None of Us Achieved Sainthood Through Three Corpses Merging

A deathly silence fell over the great hall.

Zhunti said nothing, merely looking at Jieyin.

Jieyin sighed. A trace of helplessness appeared on his sorrowful face.

"Duobao."

"You have misunderstood one thing."

"None of us Saints attained sainthood through Three Corpses Merging."

Tathagata's mind buzzed.

"What? None of the Saints achieved Three Corpses Merging?"

"Back when we listened to the Dao at the Purple Sky Palace, the Dao Ancestor bestowed Hongmeng Purple Qi."

Every word Zhunti spoke struck Tathagata's heart.

"Later, Nuwa created humanity, triggering the Heavenly Dao to bestow immeasurable Merit. She forcibly attained sainthood with Merit and Purple Qi."

"Taiqing established the Human Sect, Primordial Lord established the Chan Sect, and Tongtian established the Jie Sect. They too attained sainthood through Merit."

"My Senior Brother and I established the Western Teachings and made eighty-one Grand Vows, borrowing Merit from the Heavenly Dao in advance to attain sainthood."

"When everyone took that final step, they all relied on immeasurable Merit!"

"Slaying Three Corpses merely used the opportunity of severing one's obsessions to raise one's cultivation to the peak of the Quasi-Sage realm."

"That final step never relied on Three Corpses Merging!"

"Other than the Dao Ancestor himself, no one has achieved Three Corpses Merging."

Tathagata sat upon the Lotus Throne, sinking into a long silence.

The Six Sages had attained sainthood through Merit, not through Three Corpses Merging.

He had never heard anyone mention this secret.

Yet upon reflection, it seemed only natural.

The Dao Ancestor had passed down the Slaying Three Corpses Method, and cultivators across the world flocked to it.

But aside from him, who had truly reached the final step and attempted Three Corpses Merging?

And the Saints believed they had long since reached the end, so naturally they would not dwell on whether they had