The reason Hong Yun said this was that he could not bear to part with that Great Dao Merit.
It was true that Hong Yun's Dao was not particularly compatible with the Earthly Dao.
Even if Hong Yun established a sect to attain the Dao, he would still have to pay a considerable amount of Great Dao Merit as the price.
Rather than waste Great Dao Merit attaining the Dao, he felt it would be more practical to directly refine the Great Dao Merit and comprehend the laws.
"Fellow Daoist Hong Yun, there is no need to worry about Great Dao Merit.
By constructing the teleportation arrays and awakening the Earthly Dao, we obtained quite a bit of Great Dao Merit.
It would be better for you to attain the Dao as an Earthly Dao Saint.
Given the current situation, I fear the Heavenly Dao may pull some trick against you.
If you attain the Dao as an Earthly Dao Saint, then even if you unfortunately perish, you can still be revived through the Earthly Dao, can't you?"
Dijiang naturally knew what Hong Yun was hesitating over, so he immediately brought out a mass of Great Dao Merit and presented it before Hong Yun.
This mass of Great Dao Merit had been provided by Taiqing.
Taiqing had long anticipated that Hong Yun would refuse to attain the Dao as an Earthly Dao Saint because he was reluctant to spend Great Dao Merit.
Thus, before heading into Chaos, Taiqing had entrusted this mass of Great Dao Merit to Dijiang.
Considering everything Hong Yun had done for Pangu's descendants, it was well worth Taiqing providing him with this much Great Dao Merit.
"Since that is the case, Poor Daoist will refine the Earthly Dao's Hongmeng Purple Qi.
However, Poor Daoist has yet