nyslfriends Chapter 55 Devouring the Origin
Chapter 55 Devouring the Origin
Zhen Yuanzi's eyes were sharp and his divine light was contained within. Although he was wary of the lingering resentment of the Chaos Demon God, he dared not easily probe the depths of the lair with his divine sense again.
However, relying on his profound Dao realm, keen insight into the nature of energy, and subtle fluctuations fed back by the holy light of the Pure World White Lotus, he carefully sensed the six-winged black mosquitoes that were crawling and sleeping in the nest.
After a moment of contemplation and deduction, he came to a clear conclusion.
This mosquito is already in perfect form, with six wings as thin as cicada wings yet faintly glowing with a metallic light, and its body covered with black armor, exuding an indestructible Daoist aura.
Its ferocious maw naturally condenses runes of the laws of penetration and absorption, and its body is constantly circulating with pure and primordial Dao of devouring. Clearly, its physical structure and fundamental foundation have been fully stabilized and nurtured, reaching an extremely high innate level, comparable to the foundation of a top-tier innate being.
However, when his spiritual senses carefully probed its core spiritual source, he discovered that it was not a place of clear and intelligent light, but rather a state of chaos and ignorance.
Like an untamed wild beast, driven only by the most primitive and intense instincts—a greedy desire to devour all energy, matter, and even fragments of laws—there is no clear self-awareness, logical thinking, or spiritual fluctuations.
"I see." Zhen Yuanzi suddenly realized, and most of the confusion in his mind dissipated. "Although this thing has a form and a deep foundation, it has not yet given birth to a spirit. It is still an empty shell with power but no soul."
He combined the local environment with the trace of chaotic demonic aura to make further deductions.
The origin of this six-winged black mosquito is most likely not a natural formation of the Blood Sea, but rather a part of the core essence or important remains of a chaotic demon god who fell during the War of Creation and who wielded the law of "devouring" or related laws. After falling into this extremely yin and turbid Netherworld Blood Sea, it used its demon god essence as a core to frantically absorb and melt endless filth, malevolence, and remnant souls, ultimately transforming into this ferocious form.
But precisely because of this, its most fundamental spirituality is entangled, permeated, and covered by too much of the fierce and malevolent aura, resentment, and shattered chaotic will belonging to that fallen demon god.
These malevolent energies and resentments originating from the chaotic era are like the strongest and most vicious innate shackles. They not only firmly hinder and suppress the emergence and growth of its own intelligence, but also make its existence more violent and uncontrollable, completely driven by instinct, turning it into a ferocious creature that only knows how to devour.
"No wonder that although they were both in the Blood Sea, the Styx Ancestor was nurtured by the Blood Sea's origin and his intelligence was awakened early. In the future, he was able to establish the Asura Clan and wield the Yuan Tu A Bi to dominate the region. However, this Mosquito Taoist was slow to make a name for himself until the Investiture of the Gods, when he suddenly appeared in the world with a fierce and awe-inspiring presence."
It requires an extremely long time, waiting for the chaotic evil energy and resentment to be slowly worn down by the blood sea environment, or to be gradually refined through its own devouring power, or to wait for some special opportunity, before it can truly break free of its shackles, awaken its intelligence, take human form, and become the Mosquito Daoist who would strike fear into the hearts of future generations.
Once this is understood, it can explain why it was so ferocious in later generations that it could devour a direct disciple of the Intercepting Sect, such as the Holy Mother of the Tortoise Spirit, and even forcibly gnaw off three of the twelve-petaled Golden Lotus of Merit, a treasure of saints and the guide of the Daoist.
Its essence is the manifestation of the Devouring Law at the level of a Chaos Demon God. Once it has complete intelligence and fully controls its own power, its potential and ferocity are truly earth-shattering, enough to pose a fatal threat to the vast majority of beings below the level of a Saint.
Since this thing is not yet sentient and is still in a state of ignorance and chaos, it is no longer a formidable enemy that Zhen Yuanzi cannot deal with and that requires a life-or-death struggle, but rather an unprecedented and heaven-defying opportunity!
A pure, ownerless, and originating source of the Devouring Law from the Chaos Demon God is, in some respects, even more valuable than a top-tier innate spiritual treasure!
Without further hesitation, a glint flashed in his eyes as he fully activated the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus.
This time, instead of the previous violent attack mode used to force it out, it shifted to a continuous, gentle, and unwavering purification, like spring rain nourishing all things.
The vast and pure holy light of purification flowed like a warm spring, carrying the great power to soothe wounds and cleanse filth. It slowly flowed and permeated, completely enveloping the six-winged black mosquito's body and its core devouring essence.
"Sizzle... Sizzle..."
When the purifying holy light came into contact with the chaotic demonic energy and resentment that clung to the origin, it immediately produced a faint sound like a hot iron being branded into ice and snow.
The pitch-black, scarlet, and constantly twisting and writhing malevolent energy, under the pure and restrained purifying holy light, seemed to have encountered its natural nemesis, violently churning, struggling, and transforming into all sorts of ferocious demonic forms in an attempt to resist.
However, it was ultimately unable to resist the supreme purification law power originating from the top-grade innate spiritual treasure. It was gradually and irreversibly stripped away, decomposed, and transformed into the most primordial void energy, eventually dissipating into the world.
This process requires immense patience and precise control. It is necessary to ensure that all external, harmful evil energy and resentment are completely eliminated without leaving any hidden dangers, while also avoiding excessive burning that could damage the most essential and precious source of the Chaos Devouring Law.
In other words, Zhen Yuanzi's cultivation was so profound that he had reached the threshold of a quasi-saint, and his control over the Pure World White Lotus had reached a level of being as responsive as an extension of his own arm, so that he could handle things with such ease and precision.
It is unknown how much time has passed in this silent corner of the sea of blood. When the last bit of the most stubborn and almost entangled fierce resentment, amidst the increasingly brilliant holy light, let out a silent wail and completely vanished, the six-winged black mosquito's body, which had been lying motionless, suddenly trembled!
Its jet-black shell became even deeper and purer, no longer radiating that uncomfortable sense of filth and violence. Instead, it presented an extreme darkness that seemed to absorb all light and all probing, like the first black hole at the beginning of the universe.
The Daoist aura that flowed around it, capable of devouring all things, became increasingly refined, restrained, and condensed. It no longer contained any violent or chaotic will, but only the most essential, primal, and pure "devouring" law, like a docile yet infinitely potential dark dragon.
Its form remains the same as that palm-sized, six-winged, black-armored mosquito, but its inner essence has undergone a complete and transformative change. It has transformed from a ferocious creature full of hidden dangers and only knowing how to destroy into a pure and flawless innate divine object containing the origin of the supreme law of devouring, an unparalleled foundation of the Dao waiting to be given "meaning"!
With a flick of his sleeve, Zhen Yuanzi used his pure and powerful earth magic to create a dark yellow hand, carefully lifting it up. Instantly, he used the power of the Earth Book to sever the last trace of energy connection between it and the Netherworld Blood Sea, preventing it from being contaminated again.
He no longer lingered in this ominous place. His figure transformed into an inconspicuous streak of earthy yellow light, and following the path he had come from, he left this oppressive Netherworld Blood Sea at an even faster speed than before.