A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye!
"This sermon has concluded. Return and contemplate it carefully."
"We shall obey the Venerable Teacher's decree!"
"Feng Xuan, Dragon Xuan, Qilin Xuan, you three remain."
"Yes."
After the other disciples had left.
"This Seat will soon enter seclusion. This seclusion will require a very long time, so This Seat intends to entrust the affairs of the War-ending Sect to you."
"Ah? Venerable Teacher, this..."
The three disciples stared blankly at Chi Yu.
"It is nothing. You will merely manage the sect in my stead. Once This Seat emerges from seclusion, you will be relieved of your duties."
After pondering for a while, the three asked again:
"Then why not entrust it to the Vice Venerable Teacher?"
"Qing Wei will not do. His temperament is far too flighty, and his mind is not mature enough. If he managed the sect, Floating Pagoda Island would probably be ruined."
Thinking it over, that did seem to be the case.
The three then nodded.
"We shall obey the Venerable Teacher's decree and certainly protect the War-ending Sect until the Venerable Teacher emerges from seclusion!"
"Good."
"Take these Lingbao and spiritual roots. Use them as rewards for meritorious disciples."
Chi Yu tossed the Void Bracelet to Feng Xuan.
"Yes."
Chi Yu then pointed a finger, and three beams of holy light shot into their minds.
They contained both insights into laws and the previously modified War Diagram Saint Method and Body Tempering Art.
"Thank you, Venerable Teacher, for bestowing the methods!"
"It is nothing. Go and carry out your duties."
"We take our leave!"
The few of them then departed excitedly.
Chi Yu nodded and flashed back into Azure Dust Palace.
At that moment, Green Phoenix was waiting for Chi Yu within Azure Dust Palace.
The moment she saw him appear, she threw herself into his arms.
"Qing Chen, I heard that you will be entering seclusion for a long time?"
Chi Yu looked at her in confusion.
"How did you know?"
"Oh! I heard it from Red Sparrow. She said that you were arranging for my sister and the others to manage the sect, and that you would soon enter long-term seclusion."
"I had just come to find you and happened to run into Red Sparrow hurrying over. That was how I learned of it."
"That girl!"
"Did something major happen?"
Green Phoenix frowned tightly as she looked at Chi Yu with concern.
Chi Yu stroked Green Phoenix's head and shook his head.
"Nothing. This Seat merely needs to enter seclusion to cultivate the First Source Method. It will take quite some time, that is all."
Only after hearing this did Green Phoenix relax.
"Then do you need my help?"
Chi Yu smiled helplessly.
What help could someone at the Heavenly Dao Realm offer me, someone at the Great Dao Realm?
"No need!"
"Then... all right! I will wait for you to emerge from seclusion!"
Chi Yu nodded.
What followed was a tender exchange between them. Once it was over, Chi Yu entered the secluded cultivation area within Azure Dust Palace.
He then waved his hand to form an array. A Chaos-grade grand array covered the cultivation area, and once it was complete, he flashed into the Chaos Profound Yellow World within his body.
That was right. He planned to temper his Three Thousand Sources within this Chaos Profound Yellow World.
Simply put, the Three Thousand Sources meant experiencing and comprehending three thousand different lives. One lifetime was one source, after which the sources would merge into one.
Chaos Profound Yellow World, Three Ancestors Space.
"Greetings, Father God!"
"Rise."
"This Seat wishes to experience the Three Thousand Sources here and condense the Three Thousand Source Methods. You need only assist."
"Yes."
Immediately afterward, Chi Yu sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began condensing the First Source.
He remained seated like that for a thousand years.
"Chirp!"
A source origin shot out from Chi Yu's body, then vanished from Three Ancestors Space and flew into a vast minor world among the Three Thousand Great Worlds.
Purple Firmament Palace.
Hongjun was currently delivering his second sermon.
"This sermon will last three thousand years and shall expound the Dao of Quasi-Saints. All of you should contemplate it carefully."
