Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

As the various supernatural abilities of Buddhism and the Taiqing lineage spread among the human race, the number of human cultivators increased significantly.

Although, given the current population size of the human race, there aren't many people with the talent to cultivate to become Earth Immortals; it's probably one in ten thousand.

However, there are quite a few people with the aptitude for cultivation. Among the human race, there are also many intelligent mortals who have integrated the many supernatural powers of Buddhism and the Taiqing lineage into the martial arts created by the human race itself, truly ushering in an era where everyone is like a dragon. The flame of humanity is also constantly growing stronger, and the way of humanity is becoming more and more prosperous.

As humanity grows stronger, the sages are not idle either.

Among the many beings in the primordial world, those qualified to participate in the final battle with Zhen must at least be saints.

There are 21 saints in the world today. The first are the Three Pure Ones. Li Er can be said to have inherited the sainthood of Taiqing Laozi. Yuanshi Tianzun cultivated the method of severing corpses and still became a saint even without Hongmeng Ziqi. Tongtian became a Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian by creating his own sword Dao.

Then came the saints of the Six Realms, and in the Demon Realm, there was Donghuang Taiyi, who attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal status through the Great Dao of Fire.

The earthly realm is home to Houtu Niangniang, the lord of the earthly path, Rushou, one of the twelve ancestral witches, and Styx, who attained enlightenment by obtaining the primordial purple energy of the earthly path. The other ancestral witches are not in the primordial world at this time, so we will not count them for now.

In the realm of earthly immortals, there is a red cloud that condenses the Dao fruit of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal by combining earth, fire, water, and wind.

In the human realm, there is the goddess Nuwa, the ruler of humanity. In addition, the human race has five sages: the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, the Earthly Emperor Shennong, the Human Emperor Xuanyuan, the First Emperor Ying Zheng, and the Sage of Literature Confucius. There is also Suirenshi, an ancestor of the human race who used fire to achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, and could also use fire to exert the power of a sage.

No saints were born in the Heavenly Realm or the Desire Realm.

In the primordial world, there was another rogue cultivator who attained sainthood, namely Bodhi Patriarch, Sun Wukong's master.

Two of the Chaos Demon Gods are still alive. Yangmei and Hongjun have both reached the Heavenly Dao Realm. The half-dead Yin Yang was revived by the two of them and his body was reshaped. He is currently adapting to his new body and cannot be considered as a combatant.

Finally, there's the Holy Lotus Cult.

Bai Jing's Holy Lotus Sect has himself as a Heavenly Dao Realm cultivator who controls more than 2900 Great Daos. Below him are three Saints: Kong Xuan, Yun Xiao, and Qin Yueyue.

Since Shennong is considered a saint of humanity, he is no longer considered part of the Holy Lotus Sect.

It is worth mentioning that Bai Jing's other disciple, Zhao Gongming, has already mastered the Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique and completely transformed his foundation into the Void Wind. If nothing unexpected happens, he will also be able to achieve the feat of physical sainthood before the Human Race's Fire reaches Bai Jing's standard.

Besides Zhao Gongming, the most promising candidates to attain sainthood are Yu Ding Zhenren and Haotian.

Both Yu Ding's Great Dao of Balance and Hao Tian's Great Dao of Domination are just one step away from perfection.

Ying Zheng has now become a saint. If the Great Dao of Yu Ding and Hao Tian can be perfected, Bai Jing will be able to control the Three Thousand Great Daos and break through to the half-step Great Dao Realm.

Unfortunately, this last step is not so easy to take, and it is very likely that one will be trapped for a lifetime.

Therefore, Bai Jing did not place his hopes on them, but instead wanted to gather the power of the entire prehistoric world to completely kill Zhen.

The sages naturally understood Bai Jing's thoughts, and they were also making preparations for the sake of the primordial world.

In the Jade Void Palace of Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones finally reunited after several decades.

The Sanqing Hall, which had been sealed for dozens of years, was reopened, and the Three Pure Ones sat serenely atop the hall, just as they had countless years before.

However, the Three Pure Ones are now a changed world.

Taiqing Laozi transformed himself into the Heavenly Dao, and his true spirit merged with a wisp of his soul to become Li Er. He was Taiqing, but not Laozi. Yuanshi and Tongtian forever lost their elder brother.

After being stripped of the Primordial Purple Qi, Yuanshi reorganized his Great Dao. His severing of the Three Corpses did not refer to the three corpses of good and evil obsessions, but rather to the three corpses of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

The Heavenly Corpse that cultivated the Heavenly Way, the Earthly Corpse that cultivated the Earthly Way, and the Human Corpse that cultivated the Human Way were all cut off by Yuanshi. In the end, he used himself as a furnace to fuse the three corpses together, forming a world within his body, and thus proved the Dao.

The current Yuanshi is no longer the same as before, who blindly followed the Heavenly Dao. Instead, he has become more unrestrained, even evil, and looks like a combination of Yuanshi Tianzun and Yuanshi Tianmo.

