Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 5 The Origin of Taiwei, The Five Categories of the Great Dao

"To have such a profound understanding of heaven and earth and nature at the mere Celestial Immortal realm, as long as this person does not perish prematurely, he will inevitably become one of us sooner or later."

Looking at Taiwei, whose eyes were shining brightly and who was clearly comprehending his own Dao, Long Qiao smiled and prepared to take this opportunity to completely pull Taiwei into the Xuanmen Dao.

Five-colored rays of light rose from the Five-Smoke Bronze Furnace, and the three rays of light from Heaven, Earth, and Man instantly bound the Dragon Abyss Sword. The vast essence of the Xuanmen Dao surged in, and a profound and leisurely Xuanmen book slowly appeared in Taiwei's heart.

Living on the wind and dew, observing the sun and moon, cultivating the universe, and operating yin and yang, Taiwei glanced at Longqiao, but only for a moment before tossing the Xuanmen Great Book aside. Compared to Taiwei's own fundamental Great Book, this Great Book, although not bad, was far from worthy of Taiwei's attention.

Taiwei is said to have just been born, but this only refers to his current body. The real Taiwei was among the first batch of post-natal beings born at the beginning of creation.

Of course, all living beings at the beginning of creation were initially born after birth. Later, the Heavenly Dao evolved into the Great Dao of the Myriad Realms, and then the methods for transforming born after birth into innate immortals, innate Daoists, and innate saints were passed down.

Taiwei committed a grave act against the workings of Heaven at the beginning of creation. Even though Taiwei was a top being in the world at that time, he was still punished by Heaven and nearly killed.

If it weren't for a friend who saved Taiwei once, he definitely wouldn't have survived that divine punishment. However, even with help, Taiwei himself was severely injured by the divine punishment and was later sealed into a star by the power of the Heavenly Dao, wandering in the boundless Taixu Star Sea, where he has yet to escape his predicament.

However, Taiwei had already achieved its goal at the beginning of creation. The harvest at the beginning of creation allowed Taiwei to build what can be said to be the most solid foundation in the primordial world.

It was precisely because of this foundation that Taiwei was able to exert all his strength not long ago to tear open a trace of the great power of the Primordial Heavenly Dao and throw one of his own Dao Fruits into the Primordial World.

This led to the earlier incident where Taiwei used his own Dao Fruit to evolve the Crimson Profound Treasure Tree, devised a plan to kill the Demon Tiger Azure Flood Dragon, and evolved his own Yin-Yang Dao Foundation.

In terms of seniority and experience, Taiwei can be considered an ancient being among the billions of living beings in the entire primordial world.

However, due to the unique nature of Taiwei's own Great Dao, Taiwei's own temperament has changed slightly compared to the beginning of creation. Taiwei does not know whether this is due to the change in the foundation of its own Great Dao or because its original personality has been erased by the power of the Heavenly Dao.

To be honest, Taiwei has changed somewhat since the beginning of time, and has even adopted a new Daoist name, Taiwei.

The Taiwei entity is now in a state between life and death, and will not react to the outside world except when Taiwei actively summons it. It can be said that it is already dead.

Now, Taiwei has become the true main body, while the former main body of Taixu Star Sea has become an existence similar to a puppet or a magic weapon.

Taiwei's body has gained all of its original body's memories and insights, but some of these memories and insights are sealed away layer by layer. Only when Taiwei's own cultivation reaches a certain level can these memories and insights be unlocked step by step.

It was precisely because of this part of the unsealed secrets and memories that, although Taiwei's own cultivation level was only at the Heavenly Immortal level, in terms of Daoist cultivation, Taiwei was no weaker than Long Qiao in front of him.

Furthermore, given that the fundamental book "Collection of the Eighteen Heavenly and Human Mysterious Pearls" originated from the evolution of Taiwei's main body within the Dao Fruit, Taiwei naturally had little interest in the Xuanmen book that Longqiao passed down to him.

However, Taiwei was quite interested in Long Qiao's actions, because due to the previous chaotic era, the primordial world of this era still retained the influence of the previous era's primordial world.

The Heavenly Dao of the current Primordial World evolved from the foundation of the Immortal Dao of the previous era. In addition to the Xuanmen Immortal Dao, many other acquired Great Daos also remain in the Primordial World of this era.

For example, there are many great paths such as the Way of the Sword, the Way of the Knife, the Way of Alchemy, the Way of Demons, the Way of Gods, the Way of Buddhas, the Way of Demons, the Way of Ghosts, the Way of Weapons, and so on.

Although these acquired Great Daos inherited from the previous era are extremely damaged, they are still Great Daos that have inherited the essence of the immortal civilization of the previous era, far exceeding the imagination of ordinary beings.

Therefore, many beings and cultivators in the primordial world mainly cultivated or secondarily cultivated the acquired Great Dao of the previous era, while Taiwei himself mainly cultivated the Dao of Alchemy and secondarily cultivated the Dao of Yin and Yang.

The Dao of Alchemy is the foundation of Taiwei's body, while the Dao of Yin and Yang is a selective practice undertaken to assist in the cultivation of the Dao of Alchemy.

Although Taiwei did not specialize in weapon crafting, alchemy and weapon crafting are inseparable, and Taiwei had considerable insights into weapon crafting. Longqiao had a profound understanding of weapon crafting, which Taiwei was far inferior to.

Taiwei's research on weapon crafting might offer some inspiration to Long Qiao, but it's impossible for Long Qiao to achieve a significant improvement in his cultivation level.

The reason why Long Qiao passed on a rather mysterious book of the Xuanmen to Taiwei must have been to try to bring Taiwei completely into the Xuanmen Immortal Path.

Upon first seeing Long Qiao, Taiwei immediately discerned that Long Qiao's fundamental path was the Immortal Path, while the Path of Weapon Forging was merely a secondary path he cultivated.

The beings in the primordial world can be roughly divided into five categories. The first category is the Xuanmen Immortal Path, which specializes in studying the true meaning of the Xuanmen Great Dao of the previous era's primordial world.

The second category is the Heavenly Gate Divine Path, which imitates the natural world and grasps the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The third category is the Yuanmen Demonic Path, which focuses on forging the physical body, refining yin and evil energy, pursuing power, and being the only one who is supreme.

The fourth category is Buddhism and Taoism, which seek enlightenment, inner liberation, and the attainment of the other shore.

Finally, there are the rogue cultivators who are not among these four categories. Taiwei belongs to the rogue cultivators. Whether it is the Xuanmen Immortal Path, the Yuanmen Demon Path, the Shimen Buddhist Path, or the Tianmen Divine Path, Taiwei sees no difference.

His cultivation was not about following the rules and regulations of these great paths, but about using his own rules and regulations to define these great paths, so Long Qiao's efforts were destined to be in vain.

However, although Taiwei did not intend to join the Xuanmen Immortal Path, he could use Long Qiao's methods to see just how far his cultivation had progressed.

Thinking of this, Taiwei's eyes flickered slightly, and the Longyuan Sword, which was retreating step by step in front of him, suddenly shone brightly, and the dim sword light became extremely bright in an instant.

A sharp sword light easily drew in the vast spiritual energy of the surrounding world, severing the five-colored smoke and mist that entangled the black sword blade. Long Qiao frowned as he felt the vibration of the Five Smoke Bronze Furnace.

(End of this chapter)