Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 315 - Heavenly Dao Book

Countless people were dumbfounded as tremors came from beneath their feet. The books on the shelves fell to the ground, unable to withstand the weight of the two words: Heavenly Dao.

Liu Wuxie was about to carry on with his explanation. However, he stopped abruptly because discussing Heavenly Dao would be disrespectful, and he would suffer the backlash from Heavenly Dao if he weren't careful.

The tremors lasted for several breaths before calming down, and everyone was shocked.

"What did just happen?" Everyone was puzzled, unable to figure out what had caused the Book Collection Hall to tremble violently.

"Liu Wuxie, hand over the spirit stones. You've lost this round. We can't even understand what you said." Su Ji reached out, demanding Liu Wuxie to hand over all the spirit stones. After all, he had wagered all his assets on the last round.

"Hand over the spirit stones!" everyone else said and advanced towards Liu Wuxie.

Yun Lan and Fan Xi exchanged a look, noticing the hint of shock in each others' eyes.

"Ignorant fools!" Liu Wuxie reached out and kept all the spirit stones in his interspatial pouch. He had already answered, and it was not his concern if they could comprehend what he said.

Seeing Liu Wuxie keeping all the spirit stones instantly drove everyone insane.

"Liu Wuxie, you're courting death!" Lin Mingxu and Gongsun Zhen rushed forward to stop Liu Wuxie. After all, they had lost all the spirit stones they had received the previous day. This meant they would have to tighten their belts for the next few months if they couldn't regain their spirit stones.

"You two plan to rob openly?" Liu Wuxie was enraged. So many people were present, and leaving unscathed would be challenging for him.

The situation was on the brink of losing control, with everyone blinded by rage. They no longer cared if the answer was correct and only wanted to take back their spirit stones from Liu Wuxie.

"Deacon Kou, please help us and seize him!" Su Ji gritted his teeth in hatred. Deacon Kou had lost five thousand mid-grade spirit stones in this bet, nearly his entire annual salary. Thus, Su Ji wanted to use Deacon Kou's hands to deal with Liu Wuxie.

There was no need for Su Ji's reminder because Deacon Kou slowly approached Liu Wuxie, with each footstep emitting an even more powerful murderous intent.

When he released his aura in the Heavenly Phase Realm, an overwhelming pressure descended, causing the floor to creak. It felt like a mountain crushing down on Liu Wuxie, making his breathing hurried.

"Hahaha...this is truly eye-opening. I didn't expect the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's deacon to be so shameless." Liu Wuxie burst into laughter with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"I would have conceded if you'd answered correctly. But you're just spouting nonsense and giving a random answer. Considering you're a new disciple, I'll let it go if you hand over the spirit stones," Deacon Kou retorted.

"You will pardon me if I hand you the spirit stones? I didn't expect the standards of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's deacon to stoop so low!" Liu Wuxie was enraged and released a powerful aura that dispelled the pressure from Deacon Kou, causing the surrounding books to fall.

This situation made Yun Lan and Fan Xi anxious, but they were only outer disciples with limited status.

Liu Wuxie was greatly disappointed that the phenomenon he had caused when mentioning 'Heavenly Dao' had gone unnoticed by a deacon.

"Well said!" A rumbling voice came from the top of the Book Collection Hall, causing everyone's eardrums to tremble.

"I-It's the elder responsible for guarding the Book Collection Hall!" Everyone panicked upon hearing the voice. It was public knowledge that an elder in the Book Collection Hall was tasked with preventing the theft of the books. After all, there had been instances where disciples had leaked the sect's secrets, losing precious alchemy formulas.

Investigations had revealed that the disciple who had stolen the formulas was a spy from the Azure Crimson Gate who had stayed in the sect for over thirty years.

Since then, an elder had been dispatched to the Book Collection Hall. Every elder possessed a Nascent Transformation Realm cultivation and was incredibly strong.

Nothing that occurred in the Book Collection Hall could escape the ears of such a powerhouse. The restrictions on each floor were useless in front of someone in the Nascent Transformation Realm.

Deacon Kou swayed, and his face became pale. He hadn't expected their actions to alarm the elder.

"Young man, well said! The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion has done nothing in recent years other than producing a bunch of mediocrity. Starting today, you are no longer a deacon of the Book Collection Hall!" the elder said boomingly, causing the surrounding books to fall even more.

Only a powerhouse in the Nascent Transformation Realm would dare to berate a deacon in this manner.

Deacon Kou collapsed upon hearing the elder's words. He knew losing his position as the Book Collection Hall's deacon meant being sent either to labor in the mines or to the mundane world to manage the sect's assets. Either outcome would mean bidding farewell to his path of cultivation.

"Young man, was what you said a casual remark, or was it something you pondered deeply?" the elder asked with a hint of humility.

"Senior, it was in a book I found when I was young, but I'm not sure of its authenticity either," Liu Wuxie replied. He wasn't foolish and found a random excuse to brush it off. After all, who would dare to comment on Heavenly Dao?

