Taoist Master Xuanhuang

Each family was bestowed with a gift by Xuanhuang that could change the course of events at crucial moments.

Like the Buddhist causal pagoda, it incorporates some conceptual abilities that are not usually apparent, but can directly change the course of events at crucial moments.

Yan Lai, Sun Hui, and Jiu Tong bowed to the main peak where Xuanhuang was located, performing the disciple's kowtow. They knew that Xuanhuang was not on the main peak, but existed in an indescribable place.

However, the main peak represents the mysterious and profound.

At the same time, they inexplicably had a realization that the Dao Lord was really about to leave. This departure was not disappearance, but rather transcendence from this world.

They knew this day would come, but they still felt a little sad when it arrived.

The Dao Lord's progress was too rapid, so rapid that he had reshaped everything in just over a hundred years. In the long river of history, it was like a dream, as if it had just happened.

The dream begins as a nightmare, a world shattering, a bizarre rebirth, a world on the verge of falling apart.

At this critical moment, the Xuanhuang Dao Master appeared out of thin air, like a flame illuminating the darkness.

They were physically surrounded by the Dao Lord, learning the Dao from him and growing stronger little by little. The Dao Lord provided them with a home where they could live and thrive.

Then the nightmare becomes less terrifying, transforming from a complete nightmare into a transitional phase towards a pleasant dream.

Until this moment, it truly feels like a dream.

In a daze, they felt as if they had woken up from a dream and it had shattered.

But the powerful magic surging in his dantian told him that this was not a dream, but reality, and even if it was a dream, it was a dream that had become real.

"It seems there's no difference for the Dao Lord."

Yan Lai was the first to realize that even if it was just a dream, it wasn't impossible for the Dao Lord to make the dream come true.

We were merely experiencing a dream, both real and bewildering, led by the Dao Lord, when this world underwent a tremendous change.

"This feeling?" Jiutong didn't know how to describe it.

But he knew it was real, as if he himself had been a false existence and suddenly become more real.

He knew that all of this originated from the Dao Lord's bestowal of this Dao.

The Demon-Suppressing Tower was bestowed upon the Daoist sect by the Daoist Lord Lu Ren. In the beginning, even a powerful sect like theirs struggled to maintain the tower for a short time in order to preserve it.

They finally managed to dispel the covetousness of the other three major powers.

The Taoist sect also kept a low profile and never dared to use this pagoda easily, for fear of attracting envy from others.

The smaller powers like the Eight Greats are alright; they don't dare to covet it. But the other three are a different story; they're terrified of having it taken away.

When the Demon Suppression Tower was forged by the Daoist Master Lu Ren, it had already reached the level of a fourth-tier magic weapon.

As a result, the Taoist sect changed its direction. Originally, the Taoist sect, like the Buddhist and Confucian sects, also planned to refine its own treasure.

However, after the Demon Suppression Tower was built, the direction of the Taoist sect changed.

Since there is a pagoda that one might not be able to surpass even after a hundred years of effort, why start all over again?

Of course, this doesn't mean giving up on refining one's own treasures entirely, but rather selectively abandoning them, focusing on the Demon Suppression Tower, just like the Buddhist sect.

They connected their own fortune and karma to the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, transforming it from a simple fourth-tier magic weapon into a supreme treasure of fortune and merit that suppressed the entire Taoist sect.

Not long ago, Buddhism was able to suppress and kill evil Buddhas. In fact, Taoism knows that it can do the same if it wants to.

And how should I put this gift?

It may be hard to perceive any specific changes, but I clearly feel that I am more authentic, and that is so important.

Cultivation is about seeking truth, and the fourth stage is the stage where the true self reigns supreme. He understood all too well what being more authentic meant, which meant that it would be much easier for him to reach the fourth stage of the true self.

With this sense of reality, it's like having an anchor for yourself. As long as you have this anchor, everything, whether it's spiritual practice or doing anything else, will become simpler and easier.

"Granted reality?!" Sun Hui exclaimed, sensing the change.

It's as if everything is an illusion, but I've become more real. This change is enormous.

It's hard to describe in a single sentence.

"What level of cultivation has the Dao Master reached?" Sun Hui said he didn't understand and couldn't comprehend it at all.

What is the difference between bestowing a living being with something more authentic and the creation of a primordial being by the heavens and earth, with its innate spiritual roots and innate treasures?

He couldn't understand this ability, but it meant that the Dao Lord at least had authority similar to that of the Heavenly Dao.

Doesn't this mean that the Dao Lord has no secrets left in this world?

If it can bear the weight of heaven and earth like the will of heaven and earth, what else can't it do?
Can't do it? No way. Even if you really can't do it, you can start over, just like dealing cards again. That's the cycle of cause and effect.

