Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 168 The Holy Emperor and the Sage (Please Subscribe)
"A sword forged through sacrificial offerings!" The Queen Mother of the West looked at the divine artifact in Li Xuanyang's hand, her confusion growing.

If it were truly as Li Xuanyang said, merely a sword forged through later refinement, how could it possess such awe-inspiring divine power, even capable of clashing with the Chaos Yin-Yang Mirror without being at a disadvantage?

"I wonder what kind of innate spiritual materials you used to refine it?" At this point, the Queen Mother of the West suddenly thought of the Qiankun Cauldron, an innate spiritual treasure that Li Xuanyang had borrowed from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Could it be that the Qiankun Cauldron reversed its original nature, transforming it into an innate sword?

Even if it is a primordial sword, it is far inferior to the Chaos Yin-Yang Mirror.

Moreover, she did not sense any innate spiritual light from the sword in Li Xuanyang's hand.

"This sword was forged by me using Chaos Divine Iron and the twelve Heavenly Divine Banners of the Witch Clan as spiritual materials," Li Xuanyang said with a smile.

"The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Banners of the Witch Clan!" The Queen Mother of the West was greatly surprised, looking at Li Xuanyang with disbelief. "Fellow Daoist actually melted down such a treasure as spiritual material?"

The Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Banners are related to the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Array of the Witch Clan. Their value surpasses even the Hetu and Luoshu.

"Now that the twelve ancestral witches of the Wu clan are all gone, it is useless for me to keep the twelve Heavenly God and Demon Banners. I might as well use them as spiritual materials." Li Xuanyang said with a smile, and waved the Heavenly Divine Artifact in his hand, which faintly revealed a trace of chaotic and obscure aura. He then put it into the Chaos Pearl in the Thirty-Six Chaotic Heavens.

Upon hearing Li Xuanyang's words, the Queen Mother of the West hesitated, seemingly feeling quite regretful.

But she didn't continue the conversation. Instead, she turned to Li Xuanyang and asked, "Now that things have come to this, I wonder what your plans are?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xuanyang did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked towards that vast world, which seemed unchanged, still standing firmly in the chaotic void.

“Unless this great world is completely shattered, even if all the sages came, they would be helpless. And the place we sought on this journey is now nowhere to be found.” After a moment of contemplation, Li Xuanyang said to the Queen Mother of the West, “How about we return to the Primordial World for now and make further plans?”

"That's fine then!" the Queen Mother of the West nodded and said.

"Let's go!" Li Xuanyang withdrew his gaze, his body flashed with light, and he and the Queen Mother of the West each transformed into a ray of cloud, heading towards the direction of the primordial world.

This journey back from the depths of chaos to the outside of the primordial world took less than a thousand years, much faster than the journey there.

Having passed through the primordial barrier and arrived outside the outer starry sky, Li Xuanyang suddenly stopped his cloud-like light and turned to ask the Queen Mother of the West, "Fellow Daoist, will you travel to the starry sky with me, or return to West Kunlun Mountain from here?"

"I intend to return to West Kunlun Mountain first, so I will take my leave now and bid farewell to you, fellow Daoist." The Queen Mother of the West bowed to Li Xuanyang in farewell, and with a flash of cloud beneath her feet, she passed through the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens and headed towards the Primordial Land.

Watching the departing clouds of the Queen Mother of the West, Li Xuanyang seemed to have thought of something. Suddenly, he reached out and flicked his sleeve, sending a beam of light into the chaotic void before heading towards the starry sky.

At this moment, the Purple Lotus Daoist, the White Lotus Daoist, and Changxi were not stationed in the starry sky. Only the two attendants, Golden Crane and Silver Crane, were still on the Purple Star, tending to a spiritual root that was ten thousand feet in size, and some recruited star gods were also present.

This spiritual root is the Star Fruit Tree that Li Xuanyang collected. It was transplanted to the Ziwei Star and has been there for thousands of years. It is covered with flowers, attracting endless celestial power to gather and transform into starlight, which is then incorporated into the flowers and leaves.

Many of the scattered starlight were absorbed into the bodies of the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants to refine their primordial spirit power, making their primordial spirit power even more refined.

Above the Purple Star, Li Xuanyang had just descended from the clouds and landed beside the Star Fruit Tree when he was spotted by the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants.

They immediately disregarded the need to continue collecting the scattered starlight and hurriedly went to Li Xuanyang, bowing and saying, "Greetings, Master!"

