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

Chapter 376 [Changes Always Come with the Number Three, Proving the Dao and Returning to Nothingness]

The Three Pure Ones and others all first became Heavenly Saints before attaining the Great Golden Immortal of Hunyuan.

The same applies to Houtu.

However, she first attained the status of a Saint of the Earthly Path, and then used the power of the Earthly Path to corrupt the Demon God of Reincarnation, thereby attaining the status of a Primordial Golden Immortal.

Each of the Three Thousand Great Daos has a corresponding Chaos Demon God. If you directly attain the Dao, the Chaos Demon God may return by possessing your body.

At that time, before you had attained enlightenment, your physical body, primordial spirit, and the Great Dao had not undergone qualitative changes, so you would inevitably be unable to resist the erosion of the Chaos Demon God.

Therefore, during the three lectures at Zixiao Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun said that proving the Dao was a dead end unless you were a reincarnation of the consciousness of a Chaos Demon God.

Under normal circumstances, for beings in the primordial world to attain the status of a Primordial Golden Immortal, they should first use the Primordial Purple Qi to achieve the position of a Heavenly Dao Saint, and then use the power of the Heavenly Dao to integrate a certain Chaotic Great Dao into themselves.

If, during this process, the consciousness of the Chaos Demon God revives and intends to return, then the power of the Heavenly Dao will be used to corrupt it.

The Three Pure Ones, inheriting the legacy of Pangu, possess three major characteristics: creation, existence, and the end. After achieving sainthood, they chose to create the Great Dao.

The Great Dao of the End of the World and the Great Dao of the End, with the help of the power of the Heavenly Dao, successfully corrupted the Chaos Demon God who originally controlled these three Great Daos.

These three Great Daos became the core of their Primordial Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.

They did not focus on just one path, but comprehended other paths and incorporated the mysteries of other paths into this one.

Take Lingbao Tianzun for example. His core is the characteristics of the end and the Great Dao of the end. He has comprehended many Great Daos that are close to the Great Dao of the end.

For example, the major paths of the final period, the calamity period, the killing period, the luck period, and the interception period.

There are also the Great Daos of Annihilation, Slaughter, Extinction, Trapping, Destruction, Silent Extinction, Collapse, and Thunder—these are suitable for combat and slaughter!

However, once a Dao of Chaos has been proven, other Daos of Chaos will begin to reject the Dao Lord who has already proven his Dao!

Therefore, the sages could only integrate the mysteries of other chaotic great paths into their own great paths, rather than completely possessing them.

Of course, a Primordial Golden Immortal is not necessarily incapable of simultaneously becoming the master of two, three, or even more Chaos Great Daos.

Take Dao Ancestor Hongjun, for example. He was originally a Creation Demon God, and the Great Dao of Creation would not reject him. After merging with the Heavenly Dao, he became a new Heavenly Demon God. After creating the Immortal Dao system and gaining the favor of the Immortal Great Dao, he became an Immortal Demon God recognized by the Chaos Origin!

The Great Dao changes when it encounters three. Heaven has three treasures: the sun, the moon, and the stars. Earth has three treasures: water, fire, and wind. Man has three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit. The Primordial True Realm has the three powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man. Time, space, past, present, and future are a trinity. Even the Primordial True Realm in the ancient times had three heavenly palaces.

Under these circumstances, Dao Ancestor Hongjun explored the path of the second and third proofs. After the third proof, even if other Great Daos in the Chaos reject you, you can still forcibly refine them with your strength.

This is why the Great Dao changes every three times, and it is also the reason why all the sages pursued the three proofs!

But now, with the Tongtian Sect Leader proving himself to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal through the Dao of Swordsmanship and the Taiqing Laozi proving himself to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal through the Dao of Alchemy, even without proving himself to the Heavenly Dao Saint or the Earthly Dao Saint, there is a possibility of directly proving himself to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal—that is, to sublimate the acquired Dao into the Chaos Dao!

There is no Dao Lord or corresponding Chaos Demon God in the Great Dao of the Day After Tomorrow. Whoever can sublimate it into a Chaos-level Great Dao Law and imprint it deep within the origin of Chaos will be its Dao Lord!

