Buzhou Mountain Accepts Disciples, Dao Protection Sect Established

Arriving at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, Taichu went to Pangu Hall!

If one were to speak of the place in the Primordial Wilderness that Taichu cared about most, aside from Three Immortals Island, it would naturally be Pangu Hall!

The Twelve Ancestral Witches no longer rejected Taichu, for they could sense a natural closeness to him!

As soon as Taichu entered the hall, twelve blood cocoons rushed over to him.

Looking at the twelve little ones, Taichu was filled with joy.

"Greetings, Senior. May we ask what connection you have with our Witch Clan, that you can freely enter and leave Pangu Hall?"

Di Jiang, the leader of the Twelve Witches, spoke.

"Senior?"

Taichu raised an eyebrow.

"I am your uncle. Cultivate diligently. Do not take form until you reach Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. Do you understand?"

"Uncle?"

Di Jiang asked suspiciously.

Then he said, "We shall obey your command, Uncle!"

When he looked up again, Taichu was nowhere to be seen.

At the foot of Buzhou Mountain, atop the Dao Platform!

Taichu sat upright at the head, while below sat a dense crowd of various beings who had come to hear the sermon.

"This is my Third Sermon. This time, I will not speak of cultivation methods or realms, but of the ethics of heaven and earth, and the creation of all beings. Contemplate this on your own!"

With those words, Taichu began to preach on his own.

During Taichu's sermon, the beings below were utterly absorbed, immersed in the ethics of heaven and earth and the way of creating all beings that he expounded.

They grasped the mysteries within, as if placed in an entirely new world.

As time passed, some beings showed expressions of sudden enlightenment, while others shook their heads, faces full of confusion.

In the blink of an eye, three thousand years had passed!

After Taichu finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.

Soon, however, a being stood up and bowed deeply to Taichu in gratitude.

"Thank you, Dao Venerable, for your teachings. Hearing this Great Dao for the first time today is like being awakened from a stupor!" The speaker was a Giant Turtle.

Other beings chimed in one after another, expressing their insights and gains.

Looking up, Taichu saw that although this Giant Turtle only had Golden Immortal cultivation, he possessed keen spiritual roots and an excellent temperament.

Taichu smiled at the scene, greatly satisfied.

Gazing at the multitude below, Taichu spoke unhurriedly: "The three sermons are concluded. After thirty epochs, the Ferocious Beast Calamity will arrive. This is the natural order of the Primordial Wilderness's development, and no one can change it. Cultivate diligently to face the great tribulation!"

Hearing this, everyone was greatly alarmed.

They all knelt, begging Taichu for protection.

"This is a destined calamity, unchangeable, irreversible. You must rely on yourselves to cross it!"

After hearing this, the crowd fell silent.

Taichu looked at the Giant Turtle: "Giant Turtle, step forward. I wish to take you as my disciple. Are you willing?"

The Giant Turtle was first stunned, then knelt down: "Disciple is willing!"

"Do you have a name?"

"Disciple does not."

"Then I shall grant you the Dao name Xuan Yuan. Is that acceptable?"

"Disciple obeys your command!"

With that, Taichu pointed a finger at Xuan Yuan.

Instantly, the Giant Turtle transformed into the form of a young Daoist.

"Disciple thanks Master for the transformation!"

"You are the first disciple under my tutelage, so your cultivation naturally cannot be too low. Today, I bestow upon you Great Dao Merit to aid your cultivation. Do not slack off."

As he spoke, a strand of Profound Yellow Qi appeared in Taichu's hand and merged into Xuan Yuan's body.

Upon closer look, it amounted to millions of acres!

Feeling the changes within his body, Xuan Yuan was overjoyed and bowed again: "Thank you, Master, for your generous gift!"

Seeing this, the crowd all knelt and begged Taichu to take them as disciples.

"The matter of master and disciple depends on fate. You have no karmic connection with me as master and disciple. Rise, all of you!"

