Primordial Era: I, Hongyun, take charge of the literary path

In the vast wilderness, years are forgotten; in the blink of an eye, the ocean has become a vast expanse.

After parting ways with Shuiyun, Hongyun randomly chose a direction to explore, and tens of thousands of years passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the years, Hongyun has been constantly thinking about the laws, the great principles, and the path to the future.

Generally speaking, the 90% rule corresponds to the perfection of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, 60-70% is the initial stage, 70-80% is the middle stage, 80-90% is the later stage, and 90% is the perfection.

In theory, 90% of the law is the limit of the law; going any further transforms it into "Tao".

What is the Tao? The Tao is beyond words!

Before Hongjun preached, why were the new generation of "innate saints" all stuck at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm? Even the Three Pure Ones were only at the Great Luo Perfection level.

Is it because their talents are inferior to those of Zulong, Shiqilin, Yuanfeng, Hongjun, Luohou, and Qiankun?

No, of course not.

It's because they are too "clean".

The First Dragon, the First Qilin, the Yuan Phoenix, Hongjun, Luo Hou, and others were either reincarnations of the Chaos Demon God or had received the inheritance of the Chaos Demon God. They understood the path ahead and how to cross the threshold from the Law to the Great Dao.

The new generation of innate saints do not know the way ahead. They stop before the Great Way, but do not know where the door is.

When Hongjun preached, he pointed out an upward path, and everyone rushed towards it like madmen.

There is an old saying in the primordial world, "If I hear the Dao in the morning, I can die content in the evening," which speaks to the cultivator's dedication to the Great Dao.

The quasi-saint path pointed out by Hongjun is the immortal path. If you want to take this path, you must change your cultivation to the immortal path.

However, which of the innate sages wasn't a person of extraordinary talent and pride? Surely many of them wanted to learn from Hongjun's immortal path and forge their own path.

Without external pressure and given enough time, figures like the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Dijun, Taiyi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Kunpeng might have been able to learn from the path of quasi-sages and forge their own paths.

Hongjun only needs to move one chess piece, namely Dongwanggong, to put pressure on all the innate deities, forcing them to give up their persistence and switch to cultivating immortality.

It's like Lin Pingzhi found the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual and immediately spread it throughout the martial arts world.

Those who have mastered the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual have all made rapid progress in their strength. How many of them can remain steadfast?

When one innate deity after another abandons their original beliefs and turns to the path of immortality, their strength advances by leaps and bounds, creating a great trend of immortality cultivation in the prehistoric world.

Under the prevailing trend of cultivating immortality, those innate saints who could have lived a carefree and independent life will also be swept up by the world's trends and forced to embark on this path of no return.

Whether it was the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, or Emperor Jun and Taiyi, or Fuxi and Kunpeng, they all chose the path of immortality.

But two people persevered: Jieyin and Zhunti. Even though they were slower than others at first, they walked with determination and steadfastness.

This is also why, when Hongjun gave his three lectures and accepted disciples, the Three Pure Ones became his personal disciples, Nuwa became his closed-door disciple, while Jieyin and Zhunti were only nominal disciples.

After the Investiture of the Gods, Hongjun and Jieyin and Zhunti addressed each other as fellow Daoists, and this was the reason.

Because Jieyin and Zhunti forged their own path, a Buddhist path independent of the Immortal Path.

The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa did not achieve this.

In Hongyun's view, those who can break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm have already laid the foundation for the Great Dao.

If you switch to cultivating immortality on the foundation of the Great Dao, it's like building a concrete and steel skyscraper on the foundation of a wooden house. The higher you go, the more difficult it becomes, and every step is like walking a tightrope.

This is why Zhen Yuanzi, Kunpeng, west Wangmu, and others are stuck at the Quasi-Saint realm, not even reaching the peak of Quasi-Sainthood, and are stuck at the mid-to-late stage of Quasi-Sainthood.

