Primordial Era: Unparalleled Comprehension, Starting from Becoming a Disciple of the Three Immortals

Chapter 166 The Surprise of the Crowd

After the group of Wu Clan soldiers finished speaking, they watched as Dizang walked in, sealed the barrier, and then left without paying any more attention to him.

At this moment, Ksitigarbha felt helpless and powerless. He stretched out into the eighteen levels of hell, but did not know what to do.

His uncle, the Sage Zhunti, even had his power suppressed. There must be quite a few experts in this underworld.

Originally, he planned to first convert the souls of all races after arriving in the underworld, slowly accumulating merit and fortune, and then cultivate himself when he reached a certain level.

But now, everything is gone.

He looked around at the pitch-black space, where he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face.

In this eighteenth level of hell, it seems that he is all alone now. How can he possibly save others?

Could it be that I'm trying to enlighten myself here?

Somewhat dejected, he sighed, then sat down cross-legged and began to circulate his internal energy.

This time, he treated it as a period of seclusion.

Now that his uncle, the Sage Zhunti, has been suppressed, what else can he do?

He's just a minor Quasi-Saint right now, and there are countless other powerful figures in this Underworld!

Just as he and the Sage Zhunti entered, a person came, whose time was unfathomable.

His uncle called that person the Xuanming Ancestral Witch.

The Ancestral Witch, he knows that.

Once the overlord of heaven and earth, the strongest of the witch clan, the Ancestral Witch.

Now, we've actually met in the underworld.

He was no match for such a powerful expert; he had no chance at all.

As he went into seclusion, everything around him became quiet.

If someone were to breathe here right now, even the slightest breath would likely be audible.

Jin'ao Island, inside Biyou Palace.

A smile appeared on Chen Qing's lips.

"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, the Sage Zhunti has been suppressed and is now in the Avici Hell. We don't need to sit or do anything; we just need to wait for him to come to us."

"And Ksitigarbha, he vowed not to become a Buddha until hell is emptied."

"snort!"

"Does he not know that I have the final say in this underworld? If he were to completely convert the underworld, what would happen to the Witch Clan and the Jie Sect? Where would their future merits and fortune come from?"

After saying this, Chen Qing looked westward, a cold glint in his eyes.

The Master of the Heavens looked at Chen Qing with admiration in his eyes.

With Chen Qing as the vice leader, he could be said to not need to worry about the affairs of the Jie Sect.

Under Chen Qing's arrangement, a disciple of the Jie Sect now occupies the position of a Heavenly Emperor in the Heavenly Court, and his merits and fortune are slowly accumulating.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Underworld was completely occupied by the Jie Sect. The high-ranking members of the Underworld were all members of the Jie Sect. Even if the Wu Clan went to the Underworld, they only stayed there to recuperate. The people who actually did the work were still the members of the Jie Sect.

With the sources of merit and fortune from both the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, the Jie Sect is not lacking in fortune at all.

All the sages knew that the Heavenly Court was a place of destiny, but only he sent his disciples to take up the post.

Laozi, the Supreme Lord, had only one disciple, so naturally he would not send his disciple to serve in the Heavenly Court.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable has no shortage of disciples, but how could he, being so proud, tolerate his disciples obeying the summons of the Heavenly Emperor?

In the eyes of Yuanshi Tianzun, Haotian was merely a pageboy beside Hongjun Daozu, and had no right to be called that.

He only had the right to become the Heavenly Emperor because he was the Dao Ancestor's attendant.

If Chen Qing knew what Yuanshi Tianzun was thinking, he would definitely curse him out.

Hongjun Daozu, the strongest being in the primordial world, is it shameful to serve as his attendant? No, it's not shameful.

Throughout the primordial world, countless people dreamed of becoming disciples of the Dao Ancestor; even those with great supernatural powers held this thought.

Serving as a disciple of the Dao Ancestor, even a casual word or two of guidance from him would be better than secluded cultivation on one's own.

Moreover, wherever the Dao Ancestor's attendant goes, who dares to disrespect him? If you disrespect me, you are disrespecting the Dao Ancestor.

Don't forget, I am the attendant of the Dao Ancestor. My appearance now represents the Dao Ancestor.

The Jie Sect currently occupies the position of a Great Emperor in the Heavenly Court, and it is the highest-ranking Great Emperor below the Jade Emperor.

Today, the Jie Sect can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, with its fortune flowing endlessly.

Most importantly, its sect's fortune no longer needs to suppress karma.

Now, the Tongtian Sect Leader is quite pleased with himself.

He secluded himself daily to comprehend the Dao of Heaven, and his cultivation progressed quite rapidly.

Only at this moment did he finally understand why Lao Tzu and Yuanshi Tianzun had made such rapid progress in their cultivation.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, you've suppressed Saint Zhunti just like that? Is it really that simple? Why didn't Zhunti use the power of the Heavenly Dao?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing burst into laughter.

"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, as I said before, I am the one who calls the shots in the Underworld."

"I'm not making this up; this is the truth."

"The Underworld exists independently of the primordial world, with only one entrance to it left."

"And this entrance is guarded by the Styx Ancestor and the Asura race he created, so ordinary people simply cannot get in."

"Even if someone forces their way into the underworld, I have the power to suppress them."

"Zhunti is a saint, that's true, but he is a saint of the Heavenly Dao. Moreover, when he became a saint, he lacked the power to sustain himself, so he could only borrow the power of merit from the Heavenly Dao to forcibly become a saint."

"The current Sage Zhunti is only at the first level of the Sage realm. Before the power of Heavenly Dao merit is repaid, his cultivation cannot possibly improve."

"After he entered the underworld, I immediately closed the passage to the underworld, thus making the underworld independent of the primordial world and having no connection with it."

"A sage is called a sage because he can wield the power of the Way of Heaven."

"Now that I have separated the Underworld from the primordial world and isolated it from the power of the Heavenly Dao, what do you think Zhunti can do?"

"A saint without the power of the Heavenly Dao, is he still a saint? He has a realm but no strength. In my eyes, he is only stronger than a Primordial Golden Immortal."

"Fellow Daoist Tongtian, in my eyes, the current Sage Zhunti is only at the level of a Quasi-Sage, and is not worth mentioning in the Underworld."

His incarnation, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, is now at the level of a True Saint.

"The first Earthly Saint was Lady Pingxin. Later, Lady Pingxin gave me another Sainthood, which I then merged with."

"However, after I merged with the underground passage, I had to suppress it, so I couldn't leave the underworld on ordinary days."

"Within the underworld, how can Zhunti, a Heavenly Saint, compare to me, a Saint of the Underworld?"

"Zhunti cannot borrow the power of the Heavenly Dao, but I can borrow the origin of the Earthly Dao to suppress him; it's as easy as turning my hand."

The Tongtian Sect Leader looked at Chen Qing with a surprised expression after hearing his words.

The disciples of the Jie Sect looked at him with surprise upon hearing this.

"Vice Leader, you've become a true saint?"

"Vice Leader, when did you become a true saint?"

"Vice Leader, you've progressed too fast! Your personal strength is enough to rival several Saints, and now, your avatar has also become a Saint. In the future, who in this primordial world will be your match?"

(End of this chapter)