Tongtian is now at the fifth level of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, making him the strongest among all the saints in the prehistoric world.

He went from being sharp and ambitious when he first attained enlightenment to now having completely restrained his sharpness, and has reached a state of returning to simplicity and authenticity.

The Three Pure Ones sat cross-legged for a long time without uttering a word. After a long while, Li Er broke the silence first: "You two fellow Daoists summoned me here because you want to try to merge with the true spirits of the Three Pure Ones and see if you can summon the will of the Father God like the Twelve Ancestral Witches, right? Now that the goal has been determined, why don't you two fellow Daoists begin to act?"

When Yuanshi heard Li Er address him as "fellow Daoist," his heart was filled with complex emotions.

Tongtian sighed, but said nothing more.

Even when their relationship was at its best, none of the three had ever revealed their true spirits to the other two, but now they had done so.

Inside the Sanqing Hall, a misty purple aura rose from the hall, resembling the boundless atmosphere at the beginning of chaos.

Li Er formed a hand seal, and the Taiqing Immortal Technique flowed like a clear spring, gentle yet carrying boundless inclusive power, gently guiding the three true spirits.

Yuanshi's gaze was profound, and the Jade Purity Immortal Technique was like an inverted galaxy, magnificent and vast, faintly possessing the power of the three realms of heaven, earth, and man, enveloping the true spirit and stabilizing its form.

Tongtian raised his sword-like eyebrows slightly, and the Shangqing Immortal Technique transformed into thousands of sword lights, sharp yet incredibly precise, like an invisible hand, slowly pushing the three clusters of true spirits towards the center.

Guided by the Three Pure Ones' Immortal Technique, the three true spirits slowly approached each other. At first, they touched like water droplets, trembling slightly as if there was a sense of repulsion.

However, as the Three Pure Ones united their minds and their tacit understanding was revived from the joint cultivation countless eons ago, their true spirits began to merge, emitting a low hum, like the sound of a bell at the beginning of chaos, or like the thunder at the beginning of the separation of heaven and earth.

Gradually, the three true spirits merged into one, transforming into a dazzling sphere of light. Within the sphere, one could vaguely see chaos surging, stars rising and falling, and mountains and rivers turning, resembling a complete world.

The purple aura inside the hall grew increasingly dense, and the winds and clouds on the summit of Kunlun Mountain shifted dramatically, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

At that very moment, a profound and mysterious will rose from the sphere of light, vast and boundless, supreme and supreme, seemingly encompassing the origin of all things in the primordial world, and transcending all the Great Dao.

Without a word, the Three Pure Ones understood that this was the will of the Great God Pangu! That immense power that created heaven and earth and gave birth to all things descended upon the Hall of the Three Pure Ones with unparalleled majesty.

However, this will, though extremely strong, is like a clear spring, ethereal and without independent consciousness.

It is not the complete resurrection of the great god Pangu, but more like a mark, an echo of the origin.

The Three Pure Ones still held the reins, their thoughts intertwining within the sphere of light, jointly guiding the flow of this will.

Li Er's gaze was calm, as if filled with reminiscence, and he said in a low voice, "The will of the Father God is indeed as vast as an abyss, yet it has no autonomy and is ultimately just a shadow. What are your thoughts, fellow Daoists?"

Yuanshi chuckled and said, "We three brothers have always worried that the Father God's will would use our true spirits to return, and we have refused to take this step. Now it seems that we underestimated the Father God. How could the Father God harm his own children?" Tongtian was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, his voice as calm as an ancient well: "The Father God's will is the root of the primordial world. However, since we are the Three Pure Ones, we do not need to rely on the shadow of others. The fusion of true spirits is intended to seek truth, not to return to the past. This path can help us go further and reach the pinnacle of Hunyuan."

Upon hearing this, Li Er nodded slightly: "Both of you fellow Daoists have your own ambitions, as do I. In that case, let us use this true spirit as our foundation to test the limits of primordial chaos and explore the pinnacle of the Great Dao!"

The three once again united their thoughts, and under their guidance, Pangu's will transformed into streams of mysterious light that flowed into the bodies of the Three Pure Ones.

In an instant, the Sanqing Hall shone brightly, thunder roared on the summit of Kunlun Mountain, and the primordial world seemed to sense it, with countless beings looking up towards the direction of the Jade Void Palace, filled with awe.

The power brought about by the fusion of true spirits made the individual paths of the Three Pure Ones clearer.

The inner world of Yuanshi became increasingly stable, and the three elements of Heaven, Earth, and Man showed a tendency to merge into one; Tongtian's sword intent was stronger, and his return to simplicity had a touch of transcendence; Li Er's expression became more ethereal, as if he were more in harmony with the Dao of Heaven, yet he also had a touch of the agility of "humanity".

However, the Three Pure Ones all knew in their hearts that although Pangu's will was strong, it was only a touchstone on their path to the Great Dao.

