Second Lecture in Zixiao Palace

When Qing Xuan left the Ancestral Witch Hall, the Twelve Ancestral Witches respectfully escorted him to the outside of the hall and made a promise to him: if Qing Xuan had any trouble, it would be the Witch Clan's trouble.

Qing Xuan didn't really care about this. Everything he had done stemmed from his lingering regret for the Witch Clan before his transmigration.

At the same time, there was also the opportunity given to him by Pangu, which Qing Xuan could never ignore. After all, Qing Xuan had never been an ungrateful person from start to finish.

Looking at the Hongmeng Liangtian Ruler in his hand, Qing Xuan sighed and said, "Pangu, this is the limit of what I can do."

"If the Witch Clan can heed my advice and not contend for supremacy with the Demon Race, I can try to change the fate of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. If not, I am powerless to do anything."

Qing Xuan's words actually caused the entire Buzhou Mountain to tremble involuntarily, as if responding to him.

After sending Qing Xuan off, the Twelve Ancestral Witches indeed followed his instructions and began using their Ancestral Witch Essence Blood to create Great Witches.

At the same time, they sent the created Great Witches out of the Ancestral Witch Hall to develop their influence in the Primordial World, giving the Ten Thousand Races, which should have belonged to the Demon Race, a new choice.

This naturally enraged Di Jun and Tai Yi, because in their understanding, all the Ten Thousand Races in the Primordial World should belong to the Demon Race.

The Witch Clan's actions essentially touched their foundation, something Di Jun and Tai Yi could never accept.

In an instant, the conflict between the Witch Clan and the Demon Race quietly began ahead of schedule. Although a full-scale war hadn't broken out, minor skirmishes never ceased.

But for Qing Xuan, this was none of his concern. By now, he had already returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain and begun a millennia-long discussion of the Dao with Fu Xi and Nuwa.

Over these thousands of years of discussing the Dao, all three gained something. Fu Xi finally broke through his cultivation to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal peak.

Nuwa also finally touched the threshold of the Golden Immortal of the Origin. In fact, if Nuwa wished, she could rely on the Great Dao Creation Law to break through at any time.

However, Qing Xuan stopped her and even instructed Nuwa to suppress her cultivation. Even during this trip to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao, she was not to break through there.

Trusting Qing Xuan completely, Nuwa agreed without hesitation. As for why, she didn't even ask.

At this point, Qing Xuan had suppressed his own cultivation to the extreme. If he wanted to break through, he could leap several realms at any time.

Even if he couldn't directly reach the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal peak, reaching the Late-stage Great Luo was definitely not a problem.

In the blink of an eye, less than a thousand years remained before Hong Jun's lecture. The three once again sealed the Mountain Path dojo and set off for Zixiao Palace to attend Hong Jun's Second Lecture.

When the three arrived outside Zixiao Palace, many cultivators had already gathered there. But this time, there was no commotion like before; instead, everyone sat cross-legged on the steps.

Only when the gates of Zixiao Palace were opened by Haotian and Yaochi did the cultivators file in orderly fashion. Since the seats had already been assigned, there was no need to fight over them.

But what no one expected was that some of the Prayer Mats in Zixiao Palace were actually empty, and the number reached several dozen.

Qing Xuan sat on the first row of Prayer Mats on the right side and swept his gaze with the corner of his eye, immediately understanding the reason.

Some of the empty Prayer Mats belonged to those like the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who couldn't understand the Dao that Hong Jun taught and thus decided not to waste their time this time.

Another portion belonged to those who had fallen during these Ten Thousand Years, making it naturally impossible for them to attend Hong Jun's Second Lecture.

At the same time, quite a few new cultivators were standing. They had likely broken through to the Zenith Heaven Realm during these Ten Thousand Years, qualifying them to listen to the Dao in Zixiao Palace.

However, whether they were those who hadn't gotten seats last time or those who had come to Zixiao Palace for the first time, no one dared to fight for the empty seats.

Only when Hong Jun appeared in Zixiao Palace did he arrange for some people to sit on the Prayer Mats.

Of course, those who received Prayer Mats were all first-time listeners at Zixiao Palace. Among them, Hong Yun was arranged to sit in the Second Row, beside Zhen Yuanzi.

Since only Houtu among the Twelve Ancestral Witches came to listen this time, eleven Prayer Mats in the Second Row were left empty. Besides Hong Yun, ten others received seats in the first row.

After everyone was seated, Hong Jun finally spoke: "What This Daoist will teach this time is the Dao of the Origin."

"The Golden Immortal of the Origin is a key realm before the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, also known as the Quasi-Saint Realm."

"To break through from the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm to the Quasi-Saint Realm, mere bitter cultivation is no longer enough. What is needed is an understanding of the principles of heaven and earth..."

Then Hong Jun began to expound the Quasi-Saint's Dao, but the content about comprehending the Great Dao Law to break through was very sparse. The main focus was the Method of Severing Three Corpses.

For most Primordial World Cultivators, relying on comprehending the Great Dao Law to break through was extremely difficult. In contrast, the Method of Severing Three Corpses was more convenient and faster.

In an instant, the entire Zixiao Palace was filled with visions. Countless Dao rhythms and laws wove back and forth among the cultivators.

At that moment, everyone in Zixiao Palace felt as if they were in an independent world. In this world, they even saw how they should break through.

Of course, not everyone benefited greatly. Some were simply wasting their time—for example, those who had just reached the Zenith Heaven Realm could only grasp a partial understanding of such profound Dao techniques.

When the lecture reached Two Thousand Years, Laozi's Qing Yun appeared above his head, and his Three Flowers Bloomed. A Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch rested horizontally atop the Human Flower.

The next moment, the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch transformed into a kind-faced old Daoist who stepped down from Laozi's Human Flower. His appearance was seventy to eighty percent similar to Laozi's.

He first bowed respectfully to Laozi, then turned back and returned to the Human Flower. At the same time, this signified that Laozi's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin early stage.

Right after Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun used the Three Treasures Ruyi to sever his Good Corpse Incarnation, and Tongtian Jiaozhu used the Qingping Sword to sever his Good Corpse Incarnation.

Even the Two Sages of the West used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and the Jieyin Baocheng respectively to sever their Good Corpse Incarnations, instantly producing several Quasi-Saint Great Beings in Zixiao Palace.

Nuwa's Qing Yun also appeared above her head, and her Three Flowers gently swayed within the Qing Yun. However, in the end, she did not complete the severing of a corpse.

This was not because Nuwa couldn't do it, nor because she lacked Innate Spiritual Treasures. She simply remembered Qing Xuan's instruction not to break through in Zixiao Palace.

Even if Nuwa chose to break through, she would not take the Path of Severing Three Corpses. Although the content Hong Jun taught about breaking through via laws was very limited, Nuwa still benefited greatly.

When Hong Jun's lecture reached Three Thousand Years, the Dao sounds in Zixiao Palace abruptly ceased. He swept his gaze over everyone in the hall.