Dear readers, I'm the protagonist of this book. My name is Zhou Xuan, and I'm invincible from the very start. Every disciple I take is more badass than the last. I'll fight my way through the story, topple the Heavenly Court, bring Spirit Mountain crashing down, and take down Hongjun... If you don't like protagonists who fight from the get-go, don't flame me... Just pretend I'm a fart and let me go.
Whether you readers like this book or feel like fighting, I wish you wealth beyond measure, arms full of beauties, and looks that put everyone else to shame.
—Your unfilial son, Zhou Xuan, kneels in thanks
This book is also known as:
<After Sleeping for a Billion Years, I Woke Up as a Chaos Saint>
The vast chaos stretched endlessly. Heaven and earth had yet to be created.
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[Beep! Host Zhou Xuan has transmigrated to the Chaos World!]
[Beep! System bound. Host Zhou Xuan is currently asleep. Activating automatic cultivation during sleep.]
At that moment, the endless chaos was a vast darkness, without light or color, boundless and limitless!
A humanoid spirit was fast asleep!
One breath in!
One breath out!
An endless stream of Primordial Chaos Origin and wondrous laws surged into his body!
Yet he remained asleep, seemingly unaware, drifting through the chaos like a floating corpse!
Ten million years flashed by in the blink of an eye!
He remained asleep!
A hundred million years flashed by in the blink of an eye!
He remained asleep!
His body gradually took on a spiritual form, like a white jade sculpture, radiating a gentle glow!
There was no reckoning of years in chaos, and time was worthless.
[Host Zhou Xuan has slept for ten thousand system years and automatically cultivated to the Human Immortal realm!]
[Host Zhou Xuan has slept for a hundred thousand years and automatically cultivated to the Earth Immortal realm!]
[Host Zhou Xuan has slept for one million years and automatically cultivated to the Heavenly Immortal realm!]
[Host Zhou Xuan has slept for ten million years and automatically cultivated to the True Immortal realm!]
[Thirty million years... Profound Immortal!]
[Seventy million years... Golden Immortal!]
[One hundred million years... Grand Unity Golden Immortal!]
[Three hundred million years... Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal!]
[Five hundred million years... Primordial Golden Immortal (Quasi-Saint)!]
[One billion years... Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal (Saint)!]
[Beep! Host Zhou Xuan has slept for one billion years and achieved Dao through Sleep! He has become the only Saint in the world to attain sainthood by sleeping! The system's first-stage mission is complete! Automatic cultivation has stopped!]
Without realizing it, Zhou Xuan had slept his way to sainthood through the system's automatic cultivation!
And he still felt nothing. It was as if he would sleep until the end of time, until space and time were extinguished, until the Great Dao collapsed.
No years could be counted in the Primordial Wilderness, and time was worthless!
Zhou Xuan finally woke up, and an enormous flood of information poured into his mind!
The information was as vast as the sea. Half-asleep and half-awake, he spent more than a hundred years digesting it all!
"Holy crap!"
"I transmigrated!!!"
"I achieved Dao through Sleep, and woke up from a single nap as a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal! In other words, a Saint!"
Zhou Xuan had read plenty of Primordial Flow novels in his previous life. He knew that all beings beneath Sainthood were ants. Now that he had become a Saint, he at least had the power to protect himself in this world.
And as he digested his memories, he realized that many things had happened during that long sleep.
When he had first transmigrated into the chaos, he had been like a tiny boat in the ocean, drifting aimlessly without a trace of consciousness!
He remembered a seed landing in his hair. Nourished by his dandruff, it had taken root, sprouted, and bloomed, eventually growing into a green lotus!
Later, the green lotus had drifted through the chaos and been picked up by a child named Pangu, who called it the Chaos Green Lotus.
He also remembered a piece of Chaos Black Iron landing on his chest. Nourished by the spiritual energy radiating from his body, it had remained there for who knew how long. Then that same child named Pangu had come across it, been delighted by it, bowed to him three times, and taken the iron away.
