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

Chapter 84 Merit

"Junior Brother's cultivation is now unfathomable. I'm afraid you're not far from attaining enlightenment, are you?" After Xuanhuang sat down, he exchanged a few polite words with everyone, but then Laozi spoke up.

As soon as Lao Tzu said this, everyone around looked at Xuanhuang.

Xuanhuang shook his head and said, "Senior brother, it's too early to say. You should know that Hunyuan is difficult to prove. The closer you are to it, the more you will know how difficult it is to prove Hunyuan."

"Moreover, in my opinion, Senior Brother's cultivation is also quite high. He will probably soon be the first after Teacher to sever the Three Corpses and prove the Dao through the method of severing the Three Corpses."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed again, and they looked at Laozi with surprise and uncertainty.

Lao Tzu remained expressionless and calmly said, "Good and evil are easy to sever, but the self is difficult to understand. Severing the self is not as easy as you say, junior brother."

"As for you, junior brother, you don't prove it through force, you don't sever the three corpses, and you don't accumulate merit. Instead, you created your own method for attaining enlightenment. I wonder if you could reveal a little about this method?"

Laozi looked at Xuanhuang and sincerely asked, "I observe that my junior brother's foundation lies in supernatural powers, using the Five Elements to transform into the Four Symbols, and the Four Symbols into Yin and Yang. Now that Yin and Yang are complete, shouldn't the next step be Taiji?"

Xuanhuang smiled, knowing that his method of attaining enlightenment could no longer be hidden from everyone, so he didn't take it to heart and said, "What Senior Brother says is quite right."

"The Five-Colored Divine Light transforms into the Four Symbols Divine Light, the Four Symbols Divine Light transforms into the Yin-Yang Divine Light, and the Yin-Yang Divine Light transforms again, which is Tai Chi."

"However, Junior Brother is also in a dilemma now. It is quite difficult to combine Yin and Yang to form Tai Chi. He was just thinking of asking Senior Brother to borrow the Tai Chi diagram."

Upon hearing this, Lao Tzu fell silent for a while before saying, "If you wish to borrow it, it is not impossible."

"How about this? After the demon race establishes the Heavenly Court, our Xuanmen lineage can gather together and exchange ideas, shall we?"

Upon hearing Laozi's words, the group exchanged glances, and after a moment, they all laughed and said, "We'll do as our senior brother says."

At this point, they fell silent, all patiently waiting for the demon race to establish a heavenly court.

After waiting for quite some time, finally, the five quasi-saints of the demon race—Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kun Peng, Fu Xi, and Nuwa—appeared.

Di Jun then spoke, claiming that he had obtained the consent of his teacher Hongjun to establish a Heavenly Court.

This left everyone speechless.

Some powerful beings, upon hearing that even Dao Ancestor Hongjun had agreed to the establishment of a Heavenly Court by the demon race, were also tempted and clearly intended to join the Heavenly Court.

However, highly accomplished beings such as Xuanhuang, Sanqing, Jieyin, and Zhunti are all very clear-headed.

Knowing that Hongjun is now the Heavenly Dao and has no personal thoughts, Dijun and others may have asked about the matter of the demon race establishing a Heavenly Court, but Hongjun would at most agree, but would not actually express his support.

The way of Heaven is impartial and unbiased.

Di Jun is simply using Hongjun's name to his advantage, which is no different from what Dong Wanggong did back then.

However, despite this, Xuanhuang and the others did not step forward to expose them, after all, they were now in the midst of a great calamity.

Those powerful beings who were moved by the situation clearly had heavy karmic burdens and were destined to enter the tribulation.

Joining the Heavenly Court will sever their karmic ties; whether they survive or not depends on their own fate.

Therefore, Emperor Jun led the demon race to worship and pray to the heavens, and held many complicated and tedious ceremonies, and finally announced the establishment of the Heavenly Court.

Di Jun proclaimed himself the Demon Emperor Heavenly Emperor, his brother Taiyi was the Eastern Emperor, Fuxi was the Xi Emperor, and Nuwa was the Nuwa Emperor.