The true realm beyond Hunyuan must ultimately be proven, comprehended, and fought for by themselves!
The fusion of the Three Pure Ones' true spirits shook the primordial world. After sensing such a great commotion, other sages also began to improve themselves even more urgently.

Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi were invited to the Demon Realm to discuss Taoism with Donghuang Taiyi. The two also brought Bodhi along, and Styx joined them as well.

Meanwhile, in the human realm, the goddess Nuwa began to preach, and all living beings from the primordial world were welcome to listen.

In an instant, people from all walks of life, from saints to newly immortal beings, went to listen to the Dao.

Hongjun and Yangmei preached in the primordial world, also teaching without discrimination, and all living beings were welcome to listen.

Meanwhile, in the underworld, Kong Xuan, Yun Xiao, and You Qin Yueyue, guided by Hou Tu, personally entered the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where they comprehended the imprints of the fallen chaotic demon gods.

This was an incredible opportunity for them, whose cultivation level was at the second level of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

With the protection of the Goddess Houtu, there is no need to worry about these marks affecting one's mind or interfering with one's own path. One can confidently comprehend the Dao of the Chaos Gods.

If all goes well, all three of them will be able to advance their cultivation by one level before the final battle.

All the saints in the primordial world were doing their best to improve themselves so that they could play as many roles as possible in the final battle.

Our gaze now falls upon the fairy island of Yingzhou.

The rest of the Holy Lotus Cult were on the island at this time.

First is the Vice Master Xuan Gui, who is breaking through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Xuan Gui had already perfected the Dao of Water, but he did not want to use the Dao of Water to prove his sainthood, so he embarked on the path of creating his own Dao.

With the primordial world in crisis, the Xuan Turtle could no longer care about anything else and began to go into seclusion to prove its Dao, thinking of making a contribution to the primordial world in the final battle.

Chang Xi severed her three corpses and also followed the path of creating her own Great Dao. Unfortunately, her current cultivation level is still at the late stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, which is a long way from the perfection of the Great Dao, so it is impossible for her to attain the Dao.

The Iron-Eating Beasts ate and slept, sleeping and eating, as if this great calamity had nothing to do with them.

Gui Ling, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao were all obediently cultivating in their own caves.

The registered disciples and the third-generation disciples also returned.

Bai Jing, however, has already emerged from seclusion. He has completed his comprehension of all the Great Daos he could, and now he has mastered 2998 Great Daos.

Bai Jing was confident that he would never lose to Zhen, but defeating Zhen, or even killing him, would not be so easy.

Either Yu Ding and Hao Tian's two self-created Great Daos reach perfection, allowing Bai Jing to control 3000 Great Daos and attain the half-step Great Dao Realm, or he can only rely on the power of the primordial world and all living beings to kill Zhen.

Therefore, as soon as Bai Jing emerged from the pass, he stepped directly to the closed loop of the jade cauldron.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Bai Jing knew that the Jade Cauldron's Great Dao of Balance was now just a hair's breadth away from perfection.

However, no one can help with enlightenment; it can only be done by Yu Ding himself.

Bai Jing sighed and turned to leave.

At this moment, Yu Ding opened his eyes and called out to Bai Jing: "Master, there is something I don't understand. Please enlighten me."

"speak."

"Master, does true fairness exist in the primordial world?" Yu Ding's Great Dao of Balance was stuck on the word "fairness," and he never understood it.

"It doesn't exist," Bai Jing said decisively.

"Does it not exist?" Yu Ding's eyes were filled with confusion upon hearing Bai Jing's answer.

"Yes, let alone the primordial world, wherever there are living beings, there is no true fairness. In fact, if everything were to operate according to absolute fairness, the order of the primordial world would collapse."

"But without true fairness, wouldn't my Great Dao of Balance never be perfected?" Yu Ding pressed.

"What is balance?" Bai Jing countered.

"I believe that balance is essentially a stable state achieved after the equilibrium of forces."

"That's right. The core meaning of equilibrium is a state of balance or stability. Absolute fairness cannot help you achieve balance or stability, so why do you insist on it?"

Relative fairness is the most suitable path to balance for you. A life for a life, a debt for a debt—that's fairness. It's not scarcity that's the problem, but inequality—that's also fairness. Do you understand now?

Yu Ding remained silent for a long time, then his eyes lit up, and he bowed deeply to Bai Jing: "Thank you for your teachings, Master. I understand!"

Bai Jing nodded, turned around, and left.

After Bai Jing left, Yu Ding sat cross-legged and continued to perfect his Great Dao of Balance. This time, he had grasped what he lacked, and his Dao was about to be completed!
Bai Jing sensed the change in the jade cauldron and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Bai Jing then wanted to go to the Heavenly Realm to take a look, but then he thought about it again and realized that he and Haotian were not actually familiar with each other, and Haotian might not be willing to listen to his teachings.

Since that's the case, there's no need to search for Haotian anymore; let's just let things take their course!

Bai Jing then summoned all the disciples of the Holy Lotus Sect on Yingzhou Immortal Island and began to preach to them. (End of this chapter)