"Legend has it that the Dao Ancestor once destroyed an entire epoch with the Eighteen Transformations of Wuji."
At this, Baleful Shadow's brows twisted into a knot.
"Daoist Sect Sages may be powerful, but surely they're not as outrageous as you say."
"Not a Daoist Sect Sage—a Dao Ancestor!"
"Isn't a Daoist Sect Sage the founder of the Daoist Sect?"
Baleful Shadow asked instinctively. Cui Yunzheng said, "A Daoist Sect Sage is the founder of the Daoist Sect, but not its source."
"Back then, the Daoist Sect Sage received teachings from a mysterious person, which gave him the opportunity to establish the Daoist Sect."
"And that person was the ancestor of the Daoist Sect—Dao Ancestor Jiancheng."
"How did you know that?"
"I don't recall Zhang Ling ever mentioning this. You're from the Pill Epoch, so how could you know the Daoist Sect of the Chang Sheng Epoch so well?"
Faced with Baleful Shadow's question, Cui Yunzheng hesitated before saying, "I know because someone told me."
"For the sake of you risking your life to save me, I can share this secret with you."
"On the surface, the Three Religions Sages appear to be the origins of the Three Teachings in the Chang Sheng Epoch."
"But in truth, the origins of all Three Teachings came from one person."
"Long ago, a mysterious person accepted four disciples."
"Based on that mysterious person's Great Dao, these four disciples each comprehended something of their own."
"They then established their own sects. That was the true origin of the Three Teachings."
"No, how come this legend was never heard of in the Chang Sheng Epoch?"
Baleful Shadow asked instinctively. Cui Yunzheng said, "You never heard of it because the Three Religions Sages never speak of this matter to outsiders."
"To be precise, they deliberately concealed