Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 136: The Bronze of Shoushan and the Three Pure Ones’ Enlightenment (Please Subscribe)
"Congratulations, fellow Taoist, on your successful completion!" Li Xuanyang said with a smile as he bowed to the Emperor of Fengdu.

"It's all thanks to the help of fellow Taoist." After saying this, Emperor Fengdu looked at Li Xuanyang and smiled.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you intend to do with this?" Fengdu Emperor pointed at the energy of karma fire gathering in the air. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "This object seems to contain a trace of red lotus karma fire."

"Just as fellow Daoist said, there is indeed a hint of red lotus karma fire." Li Xuanyang's eyes lit up, and then he waved his sleeves at the power of cause and effect karma fire gathered in the air, sending it into the depths of the eighteen levels of hell.

"It will be nurtured by the sinful karma from the depths of the Eighteen Hells. After billions of years, it may truly transform into a wisp of red lotus fire."

"As long as hell is not empty, the red lotus fire will not be extinguished. This is a very good deed by fellow Daoist!" A hint of joy appeared on the face of Fengdu Emperor. In this way, the underworld will not have to worry about purifying the karma of sin in the future.

"It's time for me to go back." Li Xuanyang stood up and said goodbye to Emperor Fengdu, then turned into a golden divine light and flew out of the underworld and went straight to the prehistoric land.

If you want to enter the underworld, it is best to go through the Ghost Gate and the Yellow Spring Road, or break through the space from the four poles of heaven and earth, and you will reach the underworld.

But if you come to the ancient world from the underworld, it will be much easier. You just need to break through the space.

Li Xuanyang went directly from the Eastern Land to the Netherworld, but when he came out, the scene before him had changed drastically, and he was already on the prehistoric land.
The surrounding mountains are magnificent, with strange and steep peaks, and there are flowing springs in the mountains. The weather is ever-changing, all of which reveal a natural and elegant atmosphere.

Although it is not as rich as the innate spiritual energy in Xuanyang Mountain, it is also a place where spiritual veins converge. It can be regarded as a wonder of the spiritual mountain and is extremely extraordinary.

Looking at the sacred mountain before him, Li Xuanyang's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but praise it, "It's truly a top-notch sacred mountain."

In Li Xuanyang's eyes, a place that can be called a top-grade sacred mountain must be extraordinary.

"Huh?" Just as auspicious clouds were about to descend, Li Xuanyang's gaze suddenly focused. A divine light seemed to emerge from the depths of the mountain, coming closer and closer, as if coming towards Li Xuanyang.

"I thought it was a fellow Daoist who broke through the space, but I didn't expect it to be my fellow Daoist!"

A Taoist priest in a green robe, with a rosy complexion, stood on a cloud. He looked at Li Xuanyang, who had just broken through the space, and smiled as he bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist, have you just returned from the Netherworld?"

"That's right." Li Xuanyang nodded and suddenly said to Taoist Taiqing, "Speaking of this, why don't you have your disciples serve in the Netherworld?"

"I only have one disciple, Xuandu. There is no need for him to go to the underworld to accumulate merit and practice." Taoist Taiqing smiled and shook his head.

Xuandu!

"So that's how it is." There was a hint of strangeness in Li Xuanyang's eyes. Xuandu was the only direct disciple of Taiqing Sect. He was the eldest brother of the second generation of disciples of the three religions of Xuanmen, and he was of human origin.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanyang subconsciously asked Taoist Taiqing, "Why did you come to the prehistoric world when you weren't cultivating in East Kunlun Mountain and comprehending the Hunyuan Dao Fruit?"

"To be honest, fellow Daoist," Taoist Taiqing said with a smile, "Back then, fellow Daoist used the Kongtong Seal to suppress the destiny of the human race, and to educate and enlighten all living beings. This is exactly what Master Hongjun said during his three sermons at Zixiao Palace: that saints would be born to enlighten all living beings!"

"I couldn't help but feel moved, and came to the human race to seek the opportunity to prove my Dao."

Since he had already passed down the Taoist tradition among the human race and accepted Xuan Du as his disciple, Taoist Taiqing naturally had no need to hide it anymore.

