The void rumbled, primordial qi drifted through the air, golden flowers condensed one after another, and streams of purple qi descended, merging into the Forge of Creation. Even the Three Pure Ones could not help casting curious looks over.
At this moment, Xuan Qing was the most eye-catching figure in the Hall of the Three Pure Ones. A phantom golden auspicious cloud flickered in and out of sight, while the spiritual qi within a million li was swept completely clean.
The disciples of the three sects all turned to look!
They were also curious. Listening to the Dao just like everyone else, what exactly had Xuan Qing comprehended?
The first to see through it was Taiqing Laozi. He smiled faintly as the Taiji Diagram flew straight out, dropping several streams of Yin-Yang Qi into the Forge of Creation Xuan Qing had manifested. "What boldness! You are merely in the Taiyi Realm, yet you dare refine the Dao of Sages. Let this old Daoist lend you a hand! Whether you succeed or not... will depend on your own fortune!"
A Sage's Dharma eyes were like torches, capable of seeing through all things. With one glance, he saw that Xuan Qing had gained some insight and was preparing to use the Power of Creation to merge the origins of the three divine thunders.
However, Xuan Qing's comprehension of the Dao of Creation was not deep, and his cultivation was only at the Taiyi Realm. Refining thunder arts derived from the Great Dao of three Heavenly Dao Saints was still somewhat difficult for him. Not to mention that thunder arts were supremely forceful and yang, bearing vast Heavenly Might, and could not be subdued by ordinary means.
That was why it had caused such a huge commotion!
The Taiji Diagram evolved Yin-Yang Qi, making the void seem to form a world of its own. Combined with the Forge of Creation, it immediately transformed into a divine furnace capable of refining all techniques.
Xuan Qing also sensed this sudden change, but he could not afford to be distracted at this moment. He could only express his gratitude toward Taiqing Laozi in his heart.
"Dao Gives Birth to One, One Gives Birth to Two, Two Gives Birth to Three, Three Gives Birth to All Things!" Xuan Qing gained an insight. "First Martial Uncle's Dao is like Taiji giving birth to the Two Principles, the Two Principles giving birth to the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols Giving Birth to Eight Trigrams, and the Eight Trigrams evolving Myriad Phenomena! Unfortunately, the Innate Eight Trigrams are not yet complete. To refine the Great Dao of the Three Pure Ones, it still lacks a little something!"
"Grand Pure Divine Thunder," "Jade Pure Divine Thunder," and "Supreme Pure Divine Thunder" were all derivatives of a Sage's Great Dao. Though they were not the core of a Sage's Great Dao, they were not something that could be refined through ordinary means.
However, Xuan Qing was no ordinary person.
Thunder exploded within his heart, as though a voice were telling him, If there is no road ahead, then become the one who carves a path! Nothing can stop your will!
This was the manifestation of his true heart!
Xuan Qing immediately stopped hesitating. With one hand pointing to the heavens and the other to the earth, he borrowed the power of the vast universe, summoned heavenly lightning, and fused it into the Forge of Creation.
Taiqing Laozi frowned slightly, seemingly puzzled. The three types of divine thunder were already difficult to suppress, so why was Xuan Qing actively drawing in the power of heavenly lightning as well?
"Zhen is Thunder!"
Following Xuan Qing's loud shout, Taiji gave birth to the Two Principles, the Two Principles evolved the Four Symbols, and the Four Symbols immediately began evolving toward the Eight Trigrams. Peals of thunder rang continuously through the void.
Before transmigrating, he had read the Book of Changes and knew that the Zhen trigram was the beginning of the Innate Eight Trigrams. That was why he had summoned heavenly lightning, attempting to evolve the Innate Eight Trigrams.
There was a passage that described the Innate Eight Trigrams like this: The Emperor emerges from Zhen, is aligned in Xun, meets in Li, labors in Kun, rejoices in Dui, battles in Qian, rests in Kan, and completes in Gen!
This "Emperor" did not refer to an emperor, but to the sun—the "yang" among the Two Principles!
"Xun is Wind!"
Having cultivated the Innate Wind-Lightning Dao Body, he was naturally close to wind and lightning. Drawing upon the Power of Wind and Thunder was as easy as lifting a hand, and he immediately summoned a trace of Bi Feng's origin.
"Li is Fire!"
Wind and thunder intertwined, immediately drawing forth a blaze of heavenly fire. This was also a Great Dao Xuan Qing had mastered.
As for the remaining five trigrams of the Innate Eight Trigrams, although he had not comprehended their corresponding Great Daos, with the three trigrams he had already evolved, it was not impossible to create them from nothing and draw them forth from heaven and earth.
After all, upon reaching the Heavenly Immortal Realm, one could already leverage the power of heaven and earth and harmonize with a region of the void.
Not to mention...
He was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
"Kun is Earth!"
