Chapter 375: Establishing Humanity

“Um… Sister Ling, he…”
At that moment, Huoyan Jue Luo Fan Xiao pointed at Chen Xiao, looking at Ling Tianzun with deep sorrow.
It was then that the three of them remembered there was another outsider in the hall. The moment Chen Xiao noticed Fan Xiao, she felt all her hair stand on end. Seeing his sorrowful expression, goosebumps covered her entire body.
“Uh… hehehe…”
Seeing their expressions, Ling Tianzun seemed to realize something. She pulled Chen Xiao and Mo Xian over and introduced them with a smile, “Xiao Er, Xian Er, this is my sworn brother—your uncle.”
Ling Tianzun had naturally seen Mo Xian before; after all, in name, she was the true ruler of Lingdu. Her cultivation level was likely already beyond that of a Tianzun, so few things could escape her notice.
After hearing Ling Tianzun’s introduction, Chen Xiao understood where the sorrow in Fan Xiao’s eyes came from and felt slightly relieved. This gay man, even more terrifying than floating clouds, had suddenly become her uncle. Well, considering his mother’s presence, he probably wouldn’t dare do anything to her.
“Brother, there’s no time to lose. I need you to inform your family as soon as possible about what I told you earlier—otherwise, great disaster is imminent,” Ling Tianzun said seriously to Fan Xiao.
Upon hearing her reminder, Fan Xiao snapped out of his daze. He nodded, cast one last reluctant glance at Chen Xiao, then left the hall, looking back repeatedly.
“Xiao Er, you’re not…?” Ling Tianzun’s mind raced upon seeing Fan Xiao’s expression, and she quickly figured out what was going on.
“Mom, do you really think being favored by a man is a blessing for your son?” Chen Xiao asked with a gloomy face.
“Hmm, not bad, not bad. Having a son is great. Now you’ve got two daughters-in-law… one male and one female…” Ling Tianzun started calculating again.
Chen Xiao: “…”
Mo Xian: “…”
…
Although Chen Xiao had long known about her mother’s personality from her father, she still felt helpless. It seemed that from the very beginning, Ling Tianzun’s schemes had been in full swing regarding her.
However, another matter suddenly weighed heavily on Chen Xiao’s heart.
She had always thought that it was some immortal lord or Tianzun who was manipulating her parents to be reborn on Earth. But seeing her mother, those thoughts were instantly dismissed.
Although Chen Xiao’s strength wasn’t great, her cultivation level was astonishingly high. She could naturally sense Ling Tianzun’s cultivation.
The Supreme, Ling Tianzun, was a being who had condensed the runes of the Dao! Moreover, her Dao runes were already fading, approaching nothingness. This wasn’t because her cultivation was weak—it was simply that she was just an ordinary Supreme.
On the contrary, turning existence into non-existence was the mark of a higher realm—a being at the pinnacle of Supremacy! If Ling Tianzun’s Dao runes turned into nothingness, her cultivation would advance to an even deeper realm.

Yet, there was someone who could make a powerhouse like Ling Tianzun reincarnate as an ordinary person and erase all traces of her identity. Not to mention Chen Xiao, even Ling Tianzun herself found it inconceivable. If someone could make a supreme god like Tian Ming at their mercy, that might still be plausible—even Ling Tianzun herself could do such a thing. But to casually manipulate a being like Ling Tianzun? Even so-called Immortal Lords couldn’t do that, as Ling Tianzun’s strength had already surpassed that of ordinary Immortal Lords. Could it be someone like Xiu Wen? Chen Xiao shook her head slightly. “Anyway, as long as my cultivation deepens and I reach a level where I can walk in harmony with the Dao, everything will become clear…” Chen Xiao set aside all her doubts and smiled, saying, “Mom, come home with me… Dad and Grandpa are waiting for you.” “Home…” Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Ling Tianzun, who had been so enthusiastic moments ago, fell silent instantly. “This Crystal Palace is more of a prison than a bedroom,” Ling Tianzun said, shaking her head. “Go back and give my regards to your father and Grandpa.” At this moment, a hint of nostalgia, confusion, as well as anticipation and longing appeared on Ling Tianzun’s face. Having reached the realm of supremacy, she had begun to return to her true nature, no longer deliberately hiding her emotions, unlike Chen Xiao, who always revealed her thoughts. Yet, at this stage, there were few things that could stir the emotions of a supreme being. Chen Xiao looked at Ling Tianzun, took a deep breath, and said slowly, “Nothing in this world can stop me. If this Crystal Palace is a prison, then I’ll shatter it… If any Immortal Lord dares to stop me, I’ll kill them… Even if the Dao tries to stop me, I’ll go against it.” As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, the entire sky, the entire earth, and the entire chaos trembled slightly. Two endless rivers that ran through chaos seemed to transcend everything in the world. On one of these rivers, a huge blood-red eye slowly opened. “His heart no longer seeks immortality… A threat.” An ancient and weathered consciousness emanated from that river. “There’s still another chaos. As long as I collect the imprints of the beings in this chaos realm, I can completely refine the celestial laws and no longer be governed by the Dao.” “We must stop him from growing any further.” Boom! Suddenly, on the other side of chaos, there was an endless expanse filled with a black, unknown substance. Various negative emotions and chaotic thoughts arose within that black substance. “The evil thoughts of the beings—now is the time for you to repay them… Destroy freely…” Blood-red light illuminated this black existence, and countless ancient consciousnesses, representing chaos, excess, impossibility, and lawlessness, revived all at once, emitting deafening screams. … “A prison?” By now, Chen Xiao’s mood had stabilized. She looked at this magnificent yet elegant crystal palace, seemingly deep in thought.