"Could it be that Taoist Taiqing has thought of establishing a religion to prove his truth?" Li Xuanyang's face changed slightly as he looked at Taoist Taiqing.

Seeing Li Xuanyang's gaze, Taoist Taiqing chuckled and said, "Daoist friend, have you noticed the difference in this mountain?"

As he spoke, Taoist Taiqing waved his sleeves, and a divine light shot out, which rolled up a piece of copper essence from the mountain. "Although the copper essence in this mountain is only an acquired thing and not an innate thing, it is considered a rare and high-quality spiritual material in the prehistoric world."

"Fellow Daoist, you might as well collect some of it and give it to your disciples to refine spiritual treasures in the future."

"Copper essence!" Li Xuanyang's heart moved, and he immediately thought of the copper on Shoushan Mountain. Could this place be Shouyang Mountain!

"Thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist." Li Xuanyang waved his hand and sacrificed the Innate Yin and Yang Divine Diagram, which turned into a black and white divine light and fell into Shouyang Mountain. It was enough to absorb about one-third of the copper essence into the diagram before he took back the Innate Yin and Yang Divine Diagram.

In the future, the copper from Shou Mountain can be used to cast nine tripods to suppress the nine states of human beings.

"If you have nothing to do, why not walk with me among the human race?" Seeing Li Xuanyang taking back the Innate Yin and Yang Divine Diagram, Taoist Taiqing suddenly invited him.

"Since fellow Taoist has invited me, I will go with you to the human race." Thinking of establishing a religion and proving the truth, Li Xuanyang nodded and agreed. With a flash of golden cloud light under his feet, he and Taoist Taiqing headed towards the coast of the East China Sea.

Above a human tribe, the two men descended from the clouds, each transformed into an ordinary cultivator, and walked towards the human tribe.

When he first left the Netherworld, Taoist Taiqing traveled among the human tribes along the coast of the East China Sea and saw many things about the human race. It seemed that he was born to inherit the Taoist magic powers of the Xuanmen lineage.

Now that he has come to the human race again with Li Xuanyang, Taoist Taiqing feels more and more that the human race is extraordinary and seems to have a great momentum.

Along the way, Li Xuanyang and Taoist Taiqing walked and stopped, which took them decades, and their footprints covered almost every human tribe.

"In the past, Nuwa created humans out of clay and became a saint. Taoist friends decided on the name of the human race, which just matched the three disasters of heaven, earth and man. Then Hou Tu transformed herself into the underworld and the land of reincarnation, and decided on the six paths, among which was the human path." Taoist Taiqing seemed to have an epiphany.

Hearing the words of Taoist Taiqing, Li Xuanyang's eyes flashed, and then he heard Taoist Taiqing speak again, "It's just how to educate the human race and practice the way of education!"

"Back then, Master Hongjun attained enlightenment and, above the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens, in the depths of Primal Chaos, he opened up the Purple Sky Palace, established the Mysterious Sect, taught the sentient beings of the prehistoric world, and passed down the Three Thousand Great Daos."

"Could it be that you want to imitate Master Hongjun?"

Thinking of this, Taoist Taiqing's soul suddenly shook, and the purple air of Hongmeng appeared faintly. He seemed to have understood something. He stood on the auspicious clouds with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen into a mysterious realm.

Li Xuanyang only felt that the aura of Taoist Taiqing was gradually changing, and it seemed to be very similar to the aura of Nuwa when she became a saint.

After more than ten days, Taoist Taiqing gradually opened his eyes, with a look of enlightenment on his face, "It is just right to establish a religion within the Xuanmen to educate the human race."

"Please forgive me, fellow Taoist!"

After hearing what Taoist Taiqing said, Li Xuanyang's expression remained the same, without the slightest change. He had already made all the preparations for Taoist Taiqing to establish a human sect.

In an instant, Taoist Taiqing showed the three flowers of his primordial spirit. Above the half-acre-sized celebration cloud, fairy light shot up into the sky, countless flowers fell from the sky, golden lotuses emerged from the ground, and fairy music came. Moreover, the exquisite tower of Tiandi Xuanhuang, a treasure of acquired merit, hung high in the sky, and wisps of merit Xuanhuang energy hung down.