After Tongtian Jiaozhu and Taiqing Laozi attained the status of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian through their respective sword and alchemy paths, they became the Sword Demon God and Alchemy Demon God recognized by the Chaos Origin. They were the Dao Lords of the two Chaos Great Daos and insurmountable mountains in the sword and alchemy paths.

Xuan Yin now has two paths: one is to achieve the Great Luo Golden Immortal of Hunyuan through the Law, and then use the cultivation of the Great Luo Golden Immortal of Hunyuan to attach himself to the Earthly Dao, relying on the Xuanhuang Ancestral Root to obtain the Dao Fruit of the Earthly Dao Saint.

The second path is to directly become a Daoist Saint, and then, with the help of the power of the Dao, to corrupt the Daoist Demon God of Guixu who governs the Great Dao of Guixu.

In this way, he would become the new Demon God of Returning to the Void, in charge of the Way of Returning All Things to the Void, and able to attain the Great Golden Immortal of Primordial Chaos through the Great Way of Returning to the Void.

"Let's choose the second option!"

Although the Law is Xuan Yin's main path of cultivation, this path requires him to constantly comprehend other laws and endow them with new characteristics.

The laws he comprehended on his own, plus the laws contained in the four elemental Dao fruits of earth, water, fire, and wind, are actually not many in number, only a few hundred!

To elevate the acquired Great Dao to the Chaotic Great Dao, the more Great Dao laws one comprehends and the more Great Dao imagery one incorporates, the better.

The swordsmanship of the Tongtian Sect Master incorporates the sharpness of the Law of Metal, the ferocity of the Great Dao of Thunder, and the ultimate destruction of the Great Dao of the End, among other Dao imagery.

Although Xuan Yin's Dao of Law is different from Tongtian Jiaozhu's Dao of Sword, the more Dao imagery it incorporates, the deeper its foundation becomes!

Once he becomes a Sage of the Earthly Path, he will be able to comprehend the laws contained within the Earthly Path, further enhancing the foundation of the Law Path and the potential of the Great Dao.

Even for the second proof, Xuan Yin did not intend to prove the Law Dao, but instead planned to inherit Luo's Dao Fruit, and then use his identity as a Heavenly Dao Saint, as well as the several primordial characteristics he possessed, to prove the Primordial Great Dao.

Once he has mastered the Three Thousand Great Laws, and then proved the Law Path, he can refine the Three Thousand Great Laws and naturally make the Law Path the general outline of the Great Laws.

Therefore, in Xuan Yin's plan, proving one's status as a Primordial Golden Immortal through the Law of Dao is something that will only be done when one has achieved the third or even fourth proof.

Although he could barely prove it with his current foundation, it would be a losing proposition. It would be better to wait until he comprehends more of the Great Dao Laws in the future!

"The ancestral root of Xuanhuang, emerge!"

After making up his mind, Xuan Yin immediately drew out the Xuanhuang Ancestral Root in Luo Tian Qingyun, using the power of the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind to draw on the surrounding chaotic origin and establish a connection with the underground passage of the Primordial True Realm.

Houtu, who was comprehending the Great Dao in the Pangu Palace, couldn't help but look towards the end of all worlds, and then revealed a look of surprise: "I never expected that young friend Xuan Yin would actually surpass the Styx River!"

As the master of the Earthly Dao, she naturally possessed the credentials of a sage of the Earthly Dao, which could not be hidden from her.

At the same time, Nuwa, who possessed the status of a true saint, also sensed something, but after taking a look, she did not pay any more attention.

Other Heavenly Saints, although they also sensed a great upheaval at the end of all ages, would never have imagined that it was someone who had become an Earthly Saint.

There's no other reason than this!

Lingbao Tianzun held a jade scepter and had the Qingping sword across his lap, using his mind to manipulate the four swords of Zhuxian to continuously draw power from the final tribulation.

The four swords of Zhuxian and the Zhuxian Formation Diagram in this time and space, after absorbing a massive amount of power from the final calamity, have all transformed into innate supreme treasures. When combined, they are comparable to chaotic spiritual treasures.

And this is not the limit.

