Tian Ta Bu Jing Yun's Work: Prehistoric World: Born as the Human Emperor, I Start with the Kongtong Seal Recognizing Me as Its Master

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, do you think your roots are far inferior to mine?"

"So that's why I've cultivated for only eight hundred thousand years, yet my comprehension of the Dao is enough to crush yours?"

Gazing intently at the stunned Zhenyuanzi, Huang Tian said meaningfully.

"Is that not the case?"

Hearing the implication in Huang Tian's words, Zhenyuanzi asked in confusion.

At that, Huang Tian said nothing. He simply offered up the Kongtong Seal, manifesting an illusory scene and obscuring Tianji.

"Fellow Daoist Huang Tian, what could possibly require you to offer up an Innate Merit Supreme Treasure to obscure Tianji?"

Seeing this, Zhenyuanzi stared at Huang Tian in even greater shock.

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, how do you think your roots, blessings, and destiny compare with those of Sanqing, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti?"

Instead of answering, Huang Tian stared intently at Zhenyuanzi and asked.

"I believe I'm inferior to no one."

Looking seriously at Huang Tian, Zhenyuanzi replied in a low voice.

"If so, why were all six of them granted Primordial Violet Qi by Hongjun, giving them the foundation to become Saints?"

"Yet you, Zhenyuanzi, received nothing?"

Fixing Zhenyuanzi with a piercing gaze, Huang Tian continued.

"Perhaps my fortune was a little lacking, or perhaps my roots weren't as good..."

Zhenyuanzi's expression stiffened. He hesitated before answering Huang Tian.

"Just as I thought."

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, you're mistaken."

"Your failure to obtain Primordial Violet Qi had nothing to do with a lack of blessings or destiny."

"The root of it all lies in the Immortal Dao taught by Hongjun."

Huang Tian spoke calmly.

"Hongjun's Immortal Dao?"

"The Immortal Dao taught by the Dao Ancestor is acknowledged as orthodox. Countless cultivators pursue it. How could it be the root of the problem?"

Zhenyuanzi shuddered, his eyes full of astonishment.

"Orthodox?"

Huang Tian sneered in disdain.

"Do you think Hongjun opened Zixiao Palace three times and invited the Three Thousand Guests of the Prehistoric World because he truly wanted to teach every living being the path to Sainthood?"

"That's completely wrong!"

"In essence, Hongjun's Immortal Dao plunders the destiny of countless beings in the Prehistoric World to nourish himself."

"It was through this plunder that Hongjun rapidly reached the pinnacle of Sainthood and began his path toward Dao Integration."

"Everyone believes the six cushions in front of Zixiao Palace were placed there by chance."

"Whoever managed to claim one would earn Hongjun's favor."

"But they don't know that the six cushions only appeared to be arranged at random. Their occupants had already been decided."

"No matter who tried to claim them, the final result would always be the same: Sanqing, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti would take the six seats."

Huang Tian sneered.

"Why?"

Zhenyuanzi was utterly bewildered.

He had never considered anything like what Huang Tian was saying.

"Why? Naturally, it was Hongjun's scheme."

"Hongjun needs boundless destiny to achieve Dao Integration."

"Sanqing were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit and bear Heaven-Opening Merit. Hongjun needs the merit they carry."

"Nuwa possesses the Law of Creation and was born with a great mission."

"As for Jieyin and Zhunti, Hongjun needed them to repay the karmic debt from the Dao-Demon War, when the western lands were destroyed."

Huang Tian spoke calmly, gazing at Zhenyuanzi with a piercing look.

"But Fellow Daoist Hongyun also received a strand of Primordial Violet Qi!"

Zhenyuanzi furrowed his brow and stared at Huang Tian in disbelief.

"Could Hongjun really tell all the beings of the Prehistoric World that the Saint positions had already been assigned, and that every opportunity was part of his scheme?"

Huang Tian replied in a low voice.

"So Fellow Daoist Hongyun was being used."

"Hongjun granted him Primordial Violet Qi only to deceive everyone."

"To make people believe that the chance to become a Saint depended entirely on one's own blessings, rather than on his deliberate arrangements?"

Hearing this, Zhenyuanzi couldn't help exclaiming.

"Exactly."

"Even you, Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, have always believed that you failed to obtain Primordial Violet Qi because your blessings were insufficient, haven't you?"

Huang Tian nodded and spoke solemnly to Zhenyuanzi.

"This..."

"Does that mean I could never prove myself a Saint, no matter how long I cultivate?"

