Zhunti Usurps the Throne (Seeking Collections, Seeking Follow-ups, Seeking Votes!)

After exchanging greetings, Fuxi and Nuwa turned their gazes toward the six Purple Cushions in the front row. Though they did not know why Saint Hongjun had arranged them this way, they understood that it must conceal some profound mystery.

After exchanging a glance, Fuxi and Nuwa headed toward the Purple Cushions.

However, at that moment, the Purple Cushions emitted a burst of Profound Light of the Great Dao. Nuwa easily took her seat upon the fourth Purple Cushion.

Fuxi, however, was repelled by that Profound Light of the Great Dao. No matter what he did, he could not sit upon any of the Purple Cushions in the front row.

"Forget it, forget it. It seems I have no affinity with these Purple Cushions..."

Fuxi gave a bitter smile, turned, and went to the second row, where he found a white cushion and sat down.

"To be able to give up so decisively, Fellow Daoist Fuxi's temperament can be called among the very best in the Primordial World. It is a pity that his opportunity this time was lacking!" Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist said with a trace of approval from his Purple Cushion in the front row.

"Second Brother, your words are mistaken!" Shangqing Tongtian Daoist, seated on a Purple Cushion beside him, furrowed his brow slightly. "Giving up may be easy, but perseverance may yet bring forth a miracle!

"If cultivators like us wish to attain the Dao, then even if we must defy the Heavenly Dao, we must wield our own Dao arts as a sword and seize A Glimmer of Hope!

"Fellow Daoist Fuxi's foundation, wisdom, and fortune are all among the best. I think he merely lacks that bit of boldness to cut through all things."

Upon hearing this, Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist immediately sneered and rebuked, "Tongtian, we Sanqing are Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. We ought to follow the Heavenly Dao, Educate All Beings, and serve as examples for all beings. How can we do something that defies the Heavenly Dao?"

"Enough! Purple Firmament Palace is a saint's sacred ground. The two of you must not be so presumptuous..." Beside them, Grand Pure One Laozi frowned slightly when he saw Yuanshi and Tongtian on the verge of quarreling, and immediately stopped them.

Seeing Grand Pure One Laozi step in, and mindful that Purple Firmament Palace was a saint's sacred ground, Yuanshi and Tongtian immediately lowered their banners and stilled their drums.

As the Purple Cushions cut off the inside from the outside, Fuxi and Nuwa did not hear the conversation between the three.

At this time, the Great Divine Ability Users and Great Luo Dao Lords traveling through the chaos in search of Purple Firmament Palace also stepped onto the golden bridges one after another, according to the strength of their foundations, fortune, and cultivation.

Of the three thousand cushions in Purple Firmament Palace, only two white cushions remained now as the Great Divine Ability Users and Great Luo Dao Lords of the Primordial World entered.

Within the chaos, Jieyin Daoist's weathered face grew even more anguished. Beside him, Zhunti Daoist, handsome and blessed-looking, was also sighing again and again.

Gazing At the boundless chaos, Zhunti Daoist looked at Jieyin in confusion and said bitterly, "Senior Brother, is your karma deduction reliable?

"The three-thousand-year deadline for the Saint's Sermon is almost here, yet we have not even found the gate of Purple Firmament Palace, much less any Great Opportunity!"

"Junior Brother, the Karma Thread showed it this way. It cannot be wrong!" Jieyin Daoist gave a bitter smile, a trace of helplessness appearing on his face.

After traveling through the chaos for nearly three thousand years, even with the dharma bodies of Great Divine Ability Users, the two were now exhausted in both body and spirit.

Just as Zhunti Daoist exhaled a breath of turbid air and thought they were about to miss the sermon at Purple Firmament Palace, two Guiding Golden Bridges tore through the chaos and descended out of thin air beside them.

At the sight of the Guiding Golden Bridges, the two heaved a sigh of relief. With a flash, they stepped onto the bridges.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared outside Purple Firmament Palace in an exceedingly bedraggled state, clearly having suffered no small hardship.

Entering Purple Firmament Palace, the two saw that the great hall was already filled with cultivators. Only two white cushions remained in a corner.

As for the six Purple Cushions in the front row, each had long since found its owner!

Zhunti Daoist's eyes rolled as he looked at Jieyin Daoist. His face full of anguish, tears streamed down his cheeks as he said, "Senior Brother, the two of us came from the west and endured countless hardships before finally reaching Purple Firmament Palace.

"We thought we could receive the saint's teachings, then deliver all beings of the west from suffering. Who would have thought we could not even secure a place to sit!

"If we make some error in comprehending the Great Dao, we would truly have failed the beings of the west. Since that is so, I might as well die."

Having said this, Zhunti Daoist made as if to dash his head against a pillar and die.

"Junior Brother, you must not! Would that not be a desecration of Teacher Hongjun..." Jieyin Daoist, weathered and thin as a reed, hurriedly stopped him.

Within Purple Firmament Palace, as they watched the two perform, the Great Divine Ability Users and Great Luo Dao Lords either looked on coldly, watched with amusement, or revealed disdainful expressions.

