Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 197 The Choice of the Great Dao and the Chaos Pearl (Please Subscribe)
At this moment, Li Xuanyang had fallen into a state of selflessness, in a daze, his mind wandering through heaven and earth, having no concept of external things. His mind was completely integrated into his primordial spirit, and every time he integrated a trace of primordial energy, his understanding of the primordial path became clearer.

It's like walking further and further through the fog, and you can even see the entire Hunyuan Dao just one more step away, which can be described as ascending to heaven in one step.

This increasingly clear feeling completely captivated him, making it impossible for him to extricate himself.

Until he completely integrated the Primordial Qi into his primordial spirit, as if he were in perfect harmony with the Primordial Dao, various laws of the Great Dao suddenly arose within Li Xuanyang's primordial spirit.

From the Primordial Profound Yang Great Dao Law and the Primordial Yin Yang Two Elements Great Dao Law, as well as the Primordial Five Elements Great Dao Law, the Chaos Great Dao Law, the Sword Dao Law, and then to the Space Great Dao Law and the Reincarnation Great Dao Law, and finally the Great Dao Law contained in the four Primordial Twelve-Petaled Lotus Flowers, all of these appeared before Li Xuanyang's eyes.

The mist before Li Xuanyang's eyes slowly dissipated, and the Primordial Chaos Dao gradually emerged, becoming completely clear. It seemed that with just a thought, he could merge with any Dao Law and transform it into the foundation of his own Primordial Chaos Dao.

"Of the three thousand Great Daos, I can only choose one to form the foundation of the Primordial Chaos Dao!" A faint understanding arose in Li Xuanyang's mind. After the three corpses of good and evil merged into one, he needed to choose a Great Dao law to merge with his own primordial spirit and become the foundation of the Primordial Chaos Dao in order to truly break through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.

"It is very similar to the Dao attainment of the Ancestral Dragon through the laws, which can be described as the three thousand great Daos, all leading to the same destination."

"Whether it is a Heavenly Saint or a Human Saint Emperor, or a person who proves the Dao by severing the three corpses or by using laws, in the end all of them must transform into their own foundation and use this to cultivate the Great Dao Laws."

"But how should I choose?"

“Nuwa used the laws of creation as the foundation of her own Primordial Dao, while Fuxi used the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Era…” Li Xuanyang frowned slightly. Normally, his cultivation and supernatural powers were almost all above the laws of the Chaos Dao, so it was natural for him to choose the laws of the Chaos Dao as the best foundation for his Primordial Dao.

However, his Dao-attaining artifact, the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Diagram, contains the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Law. When combined with it, it can be transformed into a Dao-proving artifact. The Innate Yin-Yang Divine Law can be used to derive the Chaos Divine Law, without hindering his cultivation of the Chaos Undying Body Technique. In fact, they can complement each other.

In addition, the Primordial Yin-Yang Divine Diagram contains the foundation of Li Xuanyang's various Daoist methods. It can generate Xuan Yin from Xuan Yang, and then generate Xuan Yang from Xuan Yin. Finally, Yin and Yang coexist and give rise to the Primordial Yin-Yang Great Dao Law. Then, it can deduce the Two Forms from Yin and Yang, thus transforming into the Primordial Yin-Yang Two Forms Great Dao Law.

Its profound mystery lies not in the laws of the Great Chaos.

The remaining innate Five Elements Great Dao Laws, Sword Dao Laws, and Spatial Great Dao Laws, etc., were not within Li Xuanyang's consideration.

Just as Li Xuanyang was hesitating, the Chaos Pearl hanging high in the sky suddenly transformed into a beam of light and fell into his primordial spirit, emitting countless hazy rays of light. This caused all the laws of the Great Chaos to merge into his primordial spirit, becoming the foundation of the Great Chaos, while the other laws could only rely on the laws of the Great Chaos.

In an instant, a loud bang was heard. Li Xuanyang felt countless chaotic laws and chaotic energy emanating from his primordial spirit. With a whoosh, the chaotic energy in the chaotic void gathered again, almost materializing, and directly merged into Li Xuanyang's physical body and primordial spirit.

As endless chaotic energy flowed in from both inside and outside, Li Xuanyang's figure gradually emerged from the originally unfolded azure lotus, revealing a cloud of auspiciousness about an acre in size, with three flowers hanging above his head. Chaotic divine light burst forth from the cloud of auspiciousness, transforming into the laws of the Great Chaos.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of black and white divine light suddenly shot out from within the blue lotus, like an unfolding scroll, hanging high above the head, transforming into a size of hundreds of millions of miles, revealing two innate Yin and Yang energies, one Yin and one Yang, falling into the laws of the Great Chaos, merging with them, and using the innate Yin and Yang energies to generate chaos.

