Chapter 293: The Path of Transformation

At the moment he was about to step out of the spatial seal, Chen Xiao had a sudden thought—he wanted to see what lay hidden deep within this seal.
Instantly, he turned around and headed deep into the seal.
Merging the power of the Free Heaven Shadows, his movement became far faster than before. The Free Heaven, a realm of utter freedom, was filled with an endless sense of leisure. Under the influence of these shadows, the chaotic space could no longer hinder Chen Xiao’s progress.
Combined with the power of the Free Heaven Shadows, his skill, Tian Long Xing, reached its peak potency.
In an instant, his body transformed into a swimming dragon as it moved deeper into the spatial seal.
The further he went, the greater the resistance from the chaotic forces. Eventually, even with the aid of his two ultimate skills—Tian Long Xing and the Primordial Spirit Fire—he found it increasingly difficult to move forward. Yet it wasn’t as strenuous as when he first entered.
“This is also a form of training…”
Determination shone in Chen Xiao’s eyes. He realized that the harder it was to move, the tighter the integration between the power of the Free Heaven Shadows and Tian Long Xing became.
“This place is indeed an excellent spot to hone my movement skills.”
He made up his mind and transformed his body into a divine dragon, continuing to delve deeper into the seal.
Gradually, the power of the Free Heaven Shadows began to truly merge with Tian Long Xing. On one side of his dantian was the Primordial Spirit Fire, while on the other were the three divine artifacts—Dark Giant Ship, Falling Snowflakes, and Heaven-Piercing Blade. Together, they gradually formed a pale blue dragon shape, restoring the original primordial artifact, Tian Long Xing.
However, this Tian Long Xing was no longer the same as before. Its essence was infused with the power of the Free Heaven Shadows. If it needed to be defined, it would be more appropriate to call it a heavenly artifact.
As Tian Long Xing took shape, Chen Xiao felt an even more powerful force of the Free Heaven Shadows descending from the void and enveloping it. The oppressive pressure from all directions vanished instantly.
“The Main God Space can’t be used, but with Tian Long Xing here, it’s also a powerful life-saving treasure.”
Chen Xiao was overjoyed. He moved slightly, using the power of the Chaos Main God to fully ignite the Primordial Spirit Fire, burning away the chaotic forces around him. Meanwhile, Tian Long Xing in his dantian rushed to his feet.
The power of the Free Heaven Shadows within Tian Long Xing surged and strengthened Chen Xiao. Instantly, he moved through this chaotic space as freely as a fish in water, unimpeded.
Even without relying on the Primordial Spirit Fire, he could now navigate the spatial seal freely using the power of Tian Long Xing.
Yet the chaotic forces within the seal were the perfect nourishment for the Primordial Spirit Fire, enhancing its strength.
Now that Chen Xiao had achieved divinity, he instantly drew upon the power of the Main God. With its full force unleashed, it could fully sustain the burning of the Primordial Spirit Fire, eliminating concerns about it being exhausted.

Moreover, the current Origin Spirit Fire seems unable to keep up with Chen Xiao’s growing strength; compared to his current power, it is still far too weak. At this moment, the power of the Primordial God within Chen Xiao erupted, fully activating the Origin Spirit Fire to continuously devour the chaotic forces around it. Yet these chaotic forces are endless—no matter how much the Origin Spirit Fire devours them, it seems unable to erode even a fraction of the sealing power.

“Good. After devouring for so long, it’s equivalent to having consumed all the laws of a true god.” A glint appeared in Chen Xiao’s eyes. Meanwhile, the Origin Spirit Fire behaved strangely—the more it absorbed external forces and transformed them into trajectories to replenish itself, the smaller its size became.

“Hm?” Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s mind stirred. A thin wall of light had appeared in front of him, blocking his path. Even with all his strength, he couldn’t pass through using the Tianlong Xing technique. The Origin Spirit Fire also couldn’t assimilate that thin wall of light. But that was enough. Chen Xiao could now see clearly the entity within the wall of light. Countless dark shadows, without definite forms, wandered within it, occasionally crashing into the wall.

“This thing…” In an instant, Chen Xiao recalled the murals in the Tianlong Secret Archives, above each passage leading to the gods’ treasuries. Those murals depicted battles between gods, and in the end, it was these creatures sealed within that easily wiped them out.

“So they’re sealed here? Could this seal have been placed by the ancient guardians?” Chen Xiao frowned slightly. He had come to understand somewhat the purpose of the Tianlong Secret Archives—after becoming a candidate for guardian, he realized it was meant to consume the excessive number of superhumans on Earth, ensuring their numbers wouldn’t overwhelm ordinary people’s lives.

