Above the Great Dao

"Scholars from Xinxiang come seeking treasure, so why must you always think about killing to silence others?"

Chen Shi, having transformed into a porcelain doll, escaped from the Ghost God Domain, running and jumping through the mountains with incredible agility.

The villagers of Huangpo Village never cared about the True King's Tomb; Chen Shi also did not care about the treasures of the True King's Tomb. If these people had come treasure hunting without the thought of murder and silencing others, he would even be happy to lead them to the real True King's Tomb.

Unfortunately, every group that came seeking treasures had the intent to kill him.

He traveled through dense forests, crossed rivers, and arrived at another strange place.

Here lay a road paved with bluestone and stone steps, by which thick pines and cypresses were planted, their bark rugged and branches sturdy. In front of the trees stood stone statues and beasts towering two to three zhang high.

This place was the True King's Tomb, which the woman in purple and the others had desperately searched for but not found.

The True King's Tomb was only two or three li away from the kiln, but the mountain terrain was bizarre. Without someone to lead the way, it was indeed difficult to find this place.

But Chen Shi was familiar with the route; he had ventured into Qianyang Mountain with his grandfather countless times. He dared not claim to know every blade of grass, but he was clear about where each tree stood.

Chen Shi jumped down from a rock, landing with a clear sound as his foot collided with the stone beneath.

The boy was startled and quickly looked at his foot to make sure it was not broken or injured by the stone. Only then did he relax.

After all, he was made of porcelain now—extremely fragile and risking complete shattered destruction with any carelessness.

He continued down the tomb passageway. As he moved, the trees and stone statues around him began to shudder!

The trees swayed, their branches undulating like great pythons, thick and fierce.

The stone statues' surfaces lost their dusty powder with loud rustling sounds. They seemed to sprout flesh and blood, those majestic Divine Beasts coming back to life, gradually emanating a wild aura!

Chen Shi, facing increasing pressure, walked forward. His tiny body grew taller and larger, no longer porcelain but slowly turning into flesh and blood.

This True King's Tomb was actually covered by an even stronger Ghost God Domain!

This Ghost God Domain suppressed the effects of the kiln's Ghost God Domain on Chen Shi, allowing him to return to his normal self from porcelain!

Chen Shi proceeded on, as the world around him began to twist. Mountains shook like waves, and the giant Divine Beasts lifted their claws embedded in the mountainside, releasing overwhelming flames!

Chen Shi had now returned to normal, negating the kiln Ghost God Domain's side effects, but still, he gritted his teeth and moved forward.

Ahead of him, a stele caught his eye. The inscriptions on it shone with a golden brilliance, barely legible.

While trying to make out the text, Chen Shi took out the Spiritual Meat he had obtained from the woman in purple, Zhao Erye, and started chewing it.

As the Spiritual Meat slid down his throat, a powerful Spiritual Power surged through his limbs, summoning his True Qi and forming a shrine behind his head!

Chen Shi felt his body fill with immense strength; clenching his teeth, he continued to face the growing pressure and walk on.

Just as he had read most of the content on the stele, a voice suddenly rang out, laughing, "Little fellow, if you walk any further, the Ghost God Domain will be fully activated, and not even your grandfather could save you then. Don't be too greedy. Go back."

The speaker was not a person but the Tomb Guardian Beast nearest to Chen Shi, a Sheep-Horned Man with straight horns, a large nose that covered half of its face, offering a disingenuous smile that sent chills despite its lack of hostility.

"I had some good karma with your grandfather, and I don't want to see you die here."

The Sheep-Horned Man smiled gently, while other Tomb Guardian Beasts roared ferociously with powerful Qi-Blood forming a red cloud, reeking with a foul smell, seemingly ready to pounce on Chen Shi at any moment!

"Besides, it's getting dark."

The Sheep-Horned Man's demeanor was gentle as he advised, "It's dangerous when dark, and you won't be able to leave then."

Bowing, Chen Shi said crisply, "Thank you, Uncle Sheep-Horned!"

The Sheep-Horned Man smiled and waved, "Off you go, off you go!"

Chen Shi looked back longingly at the stele, leaving regretfully.

He left the Ghost God Domain, and the medicinal effects of the Spiritual Meat wore off, and the shrine behind his head also dissipated.

Chen Shi sighed, his expression somewhat dim.

He didn't want to become useless.

He wanted to be like other children, able to read, to cultivate, to take part in the county and village examinations, to become a Scholar.

He wanted his grandfather to feel proud of him, not to take care of him for a lifetime!

"It's getting dark!"

Chen Shi perked up, looked towards the sky, his face darkening, and he hurriedly quickened his pace.

In the sky, two suns hung side by side in Central Heaven, radiating intense heat that remained harsh. Oddly enough, the two suns slowly elongated, resembling a pair of closing eyes.

If one's eyesight was good enough, they would notice, beyond the sky, a vast face with the two suns as its eyes.

Now, these eyes slowly shut, with endless flames spilling out from beneath the eyelids, pouring into the upper atmosphere eighty li above the ground, forming a sea of fire stretching tens of thousands of miles, as resplendent as the evening glow!

Behind this vast face loomed a figure, immensely gigantic, sitting cross-legged, hidden within an immense darkness.

This supreme being was the true God of the West Bull New Continent!