The next moment, five more innate five-directional flags rushed out, also falling into the chaotic great law, and merging with it, using the innate five elements to generate chaos.

In an instant, Li Xuanyang felt his primordial spirit completely merge with the Chaos Pearl, as if he had become a chaotic world, filled with a hazy gray chaotic energy and the laws of the Great Chaos. As a result, the feeling of controlling the Great Chaos gradually emerged.

Just a moment later, Li Xuanyang suddenly began to circulate the Chaos Undying Body, the Innate Profound Yang True Scripture, the Innate Five Elements True Scripture, and even the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture within his body, and a feeling arose once again.

Like the great god Pangu creating the world, with a single strike, chaos separated, heaven and earth were born, and all the laws of space evolved from chaos. In the blink of an eye, the laws of space could be displayed. In addition, there are many other laws that also evolved from chaos.

This feeling of having complete control over the laws of space and all the laws derived from it made Li Xuanyang increasingly fascinated.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xuanyang's primordial spirit stirred slightly, and a hazy gray spirit pearl manifested, falling onto the three flowers of his primordial spirit. It absorbed all the laws of the Great Chaos and the chaotic energy into the Chaos Pearl, causing the Chaos Pearl to shine brightly and faintly emit a soft hum.

As Li Xuanyang gradually regained consciousness, he looked at the chaotic void in the distance slowly appearing before his eyes and felt a strange sense of familiarity.

At this moment, the blue lotus flower that enveloped her suddenly disappeared, transforming back into innate spiritual treasures and falling back into the three flowers of her primordial spirit.

Four of the innate twelve-grade lotus flowers seemed to have undergone a dramatic change in their aura, appearing as if they were a unified whole, inseparable, and even vaguely resembling a large blue lotus blooming open.

Li Xuanyang had fully regained consciousness. Seeing the Chaos Pearl and the four innate twelfth-grade lotus flowers in his primordial spirit, a smile appeared on his face. "I never imagined that the merging of the three corpses would produce such profound changes. It's truly beyond my expectations. No wonder I need to choose an innate spiritual treasure of the same origin as a vessel."

"These three innate twelfth-grade lotus flowers, although only half of them share the same root and origin, can be combined with the innate twelfth-grade merit golden lotus as a guide, thus returning to their original source and transforming into the thirty-sixth-grade chaotic blue lotus."

"Not only did he merge his three corpses into one and break through to the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, but he also refined several innate spiritual treasures that had not been refined before, such as the Lotus Lantern and the Innate Pure Yang Treasure Mirror, to perfection."

"In addition, there is the Chaos Pearl!" Li Xuanyang's heart stirred, and he summoned the Chaos Pearl into his hand, filled with emotion. "No wonder the Ancestral Dragon chose to use the Chaos Great Dao Law to evolve three thousand innate laws to prove his Dao because of the Chaos Pearl."

The Chaos Pearl not only contains the laws of the Great Chaos, but also the laws of the Great Space, and can even evolve into a world, thus naturally giving rise to many laws.

This allowed Li Xuanyang, who had just broken through to the Chaos Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, to not only master the two Great Dao Laws of Chaos and Space, but also to cultivate the Great Dao Law of Chaos in the future, mastering the Great Dao Laws of Innate Yin and Yang and the Great Dao Laws of Innate Five Elements, and even use them to repair the Chaos Pearl.

To fully restore the Chaos Pearl to its mysteries and power as a supreme treasure of chaos.

“The Dao Ancestor Hongjun proved his Dao with the Jade Tablet of Creation, which contains the Three Thousand Great Daos. Could it be that he intends to use the mysteries of the Jade Tablet of Creation to control all Three Thousand Great Daos?”

Thinking of this, Li Xuanyang suddenly shook his head. Putting aside the fact that the Jade Disc of Creation was damaged, the three thousand Great Daos recorded on it were incomplete.

It is unknown whether Hongjun Daozu has completed all of them. There are still some reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods, which means that he cannot fully control the Three Thousand Great Daos.

"Regardless of what Hongjun Daozu's plans are, at least the Chaos Pearl and the Creation Jade Disc seem to have similar effects."

The former can give rise to many laws, while the latter records the three thousand Great Daos; they can be said to be quite similar.

