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

Chapter 368 [Impressive Realm, Defying Lower Cultivators]

However, Xuan Yin was not in a hurry to study the Primordial Yin. Instead, he consulted the Jade Emperor Demon Lord and the Creation Heavenly Demon about the Purple Demon Lord!

"Teacher, and Goddess of Creation, what do you think of that Purple Qi Demon Lord?"

He gazed at the purple star in the Demon Realm's sky and slowly asked, "Is that Purple Qi Demon Lord another incarnation left behind by Taiqing in the Demon Realm, or a successor he cultivated there?"

Xuan Yin had some guesses, but he couldn't be sure, mainly because the aura of the Purple Demon Lord was somewhat different from that of Taiqing Laozi.

Therefore, in this situation, he wanted to hear the opinions of the two saintly corpses!

"We have them all!"

The Jade Emperor Demon Lord frowned slightly: "If I'm not mistaken, that Purple Demon Lord is an existence created by the Purple Qi Star God in the river of time, when Laozi of Taiqing attempted to reshape the Taiqing incarnation!"

The past cannot be changed. In the Primordial True Realm, although time is a taboo, in the hands of a sage, the Great Dao of Time is as insignificant as a mud ball.

As long as you're powerful enough, you can mold it into whatever shape you want!

They can make arrangements in the past without affecting the past, and then let those past moves influence the uncertain future.

Just like Xuan Yin, who received the imperial decree from Emperor Cangli during the reign of Emperor Tianhuang.

Xuan Yin used the mark of the Tai Di Palace to return his consciousness to the past, but nothing changed. He only obtained a decree from Cangli Clan.

When he returned to that point in the past, Mount Buzhou had not yet collapsed.

Therefore, the decree issued by the Cangli clan actually affected a future that had not yet occurred.

Furthermore, similar techniques were also found in the works of the Chan Sect's Randeng Daoren, Cihang, and others, where sages reshaped cause and effect through their own means.

In the initial timeline, Randeng and Cihang were perhaps disciples of the Chan Sect. However, when they planned to convert to the West, the two Western Saints used their saintly methods to establish a connection with them in the past, setting a karmic order before they joined the Chan Sect.

In this way, Randeng, Cihang, and the others became Buddhist disciples, and their going to the Chan Sect was merely to listen to the teachings of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun was no pushover either. As the cause of all results, his attainments in the Great Dao of Cause and Effect surpassed those of the two Western Saints.

Therefore, after the two Western Saints altered cause and effect, he altered cause and effect again, transforming Cihang and others back into direct disciples of the Chan Sect, so that their future journey to the West would all be in accordance with his decree.

In their struggle to win over Randeng, Cihang, and others, Yuanshi Tianzun and the two Western Saints altered cause and effect countless times without affecting the past. Eventually, no one knew whether Randeng, Cihang, and others joined the Chan Sect or the Buddhist sect first.

Perhaps they reached some tacit understanding. After altering cause and effect countless times, Yuanshi Tianzun and the two Western Saints stopped altering cause and effect and instead handed over the choice to Randeng, Cihang and others!

They blurred the original cause and effect. If Randeng, Cihang and others were willing to return to the Chan Sect after going to the West, then Yuanshi Tianzun would have won, and the Chan Sect's Great Dao would have been superior.

Conversely, if Randeng, Cihang, and others had completely converted to Buddhism after going to the West, even if the two Western Saints were more skilled and the Buddhist methods were more profound, Yuanshi Tianzun would not have been able to target them.

However, this also caused the original cause and effect to become chaotic. According to what the Buddha of the World Free King learned from the Guide and the Cundi, the one who joined the Buddhist sect in this era was the Dharmakaya True Dharma Bright Tathagata of the Cihang Daoist.

However, what Xuan Yin learned from Huang Long was that it was Daoist Ran Deng who became the vice leader of the Chan Sect through the recommendation of Daoist Cihang!

Cihang Daoren seems to have become a key figure, both in guiding Randeng Daoren into Buddhism in the future and in recommending him to the Chan Sect in the past.

The cycle of cause and effect, endless and continuous, gave rise to the supernatural power of "reversing the course of life".

