Bai Yi Preaches the Dao, the Dao's Voice Backlashes against the Beings of Douluo?

Hearing this, Golden Crocodile Douluo chuckled, cupped his hands, and said politely,

"You flatter me, big brother. When dealing with a clown who doesn't know the height of heaven or the depth of earth, you have to strip away his fig leaf and teach him the meaning of shame."

"Let's wait in peace and see just what kind of earthshaking, heaven-reaching good fortune that revered god from another world intends to impart to Xue'er!"

The worships all stroked their beards and laughed, their gazes fixed on the vast screen in the sky.

Meanwhile, in the Journey to the West world.

Mount Lingtai Fangcun, the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars.

Qian Renxue had risen early.

The little girl studied her soft, childlike appearance in the bronze mirror, now that she had shrunk to the age of six. A look of awkwardness flashed across her face, exquisite as a porcelain doll's.

When can I change back?

Will I have to wait another ten years?

As she was thinking, a crisp knock came from outside the door.

"Junior sister, Master has taken his seat and summoned you and senior brother to the side hall to hear him expound the Dao."

It was the voice of Qingxuan, the Daoist attendant.

Qian Renxue put aside her thoughts and answered in a childish voice, though her expression was solemn.

"Sorry for the trouble, Senior Brother Qingxuan. I'll be right there."

In the corridor outside the side hall, Qian Renxue happened to run into the monkey, who was also on his way there.

Sun Wukong was wrapped in a Daoist robe that was clearly too long for him. Its hem dragged along the ground as he hopped along, looking utterly comical.

The two entered the side hall.

Bai Yi sat cross-legged on a cushion at the front, dressed in a dark Daoist robe.

The monkey and the little girl bowed low as soon as they entered the hall.

"Your disciple Sun Wukong greets you, Master!"

"Your disciple Qian Renxue greets you, Master!"

Bai Yi slowly opened his eyes and looked at the two of them. Then he gently waved his sleeve, and a gentle force lifted them to their feet.

"Since we established our relationship as master and disciples yesterday, today I shall impart the true meaning of the Great Dao."

"Sit down on the cushions and listen as I explain."

Sun Wukong scratched his ears and cheeks with delight, plopped down on a cushion, and crossed his legs.

Qian Renxue also sat upright on a green cushion.

Seeing them settled, Bai Yi spoke calmly.

"The Great Dao has no form, yet gives birth to heaven and earth. The Great Dao has no feelings, yet sets the sun and moon in motion."

"Living beings seek immortality and the Dao for nothing more than to shed their mortal bodies and rise above the sea of suffering."

"The path of cultivation goes from shallow to profound. The three realms of mortal, immortal, and saint are separated as though by heavenly chasms..."

"Those called mortals must refine essence into Qi, refine Qi into spirit, refine spirit to return to emptiness, and refine emptiness to unite with the Dao. They must shed turbid Qi, condense their True Spirit, and survive the Nine Heavens Tribulation. Only then can they wash away all earthly impurities and enter the immortal realm."

"Those called immortals progress through Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, and Daluo Golden Immortal. They leap beyond the Three Realms and stand outside the Five Phases, transcending cause and effect, untouched by ten thousand tribulations. Only then are they beings of eternal life."

With every word Bai Yi uttered, a golden lotus of purple Qi appeared in the air of the hall.

Sun Wukong scratched his ears and cheeks as he listened, and the foundation he had accumulated over countless years plunged him into a profound enlightenment beyond profundity.

On the other side, however, Qian Renxue was bewildered.

She heard every word Bai Yi spoke perfectly clearly.

But when they were strung together, she could not grasp their profound meaning.

It was completely at odds with everything she had known on the Douluo Continent!

In the Douluo World, the highest pursuit of Soul Masters was simply to hunt Soul Beasts, seize Soul Rings, and increase their Soul Power.

But the Dao Bai Yi spoke of was entirely different.

Qian Renxue found it difficult to follow, but as time passed, she gradually began to get into it.

