Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

The Heavenly Evil Ancestor never intended to seek revenge against the Eastern Heavenly Daoist Family; his target from beginning to end was Qiongyun Daojun, who was already the Great Emperor of Immortality in the Three Realms.

Not to mention the two Heavenly Venerables Qingyan and Mingyang, even Kaiyuan, who blocked the way during the Xuanmen Calamity, has become the Master of True Yang.

Even when the six of them joined forces, they were no match for Kaiyuan Daojun; now, they are even less likely to be a match for Kaiyuan Tianzun.

Tianxie Laozu is insane, but he's not stupid.

During the great calamity of the Xuanmen, the Heavenly Evil Ancestor perished because he failed to block the Dao of Kaiyuan Tianzun and then burned his life soul to self-destruct his Dao fruit. It is true that he had direct cause and effect with Kaiyuan Tianzun, but apart from Kaiyuan Tianzun, which of Qian Tian Daojun, Zizai Xuanjun, and Qiongyun Daojun did not have cause and effect with him?

Kaiyuan Tianzun lost in a direct battle, and given his extraordinary cultivation, there was nothing that could be done. Qian Tian Daojun was the main battlefield of the Xuanmen Calamity in the Nine Provinces Realm, and he himself perished, which Tianxie Laozu accepted.

But what about Zizai Xuanjun and Qiongyun Daojun?
Compared to Qian Tian Dao Jun, one of the main instigators of the Xuanmen Calamity, and Kai Yuan Tian Zun, the ultimate beneficiary of the Xuanmen Calamity, Tian Xie Lao Zu hated Zi Zai Xuan Jun, who had deceived him, and Qiong Yun Dao Jun, who was a traitor, even more.

Originally, the Heavenly Evil Ancestor could have stayed out of it, but it was Zizai Xuanjun who tricked him into going to obstruct the Dao Kaiyuan Heavenly Venerable, ultimately leading to his death.

Qiongyun Daojun is an even bigger traitor. He stood with Qiankun Daozong in the early stages, then watched from the sidelines the whole time, and even kicked them when they were down!
A cunning villain, a despicable traitor!
The Great Calamity of the Xuanmen: Qian Tian Dao Jun, Kong Yu Dao Jun, Hua Yun Dao Jun, Fei Yang Dao Jun, Dian Xing Dao Jun, Hun Xuan Dao Jun, as well as the Old Flood Dragon, Zhu Yan, Demon Buddha Wu Jue, Heavenly Demon Mo Xuan, and Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng.
So many people who fought against the Eastern Heaven Daoists perished one by one in the Xuanmen Calamity, yet Zizai Xuanjun, who had been stirring up trouble and treacherous people from beginning to end, and Qiongyun Daojun, that two-faced and despicable traitor, survived. Why?!

The Heavenly Evil Ancestor is not convinced!

The Eastern Heavenly Daoist family is not to be trifled with, but surely Qiong Yun can handle it?!
"Go ahead and fight!"

"Beat it so that the abyss overflows into the human world, beat it so that the four corners of heaven and earth are stained, beat it so that the Heavenly Dao falls into depravity and the laws are polluted, and thus the poison of the Great Dao is formed."

The Heavenly Evil Ancestor stared at the precious furnace before him with the same care as if he were looking at some unparalleled treasure. Inside the pitch-black furnace, the filthy abyss of poison and the desires of all living beings surged and mingled, karma settled at the bottom of the furnace, and the poison of the Dao filled the surface of the furnace.

The combined force of karma and the poison of the Great Dao will make even a pure Yang person's scalp tingle.

But the Heavenly Evil Ancestor stared at the Great Dao Poison with fascination: "A few more worlds and I can collect them all."

"At that time, I will send that old man Qiongyun a big gift!"

Hehe, hehehehe

A gloomy yet maniacal laugh echoed throughout the Southern Illumination Realm, but the cultivators engaged in the chaotic battle on and off the Sword Dao Great Wall, as well as Zhang Ling and Fang An who were fighting, were completely unaware of it. They didn't even notice the turbid air and filth surging in the world.

Unbeknownst to them, the two had fought to the death, completely forgetting everything else.

Zhang Ling and Fang An unleashed a series of supernatural abilities and techniques never seen before in the Southern Zhao Realm. One was a Daoist disciple taught by the Left Dao Pure Yang, and the other was a chosen one who had inherited Jiang Sheng's legacy. The methods they used were simply unimaginable in the barren cultivation world of the Southern Zhao Realm.

Fang An made a lotus-like gesture with his left hand and a ruyi-like gesture with his right: "Great Evolution True Form, Thousand Stars Grasp the Moon!"