However, in the past twenty cycles of reincarnation, the situation was different. In one cycle, Dingguang Tathagata led Cihang Daoren to join the Buddhist sect after the Investiture of the Gods, while Randeng Daoren led Cihang and others to join the Chan Sect before the outbreak of the Lich War, which can be considered as learning from a master.

Dipankara Buddha was the Dharmakaya of Dipankara Buddha in Buddhism. After he abdicated, Dipankara Buddha was called Dipankara Buddha.

The name of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva when he had already attained Buddhahood is the name of the Tathagata of Right Dharma Illumination.

In the Buddhist worldview, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is also known as Avalokiteshvara the Free, the Lasso, and the Thousand-Eyed One. He possesses inconceivable divine power and has already attained Buddhahood in countless past eons, named the Tathagata of Right Dharma Illumination. However, out of great compassion and vows, he wishes to inspire all Bodhisattvas to widely liberate sentient beings, and thus manifests the form of a Bodhisattva.

Although Xuan Yin couldn't tell whether Randeng and Cihang entered Buddhism first or Chan Sect first, he was certain that Randeng and Cihang were the key to the supernatural power of "reversing the flow of Cihang".

As for Julusun, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra, they were merely an add-on to this supernatural power.

In the past twenty cycles of reincarnation, Kuru Sun chose the Western Buddhist path, thus becoming the foremost of the Seven Buddhas of the Past, Kuru Sun Buddha.

The same applies to lighting lamps.

As a past Buddha in Buddhism, he certainly received greater benefits than the deputy leader of the Chan sect.

Cihang, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra mostly refer to themselves as Bodhisattvas rather than Buddhas, which means they have not completely sided with Buddhism and the two Western Saints.

Or rather, they were simply waiting for the right price to go; when Buddhism flourished, they were called great bodhisattvas, and when the Chan sect was at its peak, they were given the title of Taoist immortals.

The choice of the five individuals also became a debate between the Primordial Celestial Venerable and the Two Western Saints regarding their teachings.

Of course, the same was true for Chang Er Ding Guang Xian and Pi Lu Xian of the Jie Sect. They firmly stood on the side of the Jie Sect and Tong Tian Jiao Zhu, because Tong Tian Jiao Zhu's way of teaching was superior.

Conversely, if they were to abandon the Jie Sect and join Buddhism, then the two Western Saints would have won, and the teachings of Buddhism would have surpassed those of the Jie Sect.

The great struggle among the sages was both a battle among their disciples during the Investiture of the Gods and a teaching exercise by the sages for their disciples.

In past struggles over the Great Dao, Tongtian Jiaozhu (the Master of the Heavenly Dao) was unwilling to back down, and thus lost more often than he won in his battles against the other sages.

However, with the addition of Xuan Yin as a variable in this era, the balance of victory began to tilt steadily towards Tongtian Jiaozhu and the Jiejiao.

However, until the future is certain and a single, definitive conclusion is reached, anything is possible.

The Creation Demon also spoke, saying, "The Taiqing incarnation of Laozi was destroyed because it bore the backlash of humanity for him. And the Taiqing incarnation was the key to connecting the past, present, and future, condensing the Supreme Dao Fruit, and unleashing the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones divine power!"

"Therefore, Laozi of Taiqing will definitely find a way to reshape the Dao Fruit of the Taiqing Incarnation!"

"If I'm not mistaken, this Purple Qi Demon Lord is the successor that Taiqing Laozi took in from the past after the collapse of Taiqing's incarnation, using the methods of a sage to tamper with cause and effect. However, after inheriting the Supreme Imprint, he is very likely to be assimilated by the Supreme Dao Fruit and completely transformed into an avatar of Taiqing Laozi!"

"His current situation is somewhat similar to Zhenwu's; he has the potential to become a Supreme Being, yet he may also maintain his own will amidst the corruption of the Dao!"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin immediately activated his great supernatural powers, including the Dao Yi Seal, the Primordial Eight Trigrams, the Zi Wei Dou Shu, and the Return to Heaven and Reverse the Sun, to deduce the relevant cause and effect.

