Chapter 451 398: Following the Scent

Time flew by in a flash.

In the blink of an eye, several more months passed.

Within the forbidden Creation Lands of the Burial Realm.

Thanks to the efforts of the many Imperial Influences from the Daluo Celestial Domain, exploration gradually turned into excavation. Every day, news of various rare treasures being unearthed spread like wildfire.

The older generation of Great Powers.

Experts above the Great Saint realm were gradually being transferred.

Because...

After months of gathering clues, they had discovered the precise location of the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon King's burial area!

But the bad news was—

The Innate Divine Race had beaten them to it.

And they had used their head start to explore deep into the burial area!

More importantly.

The Divine Race also had a Quasi-Emperor participating in the operation!

When Great Emperors do not act, Quasi-Emperors reign supreme!

Under normal circumstances, where Great Emperors were restricted by Celestial Punishment and couldn't use their full power, a Quasi-Emperor was truly the number one fighting force in the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

Not to mention.

This was all happening within the Burial Realm, a powder keg that could ignite at any moment, where no one dared to use Emperor Level Power.

For all these reasons.

Although the Daluo Celestial Domain had the home-field advantage and hated the Divine Race with a vengeance, they could only engage in a war of attrition with the Innate Divine Race.

For a time.

Neither side could gain the upper hand.

Wu Dao had been tailing some of the Great Powers from the Daluo Celestial Domain, so naturally, he learned of this news at the earliest opportunity.

At the same time.

He also knew.

His long-awaited opportunity had arrived!

With a large number of Great Powers and Venerables from the Daluo Celestial Domain transferred to the burial area to counteract the Divine Race, their rear would inevitably be left vulnerable. With only a few Great Saints and Saints left behind, they wouldn't be able to stop the Heaven-Stealing Alliance at all.

The Daluo Celestial Domain would probably never guess.

That in their very own backyard, a ferocious Evil Beast had been lying in wait, audacious enough to make a move against them!

And no one knew.

That on this day.

Within the forgotten Black Abyss Forbidden Area.

Silently.

A terrifying ocean of Celestial Tribulation appeared, almost blanketing the entire Black Abyss Forbidden Area. But it vanished in an instant, devoured by a famished Abyss Evil Beast the moment it formed.

It was also on this day.

The Chaos Color accretion disk, tens of billions of light-years across, outside the black hole formed by the convergence of the Black Abyss's rules.

For the first time in hundreds of millions of years.

It changed its trajectory.

It seemed.

To have been shackled by the gravity of another giant black hole in the Magnetic Field domain.

A humanoid black hole!

It latched onto the central Regulated Black Hole like a parasite, ravenously devouring Magnetic Field Energy!

It formed a vortex that consumed the external Magnetic Field Energy of the Black Abyss. At its core, the celestial sound of the Great Dao thundered as an incredibly sacred and vast humanoid Tree Diagram completed its transformation!

At the ends of the Tree Diagram.

A truly immense number of Primordial Magnetic Crystal Particles shone with the divine light of various-colored rules, each representing a different branch attribute.

As the Primordial Magnetic Vortex Wheel spun.

The Magnetic Field of the Crystal Grain Body expanded.

Chaos was parted, and Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind were stabilized.

Dao Rules swarmed and converged.

They evolved into Small Thousand Worlds, each composed of Three Thousand Worlds, permeating the air with an aura of indestructibility and immortality, impervious to all tribulations!

Finally, all changes ceased.

And everything returned to calm.

Wu Dao stepped out onto the surface of the Regulated Black Hole. The 'gravity' that could have instantly torn him to ashes now felt like a gentle breeze, posing no threat at all.

As his eyes opened and closed.

Countless incandescent and brilliant magnetic vortexes spun within them, and an uncountable number of Small Thousand Worlds were born and destroyed inside.

Surveying the heavens and the earth.

Another layer of the veil was lifted from the Primordial Path, this incredible aggregate of Magnetic Fields, in his eyes.

Above the rules of the terminal root system.

He saw the Middle Thousand Rule Veins, which were thicker and more vigorous, holding greater authority and exerting a vaster magnetic influence.

On the level above that.

There were even thicker veins that he could not yet observe clearly—the Grand Thousand Rule Veins.

And even further beyond.

He could faintly perceive torrents of elemental veins as thick as Hongyuan's spine,

Those were Dao Veins!

The magnetic radiation from a single Dao Vein could affect all the heavens in the universe, creating immeasurable existences. Only those in the Emperor Realm could even touch them!

It was like trying to see the whole picture through a pinhole.

Even now, by pushing his mental faculties and magnetic perception to their limits to trace back to the source, Wu Dao couldn't perceive the slightest trace of them, let alone touch them.

'Great Saint...'

Wu Dao retracted his gaze. Recalling the magnificent will of Emperor Hong Shi, he had a thought and crudely imitated her, his own will crossing the Black Abyss Forbidden Area to descend upon a particular space-time.

BUZZ!

Wherever his will went, all magnetism gathered in tribute.

