Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 188 Using the Five Worlds as Sacrifices to Seek Merit for the Great Dao

Today, Ma Yuan's Five Directions Middle Thousand Worlds have begun to take shape as a divine kingdom.

Within the realm, the laws are stable, life flourishes, and fortune rises.

It has already begun to possess the supreme foundation for attaining enlightenment beyond the mundane world.

However, from beginning to end, he was unable to develop that mysterious power of merit in his own otherworld as he had anticipated.

This matter has become a bottleneck on his path to enlightenment that he has been unable to overcome for a long time.

He once attempted to emulate the primordial Heavenly Dao by bestowing "Heavenly Merit" upon the three sacred messengers within the Purple Necklace Heaven, as a reward for their merit in pacifying the initial calamity and restoring order.

However, what is bestowed is nothing more than "false merit" transformed from the power of the world's origin and the power of incense and vows.

Although it also has the wonderful effect of cleansing the primordial spirit and enhancing one's Taoist practice.

However, it ultimately lacked that true merit and spiritual aura that was enough to suppress destiny and remain unyielding through countless calamities.

It seems that merit is a supreme authority unique to the primordial Heavenly Dao, which cannot be touched by any outsider.

“My path does not involve entering the cycle of the primordial world. If merit cannot be generated on its own, then I cannot obtain the merit of the Heavenly Dao by teaching and establishing great religions in the primordial world like Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones.”

Ma Yuan understood.

Although he could indirectly obtain merit from the human race through the incarnation of the Martial Ancestor.

But the Lich and Demon races are still the true protagonists of this world.

Although the human race's fortune is strong, it is far from reaching its peak of prosperity, and the merits it can provide are also limited.

There is still an unknown number of years before the great rise of the human race and the arrival of the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

He couldn't wait that long.

The only option is to find another way.

"Nuwa created humans using the Nine Heavens Breath Soil and the Three Lights Divine Water, creating billions of post-natal human races at the foot of Buzhou Mountain."

From then on, Heaven, Earth, and Humanity were complete, and the primordial world's cycle became more harmonious. This was the achievement of perfecting the world, and therefore, Heaven bestowed immeasurable profound merit, helping him to attain the Primordial Sainthood in one fell swoop!

"The Three Pure Ones established the teachings. Taiqing transmitted the Great Dao of Golden Elixir, and Yuanshi expounded the principle of following the will of Heaven, cutting off the last thread of life through the Heavenly Gate."

This is because the laws of cultivation have been clarified and the true path to heaven pointed out for the countless beings in the primordial world seeking the Dao. This is the virtue of educating all living beings, therefore, the heavens bestowed vast merit to help these three attain enlightenment on the same day!

"Even later, the ancestral witch Houtu transformed into reincarnation, completing the most crucial cycle of life and death in this primordial world, giving all the souls a place to return to."

This is a great deed that restores the order of heaven and earth; the merit she gains is so immense that it is enough for her, despite not being a saint, to enjoy the dignity of a saint, eternally unblemished!

Ma Yuan pondered each point in his mind.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, he seemed to transform into a supreme deity overlooking eternity.

He repeatedly recalled every instance of divine merit he had witnessed in the primordial world since his transmigration.

His eyes became increasingly clear and bright.

He had already realized it.

The so-called Heavenly Merit is nothing more than a reward from the Primordial Heavenly Dao for actions that are "beneficial to the stability and development of this world".

Those who can remedy the world's shortcomings, perfect its laws, restore its order, and educate its inhabitants will be rewarded.

However, a new question suddenly arose in his mind.

"Where did the primordial Heavenly Dao obtain this boundless and immense merit, enough to create even a sage?"

And it was at the very moment that this thought arose.

Ma Yuan's spirit seemed to see a scene in the darkness.

That was endless chaos!
A towering giant wielding a massive axe cleaved through the eternal darkness and silence, creating earth, water, fire, and wind, and opening up this magnificent and primordial world.

It was at the very moment when the world was formed and heaven and earth were first created.

A mysterious and profound aura, seemingly transcending all paths, descended from the even higher origin of the Great Chaos.

The merit of opening the Great Dao!
“I see…I see.”

Ma Yuan suddenly understood, and all his confusion vanished.

He has already grasped the most fundamental secret of merit.

The source of all merit in this primordial world is the immeasurable merit bestowed by the supreme Chaos Dao after Pangu created the world.

Most of it was obtained by this newly born primordial Heavenly Dao, and transformed into its primordial power to maintain the operation of the world and reward meritorious beings.

