World Advancement, Two Methods

Chen Tian was speechless for a moment...

TM, the God-Slaying Spear and those others were one thing, but he had even brought out the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, Four Swords of Zhu Xian, and Merit Golden Lotus...

"Are you serious? You don't want the Six Saints Appointed by Heaven anymore??"

If Hongjun knew what Chen Tian was thinking, he would definitely flick him away with a finger. Damn!! TM, he had wanted to laze around before. After all, his foundation was inferior to Laozi's, and there was no way for him to level up. But now that he had Primordial Violet Qi from the Primordial Era, what did foundation even matter?!

With all this stuff, who the hell would want the Six Saints Appointed by Heaven? Who would go for that? I sure as hell don't!!

"Dao Ancestor, there's no need for that..." Chen Tian swallowed. He wanted everything. The God-Slaying Spear could even injure Saints, while the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin was a famous supreme treasure of Heaven and Earth!!

"Hehe, Tian Chen, you might not know how powerful this Primordial Violet Qi is." Hongjun sighed and said with a bitter smile, "With one strand of this Primordial Violet Qi, foundation and talent would no longer be problems at all."

Simply put, TM, he had known before that he had no way to level up, so he might as well laze around. After all, the Heavenly Dao had his back. But now that there was a way to both laze around and level up, what was wrong with that?

One had to comprehend the Primordial Violet Qi after obtaining it, comprehending the Dao contained within. Only then could one reach a higher realm!

After all, above the Saint Realm, what was compared was the Dao. To break through, one had to comprehend the Dao, so comprehending the Dao within the Primordial Violet Qi was extremely important—especially the Primordial Violet Qi inside the Primordial Pearl in Chen Tian's hands! This was all Primordial Violet Qi from the Primordial Era!!

"Mm, fine." Chen Tian thought it over, then took out a strand of Primordial Violet Qi and gave it to Hongjun. He said, "However, for Dao Ancestor to reach a higher realm, the Primordial World must advance first. Otherwise, there's no way for you to break through."

After hearing this, Hongjun nodded as well. He knew that the Primordial World was also a world. After all, countless Small Worlds were attached to the Primordial World at the edge of Chaos, and some worlds even streaked across the Primordial World like meteors.

Although the Primordial World was vast, it was still a world, and thus belonged to a certain world level. Now that the Heavenly Dao had been completed, it had also advanced, gradually surging toward the Chaos level.

Therefore, if Hongjun wanted to break through, he had to let the Primordial World advance first. Otherwise, he could not break through, because the living beings of a world could not surpass the Heavenly Dao.

If one wanted to surpass the Heavenly Dao, one could only leave that world, just like ascension in martial arts novels—ascending from a lower-level world to a higher-level world.

However, the Primordial World was already a very high-level world, and Hongjun also had a lazy streak. He did not want to leave the Primordial World. Wasn't it better to stay here as Dao Ancestor? If he wanted to break through, he only needed to raise the Primordial World's level, right?

"This matter requires further consideration..." After falling silent for a moment, Hongjun said, "There are only two ways to advance the Primordial Heavenly Dao. First, absorb other worlds, or devour the origins of the Heavenly Dao of other worlds. Second, the more powerful beings the native world has, the stronger the world becomes!"

Chen Tian nodded. Indeed, there were only these two methods. The first was somewhat cruel. After all, once the origin of another world was devoured, that world would be ruined, and the living beings within it would naturally die.

The second was to increase the number of powerful beings in the native world! In other words, one had to increase the number of Saints in the Primordial World, and the world would naturally advance. However, this was also the most difficult method!

One had to know that in the original story, there had only been seven Saints. Did the others really lack talent and foundation?

Of course not. They were all Three Thousand Mortal Guests, so their foundations and talents were naturally not poor. The reason they could not break through was, first, that Hongjun's Three Corpses Path was inherently incomplete. Everyone thought that after severing the Three Corpses, one had to use Primordial Violet Qi to become a Saint.

