A tremor ran through Heavenly Dao Space, and a huge eyeball appeared before Qing Xuanzi.
The eyeball stared fixedly at Qing Xuanzi, as if it intended to see straight through him.
Qing Xuanzi said nothing and merely watched the Heavenly Dao in silence.
After a long while, the Heavenly Dao shouted, "Hongjun, tell me—what cultivation technique does Qing Xuanzi practice? Do not tell me it is some Mystical Sect technique. I know all three thousand of your profound techniques, and none of them is this one."
Hongjun's figure appeared as well. It was Hongjun's primordial spirit residing within Heavenly Dao Space.
"The three thousand Great Daos are infinitely profound and vary from person to person. I do not know," Hongjun said, brushing the matter aside without any intention of answering.
"Under the Heavenly Dao, all things are predetermined. Qing Xuanzi, what do you think?" Unable to get anything out of Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao could only turn its pressure toward Qing Xuanzi.
"Under the Great Dao, all things are possible. Is that not so?" Qing Xuanzi answered crisply. You want to know what technique I cultivate? Go ask the Great Dao yourself.
What he had attained was Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortality, not sainthood beneath the Heavenly Dao.
That was Qing Xuanzi's answer.
Hongjun watched Qing Xuanzi with a smile. This disciple was not bad. His answer had been perfect, without the slightest opening.
Hahaha! Watching the Heavenly Dao get stymied, Hongjun laughed wildly inwardly.
This fellow only knew how to bully him and bully the saints of the primordial world.
Yet when faced with a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal, an unpredictable variable beneath the Heavenly Dao, it had no solution whatsoever.
"Qing Xuanzi, do not think that being the favored child of Human Dao fortune means you can act without restraint. No one knows how long it will be before Human Dao is born. While variables may exist within the Heavenly Dao, if a variable becomes an anomaly, do you think you can survive another Heavenly Tribulation unharmed?"
This time, the Heavenly Dao was issuing a blatant threat. It could not help it—this fellow would not yield to threats or inducements, and he happened to be the favored child of Human Dao fortune.
If it disregarded everything and killed him, the slumbering Human Dao would surely awaken.
At that point, it would become a war between Heaven and Humanity.
Although the Heavenly Dao did not fear an unexpectedly awakened Human Dao, it did not wish to clash with Human Dao so soon.
That would completely sever its chance of devouring Human Dao.
Besides, it might not even be able to kill him. Leaving aside the Blessing Seed in his possession—
Hongjun alone would never stand by and watch the Heavenly Dao unleash another Heavenly Tribulation.
With Hongjun restraining it, it would be far from easy for the Heavenly Dao to violate the rules and bring down a Heavenly Tribulation.
The relationship between Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao now could be compared, albeit inappropriately, to—
A patient with split personalities in later generations, with two little people sharing one head.
If they disagreed, it could easily become a situation where the left hand wanted to hit someone while the right hand hit the left hand.
Qing Xuanzi had heard Hongjun explain the process of merging with the Dao and understood this clearly, so he said directly:
"Heavenly Dao, I am a living being of the primordial world and bear no sin. From where would a Heavenly Tribulation come?"
"Qing Xuanzi, I hope you can remain under Hongjun's protection forever."
"Hehe, is it not only natural for a master to protect his disciple? Besides, should you, the Heavenly Dao, not also bear the duty of protecting the living beings of the primordial world? Is that not so?"
"..."
The Heavenly Dao finally understood how formidable Qing Xuanzi's tongue was. It had been left speechless.
The Heavenly Dao had not yet reached the point where it could act however it pleased. Everything still had to operate according to the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
If it stubbornly went its own way now, obstructed the operation of heaven and earth's laws, and killed Qing Xuanzi—
It would be no different from suicide!
After Qing Xuanzi returned from Heavenly Dao Space, he immediately saw Nüwa seated upon the cloud platform in the main hall.
"You are back, Junior Brother Qing Xuanzi. Tell your Senior Sister—how did you do it?"
"What did I do?" Qing Xuanzi began playing dumb.
"Hehe, keep pretending. I know Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortals are powerful, but Yang Mei is also a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal. He even cultivates the Great Dao of Space and attained the Dao who knows how many years ago. Yet you fought him on even terms. Should you not tell your Senior Sister about that?"
