Pangu's Favorite Child

Lu Chen and Houtu had only just appeared within the Pangu World-Opening Map when they saw the Three Pure Ones throwing back their heads in laughter. Tears had even streamed from the corners of their eyes.

Here, the Three Pure Ones did not need to maintain the dignity of Sages. They could freely vent the emotions in their hearts.

Because aside from them, the only person who could appear here was Lu Xuan. Before their elder brother, there was naturally no need for them to hide anything.

But what they had not expected was for Lu Xuan to bring Houtu along. That made the scene somewhat awkward.

The key was that Houtu directly asked Lu Xuan, "Brother, did you imprison the Three Pure Ones Sages and drive them mad?"

Lu Xuan shot Houtu a fierce glare before saying, "Don't talk nonsense. The Three Pure Ones, like you Twelve Ancestral Witches, are descendants of Great God Pangu."

"The Three Pure Ones were born first, so you Twelve Ancestors should address them as elder brothers. How can you, as their younger sister, tease your own elder brothers?"

Houtu stuck out her tongue at Lu Chen, then began sizing up the Three Pure Ones before her once more. This only made their faces darken further.

To ease the awkwardness, Primordial Heavenly Venerable directly said to Lu Xuan, "Elder Brother, after ten thousand years, we brothers have finally extracted the power of the Heavenly Dao from the Primordial Purple Qi."

"However, how to deal with these three strands of Heavenly Dao power has now become the greatest problem. One careless move could alert Hongjun."

Lu Chen knew that the best solution was to let them dissipate into the Primordial World, but that would indeed make it difficult to avoid Hongjun sensing something.

Other than that, there was one method that was least likely to be discovered: sealing these strands of Heavenly Dao power within their own bodies.

This would be the best way to deceive Hongjun. Even if Hongjun suddenly decided to inspect them, he would absolutely discover no clues.

However, the uncertainty of this method was also the greatest. After all, no one knew when Hongjun would use these strands of Heavenly Dao power.

If Hongjun successfully used the power of the Heavenly Dao to control the Three Pure Ones, then would not all their previous efforts become a joke?

Thus, Lu Xuan could not help falling into thought, considering how to properly deal with these three strands of Heavenly Dao power.

Suddenly, Lu Xuan's gaze turned directly toward Laozi, and he asked, "Laozi, how has your One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique been progressing?"

Laozi's mastery of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones could be said to be unknown to everyone in the entire Primordial World, including Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

Now that Lu Xuan had directly brought it up, Laozi could not help being stunned. But when he remembered that this person was Lu Xuan, he accepted it.

After all, in their eyes, Lu Xuan was an omniscient existence, even though he was still only a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Thus, he directly said to Lu Xuan, "I never expected Elder Brother to know that I am proficient in One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones."

As he spoke, Laozi muttered an incantation. Three streams of clear qi flew from the top of his head and directly transformed into three Daoists.

"This is the Supreme Pure Daoist, Jade Pure Daoist, and Upper Pure Daoist created through One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. However, their cultivation cannot reach the Sage realm. At most, they can only become Lesser Sages."

Lu Xuan nodded after hearing this and looked toward the Three Pure Daoists. "If each of them were given a drop of your natal essence blood, could their cultivation be raised to the Sage realm?"

Laozi's eyes immediately lit up, and he finally understood why his One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones could not reach the Sage realm.

So what it lacked was the natal essence blood of a Sage. Without natal essence blood, the Three Pure Daoists would forever be nothing more than avatars.

But the next moment, Laozi shook his head. "Elder Brother, the Three Pure Daoists are not true living beings, and the time they can remain in existence is very limited."

"If Elder Brother wishes to use them to store those three strands of Heavenly Dao power, I fear it may not work. After all, they cannot exist for long."

Lu Xuan smiled and shook his head. "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones divides off a portion of one's soul and turns it into Three Pure avatars."

"The difficulty of cultivating this technique lies in how to restore the original Primordial Spirit after splitting off a portion of it."

"But to me, this is a trivial matter. With a wave of my hand, I can resolve it for you."

"So what you need to do is pass One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones on to Yuanshi and Tongtian. Then I will help them cultivate their Upper Pure avatars."

"At that time, you need only infuse your Sage essence blood into the avatar representing each of you, then refine it into an external incarnation. That will be enough to pass false for true."

"Moreover, these external incarnations need not remain in the Primordial World. We need only seal them within our seas of divine consciousness."

"Then, even if Hongjun wishes to use these strands of Heavenly Dao power to control you, you can abandon these avatars at once and make Hongjun's scheme fail completely."

After hearing Lu Xuan's explanation, the Three Pure Ones repeatedly nodded. Laozi even began directly explaining One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, never once considering hiding it from Lu Xuan.

One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones was actually quite simple. It forcibly separated a portion of one's soul, then nourished it with one's own origin qi.

Once it had been nourished to a certain extent, it could be summoned directly to fight on one's behalf. Once its soul power was exhausted, it would completely vanish.

As for the method of nourishment and the matters requiring attention, Laozi explained them all in great detail. Only after Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Tongtian said they understood did Laozi stop.

At this moment, Houtu directly said to Laozi, "Um, Elder Brother Supreme Pure, I did not mean to secretly learn it..."

Fourth Brother said with a beaming smile, "Since I was willing to explain One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones before you and Elder Brother, I naturally was not guarding against either of you."

"If there is anything you do not understand, you may ask me at any time. I will certainly explain it to you in detail."

Houtu bowed to Laozi and said, "Houtu thanks Elder Brother Supreme Pure. I feel that One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones will be of great use to me in the future."

The moment Houtu said this, even Lu Xuan was stunned. Then he could not help secretly thinking to himself.

That's right. If Sister Houtu mastered One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, then even if Hongjun wanted to scheme against her, he might not succeed.

Amid his delight, Lu Xuan did not forget his true reason for bringing Houtu here. He directly said, "Houtu has only just developed a Primordial Spirit and is already stuck at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, unable to advance."

"I brought her to see you because I wanted to ask whether you have any cultivation techniques suitable for Houtu that could help her break through to the next realm."

With a flip of his hand, Laozi produced a jade slip. "This is the Supreme Pure Immortal Formula. If Sister Houtu does not find it beneath her, she may take it and cultivate it."

In the end, even Primordial Heavenly Venerable and Tongtian each gave Houtu the Jade Pure Immortal Formula and the Upper Pure Immortal Formula.

Houtu did not stand on ceremony, accepting every one of them. Finally, she said, "If the Three Pure elder brothers ever have need of this little sister, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."