Primordial Era: Starting with the Immortals of the Jie Sect to Prove the Dao of Hunyuan

"Lying high in the nine heavens, I found the true Tao on my futon."

Beyond the mysteries of heaven and earth, I shall be the supreme leader.

Pangu gave birth to Taiji, from which Yin and Yang and the Four Symbols followed.

The leader of the Xuanmen (mysterious sects) transformed from a single breath into Hongjun.

The two sages were engaged in a great battle when suddenly they saw auspicious clouds and thousands of streams of auspicious energy rising from the south, accompanied by a strange fragrance. They saw a Taoist priest approaching with a bamboo staff in hand.

Suddenly, Hongjun Daozu waved his bamboo staff, effortlessly bringing Tongtian Jiaozhu and Zhunti Daoren to his feet. With another wave, the raging wind, water, and fire in the primordial world were calmed down, and the shattered space was restored as if nothing had happened.

Zhunti Daoist secretly sighed with regret. In just a few rounds of fighting with Tongtian Jiaozhu, he felt that the debt he owed to the Heavenly Dao had been reduced by one ten-millionth. If they could fight another three or five hundred rounds, that would be even better!

Thinking of this, Master Zhunti's eyes flickered, and a guess suddenly popped into his mind.

Could it be that the Dao Ancestor Hongjun suddenly appeared because he sensed that he was repaying the debt owed to the Heavenly Dao?

When Tongtian Jiaozhu saw Hongjun Daozu arrive, he thought to himself, "Just as I thought," and then sheathed his sword and stood still.

"Greetings, Dao Ancestor!"

"Greetings, Master!"

"Greetings, Grandmaster!"

Regardless of their own thoughts, everyone bowed together.

With a flick of his sleeve, Hongjun Daozu helped everyone up, glanced at them indifferently, and pointed his finger. The Zhuxian Sword that had pinned down the Styx Ancestor turned into a stream of light and returned to the hands of Tongtian Jiaozhu.

"I know everything that has happened here. It all stems from the greed and anger of the people, who have indulged in these wicked desires. If I had not come, when would the cycle of revenge have ended? I have come here out of great compassion to resolve your grievances and prevent the chaos of the primordial world from arising."

Hongjun Daozu spoke in a detached tone, cutting straight to the point without explanation or giving anyone a chance to speak, and directly delivered his conclusion.

"The Styx River, overcome by greed, punished him by making him apologize to Li Qing. Within the Sea of ​​Blood, a spiritual treasure is still being nurtured; Li Qing will retrieve it when the time is right."

Tongtian, this matter ends here. You must not make things difficult for the Styx River any further.

The purple aura is no longer within the gourd; therefore, in the primordial world, no one should further trouble Li Qing.

The Styx Ancestor was pale-faced. His 1.08 billion Blood God Sons had been completely annihilated by a single sword strike, and he himself was severely injured by the Immortal Execution Sword. At this moment, the Hongjun Ancestor spoke, disregarding his heartache for the spiritual treasures in the Blood Sea, and hurriedly said, "Dao Ancestor, have mercy!"

"When the Dao Ancestor merged with the Dao, he said that Hongjun was the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao was not Hongjun. Now it seems that the Dao Ancestor can still appear without taking the form of the Heavenly Dao!"

The Tongtian Sect Leader stared at Hongjun Daozu without speaking immediately, and Hongjun Daozu didn't mind, standing there quietly.

Not long after, a golden bridge appeared across Kunlun Mountain, and Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun arrived together to pay their respects to Hongjun Laozu.

When the Tongtian Sect Leader saw the two of them arrive, he knew that his previous attempt to test the Heavenly Dao had ended. Moreover, the person in front of him was Hongjun Daozu, not the Heavenly Dao Hongjun. He immediately said, "Master, it was my disciple who was wronged, not me."

Li Qing, you all, come and pay your respects to your grandmaster. Now that your grandmaster has spoken, do you have any objections?

Even though Li Qing and the others had already paid homage to Hongjun Daozu, Tongtian Jiaozhu still made them come to pay homage to Hongjun.

Li Qing's mind raced, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him. He guessed the Tongtian Sect Leader's intention: to make him and Zhao Gongming appear alone in front of the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, so that the Dao Ancestor would acknowledge their status as his disciples and grand-disciples!