Then countless phenomena appeared, with Golden Lotuses Sprouting from Earth.
To cultivators, those three thousand years passed quickly. It was no more than the time it took to blink or take a nap.
During this second sermon, all living beings benefited greatly.
Hongjun spoke solely of his Way of Severing the Three Corpses.
Taiqing severed a corpse on the spot and entered the Quasi-Saint realm.
Yuqing likewise successfully severed a corpse soon after.
Near the end of the sermon, Dijun and Taiyi successfully severed corpses as well.
Of the six great cushions, only Jie Yin and Zhun Ti of the west had yet to successfully sever a corpse. The Three Thousand Guests of Purple Firmament began whispering among themselves and offering their judgments.
According to the original timeline, the leader of the male immortals and the leader of the female immortals were supposed to be selected next. However, the current Heavenly Dao was no longer as it had been before, so it did not assign Hongjun that task.
Thus, the matter was simply passed over.
"This sermon has concluded. Return and digest what you have learned properly. In ten thousand years, I shall speak of the Sage Dao."
After saying that, Hongjun vanished from the preaching platform.
The crowd gradually left Purple Firmament Palace and returned to digest their gains.
Nothing much happened during this time either.
Until one day.
Several members of the Witch Clan, driven by their appetites, ate the Princess of a subordinate race of the Demon Clan, and the matter escalated further and further.
In the end, it reached the ears of Dijun, who had already established the Demon Clan Heavenly Court and become the Demon Emperor.
"The Witch Clan has gone too far in bullying my Demon Clan!"
He then sent several Demon Gods to demand justice from the Ancestral Witches.
But they were beaten back.
How could this be tolerated? The Witches and Demons erupted into their first great war.
From then on, the Witch and Demon Tribulation began.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches: Di Jiang, Ju Mang, Zhu Rong, Ru Shou, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, Hou Tu, Qiang Liang, Zhu Jiuyin, Tian Wu, Xi Zi, and She Bi Shi.
None possessed a Primordial Spirit, but their physical bodies were immensely powerful. They also disdained such demon creatures.
"From this day forth, my Witch Clan shall treat demons as food. To hell with the Demon Court!"
"Witch!"
"Witch!"
"Witch!"
Friction between the Witches and Demons continued without end, and Tribulation Qi began to erupt.
Chaos Profound Yellow World.
A minor world known as Soul Control Continent.
Subduing Dragon Village.
The blazing sun hung high in the sky.
Suddenly, a beam of holy light descended from the heavens.
With a whoosh, it fell into the home of an ordinary farming family surnamed Yang.
At that moment, the pregnant woman suddenly felt a twisting pain in her abdomen and cried out in agony.
The man surnamed Yang, who had been chopping firewood in the courtyard, hurried inside.
"Husband, quick, quick! I think I am about to give birth."
The man froze, then hurriedly rushed out of the courtyard and headed for the nearby midwife's home.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Wang Erniang, are you home?"
"I am, I am!"
The midwife opened the door and found Yang San standing there.
But Yang San gave her no chance to speak before dragging her toward his home.
"Quick, quick! My wife is about to give birth."
The moment Wang Erniang heard that, she understood.
After arriving at Yang San's home, she instructed him to boil hot water.
By then, the nearby neighbors had all learned the news and came over to help.
Once everything was prepared, the delivery began.
"Yang San, just wait outside."
The frantic Yang San was driven out of the room, where he paced back and forth anxiously.
At noon.
A loud infant's cry spread through the entire village.
"Waaah!"
Wang Erniang came out, excitedly carrying the baby.
"Yang San, congratulations! It is a boy."
Yang San grinned and quickly took the baby for a look.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"I, Yang San, have an heir!"
"Waaah!"
Is this the First Source? An ordinary farming family? Or is there some hidden truth?
The First Source that Chi Yu had sent out from Three Ancestors Space had descended here and begun its First Source life.
