On Discussing the Dao at Wanshou Mountain, Terrifying Omens, Zhenyuanzi: Impossible, Absolutely Impossible

"Huang Tian, fellow Daoist."

"I live alone at Wanshou Mountain, where I study the Dao of space, earth, and plants."

"If you don't mind, might I invite you to discuss the Dao with me, fellow Daoist Huang Tian?"

Zhenyuanzi stared intently at Huang Tian and made the invitation.

"Gladly!"

Huang Tian smiled and nodded without hesitation.

"Imperial Martial suppresses the world; blood qi is its root, bones are its mountains, and meridians are its rivers!"

"Refine the skin, flesh, sinews, and bones; gather qi, blood, and true soul!"

"Burning blood can shatter the chaos qi; when the Dao is achieved, it shall suppress the dust of the Ten Thousand Races. The Three Thousand Principles can all be integrated—only my Imperial Martial Dao runs through past and present!"

Huang Tian spoke first, his words carrying the Heavenly Edict. Every word contained True Martial Dao Intent, turning the world pale.

"Rumble!"

As Huang Tian continued preaching, strange phenomena suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.

For hundreds of millions of miles around Wanshou Mountain, Golden Lotuses Springing from the Earth bloomed, while heavenly flowers rained down.

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered, and boundless spiritual rain poured across the world.

Every drop of rain contained abundant Martial Dao essence qi.

Where it fell upon plants, they grew wildly, and living beings took form.

Where it fell upon rocks, they gained sentience and gathered Martial Dao Intent.

"Rumble!!"

Then, the blood qi around Huang Tian surged violently, and a crimson plume of smoke shot through the clouds.

At first, it rose ten thousand zhang high. In an instant, it spread to a hundred thousand zhang, then a million.

At last, a plume of Blood Qi Smoke ten million zhang high pierced heaven and earth, surrounded by boundless Martial Dao Intent.

"Hum!"

The void trembled, and brilliant light radiated from Huang Tian's brow.

A seal flew out. Nine dragons coiled around it, its entire surface as white and lustrous as jade, with the Great Dao characters "Kongtong" engraved upon it.

The Kongtong Seal hovered above Huang Tian's head, casting down billions of rays of golden divine light.

Where the divine light passed, the Blood Qi Smoke grew ever more blazing.

Endless golden Human Race Destiny streamed down from within the Kongtong Seal, forming the Human Race Myriad Manifestations Diagram within the divine light.

The diagram depicted the Human Race farming, cultivating, fighting, and reproducing, while countless phantoms of their ancestors bowed in worship.

"Boom!"

The Human Race Myriad Manifestations Diagram burst apart and merged with the ten-million-zhang plume of Blood Qi Smoke.

A boundless Martial Dao Dharma Image appeared in the sky.

Several thousand zhang!

A billion zhang!

Two billion zhang!

Only when Huang Tian's Martial Dao Dharma Image reached three billion zhang did it finally stop growing.

The Martial Dao Dharma Image looked just like Huang Tian, only magnified.

The Kongtong Seal hovered above its head, while the Human Race Myriad Manifestations Diagram protected its body.

As its eyes opened and closed, the Martial Dao Dharma Image's gaze caused the void to collapse and the earth to shatter.

Even the Innate Earthly Qi of Wanshou Mountain trembled in fear.

"How is this possible?!"

"With such magnificent omens and such terrifying blood qi, is he really only at the early Quasi-Saint stage?"

"And why are his Dao principles so strange?"

"I have cultivated for countless ages and mastered the three great laws of space, earth, and wood."

"But facing fellow Daoist Huang Tian's Dao principles, I actually feel a pressure originating deep within my bloodline."

"It is as if my Dao is utterly insignificant before fellow Daoist Huang Tian!"

Watching Huang Tian discuss the Dao, Zhenyuanzi was utterly stunned. The words escaped him before he could stop them.

"The Dao gives birth to one; one gives birth to two; two gives birth to three; three gives birth to all things!"

"Space forms the bones, earth provides the foundation, and plants embody the spirit. This is the Dao of Earth Immortals!"

"Space can contain Qiankun and split the universe."

"Earth bears all things and nurtures living beings."

"Plants flourish without end, with a Dao in their cycles of growth and decay."

Zhenyuanzi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his astonishment and the pressure on his bloodline, then gritted his teeth and began discussing the Dao with Huang Tian.

As Zhenyuanzi's voice rang out, the strange phenomena at Wanshou Mountain intensified.

The earth shook, and Innate Earthly Qi gushed out from the depths of the ley lines.

