Humans in the primordial world, inscribing the Way of Heaven!

Chapter 206 [Ancient God Zhulong, A Tragic Song of the Divine Path] (Please Subscribe)
Yuanshi Tianzun undoubtedly wanted to achieve the source of immortal and divine power, but the imprint left by Daozu and Haotian, the so-called Heavenly Emperor, were undoubtedly obstacles, which prevented his plans from progressing.

When they were at Shouyang Mountain, Taiqing Laozi revealed some secrets to appease him, such as asking Xuan Yin to remove the Dao Ancestor's mark!

But Yuanshi Tianzun never placed his hopes on others.

Even if Taiqing Laozi's plan succeeds, with the existence of the Heavenly Emperor Haotian, it would still be difficult for him to successfully prove the source of immortality and divinity.

unless……

He became the new Heavenly Emperor!
However, this could also make him a target of public criticism. A saint becoming the Heavenly Emperor is something that has never happened in the past twenty cycles of time, and it will inevitably cause endless variables.

If the variables were under his control, it wouldn't matter. But in the Primordial True Realm, there are several Saints, and the Saint who controls the variables is none other than the Tongtian Sect Master.

If he were to truly become the Heavenly Emperor, the future would become exceptionally unfavorable to him.

This was the final conclusion he reached after carefully analyzing the cause and effect and making detailed deductions.

Let's leave aside the Dao Ancestor Hongjun for now.

The more powerful one of the other saints is, the more likely they are to become the target of public criticism. Originally, it was Taiqing Laozi, but now it is Nuwa, who has become a saint twice.

In other words, Nuwa did not establish a religion; otherwise, the sages would definitely have taken action to suppress her lineage!
Now, with Maitreya's karma being exposed as the second-generation Supreme Being, Laozi of Taiqing and the two Western Saints have once again become the target of everyone's attacks in the Primordial True World.

On the contrary, Nuwa remained high in the Tai Su Heaven, observing the affairs of the primordial world with indifference!

You could say they won without even trying!
The thoughts of the Primordial Celestial Venerable surged. Even if he wanted to target Maitreya, it couldn't be Maitreya himself or any being related to him who made the move.

The Tongtian Sect Leader was directly excluded by him!

After a moment's thought, Nuwa was also excluded from his plan. Given Nuwa's current position, it was unlikely that she would participate in the plot against Maitreya.

As for Taiqing Laozi, Jieyin Daoren and Zhunti Daoren, that's even more impossible, since Maitreya is related to their plans.

After much thought, he realized that his most suitable partner was actually that demon Rahu.

Although Rahu himself was suppressed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, his three incarnations and the vast demonic forces of the Demon Realm can still influence the prehistoric world.

In fact, Yuanshi Tianzun not only wanted to achieve the source of immortal and divine power, but also had some ideas about the demonic path. His evil corpse was Yuanshi Tianmo, which occupied about one-fifth of the power in the demon realm.

"Perhaps there is another candidate!"

Cooperating with Rahu would be like seeking help from a tiger; Yuanshi Tianzun would not want to get involved with Rahu unless he was at his wit's end.

On his right palm, a causal current flowed, reflecting the phantom of a hollow willow tree, revealing the aura of a Primordial Golden Immortal.

The mark of the Great Immortal Yangmei!
This is a mark that Nuwa extracted from the river of time not long ago when she invited Yang Mei to become a Daoist after she had obtained the Daoist fruit for the second time.

If he so desires, he can trace the true form of Yangmei Immortal through the causes and effects of all these results!
but……

He didn't know what impact introducing such a variable into the Primordial True World in this era would have on the general trend of the Heavenly Dao!
But given the current situation, it seems he doesn't have any better options!
……

Meanwhile, Xuan Yin was not idle either. Taking advantage of the fact that all the saints were focused on Maitreya, he went directly to Zhangwei Mountain, where the main body of Zhulong was located.

But after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find Zhulong. He had no choice but to shout, "Senior Zhulong, the Xuan Yin of the Jie Sect has come to visit. Please show yourself!"

Before the words were finished, the surrounding space-time distorted, and a figure that blotted out the sky appeared, surrounded by a force of time.

This is the true form of Zhulong, with eyes like the sun and moon, its body coiled in the river of time and space, silently watching over everything in the primordial true world.

The aura it emitted was even stronger than that of the Styx Daoist.

Xuan Yin then realized that what he had seen in the East Sea Eye was not the real Xuan Yin, but an incarnation projected by Zhulong through his divine powers.

The true form of the Candle Dragon has always been entrenched in the river of time and space, only occasionally revealing itself from a few spatial nodes such as Zhongshan and Zhangweishan.

"What business do you have with me, young friend?"

Xuan Yin has now inherited 60% of the Water Element Dao Fruit, which has helped the Dragon Clan eliminate a lot of karma, so Zhulong will naturally show him some goodwill.

Xuan Yin made no attempt to conceal his actions, directly stating that he owed Taiqing Laozi a favor by promising to travel to a certain point in time when he was buried and erase the divine mark left by Di Hong.

Of course, Xuan Yin did not mention Luo Hou, but instead attributed everything to the Tongtian Sect Leader!

“My master said that you were a great power during the Divine Path era, and that you even joined forces with Zhuzhao and others to resist the Immortal Path when it was just emerging!”

"Could you tell this junior something about that era and about Emperor Hong?"

"In fact, I am also very curious. Since you are at odds with that person from Zixiao Palace, why are you guarding this spatial node for him?"

Since he had promised Taiqing that he would erase Di Hong's mark after he attained the Great Luo Dao, he naturally needed to learn some information from Zhulong.