When the Great Dao collapses and all things return to nothingness, and the chaotic universe is left with only a single origin, its power is comparable to the supreme treasure of chaos.

At the end of all ages, the finality is the only great trend. Even if all the Great Luo Golden Immortals and all the Saints oppose the coming of the final tribulation, it will have no effect whatsoever—no one wants to provoke the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable of this time and space, not even the Dao Ancestor Hongjun!

The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation stirred up all things in time and space, covering the end of all worlds. All the other saints could see was its extreme killing intent.

"Thank you for protecting me, teacher!"

Xuan Yin glanced gratefully at the location of Lingbao Tianzun. With such a teacher around, no one could stop him from attaining enlightenment at the end of all ages.

Boom!

Guided by the ancestral root of Xuanhuang, his primordial spirit merged with the earth's way, and the immense power of the earth's way continuously transformed his physical body and primordial spirit.

The four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind surged continuously, eventually condensing into a sage's position, with endless primordial energy merging into the Xuan Yin Dao body.

"Come!"

As soon as Xuan Yin had a thought, three streams of light flew toward the end of all worlds. They were the Purple-Gold Red Gourd that housed his reward body, the Heaven and Earth Gourd that housed his manifestation body, and the Demon-Summoning Gourd that housed his dharma body.

In the original timeline, neither Xuanzang King Bodhisattva, Doraemon Dream Celestial Venerable, nor World Free King Buddha showed any abnormality.

There's no other reason than this!

Xuan Yin attained enlightenment in the future, at the end of all ages. His manifest body, reward body, and dharma body all existed in the past time and space, but at the current point in time, they have been reunited with him!

The power of the Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, and Dharmakaya instantly merged with the Xuan Yin Dao Fruit, while the innate origins of the three top-grade innate spiritual treasures were integrated into the Sacred Law Gourd under the influence of the Earth Dao power.

Boom!

With the blessing of the earth's power, the Sacred Law Gourd revealed its power to forge all things, and naturally, the three top-grade innate spiritual treasures were no match for it.

In the void, endless primordial energy descended and merged into the Sacred Law Gourd, helping it, which had fused with the essence of seven innate gourds, to generate the forty-ninth restriction belonging to the innate treasure. The power of the Law Dao and the Great Dao of Returning to the Void was perfectly integrated.

"It's done!"

"The Treasure of Proving the Way!"

This is the first innate treasure that Xuan Yin refined, and it is also his treasure for proving his Dao. The innate treasure is not the limit of the Sacred Law Gourd.

Once he uses the power of the earth to become the Daoist of Guixu and completely takes control of the Dao of Guixu, he can emulate the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao to absorb the power of the final tribulation, or rather, the chaotic origin that has dissipated in the void, and allow the innate immortal spiritual light within it to slowly transform into the chaotic immortal spiritual light.

Once all forty-nine innate restrictions on the Sacred Law Gourd have transformed into chaotic restrictions, it can then be transformed into a top-grade chaotic spiritual treasure.

As for the Chaos Treasure, it requires fifty restrictions and even greater opportunities. No saint has yet been able to refine a true Chaos Treasure!

Even the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, who is in charge of the final tribulation, can at most upgrade the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Zhuxian Formation Diagram to the level of top-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasures. Then, by combining the five spiritual treasures, he can evolve the Zhuxian Sword Formation and unleash a terrifying power that is no less than that of a Chaos Supreme Treasure!

The Yin-Yang Dao Fan of Taiqing Laozi and the Fuli Primordial Pearl of Yuanshi Tianzun only barely reached the level of top-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure.

The Amitabha mudra of the Guide is the same.

After an unknown amount of time, the power of the earth completely transformed Xuan Yin's body. Xuan Yin felt that he was no longer on the same level or in the same dimension as his former self!

Congratulations, fellow Daoist!

Houtu's voice rang out from the source of the earth, regardless of Xuan Yin's previous status, he was now qualified to be her equal!

Xuan Yin attained the status of a Daoist Saint, and Hou Tu also received great benefits.

The more Earthly Saints there are, the stronger the Earthly Origin becomes, and the stronger the Earthly Origin becomes, the stronger Houtu, the Lord of the Earthly Origin, becomes.

