The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

In reality, there is no such thing as primordial purple energy. What is most important are the first few prayer cushions in the Purple Cloud Palace, which are commonly known as the holy positions.

As for why they can be called saints, the key point is not actually those few prayer cushions, nor is it that the Grandmaster Hongjun selected them as disciples and made them saints, but rather that they are capable of becoming saints and have the qualifications to become saints.

"In the past, the Heavenly Dao had already been established. After the Dao Ancestor became a Primordial Saint, the number of Saint positions was already determined. Just as there are now a limited number of Great Luo Saints, the same is true for the Limitless Great Luo Saints and the Primordial Quasi-Saints. There were nine Saint positions, but now there are only seven, leaving only two. However, the Primordial World has its limits, so one was occupied first. How many Saints are there now?" Zhenyuan Daxian gave Luozu a math problem.

"It seems that I am also a contender for the Holy Throne with the Great Immortal," Luo Zu said half-jokingly.

Zhenyuan Daxian chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist's cultivation speed is indeed quite fast; perhaps you can truly catch up in the competition for the Sainthood."

"Is the Great Immortal joking?" Luo Zu asked curiously.

Zhenyuan Daxian shook his head: "How can this be taken so lightly?"

Luo Zu nodded solemnly: "Then I must cultivate quickly and attain Quasi-Sainthood as soon as possible, so that I can discuss the Dao and Sainthood with you all."

Ambition knows no age; a virtuous person should strive for self-improvement without ceasing.

Zhenyuan Daxian then recounted the old stories of Zixiao Palace from years past.

After attaining sainthood, before merging with the Dao, Dao Ancestor opened the Zixiao Palace in the Outer Heaven. He then spread the Dao's message throughout the world, making all beings aware of the existence of Dao Ancestor, and that he would pass down the realm above the Great Luo Limitless.

At that time, all the great gods of the primordial world were still wandering in the Great Luo Limitless Realm. In some areas, the cultivation realm was not even unified. Although the Three Sovereigns ruled the world and sorted out the principles and ethics of the world, they also expanded the realm to the Great Luo Realm. However, the relevant realm was not explained, and it was not something like Golden Immortal or Profound Immortal. At that time, there was chaos. Later, various forces took turns to rise and fall, stirring up trouble on the primordial land. Chaos arose in various places. Even when the three races were fighting for supremacy, the realm in various places was not unified.

Later, it was the Dao Ancestor who ascended to heaven and established the division of realms in the outer heavens. This gave cultivation in the primordial land a general realm, which is now known as the Immortal Realm. Great figures who know about it will call it the Mysterious Gate Realm.

Besides accomplishing such a major task, the announcement and dissemination of the realm above the Great Luo Limitless was also accomplished.

Upon hearing this, the great gods of the primordial world set off from the earth, from various blessed lands and small realms, and from various wondrous places. In the end, as many as three thousand great gods arrived at Zixiao Palace, so later generations also referred to them as the Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace.

Of course, this claim was not widely disseminated; it was only recorded among the three thousand guests, who then addressed each other as fellow Daoists.

These three thousand guests are also key to the matter of the Holy Throne. Because the Dao Ancestor Hongjun's voice transmission reached all parts of the prehistoric world at the same time, and the Zixiao Palace has a special location, being in the outer heavens, but the Dao Ancestor used his great supernatural powers to make the distance from all places to the Zixiao Palace the same. However, there will be many obstacles in between, which is to test the wisdom and great fortune of the great gods.

With this arrangement, those who arrived at Zixiao Palace first were none other than these current pioneers of the primordial world.

First, the Three Pure Ones arrived, followed by all the other great gods. Among them, Nuwa, with the assistance of the great god Fuxi, arrived at Zixiao Palace before the other great gods and took her seat. Then, the two Western Saints, whose Taoist powers were also formidable, pushed aside the other great gods and also took their seats.

"Hmm? The two Western Saints... have taken their seats first?" Luo Zu was slightly surprised.

It turned out that instead of Hongyun Patriarch and Kunpeng sitting down, the two Western Saints coaxed the kind-hearted Hongyun into giving up his seat, as if they were mourning a funeral.

Then, incidentally, they also dragged Kunpeng down with them.

That makes sense. If that were the case, the Hongyun case should also involve Kunpeng holding a grudge against the two Western Saints, and then settling scores with them. It's impossible that he has remained indifferent until now.

After all, before the two Western Saints became saints, their realms... were probably not much different from those of the Great Luo Wuji.

"Hongyun, due to his own genius, ultimately defeated Kunpeng and obtained a futon."

"Isn't this too hasty? Determining a saint's position on a futon?" Luo Zu wanted to ask, but Dao Zun was right beside him, so he kept quiet and didn't mention it.

But upon closer examination, it is actually related to the selection mechanism set by the Dao Ancestor Hongjun. Given the same distance and the same tailor-made test of equal difficulty, those who can solve the test first are naturally the ones with the highest aptitude and talent.

Therefore, there was nothing wrong with Hongjun Daozu's choice, or rather... He didn't care who came, as long as there were people coming.

Even if the first one to arrive was a Golden Immortal, perhaps He could still grant the position of Saint.

"If that's the case, shouldn't Ancestor Hongyun also become a saint?" Ancestor Luo asked.

"Actually, quite a few great gods arrived at Zixiao Palace at the same time: Taiyi Dijun, Kunpeng Minghe, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Hongyun and I, the Queen Mother of the West and the King Duke of the East, all arrived at the same time as Fuxi and Nuwa. However, there were some differences among them. Taiyi was actually a little faster, while Nuwa was dragged down by Fuxi. So Fuxi finally helped Nuwa with all his might and squeezed out all the great gods." Zhenyuan Daxian emphasized a story about Nuwa.

"Hongyun actually got lucky and took a seat among the various powerful figures while they were competing." This hidden secret is quite interesting.

"Moreover, Hongyun also had a relationship with the Three Pure Ones, and they secretly helped him at the time."

Therefore, at this point, it's worth mentioning that those who are virtuous receive much help.

"Then why did the Eastern Emperors only harm Hongyun? It can't be because the Three Pure Ones are like one body, and the two Western Saints are brothers, so they couldn't bring themselves to do it." Luo Zu still didn't understand.

Having learned about the realm of saints, and that the sainthood is closely related to this realm, how could those great gods only besiege Ancestor Hongyun and leave the other sainthood holders alone?

Even Luo Zu wouldn't do something so foolish; they must all be eradicated.

It can only be said that Luo Zu was born too late, and those older generations of Luo Zu all liked to tamper with the river of time. Today you cut a piece, tomorrow I will cut a piece, and in order to keep the river of time running normally, they would also fabricate history, so that later generations could only scratch their heads in frustration when faced with this past that was either shrouded in mystery or completely nonsensical, yet somehow connected to the past.

As for this secret of Zixiao Palace, countless dark hands have been touching and cutting it, leaving it unrecognizable. Otherwise, given Luo Zu's current Great Luo realm, he has already quietly traced back to his original cultivation in the long river of time in the primordial world. How could he possibly need Zhenyuan Daxian to tell him this history?

"That's because their Great Luo Limitless is different," Zhenyuan Daxian said mysteriously.

What does "different" mean? Luo Zu didn't quite understand.

"It was a state of being... that I can't even describe now." (End of Chapter)