"Get up. During my absence, has anything significant happened in the prehistoric world?" Li Xuanyang asked.

The Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys shook their heads in unison. "Nothing major happened, but when the Human Emperor Fuxi was born, many strange phenomena appeared in the void, attracting many living beings and cultivators to come."

"Fortunately, Senior Brother Kong Xuan arrived in time and killed a great supernatural being with the Five Elements Five Color Divine Light. Apart from that, nothing else has happened in the past eight thousand years."

“More than eight thousand years!” Li Xuanyang was slightly taken aback. This time, he had only spent a little over a thousand years returning to the prehistoric world. It seemed that the rest of the time had passed unknowingly while he was traveling to the depths of chaos.

Thinking that it had taken him and the Queen Mother of the West more than eight thousand years to just travel to the depths of chaos, Li Xuanyang couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder chaos never keeps track of years!"

Upon hearing Li Xuanyang mention Chaos, the Golden Crane Boy looked puzzled and asked, "Master, did you go to the Chaos Void?"

"Alright, there's no need to ask any further questions." Li Xuanyang calmed himself down and asked the two, "Why are you two fellow Daoists not here with Changxi to oversee the Zhou Tian Star Array?"

"Human Emperor Fuxi has achieved perfect merit and is about to attain enlightenment and return to his rightful place. Therefore, the two True Immortals and Senior Sister Changxi have gone to the Primordial World to personally witness and confer the title upon Fuxi on behalf of the Master," the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants quickly explained.

“More than eight thousand years have passed, and it is indeed time for Fuxi to attain enlightenment and return to his rightful place.” Upon hearing this, Li Xuanyang simply nodded without showing any surprise.

"Has Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi ever come to visit his master?" Li Xuanyang suddenly had a thought. Since Fuxi was about to attain enlightenment and return to his position, it was clear that the next Human Emperor would be chosen. He just didn't know if it would be Hongyun.

“Master Zhen Yuanzi has not come to visit you, sir!” Golden Crane Boy shook his head and said.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi has not yet made a decision." Li Xuanyang fell into deep thought.

"Is Master thinking of Uncle-Master Zhen Yuanzi?" Yinhe Tongzi asked when he saw Li Xuanyang suddenly frown slightly, as if he was lost in thought.

When asked this question by the Silver Crane Boy, Li Xuanyang simply stopped thinking about it and said, "I just suddenly thought of some things."

At this point, Li Xuanyang's gaze fell on the Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys. He was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected that after thousands of years, the Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys' cultivation had improved considerably, and their primordial spirit power had become much purer, even faintly containing a trace of starlight.

The Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys' remarkable progress is not only due to the wonders of the Star Fruit Tree, but also a result of their arduous cultivation.

Since the birth of Fuxi, he has attracted many living beings, cultivators, and powerful beings, making them realize the inadequacy of their own cultivation, and they have been cultivating diligently ever since.

This surprised Li Xuanyang.

"Does Master have any instructions?" After being scrutinized by Li Xuanyang for a while, the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants felt uneasy, wondering what had happened.

"Since Fuxi is about to attain enlightenment and return to his rightful place, then you two should accompany your master on this journey. Perhaps you can obtain some opportunities." As soon as Li Xuanyang finished speaking, a golden divine light flashed around him, and he swept the Golden Crane and Silver Crane Boys onto auspicious clouds, heading towards the primordial land.

"Master, I wonder what fate has brought us together!" The Golden Crane Boy stood on the auspicious cloud, looking at Li Xuanyang with a curious expression. Although they had once sent food to Huaxu and had protected Fuxi during his birth.

However, Fuxi's attainment of enlightenment and return to his rightful place had little to do with them, so what opportunity did they have?

"You will all know when the time comes." Li Xuanyang chuckled lightly, without explicitly stating it. He had never witnessed the Human Race's Holy Emperor attaining the Dao, but given the actions of the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants, he could gain some benefits.

These words made the Golden Crane and Silver Crane children even more curious.

In fact, Fuxi's journey was not always smooth sailing.

In recent years, the number of celestial beings and gods in the heavens has been insufficient, leading to continuous disasters in various parts of the prehistoric world, and many human tribes have frequently suffered various calamities.

Fortunately, with the Hetu and Luoshu sent by Kong Xuan, Fuxi was able to observe the changes of the sun, moon and stars, and also learn from the direction of mountains and rivers, thus not only understanding the patterns of disasters.

