This Was Merely One of His Passing Sighs

However, Houtu was still unable to defeat Hongjun.

As an existence of utmost importance, Taiqing naturally would not overlook Houtu.

Taiqing's current task was to elevate the Earth Dao and form an alliance with Houtu.

Although Houtu's current strength fell short of Hongjun's, her Karmic Position far surpassed his.

Hongjun was merely the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao. Even if he fully harmonized with it, his authority came from the Heavenly Dao and remained subject to Heaven.

Houtu, however, was the master of the Earth Dao. Once she fused with the Earth Dao, she would be able to truly command its power.

Therefore, what Taiqing needed to do was help Houtu break free from the constraints of the Heavenly Dao and elevate the Earth Dao.

Originally, this would have been difficult to achieve, since the Heavenly Dao would not easily allow the Earth Dao to free itself.

But now, with the Earth Dao Divine Seal, they merely needed to give it to Houtu for refinement, and the Earth Dao would certainly be elevated.

The alliance between Houtu and Taiqing grew increasingly secure.

Nüwa had already laid out the Human Path, Houtu controlled the Earth Dao, and Tongtian was about to leave the Purple Cloud Palace. With the three joining forces, they would eventually bring about the Unity of Three Teachings and establish the Daoist Sect.

Only by eliminating Hongjun could the Primordial Wilderness truly develop and evolve.

Even Taiqing, whose state of mind was as tranquil as still water, found it difficult to conceal his excitement when speaking of this future.

All of this was for the Unity of Three Teachings, for the establishment of the Daoist Sect, and for turning the Primordial Wilderness into Supreme Primordial Chaos.

Taiqing calmed his mind and pondered for a while before deciding to use the Celestial Compass to deduce the heavenly secrets.

Although saints could not set foot Beyond Heaven, and the Heavenly Dao guarded strictly against Taiqing, he already had a countermeasure.

The time had not yet come, so Taiqing chose to await the right opportunity.

In this contest against the Heavenly Dao, Taiqing displayed extraordinary patience.

All arrangements had already been completed.

During this period, Taiqing was rarely so free, so he took out the Dao Tablet of the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Celestial Art and studied it carefully.

With Taiqing's profound Dao attainments and the assistance of the Celestial Compass, he quickly grasped the mysteries of the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Celestial Art and deduced from it a powerful cultivation method.

Although this new cultivation method could not compare to the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Celestial Art, it far surpassed the Primordial Dao-Forging Method.

Most importantly, it had completely cast off the restrictions of the Pangu Primordial Spirit.

It could even be bestowed upon Xuandu for cultivation!

"Let it be called the Nine Revolutions Celestial Art." Taiqing smiled faintly.

After deducing the Dao Tablet of the Nine Revolutions Celestial Art, Taiqing willed it, summoning the Chaos Pearl.

The Chaos Pearl emitted a faint glow, and Taiqing's gaze shifted with it.

A single thought from a saint could give rise to one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred mysterious transformations.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Taiqing intended to thoroughly investigate the secrets of the Chaos Pearl.

As the most mysterious Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Pearl's abilities were certainly not limited to concealing heavenly secrets.

Not long afterward.

Taiqing's gaze shifted slightly, and he let out a soft sound of surprise.

He discovered that an immense Chaos World was actually hidden within the Chaos Pearl.

There were no living beings in this world, yet it contained something Taiqing had never expected—Primordial Chaos Origin.

The Chaos Pearl's world contained Primordial Chaos Origin.

At that moment, Taiqing finally understood the Chaos Pearl's true uniqueness.

He was overwhelmed with excitement.

After all, while the Primordial Wilderness was formed at the beginning of Heaven and Earth, Chaos was even older than the Primordial Wilderness.

Then where had Chaos come from?

The answer lay within Primordial Chaos.

The Primordial Wilderness originated from Chaos, while Chaos originated from Primordial Chaos.

Therefore, Primordial Chaos Origin was the foundation of both Chaos and the Primordial Wilderness.

Those Chaos Supreme Treasures and innate objects all traced their roots back to Primordial Chaos.

However, Primordial Chaos had long vanished over countless eras. In the present Primordial Wilderness, the only visible thing related to Primordial Chaos was Primordial Purple Qi.

A single wisp of Primordial Purple Qi could allow a living being to become an immortal saint. This alone showed how mysterious and powerful Primordial Chaos was.

