Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

Chapter 70 The Twelfth Level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal

A slight difference here, a slight difference there, the final result will naturally be vastly different, making it difficult for the Primordial Chaos Power to merge with the Great Luo Dao Fruit, making it difficult for the Great Luo Dao Fruit to successfully transform, and thus making it impossible to break through successfully.

He felt he could break through at any moment, but Yuan Yan was not in a hurry to do so.

Instead, he continued to immerse himself in enlightenment, eagerly absorbing the profound truths of the Great Dao as told by Hongjun, verifying them himself, and perfecting his own Great Dao. At the same time, under the inspiration of the infinite Daoist charm and spiritual light, he constantly checked for omissions and filled gaps, strengthening his own foundation and essence.

He planned to cultivate himself to the extreme, until there was no further progress and no more flaws, before breaking through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Chaos knows no years, and spiritual practice knows no time!

In the blink of an eye, a whole era has passed!

The three thousand guests of the Purple Heaven were so engrossed in listening to the Dao that they were completely unaware of the passage of time.

Only when the Sage Hongjun uttered his last words of the Great Dao and stopped preaching did everyone awaken as if from a dream, realizing with a start that an entire era had passed.

At this moment, all three thousand Zixiao guests showed regret and disappointment. Some of the less sensible ones even made fools of themselves. Although they were still not satisfied, Hongjun's sermon ended, and everyone had to return to reality.

Yuan Yan slowly opened his eyes, and within them, countless laws and principles of the Great Dao evolved, seemingly containing endless profound truths.

At this moment, still connected to the Yuan Realm, Yuan Wheel, and Yuan Spirit's spiritual energy, sensing his own and their cultivation progress, a hint of joy flashed in Yuan Yan's eyes.

Currently, he, along with Yuanjie, Yuanlun, and Yuanling, are still at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

But now, he has not only filled in the gaps and strengthened his foundation, but has also cultivated himself to the extreme below the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level in all aspects, and can break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal at any time.

As for the Primordial Realm, Primordial Wheel, and Primordial Spirit, although they are still some distance from breaking through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, they need to further refine and perfect their Great Dao before they can break through.

But it will be soon. Even if they don't burn their merits and enter a state of enlightenment that unites them with the Dao, thus accelerating their cultivation, as long as they dedicate themselves to cultivation for several dozen eons after Hongjun's sermon and digest what they have learned from listening to the Dao, they will all be able to break through smoothly.

Don't think that several dozen eons is a long time. The path of Hunyuan is extremely difficult. Without a special and powerful opportunity, even the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, and others may not be able to break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm after a thousand eons, before the next lecture at Zixiao Palace.

At this moment, if we consider cultivation level, the gap between Yuan Yan and top innate deities such as the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Fuxi is indeed constantly narrowing.

However, if we consider the time required for top innate deities such as the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Fuxi to reach his current cultivation level, it seems to be constantly increasing.

Concealing the joy in his eyes, Yuan Yan quickly scanned the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace, especially Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, and Jieyin in the first row.

"Have they all broken through?" Yuan Yan thought to himself, feeling that Hongjun's lecture at Zixiao Palace was indeed a great opportunity.

At this moment, having just finished listening to Hongjun's sermon, he could easily sense the cultivation levels of the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace as their auras fluctuated.

Before Hongjun preached, the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm was divided into four stages: early stage, middle stage, late stage, and perfect stage. However, after Hongjun preached, he subdivided the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm into twelve levels, with each three levels corresponding to a minor realm.

How are the twelve levels of the Great Luo Golden Immortal divided?

The most intuitive standard is the number of blossoms on the top three flowers.

In many ancient mythological novels, a Great Luo Golden Immortal condenses three flowers on the top of his head. The number of grades of these three flowers represents his foundation and essence, while the number of flowers represents his cultivation level.

But that's not actually the case. The method of condensing the three flowers at the top of the head, as described by Hongjun, involves condensing the flowers of Heaven, Earth, and Man simultaneously. The different grades of the flowers represent not one's foundational knowledge, but rather one's level of cultivation.

Actually, this is not hard to understand!

Once one cultivates to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, except for the Wu Clan, their essence, energy, and spirit generally remain balanced; even if there are differences, they will not be too great.

If that's the case, how could it not condense Earth Flowers or Human Flowers if it can condense Heavenly Flowers?

Moreover, it is conceivable that the higher one's cultivation level, the stronger one's essence, energy, and spirit, the stronger one's Great Dao, and the stronger the Three Flowers on the Top of One's Head that one condenses.

Therefore, the number of blooming flowers on the top should indeed represent one's cultivation level, rather than one's foundational knowledge.

According to the realm division after Hongjun's sermon, Nuwa broke through from the eighth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal to the eleventh level, Fuxi broke through from the eighth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal to the tenth level, and Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Jieyin all broke through from the seventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal to the tenth level.

However, Taiqing Laozi is not far from breaking through to the eleventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

In other words, they all broke through from the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm to the perfect Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

As for top-tier innate deities such as Di Jun Tai Yi, Xi He Chang Xi, Styx, Zhen Yuan Zi, Hong Yun, Dong Wang Gong, and Xi Wang Mu, most of them are now at the ninth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, with a few at the eighth level. Before Hong Jun preached, most of them were at the seventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, with a few at the sixth level.

And what about the other guests in Zixiao Palace?

A few Taiyi Golden Immortals, blessed with great fortune, have reached Zixiao Palace through various means by passing through the inner chaos. They have already broken through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. As for the guests of Zixiao Palace who were originally Daluo Golden Immortals, their cultivation has also greatly improved, and they have broken through at least one or two minor realms.

(According to the new standard of the twelve levels of the Great Luo Golden Immortal)

(ps: Yuanjie, Yuanlun, and Yuanling were previously the eleventh level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, and are now the twelfth level, having reached the Hunyuan realm, similar to Yuanyan before the lecture at Zixiao Palace.)

However, for the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace, the greatest gain from this lecture was not a breakthrough in their cultivation level, but rather the replenishment of their fundamental foundation.

This laid a more solid foundation for them, accumulated a more profound knowledge, reduced the difficulty of their future cultivation, and made it possible for them to cultivate to a higher realm in the future.

At this moment, sensing the cultivation levels of himself and the three thousand guests in the Purple Cloud Palace, Yuan Yan's lips curled up slightly, and he thought to himself, "This is just the beginning. One day, I, Yuan Yan, will stand at the pinnacle of the primordial world and observe the great trends of heaven and earth."

Now that we've come to this primordial world, wouldn't it be a great regret in life if we didn't experience the scenery at the highest point of this primordial world?

Before long, all three thousand Zixiao guests snapped out of their reverie, rose in unison, and bowed to Dao Ancestor Hongjun, saying, "We thank Dao Ancestor for his grace in imparting the Dao!"

This bow was both to express gratitude to the Dao Ancestor and to acknowledge the name of Hongjun Dao Ancestor. The three thousand innate saints could almost represent all living beings in the prehistoric world, so from this moment on, Hongjun became the Dao Ancestor of all living beings in the prehistoric world.

The ethereal figure of Hongjun Daozu, surrounded by endless Daoist aura, slightly raised his hand: "No need for formalities, this is merely what I should do."

"Furthermore, I observe that the primordial world is constantly plagued by conflict and lacks order, and therefore I intend to establish male and female immortal leaders to govern all the immortals of the primordial world."