Chapter 264 : The Final Dao Ancestor Inheritance

Chapter 264: The Final Dao Ancestor Inheritance

The Sect Leader of the Black Moon Sect believed that it was possible the Fruit Position was indeed on Chu Huaixu.

The reason was simple.

—That boy was simply too extraordinarily talented!

He had heard many rumors about Chu Huaixu.

Just Chu Huaixu’s performance in the Eastern and Western Continents’ Grand Competition alone was enough to be shocking.

“In terms of Sword Intent and Sword Heart alone, even the current Sword Sovereign at his age and realm couldn't match up!”

“What’s more, he was cultivating both sword and body. He only spent half his effort on the sword path—maybe even less.”

After all, as everyone knew, body training relied on slow, meticulous grinding, which consumed immense energy and willpower. It required constant honing, was time-consuming, exhausting, and tormenting.

“Although it’s said that he has mastered the true Dao Canon, it shouldn’t be possible for someone to achieve this much just because of a unique cultivation method.”

As for how miraculous the 【Fruit Position】 was, the Sect Leader of the Black Moon Sect knew very well.

It even surpassed the power of the Origin itself!

After all, a single Origin Fragment could only produce a wisp of Origin Power.

No one knew exactly how many fragments the Heavenly Dao could produce, but surely it wasn’t a small number.

However, in the Kunlun Grotto-Heaven, the 【Fruit Position】 was formed from the split of the Heavenly Dao itself—and there were only a handful of them in total.

Yet, the other party gave him a negative answer.

“This old man did not sense the presence of the Fruit Position on Chu Huaixu.”

“There’s no need to overthink. This old man is certain that he has only been tainted by a trace of its aura.”

“Otherwise, no matter the cost, he should have been intercepted and killed that day.”

Upon hearing this, the Sect Leader of the Black Moon Sect said in a deep voice, “Actually, even if the Fruit Position isn’t on him, he should still be killed.”

“Given time, that child will become a major threat!”

Unfortunately, after all these years, he had only managed to raise one Vice Sect Leader who had reached the Eighth Realm.

That day, with Lu Pan acting as the Heavenly Executor, no matter how many cultivators of the Seventh or Sixth Realm were dispatched, they would have been instantly wiped out.

Before his death, all Lu Pan needed was a single thought, a single move—and all evil cultivators below the Eighth Realm would have perished with him.

The Sect Leader of the Black Moon Sect even felt a bit fortunate that he had only sent the Vice Sect Leader.

Lu Pan had scanned the surroundings with his Divine Sense before dying—had there been any others lying in ambush, they would’ve all been taken down with him.

The cultivator responded with a smile, “No rush. Chu Huaixu is only in the Third Realm now. Growth takes time.”

But the Sect Leader of the Black Moon Sect disagreed. “Old fool, don’t try to persuade me with your Kunlun Grotto-Heaven philosophy. You cultivators train for centuries at a time. But our Xuanhuang Realm is different. In ten years—or less—he could become a threat to us!”

“You’re still too cautious. Perhaps it’s because you’ve never seen the view from the summit. Once you stay on the mountaintop long enough, you’ll no longer feel fear when looking down.”

“You’ll only feel that everything below is minuscule, like ants.”

But the Sect Leader of the Black Moon Sect merely sneered.

“Old fool, you’re always talking about how powerful your Soul Transformation Stage cultivators are. But didn’t they die on the spot the moment they descended into our Xuanhuang Realm?”

The cultivator sighed and answered solemnly, “The one I encountered... was the Realm Lord. How could he be compared to the likes of you mere cultivators?”

——

Dao Gate, Gentleman Temple.

Several days passed in a flash.

Chu Huaixu sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion when suddenly, a blood-curdling scream rang out from the room next door.

“Tut. Little Xu finally broke through again,” he said with a smile.

That medicine jar of a boy had still been taking pills daily, soaking in medicinal baths. Counting this new breakthrough, he had reached the Third Realm, Second Heaven.

It didn’t seem slow—but in the room next door, Han Shuangjiang had already reached the Third Realm Great Perfection and was struggling with whether or not to keep suppressing her cultivation.

Clearly, everyone now had a stronger sense of urgency and a greater thirst for power than before.

Chu Huaixu got up and went to check on Xu Ziqing.

He saw the delicate youth curled on the ground like a shrimp, trembling all over, pale-faced and drenched in cold sweat.

