Hongjun Becomes a Sage

The aftermath of the calamity gradually subsided. After the Primordial World had mourned and been filled with murderous intent, it sank into a strange tranquility.

The spiritual energy in the Western Land had dried up, and the sight of its shattered ley lines spread through various channels. It left countless Great Powers shaken, filling them with awe and imagination toward the Dao-Devil War they had been unable to witness with their own eyes.

Inside the Dao Field of Fengqi Mountain, everything remained a peaceful paradise, as though it were isolated from the turmoil outside.

Qingxuan continued his lazy life of lying down and leveling up. With the support of the Primordial Spirit Gathering Array, Qingxuan had already broken through the True Immortal Realm and reached the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal Realm.

(ps: The cultivation realms in the Primordial World are: Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Primordial Origin Golden Immortal/Quasi-Sage, Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal/Sage, Primordial Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal/Heavenly Dao Realm, and Primordial Supreme Grand Unity Golden Immortal/Great Dao Realm. Each realm is divided into early, middle, and late stages.)

Nuwa often sat in meditation, digesting the impacts and insights brought by the calamity while also paying attention to Qingxuan's occasional inner voice.

One day, the weather was perfect.

Nuwa was giving Qingxuan some pointers on using his Primordial Spirit to sense the spiritual activity of Heaven and Earth. Although she knew that most of it would go in one ear and out the other for this disciple, she still explained everything in detail.

Just then.

A vast pressure that words could not describe swept across the entire Primordial World like a tide!

This pressure was not directed at any living being, yet every one of the Primordial World's myriad spirits—from ignorant beasts to Innate Divine Beings, from Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters to Great Powers ruling a territory—sensed it. They could not help but feel awe and submission rooted in the instinct of life!

It was a suppression at the level of life itself.

Above the firmament, Purple Qi Coming from the East stretched for thirty thousand li. Countless auspicious signs appeared, golden lotuses surged from the earth, and ethereal immortal music drifted through the air!

Endless laws of the Heavenly Dao manifested, weaving together into splendid radiance that enveloped the Primordial World!

A calm voice containing supreme majesty clearly resounded in the depths of every living being's Primordial Spirit.

"Lying high amid the ninth layer of clouds, upon a meditation mat, I comprehend the true Dao.

"Beyond Heaven, Earth, Dark, and Yellow, I shall hold the honored position of teaching.

"Pangu gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate, and the Two Modes followed the Four Images.

"One Dao was passed down to the Three Friends, while the Two Religions split into Chan and Jie.

"The Xuanmen's foremost leader, one breath transforming into Hongjun."

"I am Hongjun. Today, I have attained the Sage Fruit Position. Ten thousand years from now, I shall lecture on the Great Dao at Zixiao Palace beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens. All who are fated may come and listen."

Sage's Might was like a prison, and the Sage's words were like an imperial edict!

The Primordial World trembled! All Spirits bowed in worship!

"Hongjun... has become a Sage!"

Nuwa abruptly rose to her feet. Brilliant divine light erupted from her beautiful eyes as excitement, awe, longing, and countless other emotions intertwined within them.

Fuxi's figure also appeared beside her in an instant, his face filled with equal shock and excitement.

"A Sage! To think this is such a realm!!"

Nuwa and Fuxi were both cultivators at the consummate Grand Unity realm, but under Hongjun's Sage's Might, they could clearly feel their own Grand Unity Dao Fruits trembling.

This was not suppression in terms of cultivation, but a suppression originating from the source of life itself.

Sages and non-Sages were no longer the same kind of life.

Qingxuan was also gazing toward the horizon.

With the help of the Primordial Slacker System, Hongjun's Sage's Might had no effect on him.

[Hongjun has become a Sage. The true curtain of the Primordial World is about to rise.]

[The six Heaven-appointed Sages, the Witch-Demon Tribulation, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, the Journey to the West Calamity...]

[Buzhou Mountain will collapse, the Primordial World will shatter. The Primordial World afterward will truly suffer one tribulation after another.]

Nuwa and Fuxi exchanged a glance, and solemnity flashed through both their eyes.

Nuwa and Fuxi knew very well how terrifying a calamity was.

Yet even the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation and the Dao-Devil War had only destroyed the ley lines of the Western World.

But the calamities that followed would actually topple Buzhou Mountain, which had been transformed from Pangu's spine, and shatter the Primordial World.

Could the power of the calamities continue to grow?

