Chapter 1 The Ancestral Dragon Hall

Deep within the Dragon Clan's heart, there was a hall, the Ancestral Hall, imbued with spatial mysteries. Here, one could see the vast Primordial energy like towering divine trees, reaching the heavens and the earth, making the entire Eight Divisions Heaven extraordinary.

Here, Jiang Xuan could sense with his divine sense that a grand formation was arranged throughout the entire hall. Many ancient divine treasures, serving as altars, were in operation, drawing the purest Divine Realm energy from the Primordial era.

And at the core of this grand formation, a strange object, serving as the strongest divine power, was opening a channel of spacetime energy and matter. Many Dragon Clan experts sat before this strange object, guarding it.

This strange object was a huge, oval iron ball, suspended in the depths of nothingness. The iron ball was densely covered with iron lumps, each lump wriggling like flesh and blood. *Dong, dong, dong*... With each wriggle, powerful divine power would burst forth, disrupting the heavenly secrets and spacetime, causing the Heavenly Dao here to completely disappear, making it so that living beings did not experience any heavenly tribulations when breaking through.

"This is the God Engine!"

Jiang Xuan thought to himself. As a divine object created by the Lord of the Ancient Civilization, the God Engine was the most core part of the Civilization Disk. If he could get the God Engine to recognize him as its master, it would be equivalent to controlling the Civilization Disk.

Of course, beside the God Engine, the Tuo Dragon Clan Chief, who had appeared last time, was also sitting. In addition, there were many experts from the Eight Divisions Dragon Clan. Each one stood on the Immortal Ladder, and their strength was extremely formidable.

"Clan Chief."

Jiang Xuan bowed. Tuo Fogu also nodded and transformed into a spiritual body, saying to Jiang Xuan, "Tuo Yu, this is a spiritual body of mine, possessing the strength of the Dauntless Stage. If you can contend with it or even defeat it, you can enter the main hall in the future and guard the God Engine with us."

"Yes." Jiang Xuan had a look of joy on his face as he looked at Tuo Fogu's spiritual body. The Dauntless Stage was the fifth stage of Immortality. Standing at this level, he was already very close to the Immortal Emperor.

"Suppress!"

Jiang Xuan gave a light shout, and immeasurable light soared into the sky, sacred and inviolable, as if transforming into a God of Light walking in the world, wanting to save all living beings.

"Light Dragon Fist!"

Jiang Xuan shouted loudly, the dragon might soared into the sky, vast and mighty, shrouded in endless light, the light of salvation illuminating the universe.

Opposite him, Tuo Fogu's spiritual body also moved, using the Eight Divisions Dragon Fist, its power enough to overturn the heavens and the earth.

The two fought in a restricted void. If it were in some weak immortal realms, even a single aftershock of the battle would be enough to obliterate the immortal realm.

*Clang!*

After thousands of moves, Jiang Xuan's body shone with great light, the brilliant and dazzling light swept across the universe, and Tuo Fogu's spiritual body only lasted for a moment before being shattered.

"Hoo~" Jiang Xuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, he heard Tuo Fogu, sitting cross-legged beside the God Engine, laughing loudly and saying, "Very good, from today onwards, you will be my Dragon Clan's Light Dragon King, guarding the God Engine with us. After my clan achieves great things, there will be great rewards!"

"Thank you for your cultivation, Clan Chief!" Jiang Xuan said quickly, and then, under the guidance of Tuo Fogu, sat cross-legged on the side of the God Engine, along with other experts, guarding the God Engine, and also comprehending its mysteries.

Jiang Xuan also infiltrated his divine sense into the God Engine, and could see that the God Engine now had many Dragon Clan blessed imprints. Those were imprints of immortal civilization, equivalent to seals, which could be used to forcibly control the God Engine.

Of course, if the God Engine recognized a master, these imprints would naturally collapse, but it was not easy to do this now. These imprints had been branded by generations of Dragon Clan Immortal Ancestors over countless years. To forcibly crack them, it would require the combined efforts of several Great Emperors.

Although Jiang Xuan had retained a lot of strength, he was, in general, infinitely close to the Immortal Emperor level. Unless he used a supreme treasure, it would be difficult to destroy many imprints.

However, Jiang Xuan didn't need to forcibly crack them. He was now guarding this place as a Dragon Clan expert. The mysteries in many imprints would be told to him by the other Dragon Clan antiques. As long as he could comprehend them, he could crack them at any time.

Moreover, this was a rare treasure land for cultivation. The Heavenly Dao was isolated, there was no disaster or difficulty, and there was no need to worry about the tribulations during breakthroughs.

Of course, this was not absolutely beneficial. As Jiang Xuan said, the creatures of this world had very fragile states of mind. If it were some worlds with difficult and cruel cultivation, even a mortal might have a better state of mind than those gods.