At this moment, Li Xuanyang was still sitting cross-legged in the void. On the three flowers of his primordial spirit, a primordial twelfth-grade lotus flower appeared on each of them. They were placed alongside the primordial twelfth-grade merit lotus, the primordial yin-yang duality divine diagram, and the primordial five-directional flag, surrounding Li Xuanyang's primordial spirit and the Chaos Pearl. The other many primordial spiritual treasures were scattered around.

"The Primordial Yin-Yang Divine Diagram and the Primordial Five Directions Flag!" Li Xuanyang's gaze involuntarily fell upon the Primordial Yin-Yang Divine Diagram and the Primordial Five Directions Flag. The changes that had just occurred between the two naturally could not escape his notice.

Moreover, neither the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Diagram nor the Innate Five Directions Flags are comparable to ordinary innate spiritual treasures.

The former was Li Xuanyang's Dao-attaining artifact, while the latter embodied Li Xuanyang's innate Five Elements Dao Laws.

“I used the Chaos Pearl as a magic weapon to prove my Dao, but unexpectedly it caused changes to the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Diagram and the Innate Five Directions Flag. In that case, it is worth a try.” Li Xuanyang suddenly waved his hand, taking many innate spiritual treasures into his primordial spirit, leaving only the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Diagram and the Innate Five Directions Flag, which hung high above the auspicious clouds.

He then summoned the Chaos Pearl and placed it on the surface, immersing his mind in the Chaos Pearl to draw out the origin of the Chaos Great Dao Law, enveloping the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Diagram and the Innate Five Directions Flag, and continuing to generate chaos.

Several hundred years passed in this way, and the Primordial Yin-Yang Divine Diagram and the Primordial Five Directions Flags were successively tainted with a trace of the origin of the Chaotic Great Dao Law.

At this point, Li Xuanyang stopped, put it into the Chaos Pearl, and nurtured it with the endless Chaos Qi. At the same time, the three flowers returned and the auspicious cloud disappeared.

In an instant, the innate purple energy within the Fire Cloud Cave surged, illuminating a vast expanse of space, and even penetrating into the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens.

The primordial void was filled with innate purple energy, turning it into a hazy gray expanse. Countless living beings and cultivators suddenly felt an ancient aura from the beginning of chaos, as if it contained the power to erode and assimilate all things. It evolved from this aura, and within it were clearly the laws of the Great Dao of Chaos, containing infinite mysteries.

In the blink of an eye, it spread throughout the entire primordial world.

Golden flowers fell from the sky and golden lotuses sprang from the ground, displaying incredible and supreme spiritual power, dyeing the entire sky a hazy purple.

From the direction of the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens, even more supreme divine might descended, enveloping the entire primordial world. Countless beings and cultivators knelt on the ground, shouting towards the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens, "Xuan Yang Heavenly Venerable, may your holy life be boundless!"

When the Taoist Taiqing in the Eight Views Palace of Shouyang Mountain saw the strange phenomenon that appeared in the void, his eyes shot out like two divine lights, seemingly piercing through the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens and seeing the sky full of innate purple energy rushing out from the Fire Cloud Cave. He couldn't help but sigh, "The three corpses have merged into one, and he has attained the realm of the Primordial Golden Immortal!"

"Just like my teacher, he broke through to the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal by severing the three corpses. Next, he can entrust his primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao and prove the Dao with his primordial spirit."

Inside the Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun, Daoist Yuqing was in seclusion, meditating on the Dao. Suddenly, he saw the void filled with primordial purple energy and numerous strange phenomena. He frowned slightly, opened his eyes, and looked into the void, remaining silent for a long time. On Mount Babao, Daoist Jieyin gazed at the void with complex emotions. "Such a scene of enlightenment is remarkably similar to when my teacher attained enlightenment!"

"Prove the Dao by severing the Three Corpses!" A figure, both real and illusory, looked towards the void with an extremely gloomy expression. "That brat Xuan Yang actually has such an opportunity!"

"Could it be related to the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Innate Merit?"

The last time the innate spiritual treasure, the Sun Wheel, appeared, Li Xuanyang had intended to exchange it for the lotus seeds of the innate twelfth-grade merit lotus, but was refused by Daoist Zhunti.

This time, he even used three innate spiritual treasures as an exchange for the innate twelfth-grade merit lotus. There must be a reason for this, otherwise, given Li Xuanyang's personality, how could he have agreed so easily?

“Junior brother, there’s no need to overthink it.” The Guide Daoist sighed softly and said, “The most important thing now is to rebuild your physical body and primordial spirit as soon as possible, lest the matter of Bodhi Daoist’s reincarnation be revealed and cause trouble.”

