Chapter 382: The Realm of the Dao

As Chen Xiao carried Mo Xian and swiftly moved through chaos toward their destination, in his dantian, he also began attempting to refine that terrifying Primordial Divine Entity. Though this entity possessed supreme water-based power, Chen Xiao currently couldn’t refine it at all—even to the slightest degree. All he could obtain were occasional traces of water-related rules. Yet he didn’t give up and continued to refine it slowly.
“Xiao, is it here?”
Before them lay a vast realm of chaos—its scale far exceeding by tens of thousands of times that of the world where Chen Xiao and Mo Xian were.
“Yes, it is. Xianxian, when I achieved unity with the Dao, I made some calculations. Your parents are in this world. But I can’t figure out anything about this world at all, not even during that moment of unity.” Chen Xiao said hesitantly.
“I know,” Mo Xian nodded, her face faintly flushing.
“Let’s go in.”
With that, Chen Xiao took Mo Xian’s hand and entered this enormous world without alerting anyone.
This world was different from the universe where Chen Xiao lived. Here, there was a sky and a land; the round sky and square earth formed a complete world, with no concept of a universe. The stars, sun, and moon were actually strange ores beneath the chaos layer, possessing starlight power, or pure yang and pure yin orbs.
“There’s such a strong aura of the Dao here. What kind of existence is this realm of chaos?” Mo Xian sensed it and couldn’t help but marvel.
“Xianxian, be careful. This place is very unstable—even more chaotic than a universe.” Chen Xiao’s expression grew serious. He activated his Eye of Reincarnation and scanned the surroundings slowly. There were no living beings here at all.
It was an immense desert, with golden sands almost as vast as an entire star system in the universe.
“The Realm of the Dao…” Mo Xian used the Voice of the Dao to listen and then spoke slowly.
“The Realm of the Dao? How arrogant.” Chen Xiao showed a hint of disdain.
“Xiao, I’m sorry. I’ve dragged you into this.” In the next moment, Mo Xian’s expression turned grim. She looked at Chen Xiao with deep remorse. “My parents aren’t here. The reason you could deduce that my parents are in this world during your unity with the Dao is because someone wanted to lure you here.”
Mo Xian’s expression was extremely troubled.
“Xianxian, have you heard a saying?” Chen Xiao suddenly asked.
“What saying?”
“A family sticks together. You’re destined to be my wife. If you keep blaming yourself for this, wouldn’t that make me, as your husband, utterly useless?” Chen Xiao touched his hair. “When trouble comes, we deal with it. They used you to lure me here, but they never considered the terrifying consequences.”
Black lightning flashed continuously in Chen Xiao’s eyes.