Seeing that he could not avoid it, Qing Xuanzi also knew how desperately the saints of the primordial world desired to attain Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortality.
It was precisely because they truly could not attain it that they settled for becoming saints of the primordial world.
It was foreseeable that the Three Pure Ones would come knocking as well.
"Is Junior Brother Qing Xuanzi here?" Speak of the devil—Laozi had arrived.
There was no need to think about it. If Laozi had come, would Tongtian and Yuanshi not come with him?
"Senior Brother Laozi, come in. Senior Sister Nüwa is here as well."
"Congratulations, Junior Brother, on attaining Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortality." Laozi drifted in, followed closely by Yuanshi and Tongtian.
"Hehe, Qing Xuanzi, not bad! You are stronger than us. You actually attained Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortality. As expected of one who attained the Dao with Thirty-six Petals in bloom."
Tongtian spoke with a face full of envy.
The attainment Tongtian spoke of was attaining Great Luo Golden Immortality, the beginning of attaining the Dao.
It was also a chasm placed before every cultivator. All cultivators sought to attain Grand Ultimate Great Luo Golden Immortality.
Sadly, not everyone could attain it.
There were countless cultivators in the primordial world, yet fewer than one in a hundred million could attain Great Luo Golden Immortality.
The Demon Clan had plenty of members, did it not? Yet it only had a few hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals.
Later, after the Witch-Demon Tribulation and the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, by the time of the Journey to the West, Great Luo Golden Immortals had become a rare species.
There were only a dozen or so quasi-saints in total.
Qing Xuanzi's mission was precisely to alter this fate and make Great Luo Golden Immortals flourish throughout the primordial world.
Thus, he had also considered spreading the method to cultivate Grand Ultimate Great Luo.
But clearly, this was not the time.
The Heavenly Dao's threats were drawing ever closer. If he were to completely spread the method of cultivating Grand Ultimate Great Luo now—
The Heavenly Dao might well smash the pot and go all out, openly declaring war.
Whether he would die or not was uncertain.
But the destruction of the primordial world was certain, and Pangu's painstaking efforts would certainly be wasted.
Thinking of this, Qing Xuanzi said with a smile, "Senior Brothers, the path of Grand Ultimate Great Luo is the Great Dao. The primordial world is not yet ready, and neither is the Heavenly Dao. Do you understand?"
Laozi instantly understood what Qing Xuanzi meant by saying the primordial world was not ready.
The primordial world was simply not yet complete. If Grand Ultimate Great Luo Golden Immortals began appearing everywhere, the primordial world might very well collapse.
As for the Heavenly Dao not being ready, Laozi was deeply puzzled.
If the primordial world was ready, would that not mean the Heavenly Dao was ready as well?
"Junior Brother, I do not quite understand your meaning. Could you explain in greater detail?"
"Senior Brother, loose lips sink ships." As Qing Xuanzi spoke, he glanced upward.
Now Laozi understood. Yuanshi and Tongtian understood as well. There was something he could not speak of, and it concerned the Heavenly Dao.
As for Nüwa, she was already aware of the matter.
"Junior Brother, your Human Race Dao Palace is quite good. Save me a place." Laozi's meaning was clear: he intended to take up residence in the Human Race Dao Palace.
After all, he was the leader of the Humanity Sect, while Qing Xuanzi was its Deputy Sect Leader. It was only natural for him to have a place in the Human Race Dao Palace.
"Hehe, I only fear troubling you, Senior Brother. If you are willing to come to my Human Race Dao Palace, that could not be better."
"Kunlun Mountain is good, but it bears the fortune of three saints, which is still somewhat excessive. I wish to move my Daoist grounds here to Shouyang Mountain."
When Qing Xuanzi heard this, he was stunned. So this mountain is Shouyang Mountain?
Ever since he had emerged into the world, he had either been cultivating, teaching the human race survival skills, or guiding the Three Thousand Congenital Humans in their cultivation.
Along with everything that had happened in between, he had never paid attention to the mountain's name.
Only after Laozi mentioned it did he calculate with his fingers. Damn it, it really was Shouyang Mountain.
Had he stolen Laozi's old home? Did it have to be this exciting? What was he supposed to do?
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