Chapter 88 Gathering of Wind and Clouds in the Blood Sea
Within the primordial chaos, a trace of the aura of a chaotic demon god lurked. The newly born innate race, born from its creation, inevitably bore this trace of aura, displeasing to heaven and earth.
Therefore, the Styx Daoist infused his essence blood into the blood-red placenta, using his own innate divine aura to dilute the aura of the chaotic demon god.
This allowed the newly born innate race to gain the recognition of heaven and earth, inheriting its innate destiny.
The constantly trembling blood-red placenta, after absorbing the Styx Daoist's essence blood, slowly quieted down, its surrounding divine light of creation beginning to contract. Only amidst the pervasive Daoist rhyme, a faint wisp of consciousness was born.
Rumble! As if sensing the birth of new life, the entire Netherworld Blood Sea cheered, its blood waves surging, creating towering waves to express its excitement.
"Almost there! Almost there!" Excited, the Styx Daoist's eyes gleamed with determination. His hands moved in rapid succession, forming hand seals, unleashing an overwhelming killing intent that drew forth crimson runes that merged into the crimson placenta.
These were runes formed from the innate killing path, the Styx Daoist's highest achievement to date.
Now, he poured all his understanding of the Great Dao into the crimson placenta, striving to make the innate race he had created even more perfect.
With the Styx Daoist's actions, boundless Daoist energy surged from the Netherworld Blood Sea, and the supreme killing intent spread out, sweeping across the primordial world. The roar of the surging waves echoed across the vast sky. The
immense commotion in the Blood Sea immediately alarmed the entire primordial world.
Those powerful beings who had just returned to their Daoist abodes from the Outer Heavens noticed this commotion, their expressions changing drastically. Filled with astonishment and uncertainty, they all turned their gazes towards the Netherworld Blood Sea.
"Hiss, what happened in the Blood Sea? Why such an astonishing change?
We wonder... what is that Styx doing? Could it be that, like Taiyi, he has gained some enlightenment in this great battle and broken through his realm?
Or is he cultivating some kind of great divine power?"
Recalling Styx's words before leaving, and the sudden twitching of his brow after he departed, a shadow of gloom fell over the hearts of the powerful beings.
Subconsciously increasing their magical output, their divine light shone as their gaze pierced through the layers of blood waves, looking towards the depths of the Blood Sea, where Styx resided.
"That's... the light of creation!"
"The sea of blood is brimming with the energy of creation! Isn't Styx following the path of slaughter? How can he have such a profound understanding of the path of creation?"
"The path of slaughter and the path of creation, though both are supreme paths, are inherently incompatible. Isn't he afraid of the conflict between the two paths, damaging his very essence?"
Seeing the light of creation flickering within the sea of blood, the powerful beings assumed that Styx Daoist intended to cultivate both paths, finding his audacity extreme.
Although achieving the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm meant permanent attainment, eliminating the worry of a drop in cultivation level, damage to one's essence would still affect the exertion of power and was extremely difficult to recover.
Styx Daoist's actions were tantamount to gambling his entire strength on the future; he was undeniably ruthless towards himself!
"Hmph, how dare you! So brazenly peering into the Blood Sea, have you even consulted my Yuan Tu and A Bi swords?" The Styx Daoist's face darkened, and the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords were suddenly drawn, two crimson sword beams sweeping out and shattering the gazes of the powerful figures.
Currently, the newly born innate race has not yet truly arrived, has not yet gained the recognition of Heaven and Earth, and accidents could happen at any moment.
If those powerful figures were to become jealous and secretly harm the Blood Placenta, the Styx Daoist would have nowhere to turn. It would be better for everyone to drive them all away before they discovered the Blood Placenta.
This matter concerns the opportunity to attain Dao, and the Styx Daoist cannot afford to be careless. Regardless of whether it offends many powerful figures, he must prevent any accidents.
"Styx, you..." Knowing they were in the wrong, the powerful figures were furious but dared not utter any harsh words. If someone else had spied on their dojo like this, they would have acted even more ruthlessly!
"These people are truly in the way!"
Knowing he couldn't hide it from everyone for long, Daoist Styx gritted his teeth, his heart hardening. He suddenly pointed at the sea of blood, and amidst the churning blood waves, a blood-red figure slowly emerged, its appearance identical to Styx's.
This was Styx's avatar, transformed from his Blood God Child, one of only three Great Luo Golden Immortals among his 480 million Blood God Child avatars.
Daoist Styx was the master of the sea of blood. Long ago, when he achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, he refined the entire sea of blood, saying that as long as the sea of blood did not dry up, Styx would not die.
Later, he condensed 480 million Blood God Children from the sea of blood, refining them into avatars, each possessing the cultivation of a Golden Immortal.
After countless years of growth, the Blood God Child's strength greatly increased, advancing to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. Furthermore, three more Blood God Children, nurtured with the devoted care of Daoist Styx, entered the Daluo realm.
"Shatter!" Suppressing his heartache, Daoist Styx pointed at his clone, which shattered instantly, transforming into primordial energy that fell into the blood-red placenta.
Daoist Styx had paid countless prices to cultivate these three Blood God Children to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Yet today, to facilitate the birth of the blood-red placenta, he was willing to destroy one of them with his own hands, demonstrating his determination to bring a new race into the world! Becoming a saint had almost become his obsession!
"Thump, thump, thump!"
After the Blood God Child merged into the blood-red placenta, a series of violent heartbeats emanated from within, and a surge of immense life force erupted. Then, the blood-red placenta twisted, giving birth to a god-demon exuding murderous intent.
In that instant, the Netherworld Blood Sea trembled violently, boundless Daoist principles poured forth, and supreme killing intent swept across the
primordial world, and the light of creation pierced the heavens and the earth. When the first life created by the Styx River appeared in the primordial world, the Heavenly Dao immediately responded; all the Daos of Heaven and Earth descended with a thunderous roar, the sound of the Great Dao resounded throughout the primordial world, ten thousand rays of golden light, a thousand strands of auspicious energy, and endless auspicious clouds gathered.
In an instant, in the vast universe, brilliant golden light emerged from the void, spreading above the Blood Sea. That was the Qi of Xuanhuang Merit, the Heavenly Dao's reward for the race created by the Styx River.
"Qi of merit, so much Qi of merit, what did the Styx River do?" The many powerful beings who had retreated turned their gazes back upon seeing this.
"Hmm, no, that's not the Qi of Creation derived from the Dao of Creation, it's the Qi of Creation derived from the Primordial Chaos. That Styx fellow hasn't comprehended the Dao of Creation; he's misleading us!"
"What's with that being? Besides Styx, there are other beings in the Blood Sea!"
"How could this be… the aura on his body isn't from the demon race, nor the witch race, he doesn't belong to any race in the primordial world; he's a being that has never appeared before!"
"I see, I understand now. This Styx Daoist, using the Primordial Chaos's ability to create all things, intends to emulate Fellow Daoist Nuwa and create another race, thereby gaining supreme merit and attaining sainthood!" "
That Styx fellow has quite the ambition, but without the Primordial Purple Qi, can he really become a saint with just merit?"
For a moment, everyone stared intently at Styx, wanting to see if he could succeed.
(End of Chapter)