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

Chapter 385 [Before transcendence, all other matters are trivial]

"Junior brother, this matter isn't that simple!"

Taiqing Laozi sighed and slowly said, "You should know that Qiankun Ancestor and Yinyang Ancestor were both Daoist friends of our teacher, but after our teacher became a saint, he never thought of bringing them back. This may involve our teacher's plans, so it's best if we don't interfere!"

It's not difficult to bring back the Ancestor of Heaven and Earth and the Ancestor of Yin and Yang. The Taiji Diagram in the hands of Taiqing Laozi was previously owned by the Ancestor of Yin and Yang.

As for the Ancestor of Qiankun, when he wielded the Qiankun Cauldron, he forged countless spiritual treasures, including the Qiankun Diagram in the hands of Laozi Taiqing, the Qiankun Ruler in the hands of Daoist Ran Deng, the Qiankun Ring in the hands of Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Qiankun Bowl that the Dao Ancestor bestowed upon Yaochi.

These spiritual treasures of the Qiankun lineage all have profound karmic connections with the Qiankun Ancestor and can serve as guiding lights for the Qiankun Ancestor's return.

Bringing the two back could potentially affect some of Dao Ancestor Hongjun's plans!

Taiqing Laozi speculated that Daozu Hongjun was pursuing reduction and emptiness, and his refusal to guide the two back was probably to minimize karma!

If they were to bring back the Ancestor of Heaven and Earth and the Ancestor of Yin and Yang, they might offend the Dao Ancestor and become the target of his attacks!

"That's exactly the effect I wanted!"

The Primordial Celestial Venerable remained unmoved: "The Dao Ancestor's invitation to these two to break the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation has incurred an unspoken karmic debt towards them. Their existence might even make the Dao Ancestor wary!"

More than a hundred years ago, the Great Immortal Yangmei entrusted the Three Corpses with the Three Divine Trees, intending to use the Three Divine Trees to secretly draw upon the origin of the Primordial True Realm.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun had the opportunity to completely annihilate Yangmei Daxian's three households, but he spared their lives out of consideration for past karma.

As the cause of all results, Yuanshi Tianzun clearly saw the cause and effect within them.

Since Dao Ancestor Hongjun owed Yangmei Immortal a debt of karma, he must also owe Yin Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor a debt of karma.

If we use this as a basis, we might be able to obtain some benefits from Dao Ancestor Hongjun!

Putting aside other things, the Qiankun Cauldron, a supreme innate treasure, originally belonged to the Qiankun Ancestor. If the Qiankun Ancestor were to return to the Primordial True Realm, shouldn't Dao Ancestor Hongjun return the Qiankun Cauldron to the Qiankun Ancestor?

In the eyes of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, if Xuan Yin had not received some benefits from the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, how could he have attained sainthood so quickly?

If that's the case, why can't he obtain some benefits from Dao Ancestor Hongjun through the karma of Yin Yang Ancestor or Qiankun Ancestor?

Upon hearing this, Taiqing Laozi fell silent. He had thought about these things in the past years before.

There's no other reason than this!

His ability to remain in the world originates from Pangu and is manifested as Yin and Yang in the primordial world. The origin of the Yin-Yang Ancestor is actually very suitable for refining into an incarnation and reshaping the Taiqing Daoist in the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones Divine Power!

In some respects, the concept of Yin-Yang Ancestor is more suitable than that of Purple Qi Demon Lord to fill the gap in the origin of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones!

If we can guide the Yin-Yang Ancestor back and infuse him with his Dao, we may be able to repair our own origin and take the crucial step towards attaining the Supreme Dao Fruit!

Rather than trying to win over a reincarnated Chaos God, he felt that the best option was to corrupt the Chaos God's Dao and make its essence his own.

He looked at Yuanshi Tianzun and slowly said, "Those two are not easy to deal with! How can you guarantee that they will obey our commands after their successful return?"

"and----"

"The Primordial True Realm rejects Chaos Demons and Gods. If they don't align themselves with the Heavenly Dao, they'll likely be rejected by the Primordial True Realm after breaking through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm!"

Just like Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Yangmei Daxian, the former actively integrated into the Primordial True World so as not to be rejected by the Primordial True World and the will of Pangu.