Although the secrets of heaven are in chaos now, even Daoist Zhunti has difficulty perceiving the location of the reincarnation of Daoist Bodhi's true spirit.

However, Bodhi Daoist was ultimately one of the three corpses of good and evil of Zhunti, and was able to sense in the darkness that Bodhi Daoist had not returned to reincarnation, and that his fortune was even becoming stronger. In addition, given the current situation of the human race, it was not difficult to guess the identity of the reincarnation of Bodhi Daoist's true spirit.

"Senior brother, is it the innate twelfth grade merit lotus..." Before Zhunti Daoist could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Jieyin Daoist, "No need to say more, I know the answer to this matter."

At this point, the Guide Daoist suddenly instructed the Zhunti Daoist, "Rebuilding the physical body and primordial spirit not only requires the depletion of much merit and fortune, but will also deepen the constraints of Heaven on us saints. Junior brother, you must never act rashly in the future."

Merit and fortune are relatively easy to deal with, as they can simply be repaid in the future. However, the more constraints one faces in the ways of Heaven, the harder it becomes to break free from them in the future, and the price to pay is considerable.

For a time, all the quasi-saints and great supernatural beings in the primordial world were both surprised and delighted, their expressions changing constantly.

They were both extremely surprised by Li Xuanyang's attainment of enlightenment and secretly pleased about it. He had neither the Primordial Purple Qi nor the Holy Emperor of the Human Race, yet he had still broken through to this level.

In this way, wouldn't it mean that there is a path forward, and as fellow quasi-saints with great supernatural powers, they might not be without such opportunities in the future?

Those fellow cultivators from Zixiao Palace left their respective Daoist temples and spiritual mountains, intending to visit Xuanyang Mountain in the East Sea to learn about the methods of attaining enlightenment.

Yun Zhongzi, Kong Xuan, Chang Xi, and the others were overjoyed and also got up and headed towards Xuan Yang Mountain.

Little did they know, Li Xuanyang was not in Xuanyang Mountain.

At this moment, the various strange phenomena in the void gradually disappeared, and the primordial world slowly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

Li Xuanyang got up and walked into the Fire Cloud Cave. His mind sank into the Chaos Pearl again. He felt the Primordial Purple Qi shining brightly, as if it was attracted by the aura of his breakthrough to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. It seemed to be about to rush out of the Chaos Pearl and fall into his primordial spirit.

“I do not need to refine the Primordial Purple Qi!” Li Xuanyang chuckled, then with a thought, he generated many chaotic laws within the Chaos Pearl, binding the Primordial Purple Qi and causing it to fall back into the depths of the Chaos Pearl.

“Even without the Primordial Purple Qi, I can still sense the existence of the Heavenly Dao.” Li Xuanyang subconsciously looked into the void and gazed deeply, as if he could sense a trace of the Heavenly Dao’s existence in the darkness.

As long as he is willing to offer up the Three Flowers of Primordial Spirit, even without the Primordial Purple Qi as a support, he can entrust his primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao, thereby proving the Dao and becoming a saint like the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the Two Western Saints.

"Although the Heavenly Dao Saints have their constraints, they also have their merits." Li Xuanyang has already achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal of Hunyuan, and his understanding of the Hunyuan Dao Path and the Saints is becoming increasingly clear.

Currently, Li Xuanyang is only at the early stage of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. If he wants to break through to the peak realm, he must master all the laws of the Chaos Great Dao. He can hardly rely on external forces to cultivate.

Sages are different. Although they are bound by the Heavenly Dao, they can cultivate by relying on the Heavenly Dao. Primordial Golden Immortals do not have this ability.

Fortunately, Li Xuanyang possessed the Chaos Pearl as a Dao-proving artifact, a supreme treasure of chaos, which he could use to comprehend and cultivate the laws of chaos and the laws of space.

However, he had no clue how to achieve the realm above the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, and did not know what such a realm was like.

"A Primordial Golden Immortal!" Xuan Yin felt a strange bitterness in her mouth, and her expression became somewhat gloomy.

"A Primordial Golden Immortal!" Zhen Yuanzi exclaimed with emotion. "Back when I gave my third lecture at Zixiao Palace, Master Hongjun once said that to prove one's Dao by severing the three corpses, one must use a primordial spiritual treasure to sever the three corpses of good and evil, entrust one's primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao, and forge the Primordial Dao Fruit. In this way, one can prove one's Dao and become a saint."

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xuan Yang has entrusted his primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao this time?"

Upon hearing this, Fuxi and Hongyun exchanged a glance and shook their heads, saying, "This phenomenon is very similar to the scene that appeared when Master Hongjun attained enlightenment, but it is slightly different from that of the saints. I suppose Fellow Daoist Xuanyang is not like this."

