Chapter 1: The Dao's Life-Taking Yuanshi Seal, the Indestructible Will and the Soul Fire

It was pitch black and gray. There was no sky above, no earth below, no people, gods, Buddhas, sun, moon, stars in between, and even no concept of years and time!

Here, the sky is empty, the earth is empty, people are empty, gods are empty, Buddhas are empty, the sun is empty, the moon is empty, the stars are empty, and time is empty!

This is of course not the Nine Voids, but the famous Chaos Void! Here, except for chaos, there is the Chaos Dome, and there is nothing else. Even if there is something else, it cannot withstand the overbearing scouring of the chaotic airflow in the chaos. It has to be empty!

Yuan Shi found that he seemed to be dreaming. The world in the dream was pitch black, empty and boundless. There was no light or sound. There was only endless darkness and endless loneliness, but he did not feel uncomfortable at all. He seemed to be wandering in the boundless sea, riding a boat, and basking in the sun comfortably. He felt his soul refreshed.

"Uh--!" Yuan Shi opened his eyes, but could not see any light. He touched his body, but it seemed like nothing, nothing could be touched.

"Sure enough, I am only in the state of soul now!" Yuan Shi said as expected, but he could not hide his disappointment in his tone. Was he dead? Or was he dead? He thought of all the things in his previous life. At this moment, it seemed like a passing cloud of smoke, and all the things in the past disappeared.

After the initial discomfort, Yuan Shi's soul seemed to stand on the void and began to look around privately, but what he saw was endless darkness. There were no endless ghosts as imagined, no ox-headed horse-faced, and no Yellow Spring River, Naihe Bridge, Wangxiangtai, Sansheng Stone...

"Where is this? Is there anyone?" Yuan Shi suddenly shouted, the darkness and unknown around him made him panic, and his whole soul seemed to tremble constantly, as if it would dissipate in the next moment.

"What is going on? I am dead? I have become a soul. Where is this place? How did I get here? I thought that I could reincarnate and fulfill my wish of transcending the tribulation and ascending to heaven in my previous life after waking up this time. But what is the situation now?" After shouting for a long time, Yuan Shi fell silent and fell into deep thought.

This situation was unknown to him. He began to wander in the darkness, hoping to find a ray of light and see where this place was. After an unknown amount of time, his eyes gradually became irritable, dull, and even close to despair from the initial expectation. The magic skills he practiced have begun to backfire on his soul.

At this moment, suddenly, a round seal in the soul of white jade emitted a dazzling white light!

At this moment, Yuan Shi, who had already walked to the edge of the cliff of despair, suddenly stopped and woke up.

"Hey! Isn't this the Yuanshi Seal that I have never seen through? How come it is in my soul? Oh, I can rely on it to cultivate to the point of transcending tribulation and becoming an immortal in just three hundred years in the Dharma Ending Age, which fully proves its extraordinaryness. Now it appears in my soul again. Maybe my current state is related to it?" Thinking of this, Yuan Shi hurriedly probed his consciousness into the Yuanshi Seal to investigate.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!..." When a wisp of consciousness came into contact with the Yuanshi Seal, Yuan Shi's mind began to buzz.

"Hongmeng Yuanshi Seal? It ranks first among the Hongmeng Nine Treasures along with the Hongmeng End Seal? The origin of all ways, the beginning of all things? Hiss? This is..." Yuan Shi's eyes showed an incredible look.

It turned out that at that moment just now, when he touched the Yuanshi Seal, he felt a breath of the origin of the Great Dao pouring into his soul. In an instant, he seemed to understand something, and seemed to understand nothing.

In shock and ecstasy, just when he wanted to go deeper and explore the mystery of this "Hongmeng Yuanshi Seal", suddenly the Yuanshi Seal shook violently, rising from the soul and appearing in the dark space, with dazzling white light flashing and spreading around, suddenly illuminating all directions.

Buzz! The Yuanshi Seal shook suddenly, and the dazzling white light quickly expanded and spread to the surrounding void. Suddenly, it turned into a stream of light, carrying Yuanshi's soul, rushing up to the sky, as fast as thunder and lightning. It cut through the void, crackling, as if to break through the endless darkness, and as if to break the shackles of fate and pursue the origin of the road...