The latter, after leaving the Primordial True Realm, secretly stole the Primordial True Realm's origin, and naturally would be targeted by the three paths of the Primordial Heaven, Earth, and Man!

Although Yin Yang and Qian Kun, like Dao Ancestor Hongjun, were reincarnated into the Primordial Realm, after achieving the Great Luo Golden Immortal of Hunyuan and regaining their memories as Chaos Demon Gods, they may not be willing to stay in the Primordial Realm!

Even if they were willing, ensuring they wouldn't be rejected by the Primordial True Realm would be a difficult problem!

"Brother, don't worry!"

"I had this planned all along!"

With a thought, the Jade Purity Profound Yellow Merit Pagoda, which was derived from the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, appeared before Taiqing Laozi.

"My Jade Purity and Profound Yellow Merit Pagoda contains the Great Dao merit of the Father God's creation of the world, enough to protect a Chaos Demon God from being rejected by the primordial world!"

"In addition, I can have them first swear an oath to the Great Dao, so that after they become saints, they can attach their own Great Dao to mine!"

In the past twenty cycles of reincarnation, the Primordial Celestial Venerable also studied the Chaos Demon Gods. The Three Thousand Great Daos are essentially without distinction of strength or weakness, but the strength of the Chaos Demon Gods themselves varies greatly!

The reason is that some Chaos Gods made other Chaos Gods attach the Great Dao to themselves, so that they could mobilize more Chaos Origin.

For example, the Yin-Yang Ancestor's predecessor, the Yin-Yang Demon God, forced the Chaos Demon Gods such as the Sun, the Moon, the Lesser Yang, and the Lesser Yin to attach themselves to his Great Dao.

Not long ago, the Golden Demon God, who was resurrected by Tongtian Jiaozhu and others and then killed by them, was affiliated with the Great Dao of the Five Elements Demon God.

The more Chaos Gods affiliate with a Chaos God, the stronger the Chaos God affiliates with. This results in several powerful Chaos Gods whose strength is actually comparable to that of a Three-Proof Primordial Grand Luo.

This was a secret he obtained from Luo.

Rahu's predecessor was the God of Destruction, and his path was linked to the Chaos God Paths of Annihilation, Trapping, Extinction, and Slaughter.

Therefore, he was able to easily master these great principles, and even with the help of the remains of several people, he was able to forge the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation at the foot of Mount Sumeru!

The Yin-Yang Demon God and the Qiankun Demon God had already been killed by Pangu. Even if they returned, without any other Chaos Demon Gods to rely on, they could at most unleash the power of a Primordial Grand Luo.

If one of them is willing to attach their own Great Dao to the Great Dao of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, even if the Primordial Heavenly Venerable does not have two certificates, he can still exert the strength of a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal with two certificates.

But this also carries risks!

If the strength of the person who is affiliated with the Yuanshi Tianzun surpasses that of the person being affiliated with, he might be suppressed by the other party.

In fact, the primordial spirits of the saints entrusting themselves to the Heavenly Dao is also a form of application of the method of affiliation.

As the sages became the pillars of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao became increasingly perfect, far surpassing the ordinary Chaos Dao, and the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who was in charge, became even stronger.

Of course, it's not without its benefits for those who are affiliated with someone else; they can comprehend the Dao of the person they are affiliated with, making their own Dao more perfect and harmonious!

The reason why Yuanshi Tianzun was not worried about the backlash from those who attached themselves to him was because his own primordial spirit was attached to the Primordial Heavenly Dao!

Even if he himself cannot suppress those who are affiliated with him, the power of Heaven can suppress them.

That's his confidence!

However, with his Great Dao and the Jade Purity and Profound Yellow Merit Pagoda, he can currently only protect one Chaos Demon God from being rejected by the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, he needs the help of Taiqing Laozi, who is a second-level Hunyuan Daluo, and also possesses the merit treasure Taiqing Merit Xuanhuang Pagoda.

"Then let's give it a try!"

After hesitating for a moment, Taiqing Laozi agreed. Although he was worried that Dao Ancestor Hongjun would be dissatisfied with the two of them, he cared more about his own path of cultivation and wanted to attain the Supreme Dao Fruit for the third time.

