Chapter 876: Chapter 876

In the quiet room of the Spiritual Resonance Cave Mansion, Tao Qian looked at the strange book floating before him, and a series of Secret Books depicting the Great Abyss Origin Sea. He couldn't help but sigh, then reached out to touch it.

Yuan Gong's good intentions, he naturally felt them.

This identity of Tao Qian as a Secret Demon Child, along with transactions like vying for the position of Sect Master of the Secret Demon Sect, were implicitly acknowledged by many, including Tao Qian himself.

Yuan Gong had been mentioning occasionally for years that if he was unwilling, he shouldn't accept so many benefits.

If Yuan Gong had presented his request in the capacity of "Second Master of Tao Qian," Tao Qian would have been unable to refuse.

"Let me first take a look at this Chaos Soul Splitting Technique, is it truly so miraculous?"

In the midst of his thoughts, Tao Qian's fingertips touched the shifting, peculiar Secret Book.

Before the Record was born, he first sensed pain.

At that moment, it was as if billions of sharp blades pierced his heart and soul, cutting and tearing, making him feel as if every inch of skin under his clothes was growing a different face. Even the gaps in his hair, ear acupoints, nose acupoints, and eye acupoints seemed to have a face trying to emerge, an unprecedented sense of fragmentation swept over him.

Tao Qian even felt panic: it seemed that in the next breath, he would split into an unknown number of individuals, each "Tao Qian" being different, taking something from the main body, be it treasure, Divine Skill, or flesh and blood, even wife and daughter, then each going their separate ways, never to relate again.

No time to feel it more deeply, his Dharma Body and wonderful body exploded with rebellious power simultaneously.

Suddenly, billowing black smoke surged from within, with faces of Tao Qian emerging, speaking mockingly and sarcastically:

"So hypocritical. You desire it all, accept me, and I will be your perfect avatar, you may call me [Peach Blossom Evil Immortal]."

"I could take your whole sword heart and sword courage, call me [Sacrificial Sword Demon]."

"I want your exquisite flesh and blood, Innate Dao Seed, pureness and ease, and should be called [Taishang Spiritual Treasure Supreme Dao True Monarch]."

"I want your dusty Buddha heart, your future Dharma inheritance, your Acquired People Species Bag, you should call me [Future Buddha Son]."

Tao Qian woke up, somewhat helpless, looking at the babbling faces around him.

Seeing them about to continue, and himself about to be completely divided, he waved them away, saying in annoyance: "Go, go, weak Heart Demons talking big, don't disturb me."

After speaking, he channeled power into his palm, instantly clearing his ears.

Simultaneously, detailed Record information erupted in his mind:

[Record Name: Chaos Soul Splitting God Transformation Technique.]

[Record Type: God Demon Strange Skill.]

[Record: This technique originates from the Innate God Demon "Chaos Demon Ancestor," an extremely ancient and immortal entity, absorbing billions of Source Qi in the Source Sea without any hidden dangers or costs, because it naturally possesses the extraordinary power of soul splitting and god transformation, continuously spawning new God Demons, each possessing Divine Skills, independent, spreading across various factions, races, and no one in the Great Abyss knows how many avatars Chaos Demon Ancestor has, not even Itself.]

[Note 1: The Second Patriarch of Secret Demon Sect, Demon Lord Yin Zhou, due to his greedy nature, practiced many Divine Powers in the All Heavens Secret Demon Scripture excessively. Unable to refine the excessive Source Qi, and always at risk of dying and path disappearing, he set his sights on Chaos Demon Ancestor, stole a wisp of Divine Qi while It slept, and successfully severed its divine connection with "Yang Gong Arrow," transforming the Source Qi into the Chaos Soul Splitting God Transformation Technique.]

[Note 2: Although the divine connection was severed, Chaos Demon Ancestor is now awakening, and if someone in the Great Abyss practices this technique and is known to It, there will inevitably be calamities or benefits as the first cost.]

