After returning to the West, Ye Xuan saw that a voice transmission had been left at his secluded cultivation site. It was from Daoist Zhunti, and it contained a method for becoming a saint: the Path of Becoming a Sage through Three Corpses.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but reveal a hint of delight. He had long since mastered the Path of Three Corpses, but because it could not be brought into the open, he had never used it.
After all, it was a unique technique that the Dao Ancestor had created before becoming a saint. Ye Xuan had never gone to the Purple Cloud Palace, so using it would only bring trouble.
But now that Daoist Zhunti had passed it down to him, things were different. If Ye Xuan unified his Three Corpses in the future, he could claim that he had perfected the method through his supreme wisdom after Daoist Zhunti taught it to him. Even the Heavenly Dao would be unable to see through it.
After leaving a voice transmission at his own secluded cultivation site, Ye Xuan entered seclusion. He merged his Dao Fruit into Mount Fangzhang Immortal Island. Now that it had merged with the Three Thousand Heavens, boundless Innate Spiritual Qi surged into every world. The spiritual energy was so dense that it resembled a vast mist, and space was rapidly expanding.
In just a moment, it had spread more than ten million li.
In the main world, the Innate Gourd Vine, the Five-Leaf Pine Needle, the Immortal Apricot, and the other Innate Spiritual Roots greedily devoured the Innate Chaos Spiritual Qi. They stabilized the Three Thousand Heavens, keeping them from collapsing under the spiritual energy's overwhelming abundance.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan fell into thought.
Though he had all these Innate Spiritual Roots, it still wasn't secure enough. If the Three Thousand Heavens really collapsed, his countless years of cultivation would be ruined!
After thinking it over, Ye Xuan's eyes lit up. He still had a Dao incarnation in his possession, one as powerful as himself: the Rebirth Aspect.
If the Rebirth Aspect could also merge into the Heavenly Dao, it would elevate the Three Thousand Heavens to a higher level and help Mount Fangzhang Immortal Island merge with them sooner.
What's more, once his Past Incarnation merged with them, it would become a Heavenly Dao in its own right. The Power of Karma on Ye Xuan would be even harder to detect.
Having reached a decision, Ye Xuan waved his hand. The Rebirth Aspect emerged from him, gave him a slight nod, and merged into the Three Thousand Heavens.
Boom!
After the rumble, a trace of Heavenly Dao power arose within the Three Thousand Heavens. Ye Xuan's own Dao Fruit grew more complete. With the Heavenly Dao's intervention, Mount Fangzhang Island could no longer resist and rapidly merged into the Three Thousand Heavens.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan went into seclusion. After roughly thirty thousand years, Mount Fangzhang Island had completely merged into the Three Thousand Heavens. Every world had risen to a higher level, causing Ye Xuan's magical power to surge. His command of the laws soared as well, making him even stronger.
But even after his seclusion, Ye Xuan's strength still hadn't reached the Mid-Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin.
As for the Three Corpses Becoming Saint Method, he was completely stumped.
After thinking for a while, Ye Xuan remembered that he still had a Supreme Dharma Gate in his possession: the Method of Nascent Soul Becoming a Saint, called the Heaven-Bearing Primordial Spirit Divine Embryo Dao Canon. He had never cultivated it because he'd been in a hurry to obtain Mount Fangzhang Island. Once mastered, it would let him enter the Heavenly Dao and open up a Saint Position, seizing the Heavenly Dao's power. In the end, he could even take over a Heavenly Dao.
Since this power had been seized, he could break free and sever all his karmic ties if the Great Thousand World were ever destroyed.
Looking over this Supreme Dharma Gate, Ye Xuan went into seclusion, intending to strengthen his primordial spirit.
Holding the Jade Plate Fragment, Ye Xuan entered seclusion. More than a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. After gaining a basic understanding of the canon, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of surprise.
"Only after nine cycles of the primordial spirit's power can one enter the Realm of Quasi-Saint!"
This Supreme Dharma Gate required one to first extinguish the primordial spirit's power, leaving behind only a trace of its essence, then rebuild it all at once. Repeating the process nine times would let one ascend straight into the Realm of Quasi-Saint.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan's expression turned grave. No wonder mastering the canon allowed one to open a Saint Position within the Heavenly Dao. This method of becoming a saint truly held a profound secret.
For everyone else, the primordial spirit was of utmost importance, but Ye Xuan was different. He had boundless Three Light Divine Water, so even if only a trace of his primordial spirit remained, he could recover it completely.
What's more, among his Three Thousand Dao Fruits, he still had a Rebirth Aspect.
I can give it a try.
After giving it some thought, Ye Xuan drew a stream of Innate Filthy Qi from the boundless lands of the West.
Innate Filthy Qi was the most poisonous substance in the world, fully capable of corroding the primordial spirit. After drawing out a stream, Ye Xuan merged it with his primordial spirit and used the Heaven-Bearing Primordial Spirit Divine Embryo Dao Canon. Gritting his teeth, he endured the torment. Even for a Quasi-Saint, Innate Filthy Qi was deadly poison, and Ye Xuan's primordial spirit was only at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Under the assault of the Innate Filthy Qi, his primordial spirit was driven back again and again, utterly unable to fight back. Only when he was left with the very last trace of its power did he use the Three Light Divine Water, healing his primordial spirit completely.
Once Ye Xuan's primordial spirit had risen back to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, a wisp of purple, nebulous energy appeared upon it.
That wisp was the last trace of Ye Xuan's primordial spirit's power. Once he had mastered the canon, his primordial spirit would be filled with Nebulous Purple Qi.
"Excellent!"
Seeing that Innate Filthy Qi was useful to him, Ye Xuan revealed a hint of delight and entered seclusion once more.
After Ye Xuan went into seclusion, another thirty thousand years passed. Throughout those thirty thousand years, he continuously cultivated the Heaven-Bearing Primordial Spirit Divine Embryo Dao Canon.
With the Three Light Divine Water and boundless Innate Filthy Qi, he raised his primordial spirit's power through nine cycles. His primordial spirit was now filled with a purple, nebulous mist. Its power seemed ethereal and otherworldly, impossibly elusive, and it carried a hint of ancient truth.
Half a day later, a rumble came from Ye Xuan's secluded cultivation site. A powerful aura surged into the Vault of Heaven.
Ye Xuan was already a Quasi-Saint, and from his lofty vantage point, he needed less than half a Yuanhui to raise his primordial spirit's power into the Realm of Quasi-Saint.
Moreover, when Ye Xuan's primordial spirit entered the Realm of Quasi-Saint, a rumble sounded within the Three Thousand Heavens. The Heavenly Dao advanced another level, in turn causing Ye Xuan's mastery of the laws to surge once more. His power rose by another great leap, and the powerful aura around him made the countless living beings of the West tremble.
Seeing Ye Xuan's aura surge once more, Daoist Zhunti, who was in seclusion, couldn't help but look stunned. He then emerged from seclusion and headed to Ye Xuan's cultivation site.
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