At this moment, Hongyun Daoist, seated on a Purple Cushion in the front row, seemed as though he had lost his soul. Rising to his feet, he went over to persuade him. "Fellow Daoist Zhunti, why put yourself through this? You possess Great Wisdom, Great Compassion, and a Heart of Seeking the Dao for the sake of all beings. If you depart like this, would it not be a loss for all beings?

"I, Hongyun, can yield this seat to you, Fellow Daoist. It may be counted as doing my small part for all beings."

"Many thanks for Fellow Daoist Hongyun's kindness!"

Zhunti Daoist had not expected someone to truly yield him a seat. The moment he heard Hongyun Daoist's words, he immediately sat in Hongyun Daoist's place, afraid that some unforeseen change might occur.

This made the pupils of the Great Divine Ability Users and Great Luo Dao Lords within Purple Firmament Palace contract slightly, and the looks they gave Zhunti Daoist changed.

They had not expected Zhunti Daoist to truly be able to sit upon that Purple Cushion.

Some of them had tried before, only to be rejected by the Profound Light of the Great Dao emitted by the Purple Cushions.

After sitting upon the Purple Cushion, Zhunti Daoist saw that his Senior Brother Jieyin Daoist still had nowhere to settle. His eyes rolled as he looked toward the other five people seated upon Purple Cushions in the front row.

The Sanqing were bound together like branches from the same trunk; their brothers were not to be provoked.

Nuwa was a woman, and Fuxi Daoist stood behind her. They could not make enemies of her either.

Only Kunpeng remained, his face dark and sinister, Demonic Qi chillingly dense around him, and he was A Lonely Person...

Thinking this, Zhunti Daoist shouted furiously at Kunpeng, "This is the site of a Saint's Sermon. You damp-born, egg-born, flat-haired beast—what right do you have to stand among us?"

"Indeed. You are merely one of those damp-born, egg-born creatures, clad in scales and armored in shell. Why do you not quickly yield your seat to Fellow Daoist Jieyin?" Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist beside him also mocked.

Grand Pure One Laozi wore an indifferent expression, as if he had seen nothing. Shangqing Tongtian Daoist furrowed his brow slightly, seeming to want to speak but stopping himself.

Nuwa, Beside Him, simply hung the matter high when it did not concern her. At this time, the Demon Race had not yet been established, and she had not the slightest bond with Kunpeng Daoist.

Within Purple Firmament Palace, the Great Divine Ability Users all joined in the clamor, shouting for Kunpeng to surrender his seat!

Even Dijun and Taiyi, though inwardly angered by Zhunti and Yuanshi's words about being damp-born, egg-born, clad in scales and armored in shell, also shouted for Kunpeng to yield his seat.

It was clear that when Kunpeng had seized the seat, he had truly provoked public outrage and incurred the hatred of the Great Divine Ability Users within Purple Firmament Palace.

Even so, Kunpeng turned a deaf ear, sitting cross-legged upon the Purple Cushion with a gloomy expression.

Seeing that Kunpeng refused to take the hint, Zhunti Daoist immediately grew irritated. The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree flashed into his hand, and he struck Kunpeng with a seven-colored divine radiance.

Kunpeng had never expected anyone to dare launch a sneak attack on him within Purple Firmament Palace. He was immediately swept from his seat by the seven-colored radiance and tumbled off the Purple Cushion.

Jieyin Daoist, who was beside him, seized the chance to sit cross-legged upon the Purple Cushion. The suffering on his withered, sallow face seemed to deepen still further.

Having lost his seat, Kunpeng's three corpses leapt in fury. His face darkened, his heart filled with killing intent. He shot Hongyun and Zhunti a resentful glare before heading toward the white cushions at the back.

In Kunpeng's view, if Hongyun Daoist had not yielded his seat to Zhunti, he would never have been besieged by everyone, nor would that shameless Zhunti have found the chance to ambush him and cost him a seat in the first row.

Thus, Kunpeng came to hate both Hongyun and Zhunti!

After Kunpeng lost his seat, Hongyun Daoist, who had been cheerfully conversing with Zhenyuanzi, stiffened. He drew a sharp breath in his heart.

At this moment, seeing that the Three Thousand Gods and Devils had all arrived, Haotian and Yaochi, who had been standing guard outside, shut the doors of Purple Firmament Palace. Walking to both sides of the cloud bed, they gave a light shout, "Silence! No clamor is permitted within Purple Firmament Palace. The Teacher has arrived!"

The moment those words fell, the Great Divine Ability Users of Purple Firmament Palace discovered that Daoist Hongjun had silently appeared, already sitting cross-legged upon the cloud bed.

Even Sanqing, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti—the six seated upon the Purple Cushions in the first row—had failed to notice the slightest sign.

This caused the pupils of the Great Divine Ability Users within Purple Firmament Palace to contract slightly, and they all inwardly marveled at the boundless divine abilities of a Hunyuan Sage.

Daoist Hongjun swept his gaze over the Three Thousand Gods and Devils in Purple Firmament Palace. A trace of helplessness flashed through his eyes before they returned to indifference. He said calmly, "From now on, remain seated as you are. No further disputes are permitted!"

"Respectfully obey Teacher's decree!" Everyone rose as one and bowed to Daoist Hongjun upon the cloud bed.

Once everyone had taken their seats, Daoist Hongjun began expounding the Dao on his own. "The Dao of Heaven and Earth..."