"However, Fellow Daoist Xuan Yang broke through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm from the peak of the Three Corpse Quasi-Saint realm, which is ultimately different from us human Saint Emperors. This is merely a guess by me."

"Now that all these strange phenomena have disappeared, it must be because Fellow Daoist Xuan Yang has broken through his cultivation. We should go and offer our congratulations." Hong Yun said to the three of them with a smile.

"That's very true!" The three nodded in agreement and rose to greet them.

From afar, one could see Li Xuanyang walking along, as if traversing space. Each step he took was fleeting, passing through space after space, yet his body showed no magical power whatsoever. It was as if he had completely merged into the laws of space, with the laws of space accompanying his every move, as if he had everything under his control.

"The Great Law of Space!" The four looked horrified, then puzzled. "Fellow Daoist Xuan Yang's cultivation and supernatural abilities are all based on the Great Law of Chaos and the Great Law of Yin and Yang. How could he use the Great Law of Space as a breakthrough?"

Not to mention Zhen Yuanzi and Xuan Yin Daoist, even Fuxi and Hongyun, who were both Holy Emperors, looked puzzled.

The next moment, the four of them felt a jolt. They felt that Li Xuanyang in the distance was like a cloud of mist, giving off a hazy feeling. Through the mist, there was a deep space, and they could not see the appearance of Li Xuanyang's true form. They were horrified, as if what they saw was not Li Xuanyang, but a scene created by the laws of space.

Just as the four were feeling alarmed, Li Xuanyang stepped forward, smiled, and bowed to them, saying, "I am currently in seclusion for cultivation, and I apologize for disturbing your peaceful practice!"

"Fellow Taoist, you are joking."

"It is a joyous occasion that you have broken through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. There is no question of disturbing you." The four of them felt the profound aura emanating from Li Xuanyang and offered their congratulations before returning to the palace and sitting down to chat.

"Why did you break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm using the laws of space?" As soon as a boy brought over the spiritual fruit and drink, Fuxi couldn't help but ask Li Xuanyang. Hongyun, Zhenyuanzi, and Xuanyin Daoist also looked at Li Xuanyang, clearly puzzled as well.

"This humble Daoist did not achieve a breakthrough using the laws of spatial Dao, but rather the laws of chaotic Dao." Seeing the gazes of the four people, Li Xuanyang smiled and directly stated the laws of chaotic Dao.

However, he remained silent when asked why they both held sway over the laws of space, making no mention of the Chaos Pearl.

"The Laws of Chaos!" The four exchanged glances, showing no surprise or even the slightest bit of astonishment.

After all, whether it was Li Xuanyang's Chaotic Divine Light and Chaotic Profound Yang True Fire, or the Chaotic Undying Body Technique, they were all based on the laws of the Great Chaos. However, the extent to which Li Xuanyang mastered the laws of the Great Space was still somewhat puzzling.

However, Li Xuanyang smiled without saying anything, clearly not wanting to say more. The four of them didn't ask any more questions either, and instead brought up the four innate twelve-grade lotus flowers from before.

"Fellow Daoist, is it the three corpses of good and evil that are entrusted with the three innate twelve-grade lotus flowers?" Fuxi recalled the thirty-six-grade Chaos Green Lotus he had just seen and couldn't help but feel more and more that Li Xuanyang's exchange of the innate twelve-grade merit lotus was not just to make the Western Sect lose its object of suppressing fortune.

Upon hearing Fuxi's words, a strange light flashed in Li Xuanyang's eyes. It seemed that Fuxi had gleaned some clues from the scene caused by his breakthrough, as well as from the matter of summoning the Innate Twelfth Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus and the Innate Twelfth Grade Destruction Black Lotus. He couldn't help but nod to him.

"As you said, my friend, I used three innate twelve-petaled lotus flowers as my means of severing the three corpses of good and evil within myself."

Li Xuanyang didn't hide anything from this; instead, he admitted it directly. In any case, even if he didn't say anything, the four of them could guess what it was about.

"Fellow Daoist possesses numerous innate spiritual treasures, including many high-grade innate spiritual treasures. Why then do you entrust your hopes to three innate twelfth-grade lotus flowers?"

“But it’s related to the Twelfth Grade Golden Lotus of Innate Merit!” Hearing Li Xuanyang admit it directly, Fuxi felt even more strongly that there must be a reason behind it, and it might even be related to the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal. It was definitely not just three innate spiritual treasures chosen randomly.

(End of this chapter)