Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 84 The Five Realms of the String Path

The moment the Pure Dao Lord appeared, Taiwei frowned. Although there is no limit to the number of cultivators on a single Great Dao, ultimately only one cultivator can fully master that Great Dao.

The Pure and Serene Dao Lord is an incarnation of the Supreme Heavenly Venerable himself, specializing in alchemy. Although his cultivation level is not as high as that of Taiwei, in terms of alchemy expertise alone, the Pure and Serene Dao Lord is definitely superior to Taiwei. In other words, only one of Taiwei and the Pure and Serene Dao Lord can exist in the end.

However, it doesn't really matter. The Supreme Celestial Venerable is the most learned person in the primordial world. He possesses extremely profound cultivation in all three thousand Great Daos. The fact that he could become a top-tier being in the universe while simultaneously cultivating all three thousand Great Daos is enough to demonstrate his terrifying talent.

The existence of the Three Thousand Great Dao Incarnations has actually put the Supreme Incarnation on the opposite side of many powerful beings. After all, the Great Daos cultivated by these people are all included by the Three Thousand Great Daos, and the Supreme Incarnation naturally understands this as well.

Therefore, apart from a few individual incarnations, the Supreme Being himself and the other top-level beings who cultivated the same Great Dao were all severed by the Supreme Being in front of many top-level beings in the Heavenly Netherworld the moment they appeared.

Of course, the Supreme Being's strength and influence were among the best in the world, so many powerful beings also had to repay this favor by handing over the acquired treasures they had crafted to the Supreme Being.

Now that the Pure Dao Lord has appeared before Taiwei, it could be either that the Supreme Heavenly Venerable is preparing to sever this Great Dao incarnation and cut off his karmic ties with Taiwei, or that he is preparing to use this Great Dao incarnation to compete with Taiwei for control of the Golden Core Great Dao in the future.

A great path can be roughly divided into five stages according to the cultivator's level of control, known as the Five Realms of the Path: Celestial Techniques, Law Enforcement, Principle Control, Enlightened Mind, and Enlightened Path.

Celestial practitioners comprehend the branches of the Great Dao and understand their own methods. Celestial practitioners do not involve the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, but only its branches. Among cultivators, they are equivalent to the three major realms of Celestial Immortal, True Immortal, and Golden Immortal.

Those who attain Qi Fa have just begun to make contact with the Great Dao. Although it is only a minor aspect, it can still be considered as entering the proper path and witnessing the truth. In the cultivation realm, Qi Fa should be considered as Taiyi realm.

In other words, all the so-called top-level beings in the primordial world today have only just touched upon the Great Dao and are far from mastering it. Of course, this is just a rough comparison of realms. The true cultivation of top-level beings like Taiwei and Taishang is definitely higher than that of so-called Qifa practitioners.

The Ruler is someone who can already control a portion of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and can use the true meaning of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth to empower themselves. Most of the top powers in the Primordial World have already reached this level.

In terms of actual cultivation levels, the Ruler corresponds to the Great Luo Dao Lord, who is above the Taiyi Realm. As for the Enlightened One and the Dao Seeker, who are above them, they correspond to the Hunyuan Realm and the Hunyuan Saint Realm, respectively. However, these two realms are still too far away for the people of the Great Primordial World.

If Taiwei's current Golden Core Dao Avatar is classified according to the Five Realms of the String Dao, he should only be considered a barely qualified Ruler. However, this Ruler is still far inferior to other top-level experts.

Even with the Pure Daoist Dharma Body of the Supreme Celestial Venerable, Taiwei could sense that the other party's comprehension of the Golden Core Dao surpassed his own.

However, Taiwei has now transformed into the Primordial True Saint, and the Pure Dao Lord, an ordinary innate Dao True Lord, is naturally no match for Taiwei.

Taiwei glanced at the silent Daoist Qingjing, ignored him, and looked at the many top experts present. Taiwei smiled and said, "Fellow Daoists, it's been a long time."

