A Fool Cannot Be Reasoned With!

As his voice fell.

Once again, immensely profound Dao resonance spread through Zixiao Palace. Heavenly flowers rained down, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth...

Everyone hurriedly listened attentively.

During the previous lecture, Hongjun had stopped right at a crucial point, leaving them restless and eager for those three thousand years to pass in an instant!

People such as the Three Pure Ones, Fuxi, Nüwa, Di Jun, and Taiyi had awakened to their own cultivation paths from birth. Many had already become Great Luo Golden Immortals before the lecture began.

Although the first lecture had been highly instructive and had benefited them greatly, what they most wanted to know was:

How did one become a Quasi-Sage?

How did one comprehend the Dao and prove the Dao?

How did one achieve Primordial Origin and attain sainthood?

As Hongjun spoke at an unhurried pace, everyone wore different expressions. Some suddenly understood, while others were ecstatic...

Wu Tian also sighed inwardly.

So that was how it was!

He had already had his own suspicions.

Now that Hongjun was lecturing on the Dao, his previous guesses were confirmed once again. Wu Tian also vaguely understood why the Ancestral Witches had met their fate in the original course of events—perishing and returning to heaven and earth...

Of the many paths of cultivation.

One had to first refine Qi, absorb the primordial energy of heaven and earth, temper it into magic power, and strengthen oneself. Once one's realm was high enough, one could then comprehend Laws and imprint the Laws of heaven and earth!

The Ancestral Witches were the same.

The difference was that the Ancestral Witches began from a far higher starting point, innately controlling the Power of Laws...

However, upon advancing to the realm of Primordial Golden Immortal, the Witch Clan's cultivation became completely different from immortal cultivation, like carts heading south while horses ran north!

Take immortal cultivation, for example.

It used multiple Laws interwoven into a Dao!

The Witch Clan, on the other hand, followed a single Dao to the very end, seeking to attain the Dao through their own Law...

It was hard to say who was right or wrong. The Ancestral Witches' path of attaining the Dao through Laws was even stronger than immortal cultivation, but it was also far more difficult.

There was almost no chance of attaining the Dao!

At the very least, beneath the Heavenly Dao, it was impossible for the Ancestral Witches to attain complete enlightenment. No matter how they cultivated, they could only reach the peak of Primordial Golden Immortal. They would never have a chance to take that final step...

The more fundamental a Law was.

The more powerful it was, and the harder it was to perfect!

For instance, Dijiang's Law of Space. How was he supposed to cultivate until he controlled every Law of Space? If he truly did so, then even the Laws of Space within the Heavenly Dao would obey him. How could anyone else still cultivate?

This was also part of the Heavenly Dao's calculations.

Especially for a path like immortal cultivation, where multiple Laws were woven into a Dao. If the Ancestral Witches were allowed to completely control a certain Law, they themselves would become a tremendous hidden danger...

Naturally, it was deeply hostile toward the Witch Clan!

After all.

Everyone wanted to control their own fate!

"Alas..."

"This must be the underlying logic behind the Heavenly Dao's calculations against the Ancestral Witches, right? If the Ancestral Witches attained the Dao, then who would truly have the final say in this Primordial World?"

"As for the Demon Clan later competing with the Witch Clan for control of the Primordial World, that was merely the surface reason... Once the Ancestral Witches died, the authority of those Laws could return to the Heavenly Dao!"

Wu Tian sighed to himself.

Then he began pondering again.

"How can this be changed?"

Before long, after recalling many legends from later generations, Wu Tian finally came up with an idea. He immediately stopped dwelling on it and continued focusing on the lecture!

As Hongjun continued his explanation.

The listeners in Zixiao Palace gradually split into two extremes. Those who could keep up listened with animated expressions, repeatedly experiencing sudden enlightenment...

Those with weaker cultivation, however, were miserable!

They heard every word Hongjun said, yet when the words were put together, they could not understand any of it. It was mysterious beyond mystery, unfathomably profound;

Some tried to force themselves to memorize it.

They planned to slowly comprehend it once their cultivation was sufficient, only to discover that they could not remember it at all. The moment they reviewed it in their minds, it vanished like flowers reflected in a mirror or the moon in water...

Wu Tian naturally understood.

Although he cultivated the Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill, he could weave together the twelve Powers of Laws belonging to the Ancestral Witches and turn them into the divine ability of Pangu True Form. It was a direct path to the heavens!

He only needed to continuously imprint Laws.

Then he could strengthen Pangu True Form!

