In the Primordial Era: After Millions of Years, Hongjun Asks Me to Leave the Palace
Chapter 24

Golden Crow Scripture, Dao Proving Methods

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The eternally blazing Primordial Sun Star shone brilliantly.

The Sun Palace floated within boundless Solar Truefire.

At this very moment, two figures sat cross-legged, refining the Solar Truefire for their own use.

They were Taiyi and Dijun, who had shut the palace gates and remained cautiously secluded, transforming the Hetu Luoshu and Mountains and Rivers State Altar Diagram, two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, into an Innate Killing Array and the Primordial Space-Time Mountains and Rivers Trap that permeated the surrounding starry domain.

Taiyi Palace.

The omnipresent, surging Solar Truefire was fully refined by Taiyi into endless waves of pure innate magic power. It flowed into his Dao body, accumulating his cultivation and steadily pushing his magic power toward the Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

Cultivation knew no years; the Primordial Wilderness kept no count of time.

In the blink of an eye, three hundred years had passed since Taiyi and Dijun began their secluded cultivation.

The upheavals within the Primordial Wilderness had not affected the brothers in the slightest as they remained cautiously secluded on the Sun Star.

They merely watched coldly as Primordial Powerhouses with only Taiyi and Golden Immortal Realm cultivation eagerly rushed to the edge of Beyond the Heavens.

Then, blocked by the surging, roaring Chaos Energy at the shores of the World Membrane, they returned dejected and disheartened.

They also watched the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests, born with Great Destiny, great blessings, and great fortune, travel one after another to the Purple Cloud Palace—some calling upon friends, some moving in groups of three or five, and some going alone.

None of that liveliness, joy, or sorrow had anything to do with the two brothers.

The brothers focused solely on secluded cultivation, tempering their magic power, accumulating their Dao cultivation, raising their realms, and diligently practicing divine abilities.

One day, Taiyi, who had been immersed in meditation, suddenly awakened on his own.

His innate cultivation technique, the "Golden Crow Scripture," had completed eighty-one cycles. Its progress was complete, and his cultivation had reached a stage where it could rise no further.

His accumulated magic power had reached the perfection of the Early Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and he could no longer absorb or refine Solar Truefire.

The next time he cultivated, he would naturally break through to the Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

The "Golden Crow Scripture" was the supreme canon of the Golden Crow Clan. It was also known as the "Great Sun True Scripture," the "Solar Sacred Scripture," and other such names.

Taiyi had learned this from the Golden Crow Clan's inherited memories.

When Pangu Creates the World, his right eye transformed into the Sun Star. The fire elemental spirit among the four great Chaos elemental spirits—Great Sun Golden Flame—merged with the merit of creation. Under the Heavenly Dao's prompting, it transformed into Taiyi and Dijun, two Golden Crows.

The "Golden Crow Scripture" was a cultivation technique bestowed by the Great Dao, one that pointed directly to the Sage Realm.

Yet the Sage Realm within the Primordial Wilderness could not be attained through cultivation alone.

Without the Heavenly Dao's approval, this generation of Innate Saints simply could not become Sages.

After all, the Heavenly Dao was the master of the Primordial World. Innate Saints like Taiyi were merely guests living in the master's home.

Without the master's consent, they naturally could not freely use the Primordial World's resources to become Sages.

Fortunately, Taiyi had never intended to become a Sage of the Primordial World.

What he wanted was to become a Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortal, transcending the Primordial Wilderness and roaming the Chaos Sea.

A Sage was merely a merit status bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. If one failed to suit the Heavenly Dao's wishes, that Sage position could be stripped away at any time.

A Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortal, on the other hand, possessed magic power, Dao cultivation, and a cultivation realm genuinely forged through personal cultivation.

The Heavenly Dao naturally could not strip those away.

Taiyi understood that better than anyone.

With the history of the Primordial Wilderness from later generations, his vision and breadth of mind far surpassed those Innate Saints trapped within the Heavenly Dao's scheme.

And with the system at his side, Taiyi was simply that confident.

He could ignore Sage Hongjun's lectures on the Dao within the Chaotic Purple Cloud Palace.

I have now cultivated to the peak of the Early Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm and will soon advance to the Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm. It is time to consider the methods by which my brother and I will Prove Dao Primordial Chaos in the future.

Otherwise, if we wait until reaching the Quasi-Sage Realm to choose, we will inevitably end up like those of later generations, too deeply entrenched to turn back, and ultimately have no choice but to choose the Three Corpses Severance Method and Merit Proving Dao method offered by Hongjun Daozu.

Taiyi rose and entered the enormous study he had arranged according to memories from his previous life.

Scroll after scroll of cultivation techniques and Dao formulas had been branded into specks of starlight, scattered throughout the study like a starry sky. They radiated splendid colors—some majestic as mountains and rivers, some profound as abyssal seas, some elusive and traceless as the vast cosmos...

He casually took out a Dao book condensed from fragments of his memories. Flipping through it, he saw the sparks of inspiration he had marked down before.

That inspiration was filled with Dao resonance. Even after hundreds or thousands of years, under his branding, it still retained its original spiritual charm.

Even looking back at it now, it still felt as fresh as ever.

It could still give Taiyi the same initial spark of inspiration.

They say the Great Dao has three thousand paths, and every path can lead to Dao proving.

But in truth, there are only three Dao Proving Methods with precedents to follow in the present Primordial Continent.

They are: Great God Pangu's method of Prove Dao with Force, Hongjun Daozu's Three Corpses Severance, and the Merit Proving Dao of the Three Pure Ones and others.

And regardless of the Dao Proving Method, the prerequisite for Prove Dao Primordial Chaos is that one must possess Great Merit and Great Magic Power.

With such harsh conditions, it is no wonder that even the proud Three Pure Ones, who called themselves Pangu's orthodox descendants, chose the Merit Proving Dao given by Hongjun Daozu in later generations. They truly had no other choice.

Whether to become a Sage or become cannon fodder among Grand Luo Golden Immortals—any intelligent person would know which to choose.

Merit Sanctification would at least allow one to survive the immediate great calamity. If one stubbornly pursued Prove Dao with Force, perhaps before Dao proving could even succeed, Pangu's creation merit would be exhausted and the person would be dead.

If there were a choice, who would be willing to eat candied fruit laced with arsenic?

Taiyi flipped through one of the Dao books that recorded his insights into Dao Proving Methods and pondered quietly.

Thinking of how the Three Pure Ones of Pangu had helplessly established teachings and attained Merit Sanctification in later generations, he let out an almost inaudible sigh.

On the road to Prove Dao Primordial Chaos, no one was an enemy. All were seekers striving to cross the river beneath the Great Dao.

Among them, Great God Pangu's Prove Dao with Force is unquestionably the strongest Dao Proving Method among the mysteries of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Unfortunately, this path is far too difficult!

Even Great God Pangu, mighty enough to create the world within chaos, could not escape falling on the Dao. He transformed into the Primordial Wilderness, paying with his own death to bring about the creation of the Primordial World.

Unfortunately, Dao proving succeeded, but the man was gone. The Three Pure Ones born from his primordial spirit reaped the benefits for nothing.

Thinking of the historical records from later generations regarding how Pangu Creates the World and unfolds the Primordial Wilderness, Taiyi shook his head.

Although the Three Pure Ones had transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit, they were not Pangu in the truest sense.

It was like the relationship between a true body and its incarnations.

The Three Pure Ones were not Pangu Daoist in the end.

Taiyi sighed softly.

He became even more cautious in choosing his future path.

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