Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

Chapter 101 Proving the Dao

"That's excellent."

Xuanhuang nodded, then instructed, "Senior Sister Nuwa created the human race and became a saint. Now, the human race is still on the shore of the East Sea, with no one to teach them. I created a method, and I need you to go among the human race on my behalf and find some people with good aptitude to pass it on to."

Kong Xuan was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, wondering why his teacher would create a method specifically for the human race. However, upon reflection, he realized that the human race was a race created by Nuwa to become saints, and there were indeed some mysteries involved.

He couldn't see through it himself, but his teacher had already made arrangements. Kong Xuan immediately agreed.

Without saying much, Xuanhuang pointed with his hand and passed on the technique he had created to Kong Xuan, then prepared to leave.

"Martial arts? Circulating and refining essence and blood, opening acupoints, nurturing spiritual energy, strengthening the spirit with energy, and entering the Dao with the spirit..."

Kong Xuan felt that although the method taught by Xuanhuang was not extensive, every step of it pointed directly to the necessity of cultivation. The great way is simple, and this martial arts method was clearly a carefully deduced Taoist method.

This shows that his teacher valued the human race even more, which made him pay more attention to it.

However, seeing that Xuanhuang was about to leave, Kong Xuan quickly called out to him, "Teacher, please wait."

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang looked at Kong Xuan with a puzzled expression.

"teacher."

Kong Xuan said, "When I visited my Uncle-Master Zhen Yuanzi at Wanshou Mountain last time, he had something to say to me to convey to my teacher."

"Oh? What did he say?" Xuanhuang asked with a smile.

Kong Xuan said, "My master said that the method of severing the three corpses is not a method of being heartless. Being heartless and having feelings are one and the same."

"If one truly practices the method of severing the three corpses as a path of ruthlessness, then even if one can eventually sever the three corpses, one will never be able to reunite them."

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang fell silent for a long while before finally saying, "Alright! I understand."

He then smiled and said, "Xuan'er, your martial uncle has indeed attained enlightenment. Perhaps he will be the only one to truly receive the Daoist lineage from Master Hongjun."

"That's quite interesting."

Xuanhuang suddenly burst into laughter, saying, "I, along with the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and other disciples of the Xuanmen sect, failed to inherit our master's mantle, yet Zhen Yuanzi has instead attained enlightenment."

"Interesting, interesting, really interesting."

Xuanhuang laughed a few more times and said, "Alright, Xuan'er, I'm off."

"This disciple respectfully sees off our teacher," Kong Xuan said, bowing.

Xuanhuang nodded, then vanished in a flash.

After seeing Xuanhuang leave, Kong Xuan pondered for a moment, then got up and flew towards the coast of the East Sea.

Leaving aside how Kong Xuan passed on the martial arts to the human race, let's talk about Xuanhuang, who at this moment headed towards the chaos beyond the heavens.

Entering this vast chaos, Xuanhuang was determined to find Zixiao Palace, but he had no direction and no sense of direction.

However, Xuanhuang did not turn back, but just kept walking forward with his head down. He walked like this in the chaos for an unknown amount of time.

Finally, on this day, Xuanhuang suddenly felt something in his heart, and when he looked up, he saw the Zixiao Palace not far in front of him.

"As Zhen Yuanzi said, Master Hongjun is indeed not heartless." Xuanhuang was overjoyed and hurriedly walked towards Zixiao Palace.

As soon as they arrived in front of Zixiao Palace, the palace gate creaked open.

Two boys, a boy and a girl, came out. They were none other than Haotian and Yaochi. The two boys bowed to Xuanhuang and said, "Senior Brother Xuanhuang, the master invites you in."

"Um."

Xuanhuang nodded and returned the greeting before walking towards Zixiao Palace.

Upon entering the Zixiao Palace, he indeed saw Hongjun sitting cross-legged on the Dao Platform, a faint smile on his face, looking at him.

