Primordial Era: I rule the great sect and command all immortals.

Chapter 78 The Yellow Emperor attains the Dao and becomes the Human Emperor; the Chaos Dao Lord attempts to become a Quasi-Saint.

In this way, the world is at peace, and the human race is well-fed and clothed.

Five thousand years later, the Yellow Emperor wrote books such as the "Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Jing" and the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic". Finally, he met the Great Master Xuandu of the Human Sect, who told him that his merits were complete and that he could pass on the throne of the Human Emperor. Then he went to the "Fire Cloud Cave" to cultivate in seclusion.

Upon hearing this, the Yellow Emperor was overjoyed and quickly passed the throne to his grandson Gaoyang, who became Emperor Zhuanxu.

Just after the Yellow Emperor passed the throne of the Human Emperor to the Emperor Zhuanxu, the two sage emperors Fuxi and Shennong descended from the sky in dragon chariots, smiling and saying to the Yellow Emperor, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the completion of your merits and attainment of the throne of the Human Emperor."

Fuxi and Shennong gave up half a seat and invited the Yellow Emperor to sit in the dragon carriage with them. The Yellow Emperor bowed and said, "I am deeply honored to have troubled my two elder brothers to come."

The Yellow Emperor boarded the dragon chariot and flew with Fuxi and Shennong to the "Fire Cloud Cave" beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Just as the Yellow Emperor ascended to the "Fire Cloud Cave," a merit descended upon "Mount Wuyi" and landed on Chaos Dao Lord, making the merit within Li Yunjing's "Rebirth Gourd" even more concentrated.

"The Three Sovereigns have achieved perfect merit, but the Five Emperors cannot continue to compete for it. Otherwise, not only the Human Sect and the Chan Sect, but even their own disciples within the Jie Sect will be dissatisfied. As for who among you has the ability to earn merit, that is none of my concern."

At this moment, Li Yunjing's cultivation had advanced to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal. As he comprehended the Dao and its essence, he suddenly realized that he had unknowingly reached the stage of severing his corpse.

The Three Corpses Severing Method is a method of attaining enlightenment created by the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

The Three Corpses refer to good thoughts, evil thoughts, and obsessions.

By severing the three corpses, one can attain the status of a half-step Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal. Only by severing the three corpses can one reach the pinnacle of the primordial world.

In other words, a cultivator only has a chance to cross the threshold of becoming a saint if they cultivate to the level of a quasi-saint.

When a cultivator in the primordial era reaches the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, he can gather his three corpses to contain all kinds of desires, so that he is not affected by them. He can get closer to the Great Dao, but also avoid being assimilated by the Dao, thus better comprehending the three thousand laws of the Great Dao.

With each corpse severed, one takes a step closer to the Great Dao.

The three corpses are not ranked in any order. One who severs one corpse is at the mid-stage of Quasi-Saint, one who severs two corpses is at the late-stage of Quasi-Saint, and one who severs all three corpses is at the peak of Quasi-Saint, also known as Sub-Saint, and can expect to reach the Primordial Chaos stage.

As for the early stage of Quasi-Saint, that involves some impoverished experts. These people's cultivation is far superior to that of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, but they suffer from the lack of top-grade innate spiritual treasures, so they cannot entrust their primordial spirits and cannot sever their corpses.

However, these great figures in the prehistoric world will naturally have ways to take shortcuts. Even without top-grade or supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures, they can still sever good and evil corpses. Among them, the most proficient researchers are naturally the two saints of Buddhism. Otherwise, when Buddhism flourished in the future, the number of quasi-saint powerhouses would not have been far greater than the combined number of all other forces in the prehistoric world.

"Having come to this world, this day has finally arrived. Today is the day I attain quasi-sagehood!"

Li Yunjing calmed his complicated emotions. He had gone through many calculations and experiences along the way, and this day was hard-won. As long as he became a Quasi-Saint, apart from the six Saints, the prehistoric world would pose no fatal threat to him.

He took out the "Rebirth Gourd" from his body. Looking at this top-grade innate spiritual treasure, Li Yunjing smiled slightly. He was wealthy enough that he would not lack top-grade innate spiritual treasures. He severed his three corpses.

To obtain the orthodox Xuanmen lineage, one naturally needs a high-grade or top-grade innate spiritual treasure to entrust with severing the good corpse, evil corpse, and self-corpse. The more compatible the treasure is with oneself and the higher its level, the more powerful the three corpses will be severed.

Now that Li Yunjing is preparing to sever his benevolent corpse, he will naturally use his top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the "Rebirth Gourd," which will allow him to unleash the full power of his benevolent corpse.

The peak masters of the Great Luo Golden Immortal transcend the river of time and are immortal. The quasi-saint level masters, on the other hand, possess some of the characteristics of the Primordial Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal, transcending fate and time, merging the past, present, and future into one point, and completely mastering their own destiny. They truly live on as long as heaven and earth perish and the sun and moon decay, achieving true freedom and great ease.

At this moment, Li Yunjing completely shut down "Wuyishan". The four swords of Zhuxian were hung in the four directions of "Wuyishan", and everything was shrouded and concealed.

The entire "Wuyishan" has become an independent world.

From the past to the future, formation, existence, decay, and extinction are connected like frames of a painting, and many things that have disappeared appear one by one in Li Yunjing's mind.

Standing in the present, Li Yunjing is surrounded by the ever-advancing past on one side and the unpredictable future on the other, while beneath his feet lies the present that constantly devours the future and then becomes the past.

As Li Yunjing wandered through the long river of time, a sudden realization dawned on him.

The past is immutable, making it the most difficult to transcend; the present and future are ever-changing, making them much easier to transcend than the past.

Facing the past and with his back to the future, Chaos Dao Lord was carried backward by the rolling waves of the river of time, symbolizing that every moment of the present, every minute and second, was turning into the past.

Five elements swirled, three flowers bloomed, and above the Great Luo Dao Fruit, Li Yunjing's primordial spirit opened its eyes. A golden light shot out from between its brows, piercing through countless layers of time, and looked at all that it had experienced since it gained sentience.

Time travel, physical transformation, apprenticeship, and spreading of the Dao—all the way to the Yellow Emperor's attainment of the Dao and becoming the Human Emperor.

Everything he had experienced in the past, every scene, slowly flowed before Li Yunjing's eyes, stretching on and on from the present into the future.

Li Yunjing felt that his primordial spirit had grown much stronger again, and he had actually taken a crucial step at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, once again going against the current in the river of time.

"The Rebirth Gourd!"

Li Yunjing mustered his magical power, let out a low shout, and the unparalleled power and rich vitality of the top-grade innate spiritual treasure transformed into a green sword of life, which he used to slash at countless people and things related to him.

In an instant, countless causal threads were severed one by one, leaving only dozens of thick causal threads that remained unbreakable.

Each of these causal threads exuded an aura of transcendence and eternity. Li Yunjing swallowed three "Nine-Turn Golden Pills" in succession, raising his magical power to its peak once again. The "Sword of Life" formed by the "Rebirth Gourd" once again burst forth with a dazzling green light. The sound of "crack" rang out continuously, and all the remaining causal threads were severed in one stroke.

Having severed his own karmic ties, Li Yunjing felt incredibly relaxed and comfortable, filled with boundless joy, and enjoyed complete freedom and ease.

All of that vanished like smoke, and Li Yunjing's body was now imbued with an indestructible, immortal essence.

(End of this chapter)