Primordial Emperor Xihuang

Chapter 153 The Ancestral Tree of the Great Dao

As the founder of the Xuanmen (Mysterious School), Taishang said, "The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. Nameless, it is the origin of heaven and earth; named, it is the mother of all things." In his attainments on the Great Tao of Creation, Taishang was second only to Nuwa among the people Fuxi had seen.

"I'm not here to cause you trouble, I just have something I want to ask you."

Fuxi glanced at the two people around him who still hadn't revealed themselves, and shook his head: "It seems these two fellow Daoists don't want to show themselves, so let's leave it at that."

Approaching Taishang, Fuxi made a sweeping motion with his right hand towards the void in front of him, and a vast expanse of azure light appeared. The surging essence of creation transformed into a torrent, illuminating the surrounding void with a verdant green.

Fuxi looked at Taishang, pointed to the blue light waterfall, and asked, "Do you know the origin of these blue light waterfalls?"

"I encountered these cyan light waterfalls in the Western Regions. The reason I was able to enter the Mysterious Female Heavenly Gate was because these cyan light waterfalls contained an extremely vast amount of creative essence."

Taishang's birth can be traced back to the time when Pangu created the world. He is one of the oldest innate gods and demons in the primordial world. He is knowledgeable and experienced. Fuxi believed that Taishang should be able to identify the origin of these blue light waterfalls.

As Taishang gazed at the cyan waterfall of light that Fuxi had created, he reached into the waterfall to carefully sense it. His body trembled, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Looking at Fuxi, Taishang's face turned serious: "The Western Regions? That makes it easy to identify. Be careful, this is a senior who was born with consciousness earlier than me. His strength and realm are unfathomable, far surpassing mine."

"Or rather, from the moment he was born, he was already at the very top of the primordial world. Even in the next era, and the era after that, he will probably still be one of the strongest people in the primordial world."

Taishang waved his hand to disperse the cyan light waterfalls, and looked at Fuxi seriously, saying, "You must not anger him. If he really gets angry, even if I, Yuanshi, and Lingbao help you together, we will not be able to withstand his wrath."

"That strong? That's terrifying."

Upon hearing this, Fuxi showed no sign of worry.

What Fuxi said must be true, but since the opponent is so strong, he was forced by the four great gods, immortals, Buddhas and demons of the Western Regions to divide the Great Chun Domain to protect the local great clans of the Western Regions. This means that the opponent must have great limitations and cannot go all out.

"You rascal, I'm not kidding you."

Taishang looked at the smile on Fuxi's face, his white eyebrows furrowed, and he sighed: "He does have great limitations, or rather, most of the time, he is unable to take action. But if you really anger him, I advise you to run away."

"This so-called restriction can still be forcibly lifted as long as he is willing to pay some price."

"After saying all that, you still haven't told me who the other person is."

Fuxi put away his smile and looked at Taishang, asking a question.

"You should know that our primordial world was formed by Pangu transforming the world, and its origin is extremely abundant. Therefore, it is able to give birth to multiple innate treasures, which is absolutely impossible in ordinary eternal worlds."

The Supreme Celestial Venerable looked at Nuwa and Houtu beside him and nodded. He was not very familiar with these two goddesses, having only had a brief exchange with them at the Mysterious Female Heavenly Gate.

However, since Fuxi trusted these two people, and they were just some insignificant secrets of heaven and earth, Taishang didn't care.

"The Primordial Treasure is the foundation of the Great Dao and the shaping element of the Heavenly Dao. It can be called a miracle in the eternal universe."

"But you should understand by now that you have cultivated to this point that there is another kind of treasure in our primordial world that is no weaker than the innate treasure, and may even be slightly superior to it."

Nuwa's bright eyes changed slightly, and for the first time, a look of shock appeared on her beautiful and stunning face.

Houtu's phoenix eyes narrowed, and the energy around her body vibrated and shattered like a surging tide.

Fuxi narrowed his eyes, and countless essences of creation from heaven and earth uncontrollably surged forth from the Xuanpin Heavenly Gate behind him.

Looking at the solemn-faced Taishang, Fuxi slowly said, "I never expected this. I thought the existence of the Great Dao Ancestral Tree was just a legend."

"The Great Dao Ancestral Tree, does it really exist? Why have I never heard of it appearing before?"

Houtu was shocked. The Great Dao Ancestral Tree was just a legendary existence, and no one in the primordial world truly believed that the Great Dao Ancestral Tree existed.

After all, it is said that the Great Dao Ancestral Tree is the root of all living things and plants in the primordial world, which is impossible in the eyes of the creatures of the primordial world.

Everyone knows that the creators of all living things in the world are Pangu and the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

"Although some of the rumors are wrong, such as the claim that the Great Dao Ancestral Tree is the origin of all living things and plants, the correct statement should be that the Great Dao Ancestral Tree is the origin of all acquired plants and living things."

"The innate spirit is created by the Heavenly Dao, while the acquired spirit, although also created by the Heavenly Dao, is evolved from the great power of the Heavenly Dao combined with the root of the Great Dao Ancestral Tree. Therefore, it is correct to say that the Great Dao Ancestral Tree is the root of all acquired plants and living beings."

Taishang looked at Fuxi, Nuwa, and Houtu and slowly said, "As far as I know, there were once two Great Dao Ancestral Trees in the primordial world. One of them broke into countless pieces at the beginning of the creation of the world."

"After this Great Dao Ancestral Tree shattered, the vast majority of its essence and the fragments of the Ancestral Tree merged and transformed into ten divine medicines, which fell into the endless void of the universe and disappeared."

"There is another one, which evolved into the blue light waterfall. It is called the Great Toon Tree, which is in charge of the changes of time, with eight thousand years as spring and eight thousand years as autumn."

"At the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, the Great Chun Tree once supported heaven and earth, but even the power of the Great Dao Ancestral Tree was powerless to withstand the infinite pressure of an eternal great world."

"Although the Great Chun Tree did not shatter into pieces like the Chaos Jian Tree, its essence was severely damaged. Later, the Heavenly Dao bestowed merit, which saved the Great Chun Tree's life."

"However, the fusion of the origin and the merits of the Heavenly Dao has restricted the transformation of the Great Chun Tree, as well as its manifestation."

"If the Great Toon Tree chooses to be born as the Ancestral Tree of the Great Dao, it must remove the wounds from the creation of the world within its body. If it chooses to be born as the merits of the Heavenly Dao, it needs a massive amount of Heavenly Dao merits to cleanse its extremely vast consciousness and true spirit."

"He could not accomplish either of these two things, so in recent years the consciousness of the Great Chunmu has been unable to leave its own body, and its primordial spirit has always been in the process of destruction and healing from the trauma of creation and the merits of the Heavenly Dao."

"Although it possesses boundless power, the Great Chunmu can only barely reveal a trace of it, and its own consciousness cannot exist outside for long. Therefore, you are unaware of the origin of the Great Chunmu, nor do you know that the Great Dao Ancestral Tree truly exists."

(End of this chapter)