Chapter 1937
1937 Unusual Daoist Progenitor, Dao Contamination Qi Disappeared
“After the ancient era was over, many great ones preserved their soul fragments, waiting for a chance to be reincarnated, and some of the Dao contamination qi was suppressed or sealed by the newer generation of Embodiers after the ancient era…
“I have sent you the locations where they were sealed. Your Dao is beyond this universe, a bane to the Dao contamination qi. Now that you have achieved the Embodier Realm, only you can deal with them.
“I would like to trouble you to do me the favor. As for the other part of the information that I gave you, if everything progresses well, you will find out about them soon enough,” the Dao Progenitor said.
Chu Kuangren pondered and then asked, “If the Universal Great Dao isn’t fixed, the Dao contamination qi will return. I want to know if there is a way to fix it.”
“Don’t worry about that, Brother Chu. Leave that to me,” the Dao Progenitor said with a smile.
Chu Kuangren stared at him deeply before asking, “One more thing. How’s the battle between Wu Han and the Central Heaven Universe?”
The battle between Wu Han and the three Primordials from the Central Heaven Universe was ongoing, and no one knew how he was doing.
“You don’t need to worry about that. Brother Wu Han is not just any person. I believe he has a way to keep himself safe from the three Primordials.”
“Just keeping himself safe?” Chu Kuangren frowned as keeping himself safe was not enough.
However, even he was not qualified to intervene in a battle between Primordials, so overthinking would do him no good.
If Pan Gu Universe was doomed, he would bring the people he knew into his Mini Universe.
Then, no one else would be able to threaten him anymore. However, it was also a last resort that he did not want to use.
It was still too early to surrender.
“I’ll deal with the Dao contamination qi first,” he said.
“Brother Chu, thank you for your trouble,” the Dao Progenitor said. He looked at Chu Kuangren with a glint of hope and embarrassment. He even felt bad about it.
Chu Kuangren shuddered. “Please do not look at me like that.”
Then, he turned around and left.
The Dao Progenitor sighed as he watched Chu Kuangren disappear from his sight. “Sigh. It’s harsh putting such responsibility on a child’s shoulder, but the reincarnations of the Three Clarities and the others have yet to grow strong enough to bear the burden.
“And with Wu Han fighting the three Primordials, I must be here to accept my fate and duty. As for the ancient Embodiers, they aren’t fit for the job. I can only count on you, Brother Chu…”
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Chu Kuangren flew across the galaxy in a stream of light.
As he recalled the conversation with the Dao Progenitor, something did not feel right. The man sounded like he was leaving his last message, and it was strange.
Was something about to happen to him?
It should not be.
The Dao Progenitor was just a soul fragment, but his powers should not be underestimated. He was second only to a Primordial.
No one else in the Pan Gu Universe could threaten him.
Could the threats be from the Central Heaven Universe?
Wu Han was engaged with the three Primordials, and Heavenly Sword Chu Kuangren did not report anything strange lately from the other side either.
What caused the strange feeling that he could not seem to shake off?
What about the message that the Dao Progenitor left him?
The Three Clarities, the Underworld River Forefather, the West Matriarch Ruler, Nuwa, and the other great ones from ancient times had gone through reincarnation when the reincarnation mechanism of the Underworld was rebuilt.
Yet, only the Dao Progenitor had not gone through reincarnation.
What was his plan?
Questions flooded Chu Kuangren’s mind. The more he pondered, the more questions he realized.
“The so-called great ones always speak in riddles, and they always want others to guess what their real intentions are.” Chu Kuangren pouted and decided to put the matter aside first.
He then headed to the provided location based on the information he received from the Dao Progenitor and absorbed all the Dao contamination qi.
Some locations, which were more important than others, had Embodiers there, watching and suppressing the Dao contamination qi.
The weaker ones were simply sealed off.
Somewhere on an ancient planet, an Embodier elite bowed politely at Chu Kuangren.
“Thank you, Immortal King, for dealing with the Dao contamination qi.”
The man was Yun Zhongyue. He was an Embodier from the same generation as Buddha Yun Lan and Buddha Jian Xing. Similar to Buddha Jian Xing, he had been suppressing the Dao contamination qi for many years and finally regained his freedom today.
“You’re welcome. Thank you for suppressing the Dao contamination qi.”
Chu Kuangren respected them for devoting their lives to holding back the Dao contamination qi.
Not all lives in the universe could endure countless eras of loneliness. Not even he had the confidence to do it.
Those who chose to suppress or seal the Dao contamination qi were truly the pillars of the Pan Gu Universe.
“Haha. If there were more like you in our universe, old folks like me could retire and rest in peace.” Yun Zhongyue laughed.
He then stared into the distant sky. “Now then, I should make my way to the Void Battlefield and face the God Kings of the Central Heaven Universe. I heard they have a new favorite God King, named Heavenly Sword, and he’s powerful. If I can meet him, I will remove the threat for us.”
Chu Kuangren responded with an awkward smile. “He’s quite powerful, and I’ve never seen someone like him in my life. He’s like my arch-nemesis. If it’s possible, I would like to meet him again and defeat him myself.”
“With such high praises from the Immortal King himself, I bet that Heavenly Sword is indeed something else,” Yun Zhongyue said and nodded before disappearing.
Chu Kuangren chuckled helplessly.
“I think I’ve gotten myself into huge trouble. Pan Gu Universe wants to kill other me, and Central Heaven Universe wants to kill me. Me… Am I the common enemy of the two universes?”
Despite his self-mockery, the show must go on since it was reaching its climax. Who would be the last one to stand on the stage?
After that, Chu Kuangren headed to the next location.
However, he missed the next one because the seal of the Dao contamination qi was broken and the Dao contamination qi was gone.
“The seal was broken? Wait a minute…”
Chu Kuangren narrowed his eyes for a better look. The seal was not broken from the inside but forcefully from the outside.
That meant someone else broke the seal before him.
“The seals were set by Embodiers, and those who could break the seals would know how dangerous the Dao contamination qi is. So, who would do that?”
While Chu Kuangren pondered, he scattered his Immortal Consciousness across a dozen galaxies but did not find a trace of the Dao contamination qi.
He then headed to the next location. Those that had Embodiers watching over the locations were all safe.
However, most of them in the unmanned locations were broken by someone, and the Dao contamination qis were nowhere to be found.
“Is someone specifically choosing the unmanned locations for the Dao contamination qi because they’re afraid of being discovered? But with that many locations broken, I haven’t heard of any contamination across the universe.
“Hm… It could only mean that the one who broke the seals collected the Dao contamination qi but did not use it to infect others. Why?”
Chu Kuangren pondered deeply.
As the Dao contamination qi contained the Great Dao’s energy, there were quite a number of elites who would take the risk to draw the Great Dao’s energy from the Dao contamination qi, such as the Soul Restricted Area.
Chu Kuangren was out of clues.
“Fine. I have one more location left. Let’s just go and have a look first,” he muttered to himself.
The last sealed location was in the Jiangshi Restricted Area!