In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and in the hazy sky, the stars could be seen converging into a giant hand that reached out to grab from the sky. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Ling felt her heart pound, as if she were being grabbed and about to be plucked.

Unorthodox Supernatural Power: Thousand-Form Heart-Piercing Hand!

Fang An looked at Zhang Ling, whose expression had suddenly changed, with a hint of contempt in his eyes: "The Thousand Star Moon-Capturing Hand can even capture your soul and true spirit. Let's see how you deal with it!"

Faced with the immense force that gripped his heart and tried to pull his soul out of his body, Zhang Ling bit his tongue and quickly tapped the magic sword seven times with his left hand: "Big Dipper Amaterasu, Seven Tribulations Dragon Severing!"

In an instant, the Big Dipper seemed to shine brightly in the sky. As the seven stars evolved, brilliant starlight fell and transformed into sword shadows that slashed across the great dragon. The invisible giant hand that had been gripping Zhang Ling's heart and soul was directly severed by the sword light, and the sword shadow continued its momentum, pointing straight at Fang An's brow.

Mountain and River Daoist Arts: Seven Tribulations Dragon-Slaying Technique!

As the sword shadow hurtled forward, Fang An coldly snorted and changed his incantation. Blood energy surged, white bones grew inside, and flesh and blood emerged outside. A ferocious blood python instantly took shape. Then, Fang An raised his hand and reached out. The blood python instantly disintegrated and transformed into a long sword that flew into Fang An's hand. The sword shadow was shattered by a sky-covering blood-red sword light before it could reach a thousand feet in front of Fang An!
"You really think I can't handle you?!"

As Fang An spoke, he flicked the blood-red blade in his hand, and his entire body transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky. Blood-red blade curtains appeared one after another in the sky, and layer upon layer of blood-red blades that cleaved across thousands of miles shattered the heavens and earth, causing stars to vanish and the sun and moon to lose their light.

At this moment, the outcome of the Sword Dao Great Wall competition was no longer important. The battle between Zhang Ling and Fang An was too astonishing. The power unleashed by the two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators was even more shocking than that of the Divine Transformation Realm cultivators. As a result, under the flashing swords and shadows, neither the sword cultivators of the Jade Emperor Sect nor the cultivators of the Heavenly Righteous Alliance could muster the will to resist. Everyone was looking up at the phantom blood light that flickered and moved around in the sky, doing their best to find the traces of the two.

As Zhang Ling and Fang An continued their fierce battle, the fates and karmic connections between the chosen one of the Southern Illumination Realm and the one who initiated the calamity became increasingly intertwined. In the darkness, wisps of karma seemed to float in the air like light. This light did not enter the present world, nor existed in time and space. It was inconspicuous in the Southern Illumination Realm, which was filled with the filth of blood and the poison of the Abyss Ruins. At least, the creatures of the Southern Illumination Realm could not see any unusual phenomena.

Even though the membrane of heaven and earth of the Southern Illumination Realm was covered by filth outside the Southern Illumination Realm, the light of cause and effect still pierced through the filth and entered the eyes of Jiang Sheng and the other two.

"Lingyuan?!"

Lingyu looked at the shimmering light with delight. It was a creation entangled in fate, a beacon of cause and effect, and the key to their breakthrough!
However, Jiang Sheng appeared remarkably calm: "Uncle-Master, let Yuzhen Taiyi Heaven continue to accumulate energy."

Yu Ming Zhenjun looked at the filthy membrane of the Southern Illumination Realm with great interest: "Oh? You don't plan to just blast it apart?"

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "The situation is unclear. Right now, it can only mean that the chosen one of the Southern Illumination Realm is entangled with the remnants of the Dao Transformation Poison. But it is hard to tell whether it is that person or a pawn that was sent out."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng twirled the golden thread of cause and effect in his hand: "No rush. The beings of the Southern Illumination Realm cannot see this light of cause and effect clearly, but that one is, after all, of the Pure Yang rank, and will surely be able to see its traces."

“As long as he sees it, he will definitely take action. I’m not afraid of him taking action, I’m afraid of him not taking action. The commotion of a Pure Yang level cultivator is not to be underestimated.”

Jiang Sheng had thought it through clearly. The Southern Illumination Realm could only withstand such a powerful weapon as the Jade True Taiyi Heaven once before it would face destruction. As for the Heavenly Evil Ancestor, a former ruler of the Dao, even if only a wisp of his soul remained, he would not be so easy to kill. He had to lock him down firmly.

As long as there are karmic turmoil in the Southern Realm, the Heavenly Evil Ancestor will not turn a blind eye; he cannot afford to gamble!
Just as Jiang Sheng had predicted, after the Heavenly Evil Ancestor discovered that the karmic entanglement between Zhang Ling and Fang An had generated a karmic light that pierced through the Southern Illumination Realm, the Heavenly Evil Ancestor's expression changed.

