Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 100 Three Thousand Great Dao Divine Powers, Transforming Zhao Gongming

The great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods was in full swing. Not long after, with Daji entering the palace, it was as if oil was being poured on a raging fire, and the great calamity was completely set in motion.

Under Daji's influence, Emperor Xin favored treacherous officials, indulged in wine and women, slaughtered loyal ministers, and gradually ruined his once prosperous empire, leaving the people in dire straits.

Meanwhile, the Western Zhou Dynasty, supported by the Chan Sect, rose to power, and internal strife and external troubles gradually evolved into a great war of the Investiture of the Gods.

The fact that Jiang Shang and Shen Gongbao, the two figures who were conferred the titles of gods, also began to enter the tribulation further catalyzed this great calamity.

However, initially, those who entered the arena as cultivators from the Jie Sect were all minor figures.

While there were some slightly impressive individuals, their overall abilities ultimately fell short.

After all, the Chan Sect sent out twelve Golden Immortals. These twelve Golden Immortals were not real Golden Immortals, but rather "Great Luo Golden Immortals".

Although those were nominally disciples of the Jie Sect, they were actually just rogue cultivators. They had listened to the Tongtian Sect Leader's lectures a few times and learned some supernatural powers, so how could they compete with them?

In many cases, even the Twelve Golden Immortals didn't have to make a move; their disciples would take care of these rogue cultivators.

However, with Shen Gongbao stirring up trouble and the influence of the Great Tribulation, various karmic connections arise.

The powerful figures of the Jie Sect were finally beginning to withdraw from the fray.

On this day, outside the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Pure Heaven, Hongyun was cultivating, and behind him, countless Great Daos surged.

Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, cause and effect, time and space, creation, destruction, thunder, and so on—a total of three thousand Great Daos.

Constantly changing.

Clearly, Hongyun is cultivating an extremely powerful divine ability, modeled after the Great Clone Technique and the Great Karma Technique. Hongyun intends to create three thousand Great Dao divine abilities.

This also helps him to comprehend the way of the world and elevate it to a higher level.

Hongyun is quite motivated now. In fact, the reason he hasn't been involved much in this great calamity is because he's under too much pressure.

The pressure that Hongjun, or rather the Primordial Heavenly Dao, brought to him.

Hongyun had a feeling that the time for him and Hongjun to confront each other was probably not far off.

During this period, if you can increase your strength, no matter how much or how little, even if it's just a drop in the ocean, you should still increase it.

Only with greater strength can one have room for maneuver.

If communication fails, then I'm afraid I'll really have no choice but to leave the primordial wilderness and enter the chaos.

Hongyun naturally needed to be well prepared.

"Ding, it has been detected that Zhao Gongming is about to participate in the Investiture of the Gods. The host may make the following choices."

"Option 1: Stop Zhao Gongming from entering the tribulation and take him as your disciple. You will receive a reward of one copy of the Origin of the Law of Destiny."

"Option Two: Let Zhao Gongming perish in the tribulation, then extract his true spirit to receive a copy of the Origin of the Law of Cause and Effect as a reward."

The system notification sounded, and Hongyun opened her eyes at that moment, looking towards the primordial world.

Hongyun had previously deduced that there were several people destined to be with him during this great calamity, and Zhao Gongming was one of them.

Moreover, it wasn't just Zhao Gongming, but also the Three Immortals of Sanxiao.

These individuals, by some mysterious force, were all destined to be his disciples, connected to his Confucianism.

However, since they were disciples of the Tongtian Sect Leader, even though they were all outer disciples, Hongyun couldn't force the issue.

"We'll have to go through this eventually!"

Hongyun sighed, and the three thousand great paths behind him suddenly disappeared, followed by his own disappearance.

Meanwhile, Zhao Gongming quickly made a decision after Wen Zhong came to him: he would go down the mountain to help Wen Zhong defeat the Western Zhou army.

