Burning Merit to Hear the Dao

Three thousand years are but a flicker in the Primordial Wilderness.

Qing Huan timed his arrival precisely, reaching the palace gates just as they were about to open.

Before the ancient and majestic Purple Firmament Palace, the two attendants Hao Tian and Yao Chi were already standing in wait.

Seeing Qing Huan descend, they immediately bowed in salute, their expressions reverent:

"We pay respects to Senior Qing Huan!"

It was evident that in this period of cultivation, their Cultivation Levels had advanced considerably.

Qing Huan smiled faintly, raising his hand in a gentle gesture:

"No need for such formalities. You two serve by the Dao Ancestor's side, blessed with deep fortune. Cultivate diligently, and your prospects will be boundless."

With that, as if treating his own juniors, he lightly brushed his hand over the crowns of their heads, then stepped calmly through the palace gates.

Inside the hall, on the meditation Cushions, the Three Pure Ones were already seated upright, eyes closed in quiet repose.

The Western pair, Jieyin and Zhunti, seeing Qing Huan enter, put on smiles and offered distant salutes from afar.

Qing Huan nodded slightly in return and walked straight to his own Cushion in the front row, sitting down serenely.

His gaze swept across the hall, where he saw the siblings Fuxi and Nuwa chatting amiably with Di Jun and Tai Yi, the atmosphere quite harmonious.

Qing Huan understood in his heart:

Just as I thought. The Demon Race's Heavenly Court is about to be established. These four will all be pillars of the Demon Race in the future: Di Jun as Heavenly Emperor, Tai Yi as Eastern Sovereign, Fuxi as Xi Huang, and Nuwa honored as Wa Huang.

Even if Nuwa later attains sainthood, the name 'Wa Huang Palace' proclaims her bond with the Demon Race's Luck. As long as the Demon Race endures, she gains another layer of support.

It's just that once she becomes a saint, she cannot participate in the Witch-Demon Calamity battle. Otherwise, who would win or lose is hard to say...

And Nuwa is also the Demon Race's final refuge...

Thinking of the tragic end of the later Witch-Demon War, the Demon Race never recovering from its decline, reduced to mere stepping stones for random cats and dogs to gain Merit and prove their Dao, a trace of cold mockery arose in Qing Huan's heart.

"True Lord Chunyang" and "Patriarch of Subduing Demons of the Nine Heavens"—where did these nobodies pop up from?

They shout slogans to the heavens, "Pacify all demons under heaven"? They only pick on small demons without roots or backing, killing cannon fodder to polish their reputations.

But have I ever heard of them daring to go to the Northern Continent to seek trouble from great demons like Kunpeng, Bai Ze, Ji Meng, or Gui Che? Not one of those slogan-shouters has gone to slay these people.

And what about the Demon Race's Crown Prince, Lu Ya? Who dares touch him?

Bullying the weak and fooling the world, yet they still receive offerings and praise. This formalism of "demon-subduing" is thoroughly executed...

Not a single one of the ten great elders who truly founded the Demon Race would they dare to provoke...

They specifically target those without background. Those elders are all so bloated with gains that they're moldy and rotten, used as firewood, yet no righteous demon-subduing patriarch has ever gone after them.

Those specially appointed demon-subduing patriarchs who patrol and slay demons are a complete joke...

Just as Qing Huan's thoughts were turning, an immeasurably vast aura, filled with the majesty of the Heavenly Dao, suddenly flooded the entire Purple Firmament Palace!

The palace gates closed heavily in utter silence. On the high platform, the figure of Dao Ancestor Hongjun had already appeared, ethereal, profound, and unfathomable.

"We pay respects to the Dao Ancestor!"

The three thousand Innate Deities bowed in unison, their voices converging to shake the Purple Firmament Palace.

Hongjun's gaze fell, and his indifferent, emotionless voice rang out:

"This lecture on the Quasi-Sage Dao concerns your opportunity to prove the Dao. Quiet your minds and listen."

Hongjun's Dao Sound was majestic, transforming into tangible ripples of Dao resonance, circulating unceasingly around the Purple Firmament Palace.

The three thousand Innate Lifeforms were immersed in it, intoxicated and entranced, their minds all drawn by the profound mysteries of the Great Dao.

Qing Huan sat upright on his Cushion, the Heavenly Dao Merit around him silently burning, transforming into a radiant light of wisdom that aided him in understanding and penetrating the core essence of the "Quasi-Sage Dao" and the "Three Corpses Method" that Hongjun expounded.

