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

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Even though a sage is indestructible through countless eons, exists eternally with Heaven, and coexists with the Dao, possessing boundless merit and fortune, he would never do something thankless and arduous.

For ordinary beings, the Earthly Origin Dao Fruit might be considered an endless blessing, but for the sages who rule the universe, it holds little appeal; it is tasteless to consume, yet a pity to discard.

After all, those below the level of a sage are nothing but ants, and this is not just a saying. Although a Primordial Golden Immortal is strong, he is nothing more than a slap in the face of a sage!

Moreover, the Heavenly Sage is definitely on the side of the Heavenly Dao and is its spokesperson. The integration of the Primordial Qilin's Earthly Origin Dao Fruit into the origin of the Heavenly Dao can be considered a kind of perfection of the Heavenly Dao order.

Therefore, helping the First Qilin escape its predicament would bring absolutely no benefit to the sages.

According to Xuan Yin's guess, the merits and fortune owed by the First Qilin and the Qilin clan are probably comparable to the merits of a saint's enlightenment!

Even worse!

Wouldn't it be good to have this merit, elevate one's own Great Dao, and gain authority in the Heavenly Dao?

However, seeing the profound mysteries of the Great Dao that the Primordial Qilin manifested, and its subtle connection with the Heavenly Dao, Xuan Yin also gained some understanding.

The Great Luo Immortals do not die; they transcend the Three Realms, are not bound by the Five Elements, and are not subject to the constraints of time, space, and the cycle of life and death. Not all the ancient Great Luo Immortals have died!

They're just waiting for the right opportunity to return!

Some people compare the primordial world to a chessboard, but in Xuan Yin's view, it is more like a casino, and the Great Luo Golden Immortals are the gamblers.

The gambling stakes are like good fortune and luck, and also the foundation for each person's survival in this world!

When a Great Luo Immortal completely squanders all his merits and fortune, he will become a servant of the Heavenly Dao, just like the Primordial Qilin.

Since we can't repay our merits and good fortune, let's just work for them over the endless years to come!

Of course, as long as they repay their good deeds and accumulate capital again, those "fallen" great Luos still have a chance to re-enter the game.

For example, the Eastern King Duke!

This male immortal leader suffered several calamities in later legends.

However, given the fortune gathered by his title as the leader of male immortals, and the fact that he did not owe the Heavenly Dao endless merits and fortune like the First Qilin, he will naturally be able to return once the time is right.

Although both Shi Qilin and Dong Wanggong perished, their situations differed.

The First Qilin not only lost all the merits and fortune of himself and the Qilin clan, but also incurred a huge debt to the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World due to insolvency.

As for the Eastern King Duke, he only lost all his original accumulation, but he did not owe the Heavenly Dao any merit or fortune. As long as he accumulates some more capital based on his title as the head of the male immortals, he can naturally return at any time.

The Eastern King has a guaranteed amount of good fortune, while the First Qilin does not. Under these circumstances, the other party can only place their hopes on someone else.

And since the sages are on the side of the Heavenly Dao, they naturally wouldn't help the First Qilin.

He could only stare at others!

The First Qilin continued, "Young friend, don't underestimate yourself. You are a primordial human, and a disciple personally accepted by the Sage Tongtian. I dare not say anything else, but your future attainment of the Great Luo Golden Immortal is a certainty. You may lack merit and fortune now, but the future is uncertain!"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin's lips twitched involuntarily. Even if the human race were to rise in the future, he would never use the human race's fortune to fill the hole left by the Qilin clan.

Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?

At this moment, he finally understood why the Water and Fire Child's expression was so strange!

There's a trap here!

The physical body of the Primordial Qilin is indeed a good opportunity, but accepting this opportunity will require helping the Primordial Qilin repay some of its merits and fortune in the future. In fact, this opportunity is an overdraft of one's own future.

Mortals fear the consequences, while immortals and gods fear the causes.

Under the laws of Heaven, cause and effect and destiny are nowhere to be hidden. In the Primordial True Realm, cause and effect truly exist. What kind of cause you sow in the present will yield corresponding results in the future!