Seeing that the crowd no longer pleaded, Taichu nodded slightly, then looked at the other beings: "You too must strive in your cultivation. Do not waste this rare opportunity."

All living beings replied in unison: "We shall follow the Dao Venerable's teachings!"

Seeing that everyone had gained something, Taichu was pleased. With a flicker of his form, he vanished into the air along with Xuanyuan.

Thus, Taichu's sermon came to a perfect end.

Taichu brought Xuanyuan to Three Immortals Island.

Midway up Penglai Immortal Island, he raised a hand and swept it down—a great hall appeared before them.

With a flip of his palm, a plaque materialized in front of the hall, bearing the name "Dao Protection Sect."

Taichu shouted to the heavens: "I am Taichu. Today, I establish the Dao Protection Sect to guard the Primordial World. Dao Protection Sect—rise!"

In an instant, a muffled thunderclap sounded in the sky. The Great Dao acknowledged it, and with that came billions of acres of Great Dao Merit.

Sixty percent of the merit flowed into Taichu's body;

Thirty percent flew into the Dao Protection Hall;

Ten percent flew into Xuanyuan's body.

Because Xuanyuan was the senior disciple of the Dao Protection Sect, he naturally received ten percent of the merit.

By now, the Dao Protection Hall was densely packed with living beings from Three Immortals Island.

Though numerous, they stood in perfect order.

White Tiger Commander led the Island Protection Squad at the very front.

Everyone knelt in unison: "We pay respects to the Sect Leader and to the Senior Disciple!"

After this was done, Taichu brought Xuanyuan to the Enlightenment Tree.

He raised a hand and summoned the Chaos Pearl, which now appeared in his palm.

After over a hundred thousand years of nurturing, the Chaos Pearl had finally regained its luster.

Taichu watched Xuanyuan drink the Enlightenment Tea, then casually broke off a branch from the Enlightenment Tree.

He brought Xuanyuan into the Chaos Pearl.

Then he looked at Xuanyuan: "You are the senior disciple of my Dao Protection Sect—your cultivation naturally cannot be too low. I will place you inside this Chaos Pearl. Time within flows a hundred times faster. Cultivate diligently and do not slack off!"

With that, he pointed a finger, and the "Nine Revolutions Mysterious Origin Skill" and the "Chaos Scripture" appeared in Xuanyuan's mind.

"Master, rest assured. This disciple will cultivate earnestly and will never disappoint your high expectations."

After speaking, Taichu planted the Enlightenment Tree branch, the Moon Laurel Branch, and the Fusang Tree he had brought from the Sun Star. He poured in a great amount of Three Lights Divine Water, then withdrew.

Leaving the Chaos Pearl, Taichu summoned White Tiger and gave him some instructions. With a shift of his form, he appeared in Taichu Hall.

Taichu counted on his fingers and calculated that within five epochs, the Ferocious Beast Calamity would not emerge, and no major events would occur in the Primordial World. So he went into seclusion.

As for Hongjun Ancestor, he had been wandering the Primordial World all these years and naturally obtained many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

From Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures down to Acquired Spiritual Treasures—whether Geng Metal Veins or spiritual herbs and medicines—he collected everything he could find, implementing a scorched-earth policy without exception.

During the years Taichu spent in seclusion, nothing major happened in the Primordial World.

Even if something did occur, it was merely minor skirmishes.

As the Great Dao retreated into seclusion, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was newly born, already possessing a faint Heavenly Dao consciousness.

The order of the Primordial World had gradually been taken over by the Heavenly Dao.

What was different, however, was that the Chaos Demon Gods, one after another, kept establishing sects and founding various dynasties across the Primordial World.

With the blessing of Heavenly Dao Merit, the strength of many dynasty founders surged forward by leaps and bounds.

PS: One epoch equals 129,600 years.

Fifty thousand epochs make one calamity.

The interval between each calamity is 6.48 billion years.

Thus, the Primordial World never lacks for time.