Primordial Era: From the Creation Lotus to the First Disciple of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 99 The Three Pure Ones Refine Pangu's Essence Blood

After Qinglian left the Sanqing Palace, the heavy, ancient palace gates closed silently, separating the inside from the outside into two worlds.

Inside the palace, a vast and boundless silence returned, with only the chaotic air currents slowly swirling around.

On the cloud bed, the Daoist aura surging around the Three Pure Ones, which had been stirred by witnessing the creation of the world, did not immediately dissipate. Instead, it surged like a tide, enveloping them.

They were still deeply immersed in the immense shock and profound insights brought about by the simulated yet fundamental demonstration of the Great Dao.

They closed their eyes and focused their minds. Within their souls, the roar of the giant axe splitting the primordial chaos still seemed to echo. The grand scene of the separation of the pure and the impure, the initial division of yin and yang, was imprinted on the deepest part of their primordial spirits like a brand.

Earth, water, fire, and wind surged and roared, gradually being tamed and regulated from their chaotic rage; endless laws were defined, solidified, and interwoven into a web from nothingness, constructing the embryonic form and framework of the primordial world.

This grand and magnificent process collided, confirmed, and merged with their own understanding of the Taiqing Wuwei, Yuqing Order, and Shangqing Fengmang Dao, sparking countless sparks of wisdom.

Lao Tzu's aura grew increasingly ethereal and transcendent, as if he were about to completely dissolve into the state of "nothingness" before the creation of heaven and earth, where all things were empty and untouched by dust.

However, within that ultimate "nothingness," he clearly grasped the opportunity of "existence" that gave birth to all things and evolved the universe.

The Daoist principles of Yin and Yang flowed naturally behind him, perfectly harmonious and flawless. His understanding of the supreme philosophy of "the Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things" reached an unprecedented level of integration, infinitely approaching the sacred realm of primordial chaos and indestructibility.

His aura became increasingly unfathomable, as if he were the embodiment of the "Tao," doing nothing yet accomplishing everything.

Above the head of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, amidst auspicious clouds, endless runes of laws, like the stars in the heavens, rose and fell according to mysterious trajectories, becoming more orderly and perfectly orderly, as if a flawless and all-encompassing Heavenly Dao Codex was constantly being perfected and self-deduced.

His mastery of "explaining the principles of heaven, defining the laws, and organizing the order" has reached the ultimate level of the Quasi-Saint realm. He exudes supreme majesty, as if he could merge with the Dao at any moment and take control of the primordial order, with his words becoming law.

Wherever the Jade Purity Immortal Light shines, all chaos is quelled, and absolute order is restored.

The once soaring and fierce sword energy around the Tongtian Sect Master was now completely restrained, as if billions of divine swords had all returned to their invisible sheaths, giving people an ultimate tranquility. Yet, beneath this tranquility lay an ultimate explosive power capable of cleaving through chaos, seizing a sliver of life, and causing all things to tremble!

His understanding of "destruction" and "construction" has thoroughly touched the edge of the Great Way.

Destruction and rebirth, these two extreme forces, achieved a strange balance and unity within him, as if with a single thought, he could reset the earth, water, fire, and wind, and create a new world.

Their understanding of the Dao had never been so clear, and their comprehension of their own Dao had never been so profound and complete.

His cultivation, realm, primordial spirit, and perception of the Heavenly Dao—everything had reached the pinnacle of Quasi-Saint, with no further advancement possible!

However, when their understanding and cultivation reached a certain critical point and they were about to touch the coveted Primordial Dao Fruit, they seemed to have all crashed into an invisible, intangible, ethereal, unpredictable, yet indestructible and insurmountable supreme barrier!

It wasn't that they lacked sufficient accumulation or understanding; on the contrary, it was precisely because their Dao was nearly perfect that they could so clearly perceive the existence of this barrier!

This is a kind of unseen restriction imposed by the Heavenly Dao, originating from the primordial world itself!

It was as if an invisible yet supreme hand had pressed down on their ankles, preventing them from taking their final step, and coldly informing them that the time was not yet ripe! The holy throne had not yet been revealed!

The Three Pure Ones were almost simultaneously pushed away from that ultimate, near-perfect state of enlightenment by an invisible force, gently yet firmly.

They exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a hint of understanding, as well as a faint sense of helplessness stemming from their thwarted pursuit of the Great Dao.