The innate treasure Tai Chi diagram also appeared, transforming into yin and yang energies, one black and one white, and derived a golden bridge, as if earth, wind, water and fire were overflowing.

The next moment, Taoist Taiqing shouted softly, "I am Taiqing, transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit. I am the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue, a disciple of Master Hongjun of Zixiao Palace. I feel that the survival of the human race is difficult and I do not know how to educate them. Therefore, I established the Human Religion within the Xuanmen to educate all the people of the human race. I use the innate treasure Tai Chi diagram to suppress the destiny. The Way of Heaven is my witness, and the Human Religion is established!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless meritorious and mysterious auras descended from the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens, covering the entire prehistoric world and illuminating the void for billions of miles along the coast of the East China Sea with a golden light, which then descended towards Taoist Taiqing.

Taoist Taiqing only felt that the merits of creation contained in his primordial spirit were attracted by the mysterious and yellow energy of merits that fell down. His primordial spirit gradually merged with the primordial purple energy, giving rise to a mysterious breath of the Great Dao. The divine light shone on the purple palace, and his whole body was in harmony with the way of heaven.

Li Xuanyang, who was not far away, suddenly felt an unknown pressure coming towards him. His Chaos Indestructible Body started to move involuntarily, and the Chaos Pearl and the Innate Five-Directions Flag in his soul appeared together.

"It seems slightly different from the scene when Nuwa attained enlightenment!"

"Nuwa first killed the two corpses, and then used the merits of creating humans to achieve enlightenment. Taoist Taiqing, on the other hand, activated the merits of creating the universe within his body and directly achieved enlightenment and sainthood."

"It seems that Taoist Taiqing has already broken through to the realm of the Second Corpse Quasi-Sage." Li Xuanyang stared closely at the various scenes above the three flowers of Taoist Taiqing's primordial spirit. "So, Taoist Taiqing also mainly achieved enlightenment through merit, not by truly slaying the three corpses."

To truly achieve enlightenment by slaying the three corpses, one must first slay the three corpses of good and evil, and then unite the three corpses into one, so that the primordial spirit can be placed on the Way of Heaven, achieving enlightenment and becoming a saint, rather than activating the merits of creation in the primordial spirit and refining the primordial purple energy to achieve enlightenment.

Just as Li Xuanyang was thinking about killing the three corpses to prove his truth, a huge aura spread out, covering the entire prehistoric world. Countless creatures knelt on the ground, facing the coast of the East China Sea, and shouted in unison, "Saint Taiqing, may your life be endless!"

"I greet the Saint. Congratulations on achieving the Primordial Realm!" Li Xuanyang gazed at the already sagely Taoist Taiqing, who exuded the aura of a sage. A primordial purple aura swirled around the three flowers of his primordial spirit, a refreshing fragrance filling the air. A faint, mystical aura emanated, perhaps even surpassing that of Nuwa. "There's no need for this, fellow Daoist!" Taoist Taiqing retracted the three flowers of his primordial spirit, his gaze resting on Li Xuanyang. He let out a soft exclamation, observing that Li Xuanyang's body, his spirit and flesh, merged into a single, chaotic mass.

"Daoyou's Chaos Immortal Body method already has a hint of the Chaos Demon God's aura. It seems that both your physical body and your soul have reached the realm of the Two Corpses Quasi-Saint. This is truly cause for celebration." Taoist Taiqing praised.

"Thanks for the saint's praise." Li Xuanyang shook his head and said.

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to be modest. From what I can see, your body is forged according to the laws of the Great Dao of Chaos." Taoist Taiqing looked at Li Xuanyang deeply. He could still see many mysteries in the body.

And inside the primordial spirit, there was actually chaos. Even the Taoist Taiqing, who had already attained enlightenment and become a saint, could not figure out what was happening.

"It is the law of the Great Dao of Chaos." Li Xuanyang only chuckled. Among the three flowers of his primordial spirit, there were the Chaos Pearl, the Five Directions Flag, and the Five Elements Dharmakaya Method. Even a saint could not see anything.