"Destiny is intertwined, cause and effect lead straight to the heavens, this is a sign of karmic destiny!"

"Someone is searching for the location of the Ancestor!"

Realizing this, the Heavenly Evil Ancestor subconsciously tried to peer through the membrane of the Southern Illumination Realm to see what was happening outside, but in an instant, he suppressed his restless desire: He couldn't look!

"There are definitely people outside waiting for me to show my face, hoping to pinpoint my location. Do they think I'm stupid?"

As he spoke, the Heavenly Evil Ancestor made a decisive move. The silt from the abyss in the Heavenly Evil Five Poisons Furnace surged out. The Heavenly Evil Ancestor pinched and kneaded it for a while, and a clay figure that looked exactly like the Heavenly Evil Ancestor, even with the same aura and soul fluctuations, appeared in front of him.

The Heavenly Evil Ancestor smiled and touched the clay figure's brow: "From now on, you are me, the Ancestor."

"Hahahaha, hahahahaha!" The maniacal laughter echoed within the Southern Illumination Realm, but the Heavenly Evil Ancestor and the Heavenly Evil Five Poison Furnace had vanished without a trace, leaving only a clay figure, revealing the same madness and evil laughter as the Heavenly Evil Ancestor: "Hahahahaha."

The myriad realms and the vast universe are divided into thirty-six positions, the same number as the innate supreme treasures.

It is called the Nine Mysteries of Taoism, the Eight Treasures of Buddhism, the Seven Treasures of Divine Taoism, the Five Realms of the Demon Race, and the Five Lands of Unorthodox Sects.
Of the eight treasures of Buddhism, Ganges, Ratna, and Pagoda have already been incorporated into the Three Realms, while five other realms remain outside, standing in the west, north, and south of the myriad realms of the heavens.

North of all the heavens, there is a great thousand world called Miyan, belonging to the Vajra path of Buddhism. They practice the wonderful Dharma of Taramitapada, which is called Mahayana, and they have established a Buddhist sect. They honor Namo Vajramitapada Mixiang Baozhen Great Arhat.

Within the realm of the secret realm, one can see numerous Buddhist temples, with golden light and precious colors everywhere, and pagodas and glazed tiles everywhere.

In this world, everyone worships and reveres the Buddha, and all beings bow to the King of Light in order to obtain Vajra.

In the Pure Land of Buddhism, the Secret Manifestation of the Arhat Baozhen has five heads and five faces, manifesting the five colors of joy, anger, hatred, greed, and fear, and embodying the five emotions of tranquility, clarity, wisdom, intelligence, and spirit. His ten arms are outstretched, sometimes forming a mudra, sometimes holding a vajra, sometimes making a lotus finger gesture, and sometimes holding a golden alms bowl.
A three-headed, eight-legged celestial dragon sits atop a high platform, carrying a lotus throne on its back. An Arhat sits cross-legged on the lotus throne, reciting the Dharma of the Tarāprabhāṣā and transmitting the true sutra of the Vajrāṇa.

Beneath the lotus throne, a group of wrathful kings and venerable beings listened with rapt attention, amidst a dazzling display of heavenly flowers and golden lotuses blooming from the ground.

However, just as the Arhat was expounding the Dharma, he suddenly frowned slightly, interrupting the wonderful teaching. All the bright kings and venerable ones looked at the Arhat in astonishment, but the Arhat vanished without a trace in a flash.

The next moment, outside the secret realm, opposite the handsome monk dressed in white and holding a staff, appeared a tall figure with long hair flowing down his shoulders and a bare chest.

"Lingding greets Arhat Baozhen."

The handsome monk in white was none other than the True Enlightened Spiritual Arhat, while the tall man with long, flowing hair was the master of this Secret Realm, the Secret Appearance Precious True Great Arhat.

Arhat Baozhen looked coldly at Arhat Lingding, clearly displeased by his presence outside the Secret Realm, but still returned the greeting according to Buddhist etiquette, and then asked: "Arhat Lingding, why are you here in this Secret Realm of this humble monk instead of listening to the Dharma in the Thunderclap Pure Land of the Western Heaven of the Three Realms?"

Arhat Lingding explained, “This humble monk did not come here by any intention. I was just looking for Wujue’s traces and ended up here without realizing it. I did not mean to disturb your cultivation.”

As if lost in thought, the Arhat Baozhen manifested a colossal Dharma form that seemed to encompass the entire Secret Realm and fill the heavens and the universe. The Dharma form had five heads and five faces, as if it could see through the heavens and the universe and understand the past and present.

