Investiture of the Gods: I am Bigan, the Master of Conspiracy

At this moment, facing the siege of the Heavenly Dao, Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng sat facing each other in the Pangu Palace, and Yin Ziyu proposed the method of proving the Dao.

This made Jiufeng's eyes look surprised, and thoughtful, as she considered the feasibility of the situation.

The Heavenly Dao's act of sending the primordial essence down to the prehistoric world was essentially aimed at Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng, who were about to attain enlightenment, to prevent them from achieving the Primordial Chaos realm, and to take the opportunity to send a sage down to the mortal world to deal with them.

Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng naturally couldn't just sit idly by and wait for their doom; they had to come up with a practical and feasible solution.

There's a saying that goes, "It's easy to swallow, but hard to spit out." Yin Ziyu's victory in the Great Tribulation of the Journey to the West and the impending crisis of the formation of humanity finally forced the Heavenly Dao to spit out the origin that it had swallowed in the Primordial Era.

Yin Ziyu cannot oppose it, as that would be tantamount to making enemies of all living beings. However, this turns the crisis of all living beings into a celebration for all living beings, as well as a crisis for Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng.

Of course, we can't wait until the sage is truly born to make plans, because by then it will be too late. We must start planning now, deduce its feasibility, finalize it, prepare, and then break through the barrier.

"Ziyu, is this method truly feasible?"

Yin Ziyu looked at Jiufeng and said, "Now we are both about to reach the Great Perfection of the Dao, but the Heavenly Dao is an insurmountable barrier in front of us. Breaking the shackles of the Heavenly Dao is a pipe dream. However, if we do not break the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, the coercion of the Sages will soon arrive. For us, breaking the shackles means certain death, while not breaking them means being suppressed by the Sages. Even if we don't die, we will be annihilated. Once the Sages descend, even Nuwa and Tongtian Sages cannot save us. Even if they could save us, they would not be a match for Laozi alone. Therefore, we must now consider the method of proving the Dao. The Heavenly Dao and even all the Sages believe that we should rely on the formation of the Human Dao and the Earth Dao to resist the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and prove the Dao. However, this is absolutely impossible. We must find another way!"

After hearing this, Jiufeng said, "Ziyu already knew that this method could not lead to enlightenment?"

Yin Ziyu nodded: "Yes, perfecting the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man to break the shackles is the way to enlightenment, which will inspire the Heavenly Sages to devise a plan. However, the true path to enlightenment requires other solutions! Only by taking things by surprise can we find a way to achieve enlightenment, and only in this Pangu Palace can we deduce the truth!"

Jiufeng nodded: "Ziyu, please explain in detail how this method of attaining enlightenment should be carried out. Let's think carefully about feasible methods together!"

Yin Ziyu immediately began to explain to Jiu Feng.

"The River of Time and the River of Destiny are controlled by the Heavenly Dao, and even saints cannot interfere with them, because any mishap in these two places will damage the Heavenly Dao. Your Dao and mine are different. Your Dao resides in your physical body. When the Heavenly Punishment comes, you can refine everything into your physical body. Every drop of blood is a self, merging into the River of Time and the River of Destiny, transforming into countless bodies to cultivate. All these bodies will interfere with the entire Heavenly Dao and the River of Destiny, ultimately making the Heavenly Dao hesitant to act. The countless clones will merge into one, forming the Primordial Dao Fruit. However, this method can only be used once, and cannot be used a second time. This method must be known only to you and me, only in this way can we deceive the Heavenly Dao!"

Upon hearing this, Jiu Feng's eyes were filled with amazement and admiration. Sure enough, Zi Yu had a solution to such a predicament!

This method comes from the enlightenment methods of other great worlds. Of course, different worlds have different laws and different heavenly ways, so the ways of dealing with them will naturally be different, but the fundamental logic is similar.

Of course, the core principles of the law need to be modified in detail. Since the goal is to prove the Dao, the greatest tolerance for error is necessary.

"However, Ziyu, this method can only be used once. What will you do to prove your Dao?"

After listening, Yin Ziyu said, "This method is suitable for those who cultivate the physical body like you, Jiufeng, but not for those like me who are self-centered. My path to enlightenment requires me to condense my indestructible mind and enter the place of the Great Dao's extinction. This is my method of enlightenment. Your and my methods are both paths of nine deaths and one life, but if we do not do so, we will die ten times over!"

After listening, Jiufeng pondered for a moment: "Is there really such a place where one can enter the Great Dao's Silent Extinction Realm without extinguishing one's original mind? Is this method truly feasible?"

Yin Ziyu nodded: "My undying will is the only way to enter the Land of Annihilation of the Great Dao. This place is where the Great Dao annihilates everything, the ultimate death ground of the Great Dao. However, the Land of Annihilation contains true vitality. You can see this by observing the Taiji Diagram. The extreme Yin is the extreme Yang. If the undying will merges with the vitality of the Land of Annihilation, one can achieve transcendence. However, both of these methods require being put in a life-or-death situation. For you and me, the coercion of the Heavenly Dao is the foundation of proving the Dao!"

