"Once you understand this matter, it is very simple. If you cannot understand it, you will never figure it out for the rest of your life.
Of the three Heavenly, Earth, and Human Books, the Heavenly Book is controlled by the Heavenly Dao.
The Human Book is controlled by the Human Dao, so the Earth Book should naturally be controlled by the Earth Dao. But where is the Earth Dao now?
Dao Ancestor Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, and Saint Houtu merged with the Human Dao. Yet no one has merged with the Earth Dao, because there has never been an Earth Dao Saint!"
Huang Tian spoke helplessly.
Originally, only Hongjun knew of this matter. Through a series of maneuvers, he had directly prevented Zhen Yuanzi, who possessed the Earth Book, from becoming a saint.
When Hongjun preached at Purple Heaven Palace, Zhen Yuanzi had attended every single session without fail. But Zhen Yuanzi should never have gone!
Hongjun comprehended the Heavenly Dao!
What Zhen Yuanzi needed was to comprehend the Earth Book and cultivate the Earth Dao. By going to listen to Hongjun preach, he had been thoroughly influenced by Hongjun's Dao. That was why the Earth Dao could no longer emerge.
Or rather, perhaps the Earth Dao had always existed, but no one had merged with it.
Upon hearing this, how could Zhen Yuanzi fail to understand? His face turned deathly pale.
"In other words, I should have been an existence like Dao Ancestor. I am the Ancestor of Earth Immortals—the true Ancestor of Earth Immortals!"
His words were somewhat awkward, but everyone present understood. Once Zhen Yuanzi became a saint through the Earth Dao and ultimately merged with the Earth Dao, everything in the Earth Immortal Realm would be under his control.
Just as within the