Secondly, when an expert was scheming against the Great Dao, that person integrated the creatures of the Great Dao into the Great Dao with the intention of using them to control the Great Dao. However, they failed in the end and the creatures of the Great Dao became free.
Thirdly, during the last Great Dao calamity, the Great Dao sensed danger and gave birth to these creatures of the Great Dao and made them its guardians.
Chu Xuan was more inclined to the third possibility.
After all, the creatures of the Great Dao could not leave the Great Dao, and their fate was also intertwined with the Great Dao.
If they were considered guardians, then he had to consider how to deal with them.
Would they be able to betray the Great Dao?
Perhaps if they entered the Heavenly Dao, this might be possible. However, the Heavenly Dao laws would have to grow stronger before this could happen.
This might be also an opportunity for the Heavenly Dao laws to devour the Great Dao.
However, this all hinged on his own strength, and the strength of the Heavenly Dao laws. He would know for certain if such a method would work once the Heavenly Dao laws took over the nine zones.
This was not his only avenue either. There was still the plan to construct the reincarnation cycle in the nine zones.
However, he lacked a supreme treasure to support the reincarnation cycle, and the Reincarnation Dao principle had to grow into a Great Dao principle first.
Chu Xuan's Dao realm cultivation foundation had been strengthened and stabilized, so he decided to focus on turning the Reincarnation Dao principle into a Great Dao principle.
He hoped to achieve this before the sixty-year milestone.
Time passed quickly and, in the blink of an eye, there was less than a month left before the sixty-year milestone.
A unique Great Dao principle appeared in front of Chu Xuan.
Finally, before the sixty-year milestone arrived, he managed to refine and perfect the Reincarnation Dao principle into a Great Dao principle.
Even though it was still relatively weak, it had been fully transformed.
Now, he was ready to break through to the Daoyuan realm.
Su Xian'er had broken through to the Dao realm.
After making a brief trip around the Northern Zone, she quickly returned. Compared to the opportunities and treasures out there, it was better for her to stay by Chu Xuan's side and receive his teachings and treasures.
The nine zones continued to expand, and the Great Daoyuan calamity became more intense.
As the Heavenly Dao laws continued to expand, there was only one region in the Eastern Zone that had yet to be taken over by the Heavenly Dao laws.
However, the expansion of the nine zones was a double-edged sword. The additional territory meant that the Heavenly Dao laws too had to cover more ground, which slowed down the process of expansion.
Chu Xuan did not interfere, and allowed the Heavenly Dao laws to expand silently.
In the Western Zone, only the Northern Region had yet to be incorporated into the Heavenly Dao laws.
That was the blood fiend race's territory.
Incidentally, the blood fiends had also been very active during the calamity, and had obtained a large chunk of fate and treasures for themselves.
When Chu Xuan looked at the Northern Region of the Western Zone, he could vaguely see traces of pure demonic power.
However, because it was still rejected by the Great Dao, there was not a lot of it.
The demon race grand elder and the other remnant members of the demon race had all awoken part of their ancient demon bloodline, and also inherited the secret techniques of the ancient demon race, which made them more powerful.
Their battle with the Buddhist clan continued. Although there were demon race Dao realm experts who entered the nine zones, they chose not to interfere with the war due to their confusion with which side to support.
After all, they had also been cultivating Buddhist dharma, yet were also demons by descent. It was a conundrum.
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Hei Yue had reached the third level of the Dao realm, as had Ding Yue, Xiao Liang, Hu Tianya, and Demon Buddha.
Wang Luo and Xiang Xing were both second-level Dao realm experts who were on the verge of breaking through to the third level of the Dao realm.
The rest, including Qian Ming, were still at the first level of the Dao realm.
New Dao realm experts emerged from the Desolate Ancient Zone. Many searched for treasures and opportunities, while others from forces with grudges with Chu Xuan's disciples began to chase them down again.
This was especially true for Chu Pingfan. Many experts seemed to have a bone to pick with the Extreme Dao, likely due to Kingslayer.
Thanks to the Crystal Jade Palace, Fengkong had reached the sixth level of the Dao realm, and now seemed to exude a celestial aura.
Chu Xuan observed what was going on in the nine zones, and how his disciples were faring.
On the whole, everything was still within his control.
Many geniuses were also popping up among the various races of the nine zones, though Ji Dexin was still at the forefront.
Qin Keyun was still in a state of deep sleep. As she slept, her cultivation continued to increase. She had now reached the first level of the Dao realm, and her fox soul had seven tails.
A huge blood flower appeared in the ocean, which devoured all life within thousands of miles around it.
It emitted a special aura that lured living beings over to be devoured. Even a Dao realm expert had fallen prey to it.
The blood flower itself was a supreme treasure, and also a seventh-level Dao realm existence.
Chu Xuan's eyes looked strange.
He thought back to what he had seen before. There had been many blood flowers in the ocean back then, but almost all of them had disappeared, leaving only this one.
Perhaps they had all fused together to form this huge blood flower.
Chu Xuan could sense that the blood flower wanted to steal fate, especially the fate of some Heaven's Blessed, and even Dao realm experts.
By doing so, it would be able to connect itself to the laws of Heaven and Earth.
It wanted to become a part of the laws of Heaven and Earth, and control a part of it.
Chu Xuan laughed. Someone seemed to want to use the blood flower as a medium to obtain a part of the power of the laws of Heaven and Earth and use it to allow their clone to enter the nine zones.
Unfortunately, most of the laws of Heaven and Earth had been devoured by the Heavenly Dao laws, so that person's plan was destined for failure.
Of course, the Heavenly Dao laws had yet to extend to the ocean area where the blood flower was.
In any case, given the current strength of the laws of Heaven and Earth in the nine zones, the blood flower would not be able to do anything even if it successfully infiltrated the laws of Heaven and Earth.
Chu Xuan decided that when Kingslayer entered the calamity, he would get this self-styled disciple of his to cut down the blood flower.
Even though it was harmless, it was still disgusting!