Later, the child split the piece of iron in two!
He forged one half into a pitch-black axe called the Sky-Opening Divine Axe.
The other half became a gleaming silver chisel known as the Earth-Splitting Chisel.
Oh!
Right!
He also remembered that a kidney stone had once grown inside him. When he achieved Dao through Sleep and became a Saint, the stone had been expelled from his body. Countless gods and demons had fought over it, and it had eventually vanished without a trace.
Those gods and demons seemed to have called the kidney stone the Chaos Bead.
After that, who knew how many years had passed. He had stayed asleep the whole time.
During the Fierce Beast Tribulation, he had slept.
During the Dragon-Phoenix Primordial Tribulation, he had slept.
While Hongjun Preached the Dao, he had slept.
During the Witch-Demon Tribulation, he had slept.
During the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, he had still been asleep.
The stars had shifted, the seas had turned to fields.
Now, who knew how many years had passed? He had finally awakened, and the system's voice sounded in his mind again.
[Beep! Host Zhou Xuan has awakened. The system has automatically generated a dojo!]
[Beep! Host Zhou Xuan has become a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal. The system's second-stage mission is now active. Please keep striving and advance toward the supreme Chaos Great Dao Supreme realm!]
[Beep! Host, please take on disciples and increase your cultivation!]
"The supreme Chaos Great Dao Supreme realm?"
Zhou Xuan was instantly intrigued. He hadn't expected there to be realms above Sainthood.
His cultivation was now that of a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, equivalent to a Saint. But he had achieved Dao through Sleep. He had become a Saint for no apparent reason as soon as he woke up, so it was hard to say what his actual strength was!
Besides, he had a surging power at his disposal, but no idea how to use it. It was like Shi Potian in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer—a complete waste!
It was true that all beings beneath Sainthood were ants!
But even Saints could differ in strength.
He knew there were seven Heavenly Dao Saints and one Earthly Dao Saint in the Primordial Wilderness.
First was Hongjun, who had comprehended the Jade Disk of Creation and achieved sainthood by Slaying Three Corpses, becoming the Heavenly Dao's representative.
Next came Grand Pure Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti. All six were Hongjun's disciples. They had achieved Dao through merit, entrusted their true spirits to the Heavenly Dao, and become deathless and indestructible.
Jieyin and Zhunti were somewhat unusual. To achieve sainthood, they had made forty-eight great vows and, with great wisdom, courage, and fearlessness, borrowed a massive amount of merit from the Heavenly Dao. That was how they achieved sainthood!
That was why they were also known as "loan Saints."
Finally, there was Empress Houtu, also known as Empress Pingxin. She had transformed herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation and opened the underworld, filling the gaps in the Earthly Dao. She had become its representative, also known as an Earthly Dao Saint. Her strength was unfathomable.
"I achieved sainthood through sleep. I wonder how I'd stack up against the other Saints?"
Zhou Xuan was a very cautious person!
He knew that the Primordial Wilderness followed the law of the jungle, where the strong preyed on the weak.
Although he was a Saint now, it was hard to say how strong he really was!
And unlike those Heavenly Dao Saints, his primordial spirit wasn't entrusted to the Heavenly Dao to carry out its will. Even if they died, they could be reborn in the river of the Heavenly Dao.
He had achieved sainthood countless ages before Hongjun!
Back then, the world was still chaos. Pangu had yet to create heaven and earth!
But according to the system!
Above Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal (Saint) were several other realms:
The Hunyuan Taiji Celestial Venerable, also known as a Sage of Dao Integration and the representative of the Heavenly Dao. Dao Ancestor Hongjun had reached this realm.
Above that was the Hunyuan Wuji Divine Venerable, then the Hongmeng Great Dao Saint Venerable, and finally the Chaos Great Dao Supreme.
If he cultivated to become a Chaos Great Dao Supreme, he would be able to:
The Great Dao is me, yet I am not the Great Dao.
Control the Great Dao and rise above it.
