mission of the Sequence is still ongoing, please be cautious in dealing with those three mysterious lives."

As the words fell,

Wu Xiaode forcefully opened his eyes.

He found himself standing in the courtyard of an ancient castle.

The glowing iron cage was still enveloping the entire courtyard, trapping him and the three mysterious lives within it.

He was standing right against the iron cage.

The overwhelming Eternal Light that had just emanated from the three mysterious lives turned into spears and shot into the sky, vanishing out of sight.

"You didn't die?"

The Ghostly Floating Entropy Demon said, surprised.

"No, this is impossible, the three great Sequences used eternal power, went to his past at the moment of his birth, at the instant he was about to step onto the path of strength, to completely erase him—how could he possibly withstand such a mighty force!" The undefeated Demon General said.

Wu Xiaode did not speak, but with a thought, he directly opened the Evil Spirit Book.

"Shadow Demon King" activated.

A line of bronze glyphs emerged before his eyes:

"You have chosen all of humanity as your Shadow Followers."

"Is this your confirmation?"

Wu Xiaode opened his mouth and slowly said:

"Confirmed."