Primordial Era: Taking the blame to become a saint, proving one's path through eccentricity!

Chapter 194 [Retreating to Advance, the Path to Heaven] (Please Subscribe)

Of course, the most important point is the attitude shown by Taiqing Laozi. He did not want to be burdened with a bad reputation for being rebellious.

Did Xuan Yin have such thoughts?

Dao Ancestor Hongjun was nominally Laozi's teacher, but also Tongtian Jiaozhu's teacher, and Xuan Yin's nominal grandmaster!

Taiqing Laozi didn't want to commit such a rebellious act, and Xuan Yin didn't want to betray his master and ancestors!

"A solemn oath to Heaven!"

Taiqing Laozi remained unmoved, calmly uttering four large words before saying, "I have just removed the concealment of the Taiji Diagram, and you have made a great oath to the Heavenly Dao. Do you think that person doesn't know? The Dao Ancestor is now a part of the Heavenly Dao. Your oath to the Heavenly Dao is equivalent to making an oath to him, isn't it?"

Xuan Yin froze on the spot.

Failed!

How could I have suddenly lost my mind and wanted to swear an oath to the heavens?

At the same time, he also understood that his wisdom was insignificant in front of a sage. He might catch the sage's attention when he acted unexpectedly, but once the sage took him seriously, he would only be played.

This pirate ship!

He probably won't be able to get down!

He had just made a great oath to the Heavenly Dao at the Taoist temple of Taiqing Laozi, and Taiqing Laozi then explained to him the secrets of the divine era.

That Dao Ancestor has probably already used the power of the Heavenly Dao to see through everything clearly.

but……

Xuan Yin looked through the Eight Views Palace and up to the sky. There was not a cloud in the sky above, and no sign of lightning gathering.

In other words, even if that Dao Ancestor knew about this matter, he wouldn't object, and might even praise Taiqing Laozi for his boldness!

Although Lao Tzu's ideas were presumptuous and offensive, the result was good.

If that divine mark were erased, wouldn't the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, having achieved the source of immortal and divine power, be able to inherit the karma left behind by Emperor Hong?

If Hongjun is currently pursuing the strategy of reducing the void, then he would probably be happy to see it succeed.

but……

The Chan Sect and the Jie Sect will eventually have a struggle over the Great Dao. In the future Investiture of the Gods, the disciples of the two sects, as well as the two saints, will most likely have a showdown. If Yuanshi Tianzun achieves the source of immortal and divine power, it will not be a good thing for the Jie Sect and Tongtian Sect Master!

He can't afford to aid the enemy!

Thinking of this, Xuan Yin was startled. He had wondered long ago why the saints did not join forces to deduce the path to transcendence.

Is it because the saint has a narrow perspective?

No!

Who can guarantee that someone's advancement won't hinder the progress of others?

The act of "biting the hand that feeds you" is a common occurrence in the Primordial Realm, in all the myriad worlds, and in the long river of time!

Now, if Xuan Yin were to make the choice, he wouldn't dare let Yuanshi Tianzun achieve a breakthrough, as this would put the Jie Sect in a very unfavorable situation!

"Human nature!"

Xuan Yin couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

As for making sages make great oaths, that's not very feasible either. Sages are already indestructible, so what great oath could bind them?

Especially given the existence of epochal cycles, where the entire Primordial True Realm and the entire Chaotic Universe restart at fixed points in time.

Everything restarts, all things cycle, and the original constraints naturally cease to exist!

Faced with Taiqing Laozi's request, Xuan Yin could only resort to stalling tactics: "Grand Master Uncle, as you just said, the Dao Ancestor's divine imprint is comparable in strength to a Three Corpse Quasi-Saint. Although it is slightly weaker than a Three Corpse Quasi-Saint due to a lack of foundation, it is not inferior to a Two Corpse Quasi-Saint. With my current strength at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, I am still somewhat lacking!"

"I'll wait until I break through to the Three Corpses Quasi-Saint level and have at least a 98% chance of success before I go and erase the Dao Ancestor's divine imprint for you!"

His meaning was very clear.

It's not that we won't do it, but rather that we will do it slowly, meticulously, and efficiently, with a plan, and only proceed when we have at least a 98% chance of success.