“Even the Eye of Reincarnation cannot see through it.” Suddenly, fourteen emotion runes flew out of Chen Xiao’s mind sea. All his obsessions dissolved and merged into those fourteen emotion runes.

Chen Xiao’s emotion runes were not the supreme Dao runes. The supreme Dao runes were formed from the Dao heart—in other words, they were tangible rules. But Chen Xiao’s emotion runes were the crystallization of will. He could use these fourteen runes to communicate with the Dao, control rules, and fight enemies. Yet these emotion runes themselves had no destructive power.

Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, worry, greed, lust, love, hate, desire, fear, shame—these fourteen runes had all flown out of Chen Xiao’s mind sea and were spinning around his body. Though they lacked destructive power, they represented the fourteen emotions and wills of the Dao. The Reincarnation Array slowly took shape.

A supreme pressure emanating from the Dao suddenly radiated from Chen Xiao. Even Mo Xian and Ling Tianzun couldn’t help but step back when they felt this pressure.

“This is…”

Ling Tianzun was filled with disbelief. She never expected her son to achieve such things. She could sense that once this great array was completed, she would definitely not be a match for Chen Xiao.

Although Chen Xiao’s strength wasn’t great, once he activated the Reincarnation Array, few could stand against him.

The fourteen runes continued to emit light around Chen Xiao’s body, gradually merging him with the formed Reincarnation Array. Chen Xiao intended to fully integrate the array into his body to forcefully enhance his strength.

Since there is no eternity beneath the Dao, then I shall become the strongest in that fleeting moment. Eternity is also composed of countless moments; mastering the moment means mastering the Dao of eternity. The Dao has no beginning or end, nor eternity. Yet each moment is the disappearance of one Dao and the emergence of a new one—the Dao of an eternal moment.

Boom!

In the next instant, the Reincarnation Array outside Chen Xiao’s body shattered violently, and even the fourteen emotion runes began to break apart. Blood also started to seep from outside his body.

“The Dao!”

At that moment, Mo Xian acted. With a sharp cry, the Source Sound of the Dao resounded loudly and grandly.

Hearing the word “Dao,” Chen Xiao’s entire body trembled violently. The Doors of Wonders within him instantly flew out and devoured the shattered Reincarnation Array and emotion runes.

Buzz!

After devouring the Reincarnation Array and the fourteen emotion runes, the Doors of Wonders suddenly emitted a completely new atmosphere. Concepts of wonder, emotion, and reincarnation all arose within these doors.

“The Dao of the moment, merged!”

Immediately afterward, the Dao of the moment that Chen Xiao had just understood also transformed into a pattern and merged into the Doors of Wonders.

“Expressing emotion through indifference; the supremacy of emotion, the realm of indifference. The Blade of Indifference!”

In the next instant, the fragments of the long-dormant Blade of Indifference also merged into these doors, adding another layer of Dao principles to them.

“If the Way has a form, it is not truly a path…”
Boom! As soon as Chen Xiao finished speaking, that portal began to dissipate and reassemble itself.
An ancient bronze lamp slowly appeared. Above the lamp was a tiny flame, seemingly holding endless hope yet barely alive, on the verge of being extinguished at any moment.
This flame was neither celestial fire nor earthly fire, nor spiritual fire—it was simply fire, pure and simple, the first flame humans obtained upon entering the world, used for lighting, warmth, and cooking.
The Way of Man!
Boom!
As if in response to Chen Xiao’s creation of the ancient bronze lamp and the establishment of the Way of Man, a silent roar suddenly arose from the chaos.