This was also the price they paid for unlimitedly increasing their strength in various ways. Even if their spirit and power were improved, their most essential hearts had never been baptized. It might not be possible to see anything in a short period of time, but over time, it would always cause changes, and even give rise to heart demons!

However, these were also irrelevant to Jiang Xuan. All the negative effects brought about by the surge in power could not shake him. Just like Panlong Jiang Xuan, before breaking through to the Heavenly Lord, he used spiritual treasures to accelerate time, cultivating for hundreds of millions of years, and then established the Samsara Pagoda, comprehending again for hundreds of millions of years.

In terms of state of mind, he was too strong, and the surge in cultivation would naturally not affect his mind, let alone give birth to heart demons.

Of course, he would not increase his cultivation without limit. In his opinion, the level of realm was not important, because realms were determined by people. What really affected strength was the cognition and perception of the origin.

Without the corresponding level of perception and attainment, even if given the energy and spirit of the Supreme God level, it would only be like a baby holding a knife, posing no threat.

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"These Immortal Civilizations, accumulated over a long period of time, do have many advantages. Although they have not truly made the God Engine recognize a master, they can use the energy in it to a great extent, which is already very remarkable."

After comprehending for several years, Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord also rarely praised the immortal imprints on the God Engine.

In the Divine Realm, the cognition of creatures before becoming gods is far inferior to that of the lower realms, because in the Divine Realm, as long as one does not become a god, one can only survive for a hundred years. What can one do in a hundred years? How can one compare with old monsters who have cultivated for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years in the lower realms?

Under the condition of equivalent strength, the natives of the Divine Realm are far inferior to the creatures of the lower realms. This is also why, in the eyes of the creatures of the Divine Realm, the ascenders are extremely special and extraordinary.

However, Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord, such a Great Perfection God, was different. After becoming a god, he possessed eternal life. In addition, with the power of the Divine Realm's rules, his understanding of the rules naturally surpassed that of the lower realm creatures after a long period of comprehension.

It was already extremely rare to get Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord, a Great Perfection God, to praise him, let alone the one who once wanted to break through to the Supreme God, but ultimately lacked something and failed to truly step into that field.

"You have almost comprehended it, right?" Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord asked. Jiang Xuan was a very special existence, especially in his understanding of the rules, often giving him a feeling that pointed directly to the origin.

This feeling, even the few Supreme Gods he knew, did not possess. It was as if he was the controller of endless chaos, reaching a level that ordinary creatures could not reach in terms of the most essential energy.

Of course, he didn't know that Jiang Xuan did have such an ability. In the Chaos Space, there were not a few Jiang Xuan who had comprehended the origin of an endless space. Even if they had not yet fully comprehended it, they could be called the controllers of an endless space.

His understanding of the origin, even in different worlds, was definitely the top level. It was not an exaggeration to say that it pointed directly to the origin.

"Yes." Jiang Xuan nodded. The Immortal Civilization of this world did have its merits. Evolving over a long period of time, it had a brilliant ancient history.

The only shortcoming was that after reaching the limit of the Immortal Emperor, they could only choose to condense divine sparks and become gods. However, above the gods, there was also the Divine Seal, a divine object that could control the will of the gods.

"When will we make our move?" Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord asked.

"Now." Jiang Xuan smiled lightly, and then his divine sense directly scattered out, penetrating into the God Engine, and then began to crack the immortal imprints at an extremely fast speed.

"Hmm?" But at the moment Jiang Xuan made his move, Tuo Fogu and other experts also felt the strangeness, and immediately shouted, "Tuo Yu, what are you doing?!"

"What do you think?"

Jiang Xuan smiled lightly, and at the same time, he distracted himself and made a move, transforming into several Light Spiritual Bodies, each one like a god walking in the mortal world, bursting out with immeasurable divine power, suppressing the experts in the Dragon Clan's main hall in a very short time.

Although he was only at the fifth stage of Immortality now, his strength had already surpassed ordinary Immortal Emperors. Although he could not accurately know his energy scale, he was also confident that even if the four Great Emperors of the Immortal Realm joined forces, they would not be his opponent.

"You are an Immortal Emperor?! No, absolutely impossible!"

Tuo Fogu exclaimed in shock. They had personally witnessed Jiang Xuan break through to the fifth stage of Immortality, but he possessed power that they could not match.

This made him very incomprehensible, unheard of, because at the level of the Immortal Ladder, the gap between each small step was too great. It was difficult to cross one or two levels, let alone compare the power of the ninth stage Great Emperor with the fifth stage of cultivation.

"You don't need to know this."

Jiang Xuan said indifferently, and at the same time, his divine sense enveloped the God Engine, constantly cracking the immortal imprints.

At the same time, the God Engine was also constantly drawing energy from the two realms, whether it was Primordial or the present world, the energy of the two eras was constantly being absorbed.

