Chapter 386: The Beginnings of the Human Way

Wuhen saw that Chen Xiao already had four of the Five Elements Treasures in his hands. Among them, the treasures of metal and fire were used to forge the Bronze Ancient Lamp, a symbol of the Human Way.
Wuhen realized that it was now impossible for him to obtain the Human Way. His task was to gather the Five Elements Treasures here, as well as the primordial sounds left behind at the birth of the Dao.
Since the Five Elements Treasures had been forged into artifacts of the Human Way, those artifacts must be destroyed—only then could their true essence be obtained.
At this moment, Zha Zha had transformed into her true form and, using the principle of the elements’ mutual restraint, firmly pressed down the mountain formed from the earth element treasure, preventing it from showing any strength.
As for the metal element treasure, which had taken the form of Qi Tian Kuo, Chen Xiao used the Bronze Ancient Lamp to give it a physical form, blocking King Suo Men Luo from escaping. Chen Xiao then faced Wuhen, holding the ancient lamp in his hand.
“Chen Xiao!”
Suddenly, Shentian shouted loudly at Chen Xiao.
“Shui Miao… Although there were many misunderstandings just now, in my heart, you are still that Shui Miao. No matter how you change, your place in my heart remains unchanged.” Chen Xiao didn’t look at Shentian; his gaze remained fixed on Wuhen. Yet he said, “Don’t worry. Wuhen’s changes are due to his resurrection from death. I will drive out the resentment deep in his soul that controls him and restore him to his true self.”
“Chen Xiao, you’re quite bold. I wonder what gives you such confidence.”
Wuhen remained motionless, holding the Heavenly Book in his hand. This book recorded the birth and death of chaos and the journey of the Human Way—it was actually the treasure of the Human Way civilization!
The three treasures of the Human Way: the lamp guided the path, the Heavenly Book carried the civilization, and the third treasure originally belonged to Mo Xian but was seized by Suo Men Luo.
“Xianxian, that King Suo Men Luo once tried to kill you and take everything from you. Though I stopped him, there’s still a great karmic debt between you. Now, you must deal with him yourself.”
Chen Xiao ignored Wuhen’s words and silently transmitted a message to Mo Xian, “The true form of that Heartless Blade, the metal element treasure, has been retrieved by me in an instant. Now it’s just a metal element treasure. With it, you can easily defeat Suo Men Luo.”
Upon hearing Chen Xiao’s message, Mo Xian hesitated not at all. A fierce glint appeared in her eyes.
“One thought is good, one thought is evil. If you hold fast to the goodness in your heart, then goodness remains goodness, and evil remains evil! Kill one evil person to save millions of good ones!”
Suddenly, a void-like thought entered Mo Xian’s mind.
Her body froze for a moment, but then a hint of disdain appeared on her lips. “What is good? What is evil? Those who offend me or Xiao are evil people who deserve to die!”
Suddenly, Mo Xian opened her mouth, and invisible sound waves pierced through space, turning into sound blades that targeted King Suo Men Luo, who was fighting with Qi Tian Kuo.
The Art of Sound Killing!
It was the supreme killing technique of the Art of Sound, as spoken by Li Shu, the supreme ruler of the Huoyan Jueluo family!

“Mo Xian, in your past life, since I didn’t kill you, you should have stayed hidden obediently. Now you come out—do you really want to be killed by me?!”
Somonro’s eyes narrowed, and a terrifying aura surged from his body, instantly sending Qi Tian Kuo flying. Yet he didn’t flee. He knew that if he left now, everything he had planned over those countless chaotic years would be in vain, serving others instead.
At that moment, Somonro stood suspended in midair. With a single wave of his hand, the space around him shattered, and black-armored warriors emerged from the void. Gradually, the entire space was filled with them.
There were millions of these black-armored warriors, and none of them showed any signs of life, not even any fluctuations in laws or rules—like lifeless objects.
Yet the fierce killing intent in their scarlet eyes indicated that they were weapons dedicated to slaughter! Each of these black-armored warriors possessed strength equivalent to that of a Heavenly Venerable!
Millions of black-armored warriors at the level of Heavenly Venerables!
When these warriors appeared, everyone gasped in shock, never expecting King Somonro to still have such a terrifying trump card.
“Fellow cultivators in the prison, it’s up to you now—to stay or leave, to go or stay. Please make your own decision,” Chen Xiao suddenly spoke aloud to the demons born from the resentments within the prison.
“Hm?” Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, the demons who had been planning to watch the chaos changed their expressions. They didn’t understand what he meant.
“Chen Xiao, you want us to help?” Chang Sheng spoke up at that moment, identifying himself as one of the demons in the prison and siding with them.
“I’m just making an invitation. Whether you help or not is up to you,” Chen Xiao said, his eyes still fixed on Wu Hen’s figure as they faced off.
“Slaughter Path Lord, Heavenly Demon Path Lord, Demon Path Lord, Yin Evil Path Lord, what do you think?” Chang Sheng turned to address the four most powerful path lords in the prison.
“Regardless of anything else, just by calling us ‘fellow cultivators’ and acknowledging things the Dao refuses to admit, he deserves our respect,” said the Heavenly Demon Path Lord. He seemed like an invisible presence; his expression was unseen, and his voice came from all directions, unpredictable and without any discernible tone.
“My Heavenly Demon clan will side with Fellow Cultivator Chen Xiao… I only hope that among the six realms of reincarnation, one will be left for our Prison Demon Dao.”
The six realms of reincarnation!
Once the Human Dao reaches perfection and resonates with the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao, it will separate the cycle of the Dao into tangible realms. All living beings fall within these six realms.
Now, the Heavenly Demon Path Lord was even demanding a realm for the demons in the prison!
As soon as the Heavenly Demon Path Lord finished speaking, the other three path lords also suddenly realized—Chen Xiao was someone who had established the Human Dao! If he succeeded, the three realms of heaven, earth, and humanity would be complete. It wouldn’t be difficult for Chen Xiao to secure one realm for the demons.

