Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 565 A Forbidden Zone Deep Within the Heavenly Court! The Path to Proving the Dao Through Force!

When the Dao Ancestor Hongjun was preaching in Zixiao Palace, he once said that there are three thousand Great Daos, and every one of them can lead to enlightenment.

However, there are only three paths that can truly lead to sainthood or bring one infinitely close to it.

One is the path of proving the Dao through force, which was taken by Pangu, the great god who created the Three Realms. However, even Pangu failed on this path, so it can be considered the closest one to the Dao.

The second method is to sever the three corpses, and the only person to succeed in this is Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Of the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace, at most they could only sever their three corpses, but none of them could truly pass through this path and become the second person after Dao Ancestor Hongjun to attain sainthood.

Indeed, only Dao Ancestor Hongjun has successfully attained sainthood by severing the three corpses.

Apart from the Six Saints, none of them followed the path of severing the three corpses.

Whether it was Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, or the Two Sages of the West, although they made progress in severing the Three Corpses, Nuwa became a saint through the merit of creating humans, while the Three Pure Ones became saints through the merit of establishing a religion, plus the merit of Pangu's creation of the world remaining in their primordial spirit.

The two Western Saints were even more pathetic. Since their merits in establishing their religions were insufficient to attain sainthood, they made forty-eight great vows to the Heavenly Dao and borrowed money to accumulate the merits needed to attain sainthood.

Among the three thousand guests in Zixiao Palace, apart from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, there was not a single saint who truly attained enlightenment by severing the three corpses.

Even Pingxin of the Underworld only became a half-baked saint by sacrificing himself to reincarnate and the ancestral witch Houtu.

As the attendant of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, it is simply impossible for Haotian not to have the idea of ​​becoming a saint.

Anyone who has experienced the rule of a sage will never forget a phrase etched in their memory.

If you don't become a saint, you'll remain an ant.

This is a consensus among all quasi-saints, great Luo golden immortals, and even Taiyi golden immortals, immortal golden immortals, and so on.

Perhaps other cultivators are not like the Styx Ancestor of the Netherworld Blood Sea, whose obsession with becoming a saint has reached the point of almost sealing away demons.

But to say that they never even considered it would be impossible.

If ordinary cultivators are like this, then it goes without saying that Haotian is too.

However, Haotian had clearly cut off the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Venerable, who had firmly secured his position as the Lord of Heaven and the Supreme Being of the Three Realms, while his true self remained in seclusion deep within Heaven.

Even during a major calamity like the Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor himself showed no intention of making a appearance.

Now, however, Taibai Jinxing personally invited him to an audience with a Buddhist Buddha who had just entered the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Since it was an audience, it meant that Haotian was meeting him as the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court, not as a fellow Daoist like Taishang Laojun, which was quite intriguing.

As a trusted confidant, Venus was able to tell Luo Fu that the one who truly wanted to see him was Haotian, which was already quite good.

Luo Fu did not press further, but followed Venus all the way to the depths of the Heavenly Court.

When they arrived at an area where spatial turbulence was still clearly present, Venus stopped and said, "True Buddha, you will have to go there by yourself from now on. His Majesty is deep inside. You only need to pass through this turbulence to see His Majesty."

Nodding his thanks, Luo Fu immediately took a step forward, his figure gracefully swallowed up by the spatial turbulence.

While spatial turbulence is indeed dangerous, it depends on who it affects.

Let alone Luo Fu, who has reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal after refining his merits thanks to the favor of Heaven, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal like Sun Wukong, who has an indestructible body, could withstand such spatial turbulence.

After traversing a considerable distance of spatial turbulence, Luo Fu's vision suddenly blurred.

The next moment, he found himself standing in front of a pile of ruins.

Even after countless years of wear and tear, these ruins still retain terrifying fluctuations of the laws, clearly indicating that a massive battle at least at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal once took place here.

Faintly, Luo Fu could even hear chilling roars and shouts of killing, interspersed with screams and wails.

Standing before such a sight, probably no one would believe that this is the highest heavenly court in the Three Realms. Even the underworld shouldn't be this terrifying.

But ironically, this is the Heavenly Court, and the deepest part of the Heavenly Court at that.

A figure dressed in a robe but without a crown stood amidst the ruins. The howling fluctuations of the laws were enough to cause ordinary immortals to perish and their souls to scatter with just a gentle swipe, but this figure remained steadfast and unmoved.

Although he had only met the Jade Emperor, and the figure in front of him was only a silhouette from behind.

But Luo Fu was instantly certain that the owner of this figure must be the true supreme being of the Three Realms, Haotian.

"This humble monk, Ruzhen, greets the Great Heavenly Venerable Haotian!"

