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

At long last, the greatest trial emerges: the End of Destiny. This Innate Great Dao left even Yi Yuan True Monarch in regret, unable to master it.

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 sections in the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture, proving beyond doubt that it embodied the Great Dao.

With this, Chen Mobai now possesses every requirement to forge the Seventh Rank Primordial Golden Dou. Should he attain the necessary Realm later on, and assuming the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture's details on this remain flawless, 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 sensing Chen Mobai's doubts, it shared an exclusive secret.

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

Curiosity struck Chen Mobai at these words, prompting his question. Deep down, though, shock gripped him as thoughts turned to the Heavenly Venerable Branch in the Divine Tree Secret Realm—could Yi Yuan True Monarch truly have been overtaken by the Heavenly Sovereign?

Without that, his fabled existence simply wouldn't add up.

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

The Primordial Clock chose to stay silent at that moment.

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

Mastering the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture to its peak Realm enables the creation of the Seventh Rank Primordial Golden Dou.

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

What about holding back Bai Guang?

As Chen Mobai pondered these modest ambitions, he realized his practice time fell 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 practice approach involves eliminating Devil Cultivators, but common ones won't suffice; only those at Divinity Transformation stage count.

Yet the Tianhe Realm lacks an abundance of such Devil Cultivators.

Still, unlike Yi Yuan True Monarch's failure to even perceive it, Chen Mobai at least has a path forward. When needed, after wiping out all Divinity Transformation Devil Cultivators in the Tianhe Realm, he could venture beyond. Legends speak of numerous Ancient Demons that escaped, reaching at least the Void Refining Realm.

Slaying just one could match the worth of every Divinity Transformation Devil Cultivator across the Tianhe Realm.

With his future cultivation path set, Chen Mobai brought the Primordial Clock 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 harm to our disciples, I'll head back to oversee things."

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

"The senior could have progressed by drawing straight from Mount Wudi's Spirit Vein through my Sacramental Refinement, but given your Divinity Transformation Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy holds greater value, I chose to watch and wait—you can't let its hopes down."

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

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

Now, Chen Mobai's revelation filled Earth Virtue with shame, as he recognized his lack of real contributions to the Dao Palace. Under his watch, the Yi Yuan Dao Palace had slowly withered, ultimately losing its Holy Land status to the rising Five Elements Sect.

"Alas, this disciple feels ashamed!"

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

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

Over the next three months, he carried out Sacramental Refinement on the Primordial Clock while refining the Mountain Protection Array.

Having achieved Divinity Transformation, despite skipping the Immortal Gate tests, his 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.

A quick review later, 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 insight, fully mastering the array Yi Yuan True Monarch had set up.

It turned out to be the Mysterious Five Elements Array.

Drawing on triumphs from 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, the East Wu Spirit Vein had settled at Rank-5, and the Five Elements Spirit Tree, tended by Zhuo Ming, now possessed the power to stand in for the Heavenly Bead as the key hub—so Chen Mobai employed it to substitute the Primordial Clock.

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

By setting 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 with Mount Wudi's Sixth Rank Mysterious Five Elements Array, Chen Mobai created a Sky Curtain Ground Network across the East Land.

Should an opportunity arise later, linking it to the Five Elements Sect's Sky Curtain Ground Network could span the whole East Continent and nearby Sea Territory, potentially upgrading to a Seventh Rank Celestial Stars Earth Luo Star Formation.

[Like the ceaseless surge of Yangtze waves, the master's Array skills before ascension didn't match your own.]

Once Chen Mobai wrapped up the overhaul of Mount Wudi's Grand Formation, the Primordial Clock offered its honest praise, laced with deep respect.

Serving a genius like this master, the Primordial Clock now fantasized about reaching the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm someday.

"You're too kind—my success here relies on building upon the giants' foundations. The ancestor's bold innovations from scratch merit far more honor."

Even with his current assurance in his exceptional gifts, Chen Mobai refrained from measuring himself against Yi Yuan True Monarch, a true Ascended Monk.

Besides, should Yi Yuan True Monarch prove to be the Heavenly Sovereign, greater reverence was in order.

After all, if the Heavenly Sovereign endured, the Longevity Sect's total vanishing suggested he had attained Harmonization.

With the Mountain Protection Array revamped, Chen Mobai called in Chen Lingming and Xiao Yuli, instructing them on the Formation's operation and entry techniques.

"Letting the Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy scatter before was such a loss. Now, post my changes, only the peak will hold Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy, while the surplus gathers in the Spirit Core, easing the Primordial Clock's later intake and Refining..."

His guidance complete, Chen Mobai departed for the Eastern Wilderness with the Primordial Clock and Su Ziluo.

Naturally, prior to going, he set his exhausted Supreme Grade Spirit Stones and Superior Grade Spirit Stones near the Heavenly Bead; using them for Immortal Gate recharges would unleash vast Spiritual Energy floods.

Here, however, no such concern existed.

In the end, Mount Wudi belonged to him alone.