The rule field, the size of a Middle Thousand World, acted as if it had received a Celestial Decree. It autonomously swarmed, gathering destructive Energy, and rapidly collapsed into a lower dimension, returning to its primordial state.

With a single thought!

Across the vast expanse of space-time.

He destroyed a Middle Thousand World.

Although it was a trick using the rules of the Magnetic Field, power was power. Not even the most demonic genius who had just entered the Great Saint realm could accomplish such a feat!

This meant...

Wu Dao's current battle power had not only stepped into the Great Saint realm but had leaped several steps at once!

Great Saint Third Heaven!

There was no need to test it with his full power.

The Star Mother had already given an accurate assessment. There was no exaggeration.

'My current life form, the Power I now possess... it far surpasses the Immortal Gods I imagined in my past life when I was weak...'

Wu Dao clenched his fist slightly, feeling the vast Life Magnetic Field within him. He let out a slight breath, his expression as calm as an old well, and opened his attribute panel—

[Physique: Primordial Magnetic Dao Body]

[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring·Three Lives (2500/3000) +]

[Transverse Cultivation: Infinite Primordial Scripture·Saint Body (800/1000) +]

[Divine Cultivation: Juntian Creation Scripture - Saint (850/1000) +]

[Soul Cultivation: All-Phases Divine Luo Scripture: Saint (850/1000) +]

[Divine Format: Lower-Rank Primordial Saint God]

[Celestial Treasure: Bitter Dust Robe (Emperor's Artifact 100%)]

...

[Teleportation Points: ...]

As expected.

The three basic Extraordinary Dao Sources.

Two thousand five hundred branches.

Had all entered the ranks of Saints!

This meant that within Hongyuan, Wu Dao had gone from being merely one of the experts to truly stepping into the level of the older generation's Great Powers and universal magnates.

Those who emerged in the last three hundred years.

Could be called the younger generation.

Nowadays, very few among the younger generation in All Heavens had entered the ranks of Great Powers.

As for someone like Wu Dao.

Who took no more than ten years from the true start of his extraordinary evolution to his current achievements!

An existence who, even in the later stages of the Path of Transcendence, could still ignore realms and battle power to leap across more than thirty qualitative gaps!

Such a being had never appeared since the Heaven Opening!

Words like genius, monster, or demon were insufficient to describe him.

An anomaly among anomalies!

'Ten to the ninetieth power!'

Wu Dao put away his attribute panel and looked inward at the Primordial Magnetic Crystal Particles at the ends of his Tree Diagram, which had returned to a magnetic vortex state, arriving at the precise number.

It far surpassed the total number of particles in the universe of his previous life!

And!

Each of his Primordial Magnetic Crystal Particles, once its field was deployed, could command Magnetic Field Power on the scale of a Small Thousand World!

If they were talking about destructive power alone.

With a flick of his finger!

He could annihilate the known universe of his previous life!

As for Hongyuan...

He was still far too weak.

A single universe within Hongyuan was not just a simple cosmos of stars; it contained countless Great Thousand, Middle Thousand, and Small Thousand Worlds, as well as dimensional Grotto Heavens—it was a very broad concept.

To destroy a Hongyuan universe.

Only Emperor Level Power would suffice!

All beneath the Emperor Level were ants.

Even for the current Wu Dao.

Forget a single universe; even the Burial Realm he was currently in—a top-tier Great Thousand World in the grand scheme of Hongyuan—still felt immeasurably vast to him.

Hooo...

His thoughts returned to the present.

Wu Dao's consciousness probed the Extreme Dao Bell inside his body.

After achieving Great Saint's Battle Power.

This top-tier Emperor's Weapon no longer felt as deep as an abyss to him; instead, he could sense the possibility of awakening and mobilizing it.

Of course, it was impossible to awaken it to its peak.

But even if he could only unleash a sliver of the Extreme Dao Bell's Mighty Power, it would allow the current him to do many things that were previously beyond his reach.

At the same time.

Wu Dao also noticed that his Primordial Rank had been promoted to Holy God. Having reached this stage, his previous idea of a Main God could now be easily realized.

And that was to ignore distance!

He could influence space-time through the faith anchor points of his believers to open channels, transmitting all things across space and time, not just limited to Magnetic Field Energy.

In the future.

This ability would be of great use!

For now.

It could be used for the rapid transfer of strategic resources and for launching blitzkriegs. Combined with the Bitter Dust Robe and Nangong Li's Heaven and Earth Profound Sect, he could come and go without a trace.

In fact.

The major powers of the All Heavens.

Also had Holy Gods under their command to handle the transfer and descent of personnel and resources. Barring some special forbidden zones and desolate lands, their efficiency far surpassed that of the Star Hub.

The Innate Divine Race appearing silently in the Burial Realm, bypassing Daluo Heaven, might have done so for this very reason.

Because among the members of the Divine Race who descended into the Burial Realm.

Was a Quasi-Emperor God.

For a Divine Spirit of this level to transmit things via a Faith Channel, it would certainly be far more covert and difficult to detect.

'Dragon Hunting Tower...'