Upon hearing this, Taiqing Laozi immediately laughed: "You mean, not long ago, Xuan Yin, who fought four Quasi-Saints alone in the East Sea, and had many spiritual treasures by his side, was afraid of a single mark from the Dao Ancestor?"

He was laughing in anger.

Xuan Yin nodded hurriedly: "I am only a Taiyi now. If I die, I am truly dead. I cannot be like a Daluo, whose true spirit remains undimmed, and return from the calamity of losing myself. If I do not have a 98% chance of success, what difference is there between facing the divine mark of the Dao Ancestor and courting death?"

Although he still possesses a primordial root of the Xuanhuang, which allows him to revive with the help of the earth's origin, he doesn't want to truly die once.

The predetermined death of the Ghost Immortal Path is controllable, but Xuan Yin cannot guarantee that it will still be effective against a Great Luo Realm Opener.

He had to ensure that the risks were minimized and that he stayed as far away from death as possible!

This was also a precaution taken by Xuan Yin.

Just like the great vows of the two Western saints, although they made a great oath, they did not promise at what time they would fulfill it!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Taiqing Laozi was so angry that he laughed. He never expected that Xuan Yin would dare to show off his petty cleverness when facing him, a sage.

"Don't blame the old Taoist for not warning you!"

"Since I could give you the Purple-Gold Red Gourd, I can naturally take it back. If you try to stall for time, fool me, and evade karma, I wouldn't mind using you to fill the North Sea Eye and keep that jinx from the Primordial Sect company!"

"I can give you time to break through to the Great Luo realm, but if you go back to the Three Corpses Quasi-Saint realm, then you can talk to the old Taoist's Taiji Diagram!"

Xuan Yin quickly nodded, then immediately changed the subject, saying, "Then, may I ask, what is your third condition, Grandmaster Uncle?"

"I haven't decided yet!"

Upon hearing this, Taiqing Laozi narrowed his eyes slightly and placed a spacetime anchor point directly and accurately on Xuan Yin.

He slowly spoke, "Once you break through to the Great Luo realm, this spacetime anchor will guide you to the spacetime where the Dao Ancestor's divine imprint resides!"

"Of course, don't even think about having Tongtian or Nuwa remove it for you. Once an external force touches this spacetime anchor, it will prematurely pull your consciousness into the spacetime where the divine imprint is located!"

"As for the third request, I'll come to you when I've thought of it!"

"You don't need to rush!"

Go!

After saying this, Taiqing Laozi gently waved his sleeve, and Xuan Yin was teleported away, with the Golden-Winged Roc standing beside him.

Clearly, Laozi of Taiqing had not forgotten to arrange the Golden-Winged Roc!

Xuan Yin remained calm.

He naturally believed Laozi's words. The spacetime anchor point would only be triggered after he broke through to the Great Luo realm, so he still had plenty of time to prepare.

He could easily have stalled for time!

If all else fails, he could first try to break through the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon of the Demonic Path, or first cultivate the Buddhist Path and elevate his Buddhist cultivation to the Great Awakening Golden Immortal level.

Of the three thousand Great Daos, each one can prove the Primordial Chaos, so there's no need for him to hang himself on the single path of Immortality!

Of course, he still harbored some wishful thinking, and decided to take the Golden-Winged Roc back to Jin'ao Island to see the Tongtian Sect Leader.

"You little rascal, you're really good at causing trouble for this humble Taoist!"

After understanding the situation, the Tongtian Sect Leader couldn't help but show a hint of helplessness: "If you really want that purple-gold gourd, you can simply tell me. Even if you can't just take it by force, you can trade it with Taiqing Laozi using the Shangqing Xuanhuang Merit Pagoda you have!"

"Taiqing wasn't lying to you. If there is external interference, it will indeed be forcibly pulled into the pre-set spacetime by the spacetime anchor point."

"but……"

"It's not a big deal!"

Without hesitation, the Tongtian Sect Leader added another spacetime anchor point to Xuan Yin: "If you are pulled into an unknown spacetime, I will sense it and find a way to pull you back!"

"The oath to Heaven is quite troublesome!"

