—There were simply too many different types of rules inside her body!

Consider that she had already passed through the six major rule holes.

Normally, even mixing two types of rules would cause a conflict, let alone six.

Qin Ruqing felt as if her mind was about to explode, but the boundless celestial crystal she lay upon continuously channeled pure energy into her, stabilizing her spiritual platform.

She wanted to lose her mind, but she couldn’t.

It was absolutely perfect.

Qin Ruqing, in a resigned manner, let these rules run amok for a while until she gradually got a sense of what to do.

The words Dao Sovereign Fusheng had spoken earlier, while carrying profound implications for Qin Ruqing’s future, had at least clarified one thing for her at this stage.

She now knew what her path was and what she needed to do.

She was the disciple of Dao Ancestor, walking the path of Chaos.

Whether she could inherit Dao Ancestor’s legacy in the future was another matter, but for now, she should focus on mastering Chaos.

As for how to cultivate Chaos, Qin Ruqing had been completely in the dark before.

But now, looking at the chaotic state inside her body, she started to grasp the essence of it.

Why did she have to pass through the six major rule holes before?

The advancement conditions for the Qinglian(Azure Lutos) Dao Physique required her to master the rules of six different elements—this indicated that different elemental rules were a necessary condition for cultivating Chaos.

“In the past, I classified these rules as primordial rules, five-element rules, Xuanyin rules… But now that I’ve clarified my true path, I should correct this way of thinking… Different elemental rules? As long as they enter my body and are mastered by me, they all become my rules!”

Qin Ruqing said this to herself in her heart.

“So, what I need to do now is not to distinguish between them, but to merge them!”

She had to merge these different elemental rules, making them truly her own!

Dao Ancestor, who was standing beside the boundless celestial crystal bed, sensed that the rules within Qin Ruqing’s body were gradually stabilizing and even showing signs of merging.

His eyes, which seemed to contain infinite mysteries, flickered slightly.

He withdrew his hand from Qin Ruqing’s forehead.

The first step in advancing the Dao Physique was to activate the six elemental rules within her body and then merge them to form a Small Chaos Body.

When the Small Chaos Body initially formed, three drops of blood essence from a great celestial being in the Tianren Realm would be dripped into it.

Then, two types of heavenly fire would be used simultaneously to temper it, activating the divine nature of the blood essence.

Once the Small Chaos Body successfully absorbed a portion of the celestial being’s divine nature, Qin Ruqing’s Dao Physique would be truly advanced.

Of these three stages, the most difficult one was the merging of the rules, which meant the initial formation of the Small Chaos Body.

But Dao Sovereign, seeing that the rules within Qin Ruqing’s body had already stabilized and were showing signs of merging, realized that she had basically passed the most difficult stage.

The rest should be a matter of course.

Just as Dao Sovereign thought everything was going smoothly, a sudden change occurred—Qin Ruqing’s internal rules began to riot once more.

The cause of this chaos?

Qin Ruqing made a bold move.

However, Qin Ruqing didn’t think she was taking a risk at all.

When she first started merging the rule forces, everything seemed to be progressing smoothly.

It was like solving a math problem—the hardest part was figuring out the approach.

Now that Qin Ruqing had figured that out and had enough computational power, she just needed to follow through with the solution.

But as Qin Ruqing continued, she realized she had missed an important detail while analyzing the problem—besides the rules representing the six major Dao systems, there was an entirely unfamiliar force of rules within her!

This discovery stunned Qin Ruqing!

She had never noticed this completely foreign and inexplicable force of rules within her body before.

Missing this crucial detail presented Qin Ruqing with a new dilemma:

Should she continue following her original solution, or adjust her approach?

To be cautious, it seemed best to stick with the original plan.

But Qin Ruqing’s logical mind couldn’t tolerate this oversight—if the conditions and data had changed, how could the formula remain the same?

With her experience, Qin Ruqing knew what to do when faced with a problem that seemed unsolvable and threatened to trap her—start from the beginning.

If she could come up with the first solution, she could come up with a new one.

So she returned to the very basics—she was currently advancing her Dao Physique, specifically a Chaos Dao Physique, and her path was that of Chaos.

