Primordial Era: Something's Wrong with This Generation of Witch Clan

Chapter 52 Discussion of Dao in the Holy Palace, Styx Creates Asuras

After settling Chang Xi and Xi He in, Pan Huang began preparing materials for his sermon. He planned to use the Golden Elixir Dao as a starting point, then preach to Zhao Gongming and the others, followed by his own Dao of Laws, to see how much Yun Zhongzi could comprehend. 💲🐼 🍬🎃

Yun Zhongzi is still the same Yun Zhongzi, the one who loves crafting artifacts. However, he did not receive Pan Huang's true teachings and could not create artifact spirits. The spiritual treasures he crafted were just spiritual treasures.

"Sister, the aura of the primordial spirit, the aura of the primordial spirit!" While Pan Huang was organizing the information on the Golden Core Path, Chang Xi was excitedly shaking Xi He's arm.

"I felt it." Xihe nodded.

"But Pan Huang is a member of the Wu clan, how could he have a primordial spirit?" Chang Xi asked with some doubt.

"Think about Empress Pingxin now, and then think about what Pan Huang did before, it's not hard to understand." Xi He looked at the place where Pan Huang was in seclusion, her eyes flashing with curiosity and admiration.

"Is what you mean by merit, sister?"

"Yes, thanks to the merit of opening the cycle of reincarnation, Lady Pingxin evolved her true spirit into a primordial spirit in one fell swoop, and even gained a physical body of merit. Do you think Panhuang didn't have that kind of merit? He obtained the merit of the Great Dao twice!" Xihe said this with great excitement.

After all, the merits accumulated from these two acts should have produced a saint, which shouldn't have been a problem. However, Pan Huang stubbornly resisted and instead channeled the merits into the true spirit. This can only be described as a person with great perseverance.

"It seems I made the right choice!" Chang Xi murmured softly when she heard Xi He say that.

"Huh?" Xihe didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing, let's hurry up and cultivate to recover." Chang Xi shook her head.

A century has passed in the blink of an eye, and Pan Huang has also prepared the materials for his sermon. This is mainly because it is his first time sermoning, and he has no experience and does not know what to talk about, so he is preparing these materials.

Most cultivators in the prehistoric world preached their understanding of the Dao through their own cultivation, and then verified each other's understanding. But Pan Huang didn't know this, so he prepared some other things, just like preparing a lesson.

To ensure the smooth conduct of this sermon, Panhuang also invited Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe, and even Changxi and Xihe, who were still in the recovery period.

"Come to the Holy Palace immediately!" After making preparations, Pan Huang sent a message to Zhao Gongming and the others.

Before long, Zhao Gongming and the others arrived at the Holy Palace. After entering the main hall, they met Zhen Yuanzi, Styx, and Taiyin Xingjun.

"Greetings, Master! Greetings, seniors!" Zhao Gongming and the others bowed to Pan Huang and Zhen Yuanzi.

"Sit down," Pan Huang said, gesturing to the prayer mat in front of him.

"Fellow Daoist, let's begin then," Zhen Yuanzi said after Zhao Gongming and the others had sat down.

"Okay!" Pan Huang nodded.

"The Great Dao arises naturally from the innate, from the Wuji to the Taiji. The Dao is hidden before form; from the Taiji comes Heaven and Earth, and the Dao manifests in form. Thus, Yin and Yang give rise to the Five Elements, and the Five Elements give birth to one nature. One nature endowed with one creation, and one form establishes one universe. Thus, we know that the human body's spirit, energy, and blood fluctuate, and everything is in harmony with Heaven and Earth, sharing Yin and Yang. Creation within the body is thus divided into innate and acquired aspects. What is the innate truest of truths? It is the essence of the small space within, its mysterious and ethereal nature..." (That's all for now, just make do with it!)

Pan Huang was speaking about the Golden Elixir Dao. Although he had not cultivated the Golden Elixir Dao, he had preached it to the human race once before. Now, after a hundred years of contemplation, his understanding of the Golden Elixir Dao had reached a new level. The principles he spoke of were more profound, but not difficult to understand, which made Zhao Gongming and the others listen with great interest.

Even Zhen Yuanzi and the others have gained a lot from this Golden Core Path. Although it is a cultivation method deduced by Pan Huang, it is still useful to Zhen Yuanzi and the others.

After Pan Huang finished speaking, Zhen Yuanzi then began to talk about his own Dao. Zhen Yuanzi's true form was a ginseng fruit tree, so the Dao he spoke of was related to the dual attributes of earth and wood.

Zhen Yuanzi explained the Dao in a way that was simple and complex. Pan Huang and the others, as well as Zhao Gongming and the others, listened with great interest. This was the first time Pan Huang had heard someone preach the Dao. After having a primordial spirit, things were indeed different. It was like a nearsighted person suddenly putting on glasses, and the clarity of vision came naturally, making people feel very comfortable.

