Whoosh, whoosh!
The other two Sages of the Three Pure Ones sensed that their elder brother, Grand Pure, was in danger. With a single step, they crossed between worlds, and in the blink of an eye, they descended from the Outer Heavens.
When they saw the boundless, terrifying karmic sin, they grew anxious.
"Elder Brother!"
"Stand back!" Even with karmic sin wrapped around him, Grand Pure Sage remained as cold as ice.
"His power is actually declining!" Primordial exclaimed in shock.
They had already attained Dao and become Sages, transcending all living beings in the Primordial Wilderness.
No one and nothing should have been able to diminish their cultivation, yet what was happening before their eyes was real.
Gradually, the boundless Golden Light faded, and Grand Pure Laozi, looking somewhat disheveled, once again disappeared into the Chaos Purple Qi.
Sages could not be looked upon directly. Of those present, only the few supreme beings with Sage-level cultivation could clearly see his utterly disheveled appearance.
Jiang Chen remained expressionless. Grand Pure had brought this upon himself.
If he had established the Human Teachings back then, instead of stealing the Human Race's Great Destiny, and had helped the Human Race rise,
then throughout the countless ages to come, he could have enjoyed the Human Race's worship, served as the leader of the Human Teachings, and no one would have challenged him.
But Grand Pure... had taken the wrong path!
"Elder Brother! Elder Brother's power has actually... declined this severely!" Upper Pure and Jade Pure both frowned, finding it utterly unbelievable.
"He still holds the Sage's Position! The Sage's Dao Fruit can influence all living beings in the Primordial Wilderness, but they can scarcely influence a Sage's Dao Fruit. Even though the Human Race has cast aside the Golden Elixir Path, shaking Elder Brother's Sage's Position, he still holds it!"
The two of them quickly pieced together the situation of Grand Pure Sage, each adding their thoughts.
As Sages themselves, there was little that could be hidden from them, except for secrets of the Heavenly Dao and matters of destiny.
"Descendants of the Human Race... What a Human Race!"
Grand Pure Sage had withdrawn into the Chaos Purple Qi. Even though his Sage's Position had been weakened, he remained imposingly powerful!
His gaze shook heaven and earth, like divine rays descending from above, and fixed on Jiang Chen.
"What a debt from the past!"
"Even if the Human Race regains its Great Destiny, it will be too late!"
"Under this Heavenly Dao, the Human Race is not destined to rule!"
"Without a Sage to protect it, the Human Race is fated to perish from the Primordial World!"
"Junior of the Human Race, you forced your Dao Law into the realm of transcendence. After this, immense Karmic Sin will weigh down the entire Human Race!"
Grand Pure Sage's voice thundered into everyone's ears.
Only then did the powerful members of the Witch and Demon Clans realize that the Primordial Dao Law—almost never seen in the Primordial Wilderness—came at such a price.
But that was only to be expected.
That was Sage-level power!
The highest existence in the entire Primordial World!
A supreme being who could not be thought of, discussed, or fathomed!
Had Jiang Chen not been in a Sage's body, he would have been annihilated countless times by now.
The leaders of the Human Tribe lifted their heads and declared, "All living beings of the Human Race are willing to bear this boundless Karmic Sin for our Human Emperor! Even if we die and our souls are extinguished!"
"Die and have your souls extinguished? Today, in the name of a Sage, I strip the Human Race of the Golden Elixir Path! The Human Race shall have no Golden Elixir Path!" Grand Pure Sage declared without mercy or hesitation!
He cultivated the merciless Dao, and today they finally witnessed that mercilessness.
Grand Pure Sage was trying to reclaim his dignity, determined to cast the Human Race into the abyss for good, so that it could never rise—even with immense destiny!
"From now on, even if the Human Race of the Primordial Wilderness regains its vast destiny, it will be unable to rise quickly..." Houtu sighed, feeling that it was a shame.
If the Human Race could rise, the Witch and Demon Clans would have something to consider. They might not fight so recklessly, and far fewer members of the Wu Clan and the Human Race would die!
Jiang Chen had no complaints and felt not the slightest regret over Grand Pure's decision to sever all ties.
His eyes seemed to hold billions of stars turning and the ages changing.
From those two books, Jiang Chen had gained the supreme Path of Transcendence.
One was the Path of Transcendence forged by Devouring Ten Thousand Flames and attaining the Law of Fire!
The other was the Path of Transcendence that treated the body as a seed, transforming through the Nine Changes of the Immortal Platform and unlocking the body's hidden treasures!
Jiang Chen admired both paths.
Every living being of the Human Race had a path suited to them.
At that moment, Jiang Chen possessed great wisdom and even greater resolve. He had come to a profound realization!
Neither Devouring Ten Thousand Flames nor Seed of the Self was the Human Race's ultimate Path of Transcendence!
The Human Race's Path of Transcendence was not a single path, nor was it fixed!
Since the Human Race had no path of cultivation that could be passed down to all, he would create one today!
Jiang Chen looked down upon all living beings of the Human Race, his voice ringing with power like the tolling of the Dao Bell as he declared:
"The Golden Elixir Path of the Human Race in the Primordial Wilderness has crumbled, and its rules and order have broken apart. Transcendence is now beyond reach!"
"Since there is no longer a path of cultivation, I shall create one!"
"In the name of the Human Emperor of the Human Race!"
"Where I stand shall be the birthplace of Law and order. I shall forge it and establish the Dao through my own body!"
"I name it: Human Dao!"
"By the name of the Human Emperor of the Human Race!"
"I shall establish the Dao through my own body!"
"I name it: Human Dao!"
Rumble!!!
The Great Dao roiled, sending down boundless Golden Light and blessings.
In an instant, beside the Heavenly Dao, another long river of the Dao appeared faintly!
That stretch of the Dao River surged violently. Every drop of water was like a world, and every wave like a starry universe.
It was wondrous and magnificent!
The Primordial Wilderness could not match its grandeur, Chaos could not consume it, and the Laws and order within it were like primordial fish, unable to break free.
It was the Human Dao that Jiang Chen had established for the rise of the Human Race!
The Great Dao recognized it!
It existed alongside the Heavenly Dao!
The Heavenly Dao was no longer the only one beneath the Great Dao. It now had a companion!
The Human Dao had leaped beyond the river of the Heavenly Dao.
From that moment on, the Human Race was no longer bound by the Heavenly Dao! It would bear no karmic sin of the Heavenly Dao, nor any karmic ties to it.
But in exchange, the Human Race now had a higher summit to reach.
Everything belonging to the Human Race was placed beneath the Great Dao!
It was a far stricter Great Dao!
And a Great Dao that was even more transcendent!
A Great Dao that even Dao Ancestor Hongjun could only gaze upon from afar!
In the name of the Human Emperor of the Human Race, Jiang Chen established the Human Dao!
He vowed to find a path of Attaining Dao suited to the Human Race's transcendence and to pave the way for its rise.
The Human Race had never had a single, exclusive Path of Transcendence.
Everything within sight—every blade of grass, every tree, every flame, every body—could lead to the highest realm!
That was the Human Race's Path of Transcendence, and it had never been fixed!
Nor had it ever been the only one.
Since ancient times, every race in the Primordial World had its own path.
Only those born with innate origins from primordial Chaos could give each person their own path.
One person, one path to transcendence.
Great God Pangu had done so in the past, attaining Dao by force!
Saint Nuwa had done so in the past, attaining Dao by creating humanity!
The Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages had done so in the past, attaining Dao through great merit and the Great Vow!
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