Taoist Master Xuanhuang

"Welcome, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"

Meanwhile, in the celestial realm, the main base of the human race...

The Heavenly Emperor will descend upon the human race, transmitting instructions through the torchlight.

In an instant, the entire human race sprang into action. Had they finally thought of us?
Little is known about the origins of this suddenly rising Heavenly Emperor; all information comes from his own account, which states that he comes from the main world of the human realm.

However, it did not explain what constitutes the human world or the main world, leaving behind countless speculations.

This Heavenly Emperor advocated the coexistence of all races and showed no prejudice because of his own human origins.

Since the birth of this Heavenly Emperor and the passing of the Heavenly Emperor Tribulation, all living beings, except for the human race, have been living in an atmosphere of immense oppression.

No one can guarantee that the Heavenly Emperor truly doesn't care about races or genuinely accepts the coexistence of all races. What if it's just a lie?
Therefore, countless spies from other races gathered around the human race's stronghold, ready to spread the news as soon as they discovered the Heavenly Emperor's arrival among humans.

They waited and waited, decades passed, but the Heavenly Emperor never descended upon the human race.

They actually believed it: that the Heavenly Emperor's words were mere calculations, that he truly didn't care about his own human identity, and had no intention of ruling over the human race whatsoever.

I finally felt relieved.

Based on the answers given when Heaven and Earth attained enlightenment, the beings of the Heavenly Realm clearly understood the true meaning of cultivation for the first time.

Originally, there were cultivation methods and their own lineages, but they were in the exploratory stage. Even the old monster Yang Wang, the first being in the celestial realm who had been born for countless years, did not know how to cultivate in detail.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be just a mere tribulation seeker undergoing the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

It's all because no one is guiding them, and they don't know the best way to cultivate themselves, so they just keep moving forward little by little, groping their way forward.

Knowing that there are nine tribulations in the heavens, the more tribulations one undergoes in order to achieve great things, the better. Of course, one must also act according to one's ability and avoid being struck dead by lightning during the tribulations.

Therefore, after so many years, the Heavenly Realm still has two rulers: the Yang King and the Dark King.

They were unaware that the Dark King had cursed himself to death. As the Sun King had witnessed the Dark King's tragic fate, he had no intention of informing everyone.

Furthermore, the Dark King did not come from a large clan, but from a shadowy land, where he had no clansmen, or rather, his clansmen were devoured during his evolution.

Even the Shadow Clan, reborn after he became a king, were connected to the Dark King's symbiotic spiritual root because they were bound to the Dark Night King Tong.

The Dark King died, and the Dark Night King Tong also died, so the Shadow Clan also disappeared.

Therefore, no one knew that the Dark King was gone.

Including Taiyi, the leader of the human race, they had been at the peak of the third rank for a long time and had not yet entered the fourth rank. It was not because they lacked the ability, but because they had been consolidating their strength after receiving guidance from the Heavenly Emperor.

Heavenly tribulations are also divided into different levels. I dare not hope for a Heavenly Emperor Tribulation like the Heavenly Emperor, or even a Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation. But at least I need to consider Heavenly Tribulations above the seventh level.

The Heavenly Emperor himself said that if you want to achieve great things, the starting point is the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, it has been accumulating and refining over the years.

The human race has accumulated the most, and the Heavenly Emperor Xuan Tian has sent the three great laws to humanity multiple times through the Flame Lamp.

The three invincible techniques of Xuanhuang are invincible in any realm. There is no technique more suitable for human cultivation than the three invincible techniques.

Xuanhuang was created specifically for humankind.

The three essential principles of essence, energy, and spirit—those who learn them will understand; once learned, they'll be silent.

This happened more than 20 years ago.

When the high-ranking members of the human race obtained the three invincible techniques, they were astonished. Only then did they realize that there was such a way, and that this was the true method of cultivation. The methods they had created before were not even worthy of carrying their shoes.

This includes Taiyi, the leader of the human race.

He was still considered lucky, after all, he was an incarnation of the Yang King and had received a lot of inheritance from the Yang King. His cultivation method was the self-created "True Scripture of the Sun".

It is also the most supreme law in the current human race, and only human geniuses or those who have made great contributions can learn it.

However, compared to the three invincible techniques, namely the Jianmu Zhen Huan Technique, the Heaven and Earth Furnace Technique, and the Guixu Great Refinement Divine Technique, it is not worth mentioning at all.

Humans are doing alright; their spirit and energy are improving, mainly through physical and mental training.

For example, Taiyi's "True Scripture of the Sun" is a method that combines the cultivation of essence and the cultivation of qi.

It mainly relies on visualizing the great sun to temper the physical body and vital energy.

However, in terms of refining spirit, the strongest in the entire Heavenly Realm are the Ghost Clan and the Demon Clan, since they cannot compare in terms of racial talent.

