txolops Chapter 550 The Celestial Maiden and the Demon Ancestor, A Mad World, Mad People
Chapter 550 The Celestial Maiden and the Demon Ancestor, A Mad World, Mad People
A heaven, a hell.
Chen Bei instantly went from being a genius admired by everyone to a good-for-nothing despised by all.
He watched as his peers, who were once inferior to him, surpassed him one by one.
He watched his cultivation level steadily decline.
Chen Bei almost broke down.
If he was a good-for-nothing to begin with, he could accept this outcome.
But he was originally a peerless genius.
I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.
This huge disparity, the strange looks and comments from the outside world, one's own self-esteem, and the glory of the family.
All of this felt like a mountain pressing down on Chen Bei, making it hard for him to breathe.
And now, hope has actually arrived.
The mysterious expert in front of him could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with his body.
How could he not be excited?
The other person not only noticed his physical problems, but also knew his name.
However, I did not introduce myself to the other party.
Clearly, the other party knows me very well.
Jiang Hao looked at Chen Bei's longing eyes and nodded with a smile.
"sure."
This was a piece of cake for him; it was too easy.
The problems within Chen Bei's body were a scheme devised by a mysterious powerful figure—the Heavenly Maiden.
Speaking of this celestial maiden, she was quite an oddball.
She is the Empress of the Sixth Realm, a contemporary of ancient powerhouses such as Chen Zu and the Human King, even earlier than Dugu Potian and the Demon Ancestor, and is also a peak Heaven Rank powerhouse.
She is strong-willed and aloof, single-mindedly focused on cultivation, and is a legendary ancient female powerhouse.
After reaching the peak of the Heavenly Rank, her strength could not break through. Later, in order to break through to the Heaven-Defying Rank, she had a flash of inspiration and her world-shaking wisdom was activated, so she created the Seven Absolute Techniques.
The core concept of this technique is to divide one's soul into seven parts, scattering the seven fragments of the soul into the world, each becoming a different person, to be reborn as one in the future.
It was the remnant soul of the celestial maiden Shenji who manipulated Chen Bei's goddess Tantai Lan, causing Chen Bei's talent to disappear and his cultivation to plummet.
"The people in this world are all pretty crazy," Jiang Hao thought to himself. Most of the strong people in this world are not in a good mental state.
A typical example is the Demon Ancestor.
This ancient demon ancestor was extremely domineering and his cultivation techniques were even more heaven-defying.
He entered the Dao through demonic means, proved the Dao through killing, exchanged pain for power, grew stronger with each killing, sublimated through self-harm, and gained heaven-defying combat power by burning his divine soul.
During the battle against the heavens, his family sacrificed themselves for him, allowing him to reach the pinnacle of power—the ultimate expression of the ruthless and selfless demonic path.
He took the most extreme path, killing his relatives, himself, and then his enemies.
His techniques were all about walking the line between life and death; a slight mistake could lead to the destruction of both body and soul. Yet, he somehow managed to succeed and became the greatest demon of all time.
The woman was like a celestial maiden, who divided herself into seven parts.
What kind of insane behavior is this? One wrong move and you'll die. Forget about resurrection; the failure rate is a staggering 98%.
Even if they succeed, returning would be extremely difficult, and they would also be prone to mental health issues.
Back then, it was already abnormal enough that the Immortal Lord Taixu split into three, but I never expected there would be such a formidable person.
The celestial maiden splitting into seven is not like Jiang Hao's projection or incarnation.
Jiang Hao's projected avatars are, in essence, all of them himself, with unified consciousness and the original self in control of everything.
But the celestial maiden truly divided herself into seven parts, which is equivalent to becoming seven different people.
Each person has their own personality, their own experiences, and their own life.
When they are united in the future, their memories, emotions, and obsessions will all merge. How insane it will be! The scene is too beautiful.
"So among all the extraordinary powerhouses in this world, only Chen Bei's father, Chen Ba, is somewhat normal."
Chen Bei's father did not exhibit any manic emotions, nor did his cultivation techniques become abnormal, which was quite unique in the atmosphere of the Tomb Realm.
However, the reason why powerful figures like the Demon Ancestor became like this is mainly related to the environment of the Tomb Realm.
The laws of this world are flawed; it threatens to destroy the world at the drop of a hat, forcing the powerful here to go mad and try every possible way to increase their strength.
One cannot truly live without being obsessed.
Jiang Hao snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Chen Bei.
