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Shouyang Mountain, Bajing Palace.

The alchemical furnace emitted wisps of green smoke, while purple qi swirled and rotated nine times.

Lao Tzu sat cross-legged on a cloud bed, his face ancient and his eyes indifferent, as if he were in harmony with the Tao and in solitude with all things.

However, at this moment...

The Taiqing Sage, who was known for his inaction, had a ripple appear in the depths of his half-open eyes.

He slowly raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through the layers of palaces and landing on the shores of the East China Sea.

It fell towards that crimson-gold pillar of martial will that soared into the sky and pierced through the clouds.

As it descended into the depths of the pillar of light, the chaotic rune, faintly visible yet radiating a completely new Daoist charm, appeared.

"The nascent form of a law..."

Lao Tzu murmured to himself, his voice calm and still, yet it caused the purple aura of the entire Eight Views Palace to pause slightly.

Inside the alchemy furnace, the flames of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir suddenly went out of control, leaping several feet up and scorching the furnace walls with a hissing sound.

But Lao Tzu seemed oblivious.

His entire being was drawn to that chaotic rune.

That was... the prototype of the laws of martial arts!

Xuan Du... is he really going to create his own path?

"Primordial Chaos... Great Luo..."

Lao Tzu slowly uttered these four words, and with a flick of his fingertips, he traced a barely perceptible path in the air.

At the end of the trajectory, there is Xuan Du standing in front of the Martial Arts Heavenly Stele.

His green robes fluttered slightly, his black hair cascaded over his shoulders, his eyes were deep and unfathomable, and the primordial Daoist aura around him was perfectly harmonious and unobstructed. Moreover, an unprecedented martial arts essence was being nurtured within him!

A century of preaching, gathering the insights of hundreds of millions of people, is truly about to condense into an unprecedented law!

This is simply... defying all logic!

Since the beginning of time, all laws have been derived from the Great Dao and have existed since time immemorial.

Even sages only wield partial power by borrowing the power of the Heavenly Way, rather than creating it.

But Xuan Du... a Hunyuan Golden Immortal who has cultivated for less than a hundred years, actually wants to forge a martial arts law that belongs only to himself and also to the human race?

What shook Lao Tzu even more was that

Xuan Du was walking the path of Hunyuan!

Transcending the laws of nature, it establishes its own laws!

He has now reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, and is only one step away from the supreme Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

The law is complete!

Once the martial arts principles are successfully condensed and integrated into oneself...

Then he can use this law to break through the shackles and attain the Great Luo of Primordial Chaos!

A Primordial Golden Immortal...

Lao Tzu's fingertips trembled slightly.

That's a level that even saints would take notice of!

Although he does not hold the position of a saint and does not wield the authority of the Heavenly Dao, he transcends the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, possesses overwhelming combat power, and is not afraid of saints!

All three Pure Ones follow the path of severing the three corpses.

He achieved the status of a sage of the Heavenly Way by virtue of his merits in creating the world and the fortune of establishing a religion.

The same applies to Yuanshi and Tongtian; they relied on the primordial purple qi to entrust themselves to the Dao of Heaven in order to attain sainthood.

But now...

Xuan Du is actually going to take that step?

And in the form of self-created rules?

"I... back then..."

Lao Tzu slowly closed his eyes, and for the first time, a clear and unmistakable regret appeared on his ancient and simple face.

Ten years of wind and snow at the foot of Shouyang Mountain.

The young man in blue knelt outside the mountain gate, kowtowing for ten years, just to join the Human Sect and seek a chance at immortality.

But what about him?

He wanted to hone Xuandu's character more, and then Xuandu Xuandu.

But now...

The boy he had high hopes for had already reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm!

Furthermore, it has already condensed the rudiments of martial arts laws!

What pained him even more was that Xuandu had taken billions of human beings as his disciples, erected the Martial Dao Heavenly Stele, and gathered the human race's fortune...

This should have been the foundation of human education! It was his father's destiny!

But now, all of this belongs to the Jie Sect!

He has returned to Tongtian!

"boom......"

Inside the Eight Views Palace, the purple aura suddenly erupted in chaos!

