[The Cataclysm of Heaven and Earth, A Cycle That Never Ends]

Chapter 365 [The Cataclysm of Heaven and Earth, A Cycle That Never Ends]

The Abyss of Weak Water.

After the Tongtian Sect Leader wiped out the Yuanshi Tianzun's plan with a single sword strike, the Black Dragon King, who inherited the identity of the Creation Water Spirit, quietly arrived here.

Relying on the power of calamity, he controls the calamities of heaven and earth. The power of the calamities of heaven and earth not only cannot harm him, but also feels particularly close to him. Furthermore, his identity as the Water Spirit of Creation allows him to easily manipulate the Weak Water.

"How powerful is the Weak Water!"

As soon as the Black Dragon King used the Heaven-Opening Water Spirit Root to merge into the Weak Water, he felt the immense power contained within it.

If he could refine all the Weak Water in the Weak Water Abyss, he would definitely be able to unleash power comparable to that of a Quasi-Saint in this place.

"The Styx River relies on the Blood Sea to ensure that the Blood Sea never dries up and the Styx River never dies. After I refine the entire Weak Water Abyss, I will certainly not lose to it. The power of heaven and earth destruction contained in this Weak Water is far more terrifying than the baleful energy and turbid energy in the Blood Sea!"

"However, if we do that, we might not be able to leave the Abyss of Weak Water easily!"

"The Weak Water contains the power of calamity and destruction of heaven and earth. If I were to manipulate it to roam freely, I fear I would be tainted by a massive amount of karmic force from the Heavenly Dao!"

As Xuan Yin's incarnation, the Black Dragon King naturally possessed the same wisdom as Xuan Yin. After only a brief exploration of the Weak Water Abyss, he understood the advantages and disadvantages of refining the Weak Water here!

Of course, with the roots of the Primordial Water Spirit, it wouldn't be a problem to condense several Weak Water Incarnations to travel in the Primordial True Realm in his place.

Just like the Blood God Child of the River Styx.

In the Primordial Realm, besides the Abyss of Weak Water, there are two other places where Weak Water exists: one is the Heavenly River in the Nine Heavens, and the other is the Weak Water that the Queen Mother of the West placed near the Flaming Mountain of Kunlun in the west.

In addition, some Great Immortals and powerful cultivators who practice the Great Dao of Water will also come here to collect Weak Water as a means of fighting enemies.

The Queen Mother of the West's pure water bowl contained a considerable amount of the Weak Water from the Weak Water Abyss.

In addition, the seventh disciple of the Holy Mother Taiyuan, the Water Mother Goddess, who is also a Great Luo of the Water Path, also possesses a magical treasure that can temporarily contain the Weak Water.

only----

Once those weak waters leave the Abyss of Weak Water, the power of the calamity of heaven and earth will dissipate, leaving only the mysterious power that erodes immortal power and primordial spirit.

It is not qualified to be above innate divine waters such as Primordial Heavy Water and Void True Water.

In the eyes of the Black Dragon King, the Weak Water with the power of the destruction of heaven and earth and the Weak Water without the power of the destruction of heaven and earth are completely different things.

At this moment, the Black Dragon King, who had merged into the Weak Water, began to seriously comprehend everything around him.

In this Abyss of Weak Water, besides sensing the final sword energy of the Tongtian Sect Master and the residual energy of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's Great Dao, he also sensed the aura left behind by the Goddess Nuwa.

That aura was even more ancient than that of the Tongtian Sect Master and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, clearly dating back hundreds of eons!

"Return to heaven!"

Without hesitation, the Black Dragon King activated the Heaven-Returning and Sun-Reversing Divine Power, attempting to reflect the scene of Nuwa's arrival hundreds of years ago.

Since the matter involved a sage, even if the goddess Nuwa did not conceal it, he could only see it very vaguely, only knowing that she had once fought a great battle with the Weak Water here.

"A battle against the Weak Water?"

