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

Chapter 98 The Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods

Perhaps this was also Hongjun's concern, which is why he didn't push himself too hard. To other sages, he was merely a sage of merit.

Even if they sever their three corpses and attain enlightenment, they will still have the Primordial Dao Fruit, but entering the Chaos is still very dangerous.

However, Hongyun was different; he possessed a world that could exist independently within the chaos.

The danger of him entering the chaos was greatly reduced.

"But I can endure it, can you?" Hongyun muttered to herself, her eyes growing increasingly distant.

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Sure enough, not long after, Haotian could no longer tolerate the contempt of the Heavenly Court's laws shown by so many of his disciples, and in a fit of anger, he went to Zixiao Palace.

They went to file a complaint.

Hongjun's approach to this was quite direct: he summoned all the saints and then established the rules for bestowing titles upon the gods.

However, whether it is Laozi's Taoism, Hongyun's Humanism and Confucianism, or Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Immortal Sect, they all have few disciples.

Hongyun was still righteous, so he filled in many names on the Investiture of the Gods list, but they were all names of cultivators from the Three Realms who did not belong to any of the Holy Sects.

It was at this moment that everyone realized that Hongyun's Human Sect was practically invincible.

His use of the word "human" does not simply refer to the human race, but rather to all living beings, all of which can be considered human.

Especially those cultivators who practiced martial arts, every single one of them could be incorporated into the Human Sect by Hongyun at any time.

This is an absolutely despicable sect.

You might say he has few disciples, but he really does. Ever since Xuan Hong reincarnated as Xuanyuan and became the Human Emperor, the Human Sect doesn't have a single disciple left.

But Hongyun always manages to find a large number of "disciples of the Humanist Sect".

However, despite Hongyun's "righteousness," he added dozens of names to the Investiture of the Gods list.

But putting aside everything else in the Investiture of the Gods, there are as many as 365 main gods. Even if we fill in these dozens of names, it is still far from enough.

The remaining spots can only be filled by the Chan Sect, the Jie Sect, and Buddhism.

At this point, some people might have questions. Your Hongyun sect claims that all beings in the Three Realms can be human.

What about Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Immortal Sect? Doesn't it say that all cultivators on the primordial land can become Earth Immortals?

This involves a cause-and-effect relationship.

For Hongyun to fill in the names, those people must have cultivated martial arts, and there must be this cause and effect involved for it to be legitimate.

Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Immortal Sect was quite shameless; he didn't even spread any cultivation techniques.

It's just preaching.

This resulted in Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Immortal Sect being even more of an "empty shell" than Hongyun's Human Sect, as none of the "Earth Immortals" were under Zhen Yuanzi's jurisdiction.

Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Immortal Sect is even more invincible than Hong Yun's Human Sect.

This level of shamelessness was truly eye-opening for all the sages. Among all the great religions, perhaps only Lao Tzu's Taoism could rival these two.

The three of them were even grouped together, and they all became shameless.

So, after Hongyun wrote down the names of dozens of cultivators, the three saints, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, and Zhunti, began to argue in Zixiao Palace.

Seeing the two pressing him, Zhunti came up with a plan and said to Hongjun, "Master, we disciples of Western Buddhism have emptied ourselves of the four elements and will not enter this great eon."

Unexpectedly, Hongjun actually recognized Zhunti, saying that as long as Buddhist disciples did not leave the West, they would not enter the Great Calamity.

Thus, the pressure was once again placed on Yuanshi and Tongtian, and this time it was even greater.

Even though they are brothers, how could they compromise on this matter?

The argument continued incessantly.

In the end, it was Taiqing Laozi who couldn't stand it anymore and told Hongjun that they needed to discuss it privately, which calmed things down.

Not long after, a second discussion was held at Zixiao Palace, but no agreement was reached again.

By the third time, even Taiqing Laozi had no choice but to decide that the Investiture of the Gods list could be left blank for now, and that people would be listed based on their fate later.