Upon hearing this, Zhulong revealed a hint of melancholy, as if it were a longing or a yearning, but more so a recollection of that era.

After a long silence, he sighed and said, "That was an era of great strife. Although there was also competition for the Dao, it was much purer than it is now!"

"But since the passing of the Three Sovereigns, many things have changed. What was originally a pure struggle for the Dao has gradually become one of deceit and treachery!"

"The Three Sovereigns established and perfected the divine system. To reach a higher realm, one must abandon selfishness and make contributions to heaven and earth!"

"This is undoubtedly a good thing!" "Most cultivators of the Divine Path, in order to advance to a higher realm, are selfless and dedicated, silently increasing their affinity with the Great Dao!"

"However, as the Three Sovereigns attained enlightenment, some beings began to doubt the future of the divine path!"

"They believed this was a dead end, so they began to explore other paths of cultivation!"

"In the beginning, Di Hong was the heir of the Cangli clan and the defender of the divine system. His divine realm even reached the Saint Yi realm!"

"But as the number of born beings increased, this situation changed!"

"In the universe, authority is finite. Even including the auxiliary gods, there are only 129,600 authority in the entire Primordial True Realm!"

"The emergence of beings after birth is inevitable, but the desires in their hearts become an obstacle to the development of the divine path after birth!"

"Di Hong believed that changes were necessary and single-handedly pioneered the Immortal Path system!"

"As long as one cultivates to the Taiyi Dao Fruit, even if one lacks public spirit and makes insufficient contributions to heaven and earth, one can still step into the realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortal through accumulation!"

"This is undoubtedly revolutionary!"

In Zhulong's description, it was an era of great strife, in which the emergence of post-natal beings led to the abandonment of the original divine system by the times.

The reason why Zhulong and others opposed the Immortal Path was not because they were stuck in the past, but because they believed that the Immortal Path system would harm the Primordial True World.

The Immortal Path demands far more resources than the Divine Path, leading to the continuous depletion of various innate resources and impacting the foundation of the Primordial True Realm.

With a large number of practitioners and no rules to restrain them, chaos is inevitable.

At that time, cultivators fought fiercely in the primordial world for resources, destroying countless immortal mountains and spiritual veins.

Some practitioners of the divine path were also affected, especially those of the Star God and Ghost God lineages, which gradually declined under the impact of the immortal path system.

What Zhulong and the others opposed was not the Immortal Path, but the fact that the Immortal Path had no constraints!

At that time, Di Hong didn't care about that. He only felt that he had found a way for ordinary cultivators to become top-level experts.

The Taoist method of severing the three corpses—good, evil, and attachment—is, to some extent, similar to the Taoist practice of abandoning selfishness.

What is Ke Dihong's obsession?

It is to inherit the expectations of the Cangli clan, perfect the Heavenly Dao, and step into the envisioned Dao Yi realm!

During this process, he was caught in a dilemma. If he did not sever his obsession, he could not make any further progress. But if he cut off his obsession and became completely without desires, would he forget the expectations that Cangli Clan had for him?
Therefore, under these circumstances, Emperor Hong decided to first sever his obsessions and then reclaim the three corpses of good and evil, thus creating the method of unifying the three corpses.

However, after Emperor Hong reclaimed the three corpses of good and evil, he discovered that after abandoning good and evil, he had killed many former powerful deities.

People like Zhuzhao and Youying perished in the struggle between the immortal path and the divine path.

He regretted it!

Therefore, after the three corpses merged into one, the original Emperor Hong, in order to perfect the Heavenly Dao, also severed the karma and regret that belonged to Emperor Hong.

From then on, the divine path declined, the immortal path rose, Hongjun was born, and Emperor Hong ceased to exist!

As the one who pioneered the Way, Hongjun's initial method of severing the three corpses had many flaws, which led him to do many things he regretted during the process of severing the three corpses. However, in order to perfect the Heavenly Way, he still chose to continue on without hesitation.

"Therefore, that buried history is less a divine imprint of Emperor Hong and more a reflection of the regret of Dao Ancestor Hongjun!"

Zhulong continued, "If you wish to go to that buried time and space, cultivation level is secondary; the most important thing is a steadfast Dao heart!"

"Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be consumed by regret before I even see the Emperor Hong's mark!"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin fell silent. He was born with a seven-aperture exquisite heart, and the Five Dreams and Seven Hearts Divine Power protected his mental world layer by layer. He was quite confident in his Dao heart.

But that was the Dao Ancestor's regret!

Or rather, it was the tragedy of an era. Compared to it, the power of an individual was far too insignificant, and his cultivation of Dao heart seemed to amount to nothing!

"If you can resolve Di Hong's inner conflict, his mark will naturally disappear! Otherwise, the only way is to erase it with absolute power!"

Zhulong has long lingered in the river of time, peering into the past and future, tracing causes and effects, and naturally also visited that buried point in time.

His opinion is undoubtedly fair!
Furthermore, since Zhulong went to that point in time, given his relationship with Dihong, he most likely tried to resolve Dihong's inner conflict.

But since Di Hong's mark still exists, it means he has failed!
Xuan Yin's gaze fell on Zhulong, who was now a Quasi-Saint of the Three Corpses, and whose divine system had reached the Saint-level.

In addition, it also built the Primordial Chaos Dao, which merged the two systems together!
Since the other side has all suffered defeats, can a mere cultivator like myself really erase Emperor Hong's mark?

"What a rip-off!"

When they were at Shouyang Mountain, Laozi's words seemed simple, but after he learned more about them, he discovered that the conditions were exceptionally difficult.

One wrong move and you could get yourself into trouble, let alone erase the Emperor's mark!

(End of this chapter)