Those 108 Beast Gods were clearly Earth’s original guardians, born and raised on Earth. Later, it was these creatures sealed within that killed them. Thus, Chen Xiao inferred that this seal might have been placed by the guardians of Earth’s superhuman world.

“A spacetime seal that shatters the powers of time and space… Truly a clever tactic.” Chen Xiao shook his head, turned, and retreated. But suddenly, his eyes twitched—he saw half a silver scroll floating within that wall of light. Although he couldn’t sense its aura, the familiar pattern made him certain that half of that silver scroll was indeed a fragment of one of the Heavenly Maps.

“I need to find a way to break through here.” Ice-blue Origin Spirit Fires flared again in Chen Xiao’s eyes.

“The Origin Spirit Fire, the Origin Trajectories—these are the essence of all things.” Unconsciously, Chen Xiao formed seals with his hands. Instantly, the ice-blue Origin Spirit Fires split into trajectories, slowly merging back into his body. In an instant, his entire body turned transparent, gradually aligning with the attributes of those Origin Trajectories.

Within Chen Xiao’s body, those four great divine artifacts—the Black Pearl, Qi Tian Jue, Snowflakes Drifting, and Tian Long Xing—suddenly transformed into traces of the Origin in an instant, merging into the Origin Spirit Fire.
Huh!
The Origin Spirit Fire erupted almost instantly, beginning to burn Chen Xiao’s body. Yet at that moment, Chen Xiao felt nothing unusual. His body was slowly changing, seemingly turning into a true trace of the Origin—the trace that gave birth to all things in the universe.
Chen Xiao, as if unaware of what was happening, continued to form those strange seals with his now-transparent hands, constantly stimulating the power of the Origin Spirit Fire within his dantian to transform his body along the path of that trace.
……
“After countless cycles of waiting, I finally encountered such a young kid who, through his own efforts, understood the Origin Spirit Fire. He’s quite talented.”
At that moment, a massive consciousness flashed through the void. It seemed as though a pair of enormous eyes, filled with a hint of amusement, were watching Chen Xiao.
“However, this kid carries the aura of that old qilin. It must be that qilin who raised him.”
“But that old qilin was really careless. Knowing that this kid controlled the Origin Spirit Fire, yet failing to teach him how to hide its power… Ah, now the Origin Spirit Fire is likely unacceptable to the gods in this universe.”
In this chaotic void, fragments of time and space suddenly condensed together to form a giant palm. This palm suddenly extended an index finger, pointing toward where Chen Xiao was.
Whoosh!
A silver light pierced straight through Chen Xiao’s head and entered his mind sea.
The next moment, the speed of Chen Xiao’s hands increased dramatically. The seals he formed wrapped around his body, fully activating the power of the Origin Spirit Fire.
“Transform into a trace!”
Chen Xiao abruptly opened his eyes. His body had transformed into a thick, human-shaped trace, slowly penetrating through the light wall ahead.
The Origin Trace was the essence of all things. Now that Chen Xiao had become a trace, he possessed the ability to assimilate with everything.
Although the light wall ahead was terrifying, it could not stop Chen Xiao’s body. Slowly, one of his arms completely disappeared into the light wall.
“Extend the power of the trace!”
Chen Xiao gave a soft command. His arm instantly transformed into countless traces, reaching out to grab that half-scroll of the silver-colored map.
At this point, Chen Xiao was truly a trace of the Origin. Even those black creatures sealed away could not detect the existence of this trace.
Tens of thousands of traces condensed into a giant hand, instantly seizing that half-scroll of the silver map.
“Retreat!” Chen Xiao issued another low command. Those tens of thousands of traces, holding the half-scroll, instantly returned to Chen Xiao’s true body, condensing into an arm shaped like a trace.
The next moment, Chen Xiao’s arm slowly retracted outward.
“Hm?”

Suddenly, within that seal, a powerful black creature sensed the half-scroll of the Sky-Piercing Map moving toward the outside of the seal. It immediately moved and rushed straight at the map. The next moment, that black shadow took advantage of Chen Xiao’s inattention and slipped straight into the Sky-Piercing Map, disappearing without a trace. At this point, Chen Xiao’s mind was in a state of tranquility; his entire focus was on the primordial spiritual flame in his dantian, so he didn’t notice the black creature that had entered the map at all. Swish! Chen Xiao grabbed the silver Sky-Piercing Map out in one motion.