Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 233 A Second Visit to Buzhou Mountain

"Of the three thousand Great Daos, the first to attain the Dao!" Kong Xuan's expression became increasingly uncertain. He had thought that he could gather the Heavenly Stems, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements to transform them into the Chaos Five Elements Great Dao Law, and then sever his five Dharma bodies to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

Now it seems that it has become empty talk.

Seeing that Kong Xuan hadn't come back to his senses for a long time, Li Xuanyang shook his head slightly. "He hasn't experienced the feeling of having nowhere to go when he was one of those powerful cultivators. He's definitely lacking some training."

Despite Kong Xuan's numerous accomplishments, including assisting two holy emperors, Fuxi and Hongyun, in attaining enlightenment, the return of the Five Emperors to their rightful places, and Yu the Great's efforts in controlling the floods, as well as his travels through the prehistoric world several times, Kong Xuan's achievements are remarkable.

However, compared to quasi-saints and great supernatural beings like Zhen Yuanzi and Xuan Yin Daoren, he still lacked some trials. Whether it was the Daoist scriptures he cultivated or the magical artifacts he used to achieve enlightenment, he had not encountered too many hardships.

Unlike those quasi-saints with great supernatural powers, who initially cultivated to the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm but then felt they had nowhere to go and could only rack their brains for a way to break through.

Only after comprehending the foundation of the Dao and the means to achieve the Dao can one find a direction for cultivation, but then one must painstakingly search for the innate material that can be used to achieve the Dao.

This doesn't even include things like developing one's own Taoist scriptures and supernatural powers, establishing a cave dwelling, and so on.

It can be said that he has gone through countless hardships to reach his current level of cultivation.

In contrast, since Kong Xuan met Li Xuanyang and joined the Xuanyang Mountain lineage, he first learned the Chaos Undying Body and the Innate Five Elements True Scripture, and then obtained innate items such as the Innate Ninth Grade White Jade Lotus, the Southern Bright Fire, and the Innate Divine Weapon Halberd to protect himself.

Apart from obtaining the Five Elements Spirit Pearl, he encountered almost no other hardships.

"There are three thousand great paths, and each one can lead to enlightenment. Why be overly attached to any of them?"

"Moreover, gathering all five elements of the Heavenly Stems will also benefit your future integration of the Five Elements Dharma Body," Li Xuanyang said to Kong Xuan again.

Kong Xuan, who was still in shock, was suddenly shaken when he heard Li Xuanyang's words. Coming to his senses, he blushed and said to Li Xuanyang, "Thank you for reminding me, teacher!"

"After the sword duel and Dao discussion at Buzhou Mountain ends, you can go to West Kunlun Mountain to pay respects to the Queen Mother of the West and ask her for a strand of innate Jia wood Qi and innate Geng metal Qi to gather together..." Li Xuanyang simply told Kong Xuan the whereabouts of the innate Jia wood Qi and innate Geng metal Qi and asked him to go to West Kunlun Mountain.

Upon hearing Li Xuanyang's words, Kong Xuan was immediately shocked, his expression a mixture of surprise and delight.

Unexpectedly, the innate wood energy and innate metal energy that he had been searching for were actually in the West Kunlun Mountains.

"Thank you, teacher!" Kong Xuan bowed deeply to Li Xuanyang.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyang waved his sleeve and lifted Kong Xuan up, saying to him, "Alright, the time I agreed with Fellow Daoist Shangqing is approaching. At that time, you, along with Daoist Sanjue, Golden Crane, Silver Crane Boy, and Nine-Headed Feathered Insect, will go to Buzhou Mountain with me."

The Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys cultivate the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture, so it would be a good opportunity to go and witness it together. Perhaps they could even break through their own cultivation level.

The Three Absolutes Taoist and the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect can also go together to broaden their horizons.

"This disciple takes his leave!" Upon hearing Li Xuanyang's words, Kong Xuan suddenly recalled the sword energy he had sensed earlier, and a hint of anticipation stirred within him.

Seeing Kong Xuan leave the palace, Li Xuanyang closed his eyes and continued to deduce the combination of the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture and the Chaos Five Elements Great Dao Law, as well as to perfect his own Hunyuan Dao Path.

At this point, based on Li Xuanyang's understanding of his own Hunyuan Dao path and the laws of the Chaos Dao, he could gradually cultivate the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm in three steps.

One of them is someone who has just broken through to the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, who has mastered the Chaos Great Dao Laws. All his cultivation and supernatural powers are based on the Chaos Great Dao Laws, which can be considered the early stage of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

Secondly, he integrated the Chaos Five Elements Great Dao Law into the Chaos Great Dao Law, which could be freely switched with the Chaos Great Dao Law he controlled, thus breaking through to the mid-stage of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

Thirdly, after perfecting the cultivation of the Chaos Five Elements Great Dao Laws, one can further integrate the Chaos Yin Yang Great Dao Laws into the Chaos Great Dao Laws under one's control, thus reaching the late stage of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

If one further perfects the cultivation of the Chaos Yin-Yang Great Dao Law, and allows the Chaos Great Dao Law under one's control to present a state in which Chaos Yin-Yang and the Five Elements are complete, then one can reach the peak realm of the Primordial Golden Immortal.