The Black Dragon King was immediately taken aback: "The original Weak Water was actually sentient! It was only because Goddess Nuwa took away the original spirit of the Weak Water that I had the opportunity to refine the current Weak Water!"

However, the power to turn back time can only illuminate the scene of the Weak Water Abyss; it cannot illuminate the scene after the Goddess Nuwa took away the spirit of the Weak Water.

But that's not a big problem.

Before following the original body, Di Ting had always followed the Goddess Nuwa. If you want to know anything about the Goddess Nuwa, just ask that fellow Di Ting!

With a thought, the Black Dragon King contacted Di Ting through the spirit realm and then inquired about the Goddess Nuwa and the Weak Water.

"The Weak Water?"

A look of reminiscence crossed Di Ting's face as he slowly spoke, "That must have happened shortly after Nuwa became a sage!"

"Emperor Jun deduced the Hunyuan Heluo Grand Formation, intending to use it as a grand formation to protect the Heavenly Realm, and thus once coveted the Weak Water Abyss!"

"If the Weak Water were integrated into the Hunyuan Heluo Grand Array, the array's power would undoubtedly surge, but unfortunately, the Weak Water within the Weak Water Abyss has developed sentience!"

"Emperor Jun and Fuxi both suffered defeats, and even Donghuang Taiyi, who unleashed the innate treasure Chaos Bell, gained little advantage!"

"That spirit of the Weak Water, though unable to take human form, possesses extraordinary strength, likely not much weaker than the Styx Daoist or the North Sea Black Tortoise!"

"Add to that the advantageous location of the Weak Water Abyss, and all beings below the level of a sage are helpless against it!"

"In the end, it was Fuxi who asked the goddess Nuwa to intervene. With the help of a sage, she managed to separate the spirit of the Weak Water and a portion of the Weak Water from the Abyss of the Weak Water. This is how the Heavenly River of the Celestial Realm came to be!"

Di Ting continued, "The spirit of the Weak Water was forcibly separated from the Abyss of Weak Water, and I remember it has fallen into a deep slumber. As long as you don't disturb that Heavenly River, it won't revive!"

Upon hearing this, the Black Dragon King immediately nodded: "So that's how it is! I never imagined that the Milky Way in the Nine Heavens was actually the work of the Goddess Nuwa!"

After understanding the cause and effect related to the Goddess Nuwa, he had no more worries and began to refine the Weak Water in the Weak Water Abyss.

He will become the new spirit of the Weak Water!

As the Water Spirit of Creation, even if she were to rule the four seas, no one could question her, let alone someone as insignificant as the Abyss of Weak Water!

This is a great opportunity to increase his own strength. Only by continuously increasing his strength can he have enough confidence to cause trouble for Yuanshi Tianzun!

If Yuanshi Tianzun could use the Weak Water to scheme against him and block the army of the Jiuli Divine Dynasty, he might very well be able to retaliate in kind!

Boom!

Using his identity as the Water Spirit of Creation, the Black Law Dragon King quickly brought most of the Weak Water in the Weak Water Abyss under his control.

In this place, he could even fight against a near-saint level expert by relying on the power of the Weak Water.

but----

After taking control of most of the Weak Water, he discovered something strange: deep within the Weak Water Abyss was a mysterious spring that continuously replenished the Weak Water. No matter how much Weak Water he took away, the Weak Water gushing from that spring would instantly fill the Weak Water Abyss!

However, the existence of Fenglin Continent has always kept the Weak Water confined to the Abyss of Weak Water, so that even if new Weak Water emerges, it will not affect the Primordial True Realm.

"Could some remnant soul of a chaotic demon be suppressed beneath this spring?"

Black Dragon King frowned slightly, a terrible guess arising in his mind, because he felt that Phoenix Continent was like a suppressing force.

The Abyss of Weak Water isolates Phoenix Continent, and Phoenix Continent also binds the surrounding Weak Water.

"etc!"

The Black Dragon King's heart stirred: "Phoenix Qilin Continent is one of the three islands and ten continents of the Primordial True Realm. So, from which part of Pangu did it evolve?"