The "purple" in "purple qi" has, in many timelines, become the "purple" of "moral purple qi," clearly indicating that it has been assimilated by Laozi of Taiqing.

The root of all this lies in the fact that before the Purple Qi Demon Lord fell into the demonic path, he encountered the Divine Treasure Lord in the ancient starry sky.

At that time, the Purple Qi Demon Lord was still the Purple Qi Star Lord, the first star god of the primordial world, but his origins were not outstanding among the innate beings!

As one of the Seven Luminaries and Four Auxiliary Stars, Rahu pioneered the demonic path and rose to prominence in one step. Naturally, Rahu could not resist the temptation and actively joined the demonic system.

This is the original timeline!

But now, under the manipulation of Taiqing Laozi, Zi, who has not yet cultivated the demonic path, has already become a disciple of Shenbaojun.

Although he later practiced the demonic path, he already possessed the Supreme Imprint, and his foundation was derived from the Purple Qi of Morality!

The general trend of the past remains unchanged, but the future may bring more possibilities due to the cause and effect of Taiqing Laozi and Ziqi.

When Xuan Yin was tricked by Yuanshi Tianzun and fell into the Demon Realm, Taiqing Laozi used the innate treasure Taiji Diagram in conjunction with the authority of the Primordial Heavenly Dao to sever the connection between the two realms. Taiqing Laozi also secretly plotted to ensure that after the death of Taishang Demon Ancestor, Zimojun inherited the corresponding authority and mark.

"wrong!"

Before Xuan Yin's eyes, three timelines intertwined, then began to converge: "It was after I slew the Supreme Demon Ancestor that Taiqing Laozi altered cause and effect, allowing the Purple Demon Lord to inherit the mark!"

These three timelines are: one is the original timeline, another is the timeline where the Supreme Demon Ancestor was killed but the Purple Demon Lord did not inherit the Supreme Demon Ancestor's mark, and the last timeline is the timeline where the Purple Demon Lord inherited the mark after the Supreme Demon Ancestor was killed by Xuan Yin.

Taiqing Laozi altered cause and effect twice, so that what happened in the past did not change, but the future became more favorable to him!

"but----"

"He actually didn't try to hide the truth!"

Xuan Yin was completely baffled. This was the first time he had deduced the cause and effect between a saint and a great power so easily.

"It's no use trying to cover it up!"

The Creation Demon sneered, "He used the Taiji Diagram to seal off the Demon Realm. Without this innate treasure to conceal the secrets of heaven and earth, he couldn't hide anything from me and the Jade Emperor Demon Lord by his own means!"

"and----"

"This might very well be a case of using oneself as bait!"

"In this great battle, we have established a tremendous advantage. The Primordial Demon Lord has suffered heavy losses, and his powerful demonic cultivators, as well as Jidu and others, are all harboring their own ambitions! If the Primordial Demon Lord and the Purple Demon Lord continue to be on the defensive, their situation will only worsen!"

"but----"

"If you learn the true nature of the Purple Demon Lord and cannot resist attacking him, you might fall into the trap set by Laozi Taiqing!"

"That guy, Laozi, does nothing yet accomplishes everything. Unlike Yuanshi Tianzun, who likes to use overt schemes to establish his advantage, he prefers to go with the flow, guiding others into traps he has laid out beforehand without their knowledge!"

In the past two thousand cycles of reincarnation, Nuwa did not interfere much with the affairs of the primordial world.

But being outside the chessboard, she could see things more clearly, and her understanding of Taiqing Laozi was probably even greater than that of Tongtian Jiaozhu.

after all----

The Tongtian Sect Leader cultivated the way of the sword, preferring to take the direct path rather than seek the indirect one, and disliked scheming like Taiqing Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun!

Therefore, the analysis of Taiqing Laozi by the Creation Demon can be said to be very insightful.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin was startled. Just now, he had actually had the idea of ​​banishing the Purple Demon Lord to the mortal realm!

Who is he, after all, the most important person in Laozi’s reshaping of the Taiqing incarnation, repairing of the Supreme Dao Fruit, and once again unleashing the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones Divine Power?

But if he does that, he might fall into Taiqing Laozi's trap!