Deacon Kou was the best example. His question caused a backlash, which resulted in him being demoted.

"Is this book still in your possession?" the elder asked hurriedly. He knew that if he could unravel the mysteries of Heavenly Dao, he would be able to reach a higher realm in his cultivation.

Everyone in the surroundings was dumbfounded. It wasn't hard to understand what the elder said. The book seemed to be incredibly important, even containing the laws of the natural world.

"I was poor when I was young, and I used the book as a toilet paper." Liu Wuxie shrugged helplessly.

Yun Lan choked on his saliva upon hearing that. He couldn't believe that Liu Wuxie had used such a precious book as toilet paper.

The surrounding disciples wanted to kill Liu Wuxie, wishing they could tear him apart.

"Alas... what a pity. Perhaps my fate with immortality isn't meant to be. You may all leave now," the elder said desolately. If only he had encountered Liu Wuxie earlier and read the book, everything might have been different.

"Elder, don't be disheartened. Immortality fate contains both immortality and fate. I believe you can find your path to immortality." Liu Wuxie's words intended to enlighten the elder, considering it a repayment for standing up for him earlier. Liu Wuxie was also capable of enlightening someone in the Nascent Transformation Realm.

The surrounding space began to tremble, and the Book Collection Hall trembled again. This caused everyone to sway around as if they were drunk.

"Immortality fate...well said. I owe you a favor, and I'm going into seclusion now." The Book Collection Hall returned to calmness once more with the elder's departure, as though he had received enlightenment from Liu Wuxie's words.

This left everyone dumbfounded, and they couldn't comprehend what had just happened.

Fan Xi looked at Liu Wuxie with a complicated gaze. What Liu Wuxie had said earlier might not have sounded profound, but it carried a deeper meaning.

Liu Wuxie left without hesitation and was already gone by the time everyone came to their senses.

After leaving the Book Collection Hall, Liu Wuxie returned to his courtyard. Zhang Lin's group of three had yet to return, and he didn't know where they had gone.

Upon returning, he sat down immediately to digest the books he had read that day. Most of the knowledge was stored in his soul sea, requiring him to organize it.

There are two primary tasks now: to reach the fourth level of the True Core Realm and find a suitable martial technique. Liu Wuxie thought to himself. The Fatality Blade Art was too limited, and he had reached the limit with the Overlord Fist.

If he kept using the Fatality Blade Art, it was a matter of time before the vulnerabilities of his martial technique were exposed. Thus, it was best for him to practice a martial technique from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

However, Liu Wuxie didn't have any points on him for now, meaning he couldn't exchange for any martial technique. This meant he could only find another way to obtain a martial technique.

When Liu Wuxie closed his eyes, his divine sense sank into his soul sea, and countless words appeared before him. But a bizarre scene unfolded as the words began to overlap and merge, becoming richer in content.

This left Liu Wuxie completely stunned, a rare occurrence given how little could shock him. Six hours later, the words had nearly formed a golden scripture, hovering above his soul sea.

"Was Ghost Eye promoted again?" Liu Wuxie muttered to himself. Due to the influence of Desolate Devouring Art, Ghost Eye underwent multiple changes compared to the version he knew. Now, it even created a golden scripture on his soul sea.

Looking at the golden scripture, there were many runes on it, but there weren't any words.

"I understand now. Can this possibly be the laws of heaven and earth, which I need to fill myself?"

There were rumors that a divine book existed in heaven and earth that recorded everything in the world. But everyone treated it as a legend, and no one knew whether such a book truly existed.

After all, everything in the world had laws and sequences, whether human dao, demon dao, or abyssal dao; they each had their laws and sequences.

"What should I fill it with?" Liu Wuxie fell into deep thoughts. He only had to write down the content for the complete Heavenly Dao Book to appear in heaven and earth. Furthermore, he would completely master what he wrote.

However, Liu Wuxie was only in the True Core Realm and couldn't record anything too profound. Logically, the Heavenly Dao Book should evolve as his cultivation advanced. As he absorbed more knowledge, the book's content would also expand.

"I'll begin with the essence of the Desolate Devouring Art and observe any changes." Since the Desolate Devouring Art had initiated this phenomenon, it might be connected to the Heavenly Dao Book.

Everything in the world can be devoured and refined.

Golden words began appearing in the Heavenly Dao Book, which looked like golden tadpoles that formed into runes.

As the exhaustion in Liu Wuxie's soul sea increased, he spent four hours before finally writing the Desolate Devouring Art into the Heavenly Dao Book.

The next second, the Heavenly Dao Book suddenly contracted into a scroll and shone brightly above Liu Wuxie's soul sea.

Simultaneously, a violent rumble came from a certain place in the Celestial Realm, with cracks appearing as boundless immortal aura poured into countless worlds, including the True Martial Continent. The entire Celestial Realm was soon alarmed by the commotion.

The Heavenly Dao Book absorbed a strand of immortal aura, and Liu Wuxie remained oblivious and immersed in his own world. His thoughts suddenly became clear, like he had become one with heaven.