Primordial Era: Taking the blame to become a saint, proving one's path through eccentricity!

[Mythological Origins, the Convergence of Time and Space]

Boom!

As Xuan Yin became the originator of the demonic path, overriding the mythological concept of Luo Hou, the timeline branches derived from this also began to shrink.

The Hetu and Luoshu in Lingbaojun's hands, and the Chaos Bell in Xuanyin's hands, all returned to the Sun Star according to the cause and effect in the dark.

There was also the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag, which transformed directly into a beam of light and fell into the North Sea.

As for the other four innate flags, they were controlled by Xuan Yin and flew towards Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who was shrouded in endless divine radiance.

The demons of the western lands also vanished without a trace in a single day, as if they had never existed.

Some beings who were unaware of the truth believed that it was Dao Ancestor Hongjun who quelled the demonic scourge, and that the great immortals such as Yin Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor had unfortunately perished while breaking the Zhuxian Sword Formation.

As numerous timeline branches merge into the main axis of spacetime, cause and effect intertwine with destiny, and many new myths suddenly emerge in the endless spacetime.

The tides turn, life and death occur, and the river of time flows ever onward.

But before the creation of heaven and earth, the origin of the demonic path evolved by Xuan Yin was like a black sun hanging at an infinite height, eternally indestructible, with billions of demonic energies symbolizing the root of the demonic path hanging down!

But this is not the only one!

In the very beginning of creation, besides the demonic origin evolved from Xuan Yin, there was also the immortal origin evolved from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

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Taiyi transformed himself into the Dao, evolving into the origin of the divine Dao, and the Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti cultivated the true nature through the falsehood, condensing the origin of the Buddhist Dao!

As for the Human Way evolved by Fuxi, like the Heavenly Way and the Earthly Way, it is the manifestation of the will of billions of living beings in the Primordial True Realm. Although there are imprints left before the creation of the world, they have been transformed into a long river of the Human Way that stands side by side with the long river of time and space, and rolls forward with the great trend.

"Of the three paths symbolizing order—Heaven, Earth, and Man—and the four cultivation systems of Immortals, Demons, Gods, and Buddhas, since the beginning of the primordial world countless eons ago, only these seven Great Paths can be called the source of the Dao!"

Xuan Yin gazed at the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, which were parallel to the river of time and space, as well as the evolution of his own Great Dao and the black sun that symbolized the origin of the demonic path. He couldn't help but look towards the source of the three Great Daos of Immortal, God, and Buddha.

The origin of the immortal path is as bright as the moon, hanging infinitely high, casting endless clear light. The Five Immortals of the Heavenly Realm and the Nine Immortals of the Primordial Chaos are merely the afterglow of this moon shining upon the Primordial True Realm!

Yes!

Xuan Yin believed that he had cultivated the Heavenly Immortal Path, comprehended the Earthly Immortal Path, and established the Tribulation Immortal Path, and was already extremely close to the origin of the Immortal Path!

But when he truly achieved a primordial origin, he realized that his achievements in the immortal path were like fireflies compared to the primordial origin of the immortal path evolved by Dao Ancestor Hongjun. No matter how high his achievements were in the immortal path, or how many branches of the immortal path suitable for all beings to cultivate, they could only be considered a wisp of afterglow scattered from the primordial origin of the immortal path!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Dao Ancestor Hongjun: "I once thought that by cultivating the Dao Fruit of the Earthly Dao through the methods of immortality, I could be called an immortal saint. Now it seems that, not only me, but even my teacher and those few Heavenly Dao Saints have never truly become immortal saints!"

"Grandmaster, your path to immortality has already surpassed the Heavenly Dao, hasn't it?"

"If that's the case, why not let a few true immortal saints be born in the Primordial True Realm?"

In his view, if Dao Ancestor Hongjun were willing, the Immortal Path could also evolve several strands of Primordial Purple Qi. Leaving aside other great supernatural beings, the Three Pure Ones, who are the ancestors of Heavenly Immortals, Zhen Yuanzi, who is the ancestor of Earthly Immortals, Ziwei, who is the ancestor of God Immortals and Ghost Immortals, and Zhenwu, who is the ancestor of Human Immortals, are all qualified to gain the favor of the Immortal Path Origin and become Immortal Saints, thereby supporting the Immortal Path.