As for his next cultivation path, and how to break through to the realm above the Primordial Golden Immortal, Li Xuanyang was also unsure.

And so, several hundred more years passed.

On this day, several sword energies suddenly appeared above the palace where Li Xuanyang was, transforming into a ball of five-colored sword light, revealing wisps of the chaotic five elements' laws.

Immediately afterwards, a sword cry rang out, and the five-colored sword light merged into one, becoming a chaotic sword light that swept up Kong Xuan, the Three Absolutes Daoist, the Golden Crane, the Silver Crane Boy, and the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect, rushing out of the Xuan Yang Mountain range and heading towards Bu Zhou Mountain.

Along the way, the space trembled slightly, like ripples spreading, but no aura was generated. Even the primordial spirit could not sense it, as if it appeared and disappeared intermittently.

At this moment, a sword light suddenly appeared out of nowhere and fell down from ten thousand miles away from Buzhou Mountain. Sometimes it turned into five-colored light, and sometimes it turned into a chaotic mess. It looked extremely mysterious, but the primordial spirit was completely empty.

The Jie Sect cultivators who were responsible for welcoming them outside Buzhou Mountain were taken aback. Just as they were about to ride the clouds to go and see what was going on, a silver divine light suddenly descended from the void and headed towards the location of the sword light.

"This is the Taiyin Divine Light of the Taiyin Star Lord!" Zhao Gongming recognized the origin of the silver divine light at a glance. He subconsciously looked towards the source of the sword light and muttered to himself, "For the Fairy Changxi to personally come to greet him, could it be that True Man Xuanyang has arrived?"

Thinking of this, Zhao Gongming dared not delay and quickly instructed a disciple of the Jie Sect beside him to inform his master. He then stepped forward in a flash of light.

As soon as Li Xuanyang and Kong Xuan arrived around Buzhou Mountain, they saw a divine light of the moon appear before them, transforming into a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in white palace attire, who gracefully bowed to Li Xuanyang and Kong Xuan.

"Disciple Changxi greets Master!"

"Greetings to Senior Brother Kong Xuan and his fellow disciples!"

"Junior Sister, you're too polite!" Kong Xuan and Chang Xi returned the greeting with clasped hands.

The Three Absolutes Daoist, along with the Golden Crane, Silver Crane Boy, and Nine-Headed Feathered Insect, hurriedly cupped their hands in return to Changxi's greeting, saying, "We dare not accept such courtesy from Senior Sister. We greet Senior Sister!"

The moment Changxi appeared, Li Xuanyang sensed a fluctuation of magical power emanating from her. Within the Taiyin Divine Light, there seemed to be a trace of the Three Powers (Heaven, Earth, and Man), and the faint image of the sun, moon, and stars.

Furthermore, she exuded an aura unique to quasi-saints with great supernatural powers, making her appear even more elegant and noble than before.

Clearly, Changxi has not only refined the Sun, Moon and Stars Banner, but also severed one of her three self-corruptions (good, evil, and self), breaking through to the Quasi-Saint realm.

Li Xuanyang was extremely satisfied with Changxi's cultivation level and praised her with a smile, saying, "I thought you needed a special opportunity to break through to your current level."

"I never imagined that I would achieve such success."

The Quasi-Saint realm is extraordinary; it cannot be broken through simply by perfecting the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Rather, it requires understanding one's own good and evil obsessions before one can entrust them to an innate spiritual treasure.

Therefore, unless one obtains a large amount of merit and profound energy, only by chance and seizing an opportunity can one break through to the Quasi-Saint realm.

Upon hearing Li Xuanyang's words, Changxi smiled and bowed gracefully to him again, saying, "Speaking of which, I must thank you, Master, for your kindness. If it weren't for the Sun, Moon and Stars Banner that you bestowed upon me, allowing me to glean a glimmer of insight and thus understand the meaning of goodness, I wouldn't have been able to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm."

This is not Changxi being modest. Her cultivation and supernatural powers are all above the Taiyin Dao, and she has also obtained the innate spiritual treasure, the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel, and has studied it for many years.

Now, having received the innate spiritual treasure, the Sun, Moon and Stars Banner, from Li Xuanyang, he comprehended the Dao of the Sun, Moon and Stars, and in doing so, he understood the power of good intentions, which he then entrusted to the Moon Banner and slashed out.

