After Xuan Qing left the human tribe, Suiren Shi immediately took up his responsibilities. Not only did he use his own insight to answer the many cultivators' doubts, but he also taught them the ways of Elixir Refining, Artifact Refining, and Formation Refining. He further passed down the Innate Eight Trigrams, allowing them to learn how to calculate fortune and misfortune and conceal their own aura.
Of course, he taught only the most basic parts. Without the Three Pure Ones' permission, he did not dare casually pass the core teachings on to the human race.
This had been Xuan Qing's instruction.
Suiren Shi understood the principle that the Dharma should not be passed on lightly, nor should the Dao be taught casually. Even the Jie Sect, which advocated teaching without discrimination, would test its disciples before imparting divine abilities.
As for the things he had comprehended himself, it did not matter. If he taught them, then he taught them; in any case, the karmic consequences would be borne by Suiren Shi, his Other Self Incarnation.
The other self bore karma, while the true self cultivated the Great Dao. That was the proper use of an Other Self Incarnation.
"How strange!"
At the same time, in Grand Simplicity Heaven, Sage Nuwa could not help furrowing her brow. "Why has that noisy fellow become entangled with the human race's karma again?"
Although she had responded to Xuan Qing only once, she had paid him no little attention in private.
After all, not just anyone would chant her name day and night!
Xuan Qing was an exception.
In truth, when Xuan Qing first prayed to her, she had noticed his Destiny of Nothingness, as well as the keen mind he possessed that other humans lacked.
That was why she had bestowed a Dharma Gate upon him!
Moreover, Xuan Qing's actions had repeatedly exceeded her expectations. She had once deduced that he would become a sage who led the human race to rise.
Yet he had chosen to leave with Taiqing Laozi and enter Sect Master Tongtian's sect instead, leaving his karma with the human race in a state that seemed severed, yet not quite.
Xuan Qing's fate had deviated from its original course. Naturally, she had been very curious, but Kunlun Mountain was the Three Pure Ones' dojo, so she could not freely pry into it.
Thus, she had not paid attention to Xuan Qing for quite some time!
But now, the development of fate had returned to its original path, naturally drawing her notice. Curious, she cast her gaze down from Grand Simplicity Heaven.
"An Other Self Incarnation, an Incense Deity, an image reflected from the hearts of others?"
"Interesting indeed!"
With a single thought, a Sage could survey the entire Primordial Wilderness. Unless another Sage concealed something or a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure suppressed it, everything would be as clear as a blazing fire.
Although Nuwa had no desire to involve herself in worldly affairs, she still occasionally watched over the human race she had created. Xuan Qing's return to the Human Ancestral Land and his use of an Other Self Incarnation to renew his former karma naturally could not escape her eyes.
"Let nature take its course."
After thinking it over, she still did not interfere. She merely decided to pay more attention to Xuan Qing in the future.
After leaving the Human Ancestral Land and traveling for several years, Xuan Qing's mind suddenly trembled. It seemed he had sensed a stroke of fortune nearby.
The Sudden Thunder Zither and Purple Lightning Hammer, two Spiritual Treasures containing the Dao of Innate Thunder, also quivered faintly. They emitted wisps of Spiritual Treasure Dao Charm, as though they had encountered something they deeply desired.
"A treasure of the lightning attribute?"
Xuan Qing immediately used the Innate Eight Trigrams to deduce the answer. Following the vague guidance he sensed, he headed south and soon found a lowland filled with thunderbolts.
"This is..."
"Lei Ze?"
Xuan Qing was naturally familiar with the legendary Lei Ze. It was said to be where the ancient Great God Lei Ze had once resided. In the future, Fuxi would perish during the calamity, his true spirit reincarnating into the human race. His mother, Hua Xu, would mistakenly enter Lei Ze and become infected with the Essence of the Thunder God, eventually giving birth to Fuxi, the Human Sovereign.
However, he had heard from True Person Huang Long that Lei Ze, an Innate Dragon God who wielded the authority of thunder, had been too stubborn and had perished during the Dragon-Han Calamity!
"Could it be some supreme treasure Great God Lei Ze left behind in Lei Ze before his death?"
Xuan Qing possessed the Innate Wind-Lightning Dao Body and had also fused the Xuan Qing Divine Thunder. His perception of the Dao of Thunder naturally far surpassed that of other cultivators.