If the ancestor of the Nine Immortals of Primordial Chaos could gain the favor of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, he would also have the opportunity to entrust his Dao fruit to the Immortal Dao and become an Immortal Saint by using his own lineage as a medium!

But Dao Ancestor Hongjun never did that from beginning to end. His status as an immortal was solely upheld by him through his own Great Dao!

"Following someone else's path may not be a good thing! If one becomes an immortal saint, one will inevitably be shackled by my own Great Dao!"

Dao Ancestor Hongjun slowly spoke, "Moreover, if one becomes entangled in too much karma, it will also affect my path to transcendence!"

He follows the path of seeking emptiness through subtraction. If there were several sages in the immortal path, the difficulty for him to seek emptiness through subtraction would increase significantly.

In contrast, nowadays, as one of the sources of the Dao, there is only one Immortal Saint. The other Immortal Ancestors have only received a few remnants of the Immortal Dao's glory, and there is no significant causal relationship between them and him.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin immediately fell into deep thought.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun continued, "I know you want to strengthen the demonic path by using the Dao fruits of Shenni, Jianbing, Nuwa, and others. With their Dao fruits integrated, the origin of the demonic path can indeed increase greatly, but you can't only see the benefits and ignore the drawbacks!"

"The more karma one has, the harder it is to transcend it; some karma is better left untouched!"

Xuan Yin did not take Dao Ancestor Hongjun's words to heart—because he did not intend to follow the other party's path of seeking emptiness through reduction!

However, he still bowed respectfully: "Grandmaster, I thank you for your teachings!"

Dao Ancestor Hongjun knew that Xuan Yin had not listened to him, so he waved his hand and left the West with many spiritual treasures.

With the end of the war between the Dao and the Demons and the convergence of the timeline, he also needed to spend some time sorting out the causes and effects of this war.

This is the duty of the Lord of the Heavenly Dao!

When Xuan Yin proved the origin of the demonic path, the Great Dao split into two. One part became the origin of the demonic path, standing before the creation of heaven and earth, while the other part became the Void, standing at the end of all ages.

It can be said that both the Black Sun, which symbolizes the origin of the demonic path, and the Ruins of the end of all worlds, are part of his Great Dao!

Xuan Yin, who roamed the primordial world, was merely a Dao body residing in the Sacred Law Gourd.

The turbulent waves of time and space have not yet subsided, and the timeline has not yet been completely completed. The transformation brought about by the second proof of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal will take some time to be reflected in the Dao body.

Therefore, Xuan Yin, who had transformed into the origin of the demonic path, was not in a hurry to return, but instead silently began to explore the origins of the divine and Buddhist paths.

God and demon are one. As he achieved the origin of demonic path, the origin of divine path also began to grow. The origin of divine path evolved from Taiyi is like a golden sun, which is exactly opposite to the origin of demonic path.

In the primordial true world, after those innate saints perished, a trace of their authority was absorbed by the divine origin before the creation of the world.

However, the power of the Shinto is not strong enough, so that Taiyi cannot manifest in the world, and even the origin of the Shinto is uncertain.

The root of all this lies in the scheme devised by Yuanshi Tianzun.

The Chan Sect's Taiyi sect, having usurped the name of Taiyi, is like a shadow cast by the sun, potentially replacing the Eastern Emperor Taiyi!

It would be impossible to achieve that by relying solely on Taiyi, but Taiyi Zhenren possesses one of the Nine Primordial Qi that connects to the Great Dao of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. The Primordial Great Dao permeates the past, present, and future, spreading its brilliance in endless cycles of reincarnation, transforming into a mark, and forging immortality.

However, the Great Dao of Origin has already been attained by Xuan Yin. Unless Xuan Yin perishes, it is impossible for Yuan Shi Tian Zun to attain this Dao!

In this situation, even if he were to completely seize the Great Dao of Taiyi with the help of Taiyi, he would still be unable to prove the Great Dao of Origin!

But if he cannot prove the Great Dao of Origin, he can still prove a Great Dao that is similar to the Great Dao of Origin!

