Hongjun Becomes a Sage! The Zixiao Palace's Teachings Shake the Primordial World

At Kunlun Mountain Peak, purple qi stretched for thirty thousand miles.

Golden flowers and immortal music filled the nine heavens.

Nuwa sat cross-legged, her appearance solemn and sacred.

Dense Qi of Creation and Lin Shen's vast Origin Qi wrapped around her layer by layer, forming a massive azure-gold cocoon of light.

Behind her, the phantom of the Mountain and River Diagram of Social Order slowly unfurled.

Within it, the sun, moon, and stars revolved, all living things evolved, and a real great world was being born.

Boom—!

The Cultivation Bottleneck at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm could not even last a single breath beneath the unreasonable torrent of Lin Shen's Origin Qi.

It shattered with a roar!

A terrifying pressure erupted from Nuwa, shooting straight into the heavens!

This pressure was no less imposing than when the Three Pure Ones had broken through; it was even more vast.

Primordial Golden Immortal!

She had succeeded!

After the Three Pure Ones, the fourth Primordial Golden Immortal of the Primordial World had been born!

And it was not over yet!

This time, the Origin Qi Lin Shen had proactively "returned" had been transformed by Primordial Violet Qi, making it pure and immense.

Its energy level far surpassed what had helped the Three Pure Ones break through before.

After helping Nuwa break through to the initial stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, that azure Origin Qi not only did not weaken, but poured into her body even more fiercely.

Nuwa's newly stabilized realm rode a rocket once more.

It began soaring madly!

Peak initial stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm...

Another bottleneck appeared, only to be smashed through again in a single rush!

Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal!

In just a few hours, Nuwa had completed a heaven-shaking leap from the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to the mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm!

It was faster than riding a teleportation array!

As all the phenomena gradually subsided, Nuwa slowly opened her eyes.

Her already peerlessly beautiful eyes had become even deeper, even more compassionate.

She could see through the origins and ends of life, perceiving the supreme mysteries of creation.

Nuwa felt the Primordial Dharma power within her, unlike anything she had ever possessed before.

It belonged entirely to her and was no longer bound by the Heavenly Dao.

The shock in her heart was beyond measure.

She lowered her head and looked at the little fellow gazing curiously at her.

His small hand was still resting atop her head.

Her gaze was incomparably complicated.

Was this his power?

With a gentle touch, he had allowed her to cross a chasm that countless great powers had spent billions of years unable to overcome.

This could no longer be described as merely an "opportunity."

This was a true "miracle"!

"Thank you, little friend."

Nuwa rose to her feet and solemnly bowed deeply to Lin Shen.

This bow was even more sincere and heartfelt than Hongjun Daozu's earlier bow.

Hongjun's bow had been directed at the Great Dao, at that sliver of opportunity to become a Sage.

But her bow was for the genuine grace of being remade!

Seeing another beautiful older sister bow to him, Lin Shen scratched his head awkwardly.

He withdrew his little hand and said in a childish voice, "You're welcome, Sister..."

He was actually a little dazed inside.

I just thought Sister Nuwa was pretty, so I wanted to share some "good stuff" with her.

Why did she suddenly start glowing?

And glow for so long?

[ Ding! The host has successfully assisted Nuwa in breaking through to the mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm! ]

[Special achievement triggered: "Friend of the Holy Mother"!]

[The system has detected that this action holds major significance for the future birth of humanity and the evolution of Primordial World civilization. An excess reward will hereby be issued!]

[Reward: Host's cultivation has increased, breaking through to the peak initial stage of the Golden Immortal realm!]

[Reward: Divine ability—Hand of Creation (Beginner)!]

A string of system notifications rang out in his mind.

Boom!

An energy torrent even more immense than when he had broken through to the Golden Immortal realm surged into Lin Shen's body.

His Cultivation Bottleneck was shattered in an instant, carrying him directly from the initial stage of the Golden Immortal realm into a brand-new realm.

Peak initial stage of the Golden Immortal realm!

And that was not all. A mysterious piece of information appeared in his mind.

Hand of Creation (Beginner): The host may rely on his own will and consume Origin Qi to create simple life forms within a small area, such as flowers, grass, insects, and so on. The strength of the life forms created is related to the host's cultivation, willpower, and understanding of the laws of creation.

I can make people too?

Lin Shen was completely stunned.

This reward was unbelievably amazing!

Was this not Sister Nuwa's signature ability?

Though it was only at the beginner level and he could only make flowers and grass, it was still way too fun!

Lin Shen was so excited that he nearly jumped up.

Looking at his chubby little hands, he felt as though the door to a new world had opened.

Meanwhile—

The Three Pure Ones watched their disciple touch Nuwa once and make her break through on the spot to the mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Then they looked at themselves. They had worked bitterly, cooking and making toys, only to barely reach the mid-stage.

Their three Dao Hearts, tempered over countless epochs and firm as stone, shattered into dumpling filling at that very moment.

"Not fair..." Tongtian Jiaozhu muttered blankly, his eyes devoid of life.

"The Heavenly Dao is unjust..." Yuanshi Tianzun looked up at the sky, his entire life turning gray.

Taiqing Laozi silently walked into a corner and began doubting whether he had chosen the wrong "Dao" from the very beginning.

Perhaps he should never have cultivated Pure and Inactive.