"As if you were Buddha, you may dispense with the formalities." Haotian turned around gracefully, revealing a face with a touch of childishness between his brows.

Indeed, the Great Heavenly Venerable Haotian, who ascended to the throne of the Supreme Heavenly Emperor of the Three Realms after the end of the Lich War, actually has a face that still retains a childlike innocence.

Haotian was originally a pageboy of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and when he was in Zixiao Palace, he always appeared as a pageboy.

However, once he became the Heavenly Emperor, it would be insufficient to convince people if he continued to appear as a child.

Despite his youthful appearance, Luo Fu sensed a far more terrifying pressure emanating from Haotian than that of Laozi or the Jade Emperor.

It was an intangible and formless, yet all-pervasive, majesty.

Whether it was the chilling roars and shouts of killing, or the terrifying screams and wails, they all seemed to be suppressed in front of Haotian.

Simply by turning around, these ruins, which have endured countless years, seem as if the wounds of a great war have been soothed.

"Does the true Buddha know what place this is?" Haotian asked with a hint of melancholy.

A thought struck Luo Fu, and he said, "Could this be the battlefield remnants after the great battle between the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court and the Witch Clan?"

Nodding slightly, Haotian said, "As the Buddha truly has discerning eyes, this is the very place after the great battle between the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court and the Witch Clan. As the Buddha truly has discerning eyes, you should have sensed it, right? Even as time has passed, this place remains as new as ever. Even though I was ordered by the Dao Ancestor to rebuild the Heavenly Court, I still cannot quell the unrest here."

Haotian paused slightly, as if to prove his point.

Amidst the ruins, the fluctuations of Dao and reason suddenly surged, rising and falling in a flash. A figure, as green as bamboo, with a bird's body and a human face, standing on two dragons, and imbued with a strange vitality, appeared and disappeared. But in the blink of an eye, this figure vanished from the spot once again, as if nothing had ever happened, as if it had all been an illusion.

Luo Fu blurted out, "Ju Mang."

With such a vivid image and the power of eerie vitality it contained, it was clearly Jumang, the Eastern Wood Ancestral Witch among the Twelve Ancestral Witches who had been dead for countless years.

Haotian was not at all surprised that Luo Fu, who was born in the present era, could recognize Jumang at a glance.

It was as if he had been convinced from the very beginning that Luo Fu definitely knew Ju Mang and the other eleven Ancestral Witches. You must understand, the existence of the Ancestral Witches dates back to the Lich War era. With the final conclusion of the Lich War, all twelve Ancestral Witches perished. Although a large number of Witches remained, they almost disappeared from the mortal realm before the Investiture of the Gods, following the battle between Chi You and the Yellow Emperor.

Nowadays, many people in the world may not even know who the Witch Clan really is.

Luofu was established not long ago.

Given Luo Fu's unique nature, once he came into the sights of many powerful beings, he would inevitably become the focus of attention for the powerful beings of the Three Realms.

Such an unusual increase in strength, coupled with the Dao and principles that are different from those of the Three Realms.

It can be said that Luo Fu's bloodline, his ancestors for eighteen generations, have been thoroughly investigated by these powerful beings. Even Luo Fu's past life was under investigation by many powerful beings.

Back then, Fuxi, the Demon Saint of the Demon Clan, was able to reincarnate as a human through the underworld after the end of the Lich War. Other powerful beings might also be able to do so. Who knows if Luofu is the reincarnation of some powerful being?

Some powerful figures even speculated that Luofu's Dao and principles, so different from the Three Realms, might be related to the chaos beyond the realm, almost to the point of labeling Luofu as an extraterrestrial demon.

Unfortunately, no matter how these powerful figures investigated, Luo Fu's background remained unbelievably clean.

His soul was indeed conceived within his current body; it was neither a possession nor the reincarnation of a powerful being.

The six paths of reincarnation in the underworld are a supplement to the heavenly way. Without going through the six paths of reincarnation, there will be great hidden dangers. This is why Nuwa, for the sake of her brother, did not hesitate to go to the underworld herself to let Fuxi be reincarnated as a human through the six paths of reincarnation.

Before the Lich Wars, and even before the Investiture of the Gods, the one who presided over the operation of the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Underworld was not the current Yin Gods and Ghosts. At that time, even the Lord of Mount Tai had not yet ascended to the position of a god. The one who truly presided over the Underworld was the Wu Clan who followed Hou Tu.

Fuxi, however, was a renowned demon saint of the Heavenly Court. Even if they were acting with impartiality, how could the Wu clan of the Underworld possibly stand idly by and watch Fuxi pass through the Six Paths of Reincarnation, be reborn as a human, and even rise to become one of the future Three Sovereigns, the Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race?

