Taking Tongtian as Master, Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art

Bi Xiao pointed at her own nose, her almond-shaped eyes full of disbelief. "Me? Senior, you want to take me as your disciple?"

"Mm."

Tongtian nodded, his expression calm, as though he were discussing something insignificant. "You have a master-disciple affinity with me. You should enter my sect."

Bi Xiao opened her mouth, unsure what to say for a moment.

She instinctively looked toward Lei Xiao, her eyes filled with inquiry.

Lei Xiao nodded slightly, signaling that she need not refuse.

The Three Xiao becoming Tongtian's disciples had been part of the original karmic course. Though many things had already diverged from their original trajectory because of his appearance, this master-disciple affinity should not change.

In the Primordial World, having someone powerful to back you before you had fully grown was extremely important.

Tongtian, one of the Three Pure Ones and one of the future Six Saints of the Primordial World, was one of the greatest backers in the world.

Although the Intercepting Sect would nearly be wiped out during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and meet a miserable end, that was a matter for the next tribulation.

Without Tongtian as their backer, it was unknown whether the Three Xiao could even survive the Lich Tribulation.

As for the later Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, he believed that by then, his own strength would be enough to protect the Three Xiao.

Seeing Lei Xiao nod, the last trace of hesitation in Bi Xiao's heart vanished.

She immediately knelt and respectfully kowtowed three times. "Master, please accept Bi Xiao's bow!"

Tongtian accepted it calmly. Once she had finished, he raised a hand in a virtual gesture of support, and a stream of clear qi lifted Bi Xiao to her feet.

"From this day onward, you are a member of my sect, a personal disciple of Tongtian."

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Bi Xiao. He nodded faintly, seemingly quite satisfied with this disciple.

A personal disciple?

Hearing those four words, Lei Xiao could not help but freeze.

He remembered that, in the myths and legends, Tongtian had only four great personal disciples: Many-Treasure Daoist, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Unmatched Holy Mother, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother.

Though the Three Xiao were well-known, they did not belong among the personal disciples.

Yet Tongtian had personally declared Bi Xiao to be his personal disciple. The significance of that was far beyond that of an ordinary registered disciple.

Bi Xiao did not know what Lei Xiao was thinking. Upon hearing the name "Tongtian," her beautiful eyes suddenly widened.

In the Primordial World, the fame of Pangu's Three Pure Ones was known to everyone.

Bi Xiao had never expected that the one who had come to take her as a disciple would be Tongtian, the Supreme Pure One and one of the Three Pure Ones. Her eyes turned, and she suddenly said:

"Master, this is my fourth brother. Can you take him as your disciple too?"

She shifted half a step to the side, gently tugging Lei Xiao's sleeve and bringing him forward. Looking up at the green-robed Daoist Tongtian before her, she spoke with a cautious plea in her voice, yet with utter sincerity.

"My fourth brother, Lei Xiao, possesses peerless talent and a pure heart. In only a short time of cultivation, he has broken through several minor realms in succession, and his combat strength far surpasses that of his peers!"

Tongtian looked at Lei Xiao, his gaze carrying both scrutiny and interest.

"Little friend, what do you think?"

"Little friend?"

Bi Xiao's beautiful eyes widened at those words. That was a form of address used between peers.

Moreover, Tongtian was clearly asking for Lei Xiao's opinion—asking whether he was willing to become his disciple.

"Lei Xiao greets Master."

Lei Xiao's "Master" was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

In the Primordial World, Tongtian was an undeniable golden thigh. If he had the chance to cling to such a golden thigh, why would he not?

It was only because it was Tongtian. If it were Laozi or Yuanshi, then without a master-disciple affinity, neither would ever accept a disciple.

A trace of amusement flashed through Tongtian's eyes. With a sweep of his sleeve, a gentle yet vast stream of innate clear qi instantly lifted Lei Xiao up.

"Good, good, good."

Tongtian said "good" three times in succession. "Though your foundation is somewhat lacking, you have found your own Dao while still at the Golden Immortal realm. Your future achievements may not be beneath your master's."

A flicker of surprise passed through Lei Xiao's eyes. He had not expected Tongtian to give him such high praise. Though he too believed he would certainly attain the Dao in the future, that was because he knew the plot of the Primordial World well and could plan for countless opportunities for himself.

Lei Xiao suppressed his surprise and bowed sincerely. "This disciple will devote himself to comprehending the Dao and will not disappoint Master's expectations."

At the side, Bi Xiao was already smiling so broadly that her eyes curved into crescents, her heart filled with joy and pride. She had known it—her fourth brother's talent was unmatched. Even Master valued him greatly!

Tongtian gazed at the pair of newly accepted disciples before him, his expression becoming ever gentler. His green Daoist robe fluttered lightly in the wind. The pressure of a Great Luo Golden Immortal enveloped the surroundings, yet carried not the slightest oppression; it merely isolated this patch of heaven and earth from the outside world.

"Since you two have entered my sect, you are both my personal disciples. I have a cultivation method to pass on to you."

The instant his words fell, Tongtian raised a hand and pointed through the air.

Buzz—!

A roar of the Great Dao suddenly resounded between heaven and earth. The spiritual energies of the entire Three Immortal Isles instantly boiled, the vast waves of the East Sea fell still, and countless golden Dao inscriptions emerged in the void, crisscrossing, intertwining, and coiling about one another.

Two dazzling golden rays of Dao light burst from Tongtian's fingertips and, without deviation, entered the sea of consciousness between Lei Xiao's and Bi Xiao's brows respectively.

An intangible Dao sound directly echoed in the depths of their souls—vast, ancient, and weighty, as though it had been passed down since the beginning of creation. Every syllable carried boundless truths of the Great Dao, causing their seas of consciousness to tremble faintly.

Lei Xiao felt a deafening boom erupt in his mind, as though something had exploded deep within his soul.

It was not destructive force, but a tremor of enlightenment—like a sword light cleaving apart the fog obscuring his mind, revealing the clear and open world behind it.

Countless profound runes emerged within his sea of consciousness, arranging and combining into a complete cultivation art.

Before he could examine it closely, the vast Dao sound had already been directly branded upon his soul. Every word weighed as much as ten thousand jun, shaking his mind and spirit.

Bi Xiao was not in much better condition.

Although her cultivation was higher, the instant the sound of the Great Dao poured into her sea of consciousness, her pretty face turned pale. Her body swayed slightly, and she nearly lost her footing.

Seeing this, Tongtian waved a hand. Two streams of clear qi entered their bodies, stabilizing their minds.

"There is no need to rush into comprehending it."

Tongtian's voice was calm and steady, like a heavy sword being sheathed, all its sharpness concealed. "The method your master has imparted has already been branded upon your souls. When you cultivate in the future, you will naturally comprehend it little by little."

Lei Xiao steadied his mind and carefully sensed the contents of the cultivation art in his sea of consciousness. Stormy waves rose in his heart.

The Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art.

Tongtian had actually passed this cultivation method on to him.

The Nine-Turn Profound Art cultivated by the Lich clans was Pangu's method for cultivating the physical body, while the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art was the corresponding method for cultivating the primordial spirit.

Legend had it that whether it was the Nine-Turn Profound Art or the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art, one could attain the Dao by cultivating it to the completion of the ninth turn.

Though no one had ever accomplished it.

Lei Xiao further discovered that the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art Tongtian had passed to him was complete, containing every stage of cultivation from the initial stage of the first turn to the completion of the ninth turn.