Wu Dao sneered, his gaze falling upon the fully armed Primordial Demons within a Primordial Realm.

At the same time.

He sent the coordinates of the major top-tier Creation Lands to Nangong Li.

Those top-tier Creation Lands.

After months of development by the various Imperial Influences, all obstacles had now been cleared, and they were almost at the final treasure vaults.

With their rears now empty.

Launching a surprise attack when they least expected it.

Would surely yield miraculous results!

Of course.

Wu Dao decided to be generous and give this credit to the Dragon Hunting Tower, helping them make a name for themselves once more.

Afterward.

There would be even more "credit" like this.

And each time it would be greater than the last. It would surely allow the Dragon Hunting Tower to bring honor to their ancestors and become famous throughout the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

'A shameless villain who plays dirty tricks from the shadows?'

'Please.'

'I, Wu Dao, am no hero. Not to mention, we're already locked in a fight to the death.'

'Why would I still care if my methods are honorable or not?'

"Remember this."

After inspecting the Primordial Demons, who were armed to the teeth, Wu Dao added another instruction: "First, suppress. Second, break. Third, rob. Fourth, leave. Don't cause any extra trouble."

""Understood!""

The Seventy-Three Primordial Demons roared in a deafening, metallic chorus.

Each Primordial Demon was armed from the inside out with Holy Soldiers, Great Saint Weapons, and even a Saint Master's Great Killing Artifact. They were like Celestial Soldiers and Generals, yet also like a Purgatory Demon Army, possessing an invincible momentum that could sweep through everything!

It couldn't be helped.

After emptying the Heaven-Burying Emperor's Tomb.

The current Wu Dao had nothing in abundance except treasures. His main style was pure, unadulterated opulence!

An ample supply of Cosmic Divine Liquid, Grand Thousand World Mother Liquid... plus all sorts of top-tier Big Killing Artifacts. They could kill people just by randomly throwing them around!

Let alone when wielded by the battle-hardened Primordial Demons!

"Nangong, any problems?"

After the rally.

Wu Dao looked toward Nangong Li again.

"I am willing to die for the Daoist Venerable!"

BOOM!

Without another word, Nangong Li!

Directly self-destructed on the spot!

The trigger mechanism for the Heaven and Earth Profound Sect activated, instantly transforming into a magnificent portal that reached from the heavens to the earth. The space-time vortex within linked to numerous coordinates, a grand gateway like the mythical Southern Celestial Gate!

"Move out!"

With a wave of his hand, Wu Dao's many Incarnations and Primordial Demons quickly disguised themselves as Dragon Hunters. Like a great army on the march, they stepped into the Heaven and Earth Profound Sect, heading for the various Creation Lands.

VMMMM—

Wu Dao, however, stepped into the Regulated Black Hole. He drew the Primordial Star Mother into his body, shielding himself from all external karmic information, and took his position at the center, ready to deal with any unexpected situations at a moment's notice.

The main forces of the Daluo Celestial Domain.

Although most of them had rushed to the Celestial Demon Burial Area to confront the Divine Race, he couldn't let his guard down. After all, his targets were all behemoth powers, not simple small fries.

...

「Deep within the Burial Realm.」

At the bottom of a vast abyss.

The core treasury of an ancient grand tomb was about to be unsealed.

The brilliant glow of treasures was resplendent, the divine light blinding!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A group of Saints from the Huishi Sect, wielding various Array-Breaking Divine Soldiers, were shaking the abyss as they worked to break the final Grand Array of the treasure vault.

"Hahaha, it is fate that my Huishi Sect shall rise! To think that within this unnoticed abyss, there's actually a Quasi-Emperor's Tomb!"

At the edge of the abyss's bottom.

Li Xun laughed out loud with excitement.

Even with only his Grotto Heaven Cultivation, he could feel how astonishing the radiant light of Creation seeping out from the core treasury was.

Wisps of medicinal fragrance.

Just absorbing them made him feel as if he were about to ascend to immortality. He couldn't imagine how astounding the reserves of Creation within must be!

According to the Great Saint Elder leading the assault on the array, there might even be a Military Dao Emperor Scripture within this Quasi-Emperor's Tomb!

An Emperor Scripture.

Was a foundational treasure even for an Imperial Influence.

And it was an Emperor Scripture dedicated to the Military Dao!

It had to be said.

This treasure-digging team from the Huishi Sect had truly struck it lucky.

"Huh? Where's Brother Wu?"

After the excitement subsided.

Li Xun was surprised to find that Wu Dao, who had been following them all this time, had now vanished without a trace. He couldn't even be reached via Communication Jade Talisman.

"What a pity..."

Li Xun sighed with regret.

Wu Dao's talent was astonishing.

He was younger than Li Xun, yet his strength had reached Grotto Heaven Perfection. The elders had more than once promised him the position of Daoist Child to entice him to join the sect.

His sudden disappearance now...

Most likely meant his ambitions lay elsewhere, not with the Huishi Sect.

But what Li Xun didn't know...

was that Wu Dao's sudden disappearance meant a pack of monstrous Taotie had already caught the scent and were on their way.