All things in heaven and earth were transformed by Pangu, including the three islands and ten continents in the four seas, which may contain unimaginable creations.

"Metal generates water, the west belongs to metal, and beneath the Ruins of Return is also a world of metal and primordial energy. Could this Abyss of Weak Water be the evolution of the Gate of Pangu's Three Burners?"

After careful deduction, the Black Dragon King concluded that the human body is a microcosm of the universe, and the universe is a macrocosm of the human body. The Abyss of Weak Water most likely corresponds to the Sanjiao Gate of Pangu. Humans have five internal organs and six bowels. The Sanjiao is indeed a bowel, which is outside the viscera and inside the body, encompassing all the viscera, a large bowel in one cavity!

"The Triple Burner assists in the metabolism of fluids, serves as the pathway for food and water, and is the origin and end point of Qi!"

"The Triple Burner is the three vital energies of a person, also known as the Central Clear Palace. It governs the energies of the five viscera and six bowels, the nutritive and defensive energies, the meridians, and the energies of the interior and exterior, left and right, and upper and lower parts of the body. When the Triple Burner is unobstructed, the energies of the interior, exterior, left and right, upper and lower parts of the body are all unobstructed. Nothing is more effective in nourishing the whole body, harmonizing the internal and external, nourishing the left and right, and guiding the upper and lower parts of the body!"

The Black Dragon King pondered, "If the Abyss of Weak Water corresponds to the Gate of the Three Jiaos, then the Weak Water Energy continuously flows out of the Abyss of Weak Water. Does this mean that the origin of Pangu is still exerting its power?"

Having figured this out, the Black Dragon King did not hesitate and directly used his identity as the Water Spirit of Creation to begin investigating that spring.

But before he could delve deeper into the spring, he was blocked by the power of the calamity of heaven and earth.

Within the spring lies an extremely concentrated power of calamity and destruction, so much so that even the power of calamity cannot be completely immune to it.

no way!

Xuan Yin's authority over tribulations comes from the Heavenly Dao's recognition of the Great Dao of Tribulation Immortals. Currently, the Great Dao of Tribulation Immortals can only bring tribulations to beings below the Quasi-Saint level, and it cannot yet touch the four tribulations of formation, existence, decay, and emptiness in the Primordial True Realm.

He could ignore the faint power of the calamity in the Weak Water, but the almost tangible power of the calamity in the spring was enough to make even a Heavenly Saint wary.

All the saints of the primordial world first became saints and then attained the status of Grand Luo Golden Immortal. Although they are immortal and indestructible, the Heavenly Dao will collapse along with the origin of the primordial true world at the end of the era.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, a sage does not wish to be tainted by the power of the four kalpas of formation, existence, decay, and emptiness.

Of course, Lingbao Tianzun is an exception.

As the end of heaven and earth, the Lord of the finality, Lingbao Tianzun can be said to be the greatest calamity for the Primordial True Realm and its billions of beings!

"etc!"

The Black Dragon King suddenly realized something was amiss: "The 'Cheng Jie' corresponds to the creation of heaven and earth, which coincides with the concept of creation by the Primordial Heavenly Venerable! The 'Zhu Jie' symbolizes the evolution of the world, which also aligns with the Taiqing's concept of dwelling in the world! The 'Kong Jie' corresponds to the end of heaven and earth, when all things return to nothingness, which corresponds to the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable!"

"What about the bad luck?"

"If that's the case, there should be two concepts of 'residing in the world'!"

As is widely known, Yuanshi Tianzun is the creator and represents "existence," Tongtian Jiaozhu is the master of the end and represents "non-existence," and Taiqing Laozi, as the sage who dwells in the world, represents "from existence to non-existence."

However, if the concept of "from existence to non-existence" corresponds to the four kalpas of formation, existence, destruction, and emptiness of heaven and earth, then it should correspond to both the existence kalpa and the destruction kalpa at the same time!

