In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

This further excited the gods.

Only the Buddha's eyes showed a hint of seriousness and worry.

Because he knew that Chonglou's purpose was to temper his body and break through to the eighth level.

This may not seem like a real combat exchange, but at the Great Luo realm, fist and foot combat is merely the most basic form of fighting. For example, the Four Monkeys of Chaos are skilled in fist and foot techniques, but in reality, they still find it difficult to withstand the Poisonous Stump of the Horse-Falling Demon, the Samadhi Divine Wind, the Samadhi True Fire, and the golden light of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord.

Moreover, breaking through from the seventh to the eighth level is not something that can be achieved through fist and foot combat. Chonglou never even considered breaking through to the eighth level through fist and foot combat.

The Great Tribulation is the key!

In dire straits, seize a glimmer of hope and rebuild from the ashes.

　2.0 This glimmer of hope is that Chonglou is cleansing himself of impurities and tempering his demonic golden body in the Buddha's light.

As for the Buddha's light purifying the demon lord?

Over a thousand years, Chonglou had already absorbed the divine and evil energy of the capital, and his body was shaped by the evil energy of the Nine Netherworlds.

This is the most domineering and powerful evil energy in the world.

Even if the evil energy from the Chonglou (a type of medicinal building) is diluted.

Now, tempered by the golden light of Buddhism, the baleful aura surrounding Chonglou seemed to be shrinking, but in reality, it was like being refined by fire to remove impurities. Finally, Chonglou tried to seize that sliver of opportunity for a breakthrough, but the opportunity was elusive and remained elusive.

"I have accumulated ten trillion merits and broken through to the eighth level of the profound technique!"

Finally, Chonglou sensed a flash of inspiration within his primordial spirit, and a terrifying surge of primordial energy from heaven and earth flowed into his body.

hum!

In an instant, Chonglou caused the void of the Three Realms to tremble, as if frozen in that moment.

Chapter 1070 Breakthrough Three Methods Giant Bell Chaos

[Host: Zhang Xiaoshan]

Realm: Great Luo Golden Immortal

Talent: Innate Divine Demon - Pure Yang

Cultivation techniques: Pure Yang Daoist Technique (Great Luo Chapter), Taiqing Immortal Technique, Nine Revolutions Profound Technique...

Items: Twelfth-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus (+), Divine Demon War Halberd (+), Taiqing Divine Talisman (+), Sun Essence Wheel (+), Pure Yang Cauldron (three-time enhancement)...

Merit: **1

Buddhism has flourished for a thousand years, and Zhang Xiaoshan has accumulated 500 billion in merit.

For thirty years during the Great Tribulation, although Zhang Xiaoshan did not appear in the world, he secretly controlled the overall situation of the Three Realms, accumulating nearly a trillion merits every year.

Opportunities arise everywhere during this great eon.

In particular, Chonglou, as the supreme master of the demonic path, accumulated more merit in a year than he had in the previous thousand years of prosperity.

With the merit of ten trillion, a golden light like a pillar descended from the sky within the space of the bronze bell, and at the same time, a vast amount of innate primordial energy surged into Chonglou's body.

If we don't break through now, when will we?

Borrowing the momentum of the great calamity, and taking advantage of the reversal of yin and yang, Zhang Xiaoshan directly used his merits to break through his profound skills.

He not only wants to break through to the eighth level of the profound skill, but also wants to take this opportunity to comprehend the true primordial state.

After a brief pause in time and space, as gods and demons confronted each other, Chonglou's aura of malevolence erupted, like a massive impact that seemed to shatter the heavens and earth, sweeping across the entire Lingxiao Palace.

At the same time, within a week, the Taoist priest's luck of vanquishing evil, as well as the malevolent energy between the three realms, all gathered together.

Upon noticing the changes in the universe, Tathagata's pupils contracted and his expression shifted slightly.

Pure Qi from the heavens! Malevolent Qi from the netherworld!

These forces, which should have been incompatible, like gods and demons in opposition, now surged into Chonglou's body like seawater overflowing.

Despite the impossibility, Chonglou actually broke through from the peak of the seventh rank to the eighth rank. The vast and boundless calamity energy and the spiritual energy of the thirty-three heavens gathered in Chonglou's spirit like a tornado.

Even the Four Heavenly Venerables, the Four Bodhisattvas, and all the Buddhas of the heavens showed expressions of disbelief.

Chonglou actually broke through?

With the strength of a seventh-level cultivator being almost invincible, how could someone at the eighth level contend with such power?

For a time, even though the gods wanted to stop him, they did not resort to underhanded tactics because of Chonglou's other identity.

As Chonglou's aura continued to soar, the overwhelming power of the peak of strength oppressed the entire Three Realms like the end of the world.

The heavens changed color, and the sun and moon lost their light.

Amidst the turbulent events, Chonglou's breakthrough lasted for less than three hours (a month) before the Heavenly Palace returned to silence.

