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This series of words caused Xie Xuanyi to furrow his brows.

Refining flesh and blood, Primordial Energy, Divine Soul!

Isn't this the treasure that Evil Cultivators from South Border dream of?

"I saw you taking Primordial Energy pills..."

Dao Jiu hastily tried to take credit, saying, "If you refine the Dao Furnace, you won't have these troubles at all. Lacking Primordial Energy, you only need to extract it from the Dao Furnace; each enemy you vanquish will be refined into Primordial Energy for the furnace, an inexhaustible supply of Primordial Energy, yours for the taking!"

What a domineering Dao Furnace!

Xie Xuanyi fell silent for a while.

He dared not imagine what he would become if he really refined this thing.

The so-called "Lifebound Artifact" is an important Magic Artifact that is connected to its owner's Divine Soul and consciousness!

Once Xie Xuanyi refined the Dao Furnace,

Dao Jiu would live within his Heart Lake.

This was a thousand-year Artifact Spirit capable of cultivating the Dao, almost comparable to the Yin God—Xie Xuanyi's every word and action would certainly affect Dao Jiu, and similarly, Dao Jiu would also affect Xie Xuanyi.

This Dao Furnace that needed to devour the flesh and blood of living creatures to complete its cultivation,

would constantly affect Xie Xuanyi's Heart Lake.

"One last question, 'only by killing them all can one inherit,' is this rule really set by Bai Ze?"

Xie Xuanyi looked at Dao Jiu and asked his final question.

In the historical records,

The Saint Bai Ze from a thousand years ago wandered the world, making friends everywhere, not participating in worldly conflicts.

Therefore, he left behind many Secret Realms and countless Daoist Scriptures.

This secret treasure has been coveted by the whole world.

But upon entering the Beihai Secret Mausoleum, the "Saint Bai Ze" that Xie Xuanyi saw was different from the one recorded in history.

Whether it was the urgent Seeking Tao rock walls,

or the cruel and ruthless Daoist principles.

They all overturned the image of this Saint creature that had been left in Xie Xuanyi's heart—

"I do not know."

Dao Jiu spoke in confusion, murmuring, "Ever since I became sentient, the rule seems to have been there. All I know is that the rule has never changed."

As he said this,

he suddenly realized the true intention behind Xie Zhen's question.

"Wait!"

Dao Jiu's eyes widened, looking incredulously at the young man before him, murmuring, "You mean... the Dao Brush?"

"The Dao Brush can erase causality."

Xie Xuanyi said softly, "Then altering the rules of the Secret Mausoleum left by Saint Bai Ze is naturally no problem."

"Perhaps, everything about this Secret Mausoleum was left by the Dao Brush."

Xie Xuanyi stated calmly, "With its power, couldn't it erase Bai Ze's constraints on you? Don't forget, at the time of Bai Ze's death and the dissipation of his Dao, what level of Treasure you were."

Dao Jiu fell completely silent.

Its gaze became blank, filled with deep doubt.

The Dao Furnace of a thousand years ago, though not of a poor level,

was surely not something Bai Ze would have brought into the mausoleum to cherish specially and set rules for deliberately constraining.

"You mean... my sentience is not because of a master."

Dao Jiu murmured, "But rather, the Dao Brush?"

Xie Xuanyi remained silent.

He did not speak of the crueler reality.

Perhaps, Dao Jiu's master was not Bai Ze at all—

After entering the Secret Mausoleum,

Xie Xuanyi had always felt something was amiss.

Not only was the image of Saint Bai Ze different from what was recorded in history,

but many things within the Secret Mausoleum also seemed disjointed.

If one wanted to bestow gifts upon the world, why set up rules at all?

Now, everything seemed to have an answer.

The true "master" who controlled the Secret Mausoleum for the past thousand years—

was not Bai Ze, but the Dao Brush.

This Supreme Taoist Treasure was the "only" important item that Saint Bai Ze buried in the Secret Mausoleum.

Countless array patterns, several mechanisms,

were only in place to bind the Dao Brush!

And after the Dao Brush became sentient, in the years before it broke free of its constraints, following its nature, it taught and nurtured, and due to it many treasures within the Secret Mausoleum benefited, developing their own Spirit Wisdom. This was why Dao Jiu came into being, without the Dao Brush, it might have taken many more years for it to attain a human form.

With this in mind,

Xie Xuanyi sighed gently.

He took a step back, "I'm sorry, Dao Jiu... I cannot become your new master."

Dao Jiu looked at the young man in a daze.

"The Dao under the heavens does not differentiate between left and right. But the Dao of the Dao Furnace is not my Dao."

Xie Xuanyi paused before saying, "Actually... to leave here with me, might not necessarily be a good thing for you."

"To leave with you is not a good thing... What do you mean by that?"

Dao Jiu was even more confused.

Xie Xuanyi opened his mouth as if to speak, then stopped himself.

It was very difficult for him to tell Dao Jiu that the methods of the Dao Furnace that it was proud of, refining the flesh, blood, Primordial Energy, and Soul Fire of living beings, were outright evil Magic!

Dao Jiu was locked at the bottom of the North Sea.

A thousand years without contact with the human world,

it did not think there was anything wrong with "Blood Refining" living beings.

The reason it seemed cultivated and amiable in its conversation with Xie Xuanyi now was merely because it was not yet familiar with humanity, not understanding the outside world!

If it were to truly be brought into the world... it would definitely be a disaster!

The Cultivator who obtained the Dao Furnace would surely cultivate at an extremely rapid pace, advancing—

the more one abandons the bottom line, the easier it is to achieve great realms!

But later on, the Dachu Dynasty would definitely not sit idly by. Once manipulated by the Dao Furnace, accustomed to the Blood Refining Skill, the fate of the master of the Dao Furnace would inevitably be miserable. How could an Evil Cultivator, no matter how talented, contend with the entire Dachu Dynasty?

Therefore,

The best outcome for the Dao Furnace falling into Xie Xuanyi's hands would probably be to be sealed away again.

It was just a change of location.

Xie Xuanyi shook his head, with a single thought, the little furnace floating in front of him slowly rose and began to expand again.