LRAB Chapter 49, The Rise of the Big Dipper [Please Read On!] [Bonus Chapter]
Chapter 49, The Rise of the Big Dipper [Please Read On!] [Bonus Chapter]
Since forcibly raising his cultivation level during Elder Yaoguang's pursuit, the Demon Emperor's Holy Heart has remained dormant.
At this moment, it seemed to sense the birth of the new divine treasure and voluntarily awakened.
A surge of vital energy flowed from the heart, flowing along the meridians into the developing lungs.
The newly born golden Dao Palace deity emitted a clear and melodious sword cry.
That was the embodiment of the Golden Path, sharp and pure.
The spirit of the lungs is stored within, thus it is formed.
Su Ye stood up.
He sensed the energy flowing within him from the five Dao Palace deities.
The five elements are complete.
At the moment when the five internal organs and their spiritual organs operate simultaneously, the power of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements forms a complete cycle within the body.
Metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, and earth generates metal.
It goes on and on, endlessly.
Divine power grows on its own within the cycle.
The speed is more than twice as fast as before.
Su Ye clenched his fist.
Feeling the power within his body, he had only one thought in his mind: he had completely solidified his foundation for the Dao Palace Realm.
The Dao Palace has reached its fifth level of perfection, with five Dao Palace deities each possessing unique characteristics, and the cycle of mutual generation of the five elements has formed its own system.
With his insights from the two imperial scriptures, the Dao Scripture and the Western Emperor Scripture, his foundation in the Dao Palace Realm was more solid than any other cultivator of the same realm.
Next up is the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
With limbs that can connect heaven and earth, and with a wave of the hand, mountains and rivers can be cleaved!
At this moment, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi arrived outside his bamboo hut.
"Fellow Daoist, you have broken through to the fifth level of the Dao Palace. My master asked me to deliver a bottle of pills to strengthen your foundation and nourish your vital energy."
She placed a jade bottle on the bamboo table and said in a clear and melodious voice, "If the Holy Son needs anything, he may come to me at any time."
The title "Holy Son" sounded somewhat new to her.
Su Ye nodded and said, "Thank you."
The Holy Maiden of Yaochi turned and took two steps, then looked back at him, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
In the end, she simply covered her mouth and chuckled softly before drifting away.
Su Ye looked at the bottle of pills. From this day forward, he would be the Holy Son of Yaochi.
……
"The Jade Pool is going to choose a Holy Son?!"
A rogue cultivator exclaimed in shock, "Holy Son?! The Holy Land of Female Cultivators has appointed a man?!"
The gray-robed old cultivator beside him was even more excited: "Did you hear that? The message said 'Holy Son,' not 'Holy Daughter,' it was 'Holy Son'!!"
"When in history has the Jade Pool Holy Land ever established a Holy Son?!"
Is there any precedent for this?
"The key question is, who is this Holy Son? The message from Yaochi didn't mention a single word!"
"Didn't I already say? A primordial Dao embryo!"
"Wasn't the Innate Dao Embryo supposed to be the Purple Mansion Saintess? Where did this other one come from?"
"Nonsense! Is the Purple Mansion Holy Land the only place in the world allowed to have a primordial Dao embryo?"
The independent cultivators were arguing amongst themselves.
Some say Yaochi found a treasure, some say Yaochi wants to use this to suppress Zifu, and others say this holy son is actually a trump card that Yaochi has been secretly cultivating for many years.
……
The Purple Mansion Holy Land, the stone chamber where the Holy Maiden secluded herself.
Zixia sat cross-legged on the futon, her body radiating a strong Taoist aura.
The innate Dao embryo is naturally close to the Dao; wherever she is, the surrounding Dao will unconsciously surge towards her.
Footsteps could be heard outside the stone chamber.
Zixia opened her eyes and said softly, "Go in."
The person who came in was her teacher, an elderly man with gray hair.
The old man didn't speak, but simply handed over a communication jade slip.
Zixia took it and probed it with her divine sense.
