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

Chapter 188 Of the myriad paths to enlightenment, choose only one.

Xuanhuang, however, transformed the Hunyuan Sword into a lotus platform, which can also be considered an upgraded version of the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

The Twenty-Fourth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

After the transformation was completed, Xuanhuang nodded in satisfaction, pointed his finger, and the Twenty-Fourth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus flew over and lifted Xuanhuang up.

Xuanhuang flew into the depths of chaos, and after a while, he saw a palace in the chaos.

It was the Purple Cloud Palace.

This was not something Hongjun revealed on his own initiative; rather, Xuanhuang found Zixiao Palace on his own.

When Xuanhuang arrived outside Zixiao Palace, Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes inside the palace.

Raising his head, his gaze seemed to pierce through the palace, meeting the dark and yellow hues outside.

A look of shock flashed across Hongjun's eyes, followed by overwhelming joy.

"Has he finally reached the same level as me?" Hongjun muttered to himself, and with a wave of his sleeve, the gates of Zixiao Palace opened.

Xuanhuang walked in from outside.

This time, Xuanhuang felt even more lonely in the Zixiao Palace, which made him, who was already feeling a bit isolated at such a high place, feel even more lonely.

However, his eyes lit up again when he saw Hongjun.

I may feel lonely, but there are others who are even lonelier and have been lonely for much longer.

"Teacher," Xuanhuang said to Hongjun after entering, taking out a futon and sitting down opposite him.

Upon hearing this, Hongjun shook his head and said, "You've reached my level, yet you still call yourself a teacher?"

"We may simply address each other as fellow Daoists."

Xuanhuang smiled and did not refute.

Hongjun was silent for a moment before saying, "I didn't understand your Five Elements Dao before, but now that you've become part of the Heavenly Dao, could you explain it again?"

Xuanhuang nodded and began to explain the Five Great Daos that he had come to understand.

After speaking for about three hundred years, Hongjun interrupted Xuanhuang, shaking his head and laughing, "Never mind, I still don't understand it, so let's stop listening."

Xuanhuang had no choice but to give up.

Hongjun said, "Everyone has their own path. You have your path, and I have mine. Although I cannot understand your path, you probably cannot understand mine either. Why don't I explain it to you?"

"Please enlighten me, fellow Daoist." Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang's eyes lit up, but he was not convinced and intended to hear Hongjun's Dao.

Hongjun smiled and began to explain his own philosophy.

This time, Xuanhuang interrupted even faster than Hongjun, and could not listen for more than a hundred years.

Xuanhuang's expression shifted, and he paused after a long while, sighing, "What is the name of your Dao, fellow Daoist?"

Hongjun smiled and said, "Nameless, if you want a name, then let it be Hongjun!"

Xuanhuang said, "The Great Dao is boundless, far exceeding three thousand. In the past, my vision was too limited. Now, having heard your teachings, I am truly awakened."

Xuanhuang then shared his feelings, explaining that he originally believed the Great Dao progressed from the Five Elements to the Four Symbols, from the Four Symbols to Yin and Yang, and from Yin and Yang to Taiji.

It is the subtraction of the Great Dao, from many to one, which is gathered to form the Dao of Taiji, and from this one can realize Hunyuan.

But Taiji is one, and after that there is Wuji, which represents zero, and is the ultimate Dao pursued by Xuanhuang.

However, there is a huge gap between Taiji and Wuji. Alongside Taiji, there are four other great Daos: Taisu, Taishi, Taichu, and Taiyi.

They were collectively known as the Five Greats.

Xuanhuang also believed that after comprehending the Five Elements, one could take another step forward and attain the Great Dao.

However, after discussing the Dao with Hongjun and hearing about Hongjun's teachings, he was suddenly shocked.

Zero. Is that truly the Great Dao? Is the Limitless the Great Dao?

Moreover, regardless of whether Wuji is truly the Great Dao, since there is one and zero, could there also be a negative one?

The Great Way has countless variations.

The path I have chosen is actually just one of the countless variations of the Great Dao.

This is Xuanhuang's deepest feeling.

