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Chapter 40 Discussion on the Dao at Yaochi
"We are not heavenly generals of your Heavenly Court, would the Heavenly Emperor be willing to send us to become immortals?"

Yao Xi possessed a natural allure; her words carried an unmistakable charm.

Several months have passed since the Battle of Zishan. Although He Lang has not reappeared since then, various topics about him in the Five Regions have not stopped, but have spread far and wide, and people are bringing up He Lang's path to rise again.

His various actions were interpreted and annotated by monks.

Many cultivators have come forward to offer explanations for the Heavenly Court, a hidden lineage of Daoists, and his act of proclaiming himself Heavenly Emperor.

Some say that he fought the Heavenly Emperor's son but did not kill him because he wanted to take the bloodline of the Immortal Heavenly Emperor as his divine generals to fight for the Heavenly Court in the future. He also said that Wang Teng was the same. He also said that all the geniuses of the present day were chosen by the Heavenly Emperor to be divine generals of the Heavenly Court, and that he would surely subdue them one by one in the future.

He Lang had overheard many prodigies discussing this topic behind his back as he walked along, so he naturally understood Yao Xi's meaning.

"Haha, if you were the gods of Heaven, wouldn't Heaven rebel against you every day? Fairy Yao Xi, you don't need to take what strangers say to heart."

I didn't have many ulterior motives for calling myself the Heavenly Emperor. Besides wanting to suppress the Imperial lineage, I just thought the title was eye-catching and flashy. If you mind, I can change it to Dao Ancestor!

He Lang raised an eyebrow at Yao Xi, and his casual remark left everyone speechless once again.

The Dao Ancestor is even more arrogant than the Heavenly Emperor!

However, they were also familiar with He Lang's tendency to spout all sorts of bizarre and unconventional ideas on the spot, so Yao Xi didn't really care about it; it was just a topic of conversation.

"Since the Qilin Princess wishes me to attain immortality, then I also wish the Qilin Princess and all fellow Daoists to find their way on the ancient starry road and to experience all the splendor of the world in this great era."

Upon hearing this, all the prodigies nodded, feeling extremely strange and sensing that it wasn't something to be praised.

You can see the Immortal Realm, while we can only see the Path of Life?

"Heavenly Emperor, since you do not wish to embark on the ancient path through the stars, we shall proceed. We do not know whether we will be able to return to our homeland. We wonder if the Heavenly Emperor could enlighten us and let us know just how great the gap is between us."

After calming himself down, Yao Guang walked over and challenged He Lang.

“Indeed, I wanted to fight you back in Zishan, but unfortunately there were too many variables and the timing was not right. Fellow Daoist Yaoguang has the same idea as me, and I also want to ask the Heavenly Emperor for advice.”

The Southern Demon of the Demon Emperor's Palace also spoke, his bronze body radiating a faint aura of a saint, his blood energy soaring into the sky, manifesting various strange phenomena, incredibly powerful, his physical body had already crossed the threshold of the saint realm.

"Me too."

"I……"

A group of prodigies issued challenges, all wanting to test their skills against He Lang and find out just how much of a gap there was between them.

He Lang's ability to overpower six ancient emperors' children is simply too abnormal. It's hard to say whether even the ancient emperors could have done it when they were young. Even though they knew they were no match for him, they still wanted to know just how far He Lang had gone.

This may be the last time they can face He Lang. From now on, it will no longer be He Lang coming to challenge them, but them coming to fight He Lang.

This is the true meaning behind what the Holy Maiden of Yaochi meant when she said he wouldn't come, and how this grand gathering of geniuses could not be called a grand event. The past story will turn a new page here.

“If you all want to challenge me, it would be bad if we really fought and you got hurt. If you want to embark on the Ancient Star Road, you need to maintain your peak level. I think we don’t need to fight. Just manifest your own Dao and discuss it. What do you think?”

He Lang's concept of "discussing the Dao" is not about talking, but about each person manifesting their own Dao to reflect the void. It is an alternative way of performing the Dao, but it is not too domineering and will not cause harm to oneself.

"it is good!"