However, the spot where Chonglou had originally stood was now occupied by an emperor wearing a nine-clawed golden dragon imperial robe and holding a jade tablet. He had a kind expression and a gentle smile, and calmly said:

"Supreme Celestial Venerable, Donghua greets all fellow Daoists!"

"May the Heavenly Venerable of Boundless Blessings and Longevity (Taiyi)!"

"Namo Amitabha!"

It wasn't the Jade Emperor who returned, but the appearance of the Eastern Emperor at Chonglou's location made everyone realize that this calamity was over.

Chonglou breaks through, Donghua appears!

It signifies the restoration of order to the universe and the end of the great calamity.

However, the gods' shock and fear never disappeared.

After all, Chonglou wasn't killed or suppressed, but rather retreated gracefully. Who knows when he might reappear before them.

Even the Eastern Emperor, Buddha and Guanyin dared not be careless at this moment.

The breakthroughs of the main body and Chonglou also greatly benefited Emperor Donghua. Although he did not break through to the Great Celestial Venerable realm of Quasi-Master, he still condensed a golden body of faith at the peak of the Celestial Venerable realm, far surpassing ordinary Celestial Venerable powerhouses.

"Welcome, Great Celestial Venerable!"

With Chonglou's departure, the Great Celestial Venerable also returned, and the order of the Three Realms was restored.

Next, the various deities sorted out the 'wrongful convictions' accumulated over the past thirty-three years. After all, what are demons? Even with Chonglou's restraints, the chaos caused by those demons was not something outsiders could easily dismiss.

However, compared to unbridled actions, these are merely undercurrents.

At the same time, the renovation of temples and Taoist monasteries also highlights the huge differences between Buddhism and Taoism.

It's not that there are no ascetic monks in Buddhism, but they make up less than ten percent, maybe even one percent. Especially in temples with more thriving incense offerings, not only are the temples larger, but the monks are also more lazy.

The Taoist sect is different; most of them are self-sufficient and their deities are made of clay, without the need for gold or bronze embellishments.

Therefore, in a short period of time, many Taoist temples began to accept guests again, and quickly attracted a large number of believers by relying on their medical skills, ghost-catching techniques, and alchemy.

Moreover, Xuanzhen Temple already had a large number of believers.

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"Refine ten trillion merits and deduce the Primordial Chaos Chapter of the Pure Yang Dao Technique!"

The Great Luo Heaven, the Tushita Palace.

After Zhang Xiaoshan returned, he continued his secluded cultivation in the Great Luo Heaven.

Thanks to the opportunities presented by the Great Tribulation, although Zhang Xiaoshan had only broken through to the Great Luo realm a little over two hundred years ago, the fortune bestowed upon him during the Great Tribulation greatly increased his cultivation speed. In just a few decades, he achieved what the innate gods and demons of ancient times had accumulated over tens of millions of years.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaoshan's secluded cultivation was not at the cultivation speed of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but rather at the realm of a quasi-leader of the Chonglou Sect.

With the spiritual energy feedback from Chonglou's breakthrough to the eighth level of the Xuan Gong, he was directly promoted from the late stage of Da Luo to the peak of Da Luo.

The Great Luo Heavenly Sage's sermon this time is about the Primordial Chaos Dao.

Above the Great Luo realm, the Quasi-Master realm is divided into Quasi-Master (Primordial Loose Immortal), Master (Great Awakening Golden Immortal), and Sage (Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal), which are many times more profound than the Great Luo realm.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan listened to the teachings and took notes while using his merits to deduce the Pure Yang Daoist Secrets: Hunyuan Chapter.

Another thousand years passed. Although Zhang Xiaoshan had not broken through to the Great Luo realm, he had perfected the Hunyuan chapter of the Great Luo Dao Technique. Even if he cultivated step by step, he could reach the Quasi-Master realm within ten thousand years.

Moreover, the results of this refinement were not limited to the Hunyuan chapter; the Chunyang Nine Provinces Cauldron, just as he had guessed, was once again promoted to a top-tier acquired spiritual treasure.

Although it is not a treasure acquired later in life, it is only a hair's breadth away from being one.

The next breakthrough in refining merits might allow the Nine-Colored Aura to help the Pure Yang Nine Provinces Cauldron break its final shackles.

As for how to break through to the quasi-leader level?

Through the explanation of the Primordial Dao by the Supreme Dao Ancestor, Zhang Xiaoshan already understood the method of breaking through the mirror.

One way is to prove the Dao through force. For example, when the Demon Lord Chonglou broke through to the eighth level of the Profound Skill, he proved the Dao through force.

However, proving one's Dao through force requires immense magical power (950) and great fortune; otherwise, ordinary immortals and gods cannot even break through to the sixth or seventh stage, let alone the eighth stage, the Primordial Chaos Realm. But once one breaks through, the method of achieving Dao through the physical body is not affected by the Heavenly Dao, meaning the weakening law of the rise of demons and the decline of the Dao has no suppressive effect on Chonglou.

Secondly, one can achieve a breakthrough in fortune or merit, such as Chonglou seizing the opportunity to rule the demonic path as the Demon Lord.