[Note 3: The "soul bodies" resulting from practicing this technique will copy or directly take away a part of the main body, not only will it develop independent personalities, but race, gender, age, etc. will all be unknown. Though soul bodies will remain under the main body's heart and soul control, calamities may still occur, which is the second cost.]

[Note 4: A practitioner of this technique will suffer the pain of soul splitting in an instant, and if they cannot endure, their heart and soul may collapse, which is the third cost.]

[Note 5: The second and third costs can be exempted.]

Having read the Record, Tao Qian first noticed this treasure.

He was somewhat familiar with it.

The powerful Divine Skill he created, the True Fire of Suppressing Evil, was founded on the billions of Outer Heaven Flame Essences, which, though extremely tiny, like dust, are actually bona fide God Demon Clans.

The ones they follow are precisely the Innate God Demon [Sun Lord].

This god holds an extraordinary status in the Great Abyss, being the parent of many Innate and Acquired Gods and Demons, like the Golden Crow, Sun Lord, Red Flame Star Lord, etc.

However, according to those little Flame Essences: although the Sun Lord fathered such God Demons as the Golden Crow and the Sun, along with the Black Sun Clan, Red Egg Clan, Red-eyed Monk, and such clans, the ones It dotes on most are always the Outer Heaven Flame Essence clan, which is why It endowed them with the God Demon power to incinerate everything and refine all things.

This statement might have some boastfulness, but considering that the Flame Essences are all honest elves, it might be true.

"As long as you find the correct path, the Sun Lord is almost always responsive, and It indeed is one of the few Innate God Demons not fearing the power of the Chaos Demon Ancestor."

"That predecessor of the Secret Demon Sect really knew how to play."

"However, despite escaping death, he offended the Chaos Demon Ancestor and probably had to hide for life."

Muttering to himself, Tao Qian also pondered whether to cultivate that great method.

If he had to endure all three costs without any reduction, Tao Qian would undoubtedly refuse.

But since two costs were exempt, he became a bit tempted.

However, given the life-or-death significance and involving supreme God Demons like "Chaos Demon Ancestor," how could he take it lightly?

Tao Qian immediately assumed a posture, sincerely reciting:

"Heavenly Venerate above!"

"Disciple Tao Qian has a matter to trouble you, seeking Heavenly Venerate's guidance..."

Having finished speaking, he chanted that Life Protection Scripture.

Normally, Tao Qian knew he'd just recently used this method to file a complaint against [Lord Red Scale], resulting in his death and path disappearing.

Now coming again, Lingbao Tianzun probably wouldn't bother with him.

So this fellow decided that if Heavenly Venerate didn't give spiritual guidance, he'd seek the Toad God.

Clearly, while chanting, he couldn't hide his inner thoughts.

Thus, just after three repetitions, he immediately received a response.

The back of Tao Qian's head received three smacks out of nowhere.

As he staggered, a spiritual response emerged in his heart, which could be expressed in human words :

"Continually chant the Life Protection Scripture, all techniques can be refined."

"With Spirit Treasure Thought in the mouth, fear not the Chaos Demon Ancestor."

Having gained a great benefit, Tao Qian naturally showered flattery generously.

With the promise of Lingbao Tianzun, the first level cost was effectively negligible, and Tao Qian made a swift decision.

Without delay, he directly looked at the clay figure of Yuan Gong and immediately spoke:

"Master Yuan, I will cultivate this method, and count me in for the sect master election."

Upon hearing the response, the clay figure burst into red smoke, revealing Yuan Gong's form.

His face was already brimming with uncontrollable joy.

He subconsciously asked again, seeing Tao Qian nod in confirmation, he was even more elated, repeatedly saying:

"I, the Old Ape, am a short-lived ghost unable to attain the title of Daoist Lord, nor achieve the position of a Tribulation Immortal. In this life, there's truly nothing much to commend."

"Fortunately, before fading away, I have acquired an excellent disciple, hahaha."