The "dwelling kalpa" represents "prosperity," while the "destruction kalpa" represents "decline." Only when the two are combined can we have a complete concept of "from existence to non-existence" or "dwelling in the world."

Can----

The Black Dragon King saw only "prosperity" in Laozi, but not any Daoist imagery related to "decline".

Is Taiqing Laozi hiding something?

Or did he simply not inherit the part of the Great Dao that symbolizes "decline"?

"The former is probably unlikely!"

"Even if Taiqing Laozi had something to hide, he would never disregard his own life—he was killed by Nuwa once before!"

"And the latter—"

Black Dragon King believed that if Taiqing Laozi did not inherit the concept of "decay", then the concept of dwelling in the world that he inherited from Pangu would be far from complete. In the Primordial True World, there was still an unparalleled position that could rival creation and end.

Why did Pangu create the primordial world?

It's for transcendence!

It's to escape the cycle of time!

Is there any necessary connection between creating a world and transcending or escaping the cycle of reincarnation?

In an instant, thoughts surged through the Black Dragon King's mind: "The Primordial True Realm will invite the final calamity, and the Chaotic Universe will also erupt in its final calamity. If Pangu does not want the final calamity to descend, then he should make all worlds immortal!"

"Could it be that, in order to prove His truth, He erased the concept of decay?"

"He created the primordial world perhaps wanting to be independent and unaffected by the cycle of eras, but the cycle of eras in the chaotic universe will not be changed by Pangu's will!"

"On the surface, the signs of decline may have been erased, but as the world continues to develop—the Primordial True Realm will still decline!"

"only----"

"This process has been delayed!"

Of the Three Pure Ones, only the Tongtian Sect Leader did not obtain the Creation Artifact. Could it be because the Tongtian Sect Leader symbolizes the end?

Pangu, not wanting to see the world come to an end, weakened the Tongtian Sect Leader.

Besides, Tongtian Jiaozhu, as the Lord of the End, should have been the one most looking forward to the end of the world, but he hoped to seize a glimmer of hope for all living beings.

This is undoubtedly a contradiction!

Various thoughts kept emerging in the Black Dragon King's mind, but he kept overturning them, until only a few bold deductions remained.

But he still couldn't be sure!

Therefore, he decided to ask Tongtian Jiaozhu directly. As one of the Three Pure Ones, Tongtian Jiaozhu must know Taiqing Laozi very well!

Whether he concealed the concept of "decline" or never obtained it at all, the Tongtian Sect Leader, who is also one of the Three Pure Ones, may be able to make a judgment!

"teacher!"

Which possibility do you think is most likely?

In the spirit realm, the consciousnesses of the Black Dragon King and the Tongtian Sect Leader stood facing each other. After telling the Tongtian Sect Leader about his discoveries in the Weak Water Abyss and his deductions about "decay," the Black Dragon King had been waiting for the Tongtian Sect Leader's response!

The Master of Heaven sighed softly, then slowly said, "I am absolutely certain that Laozi of Taiqing did not inherit the power of decay!"

"In fact, both Primordial and I have tried to trace the so-called power of decay, but this power has no concrete embodiment, and neither Primordial nor I have been able to prove this concept!"

"The depletion of spiritual energy and the transformation of the sea into mulberry fields are actually manifestations of the power of decay."

"He is everywhere!"

"The most likely person to take charge of it was Laozi, the Taiqing, who is the foundation of our existence, but even he failed to grasp the concept of decay!"

"Therefore, your conjecture is correct. When the Great God Pangu created the primordial world, he probably erased the primordial deities who were in decline!"

In the Primordial Realm, each Great Dao will basically give birth to one or more innate deities related to that Great Dao.

Just like the creation of the world by Yuanshi Tianzun, the existence of Laozi in the world by Taiqing, the end of the world by Tongtian Jiaozhu, the primordial state of Nuwa, and the primordial state of Fuxi.

Some innate deities may have long since perished and disappeared into endless time and space, but their imprints remain in the long river of time and space.

