"Ask me anything you do not understand!"
At the end of the first lecture, the Dao Ancestor had left without lingering. This time, after the second lecture, he had deliberately stayed to answer questions. The cultivators were overjoyed and eager to ask about their doubts.
Taiqing Laozi spoke first. "May I ask the Dao Ancestor: by what method should we prove the Dao?"
Cultivators sought immortality and the Dao in pursuit of transcendence, with proving the Dao and becoming a Saint as their ultimate goal. Laozi's question voiced what all the cultivators in Zixiao Palace wanted to know, and they all looked toward Hongjun with eager expressions.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun said, "There are Three Thousand Great Daos, and every one can lead to the Primordial Chaos. As for the methods of proving the Dao, I have summarized three main ones. The first is Proving Dao via Strength: using one's own immense magical power to carve out a world in the boundless Chaos, then entrusting one's nascent spirit to it to attain the Primordial Chaos. Great God Pangu once created this Primordial Great World by this method. The second is the Three Corpses Dao Method I just taught, which I devised myself. After reaching Zenith Heaven Peak, a cultivator severs the Good, Evil, and Self Corpses, then combines their power to attain the Primordial Chaos. The third is the Merit Proving Dao Method: performing Great Merit for Heaven and Earth, earning the Heavenly Dao's recognition and its mighty power, and thereby proving the Dao to become a Saint."
"However, beyond these three methods, there is still another: diligently cultivating the laws and using the power of one's own laws to break free of one's shackles and attain the Primordial Chaos. This method is exceedingly difficult, second only to Proving Dao via