"A quasi-saint with great supernatural powers!" The Golden Crane, the Silver Crane Boy, and the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect were greatly surprised, their eyes filled with joy as they looked at Changxi.

The Three Absolutes Daoist and the Nine-Headed Feathered Insect both showed a hint of envy, but considering Changxi's background, the four of them felt it was only natural.

After all, Changxi was the reincarnation of a primordial god and demon.

If he hadn't encountered a calamity back then and perished once, he would probably have broken through to the Quasi-Saint realm long ago, enough to be on par with great Quasi-Saint masters like Zhen Yuanzi and Xuan Yin Dao Ren. Li Xuan Yang shook his head and said to Chang Xi, "Although I bestowed the Sun, Moon and Stars Banner upon you, your achievements this time are due to your own efforts, not my merits."

"Teacher, please don't praise your disciple!" After saying this, Changxi suddenly looked at the ever-changing sword light beneath Li Xuanyang and the others, and couldn't help but exclaim softly, "When did Teacher's cloud light change to this appearance?"

Li Xuanyang's golden cloud light was formed from the innate Xuanyang divine light, making it very easy to identify.

But what lay before him was a ball of sword light, sometimes transforming into five colors, sometimes into a chaotic mass, seemingly even more mysterious than the original golden cloud light.

"Senior sister, this is the true sword manual derived by our teacher." Golden Crane Boy immediately explained to Changxi.

Along the way, Li Xuanyang was using cloud light to evolve the Chaos Five Elements Sword Scripture, which the Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys had become accustomed to.

"The Chaos Five Elements Sword Scripture!" Changxi's eyes lit up, and she subconsciously looked at Li Xuanyang. "Teacher, you derived the Chaos Five Elements Sword Scripture from the Chaos Five Elements Great Dao Law contained in the Five Primordial Banners. You intend to use it to duel with the four sword dao true scriptures that the Shangqing Sage comprehended!"

"It's not just the Five Primordial Banners and the Great Dao Laws of Chaos and the Five Elements; it also incorporates elements from the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture," Li Xuanyang said with a smile and a nod.

Just as Changxi was about to ask further, she suddenly frowned and fell silent.

The next moment, Zhao Gongming arrived on a cloud and respectfully bowed to Li Xuanyang, saying, "Disciple greets the True Man. Master has already ordered the preparation of a thatched hut and is waiting for the True Man's arrival!"

"Thank you for your trouble!" Li Xuanyang nodded to Zhao Gongming, and the sword light beneath his feet changed, transforming into a golden cloud that flew towards Buzhou Mountain.

In a short while, streaks of light gradually appeared in the sky, pointing towards a distant mountain peak.

Above the mountain peak, auspicious clouds and countless celestial essences cascaded down, clearly indicating that this was the arena for sword duels and discussions prepared by the disciples of the Shangqing Daoist.

Looking towards the mountain peak, Li Xuanyang vaguely recognized it as the place where the Three Pure Ones had once practiced their Daoist practice in Buzhou Mountain.

However, with the occupation of Heaven and Mount Buzhou by Emperor Jun and Taiyi, and the subsequent wars between the Wu and Yao tribes, Mount Buzhou collapsed.

This has caused what was once a superior sacred mountain to lose its former glory and become quite ordinary.

However, the disciples of the Jie Sect not only carved out a vast platform on the mountain peak, built dozens of thatched huts, but also set up spirit-gathering formations to gather spiritual energy and earth vein energy from the surrounding hundreds of millions of miles.

In addition, the Purple Lotus Daoist used the Zhou Tian Star Array to scatter countless essences of the Zhou Tian stars, transforming it into a superior place for cultivation.

As soon as Li Xuanyang's golden cloud light landed on the mountain peak, disciples of the Jie Sect who were responsible for welcoming him hurriedly stepped forward to greet Li Xuanyang and his companions and led them to a thatched hut to sit down.

The Three Absolutes Daoist, along with the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants, looked around and were speechless. Not only were disciples from the four sects of the Xuanmen gathered, but also a number of Quasi-Saints and Great Luo Golden Immortals had come.

The number of them was so great that it could be said to be countless. Even some of the reclusive cultivators who usually stayed away from the world came out of the mountains this time.

Li Xuanyang sat in his hut, bowed to the Shangqing Daoist, and said with a hint of apology, "I've troubled you, fellow Daoist!"

"If I had known, I would have held the sword duel and discussion of Dao at Fellow Daoist Hongyun's Fire Cloud Cave, so as to save your disciples from having to do so much trouble!"

The Taoist Shangqing, however, was unconcerned. He laughed and said to Li Xuanyang, "Fellow Daoist, you are mistaken. This place is not only home to my disciples!"

As he spoke, Daoist Shangqing pointed to Yun Zhongzi and Antarctic Immortal who were walking towards them from a distance and said with a smile, "Your disciples and Daoist Zilian have also put in a lot of effort; it's not just my disciples who have worked hard."

