Way of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches! Terrifying Phenomenon!

"The sermons of three Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates are truly extraordinary. They actually allowed me to advance directly to Golden Immortal!"

"Hahaha, I also gained tremendously. I advanced from the early Heavenly Immortal stage to the middle Heavenly Immortal stage."

"I've been stuck at the Golden Immortal Limit for years. After listening to the three Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates' sermons, although I didn't advance to Great Luo... I can already feel that I've touched the threshold of Great Luo."

"Worth it. Coming to Five Elements Mountain this time was absolutely worth it!"

"Indeed, we all struck it rich. When those gods and demons nearby who didn't come to Five Elements Mountain learn what happened here, they'll probably cry themselves to death!"

"Now only Dao Lord Gu Xi has yet to give his sermon. I hope we can continue to reap great gains!"

At this moment, every living being on Five Elements Mountain was beside themselves with excitement.

Ying Long, Daoist Zhunti, and Daoist Jieyin, the three Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates, had given their sermons one after another, bringing enormous gains to everyone.

Many people had directly broken through their realms.

More than nine people had even advanced to Golden Immortal on the spot.

Even those who had not broken through had benefited immensely.

Once they returned from hearing the Dao, many of them would surely achieve breakthroughs one after another within a hundred years.

Thus, they were all incomparably excited.

Now, only Gu Xi had yet to give his sermon.

Everyone's eyes turned in unison toward Gu Xi, filled with anticipation.

Even Ying Long, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti looked at Gu Xi with slight expectation.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"You're putting a lot of pressure on me by looking at me like this, you know!"

"Weren't the sermons of the three Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates enough to satisfy you?"

Gu Xi suddenly raised his brows and teasingly looked at the many Human Race experts and gods and demons waiting eagerly for him.

No one had expected Gu Xi to suddenly make a joke. They were briefly stunned before bursting into laughter.

The atmosphere immediately relaxed.

Everyone instantly found this Dao Lord Gu Xi much more approachable.

He was not as aloof as the other Great Supernatural Beings.

Their favorability toward Gu Xi shot up, constantly +1 +1 +1...

Ying Long, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti, who were accustomed to solemn atmospheres, could not help but laugh when they saw Gu Xi suddenly joking around.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Xi truly has no airs at all..."

Daoist Jieyin sighed.

He sensed the difference between Gu Xi and the other Great Supernatural Beings.

Even if other Great Supernatural Beings had friendly personalities, they were generally only friendly toward other Great Supernatural Beings.

Toward beings beneath the Great Luo realm, they more or less maintained a condescending attitude.

This manifested outwardly as an aloof demeanor that made beings who had not reached the Great Luo realm afraid to approach them.

But Gu Xi was different. It seemed that he genuinely believed all beings were equal and did not look down on the weak.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Xi is indeed exceptional!"

Daoist Zhunti also nodded.

"Dao Lord Gu Xi, we are very satisfied with the sermons of the three Heavenly Venerates, but we are also filled with anticipation for your sermon!"

Suddenly, a god and demon shouted.

The other gods and demons also began shouting along with him.

The atmosphere became exceptionally lively!

"Sigh, you people are truly far too greedy."

"The sermons of three Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates still haven't satisfied you."

"And you want a mere God and Demon Dao Lord like me to come out and make a fool of myself!"

"Since that is the case, I can only make a fool of myself."

Gu Xi swept his gaze across the crowd with a helpless expression before beginning his sermon on the Great Dao.

"What I will discuss now is the Way of Four Seasons Sequence, which you already know something about."

An Auspicious Cloud roughly an acre in size appeared above his head. The Spring Birth of All Things Cauldron and the other three Four Seasons Primordial Spiritual Treasures, along with the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Dao Diagram, emerged as well.

"The Way of Four Seasons Sequence is a Great Dao that determines and divides the four seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms according to the patterns of stellar changes, the growth and decline of all things, the transformations of yin and yang, the shifts of the five elements, and the rising and falling of primordial qi."

"The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn, and winter!"

"The Big Dipper revolves in a cycle. When the dipper handle points east, all beneath heaven is spring; when it points south, all beneath heaven is summer; when it points west, all beneath heaven is autumn; when it points north, all beneath heaven is winter!"

"Each season contains three solar terms!"

"Spring Season: Start of Spring, Awakening of Insects, and Pure Brightness!"

"Summer Season: Start of Summer, Grain in Ear, and Minor Heat!"

"Autumn Season: Start of Autumn, White Dew, and Cold Dew!"

"Winter Season: Start of Winter, Major Snow, and Minor Cold!"

"The heavens move in order, the four seasons revolve, cycling back and forth. Those who follow prosper, while those who oppose decline!"

Gu Xi elaborated in detail on the Way of Four Seasons Sequence. Divine light surged within the Auspicious Cloud, while the four cauldrons and the Twenty Solar Terms Dao Diagram directly stirred the Great Dao of Four Seasons Sequence, causing the climate across Five Elements Mountain to cycle continuously.

At one moment, Spring Season arrived. Spring thunder rumbled, fine rain fell without end, and all things revived.

Countless flowers, grasses, and trees on Five Elements Mountain began to sprout, radiating incomparably vigorous vitality.

At another moment, the sunlight blazed and the temperature rose. Flowers, grasses, and trees grew lush with abundant branches and leaves, while all things flourished.

At another moment, the weather turned cooler, though the summer heat had yet to disperse. It was the season of harvest, and many fruit trees were laden with fruit.

At another moment, the temperature plummeted. Cold dew gradually condensed, then snow began to fall. Many small animals on Five Elements Mountain entered hibernation.

