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

Chapter 61 Comprehending the Dao of Yin and Yang

"My brother and I are cultivating in seclusion in this Pure Heaven, but our three disciples still need to hone their skills. It would be fine to entrust them to Zhunti for guidance. However, we must explain to the disciples beforehand that it is fine for them to learn some skills from Zhunti, but they must not do anything for him. Otherwise, they might fall into his trap and get me involved, which would be bad."

Hongyun pondered this in her heart, and secretly transmitted her thoughts to her three disciples before she felt at ease.

"Fellow Daoists, how about we share some of our insights on achieving sainthood?" Zhen Yuanzi said to the crowd.

Upon hearing this, everyone readily agreed. This was exactly what they wanted to hear; they wouldn't have wanted to hear anything else from Zhen Yuanzi and the others.

Hongyun also said to his three disciples, "Your cultivation level is too low to understand the way of the sages, but you should still try your best to listen. Even if you don't understand, you should still remember it, as it will benefit you in the future."

The three disciples quickly agreed.

So the four saints, Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, Jieyin, and Zhunti, took turns preaching. Each preached for a hundred years.

Four hundred years passed, and the preaching came to an end.

Although everyone was still reluctant to leave, they had no choice but to take their leave, and soon only a few people remained in Wuzhuang Temple.

Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian Sanqing, Nuwa, and Fuxi who accompanied Nuwa.

After all, they were fellow disciples, so they had to at least maintain appearances and offered their congratulations to the Four Saints.

They were about to leave.

At this moment, Hongyun called out to Nuwa, "Senior Sister, please wait."

"Um?"

Nuwa paused slightly, and everyone else did the same, looking at Hongyun.

"Is there anything else, Junior Brother?" Nuwa asked.

Hongyun smiled and said, "I wonder what stage Senior Sister's path to creation has reached, and whether she is capable of creating living beings?"

Nuwa smiled and nodded upon hearing this, saying, "Alright."

"Could you please help me create some living beings in this Pure Land? I would be extremely grateful," Hongyun said.

Nuwa hesitated for a moment, looked at Fuxi, and when Fuxi nodded, she agreed.

So Nuwa and Fuxi stayed behind. The Three Pure Ones then took their leave.

Not long after, Jieyin and Zhunti also left, taking Hongyun's three disciples with them.

"Actually, junior brothers, you can also move some living beings from the primordial land to the Pure Heaven," Nuwa said.

Hongyun laughed and said, "With Senior Sister here, wouldn't it be better to have more opportunities? My brother and I also want to see Senior Sister's amazing ability to manipulate fate."

Nuwa nodded, and then began to create life in this tranquil world. The materials she used were all kinds of divine and wondrous things, and she was not limited to the two kinds of Nine Heavens Breath Soil and Three Lights Divine Water as described in later novels.

However, the creatures created by Nuwa were all kinds of creatures that existed in the primordial world.

Seeing this, Hongyun couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister, haven't you ever thought about creating some creatures that didn't exist in the primordial world?"

Nuwa paused upon hearing this, then said, "That's not necessarily a bad thing."

Then, Hongyun saw all sorts of strange creatures created by Nuwa, such as long snakes with many pairs of wings, horses with white feathers that could fly in the air, and fish with puffed-out cheeks that could crawl on land, and so on.

Hongyun was a little confused, as was Zhenyuanzi, but Fuxi was used to it and shook his head and chuckled.

After this incident, Hongyun stopped talking. She only thanked Nuwa again after she had finished creating all living things, saying...

When asking Nuwa to create humans, it was not enough to simply express gratitude verbally. Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi then engaged in a long discussion and exchange of ideas with the two.

"You two Daoist brothers have now attained the Primordial Chaos Realm, and are now pure and free. It is truly enviable," Fuxi couldn't help but sigh after the discussion.

Zhen Yuanzi was brewing Enlightenment Tea on the side.

Hongyun said, "The day when Senior Sister Nuwa attains enlightenment is not far off, so there's no need to say more. However, Fellow Daoist Fuxi, you have a lot of karma on your shoulders, and you may face a great calamity in the future. I have something that I can give to you."

As she spoke, Hongyun took out a flower. The flower was only the size of a palm and looked as if it were carved from crystal. At first glance, it seemed to be crystal clear, but upon closer inspection, it appeared to be very hazy and indistinct.

These flowers bloom on the Jianmu tree, each flower a world within a world, containing boundless space and countless worlds, constantly arising and ceasing.

The Jianmu tree is now so vast that it can cover the entire world, but it has only produced two World Flowers.

This shows how precious it is.