"I never imagined you could return from the brink of death. Even the Heavenly Punishment couldn't completely annihilate you. You're truly blessed with good fortune, Heaven."

The Demon Ancestor Rahu's voice was deep, his face full of coldness. However, Taiwei had now returned after his tribulation, and although his cultivation was still far inferior to theirs, he could not be defeated in just a few moves.

With Yang Mei, Fuxi, and Nuwa by his side, even if he was unwilling to let Taiwei return, he was powerless to change the fact.

The title "Azure Heaven Dao Master" was Taiwei's Dao title at the beginning of creation. At that time, Taiwei was specializing in the Heavenly Dao, hence the Dao title "Azure Heaven." However, Taiwei has now rebuilt his origin, and the Dao title "Azure Heaven" has been abandoned by Taiwei.

"My current Taoist name is Taiwei. Please don't call me by the wrong name again, Rahu."

Taiwei looked at Luo Hou with icy eyes. Although he had returned to his peak, his cultivation, realm, and combat power were still no match for Luo Hou. However, Taiwei showed no fear when he looked at Luo Hou.

Compared to others, Rahu has more enemies. Both the Three Pure Ones of the Xuanmen sect and Shakyamuni Buddha of the Buddhist sect are intentionally or unintentionally suppressing the expansion of the demonic path. Among them, Lingbao Tianzun even replaced Taiwei in the beginning of creation, and frequently causes trouble for the demonic path and Rahu.

If Taiwei had not returned, Lingbao Tianzun and Mozu Luohou would inevitably have had a deadly battle in the future. But now that Taiwei has returned, Mozu Luohou immediately transferred all his hatred for Lingbao Tianzun to Taiwei.

Compared to the Daoist struggle between Lingbao Tianzun and Taiwei, the hatred between him and Taiwei was far more complex and intertwined. It was an intractable cause and effect, which could only be ended by the complete death of one of them.

"If you'd like, we can start a life-or-death battle right here now."

Taiwei spoke calmly and confidently, showing no intention of backing down as he looked at Luo Hou. The Demon Ancestor Luo Hou stared coldly at Taiwei, determined to end Taiwei's life here. He was confident that he could completely eliminate Taiwei.

However, looking at Lingbao Tianzun behind him and then at the Buddha Shakyamuni who had just appeared, Demon Ancestor Rahu suppressed his anger and did not make a move. Rahu knew that even if he could deal with Taiwei, he would then be besieged by five beings of the same level: Lingbao Tianzun, Buddha Shakyamuni, Yang Mei, Fuxi, and Nuwa.

With such a lineup, let alone him alone, even before Di Ke was killed by Nuwa, his demonic path did not have the ability to deal with five top-level beings of the same level at the same time.

Taiwei looked at the silent Demon Ancestor Rahu and let out a cold laugh. He then turned to the Ancestral Dragon Emperor Cangdi and said, "My ability to transform back into the Primordial True Saint this time can be attributed to the help of Xuanqi's origin from the Dragon Clan."

"Originally, I wanted to repay the Dragon Clan with some reward to settle this matter, but unfortunately, Xuanqi did not die by my hand in the end, so this reward is gone. If your Dragon Clan seeks revenge in the future, please remember this and don't look for the wrong person."

"Hmph, Xuanqi may not be anything special, but he is a pure-blooded true dragon of my Dragon Clan. You devoured his essence, and my Dragon Clan will definitely pursue the matter. Of course, Zixiao, who dared to seize the pure blood of my Dragon Clan, will not escape either."

The Azure Emperor recalled the numerous messages from Taiwei, and a cold expression appeared on his face. A pure-blooded true dragon at the Taiyi realm was already qualified to serve as an elder in the dragon race.

Although Xuanqi was able to reach the Taiyi realm entirely thanks to Zixiao's secret help, the Azure Emperor didn't care about that. Anyone who dared to scheme against the Dragon Clan was an enemy of the Dragon Clan.

(End of this chapter)