The Ginseng Fruit Tree swayed violently. Innate Yimu Essence Qi gathered into streams of spiritual energy, causing the plants of Wanshou Mountain to grow wildly.

Across the world, auspicious clouds swirled and Daoist music rang out. Faint phantoms of spirit cranes, sacred deer, divine apes, and other miraculous creatures appeared.

"Rumble!"

Heaven and earth roared as Huang Tian's Martial Dao Domain spread out on its own, and Imperial Dao Laws surged.

When Zhenyuanzi began explaining how the three great laws of space, earth, and wood could be combined, the Imperial Dao Laws surged forth like monstrous waves.

"Pfft!"

The next moment, Zhenyuanzi's face turned pale, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His aura weakened.

"Impossible!!"

Without even wiping the blood from his lips, Zhenyuanzi stared at Huang Tian in utter disbelief.

The laws of space, earth, and wood he had cultivated for countless ages began to grow chaotic and break apart, beyond his control, before the strange Dao principles surrounding Huang Tian.

Some of the power of those laws had even been assimilated by Huang Tian's Dao principles!

"Hmm?"

Huang Tian abruptly opened his eyes. Seeing Zhenyuanzi spit blood, he quickly reined in his own blood qi.

"Are you all right, fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi?"

As peace returned to the world, Huang Tian hurriedly asked with concern.

"Don't blame yourself, fellow Daoist. I'm fine; I only suffered a minor injury."

"With my Dao foundation, I'll fully recover in one or two kalpas."

"But there is something I simply cannot understand."

"Fellow Daoist Huang Tian, which of the Three Thousand Dao Principles have you comprehended?"

"Your Dao is far too terrifying!"

"My Quasi-Saint-level laws of space, earth, and wood couldn't resist your Dao principles at all. My Dao foundation was nearly assimilated as well."

"Your Dao principles are not any of the Three Thousand Dao Principles, yet they can accommodate and integrate them, taking all Daos and making them their own."

Huang Tian did not conceal the answer. He directly explained it to Zhenyuanzi.

"Fellow Daoist Huang Tian, if these Dao principles are too secret to discuss, I won't press you."

After staring at Huang Tian for a long while, Zhenyuanzi suddenly spoke.

"You misunderstand, fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi."

"It's not that I'm unwilling to explain. My laws are simply too special."

"I actually explained my Dao principles just now, but you didn't hear me."

Huang Tian paused in surprise, then quickly understood and replied helplessly.

Zhenyuanzi looked bewildered and fell into deep thought.

In all his endless years, Zhenyuanzi had witnessed the Three Thousand Dao Principles. Yet this was the first time he had heard of Dao principles that his very nature left him unable even to hear.

Just as Zhenyuanzi was pondering, the two attendants standing nearby, Qingfeng and Mingyue, suddenly erupted in dazzling golden light.

Two beams of light shot into the sky, while faint plumes of Blood Qi Smoke began to spread along Qingfeng and Mingyue's spines.

Though they were not nearly as grand and powerful as Huang Tian's, they took shape and rose several thousand zhang high.

"What overbearing Martial Dao!"

"I've taught Qingfeng and Mingyue for more than ten kalpas, yet I've never been able to help them comprehend the Dao principles."

"You preached for such a short time, fellow Daoist, and they've already comprehended True Martial Dao Intent, stepped through the gates of Martial Dao, and even formed Martial Dao Dharma Images?!"

"I'm in awe, fellow Daoist!"

Seeing what had happened to Qingfeng and Mingyue, Zhenyuanzi spoke to Huang Tian in shock.

Before Huang Tian could say anything, the blood qi around Qingfeng and Mingyue subsided.

"Thank you, Great God Huang Tian, for imparting the Dao!"

"Enlightened by the Great God's Daoist music, we comprehended True Martial Dao Intent and stepped through the gates of Martial Dao."

"In just tens of thousands of years, once the two of us have fully absorbed the True Martial Dao Intent the Great God imparted, we will surely break through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal."

"We will cultivate diligently from now on and live up to what the Great God has taught us!"

Coming back to themselves, Qingfeng and Mingyue clasped their hands and bowed respectfully to Huang Tian, filled with gratitude.

"It is all fate."

Huang Tian smiled and nodded, refusing to take credit.

Watching the scene unfold, Zhenyuanzi was unable to calm the shock in his heart for a long time.

Zhenyuanzi knew all too well that he was hailed as the strongest beneath the Sages.

Yet before Huang Tian, he was utterly insignificant.