Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 152 Twelve Meridians

The original source of Canghao has now merged with the Immortal King avatar of Taiwei, and the Treasure Immortal Path within the original source of Canghao has become one of the foundational paths of the Immortal King avatar.

Even before its birth, it possessed a great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Although it was only a Primordial True Saint, the Immortal King Avatar was already one step ahead of other Dao Fruit Avatars.

The fortune carried by a Great Dao of Heaven and Earth is enough to allow an Immortal King's Dao Fruit avatar to cultivate smoothly to the peak of the Taiyi Realm, and this is a branch of the Xuanmen Great Dao.

In other words, if Taiwei wanted to, he could completely use the Treasure Immortal Path to tear apart the Xuanmen's fortune and cause the Xuanmen to suffer a great loss.

In the Eastern Primordial Region, on Mount Kunlun, atop the White Jade Golden Bridge, the three Xuanmen Celestial Venerables, Taishang, Yuanshi, and Lingbao, felt their backup plan left in the Canghao Origin being destroyed, and their expressions changed simultaneously.

A flash of anger appeared in Lingbao Tianzun's eyes, and the Qingping Sword on his back emitted a clanging sound like a dragon. Taishang Tianzun waved his sleeve, and the Yin and Yang energies swirled down, suppressing the sword light that was tearing everything apart around Lingbao Tianzun.

"Now that things have come to this, there's no point in us being angry. We can only resort to our backup plan. One of the twelve masters of the Xuanmen lineage has already fallen into Taiwei's hands. We absolutely cannot let the remaining masters of the lineages be lost."

The Supreme Celestial Venerable spoke indifferently, his eyes filled with the vast secrets of heaven and destiny. He spread his sleeves, and a pagoda surging with primordial energy and covered with golden light of merit descended before the Celestial Venerable Lingbao.

"It is fate, and we can only say that Duobao is not fortunate enough to have such luck. However, I used the essence of the Xuanhuang merit of heaven and earth to refine Duobao's body, which can be considered as making up for part of Duobao's essence. It can also be considered as compensation for what my Xuanmen owes him."

Lingbao Tianzun held up the Duobao Pagoda, which was shimmering with mysterious yellow light, with his left hand, sighed, and the anger in his eyes slowly subsided.

"I am not worried about Duobao's foundation. Although he has lost the Baoxian Path, I believe that Duobao will be able to open up another Xuanmen Dao lineage on his own in the future. However, with the Baoxian Path falling into Taiwei's hands, my Xuanmen may be in danger of splitting up in the future."

"Therefore, we still need to find a way to restrict the Treasure Immortal Path in Taiwei's hands and prevent it from spreading throughout the primordial world."

"Furthermore, Duobao is now missing Canghao's origin and the fortune of Baoxiandao. It will take some time before he can descend to earth. Even if he can comprehend a new Xuanmen Dao lineage, he will not be able to do so in time. With one of the twelve Dao lineages missing, we will need to find someone else to fill the gap."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable made calculations with his fingers, then looked at a disheveled young man in the Eastern Region of the Primordial World. His eyes shimmered with golden immortal light. After a moment of contemplation, he revealed a smile: "This child has an extraordinary foundation. Although his temperament is still lacking, he can be trained later. What do you think?"

"The Yin and Yang energies, the foundation of movement and stillness, the power of strength and gentleness, are indeed extraordinary. However, this child is deeply entangled with the karmic causes and effects of the demonic path, and it may be difficult for him to break free in the future."

The Supreme Celestial Venerable looked at the disheveled young man wielding a sword in the Eastern Region, nodded first, and then spoke.

"Our Xuanmen and the Demonic Path will inevitably clash in the future. What do a few karmic ties matter? This boy has an upright and unyielding character, which I find quite agreeable. He is perfectly suited to be our Xuanmen's Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable."

Lingbao Tianzun looked at the disheveled youth, his eyes lit up, and with a flick of his finger, a beam of azure jade immortal light merged into the Heavenly Netherworld. In an instant, the fate of the disheveled youth had been altered by Lingbao Tianzun.

