Dao Ancestor Hongjun's voice slowly resounded through the solemn and majestic Purple Heaven Palace, every word seemingly containing the ultimate truths of the universe and stirring a resonance with the Great Dao:
"The Great Dao is nameless; Chaos is its mother.
"Before all phenomena took form, the Mysterious Female served as the gate.
"Before time and space were established, I held both past and present.
"When the three bodies return to the origin, one is called the ancestor of Great Luo.
"When superior scholars hear the Dao, they diligently cultivate the Three Flowers.
"When middling scholars hear the Dao, it seems to exist and yet vanish.
"When inferior scholars hear the Dao, they laugh wildly in scorn.
"If they did not laugh, it would not suffice to prove this chapter of the Dao.
"Essence congeals into jade stamens, qi courses through golden stems, and spirit blooms into purple calyxes.
"When the flowers bloom to nine petals, one may touch the Dao of Primordial Unity.
"Gather the past, like a pillar standing firm within a river.
"Anchor the future, like stars fixing the path of the heavens.
"As all things arise together, I observe their return.
"Within the river of time and space, I stand alone as the crossing.
"To hold and fill it is not as good as stopping.
"To temper and sharpen it cannot be preserved for long.
"Great Luo is not about contention; virtue is its foundation.
"The Dao is empty, yet its use is inexhaustible, like the ancestor of all things.
"It blunts their confusion and clears their time and space.
"It harmonizes their light and dust, becoming one with their primal obscurity.
"Once the Mysterious Gate opens, freedom becomes boundless..."
The Great Dao's sacred voice was vast and boundless. Heavenly flowers fell in profusion within Purple Heaven Palace, while Golden Lotuses sprang from the earth. Endless Dao Rhymes spread outward, drawing the Three Thousand Mortal Guests into a profoundly mysterious state of enlightenment...
Within Purple Heaven Palace, the Three Thousand Mortal Guests were immersed in the profound sounds of the Great Dao.
Qing Huan sat cross-legged on a cushion near the front, his mind already fused as one with the Dao Sound.
Suddenly, Qing Huan's body trembled slightly. His eyes remained shut as his entire being entered an unfathomably mysterious state of enlightenment!
Light seemed to flow across his brow, and the Seven Symbols Treasure Umbrella within his body uncontrollably emerged through his form!
Buzz—
An indescribable Dao Rhyme instantly spread out, drawing countless gazes.
An ancient-looking Seven Symbols Treasure Umbrella, containing endless mysteries, slowly rose above Qing Huan's head and hovered silently in the air!
Chaos Hue flowed across the umbrella canopy, while its ribs resembled seven pillars supporting the heavens, faintly outlining the seven primordial manifestations of earth, water, fire, wind, lightning, yin, and yang.
Most astonishing of all, it emanated incomparably dense and pure Laws of the Great Dao of Yin-Yang!
These laws were not still. Instead, they flowed endlessly like living creatures, winding and interweaving around Qing Huan before finally transforming into two enormous primordial Yin-Yang Fish joined head to tail!
The two fish slowly revolved, forming a perfect taiji shape. Every rotation drew upon the Dao Rhymes within Purple Heaven Palace and triggered an even deeper resonance of laws, as though the Precious Umbrella itself were the manifested vessel of the Yin-Yang Great Dao!
"Hm?!"
At that moment, every Innate Deity cultivating laws related to yin-yang or the five elements sensed something. They abruptly opened their Dao eyes and fixed blazing gazes upon the source at the very front—Qing Huan!
"Hiss... This is?!"
"So complete! So primordial!"
"An Innate Supreme Treasure! It must be an Innate Supreme Treasure! Only a flawless Innate Supreme Treasure could spontaneously generate a complete law of the Great Dao!"
After all, this was common knowledge in the Primordial Wilderness, and it surfaced in the minds of every great power.
In an instant, countless gazes converged upon Qing Huan—or rather, upon the Precious Umbrella above his head that radiated supreme Yin-Yang Dao Rhymes.
Their expressions instantly became extraordinarily vivid.
There was pure envy, marveling at the favor of the Heavenly Dao; barely concealed jealousy, secretly resenting why such an opportunity had not fallen to them; and greed lurking deep within their eyes, beginning to stir—
This was an Innate Supreme Treasure representing a complete Yin-Yang Great Dao! Its value was beyond measure!
