Primordial Era: I, Yuan Hong, am solely focused on stability; humanity remains clear-headed.

Chapter 100: The Great Tribulation of Godhood Begins! Advancement to the Mid-stage of the Great Luo Realm!

Seeing that Tongtian had only written a few dozen names before walking away, the other saints frowned and sighed helplessly.

There was nothing they could do; they couldn't order Tongtian to fill all the Jiejiao disciples' spots.

Seeing this, Taiqing Laozi shook his head and stepped forward to sign the Investiture of the Gods.

"Among the direct disciples of my Human Sect, only Xuandu is present. I, this old Daoist, can only fill the gap with my benevolent corpse, the Supreme Lord Laozi, as a substitute. Do you all have any objections?"

Taiqing Laozi wrote and spoke at the same time.

Upon seeing "Taishang Laojun" appear on the list, the other sages were somewhat surprised, but they all nodded in agreement.

Frankly speaking, it is already an honor for the Investiture of the Gods and the Heavenly Court to fill in the blank with the benevolent corpse of a saint!

It is more than enough to replace a disciple of a sage.

Since the Humanist sect only has Xuandu as its sole heir, it's understandable that Lao Tzu would make such a decision.

From then on, Laozi would take up a post in the Heavenly Court and refine elixirs there.

Of course, this might also be part of Lao Tzu's scheme, wanting to plant a spy in the Heavenly Court.

But Lao Tzu himself is so influential that no one can object to him.

Furthermore, the other sages had already made up their minds that, even if they schemed against each other during this great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, they could not set their sights on Xuandu.

Otherwise, I'll fight them to the death!

After Laozi finished signing, Yuanshi Tianzun could only frown and step forward.

Without hesitation, he wrote down the names of some third-generation outer disciples of the Chan Sect.

In fact, these disciples were all recently recruited by the Chan Sect, and were temporarily taken in by the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect!

Clearly, Yuanshi Tianzun had already made his plans.

After all, during the great calamity of the human race's struggle for supremacy, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect emerged from the mountains and committed mortal sins, and they would inevitably be entangled in karma during the great calamity.

In order to save them from death and take their place in disaster, Yuanshi instructed his disciples to recruit a group of disciples recently to serve as scapegoats!

This time, filling in the Investiture of the Gods list was just what they needed.

Yuanshi naturally didn't think anything of it; everything was in accordance with the will of Heaven.

Seeing that the Three Pure Ones had finished filling in the blanks, the two Western Saints exchanged a glance, both with bitter expressions on their faces.

Then, he could only slowly walk forward, his expression as if he had been cut in half. Anyone who didn't know better would think that he had lost some priceless treasures.

There's no way around it; the western lands are too barren, far inferior to the East, a land of outstanding people and abundant resources.

Not only are resources and spiritual treasures scarce, but talented people are also extremely rare.

Therefore, the Western Sect did not want to hand over even the outer disciples.

Unfortunately, when Hongjun Daozu's indifferent gaze fell upon them, the two Western Saints could only reluctantly fill in a few names, their hearts bleeding.

Then, he left with a pained expression.

At this point, all the saints had signed the Investiture of the Gods.

As for the final sage Nuwa, she was able to truly stay out of the world and remained very calm throughout.

After all, ever since the great calamity of the Lich King and the fall of the demon race, Nuwa has been living a secluded life in the Nuwa Palace, not even wanting to take on a disciple, let alone having any sect or monastery.

Only one child, Lingzhuzi, left early and was reincarnated, becoming Nezha later on.

Therefore, the signing of the Investiture of the Gods by all the saints was completed.

The names on the Investiture of the Gods list represent only a very small number of people, less than a hundred, far from the two thousand.

The atmosphere in Zixiao Palace became somewhat heavy for a moment.

After a long silence, Dao Ancestor Hongjun said calmly:

"Since you can't reach an agreement, then each of you shall rely on your own abilities during this great calamity."

"After your disciples perish, your true spirits will automatically be listed on the honor roll."

"Go."

After giving his instructions, Hongjun Daozu waved his hand and sent the six saints out of Zixiao Palace.

If we can't reach an agreement now, no problem, the divine calamity will come next!

In any case, this great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is an inevitable trend of the Heavenly Dao and it is bound to happen.

The saints stood amidst the chaos, astonished by the unfathomable power of Hongjun Daozu.

Afterwards, the group exchanged glances, then each transformed into a stream of light and headed towards their respective dojos, without saying anything more.

Everyone knows that in the great calamity to come, their disciples will likely become enemies.

However, although the saints were solemn, they only believed that this was a fight between disciples.

No one could have imagined that this would eventually escalate into a bloodbath between saints...

……

After all the saints jointly signed the Investiture of the Gods, the evil energy of the great calamity began to surge suddenly between heaven and earth, seeping out from the depths of the earth and from the void, obscuring the heavens and the earth!

The entire secrets of heaven, and even the long river of destiny, were shrouded in a dark veil.

This immediately alarmed countless powerful beings.

Many ancient monsters, which have existed since time immemorial, even showed a hint of fear in their eyes.

The great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods has officially begun!

Swish!

On Jin'ao Island, after Tongtian Jiaozhu returned, he went directly into Biyou Palace and summoned all his disciples.

After all the disciples had entered, Tongtian suddenly seemed to remember something, looked at the Three Immortals of Sanxiao, and asked:

"Has your friend Yuan Hong left Jin'ao Island?"

"Respectfully, he left after your sermon. He must be traveling elsewhere now."

Yunxiao responded directly.

The Master of Heaven nodded without saying anything.

Yuan Hong had just been promoted to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm when he produced the Nine-Rank Three-Flower, demonstrating his exceptional talent and shocking the entire audience.

At that time, Tongtian had the idea that after preaching, he could make an exception and accept Yuan Hong as his disciple.

However, now that such a major event as the Investiture of the Gods has occurred, the Tongtian Sect Leader's interest has faded.

Just then, he suddenly remembered that Yuan Hong had already left, so Tongtian gave up on the matter and put it out of his mind for the time being, since they weren't destined to be together anyway.

"Now, the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods has begun, and you may also encounter danger."

"Remember, during a great calamity, it is best to stay in seclusion and quietly recite the Yellow Court Classic."

"Moreover, your cultivation is still too poor. Without becoming quasi-saints, you will ultimately find it difficult to stand on your own."

As Tongtian spoke, he directly bestowed a large amount of rare resources upon several of his personal disciples.

He made up his mind to accelerate the improvement of Duobao and the others' cultivation, and even to help Jinling, Wudang, Guiling, Yunxiao and others advance to the Quasi-Saint level...

……

after a while.

Within a small cultivation cave, a powerful aura suddenly surged and spread, before quickly receding.

"Mid-stage Great Luo cultivation..."

A glint of light flashed in Yuan Hong's eyes; he had been cultivating very diligently during this period.

Although he had to wait for Jingwei to refine pills from time to time, his progress wasn't explosive, but it was still very fast, and he had successfully advanced to the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Moreover, it's a dual advancement of both physical body and primordial spirit!

Most importantly, having cultivated to this stage, he has only used up a small portion of the resources within his Myriad Spirits Diagram!

If this continues, once all these resources are refined into pills and completely purified, they may be able to help him advance to the Great Luo Perfection realm!

Now that he has stopped cultivating, he can see that Jingwei's aura is somewhat unstable, as if something has happened to her.

(End of this chapter)