"The time is not yet ripe," Lao Tzu said calmly, his voice as still as a deep well, directly revealing the most crucial point.

It was as if he were stating a fact that had nothing to do with him, but deep in the depths of his eyes, a very faint ripple passed through.

"The Heavenly Dao restricts." Yuanshi Tianzun nodded slightly, his majestic gaze seemingly piercing through the walls of the Sanqing Palace and through the endless void, seeing the Heavenly Dao rules that coldly operate and restrain all living beings in the darkness, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"Hmph! I've accumulated enough knowledge and insights, just one final step away! Yet this is so frustrating!"

Tongtian Jiaozhu clenched his fist somewhat unwillingly. The sword energy that had been restrained around him suddenly flashed due to the fluctuation of his emotions, cutting through the surrounding chaotic energy and making a soft hissing sound. He then forcibly suppressed it.

They were all exceptionally intelligent individuals who instantly understood the key points.

With the inspiration of the Father God's creation of the world and the accumulation of countless eons, their own understanding of their respective Great Dao has reached the absolute peak of Quasi-Saint. In fact, with just this understanding of the Great Dao, they have barely touched the threshold of the void of proving the Dao of Hunyuan through the laws!

Their power, realm, understanding, and foundation are all perfectly complete and seamlessly integrated. What they lack is not their own inability, but the "permission" granted by the Primordial Heavenly Dao, that "legitimate" opportunity to become saints that belongs exclusively to them!

This opportunity might be due to some kind of merit, or a ritual recognized by the heavens, or perhaps it is simply a matter of waiting for a specific "time".

Knowing that forcing it would be futile and might even invite a backlash from Heaven, the Three Pure Ones no longer insisted on immediately breaking through to that seemingly unattainable sacred realm.

The most important thing now is to consolidate this unprecedented state of perfection and to completely transform the other two earth-shattering gifts bestowed by the Father God—the essence blood of the ancients and the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique—into one's own use, thus solidifying that unprecedented and powerful foundation.

The three closed their eyes again, their minds completely calmed down, like the most patient craftsmen polishing a peerless jade. They carefully and repeatedly sorted out what they had gained, soothing the surging Dao heart caused by the enlightenment of creation, and slowly compressing and condensing their cultivation that had reached its limit, making the perfect state more stable and without any superficiality.

During this process, their spirit and energy were adjusted to an unprecedented optimal state, perfectly harmonious, flawless, and radiant.

The moment when one's own state reaches its perfect limit.

Lao Tzu made the first move. He remained calm and raised his hand, and the drop of dark golden Pangu essence blood, which had been temporarily sealed and was extremely heavy, containing the endless power and life source of the Father God, slowly flew to a foot in front of him and floated quietly, like a miniature chaotic heart slowly beating.

Lao Tzu manipulated profound hand seals, and the ethereal energy around him transformed into an invisible yet incredibly solid furnace of heaven and earth, enveloping his essence and blood within it. He began to slowly and carefully refine it with his own Dao fire.

The process may seem gentle, but it actually contains endless dangers and twists of fate.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu also simultaneously activated their respective Pangu essence blood.

The Jade Purity Immortal Light was vast and boundless, transforming into chains of divine order that wrapped around and enveloped the drop of essence blood, like a silkworm cocoon.

The Supreme Clarity Sword Intent transformed into countless tiny, dust-like sharp points, penetrating the essence blood in a completely different way...

A more aggressive approach began to carefully absorb and integrate.

At the same time, the profound Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, which was taught by the Great God Pangu, also began to operate on its own in their minds that had reached the perfect state!

Refining Pangu's essence blood and cultivating Pangu's profound skills are two things that share the same origin, complement each other, and promote each other. The effect is not as simple as one plus one, but rather twice the result with half the effort and amazing efficiency!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three immense forces of blood and energy, whose power defies description, suddenly awakened, roared, and churned within the Sanqing Palace, like three ancient, primordial dragons that had slumbered for millennia!

The vast, boundless, supreme, and noble aura of Pangu, transcending all things, permeated the palace as if it were a tangible entity, even causing the innate spiritual energy of the entire Kunlun Mountains to surge wildly.

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If the Sanqing Palace were not a supreme Taoist temple, isolated by a primordial array, such an earth-shattering scene would have already spread throughout the prehistoric world!