Chapter Thirty: Obtaining the Treasure, Pangu Blood Essence; the True Method of Proving Dao with Three Corpses; Returning at Last to the Shore of the East Sea!

Feeling the Human Race Destiny surge, the Kongtong Seal between Huang Tian's brows trembled, radiating brilliant golden light.

His divine sense instinctively entered the Kongtong Seal, and two seven-colored orbs of light fell into Huang Tian's palm.

"Six drops of Pangu Blood Essence? Interesting!"

Feeling the spiritual treasures in his palm, Huang Tian couldn't help smiling.

"Zhenyuanzi pays his respects to Eldest Brother!"

Just then, Zhenyuanzi, his face full of reverence, addressed Huang Tian solemnly.

As he spoke, the aura of Innate Wutu surged around him, answering the Earth Vein Power of Wanshou Mountain and making him seem ever more sacred.

"Second Brother."

Huang Tian's gaze was sharp as he spoke.

"Eldest Brother!"

Zhenyuanzi replied solemnly.

"Second Brother."

Huang Tian spoke again.

"Eldest Brother!"

Zhenyuanzi answered solemnly once more.

"Hahahaha."

They looked at each other and laughed, as if they were truly brothers.

An intangible Dao resonance swept around Huang Tian and Zhenyuanzi, stirring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into a surging tide.

"Second Brother, you were born from the essence of Innate Wutu. You possess the Ginseng Fruit Tree, one of the ten supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Roots born when heaven and earth were created, and the Earth Book, which was formed from the Earth Membrane."

"You were blessed by the Earth Dao from birth. Your destiny is immense, and your opportunities in the Prehistoric World are surpassed by few."

"The Human Race is merely a postnatal race, its destiny frail. Sooner or later, it will draw the Heavenly Dao's suspicion and Hongjun's suppression."

"By becoming my younger brother, you'll be bound to the Human Race Destiny from now on."

"If it prospers, you'll prosper; if it suffers, you'll suffer."

"Do you have no regrets?"

Huang Tian fixed his sharp gaze on Zhenyuanzi and asked gravely.

"Without your guidance, Eldest Brother, I would have spent my entire life deceived by the Immortal Dao passed down by Hongjun."

"To hear the Dao in the morning and die in the evening would still be enough!"

"To live and die alongside the Human Race and alongside you, Eldest Brother, is an honor for your younger brother!"

Zhenyuanzi met Huang Tian's gaze and answered without the slightest hesitation.

Huang Tian was somewhat surprised.

The hesitant Zhenyuanzi, once serious, had such a resolute Dao heart.

"Good."

"From now on, we brothers will stand as one."

"By the way, Second Brother, let me ask you: how far have you progressed in cultivating the Method of Severing the Three Corpses?"

Huang Tian nodded and asked without hesitation.

"Eldest Brother, I've severed my Good Corpse and Evil Corpse."

Zhenyuanzi answered calmly.

"Second Brother, what Innate Spiritual Treasures did you use to sever them?"

Huang Tian continued without hesitation.

"It sounds as though you have something more to say, Eldest Brother?"

"Hongjun said that any Innate Spiritual Treasure containing Innate Indestructible Spiritual Light could bear one of your Three Corpses."

"The higher the grade of the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the greater the potential of the corpse you sever."

"Is there something else wrong with the method?"

A flicker of confusion crossed Zhenyuanzi's eyes as he looked at Huang Tian and asked.

"The Method of Proving Dao via Three Corpses was originally the glimmer of life left behind when the Great Dao numbered fifty and Heaven's evolution accounted for forty-nine, with one escaping."

"In theory, Proving the Dao with Three Corpses can lead to sainthood."

"But in the end, you were all deceived by that scoundrel Hongjun."

"The Method of Severing the Three Corpses that he passed down deliberately concealed the most crucial step!"

"Because of that step, no one in the Prehistoric World other than Hongjun himself can truly attain sainthood through the Three Corpses."

Huang Tian fixed his sharp gaze on Zhenyuanzi and spoke without hesitation.

"What?!"

Zhenyuanzi shuddered and stared at Huang Tian in disbelief.

"To attain sainthood through the Three Corpses, it's not enough to sever them with Innate Spiritual Treasures."

"The most crucial point is that all the treasures used to sever them must come from the same lineage and contain the same source law!"

"Only then, after severing all three corpses, can you fuse them smoothly, unite the Three Corpses, and return to the Dao."

