The ten directions were profoundly illusory; the vast world lay silent.
Jieyin and Zhunti, weary and travel-worn, had endured countless hardships to reach beyond the Thirty-third Heaven.
Amid the nine layers of clouds, the Purple Heaven Palace stood majestically.
Zhunti gazed up, unable to contain his feelings, and chanted aloud:
High above the nine layers of clouds, upon the meditation cushion, the Dao is made true.
Beyond Heaven and Earth's dark and yellow, one should be revered as the sect's leader.
The two brothers solemnly swept the dust from their sleeves, then bowed and knelt.
"Your disciples Jieyin and Zhunti pay their respects to Master!"
In an instant, countless streams of purple qi surged east from the Purple Heaven Palace, their brilliant light reflecting across the heavens.
"The day of the sermon has not yet arrived. Why have you come early?"
Jieyin replied respectfully, "The journey west is long and perilous. We feared arriving late and missing the chance to receive your teachings, so we set everything aside and came to wait for you."
"Have you truly set everything aside?"
Zhunti was filled with trepidation. "Master, please judge us fairly. Your disciple knows he was wrong!"
"As you two wish, the time for the third sermon has come."
Zhunti and Jieyin were overjoyed.
We arrived late for the first sermon and didn't even get a seat. This time, we're the earliest to arrive. The Dao Ancestor will surely think highly of the two of us.
The next instant, the entire Primordial World shook with a mighty rumble.
The Dao Ancestor sent forth his Dao Rhyme:
"All living beings of the Primordial World, hear me. I have perceived the Heavenly Dao, and the Great Dao is arduous. Thus, in accordance with the will of the Heavenly Dao, I shall impart to