Six years later.
"This continent is called Soul Control Continent, a world where Soul Controllers reign supreme."
"Everyone must go to the altar at the age of ten to awaken their Life Soul."
"Different Life Souls have different potential for growth."
"From the moment a Life Soul awakens, one's strength becomes closely tied to it."
"If the Life Soul is strong, then the Soul Controller is strong."
"The way to improve a Life Soul is to kill Soul Beasts of different ranks."
"That is all I know for now."
Yang Yu, Chi Yu's First Source, had gotten up early in the morning to ask his neighbors about this continent.
"Then, Uncle, how can I awaken my Life Soul?"
"You will have to ask in town. There is nothing in the village to awaken it with. Why not ask the village chief?"
"Uh... Uncle, have you never awakened one?"
That question left the man dumbfounded.
How was he supposed to explain this to a child?
In the end, he slapped his thigh!
"Because I missed the best period for cultivation, I only awakened a useless Life Soul. There is no need to mention it!"
"Uh..."
"All right!"
In fact, Yang Yu had long noticed that something was wrong.
The people in this village were anything but ordinary, and so were his parents.
Although he was only a six-year-old child at this moment, his soul had truly belonged to a Great Dao Realm expert.
Though it had been sealed, his perception could not be wrong.
"Sigh! I wonder when my adoptive parents plan to tell me the truth?"
"Am I the Saint Child of some great sect, or the abandoned heir of a great clan? No, it should be my adoptive father who is the abandoned one."
"Still, the name Yang San does have the air of a protagonist."
"Forget it! I haven't awakened yet, and I can't use my strength at all. There's no point thinking so much. I should go back!"
Yang Yu turned and headed home.
"That kid!"
After Yang Yu left, everyone shook their heads.
Upon closer inspection, one would discover that they all exuded the aura of high-level Soul Controllers.
So Yang Yu's perception had not been wrong. This village truly was far from ordinary.
Back home.
"Mother!"
"What are you making? Where's Father?"
Yang Yu jumped into the kitchen and looked at his busy adoptive mother.
"Yu'er, you're back!"
"Mother is making potato pancakes! Your Father went out hunting. He should be back soon!"
"Oh~"
"I was wondering why Father left so early this morning without saying a word!"
~
Yang Yu spoke with the exaggerated confidence of a precocious child, making his adoptive mother burst into laughter.
Before long,
Yang San returned with a full load of prey!
Yang Yu (Chi Yu's First Source) sprang into Yang San's arms.
"Father!"
"Ah! My good son!"
He then picked Yang Yu up and raised him high into the air.
After fooling around for a while, Yang Yu looked at the prey on the ground, then turned to ask his adoptive father a question.
"Father."
"Can Yu'er ask you something?"
Yang San rubbed Yang Yu's head and smiled faintly.
"What does Yu'er want to ask? Your father will tell you everything he knows!"
"Um, the prey you hunted... they're all Soul Beasts, right?"
Both his adoptive father and mother froze!
Yang San frowned slightly as he looked at Chi Yu.
"How did you learn about Soul Beasts?"
"I-I heard it from Uncle Ling Four. He told me some things about Soul Controllers."
Yang Yu then looked up at Yang San.
"Father, you're a Soul Controller too, right?"
Yang San stared at his son in a daze.
Then he shook his head and turned to return to his room.
His adoptive mother came over, picked Yang Yu up, and shook her head at him.
"Don't casually mention Soul Controllers in front of your Father again. Do you understand?"
Now Yang Yu understood. He thought for a moment, then nodded.
Night fell.
Yang Yu lay in bed, thinking endlessly and tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
"This source of This Seat's... crossing this tribulation surely won't be so simple."
"What cause and effect made my adoptive Father avoid the words 'Soul Controller'?"
Yang Yu shook his head.
"Forget it! I'll take things as they come. Time to sleep~"
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