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

Chapter 124 Kill

"However, if you say that I can defeat him now, then you are looking down on the Chaos God and the Great God Pangu."

Hongjun said, "The fact that Yang Mei was able to escape from Pangu's axe proves that even with the power of the Heavenly Dao, I can't easily defeat him."

"Besides, if my skills improve, why can't others improve as well?"

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang thought for a moment, then bowed to Hongjun and said, "This disciple understands."

"Then tell me what you've understood?" Hongjun asked with a smile.

Xuanhuang said, "Master told me not to argue with other sages, but Master, Taiqing came to us of his own accord. If I don't respond, wouldn't it make me seem weak?"

"Although he is the senior disciple, he is only ranked. How can I tolerate such humiliation?"

"Um."

Hongjun nodded and said, "But don't sound so aggrieved. I know your current strength. Before they achieve the second stage of Hunyuan, that is, before they truly elevate their cultivation, let alone Taiqing, even if the three Pure Ones of Yuqing and Shangqing were to work together, how could they possibly do anything to you?"

"Black and Yellow".

Hongjun continued, "I'm not saying you shouldn't bother with them, but there should be limits to how much you should bother with them. Do you know why I didn't refine the last three grades of black lotus and the spearhead of the God-Slaying Spear into the Hunyuan Sword as well?"

Xuanhuang was startled, but upon hearing this, he instantly understood.

Seeing this, Hongjun also said, "That's right. If I really refine the last three grades of black lotus and the spearhead of the God-Slaying Spear into the spear, then your Hunyuan Sword will truly be invincible. But, it can kill a saint!"

Hongjun spoke the last two words slowly, but they still stirred Xuanhuang's blood.

If the Hunyuan Sword were to be combined with the tip of the third-grade black lotus and the God-Slaying Spear, would it really be that powerful?

But she had already given the Grade 3 Black Lotus to Kong Xuan, so why should she ask for it back now?

"Don't overthink it."

Hongjun seemed to be able to see through Xuanhuang's thoughts and said, "With your current strength, although you are the strongest among everyone, you are still not strong enough to enhance the Hunyuan Sword. Moreover, if you really had that kind of strength, perhaps you wouldn't need to borrow the Hunyuan Sword to kill a saint."

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang replied, "This disciple dares not."

Hongjun shook his head and said, "No, you dare. You do whatever you want, based entirely on your own desires. Back then, you wanted to kill Dijun and Taiyi and forcibly change the course of events. Now, you're just trying to kill a Saint. What is there that you wouldn't dare to do?"

Xuanhuang's thoughts were seen through, but he wasn't embarrassed. After a moment of silence, he said, "Teacher, you think so much for them, but they might think you're being biased."

Hongjun said, "What they think is none of my business, but they are, after all, transformed from the primordial spirit of Pangu and have the legacy of the Great God Pangu. As the Heavenly Dao, I naturally have to take care of them. The same goes for Jieyin and Zhunti."

Xuanhuang shook his head and said, "Since that's the case, this disciple has nothing more to say. May I ask if Master has any further instructions?"

Xuanhuang, however, was about to leave.

Hongjun didn't try to stop him; he simply waved his hand and let him go.

As soon as Xuanhuang stepped out of Zixiao Palace, the palace behind him vanished without a trace. It wasn't that Hongjun appeared on his own initiative, but no one could find Zixiao Palace.

Xuanhuang couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This trip to Zixiao Palace had taught him many secrets and broadened his horizons considerably, but the more he learned, the more he felt that the gap between himself and Hongjun was still too great.

This is also the difference between a Primordial Golden Immortal, or a Sage, and the Heavenly Dao—it's too great.

Shaking his head, Xuanhuang didn't dwell on it and returned to his Xuanhuang Heaven. This matter was now considered over.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years passed in the primordial world. These tens of thousands of years were extremely peaceful, and nothing major happened.

However, with the great calamity approaching, undercurrents continued to surge, and the malevolent energy in the world was increasing.

All of this indicates that a great calamity is gradually brewing.

Tens of thousands of years ago, when the saints attained enlightenment, they absorbed too much innate spiritual energy, causing a great change in the world.

The last remaining ten percent of innate spiritual energy is also constantly degenerating and transforming into acquired spiritual energy.

Once they realized this, those powerful beings or forces could rely on formations to lock their innate spiritual energy within their blessed lands, enough to sustain their cultivation for a very long time.

However, this is impossible for ordinary cultivators. They dare not compete with those powerful beings, and can only fight each other to seize those smaller cultivation grounds.

Meanwhile, as they fought amongst themselves, they discovered that after a cultivator died, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that they had absorbed would be released again and returned to heaven and earth.

This discovery further plunged all living beings into endless slaughter. And this endless slaughter brought immense joy to one person.

This person is Styx, who previously created the Asura race by imitating Nuwa's creation of humans.

Styx had slain both the good and evil corpses, possessing the cultivation of a mid-stage Quasi-Saint. His strength was formidable, comparable to any powerful being below the Saint level in the primordial world.

Therefore, even though the Lich King is powerful now, he cannot invade him. Moreover, the Netherworld Blood Sea occupied by the Styx River is like a garbage dump in the primordial world, filthy and disgusting.

Apart from the River Styx, which was born here, probably no one else would consider this place a treasure.

As the killing of all living beings occurred, in the darkness, with the deaths and injuries of countless beings, a continuous stream of filthy blood, malevolent energy, and wronged souls flowed into the Netherworld Blood Sea.

As the Blood Sea grew stronger, Styx's magical power increased. He also comprehended the killing of all living beings, which increased his cultivation and spiritual practice. Furthermore, he used the Asura Reincarnation Array to transform all the wronged souls who fell into the Blood Sea into the Asura race.

In a short time, the Asura race grew stronger and stronger, and Styx was overjoyed.

Moreover, Styx was also a thoughtful person. He was very resentful that he had only gained a small amount of merit from his previous attempt to create the Asura race in imitation of Nuwa, which was barely enough to allow him to sever his second corpse.

Previously, witnessing the saints establishing religions and proving their doctrines had given Styx a thought: since establishing a religion could bring merit, why not imitate it again and establish a great religion of his own?

It is important to understand that the benefits of establishing a religion are twofold: firstly, one can gain merit, and secondly, one can receive the blessings of heaven and earth, which are obviously beneficial to cultivation.

However, establishing a religion and gaining divine merit and good fortune is not easy.

The established religion and its doctrines must conform to the Way of Heaven in order to gain its approval.

For this purpose, Styx painstakingly studied for tens of thousands of years, and finally perfected the doctrine of the Asura Cult that he wanted to establish.

On this day, Styx summoned the Asuras from the Sea of ​​Blood to once again establish a religion and prove their doctrine.

He imparted his understanding of the Asura Way to the Asura clan, which was essentially the Way of Slaughter. He said, "There is nothing in heaven and earth that cannot be killed. Slaughter the heavens, kill the earth, kill people, kill gods, kill immortals, kill demons, kill witches, kill saints, and kill yourself."

"Today I wish to establish the Asura Cult, with the doctrine of 'killing' as its core principle. We will establish our path through killing, nurture our path through killing, and prove our path through killing."

After Styx finished preaching, the strongest member of the Asura race, known as the Asura King, asked Styx, "Ancestor, we can understand to some extent what it means to kill heaven, earth, people, gods, immortals, demons, witches, and saints, but what does it mean to kill oneself?"

(End of this chapter)