After listening to Yin Ziyu's explanation, Jiufeng couldn't help but feel admiration.

"A decade ago, the Ancestral Witch warned of the changes in the Heavenly Dao. Was this Ziyu's response?"

Yin Ziyu nodded: "Yes, this is the solution, and also the method for us to prove our Dao. Since condensing the Dao of Humanity and the Dao of Earth is not feasible, we must have a backup plan!"

Jiufeng was deeply moved: "So, Ziyu has also prepared a method for me to attain enlightenment during this entire Yuanhui. I am extremely grateful!"

Yin Ziyu held Jiufeng's hand: "Why should we talk about these things? Besides, we have long been sharing both honor and disgrace. How could I not plan for you! Now, before the sage descends, what we need to prepare is for you, Jiufeng, to cultivate your own laws into all your blood, while I will condense my indestructible self. When the sage descends, that will be the day we attain enlightenment!"

After hearing this, Jiufeng nodded: "In that case, the two of us will cultivate in this Pangu Palace. With the will of the Father God, we will surely be able to complete what we need to attain enlightenment!"

"good"

After a long sigh, Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng finalized their methods of attaining enlightenment. This was not about defying the Heavenly Dao, but rather about finding a way around it.

By putting oneself in a life-or-death situation, one can then bypass the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, ultimately attain the Primordial Dao, and achieve true transcendence.

After all, to truly defy the will of Heaven is a joke. Even a saint cannot defy divine punishment, so how can someone who is an ant to a saint possibly defy divine punishment?

By taking a different path and bypassing divine punishment to attain enlightenment, one can still prove one's Dao through force after achieving enlightenment. As long as one does not follow the path of ruthlessness, all attempts to attain Dao through force are considered to be the same as those made through force.

Proving the Dao through force doesn't mean simply going outside the chaos to create a new world. Rather, it means breaking the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and its control over oneself. That is true proof of the Dao.

For example, for any living being, there must be a birth, growth experience, and the ability to trace its reincarnation and even its innate spiritual light in the primordial world are all within the control of the Heavenly Dao.

The primordial beings, each with their own distinct trajectory, their experiences across a hundred lifetimes are like reading a book on the palm of your hand, and their fates for the next hundred lifetimes are already predetermined, just like in The Truman Show, where they follow the established path!
The true Primordial Chaos is one in which the Heavenly Dao loses control over whatever one does, and it is easy to create a being in the primordial world that is not controlled by the Heavenly Dao.

This is also why Heaven cannot tolerate the emergence of a true Primordial Chaos.

Inside the Pangu Palace, Yin Ziyu and Jiufeng devoted themselves to cultivation, ignoring all matters outside.

In the Three Realms today, unless a sage descends, Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng are the most powerful beings, unmatched by anyone. However, Yin Ziyu cannot rely on his cultivation to seize resources. Firstly, his innate power is no longer effective at his current level; he faces the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, not the challenge of improving his cultivation.

Furthermore, Yin Ziyu does not follow the path of militarism, and one cannot abandon one's own principles to interfere; otherwise, one's reputation will be destroyed and one's public image will collapse.

The most important thing is to seize the time and perfect the error tolerance of the path to enlightenment as quickly as possible. The changing winds and clouds in the Three Realms are actually no longer related to Yin Ziyu.

On the human side, Di Xin was a qualified emperor, leading Wen Zhong and others to expand the territory.

Time passed slowly for a full epoch, then began to slow down. The cause and effect in the three realms disappeared, and the original source increased, so the accumulation of cause and effect slowed down, and time also slowed down. Of course, the fighting increased.

Just like the saying goes, "Travel is slow, and one's life is only enough to love one person." When the competition for resources decreases, time slows down. Even though a year has passed, it feels like it has been a long time.

Of course, the Three Realms also underwent great changes due to the influx of innate essence. The innate essence flowed into the Three Realms like a trickle, causing the spiritual energy of the Three Realms to surge at an astonishing rate.

The spiritual energy that was once so thin as to be almost impossible to grasp has now become as dense as mist, and has even condensed into crystal-clear spiritual pearls in some blessed lands.

All living beings in the Three Realms were plunged into an unprecedented frenzy. Whether they were birds and beasts or flowers and trees, they all grew and evolved wildly under the nourishment of this abundant spiritual energy.

All races ushered in a long-awaited period of prosperity. Countless declining races awakened from their dormancy, and some new races were quietly born under the nurturing of spiritual energy.

On the land, beasts galloped about, their roars echoing through the sky. In the sky, thousands of birds sang in unison, their wings obscuring the sun. In the ocean, the scaled creatures began to appear, raising giant waves that crashed against the shore.

The entire Three Realms presented a vibrant and thriving scene.