The greatest truths are the most impartial!

Whether it was Pangu creating the vast world or Ma Yuan creating the middle world.

The merit of pioneering and the virtue of evolution are essentially the same.

They all created a new world full of vitality and order from the dead silence of chaos.

These actions all conform to the operating rules of the supreme and unsurpassed Chaos Dao.

All should receive the merits of the Great Way.

"The reason I have not received it is not because the Great Way is unjust."

"Instead, after the creation of the world, the Great Dao became obscure and was replaced by the Heavenly Dao. My Dao is outside the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World, so the two are unrelated."

Having figured this out, even Ma Yuan's usually calm and unwavering Dao heart couldn't help but be stirred by a genuine ripple.

Seek the great merit and virtue!
Ma Yuan knew that what Pangu created was a vast, primordial world capable of supporting sages and evolving countless living beings.

What he has created so far is merely five small middle-thousand worlds.

Their scale is worlds apart.

However, the pioneering work, in essence, shares the same origin.

"In that case..."

"Then perhaps I can use these five worlds as a sacrifice, and in this endless chaos, actively communicate with the hidden and unseen supreme Dao."

"With my merits of pioneering, I seek the merits of the Great Dao that originate from the source of the Great Dao."

This idea is absolutely insane!
You must know that since the beginning of time...

Apart from the great god Pangu, no other living being could obtain the merit of the Great Dao in this endless chaos.

Even the six supreme Primordial Saints only received Heavenly Merit.

If this succeeds...

He, Ma Yuan, will become the second supreme being in this primordial world, after the Great God Pangu, to be recognized by the Great Dao.

At that time, one will be endowed with the merits of the Great Dao.

He was equivalent to the embodiment of the Great Dao walking in this primordial world.

Let alone the mere Demon Emperor Donghuang, even if the six Heavenly Saints were to come in person, they would still have to show him some respect.

I will never dare to act so recklessly again.

Once this thought was made, Ma Yuan no longer hesitated.

He knew that this matter was extremely risky, and if he was not careful, he might end up in that dangerous chaos, dying and perishing along with the five worlds.

But fortune and wealth are found in danger!

Ma Yuan's way is essentially a way of seeking survival in adversity, a way of living outside the secular world.

Without such unparalleled courage to challenge the heavens and contend with the Dao, how could one have reached this point today?! With this thought in mind, Ma Yuan no longer hesitated in the slightest.

His vast and boundless divine sense was instantly and completely immersed in the five middle thousand worlds he had created.

Om-! ! !
In an instant, the five vast worlds—Ziying Heaven, Qianyuan Heaven, Yin Yang Heaven, Wanshou Heaven, and Changsheng Heaven—trembled violently.

The millions of living beings within it, who are multiplying and praying devoutly, are all deeply moved.

The boundless and pure power of incense offerings transformed into visible torrents, flowing wildly from all directions of the five worlds towards the core of the world.

Ultimately, all of them converged into Ma Yuanna's will, which was completely connected with the origin of the world.

"I am the Origin, the beginning of this world, the source of all paths!"

"Today, let us use these five worlds as a sacrifice to communicate with the hidden and unseen supreme Dao in the endless chaos!"

Ma Yuan's vast and majestic Daoist voice resounded throughout the five directions of the world, exploding deep within the true spirit of every living being!

This is a solemn declaration of the will of the Heavenly Dao beyond the mortal realm.

At that moment, he no longer hesitated.

He unleashed his vast will, which was completely connected to the five worlds, without reservation.

The will transformed into a five-colored divine thought, silently piercing through the world barrier formed by the thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, and for the first time truly probing into that eternally silent, dead, and endlessly dangerous chaotic void.

However, the dangers within the chaos far exceeded his imagination.

Before his will could find the legendary traces of the Great Dao in that endless void, he was still waiting.

Rumble——! ! !
One after another, streaks of chaotic divine lightning, entirely purplish-black in color and seemingly containing the laws of destruction capable of obliterating all things, appeared out of thin air in the endless darkness.

The divine thunder ignored the barriers of space and the passage of time.

In an instant, it was already wrapped with terrifying power that could make even a quasi-saint city change color, and it slammed hard into Ma Yuan's five-colored divine sense that had just entered the chaos!

laugh--!!!!!!

Ma Yuan felt that his will to transcend the heavens had been almost completely obliterated by this divine thunder!
The pain was so intense that it felt as if someone had used immense power to tear his soul apart.

Immediately afterwards, before he could react.