“Mm!” Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Mo Xian’s face gradually relaxed, revealing a smile that could drive Chen Xiao crazy. Chen Xiao pinched Mo Xian’s cheeks and said with a laugh, “Hehe, plans of humans can’t compare to fate’s will. They’re too busy taking care of themselves now. How about we check around here first? Maybe we can find clues about your parents.” “Okay,” Mo Xian replied with a smile, of course not objecting. Immediately afterward, the two vanished from the desert. At the edge of the desert, traces of human settlements could be seen gradually, but every village and city they passed through had been slaughtered, leaving no one alive—not even the elderly or children. “They’re too cruel…” Mo Xian’s expression grew darker. After all, as a girl, how could she not feel sympathy at such a tragedy? “Ah, throughout history, it’s always the ordinary people who suffer in the conflicts between powerful figures.” Chen Xiao waved his hand, sucking in all the remaining souls into the Mirror of Reincarnation. Boom! Suddenly, a terrifying roar came from afar. Chen Xiao and Mo Xian exchanged glances. “Let’s go take a look,” Mo Xian said, unable to tolerate it any longer. She separated from Chen Xiao and flew in that direction. Chen Xiao didn’t dare delay and followed closely behind. “Great Emperor Ashoka, today is the day of your doom.” “Damn you, you demons! Where did you come from? How dare you invade my realm?” “This is only your own doing—you reap what you sow.” A conversation reached their ears. Chen Xiao and Mo Xian quickly hid and watched secretly. In the void, a tall man with brown hair stood facing a shadow covered in black mist. That brown-haired man was Great Emperor Ashoka, who was severely injured and on the verge of death. As for the shadow, it remained unharmed, laughing maniacally. “With just your petty demonic thoughts, do you think you can kill me, Great Emperor Ashoka? Die!” Suddenly, Great Emperor Ashoka, who had been on the verge of death, surged forward. A golden spear appeared in his hand, piercing through the shadow. “The Spear of Judgment! Anyone struck by it will suffer endless punishment forever!” Great Emperor Ashoka laughed heartily. The black demonic thought vanished after being pierced by the golden Spear of Judgment. “I wonder where these guys came from… uh…” Just as Great Emperor Ashoka breathed a sigh of relief after killing the demonic thought, his pupils suddenly widened. A black claw had pierced his chest, and evil thoughts kept assaulting his consciousness. The owner of that claw was none other than the demonic thought he had just destroyed! “Great Emperor Ashoka, let me give you some good news… actually, I’m immortal.” The demonic thought smiled slightly, then his entire body burst with black light, devouring Great Emperor Ashoka’s body outright.

After the dark light faded, a brand-new Supreme Ashoka, identical to the previous one, appeared in the sunlight—same brown long hair, towering figure, holding a golden Spear of Judgment in his hand. The next moment, this Supreme Ashoka transformed into a golden beam and flew toward the sky due east.
“Xiao… Could this be…”
“No, this one is even more powerful than the one we encountered before. In fact, it’s not even in the same category!”
Boom!
In an instant, Chen Xiao merged with the boundless Dao, becoming one with it. What the Dao knows is what I know; what the Dao hears is what I hear.
But the next moment, Chen Xiao’s state of unity with the Dao was shattered by some unknown force! Blood sprayed from his mouth.
“Xiao!” Mo Xian was shocked. She immediately activated the Life Dao rune she had never used before, and a milky white light shone upon Chen Xiao’s body.
“I’m fine.”
Chen Xiao shook his head. “I deserve to die. The chaos in the universe was caused by the people of this world. All those negative emotions originated from the creatures here, collected by some powerful beings and forcibly sent into the universe!”
A fierce expression appeared on Chen Xiao’s face.
“What?” Mo Xian frowned and began to calculate.
“Xianxian, we need to be careful from now on. The people of this world have already noticed our arrival.” Chen Xiao licked the blood on his lips, the black lightning in his eyes growing stronger.
“If they know, so be it. Xiao, have I been too kind?” Suddenly, Mo Xian lowered her head and spoke softly.
“Xianxian, no matter what you become, as long as you remain yourself and stick to your principles, that’s the right path!” Chen Xiao seemed to see through Mo Xian’s thoughts and spoke with a smile.
“Mm, I understand.” Mo Xian nodded.
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“They came at this exact moment! Bastards! Why not earlier or later? They had to come now!”
Inside a tall, ancient pavilion, an ordinary-looking young man roared furiously.
“Right now, those demons are causing chaos everywhere. I can’t spare myself to deal with Chen Xiao… No, if I seize Chen Xiao’s humanity and become the Lord of Humanity, turning him into a cycle of rebirth, then my Dao realm will truly endure forever! I must kill that bastard who claims to represent the Dao!”
The young man kept roaring.
“Lord Somenro, let Shentian deal with them.”
Suddenly, a handsome man appeared in front of the young man. This handsome man was none other than Wuhen!
“Luan Feng, your disguise skills are getting better and better. You even managed to disguise as Wuhen and trick the Divine Dao Lord here. Hehe, now we fully control Shentian. Using Shentian to deal with Chen Xiao is perfect!”
Somenro also seemed to realize something. The anger on his face disappeared, replaced by boundless joy.
“As you command, my lord. I’ll go right away.” The next moment, Luan Feng’s figure vanished again.