“Outer demons and evil paths—things rejected by the Way—dare even to try to interfere with the cycle of rebirth? How ridiculous.” Wu Hen’s face twisted into a cruel smile as he watched the expressions of the four Great Path Masters.

“Dad, what do you think?” Suddenly, Chen Xiao turned her head, looking toward a corner of the void, where the void was already beginning to crack, as if another passage to the World of the Way was being opened.

“The demons of the prison… Eh… Xiao, decide for yourself.” Suddenly, Tian Ming’s voice sounded slowly.

Still with white hair and white robes, spotless, yet an unspoken warmth seeped from his expression, usually as cold as ten-thousand-year ice.

Behind Tian Ming were countless black figures—none of them solid, but rather illusions, ghosts from the Netherworld. Yet their strength was millions of times greater than that of ordinary ghosts.

“The Lord of the Ghost World…” Wu Hen’s expression changed abruptly upon seeing Tian Ming.

“Wu Hen, I owe you thanks. If it weren’t for your schemes that caused me to fall and be reborn as the god of the Netherworld, I wouldn’t have met Ling…” Tian Ming smiled at Wu Hen.

Ling, of course, was Chen Xiao’s mother, the Sacred Lord Ling.

“Ling? The princess of the Ghost World?” Chang Sheng suddenly exclaimed.

“Yes, Ling is the princess of the Ghost World. I only found out recently too,” Tian Ming chuckled.

The Ghost World and the Netherworld, like the World of the Way, were powerful realms that existed even before Chang Sheng created the Great Calamity of Rebirth. Though they couldn’t compare to the original primordial world, they were still extremely strong.

All these worlds were created by ancient powers who, in pursuit of their ideals, broke free from the cycle of rebirth and became the pillars of these worlds, establishing new rules for them.

“Dad, is everything okay in the universe?”

Chen Xiao asked.

“Don’t worry. Your mother has joined forces with the Huayan Jueluo clan. Now, the armies of the Ghost World and the Huayan Jueluo clan have gathered in the universe, ready to break the spatial seal of the Shattered Galaxy and exterminate whatever exists there.”

Tian Ming smiled. “Your mother is worried about you and insisted that I bring reinforcements to help you.”

“Hehe, as long as nothing’s wrong, that’s fine,” Chen Xiao laughed.

“The six paths of reincarnation—heaven, earth, humans, gods, ghosts… and demons!” Suddenly, Chen Xiao declared loudly, as if establishing the six paths within the cycle of rebirth.

The so-called Ghost Path was naturally the path of the Netherworld where Tian Ming resided, while the God Path was the Ghost World of the Sacred Lord Ling.

Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, the four Great Path Masters of the prison slowly exhaled in relief, their faces breaking into smiles. But Wu Hen and Suo Menluo sneered.

“The six paths of reincarnation are key to the new rules of rebirth. How dare you, a Path Master who hasn’t even mastered the Human Path, decide such things?”

Suo Menluo sneered.

“Xianxian, this person is really annoying. The reinforcements have arrived. Go ahead,” Chen Xiao said softly.

“Okay.” Mo Xian nodded. Immediately, the Sound Killing Path, created from the source sound of the Way, transformed into tangible sound blades, combining with Qi Tian Kuo!

The form of sound combined with the sharpness of Qi Tian Kuo—this brand-new blade’s power far surpassed even the most precious treasures of the Metal element.

Unprepared, Solomon had his right arm severed by Mo Xian in an instant.
“The ultimate treasure of the Metal element, combined with the Sound of the Path’s Origin… it could actually destroy my primordial body?” A cruel smile appeared on Solomon’s face. His severed right arm gradually turned to ashes in mid-air, while a new arm grew back at the stump.
“Kill!”
At Solomon’s command, the black-armored warriors around him roared and charged at Mo Xian. But in the next moment, the ghosts from the Netherworld and the demons from the prisons all surged forward to confront those black-armored warriors.
In terms of numbers, the people from the two worlds far outnumbered these black-armored warriors, but in terms of actual strength, they were far inferior. Yet, holding off these terrifying foes was no problem at all.
Seeing this, a fierce expression flashed across Solomon’s face.
“Chen Xiao, Mo Xian, this is what you’ve forced me to do… At the beginning of humanity, the Gate of Humanity—open!”
Boom!
As soon as his words faded, the void trembled violently. A bronze-colored giant gate descended from the sky, its ancient and desolate aura instantly filling the entire void.
The patterns on this gate were identical to those on Chen Xiao’s bronze ancient lamp—precisely the first and most crucial of the Three Treasures of Humanity: the Gate, the beginning of humanity!
As the gate opened, the lamp illuminated the path, and the celestial scriptures carried civilization!