"Countless kalpas had passed since the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation..."
"Nuwa created humanity in the Palace of Empress Nuwa by using Nine Heavens Breathing Soil combined with Nine Heavens Spiritual Water. She founded the human race, attained sainthood through her merit, and became the foremost Saint in the Great Wilderness beneath the Dao Ancestor!"
"Afterward, the Three Pure Ones established their sects, attaining sainthood through the merit of educating living beings, which drew upon the Merit of Heaven Opening. The Two Sages of the West made grand vows and attained sainthood."
"The Great Wilderness had formed a world where the Demon Court governed the heavens and the Witch Clan governed the earth, with both sides revered equally."
"Afterward, countless kalpas passed."
"The Witch-Demon Calamity erupted. Demon Master Kunpeng stole the core treasures of the Primordial Heluo Great Formation—the River Diagram and the Luo Scroll—crippling the Demon Court's formation."
"The battle continued for endless kalpas. Demon Emperor Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches all fell."
"The Witch and Demon Clans completely withdrew from the stage of the Great Wilderness! Haotian took control of the Heavenly Court. From then on, the various sects of the Great Wilderness coexisted, ushering in the era of humanity's rise!"
Kunlun Mountains.
The Seventy-two Peaks faced the great summit.
Seen from afar, the vast Kunlun Mountains rose above the Nine Heavens. Spiritual Qi formed a hazy mist, while dense immortal fog never dispersed throughout the day. Immortal cranes soared through the sky, and spirit beasts moved among the mountains. It was filled with countless marvels of nature and was truly an exceptional Cave Heaven Blessed Land.
On Kirin Cliff in the Kunlun Mountains stood a grand hall. It was the residence of one of the Six Sages of the Heavens, the sect master of the Chan Sect, Primordial Lord of Heaven—the Jade Void Palace!
At that moment.
Inside the main hall of the Jade Void Palace.
A dignified middle-aged man with center-parted white hair sat at the head of the hall. He wore a Jade Purity Lotus Crown and a Jade Thread Golden Silk Rainbow Robe. Dao Rhyme circulated around him, while the Three Thousand Great Daos and countless wondrous techniques lingered about his body, as though he had entered a marvelous state of sudden enlightenment.
He was none other than the sect master of the Chan Sect, Primordial Lord of Heaven!
After a long while, Primordial Lord of Heaven slowly opened his eyes. Unlike a Saint's wisdom, his gaze held incomprehensible bewilderment.
He looked around him, and the shock in his heart was as vast as the main hall of the Jade Void Palace.
"I actually crossed over into the Great Wilderness world and even became the sect master of the Chan Sect, Primordial Lord of Heaven!"
Although he already knew that he had crossed over, Yuan Shi still found it difficult to accept such a fact.
The second before, he had still been playing games at an Internet café.
All he had done was stay overnight for seven consecutive days and doze off.
Who would have thought that the moment he opened his eyes, he would have crossed into the Great Wilderness world?
And become Primordial Lord of Heaven, one of the Six Sages of the Heavens.
Although crossing over as a Saint was pretty good,
he no longer had to be like ordinary living beings, who had to undergo Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit into Void, and Refining Void into Dao, then temper their bodies through the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning of the lower Eight Heavens, before entering the Nine Heavens and forging their immortal bodies in the Immortal Transformation Pool, only barely becoming immortals!
Even after becoming an immortal, they still had to successively cross the realms of Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and Grand Luo Golden Immortal... Only then could they become a great power of the Great Wilderness.
Now, he could be said to have stood at the summit the moment he crossed over.
Moreover, he was not the miserable Tongtian, whose Dao inheritance was destined to be destroyed during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and who would be imprisoned in the Purple Cloud Palace.
But crossing over as Primordial Lord of Heaven, especially after learning about the current situation in the Great Wilderness, still made Yuan Shi frown deeply and left him in a gloomy mood.
The Three Pure Ones had already parted ways.
The Witch-Demon Calamity had ended.
Haotian had just taken control of the Heavenly Court.
The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had yet to appear, and humanity was about to rise.
The Investiture of the Gods Tribulation was still far in the future.
But in the Great Wilderness, time was the least valuable thing.
When an ordinary great power comprehended the Dao, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years passed in the blink of an eye.
