Primordial Era: I am a treasure trove, full of magical treasures.

The Sanqing Hall was completely silent. After hearing Xuanbao's explanation, the Sanqing also felt that Hongjun must have a problem. Their original idea of ​​becoming a saint as quickly as possible had to be slowed down. After all, knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain, it is rare for people to go to the tiger's den. Normal people would avoid tigers.

"From today onwards, do not mention Xuanbao's matter to anyone outside, lest you bring about your own death." Laozi's expression was grim. Xuanbao quickly nodded in agreement, "Disciple understands, I will certainly keep my mouth shut." Yuanshi Tianzun frowned deeply and slowly spoke, "Now that Hongjun is suspected, we must be even more cautious in our subsequent actions." Tongtian Jiaozhu looked unwilling, "Are we just going to give up the opportunity to become a saint like this?" Laozi pondered for a moment and said, "It's not about giving up, but we cannot be hasty right now. We need to secretly investigate Hongjun's movements and intentions before devising a better plan."

"Ahem! Masters, I might have a way." Now that things had come to this, Xuanbao no longer held back. If his masters were the two Western masters, he really wouldn't be able to help them. But the key to the Three Pure Ones becoming saints was that they possessed three layers of creation merit. They only needed to use a large amount of merit to trigger creation merit, and the Three Pure Ones could naturally become merit saints.

Upon hearing this, the Three Pure Ones all turned their gazes to Xuanbao. Xuanbao took a deep breath and said, "Masters possess three levels of creation merit. If they can attract a large amount of merit and trigger a resonance of creation merit, they may naturally become merit saints."

Lao Tzu's eyes lit up. "This plan is feasible, but where will this vast amount of merit come from?"

Tongtian and Yuanshi's eyes lit up when they heard what Xuanbao said.

Ahem! I do know how to obtain merit, but masters, I don't recommend you become merit saints now. Although Hongjun has problems, as he said, becoming a saint through merit is the lowest level of strength. You masters are the true descendants of Pangu, are you willing to only become merit saints with the lowest strength? "Besides, if you masters don't use the Primordial Purple Qi, will Hongjun attack you? At that time, with your strength as merit saints, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist."

Upon hearing Xuanbao's words, the Three Pure Ones became solemn and fell silent. After a while, Yuanshi Tianzun slowly spoke: "Xuanbao's words are reasonable. Although achieving sainthood through merit is secure, it is the weakest path in terms of strength. We are the true descendants of Pangu, and naturally we cannot lag behind. As Hongjun said, there are four ways to achieve sainthood: proving the Dao through force, proving the Dao through laws, proving the Dao through merit, and his method of severing the three corpses. Now, Hongjun's method of severing the three corpses is definitely problematic, and proving the Dao through merit is the weakest path. As for proving the Dao through force, even the Father God failed to do so back then, so we can only dream about it. In the end, only the path of proving the Dao through laws remains."

After listening to his second master's analysis, Xuanbao had to admit that it was very insightful. However, from a later perspective, Xuanbao was still too conventional. Who said that there was only one way to become a saint? Although the path of righteousness through force was not feasible, it was not impossible to follow the other three paths at the same time.

Xuanbao had an idea in mind, so he said, "Masters, actually, becoming a saint doesn't necessarily mean choosing only one path. Although proving the Dao through force is fraught with difficulties, it's not impossible to pursue the other three paths simultaneously. Proving the Dao through laws allows one to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, and the strength is the strongest among the three methods. Proving the Dao by severing the three corpses is risky, but one can specifically seek out spiritual treasures of the same origin. When the three corpses merge into one, one can simultaneously become a saint through merit. At that time, cultivating all three methods at the same time, one's strength will certainly not be underestimated."

The Three Pure Ones, upon hearing Xuanbao's words, all wore thoughtful expressions. Laozi stroked his beard and said, "This idea is indeed bold and novel, but cultivating three methods simultaneously is unimaginably difficult; a slight misstep could lead to complete failure." Yuanshi Tianzun nodded slightly, "Indeed, the risk is extremely high, but if successful, the achievements will be limitless." Tongtian Jiaozhu, on the other hand, looked excited, "What's there to be afraid of? We should forge our own path to sainthood!"

Seeing that the Three Pure Ones had expressed their intentions, Xuanbao continued, "Masters, you can each go into seclusion to comprehend the laws, and at the same time, look for spiritual treasures of the same origin to sever the three corpses. As for merit, I already have a merit-accumulating matter to discuss, and I should be able to accumulate quite a bit of merit."

"Oh!" Upon hearing that Xuanbao had a meritorious deed to perform, the Three Pure Ones immediately became interested, and their gazes toward Xuanbao became more fervent. This was related to their hope of attaining enlightenment, so they naturally paid extra attention.

Masters, don't you feel that the order of time in the primordial world is chaotic and the universe is disordered? When Xuanbao came to the primordial world, he felt that the primordial world really did not treat time as time. Although the innate gods knew from birth that one epoch is divided into twelve cycles, each cycle should be 18,000 years old, and one epoch is 129,600 years old, if you ask what year it is, I'm afraid no one can answer. The primordial world has no such concept at all. Everyone starts counting from the moment they are born.

The Three Pure Ones, after being prompted by Xuanbao, also realized the chaos of the primordial timeline. "My precious disciple, are you asking us to establish the primordial timeline?"

"That's right, it's the primordial era."

The three Pure Ones exchanged glances and all felt that establishing the primordial order was feasible and would surely be a great act of merit.

The following time was spent discussing with Xuanbao and the Three Pure Ones how to establish the primordial timeline. Along the way, Xuanbao kept pointing out that they could make a calendar to record the primordial timeline, use an hourglass to record the time, and make a sundial to record the time of each day.

After further preparations, a century later, the group was finally ready. The Three Pure Ones nodded, took a step forward, gazed at the heavens, and simultaneously proclaimed:

"Heaven's will is above, and the Great Way bears witness."

"I am one of the Three Pure Ones of Pangu. Now, seeing the chaotic order of the primordial world, with no order between heaven and earth, and many inconveniences for living beings, which has led to the proliferation of chaos, I have specially created this Xuanhuang Calendar."

Sanqing continued in a loud voice.

"The sun rises in the east, illuminating the earth, which is daytime; the moon hangs in the sky, its silvery light spreading throughout the universe, which is nighttime; the alternation of day and night constitutes a day."

"A day has twelve two-hour periods, namely Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao..."

"Thirty days make a month."

"December is the length of a year"

"Looking to the Way of Heaven, let us all take heed."

A deafening roar echoed from the sky, followed by a shower of celestial flowers, golden lotuses blooming from the earth, and countless other wondrous phenomena appearing—a sign of auspiciousness.

A massive pillar of merit descended from the sky, splitting into seven parts above the Three Pure Ones. Four of the larger parts, roughly seventy percent of the Heavenly Dao's merit, flew towards the Three Pure Ones and Xuanbao, who was observing from the sidelines. The remaining three parts flew towards the calendar, hourglass, and sundial. These three items, originally mid-grade acquired spiritual treasures crafted by Yuanshi, had now become top-grade acquired merit spiritual treasures, their power no less than that of top-grade innate spiritual treasures. As for why the Three Pure Ones added "Dao Dao" to their oath to the Heavenly Dao, it was naturally at Xuanbao's request. After all, it was still uncertain who held the power over the Heavenly Dao in the primordial world.