The Five Primordial Elements, Origin, Primordial Source, Limitless, and the Sword Dao proven by the Tongtian Sect Master—all belong to the Great Dao of Creation!

The finality of the Tongtian Sect Leader and the return to the Void of Xuan Yin both belong to the End series!

If the timing is right, you can certainly jump to another main road.

Just as the Wuji Dao can evolve into the Taiji Dao, the Taiji Dao can evolve into the Liangyi Dao, the Liangyi Dao can evolve into the Sixiang Dao, and the Sixiang Dao can evolve into the Bagua Dao.

Similarly, the Great Way of the Eight Trigrams can reverse the Great Way of the Four Symbols, the Great Way of the Four Symbols can reverse the Great Way of the Two Elements, the Great Way of the Two Elements can reverse the Great Way of the Supreme Ultimate, and the Great Way of the Supreme Ultimate can also reverse the Great Way of the Limitless.

The three thousand great paths are not unrelated; even two seemingly opposite paths can be realized through the right opportunity.

Take the Great Dao of Destruction and the Great Dao of Creation, for example. Destruction contains the ultimate creation, and the ultimate creation contains the ultimate destruction.

In the primordial true world, besides the Demon Ancestor Rahu, the one most likely to prove the Great Dao of Destruction is actually Nuwa, who is skilled in creation.

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It may sound unbelievable, but it is an undeniable fact!

Xuan Yin wanted to become a saint of the divine path, so he had to let Taiyi complete the evolution of the divine path. He and Taiyi could be said to be natural allies.

Therefore, he naturally did not want to see the Great Dao of Taiyi stolen by Yuanshi Tianzun.

After examining the origin of the divine path, Xuan Yin turned his gaze to the origin of the Buddhist path!

Unlike the origins of the Immortal Path, the Demonic Path, and the Divine Path, the origin of the Buddhist Path is a Dao tree rooted in the nature of all living beings in the primordial world.

Above the tree of enlightenment, countless fruits of enlightenment are formed, including the fruits of Arhat enlightenment, the fruits of Bodhisattva enlightenment, and the fruits of great Bodhisattva enlightenment. The fruits of enlightenment of the Seven Buddhas of the Past, the Buddhas of the Three Worlds, Amitabha Buddha, and Cundi Buddha Mother are also suspended above it, illuminating the eternal time and space.

But if you look closely, you'll realize that the origins of Buddhism and Taoism don't actually exist!

Seeing this, Xuan Yin suddenly realized: "Our true nature is empty. The so-called Buddha-nature is actually something created from nothing by the two Western Sages, extracted from the spiritual ocean of all living beings in the primordial world!"

"As long as the position of Shakyamuni remains vacant, the origin of Buddhism and Taoism is nothing but a castle in the air!"

"In other words, although Jieyin and Zhunti created the origins of Buddhism and Taoism, no living being has been able to fully realize them yet!"

"On this tree, symbolizing the origin of Buddhism and Taoism, there are countless fruits of Taoism, and each fruit has the potential to transform into the origin of Buddhism and Taoism!"

On this tree, Xuan Yin sensed two Dao Fruits related to himself: the Buddha Fruits possessed by his Sambhogakaya and Dharmakaya, namely the Dao Fruit of Xuanzang King Bodhisattva obtained through his Great Vow, and the Dao Fruit of Worldly Freedom King Buddha inherited from Rahu.

The former symbolizes the "great vow" of Buddhism, while the latter is one of the oldest sources of Buddhism, and even Amitabha Buddha has to call it his teacher.

However, unless all the fruits of Buddhahood are unified, no one can attain the original source of the Buddha's path!

"United as one!"

Xuan Yin thought of this supernatural power again. It was not only a method for cultivating the Dao heart, but also a key means of integrating many Buddhist fruits.

Within Buddhism, there are disputes between Mahayana and Hinayana, between different branches of Buddhism such as Chan, Tantra, Lotus Sutra, and Pure Land, between past Buddhas, present Buddhas, and future Buddhas, and between the concepts of the Eastern Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli and the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Add to that the mix of elements from the Taoist sects into the Buddhist sects, and the vast Buddhist sects and the expansive Garden of Solitude could probably be divided into nearly a hundred factions.

The Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti watched coldly from the sidelines, and even secretly fueled the flames, probably because they wanted to find out the origin of Buddhism and Taoism!

Only those who lead the way in Buddhism can be the one to reside in Jetavana Monastery, and only those who can win the hearts and minds of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Jetavana Monastery can attain the position of the originator of Buddhism.

Although the Buddhas of the past, present, and future each led an era, they could not unite all the Buddhas in Buddhism.

Perhaps, only by unifying the three lifetimes can the origins of Buddhism and Taoism be definitively identified.

Of course, it is also possible that all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and ordinary beings who believe in Buddhism will merge into a completely new being at some point in the future, just as Pangu created all living beings and all living beings returned to Pangu.

In this regard, Daoist Styx has a lot to say. His Blood God Child was created so that the origin of all living beings would return to him alone.

However, the Styx seeks the origin of all beings, while Buddhism seeks the true nature of all beings!

The origin exists!

Its true nature is emptiness!

Only absolute emptiness can sever the cause and effect, and realize the ultimate Nirvana of Buddhism.

At this moment, Xuan Yin had a sudden inspiration. He discovered that the Dao of the Three Pure Ones, the Dao of the Two Western Saints, the Dao of Rahu and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and the Dao of the Styx Daoist had many things in common!

The Way of the Three Pure Ones is about going from nothing to something, from something to nothing, seeing something in nothing, and proving nothing in something. Its core is the proof of existence and non-existence.

The two Western saints sought Nirvana and annihilation, but ultimately, they were seeking emptiness.

The Way of Rahu is destruction, the sacrifice of everything, and also an evolution towards nothingness and emptiness.

Tao Ancestor Hongjun sought emptiness through reduction, eliminating cause and effect, seeking transcendence, but it was also emptiness!

True transcendence is indescribable and ineffable; it cannot be considered a state of being, nor can any state of being define so-called transcendence.

Just like the Great Road!

Thinking of this, Xuan Yin couldn't help but sigh: "The Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is without emotion, yet it governs the sun and moon; the Great Dao is nameless, yet it nurtures all things. The Great Dao is inherently formless, without emotion, and nameless. To forcibly call it the Dao is to fall into a lower realm and lose the true meaning of the Great Dao!"

The true path needs no words; it cannot be explained by language or writing.

All tangible things, all tangible words, and all eloquent principles have deviated from the true meaning of the Great Dao. After observing the Dao of Immortals, the Dao of Gods, and the Dao of Buddhas, Xuan Yin's consciousness also merged into the origin of the Demonic Dao without hesitation. Along with him were several demonic treasures: the Heavenly Demon Tower, the God-Slaying Spear, the Demon-Turning Pool, and the Twelve-Petaled World-Destroying Black Lotus.

A force instantly traversed endless space and time, landing on Xuan Yin's Dao body, allowing him to unleash the power of a Second-Level Primordial Grand Luo.

At this moment, the power of Origin and Ruins intertwined, the power of Heaven and Earth intertwined, and the origin of the Demonic Path connected the four paths of Heaven, Earth, Man, and God, instantly giving rise to a profound and mysterious Daoist charm.

However, Xuan Yin's Dao body did not show much joy on his face, because his body was Luo Hou, who had just broken away from the Heavenly Dao!

He looked at Xuan Yin and laughed, "Fellow Daoist, I've given you the God-Slaying Spear, the Heavenly Demon Tower, and the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, so shouldn't you—return Sui Yu Bai to me?"

As a primordial treasure born after the collapse of the Great Millstone of Annihilation, the power of the Shattered Universe Seal is absolutely no less than that of the Three Treasures of Creation—if possible, Xuan Yin naturally would not want to return it!

But at this moment, after shedding his identity as a Heavenly Saint, Luo Hou's aura not only did not weaken in the slightest, but also began to rise steadily. In the blink of an eye, he surpassed Xuan Yin and was comparable to a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal with three proofs!

Upon seeing this, Xuan Yin asked in astonishment, "You abandoned the Heavenly Dao and the Demonic Dao, so how did your strength rise to such a level?"