Humans are a relatively balanced race, while the demon race is much more extreme, with almost 90% practicing essence refinement and pursuing physical strength.

Because of the pure and spiritual energy of the immortals, they are the strongest in Qi cultivation.

Only the human race is involved in all aspects of essence, energy, and spirit, but none of them are strong, making them the most balanced.

After the three invincible techniques were passed on to the human race, along with various spells and incantations, they were combined with other techniques.

Over the past few decades, although many spies have been keeping an eye on the human race, the human race has long since undergone a complete transformation.

With the three invincible techniques as a foundation, even if they cannot learn the complete version due to a lack of talent, they can still modify and supplement them according to the three invincible techniques, just like true cultivators.

Originally a low-grade technique, after comparing it with the three invincible techniques, the creator of the technique was fully capable of instantly elevating it to a higher level.

It's easy to repair a low-grade magic technique into a mid-grade one, but modifying it into a high-grade or top-grade technique requires a long time and true talent.

Putting aside other things, humanity as a whole has indeed improved to a higher level.

Furthermore, because the celestial realm lacks distorted divine will, requires no objects of visualization for suppression, and does not require tempering of will, their progress is even faster.

But they began to emphasize the cultivation of willpower.

Although the Celestial Realm does not require special training of willpower, the three invincible techniques are all named after me.

Who is this "Master"?
It's naturally the will that matters.

It turns out that the main world has no stable Heavenly Dao; it is a distorted world where anything extraordinary will go out of control.

In such a harsh environment, the Dao Lord, who is also the true form of the Heavenly Emperor, created the visualization method. To cultivate, one must comprehend the visualization diagram and possess a strong will.

The appearance of the main world vaguely appeared in their minds through the three invincible techniques.

It was the first time I realized how vast the entire world was, and that the Celestial Realm was just one of the Nine Heavens of the Main World. The combined power of the Nine Heavens was the opposite of the Main World.

The Celestial Realm is a plane below the main world, but it is within the same great realm.

Since it only describes the three invincible techniques and does not provide a detailed overview of the main world, they can only speculate based on some descriptions and essential points of the three invincible techniques.

They didn't even know what the other eight heavens besides the Celestial Realm were called.

All that is known is that Emperor Xuantian arrived in the Heavenly Realm, attained the position of Heavenly Emperor, and passed down three invincible techniques.

However, they are very curious and yearn for the main world.

This also indirectly acknowledges that the human race in the main world is the main lineage, while they themselves are a branch.

There's no need to discuss or debate this point; once the gap in strength reaches a certain level, such disputes simply don't exist.

Besides, the Dao Lord is the master of the main world; how could I possibly be more dominant than the Dao Lord?

They learned of the title "Dao Master" through the Three Great Laws.

This is a being of extraordinary stature, a being who has become a legend. To call upon his name feels like a baptism.

In their eyes, he was already an existence beyond description. The Heavenly Emperor was merely an avatar of the Dao Lord, which speaks volumes.

Not to mention that the Daoist Master created the three great laws, and in a place where cultivation was impossible, he opened up such a powerful cultivation system, which is simply indescribable in its greatness.

Their yearning for Xuanhuang is completely in line with their attitude towards the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and they are more accepting of the Xuantian Emperor as an incarnation.

Of course, some people have very complicated feelings, such as Taiyi, the leader of the human race.

He is just an avatar. Even though he identifies as human more than most people, his soul comes from the Yang King's avatar, and that cannot be changed.

Look at other people's clones, and then look at my own clone; there's no comparison.

He understands better how a clone feels.

Up to now, Taiyi has modified his Sun Scripture to a superior level, which is already quite outrageous.

It should be noted that no human cultivator in the main world has ever raised their cultivation to such a level, of course, because human cultivators have not yet reached the third rank.

A third-tier superior technique may seem simple, but when upgrading from second to third tier, even a second-tier superior technique will be downgraded by one tier after entering the Three Realms, and it needs to be upgraded to third tier to make up for it.

Taiyi was able to upgrade his magic to the third level, thanks to the old monster Yang Wang, who had lived for countless years.

Without the accumulation of countless years by Yang Wang, it would have been impossible to elevate his technique to the third-tier high-grade level in just twenty years.

With a third-grade superior technique, Taiyi already had the foundation to summon the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, but he still lacked the confidence to survive it.

Moreover, he wasn't entirely satisfied with the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation; he wanted the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, or even higher.

With the three invincible techniques as guidance, it's understandable that he would develop such ambitions.

He hoped more than anyone else that the Heavenly Emperor would come to the human race. Once the Heavenly Emperor came, he could ask him for guidance. So he had been looking forward to it for many years.

Furthermore, he already knew from his partner that the Dark King was dead.

He died because of the curse on the Heavenly Emperor, who didn't even appear; he tormented himself to death.

This is terrifying; they can kill you without you even having a say in it.

Without even showing himself, he was tormented to death by the Dark King's curse. What immense power that is!

