The Grand Pure One Laozi

Reaching the open space at the end of the cave, everyone was amazed.

Seeing their expressions, Li Wu said solemnly, "You are all prodigies of the Human Race. The heavy responsibility of protecting the Human Race and resisting foreign races will surely fall upon your shoulders in the future."

"Don't worry, Clan Leader, we will diligently cultivate and train, and conquer the world for the Human Race!"

"Don't worry, Clan Leader, we will diligently cultivate and train, and conquer the world for the Human Race!"

"Don't worry, Clan Leader, we will diligently cultivate and train, and conquer the world for the Human Race!"

Fortunately, the formation's restrictions here isolated the sounds, preventing them from spreading.

Li Wu raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then began to answer their questions about the Martial Dao.

He did not discuss the realms beyond the Martial Intent Realm—those were still too early for them, and answering their current doubts was more practical.

Time quietly slipped away as Li Wu explained.

At this moment, Laozi, who was traveling among the Human Race, suddenly felt a stir in the Primordial Violet Qi within his Primordial Spirit.

Laozi had an epiphany, realizing that the opportunity to achieve the Dao lay with the Human Race. He then continued his travels among them.

A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

During this century, Laozi continuously observed the Human Race and discovered that the cultivation methods of the Martial Dao were vastly different from those of the Immortal Dao.

The Immortal Dao prioritizes aptitude, comprehension, and resources; the Martial Dao, however, prioritizes state of mind, resources, and aptitude only comes third.

Therefore, if one lacks heavenly talent on the path of the Immortal Dao, even if they force themselves to cultivate, they will ultimately achieve little!

However, the Martial Dao is different. As long as one has perseverance and willpower, and is willing to put in hard work and practice desperately, they will inevitably achieve something.

What surprised Laozi the most was that the Human Race clearly possessed a complete Martial Dao inheritance, yet there was no trace of Immortal Dao cultivation methods, which he found truly perplexing.

Thinking of this, the Primordial Violet Qi in Laozi's mind suddenly throbbed violently, and a realization surged into his heart.

He finally began to understand the opportunity for his own sainthood.

"So, my opportunity is to impart the methods of Immortal Dao cultivation to the Human Race?" Laozi murmured to himself.

Thus, Laozi began to tailor an Immortal Dao cultivation method suitable for the Human Race.

Five hundred years passed, and he finally created a suitable method for the Human Race to cultivate the **.

Laozi arrived at the tribal ** and casually sat on a large rock, saying:

"I am the Grand Pure One Laozi of the Three Pure Ones. I have traveled among the Human Race for nearly a hundred years and have seen that you have no Immortal Dao inheritance. Today, I specially impart the Golden Core Great Dao. Those who are fated may come and listen to the Dao."

Although his voice was soft, it spread to all the places where the Human Race lived, distant and clear, heard by everyone.

As his voice faded, Li Peng, who was in seclusion on the Three Immortal Island stabilizing his cultivation, suddenly heard a system notification:

"Detected that Laozi is about to preach the Dao among the Human Race, intending to establish a sect and become a Saint by borrowing the Human Race. Please, host, make a choice—"

"Choice One: Allow Laozi to preach the Dao and establish his sect to become a Saint, taking away the Human Race's Destiny. Reward: One million years of Magic Power, a random low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and a 20% decrease in favorability from the Human Race."

"Choice Two: As the Saint Father of the Human Race, Laozi intends to seize Destiny without any communication. Please, host, teach Laozi a lesson, expel him, and sever the spread of the Immortal Dao. Reward: Ten million years of Magic Power, the Three-Foot Fusion Method."

"Choice Three: Teach Laozi a lesson and expel him, then find someone else to replace Laozi in establishing the Human Religion and becoming a Saint. Reward: Ten million years of Magic Power, a 10% increase in the Yin-Yang Great Dao laws."

"Please, host, make your choice as soon as possible!"

Hearing the choices, Li Peng whispered, "Laozi actually wants to establish the Human Religion among the Human Race? Heh, with me, Li Peng, in this life, you won't succeed!"

The reason for his intense reaction was that in the original timeline, Laozi had indeed become a Saint by establishing the Human Religion among the Human Race.

Laozi claimed to enlighten the Human Race, but what had he actually done? After becoming a Saint by borrowing the Human Race, he ignored them. Not only did he not offer assistance during their time of crisis, but he also did not speak out to stop the Demon Clan when they slaughtered the Human Race to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword, using their flesh, blood, souls, and spirits.

Although he spoke of enlightenment, he only took Xuandu as his disciple. And under his tutelage, Xuandu had long forgotten his identity as a member of the Human Race and had never done anything for them.

From this, it could be seen that Laozi's so-called enlightenment of the Human Race was merely perfunctory and insincere.

