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

Chapter 94 Comprehension

In the Kunlun Mountains. After seeing Hongjun step forward and establish the rule that demons would rule the heavens and witches would govern the earth, Xuanhuang withdrew his gaze.

Just as he was about to continue his seclusion to comprehend the Taiji diagram, the divine senses of the Three Pure Ones reached out and intercepted Xuanhuang.

"Junior brother, don't be in such a hurry. This time, Master has decided that the main characters of the Great Tribulation will be the demon race, which will rule the heavens and the witch race, which will govern the earth. What do you think, junior brother?" Laozi said.

Xuanhuang thought for a moment and said, "Three senior brothers, how else can we watch this? We'll just have to sit down and watch it."

"Sit and watch?"

Tongtian chuckled: "How can you watch this while sitting down?"

However, Tongtian quickly realized what Xuanhuang meant.

"I see."

Tongtian said, "Whether the demon race rules the heavens or the earth, even if the demon race truly dominates the entire world, it has nothing to do with us."

"We only need to focus on cultivation, comprehend the primordial chaos, and attain sainthood."

Once Tongtian understood this, he stopped talking nonsense and directly withdrew his divine sense.

Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi also said, "Excellent, Fifth Brother still sees things most clearly."

"Nothing can move my mind except the Dao." Lao Tzu also withdrew his divine thoughts.

Yuanshi also withdrew his divine sense.

Xuanhuang was slightly speechless, but he withdrew his divine sense and continued to comprehend the Taiji diagram.

Fourteen hundred years passed, and on this day, Xuanhuang suddenly awoke and went straight out of seclusion.

He returned the Tai Chi diagram to Lao Tzu.

Laozi was quite surprised and asked, "Junior Brother, have you finished comprehending it?"

Xuanhuang nodded and said, "I was just about to bid farewell to my senior brother."

Lao Tzu examined Xuanhuang closely again, then asked with a puzzled look, "Junior Brother, have you transformed Yin and Yang into Tai Chi?"

Xuanhuang shook his head and said, "No."

"That……"

"I have already grasped the mysteries of Tai Chi, but cultivation is partly about understanding the Dao and partly about the Dao heart. My Dao heart seems to be flawed, which is why I cannot break through. Senior brother, please don't ask anymore. If you ask me again, I will truly have no secrets left," Xuanhuang said with a wry smile.

Lao Tzu shook his head and said, "Alright, then go ahead!"

Xuanhuang bid farewell to Kunlun Mountain and left. He first went to Xikunlun, only to hear that the Queen Mother of the West had gone into seclusion.

Shaking his head, Xuanhuang didn't go anywhere else, but went straight back to Yingzhou Island and returned to the Xuanhuang Palace.

Then he went into seclusion again.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xuanhuang had instructed Kong Xuan to visit Wanshou Mountain on his behalf if he passed by it during his travels in the prehistoric world.

Kong Xuan was traveling across the primordial land when he happened to be near Longevity Mountain and witnessed a great battle between the Wu and Yao tribes.

How fierce was the war between the Lich and Demon races? Even powerful beings were in danger of perishing.

Kong Xuan did not try to be brave, especially since they had already reached the vicinity of Wanshou Mountain, so he hid in Wanshou Mountain.

Zhen Yuanzi remained as kind as ever, and Wanshou Mountain also took in many creatures, who all used it as a refuge and hid there.

When Kong Xuan first entered, he did not reveal his identity, but instead quietly blended in among the many living beings.

While watching the fierce battle taking place outside Wanshou Mountain, they also listened to and observed the behavior of the creatures protected by Zhen Yuanzi.

He seemed to have gained more insights.

After the great battle between the two races ended, the protective array of Wanshou Mountain was opened, and many creatures bowed to Zhen Yuanzi in gratitude before departing.

At this point, Kong Xuan revealed his identity and requested an audience with Zhen Yuanzi.

"You little rascal, I actually noticed you a long time ago, but since you have your own ideas, I'll just let you have your way," Zhen Yuanzi said.