"Dui is Marsh!"
"Qian is Heaven!"
"Kan is Water!"
"Gen is Mountain!"
In an instant, the Innate Eight Trigrams appeared in the void. Heaven and earth took their positions, mountains and marshes exchanged qi, thunder and wind clashed, water and fire did not oppose one another. Boundless Dao essence manifested alongside vast purple qi, each occupying a direction as they began evolving limitless Myriad Phenomena.
The Eight Trigrams harmonized, and in the blink of an eye, they were branded onto the Forge of Creation. The eight Great Daos of heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and marsh filled it. With yin and yang as its foundation and the Four Symbols as its base, it began refining the three divine thunders.
Yet this was not the end!
A flash of inspiration struck Xuan Qing, as if he had seized upon an opportunity. He shouted again, "The innate is the root, and the acquired is the foundation. Only then do they form the basis of all things in heaven and earth!"
He immediately reverse-evolved the Innate Eight Trigrams, expounding the acquired Dao. The Later Heaven Eight Trigrams also came into being in response.
Afterward, the Innate Eight Trigrams and Later Heaven Eight Trigrams fused together, evolving Myriad Phenomena as though they sought to exhaust the principles of creation itself. It actually drew the attention of the Heavenly Dao's consciousness.
"Weakness is the use of Dao, reversal is the movement of Dao. All things under heaven are born from being, and being is born from nonbeing!"
Enhanced by the Innate Eight Trigrams, the Forge of Creation became increasingly vast and profound. Waves of mighty Heavenly Might surged forth, and in an instant, it fused the three divine thunders into one.
The eight powers of heaven and earth gathered and scattered from time to time, ultimately returning to nothingness. It was as though the Great Dao itself roared, expounding the ultimate principle that all things were born from being and returned to nonbeing.
"The Way of Grand Yi!"
A brilliant light suddenly burst from Taiqing Laozi's eyes.
He began with Taiji, evolved yin and yang, expounded the Four Symbols, and walked a path of evolving all techniques.
Xuan Qing, however, was precisely the opposite. He exhausted all transformations of creation, first using the Four Symbols to evolve the Innate Eight Trigrams, then using the Innate Eight Trigrams and Later Heaven Eight Trigrams to expound Myriad Phenomena.
Afterward, Myriad Phenomena returned to one and transformed into nothingness. From that nothingness, he drew out Grand Yi Spiritual Light, perfectly matching Sect Master Tongtian's Dao of Ending and Primordial Lord of Heaven's Dao of Creation.
"Once a cosmic cycle begins, Myriad Phenomena are renewed. Once a cosmic cycle ends, it begins anew in an endless cycle!"
"Wonderful!"
Primordial Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian were also utterly stunned, seemingly unable to believe that a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could evolve such profound principles of heaven and earth.
Xuan Qing had gained immense benefits. He immediately bowed to Taiqing Laozi and said, "Many thanks for First Martial Uncle's help! This disciple will remember it deeply. Please accept this disciple's bow!"
If Taiqing Laozi had not used the Taiji Diagram to aid him, then with his shallow grasp of the Power of Creation alone, he would never have been able to merge the origins of the three divine thunders into one.
Naturally, he had to give thanks!
Seeing this, Taiqing Laozi flicked his fingertip and sent out a breeze, preventing Xuan Qing from continuing to bow. "This is all your own fortune. I merely acted with the flow. Such a grand courtesy is unnecessary!"
In truth, observing Xuan Qing expound the Dao had also benefited him greatly. Xuan Qing's understanding of the myriad Daos of heaven and earth happened to be the opposite of his own, like looking into a mirror.
It was perfect for verifying his own Dao!
Suddenly, the void rumbled. Countless auspicious auras condensed, and a vast Golden Cloud of Merit appeared above Kunlun Mountain before descending into Xuan Qing's spiritual platform.
The disciples immediately cast envious looks at him.
"Heavenly Merit!"
As disciples of Sages, they naturally knew the benefits of Merit and understood how difficult it was to obtain.
Yet they could not understand no matter how much they pondered it. Why had Xuan Qing merely listened to the three Sages expound the Great Dao, only for the Heavenly Dao to bestow such vast Merit upon him?
As Merit entered his body, Xuan Qing immediately felt his spiritual platform clear, as though he had received the favor of the Heavenly Dao. Even his comprehension improved considerably, while his Dao Fruit blossomed with golden immortal light and divine radiance.
"This..."
Only then did Xuan Qing realize what had happened, and he immediately panicked. It seemed he had stolen Fuxi and Ji Chang's Merit. The Innate Eight Trigrams and Later Heaven Eight Trigrams should originally have come from those two.
However, upon further thought, he was a disciple of the Jie Sect. He seized a thread of life, seized a thread of opportunity—so what was wrong with seizing some of the Merit of those two?
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