Yet the Chaos Pearl had actually nurtured a strand of Primordial Chaos Origin. What would that mean?

Even merely considering that possibility thoroughly shook Taiqing's Dao Heart.

The existence of Primordial Chaos Origin might allow the small world within the Chaos Pearl to grow into a true Primordial Chaos World.

Although this was an exceedingly distant and challenging prospect, Taiqing still felt exhilarated.

That was because while Primordial Chaos Origin would have great difficulty growing into a Primordial Chaos World, it had another terrifying function—enhancing the origin essence of spiritual objects.

Tracing all spiritual roots and spiritual treasures in the Primordial Wilderness back to their origins, they had all been born from Primordial Chaos, only to decline into their present forms through later differentiation.

For example, the Chaos Green Lotus had differentiated into numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures. Even ordinary grass and trees in the Primordial Wilderness had once been divine objects containing Primordial Chaos Origin, only to gradually decline and differentiate into what they were now.

Thus, the existence of Primordial Chaos Origin could replenish the origin essence of spiritual objects in the Primordial Wilderness. Once spiritual roots and spiritual treasures received nourishment, their grades would naturally rise. In other words, they would be strengthened.

Taiqing Laozi now completely understood the strengthening effect of the Chaos Pearl.

The Chaos Pearl could enhance the abilities of spiritual roots and spiritual treasures.

An ordinary medicinal herb could be elevated to a top-grade Acquired Spiritual Root through the Chaos Pearl's strengthening.

Moreover, depending on the degree of strengthening, an Acquired Spiritual Root could even become a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root.

As for Innate Spiritual Roots, they had a chance of returning to the level of Chaos Spiritual Roots.

Likewise, spiritual treasures could also be strengthened.

What terrifying power! Even more shocking was that this strengthening ability could be further accelerated with the Time Dao Palace! This meant Taiqing could rapidly and continuously create vast numbers of top-grade spiritual roots and spiritual treasures.

Such a powerful ability left even Taiqing deeply shaken.

The number of innate objects in the Primordial Wilderness was limited. Even mighty saints possessed few Primordial Divine Objects.

However, the Future Dao Sect that Taiqing would establish would be entirely different. In the future, countless Daoist Sects would rise, everyone would possess the potential to become saints, and each person would own numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures. What a terrifying situation that would be! Who in the Primordial Wilderness could withstand it? Even Hongjun would be at a loss upon seeing it.

Thinking of this, Taiqing's heart filled with emotion.

"Sure enough, the Chaos Pearl is incomparably mysterious. Even if it cannot grow into a Primordial Chaos World, the abilities it has displayed are already astonishing." Suddenly, Taiqing felt a stir in his heart and believed that the Chaos Pearl might truly have a chance of growing into a Primordial Chaos World.

After all, he had already bound himself to the Primordial Origin and possessed the ability to continuously upgrade the Primordial Wilderness.

The Primordial Wilderness was expected to evolve into a Supreme Primordial Chaos World in the future, and perhaps the Chaos Pearl's world would have such an opportunity as well.

Taiqing even had a bold idea: after the Primordial Wilderness completed its evolution, might it have an opportunity to somehow merge with the Chaos Pearl's world?

The scene that would emerge then was truly enough to set one's imagination racing.

What kind of grand spectacle would that Multiverse Primordial Chaos World be? Could it become the ultimate birthplace of all myths?

Even Taiqing, with his profound state of mind, could not help feeling his heart surge.

A moment later, Taiqing gently shook his head, though a smile remained at the corner of his lips.

This matter was still far too distant. There was no need to worry about it prematurely.

For now, the most important thing was to make full use of the Chaos Pearl's power and lay a solid foundation for the future Daoist Sect.

With a thought, countless streams of light soared into the sky above Daluo Mountain.

A million ordinary grasses and mundane objects were instantly drawn into the Chaos Pearl, followed closely by one hundred thousand acquired spiritual objects.

More remarkably, ten Innate Spiritual Roots were also placed within the Chaos Pearl.

It was not that Taiqing had no more Innate Spiritual Roots in his possession, but that the Chaos Pearl had already reached its limit of what it could bear.

"Up to one million mundane objects can be strengthened at once, one hundred thousand acquired spiritual objects at once, and for now, it can only hold ten Innate Spiritual Roots.