The screen showed Bai Yi expounding the Dao to all the beings of Douluo, exactly as it happened.

Shrek Academy.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the other Shrek Seven Devils were gathered around Yu Xiaogang, who had just slowly regained consciousness.

Suddenly, the voice of the Dao from the screen came crashing down!

"Mortals shed turbidity, immortals transcend, saints attain Primordial Chaos..."

As soon as these few words rang out, Tang San and the others listened to the mysteries within them.

In less than a moment, a tearing sensation erupted from the depths of their souls!

"Ah!"

Tang San was the first to let out a muffled groan. He clutched his head in both hands, and his knees buckled, nearly sending him to the ground.

Like Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others forced themselves to listen to the Great Dao, with the same miserable results.

Yu Xiaogang, who had just awakened from his coma, presumptuously tried to listen to the Dao Bai Yi was expounding. He immediately clutched his head and screamed.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, countless Soul Masters clutched their heads and cried out in pain at that moment.

It was not that they were unable to comprehend the Dao Bai Yi expounded. The simple reason was that the countless Soul Masters and ordinary people of the Douluo Continent were not included within the ordained rules.

The only people who could barely understand it without suffering a backlash were those who belonged to Spirit Hall.

After all, Qian Renxue was Spirit Hall's young lady.

Aside from them, Soul Beasts were not human, and they too could barely understand the Dao Bai Yi expounded.

In Spirit City, before the towering Pope's palace.

Bibi Dong, dressed in magnificent papal robes and holding a scepter, listened to the voice of the Dao coming from the screen. At first, her face turned pale.

But thanks to her talent as the Rakshasa God's inheritor, she dimly grasped a trace of the true essence of the rules of heaven and earth.

This god is far more powerful than the Rakshasa God!

Bibi Dong murmured to herself.

Elsewhere.

In the Worship Hall on the mountain behind.

Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu, Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the worship Douluo Jiang Mo, Qian Jun, and the others had long since sat down cross-legged. Though they looked strained, golden light flowed around them as they listened, enraptured.

Qian Daoliu sat cross-legged beneath the Angel God Statue, his body trembling involuntarily.

All because of the Angel Divine Power within him, which had originally come from the Angel God's rules.

Now, after hearing the explanation of Refining Emptiness to Unite with the Dao and attaining Pure Yang, it had actually begun to break free of the bounds of divinity and merge with his own Qi, blood, and soul!

A trace of power that had belonged to the Angel God and been lent to him was transforming into power that belonged to Qian Daoliu himself.

Towering waves of shock surged through Qian Daoliu's heart. His eyes reddened, and his face was filled with wild joy.

"It can be done! It really can be done!"

"As the Angel God's Great Enshrined, my fate in this life is merely to wait for the Angel's inheritor to appear, then offer up this worn-out body as a sacrifice, shattering myself to pieces to open the divine trials and the path to godhood!"

"But if what this Dao says is true, why can't I become divine myself?! Why can't I shed my mortal body and ascend to godhood myself?!"

"If I can become a god, what worry would the Qian Family have of not flourishing forever?!"

For a moment, all the worship Douluo in the Worship Hall felt that Qian Daoliu's words...

Made sense!

After all, someone else becoming a god was not as good as becoming a god themselves.

Those who became gods first could lead those who became gods later!

But just as Spirit Hall's upper ranks were immersed in the wild joy of having their understanding overturned, the barrage comments in the screen's discussion area were already full of resentment.

Large numbers of low-level Soul Masters and imperial nobles who could not listen to the voice of the Dao began complaining bitterly on the screen.

[Heaven Dou Empire Soul Elder · Zhang San]: I don't understand! I can't understand a thing! My head's about to explode! What kind of wicked art and demonic nonsense is this?!

[Star Luo Empire Soul Grandmaster · Li Si]: Listening to it made my Martial Soul backlash, and I can't stop vomiting blood! This isn't a cultivation method at all. It's a deadly demonic sound!