"One who studies the Dao and cultivates longevity, if they do not first destroy the Three Corpse Worms, cannot attain immortality..."
Heavenly Venerable Lingbao began expounding the Three Corpse Severing Dao.
Xiao Yun listened intently. This was his first encounter with the concept of "severing the three corpses," the final path toward Sainthood in the Primordial World.
Even quasi-Saint powerhouses such as Wudang Holy Mother and Fairy Yunxiao listened with utmost focus. As for cultivators below the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, they basically could not understand much. Before long, they had immersed themselves in cultivation, forgetting both self and surroundings.
A Dao of this level was not something just anyone was qualified to hear.
After listening for a while, Xiao Yun also felt rather muddled. In the end, he entered a state of enlightenment before finally understanding.
The so-called three corpses were the good corpse, the evil corpse, and the obsession corpse.
Of course, that was a rather broad explanation.
Good did not represent kindness, but rather the "good" side of one's thoughts.
Evil, meanwhile, represented the "evil" side of one's thoughts.
Lastly came obsession. Obsession was neither good nor evil.
But at its root, it meant severing all delusions until one reached the Heavenly Dao.
What was the Heavenly Dao?
The Heavenly Dao held neither good nor evil, neither kindness nor malice, and still less any obsession.
Everything followed nature, acting without striving.
When cultivators severed the three corpses and reached the Heavenly Dao, then merged the three corpses into one, they attained the realm of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
Damn it, was this asking me to become an ascetic monk, free of desire and striving, tranquil and inactive? Xiao Yun felt speechless. At last, he understood why so many quasi-Saints had been unable to become true Saints.