Li Xuanyang and the Taoist Shangqing made a pact to duel and discuss the Dao, which took place in Buzhou Mountain, near the Heavenly Court.

Therefore, not only did the disciples of the Jie Sect arrive early to prepare, but also the Purple Lotus Daoist, Changxi, and the Antarctic Immortal in the Heavenly Court sent many immortal cultivators to help. Even Yun Zhongzi, who had been stationed in the Netherworld, did the same.

“In that case, the sword duel and discussion of Dao should be held in the Fire Cloud Cave.” Li Xuanyang waved to Yun Zhongzi and Antarctic Immortal who were bowing, and joked to Shangqing Daoist.

"If you heard what you said, I'm afraid Fellow Daoist Hongyun would agree immediately." Daoist Shangqing chuckled.

However, the two were just joking. Putting aside the fact that it was a reenactment of the sword duel and discussion at Buzhou Mountain, how could they put it into the Fire Cloud Cave?

Moreover, Huoyun Cave is located in the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens. Many disciples of the four sects of Xuanmen would probably be blocked by the innate gale before they even reach Huoyun Cave, making it far less convenient than Buzhou Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist is right. I almost forgot, Fellow Daoist Hongyun loves this kind of excitement the most," Li Xuanyang said with a smile. Otherwise, Hongyun would not have brought up the matter of the sword duel and Dao discussion at Buzhou Mountain.

"Speaking of which, during this period of seclusion, I have gained some new insights into the way of the sword. I will verify them with you later."

As soon as Li Xuanyang finished speaking, a glint of light flashed in Shangqing Daoist's eyes. He vaguely sensed that a trace of sword energy seemed to remain on Li Xuanyang's body, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation for what Li Xuanyang had said.

As they spoke, the two revealed their primordial spirits and began to communicate with the people who had come, using their divine senses.

As several days passed, Taiqing Daoist, Yuqing Daoist, and the two Western Saints arrived one after another. Li Xuanyang sat in the thatched hut and greeted them with clasped hands.

Fuxi and Li Xuanyang bowed to each other from a distance, while Hongyun looked at Li Xuanyang and let out a soft exclamation, vaguely sensing a trace of sword energy remaining on his body. "Fellow Daoist, you still have sword energy remaining on your body. Have you already compared with Fellow Daoist Shangqing?"

Fuxi also sensed the aura emanating from Li Xuanyang, which faintly contained a trace of sword energy, extremely dense and sharp.

However, it is different from the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture that Li Xuanyang once revealed, and seems to be another extremely mysterious sword dao true scripture.

This reminded him of the four sword manuals that Daoist Shangqing had mentioned, and he subconsciously looked towards Daoist Shangqing.

The same goes for the rest of the people.

"Fellow Daoists, please don't overthink it." Shangqing Daoist felt the gazes of the crowd, smiled wryly, and said to them, "This humble Daoist has never compared himself with Fellow Daoist Xuanyang."

"I am even quite curious about the trace of sword energy that remains on Fellow Daoist Xuan Yang's body."

Seeing this, Li Xuanyang chuckled and said to everyone, "After bidding farewell to you fellow Daoists that day, I returned to Xuanyang Mountain and secluded myself for a period of time to cultivate in seclusion. I then refined the Five Innate Banners and the Five Innate Elements Array Diagram once again."

"Unexpectedly, he combined the laws of the Five Elements of Chaos with the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture, and gained some new insights into the way of the sword."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with joy. For Li Xuanyang to utter the word "insight," it must be something profound.

Hongyun was overjoyed and said to Li Xuanyang and Shangqing Daoren, "My two fellow Daoists, one of you has comprehended four true sword scriptures from the Four Swords of Zhuxian, and the other has gained some new insights into the sword path by combining the Chaotic Five Elements Great Dao contained in the Five Banners of the Primordial Heaven with the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture. Both of you have made great progress."

"But what exactly is so mysterious about it?"

At this point, everyone was curious about it.

Needless to say, the Four Swords of Zhuxian are four innate killing weapons. Furthermore, they can be combined with the Zhuxian Formation Diagram to form the Zhuxian Sword Formation, which cannot be broken by anyone other than the Four Saints.

The four sword manuals that Shangqing Daoren gleaned from them must be unparalleled methods of attack.

Li Xuanyang's Five Primordial Banners are five innate defensive spiritual treasures, containing the laws of the Chaos Five Elements Great Dao, and can also be arranged into the Primordial Five Elements Five Directions Grand Array.

Its value surpasses even that of the Four Swords of Zhuxian.

Not to mention, Li Xuanyang's Tai Xuan Sword Scripture and sword techniques are unparalleled in attack and defense. The combination of the two is bound to be extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)