Even if the Great Dao collapses, I remain free.
One achievement, eternal achievement; deathless and indestructible.
In plain language, that meant eternal freedom, omniscience and omnipotence, transcendence over all things, freedom from every constraint, and the power to create the source of all things. He would leave no trace and be impossible to find, yet be both the Great Dao and beyond it.
"Looks like only a Chaos Great Dao Supreme can be truly invincible forever."
Once he understood his current situation, Zhou Xuan settled down contentedly in his dojo.
The dojo created by the system was located above the vast sea in the Western Ox Continent.
It looked ordinary enough, but within it, he was the ruler, comparable to the Great Dao. With One Thought, All Things Born; with one thought, he could bury heaven and earth!
Even if Hongjun came here with his six Saint disciples, they would have to kneel down and call him Daddy!
"As long as I stay in the dojo for now!"
"Even if the Heavenly Dao took physical form and came here, it couldn't do a thing to me!"
At that thought, Zhou Xuan felt reassured. Without thinking, he touched the jade pendant around his neck!
Huh!
Where was his jade pendant?
He remembered that before transmigrating, he had been reading a Primordial Flow novel.
It was called <I Slept for a Billion Years in the Primordial Wilderness, and the Monkey Came to Study Under Me After I Woke Up>, written by This Mortal.
The book was a real thrill ride!
And supposedly, its readers were all more handsome than the last!
Just as he was thoroughly enjoying it, the jade pendant around his neck suddenly released Five-Colored Divine Light, enveloping him. Then he lost consciousness.
"My transmigration must have something to do with this jade pendant!"
"My mother said I was clutching this jade pendant in both hands when I was born... But how did it go missing?"
Zhou Xuan sorted through the memories in his mind and finally figured it out!
That old thief Hongjun had stolen his jade pendant!
As he drifted through the chaos like a floating corpse, a huge, black, thick earthworm—a turbellarian—had landed on him, bitten through the cord around his neck, and stolen the jade pendant.
After stealing it, the earthworm had named it the Jade Disk of Creation and learned the Method of Slaying Three Corpses from it.
"You shameless old thief Hongjun! Taking what isn't yours is the very definition of thievery!"
Zhou Xuan had always hated petty thieves most of all!
It was true that the child Pangu had also taken the Chaos Black Iron from his chest, but at least Pangu had been a polite child. Before taking it, he had bowed three times to show his respect.
That old earthworm Hongjun had bitten through the cord and run off with it. What a despicable scoundrel!
"Old thief Hongjun, you stole my jade pendant. Once I cultivate to become a Chaos Great Dao Supreme, I'll chop you into a thousand pieces and grind your bones to dust!"
Zhou Xuan's voice turned icy. Then he remembered that Hongjun's true form was a segment of an earthworm, the ancestor of all earthworms!
He had heard that earthworms could survive even after being cut in half!
If he chopped one into a thousand pieces, would each piece grow into a new Hongjun?
Heh!
Lost in his own wicked amusement, Zhou Xuan raised his head. His gaze, sharp as a sword, pierced through countless light-years toward the depths of the vast chaos.
Meanwhile, in the depths of the chaos, at Purple Cloud Palace.
The place was filled with celestial mountains and jade halls, radiant clouds stretching ten thousand yards, spiritual birds and beasts, and burbling springs.
Wondrous laws and profound truths of the Dao were everywhere.
Suddenly, two sword auras tore through space, arriving like thunderbolts, like lightning!
Boom!
One struck the outer grounds.
The celestial paradise from moments ago instantly crumbled to dust, becoming a hellish underworld in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
One struck the main hall of Purple Cloud Palace.
Though countless laws, mysteries, restrictions, and barriers filled the place, they still could not stop the terrifying sword aura. It sliced off the palace's southeastern corner.
Whoosh!
Hongjun's eyes snapped open. Two beams of white light shot from them, and then his face filled with utter shock!
"What terrifying sword energy!"
