Just offer more incense...
This was way too easy!
"Mountain God, I'll remember your words!" Hong Yun said, bowing deeply in submission.
"All right, get up," Qin Yun said.
"When you have time, remember to spread the word about my Mountain God Temple. Try to get more people to come here and offer incense." Qin Yun smiled.
Qin Yun couldn't help thinking, If every living being in the Primordial Wilderness came here to offer incense, what a magnificent sight that would be!
It would be even more impressive than the Ten Thousand Immortals Paying Homage to the Interception Sect in the future!
At the thought of it, Qin Yun couldn't help smiling.
"I'll remember your words, Mountain God!" Hong Yun said.
Now, whatever Qin Yun said, Hong Yun accepted without question. He had no objections at all.
Not long afterward, a sudden peal of thunder boomed across the sky. All the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness heard it, and then the Great Dao Heavenly Sound rang out across the land.
"I am Hongjun. I have now attained sainthood. In a thousand years, I will lecture at the Purple Firmament Palace beyond the Chaos. All those with fate may come and listen!"
The Great Dao Heavenly Sound had come from Hongjun, and every corner of the Primordial Wilderness heard it clearly.
Even the Inner Space within Qin Yun's temple heard it.
Hongjun... has become a saint... Qin Yun thought.
Hong Yun had heard the voice too, and he was deep in thought.
Hongjun had become a saint and was willing to lecture. For the beings of the Primordial Wilderness, this was an incredible opportunity. They were overjoyed and all wanted to go to the Purple Firmament Palace to hear him preach.
Many had already set out for the Purple Firmament Palace.
After all, the Primordial Wilderness was vast, and the journey would take time.
Qin Yun glanced at Hong Yun. In the original course of events in the Primordial Wilderness, Hong Yun would also go to the Purple Firmament Palace to hear the Dao.
"Hong Yun, are you... going to the Purple Firmament Palace to hear the Dao?" Qin Yun asked.
Hong Yun was taken aback. He hadn't expected Qin Yun to ask him that.
Qin Yun glanced at him, then continued, "If you want to go, then go."
It was only a lecture. There was nothing wrong with going.
"But if you go, be careful. Watch out for certain people's schemes," Qin Yun said.
Qin Yun had transmigrated from Blue Star. He had read novels about the Primordial Wilderness and knew how its story unfolded.
Hearing Qin Yun say that, Hong Yun was taken aback again. He didn't understand why Qin Yun would say such a thing.
"There are six cushions in the Purple Firmament Palace, and they correspond to six Saint Positions. These positions are for Heavenly Dao Saints," Qin Yun explained.
"There are only a set number of Heavenly Dao Saints—nine in total."
Qin Yun was telling Hong Yun this because he considered him one of his own. Otherwise, there would have been no need to bring it up.
This involved Hongjun's scheme. Hongjun wanted to Integrate himself with the Dao, become the Spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, and control the entire Primordial Wilderness.
With such ambitions, Hongjun would naturally make plans to further his own ends.
The six Saint Positions would go to whomever Hongjun chose.
"Mountain God, you..." Hong Yun looked at Qin Yun, still unsure what he meant.
"Hong Yun, do you want to become a Heavenly Dao Saint?" Qin Yun asked.
A Heavenly Dao Saint...
A saint...
Who in the Primordial Wilderness didn't want to become a saint?
Hong Yun looked at Qin Yun but didn't answer.
Hong Yun was a powerful cultivator in his own right and understood how difficult cultivation was. He was only at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm. Even breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm was proving so difficult...
How could becoming a saint be easy?
"Actually, besides Heavenly Dao Saints, there's another kind of existence: the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal!" Qin Yun said.
"Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals are at the same level as saints," Qin Yun explained.
Many beings in the Primordial Wilderness didn't even know that Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals existed.
First, Hongjun wanted to control the Primordial Wilderness and didn't want the beings there to know about this realm.
Second, very, very few had ever reached it. There were practically none in the Primordial Wilderness.
Hongjun wanted to control the Primordial Wilderness and didn't want any unpredictable variables to exist within it. Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals were exactly that sort of variable.
Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals weren't bound by the Heavenly Dao, whereas Heavenly Dao Saints were.
To Hongjun, anything not bound by the Heavenly Dao was hard to control. And anything hard to control was a variable.
Hearing Qin Yun say this, Hong Yun felt as though a door to a whole new world had opened before him. He was excited.
There were only a set number of Heavenly Dao Saints—just nine.
If he couldn't become a Heavenly Dao Saint, becoming a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal would be a fine alternative!
That was what Hong Yun thought.
"To become a Heavenly Dao Saint, you'll have to see whether Hongjun is willing to grant you the position," Qin Yun said.
Hong Yun thought, I have no connection to Dao Ancestor Hongjun. He probably won't give me a Heavenly Dao Saint's position...
Hong Yun understood how things worked.
"To become a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal, you'll have to rely on your own efforts," Qin Yun said.
Hong Yun looked at Qin Yun and couldn't help asking, "Mountain God, this path to becoming a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal..."
"It's difficult!" Qin Yun said. "Extremely difficult!"
Hong Yun was prepared for that. He knew there was no easy way to attain the Dao.
Even breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm was difficult for him now.
It wasn't easy!
Not easy at all!
"But there's still some hope if you take this path," Qin Yun said.
The odds were slim, but there was still some hope.
Hong Yun looked at Qin Yun, hope burning in his eyes.
Hong Yun also hoped to attain the Great Dao and roam the world without restraint.
"Hong Yun, if you go to the Purple Firmament Palace to hear the Dao, will you sit on one of those six cushions?" Qin Yun asked.
Hong Yun thought it over. After a long while, he said, "I don't know..."
The six cushions corresponded to six Saint Positions. If he had the chance, who wouldn't want to sit on one?
"I've already explained that, besides becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint, you can take the path of a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. You can think it over carefully," Qin Yun said.
"May I ask, Mountain God, what's the difference between a Heavenly Dao Saint and a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal?" Hong Yun asked.
Qin Yun nodded. "Good question."
"A Heavenly Dao Saint can only cultivate up to the Heavenly Dao Realm. They can't advance any further."
"A Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal can continue to cultivate beyond that."
"A saint belongs to this world. As long as the world doesn't perish, he won't die, but he can never surpass this world's Heavenly Dao."
"A saint entrusts his Primordial Spirit and True Spirit to the Heavenly Dao. As long as the Heavenly Dao remains intact, the saint cannot be destroyed."
"Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals are different. They exist outside the Heavenly Dao. They can't rely on the Heavenly Dao's power to restore their Magic Power, nor can they use its power to become immortal and indestructible. But they can continue to advance, surpass the Heavenly Dao, and even attain the Great Dao."
As Qin Yun explained, Hong Yun listened attentively.
As he listened, a faint gleam appeared in Hong Yun's eyes.
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