Hongjun Preaches the Dao

Hum. Under the full exertion of Shi Mo, the Wind-Fixing Pearl hummed and vibrated. An invisible power permeated the surroundings, following the network of ley lines and causing the violently surging energy of the earth and the fire of the earth to stagnate.

However, the blockage of energy within the ley line network centered around Shi Mo also caused the ley line and earth-fire energies converging from afar to churn and agitate.

Boom! On the ground in the distance, vast stretches of land began to shake, revealing deep fissures, while volcanoes where magma had gathered erupted directly in a violent tremor.

"Not good! It's beyond my reach. Even if I want to guide the flow, I lack the strength," Shi Mo's expression changed as he sensed the disturbances deep underground and on the surface. He hurriedly manipulated the Wind-Fixing Pearl to shrink the range of the affected ley line network.

Immediately, the agitated ley line and earth-fire energies surged forward once more, but having been obstructed previously, the force of the impact was no longer as terrifying.

"That's it, block it section by section to dissipate the impact of that energy." With a sudden thought, Shi Mo hurriedly controlled the Wind-Fixing Pearl to shrink its range of influence again and again. Once the energy impact was exhausted, he would exert his full power to continue blocking it section by section from afar.

Even so, the surging and violent ley line and earth-fire energies still flowed wantonly, automatically carving out many ley line network channels that had not existed before.

At the same time, the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions triggered by the surging underground energy occurred one after another, forming a "tide" across the Western Continent.

"Fortunately, there are few living beings in the Western Continent, otherwise the casualties caused by this underground energy riot would have been immense." Shi Mo, still feeling a lingering fear, felt a bit depressed and helpless as he sensed the slight reduction of merit energy within his body. This was truly a disaster from out of the blue; doing good deeds was not easy at all!

It was fortunate that Shi Mo had the Wind-Fixing Pearl in his hand, allowing him to resolve this great trouble without any real danger.

However, he was clearly happy too soon. Soon, Shi Mo discovered that the ley line and earth-fire energies within the network had become chaotic.

"What is going on? Is it because of the energy impact, and the newly formed ley line channels have destroyed the stability of the entire network?" Realizing the cause, Shi Mo felt even more troubled.

"This is troublesome! Hongyun and Brother Zhen Yuanzi have both left. When will I be able to repair these newly damaged ley line networks? Besides, I still have to go to the Purple Heaven Palace to listen to the Dao!"

"Forget it! Whether I listen to the Dao or not is secondary. If I don't repair these newly damaged ley line networks as soon as possible, the greater the destruction caused by the chaotic ley line and earth-fire energy impacts, the greater the karma I will owe the Western Continent." Thinking of this, Shi Mo couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Alas, merit energy is truly not that easy to earn!"

And so, while using the Wind-Fixing Pearl to suppress the chaotic ley line and earth-fire energies in the network, Shi Mo painstakingly set about blocking the ley line channels that had been wrongly opened by the chaotic energy surges.

"It seems that this ley line network is indeed not chaotic and disorganized, but subtly conforms to the mysteries of the Primordial World's operation. Opening them at random will lead to problems. It is like a grand formation; it cannot be arranged haphazardly. Everything must have a method." In the process of repairing the ley line network, Shi Mo secretly thought.

Now that the energy within the vast, interconnected ley line network had become chaotic, Shi Mo was like a firefighter, rushing to the main areas where the energy was gathering and churning.

Fortunately, Shi Mo had a relatively clear understanding of these ley line networks, and his speed in traversing them was fast.

But even so, Shi Mo, rushing everywhere like a firefighter, was in a flurry of activity.

Slowly, relying on his familiarity with the ley line network, Shi Mo gradually grasped the patterns of the chaotic energy surges and began to guide them in a targeted manner.

These ley line networks were indeed a grand formation, one that could rival any formation in the Primordial World, or even one more profound and complex. It was impossible to fully understand and master it, but grasping a portion of its laws was enough for Shi Mo to know how to simply manipulate this ley line formation.

Immersed in pondering and comprehending the ley line formation, Shi Mo slowly forgot the time and forgot about listening to the Dao at the Purple Heaven Palace, focusing his entire mind on guiding the ley line network.

I do not know how much time had passed when, just as Shi Mo was guiding the ley line network with ease, a ethereal voice suddenly reached his ears: "There is something chaotic, naturally formed; I call it the Dao."

"Hmm? This is... Hongjun preaching?" A jolt of surprise went through Shi Mo. "Has the Purple Heaven Palace begun its lecture? However, it is impossible for all living beings in the Primordial World to hear Hongjun preaching the Great Dao in the Purple Heaven Palace. Why can I hear it even though I didn't go?"

"Could it be that Hongjun is preaching specifically for me?" Thinking of this, Shi Mo felt it was somewhat unrealistic. "How is that possible? What is so special about me that he would treat me differently and give me special care? Because I am a transmigrator? A variable? Or..."

"Could it be because I am repairing the ley lines of the Western Continent?" Following this, a flash of inspiration struck Shi Mo, and his expression shifted. "That's right! Hongjun fought Luo Hou back then and destroyed the ley lines of the Western Continent. What kind of great karma is that? Even if he preaches in the Purple Heaven Palace as the Dao Ancestor to teach the living beings of the Primordial World, he will still eventually need to merge his body with the Dao to repay the great karma of the world."

"But now, by helping to repair the ley lines of the Western Continent, I am equivalent to helping him repay that karma. Only by Hongjun preaching specifically for me can he indirectly repay the karma! If that's the case, just preaching isn't enough; at the very least, he should take me as a disciple and grant me a Saint position." Thinking of this, Shi Mo felt a warmth in his heart.

"That's right! Being so special to me, he might really take me as a disciple! If I weren't a transmigrator, how could I have thought of these connections? To be so valued and favored by him, I must be moved to tears."

"Never mind the rest, listening to the Dao is what matters!" With his thoughts racing, Shi Mo stopped overthinking and began to listen to the Dao with focus.

Fortunately, the repair of the Western Continent's ley lines was nearly complete, and the remaining minor tasks could be perfectly handled by the Earth-Core Fire Dragon, whose intelligence had been greatly opened, under his instructions.

Therefore, Shi Mo was no different from the great powers listening to the Dao in the Purple Heaven Palace; he could focus entirely on the lecture.

Moreover, I do not know if Hongjun was intentionally giving Shi Mo special treatment, but he felt no difficulty in listening to those profound words of the Great Dao; instead, he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Shi Mo, listening intently, combined the Chaos Divine Patterns within his body with his insights into the ley line network, the Earth element, and the Fire element. His cultivation realm rose with the tide, and before he knew it, his three flowers gathered at the crown and his five energies surged toward the origin, achieving the Daluo Dao Fruit, which was as long-lived as heaven and earth.

In fact, the current Zhen Yuanzi was only at this realm, and Hongyun was even slightly inferior. Having practiced alone by groping in the dark, Shi Mo's physical body had long reached the Golden Immortal realm, and the purity of his cultivation and magic power exceeded that of a Golden Immortal.

In the Primordial World, the realms were mainly divided into Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Taiyi Loose Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, and Daluo Golden Immortal.

As for the realms above Daluo, before Hongjun preached, only the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Wu Clan, as well as a very small number of Innate Chaos God Demons who had fallen or were still alive, could possess physical bodies and magic power that could rival or even surpass ordinary Quasi-Saint powers.