The endless, extremely sharp chaotic winds manifested out of thin air in the endless void.

That fierce wind was invisible and formless, yet it seemed capable of extinguishing all life in the world and severing all cause and effect.

It relentlessly eroded his originally perfect and flawless will of the Heavenly Dao.

In an instant, within Ma Yuan's Five Directions Middle Thousand Worlds, the Heavenly Dao wailed and the laws were in chaos.

Countless living beings were filled with fear and unease, as if a great calamity had descended.

"not good!"

Ma Yuan felt a chill run down his spine!
He knew that he had ultimately underestimated the terror of this chaotic void.

The dangers contained therein are far beyond what he, with his mere five directions and thousands of worlds, can contend with.

He dared not be arrogant in the slightest, and immediately unleashed all the power of the countless wishes gathered within his will without reservation.

Buzz——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A hazy yet incredibly resilient protective barrier of willpower instantly enveloped his already crumbling will of the Heavenly Dao.

laugh!laugh!laugh!
The chaotic divine thunder and chaotic gales, powerful enough to obliterate all things, came into contact with this barrier of willpower formed by the faith of countless beings.

They were firmly blocked outside and could not advance an inch further.

Even so, Ma Yuan's situation is not optimistic.

He could clearly feel that the immense incense and prayer power he had accumulated over countless millennia was being consumed at an unbelievable speed.

If this continues, it will be less than ten thousand years.

He will inevitably be completely obliterated here by this endless chaos and danger as his willpower is exhausted.

At that time, let alone seeking the supreme merit of the Great Dao.

It is likely that even the Five Directions Beyond the World, on which he depends for his livelihood, will suffer a major blow to its foundation, or even collapse completely.

Time, at this moment, becomes incomparably long.

Ma Yuan's mind was completely immersed in this endless nothingness and torment.

He used the power of the wishes of countless beings as his boat, struggling to stay afloat in this chaotic sea of ​​suffering that could swallow everything.

He didn't know where the legendary Great Dao was located.

They also didn't know whether their actions were right or wrong.

Only the unyielding will to seek the Dao, engraved deep within his heart, sustained him from becoming completely lost in this endless darkness.

Ten thousand years is but a fleeting moment in this eternal, deathly chaos.

However, for Ma Yuan, it seemed to be longer than all the years he had experienced since he transmigrated.

His immense, boundless power of incense offerings and prayers has been largely depleted, becoming extremely thin.

The protective shield of willpower was covered with fine, spiderweb-like cracks, as if it could collapse completely at any moment.

His will to transcend the mortal realm, under this endless erosion and torment, became weak and listless, almost dissipating.

Just as the thought of withdrawing from the situation arose in his mind.

In that originally lifeless, chaotic void, a change occurred without warning.

The Great Way is silent.

Chaos is merciless, but the Great Way is impartial!
An ancient will, mysterious and profound, seemingly transcending all paths, slowly awakens in the endless darkness.

The moment Ma Yuan's pure and unadulterated will of the Heavenly Dao resonated with the ancient and vast Chaos Dao.

boom--!!!!!!

The entire, otherwise lifeless, chaotic void trembled slightly without warning.

Followed by.

A celestial pillar, its entire body a chaotic color, containing all the ultimate truths of the beginning of heaven and earth, suddenly manifested in the chaos!
This great merit is comparable to the merit of Pangu in creating the primordial world.

They are nothing more than fireflies and the bright moon, streams and rivers.

However, what it contains is the Great Dao Merit, which is of the same origin and surpasses the merit of the Primordial Heavenly Dao!
The powerful Daoist aura emanating from it instantly suppressed the endless chaotic divine lightning and chaotic gales.

It disregards the barriers of time and space, and also ignores the boundaries of laws.

In the instant of manifestation, it has already transcended endless nothingness.

All of it was poured into the five middle thousand worlds of Ma Yuanna, which were completely connected with the will of the Heavenly Dao.

Great merit and virtue descend!
In terms of sheer scale, it might not even be one-tenth of the divine merit that Nuwa gained from creating humankind.

However, its superior quality and profound Taoist essence are far beyond what the latter can compare to.

Ma Yuan understood that even if he combined his five middle worlds, their scale would probably be less than one ten-thousandth of that primordial world, so it was impossible for him to obtain such immense merit.

However, this is the first time since the great god Pangu created the world that a new world has been born and received direct recognition from the origin of the Great Dao in this endless chaos.

This merit represents the supreme creation from "nothingness" to "something".

The significance and value of these two events are incomparable.

(End of this chapter)