Even in such agonizing pain, when he saw Chu Huaixu enter, he still greeted him respectfully right away:

“Senior... Senior Brother, hiss—”

“Why do I feel like this Third Realm cultivation method of yours seems way more painful than the Second Realm one?” Chu Huaixu asked in confusion.

Xu Ziqing took a few deep breaths. Though still in pain and unable to get up, he replied, “Little Martial Uncle Ancestor said... the path of body training was always like this.”

There was no helping it. From what Chu Huaixu currently knew, only the Sword Refining Art and the Dao Canon could consistently raise one’s pain threshold.

Looking at Little Xu’s suffering, he began to doubt himself a little. Back when he wrote “peerless divine art” on the booklet of Sword Refining Art and led him down the path of body training—was that right or wrong?

“Go rest and recover. I’m going out with your Senior Sister,” said Chu Huaixu.

“Senior Brother, I’ll be ready soon!” Xu Ziqing replied anxiously.

—Huh? You’re not taking me?

Chu Huaixu glanced at him and muttered cryptically, “It’s not that I don’t want to bring you—but even if I did, you’d be useless. All you can do is guard the door.”

And with that, he left Little Xu behind, whistling as he exited.

That Dead Fox was planning to take Big Ice Block for a walk through the Outer Sect.

Not for nostalgia’s sake.

It was simply because they were about to descend the mountain for the Moon Country—and there was still one major matter they hadn’t settled!

“In Borrowed Sword, Big Ice Block had already obtained both Dao Ancestor inheritances before entering the Gentleman Temple.”

“But now, she’s only gotten one.”

That might have been a chain reaction triggered by him, this 【Variable】.

As a result, he had been taking her to stroll through the Outer Sect every now and then.

Since all of the Dao Ancestor inheritance secret realms were solo instances, bringing Little Xu would be meaningless.

Just as Chu Huaixu said—he’d only end up guarding the door like their love-struck security guard.

Chu Huaixu held the “key”, so he could enter with his Dao Companion to explore together.

Knock knock knock! He tapped on Big Ice Block’s door.

When it opened, he saw a pretty face, slightly helpless.

“Let me guess. Outer Sect again?” Han Shuangjiang said.

“Mm-hmm!” Chu Huaixu replied.

The girl glanced at him with a touch of mock annoyance. The cold aura on her face faded slightly, replaced by a trace of liveliness.

She still didn’t understand—why had Chu Huaixu been so certain from the start that she was blessed with unimaginable fortune?

As if even something like the Dao Ancestor inheritance was nothing to her—she could enter freely.

It had to be said, for nearly a thousand years, no one had been able to find all of the Dao Ancestor’s inheritances.

When they joined the sect, two remained undiscovered.

“To stumble upon one is already great fortune.”

“How could one expect to get them all?” she grumbled in her heart.

She didn’t particularly want to go.

—But he insisted.

So she had no choice but to go along with him.

Besides, everyone had been focused on cultivation lately, feeling the pressure. Everyone was tense.

She could treat this as a relaxing stroll with her Dao Companion.

After arriving at the Outer Sect, everyone they encountered greeted them with reverence and immediately bowed respectfully.

“Chu True Disciple.”

“Han True Disciple.”

True Disciples held exalted status, above the Inner and Outer Sects.

They were essentially the future Elders, perhaps even the next Sect Master or Temple Master of the Dao Gate.

Everyone knew that both Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang would be accepted as True Disciples sooner or later.

They just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.

Most of their peers who joined at the same time hadn’t even reached the Second Realm yet.

The two of them wandered aimlessly through the Outer Sect, and when no one was around, he would even reach out to hold her slender jade hand.

Big Ice Block was the type who refused to do anything affectionate in front of others—even slightly.

Eventually, they arrived at a pavilion halfway up 【Book Mountain】.

“The Outer Sect is so big. Do you really think we can find the Dao Ancestor inheritance just by wandering like this?” Han Shuangjiang asked.

“Of course. Don’t underestimate yourself,” he began to pressure her again—with the same old lines.

“Underestimate myself?” she muttered, somewhat speechless. “You don’t even look like you’re searching.”

“There’s no way the Dao Ancestor secret realm is so easy to find.”

She looked down and gave a little kick to a pebble beside the pavilion.

The pebble began to roll in a bizarre manner across the ground.

Each time it flipped to a new face, it paused for about a second, then flipped again—and paused.

After the ninth flip, a beam of green light flashed, instantly sucking Han Shuangjiang into the stone world.