Seeing this, Taoist Taiqing did not ask any more questions, but instead said to Li Xuanyang: "I have achieved sainthood through my merits in establishing a religion. A hundred years from now, I will be in the East Kunlun Mountains to explain the Hunyuan Dao Fruit to you fellow Taoists and discuss the Dharma together."

"When the time comes, please come with me."

"Thank you, Saint!" Li Xuanyang nodded in agreement.

Taoist Taiqing nodded, said goodbye to Li Xuanyang, and disappeared silently without talking about how to educate the human race.

"I wonder if Taiqing, like Nuwa, went to the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens, deep in the chaos, and opened up a Taoist temple!"

Li Xuanyang glanced at the direction of the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens, and a golden cloud light flashed under his feet, and he headed towards Xuanyang Mountain.

However, just as he returned to Xuanyang Mountain, a voice suddenly came from the sky.

"I am Yuqing, the transformation of Pangu's primordial spirit. I am Yuanshi Tianzun, the direct disciple of Master Hongjun of Zixiao Palace. I established the Chan Sect within the Xuanmen Sect. I use the innate treasure Pangu Banner to suppress my destiny. I follow the will of heaven, interpret the mysteries of heaven, and clarify the path of the Tao. With the Way of Heaven as my witness, the Chan Sect is established!"

Above the void, the scene suddenly changed. Innate purple energy came from the east, and clouds spanning billions of miles swept across the void. The aura of sainthood once again enveloped the entire prehistoric world, and once again countless creatures, facing the direction of East Kunlun Mountain, shouted in unison, "Jade Purity Saint, may your life be endless!"

Before the voice fell, another voice rang out in the void, "I am the Shangqing transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit. I am Lingbao Tianzun, a disciple of Master Hongjun of Zixiao Palace. I established the Jiejiao within the Xuanmen. I use the Four Swords of the Immortal Executioner and the Zhuxian Formation Diagram to suppress destiny. With the Heavenly Dao as my witness, the Jiejiao is established."

"Those who follow the Jie Sect have fifty Daos and forty-nine Tianyans. They intercept a ray of hope for survival, so they teach everyone. All cultivators of the prehistoric world can go to East Kunlun Mountain."

For a time, the Three Pure Ones successively established their religions and preached the truth, which aroused a lot of discussion in the prehistoric world. Countless prehistoric creatures and cultivators headed towards the East Kunlun Mountain, and spiritual light was like clouds.

Nuwa, who was practicing in seclusion in the Wahuang Heaven, felt that the fortune of the demon clan's heaven had changed. A mighty aura from the direction of the primitive world rose into the sky, and a breath of the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian rushed out from the primitive world.

"Establish a religion based on the human race!" Nuwa opened her eyes and looked towards the prehistoric world. Her expression changed drastically. "The human race has three saints in charge, and the demon race is probably..."

In Xuanyang Mountain, Li Xuanyang had already thought about the fact that Taoist Yuqing and Taoist Shangqing had successively attained enlightenment and become saints when he saw Taoist Taiqing establish the human religion and attain enlightenment and become saints.

"Use the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Formation Diagram to suppress the destiny!"

Retracting his gaze, Li Xuanyang shook his head slightly and said, "The Immortal Executioner Sword Formation is a weapon of slaughter and cannot suppress destiny. How can it be used to suppress the destiny of the Jie Sect?"

"It would be better to use the Qingping Sword to suppress the luck."

It seems that the quality of the Qingping Sword is not as good as the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, but it is transformed from the innate twelve-grade Qinglian of Creation.

Although it cannot suppress the fortune of a major sect, it is much stronger than the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Formation Diagram.

"Besides, there is no discrimination in education!"

"With the Three Pure Ones preaching the Hunyuan Dao Fruit this time, I'm afraid that the East Kunlun Mountains will become a turmoil, and the separation of the Three Pure Ones is not far away."

The doctrines of the orthodox and evil sects are opposite to each other, so conflicts are inevitable between the disciples of the two sects.