What does the path of Chaos teach?

“To exist with heaven and earth, to be one with all things.”

Perhaps that sounds a bit complex, but simply put, if she was merging the rules of the five major Dao systems, she should also merge this unknown rule as well.

The essence of all things is “one.”

“One” is Chaos.

By practicing the path of Chaos, setting limits for herself would be straying from the path.

After going through this thought process, Qin Ruqing reached a solid conclusion: She could merge it, so she must merge it!

After all, it was within her body, under her control—why not merge it?

Qin Ruqing did consider consulting Dao Sovereign, but she was in such a profound state that she couldn’t speak.

Unable to ask, Qin Ruqing decided to act on her own.

After all, when it came to the Chaos Dao Body, perhaps trusting her instincts was better than seeking advice from Dao Zun.

As Dao Sovereign had said, “This path, you must walk it yourself.”

And so, Qin Ruqing pressed forward.

Then, the rules within her body exploded!

She watched as the rules, which had just settled down, started to riot again, and the progress of their fusion reset to zero.

Qin Ruqing, startled by this, couldn’t help but begin to doubt herself.

Could it be that I truly made a mistake this time?

Have I finally stumbled after dancing so many times on the edge of death?

Qin Ruqing felt wronged!

She hadn’t acted recklessly for a long time, and this time she had genuinely thought things through carefully!

She dared to say that her decision to merge all the rules together — including the most peculiar one — was absolutely fine!

But it was precisely this most peculiar rule that clashed with the other five major attributes, as if they were as incompatible as fire and water.

The more Qin Ruqing thought about it, the angrier she became.

Everyone else was cooperating, but this one had to be different!

How could something she didn’t even recognize act so arrogantly on her turf?

Qin Ruqing’s stubbornness kicked in.

At this moment, even though she knew the problem was likely with that most peculiar rule — the only one that wouldn’t merge with the others — she also knew that if she were willing to abandon it, even if the fusion didn’t succeed in the end, things wouldn’t be as bad as they were now.

But Qin Ruqing just wouldn’t give up!

She believed she had thoroughly examined herself, inside and out, and found no issues.

So, if there was a problem, it had to be with someone else — namely, that peculiar rule.
Not willing to merge, huh?

I’ll make you merge!

Qin Ruqing came up with an idea, drawing inspiration from the Taiji Bagua diagram.

In the Taiji diagram, the Yin-Yang fish — one black, one white, one yin, one yang — were also two extremes that appeared incompatible, yet they could skillfully form a whole.

There were great mysteries in the Taiji diagram, and Qin Ruqing pondered it carefully, feeling that it aligned perfectly with the Dao of Chaos.

Using this method, she might just be able to break the current deadlock.

Alright, alright! Let’s do it!

Qin Ruqing first fused the five attribute rules she could control into a single mass, forming the “yang” part of the Taiji.

Then, she took that stubborn and strange rule, setting it aside as the “yin,” and began to force a yin-yang cycle, attempting a full circulation.

She tried it, and it actually worked!

Although the other half of the Taiji diagram was… slightly imbalanced, at least it formed a complete whole.

Qin Ruqing was satisfied, and the chaotic rules within her body gradually stabilized.

Outside, Dao Master Fusheng, of course, noticed the changes in Qin Ruqing’s body.

The rules were circulating on their own, aligning with the rhythm of the Dao, forming a nascent “Little Chaos Body.”

Although he didn’t know exactly what had happened, judging by the result, it seemed there were no problems anymore.

Dao Sovereign Fusheng’s eyes remained calm, like an ancient well without ripples, but his pale hand turned upward.

In his palm, a box appeared, carved with intricate patterns and made of an unknown material.

The patterns on the box seemed to contain profound mysteries, glowing with a dim light at regular intervals.

As the scene shifts back to the grand chamber where Fusheng Dao Sovereign performs his task, the atmosphere grows even more intense.

With a calm demeanor, he forms a single-hand seal, and with each seal completed, the corresponding carvings on the box in front of him light up.

Eventually, the entire pattern on the box glows, and with a faint click, it opens on its own.