"Di di di... The Light Brain is starting to recognize its master, discovering thoughts, gods appearing... It is the successor of the gods, the Light Lord God's bloodline, the glory of the supreme master will be revived, and the great civilization will eventually return..."

After the immortal imprints were completely cracked, and with endless energy constantly pouring in, the Light Brain gradually recovered, detecting the Light Lord God's bloodline in Jiang Xuan's body.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan's divine sense also entered the God Engine, and the God Engine also became a huge heart, as if it had endless energy, penetrating into Jiang Xuan's body, providing eternal power deep in his heart.

"It really is powerful..."

Jiang Xuan sighed in his heart, with this God Engine, he almost didn't have to worry about energy exhaustion. Of course, it was definitely not possible now, and it was almost impossible to fill the energy in the lower realm.

But even so, he could now feel how vast the energy gushing out from the depths of his heart was.

"Tuo Yu, you are so bold, you dare to monopolize the God Engine, you are looking for death!" Tuo Fogu and other creatures were suppressed, watching Jiang Xuan take away the God Engine with their own eyes.

But they were powerless. Jiang Xuan was too strong, just manifesting a few spiritual bodies suppressed them, which was simply invincible.

"Do you know why I didn't kill you just now?"

Jiang Xuan looked at Tuo Fogu and said, which made Tuo Fogu feel uneasy. He hadn't thought about it carefully just now, but now he realized that with Jiang Xuan's strength, he could completely kill them, so why did he just suppress them?

"What are you going to do?!"

Tuo Fogu reprimanded, but Jiang Xuan's face remained calm.

"There's no need to struggle." Jiang Xuan said slowly, and then pushed out with one hand. From his body, which was originally full of light, a bottomless black hole suddenly burst out: "I accept your origins."

Endless swallowing power swept out, enveloping many experts of the Eight Divisions Dragon Clan.

Every Dragon Clan here was a powerful being standing on the Immortal Ladder, and each one was extremely powerful, but at this moment, they were swallowed into the black hole together with their flesh and divine soul, and were constantly being refined, extracting the origin, and integrating into Jiang Xuan's body.

As for the energy remnants, they were all absorbed by the God Engine.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan's body also underwent transformation. The strongest bloodline origin of the Dragon Clan and the bloodline of the Lord of Light merged, evolving into a more mysterious bloodline, flashing with five-colored brilliance, and at the same time, melting the mysteries of immortals and gods.

At this time, Jiang Xuan's body was also cracked, and colorless divine fire was burning, shedding the old body, and a new body was derived, which was even more extraordinary and had immortal will.

"It's really good."

Jiang Xuan quietly comprehended the transformation. His origin was transforming, no longer the pure bloodline of the Lord of Light, but it was even more mysterious, and this was just the beginning. In the future, constantly swallowing various origins, his origin would continue to transform.

"Are you the inheritor of the Devouring Heavenly King?"

Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord was suspicious. This method was very similar to the Devouring Heavenly King among the Seventy-two Ancestral Kings, but it was also different.

"This is a divine art that I created myself."

Jiang Xuan didn't explain too much. Although this method was borrowed from the *Devouring Heaven Demonic Art*, he completed it all the way to its current state.

"It's really a terrifying divine art..." Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord sighed, this method was indeed very terrifying, and now it was just swallowing the Dragon Clan's bloodline, so it was impossible to see how much change.

But if Jiang Xuan swallowed the origins of various powerhouses in the future, and even swallowed the origins of the Three Thousand Physique, what level would he reach? Even Tai Xuan Heavenly Lord didn't dare to imagine.

"It's just the beginning."

Jiang Xuan said, now that he had obtained the God Engine, he could almost devour the origin without limit, because all the negative energy would be absorbed by the God Engine, and would not threaten him.

"Let's go."

Having obtained the God Engine and swallowed the bloodline of the strongest of the Dragon Clan's Eight Divisions, Jiang Xuan naturally had no intention of staying any longer.

Of course, the price paid for the Dragon Clan's layout this time could be said to be astonishing. Many ancient divine objects were used, and there were many divine objects of the Seventy-two Ancestral Kings among them.

This was the Dragon Clan's accumulation over endless years, with 108,000 links, countless treasures, and too many of the Tai Chu Stone Talisman level, but the quantity varied.

Jiang Xuan naturally wouldn't let go of these treasures, and he was going to enter the Myriad Realm King Map next, and if there were inheritance objects of the Seventy-two Ancestral Kings, it might be of great convenience.

Of course, Jiang Xuan didn't go on a killing spree. Although he needed various origins, the origins of the strongest of the Eight Divisions Dragon Clan had already been swallowed by him, and the origins of the remaining Dragon Clan were dispensable, and didn't have much effect on the transformation and improvement of the origin.