He will guide the Yin-Yang Ancestor back, but his purpose is to refine his origin and use it to reshape the Taiqing origin.

"The Tai Chi diagram, appear!"

"The Qiankun Diagram, appear!"

With a thought, Taiqing Laozi unleashed a burst of divine light from the innate treasure Taiji Diagram and the Qiankun Diagram, which Qiankun Laozu had refined in imitation of the Taiji Diagram.

Meanwhile, Yuanshi Tianzun, by utilizing the characteristics of the causes and effects of his own various results, and using the cause and effect of Yin Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor attached to the Taiji Diagram and Qiankun Diagram, began to change the cause and effect, and trace back the true spirits of the two.

In the long river of time, the two perished in the battle between the Dao and the Demon, trapped in the Zhuxian Sword Formation. However, the Primordial Celestial Venerable only slightly altered the cause and effect, and the fate of their deaths became a lucky imprint of their true spirits on the Taiji Diagram and the Qiankun Diagram.

"Brother!"

Seeing that the marks on the two people had been activated, Yuanshi Tianzun immediately looked at Taiqing Laozi.

Seeing this, Taiqing Laozi did not hesitate and immediately used the imprint of the eighty-one transformations of the Supreme Being to instantly evolve a primordial Yin-Yang Dao body.

The true spirit of the Yin-Yang Ancestor instantly merged with the imprint of the Eighty-One Transformations of the Supreme Being, and then transformed into a stream of light that fell into the Great Crimson Heaven of the Taiqing Realm.

With a thought, Yuanshi Tianzun released a primordial power from his body, which was condensed from his understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

[The Qi of Chaos]

Heaven and earth give birth to three energies: Xuan, Yuan, and Shi. These three energies then evolve into nine: Shi Qi gives birth to Hun Qi (Azure), Hun Qi gives birth to Dong Qi (Crimson), Dong Qi gives birth to Hao Qi (Azure); Yuan Qi gives birth to Min Qi (Green), Min Qi gives birth to Jing Qi (Yellow), Jing Qi gives birth to Dun Qi (White); Xuan Qi gives birth to Rong Qi (Purple), Rong Qi gives birth to Yan Qi (Azure), Yan Qi gives birth to Yan Qi (Black)!

In order to help the returning Ancestor of Heaven and Earth recover his peak cultivation as a Primordial Golden Immortal as soon as possible, and then attempt to break through to the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and retrieve the Chaos Demon God Dao Fruit, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable spared no expense.

This chaotic energy was formed from the condensation of his Great Dao origin, and it was even several levels higher than the Yuan Shi Jiu, Yuan Shi Yang, and Yuan Shi Yin.

He was willing to do this not only because he hoped that the Ancestor of Qiankun would recover to his peak as soon as possible, but also to make it easier for the Ancestor of Qiankun to become affiliated with him in the future.

after all----

Reshaping the physical body with his original essence is equivalent to owing him a karmic debt. It is only natural for the primordial origin to be affiliated with the primordial Dao!

After doing all this, Yuanshi Tianzun bid farewell to Taiqing Laozi and returned to Yuxu Palace with the Chan Sect disciples who had been settled with Taiqing Laozi.

As for the Ancestor of Qiankun, he was temporarily placed in the Qingwei Heaven of the Jade Purity Realm.

"Yin and Yang, Heaven and Earth?"

At the same time, Dao Ancestor Hongjun in Zixiao Palace also noticed the actions of Yuanshi Tianzun, but he did not stop him in the slightest.

Taiqing Laozi guessed correctly. After becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint, he did not invite Yin Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor back because he wanted to reduce karma.

He does indeed owe them something!

The reason he didn't stop it, besides feeling guilty, was that he found Pangu in the chaos.

To be more precise, he found the divided spirit of Pangu and had a conversation with it!

In his deductions, reducing to emptiness might allow him to achieve transcendence, but in the Primordial True World, no one can fully inherit his Dao Fruit!

Therefore, he wouldn't mind trying other methods, such as first becoming Pangu and then becoming the one who created the world in the next era.

If he were to become Pangu, then perhaps the current Pangu could find a chance to transcend!

But Pangu proposed an even more outrageous idea: to recreate the primordial world. He wanted to create another primordial true world within the chaotic universe.