At the head of the Three Pure Ones sat Taiqing Laozi, whose Dao was precisely yin-yang. Seated behind and to Qing Huan's side, a faint ripple appeared on his formerly placid face.
His profound gaze swept over the Seven Symbols Treasure Umbrella, and understanding came first:
"So that is how it is. I had previously sensed that its aura was extraordinary and merely thought it was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure...
"After all, Fellow Daoist Qing Huan's true body was also an Ultimate Innate Spiritual Root that had undergone Transformation. It was only natural for him to possess such a companion treasure..."
Then, that understanding swiftly turned into faint yet utterly genuine envy.
"An Innate Supreme Treasure... could actually be promoted from a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?
"I do not know the mystery behind this either..."
As the thought passed through his mind, Taiqing Laozi was a decisive man. He immediately composed himself and silently thought, What extraordinary fortune!
He no longer fixated on the Precious Umbrella itself. Instead, he took advantage of the Yin-Yang Dao Rhymes filling all of Purple Heaven Palace, which had become even more active and clear because of the umbrella, and once more immersed himself in Hongjun's Dao Sound. His speed of comprehension unexpectedly increased by several degrees!
At that moment, Qing Huan's mind had already fully resonated with the Precious Umbrella, the Yin-Yang Great Dao, and Hongjun's sermon.
The many obscure and incomprehensible bottlenecks in his prior cultivation, as though obscured by a fog barrier, became suddenly clear beneath Hongjun's explanation of the Great Dao's ultimate truths and the evolution of such distinct Yin-Yang laws around him!
"So that is how it is! This is the Dao of Great Luo!"
"The foundation of a Dao Fruit lies in thoroughly comprehending one's own laws! All divine abilities originate from this!"
He deeply realized that even if beings of the Primordial Wilderness cultivated the same law, the Dao Fruits they ultimately condensed would differ vastly due to their different foundations, experiences, and comprehension.
At this moment, his Yin-Yang Grand Unity Dao Fruit was becoming clearer, condensing, and ascending at an unprecedented speed!
Time passed unnoticed within Purple Heaven Palace. What seemed like an instant was, in truth, a full twenty million years!
Above Qing Huan's head, the Three Flowers suddenly condensed into existence!
The flower of heaven, the flower of earth, and the flower of man bloomed together on a single stem. Every one of them had reached the ultimate state of nine petals and blossomed perfectly!
Pure and vast Magic Power surged and roared through his body, striking against that invisible barrier.
"Yin and yang are the origin of primordial chaos and the root of Creation. One yin and one yang are called the Dao; one hard and one soft are called virtue..."
"When yin and yang harmonize, all things are born. When yin and yang clash, calamities arrive..."
"The Yin-Yang Grand Unity Dao Fruit does not cling to one extreme. Yang moves and yin follows; yin receives and yang emerges, like the turning of the sun and Moon Wheel, like the alternation of day and night..."
"Within yang there is yin, and within yin there is yang. Like a perfectly rounded taiji, they never cease..."
"Those who attain the Dao harmonize yin and yang, balancing hardness and softness... They can reshape heaven and earth and overturn the Universe. Such is the might of Yin-Yang Great Luo!"
"Know the white, yet preserve the black, and become the model of the world; know the male, yet preserve the female, and become the valley of the world.
"Only through the mutual aid of yin and yang can one achieve a supreme Dao Fruit..."
The true essence of the Yin-Yang Great Dao thundered through his heart like great bells and sacred chimes!
Boom!!!
An aura far surpassing before suddenly erupted from Qing Huan's body! Dense power of yin-yang laws swept outward from him like tangible waves, stirring the Dao Rhymes throughout Purple Heaven Palace!
Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal achieved!
At that moment, Qing Huan successfully broke through! During Dao Ancestor Hongjun's sermon, he became the first being in Purple Heaven Palace to enter the realm of Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!
This sight left the other great powers even more shocked.
Before Hongjun's sermon, although the Primordial Wilderness had Grand Unity Golden Immortals—all at the initial stage—not a single one knew the path to the mid-stage.
Among Purple Heaven Palace's three thousand guests, only several dozen were truly Grand Unity Golden Immortals. The rest were at the peak or late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, relying on the power of Innate Spiritual Treasures to reach this place.
Qing Huan had undoubtedly walked ahead of everyone else!
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