"Master, your Dao heart is flawed, and you are unable to attain the Primordial Chaos Realm. I have come to beg you for help. I hope you will have mercy and assist me." Xuanhuang bowed to Hongjun.

"Xuanhuang, you don't have a flawed Dao heart, but rather you have obsessions that affect your Dao. Although Hunyuan is only a single thread, it is still an unattainable goal."

Hongjun said, "You want my help, but how can I help you? Besides, you've already deciphered the Taiji Diagram of Taiqing. What else in this world can help you?"

Hongjun shook his head repeatedly.

"Proving the Way does not depend on others, but on yourself. How could you forget even this?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang trembled, but remained silent, closing his eyes as if he were trying to comprehend something.

However, the expression on his face kept changing, sometimes joyful, sometimes sad, sometimes sorrowful, sometimes angry, sometimes calm, and sometimes ferocious; there was never a moment when it was still.

After a long time, Hongjun on the platform finally sighed and pointed out with a finger.

A beam of mysterious light landed on Xuanhuang's brow.

When Xuanhuang was pointed at, his body trembled violently. Streams of the Great Dao surged out from his entire body, first transforming into Yin and Yang, then merging into one and radiating dazzling golden light.

The two attendants, Haotian and Yaochi, who were watching from the side, were quite shocked.

The golden light emanating from Xuanhuang grew stronger and stronger, but when it reached its peak, it suddenly receded.

By the time Haotian and Yaochi reacted, Xuanhuang on the futon had already calmed down.

He has attained enlightenment.

Haotian and Yaochi exchanged a glance, both unable to conceal the shock and longing in their eyes.

They all knew that Xuanhuang had already attained enlightenment.

He became a Primordial Golden Immortal.

Although a Primordial Golden Immortal is not a saint, they are at the same level as saints, and their cultivation and Taoist practice are in no way inferior.

Such a level is what countless cultivators and powerful figures from all walks of life in the primordial world dream of.

Now, the Xuanhuang (primordial chaos) has finally been achieved.

"Disciple thanks Master," Xuanhuang said, bowing to Hongjun on the platform.

At this moment, although his appearance had not changed much, he had gained a more indifferent air. With a grab, a bamboo staff appeared in his hand.

This bamboo staff was his treasured bitter bamboo, the key to his enlightenment. Now, as his cultivation broke through and he attained the Primordial Chaos Realm, the bamboo staff underwent another transformation, becoming even more powerful.

However, the more this is the case, the more natural and unadorned the bamboo staff becomes, without revealing the slightest trace of its original aura. Just from its appearance, it is lush and green, as if it had just been cut down.

It doesn't look like a powerful magic weapon at all, but this bamboo staff has been refined by Xuanhuang with his full cultivation of Taoist arts.

Although it is not as powerful as a supreme innate treasure, it is still comparable to the most top-tier innate spiritual treasures.

On the platform, Hongjun did not respond to Xuanhuang, but sat silently. After a while, Hongjun suddenly pointed out again, but this time it was at Xuanhuang's feet.

A flash of purple light appeared, which then transformed into a twelve-petaled purple lotus platform, a twelve-petaled reincarnation purple lotus.

The purple lotus lifted up the dark yellow, causing it to float.

Seeing this, Hongjun nodded, and with another wave of his sleeve, two treasures flew out and landed in front of Xuanhuang.

These two treasures, one a book and the other a brush, both exude a strong aura of life, death, and reincarnation.

It was precisely those two innate spiritual treasures, the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen, that together corresponded to the Book of Man among the three books of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Hongjun said, "I have fulfilled all your requests. Now go, and summon Zhenyuanzi to see me."

After saying this, Hongjun's figure disappeared and vanished into nothingness.

Upon seeing this, Xuanhuang bowed again before putting away the Book of Life and Death, the Judge's Pen, and the Twelve-Petaled Reincarnation Purple Lotus that was resting beneath him, and then left Zixiao Palace.

Returning to the primordial world, Xuanhuang flashed and arrived at Longevity Mountain, standing before the gate of Wuzhuang Temple.

(End of this chapter)