The remnant soul of this celestial maiden possessed powerful abilities, but for Jiang Hao, it was still a minor matter.
Dragon Baby has already been strengthened, so its opponent Chen Bei naturally cannot lag behind and must also be strengthened.
After all, when watching a play, the play has to be exciting.
Chen Bei took a deep breath and solemnly bowed, making his request.
"Please help me, senior."
His voice was deep, yet it carried an irrepressible longing.
Given Chen Bei's personality, he generally doesn't ask for favors, especially from mysterious and powerful individuals whose backgrounds he doesn't know.
But he spoke up now because he really couldn't bear it anymore; the feeling of going from the peak to the trough was too painful.
Chen Bei was eager to regain his strength.
"Okay, I'll help you solve it now." Jiang Hao nodded. "Calm down, don't be suspicious."
Then Jiang Hao raised his hand and pointed a finger at Chen Bei's brow.
Golden light shone from his fingertips, like the rising sun, and Chen Bei instantly felt a vast and supreme power surge into him from between his eyebrows.
That power was warm and boundless, like rivers flowing into the sea, like all streams returning to their source.
Then, everything went black, and he fainted.
At the same time, a sudden change occurred. As Jiang Hao made his move, a power that had been dormant for millennia within Chen Bei was awakened.
Deep within his dantian, a huge tai chi diagram slowly emerged.
At first, it was just two tiny, barely perceptible orbs of light, one gold and one black, quietly lying dormant in the center of Chenbei's dantian.
The golden orb is warm and vast, a sacred power that never ceases to exist.
The black orb of light was deep and dark, representing the deathly power that annihilates all things.
Two orbs of light, one gold and one black, emerged from his dantian and rotated horizontally around his body, spinning faster and faster until they transformed into a band of light interwoven with gold and black. They then spread out into a wheel-shaped disc and finally condensed into a huge Tai Chi pattern.
Golden fish patterns are on the left, black fish patterns are on the right, a golden bead falls into the eye of the black pattern, and a black bead is embedded in the eye of the golden pattern. Yin and Yang complement each other, life and death intertwine, and the mystery is extraordinary.
The Tai Chi symbol slowly rotates, and with each rotation, a vast and ancient aura emanates from it.
That aura did not belong to this era; it seemed to have crossed time and space from eternity ago.
The Dao patterns on it are extremely mysterious; they are the true meaning of the Great Dao, the imprint of a powerful being who defied the heavens throughout his life.
Jiang Hao looked at the Tai Chi diagram, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"The Tai Chi Diagram of Gods and Demons"
This was precisely the contingency plan left behind by Dugu Potian, the Demon Ancestor, Chen Ba, and others, and it was one of the core elements of the Great Plan to Conquer Heaven.
Most people, upon seeing this divine and demonic Tai Chi diagram, would think it's nothing more than a small square inch in size, hidden within the body, and rather ordinary.
But inside this thing is actually an infinitely vast and wondrous world, as vast as Mount Sumeru contained in a mustard seed, without end.
At the edge of the boundary, the golden light of life surges like ocean waves, warm and peaceful, while the black mist of death sinks like an abyss, eerie and terrifying. The two auras of life and death surge and swell, yet strangely balance and blend together.
This is also why Chen Bei's father wanted Chen Bei to die and be buried in the Cemetery of Gods and Demons.
Firstly, it was to absorb the death energy of gods and demons; secondly, it was to conceal Chen Bei's reincarnation from the Heavenly Dao.
Yes, Chen Bei is the reincarnation of a powerful being, specifically the reincarnation of Dugu Xiaopo, the youngest son of the ancient forbidden god Dugu Potian.
Dugu Xiaopo is exceptionally talented, in no way inferior to his father. The Demon Ancestor and others all say that once he grows up, he will definitely become another major force in the battle against the heavens.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao destroyed the world too quickly, leaving no time for anything else. Even if he had grown up smoothly and become a powerful figure no weaker than his father, it wouldn't have made much difference, because to defeat the Heavenly Dao, one needed a stronger figure than Dugu Potian and the Demon Ancestor.
Therefore, in order to carry out the great plan of overthrowing the heavens, Dugu Xiaopo took the initiative to detach his soul twice, destroying his divine body and reincarnating through the bloodline of the Chen family.
The Divine Demon Tai Chi Diagram floated within Chen Bei's body, slowly rotating.
Several different Daoist principles are intertwined in the picture, which is one of Jiang Hao's objectives.