After Zhen Yuanzi finished speaking, Styx began, mainly discussing the Great Dao of Blood and the Dao of Creation. Since Nuwa created humans, Styx's understanding of the Dao of Creation had deepened. He had also learned from Panhuang and integrated the Great Dao of Blood into the Dao of Creation, giving it renewed vitality. This surprised Zhen Yuanzi, Xihe, and the others.

Although Styx's way of creation is not as powerful as Nuwa's way of creation, it is important to remember that Styx is the lord of the Blood Sea and the lord of the Asura Path among the Six Paths. If he can persevere and accumulate experience, he will surely become a saint.

The Styx's method of creation was of great benefit to Zhen Yuanzi, Xihe, and others, and even greater benefit to Zhao Gongming and his group.

After Styx, it was time for the Taiyin Star Lords. Their cultivation was very singular, and their strength was only at the level of a Quasi-Saint of the First Corpse. Therefore, what they said was of little help to Pan Huang and the others, but it was just right for Zhao Gongming and the others.

Five hundred years have passed since this lecture. In this lecture, or rather, in this discussion of the Dao, apart from the younger generation like Zhao Gongming, Chang Xi and Xi He have gained the most.

In particular, the Styx's Way of Creation, once digested, helps them to restore their original nature.

"Now that the discussion is over, I shall return to the Blood Sea." After the discussion, Styx stood up and said this.

"Is it about to begin?" Pan Huang asked, seeing how anxious Styx was.

"Hmm!" Styx nodded.

"Fellow Daoist Styx, remember what I said: purity, it must be pure, otherwise, you will ruin this path yourself." Pan Huang looked at Styx very seriously.

"Fellow Daoist Panhuang, rest assured, I have been preparing for tens of thousands of years, and that situation will not occur." Styx smiled.

"Alright, then I wish you success, fellow Daoist." Pan Huang nodded.

"Then I shall take my leave as well," Zhen Yuanzi said, rising to his feet.

Although he was very curious about the conversation between Panhuang and Styx, he would not ask them. Zhen Yuanzi knew a saying: the more you know, the faster you will die.

"Fellow Daoist, please take care!" Pan Huang cupped his hands in greeting.

"You should all go back to your caves and digest this properly," Pan Huang said to Zhao Gongming and the others.

"Master, this disciple takes his leave!" Zhao Gongming and the others stood up and cupped their hands in farewell.

After leaving the Holy Palace, they exchanged glances. They had gained a great deal from this sermon, and if they could digest it all, they might be able to break through to become Quasi-Saints.

Pan Huang had previously told them about the drawbacks of becoming a saint by severing one's corpse, but these drawbacks simply didn't exist for Pan Huang. Wasn't it just a complete set of spiritual treasures? Pan Huang had no shortage of spiritual treasures, so finding them a set of spiritual treasures for severing one's corpse was a piece of cake.

"Panhuang! What were you talking about with Fellow Daoist Styx just now?" Changxi asked curiously after everyone had left.

"Chang Xi!" Xi He's expression changed slightly when she heard Chang Xi ask this. She knew that Chang Xi's words would displease Pan Huang, so she stopped Chang Xi.

"Okay, I was rude. I won't ask anymore," Chang Xi said, sticking out her tongue.

Seeing Chang Xi like this, Pan Huang smiled. It seems that this Heavenly Yin Star Lord is not the kind of cold-faced, aloof female immortal that is said to be!

"There's nothing I can't say. Fellow Daoist Styx is planning to emulate the goddess Nuwa and create a race, named Asura, which also suits his identity as the Dao Lord of the Asura Path," Pan Huang said with a smile.

"Ah!" Xihe and Changxi exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

This Fellow Daoist Styx has quite the ambition to emulate the goddess Nuwa!

"I believe in Fellow Daoist Styx; he will definitely succeed. However, he cannot become a saint immediately based on this alone. Fellow Daoist Styx is following the path of accumulating knowledge and experience before unleashing his full potential," Pan Huang explained.

However, this still left Xihe and his companion in awe.

"Alright, you two go cultivate. I'm going to visit the human race too," Pan Huang said to Xi He and the other two, then disappeared from the spot.

He hasn't visited the human race since he left the pass. Several thousand years have passed, and he doesn't know how the human race has developed now.

Upon arriving in the human realm, Pan Huang nodded. Due to his deliberate interference, the human race's development was very slow. The reason Pan Huang did this was to deliberately create disasters for the human race, in order to replace the disasters caused by the demon race's massacre of the human race.

Just as Pan Huang was walking among the humans, the Styx River in the Sea of ​​Blood was also ready.

