Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

Chapter 14 The Way of Red Clouds

Auspicious clouds appeared behind Xuanhuang's head, also the size of an acre of land. However, instead of reappearing as the original form of the Huangzhong plum tree, five figures formed on the auspicious clouds.

They seemed to be the embodiment of Xuanhuang, each with a ray of light behind it, which was the differentiation of the five-colored divine light.

The five people then sat according to the five elements, with the earth element clone in the center and the other four clones surrounding it in a circle.

Above the head of the Earth Element clone was a mirror, which also emitted five-colored light.

It turns out that Xuanhuang also knew that Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun misunderstood that he cultivated the Five Elements Dao.

Furthermore, Xuanhuang created Ziwei as an avatar to plot against him.

It also needs to be concealed.

So I might as well take this opportunity to pretend that I am a practitioner of the Five Elements Dao.

As long as you don't tell anyone, it's not considered lying, right?

This is also the profound and mysterious Great Dao of Xuanhuang, unlike the ordinary Dao.

His profound and mysterious path is to draw upon all paths, like the ocean embracing all rivers, to integrate them into one and achieve his own path.

But it is not just that. Although the Xuanhuang Dao is formed by drawing on all the Daos, it is not simply a collection of all the Daos, but rather it absorbs the nourishment of all the Daos and is nurtured and transformed.

His Xuanhuang Dao is formed from all Daos, yet transcends all Daos.

It is the Way within the Way, the King of all Ways!

Although it is only in its initial stage, some of its power has already been demonstrated.

For this reason, Xuanhuang can disguise his Dao as the Dao of the Five Elements.

As long as he doesn't reveal it himself, no one else can tell.

The five incarnations of the Five Elements each exuded a different aura.

They are clearly distinct yet interconnected, forming a cycle of mutual generation and restraint among the five elements.

Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun both praised it repeatedly.

At the same time, Hongyun also revealed his cloud light, which, like his true form, was a red cloud.

The evolution is the Red Cloud Avenue, which deeply understands the essence of cloud transformation. It has no fixed form and is ever-changing, with profound and mysterious meaning.

This kind of Dao can only be comprehended and cultivated to such a level by someone of Hongyun's origin.

In the primordial world, they are extremely rare, and among the myriad powerful beings, there is only one like Hongyun.

On the contrary, the Dao of Xuanhuang and Zhenyuanzi, the Dao of the Five Elements and the Dao of the Earth, were commonplace in the prehistoric world.

Of course, the fundamental principles are the same, but the methods of cultivation differ, and the path that each person cultivates is actually different.

At this moment, all three revealed their auspicious clouds and began to discuss the Dao.

As the landlord, Zhen Yuanzi was the first to speak.

Its way of the earth begins with the element of earth, one of the five elements, but it absorbs the five elements and gathers them to form the earth.

The Dao is boundless and vast, encompassing all things and all living beings. It is even connected to the Dao of the Four Symbols.

It is both the Earth element of the Five Elements and the land of the Four Symbols.

Although his teachings lacked extraordinary phenomena such as heavenly flowers falling or golden lotuses springing from the earth, every word was precious and thought-provoking, and the principles within were extremely insightful for Xuanhuang.

Zhen Yuanzi's lecture, however, stirred the red cloud beside him. The red cloud was the first red cloud created when heaven and earth were first created, and it had come to possess sentience.

It corresponds to the three elements of wind, water, and fire among the four elements, but it is missing the element of earth.

And in some mysterious way, they were drawn together, complemented and enhanced each other.

Zhen Yuanzi's Way of the Earth can serve as a supplement to his Great Way.

Therefore, as Zhen Yuanzi preached, Hongyun listened and unconsciously began to share his own teachings.

The Great Way of Clouds! The Great Way of Clouds of the Red Clouds encompasses the three elements of wind, water, and fire. After being supplemented by the Great Way of Earth of Zhen Yuanzi, it has achieved a state of perfection.

The Great Dao of Clouds is even more ever-changing, seemingly capable of simulating and forming all things in heaven and earth, and all kinds of Daos.

It embodies a sense of effortless action, impermanence in gathering and parting, and a carefree and unrestrained state of mind.

It left Xuanhuang in awe.

Xuanhuang finally understood why, even though Hongyun had lost his sainthood in Zixiao Palace, the extra wisp of Primordial Purple Qi was still bestowed upon him by Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

This is because Hongyun's Great Dao of Clouds is truly extraordinary. In the darkness, its unpredictable changes, all-encompassing nature, and carefree spirit are somewhat similar to the Dao of Heaven.

Yes, Xuanhuang did not believe that Hongjun's sermon at Zixiao Palace was a conspiracy.

In fact, the era of Hongjun ended in the previous kalpa.

He has become the biggest winner. And since he is the biggest winner, there's no need for him to resort to any more schemes or plots.

The reason why it aligns with the Dao and the Heavenly Dao is simply because it is a choice made in its pursuit of the Great Dao.

The reason why he still gave Hongyun a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi after Hongyun had already missed the chance to become a saint was to give Hongyun another chance.

However, Hongyun ultimately failed to seize this opportunity, did not achieve enlightenment, and instead perished.

In this light, it seems that Hongjun was narrow-minded and had some ulterior motives towards Hongyun.

But upon closer reflection, what could Hongyun possibly have that would warrant Hongjun's scheming?

Hongjun was already a sage at that time, a Dao Ancestor whom all living beings in the primordial world revered.

What qualifications does Hongyun have to be someone Hongjun can scheme against?

Many of the fantasy novels I read in my past life seem to have many errors and omissions now that I think about them.

After all, compared to scheming, wouldn't it be more effective for Hongjun to directly use his strength?

After all, in the entire prehistoric world, apart from the Three Pure Ones who had the merit of creating the world and could not be killed at will, Hongjun could mold and flatten the other powerful beings however he wanted.

As a result, in the prehistoric novels, Hongjun was restricted by the Heavenly Dao in this way and that way, and his merging with the Heavenly Dao actually made him unable to do anything.

On the contrary, the main characters are all unscrupulous. Even when they confront the Heavenly Dao, they can still rant and rave unscathed.

That's a bit outrageous, isn't it?

Therefore, many plots in the prehistoric novels of the past are laughable to the present Xuanhuang.

Many of the viewpoints and judgments presented cannot be directly applied.

Instead, they analyze it themselves.

Therefore, after Xuanhuang made multiple calculations, he concluded that when Hongjun Daozu spoke of the Dao and merged with the Dao, he truly had no ulterior motives.

The reason for this statement is that Xuanhuang deduced that for Hongjun, merging with the Dao was probably the ultimate goal of his pursuit of the Great Dao.

From then on, Hongjun became part of the Heavenly Dao; Hongjun was part of the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao was not part of Hongjun.

This is an irreversible process. Hongjun's entire being was assimilated by the Heavenly Dao.

There will be no situation where Hongjun turns around and devours the Heavenly Dao.

That's impossible. Therefore, Hongjun's unity with the Heavenly Dao is truly selfless!

It's really wrong, so wrong, to talk about him as a conspiracy!

After listening to the two's discussion for a while, Xuanhuang also began to talk about the Five Elements. Above his head, on the auspicious cloud, the Five Elements clones each lowered their divine light.

Behind the Five Elements, they are intertwined and condensed together, evolving the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint among the Five Elements, and constantly cycling.

(End of this chapter)