The alchemy furnace exploded, and the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir turned to ashes!

Lao Tzu's Daoist aura of non-action crumbled inch by inch, replaced by an extreme, yet boundless, anger and regret!

wrong!

He was completely wrong back then!

If he had taken Xuandu in back then, then the one who is condensing martial arts laws and breaking through to the Hunyuan Daluo realm today would be his disciple, the Saint of Taiqing!

The fortunes of billions of humankind will also belong to the Human Religion!

At that time, the fortune of the People's Education Bureau will increase several times, and his father may be able to take another step forward with this fortune.

But now...

Everything is emptiness!

The fortunes of the Human Sect were diminished due to Xuandu taking on disciples, and they also lost a disciple who was capable of attaining the Great Luo of Primordial Chaos!

......

Kunlun Mountain, Yuxu Palace.

On the cloud bed, the Primordial Celestial Venerable's eyes were slightly closed, and the Jade Purity Immortal Light around him flowed like a tide, but there was a trace of barely perceptible disorder.

He did not truly enter a meditative state.

After the fall of the North Sea Burning Lamp, Xuandu led hundreds of millions of humans to force back the Demon Court, and even obtained a ten-thousand-year ban for the human race in front of the Dao Ancestor.

The Jade Purity Saint, who was always known for his majesty and solemnity, was no longer at peace.

now.

He slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze pierced through layers of palaces, through endless void, and fell directly upon the shores of the East China Sea.

There, a crimson-gold pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the clouds and shaking the entire world!

Within the pillar of light, martial will surged like a dragon, blood and qi resonated like thunder, and a chaotic rune appeared and disappeared within, exuding an unprecedented Daoist charm unique to martial arts!

"The Laws of Martial Arts...Initial Form..."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable slowly uttered these words, his voice cold yet carrying an uncontrollable tremor.

He saw it clearly.

That was no ordinary phenomenon or convergence of insights.

That was the true prototype of a law!

This is a sign that a brand new Great Dao is being conceived by hundreds of millions of people cultivating martial arts for a hundred years, their wills resonating, and their insights intertwined, all under the guidance of the Primordial Dao Rhyme of Xuandu!

Once this law is fully formed and recognized by the Great Dao...

Then Xuandu can use this law to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm!

"century......"

The Primordial Celestial Venerable tapped his fingertips lightly on the cloud bed, producing a dull and rhythmic sound.

Each sound seemed to resonate deep within his Dao heart.

century.

A mere century.

It has only been a hundred years since Xuandu left Shouyang Mountain and joined the Jie Sect.

But this past century...

This child, initially a human, gained the favor of Tongtian and was taken in as his personal disciple.

He later erected the Martial Arts Heavenly Stele, took in hundreds of millions of human beings as his disciples, and gathered the human race's fortune into the Jie Sect.

He re-entered the North Sea, beheaded Ran Deng, captured the Xuan Turtle, took in the Kunpeng, and forced the Primordial Saint to retreat.

Now, they have led hundreds of millions of humans to besiege the Demon Court, confronting the celestial bodies of the heavens, seeking justice for humanity before the Dao Ancestor, and establishing a ten-thousand-year prohibition...

One pile, one piece.

Which one of them wasn't a defying-the-sky act?

Which one wasn't shocking and outrageous?

And now...

He actually intends to create his own rules and prove his Dao through martial arts!

"Primordial Grand Luo..."

Yuanshi Tianzun slowly clenched his fist, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi gleaming in his sleeve, reflecting the surging killing intent and... apprehension in his eyes.

Yes.

fear.

Even if one is a saint, holding the power of the Heavenly Dao, and looking down upon all living beings in the primordial world.

At this moment, facing the martial arts laws that were gathering in Xuandu, Yuanshi Tianzun still felt a clear sense of apprehension.

This is because Xuandu is walking the path of Hunyuan!

Transcending the laws of nature, it establishes its own laws!

Once one attains the Great Luo of Primordial Chaos, one is truly on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao and unafraid of the authority of the Sages!

At that time...

Can he, Yuanshi, still intimidate him with the power of a sage as he does today?

not to mention......