Star Sky Professional

What does it feel like to die of old age?

Fang Xing indeed felt it in the Daqian World.

Even though he had a bit of supernatural power, he still couldn't stop the aging of his body. The torment of watching himself weaken bit by bit was indeed hard to overcome.

In the last few years, he even felt like a corpse that was gradually rotting...

If he hadn't already seen through the memory seal, he might have succumbed to it.

Then, for the sake of longevity, for the sake of extending life, he would do all sorts of crazy and ridiculous things.

In fact, during his later years, there were indeed alchemists who came to offer him 'Elixirs of Longevity', or tried to guide him to seek immortality.

For Fang Xing, who was already a True Immortal, this was a very exasperating situation.

Moreover, the idea of using heavy metal elixirs to poison him seemed almost undisguised.

The result, naturally, was that the batch of alchemists and Taoists were completely thwarted and killed. He also commanded several princes and royal grandchildren to commit suicide, along with a batch of civil and military officials to be buried with them...

When he lay on the bed, after taking his last breath.

Boom!

The world suddenly brightened.

Fang Xing suddenly returned to that beautiful place of mountains and rivers, seeing that face made up of white clouds.

He instinctively scanned the surroundings but did not find the presence of that female Dao Lord.

'Sigh... Although this woman had some means, I didn't expect her to be kicked out of the instance so quickly...'

'Was she exhausted from all the tactics in the harem, or was governing the country too tiring?'

'I wonder how she was evaluated? Did she qualify to take the Innate Spiritual Treasure?'

'This Realm Spirit too, we're all in the same instance, why is it that we're not returning to the same place? Is it because you can't play fair?'

Fang Xing complained in his heart, then looked at the Secret Realm's Realm Spirit: "Realm Spirit, what about my mental state?"

The face formed by mist seemed to glance deeply at Fang Xing, then waved a hand.

Swish, swish!

The wind rose, clouds surged, and a massive golden ranking list unfolded in the sky.

Then, line by line, golden seal scripts appeared.

These seal scripts seemed eternal yet seemed to change at every moment.

With just a glance, Fang Xing understood their meaning.

[Mental State Ranking]

[Mental State Ranking First: Ye Wei Xian!]

[Mental State Ranking Second: Fang Xing!]

[Mental State Ranking Third: Wan Dao Liu!]

... ...

"Ye Wei Xian... Who is that?"

Fang Xing was somewhat curious, "A Dao Venerate?"

"Not at all..."

The giant face formed by clouds smiled, "I mentioned that only one cultivator could take away the Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Ye Wei Xian took something even more precious than the Innate Spiritual Treasure... It's just a pity, that was a one-time opportunity."

"As for your evaluation, you can choose one from these treasures."

The Secret Realm's Realm Spirit waved again, and on the golden ranking list, streams of light flashed, and the golden seal scripts changed again:

[1. One Innate Spiritual Treasure (Choose from Innate Exquisite Tower, Heaven-Opening Axe, Chaos Pearl, Creation and Transformation Cauldron, ...)]

[2. A set of "Nine Changes of Rising Phoenix" secret techniques, including complete cultivation resources...]

[3. One Heavenly Extreme Puppet]

[4. Three thousand cubic meters of Reverse Flow River water]

[5. One Flame Sun Strange Wood]

[6. Seven Age Cold Pearls...]

... ...

"These... I mostly don't understand, is there a detailed introduction?"

Fang Xing asked.

"No, that's the rule set by the master. However, I can tell you that each of these is a treasure hard to find in the outside world, some even brought back by my master after transcending from the 'Unspeakable Land'... In other words, they are transcendental items!"

The Secret Realm's Realm Spirit said, "If you acquire one, even if you are a Dao Lord, condensing transcendental characteristics won't be difficult..."

Fang Xing glanced over, feeling a bit regretful.

'I really want... to rob this Realm Spirit. Unfortunately, I can't win, and besides, when someone gives you a treasure and you still rob them, it feels quite embarrassing.'

'Transcendental items? It seems some of them can assist in condensing transcendental characteristics? Even eternal existences would be tempted...'

'Unfortunately, to me, they aren't of much use. I'd rather exchange for an Innate Spiritual Treasure.'

Fang Xing looked at that inheritance.

To be honest, he was very interested in the Transcender's inheritance.

But for now, of course, the Innate Spiritual Treasure that can immediately enhance strength is the most important.

"I choose one!"

Fang Xing spoke, "Then... the Heaven-Opening Axe."

"It's not the best choice, nor the worst choice." The Secret Realm's Realm Spirit spoke.

Then!

The heavens and earth suddenly darkened, countless chaotic currents appeared.

A beam of axe light cut through the chaotic currents, landing in front of Fang Xing.

It had a single blade edge and was chaos-colored throughout, with a rough handle made of an unknown black wood.

"Mystical Axe?"

Fang Xing reached out his hand, merely touching the axe's body, feeling an unfathomable power surging and an impressive sharpness.

"Innate Spiritual Treasure—Mystical Axe, a rare treasure cultivated from the origin of a world at the level of All Heavens... After you advance to the Third Step Dao Lord, you can attempt to refine it to transform your 'Dao Seed' into 'Innate Dao Seed'..."

The Realm Spirit of the Secret Realm explained.

"The Dao always exists, even if eternally present and developing, once created, it becomes the pillar of all worlds..."