After all, I will not walk the path of the Three Corpses.

Three thousand Great Daos, all paths lead to the same destination; their essence is the evolution of laws.

The Three Corpses Method is exquisite precisely because it is a shortcut—even if one's laws are not perfected, one can still use this method to prove the Quasi-Sage Dao and glimpse the realm of sainthood!

Hongjun's sacred voice explained clearly:

Slaying the Three Corpses to Prove the Dao Method:

Slaying the Good Corpse (Upper Corpse Peng Ju):

Root: Jade Pillow Pass, governs the eye aperture's dimness and dust.

Method: Choose an Innate Spiritual Treasure to entrust one's pure good thoughts. Guide one's innate true fire to refine the Jade Pillow Pass. Let the state of mind be clear as a mirror. Use the "Wu Wei Dao Heart" to strip away the good-thought Primordial Spirit. Hold the spiritual treasure to suppress the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

Proof Effect: Magic Power surges and doubles. Heavenly Dao comprehension flows like a trickling stream converging into a vast river.

Slaying the Evil Corpse (Middle Corpse Peng Zan):

Root: Jiaji Pass, disrupts the middle burner's blood and Qi, breeding the poison of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires.

Method: Choose an Innate Spiritual Treasure imbued with killing and Sha Qi (preferably a top-grade baleful treasure) to bear the stripped evil thoughts.

Drawing Sha Qi through the Jiaji, shattering its nest of corruption.

One must endure the trial of the Nine Tribulation Heart Demons, using Earth Fiend True Fire to burn away all false emotions and obsessive desires, only then can one wield Weapons and stabilize the Primordial Spirit.

?Proof of Effect:? Dao Cultivation and Cultivation Level double heaven and earth; Five Elements Birth and Extinction, Evolution of All Things—all within a single thought's grasp.

?Severing the Self Corpse (Lower Corpse Peng Jiao):?

?Root:? Tailbone Pass, erodes lower dantian essence, the root of "self-attachment."

?Method:? Requires a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, merging one's original Primordial Spirit essence into it, breaking the Nine Gu Lock at Tailbone Pass.

When "self-attachment" is fully severed, the True Spirit splits in two; the incarnation and the original body share the same form and mind, mutually verifying each other's true nature.

?Proof of Effect:? Three Corpses perfected, Magic Power vast and profound like the boundless Sea of Stars, initially touching the Chaos Threshold.

?Spiritual Treasure as Blade, Grade Determines Rank:? The higher the grade of the entrusted Spiritual Treasure, the stronger the severed Corpse.

If one severs a Corpse with a Supreme Treasure (Innate Supreme Treasure), the Dao Cultivation and might far exceed ordinary Spiritual Treasures by dozens of times!

?Three Corpses Unification, Nirvana Attaining Sagehood:? After all Three Corpses are severed, one must draw Chaos Origin Qi to temper the Three Corpse incarnations, causing the three thoughts of good, evil, and attachment to return to the state of No Self, No Form.

At this moment, the body transforms into billions of Dao rays of light, illuminating all heavens and realms.

The Three Corpse incarnations return to the original body, and the Primordial Spirit resonates and aligns with the Heavenly Dao.

?No Treasure Backlash:? Without an Innate Spiritual Treasure as a vessel, forcibly severing a Corpse will inevitably suffer severe backlash from the Three Corpse Gods, and the Dao body and Primordial Spirit will instantly collapse.

?Tribulation Limit:? If one is drawn into a great Tribulation before all Three Corpses are severed, under the entanglement of Karma, billions of years of bitter cultivation may be lost in an instant.

?Heavenly Dao as Witness, Shackles Unclear:?

"Severing all Three Corpses is not the end; nirvana and rebirth is the path to sagehood."

Qing Huan's thoughts raced like lightning, seeing through it all with piercing clarity.

The Three Corpses Method passed down by Hongjun held nothing back; the gains and losses were laid out in perfect clarity.

It was only through the boost of burning Heavenly Dao Merit that he had glimpsed this complete and flawless method, with all its dangers and harsh conditions—especially the need for a fierce, murderous Top-grade Spiritual Treasure to sever the Evil Corpse. Finding a fierce, murderous Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure of the same origin...

That was no different from wanting to become a sage...

Among the three thousand guests in the hall, probably no one else could grasp the profound meaning within this so thoroughly.

Even Grand Pure One Laozi would only discover the hidden intricacies after becoming a sage...

He had merely learned the outcome in advance; now he finally understood the method.