However, because Laozi founded the Human Religion and obtained the Kongtong Seal, he occupied 30% of the Human Race's Destiny, naturally placing him in an invincible position.

In the original history of the Primordial Era, the reason Laozi could easily establish the Human Religion was that the Human Race lacked inheritance at the time. The Immortal Dao he imparted was seen as a lifesaver by the Human Race and quickly gained recognition, allowing the Human Religion to be successfully established.

But what about now?

The Human Race already had Clan Leader Li Wu, their own written language, and Martial Dao inheritance. The attraction of the Immortal Dao to the Human Race was no longer as great as in the original history of the Primordial Era.

Moreover, the Human Race also possessed the Merit Spiritual Treasure Martial Dao Heavenly Stele, the Destiny Spiritual Treasure Character Creation Golden Book, and the Destiny Supreme Treasure Kongtong Seal. These three Spiritual Treasures jointly ** the Human Race's Destiny. It was almost impossible for Laozi to easily seize the Human Race's Destiny.

After a period of wandering thoughts, Li Peng turned his gaze to the choice task.

First, he considered Option Two: to ignore this matter and let it develop.

If that were truly the case, what would be the point of him, Li Peng, transmigrating here?

Therefore, this option was directly discarded.

Then came option two: expel Laozi from the Human Race, but the System would cease the propagation of the immortal path within the Human Race.

This was difficult for Li Peng to accept.

Although the Human Race's Martial Dao was created by his clone, and he should naturally favor the Martial Dao, if the Human Race could not cultivate the immortal path, those with talent for it would be buried.

More importantly, without internal competition within the Human Race, how could they develop rapidly?

Thinking this, Li Peng felt that even allowing Laozi to establish the Human Religion and become a Saint might not be entirely unacceptable. Although some of the Human Race's Destiny would be lost, there were still merits to it.

Helplessly, he had no choice but to keep the first option on his list of alternatives.

Even though the System's rewards indicated it did not wish for him to choose the first option, Li Peng had to keep it for the sake of the Human Race's future.

He sighed and continued to look at the third option: expel Laozi, and then...

"What? It can be done like this?" Li Peng exclaimed.

Li Peng chose the third plan without hesitation.

The first option was directly discarded.

After all, this way, he could both enlighten all beings and prevent the Human Race's Destiny from flowing out. More importantly, it would add a Saint-level combat power for Li Peng's side. It was truly killing multiple birds with one stone.

As for whether someone else could successfully establish the Human Religion, Li Peng had no doubt—since the System said it was possible, it definitely was.

Four figures instantly appeared in his mind: Kong Xuan, Fuxi, Changxi, and Xihe.

After a moment of thought, Li Peng finally chose Fuxi.

Because Kong Xuan's cultivation was currently shallow, only reaching the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and he had not yet broken through to Quasi-Saint.

Changxi and Xihe were in a similar situation, currently only at the early stage of Quasi-Saint, and their comprehension of the laws of Yin and Yang was less than thirty percent.

With such strength, even with the Primordial Violet Qi and the merits of establishing a religion, they might not necessarily become Saints.

Fuxi, however, was different. He was already in the late stage of Quasi-Saint, had comprehended the Law of Destiny to the seventh level, and had even severed his Good Corpse and Evil Corpse.

In Li Peng's opinion, although Fuxi was not top-tier, with the help of the Primordial Violet Qi and the merits of the Human Religion, establishing himself as a Saint should not be a problem.

With this thought, Li Peng no longer hesitated and set off for the place where Fuxi and Nuwa were in seclusion.

He explained the matter and its benefits to them, and both Nuwa and Fuxi were shocked.

They never expected Li Peng to be willing to hand over the opportunity to become a Saint to someone else.

Nuwa was touched, believing that Li Peng was mostly doing this out of consideration for her.

In fact, Li Peng was indeed doing it mostly for Nuwa's sake; otherwise, he would not have given such an opportunity to an outsider.

Fuxi, however, still hesitated and said, "Why not give this opportunity to Changxi or Xihe?"

He did not wish to compete with those two for the chance to become a Saint.

Upon hearing this, Li Peng's evaluation of Fuxi increased even more—to be able to face the opportunity of becoming a Saint without being moved, this person would surely be someone he could entrust with important matters in the future.

He smiled slightly and said, "Xihe and Changxi's cultivation is still shallow. Even if they become Saints, they will only be the weakest among Saints, and it's even possible they will fail. You don't need to decline for them. I have my own plans for their future path."

Hearing this, Fuxi reluctantly agreed.

Seeing Fuxi agree, Li Peng took out a strand of Primordial Violet Qi, purified by the System's antivirus program, and sent it into Fuxi's body. Then, he opened a space channel and took Fuxi and Nuwa to the Human Race's settlement.

