Xianwei excitedly rubbed his face against the spider’s head, the whirlpools of parasitic worms in his eyeballs churning, as if he were high on drugs.
And the already ecstatic Tie Dan kept nodding,
"It’s indeed extraordinary; if you’d been this disgusting bastard before, you’d already be dead under my sword. Now I actually want to make friends with you and have a couple of drinks. Looks like Spider Xi held back before, clearly with such strong power but didn’t go all-out against me..."
Xianwei also cackled, the body transformed from countless threadworms swirling like threads, gathering and dispersing, exuding clusters of insect eggs,
"That’s because it’s stupid! There are only a few Divine Beasts in this world that could eat a dragon! Strike first, and we would have been driven to soul dispersal, never ending up here!
It’s just that the Taihao Spider is too reliant on the Primordial Spirit mechanism, making it too fragile. A heavy hand might reduce it to rubble. A battle of Primordial Spirits is too dangerous, and it might even be restrained by it. After squatting for so many years, old man, I’ve finally waited until today!
I thought that monster had already used all its might against you, never expected that this little spider was pretty formidable, still sparing some strength for me! Luckily, a Mountain Man has his tricks; the old man prepared a wall-climbing ladder, or else I might have fallen for its trap, hehe!"
"So your wall-climbing ladder is to grovel to the Divine Sect?"
Tie Dan looked at the other’s mad appearance and understood what Spider Xi meant by ’you guys making too much noise’.
Logically speaking, even if Xianwei was jubilant at his success now, there was no need to voluntarily divulge all those secrets just now. It’s likely that he wasn’t yet that confident in controlling the Taihao Spider and was instead infected by the entanglement of Primordial Spirit threads, unable to suppress his surging emotions.
Therefore, at that moment, all of Xianwei’s intentions and thoughts were continuously transmitted through the spider silk to Tie Dan! Of course, it works both ways, and at that instant, the two—well, one dragon and one worm—achieved that nauseating mind communication through the spider silk~~
Xianwei shivered all over, immediately realizing he was also caught by the threads, forcibly calming down, focusing on keeping the blockade, and concentrating to communicate with Tie Dan to avoid accidentally leaking any secrets,
"Hmph, it’s not groveling, but cooperation. Our new Three Great Sects have forged a pact, joining forces to battle the Heavenly Demon, of course, we should help one another! What’s there to be embarrassed about asking for help? With such thin skin, how can one blend into the Jianghu?"
Tie Dan promptly erected a mental barrier, concentrating and reversing the communication back.
"Hmph! I see you mobilizing, bringing the Three-headed Whale along, and originally you planned to swallow this ship of Exotic Beasts and Heavenly and Earthly Treasures by yourself.
Clearly, you accidentally overturned the ship and fell into the Taihao Net, leaving you helpless, thus you shamelessly sought others for help, willingly becoming a lapdog of the Divine Sect!"
Xianwei chuckled,
"Hehe, what’s wrong with being a dog for the Divine Sect? In this world, one either works for others as a dog or raises dogs oneself.
But you don’t have to worry; I wouldn’t take you as a dog, I’d rather merge with you after refining the Taihao Divine Spider."
"Why is it always about merging? Are there really so many entities wanting to merge with me nowadays? But speaking of which..."
Tie Dan glanced at the parasitic worms entwined around him, feeling the Divine Sense vibrations from Xianwei, coupled with what he had seen and heard in Yinghuo, and suddenly seemed to realize,
"I see, I understand now, the so-called Refining God, Returning to Void, and merging are literally as it sounds...
Indeed, a formidable Tao Body of a True Dragon is uncommon. Without secret feeding from the company, few in All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds could reach the point of Shattering Void with a physical body.
Therefore, for most seekers of the Dao, the path of evolution is limited, mostly opting instead to first refine the God, then return to the Void, and finally merge.
That is, they first refine the Primordial Spirit to be extremely strong, capable of traversing the Void, unafraid of specters, and eternally indestructible. Then they snatch those with a robust physical body, strong enough to ignore radiation and stardust, able to traverse the Void like giant beasts. Finally, they seize bodies, merge into one, uniting body and soul, refining and merging for immortality.
But as a Mystic Sect person, we are originally cultivators of both Qi and Body, achieving the Dragon Tiger Elixir. Therefore, the merging step is completed at the stage of Divinity Transformation and Supreme Unity.
Thus, although we are both in the Refining God and Returning to Void realm, my Mystic Sect Dao Power far exceeds you riffraff. It’s just that the Primordial Spirit is a realm behind, a little on the defensive, and if in calamity, with an unstable Daoist Heart, there’s a risk of being possessed by your Heavenly Demon."
Xianwei sighed,
"You’ve learned pretty fast. Unfortunately, just having the ability to fight is of little use. Body Refinement without Refining God is ultimately futile!
The Dao Body you’ve meticulously molded through exhaustive efforts, I shall receive it now! Roar—!"
Xianwei opened his mouth, spewing out wriggling light waves from the seven orifices, ejecting out masses of dense threadworms, like spraying a bowl of noodles onto Tie Dan’s face.
Tie Dan could only feel helpless; such a move naturally does him no harm, it’s likely meant to disgust him, destroy his Daoist Heart...
But fortunately, after experiencing the baptism by the cockroach sister before, Tie Dan’s resistance has increased. He observed the other party’s attempt to drown him with a sea of insects and remained as calm as ever,
"Do you really think the Divine Sect is so generous, willing to give you the Taihao Spider and Yazi Divine Beasts for free?"
Xianwei laughed heartily,
"Haha! There’s no need for you to sow discord. What’s there to be unwilling about? This ship is loaded with diluted treasures and extinct Exotic Beasts, isn’t it enough for the Divine Sect to use? Giving me two ends is clearly a profit for them!"