I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2464 - 1095: Refining the Primordial Clock (Part 4)

At last, the toughest challenge emerges: the End of Destiny. Even Yi Yuan True Monarch could only lament over this Innate Great Dao, finding it impossible to master.

Yet Chen Mobai has started to grasp its essence.

Earlier, once he defeated the White Bone Demon King within the Nine Heavens Morality Sect, the vital energy leaking from the Apocalypse Great Mill aligned perfectly with the End of Destiny descriptions in the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture, proving beyond doubt that it embodied the Great Dao.

With this, Chen Mobai now possesses every requirement needed to forge the Seventh Rank Primordial Golden Dou. Should he attain the necessary Realm later on, and assuming the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture's relevant sections hold no flaws, success will be within his reach.

For now, his Law of the Five Tones offers no means to confirm the aspects tied to Seventh Rank Unity.

[Don't worry, though the master was just an Ascended Monk, his background is truly remarkable. The Primordial Golden Dou will definitely pose no issues.]

True to form, the Primordial Clock holds deeper knowledge, and upon catching wind of Chen Mobai's doubts, it shared a closely guarded secret unique to itself.

"Oh, could you tell me about the ancestor's background?"

Catching these words, Chen Mobai couldn't resist inquiring with keen interest. Deep down, though, a jolt of surprise hit him as he pondered the Heavenly Venerable Branch inside the Divine Tree Secret Realm, questioning whether Yi Yuan True Monarch had truly been overtaken by the Heavenly Sovereign.

Without that, the legendary exploits of Yi Yuan True Monarch simply wouldn't add up.

[Should you manage to ascend someday, head straight to the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm and ask the master yourself; I'll keep silent on this.]

The Primordial Clock chose to stay mysterious right then.

A twinge of worry stirred in Chen Mobai too, since if the Heavenly Sovereign was truly involved, that branch in the Divine Tree Secret Realm could spell major headaches for him.

"Thanks, senior, for the confirmation—it lets me cultivate without worries and strengthen the Primordial Bead."

To the Primordial Clock, Chen Mobai expressed his gratitude, noting at least one positive outcome.

By pushing the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture to its pinnacle Realm, one can manifest the Seventh Rank Primordial Golden Dou.

Armed with that, Chen Mobai aims to curb the Death God and curb his overbearing attitude at the Immortal Gate.

Plus, might it allow him to overpower Bai Guang?

As Chen Mobai mulled over these modest ambitions, he realized his practice hours fell a bit short.

To shine as a top disciple in the Purple Cloud Palace, he must advance both the Saintly Virtue Great Dao and the End of Destiny Great Dao from the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture in tandem, opening the path to Pure Yang.

Cultivating such Great Daos goes beyond isolated retreats; it demands putting the Dao into action.

Take the End of Destiny Great Dao, for example—his sole path forward lies in eliminating Devil Cultivators, and run-of-the-mill ones won't cut it; they have to be at the Divinity Transformation stage.

Yet in the entire Tianhe Realm, where could he possibly locate that many Devil Cultivators?

Still, unlike Yi Yuan True Monarch's failure to even fathom it, Chen Mobai at least has a viable approach. When the time comes, once he's cleared out the Divinity Transformation Devil Cultivators here in the Tianhe Realm, he could venture beyond. Legends speak of countless Ancient Demons that escaped, reaching at least the Void Refining Realm.

Dispatching just one of those could match the impact of every Divinity Transformation Devil Cultivator across the Tianhe Realm.

Having mapped out his upcoming cultivation path, Chen Mobai brought the Primordial Clock along back to Mount Wudi.

Back there, Earth Virtue stood ready to greet him.

"Sect Master, I've passed the Dao Palace duties to Ling Ming already. Our Sect forces in the Dongling Domain continue surrounding and pursuing Ruin Monsters—to prevent any harm to our disciples, I'll head back and take charge."

Rushing off to rival Xing Ji, Earth Virtue departed swiftly, and Chen Mobai offered no objection, going so far as to mention the Primordial Clock to him.

"This senior could have progressed by drawing straight from Mount Wudi's Spirit Vein via my Sacramental Refinement, but given your superior Divinity Transformation Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy, I chose to watch and wait—you can't let it down."