Hongyun then took one of the flowers and gave it to Fuxi. This World Flower flew into Fuxi's primordial spirit and disappeared.

After realizing what was happening, Fuxi pondered the meaning behind Hongyun's words and his heart sank.

Then he quickly thanked Hongyun.

Hongyun nodded, saying nothing more, but began exchanging ideas about formations with Fuxi. Hongyun's understanding of formations was extremely profound.

However, Fuxi was also a master of formations, and the two were extremely happy during their conversation, each gaining a great deal from it.

Moreover, Hongyun not only discussed the principles of formations with Fuxi, but also exchanged ideas about creation with Nuwa.

However, in terms of the Way of Creation, Hongyun's understanding was far inferior to that of Nuwa.

Even so, they had a very good conversation with Nuwa. Zhen Yuanzi, on the other hand, was somewhat embarrassed. He didn't understand formations, and his level of understanding of the Dao of Creation was about the same as Hongyun's.

If it weren't for the tea-making task he still had to do, Zhen Yuanzi would have been even more embarrassed. This made him secretly think that he should learn more skills in the future.

Hongyun knows formations, so should he learn alchemy? Or weapon crafting? Or something else?

After a long time, Fuxi and Nuwa finally took their leave from the Pure Heaven.

The Wuzhuang Temple became very quiet, with only Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi remaining.

The two brothers exchanged a glance and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Zhen Yuanzi sighed, "Finally, I have attained the Dao. Although it is only through merit that I have attained the Dao, I have reached the required level. I can slowly cultivate and sever the three corpses in the future. The years will be long, but there is no rush."

Upon hearing this, Hongyun nodded and said, "Now we can have some peace and quiet, but we can't let our guard down."

"My two junior brothers, Jieyin and Zhunti, are both very wise. Moreover, I have schemed against them many times, so they must be dissatisfied. I'm afraid they will scheme against us in the future and completely undermine our power in the Western Religion."

"Of course, we don't care about that little bit of power, but we need to be wary of them having other means to use us to oppose other saints."

"Other sages?" Zhen Yuanzi nodded upon hearing this and said, "You just mentioned, my brother, that Senior Sister Nuwa will soon attain enlightenment. Is that true or not?"

"Although I have now become a sage and my divination abilities have greatly increased, and I can deduce most of the events of heaven and earth, I still cannot predict when my three senior brothers, the Three Pure Ones, and my senior sister Nuwa will attain enlightenment."

"Naturally, it is true."

Hongyun smiled and said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have kept Senior Sister behind to create these living beings for our Pure Heaven. With this friendship, Senior Sister will be able to get closer to us after she attains enlightenment."

"Our two junior brothers, Jieyin and Zhunti, are not of our own mind and cannot be trusted. Our three senior brothers, the Three Pure Ones, are also difficult to deal with. Only our senior sister, Nuwa, is someone we can befriend."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "I don't quite understand these schemes, so I'm counting on you, Hongyun, to come up with the ideas. I'll listen to you, my foolish brother."

Upon hearing this, Hongyun shook his head and chuckled, "Brother, you are indeed a bit lazy. But so be it, brother, you can enjoy your life as you please, I will take care of everything else."

The two brothers talked for a while longer before going into seclusion to cultivate.

Hongyun arrived at Mingdao Palace, closed the palace gates, sat cross-legged on the cloud bed, and with a thought, summoned a mass of black and white intertwined origin.

This origin is the origin of Yin and Yang.

Hongyun used the Five Elements to slay the good corpse, the Four Symbols to slay the evil corpse, and planned to slay the final self corpse using the Yin-Yang principle.

Therefore, he must first comprehend the principles of Yin and Yang.

Looking at the Yin-Yang Origin floating in front of him, Hongyun opened his mouth and inhaled, instantly absorbing the entire Yin-Yang Origin into his body and beginning to refine it.

As Hongyun refined this Yin-Yang origin, countless profound mysteries about the Yin-Yang Dao also transformed into various insights, appearing in Hongyun's heart.

Hongyun went into seclusion to comprehend the principles of Yin and Yang.

Meanwhile, after witnessing Zhen Yuanzi's creation of the world and the creation of a middle-thousand world existing in chaos, and after listening to the sermons of the Four Sages, the many powerful beings returned to their caves.

Each of them sighed with envy and longing, and they all mustered their strength. Although it was self-evident that the extra wisp of primordial purple energy that Hongjun Daozu had gained after merging with the Dao had been obtained by Zhunti, who then used it to become a saint.

The hope of becoming a saint has diminished considerably, but even if one doesn't become a saint, there is still the possibility of becoming a Primordial Golden Immortal.

However, everyone still had to work hard to cultivate.

(End of this chapter)