Now, the underground passage already has three saints. Even if she is only a first-level saint, her strength is enough to suppress Taiqing Laozi and Tongtian Jiaozhu.

This confidence comes from the authentic tunnel.

In the Primordial Realm, the only one who can currently surpass her is Dao Ancestor Hongjun!

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin immediately laughed and said, "I must thank Fellow Daoist Houtu for that Xuanhuang Ancestral Root! Now we are bound together by fate, sharing both glory and ruin!"

Unlike Nuwa, who had two options, he certainly wanted the source of the earth to be as strong as possible before he completed his two certifications.

Only in this way could he remain undefeated in his struggles against other sages.

Even now, though he has only attained the status of a Saint of the Earthly Realm and has not yet fully grasped the Great Dao of Returning to the Void, he is no longer afraid of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable at the end of all ages!

However, if he were to return to the Primordial Realm, the power of the Great Dao of Returning to Nothingness would be weakened, and in a direct confrontation, he would definitely not be a match for the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

Unless he uses the axe light that Pangu left him to create the world!

However, we should not use our trump cards if we can avoid it. The great struggle between the Chan and Jie sects has not yet reached the point where we can determine a winner and a loser, or even life and death!

Attaining the status of a Sage of the Earthly Dao is just the beginning. After becoming familiar with the power of the Earthly Dao, Xuan Yin prepares to bring the Great Dao of Returning to the Void under his control!

Boom!

The power of the earth surged like the sea, and the earth, fire, water and wind in the void surged continuously, evolving into an ever-expanding prototype of the Void around Xuan Yin.

Although he now possesses power comparable to a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, it is ultimately just an external force. The next step is to completely take control of the Great Dao of Returning to the Void!

Under Xuan Yin's influence, the prototype of Guixu continued to expand, sweeping across the ends of all worlds, and soon attracted the favor of the Guixu Great Dao.

But, since he has attained the Dao of the Primordial Golden Immortal, how could he not face any tribulations?

A ripple appeared in the void, and the Great Dao of Returning to the Void materialized, instantly reviving a powerful will that shook the past and present.

Return to the Void Demon God!

This was Xuan Yin's tribulation to attain enlightenment.

To take control of the Great Dao of Returning to the Void and become its master, one must first deal with the old master, the Demon God of Returning to the Void, who was born from the will of the Great Dao!

"Ants!"

"How dare you steal my great path?"

The Demon God of Guixu was furious, angered by the theft of the Guixu Great Dao, and also annoyed and terrified by being awakened from his slumber.

Although He was caught in the calamity of losing Himself, He did not forget that earth-shattering axe light. The power of creation contained in the axe light was even stronger than that of the Dao Enemy, the Creation Demon God. Even if He tried his best and converted all of His own essence into combat power, it was useless in the face of that terrifying axe light!

However, Xuan Yin exuded an aura that shared the same origin as Pangu!

Therefore, although He was extremely furious, He did not attack Xuan Yin immediately!

But Xuan Yin refused to tolerate it, and the power of the earth directly eroded it, attempting to seize the concepts of the Great Dao of Returning to the Void and the Demon God of Returning to the Void!

"court death!"

The Demon God of Guixu roared, and the power of the Great Dao erupted instantly. Although He was wary of the Pangu Origin Aura on Xuan Yin's body, He could not stand by and watch the Great Dao of Guixu be invaded.

Boom!

The void trembled, the universe roared, and the power of the Void surged at the end of all ages, radiating the power to devour all things and destroy the world.

However, Xuan Yin, empowered by the power of the earth, remained unmoved. Although the power of the Great Dao of the Demon God of Returning to the Void could continuously diminish his strength, it could not shake his foundation. Once the true meaning of reincarnation was revealed, he fell into a strange state of neither increasing nor decreasing.

As a sage of the true path, in addition to being able to use the power of the Void he wields, he can also borrow the power of reincarnation from Houtu at crucial moments.

Although his use of the power of reincarnation was not as good as Houtu's, with the blessing of the earth, he still had no problem dealing with the Demon God of Guixu.

