Primordial Era: The Great Celestial Venerable on the Road to Mythology

Chapter 78 The Path is Clear, the Truth about the Sage

Haotian has no intention of reviving those powerful beings who are sealed within the river of time and are currently under "punishment and confinement."

It's not that they can't, but that they're unwilling.

The primordial world has just emerged from the ruins of the Lich War and entered a relatively stable period.

Humanity is developing rapidly and growing quickly, leaving its footprints all over the ancient land, and the spark of civilization is being passed on among various tribes.

Haotian always had a concern for the human race and did not want those ancient powerful beings to disrupt this hard-won peace.

Which of those sealed-away individuals wasn't ambitious? If Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were to return, they probably wouldn't be content to lag behind.

If they were truly resurrected now, they would inevitably cause some trouble. At that time, the primordial world would once again fall into conflict, and the human race would once again become innocent bystanders.

Although Haotian could suppress them, there was no need. He had no relation to those people, so why create trouble for himself?

As for their combat strength, to be honest, Haotian really doesn't think much of them. Putting aside his own cultivation level, which has already transcended dimensions, the Heavenly Court alone is now a top-tier power in the prehistoric world.

Yaochi, Taibai Jinxing, and Di Yi, three powerful beings at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level, coupled with the enhancement of the Ten Fierce Spiritual Treasures, are already first-rate existences in the prehistoric world. If the Sages do not intervene, they are more than capable of sweeping across the prehistoric world.

Even if Di Jun, Tai Yi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and others return, they may not be their match.

Moreover, the power of the Ten Fierce Spiritual Treasures can be enhanced at any time. Haotian only needs to integrate the perfected mysteries of the laws he has comprehended into them to elevate these spiritual treasures to innate supreme treasures, whose power can reach the level of a Primordial Golden Immortal.

At that time, let alone sweeping across the prehistoric world, it would not be impossible to confront the sages head-on.

There is also the Pangu Axe, which Haotian just evolved.

Although Yaochi and the others couldn't reach Pangu's level and couldn't unleash the full power of the Pangu Axe, they could still activate this supreme treasure. They couldn't create the primordial world, but cutting down a saint would be a piece of cake for them.

Are saints immortal? That's relative.

That's according to the rules of the primordial world. The true spirit of a sage resides in the Heavenly Dao; as long as the Heavenly Dao exists, the sage will never die.

However, the power of Pangu's axe is enough to sever this connection. If it were to truly attack a sage, this axe could forcibly drag the sage's true spirit out of the Heavenly Dao and force it to face the axe head-on.

The profound mysteries of the Great Dao, simply put, are the power of rules. Great Luo cultivators cultivate the laws of the Great Dao; only when these laws are perfected can they enter the Primordial Chaos realm. Primordial Chaos cultivators comprehend the profound mysteries and rules, refining these rules to forge concepts, thus achieving the Limitless Dao Fruit.

In this level of competition, there is no possibility of challenging someone of a higher level.

Why is Donghuang Taiyi called "the number one person below the sage"?

That's because he possessed the Chaos Bell, a supreme innate treasure, which contains the profound mysteries of spacetime, namely the rules of spacetime.

Although he can't exert much power, the essence has changed. It's like a child holding a sharp blade; although he lacks the strength to fully wield it, the sharpness of the blade itself is enough to make anyone wary.

As for why the Twelve Ancestral Witches were able to contend with Taiyi, one reason is that the Ancestral Witches themselves were not weak. Their physical bodies were comparable to innate spiritual treasures, and their bodies were protected by indestructible spiritual light, making it difficult for ordinary attacks to harm them.

Moreover, as beings formed from the essence of Pangu's blood, they possess some resistance to the profound mysteries of the Chaos Bell, since the mysteries of the Chaos Bell originate from the same source as Pangu.

Furthermore, Taiyi simply cannot unleash the true power of the Chaos Bell. Not only him, but even the Six Sages cannot unleash it.

Because the long river of time in the primordial world had long been sealed off, with no past or future, the spacetime power of the Chaos Bell was directly weakened by more than half.

So, if it were replaced by the Pangu Banner, would the Ancestral Witches be able to slaughter at will?

Yes and no. The Pangu Banner contains the rules of destruction, and in terms of offensive power, it ranks first among the three treasures of creation.

If Heaven didn't intervene, the Ancestral Witches would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the Pangu Banner. However, as the heir to the "largest shareholder" of the primordial world, Heaven couldn't possibly ignore it.

The Ancestral Witches were formed from the essence and blood of Pangu, and were equivalent to the children of the world. How could the Heavenly Dao sit idly by and watch them be slaughtered at will?

Donghuang Taiyi's strength is not high; he has never reached the Hunyuan level, so he cannot activate the destruction rules in the Pangu Banner and can only exert the pseudo-rules at most.