Zhenyuanzi was completely stunned. He stared at Huang Tian in disbelief.

"Not so."

"Great God Pangu failed to create Heaven and Earth, leaving the Great Desolation Origin incomplete."

"The Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Human were supposed to emerge together, but the Heavenly Dao was born first."

"The Heavenly Dao seized most of the benefits from the Great Desolation Origin and claimed the authority of nine Heavenly Dao Saints."

"Anyone granted authority by the Heavenly Dao can, when the time is right, receive its recognition and become a Heavenly Dao Saint."

"Therefore, the six disciples of Xuanmen are certain to become Saints."

"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Dao derives forty-nine, and one escapes, leaving a glimmer of hope."

"The Earth Dao's origin was insufficient, so it could not become fully complete. Fortunately, some of it has revived, and it claimed the authority of three Earth Dao Saints."

"Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, you were formed from Innate Wutu essence, and the Earth Book, formed from the Earth Membrane, accompanied your birth."

"The Earth Book contains the complete origin of the Earth Dao, perfectly aligned with your own Innate Wutu law."

"On top of that, there's the Ginseng Fruit Tree beneath you, formed from Xutu origin."

"You, the Earth Book, and the Ginseng Fruit Tree are one."

"As long as you focus on the laws of the Earth Dao, you should be able to wield the Earth Dao Authority and become an Earth Dao Saint."

"But you were deceived. You devoted yourself wholeheartedly to the Immortal Dao taught by Hongjun and obsessed over competing for the authority of the nine Heavenly Dao Saints."

"You've put the cart before the horse and gone looking for fish in a tree!"

Looking seriously at Zhenyuanzi, Huang Tian spoke at length.

"So my Dao lies in the Earth Dao!"

Zhenyuanzi stared at Huang Tian in shock, suddenly enlightened.

The confusion that had troubled him throughout his years of cultivation vanished.

"Fellow Daoist Huang Tian, you're really not joking with me?"

"I can truly become an Earth Dao Saint?"

Zhenyuanzi took a deep breath and asked Huang Tian, still hardly daring to believe it.

"I guarantee it."

Huang Tian gazed intently at Zhenyuanzi and answered with conviction.

As for the reason, Huang Tian of course couldn't explain it to Zhenyuanzi.

After all, the Earth Dao had yet to emerge.

Only after Ancestral Witch Houtu transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation and completed the Earth Dao's origin could the Earth Dao fully emerge.

Then Zhenyuanzi could obtain one of the three Earth Dao Saint authorities, attain the position of an Earth Dao Saint, and become the true Ancestor of Earth Immortals.

Everyone knew that Ancestral Witch Houtu had transformed herself into Reincarnation to complete the Earth Dao. In the end, she gained recognition from the Great Dao, became a Great Dao Saint, and took charge of the Earth Dao as its undisputed master.

But that didn't prevent Zhenyuanzi from attaining the position of an Earth Dao Saint.

Of course, Huang Tian had gone to such trouble to enlighten Zhenyuanzi not on a whim, but because he was considering the future of the Human Race.

The Heavenly Dao and Hongjun had been colluding for countless years, and their scheme was nearly at its final stage.

If they were allowed to continue, Hongjun would drain every last thing from the beings of the Prehistoric World.

The Human Race, destined to become the future rulers of Heaven and Earth and born in response to the Human Dao, would bear the brunt of it.

He would support Zhenyuanzi in becoming an Earth Dao Saint.

Then Zhenyuanzi could use the Earth Book to appoint members of the Human Race as gods of mountains, rivers, and lakes, joining the Earth Dao closely with the not-yet-emerged Human Dao.

Neither the Earth Dao nor the Human Dao was fully developed.

But united, they might still stand on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao.

As long as they gained enough time for the Human Race and the Earth Gods to grow stronger,

the Human Dao and Earth Dao might be able to overpower the combined forces of the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Huang Tian, for enlightening me and helping me understand my path to Sainthood."

"Heaven above, I, Zhenyuanzi, hereby pay homage to Huang Tian, leader of the Human Race, as my elder brother!"

"From this day on, the Human Race and I shall share in glory and ruin alike!"

Zhenyuanzi took a deep breath and spoke to Huang Tian before proclaiming it to Heaven and Earth.

"Rumble!"

The Nine Sounds of Heavenly Thunder rang out, and the Great Dao acknowledged Zhenyuanzi's proclamation.

Zhenyuanzi's own destiny caused the already vast Human Race Destiny to surge by a large margin.