With a wave of his hand, Styx produced a large mass of blood. This blood was bright and clean, a stark contrast to the dark red blood in the Sea of ​​Blood. Clearly, this blood had been purified and refined.

Besides the blood, Styx waved his hand again, and another large ball of azure energy appeared in his other hand. This azure energy was soul energy, the purest soul energy.

These two things are what the River Styx used to create life.

He carefully took out a portion of blood and then a portion of soul energy. Using the power of creation, he slowly fused the blood and soul energy together, and they immediately changed.

As soon as the soul energy entered the blood, the blood began to twist irregularly. After a few breaths, a faint life force emanated from the blood, which brought an excited smile to Styx's face.

Following the same method, Styx quickly created three more such beings. With these four blood beads in his hand, whose life force was extremely stable, Styx breathed a long sigh of relief.

Now we just wait for these four blood beads to give birth to living beings. If they are accepted by the prehistoric world, then his Asura clan should be born.

A century later, the four blood beads transformed into four large human-shaped cocoons, from which came powerful heartbeats. The smile on Styx's face never faded.

It's worth mentioning that time in the Netherworld is not the same as time in the Primordial World; the flow of time is different in many places within the Netherworld.

The time ratio between the entire Netherworld and the Primordial World is one day in the Primordial World and one year in the Netherworld, while the time flow of the Eighteen Levels of Hell is one day in the Netherworld and one year in the Eighteen Levels of Hell. The same applies to the eight great hells under the jurisdiction of Yama.

Therefore, in the vast expanse of time, it would have taken about a hundred days for these four blood beads to develop.

click-

Suddenly, a crisp sound reached Styx's ears, and he immediately focused his attention, then looked at the blood cocoon in front of him with a tense expression.

Click, click—

A series of cracking sounds rang out, and cracks appeared to spread across the blood cocoon at a visible speed. Styx heard breathing sounds from inside the blood cocoon, indicating that the creature inside had successfully conceived.

Bang!

With a soft sound, the blood cocoon burst open, revealing a naked man with four faces and eight arms. Although the man had four faces and eight arms, he was very handsome, with bulging muscles all over his body, and exuded an extremely masculine aura.

When the man opened his eyes, he waved his hand, and the blood cocoon fragments that hadn't yet fallen flew back to his body. A flash of red light, and the man transformed into a handsome young man wearing a black and red robe.

"Greetings, Father!"

"Very good, get up, get up. You are the first Asura I created, from now on you will be called Indra." Styx said to Indra with a smile.

"Indra thanks his father for bestowing upon him this name!"

"From now on, call me clan leader!"

"Yes, clan leader!" Di Shitian nodded.

Not long after Indra was born, the remaining three blood cocoons also burst open one after another, revealing two men and one woman inside.

The Styx River bestowed upon them the names Mara, Mara, and Brahma, and appointed them as the Four Heavenly Kings of the Asura race.

After the Four Heavenly Kings were born, Styx unleashed his power, directly fusing the soul energy in his hands with the blood sphere. Then, the power of creation surged, and the blood sphere quickly split into three thousand blood beads that floated on the sea of ​​blood.

Looking at the three thousand blood beads above the sea of ​​blood, Styx summoned the Four Heavenly Kings.

"These are members of the Asura clan. You are responsible for guiding them into the world!" Styx said to Indra.

"Yes, Chieftain!"

After giving his instructions, Styx came to the Six Paths of Reincarnation. He infused the primordial energy he had obtained from Indra and the other three into the Asura Path. From then on, the Asuras would be directly reincarnated from the Six Paths of Reincarnation and appear in the Netherworld.

In the cycle of six realms of reincarnation, the hell realm, the hungry ghost realm, and the asura realm are three realms where one is directly reborn in the netherworld.

Therefore, after the Blood Sea, there will only be those three thousand Asuras, while the rest of the Asuras will be scattered throughout the Netherworld, becoming the force that guards the Netherworld.

A century later, three thousand Asuras were born, and the Styx River knew it was time for it to speak.

"By the Great Dao! I am the true descendant of Pangu, from the Blood Sea and the Styx River. Now, having comprehended the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I have created a race, named after the Asura of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Asura Race. We, the Asura Race, are born warriors, and it is our duty to guard the Netherworld and uphold the majesty of the Earthly Dao. The Asura Race is established!"

As soon as Styx finished speaking, the tunnel trembled first, and then a mysterious power enveloped the Asura people. This was the identity that the tunnel bestowed upon them as guardians of the Netherworld.

As soon as the power of the Earthly Dao receded, the power of the Heavenly Dao suddenly appeared in the Netherworld, forming a deep purple vertical eye in the sky above the Netherworld. This was the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and after the appearance of this eye, the entire Netherworld was violently shaken.

(End of this chapter)