"Luck Stealing Skill (Tenth Order): Seize the Heavenly Fate of myriad paths for oneself, replace heaven, and control Heaven's Mandate."
A stream of information surged into Chu Zheng's mind, making his eyes suddenly glow intensely.
The description of the Luck Stealing Skill was incredibly simple, yet the implications had greatly shaken Chu Zheng.
The fate of any creature that died by his hand would be directly stripped away and fall onto him.
When he had first entered the Seventh Order, he had also received a Divine Skill, Return to the Origin, which could transform the Qi of all things into Primordial Qi.
This was specifically demarcated among the many great paths, intended to prevent the power of one's own Taoist Orthodoxy from leaking.
This type of Qi carried an extremely strong exclusivity and was incompatible with other Heretic Paths.
The first time Chu Zheng had attempted to integrate it, an accident had occurred, and if not for the repair panel, he would have suffered severe injuries.
After the death of the creatures, this energy, as time went by, would flow back into their respective Taoist Orthodoxy by other means, with only a small part of Heavenly Fate missing.
After obtaining Return to the Origin, for Chu Zheng, whether it was 'Immortal Qi' or 'Primordial Qi,' both were useful to him, and now adding the Luck Stealing Skill, even this Heavenly Fate would belong to him.
The information contained within was too astonishing.
In other words, he alone could instigate a conflict over the Dao, and if he slaughtered all living creatures of the other Taoist Orthodoxies, taking all their Heavenly Fate into his hands, he would become the heaven of the Great Universe and could redefine some rules and even change the heavenly laws.
At this moment, Chu Zheng had the opportunity to become a Dao Lord like a powerful being, monopolizing a great amount of Heavenly Fate and advancing into a realm of unparalleled reverence.
However, Chu Zheng was not a heartless butcher with a crazed interest in slaughter; such an act was clearly not something he would pursue.
The distribution of Heavenly Fate determined the structure of the Great Universe.
A single person's power is weak and seldom changes the overall situation, but Chu Zheng now possessed the potential to change the situation by himself.
Regaining his senses, Chu Zheng's expression tightened a bit, and his mind felt somewhat heavy.
The emergence of the Luck Stealing Skill did not bring him joy but rather some unease.
All along, he had a vague feeling that someone was paving the way for him.
Since mastering Dao in the Cangyun Secret Realm, receiving the Eternal Calamity Treasure Record, and first meeting Zhao Tingxian to learn of his circumstances, he felt as though he had plunged into an unfathomably deep mire, unable to see where the path ahead lay.
The origin of this repair panel was also puzzling; as his cultivation advanced, this repair panel increasingly resembled a supreme Divine Skill.
His all high-grade Divine Skills largely originated from it; even the initial Great Circulatory Qi Guideline was completed through the repair panel.
Reincarnated in the Cangyun Realm and gaining the repair panel, along with considerable clandestine support, it was difficult for Chu Zheng not to be apprehensive.
But now, other than continuing down this path, he had no other options.
Abandoning Qi-refining Techniques and relying solely on Immortal Path, he could not go far, for the constraints of the realm creatures of the Cangyun Realm meant that True Immortal Perfection was his limit.
Moreover, he couldn't possibly abandon the repair panel; the Divine Skills obtained from the repair panel were no different from those recorded in the Eternal Calamity Treasure Record, clearly showing no link to the Immortal Path and a very close relation to the Qi-refining Techniques.
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Chu Zheng stepped into the temple.
The temple was spotless, filled with the faint scent of incense, and the walls and ceilings were imbued with traces of the Dao.
The Divine Statue stood tall on the altar, nourished by incense for a hundred years, its features becoming clearer and more vivid; compared to a hundred years ago, it looked even more divine.
Though there was only one follower here, Mu Xin's cultivation was not weak, and coupled with his pure faith, his daily devoted offerings nurtured the statue, granting it a touch of divinity.
Mu Xin was sitting in meditation in front of the Divine Statue, deeply absorbed in cultivation, but upon sensing a disturbance, his eyes abruptly opened.
Seeing Chu Zheng's face, he was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief: "Dao Lord?!"
After realizing what had happened, he couldn't hide his excitement, and like a devoted follower, he knelt to the ground, offering a grand gesture of worship:
"Mu Xin pays respect to the Dao Lord!"
Chu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, looked up at the Divine Statue, and then it dawned on him. As his cultivation advanced, his appearance grew increasingly similar to his true form, and after several transformations through Heavenly Tribulation, he was almost identical to his true form; it was not surprising that Mu Xin recognized him at a glance.
Continuing as a Dao Lord without denial, Chu Zheng didn't beat around the bush, and with some puzzlement, he directly asked, "I had once said that after a year, you could leave on your own, so why are you still here?"
He had spent over a hundred years deep within the Great Tomb, assuming that Mu Xin had long since left, only to find upon his return that Mu Xin was still guarding this temple.
Hearing this, Mu Xin suddenly looked up, his thoughts tumbling in his eyes, gradually connecting the person before him with the Flying Corpse from before.
In that instant, many speculations flashed through his mind, eventually settling on the most likely one.
The Flying Corpse before him must be the spiritually awakened body of the fallen Daoist Venerable Zheng Chu; hence he was commanded to worship the Golden Body within the temple.
With this thought, Mu Xin didn't linger to think further, bowing his head and responding, "While worshipping your Golden Body here, the temple helped me dispel the Yin Qi from the Great Tomb, and I received protection from your Golden Body, which significantly sped up my cultivation. Not seeing your return for a long time, I dared not act rashly, so I chose to stay."
When the initial year ended, he had thought of leaving, but remembering the opportunity Chu Zheng was to give him, feeling somewhat reluctant, he hesitated a bit longer, deciding to wait a bit more.