Thus, with the immense fortune of the Great Calamity or the Demonic Path, Chonglou was able to break through to the Quasi-Master realm, which is the way fortune proves the Dao.

The Great Celestial Venerable of the Three Realms possesses the strongest fortune, and thus, despite his seemingly incompetent nature, his hidden strength surpasses that of Chonglou and Tathagata.

Thirdly, there is the practice of "spiritual treasure severing the corpse," which means entrusting one's obsession to innate spiritual objects.

At this time, the ancient gods and demons that appeared in the Three Realms, such as the Supreme Dao Ancestor, Zhen Yuanzi, and the Great Heavenly Venerable, were all avatars of those ancient gods and demons. Their thoughts were entrusted to innate spiritual objects, and their true selves were not in the Three Realms.

This is also the most suitable way for Zhang Xiaoshan to break through his current realm.

The three incarnations correspond to the three obsessions: the benevolent Wuji Daoist, the malevolent Chonglou, and the self-centered Sword Master.

Most importantly, if Lingbao Zhanshi wants to prove his Dao and become a Primordial Golden Immortal, he needs a supreme innate treasure to entrust his primordial spirit.

Otherwise, one must rely on the foundation of the Great Dao—the Primordial Purple Qi—to entrust one's primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao.

At this time, Zhang Xiaoshan possessed a supreme innate treasure—a giant bronze bell, also known as the Chaos Bell.

Only after Zhang Xiaoshan advanced to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm did he gain the qualification to refine the Chaos Bell. Therefore, as long as Zhang Xiaoshan completely refines the Chaos Bell and his primordial spirit is entrusted to it, he will become an immortal Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Chapter 171 Slaying Three Corpses to Attain the Dao in Chaos (Grand Finale)

"Consecrate trillions of merits to strengthen the Taiqing Divine Talisman!"

"Accumulate ten trillion merits, sever the corpse and attain enlightenment!"

A thousand years of enlightenment, time flies.

After stabilizing his peak Great Luo realm, Zhang Xiaoshan continued to cultivate merit, using the Taiqing Divine Talisman as a treasure to entrust his good intentions, and slew the benevolent corpse, Wuji Daoren.

Originally, Wuji Daoren was at the peak of the Heavenly Venerable realm, equivalent to a carefree immortal at the peak of the Great Luo realm.

At this moment, a spiritual light rose from the mind, and the Taiqing Divine Talisman suddenly appeared between the eyebrows.

With the blessing of the double sacrifice, the golden light of Xuanhuang merit suddenly enveloped the entire Donghua Imperial Palace.

In an instant, golden light shone brightly, and countless rays of light filled the entire eastern celestial realm. From below, it looked like the morning glow on the horizon, with countless rainbows.

With the help of one trillion merits accumulated through the ritual, the Taiqing Divine Talisman condensed its thirty-seventh layer of innate restrictions, thus advancing to a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. At the same time, a ray of divine light from the auspicious cloud merged into the Taiqing Divine Talisman, becoming completely integrated with it, rather than merely being a vessel for it.

As the Taiqing Divine Talisman was upgraded to a Quasi-Master Spiritual Treasure, with benevolence integrated into it, the aura of the Wuji Daoist suddenly surged, overwhelming the entire Heavenly Palace.

Most of the gods were confused, while many celestial beings involuntarily looked towards the Eastern Emperor Palace.

Quasi-Cult Leader!

The spirit officials Wang Chan and Wang Ao, who were guarding the imperial palace, exchanged a shocked glance upon sensing the surging aura within it.

The Wuji Daoist broke through again on the foundation of the Heavenly Venerable Peak, which would make him an existence beyond the Heavenly Venerable realm. He was a truly transcendent being in the Heavenly Realm, a super strong person second only to the Great Heavenly Venerable.

The aura of the Daoist Wuji was not concealed from the gods of the Heavenly Realm.

In particular, the Eastern Taiyi Salvation Heavenly Venerable, who was the superior of the Eastern Emperor, never expected that he would remain at the peak of the Heavenly Venerable for nearly ten thousand years, unable to break through to the Primordial Chaos realm.

Emperor Donghua attained enlightenment only three thousand years ago, and those who came after him have surpassed him.

To be promoted to a quasi-leader is equivalent to a super-powerful being in the Three Realms, like a Great Celestial Venerable or Tathagata, surpassing the level of the Four Great Bodhisattvas and the Four Great Celestial Venerables.

"What a fine Chunyangzi!"

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, the Great Celestial Venerable looked eastward, his eyes revealing both fear and repeated exclamations of amazement.

For cultivators in the Heavenly Realm, the Great Luo and the Primordial Chaos are two insurmountable barriers. Unexpectedly, after Chonglou, another of Zhang Xiaoshan's clones has advanced to the Quasi-Sect Leader realm.

Such a terrifying rate of advancement—when did it become so easy to break through to the Quasi-Master realm?

Even the gods of the heavens and the Buddha of the West would never have imagined that Donghua Dijun's breakthrough would be related to Zhang Xiaoshan's severing of his corpse.