At this moment, another surge of extraordinary power arrived, and Dou Mu's voice resonated: "Teaching Venerable, I am ultimately an outsider and cannot be too close to you. The Thunder Ancestor of the Thunder Department is my disciple, and it would be inconvenient for me to invite him over, so I had someone inform him. It seems he will contact you soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Shi immediately sensed a new surge of extraordinary power, which was the voice of Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Venerable requesting an audience.

"Dou Mu truly has a warm heart!"

Following the extraordinary power, Chen Shi descended and met Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Venerable. Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Venerable presented the Thunder Treasure Scripture and said, "Teaching Venerable, my master has made all the arrangements; the Thunder Department's major and minor divinities have prepared the cultivation technique and incense fire for your arrival!"

Emotions surged in Chen Shi's heart, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Thank you."

Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Venerable laughed and said, "Teaching Venerable, you are rejuvenating Golden Turtle Island, reviving the Master Lineage, and seizing the luck of heaven and earth, heralding a resurgence. Compared to that, what we do amounts to little?"

Retrieving his consciousness, Chen Shi noticed a wisp of extraordinary power accompanied by a voice: "Deng Tianjun from Golden Turtle Island of the Thunder Department, Deng Zhong, requests an audience with the Teaching Venerable!"

...

After Chen Shi comprehended all the cultivation techniques of the Thunder Department's major and minor divinities, Doumu Primordial Monarch again kindled the incense fire qi to establish contact with him: "Teaching Venerable, have all the young ones in the Thunder Department been informed… Lü Yue of the Wen Department has already led the major and minor divinities of the Wen Department and is ready."

"Thank you, my Lady!"

"Why thank me? I am not acting out of favoritism; I just happened to be in the same sect with him, and we chatted about it unintentionally, and he prepared it in advance."

...

It took Chen Shi more than half a year to understand the cultivation techniques of the Eight Divisions of Heaven's divinities. Then he meditated for three months to organize all these techniques clearly.

"Any divine, even those mastering the Great Dao, only operates within the framework of divine authority, finding it hard to transcend their respective authorities. So is it for Houtu, Dou Mu, and also the Emperor of Plague. This is the shackle of the Divine Dao, both its strength and its weakness."

Chen Shi's gaze was clear, and his sea of consciousness was utterly tranquil.

"The Immortal Dao has no such shackles. In Immortal practice, one can cultivate the Thunder Law or the Fire Technique, practice the Five Elements, or the Eight Trigrams. Practicing Yin Yang doesn't prevent one from cultivating the Demon Path."

"The Immortal Dao has strengths and weaknesses. It requires creating something from nothing, refining illusion into truth, and realizing the Great Dao from nothingness. It also requires Harmonization to verify the correctness of one's Daoist skill. Furthermore, it demands certification to evolve a world from one's Dao."

"The Divine Dao is easy to start but hard to achieve greatness, difficult to transcend its shackles. The Immortal Dao is hard to start but easy to transcend its shackles, though hard to achieve greatness."

"If we can combine the strengths of both, practicing both divine and immortal, we can break free from the shackles of both, taking the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses."

Ripples appeared in Chen Shi's sea of consciousness, with each thought transforming into numerous small Chen Shi figures scattered across the sea, each evolving the Mixed Yuan Infinite Innate Skill.

The Mixed Yuan Infinite Innate Skill was Chen Shi's cultivation technique, deriving from the Mixed Yuan Dao Scripture, Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, and other techniques.

As his understanding of the Outer Dao grew deeper, the Infinite Innate Skill struggled to encompass his studies of the Outer Dao. Now both his Immortal and Outer Dao have transformed into the Primordial Talisman, and the Infinite Innate Skill can no longer direct his current cultivation level.

Chen Shi had long wanted to reconstruct his cultivation technique, and today he simply used the Infinite Innate Skill as a foundation to create a technique that integrates extraordinary power, practicing the Immortal, God, and Outer Three Dao together!

If this step could be achieved, the integration of the Immortal, God, and Outer Three Dao would indeed be a grand innovation!

He kept pondering quietly, while Little Dun Fairy was frequently called over by the Emperor Houtu and Earth God during his retreat, they talked about domestic trivia to strengthen their bond.

At this time, a wisp of incense fire qi sought him, imbued with extraordinary power, very intense. The Emperor Houtu and Earth God accepted this incense fire qi, surprised in their hearts, and said: "The Yellow Emperor seeks me with incense fire; I wonder what for. Let me respond."

Little Dun Fairy acknowledged.

The Emperor Houtu and Earth God closed her eyes to focus, then opened them moments later, smiling: "The Yellow Emperor never seeks without reason; summoning me with incense fire is because he heard that the Crown Prince was here and hasn't come out for a long time, so he asks why the Crown Prince remains in the Xuanhuang Sea."

Little Dun Fairy's heart stirred slightly, saying: "Didn't you mention someone wants to harm my husband earlier? Could it be the Yellow Emperor also intends to target my husband?"

The Emperor Houtu and Earth God shook their heads and said: "He probably doesn't have such ideas; he's merely probing for information."

She paused and said: "He wants to know if there are any loopholes in the Primordial Talisman the Crown Prince released."

Little Dun was quite indignant and angrily said: "My husband gave it to the disciples of Golden Turtle Island, not to them, so how could there be loopholes? They've planted so many spies on Golden Turtle Island to steal our Primordial Talisman, and now they suspect us of embedding loopholes in the talisman; truly shameless!"

The Emperor Houtu and Earth God laughed and said: "That's a fitting scolding. However, these major figures are inherently cautious; a bit of wariness causes no harm. The Yellow Emperor has also inquired at Gouchen and Ziwei; he didn't come to me first."

At this moment, another wisp of incense fire qi sought her, also carrying extraordinary power, plainly another prominent figure reaching out.

The Emperor Houtu and Earth God made brief contact and, slightly stirred, said to Little Dun Fairy: "It's the Emperor of Heaven. I shall meet him and see what he says."

Little Dun Fairy waited a while longer, and the Emperor Houtu and Earth God returned to consciousness and said: "The Emperor of Heaven asked the same thing; he suspected the Crown Prince embedded loopholes in the Primordial Talisman, even saying the rumors outside were detailed. I rebuked him."

Little Dun angrily said: "Doing good deeds and still being slandered, this world is truly corrupt!"

The Emperor Houtu and Earth God were about to speak when yet another wisp of incense fire qi sought them, and they quickly responded.