They even deduced eight innate talismans from them: Qian, Kun, Li, Kan, Zhen, Gen, Dui, and Xun, which correspond to Heaven, Earth, Fire, Water, Thunder, Mountain, Wind, and Lake, respectively. These are the innate eight trigrams, which enable the human race to turn misfortune into good fortune.

This seemingly simple Eight Trigrams contains the art of celestial transformation, encompassing everything from the sun, moon, and stars to mountains, rivers, plants, and trees.

It can be used to calculate everything.

The most amazing thing is that even ordinary people without any magical powers can calculate good and bad fortune based on the corresponding sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, plants and trees, as long as they memorize the meanings represented by the Eight Trigrams.

Fuxi not only taught the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Era to many tribes of the human race, but also personally taught them how to calculate them. He was gradually revered by countless tribes as the common ruler of the human race.

Over time, the human race encountered fewer and fewer disasters, and the number of people gradually increased. The methods of gathering wild fruits and hunting and fishing were gradually unable to meet the food needs of the large number of people.

Unfortunately, Fuxi had no good solution to this problem. He could only try to improve the methods and tools for hunting and fishing, but he was helpless about the rest.

Li Xuanyang was unaware of Fuxi's current distress, and gradually arrived above Fuxi's tribe with the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants.

From afar, a five-colored auspicious light could be seen soaring into the sky, transforming into a primordial Bagua pattern, containing the wonders of heaven, earth, fire, water, thunder, mountains, wind, and swamps, completely different from common Xuanmen Taoist methods.

"The Primordial Eight Trigrams!" Although Li Xuanyang had known about this for a long time, he was still somewhat surprised to see the Primordial Eight Trigrams in person.

The Xuanmen lineage has many Taoist methods, but apart from the Western religion, most can be divided into two types: one is the method of the innate Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, which mostly comes from innate gods and demons; the other is the method of the One Yuan, Two Elements, Three Powers and Four Symbols, and many other methods.

The Eight Trigrams created by Fuxi are one of the latter, sufficient to establish an independent lineage within the Xuanmen (Taoist school). At this moment, the Purple Lotus Daoist and the White Lotus Daoist in the tribe felt a connection and their faces lit up with joy. They called out to Kong Xuan and Chang Xi, then transformed into clouds and headed towards the void. They saw Li Xuanyang and the Golden Crane and Silver Crane attendants standing on a golden cloud.

"I've met fellow Taoist!"

"I've met the teacher!"

"No need for formalities, fellow Daoists." Li Xuanyang gently waved his sleeve, releasing a beam of light that lifted the group up. "Thank you for your trouble!"

"Fellow Daoist, why do you say that!" The White Lotus Daoist said with a smile, "We are originally one, why should we trouble ourselves?"

"That's very true!" said the Purple Lotus Daoist in praise.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuanyang chuckled and turned his gaze to Kong Xuan. "Since Fuxi has already achieved perfect merit and is about to attain enlightenment and return to his rightful place, why has he not yet been officially appointed?"

"Teacher, you may not know this, but Fuxi plans to resolve the food issue and then find a sage to succeed him as the ruler of the human race. Only then will he hold the succession ceremony, formally accept the investiture, and go to the Fire Cloud Cave in the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens to cultivate," Kong Xuan explained to Li Xuanyang.

After hearing this, Li Xuanyang couldn't help but smile and ask, "Has Fuxi not yet regained his memories from his previous life?"

"Just as the teacher said, Fuxi has not yet recovered his memories of his past life." Kong Xuan couldn't help but feel a little emotional as he said this. He thought of how Fuxi was once the Xi Emperor in the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan, the elder brother of the Sage Nuwa, and how noble and extraordinary he was. But now, although he is the ruler of the human race, he has not even recovered his memories of his past life.

"The matter of food will be resolved by the next human ruler. You should prepare for the ceremony immediately and there is no need to delay any longer."

"As for the next leader of the human race, he will naturally emerge in due time." Li Xuanyang had already made up his mind and did not discuss it with Kong Xuan to avoid any unforeseen changes.

"Disciple will obey Master's decree!" Kong Xuan bowed respectfully to Li Xuanyang and agreed, intending to return to the human tribe immediately to prepare for the grand ceremony.

"Fuxi is Nuwa's elder brother. Go to the Nuwa Heaven above the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens and deliver an invitation." Li Xuanyang then instructed Changxi.