Seeing that Xuan Yin remained unmoved, Shi Qilin was not discouraged, but continued, "Of course, I also know how much karma I bear. You alone, young friend, cannot shake that overwhelming causal force!"

"Rest assured, young friend! You don't need to bear all the karma between me and the Qilin clan; you only need to bear a portion of it! I will not entrust the future of the Qilin clan to you alone!"

"In fact, the ancestor of earth immortals, Zhen Yuanzi, the central Yellow Emperor, and even your human race's Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, all inherited a portion of the Earthly Dao Fruit from me!"

"If one person's merits and fortune aren't enough, then find several more people to inherit them!"

Clearly, Shi Qilin was also aware of the amount of karma he carried, and from beginning to end, he never intended to rely on Xuan Yin alone.

He just wanted Xuan Yin to help him shoulder a portion of his endless debts!

"Xuanyuan?"

Xuan Yin was taken aback upon hearing this.

The ancestor of the Earth Immortals, Zhen Yuanzi, and Han Jishu were both famous powerful figures in the prehistoric world. Moreover, the path they cultivated was related to the earth, so it was not surprising that they wanted the Earth Origin Dao Fruit of the First Qilin.

He simply never expected that in this era when witches and demons dominated the primordial world and the human race had not yet flourished, he would still hear the name of the Yellow Emperor.

"Don't be surprised!"

As if guessing what Xuan Yin was thinking, Shi Qilin immediately explained, "The proof of becoming a Great Luo is eternal. Xuan Yuan is destined to become a Great Luo in the future, and naturally, his mark will be left in the endless river of time!"

"Although I am now bound by the laws of Heaven and deprived of my freedom, as an auspicious omen of Heaven, I can still glimpse some of the future from the unseen realm!"

"Furthermore, beings who attain the Great Luo realm in the future, in order to glimpse the path ahead, will surely send a wisp of their consciousness against the endless river of time and space to the Purple Cloud Palace to hear that Dao Ancestor expound his own Dao!"

"Otherwise, do you think we can gather three thousand Great Luo Immortals in this generation alone?"

Xuan Yin was startled upon hearing this.

Although he has become a disciple of a sage, he is currently only at the Celestial Immortal realm. There are some things that the Tongtian Sect Leader will not bring up on his own initiative. Last time, the Tongtian Sect Leader only talked about the content below the Great Luo realm.

He didn't know much about the Great Luo Realm, nor did he know that some of the three thousand mortal guests of Zixiao Palace came from the future.

Currently, the Witch and Demon races dominate the world. Leaving aside the Witch race for now, the Demon race seems to have only a few hundred Great Luo Immortals. Even if we add the Dongwanggong Zifu Continent lineage, which was destroyed by the Demon race, as well as those rogue cultivators, the current prehistoric world can probably only barely gather a little over a thousand Great Luo Immortals.

But back then, when Hongjun preached in Zixiao Palace, three thousand Great Luo Immortals gathered together!

There aren't that many Great Luo Immortals in this world, so the remaining Great Luo Immortals can only come from the future. Zixiao Palace is undoubtedly the place where the future intersects!

Suddenly, he thought of the two Western saints and their great aspirations to attain enlightenment. The great flourishing of Buddhism was something that would happen many eons in the future, but their great aspirations contained profound Buddhist principles.

But nowadays, there is only Western religion and no Buddhism. Where do these Buddhist principles come from?

It can only be in the future!

The two of them should have attained enlightenment in the future, but through their grand aspirations and the characteristics of the Great Luo, they brought forward the timeline for attaining enlightenment to the present.

Is it a reversal of cause and effect?

It is still a testament to eternal truth. Although it is a testament to the Tao in the future, it uses the great power of a sage to project one's own Tao fruit from the future into the present time and space.

It's reasonable for a Great Luo Golden Immortal to slightly modify the cause and effect of time and space, as they transcend time and space, let alone a Saint whose strength surpasses that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal!

Becoming a saint through loans?

No, it's just a matter of drawing up some of the potential for future immortality in advance!

Thinking this through, Xuan Yin suddenly understood. Looking at the Primordial Qilin before him, he thought, "Using a portion of future fortune in advance doesn't seem like a bad idea!"