A single thought can make a period of time seem illusory, or it can make it come true.

Then, whether it's illusory or real, it can all become the reality that this world once existed.

"Therefore, the Lord of the Dao does not exist at this moment, yet he is omnipresent! Amitabha."

Minghui, who was just about to go into seclusion, had a deeper understanding, after all, she had just been guided by the Dao Master.

……

Another century has passed in the blink of an eye.

The world is changing rapidly along its predetermined path, and the sacred land of Blue Star is bearing more of the resentment brought about by the world's advancement.

However, these grievances could hardly shake the development of the cultivator community.

The Four Superpowers split into many individuals of varying sizes. Subordinate cultivators rose to prominence and, within a hundred years, gained the ability to openly confront the True Cultivators.

However, this is because the true cultivators are not united. If the true cultivators were united, the subordinate camp would still be too weak.

But that's enough. The disunity among true cultivators is an opportunity for subordinate cultivators to rise.

They are already quite satisfied with having achieved this much.

The four superpowers split apart after each slaying a demonized saint, carrying their last glory and brilliance with them.

But upon closer inspection, have they truly declined?

No, it's like the swallows that once graced the halls of noble families now flying into the homes of ordinary people.

They have deeply penetrated the entire cultivation community; their presence is everywhere, yet they seem to exist nowhere.

It's just that, as if they had completed their mission, they led the bewildered humans from a state of poverty and uncertainty to one of fearlessness.

This merit cannot be erased.

When they gather, they are a blazing fire; when they scatter, they are countless stars. Over the course of a century, people have offered a fair assessment.

With them around, or rather, with cultivators around, no matter how the world changes, humanity on the holy land of Blue Star will not decline.

It became a true holy place at a speed that surpassed all other holy places, a unique holy place that transcends the vast universe.

The term "holy land" is no longer sufficient to describe Blue Star; the Xuanhuang True Realm is the name used by other holy lands and beings throughout the universe to refer to Blue Star.

Over the past century, it has become inevitable that we have begun to come into contact with other living beings in the universe; this is a natural consequence of development.

Although it was only the initial contact, the power displayed by the Xuanhuang True Realm had already shocked all living beings.

Of course, other sacred lands, such as the Spirit-Offering Sacred Land, the Shining Sacred Land, the Myriad Races Sacred Land, and the Mechanical Sacred Land, had long realized that the Xuanhuang Sacred Land was not to be trifled with. They were more aware of the power of Blue Star than ordinary cosmic beings. This difference between them, despite being sacred lands, was greater than the difference between their own status and that of ordinary cosmic beings.

The concept of the Xuanhuang True Realm was proposed by the Sacrificial Spirit Clan.

Their target is the Calamity Walkers of the universe; all cosmic races must undergo their trials, or they are not worthy of living.

Their mission is to implement a bottom-ranking elimination mechanism.

Whoever lacks ambition, whoever suffers misfortune, or who willingly degenerates will be eliminated.

Only those who strive and grow stronger deserve to live; those who drift aimlessly in the vast universe will be punished.

This is their mission, and the same is true for the flickering beings.

But with the emergence of an entity like the Blue Star Holy Land, they really had no choice.

I am the cleansing mechanism of the universe, a knife hanging over the heads of all living beings. Whoever does not progress will be eliminated. But what is the Blue Star Holy Land?
We simply can't beat them.

Therefore, they came up with a wild idea and were promoted by the Blue Star Holy Land as the Xuanhuang True Realm.

The True Realm represents the realization of reality, and no longer requires judgment or supervision. In short, it has transcended the judgment and elimination mechanism of the greater universe.

Once you think like that, you suddenly feel a sense of vastness and openness.

I'm not going to be stubborn anymore; it's really not going to work. I really can't win.

Even the ancestral altar has this meaning. If the ancestral altar is like this, is it still necessary for us to persist?

No need. Even the progenitor couldn't do anything about it, so what if it's called the Xuanhuang True Realm?
We are judging and eliminating ordinary races, not beings like those in the True Realm. We have not violated the oath of existence.

The powerful dissemination capabilities of the Sacrificial Spirit Clan, coupled with the recognition from the other three holy lands, meant that any cosmic race with a modicum of knowledge knew about the Xuanhuang True Realm.

It is a more powerful true realm that transcends the four holy lands.

Thus, endless longing arose, and countless cosmic races yearned for the Xuanhuang True Realm.

However, the True Realm is indeed the True Realm. Just like the illusory and the real, although both exist in the vast universe, they are separated by the dimensions of illusion and reality, making them difficult to find, let alone set foot in the Xuanhuang True Realm.

In some places, the Xuanhuang True Realm is even called the Heavenly Realm.