After a moment's thought, everyone agreed. He Lang nodded slightly, sat cross-legged on the blue stone beside the Immortal Pool, and exhaled a breath of primordial pure energy. The pure energy converged above his head, transforming into an incomparably complex divine diagram of the Great Dao. The densely packed patterns of the Great Dao evolved the trajectory of the Dao, which was infinitely vast and boundless.

The image of the Great Dao God is constructed from countless Great Dao principles such as destiny, creation, cause and effect, time, life and death, slaughter, yin and yang, and the world.

When these prodigies' gazes fell upon the Great Dao Divine Diagram, they felt that their own Great Dao was also within it. The Great Dao Divine Diagram above He Lang's head was like a mirror, reflecting their Great Dao.

His Great Dao encompasses all things, like the vast Heavenly Dao, making people realize that his previous words as the Dao Ancestor were not false, and that he truly possessed that kind of grandeur.

"Fellow Daoists, please!"

He Lang raised his arm slightly, extending an invitation with a solemn expression.

Yao Guang revealed his own Great Dao, a phantom shrouded in chaos, surrounded by wisps of ethereal light. Though composed of Dao principles, it possessed astonishing power that permeated the Jade Pool, and even exuded holy might. He had also stepped halfway into the realm of saints.

A blurry immortal figure also appeared above the head of the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, with an immortal tower constructed of laws above it, vaguely resembling the Daoist charm of the Western Emperor Tower.

Hua Yunfei also revealed his own Great Dao, with a Great Dao Treasure Bottle standing above his head, breathing in and out the laws of the Great Dao.

The same was true for other prodigies; Pang Bo and the Holy Prince also joined in.

Ignoring everyone else, Yao Guang focused his mind on his own Great Dao, driving it towards the Great Dao Divine Diagram above He Lang's head, colliding with He Lang.

He wanted to capture the Dao that He Lang had previously used to dismantle his origin in the collision of the Great Daos, but he almost got lost in the vast Great Dao. Even after he demonstrated the profound meanings of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and the Undying Heaven Art, he still couldn't break through He Lang's Great Dao.

The other young kings also wielded the Great Dao, interacting and colliding with the Great Dao Divine Diagram above He Lang's head.

This is a collision of wisdom and the Great Dao, where various secret techniques of the Great Dao, ancient scriptures of cultivation, special realms and states are all condensed into their respective Great Daos, including the Eight Forbidden Realms and other unique realms.

The collision between the Great Daos transformed the area around the Immortal Pool into the most sacred Daoist site. Celestial flowers descended from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, and purple qi came from the east, among other extraordinary phenomena, which then vanished into the void.

The Holy Spirit Stone Embryos of Yaochi Holy Land joined in, gushing out a stream of primordial essence that fell into the Great Dao Divine Diagram above He Lang's head, transforming into a hazy goddess who explored and comprehended He Lang's Great Dao.

He Lang glanced at 'her' but did nothing else.

Facing the great path alone against all the geniuses was no problem for him at all. He even had the leisure to deduce the subsequent paths of the great paths taken by these geniuses.

Sensing Yao Guang's thoughts, he couldn't help but shake his head. Yao Guang's Dao heart was ultimately shaken.

This debate lasted for three days, even attracting the attention of the Jade Pool's inner circle, a middle-aged female immortal. Although her skin was rosy and youthful, the traces of time in her eyes could not be concealed.

She was awakened by the Queen Mother of the West, waking up from the divine source. She stared at He Lang's Great Dao Divine Diagram again and again, and after saying a few words to the Queen Mother of the West, she fell into a deep sleep.

He Lang sensed something, heard her conversation with the Queen Mother of the West, but didn't pay it any mind.

Over the course of three days, one after another, the wisdom and Dao of these prodigies reached their limits, and they withdrew from the battle. If they were to clash with He Lang again, their Dao would be affected by He Lang's Dao, resulting in more harm than good.

However, they were also aware of the significant gap between their own strength and He Lang's.

Three days later, the most persistent prodigies also withdrew, ending the debate.

(End of this chapter)