Kunpeng is a demon master.

As for Ziwei, it was ignored as always.

Then, ten demon generals were selected from among the demon gods. They were all trusted confidants who had followed Di Jun and Tai Yi since the early days.

They are Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, Ji Meng, Fei Dan, Fei Lian, Jiu Ying, Ci Tie, Shang Yang, Qin Yuan, and Gui Che.

At the very moment the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court was established, those with profound cultivation couldn't help but feel a tremor in the heavens and earth.

It was as if a silent voice came from the darkness, and a colorless color descended from the sky, merging into the bodies of the various demon races, including Di Jun, Tai Yi, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Kunpeng.

Even Ziwei, the avatar of Xuanhuang in the starry sky, was finally not forgotten at this moment.

They also gained merit.

Indeed, what descended upon the demon race was the so-called Heavenly Merit.

Among them, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fu Xi, Nuwa, and Kunpeng were the main force in establishing the demon race and received the most merit.

The merits had clearly manifested, emitting bursts of golden light that dazzled everyone.

Moreover, at this moment, suddenly Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fu Xi, and Nuwa all appeared in auspicious clouds.

Each of them exuded a powerful aura, and after a while, thanks to the merit of establishing the Heavenly Court, they all severed one of their corpses.

In just one moment, all four of them broke through from the early stage of Quasi-Saint to the middle stage of Quasi-Saint, greatly increasing their strength.

Only Kunpeng, although he also received merits from no fewer than four people, suffered severe injuries to his good corpse after being destroyed by Hongyun last time, which greatly reduced his cultivation.

Now that his merits have been accumulated, although his cultivation has greatly increased, he is still somewhat lacking and has not been able to sever a second corpse like the four others. As a result, his expression is rather unpleasant.

However, the demon race was extremely excited at this time, and everyone gained merit. Although the merit was distributed among the demons of lower status, everyone's merit improved.

Not to mention the breakthroughs of the four great emperors, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fu Xi, and Nuwa. Their increased strength signifies the growing power of the demon race, and as a member of the demon race, one naturally feels honored to share in this glory.

However, while the demon race is happy, the powerful beings may not be.

Xuanhuang smiled, for the merit bestowed upon Ziwei by Heaven had been silently transferred to him.

This can be considered the first act of merit he had planned.

Accumulating merit brings numerous benefits to spiritual practice.

What followed was a grand feast, with everyone clinking glasses and enjoying a lively atmosphere.

"Alright, three junior brothers, Junior Sister Nuwa is very busy right now, so we don't need to invite her. Would you three like to come to our Kunlun Mountain together?" Laozi invited Xuanhuang, Jieyin, and Zhunti.

Upon hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti did not rush to answer, but instead looked at Xuanhuang.

Xuanhuang thought for a moment and said, "No rush. My three senior brothers should go back first. I need to talk to my wife about this before I go."

Upon hearing Xuanhuang's words, the group was taken aback, but they all shook their heads.

It turns out that although there are indeed couples among powerful beings, the few present are all single.

For a moment, although everyone knew there was something fishy going on between Xuanhuang and the Queen Mother of the West, hearing him say it himself still felt a bit strange.

However, it was nothing. The Three Pure Ones took their leave first. After the Three Pure Ones left, Jieyin and Zhunti smiled and said, "We're not in a hurry. We still have some things we want to talk to our senior brother about."

Xuanhuang glanced at the two of them, said nothing more, and said, "Then wait for me." He then instructed Kong Xuan to bring out the moose.

Then Xuanhuang went to find the Queen Mother of the West, but the Queen Mother of the West also had her own little circle. She was chatting happily with several female immortals when she heard Xuanhuang say that she was going to Kunlun Mountain and could no longer return with her.

He said sullenly, "If you want to go, then go by yourself. But their Sanqing's temple is on the other side of my Xikunlun. Remember to come find me after you've finished your business."

Xuanhuang naturally agreed.

(End of this chapter)