However? The Celestial Realm of the Nine Heavens says, "If he calls himself the Celestial Realm, what am I supposed to call myself?"
Oh, my Heavenly Emperor is the Lord of Xuanhuang Dao. Then it's alright. You're right, let's call it the Heavenly Realm.

In fact, the Blue Star Holy Land, also known as the Xuanhuang True Realm, has already been effectively separated from the greater universe.

Beings in the Xuanhuang True Realm can easily set foot in the Great Universe, but beings in the Great Universe find it difficult to set foot in the Xuanhuang True Realm.

This is not the meaning of Xuanhuang, but the will of Heaven and Earth.

It's not a deliberate obstruction or division, but a division between illusion and reality, which means it's not even the will of heaven and earth.

Rather, the Xuanhuang True Realm is more real, while other places are more illusory. Illusion and reality are insurmountable.

However, for the beings of the Xuanhuang True Realm...

At first, some cultivators were very curious, but gradually their curiosity waned.

The outside world was truly desolate; there was nothing that could attract their attention.

The resentment of heaven and earth constantly merges into the Xuanhuang True Realm, bringing not only resentment, but also danger and opportunity, which are always relative.

There are crises as well as opportunities.

For example, along with the intense resentment comes a rich spiritual energy and charm, as well as profound mysteries and even rules that are easier to comprehend.

Compared to other places, isn't it just a barren wasteland?
Even if one painstakingly explores for a hundred years and finally discovers an opportunity, in retrospect, this opportunity is not as valuable as cultivating peacefully in the Xuanhuang True Realm for thirty years.

The impact was completely disproportionate, so the exploration of the outside world gradually faded away.

Large forces and groups constantly explore and expand outwards, reaping whatever benefits they may not, but it's something they can't do without.

Exploring the vast universe has become an unpopular profession among the major powers. It is a task that no one wants to be assigned, and it is an extremely arduous task.

The only exciting thing is discovering some ethnic groups and worlds during the exploration.

Then these creatures, as if worshipping an immortal, bowed and looked up to him with utmost respect and devotion. Apart from feeling good at that moment, there was nothing else.

But showing off is fun for a while, and it only lasts for a short time. After that, it becomes bland and uninteresting.

Gradually, everyone became numb. Once upon a time, many cultivators dreamed of conquering the universe.

I thought that was how it was.

But now we realize that there's no such thing as cosmic supremacy. The reality is that we're just being treated like royalty everywhere, which is boring and tasteless.

Having cultivated unparalleled skills, becoming as powerful as immortals, they thought they could finally unleash their full potential, only to discover that they were still at the Qi Refining level.

Not interesting.

Very boring.

…………

"Interesting, I see!"

At the edge of chaos and the vast universe, over a hundred years, without deliberate cultivation, his cultivation level reached the fifth-order Venerable stage.

Of course, it can also be called the Earthly Soul Realm.

The moment one enters the fifth rank, the golden divine soul, which is itself a manifestation of the soul, undergoes a complete transformation upon merging with the Xuanhuang.

He can be called a fifth-order Venerable Realm cultivator, or a seventh-order True Spirit Saint Lord.

Although his current level of cultivation is still insufficient to contain the entirety of the golden divine soul, it only contains less than one-tenth of it.

However, at this moment, Xuanhuang's abilities have far surpassed those of half of the True Spirit Saint Lords.

The True Spirit Saint Lord mentioned here is a True Seventh-Order True Spirit Saint Lord, not the kind of Saint Lord in the Nine Heavens.

The Holy Lords of the Nine Heavens are only worthy of being called Holy Lords, not True Spirit Holy Lords, because their seventh-order Holy Lord level is not something they cultivate themselves, but rather something that is integrated with the will of heaven and earth of the Nine Heavens.

There is a huge gap between him and a true seventh-order True Spirit Saint Lord.

Xuanhuang is far superior to a True Spirit Saint Lord who cultivates on his own, representing invincibility.

"Seventh rank will be my final destination."

After experiencing it for a while, Xuanhuang thought to himself.

At the sixth-tier Venerable Lord stage, one can fuse with more golden divine souls and compare oneself to an eighth-tier causal master who cultivates independently.

Once it reaches the seventh rank, the golden divine soul should be able to fully fuse, at which point Xuanhuang can achieve the ninth-rank eternal level.

Of course, he felt it wasn't that simple.

It is now known that the golden divine soul is at the ninth-order eternal level, and not just any ordinary eternal soul; it must be an existence that has progressed very far at this level.

They wouldn't reopen it for no reason; I would never do that if it were me.

So there must be something you want?
But isn't the ninth level of eternity the end?
Is there perhaps a tenth rank that surpasses the ninth rank of eternity?
Even now, he still doesn't understand it.

...(End of chapter)