In a short while, the three had arrived at the outskirts of the Human Race's settlement. As soon as they landed, they heard Laozi's voice preaching from afar.

"Do you want to stop Laozi from preaching immediately?" Nuwa asked.

"No need. We'll act after he fails to establish his religion," Li Peng replied with a smile.

"How could he fail to establish his religion?" Nuwa and Fuxi asked in unison.

"All the Human Race's Destiny is gathered on me, my clone, and Sister Nuwa. Without our approval, how could Laozi succeed in establishing his religion?" Li Peng explained calmly.

"Brother Li means..." Nuwa's eyes flickered.

"Precisely. We will designate Laozi as someone who stole Destiny, expel him from the Human Race legitimately, and then have Fuxi establish the religion and become a Saint," Li Peng said with a sly smile.

Fuxi and Nuwa, as if by agreement, cast a look of pity in Laozi's direction, silently mourning the Dao Venerable in their hearts for a moment.

Laozi continued to preach, but most of the Human Race present, who had already embarked on the path of martial arts, quietly left. They realized that the Dao Laozi was preaching was vastly different from the Martial Dao they practiced, and even listening to the entire sermon would be of no help to their martial arts progress.

Only those humans with mediocre martial arts aptitude and shallow cultivation remained. They found another path to power in the Dao laws described by Laozi.

Time flew by, and forty-nine years passed in the blink of an eye. Laozi finally stopped preaching, rose, took out the Heaven and Earth Golden Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, threw out the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram, and announced loudly: "Heavenly Dao above, I am the Grand Pure One Laozi of the Three Pure Ones. Having comprehended the Heavenly Dao, I now establish the Human Religion to enlighten the Human Race, with the Taiji Diagram as the treasure to guard the religion, ** the Human Religion's Destiny. The Human Religion is established!"

As his voice fell, the sky showed no unusual phenomena, and the surrounding Human Race members looked bewildered. Li Peng, Nuwa, and Fuxi, hidden in the space interlayer, looked at each other and smiled.

Laozi found it unbelievable and shouted again: "Heavenly Dao above, I am the Grand Pure One Laozi of the Three Pure Ones. Having comprehended the Heavenly Dao..."

Two hundred and twenty

Laozi wished to establish the Human Religion to enlighten the Human Race and use the Taiji Diagram to ** Destiny.

However, the sky remained unchanged.

Seeing this, Li Peng laughed and said, "It's time for us to appear."

He then emerged from the space interlayer, his expression stern, and shouted at Laozi, "Laozi! You wish to establish a religion among the Human Race. Are you trying to seize the Destiny of my Human Race?"

As he roared, a vast pressure descended upon Laozi.

Laozi felt as if he were carrying billions of divine mountains, making it difficult to move.

Li Peng's aura spread, and many powerful beings in the Primordial Era turned their attention to the Human Race.

It was only then that Laozi remembered that the Human Race had two Saints behind them.

Looking up, he saw that Nuwa had also come with Li Peng.

As for Fuxi, Laozi overlooked him.

Seeing the ill intentions in the eyes of the two Saints, Laozi panicked.

With his current cultivation, he could barely resist one Saint, let alone two arriving at the same time.

"Fellow Daoist Li Peng, Fellow Daoist Nuwa, this humble Taoist did not intend this. It is truly the Heavenly Dao that revealed that I have a connection with the Human Race and should be the leader of the Human Religion." Laozi hastily explained.

"Heh heh! Without our permission, you intend to preach and establish a religion among the race I created? And after being discovered, you shift the blame to the Heavenly Dao? I never imagined you, Laozi, would be so **!" Nuwa reprimanded angrily.

The powerful beings observing this through their divine senses now understood the whole story, and they all disdained Laozi's actions.

Zero Seven

In the arena, Laozi said anxiously, "Fellow Daoist Nuwa, you misunderstand. It was truly revealed by the Heavenly Dao!"

"Alright, since you say it was destined by the Heavenly Dao, then only you can establish the Human Religion?" Li Peng asked with a playful smile.

"Precisely!" Laozi nodded firmly.

"Then fine, Fuxi, you try establishing the Human Religion." Li Peng said calmly, turning his head to Fuxi.

Laozi scoffed inwardly, thinking that the Human Religion was not something that could be established casually. If it were that easy, why would he have failed just now?

Upon hearing this, Fuxi did not hesitate. He stepped forward and declared to the heavens:

"Heavenly Dao above, I, Fuxi, have now achieved enlightenment through the Heavenly Dao. I establish the Human Religion to enlighten the Human Race, and with the Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus, I shall ** destiny!"

"Human Religion, established!"