Upon hearing this, a rare flicker of emotion crossed Earth Virtue's typically steady face.

For centuries, he'd managed the Dao Palace, yet the Primordial Clock had always dismissed him with cold detachment.

Now, absorbing Chen Mobai's message, a wave of shame washed over Earth Virtue, as he recognized his lack of major contributions to the Dao Palace. Under his watch, the Yi Yuan Dao Palace had steadily withered, eventually losing its Holy Land status to the rise of the Five Elements Sect.

"Sigh, this disciple feels so ashamed!"

With a heavy sigh, Earth Virtue hid his face and departed Mount Wudi.

Earth Virtue's exit left the Yi Yuan Dao Palace wholly in Chen Mobai's hands.

Over the next three months, he worked on Sacramental Refinement for the Primordial Clock while tweaking the Mountain Protection Array.

Having achieved Divinity Transformation, even without sitting for Immortal Gate exams, Chen Mobai's standing in the Tianhe Realm placed him firmly at Sixth Rank.

This held especially true with the full Array Diagram in the Primordial Clock's possession.

After a quick glance over it, bolstered by his Three Great Realms in Heavenly Blessing, Response Earth Spirit, and Law of the Five Tones, he spent three days and nights in deep study, fully mastering the array that Yi Yuan True Monarch had set up.

That setup was the Mysterious Five Elements Array.

Drawing on his triumphs in the Eastern Wilderness, Chen Mobai integrated it into the Sky Curtain Ground Network, made a trip to East Wu himself, and retrieved the Heavenly Bead from the Ancestor Vein.

Through the years, East Wu's Spirit Vein had settled into Rank-5 stability, and the Five Elements Spirit Tree, tended by Zhuo Ming, now proved capable of stepping in for the Heavenly Bead as the key hub—so Chen Mobai employed it to stand in for the Primordial Clock.

That said, a mere Rank-5 Magic Artifact fell a touch short, prompting him to pull out the Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo.

By positioning the Heavenly Bead as the Earth Network's heart, the Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo as the Sky Curtain's focal point, and merging it all with Mount Wudi's Sixth Rank Mysterious Five Elements Array, Chen Mobai rolled out a Sky Curtain Ground Network across the East Land.

Down the line, should an opportunity arise to link it with the Five Elements Sect's own Sky Curtain Ground Network—spanning the full East Continent and nearby Sea Territory—it might just upgrade to a Seventh Rank Celestial Stars Earth Luo Star Formation.

[As the mighty Yangtze's waves surge onward without cease, your Array skills surpass even what the master achieved before his ascension.]

Once Chen Mobai wrapped up his upgrades to Mount Wudi's grand formation, the Primordial Clock offered this earnest praise, its tone brimming with awe.

Serving under a genius like this, the Primordial Clock now fantasized about one day soaring to the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm.

"You're too kind—my success here builds entirely on the giants' foundations. The ancestor's bold innovations from scratch command far more admiration."

Though Chen Mobai now trusted his own exceptional gifts, he refrained from measuring himself against Yi Yuan True Monarch, a true Ascended Monk.

Besides, should Yi Yuan True Monarch turn out to be the Heavenly Sovereign, even greater deference was in order.

After all, if the Heavenly Sovereign still lived—judging by the Longevity Sect's total vanishing act—he had undoubtedly attained Harmonization.

With the Mountain Protection Array revamped, Chen Mobai called in Chen Lingming and Xiao Yuli, instructing them on how to operate and enter the Formation.

"Letting that Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy scatter before was such a squander. Now, post-adjustment, only the peak will hold Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy, while the surplus gets held in the Spirit Core for the Primordial Clock's later intake and Refining..."

Wrapping up his guidance, Chen Mobai departed for the Eastern Wilderness with the Primordial Clock and Su Ziluo.

Naturally, prior to going, he made sure to set his exhausted Supreme Grade Spirit Stones and Superior Grade Spirit Stones near the Heavenly Bead; tapping those for Immortal Gate recharges would blast out massive Spiritual Energy surges.

But in this spot, no such concerns applied.

In the end, Mount Wudi belonged to him alone.