"Who could it be? How could such a powerful being exist in the Primordial Wilderness?"
His primordial spirit had just roamed through the heavens, carefully comprehending the Primordial Origin of Heavenly Dao. He had wanted to take complete control of the Heavenly Dao and reach the state of unity with the Dao.
But the two sword auras had suddenly come hurtling through the air, leaving him startled and shaken.
"Since I joined with the Dao, I've never encountered such a powerful being!"
"Now the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West is about to begin. I intend to use it to weaken the Primordial Continent further, devour the Heavenly Dao, reach unity with the Dao, and replace the Heavenly Dao completely, ruling the Primordial Wilderness."
"Yet something unexpected has happened at this critical moment? Hmph! Whoever you are, if you dare to ruin my great plan, I'll make sure you perish body and soul and vanish into nothingness!"
Hongjun's voice was utterly cold!
They said Saints were emotionless, and the Heavenly Dao was even more so.
Hongjun had joined with the Dao and long since severed his seven emotions and six desires. He viewed all living beings as mere straw dogs.
The Great Tribulation of Journey to the West has arrived. The time is right.
Buddhism spreads east, and Buddhism shall prosper.
With a single word, Hongjun made the law of the land.
His majestic voice crossed countless light-years in an instant, descending upon Spirit Mountain.
At this moment, in the Western Ox Continent, at the sacred realm of Spirit Mountain, stood the Great Thunderclap Temple.
The towering Grand Hall of Heroes rose tens of thousands of feet into the air.
Buddha Tathagata sat high upon a Seven-Treasure Lotus Throne, expounding countless profound scriptures.
In an instant, celestial flowers rained down, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth.
As Buddha Tathagata preached, a few quiet words from him conveyed profound truths. Countless abstruse and wondrous Buddhist teachings poured forth like a mighty river.
The ranks of the Buddhist school were strict.
Tathagata stood at the top, followed by his personal disciples, the Four Great Bodhisattvas, ordinary Bodhisattvas, then the Eight Great Vajras and the Five Hundred Arhats.
At the very outskirts were the Three Thousand Jiedi, along with countless nuns and monks.
At that moment, the sound of Buddhist chants drifted over Spirit Mountain, and the Dharma spread boundlessly.
Everyone was immersed in Tathagata's teachings, utterly captivated.
Just then, a cold, detached voice suddenly boomed like thunder from a clear sky!
Boom!
All the celestial flowers, all the golden lotuses, all the wondrous truths of the Dharma vanished in an instant, without a trace.
Spirit Mountain trembled from top to bottom, and celestial birds and spirit beasts cowered on the ground.
A voice echoed through heaven and earth:
The Great Tribulation of Journey to the West has arrived. The time is right.
Buddhism spreads east, and Buddhism shall prosper.
The voice was utterly detached, yet immeasurably imposing!
In an instant, a flash of wild joy crossed Dabao Tathagata's face. He rose and bowed deeply toward Purple Cloud Palace in the Primordial Chaos.
"I humbly obey the Dao Ancestor's decree!"
Immediately afterward, all the Bodhisattvas, Eight Great Vajras, Five Hundred Arhats, Three Thousand Jiedi, and countless nuns and monks on Spirit Mountain stood and bowed toward Purple Cloud Palace.
"We humbly obey the Dao Ancestor's decree!"
As the words fell, every Buddha and Bodhisattva in the entire Grand Hall of Heroes beamed with delight.
Tathagata returned to his throne, murmuring to himself, The time is right. It's time to teach the monkey some magic!
Great Sage Who Settles Accounts, coming online now!
PS: Cultivation levels in this book:
Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Half-Step Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal (Quasi-Saint), Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal (Heavenly Dao Saint), Hunyuan Taiji Celestial Venerable (Sage of Dao Integration), Hunyuan Wuji Divine Venerable (Extreme Dao Saint), Hongmeng Great Dao Saint Venerable (Eternal Saint), Chaos Great Dao Supreme (Eternal Master).
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