The future was what Primordial Lord of Heaven was most worried about!
Especially the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
In this boundless tribulation that would sweep across all the immortals of the Great Wilderness, although the Chan Sect would not have its teachings directly destroyed like the Interception Sect,
it would still suffer severe losses.
Its Deputy Sect Master, Daoist Randeng, would betray the sect and become the Past Buddha of Western Heaven—the Future Buddha.
Immortal Weng of the South Pole would go to the Heavenly Court and become one of the Six Imperials, Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.
The Twelve Golden Immortals whom he valued most among his disciples—
Buddha Juluisun would become one of the Seven Past Buddhas of Western Heaven.
Venerable Manjushri would become Bodhisattva Manjushri.
Daoist Cihang would become Bodhisattva Guanyin.
Immortal Samantabhadra would become Bodhisattva Samantabhadra.
Quite a few of his disciples would leave as a result.
He had originally intended to protect his disciples from the killing tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, but he had never expected that, in the end, he would instead benefit the West, causing Western Heaven to flourish while the East declined.
"If the Three Pure Ones do not part ways, who in this Great Wilderness could defeat us?!"
Primordial Lord of Heaven looked furious.
The Three Pure Ones had all transformed from the primordial spirit of Great God Pangu. They shared the same lineage and were orthodox descendants of Pangu.
Unfortunately, the doctrines of the Three Teachings differed.
The Chan Sect, in particular, had always valued quality over quantity.
Meanwhile, the Interception Sect accepted all without discrimination.
In the end, because of their disagreements, the Three Pure Ones parted ways.
In a fit of anger, Tongtian even moved away from the Kunlun Mountains and went to Golden Ao Island in the East Sea.
In the current Great Wilderness world,
the Interception Sect enjoyed the reputation of having Myriad Immortals Come to Court and was faintly becoming the foremost great sect in the Great Wilderness.
The Chan Sect was likewise a Saint's Lineage, and its prestige was considerable. The Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect were famous throughout the Great Wilderness. Many of its disciples had been carefully selected and possessed great opportunities and immense fortunes. Thus, the Chan Sect also showed signs of wanting to compete with the Interception Sect.
The Human Sect of Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality had only one disciple, Grand Master Xuandu, but his aptitude was likewise exceptional, and he was known as the senior-most disciple of the Daoist school.
If the Three Pure Ones had not parted ways, how could anyone else have schemed against them and ultimately caused Western Heaven to flourish?!
One had to understand—what kind of place was Western Heaven now?
During the ancient Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, Demon Ancestor Rahu's schemes had caused the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans to smash Western Heaven's spiritual ley lines, turning it into a bitter and desolate land long ago.
It was nothing but poverty!
As for its disciples, their quality was wildly inconsistent.
The only disciple with a known reputation was the so-called Future Buddha, Maitreya.
With just that, did this puny Western Heaven dare scheme against the Three Pure Ones?!
The angrier Primordial Lord of Heaven became, the more he cursed: "**Zhunti, Jieyin, once the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation begins, I will send every disciple of Western Heaven onto the Investiture of the Gods List!"
After all, the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation was a boundless tribulation imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Even Saints could not defy it.
One had to know that a Saint did not defy Heaven; one who defied Heaven could not become a Saint.
The vacancies for the 365 Righteous Gods had to be filled.
There was no escaping this.
According to the future development, when they discussed matters in the Purple Cloud Palace, they would decide to send the disciples of the Interception Sect onto the list.
That would ultimately lead to the Investiture of the Gods war, causing Western Heaven to flourish while the East declined.
But things were different now. He was no longer the original Primordial Lord of Heaven!
At once, Primordial Lord of Heaven made up his mind.
In the future Investiture of the Gods war, he would send Western Heaven's disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods List!
However, there was something even more important: the Three Pure Ones had to part ways.
If the Three Pure Ones did not part ways now and the Three Teachings united, they would certainly sweep across the entire Great Wilderness and become invincible throughout it.
However, humanity had yet to rise, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had yet to appear.
There was plenty of time for him to make his plans slowly.
Before Primordial Lord of Heaven could continue thinking deeply,
he suddenly heard a cold, mechanical prompt ring out in his mind.
[ Ding! Master has crossed over successfully! ] [ Ding! The God-Tier Choice System has been bound! ]
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