"Returning the innate to Chaos truly is not easy, though perhaps its capacity can be increased in the future."

"However, all spiritual objects only have one chance to replenish their origin essence. There can be no more exploiting loopholes. That is indeed somewhat regrettable."

Taiqing murmured with emotion before smiling again.

This was merely one of his passing sighs.

Although the Chaos Pearl possessed heaven-defying power, it was only natural that it had limitations.

If it could strengthen spiritual objects infinitely without any restrictions, even the Great Dao likely would not tolerate such power.

Taiqing was quite satisfied with this.

Even though the Chaos Pearl's strengthening effect was constrained, its power remained frightening.

After placing spiritual roots or spiritual objects into the Chaos Pearl, he activated the thousandfold acceleration of the Time Dao Palace over them.

After that, there was no need to devote further thought to it. He merely had to wait for the results.

Once he had completed all this, Taiqing looked toward the Jade Clarity Realm.

How was Yuanshi's cultivation progressing now?

With a thought, Heaven and Earth began to turn.

Immediately afterward.

Taiqing quietly vanished from Daluo Heaven and appeared in Yuqing's Clear Micro Heaven.

Kunlun Mountain, Qilin Cliff.

Within the Jade Void Palace, the ground was paved with white jade.

Upon the Eight Trigrams Platform, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun was roaming the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds with his divine sense.

Golden flowers bloomed before Yuanshi, light shone behind him, and seventy-two-colored clouds surrounded his body, while the All-Heaven Auspicious Cloud floated above him.

The surrounding air was filled with the profound aura of the Great Dao. Clearly, Yuanshi was comprehending the Great Dao.

Taiqing's arrival did not interrupt Yuanshi's enlightenment.

A moment later.

Yuanshi slowly opened his eyes.

Within them, countless stars changed without end, innumerable universes evolved and came to an end, and his gaze was profound, as though he could see through all phenomena of the world and comprehend the origins of all heavens.

This phenomenon vanished in an instant, and Yuanshi returned to normal.

Taiqing nodded faintly, noticing that Yuanshi's cultivation had improved once more.

He was now qualified to cultivate the Primal Chaos Nine Revolutions Celestial Art.

At that moment, Yuanshi also noticed Taiqing standing before him.

Taiqing's sudden appearance left Yuanshi utterly shocked.

"Elder Brother, when did you arrive?" Yuanshi's heart was full of doubt. He had not sensed anything at all.

He had just been comprehending the Dao. Logically, he should have noticed even the slightest change, yet Taiqing's arrival had produced no sensation whatsoever.

Taiqing's aura was unfathomable. Yuanshi even suspected that if Taiqing did not wish to be discovered, he might truly be unable to detect him.

Thinking of this, Yuanshi's heart trembled.

Just how powerful had Elder Brother become?

Faced with Yuanshi's question, Taiqing merely smiled faintly.

"Second Brother, congratulations on succeeding in comprehending the Dao. Your cultivation has advanced again."

Yuanshi shook his head with a bitter smile. "It is only a minor improvement. I am still far from breaking through to the sixth level of the Dao Realm, much less comparing myself to Elder Brother."

"Elder Brother, have you broken through another realm?"

Yuanshi was currently at the peak of the fifth level of the Dao Realm. Every step forward for a saint was extremely difficult.

Yet Taiqing's Dao aura now flowed around him, and Yuanshi could not see through his realm at all.

Clearly, Taiqing's Dao Realm had already far surpassed what it had been before.

Yuanshi could not help but ask, "Since Elder Brother has come, could you give me some guidance?"

Yuanshi had pushed his cultivation method to its limit.

Although he knew full well that his Senior Brother far surpassed him, Yuanshi was also immensely proud.

Yuanshi Tianzun had always been extraordinarily proud.

Especially now, when cultivation concerned the grand plan of unifying the Three Teachings and reversing Hongjun's situation.

Yuanshi would never allow himself to remain useless.

Taiqing smiled faintly upon hearing this.

"Your cultivation has progressed slowly mainly because you are constrained by your cultivation method."

Yuanshi was stunned upon hearing this.

"What does Elder Brother mean? The Nine Revolutions Profound Art is already a top-tier cultivation method in the Primordial Wilderness."

Yuanshi was not wrong.

If one did not count the exceptional case of the Heavenly Dao's Hongjun.