"Thus, the Dao is simply Dao, essentially there is no division between innate Dao and postnatal Dao!"

"It is truly humans who create distinctions in the Dao!"

"Refining the Innate Spiritual Treasure, becoming an Innate Dao Lord, is the Dao Lord's own elevation..."

After the explanation from the Secret Realm's Realm Spirit, Fang Xing roughly understood.

Theoretically, there is always the appearance of a Fourth Step Dao Lord, along with the eternal development of Dao... The Dao they create and leave behind is naturally the innate Dao, but why do later generations control it and regress it to postnatal Dao?

This naturally is incorrect.

The essence of Dao is unified, fundamentally there is no division between innate and postnatal.

The true distinction lies in the Dao Lord themselves!

The existence in the Fourteenth Realm as a Dao Master or Dao Lord, fully mastering a Dao, gaining the blessing of Dao Power.

But fully understanding a Dao does not mean complete control.

This is something only the creator of the Dao can achieve.

The existence as Dao Master or Dao Lord, occupying an unclaimed Dao, imprints with their own True Spirit, and twists the Dao... to achieve control, this twist can be called a 'Dao Seed'!

When reaching the Fourth Step of Dao Lord, the imprint should turn postnatal back to innate, forming a 'Innate Dao Seed'!

With the 'Innate Dao Seed', control and enhancement of the Dao far exceed that of ordinary Dao Master.

Externally, it seems like the Dao is elevated to innate Dao.

In reality, it is the cultivator themselves that is elevated!

Even when reaching the stage of Dao development, abandoning the original Dao, the innate Dao Seed is not discarded, instead further integrates with the cultivator, elevating to 'Eternal Dao Seed'!

Under the blessing of the 'Eternal Dao Seed', it allows for eternal presence with imprint spreading across numerous dimensions, eternal and unextinguished power.

"This axe is nice... fits my Dao of Panwu quite well."

"Panwu Mystical?"

Fang Xing gripped the axe handle, his hand caressing the axe body, very satisfied with it.

This Innate Spiritual Treasure, even though he hadn't started refining it, he could already sense its formidable power, clearly beyond ordinary Emperor Weapons!

Moreover, it contains an Innate Spiritual Treasure Origin that can assist him in swiftly overcoming the Third Step Dao Lord barrier!

"Innate Dao Seed, Eternal Dao Seed huh?"

Fang Xing sighed in his heart: "What a pity... I'm just a Second Step Dao Lord."

He looked at the Realm Spirit: "I wonder if after participating in the trials, can other cultivators enter the Secret Realm?"

The Realm Spirit of the Secret Realm did not answer, merely waved his hand: "You have completed the trial and gained fortune... it's time to leave."

In an instant, Fang Xing felt a dizzying sensation.

When he regained his composure, he discovered he was already on a surface outside, expelled from the Origin Region of the world.

"Alas... truly stingy, as if I would go steal others' fortune."

He sighed, casually tearing open the void ahead.

In an instant, the cultivation avatar traversed boundless distance, arriving before his original form.

The Mystical Axe in his hand was naturally taken by his original form.

"A good treasure."

Fang Xing's eyes brightened, the overwhelming power of Dao of Panwu descended with a roar.

Compared to the cultivation avatar with only the threshold strength of Dao Lord, the original form was already a Second Step Dao Lord and had progressed far within this realm.

He had the complete capability to refine this Innate Spiritual Treasure and further unleash its power.

"Indeed... from the first glance at it, I knew, the Mystical Axe and Dao of Panwu are perfectly matched..."

"If after the Third Step Dao Lord, refining its innate origin, I will certainly achieve the 'Innate Panwu Dao Seed'!"

"Cultivation below transcendence, the Thirteenth Realm fully comprehending the Law, Fourteenth Realm mastering a Dao... in truth, none of it belongs to oneself."

"Once Dao Seed is formed, even abandoning the Dao, it remains, which indeed belongs completely to oneself!"

"Thereafter, transform the Innate Dao Seed into Eternal Dao Seed, this process requires 'Dao development'..."

"After Dao development, the nature of Dao Seed also transforms... for example, the Dao Venerate originally comprehended the True Illusion Law, then it is related to True Illusion Dao... then Fourth Step Dao Lord is Innate True Illusion Dao... ultimately, carving out 'Immortal Dao', his 'Innate True Illusion Dao Seed', after breaking through the Fifteenth Realm into eternity, will naturally transform into 'Eternal Immortal Dao Seed'!"

"Even later, when minimizing and abandoning 'Immortal Dao', the 'Eternal Immortal Dao Seed' remains within the Dao Venerate's body, uniting with him in Mixed Element, bringing eternal-level power..."

"The Dao cannot be eternally owned by one, thus cultivation of the Law Dao is like grabbing pork, the pork is sent away, but the hand still retains grease... the so-called 'grease' is just the Innate Dao Seed?"

"Moreover, once reaching eternity, actively carving new Dao, is greatly beneficial for All Heavens and myriad worlds, like baking a bigger cake..."

This journey in the Secret Realm dispelled Fang Xing's bewilderment about future cultivation.

"Next, in response to the Zerg of Da Xia Universe... the Qing Yuan Great Realm needs to strive even harder."

Fang Xing left his cultivation avatar, the original moved with a gesture.

Utilizing the fully refined Gate of All Heavens, he immediately arrived at the Qing Yuan Great Realm, within the Spirit Treasure Palace...