It's not that we can't walk anymore, it's that we can't walk at all. If we take another step, the entire wooden foundation will be crushed by the concrete and steel building, and eventually the whole thing will be destroyed.

When Hongjun preached, there were three thousand mortals, but only a few became famous. Perhaps many people quietly passed away when they broke through to higher realms.

To overcome this calamity, Hongyun thought of the "Primordial Purple Qi," which would strengthen the foundation of the Great Dao with the power of the Heavenly Dao, ultimately enabling even wood to withstand concrete buildings.

If one continues down this path, one will become a saint, but Hongyun does not want to be that kind of saint.

There's a saying in ancient Chinese fantasy novels: "Below the sage, all are ants; under the Heavenly Dao, even the sage is an ant. A sage whose weakness is exploited is nothing more than a puppet."

A sage was born from the primordial purple aura, and his primordial spirit was entrusted to the Heavenly Dao.

The Dao of Heaven is immortal, and sages are indestructible. It sounds good, but it cannot hide the fact that one cannot be free. The path of immortals seeks transcendence, but is instead bound by shackles.

"My path is the path of literature, and that has never changed."

Hongyun's eyes grew increasingly determined, but he also felt a sense of urgency, because he had to cultivate to the perfect state of a Great Luo Golden Immortal before Hongjun began his sermon.

Make thorough preparations and find your own path as soon as possible after Hongjun expounds the Path of Quasi-Saints, so as to break through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm before the great wave of cultivation erupts.

If most of the innate saints have broken through to the quasi-saint realm, while he is still hovering at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level without any strength to rely on, the Witch Clan, the Demon Clan, and the Eastern King Duke's Celestial Court may all force him to make a choice.

If Hongyun were just an ordinary Great Luo Immortal, he would be fine, but if he obtained a wisp of Primordial Purple Qi, then he would be doomed, and might really end up like Ancestor Hongyun.

As the saying goes, a new beginning brings a fresh start to everything.

After the Dragon-Han Great Calamity ended, the entire prehistoric world, baptized by time, has been rejuvenated with boundless vitality, and the traces left by the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races are rapidly dissipating.

The new era is flourishing, and countless precious medicinal herbs are being nurtured. Without the leadership of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, the myriad races of the primordial world have once again fallen into conflict.

Between heaven and earth, a red auspicious cloud streaked across the sky, leaving a red line in the void.

Hongyun sat on the auspicious cloud, letting it move forward "aimlessly," while he refined weapons and pills.

Suddenly, five energies rose from Hongyun's chest, transforming into auspicious clouds. The three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit, blooming in nine grades, floated on the auspicious clouds, evolving boundless Daoist charm.

One magical treasure after another floated in the auspicious clouds; these were all acquired spiritual treasures that Hongyun had refined in the past.

Among these acquired spiritual treasures, the Primordial Measuring Ruler and the Book of Literary Fortune occupy the most central position.

Hongyun remained calm, radiating Daoist energy that resonated with heaven and earth, manifesting boundless divine light, eloquent and wondrous phenomena, and evolving earth, water, wind, fire, clouds, and divine thunder.

In front of Hongyun was a crimson-gold cauldron, a post-natal spiritual treasure he had crafted.

The Four Symbols Cauldron, crafted by Hongyun, is a superior-grade acquired spiritual treasure. It uses materials related to the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, ultimately forming 30 acquired restrictions.

The Four Symbols Cauldron naturally evolved into the Four Symbols Divine Fire. Red Cloud summoned a large number of spiritual objects and materials, and urged the Four Symbols Divine Fire to fuse and refine them. The spiritual objects and materials were all transformed into the Origin, and streams of divine charm and mystery evolved from the Origin.

Then, Hongyun cast a series of forbidden spells and array patterns, incorporating and evolving countless creations.

Clumps of primordial energy spun around in the treasure cauldron, and the primordial energy of numerous spiritual objects and materials began to change.

Over several thousand years, array flags emerged from the treasure cauldron one by one. Each of them possessed at least a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure. In total, there were twenty-seven array flags.