The revival of all races is a huge boon for Nuwa, as it is a manifestation of the flourishing of her own Dao and the improvement of her fortune.

The three clans of dragon, phoenix, and qilin, which had long since declined and gone into seclusion, were extremely excited.

In the past, they were the overlords of the ancient wilderness. Only because their innate origin disappeared did they gradually decline. It can also be said that the three races were born from the origin, and the disappearance of the origin will inevitably lead to the decline of the three races.

Now that their innate essence has reappeared, the three races seem to see hope of returning to their former glory.

Above the East Sea, the waves surged, and the ancient dragon race, which had been sleeping in the deep sea, awoke. Their enormous bodies stirred up the seawater, creating towering waves. The roars of the dragons echoed throughout the East Sea, announcing their powerful return and beginning to influence the scaled-armored race from the East Sea.

Within the immortal volcano, the long-dormant Phoenix Clan also felt the call of their innate essence. One after another, colorful phoenixes soared into the sky, their clear and melodious cries echoing between heaven and earth. Bathed in the primordial spiritual energy, their wings became even more dazzling and magnificent.

The Qilin clan, which had been living in seclusion in the central land, also began to appear. Qilin rode on auspicious clouds, with thousands of auspicious wisps of energy, running across the land and absorbing innate essence, which attracted the allegiance of some beast clans.

Under the rule of Emperor Xin, the human race has ushered in unprecedented development. Nourished by the innate source, the human race is no longer just a bunch of mortals. Everyone can cultivate immortality and each has a remarkable level of cultivation. As a result, the human race has become the number one power in the Three Realms.

At the same time, countless cultivation sects emerged within the human race. These sects recruited many disciples and taught Taoist techniques, leading to a steady increase in the overall strength of the human race.

Of course, with the surge in innate resources, the struggles among the four continents also intensified.

In the struggle for spiritually rich blessed lands and for rare and precious materials, friction and slaughter constantly erupt between various races, seemingly returning to the scene of the primordial era. Of course, this kind of fighting will not trigger a great calamity; on the contrary, it is a good phenomenon.

Meanwhile, in the northern part of Beiju Luzhou, due to the continuous influx of primordial energy and the nourishment of killing intent, a new world quietly took shape—the Demon Realm.

In the demon realm, demonic energy surges, creating a sinister and eerie atmosphere that stands in stark contrast to the peaceful scene of the three realms.

The emergence of the new world shook the entire Three Realms, and countless powerful beings turned their attention there, filled with curiosity. However, the demonic energy of the Demon Realm was hostile to all beings in the Three Realms, so no one went there.

Just as the Demon Realm was taking shape, Wutian, the leader of the Demon Sect during the Journey to the West period, led his disciples out of the dark Demon Abyss, entered the Demon Realm, and became its ruler.

During the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, with the Sage's admission of defeat, Wutian retreated back to the Demon Abyss to continue his lurking. Yin Ziyu did not launch a campaign against it, because the survival of the Demonic Sect was a matter of the balance of the Three Realms in the Heavenly Dao, and a campaign against it would be meaningless.

This epoch was a celebration for all forces in the primordial world. The descent of the primordial origin brought prosperity, but also caused tremendous changes in the格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or landscape) of the Three Realms.

Just as all beings in the Three Realms were still immersed in this complex situation, a vast and indifferent voice suddenly resounded throughout the heavens and earth, spreading to every corner of the Three Realms: "Since the Investiture of the Gods, the Primordial World has been shattered, and the Three Realms cannot bear the power of a Sage, therefore Sages are not allowed to enter the Primordial World. But today, the Origin of the Dao has descended to earth for one Yuanhui, the Three Realms are stable, and this prohibition is lifted!"

Hongjun's voice suddenly appeared, and this voice was like a thunderclap, exploding in the hearts of all beings in the Three Realms, forming a huge tsunami.

Countless beings were stunned speechless. The lifting of the ban on saints meant that those saints who were high above and beyond the three realms were about to return.

The Three Realms are about to return to the era of the Sages' Order, to a time when the Sages are in charge. However, Yin Ziyu and Jiu Feng, who were famous throughout the Three Realms, have already disappeared from the primordial world for a whole era.

No one knows where Yin Ziyu went. All parties in the Three Realms believe that Yin Ziyu is comprehending the supreme Dao.

Meanwhile, in the Heaven of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Jieyin and Zhunti were overjoyed. Zhunti, in particular, was extremely excited: "Elder brother, the格局 (geju, a concept encompassing the overall structure, appearance, and overall situation) of the Three Realms is finally changing. The sage can finally descend to earth. Back then, Ziyu destroyed my good corpse, and I must avenge this grudge!"

Jieyin nodded: "Junior brother, now that the ban has been lifted, we should head to Mount Sumeru first. As for Ziyu, I cannot determine his whereabouts, so we must not be careless!" (End of this chapter)