Only "decay" is an exception. The Tongtian Sect Leader, having surveyed the entire river of time and space, did not find any innate deities related to this Great Dao.

But this avenue actually exists.

Many practitioners have also practiced spells or supernatural powers related to "decay," but no living being has been able to attain the Great Luo realm through this.

The same goes for the Tongtian Cult Leader.

The Great Luo is a permanent proof, and one can also prove the Dao repeatedly. After proving the Great Luo through a certain Great Dao, one can still prove other Great Daos.

The Great Dao of Decline is like a mirage, visible but intangible; even the Tongtian Sect Leader could not grasp it.

Of course, the fact that the Tongtian Sect Leader couldn't do it doesn't mean that Xuan Yin couldn't.

Chi Jingzi was able to seize the power of the sun with the power of the Red Emperor, and Shennong was able to further dabble in the Dao of the Earth Emperor by relying on the Dao of the Earth Lord. So he might not be unable to use the power of the calamity of heaven and earth contained in the Weak Water to comprehend the concept of "decay" that symbolizes the existence of the world in the Primordial True World!

Now that the Abyss of Weak Water has been taken over by the Black Dragon King, with more time, it is not impossible to bring the power of the Heaven and Earth Calamity under control!

If we can achieve that, the path to Immortality will surely advance further!

In addition, the power of calamity will also be enhanced like never before!

The Master of Heaven advised, "A calamity of decay is a calamity of world decline! Neither the Heavenly Dao, nor the Earthly Dao, nor the Human Dao would want anyone to control it. If you truly grasp this concept, it's not impossible for the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Daos to simultaneously reject you!"

Among all the paths of the primordial world, decay is undoubtedly a very special one, and its impact on the world is absolutely no less than creation, end, or existence.

No one wants to see the world decline, not even the Tongtian Cult Master, the Lord of the End!

At the end, his strength may reach its peak, comparable to Pangu, but he still cannot escape the cycle of the chaotic universe!

If that's the case, then what's the point of an end that can annihilate everything?

Therefore, the Tongtian Sect Leader thought of making changes and of seizing a glimmer of hope for all living beings!

In the past twenty cycles of reincarnation, at the end of the era, although the Tongtian Sect Leader could use the power of the Lord of the End to settle all karma and severely punish those saints who had plotted against him, his mood was arguably the heaviest among all the saints!

Even if he retaliates, what has already happened will not change; he can only vent his frustration a little!

After venting his anger, what awaits him is the next chaotic era.

And then the cycle repeats itself!

Only after becoming a saint did he regain the memories of the previous chaotic era!

Meanwhile, in the Demon Realm, Xuan Yin's true form was watching the Creation Demon, who was merging the Taiqing Origin he had obtained from the Supreme Demon into the Creation Source Eye, attempting to observe the changes within it.

Without hesitation, Jade Emperor Demon Lord directly threw in a wisp of Shangqing Origin.

Boom!

The Eye of Creation trembled, instantly transforming into a pool of blood containing myriad spirits, and a giant cocoon began to take shape.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of the Jade Purity Origin, it is not perfect, and the aura it reveals barely reaches the Great Luo level.

"It seems that plotting against the Primordial Heavenly Demon and obtaining the Jade Purity Origin should also be put on the agenda!"

Xuan Yin sighed softly and began to discuss with the Creation Demon, Jade Emperor Demon Lord, and Blood Demon Daoist how to seize the origin of the Primordial Demon!

The Primordial Demon did not sit idly by and wait for his death. After the fall of the Supreme Demon Ancestor, he summoned all the powerful demonic cultivators under his command.

He also sent invitations to Jidu, Zi, Yuebo, and others.

Clearly, with the fall of the Supreme Demon Ancestor, he truly felt threatened and had to join forces with Jidu and others to contain Xuan Yin's side.

As the demons gathered, a massive storm began to brew in the demon realm.

This storm will inevitably reshape the demon realm's structure and redistribute the demonic destiny!