"This disciple will go immediately!" Changxi bowed to Li Xuanyang.

As the time for the grand ceremony drew near, a lively scene unfolded among the human race, with crowds of people everywhere.

Many cultivators from the surrounding area couldn't resist coming to join in the excitement, eager to witness the scene of Fuxi's enlightenment.

Li Xuanyang and Nuwa stood in the void, not descending auspicious clouds to pay their respects. Instead, the Purple Lotus Daoist and the White Lotus Daoist came to the ceremony, intending to serve as witnesses.

At noon, the auspicious time had arrived. Above the thirty-three outer heavens, five-colored light emanated, and the cries of phoenixes rang out. A magnificent chariot, radiating dazzling golden light, swept through the void and slowly landed beside Fuxi.

"The Sun Chariot!" Li Xuanyang's eyes showed a slight look of surprise as he said to Nuwa, "Fellow Daoist is quite generous, actually taking out this Sun Chariot for the Human Emperor's use!"

Although this Sun Chariot is not a primordial spiritual treasure, it is entirely forged from the essence of stars, making it extremely precious.

Unexpectedly, the Sun Chariot not only fell into Nuwa's hands, but was also used by the Human Emperor.

"Fellow Daoist is joking. It's just a Sun Chariot, how could I be reluctant to part with it?" Nuwa smiled slightly, not taking the Sun Chariot to heart at all.

Compared to his elder brother Fuxi's attainment of enlightenment, the sun-chariot was merely a minor matter.

At this moment, five-colored divine light shone brightly in the void, transforming into an auspicious cloud. Standing on it was a Taoist priest, none other than Kong Xuan, who had always assisted Fuxi.

Arriving above the tribe, Kong Xuan unleashed the innate five elements and five colors of divine light around his body, cupped his hands, and glanced at Fuxi, saying, "By the decree of the Xuan Yang Ancestor, the Wondrous Dao Heavenly Venerable, Fuxi is hereby conferred the title of Emperor of the Human Race, to forever enjoy the merits and fortune of the Human Race, and shall immediately go to the Fire Cloud Cave above the Thirty-Three Outer Heavens to cultivate!"

Fuxi stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Fuxi respectfully obeys the decree of the Heavenly Venerable!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang resounded in the void, and innate purple energy came from the east, attracting countless human fortunes and merits to converge. In the blink of an eye, it spread over hundreds of millions of miles, illuminating a golden light.

The next moment, countless streams of meritorious and primordial energy suddenly emerged from the void and descended, transforming into several parts when they landed above the tribe.

About 80% of the light fell towards Fuxi, 10% fell towards Li Xuanyang, Kong Xuan, Jinhe, Yinhe Tongzi and others, and the last 10% turned into wisps of light that merged into countless humans.

The primordial energy of merit and virtue entered his body, suddenly triggering the human destiny within Fuxi. The two gradually merged, and a loud bang resounded within his primordial spirit.

Fuxi seemed to have fallen into a mysterious state, as if his spirit was wandering beyond the heavens. Memories of his past life gradually surfaced, and his expression was extremely complex and bitter.

The next moment, the human race's fortune gathered in the sky all fell towards Fuxi, causing the Kongtong Seal deep within Li Xuanyang's primordial spirit to transform into a golden light and fall into the void.

Fuxi involuntarily revealed the three flowers of his primordial spirit. His primordial spirit merged with the fortune of the human race, and a mysterious aura emanated from his body, transforming into a massive aura that spread outwards, creating an extremely terrifying scene.

At this moment, Kong Xuan also entered a meditative state, revealing the three flowers of his primordial spirit. The innate five elements spiritual pearl and the innate five elements five-colored divine light merged together. One of the earth-yellow innate divine lights, along with an innate earth spiritual pearl, fused with the merit and illusory yellow energy and fell into the air, transforming into a yellow-robed Taoist.

Its appearance is exactly the same as Kong Xuan's, and its body is surrounded by the innate divine light of the Earth element. Its aura appears and disappears, as if it is in harmony with heaven and earth.

The Taoist in the yellow robe landed in front of Kong Xuan, smiled, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "This humble Taoist greets fellow Taoist!"

“We are one, why bother?” Kong Xuan returned the greeting with a look of surprise. The yellow-robed Taoist nodded with a smile, then transformed into a beam of earth-yellow divine light and fell into Kong Xuan’s three primordial spirit flowers.