For now, he could only envelop himself in the phantom of Pangu True Form and use Pangu's True Intent as reinforcement. If one day he could directly transform into Pangu True Form, Primordial Origin would be achieved...

He did not waste this opportunity to listen to the Dao.

On one hand, he listened to the cultivation method of the Quasi-Sage realm. On the other, he frantically devoured the primordial energy within Zixiao Palace, continuously imprinting the Power of Laws bestowed by the Heavenly Dao!

The power of both his physical body and primordial spirit rapidly increased, continuously advancing toward higher realms...

Just then.

Hongjun slowly opened his previously half-closed eyes and looked down at everyone below, his gaze carrying a profound depth!

Although his lecture was splendid and magnificent.

Everyone was also listening in utter fascination...

Yet there were shockingly few who truly converted to immortal cultivation. In particular, the Innate Gods whom Hongjun favored already possessed their own Dao and had no intention whatsoever of joining immortal cultivation!

Take the Three Pure Ones, for example.

The three of them had been formed from the division of Pangu's primordial spirit.

Previously, on Kunlun Mountain, they had encountered the Twenty-Four Grade Creation Green Lotus. The Twenty-Four Grade Creation Green Lotus was not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao, and the moment it saw the three of them, it divided and transformed into three Innate Spiritual Treasures.

The Taiyi Whisk, Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and Qingping Sword represented the Dao of the three of them respectively: the Dao of Elixirs, Dao of Talismans, and Dao of the Sword...

They already had their own Dao.

How could they possibly throw themselves directly into immortal cultivation!

Why would they willingly let Hongjun absorb their Fortune and take advantage of them?

Thus, Taiqing, whose cultivation was the highest, could clearly have followed the cultivation method of immortal cultivation and directly advanced to Quasi-Sage.

Yet he was merely comprehending the mysteries of immortal cultivation.

He had no intention of breaking through at all!

Then there were Wu Tian, Xuan Ming, and Houtu. They were even more single-minded in their cultivation, taking advantage of Zixiao Palace's special environment and the Dao resonance scattered by the Heavenly Dao to continuously strengthen themselves...

The Witch Clan could be set aside for now.

He had never even considered the Ancestral Witches and their foul tempers. Houtu in particular would have her own opportunity in the future, so it was completely impossible for her to cultivate the immortal Dao!

Hongjun could not help frowning slightly.

How could this do?

He had cast so many nets!

Yet not a single fish had taken the bait. Would that not make all his efforts pointless, a tremendous loss?

The lecture was about to end.

The cultivation method for the Quasi-Sage realm of immortal cultivation was also nearly finished...

Hongjun finally could not remain calm!

Although the Heavenly Dao's great trend dictated that immortal cultivation would certainly flourish, and his own Fortune would be immense and enduring, at critical moments, he still had to give it a push himself.

His gaze shifted.

He looked toward Duke of the East and Queen Mother of the West, who had been transformed from Innate Yin-Yang Energy. They were also Innate Gods, cultivating respectively on Penglai Island and West Kunlun.

A thought stirred in Hongjun's heart!

An invisible ripple immediately emerged and quietly headed toward Duke of the East...

Duke of the East, who was comprehending immortal cultivation, suddenly felt his heart stir. As Hongjun explained the methods of immortal cultivation, he increasingly sensed the difficulty of attaining the Dao through Laws!

"Innate Five Elements..."

"Yin and Yang!"

"These are the great Daos of heaven and earth. Though powerful... attaining the Dao through them is unimaginably difficult. Why should I stubbornly force myself down the path of attaining the Dao through Laws?"

As he thought this.

Duke of the East raised his head and looked toward Hongjun!

"The ready-made immortal Dao lies before me, and Sage Hongjun is personally lecturing on the Dao. The path is completely unobstructed! Why should I struggle so bitterly?"

The moment this thought emerged.

He could no longer suppress it!

Boom!

A disturbance immediately arose within Zixiao Palace.

Countless streams of primordial energy gathered toward Duke of the East. With Innate Yang Qi as the foundation, the magic power around his body continuously transformed according to the methods of immortal cultivation...

Duke of the East's aura spread outward.

At once, due to the resonance of Innate Yin and Yang, Queen Mother of the West's magic power began circulating on its own as well, completely beyond her control!

Queen Mother of the West could only curse inwardly:

"A fool cannot be reasoned with!"

Then she hurriedly calmed her mind and focused her spirit, transforming all her cultivation according to the countless insights into immortal cultivation that had already accumulated within her heart!