Chapter 416 - 171: Primordial Yang Great World, Half Moon Seal, Qin Yu Seeks the Dao

The Seven Heroes and Three Li were immortal and indestructible, but only within this world.

As a fellow Great Demon, this Toad Wrath was naturally no exception.

However, this old toad was quite alert. The moment it sensed something was wrong, it immediately retreated, a decisiveness that surprised even him.

Amidst the brilliant flare of red light, the ghostly whispers sounded in Su Bai’s ears once more.

It murmured, asking if he wished to make a sacrifice.

During five years of diligent cultivation in the Da Yu Capital City, he had continuously captured criminals, organized his Divine Power Techniques, and deduced a new Divine Dao System.

He had naturally spent much time pondering this wondrous treasure, which might have come from the Jin Yun Great World.

His understanding of how to use this altar had also deepened considerably.

It was just that offerings were hard to come by, so many of the ideas in his mind had never been tested.

Now, with this old toad, he could finally experiment to his heart’s content.

The size of this Elder Demon was too immense. Even if all the Cultivators in the world were combined, their total mass couldn’t compare to it.

What’s more, it possessed the power of immortality.

As an offering, it was simply perfect.

"Sacrifice!"

The thought flashed through Su Bai’s mind.

The next moment, the red light before him suddenly swept upward.

In the end, the red light transformed into a single streak and vanished into the void. It moved so fast that even Su Bai, despite his power, wouldn’t have been able to catch a trace of it if he hadn’t been anticipating it.

But he was prepared. The instant the red light flared, his Divine Spirit stirred, attempting to merge into it.

But just then, a warning flared in his mind. The Purification Tripod in his sea of consciousness suddenly trembled.

’Danger?’

Su Bai frowned slightly and withdrew his Divine Spirit.

He knew how to use this altar, of course, but as for how it actually operated across different spaces—let alone different worlds—that was another matter.

He didn’t understand its core mechanisms very well at all.

He naturally wouldn’t risk it lightly.

The Purification Tripod’s warning confirmed his caution.

No one knew how many worlds this altar had passed through, or if it might connect to lands of death, disaster, peril, or prohibition.

If he wasn’t careful enough, he could easily end up dead.

He himself had mastered hundreds of Divine Communication Techniques capable of killing with just a single wisp of Divine Thoughts.

There were bound to be others in different worlds who had mastered similar Divine Techniques.

BUZZ!!

As Su Bai’s thoughts turned, the red light atop the altar flared brilliantly once again.

Within the roiling, cloud-like red light, a Half Moon Seal bobbed up and down.

As the red light dissipated, it fell onto the altar.

With a casual wave of his hand, the Half Moon Seal on the altar floated before him.

The Half Moon Seal was silvery-white and appeared quite sharp.

’A Magical Artifact?’

Deep within Su Bai’s mind, the Purification Tripod trembled slightly, revealing information about the Half Moon Seal:

[Magical Artifact: Half Moon Wheel (Damaged)]

[From the Primordial Yang Great World, in the subordinate Dragon Cloud Realm. A Basic Magical Treasure of the Taiyin Sect, serving as one of the Standard Magical Treasures for entry-level disciples.]

[Ability One: Shelter]

[Ability Two: Record]

Compared to the mysterious and unfathomable Exchange Altar, this Half Moon Wheel Magical Artifact had absolutely nothing noteworthy about it.

In Su Bai’s eyes, this Magical Artifact didn’t even meet the standards of a Quasi-Sacred Artifact—and it was damaged, to boot.

Its value was so low it was ridiculous.

’Exchange, exchange...’

’It really isn’t an equal exchange. If you weren’t familiar with this altar’s uses, you’d almost certainly get ripped off...’

Su Bai shook his head slightly and pinched the Half Moon Seal.

Trading with this Exchange Altar without knowing all its secrets was a surefire way to get fleeced.

This was also the reason he had rarely used the altar over the years.

It wasn’t that he truly lacked offerings, of course.

It was because sacrificing ordinary items was guaranteed to result in a terrible deal.

Just like this time.

Take this old toad. Although it had been sealed by deathly energy for tens of thousands of years, causing its power to drop, and despite him severing its Clone Body... its sheer mass was so immense that the value of that single fleshy tumor was even greater than the Divine Spirit of the Xie Nian Daoist.

And in the end, all he got in exchange was this little trinket...

Of course, sometimes even trash has its uses.

As Su Bai gripped the Half Moon Wheel Magical Artifact, a wisp of light rose up.

Strange, oddly shaped characters—completely different from those of this world, and different too from the script of Blue Star in his past life—leaped forth.

’Huh? This script...’

Seeing these characters, Su Bai’s eyes lit up with some astonishment.

His heart was usually as still as an ancient well; ordinary matters could no longer stir him.

But the reason these characters surprised him was this:

These weren’t ordinary characters that one needed to master to understand.

The characters before him required no prior learning or understanding. Each one contained a multitude of explanations within itself.

They even conjured vivid, lifelike images.

Even if it weren’t him, if it were anyone else who had never seen this writing before... they would absolutely be able to understand it!

This meant that in the Dragon Cloud Realm, or perhaps the greater Primordial Yang Great World, there was no such thing as illiteracy.

It also meant that for the Cultivators of these worlds, whether passing down inheritances, conversing, or transmitting information, there would be absolutely no room for error or misunderstanding.

The meaning conveyed by the script was even clearer than a face-to-face conversation.

The implications of this were frankly terrifying.

’The one who created this script was truly remarkable...’

Su Bai couldn’t help but marvel.

There weren’t many characters on the screen of light, but they contained a great deal of information.

Of course, what fascinated Su Bai the most was the script itself.

The content recorded within was only of secondary interest.

The text recorded the journey of a young man named Qin Yu as he sought the Dao—in other words, his cultivation process.

[Dragon Cloud Calendar, Year 105,433, Sixth Month, First Day. This is a day to remember. Today, I finally became a disciple of the Taiyin Sect! They even gave me a Half Moon Wheel, a Moon Embroidery Robe, and a Crescent Crown...]

[That Senior Sister Bai is really pretty...]

[Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, then build the Spirit Root. Spiritual Root Ninth Layer, then enter Foundation Establishment. Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, then ascend to the Golden Core Realm. Golden Core Ninth Layer, then enter the Nascent Soul Heaven. Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, then walk the Path of God Derivation...]

[I’m only at the Qi Cultivation First Layer right now. When on earth will I ever reach the Golden Core Realm?]

[Hehe, Senior Sister Bai is so beautiful...]

[Side Branch, Outer Sect, Inner Sect, True Inheritor, Direct Heir, Dao Child...]

[Sigh, when will I ever become a True Inheritor? Senior Sister Bai is just too beautiful...]

[Moon Wheel, Sun Wheel, Treasure Wheel, Life Wheel, Death Wheel... So many wheels! When will I ever be able to cultivate the Wheels of the Heavens?]

[Sigh, Senior Sister Bai is too smart. Her talent is terrifying...]

[Senior Sister Bai looks good enough to eat...]

[Sigh! A year has passed, and I’ve only broken through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer. When will I ever reach Foundation Establishment?]

[Cultivating the Dao, cultivating the Dao... the path has no end!]

[How are people like me, with only average talent, supposed to seek the Dao?]

[The Dao is without end, but human desires are infinite...]