"Good disciple, you stay here to read and cultivate. I will go first to find Elder Jiang and the others to make thorough preparations. You, coming from the Secret Demon Ancestral Land as a Secret Demon Child, must not be outshone by Secret Demon children from other realms."

Upon saying this, without waiting for Tao Qian to respond, Yuan Gong transformed back into red smoke, taking the clay figure with him and disappeared without a trace.

Tao Qian couldn't stop him in time, so he had to let him go.

It sounds ample, but in reality, it's quite short.

The Chaos Soul Splitting God Transformation Technique is easy to cultivate, as it's essentially a Great Book formed by Divine Qi transformation, not the original, but the only replica.

There's no need to expend much effort in cultivation; a simple pat of the hands and imprinting it into the soul counts as completion.

The real time-consuming factor for Tao Qian was the dense array of books before him.

If it were books from the Mortal World, he could understand them at a glance with a sweep of his divine thought.

But the texts from the Spirit Treasure Scripture Hall were not like that.

Each book contained transcendent pollution.

Tao Qian had to read line by line to truly understand the content.

Even so, despite Tao Qian's cultivation reaching heavenly heights and possessing an abnormal soul, he still couldn't be completely immune to all pollution.

Take the "Records of Strange Compilations"!

This book is an adventure journal by Uncle Li Mei in the Source Sea, where each line, each illustration, is imbued with Uncle's essence.

Over time, a book soul spirit demon emerged.

When Tao Qian is engrossed in reading, a "book demon" that looks exactly like Uncle Li Mei would appear, either disrupting the text or doodling on illustrations, or shouting incessantly at Tao Qian, essentially doing everything to keep Tao Qian from finding peace.

"Records of Strange Compilations" is such, who knows what the pollution in other books might be?

"No wonder Aunt Pan Si's heart soul was so mixed up, almost ruining her Dao Path because of it."

"Indeed, every aspect of cultivation has its price, even reading is no different."

After muttering these two sentences, Tao Qian casually pulled a book from beside him, named "Great Abyss Strange Immortal Chronicles". This update ıs available on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

Though the title seemed somewhat mundane, the content was right up Tao Qian's alley of interest.

It contained records of various "strange immortals" in the Great Abyss, referring to immortal figures not originating from orthodox Daoist sects.

Mostly practitioners of heresy and heterodoxy, each followed their unique path of cultivation.

Desiring to seek the Dao, Tao Qian couldn't miss such a book.

Before long, he was deeply engrossed within it.

Five hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the quiet room, Tao Qian was still seated in meditation. Although only one book remained unfinished before him, it was still flipping page by page with Tao Qian's mind's intent.

However, at this moment, the serene room had become quite lively.

Accompanied by a serenely comforting song rhyme echoing repeatedly, a host of female demons surrounded Tao Qian, giggling, calling to him, inviting him to join them in a conversation within the book.

The more pages flipped, the more phantoms materialized.

In the end, beings of all kinds—human, ghost, devil, beast, demon, immortal, god... all appeared, and without exception, they were all female.

This commotion was naturally due to the book that Tao Qian was currently perusing.

Its name was "Fairy Bao's Medical Record".

Contained within were the medical records of a loose immortal called "Fairy Bao", documenting her medical practice in various parts of the Great Abyss.

The reason this book was polluted with these phantom book demons was due to Fairy Bao's mastery in female medicine, hence those seeking her medical expertise were mostly female fairies and goddesses.

Though the crowding scene was notable, compared to the other bizarre books Tao Qian had perused over the five days, this pollution was negligible, not even managing to disturb Tao Qian's mood.

"What a remarkable Fairy Bao, not only compassionate but also exceptionally skilled in exotic skills."

"Yet, who knows whether she eventually achieved enlightenment?"

"The Immortal Acupuncture Sect in Southern Yue Province is probably the Dao lineage she left in the Longevity Realm; if there's karma, I should pay it some regard."

Having said this to himself, Tao Qian then willed the book shut.

In an instant, the divine music stopped, and the female fairies and female demons vanished alongside.