Kong Xuan then realized that his martial uncle was also incredibly powerful, and that his own abilities were simply futile in trying to conceal his identity.

"I've made my uncle laugh at me," Kong Xuan said with shame.

Zhen Yuanzi shook his head and said, "There's nothing funny about this. Let me ask you, what have you learned from all these years here with me?"

Kong Xuan thought for a moment, and looking into Zhen Yuanzi's eyes, his own gaze hardened. He said to Zhen Yuanzi, "I dare not hide it from my uncle."

"I have indeed gained some insights over the years, and I discussed this with my teacher some time ago."

"The teacher said that in the primordial world, it was a law of the jungle where the strong preyed on the weak and the mighty were respected. This is an unchanging law."

"However, I believe that even the strong should not bully the weak, for the weak also have the right to live."

Zhen Yuanzi nodded.

"But this time, here with my master, I observed those beings who were protected by him, and how grateful they were to him. I realized what a true strongman is. A strongman should not just possess great strength and act recklessly, but should also have virtue. Only a strongman with virtue deserves to be called a strongman."

"This is benevolence and righteousness!"

Kong Xuan firmly stated.

"Benevolence and righteousness..."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi pondered for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh: "Good, good, good! Benevolence and righteousness, what a fine example of benevolence and righteousness!"

"Kong Xuan, your future achievements will surely be no less than those of your teacher."

Zhen Yuanzi said, "Only those with benevolence and virtue can be considered strong! You are right. As for your teacher, what he said about the survival of the fittest and the supremacy of the strong is true, but that is his way."

"Not our way."

"For example, he once told me, and your Uncle Hongyun, that the method of severing the three corpses is a ruthless method, a ruthless path."

Kong Xuan was also somewhat surprised when he heard this, and looked at Zhen Yuanzi.

Zhen Yuanzi continued, "The method of severing the three corpses, in the third step, is to sever the self. Your teacher said that after this severing, one becomes a heartless person, but is that really true?"

"What has Uncle-Master comprehended?" Kong Xuan asked, a thought stirring within him.

"Being ruthless or having feelings, both are ultimately feelings. Having feelings is being ruthless, and being ruthless is also having feelings. Take Hongjun Daozu, for example. He also severed his three corpses and his ego, but does that mean he was truly ruthless?"

Zhen Yuanzi said, "On the contrary, the Dao Ancestor was not heartless. On the contrary, his emotions reached their extreme and transformed into great love. He was willing to merge with the Heavenly Dao to protect all living beings."

Kong Xuan couldn't help but start thinking.

"Feelings, indifference, feeling is indifference, indifference is feeling, feelings..." Kong Xuan muttered to himself.

Keep thinking deeply.

Zhen Yuanzi said, "Alright, you don't need to think about it now. There are some things you haven't experienced, and you can't understand them in a short time."

"The reason I'm telling you this is so that when you see your master again, you can tell him that the method of severing the three corpses is not actually a heartless method. If you really treat the method of severing the three corpses as a heartless method to cultivate, even if you can sever the three corpses, you will never be able to reunite them."

Zhen Yuanzi said, "There is a second point, which is to tell you that your teacher's words are not entirely the truth. If you want to forge your own path, you must understand this: your own reasoning is the truth."

"Is my own reasoning the only truth?" Kong Xuan felt as if a lightning bolt had struck his mind, causing him to shudder as if suddenly enlightened.

At this moment, his cultivation level suddenly increased dramatically, rising from the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm to the late-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Five divine lights emerged from behind him, each shooting straight into the sky. At this moment, these five divine lights also seemed to undergo some subtle change.

Upon seeing this, Zhen Yuanzi clapped his hands and laughed, "Excellent, excellent!"

Seeing that Kong Xuan was still unconscious, he got up, called over two boys, and instructed them, "Go and get two fruits for your senior brother to eat when he wakes up."

The two boys obeyed and left, and Zhen Yuanzi also left, leaving Kong Xuan alone to continue his meditation.

(End of this chapter)