The debate over the Investiture of the Gods has only temporarily subsided.

Hongjun then entrusted the Investiture of the Gods to Yuanshi Tianzun for temporary safekeeping, and whoever found the person to be conferred the title would have it.

Hongyun didn't interfere with any of this, but she could still sense that Hongjun was clearly getting anxious during his three trips to Zixiao Palace.

This anxiety isn't directed at the Investiture of the Gods calamity, but rather at oneself.

Although it is not visible on the surface, it is reflected in Hongyun's heart, and this kind of spiritual perception cannot be wrong.

Returning to the Pure Heaven, Hongyun couldn't help but look down upon the primordial Three Realms, only to find that the malevolent aura was growing stronger and the calamity heavier.

Chaos began to emerge in the world.

Hongyun shook his head and muttered to himself, "It's destined to be this great calamity; Confucianism will surely prosper."

So, Hongyun summoned several of his disciples.

They are Xuanfeng, Kongxuan, and Xuanpeng. As for Xuanhong, he is now the Human Emperor, but he is no longer in the Pure Heaven.

However, it is also outside of these thirty-three days.

Moreover, it was located right next to Qingjingtian. In his spare time, if Hongyun or Zhenyuanzi were giving a sermon, he would come over to listen.

Xuan Hong and the other two emperors and five emperors lived in the Fire Cloud Cave. This Fire Cloud Cave was naturally funded by Hong Yun as their residence.

Right next to the Pure Heaven, now the Pure Heaven is on the left and right, respectively, the Nuwa Heaven and the Fire Cloud Cave.

After the three disciples arrived, Hongyun began to preach, and what he preached was Confucianism and Taoism.

After speaking for hundreds of years, Hongyun stopped and said, "Kong Xuan, after this great calamity, it will be the time for my Confucian tradition to be propagated. At that time, you may follow my decree and descend to the mortal realm to spread the teachings."

Of the three disciples, Kong Xuan was the one who best grasped the essence of Confucianism and Taoism, so Hongyun entrusted this important task to Kong Xuan.

Afterwards, Hongyun ordered Xuanfeng and Xuanpeng to assist him.

After the three disciples received their orders and withdrew, Hongyun had some free time and watched the Investiture of the Gods drama with Zhen Yuanzi.

In fact, people like Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi have already become saints. Although the great calamity of heaven and earth is fierce, how could it possibly harm them?

It's just that each has its own lineage, and the struggle for lineage and destiny has evolved into a struggle for sainthood.

For people like Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi, this great calamity has very little impact on them. If they don't meddle in other people's business, then this great calamity will simply be irrelevant to them.

They could simply observe how the Chan and Jie sects fought, and how the two sages, Yuanshi and Tongtian, would respond.

It must be said that the two sages have very different attitudes toward this great calamity.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable took this very seriously and adopted a proactive approach, not only devising various methods to calculate the outcome but also sending his disciples to find a replacement for the calamity.

Moreover, they were extremely concerned about the person who was to be conferred the title of God and who possessed the extraordinary appearance of a flying bear, as mentioned by Hongjun.

However, the Tongtian Sect Leader seemed somewhat passive. It wasn't that he didn't value it, but his method was to have his disciples confine themselves to their caves and stay inside.

This is partly due to the large number of disciples in the Jie Sect; the Tongtian Sect Leader was able to manage the direct disciples and inner disciples.

But even the leader of the Heavenly Sect might not remember the names of the many outer disciples, so how could he possibly manage them all at this time?

Therefore, the Tongtian Sect Leader could only resort to this method in an attempt to avoid the danger of the Jie Sect entering a calamity.

In the mind of the Tongtian Sect Leader, it was probably impossible to prevent all disciples of the entire sect from entering the tribulation.

But as long as his personal disciples and inner disciples listen to him and do not participate in the great calamity, then this great calamity will pass just like that.

The Tongtian Sect Leader never expected that there would be someone named Shen Gongbao in this great calamity.

(End of this chapter)