"Then you can prove the Dao and become a Saint, free from the Heavenly Dao's control."

"Holy Mother Nuwa would have been no better off than you, Second Brother, if she hadn't created humanity and attained sainthood through merit."

"But attaining sainthood through merit has enormous drawbacks!"

"A merit Saint is the weakest kind of Saint."

"Not only is the realm they break through to not particularly high, their cultivation progresses extremely slowly afterward, and they rely heavily on destiny and the power of faith."

"Worse still, Nuwa entrusted a wisp of her Nascent Soul to the Heavenly Dao to gain its authority and prove the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Saint."

"How is that any different from being a puppet of the Heavenly Dao?"

"Second Brother, bring out the treasures you used to sever your corpses and let me see them."

Huang Tian fixed his gaze on Zhenyuanzi and continued.

"Yes, Eldest Brother."

Without hesitation, Zhenyuanzi raised his hand. Two brilliant lights floated in the air, stirring the immense Earth Vein Power of Wanshou Mountain.

"Excellent!"

"Fortunately, the treasures you used to sever your Good Corpse and Evil Corpse both belong to the Earth Dao lineage and contain pure earth-source energy."

"Next, you only need to find another earth-aligned Innate Spiritual Treasure to sever your Self Corpse."

"Once the Three Corpses are stabilized and united, you can enter the Sub-Saint Realm and become the strongest among Saints."

"One step further, and you'll attain sainthood by proving the Dao through the Three Corpses."

"By then, even if Laozi and the others become Saints, you'll still be the strongest Saint in Xuanmen."

"The earth-aligned treasure you need is right before you: the Ginseng Fruit Tree."

"That's all I can do for you, Second Brother."

"The final two steps—"

"Severing your Self Corpse and uniting the Three Corpses—will ultimately depend on you."

Seeing the treasures Zhenyuanzi had used to sever his corpses, Huang Tian smiled and spoke aloud.

"Are you leaving, Eldest Brother?"

Hearing the implication in Huang Tian's words, Zhenyuanzi couldn't help asking.

"Eighty thousand years have passed, and the Human Race has little time left."

"I must return to the Human Race Ancestral Land at once to guard against the threat from the Wu and Yao, as well as the Ten Thousand Races."

After explaining matters to Zhenyuanzi, Huang Tian immediately transformed into a streak of crimson light, left Wanshou Mountain, and returned to the Shore of the East Sea.

"We respectfully see you off, Eldest Brother!"

Zhenyuanzi watched Huang Tian leave, his expression reverent.

"Wait for me, Eldest Brother. Your younger brother will do his utmost to sever the Three Corpses and attain sainthood, then help the Human Race survive its calamity!"

Only after the crimson speck representing Huang Tian had vanished completely did Zhenyuanzi murmur to himself, his gaze blazing.

When he finished, Zhenyuanzi put away the Earth Book and Mountain-Driving Whip, went deep into Wuzhuang Temple, and secluded himself to cultivate, preparing to sever his third corpse.

A hundred thousand years later, at the Human Ancestral Hall on the Shore of the East Sea.

"Chief!"

As soon as Huang Tian returned, Sui Ren Shi and the other two Ancestors of the Human Race came to greet him respectfully.

"Not bad."

Huang Tian looked at Sui Ren Shi and the others and nodded with satisfaction.

All three Ancestors of the Human Race had reached the peak of the Martial Emperor (Great Luo) Realm, just one step away from the Martial Saint (Quasi-Saint) Realm.

"Sui Ren Shi, tell me: how has our race developed in my absence?"

Huang Tian asked without hesitation.

"Reporting to the Chief."

"Nine hundred thousand years have passed. Thanks to the resources you left behind, our territory on the Shore of the East Sea now stretches for hundreds of millions of li."

"Our population has surpassed three hundred billion."

"Among them, three have reached the peak of the Martial Emperor (Great Luo) Realm—that's the three of us."

"Four hundred have reached the middle stage of the Martial Emperor Realm."

"Twelve thousand have reached the early stage of the Martial Emperor Realm."

"Thirty million members of our race have reached the Immortal (Taiyi) Realm."

"Five hundred million members of our race have reached the Myriad Transformations (Golden Immortal) Realm."

"The rest are members of our race in the Primordial Fetus (Profound Immortal) Realm, Star Aperture (True Immortal) Realm, and other realms."

Sui Ren Shi looked solemnly at Huang Tian and reported in a grave voice.