However, Hongjun had not told them that after severing the Three Corpses, they could merge the Three Corpses and attain Sainthood without needing Primordial Violet Qi at all. Instead, Primordial Violet Qi was rather useless and could even become a fatal weakness!

One had to understand that becoming a Saint through Primordial Violet Qi meant becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint—in other words, a puppet of the Heavenly Dao. Thus, when one looked at it this way, merging the Three Corpses to attain Sainthood did not require Primordial Violet Qi or entrusting one's soul to the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao would still acknowledge one as a Saint!

As for the second reason, becoming a Saint was inherently difficult. Unless one possessed great providence and great perseverance, it was impossible for anyone else to become a Saint!

Take Minghe, for example! In the original story, when he saw Nuwa creating humans, he created them too, inexplicably creating the Asura Race. When he thought of Luohu attaining the Dao through slaughter, he imitated him, killing Heaven, Earth, and all living beings. And in the end? He still failed to become a Saint, which infuriated our great Minghe to death!

That bastard dreamed of becoming a Saint. Did he lack great perseverance? Did he lack talent? Was his foundation poor? Did he lack great providence?

Of course not. His foundation was not poor. He had transformed from Pangu's filthy blood at the navel, and his companion spirit treasures included the Twelve-grade Karma Fire Red Lotus for defense and Yuantu Abi for offense. Didn't that prove that his providence was immense?

One had to know that when the Three Pure Ones transformed, only Taiqing Laozi had the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda. The other two had nothing, all right? And Nuwa? She had nothing at all. Fuxi at least had the Fuxi Qin. As for the Two Sages of the West? They were even poorer.

Besides, did Minghe lack great perseverance? Why else would he learn from Nuwa and create humans? Why else would he imitate Luohu and attain the Dao through slaughter? These were things others did not dare to do, yet he dared!

Therefore, the main reason Minghe could not become a Saint was that his baleful aura was too heavy. Of course, it was also because he had transformed from filthy blood.

As for the other Three Thousand Mortal Guests, there was no need to mention them. More than eighty percent had foundations as Innate Gods and Demons, and even the worst among them were Innate Deities. Thus, all of them had extremely high foundations. They had simply been led astray by Hongjun!

"Dao Ancestor, this matter will still depend on you. Now that you have Primordial Violet Qi, you can completely repair the hidden flaw left by merging the Three Corpses, then teach the Three Thousand Mortal Guests how to merge the Three Corpses. Their foundations are all top-notch, so they are the ones most capable of becoming Saints!" Chen Tian looked seriously at Hongjun and said, "As for postnatal living beings, perhaps one among hundreds of millions can become a Saint. The rest are all impossible."

"Mm..." Hongjun nodded. Indeed, foundation was the most important thing. Without a top-tier foundation, one's future path was already cut off. Take Hongjun, for example. If Chen Tian had not given him this Primordial Violet Qi, he would probably have been lying around in the Purplevoid Palace, sleeping soundly.

Don't give me that nonsense about postnatal effort being enough. If effort were useful, what would anyone need geniuses for?? To give birth and raise children?

"Since that's the case, this disciple will take his leave first." Chen Tian stood up. His business was finished, so it was time to leave.

"Choose a few of these treasures." Hongjun nodded, then looked at the treasures in the air and spoke.

"Mm..." Chen Tian pondered, then took a few items: the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Twelve-grade Destroying World Black Lotus. Then he asked, "Dao Ancestor, is Demon Ancestor Luohu dead?"

Chen Tian knew some secrets. It was said that when the Tribulation descended, the protagonists of Heaven and Earth had not died. Instead, they had been sealed by the Heavenly Dao in a certain space, with only a small number remaining outside.

"Not yet. Luohu was exiled by the Heavenly Dao into Demon Race Space. You need not worry about him coming out to seize the treasures." Hongjun smiled.

"Good. Since the matter is settled, this disciple will take his leave."