"Teacher's Five Elements Dharma Body Method is truly profound and mysterious. I just don't know if my current cultivation level can be considered as having broken through to the Quasi-Saint level!"

"And Fuxi!"

Nuwa, who was in the void, looked at the various strange phenomena and the aura around Fuxi, and her expression changed drastically. "He has attained sainthood!"

Thinking of this, Nuwa hurriedly asked Li Xuanyang, "Fellow Daoist, has my brother attained sainthood?"

"I am not clear about this matter either!" Li Xuanyang's expression was also somewhat surprised and uncertain. Fuxi's appearance was very similar to that of Nuwa and Taiqing Daoist when they attained sainthood, but not exactly the same. Not only did he incorporate the merit and primordial energy, but he also incorporated the human race's fortune.

"Without the Primordial Purple Qi, how could my brother suddenly attain sainthood through merit!" Nuwa's expression changed, both hoping that her brother Fuxi could truly attain sainthood and fearing that it would all be in vain.

"Regardless of whether Fellow Daoist Fuxi has attained sainthood or not, the appearance of such a strange phenomenon will surely attract all of you fellow Daoists. I would like to invite you to join me in welcoming it," Li Xuanyang said to Nuwa, pointing to the strange phenomenon brought forth by Fuxi.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!" Nuwa knew Li Xuanyang's concerns. She was afraid that if the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunzhun arrived early and caused trouble, it would be detrimental to Fuxi and the human race, since it concerned the Primordial Purple Qi and the attainment of sainthood.

At this moment, whether it was the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti and other saints, or Zhen Yuanzi and other quasi-saints with great supernatural powers, all of them looked at the strange phenomenon in the void, their expressions changed drastically, and they all rode the clouds to rush over.

Even renowned cultivators from the primordial world, as well as Haotian, Yaochi, and others from the Heavenly Court, all rushed towards this place.

As the aura of merit and virtue dissipated, the human race's fortune almost merged with that of Fuxi, showing signs of perfection.

After the various strange phenomena gradually dissipated, Fuxi slowly opened his eyes, and the aura of a king manifested around him. A powerful pressure arose out of thin air, causing auspicious energy to rise again in the void, shining brightly and instantly illuminating the entire prehistoric land.

All the humans knelt down and kowtowed to Fuxi, shouting, "May the Holy Emperor Fuxi live a long and prosperous life!"

"Is this truly a case of attaining sainthood?" Li Xuanyang looked at Fuxi below and faintly felt a sense of oppression. Moreover, above the three flowers of his primordial spirit, a cloud of auspiciousness had already transformed into an acre in size, with thousands of auspicious wisps and abundant light, exuding a mysterious and profound aura.

Li Xuanyang was not entirely certain about this. Whether the Holy Emperor was a saint or not, the various strange phenomena brought about by Fuxi were beyond the reach of ordinary quasi-saints and great supernatural beings, even if they were not saints who had attained enlightenment. This showed that the Holy Emperor was no ordinary person.

Li Xuanyang and Nuwa exchanged a glance, then descended from their clouds and landed before Fuxi. "Brother, have you now attained sainthood?"

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on attaining the Holy Emperor's throne!"

"Whether this counts as attaining sainthood or not, I am not sure myself at this moment." Fuxi shook his head with a wry smile at Nuwa. He had just recalled his memories from his previous life and was still somewhat confused. He did not know exactly what had happened, but he sensed that his primordial spirit seemed to be in harmony with the human race's fortune. Every move he made could draw upon the power of the human race's fortune, and his cultivation and supernatural abilities far surpassed those of the past.

"Fuxi thanks fellow Daoist and Master Kong Xuan!" After saying this, Fuxi suddenly bowed deeply to Li Xuanyang and Kong Xuan.

"Absolutely not!" This startled Kong Xuan. Not to mention that Fuxi had regained his memories, Kong Xuan dared not accept such a grand gesture and title, given the strange phenomenon that had just occurred.

“Fellow Daoist, there’s no need for that!” Li Xuanyang quickly reached out to help Fuxi up. “This humble Daoist is merely following the will of Heaven and establishing the positions of the Three Sovereigns of Heaven, Earth, and Man.”

"As for the rest, fellow Daoist, there's no need to say more. We can discuss it after this matter is over." Li Xuanyang smiled and shook his head at Fuxi, then stopped talking and looked at Kong Xuan, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)