If he is a disciple-grandson acknowledged by the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, then even if the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods comes in the future, his opponents will have to take this relationship into consideration during the great calamity!

After figuring it out, he was filled with gratitude for the Tongtian Sect Leader's arrangement and hurriedly stepped forward with Zhao Gongming and the Three Immortals to kneel down: "Grand-disciple greets Grandmaster!"

Hongjun Daozu raised an eyebrow and lightly tapped the five people with his bamboo staff, helping them to their feet.

"Fine, your master has asked you to decide. Now tell me, are you willing to let this matter rest?"

Li Qing respectfully replied, "It is entirely up to Grandmaster to decide; this disciple has no objections."

"good."

Hongjun Daozu nodded, gently stroked his beard, and with a tap of his bamboo staff, the Ninth Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus flew into his hand.

"Li Qing, since you are my grand-disciple, I will bestow upon you another Daoist title. Since you are a disciple of my Xuanmen, you shall be called Xuanqiong."

Zhao Gongming can be called Xuantan. Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao need not be changed.

As Hongjun Daozu spoke, he crushed the Ninth Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, transforming it into a wisp of innate, indestructible spiritual light: "Xuanqiong, bring me the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd."

Li Qing did as instructed, taking out the gourd with both hands and presenting it to him.

As soon as the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd appeared, all the powerful beings around it fixed their gazes on it.

"How pitiful, how pitiful, in the end, they still couldn't understand!"

When Hongjun Daozu saw that the gourd's spiritual light was dim and it was full of cracks, he couldn't help but sigh.

"This item already belongs to my grand-disciple Xuanqiong and has no connection with Hongyun. The Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd is incompatible with the will of my Xuanmen sect. Today, I will reforge it to erase the karmic ties between it and Hongyun, thus fulfilling Hongyun's wish!"

Everyone was startled when Hongjun Daozu said this.

Erasing the cause and effect and refining it means that Hongyun's whereabouts can no longer be tracked through this spiritual treasure!

However, due to the Dao Ancestor's majesty, no one dared to utter a sound. They simply stared at the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, as if they could find traces of Hongyun within it.

Moreover, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun formally acknowledged Li Qing's status as a disciple-grandson and bestowed upon him a Daoist title, the implications of which left everyone pondering.

Zhunti Daoist's eyes flickered.

He had been paying close attention to Hongyun's death the whole time, and even helped to profit from it, including by giving Li Qing the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to enter the Blood Sea.

Yunxiao and the other two were transformed from clouds and belonged to the same clan as the Hongyun Ancestor. Zhunti Daoist's plan was that when the Hongyun Ancestor was about to die, he would leave a legacy for Yunxiao and the other two.

Originally, the intention was to provoke the Styx Ancestor to attack Yunxiao and the other two, but unexpectedly, the Red Cloud Ancestor changed his mind and left the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd to Li Qing.

Although the outcome was the same—the Tongtian Sect Leader was enraged and attacked the Styx Ancestor, allowing him to take the opportunity to repay a portion of the debt owed to the Heavenly Dao—the current situation was beyond his expectations.

"I finally managed to repay a tiny bit, and you're going to help Dongfang close that tiny gap? It's not like I obtained the Primordial Purple Qi, is it really necessary?"

Zhunti Daoist looked at Hongjun Daoist Ancestor and felt a surge of resentment.

From the very beginning when the Zixiao Palace began its teachings, the Daoist Ancestor had no goodwill toward the West.

Given his and the Guide's status as inheritors of the last remaining fortune of the West, it was surprising that they were affected by the chaotic winds in the chaos, resulting in the futons being full when they went to Zixiao Palace!

This was even more true when he accepted disciples and bestowed magical treasures upon them.

What do you mean by saying that he has little affinity with the Amitabha Buddha and can only be a nominal disciple? And what do you mean by saying that he and the Amitabha Buddha are from the West and have no affinity with the Great Treasure of the East?

Thinking of this, Daoist Zhunti felt even more heartbroken!

He now suspects that Hongjun Daozu knew he was also in the Blood Sea at the time, so he took action to collect Hongyun's true spirit and Hongmeng Purple Qi, otherwise he would never have been able to find it!