For the Heavenly Dao, restricting such pseudo-rules is far too easy. Therefore, even if Donghuang Taiyi obtained the Pangu Banner, it would be impossible for him to create a minor Ancestral Witch with each banner.

The power of most of the innate treasures in the primordial world has been largely sealed. After all, their immense power could easily cause irreversible damage to the primordial world.

Sages are able to fully unleash the power of supreme treasures because they draw upon the power of the Heavenly Dao. But why would the Heavenly Dao lend you its power so that you can harm the primordial world? Isn't that absurd?

The reason why the Zhou Tian Star Array can contend with a sage is because it uses the power of rules. The ancient stars themselves contain the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and under the operation of the array, they will condense a certain power of rules, thus enabling them to contend with a sage.

The reason why Haotian was able to kill the two saints Zhunti and Jieyin with the Zhou Tian Star Formation was because these two were truly the "bottom of the barrel" among the saints.

They borrowed the power of the Heavenly Dao through the Primordial Purple Qi, and they already owed the Heavenly Dao a huge debt of karma. How much power could the Heavenly Dao lend them?

That's why they met their demise. If it had been the Three Pure Ones, Haotian really wouldn't have been able to kill them back then.

As for now, there's no need to say more.

The Pangu Axe, which evolved from Haotian, has no fundamental connection to the primordial world. Although its power is weaker than that of the primordial world, the primordial world would need to mobilize most of its power to restrain it.

Haotian certainly didn't intend to fully unleash its power. After all, this thing was used for the creation of heaven and earth. If it were to fully display its power in the primordial world, the primordial world would suffer great damage.

This ancient axe is at most meant to serve as a deterrent. If a sage were truly blind to its power, then dragging it out and chopping it down wouldn't be out of the question.

Why not just choose another saint to take the throne? He's just a false saint; he hasn't truly aligned himself with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. So, it's fine to just cut him off.

Having learned the many secrets of the primordial world, Haotian prepared to return to the Heavenly Court.

He first suppressed his own Yang God attributes to prevent them from affecting the outside world, and then lowered his own dimension to return to the Primordial Heavenly Court.

Even after returning to the Lingxiao Palace, and even though Haotian had suppressed the Yang God, he was still like a blazing sun, impossible for anyone in the Heavenly Court to ignore.

It's an essential sense of presence that can't be concealed by simply hiding one's aura.

"Come in," Haotian's voice came from inside the hall.

The crowd outside the Lingxiao Palace filed in.

Nuwa stepped into the hall first and looked at Haotian. At first glance, Haotian was exactly the same as before, still the junior brother she knew.

The second time I looked at it, it was like a blazing sun, too bright to look at directly.

A third eye, okay. There isn't a third eye anymore, because it's no longer visible.

Her divine sense could not detect Haotian at all, as if the person in front of her did not exist.

Nuwa took a deep breath, her heart filled with indescribable shock. What level had Haotian reached? Even she, a saint, could not fathom it.

Others felt the same way.

"Junior brother, what realm have you reached?" Nuwa couldn't help but ask, "Why is that—"

The others also stared at Haotian with great curiosity.

Haotian smiled slightly, his light sweeping over everyone, and slowly said, "Senior Sister, my path of cultivation cannot be replicated, and my realm is not the same as everyone else's, so I won't talk about that."

"Through this breakthrough, I learned many secrets of the primordial world. Today, I'll briefly discuss the various realms with you."

Everyone held their breath, waiting for the next part to be told.

"Let's leave aside those below the Great Luo realm for now. Let's start with the Great Luo realm, the very beginning of cultivation." Haotian paused, then continued, "The Great Luo realm involves cultivating a Great Dao. Once it reaches perfection, one can break free from the shackles of heaven and earth and attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Alternatively, one can merge one's own Great Dao with heaven and earth to become a Primordial Saint."

"The difference between the two is that a Primordial Golden Immortal can only use the power of his own Great Dao, while a Primordial Saint can call upon the power of the Heavenly Dao."

In the primordial world, a sage is stronger than a Primordial Golden Immortal, but once they leave the primordial world, the difference between them becomes negligible.

The sage's shortcoming lies in the necessity of adhering to the rules of Heaven, maintaining the stability of the world, and even actively elevating the world's fundamental nature, sharing in the glory and decline of Heaven.

Nuwa stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief.

"Junior brother, what about me—"

"Senior sister, to put it bluntly, you should be considered a pseudo-saint." Haotian said bluntly, "Your Great Dao has not truly merged with Heaven and Earth. You have only taken advantage of the Primordial Purple Qi to send your true spirit into the Heavenly Dao and borrow the power of Heaven and Earth through the Primordial Purple Qi."

Nuwa:

The hall was completely silent.

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