In this strange space, even with the dazzling white light of the Yuanshi Seal, it is still full of loneliness and coldness. With the Yuanshi Seal, Yuanshi's soul gradually rose. When it reached a certain height, his soul trembled suddenly, and he felt as if he was trapped by countless chains. At the same time, a pressure from the void in the sky suddenly surged.

His body rose a hundred feet, a thousand feet... two thousand feet... five thousand feet... The higher he rose, the stronger the pressure and the stronger the restraint. His soul began to tremble and became illusory. His eyes, which were not bright to begin with, began to dim.

"It's not the end yet?" Yuanshi gritted his teeth. There was still endless nothingness and endless darkness around him. Even with the cover of the Yuanshi white light, Yuanshi still understood that he was far from escaping the dark space.

As he continued to rise, Yuanshi felt more and more uncomfortable, as if countless chains were restraining him, tearing his soul and preventing him from rising. As he rose higher, the tearing force became greater.

If it weren't for the protection of the light curtain of the Yuanshi Seal, his soul would have collapsed and split long ago. Gradually, his soul became dimmer and dimmer, as if it was extremely weak. When it rose to eight thousand feet, Yuan Shi's soul suddenly shook, as if it was torn apart.

"I can continue to rise!" Yuan Shi's eyes were determined, and he took out the fierceness of fighting against the sky and thunder when he was crossing the tribulation, refusing to admit defeat, not accepting fate, not compromising, not giving up, and not regretting until death. A kind of spirit of fighting against fate and taking control of everything arose in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and persisted.

At nine thousand feet, his soul had completely dimmed, his hands, feet, and body seemed to have dissipated, leaving only a head that was still persisting, and the pressure was getting stronger and stronger. It seemed that some strange changes had occurred in his soul, becoming stronger and stronger, and more and more condensed, as if some kind of transformation was taking place.

"I saw it. Ten thousand feet, that position can definitely be transcended. Nine is the limit, ten is transcendence. As long as I hold on for a moment, I will definitely be able to jump out." Yuan Shi's condition was very bad, and he would dissipate if he was not careful, but at this moment, his dim eyes suddenly showed an unprecedented strong look. It was an unwavering persistence!

The brighter, the darker. The closer to the goal, the stronger the pressure Yuan Shi endured, and the heavier the pain of the soul.

The will is indestructible, the soul is indestructible; the obsession is unshakable, and the hope is indestructible!

As he continued to rise, the pressure around Yuan Shi became stronger, and even his soul became hotter and hotter, as if it was about to melt. However, Yuan Shi's eyes were desperate, full of firm persistence, and no outside world could affect him. His face was full of hideousness, and he roared:

"Ah--!"

"Boom--"

His soul was ignited, and a white flame ignited, and the flame swayed, as if it would go out in the next moment. But, no matter how strong the pressure outside, this flame will not go out.

This is the fire of the soul, also known as the fire of hope. It is as famous as the fire of Nirvana among the ten true fires, and has the same effect, or even better.

The fire of the soul is guided by an indestructible will, with an unshakable heart as a lamp, a hopeful persistence as the core, and the soul as fuel. It can only be ignited with the help of almost harsh and incredible external conditions.

Once the fire of the soul is ignited, the soul fire will not be extinguished if the soul is not extinguished; if the soul fire is not extinguished, the soul will not be extinguished. Moreover, it can temper one's soul at all times, making the soul purer and the enlightenment clearer. With the fire of the soul, all evils will be afraid to come to the body, let alone take over the body.

As for the fire of Nirvana, it is the fire of rebirth. Those who possess the fire of Nirvana can revive from the dead and go further. Generally, it only appears on the immortal phoenix.

Because of their powerful abilities, these two kinds of true fire are extremely rare and almost extinct. Of course, this is also the true fire that all cultivators are extremely eager to have.

All of this happened in an instant, and even Yuan Shi could not feel it, because he only had one goal in mind, which was to jump out! For this goal, he forgot the pain, the pressure, himself, and everything else.

Boom!