"Look, this is the side effect of protagonist's halo, funny, right?"

The little yellow dog, absent for a long time, poked its head out of the storage bag, laughing so hard its back was almost breaking.

"Shut up, what's so funny?!"

"You're embarrassed, we're amused. Look, in a public place, making the host lose all face, this is one of the side effects. Didn't I tell you before? Hahahaha, it's killing me.

You damn idiot, can't even climb a few steps, you had to go up so many at once, what a disgrace, hahahaha..."

Young Master Lei turned his head to look down. Indeed, the tens of thousands of disciples below were all struggling to suppress their laughter.

The prestige he had just established crumbled in an instant, and Young Master Lei became a laughingstock.

How could Young Master Lei tolerate this? Ever since he debuted, he had never failed at showing off.

No, he had to do something to salvage his reputation.

Young Master Lei immediately sat cross-legged at the top of the tiered pyramid, took out the ancient tome so dusty it could build a house, and decided to cultivate on the spot.

If I can learn it directly and then channel its power, there's nothing they can say, right?

Looking at the large characters "Yin Yang Dao Rhyme (Da Zhuang's Awesome Version)" on the cover, Young Master Lei suppressed the urge to throw it away, opened it, and began to cultivate while reading the words.

"Qian Duoduo, how long did it take you to successfully cultivate the Yin Yang Dao Rhyme before?"

Young Master Lei suddenly asked.

"Three months."

"Good, I understand."

Young Master Lei nodded and activated the Array Eye, analyzing the Dao technique before him.

The stone tablet had said that the Array Eye could analyze not only formations but also divine abilities and Dao techniques for rapid cultivation.

The first page of the tome read,

"To practice this technique, one must first castrate oneself!"

Young Master Lei's mouth twitched upon seeing these eight characters. Of course, he wasn't foolish enough to castrate himself just to practice the Yin Yang Dao Rhyme; Little Sister Yu would kill him.

So, Young Master Lei reached out and,

*Tear...*

tore off the first page.

The second page read,

"Forget your beloved, and your sword will be divine!"

*Tear...*

The third page read,

"Before cultivating, shout 'Da Zhuang is awesome!' ten times!"

*Tear...*

The disciples below were stunned. When they cultivated the Yin Yang Dao Rhyme, they were extremely serious, reading each page dozens of times, for fear of any oversight leading to incomplete cultivation.

Moreover, they treated the tomes as treasures, preserving them meticulously, and returned them to the Hall of Honored Classics intact after cultivation.

But look at Senior Brother Lei, he tore off page after page, had a photographic memory, and didn't worry about not being able to cultivate. He treated the sect's foundation like discarded refuse, like blades of grass.

Look how cool he looked while tearing the paper.

Truly worthy of being Senior Brother Lei.

If they knew what was written on the pages Young Master Lei tore off, they would probably pick them up and tear them again.

After tearing off ten pages, Young Master Lei finally saw the main text.

"Yin Yang Dao Rhyme cultivates the dual cultivation of Yin and Yang, merging the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and gathering the essence of the sun and moon..."

Here, the text became serious, and Young Master Lei also became serious, cultivating as explained.

The tome wasn't thick, and Wan Lei quickly finished half of it. As the energy in his body circulated according to the cultivation method, a nascent form of Yin and Yang began to appear.

Hmm, this old man isn't that unreliable. What's this awesome version about? It's too easy to cultivate.

He learned it so easily.

It's all thanks to my excellent aptitude and high comprehension.

Young Master Lei thought proudly as he flipped the pages, when suddenly, the content on one page almost made him spit blood.

"The above content is the original Yin Yang Dao Rhyme. Kid, listen to me, don't practice it. It's all nonsense, and you won't achieve much. The following is the main text, the truly awesome version of Yin Yang Dao Rhyme..."

This passage caused Young Master Lei's cultivation circulation to falter, nearly leading to a qi deviation.

"This is a rip-off!"

Furious, Young Master Lei tore apart the first half he had read and threw it down, forcibly suppressing the urge to rush to the Hall of Honored Classics to confront the old man.

Forget it, since he had already read so much, he might as well continue reading.

"The so-called Yin and Yang are merely products of the differentiation of heaven and earth. My Yin Yang Dao Rhyme is derived from the ultimate chaotic Dao that existed before the separation of heaven and earth, when countless Dao rhymes were mixed together. The so-called Yin and Yang are merely a part of chaos.

My Dao returns to its primal simplicity, and is the true supreme Dao..."

Although he felt it was unreliable, Young Master Lei believed in his own inexplicable premonition; this tome must have its unique merits.

As for that premonition, Young Master Lei attributed it to the reminder from his protagonist's halo.

The subsequent content became serious again, entirely explaining how to condense Dao Rhymes within the body.

At the beginning of the primordial era of heaven and earth, everything was called "One."

This "One" has different names in various universes.

The most common is "Yuan," followed by "Shi," "Tai Chi," "Dao Yuan," "Alpha," and so on, but they all express the same meaning.

After "One," it differentiates into Yin and Yang, the two primal forces, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams, and from Dao, all things are born.

There are also recorded sayings that "One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things."

But all proceed from "One" to multitude.

The Yin Yang Dao Rhyme of the Yin Yang Sect cultivates the Yin and Yang, the two primal forces.

However, this awesome version of the technique is different; its cultivation method is to reverse the above process.

From the myriad things in the void, condense the Eight Trigrams, then reverse-engineer the Five Elements, Four Symbols, and the two primal forces, achieving the Yin Yang Dao Rhyme.

It can be said that this Yin Yang Dao Rhyme is the true Dao of condensing all things.

Furthermore, at the end of the tome, the old man noted that if this method is cultivated to its extreme, it's not just about the two primal forces, but one can even cultivate to the realm of "One."

Upon reading this, Wan Lei put away his contempt and began cultivating this Dao technique with all his might.

The little yellow dog found the explanation familiar. After thinking for a moment, it said to Wan Lei,

"If you can't cultivate to the highest realm of 'One,' remember to remind me when you reach the Earth Immortal secret realm."

"What do you mean?"

"What is 'One'? The 'One' here is the beginning, the origin, the Alpha. The supreme Dao technique of Earth Immortals is the Dao of Beginning and End, which specifically studies this.

You cultivate this first. Once you learn this, it will help you comprehend the Dao of Beginning and End later on."

"Okay."

Wan Lei nodded, putting the matter of the Earth Immortal secret realm aside, and began to condense the Eight Trigrams around himself.

The first step was relatively simple; Wan Lei only took an hour to condense it.

"Huh? What's going on with Senior Brother Lei? Why is he condensing the Eight Trigrams first?"

"Yeah, the Yin Yang Dao Rhyme first gathers Yin and Yang, then derives the Four Symbols, Five Elements, and Eight Trigrams, progressing step by step. The order can't be wrong at all. Isn't Senior Brother Lei just messing around?"

"We should report this to the sect elders. What if Senior Brother Lei suffers a qi deviation?"

"Yeah, go quickly, we'll watch here."

"I think Senior Brother Lei's method should be very powerful."