"Precisely, precisely." Yuanshi's old face also broke into a smile. The more outstanding his disciple was, the happier he became!
Everyone knew that Yuanshi was extremely protective of his disciples! This could be seen from the Investiture of the Gods! Back then, it was the disciples under his Chan Sect who had committed the killings and should have taken on the Investiture of the Gods. But what happened in the end? He had forcibly dragged in his elder brother Laozi's Good Corpse, Taishang Laojun, as well as all the disciples under his third brother Tongtian, pulling them into the tribulation!
It was clear just how protective Yuanshi was of his disciples. Moreover, Yuanshi was meticulous and deeply calculating!
"Since that is the case, the disciple has yet to awaken. How about we discuss the Dao for a while?" Yuanshi said with a smile.
"Excellent!" Tongtian and Laozi nodded at the same time. Fuxi also nodded and said, "Then Fuxi will respectfully accept the invitation."
"Good, then this old Daoist will begin." Laozi smiled and continued, "Between existence and nonexistence lies the Great Dao. The Great Dao is called non-action of destiny. Non-action is without fear, and without fear is..."
Laozi slowly began to speak. Although golden lotuses did not pour from his mouth, the flowers beside the pavilion bloomed in competition, and many little demons quietly stayed ten thousand steps away, listening to Laozi and the others discuss the Dao.
Many people said that Laozi cultivated the Dao of non-action. Non-action meant doing nothing, also known as inaction. But that was not the case. Taiqing Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian—the Three Pure Ones—were all descended from Pangu. Their techniques and Dao were different yet the same!
For example, Yuqing Yuanshi cultivated the elucidation of heavenly principles and obedience to Heaven's will. This was the transition from existence to nonexistence.
Likewise, Shangqing Tongtian cultivated interception—seizing that single thread of vitality between Heaven and Earth. This was the transition from nonexistence to existence.
As for Taiqing Laozi, he cultivated action! Action meant movement, conduct, and doing. It was also called what could be done and what could not be done. This was the space between existence and nonexistence!
Each of the Three Pure Ones had inherited something from Great God Pangu. To use an analogy, when Great God Pangu awoke from Chaos and found it dull, he wanted to create an interesting world. This was the transition from nonexistence to existence!
When the Three Thousand Demon Gods obstructed him, he slew them. After killing the Three Thousand Demon Gods, some fled and some died. This was the transition from existence to nonexistence!
And Taiqing Laozi cultivated precisely the space between existence and nonexistence: action!
Before long, the Three Pure Ones' discussion of the Dao continued, and Nuwa awoke. She was already facing the stage of Corpse-Slashing, but she had no spiritual treasure with which to slash her corpse...
It was rather embarrassing. Ever since Nuwa had transformed, she had remained in secluded cultivation. Go out adventuring? She had never done that! She had an elder brother Fuxi, a complete sis-con, who took care of everything, so she quietly lived like a princess.
By modern standards, Nuwa was simply a shut-in—and an incredibly beautiful one at that!
But now? She did not even have a spiritual treasure for Corpse-Slashing... Poor, helpless, and heartbroken. Where had her elder brother gone? He had not even given her a spiritual treasure...
Thinking of this, Nuwa glanced at Chen Tian, who seemed to still be in enlightenment. When she heard the sound of the Dao discussion, she went over.
"Daoist Friend Nuwa? Come, come, come! Let us discuss the Dao!" Laozi was still expounding the Dao when Tongtian spoke.
"Then Nuwa will be intruding." Nuwa gave a formal greeting and sat down in the pavilion as well. Fuxi immediately waved his hand, and a cup of tea appeared before Nuwa.
Damn! Why did this look so much like romance? No! They were siblings!
The Three Pure Ones and the siblings Fuxi and Nuwa discussed the Dao, while Chen Tian remained busy cultivating the Immortal Dao Body!
The Immortal Dao Body was very similar to the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, yet different as well! Cultivating the Immortal Dao Body would produce a primordial spirit. Although the primordial spirit was very weak, it was still a primordial spirit!
But when combined with the Lunar Divine Skill or the Solar Divine Skill, it became flawless.
The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, on the other hand, cultivated only the physical body!
Another point was that a complete Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique did not exist in the Prehistoric World!
No one should believe those novels claiming that one could become a Saint by directly stealing the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique from the Witch Clan, or tricking it out of them. A complete Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique did not exist in the Prehistoric World.
That was because of the Heavenly Dao's schemes!