The enmity between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan is truly deep and irreconcilable.

If one could easily reincarnate without going through the six realms of reincarnation, then Nuwa certainly wouldn't have lowered herself to send her brother's soul to the underworld.

However, Luo Fu's body showed no record of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, no trace of reincarnation, and was certainly not a case of possession.

Even the extraterrestrial demons could not achieve what Luo Fu did—so perfectly that even the Heavenly Dao showed no aversion to him.

Therefore, the only explanation is that Luofu is the extremely special variable.

As for the variables, why would Haotian believe that Luofu definitely knows Jumang?

That's easy.

Don't forget, the person who most wants to invest in Luofu is the current Lady Pingxin of the Underworld. Although Lady Pingxin is theoretically the soul of the Houtu witch clan, it is well known that pure witches do not have a primordial spirit.

The Goddess Pingxin and the Ancestral Witch Houtu are essentially two completely different individuals, with no causal relationship between them.

Pingxin's birth was not due to Houtu's fall; it was only related to the emergence of the Underworld. It had no direct connection to the Ancestral Witch Houtu.

At first glance, this statement seems paradoxical. The underworld was born from the reincarnation of the ancestral witch Houtu, and Pingxin was born because of the underworld. Such a clear logical chain, with each link connected, but under the laws of heaven, cause and effect cannot be calculated in this way.

However, the special relationship between Pingxin and Houtu destined that, through Pingxin, Luofu would definitely be able to clearly understand everything about the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

This is precisely why Haotian chose to send Luofu here.

Although countless years have passed since the Lich Wars, the wounds it left on the Three Realms have yet to be fully healed.

In particular, the Heavenly Court, which was once the lair of the demon race, has now become a taboo existence within the Heavenly Court.

"Does the true Buddha know why I am meeting the Buddha here?" Haotian didn't keep him in suspense. After Luofu recognized Jumang's identity, he immediately asked the question.

Luo Fu frowned, a similar question lingering in his mind.

No matter how you look at it, this kind of place should be forbidden by the Heavenly Court. He, a Buddhist monk who has just had some contact with the Heavenly Court, should not have been brought here.

"Please forgive my ignorance," Luo Fu shook his head.

"There's no need to shy away from the title of Buddha," Haotian said. "Looking across the Three Realms today, I'm afraid only Buddha can resolve this situation."

A thought struck him, and Luo Fu asked in surprise, "Great Celestial Venerable, do you wish this humble monk to hold a memorial service here?"

Haotian smiled and shook his head.

"The meeting between me and Buddha Ruzhen here is merely a tacit understanding. Tell me, in the Three Realms today, besides Buddha Ruzhen, who else can resolve this restless ruin?"

After a slight pause, giving Luo Fu no chance to joke around, Haotian said decisively, "The Witch Clan."

A sudden flash of inspiration struck Luo Fu, and he finally understood.

It should be noted that Luo Fu initially attracted the attention of the powerful beings in the Three Realms not because of the Dao and principles that were different from those in the Three Realms, but because of his seemingly ancestral, suddenly appearing Wu clan bloodline.

That's practically a direct descendant of the Wu clan from Chi You, which is the key reason why Luofu has attracted the attention of the great powers of the Three Realms.

At this moment, in the ruins of this battlefield of the demon race's heavenly court, the real trouble lies not in anything else, but in the malevolent aura of the witch race.

Since the beginning of time, the Wu Clan has been considered one of the most unique beings in the Three Realms.

It was born from twelve drops of tainted blood that seeped into the earth's veins after Pangu perished during the creation of the world, where they mingled with the earth's evil energy.

He has no primordial spirit, yet his combat power is unparalleled, as if he directly inherited the power of Pangu's physical body.

Theoretically, the Wu clan, who do not possess a primordial spirit, should simply die without a trace after their demise.

However, the unique nature of the Wu tribe has created an extremely strange situation.

The Wu tribe does not have a primordial spirit, nor does it have a soul after death, but it possesses an almost indelible spirit that wanders between the three realms.

Whether in the Heavenly Court, the Underworld, or the Human Realm, there are remnants of the spirit of powerful witch clan figures who have fallen.

This spiritual remnant became a rare strength of the human race, even before they truly established a systematic cultivation system.

Among humans, anyone with the bloodline of the Witch Clan, or even those without it, can use spiritual invocation and psychic arts to unleash all sorts of incredible magical powers and even summon various creatures to fight.

This is a form of witchcraft that is on par with, and even surpasses, Gu magic; it is also known as witchcraft or Gu magic.

It is a technique that purely pursues the manifestation of power, rather than the essence of things.

(End of this chapter)