In an instant, all traces of the past and future of this place appeared before the Arhat Baozhen, and the figure hidden in time was also pulled out of nothingness.

In an instant, Baozhen Arhat saw a series of footprints coming from the void and then disappearing into other dimensions. The footprints grew into the appearance of the Demon Buddha Wujue.

After confirming that Lingding Arhat had neither come to persuade him nor to cause trouble, Baozhen Arhat's expression improved considerably: "That Wujue Old Demon did not enter the Secret Realm. Judging from his tracks, he must have gone to the demon race's territory."

"If you go, fellow Daoist, please be careful. Those wicked demons are most easily bewitched by that old demon."

Lingding Arhat knew that Baozhen Arhat was showing goodwill, so he bowed again and thanked him: "Thank you for your help, Arhat. Your mastery of the five aspects of the heavens has reached the highest level. You can see through all the heavens past and present. Even if Wujue was trying to hide, he could not escape your eyes."

Arhat Baozhen laughed heartily: "It cannot compare to your True Enlightenment Aura, which can observe destiny, investigate cause and effect, trace the path of enlightenment, and suppress the universe."

"Fellow Daoist, please go ahead. I'll head back now."

Having said that, Arhat Baozhen withdrew his Dharma form and returned to the Secret Realm.

Lingding Arhat watched Baozhen Arhat leave, then stared at the Secret Realm for three breaths before turning away.

As the Arhat Lingding departed, in the Pure Land of Buddhism within the Secret Realm, a figure appeared faintly. Its appearance was neither male nor female, but rather that of a celestial being. Its long hair flowed over its shoulders, with a single white hair between its brows. The Dharma image behind its head radiated a clear, three-colored precious light. It wore a bright red brocade robe and held a nine-ringed Zen staff.

He looked in the direction where Lingding Arhat had left, his eyes smiling and the corners of his mouth slightly upturned: "Does Arhat really think that person came to the Secret Realm because of Wujue's whereabouts?"

The long-haired, bare-chested Arhat Baozhen sneered, "What do you mean?"

He shook his head: "If he came for Wujue, with that person's abilities, how could he not find Wujue's trace?"

Why would you deliberately stay outside the sealed boundary?

"Don't forget, at the Great Lingyin Temple in the Western Paradise, there are a total of twenty-four Bodhisattvas and Arhats under the Buddha, but only three can be called revered."

The handsome monk with the appearance of a human countenance counted on his fingers: "First, there is the Bodhisattva of Clear Mind and True Nature; second, there is the Bodhisattva of Clear Mind and True Pure Spiritual Awakening; and third, there is this Arhat of Brahma Seal, True Awakening, Spiritual Stillness."

"Looking across the Pure Land of Lingyin, all the Bodhisattvas and Arhats take these three as their leaders, and Lingding Arhat is the leader of the Arhats, known as the Buddha's attendant. Is this one who came to the Secret Realm truly so pure?"

Baozhen Luohan remained silent.

The handsome monk continued, "Now, the power of the Three Realms is overwhelming, and the Xuanmen has all returned to the East. The one in the West is also keeping an eye on the Buddhist world. The Shaoguang Realm has a past relationship with the Heavenly Emperor and resides in the South, ranking among the Five Elders; the Futu Realm has received permission from the West and has entered the West, calling itself the Eastern Buddha."

"Looking across the three realms—east, west, south, and north—is there still a place called the Secret Realm?"

"Could it be that the Arhat is eyeing the positions of Northern Emperor, Northern Elder, and Central Elder among the Four Emperors and Five Elders?"

Upon hearing this, Baozhen Luohan snorted coldly and turned to leave: "I am not willing to be subordinate to anyone, nor do I wish to be among the Four Emperors and Five Elders."

“If you have nothing else to do, leave the Secret Realm. I have no need for a bewitching demon like you here.”

"Don't forget, you are also an enemy of Buddha!"

Upon hearing the words "enemy of Buddha," the handsome monk couldn't help but sigh: "The one without enlightenment is a demon Buddha, an enemy of Buddha; I am a heavenly demon, an enemy of Buddha; and what about you, Arhat?"

"Who knows when you might become an enemy of Buddha."

“I instructed Wujue to go north. He cannot be captured by Lingding, and he cannot die. You should know this, Arhat.”

"The Eastern Heaven's attention is currently focused on the lingering poison of Daoist transformation in the south. If we cannot seize this opportunity to unite everyone, in a few more years, that person in the Great Lingyin Temple will truly become the ancestor."

As he spoke, the handsome monk, or rather, the Free and True Buddha, transformed into specks of blood-red lotus and vanished, leaving only the Precious Arhat standing silently beneath the ancient, gnarled tree. (End of Chapter)