On the way, Zhao Gongming subdued a tiger demon and made it his mount.

Zhao Gongming rode a black tiger, holding a golden whip, heading towards Xiqi, when suddenly he heard a melodious and ethereal sound coming from a zither.

Zhao Gongming tugged at the silk ribbon, stopping Black Tiger in his tracks. Upon closer listening, he felt the music lingering in his ears, mysterious and profound.

This music was clearly not ordinary music; it was played by a master musician.

Zhao Gongming couldn't help but feel curious, so he followed the sound of the zither and, leading the black tiger, arrived at the edge of a cliff.

But on the edge of the cliff, a Taoist priest, dressed in green, was playing the guqin under a tree.

The melodious music attracted countless birds to fly around it. What was even more astonishing was that among those birds were various celestial birds, such as the blue luan, peacock, white crane, swan, thunderbird, and even phoenix.

It was simply dazzling, and many of the birds were ones that Zhao Gongming had never seen or heard of before, and he didn't know what kind of celestial birds they were.

The Taoist priest seemed unaware of Zhao Gongming, engrossed in playing his instrument. Zhao Gongming, who was originally filled with murderous intent and resentment, was actually brimming with malice.

But at this moment, listening to the Taoist playing the zither, he couldn't help but feel relaxed and his murderous and violent aura dissipated.

And his mind, which had been corrupted by the evil energy, gradually became clear again.

Zhao Gongming shivered, finally waking up and breaking out in a cold sweat.

The Tongtian Sect Leader had foreseen that this great calamity would be extremely fierce, so he ordered his disciples to keep their caves tightly closed and not to go out.

But I...

Zhao Gongming looked at the Taoist priest again, and he realized that the priest was enlightening him. Otherwise, if he had entered the calamity, he would have been doomed and died without a burial place.

However, Zhao Gongming was also surprised. What was the background of this Taoist priest? How could he have such great abilities?

Even you can be affected.

It should be noted that, not to boast, Zhao Gongming's cultivation level was among the top in the three sects of Ren, Chan, and Jie.

He has already reached the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. If he has the opportunity to sever his one corpse, he will become a Quasi-Saint.

Even so, he was still affected by the Taoist's music, which shows how powerful the Taoist was.

Zhao Gongming dared not delay, so he quickly put down the silk ribbon in his hand, ignored the black tiger, and went straight forward.

He bowed down to the Taoist priest as if he were pushing a mountain of gold and overturning a jade pillar.

The Taoist stopped, the zither in his hand disappeared, and the countless celestial birds that had been flying around him also flew away.

But the direction in which these celestial birds flew away surprised Zhao Gongming.

Instead of scattering, the celestial birds flew towards the large tree behind the Taoist priest.

Birds flew around the big tree and then vanished into thin air.

Are these celestial birds all illusions?

Zhao Gongming couldn't help but look up, but he was immediately stunned. In his eyes, the tree seemed to have become boundless and vast.

Moreover, each leaf of that big tree seemed to hold a world within it.

The celestial birds disappeared because they flew into these various worlds.

So it's not an illusion. And then, what kind of tree is this?

At this moment, the Taoist priest raised his head, and Zhao Gongming looked at him; their eyes met.

"boom!"

Zhao Gongming felt an incredibly magnificent scene appear in his mind.

A tree sprouts from chaos, grows and thrives, breathing in the chaotic energy and absorbing the power of earth, water, fire and wind, growing continuously.

Eventually, the tree grew into a towering giant, and each of its leaves became a world within itself, giving rise to all living beings.

This tree is the Jianmu, also known as the World Tree.

And in this process, countless profound truths naturally entered Zhao Gongming's mind.

Although Zhao Gongming could not understand it immediately, he knew how great the benefits this would bring him.

If one can comprehend this clearly in the future, one will definitely be able to advance to the Quasi-Saint level. Furthermore, there is even a possibility of reaching the realm of the Primordial Golden Immortal.

(End of this chapter)