The Jade Emperor Demon Lord also spoke up, saying, "Don't underestimate the Sages. Don't be fooled by how you managed to cause Taiqing Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun considerable losses by taking them by surprise. The Sages' foundation is far beyond that of ordinary people. They can fail countless times, but if you fail even once, you might be utterly defeated!"

"but----"

"What is real can be made to appear unreal, and what is unreal can appear real. This might just be Taiqing's way of creating mystery, making us afraid to attack the Purple Demon Lord!"

"Although the Purple Demon Lord inherited many imprints and can borrow the power of the Tai Chi Diagram, he is absolutely no match for a saint in the Demon Realm!"

Not long ago, when the Purple Demon Lord used his supernatural powers, the phantom of the Taiji diagram that appeared behind him was a projection of the innate treasure, the Taiji diagram!

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin nodded immediately, agreeing that what the Jade Emperor Demon Lord said made a lot of sense.

but----

He did not intend to provoke the Purple Qi Demon Lord for the time being, but instead followed his previous plan to replace the lower-level demons in the Demon Realm.

Regardless of whether Taiqing Laozi wanted to lure him into the game or was just being deliberately mysterious, he planned to stick to his original plan and remain unchanged in the face of any changes!

So, after communicating with Blood Demon Taoist, Golden Spirit Holy Mother and others, he directly began to study the Primordial Yin in the Blood Demon Palace!

Of course, he also wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to sever the obsession within him.

This time, although he did not completely annihilate the Primordial Demon in the great battle, it did make his mind a little clearer!

Since he can severely injure the evil corpse of Yuanshi Tianzun even before he becomes a saint, he will be even less afraid of him after he becomes a saint!

If he were to sever his obsessive body, given his foundation, he would likely be able to immediately unite his three bodies into one and truly become a sub-saint, reaching the realm of a saint.

Instead of relying on resources, spiritual treasures, authority, and strange laws to contend with the evil corpses of saints at the sub-saint level!

Once he successfully merges his three corpses and attains the power to create the spirit of heaven and earth, he can immediately reclaim his physical body upon returning to the primordial world.

By relying on the ancestral root of the Mysterious Yellow, one can attain the status of a saint on the earthly path!

Adding to Luo's karma, if everything goes smoothly, it's possible that he could achieve the second level of Hunyuan Daluo before Yuanshi Tianzun!

How can one overpower someone of a higher realm, or even contend with someone of the same realm, compared to being overwhelmed by a higher realm?

Someone of his stature should not be ashamed to ask questions of those less knowledgeable and should mingle with those less knowledgeable!

The Primordial True Realm.

While Xuan Yin was in seclusion in the Demon Realm, the Primordial True Realm was also in turmoil. Although Chi You's Gan Er Du Tian Shen Sha Formation could not defeat Hao Tian, ​​he did not forget to harass the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty at all times.

This is a strategy to wear down the enemy!

The Nine Li Divine Dynasty still has a significant advantage in low-level combat power. As long as they keep harassing the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty, they may be able to expose weaknesses in the army under the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty, thereby establishing their own advantage in one fell swoop.

Meanwhile, Xuan Yin's Asura incarnation, Fu Zhang, was also busy. He was only one step away from becoming an Asura Emperor, a being comparable to a Quasi-Saint in the Immortal Path. Given the characteristics of the Asura, as long as he could kill a few Great Luo Golden Immortals or a Quasi-Saint, he would surely be able to break through that thin membrane.

Just then, Xuanyuan also wanted to use those reincarnated immortals to cultivate demonic methods and increase his foundation in the Taiyi realm, so he secretly led Xuanyuan to infiltrate the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty.

All's fair in war!

Since Haotian was keeping an eye on Chiyou on the main battlefield, he took Xuanyuan to the rear of the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty to deal with those reincarnated Great Luo Golden Immortals!

Anyway, those Great Luo Immortals now only have the Great Luo Dao Fruit, but no Great Luo physical body or magic power, making them perfect targets for him and Xuanyuan to bully the weak.

Otherwise, with Xuanyuan's current cultivation level, how could he possibly have the chance to defeat a Grand Luo Golden Immortal?