Although he didn't really want to get involved in this karma, if Xuan Yin really encountered danger, he could take Xuan Yin's place and go to the timeline buried by the Dao Ancestor to erase the divine mark!

Who could blame him when Xuan Yin was his disciple?

Thank you, teacher!

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin immediately laughed: "There are some things that shouldn't be troubled by my teacher. It's better to handle things myself if I can! Otherwise, when will I ever be able to stand on my own?"

He wasn't afraid!

I just don't want to create unnecessary karma!

There's always a way out. Since some things are unavoidable, the only option is to deal with them proactively and find ways to turn them into something that benefits you!

He came to see the Tongtian Cult Master simply to secure his future!

Thinking of this, Xuan Yin couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, Nuwa has successfully obtained her second certificate. When will you be able to take another step forward?"

"If I were to truly erase the Dao Ancestor's imprint, and the Primordial Sage were to seize the opportunity to attain the source of immortality and divinity, that would be somewhat disadvantageous for you, Master, and the Jie Sect!"

Although he knew that what the Tongtian Sect Leader pursued was the Great Dao of Acquired Realm, even if he absorbed the understanding of the Great Dao of Acquired Realm from tens of thousands of disciples of the Jie Sect, it would not be enough to allow him to make further progress in a short period of time!

"Haven't we already gone in?"

Upon hearing this, the Tongtian Sect Leader immediately revealed a smile: "The acquired path, although it cannot transform my Dao fruit in the short term, I have still gained something after Gongming attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal! Moreover, my Dao is about seizing a sliver of life for all living beings and controlling the variables in the Heavenly Dao!"

"Now, with the increasing number of variables in the Primordial True Realm, my authority within the Heavenly Dao has surpassed that of Taiqing and Yuanshi!"

Before he finished speaking, a surge of Heavenly Dao power landed directly on the Tongtian Sect Leader. Judging from its power, it was in no way inferior to the Taiqing Laozi!

"What?"

Xuan Yin looked shocked: "Doesn't that mean the more trouble I cause, the more power you, Master, wield within the Heavenly Dao?"

"Isn't this a sure win?"

There's a cheat code!

As long as the variables in the Primordial True Realm continue to increase and the general trend of the Heavenly Dao begins to deviate, the more the Great Dao of the Tongtian Sect Master will be favored by the Heavenly Dao!

If this isn't a cheat, what is it?

Then, Xuan Yin asked the question that had been bothering him: "Since your strength has increased so much, how come you are unable to break the Yin-Yang Dust Array?"

He remembered that during the last great battle, an incarnation of Taiqing Laozi held back the Tongtian Sect Leader, preventing him from helping the Goddess Nuwa!

"Isn't that showing weakness to the enemy?"

The Grand Master of Heaven said irritably, "In the Primordial Realm, when it comes to the art of array formations, if I say I'm second, there's truly no being who dares to claim first!"

"Although the Taiqing Yin-Yang Microcosm Array has six transformations—life, death, darkness, light, illusion, and extinction—it ultimately cannot escape the transformations of the Great Dao of Yin and Yang!"

"As long as I stabilize the Yin and Yang key points of the formation, the Yin-Yang Dust Formation will collapse on its own!"

"also……"

"Do you think that Taiqing Laozi didn't have any hidden tricks up his sleeve? Last time, although he suffered some losses against Nuwa after she obtained the second certificate, can you guarantee that that was all he had up his sleeve?"

In his view, at this stage, showing weakness to the enemy is the best way to deal with it.

Nuwa's second attainment of the Sage Dao Fruit revealed her strength in suppressing Laozi Taiqing, but it also put her at the forefront of the prehistoric world.

This is not a good thing!

With Nuwa replacing Taiqing Laozi and becoming the first among the Six Sages, it was inevitable that Yuanshi and Jieyin would feel apprehensive.

In the future, in the grand scheme of things, Yuanshi and others might join forces to suppress Nuwa!

Although the Tongtian Sect Leader always preferred to take the direct path rather than the crooked one, it did not mean that he could not see the future trend of the Heavenly Dao!

As long as it doesn't affect the overall situation, occasionally showing weakness to the enemy is not a big deal!

(End of this chapter)