He should have cultivated the Great Dao of "charming all living beings"!

Just as the Three Pure Ones collectively shut themselves away and began questioning life—

Time at Kunlun Mountain Peak seemed to have been put on fast-forward.

After Nuwa moved in, the unusual life of "four great powers raising one child" at Kunlun Mountain officially began.

Having learned a painful lesson, the Three Pure Ones completely cast aside their pitiful scraps of pride.

They began humbly learning from Nuwa, this "gold-medal nanny."

Tongtian Jiaozhu no longer studied those dark dishes with horrifying appearances.

Instead, he followed Nuwa's example and began trying to make cute-looking, lightly flavored Baby Meals.

He even restrained his sharp sword intent and used it to peel fruit for Lin Shen and carve fruit platters shaped like little animals.

Though the kirins he carved looked like mutts and the phoenixes looked like chicks.

At least he tried.

Yuanshi Tianzun no longer pursued artistic dishes containing the "ultimate truths of the Great Dao."

He began studying "stories."

Using Dharma power, he conjured all kinds of shadow puppet plays and told Lin Shen ancient legends of Pangu's Creation of the World and the struggle for supremacy among Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin.

Though his storytelling tone remained as flat and emotionless as ever.

Lin Shen still watched with great interest whenever he saw those vividly animated little shadow puppets.

Taiqing Laozi put his strengths to even better use.

He no longer refined Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs with fierce medicinal potency.

Instead, he began researching "sugar pills" in all sorts of flavors.

Using the essence of a hundred immortal fruits, he refined strawberry, orange, and grape-flavored "Nine Revolutions Fruit Candies."

Whenever Lin Shen behaved himself, he would kindly take one from his robe as a reward.

Nuwa, meanwhile, became Lin Shen's closest "playmate."

She would roll around with Lin Shen in the Hundred Herbs Garden and teach him about all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs.

She would use Qi of Creation to mold all kinds of little animals that could fly and run, playing with Lin Shen alongside them.

At night, she would hold Lin Shen and tell him bedtime stories about the stars, the seas, and all living things in the gentlest voice.

Under the all-encompassing, no-holds-barred pampering and competitive feeding of the four great powers—

Lin Shen lived more happily than an immortal.

His daily tasks were simply eating, drinking, playing, and having fun.

Nourished by all kinds of top-grade heavenly treasures and Origin Qi, his cultivation also rose like a rocket.

Peak initial stage of the Golden Immortal realm... mid-stage... late stage... peak!

Initial stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!

Before he knew it, a hundred years had passed in a flash.

Lin Shen's cultivation had firmly entered the initial stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

As for Daoist Duobao, the gatekeeper, he had spent years bathed in the Primordial Dao resonance of several great powers and the Origin Qi Lin Shen occasionally leaked.

He too had somehow stumbled into incredible luck.

In a muddled haze, he broke through to the initial stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

The entire Kunlun Mountain was filled with thriving vitality and harmonious joy.

One day—

The entire Primordial World suddenly trembled violently.

A supreme and boundless Sage's might, towering above all laws, swept forth from the depths of Chaos beyond the nine heavens.

Purple qi came from the east for ninety thousand miles!

Golden flowers fell from the heavens, while golden lotuses surged from the earth!

Countless laws of the Great Dao took tangible form, weaving through the sky into the most magnificent symphony.

Every living being in the Primordial World, regardless of cultivation or location—

At that moment, felt something stir in their hearts and unconsciously knelt toward the direction from which the Sage's might came.

"A Sage! A Sage has been born!"

At Kunlun Mountain Peak, Yuanshi Tianzun, who had been playing shadow puppets with Lin Shen, suddenly raised his head, brilliant light erupting from his eyes.

"It is Fellow Daoist Hongjun." Taiqing Laozi made a calculation with his fingers, a knowing smile appearing on his face.

"He succeeded."

Hongjun had Proved the Dao and Become a Sage!

Just as everyone was immersed in the shock brought by that vast Sage's might—

A calm yet majestic voice resounded within the primordial spirits and seas of consciousness of every living being in the Primordial World.

"I am Hongjun. Today, my merits are fulfilled, and I have attained the position of Sage."

"A thousand years from now, beyond the Thirty-three Heavens, I shall expound the Great Dao within Zixiao Palace."

"Those with Destiny may all come and listen."

The voice faded, but that Sage's might lingered for a long time.

The entire Primordial World was completely set ablaze by this news!

A Sage would preach the Dao!

What an earth-shattering opportunity!

For a time, countless great powers emerged from seclusion and began seeking every possible way to find the path beyond the Thirty-three Heavens.

And at that moment—

At Kunlun Mountain Peak, space before the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa rippled slightly.

That figure clad in a simple Daoist robe, with an ancient and unadorned face, silently appeared once more.

It was none other than Hongjun Daozu, who had just Proved the Dao and Become a Sage!

Only this time, his aura had become completely different.

If he had previously been an unfathomable ocean—

Then now, he was the entire universe!

Every movement of his resonated with the Heavenly Dao, and his Words Manifested Reality.

Yet when he looked at the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa—especially Lin Shen—his gaze remained gentle, without the slightest arrogance of a Sage.

"Three fellow Daoists, Fellow Daoist Nuwa." Hongjun gave the four of them a slight Daoist salute.

"This humble Daoist greets you."