"Senior, is this really a good thing for us?"

This was the first time Xuanyuan had done something like this, and he was still a little unaccustomed to it. As a born emperor, he naturally had some aversion to the idea of ​​the strong bullying the weak.

"I'm doing this for humanity!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Zhang immediately spoke with righteous indignation: "Do you know how much impact those twenty-odd reincarnated Grand Luo Golden Immortals will have on the soldiers of the Nine Li Divine Dynasty, your teacher, and the overall fortune of the human race once they regain their cultivation?"

"That's more than twenty Great Luo Immortals!"

"If we don't take advantage of their weakness and annihilate them, the Jiuli Divine Dynasty's army will be the ones to suffer once they regain their Great Luo strength!"

"Do you really want to see those Jiuli warriors who once chatted and sparred with you fall tragically at the hands of those reincarnated Great Luo Immortals?"

"and----"

"The Chan Sect has always enjoyed bullying the weak, resorting to gang fights, calling in reinforcements, and summoning parents—these are the three great supernatural powers of the Jade Void Palace, renowned throughout the Primordial True Realm!"

"I'm just putting what I've learned into practice, using their own methods against them!"

Upon hearing Fu Zhang's words, the slight resistance in Xuan Yuan's heart vanished without a trace.

"Senior, Overcoming Obstacles!"

Seeing Fu Zhang's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Xuan Yuan's bottom line began to decline.

For the sake of the human race's fortune, and to minimize the losses suffered by the Nine Li Divine Dynasty, what does it matter if we resort to underhanded methods and violate the moral principles of the primordial world?

He's narrow-minded!

Seeing the expression on Xuanyuan's face, Fu Zhang felt greatly relieved and immediately laughed, "Don't worry, I'll bear the blame myself!"

He is currently only an Asura King, comparable to a Great Immortal, so it cannot be considered bullying the weak!

What?

Those reincarnated Great Luo are not at their peak now, so they can't be considered complete Great Luo?

It's not like they were forced to reincarnate by some kind of obstacle.

They could have lived peacefully as Great Immortals, but who told them to obey the decree of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and reincarnate into the human race?

"Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving!"

Before long, Fu Zhang, relying on the profound mystery of the Dao Yi Seal and the Primordial Eight Trigrams, locked onto several Great Luo Golden Immortals who had been reincarnated in the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty!

There are five people in total!

These are the mounts of the Holy Mother Taiyuan, and four of her personal disciples!

While Bo Huang and others were trapping Guang Chengzi with the Golden Crow Burning World Formation, Fu Zhang had already fought with the disciples of the Holy Mother Taiyuan within the formation!

It's not difficult to pinpoint their reincarnations by relying on cause and effect!

After identifying the five individuals, Fu Zhang did not hesitate and directly instructed Xuan Yuan, "The reincarnation of that Cangsong Daoist is now in your hands!"

After the Tribulation Immortal lineage replaced the Spirit Immortal lineage, Amitabha Buddha also converted five people—Qingxuan Daojun, Shuiyue Fairy, Yuling Holy Mother, Qingzhu Zhenren, and Yunzhenzi—to the Western Paradise.

Therefore, the Lingxian lineage now only has five Great Luo level beings: Cangsong Daoren, Shuimu Niangniang, Xuanling Tianzun, Yuhengzi, and Taiyuan Shengmu's mount, Zihuang!

Zihuang and Shuimu Niangniang are both female immortals. Yuhengzi was also a human before his reincarnation. Fuzhang was worried that Xuanyuan might hesitate to do such a thing for the first time, so he specially assigned him a male immortal, while also avoiding Yuhengzi, who was a reincarnation of a human.

It's more appropriate for him, the Asura King, to handle the ruthless act of destroying flowers.

In Asura's eyes, there is no beauty or ugliness, no male or female; as long as someone is a cultivator, they are resources to help them improve their strength.

"The Dark Sea in the Palm of My Hand!"

With a thought, the barrier suppressed Xuanyuan and the five Great Luo Immortals of the Spirit Immortal lineage into the divine power he evolved from the Blood Sea.