From the Five Elements to the Four Symbols, from the Four Symbols to Yin and Yang, from Yin and Yang to Taiji, from Taiji to the Five Tai, and from the Five Tai further to achieve Wuji!

However, it is likely that the Way of Wuji is not the end of the Great Way.

Because if negative one truly exists, then wouldn't the Five Elements Way also have its opposite? An anti-Five Elements Way, or a negative Five Elements Way?

It opposes Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements, and even the Dao of Wuji!

Thinking about it this way, the Great Dao is infinite and endless. Will there really be a day when one can attain the Great Dao?

Hongjun listened to Xuanhuang's words and pondered them deeply, then smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist certainly has many ideas."

"However, there are countless paths to the Dao, and we who seek the Dao only grasp one of them. No one can fully comprehend all the changes of the Dao."

"When we seek the Way, we are actually seeking truth and eternity. What we need to grasp is not the myriad changes of the Way, but its unchanging eternity!"

"Just as you said, if the limitless is the Dao, then the Dao is zero. If we grasp this zero, wouldn't we have attained the Great Dao?"

"If the limitless is not the Dao, then what's the point of proving negative one?"

"I've learned a lot," Xuanhuang said gratefully upon hearing this.

Hongjun shook his head, not taking it to heart.

After a moment, Hongjun asked again, "Now that you have attained the Five Great Heavenly Daos, what are your plans next?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang couldn't help but frown.

Proving the Heavenly Dao is different from proving the Primordial Chaos. Under the Heavenly Dao, there can be many Primordial Chaos. But now, can there be two Heavenly Daos in one world?

Seeing this, Hongjun smiled and then repeated the Yin-Yang universe theory that he had previously discussed with Zhen Yuanzi to Xuanhuang.

"Spiritual energy, negative spiritual energy, positive universe, negative universe, two universes embracing each other, opposites to each other, with spiritual energy complementing each other?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang pondered for a moment, his eyes gradually brightening as he said, "This method is indeed highly feasible."

"However, my cultivation is still in its early stages, and I am afraid that I am not yet capable of doing so. If I act rashly, I will surely suffer a disaster. Fellow Daoist, please wait for me for a while longer. Let me make preparations and consolidate my cultivation before we discuss this matter."

Seeing that Xuanhuang had agreed, Hongjun couldn't help but smile and say, "I'll wait for you here in Zixiao Palace."

Xuanhuang then rose to take his leave and departed from Zixiao Palace.

However, after leaving Zixiao Palace, Xuanhuang did not return to Xuanhuang Heaven, but instead entered the prehistoric world.

The Primordial Three Realms forbid Hunyuan and Saints from entering, but since he is now the Heavenly Dao, he is not subject to this restriction.

Xuanhuang entered the Netherworld and went straight to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

When Styx saw it on the way, he was very surprised. At first, he thought it was the incarnation of Xuanhuang, but upon closer inspection, he realized that it was not the incarnation at all.

The aura it exuded was so profound and terrifying that it was definitely at least at the Quasi-Saint level.

Therefore, this is not an incarnation of Xuanhuang, but the true form. But aren't Hunyuan and Sages forbidden from entering the Three Realms?

Otherwise, how could Duobao dare to be so arrogant and claim to be the strongest in the Three Realms?

But right now, right in front of him is a living, breathing Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Xuanhuang Tianzun disobeyed the Dao Ancestor's decree and entered the Three Realms in his true form.

How dare he?

Styx was a little alarmed, worried that something might happen, but for some reason, he gritted his teeth and followed.

Despite feeling regret, he still followed Xuanhuang to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Xuanhuang had naturally discovered the Styx River long ago, but he merely nodded as a greeting and did not concern himself with it further.

Upon arriving before the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Xuanhuang called out to it, "Fellow Daoist Pingxin, would you please show yourself?"

The void before the Six Paths of Reincarnation rippled slightly, and then a figure appeared—an old woman.

It was none other than Meng Po, who often served Meng Po soup to passing ghosts on the Bridge of Helplessness.

(End of this chapter)