As long as the Primordial True Realm remains intact, the final calamity will not descend, and the cycle of eras can be broken.

Pangu did not want to repeat this endless cycle of reincarnation. He wanted to use this divided spirit to test the existence that was hindering his transcendence.

Of course, he did not reject Hongjun's idea. If Xiu failed, he could try Hongjun's method in the next era!

The two are not in conflict!

However, he is currently only a wisp of a spirit, and his strength is not comparable to his peak. He needs some time to prepare for the creation of the world.

After reaching a consensus with Pangu through a split spirit, the causal relationships of Yin and Yang, and Heaven and Earth, became insignificant before the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

In the face of transcendence, everything else is trivial!

So, he simply let Yuanshi Tianzun, Taiqing Laozi, and the others do whatever they wanted!

However, for the sake of the stability of the Primordial Realm, he still deduced the possible impact of Yin Yang and Qian Kun's return.

Given Laozi's shrewdness, he would most likely adapt the origins of Yin and Yang to his own advantage!

Only in this way can he return to his original state and attempt to attain the three supreme Dao fruits!

Yuanshi Tianzun would most likely have Qiankun Laozu ask him for the innate treasure Qiankun Cauldron in order to consolidate his influence in the immortal path.

"When gods fall, immortals rise; when immortals decline, Buddhas flourish. If the Qiankun Cauldron truly falls into the hands of the Primordial Heavenly Lord, it should be Jieyin and Zhunti who are anxious!"

With a thought, Dao Ancestor Hongjun deduced several of the most likely possibilities.

Yin Yang and Qian Kun are both honest people. Even if they are resurrected and regain their former Dao fruits, they may not be able to outmaneuver Xuan Yin, that shameless guy.

Whether the Jie Sect wins or the Chan Sect wins, it has little impact on him.

However, if the Primordial Celestial Venerable were to use the Qiankun Cauldron to refine a large number of innate spiritual treasures and win over those Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Immortal Path, it might influence the future trend of the Heavenly Dao's flourishing of Buddhism and Taoism.

There's no other reason than this!

The future rise of Buddhism and Taoism is due to the fact that the Great Immortal Realm lacks innate spiritual treasures for severing the three corpses, and can only turn to the Buddhist method of severing the three bodies.

However, if the Qiankun Cauldron, a supreme innate treasure capable of refining innate spiritual treasures, were to fall into the primordial world, it would definitely impact the great trend of the flourishing of Buddhism.

Meanwhile, Yuanshi Tianzun could use the Qiankun Cauldron to expand his influence in the immortal realm.

If a Daoist immortal could rely on the Primordial Heavenly Venerable to obtain the innate spiritual treasure that could sever the three corpses, why would they need to switch to the Buddhist or Daoist path?

However, Dao Ancestor Hongjun did not intend to stop him. If the Qiankun Ancestor came to ask for the magic treasure, he would definitely return the Qiankun Cauldron to its rightful owner!

after all----

The great battle between Tao and Demon was fought by him, Yang Mei, Yin Yang, and Qian Kun. In fact, Yin Yang and Qian Kun also had a part in the cause and effect in the West!

If the two want to stay in the Primordial True World, they must repay this karmic debt together with him.

They're practically chosen working people!

"Although the general trend of Heaven's Way may experience twists and turns, and the struggle for the Great Way may be subject to change, the overall trend of the flourishing of Buddhism and Taoism will not be affected!"

After reaching a conclusion, Dao Ancestor Hongjun stopped paying attention and instead focused on comprehending the profound insights into the Great Dao that his Dao Body had gained from Pangu's divided spirit.

Since he wanted to become the new Pangu in the next era, he naturally had to comprehend the Way of Pangu. Pangu's divided spirit also understood this principle, so it shared its own complete understanding of the Great Dao with him.

As for the affairs of the Primordial Realm, as long as the Sages don't destroy the Primordial Realm, he can't be bothered to care. Being an observer is the best choice!

and----

Xuan Yin has hidden hands in both the Human Sect and the Chan Sect. Although Yin Yang and Qian Kun have returned, they may not be able to regain their Dao Fruits!

If that's the case, why should he interfere, and why should he get involved in pointless cause and effect?

It's better to just watch the show!