In addition, the Shangqing Taoist teaches everyone, and there is no telling how many living beings and cultivators will go to East Kunlun Mountain to listen to his teachings. The Yuqing Taoist pays the most attention to following others, and has never liked those who have fur and horns and are born from eggs. He is sure to have disputes with the Shangqing Taoist.

Ever since Taoist Taiqing established the human religion to prove his way to sainthood, Kong Xuan hurried to Xuanyang Mountain with a look of resentment on his face.

However, when he returned to Xuanyang Mountain, he saw that his teacher looked normal and was not at all angry or embarrassed by the fact that Taoist Taiqing had established a human sect.

Kong Xuan couldn't help but said angrily: "Teacher, what does the human race have to do with that Taoist Taiqing?"

"When the human race was first established, it was thanks to the protection of our teacher, our uncle Zhen Yuanzi, and Venerable Zhulong that it gradually prospered."

"Now, Taoist Taiqing has quietly established a human sect to prove his Dao and become a saint, intending to educate all living beings in the human race. This is simply shameless and pretentious of him to be a saint!"

Once the Human Religion is established, Taoist Taiqing can, like Nuwa, take over a portion of the luck and merits of the human race. As long as the human race does not perish, a portion of its luck and merits will last forever.

In comparison, although Zhen Yuanzi and Zhu Long can enjoy the luck and merits of the human race forever, they are still far behind.

Only Li Xuanyang, who holds the Kongtong Seal, can be compared with him.

Seeing Kong Xuan like this, Li Xuanyang couldn't help but smile without saying anything. This made Kong Xuan look puzzled, "Teacher, why are you so indifferent?"

Li Xuanyang shook his head. "Did you hear the Three Pure Ones' oath of founding the religion?"

"Disciple, of course I heard it." Kong Xuan became more and more puzzled and asked, "Then the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect are fine, but the Human Sect!"

"Taoist Taiqing actually founded a religion based on the human race." Kong Xuan's tone became increasingly hostile when he spoke of this. "No wonder, when the human race was in great trouble last time, the Three Pure Ones rushed to help. I'm afraid they came to educate the human race."

Li Xuanyang nodded, then shook his head.

Kong Xuan was stunned and confused.

Li Xuanyang sighed softly and said, "The Three Pure Ones took their founding oaths. They were the incarnations of Pangu's primordial spirit and were direct disciples of Daoist Ancestor Hongjun. During his third sermon at Zixiao Palace, Daoist Ancestor Hongjun said that under the Heavenly Dao, many saints would be born to teach and enlighten all living beings."

After hearing Li Xuanyang's explanation, Kong Xuan was silent for a while. It turned out that it was related to Hongjun Daozu.

Kong Xuan's heart moved, and he asked Li Xuanyang, "Teacher, why don't you establish a human teaching in advance? By gaining the merit of establishing a teaching, you may be able to achieve enlightenment and become a saint."

"Let's not talk about whether or not this master possesses the primordial purple energy." Li Xuanyang smiled dumbly and said, "Back when the great god Pangu created the prehistoric world, some merits of creation fell upon him. The Three Pure Ones each received a portion. Only then were they able to use the merits of founding a religion to draw out the merits of creation within their primordial spirits, thereby refining the primordial purple energy and achieving enlightenment."

"Not only does my master not possess the primordial purple energy, he also lacks the merits of creating the universe. How can I establish a religion, attain enlightenment, and become a saint?"

"Without the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it is impossible to achieve enlightenment and become a saint?" Kong Xuan subconsciously asked Li Xuanyang.

Hearing Kong Xuan's words, Li Xuanyang smiled and said to him, "Master has also personally asked Hongjun Daozu about this matter."

When Kong Xuan heard this, he was shocked and looked towards Li Xuanyang hurriedly.

"Although Daozu Hongjun never explicitly stated it, according to my master's inference, if one can prove the Dao with force, even without the Hongmeng Purple Qi, one can still achieve enlightenment and become a saint."

"As for slaying the three corpses to attain enlightenment, this master is also unclear."

At the beginning, Li Xuanyang only asked whether he could become a saint by proving the truth through force, and did not ask about proving the truth by killing the three corpses.

(End of this chapter)