All sorts of climates from the Four Seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms continuously rotated and alternated around Five Elements Mountain, causing the growth and behavior of the plants and animals within to change along with the climate. It was miraculous beyond measure.

It was as though time in the region around Five Elements Mountain had accelerated, making the Four Seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms cycle at an incomparably rapid pace.

Through this direct observation of Gu Xi evolving the Great Dao of Four Seasons Sequence, everyone on Five Elements Mountain could feel with unparalleled clarity the operation and changes of the laws of Four Seasons Sequence.

One after another, they entered a state of Dao enlightenment.

In particular, those like Kui Niu Demon God who had fused with the Solar-Term Divine Positions gained far more insight into the Way of solar-term changes than anyone else as they watched Gu Xi evolve the Great Dao of Four Seasons Sequence.

Their mastery over the authority of the Solar-Term Divine Positions increased enormously in an instant.

The auras of Kui Niu Demon God and the others almost all surged by a great deal.

Several among them even broke through a minor realm.

Of course, they were all Golden Immortals. Breaking through from Golden Immortal to Great Luo Golden Immortal was still far beyond them!

"The Four Seasons Sequence is indeed an extraordinary Great Dao. Though it is an Acquired Great Dao, it is also an incomparably important link in Hong Huang's great cycle."

Daoist Jieyin praised.

"Indeed. It is precisely because of this that Fellow Daoist Gu Xi was able to obtain such immense luck... This should also be the primary reason he was able to advance to Great Luo Golden Immortal so quickly."

Daoist Zhunti said as well.

However, although Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti greatly admired Gu Xi's Great Dao of Four Seasons Sequence,

they did not believe that the Way of Four Seasons Sequence possessed much potential.

In their hearts, an Acquired Great Dao was ultimately inferior to an Innate Great Dao.

Throughout all of Hong Huang, not a single Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerate had advanced through cultivating an Acquired Great Dao.

Thus, they believed that Gu Xi could at most cultivate the Way of Four Seasons Sequence to the peak of Great Luo Golden Immortal.

What they valued in coming to the Human Race this time was not Gu Xi's potential... but the potential of the Human Race, as well as Gu Xi's identity as the Human Race Holy Father.

They currently had no intention of founding a sect.

However, they did intend to develop the Extreme West Land.

Ever since the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Tribulation, the Extreme West Land of Hong Huang had been sparsely inhabited and stripped of spiritual qi, essentially becoming a wasteland.

Although countless years had passed and the Extreme West Land had recovered considerably, with some newly born experts emerging there,

it was still far inferior to the other regions of Hong Huang, especially the eastern part of Hong Huang.

As the two Great Supernatural Beings born in the Extreme West Land, they regarded it as their base of operations. Thus, they also wished to restore the Extreme West Land's prosperity.

Yet the Extreme West Land was severely lacking in powerful races.

If there were not enough living beings, especially powerful ones, how could the Extreme West Land develop?

It was not as though they had never tried inviting some powerful races of Hong Huang to develop in the Extreme West Land. They had even personally promised to protect those powerful races.

But those powerful races had all tactfully refused.

They simply looked down on the "barren" Extreme West Land.

Now, however, they had noticed the Human Race.

After discovering that the Human Race possessed astonishing reproductive ability and was highly suited to cultivating the Mystic Gate Immortal Path, they resolved to bring a portion of the Human Race to develop in the Extreme West Land.

This was the main reason they had come here today.

"I have finished explaining the Way of Four Seasons Sequence. Is everyone satisfied?"

"Do you still want me to continue?"

Gu Xi stopped evolving the Great Dao of Four Seasons Sequence and smiled at the crowd.

The many listeners reluctantly awakened from their states of Dao enlightenment.

Originally, they had believed that this Dao Discussion Assembly was completely over.

But after hearing Gu Xi's latter remark, they were briefly stunned before becoming wildly ecstatic.

Clearly, Gu Xi still had other Great Daos to discuss.

"Yes!"

"We implore Dao Lord Gu Xi to continue his sermon!"

The many listeners reacted extremely quickly and immediately shouted in unison.

"What? Fellow Daoist Gu Xi is still planning to continue his sermon?"

Ying Long, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti were all somewhat bewildered as they looked at Gu Xi in confusion.

"Good!"

"Since you have all sincerely and earnestly begged me!"

"Then I, in my great compassion and mercy, shall grant your wish!"

"You had better prepare yourselves!"

"The Great Dao I will discuss next is also an entirely new Great Dao. It was established upon the foundation of Four Seasons Sequence, encompasses even more Great Dao Laws, and has a far greater influence upon the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth."

"This Great Dao is called—the Way of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches!"

As Gu Xi's words fell, Heaven and Earth instantly underwent a tremendous change.

It was as though his words had greatly stirred the Heavenly Dao Laws.

In an instant, ten thousand rays of rosy light shone across the sky, and purple qi surged.

An immense and astonishing golden light of Merit appeared as well, hovering beneath the clouds like a golden ocean, as though it could descend at any moment.

"A new Great Dao, the Way of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches?"

"Gasp, is this Great Dao truly so terrifying? Before he has even begun his sermon, Heaven and Earth have already produced such a grand phenomenon?"

"My heavens, that is golden Merit light, isn't it? It is as vast as an ocean!"

"What kind of Great Dao is this? Before he has even begun speaking, such vast golden Merit light is already on the verge of descending!"

At this moment, every listener was dumbfounded.

Ying Long, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti also stared at the phenomenon in the sky and the vast golden Merit light in utter bewilderment!

A grand chapter of three thousand characters!