[The three lectures at Zixiao Palace, the six Heaven-appointed Sages—there are truly countless schemes involved.]

When Qingxuan had read various novels about the Primordial World in his previous life, he had been somewhat puzzled. Were the six Heaven-appointed Sages truly limited to those six people?

After living in the Primordial World for so long and learning more about it, Qingxuan had found his answer.

Sages were necessary.

If the Heavenly Dao were compared to a company, then the Sages were the heads of its various departments.

The Earthly Dao and the Human Dao were the same.

The Three Pure Ones were Pangu's Primordial Spirit and had received the merits of Pangu's creation of the world. They could be said to be the direct descendants of the family.

Therefore, they bore the responsibility of enlightening all living beings, making it inevitable that the Three Pure Ones would become Sages.

As for the other four Sages, it was not that nothing could be done about them.

The cases of Hong Yun, Jieyin, and Zhunti alone made it clear that apart from the Three Pure Ones, the positions of the other Heavenly Dao Sages could all be changed.

Hong Yun symbolized the principle that Heaven evolved forty-nine paths, while one escaped from the calculation.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao was selfish, and with Hongjun as the one who had joined with the Dao, it would never allow that ray of hope to fall into Hong Yun's hands.

Otherwise, how could Hong Yun possibly give his Sage position away?

Never mind claims that Hong Yun was simply a good-natured man. This was the Primordial World, where the strong preyed upon the weak—that was the fundamental law.

No matter how kind someone was, it was impossible for him to hand over a great opportunity that had already fallen into his grasp.

Taking a step back, even if Hong Yun wanted to give it away, why did he have to give it to Jieyin and Zhunti?

His close friend Zhenyuanzi was standing right behind him. Even if he were to give away the position, he should have given it to Zhenyuanzi.

Although the Sage positions of the Three Pure Ones could not be changed, Hongjun had taken the Three Pure Ones as disciples and made them cultivate the Slaying Three Corpses technique. This could be said to have severed their paths to the Dao. Combined with the problematic Primordial Violet Qi, the Heavenly Dao could control the Three Pure Ones, who had been transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit.

Jieyin and Zhunti were compensation given by Hongjun to repay the Karma of having shattered the ley lines of the Western Land during the Dao-Devil War.

There was even less need to mention Nuwa. Once Nuwa became a Heavenly Dao Sage, the Human Dao would remain under the Heavenly Dao's control forever.

[Looking at it this way, the Heaven-appointed Sage positions are indeed full of schemes.]

[The Primordial Violet Qi, the foundation for becoming a Sage? Once fused with the Primordial Violet Qi, one's cultivation can barely advance another inch, and one's life and death will both lie in the hands of the Heavenly Dao.]

Hearing his inner voice, Nuwa's heart tightened.

Fusing with the Primordial Violet Qi would place one under the Heavenly Dao's control. No wonder Qingxuan always carried a trace of pity whenever he mentioned her becoming a Sage.

But that was a Sage!

An immortal and indestructible Sage, supreme throughout the myriad heavens.

Who could possibly resist such temptation?

[Besides, after becoming a Sage, one seems immortal through countless tribulations, but in truth, one is completely bound to this Primordial World. Want to transcend? Dream on! The Heavenly Dao will be the first to refuse!]

Every one of Qingxuan's inner thoughts struck Nuwa and Fuxi's hearts like a heavy hammer, making their Dao Hearts tremble and their Primordial Spirits turn cold!

The supreme realm they had pursued for countless epochs was actually such a colossal trap?!

Fuxi's face paled, his lips trembling slightly as he looked toward Nuwa. His eyes were filled with lingering fear and terror.

If that was truly the case, what use was it to seize the Sage position? Wouldn't that just be seeking death?

[However, it isn't completely without a solution. As Tongtian Jianmu, I naturally possess a trace of the ability to communicate with the Great Dao. Combined with my supreme treasure, when Master creates humans and becomes a Sage, she only needs to bypass the Heavenly Dao and report directly to the Great Dao. Under the Great Dao's watch, neither the Heavenly Dao nor Hongjun will be able to play dirty tricks.]

[Of course, there will definitely still be risks.]

[But the greater the wind and waves, the more valuable the fish.]

Nuwa and Fuxi abruptly raised their heads, hope once again igniting in their eyes!

Nuwa composed herself and looked at Qingxuan with a complicated expression.

This rebellious disciple could scare her half to death with every inner thought, only to point out a faint glimmer of hope afterward.