With a thought, he immediately transformed into a streak of light and entered Lei Ze, searching carefully.
Lei Ze was an Innate Dragon God and a mighty Primordial Golden Immortal. He had also been one of the five strongest members of the dragon race. Yet during the Dragon-Han Calamity, he had refused to submit to Ancestor Dragon and had ultimately been personally slain by him.
That was all Xuan Qing knew.
As for anything else, such as Lei Ze's divine abilities and magical treasures, he knew little.
Logically speaking, after Ancestor Dragon slew Lei Ze, he should have taken away all of Lei Ze's accompanying Spiritual Treasures. Why would he leave an opportunity behind in Lei Ze for later generations?
Xuan Qing could not make sense of it no matter how hard he thought.
However, he soon had his answer!
Thanks to his affinity with the Great Dao of Thunder, Xuan Qing quickly entered the depths of Lei Ze. In an instant, thunder roared and swept him into a world of lightning.
This world contained nothing but thunder. No other laws existed within it; only at its center did what seemed to be an Innate Thunder Pool take shape.
"This is... an Innate Sacred Land?"
Xuan Qing suddenly understood.
The places where certain peak Innate Beings took form would contain an Innate Sacred Land. If he had guessed correctly, this was where Lei Ze had taken form.
"Not quite!"
Xuan Qing quickly reached a conclusion. "It is more likely that when Lei Ze was gravely wounded and near death, he returned here and gave his insights into the Great Dao of Thunder back to heaven and earth!"
Dao transformation!
As he looked at the Innate Thunder Pool before him, this term suddenly surfaced in Xuan Qing's mind.
Born of heaven and earth, returning to heaven and earth—when Dragon God Lei Ze died, he had chosen to transform into the Dao willingly.
Perhaps Ancestor Dragon had seen that Lei Ze could not be saved. After taking all his Spiritual Treasures, he had granted him one final dignity, allowing him to die in peace.
After all...
Lei Ze was also a Dragon God!
As lord of the dragon race, even if Ancestor Dragon had failed to subdue Lei Ze, he could not possibly skin and dismember a fellow dragon.
The dragon race would not permit it.
Nor would he himself permit it.
Xuan Qing used the Innate Eight Trigrams to deduce the matter, immediately reconstructing most of what had happened. When Lei Ze's life ended and his Dao dispersed, he had returned to the Innate Sacred Land where he had taken form and returned all his cultivation to heaven and earth. After several hundred epochs of evolution, his Dao Charm had transformed into this Innate Thunder Pool, comparable to a Top-grade Spiritual Treasure!
"What fortune! What fortune!"
Unable to conceal his excitement, Xuan Qing leaped directly into the thunder pool and attempted to refine it. The Sudden Thunder Zither and Purple Lightning Hammer also flew out at once, using the Dao Charm of the Innate Thunder Pool to nourish their own Innate Restrictions.
The Purple Lightning Hammer was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with forty-eight restrictions. Even with the nourishment of this Innate Thunder Pool, it would be difficult for it to advance further and transform into an Innate Supreme Treasure. Still, increasing its power somewhat would not be a problem.
The Sudden Thunder Zither, on the other hand, was merely a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with thirty-six Innate Restrictions. With the aid of the thunder pool's Dao Charm, it might be able to transform into a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
Do not underestimate the difference of only a few Innate Restrictions. Even a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with only thirty-seven restrictions possessed power that could not be compared to a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with thirty-six restrictions.
Otherwise...
There would be no distinction between ranks!
Of course, the one who stood to gain the most was Xuan Qing himself. If he refined this Innate Thunder Pool and this world of lightning, his magical power would become inexhaustible in the future.
Furthermore, he could combine the Forge of Creation with this Innate Thunder Pool, refining even more lightning and allowing his thunder arts to evolve toward the Origin of Ten Thousand Thunders.
"This Lei Ze truly deserved to be an Innate Dragon God who wielded the Great Dao of Thunder. This Innate Thunder Pool alone contains seventeen kinds of Innate Divine Thunder with different attributes!"
Xuan Qing immediately felt as though he had found a priceless treasure.
In his eyes, this Innate Thunder Pool was not inferior to a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure in the slightest.
It was even superior!
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