A moment later, she put the jade slip down.
"A primordial Dao embryo... the Holy Son of Yaochi?"
Her voice was flat, revealing no emotion, as she looked down at her palm.
A ball of Dao light was slowly rotating in his palm; it was the innate Dao embryo's instinctive pull on the laws of the Great Dao.
The old man sighed softly and said, "I believed that you, my disciple, were the only one in this world with a naturally formed Dao embryo..."
"I never expected that two innate Dao embryos would appear in the world. Where did they find a second one?"
Zixia was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke, "Teacher..."
"If there truly are two innate Dao embryos in the world, would they... have a connection?"
The old man was taken aback.
Zixia raised her head and said, "I want to see him."
"Alright, then I will take you to the coronation ceremony of the Holy Son of Yaochi in a few days."
……
The main hall of the Yao Guang Holy Land.
Lord Yaoguang, Li Daoqing, sat in a high position, toying with the communication jade talisman in his hand, his face expressionless.
Three figures stood below.
The Yao Guang elder who had been slapped away by Yao Jin knelt at the front, his forehead pressed against the cold jade brick, not daring to raise his head.
"A holy son was established at Yaochi..."
Li Daoqing placed the jade talisman on the table, his voice devoid of any emotion: "It's that junior from the Dao Palace that you couldn't defeat the other day."
"Holy Lord, please calm your anger!"
"If Yao Jin hadn't intervened that day, I would already be..."
Li Daoqing interrupted him, saying impatiently, "That's enough."
Another elder in the hall stepped forward and said, "Holy Lord, if that innate Dao embryo truly gains a foothold in Yaochi, it will be difficult for us to touch him again."
Li Daoqing ignored him and instead asked a completely unrelated question: "How is the Holy Son's seclusion going?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"They haven't left the pass yet," someone replied in a low voice.
Li Daoqing nodded, stood up, and walked out of the hall.
As he passed the kneeling elder, he paused: "You're also at the eighth level of the Dragon Transformation Realm, yet you were beaten like that by a junior from the Dao Palace. You still have the nerve to kneel before me? Get lost!"
The elder felt as if he had been granted a pardon and scrambled out of the room.
Li Daoqing stood at the palace gate, looking in the direction of Yaochi. It wasn't that he didn't want to touch Su Ye, but that he couldn't.
With the Imperial Weapon of Yaochi right there, he had no intention of starting an extreme war.
The secret underground chamber of Yaoguang.
The Holy Son of Yaoguang was shrouded in a layer of distorted black airflow, from which various screams could be heard continuously.
That was the lament of the very source he had devoured.
A man in black robes knelt outside the door and reported the news of the establishment of a holy son in Yaochi.
The Holy Son of Yaoguang slowly opened his eyes.
"...A primordial Dao embryo, entered the Jade Pool?"
A faint smile appeared on his lips, like a hungry hunter smelling blood.
"Good……"
"It's more interesting to fatten them up before swallowing them."
……
The main hall of the Jiang family.
"If a Holy Son is established at Yaochi, then the matter of the Innate Dao Embryo killing my Jiang family's follower and injuring Yichen is just going to be left like this?"
An old man with a red face and a long beard rebuked angrily.
Jiang Yichen stood behind him, gritting her teeth as she echoed, "Grandfather is right!"
"That scoundrel, relying on Yaochi's backing, doesn't take my Jiang family seriously at all..."
"Say less," Jiang Yifei interrupted coldly.
Jiang Yichen was taken aback, turned around and glared at him, saying with dissatisfaction, "Brother Yifei, why are you siding with outsiders?"
Jiang Yifei ignored him and bowed to the elders in the hall: "Grand Uncle, Su Ye had a reason for killing his attendants; those people made the first move."
"Yi Chen was injured because he had spoken rudely beforehand and even had his clansmen ambush and kill him, which led to his immediate retaliation."
He recounted the events of that day in detail.
The red-faced old man's expression grew increasingly grim.