Previously, it was Yang Wang who kept pestering him to ask where the Heavenly Emperor was; now, the two are equally matched.

They might even have a 'telepathic connection,' exchanging a question with each other: "Do you have any news about the Heavenly Emperor?"
Then the two of them fell into a deep, disgusted silence.

Since they've asked this question, it naturally means there's no news about the Heavenly Emperor.

The one who asked more questions was naturally Taiyi.

Because Yang Wang said that the Heavenly Emperor's spiritual root is heading towards the top of Heavenly Emperor Mountain, it seems more likely that the Heavenly Emperor is on Heavenly Emperor Mountain, and less likely that he is on the human side.

Therefore, Taiyi was in a more passive position, and more often he was the one asking Yang Wang if there was any news about the Heavenly Emperor.
at last!

Not long ago, the Flame Lamp brought news that the Heavenly Emperor was about to descend upon the human race.

Taiyi and the others were very excited and full of anticipation.

Speaking of the Flame Lamp, it was Xuanhuang's smallest treasure, and also the luckiest first one. After being refined by Xuanhuang, it went through the Heavenly Emperor Tribulation with the Lord of Heaven and Earth, and directly reached the level of a fourth-order True King magic weapon.

Xuanhuang doesn't need any supreme treasures. Even the three supreme treasures are only used at the very beginning, and are no longer needed after reaching the third tier.

Previously, it was the Supreme Treasure that carried Xuanhuang, but now Xuanhuang is carrying the Supreme Treasure.

There's no need for the three great treasures, let alone the torch lamp.

Therefore, the Flame Lamp has always been in the Heavenly Realm, either going to the Jianmu clone or wandering around the Heavenly Realm.

At first, he was still at Jianmu's clone's place, playing with Brother Wood. But more than ten years ago, Brother Wood went into seclusion, and he didn't even have a playmate anymore, so he wandered around the Heavenly Realm all day.

He would occasionally offer guidance to the younger generation of humans.

Anyway, everyone in the human race knows that the once-treasured Flame Lamp has become even stronger and has even gained intelligence. Those juniors he takes a liking to will receive special care.

Many younger members of the human race gained opportunities as a result.

For the Flame Lamp, there was nowhere in the entire celestial realm that posed a threat to him.

Aside from Tiandi Mountain, you can really go wherever you want.

Taiyi and other high-ranking officials also received his guidance.

It can be said to be the most carefree of the Xuanhuang treasures, but the Fire Lamp has recently started to get involved.

My older brothers and sisters have triggered a new great calamity in the main world, ushering in an era of subordinate cultivators, and I cannot fall behind.

I don't have the resources or power to fight in the main world, so I'd better focus on developing my own celestial realm.

The Heavenly Realm is the Lord's and all his elder brothers and sisters' private domain.

Otherwise, Qingyun Zhou, who didn't yet have the Heavenly Realm's protection, wouldn't have waited until the Ninth Day; he would have come to the Heavenly Realm long ago.

This is the advantage of being small. Although being small means being weak, it also means that everyone cares about you. Being small still has many advantages.

For example, he felt that Ghost Ship Brother, who seemed the most heroic, was the most enthusiastic towards him.

I don't know why, but I'm probably the only one who calls him Brother Chuan.

Based on the experience of his elder brothers and sisters, the Flame Lamp is bestowing blessings upon various opportunities, and those so-called fortunate human juniors are part of his scheme.

He lacks depth of knowledge, has no real understanding of the laws, and lacks the foundation to create them.

So after much deliberation, I decided to personally act as the "golden finger" and the "grandpa."

For everyone he chooses, his phantom will exist in their soul.

This phantom has no other abilities; its main ability is refining. When a junior member of the human race kills an enemy, he can simply touch the Flame Lamp with his finger to draw upon its refining power.

Then, seven-thirds of the energy was absorbed by the Flame Lamp, and the remaining three-thirds were given to the young people of the human race.

It's like a cheat code, the kind where you get stronger by killing enemies.

There are no aftereffects. The Flame Lamp will use its own flame power to fully extract all the essence from every enemy that is killed, and has a kind of ability to restore the original essence.

Then it is returned to its original source and absorbed by future generations of humans.

It's a comprehensive upgrade.

Moreover, once enough is accumulated, it can be exchanged for abilities such as enlightenment, which can accelerate the creation of techniques.

It can be described as a true golden touch.

He experimented for a long time and decided to take this path, since he was not good at creating methods and did not have enough experience.

It's also impossible for them to create a law that's better than what their older brothers and sisters have done.

Rather than doing that, I might as well not pursue the path of becoming a subordinate cultivator and just be a cheat-like old man.

As long as one's own cheat abilities are spread out in large enough quantities or of high enough quality, one can develop a group of subordinate cultivators.

Every human chosen by him is also a contributor to destiny and faith.

...(End of chapter)