In the Heavenly Netherworld, layers upon layers of demonic tribulations await the disheveled youth to overcome. Within these tribulations, however, are also scrolls of profound and wondrous techniques manifested by the Celestial Venerable Lingbao.

"That completes the process. As long as this young man can complete these trials, he will be qualified to become the future master of a branch of the Xuanmen sect. Let us wait here for good news."

With a flick of his sleeve, Lingbao Tianzun caused the void in front of him to ripple, and the figure of the disheveled youth appeared before the three Xuanmen Tianzun.

The Supreme Celestial Venerable watched as the disheveled youth, influenced by cause and effect, gradually headed towards the ancestral court of the demonic path. A smile appeared on his indifferent face: "Profound and mysterious, the Heavenly Dao is unfathomable. You are named 'Xuantian' (Mysterious Heaven), how can you be inferior to my Xuanmen (Mysterious Sect)?"

At the foot of Mount Zhou, Taiwei immediately sensed the power of Lingbao Tianzun permeating the Tianming Land. Taiwei knew without a doubt that this was related to the Treasure Immortal Dao that he had obtained.

However, the Supreme Celestial Venerable erased all traces of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao, so Taiwei could not detect anything.

However, Taiwei need not worry. With such an important branch of the Xuanmen Dao falling into his hands, the three Heavenly Venerables of the Xuanmen system must be looking for ways to make amends. This time, the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's alteration of the Mandate of Heaven must also be related to this.

Normally, Taiwei would definitely intervene, but now the strength of the ferocious beasts in the Four Ferocious Domains is constantly increasing, and the war between the Five Royal Clans and the Four Ferocious Domains is about to break out. Taiwei really has no mood to scheme against the Xuanmen.

Only by fulfilling the destiny of the Four Divine Beasts can Taiwei have the mind to do other things, as this is a matter of life and death.

At the foot of Mount Zhou, Taiwei watched Fuxi and Nuwa depart. A ray of starlight descended before him, only to be shattered into pieces by Taiwei's breath.

With the great war between the five royal families and the four fierce domains imminent, neither the divine path, the immortal path, the demonic path, nor the Buddhist path has any intention of getting involved.

The ray of starlight before Taiwei was Taiyi's warning to Taiwei. The divine path had no intention of getting involved in this great calamity. Before this calamity ended, Taiwei probably wouldn't be able to see Fuxi and Nuwa again.

After Fuxi and Nuwa left, Taiwei sent the Immortal King Dao Fruit clone back to Taiwei's main body. Then, amidst the dazzling starlight, the Eight Heavenly Urn, which had been restored to its original state, slowly disappeared in the countless bursts of starlight.

The last supreme treasure representing the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man fell into the hands of Taiwei. At that moment, in the vast primordial world, Taiwei's several Dao Fruit avatars all trembled in their origins, already sensing that the opportunity for them to advance further was about to arrive.

The divine avatar in the endless void, the Nether Spring avatar in the Western Rong Domain, the Thousand Mountains avatar fused with the Giant Ape Holy Embryo, and the Northern Barbarian avatar riding the Golden Bridge of the Other Shore.

Taiwei, Shenying, and Youquan, these three avatars who had already been born and descended to the world, abandoned all their possessions and entered seclusion, awaiting the refinement of the Great Dao's true meaning from the Eight Heavens Urn.

Meanwhile, the yet-to-be-born Thousand Mountains clone began to devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at this moment, accelerating its own evolutionary process, preparing to be born ahead of schedule when the great power of the Eight Heavens Urn descended.

As for the final Northern Barbarian clone, this clone is the one that merged with the golden bridge of life and death at the bottom of Tian'e Lake in the past. Although this clone cannot be born yet, the golden bridge has been named the Golden Bridge of the Other Shore by the artifact, which transcends life and death and transcends the other shore.

(End of this chapter)