Though Both Are Expounding the Dao, Why Is the Gap So Vast?

Tongtian rubbed his head and said with a grin, "I'd forgotten about that. We can't exactly have Fuxi become his own sister's junior disciple."

Watching Tongtian grin foolishly, Chen Xuan shot him a fierce glare before speaking. "There are still more than two thousand years until Hongjun's third sermon."

"Today, taking this opportunity, your master will explain to you how one may attain Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal."

As Chen Xuan's words fell, the smiles vanished from the faces of the six at once. They immediately sat upright upon their prayer mats, their expressions solemn as they waited for Chen Xuan to expound the Great Dao.

Chen Xuan did not beat around the bush and immediately began to preach the true path to Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

For a time, flowers rained from the heavens and golden lotuses sprang from the earth throughout Azure Lotus Palace. Endless sounds of profound mystery echoed around the ears of the six.

Chen Xuan had considered imitating Dao Ancestor Hongjun's Dao-Transformed Golden Lotus. But he felt that doing so would carry the suspicion of plagiarism.

So Chen Xuan blazed another trail and came up with this Heavenly Dao Resonance. Every word he spoke transformed into a mysterious sound that lingered beside the six for a long while.

In other words, though Chen Xuan preached it only once, to the six, it was as though they had heard it ten thousand times.

This allowed the six to understand Chen Xuan's Dao even more thoroughly. Fuxi even gained insight into his own opportunity from it.

For a time, the laws of the Great Dao of Deduction manifested out of thin air. They began weaving back and forth above Fuxi's Three Flowers, nourishing the three petals that had been unable to bloom.

The three petals that could not bloom unexpectedly regained their vitality. They slowly unfurled, until Fuxi directly reached the realm of Nine-Rank Flower Blossoming.

Naturally, Chen Xuan saw all of this. With a tap toward Laozi, the Taiji Diagram flew out from Laozi and hovered directly above the Three Flowers over Fuxi's head.

Although Fuxi did not cultivate the Great Dao of Yin-Yang Laws, the Great Dao of Deduction Laws he cultivated required the evolution of the innate Eight Trigrams before it could be considered fruitful.

Though the Taiji Diagram was not an Eight Trigrams Diagram, its Yin-Yang Fish were the foundation of the Eight Trigrams Diagram. Thus, it was naturally of great help to Fuxi's comprehension of the Dao.

At this moment, Nuwa was undoubtedly the most heaven-blessed of them all, because what Nuwa cultivated was the Great Dao of Creation Laws.

Chen Xuan's true body was the Thirty-Six-Rank Fortune Green Lotus. His mastery of the Great Dao of Creation Laws had already reached perfection without any need for comprehension or refinement.

This was also the true reason Chen Xuan, while only at the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, could beat the sixth-rank Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Hongjun like a dog.

Because Chen Xuan could break through to the Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm at any time through the Great Dao of Creation Laws.

Yet Chen Xuan had not done so. Instead, he chose to compress his cultivation, abandoning the Great Dao of Creation Laws as his primary path and switching to the Great Dao of Natural Laws.

He had not originally intended to accept Nuwa as a disciple, so Chen Xuan naturally could not give her special treatment. Even Fuxi had not received such treatment when he listened to the Dao last time.

As for why Chen Xuan had suddenly decided to accept Nuwa as his disciple, it was because Nuwa's actions had made him see her in a new light.

They said Nuwa created humans only to attain the Dao, then abandoned the Human Race after creating them. She was even called one who gave birth but did not raise them, unworthy of being the Human Race's Holy Mother.

If Nuwa were truly that sort of person, she would never have given up the chance to become Hongjun's disciple. After all, becoming Hongjun's disciple was tantamount to securing a Sage's seat in advance.

And refusing to become Hongjun's disciple was likewise equivalent to losing that Sage's seat. Moreover, Chen Xuan had clearly stated that he would not accept her as his disciple.

Most importantly, before Chen Xuan and Hongjun fought, no one believed Chen Xuan could be Hongjun's match.

Thus, for anyone single-mindedly seeking to attain the Dao and become a Sage, no one would choose to abandon what was near for what was far away, gambling on a wager where even winning might not truly be a win.

After all, even becoming Chen Xuan's disciple did not necessarily mean one could attain the Dao and become a Sage. So even if she won, it might not truly be a victory.

Yet Nuwa could resolutely give up a Sage's seat and refuse to become Hongjun's disciple. This showed that, in Nuwa's heart, becoming a Sage was not her sole goal.

This also meant that everything Nuwa had done in the original trajectory of the Primordial World must have carried her own profound intentions.

Or perhaps it was because she had become Hongjun's disciple that Nuwa turned into someone heartless and devoid of righteousness. After all, even the Three Pure Ones had been provoked by Hongjun into a disaster within their own walls. Gradually changing Nuwa was naturally no difficult matter for him.

Therefore, Chen Xuan decided to accept Nuwa as his disciple, lest she be fooled by Hongjun again. No matter what, he could not allow Nuwa to walk her old path.

And since he intended to accept Nuwa as his disciple, Chen Xuan naturally had to give Nuwa special instruction, striving to help her break through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm as soon as possible.

Thus, Chen Xuan had already suspended the Thirty-Six-Rank Fortune Green Lotus above the Three Flowers over Nuwa's head.

For a time, boundless creation qi, accompanied by the Great Dao of Creation Laws, began coursing back and forth above Nuwa's Three Flowers.

This brought Nuwa's understanding of the Great Dao of Creation Laws to an unprecedented height.

In less than a thousand years, Laozi's cultivation had already broken through to the middle stage of Primordial Golden Immortal. The Human Flower among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Flowers above his head had actually begun nurturing a Law Dao Artifact.

This made Chen Xuan nod in satisfaction, and he could not help muttering inwardly, Upon breaking through to the middle stage of Primordial Golden Immortal, his Human Flower has already begun nurturing a Law Dao Artifact.

Such peerless talent was led by Hongjun onto the path of severing the three corpses. That is absolutely no different from misleading one's disciples.

In the blink of an eye, another thousand years passed, and both Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Tongtian likewise broke through to the middle stage of Primordial Golden Immortal.

Although Houtu's cultivation still remained at the early stage of Primordial Golden Immortal, under Chen Xuan's deliberate guidance, Houtu had gained some understanding of the Great Dao of Reincarnation Laws.

This also mended her incomplete Primordial Spirit. Though her Primordial Spirit had not yet been fully restored, it was already several times stronger than it had been two thousand years ago.

Fuxi and Nuwa's cultivations likewise broke through to the early stage of Primordial Golden Immortal, formally embarking upon the path of attaining the Dao through laws.

As everyone slowly opened their eyes, Chen Xuan smiled and nodded. "Your performances have greatly satisfied your master."

"However, there is no time this round for you to digest your insights. Hongjun's sermon is imminent, and you cannot possibly arrive late."

After hearing this, Tongtian spoke with an unconvinced expression. "Master, if it is for the sake of those six prayer mats, this disciple can simply go and take them. Why must we listen to his sermon?"

"Compared with Master's Dao, the Dao he preaches is simply crude and unbearable. Other than dirtying our ears and wasting time, what use is there in listening to it?"

Chen Xuan sighed. "Some of Hongjun's words are not wrong. For instance, the path of attaining the Dao through laws."

"Though it is not as he claims, an impassable path, there are absolutely only a handful in the entire Primordial World who can truly walk it through."