“King Solomon? He’s nothing but a waste. If not for your noble background, how could you have risen to the throne? Hmph, using Divine Heaven to deal with Chen Xiao? I’ll use Divine Heaven to lure Chen Xiao here, so that both of you will suffer!”
A strange smile appeared on Luan Feng’s lips.
“Well said, Father. The more one pretends to be weak, the more one’s loyalty can be shown… Luan Feng, I’ve given you a chance, but you just didn’t cherish it.”
The moment Luan Feng disappeared, all emotions vanished from King Solomon’s face, replaced by calmness and indifference, as if his earlier actions were merely for show.
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“Xianxian, I’m now combining the Hidden Path of the Hidden Heavenly Lord with my Instantaneous Path to hide our bodies within moments. This way, we can see others, but they won’t be able to sense our presence.”
Suddenly, Chen Xiao stopped and spoke to Mo Xian.
“Why do this? Weren’t we supposed to give them a lesson?” Mo Xian was puzzled.
“This realm is more complex than imagined. Safety comes first. Neither of us can afford any accidents. Do you understand?” Chen Xiao said after taking a deep breath.
“Mm,” Mo Xian nodded.
Immediately afterward, two beams of divine light emerged from Chen Xiao’s hands, merging in mid-air before enveloping him and Mo Xian’s bodies.
The Hidden Path allows one to hide oneself or everything around, concealed within moments—each moment constantly changing, beginning, and ending.
If anyone wanted to detect Chen Xiao and Mo Xian’s whereabouts, they would need either a device to freeze time or enough power to analyze every moment in every inch of space with their divine mind. Yet, the number of moments in even a small space is countless, as many as the water molecules in the Pacific Ocean… Even a Heavenly Lord wouldn’t be able to check every moment in the void.
Moments of space, moments of time, moments of existence, moments of nothingness—moments are everywhere.
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“Hm? Their auras were right here just now. Why are they gone?” Luan Feng, along with Divine Heaven, had arrived at the location where Chen Xiao and Mo Xian had been.
He was now disguised as the Traceless Heavenly Lord, everything about him matching that identity perfectly, with no flaws. Even Divine Heaven, who was deeply devoted to the Traceless Heavenly Lord, didn’t notice anything unusual.
“Traceless, do you think Chen Xiao has returned here?” Divine Heaven appeared completely normal, but she was already under complete control, acting solely on orders.
“That’s right. He’s already here. It’s written in the Heavenly Book.” After leaving King Solomon, Luan Feng had fully become Traceless, without any trace of weakness.
“Well, to be honest, after spending so much time with him, I’m a bit reluctant to leave him for now,” Divine Heaven murmured to herself.
“Never mind. This so-called realm is extremely unstable. Let’s just observe for now,” Luan Feng said, and the two then disappeared.

“Xiao, I still can’t bear to part with you,” Mo Xian said, pouting and annoyed.
“Such an impressive disguise… It almost tricked me too. If it weren’t for him mentioning the Heavenly Book, I might have almost given in and gone out,” Chen Xiao said as if he hadn’t heard Mo Xian at all.
“Huh? Are you saying that Wuhen and Shentian from just now were fake?” Mo Xian was stunned.
“I don’t know if Shentian is fake, but Wuhen definitely has something wrong with him. In ancient times, the foremost among the Seven Great Dao Lords, and also the most mysterious, was none other than Dao Lord Wuhen… the one who held the Book of Civilization and spread civilization.”
“Hey, his disguise was flawless—without any flaws at all. But that mention of the Heavenly Book made me unable to resist using the Human Flame to communicate with it. Yet the result was that Dao Lord Wuhen was already dead, transformed into countless civilizations, cycling endlessly in chaos. How can a dead person appear here?”
“What about Shentian?” Compared to Wuhen, Mo Xian seemed more concerned about Shentian.