In his clashes with the Demon God of Guixu, his understanding of the Dao of Guixu deepened.

At this moment, the Demon God of Guixu has just recovered from the calamity of losing himself. He only has the Great Dao Primordial Spirit, but no physical body to support it. He is like a tree without roots or water without a source. The longer the time drags on, the more advantageous it will be for Xuan Yin, the Earthly Saint!

At the end of all ages, the chaotic tides surged continuously, all formed from the remnants of the great world, constantly being born and dying under the influence of the Great Dao of Returning to Nothingness.

In this time and space, many Great Daos have begun to collapse, while only the power of the Great Dao of Returning to the Void, which leans towards the end of time, is becoming increasingly vast.

"swallow!"

With a thought, Xuan Yin began to use the Great Dao of Returning to the Void to devour the power of other Great Daos.

As a direct disciple of the Jie Sect and a member of the Lingbao School, he dared not say that he had mastered all the great Daos of the final lineage, but he could say that he had touched upon most of them.

In the blink of an eye, the powers of the Great Dao, such as Calamity, End of Fortune, Annihilation, Trapping, and Slaughter, were integrated into the embryonic form of the Void under his control.

The power of the nascent form of Guixu surged, almost becoming tangible. With the support of the power of the earth, it instantly overwhelmed the power of the Great Dao of the Guixu Demon God.

The concept of "Dao" began to be gradually influenced by Xuan Yin, and the power of the two Daos constantly clashed on the timeline of the chaotic universe.

Suddenly, the Demon God of Guixu was caught off guard and Xuan Yin seized an opening.

"The creation of heaven and earth!"

The Primordial Measuring Ruler in Xuan Yin's hand instantly unleashed a sense of opening up, severing the connection between the Guixu Demon God and the End of All Worlds with unparalleled power. Without the power of the final tribulation of the End of All Worlds, the Guixu Demon God was no match for Xuan Yin!

After an unknown amount of time, Xuan Yin had already brought most of the Guixu Great Dao under his control. The primordial spirit of the Guixu Demon God was like a candle flame in the dark night, which would be extinguished instantly with the slightest breath.

"No!"

The Demon God of Guixu looked unwilling. If he were in his prime, he would not be afraid even if Xuan Yin had the power of the earth.

But now, Xuan Yin has the upper hand and has also brought the Guixu Great Dao under his control. What awaits him is to become a complete part of Xuan Yin!

"Fellow Daoist!"

"Give me my wish!"

Xuan Yin roared and unleashed the power of the Guixu Seal to its fullest extent. He then directly enveloped the primordial spirit of the Guixu Demon God with the power of the earth.

"Refine!"

The Demon God of Guixu was born from the Great Dao of Guixu, but also died because of the Great Dao of Guixu. His Great Dao essence was used to create a new Demon God of Guixu.

Boom!

After completely invading the concept of the Demon God of Guixu and thoroughly refining its origin, Xuan Yin finally became the new Demon God of Guixu recognized by the Great Dao.

At this moment, he felt an immeasurable power upon him, and by using the Great Dao of Returning to the Void to leverage the power of the earth's passage, he could unleash power far exceeding that of the past!

He felt that at the end of all worlds, the Primordial Celestial Venerable would definitely not be his match!

Of course, this is only at the very end of all ages!

The advantage of wielding the Great Dao of Returning to the Void is that one is nearly invincible at the end of all ages, but one's strength weakens the closer one gets to the source of the timeline.

This is also the fundamental reason why Tongtian Jiaozhu was suppressed by several sages, including Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiqing Laozi, before the final calamity.

However, successfully taking control of the Great Dao of Returning to the Void ultimately marked a new level.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yin couldn't help but shake his sleeves and laugh loudly: "The earth cracks, the sky collapses, and countless calamities perish; fire consumes the three realms, leaving only the setting sun. Water swallows the Milky Way, sinking into dark waves; wind sweeps up dust and sand, obscuring the heavens. The four elements melt into one, and at the end of all worlds, their sharpness is tempered. Treading on the final calamity without hindrance, I prove the Dao of Returning to the Void, its destiny long!"

He has achieved the Great Golden Immortal of Primordial Chaos!

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