The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique was Great God Pangu's method for cultivating the physical body, while the Nine Revolutions Origin Technique was Great God Pangu's method for cultivating the primordial spirit. Together, they formed the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique!
After Great God Pangu transformed into the Prehistoric World, the Nine Revolutions Origin Technique was divided into three parts and given to the Three Pure Ones. They renamed them the Taiqing Dao Method, the Yuqing Dao Method, and the Shangqing Dao Method.
The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique was given to the Twelve Ancestral Witches. However, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had been transformed from Great God Pangu's blood essence and had taken form by absorbing the baleful energy of the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Thus, the Heavenly Dao feared that the Twelve Ancestral Witches would cultivate to sainthood and hack it to death, so it altered the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique into an eight-revolution technique!
Although its name remained the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, it truly had only eight revolutions. It could achieve the level of a quasi-Saint, but not sainthood!
This was also why the Twelve Ancestral Witches had never been able to become Saints.
As for Houtu, it was because she was the youngest among the Twelve Ancestral Witches and had absorbed the least baleful energy from the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Thus, the Heavenly Dao had made her transform into the reincarnation cycle!
Originally, the Heavenly Dao's plan had been for Hongjun to merge with the Dao and control Heaven, while Houtu transformed into the reincarnation cycle and controlled Earth. But perhaps Hongjun had been unwilling. He schemed against Houtu, which resulted in the great and merciful Empress Houtu being forced to remain in the Netherworld and never enter the Prehistoric World.
But if the Immortal Dao Body were given to the Twelve Ancestral Witches... then things would become very interesting once the Twelve Ancestral Witches cultivated primordial spirits.
Of course, Chen Tian had no such plans for now.
Two thousand six hundred years later, the Three Pure Ones' discussion of the Dao with the siblings Fuxi and Nuwa also came to an end.
They could have continued discussing the Dao, but they had to go to the Purple Firmament Palace in another four hundred years, so they had no choice but to stop.
By now, Chen Tian had cultivated to the point where faint Dao seals appeared across his body!
This was precisely the cultivation method of the Immortal Dao Body! And now, the "Immortal Dao Body" had reached the pinnacle of the fifth revolution and was about to reach the sixth.
Chen Tian's physical body and primordial spirit had both reached the pinnacle of the Taiyi Profound Immortal Peak! He was about to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal level!
Moreover, the Heavenly Dao was incomplete at present. There was not even a transformation tribulation, with only a Grand Unity Tribulation! A heavenly tribulation would descend upon breaking through to the Daluo Golden Immortal level!
"Greetings to my three masters, Senior Fuxi, and Sister Nuwa." Chen Tian awoke, went to the pavilion, and gave a formal greeting.
"Why do you call me Senior, but call my younger sister Sister?" Fuxi asked with a cold expression. Damn! You shameless bastard! How could you be so lewd!
Chen Tian: What did I do that was lewd?
"Then what should I call you? My brother-in-law?" Chen Tian rolled his eyes.
"What is a brother-in-law?" Fuxi looked completely bewildered. That made sense, too. How could the term "brother-in-law" have appeared during the Prehistoric era?
"It means the elder brother of my Dao Companion." Chen Tian looked at Nuwa with a smile, then turned to Fuxi and rolled his eyes. "Brother-in-law!"
Fuxi's face and neck reddened with anger. He stood up and said, "Daoist Friend Tongtian, lend me your Qingping Sword. I'm going to peel off a layer of this fellow's skin and see whether his face is thicker than Mount Buzhou!"
The Three Pure Ones watched the scene with broad smiles, while Nuwa naturally blushed and avoided looking at Chen Tian. Wasn't the meaning obvious?
"Ahem, enough, enough. It is merely a junior's joke." Tongtian coughed twice, then looked at Chen Tian and said, "By the way, disciple, why did you remain enlightened for so long this time?"
Chen Tian's enlightenment had lasted even longer than the Three Pure Ones'!
Tongtian: This old Daoist's heart is unbalanced! Say it! I'll argue you to death!
"Ah, disciple woke up even earlier than the masters. But after waiting for ages and seeing that you still had not awakened, I went back to comprehending the Dao Methods. Unexpectedly, I comprehended a Method of Becoming a Saint, so I simply cultivated it for a while. It turned out rather well!"
As soon as these words came out, the Three Pure Ones were dumbfounded, Fuxi was shocked, Nuwa was astonished, and even Hongjun, who had been secretly peeking in like a maniac, was startled!
Ahem... this chapter is a freebie, you know, for the sake of getting a contract! So three chapters have already been released today. There will be no update tonight!
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