Primordial: I, the World-Purifying White Lotus, Shall Purify Heaven and Earth
Chapter 9

Tongtian's Lecture, the Supreme Purity Dao Method

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After seeing Duobao off, Jing Chu did not immediately retreat into his cave abode to cultivate.

Cultivation was not urgent for someone blessed with immortality. Instead, he took out one spiritual root after another and began decorating his cave abode.

He continuously brought out Innate spiritual roots and planted them before his cave abode.

There was the Enlightenment Tea Tree, the Wind-Thunder Vine, and many other varieties of spiritual roots. Their uses differed, but they all had one thing in common: the fruits they bore had distinctive flavors.

Having arrived in the Primordial World, where the strong preyed on the weak, most people could be said to stop at nothing for cultivation.

Immortals could enter seclusion for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years at a time. Without a few hobbies under such circumstances, life would truly be unbearably dull.

And Jing Chu's hobby was eating.

In truth, with his current cultivation, these spiritual roots were of little use to him. Aside from the Enlightenment Tea Tree, the low-grade and mid-grade Innate spiritual roots were merely for the taste. Even after eating them, the improvement to his cultivation was negligible, offering almost no benefit.

"Bixiao, come here!"

After planting the spiritual roots one by one, Jing Chu casually beckoned to Bixiao, who was standing foolishly nearby and gnawing on a spiritual fruit.

"Hm? What is it?"

Seeing Jing Chu wave at her, Bixiao warily took a step back and swiftly devoured the spiritual fruit in her hand.

The speed was so astonishing that even Jing Chu, a Taiyi Golden Immortal, stared in disbelief.

What was that supposed to mean? He was a Taiyi Golden Immortal—did she think he would snatch a fruit she had already eaten?

Was he coveting the fruit in her mouth, or the saliva she had left on it?

She actually dared to disparage him like this. Bixiao was practically courting death!

"Senior Brother, do you intend to have Bixiao help?"

"Bixiao is rather mischievous. If you need help with anything, Yunxiao is willing to assist."

Yunxiao walked over gracefully and stopped a short distance from Jing Chu's side. Tilting her head slightly, she spoke gently with curiosity.

After they had entered Tongtian's sect together, Yunxiao had changed how she addressed him from Dao Brother to Senior Brother.

"I only planned to have Bixiao plant the remaining spiritual roots."

"As for you, Yunxiao, there is no need. You needn't do such boring things."

Jing Chu smiled faintly, then casually tossed the large number of spiritual roots he had collected to Bixiao.

Watching spiritual root after spiritual root get thrown at her, Bixiao felt that she should not have been here.

What did he mean by saying her elder sister should not be doing such boring things? They were both part of the Three Skies, so why was this rotten white lotus treating them so differently?

After arranging his cave abode, he immediately set up a Spirit-Gathering Array nearby to stabilize the spiritual energy.

His inherited memories contained detailed explanations of formations, so setting up a Spirit-Gathering Array posed no difficulty at all.

The next time he saw Tongtian was already a hundred years later.

During those hundred years, Jing Chu did not leave his cave abode again. Through single-minded cultivation, his cultivation finally neared the mid-stage.

He was only a hair's breadth away from breaking through and entering the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

The young Daoist sat casually on the ground, with several verdant Enlightenment Tea Leaves steeping in the jade cup before him.

Whenever he spoke casually, it was as though the Great Dao accompanied him. All manner of phenomena followed in succession: heavenly maidens scattering flowers, ten thousand golden lamps, jeweled tassels dripping with pearls, and golden lotuses springing from the earth.

The profound Great Dao descended upon the listeners. With a point of Tongtian's finger, all kinds of wondrous divine abilities continuously appeared before Jing Chu and the others.

Under Tongtian's guidance, Jing Chu instantly broke through the final barrier separating him from the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm without the slightest pause.

After breaking through to the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, Jing Chu's cultivation did not stop in the slightest. Instead, he entered enlightenment once more and began rising rapidly.

Ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. As Tongtian's final Dao note faded—

Jing Chu's body suddenly erupted with an incomparably holy aura. All the spiritual energy within a million li of Kunlun Mountain seemed drawn by an invisible force, gathering into a vortex and pouring directly into his body.

The phantom of the Purifying World White Lotus unfurled behind him in the wind, reaching ten thousand zhang in size. Streams of immortal light continually poured down, purifying every foul thing between heaven and earth.

The other beings who had been seated beside Jing Chu listening to the Dao were all enveloped in the immortal light. Their cultivation, which had broken through due to listening to the Dao, gradually stabilized beneath its radiance.

Even some beings stained with killing karma found that their hearts, restless because of their Karmic Burden, gradually calmed beneath the immortal light.

"One who learns from me lives; one who merely imitates me dies. Rather than obsessing solely over the mysteries of the Supreme Purity Dao Method, he has integrated it with what he already knows. As expected of an Innate Divine Being whose foundation is no weaker than ours. His comprehension is truly remarkable."

Tongtian pointed a finger, immediately isolating Jing Chu in the midst of his breakthrough so that he would not be disturbed. Only then did he slowly turn to look at the other beings.

"This lecture ends here. Do any of you have questions?"

The Supreme Purity Dao Method was incomparably profound. Comprehending even a fraction of it would be enough to dominate among Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals.

For ordinary beings, it would likely take several epochs merely to get started. Yet the disciples present today were all his direct disciples.

Every one of them was an extraordinarily gifted Innate Living Being, so naturally none of them would fail to understand anything at all.

"Master, this disciple is dull-witted and has some points she does not understand."

As soon as Tongtian finished speaking, Yunxiao, dressed in a white immortal gown, stepped forward. Her usually gentle and stunning face was filled with seriousness and determination.

No matter whether in the Primordial World or later generations, teachers were always pleased by diligent and studious disciples.

Tongtian immediately gave Yunxiao answers to her questions.

Yet as Tongtian answered Yunxiao's questions one after another, he suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

Was this disciple of his being a little too earnest? She even dared to debate the Dao with him, her master, over differing understandings of the Great Dao.

At the side, Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao watched their sister's behavior and could only shake their heads helplessly.

Yunxiao appeared gentle and agreeable, but she was exceptionally strong-willed by nature. She could ponder certain principles of the Great Dao for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Among the four siblings, Yunxiao's cultivation was also the strongest. Through this lecture, her cultivation had already reached the late-stage Golden Immortal realm.

Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao had only barely reached the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm.

However, to preserve his dignity as a teacher, Tongtian answered every one of Yunxiao's somewhat overly fixated questions. Only several decades later did he finally finish addressing all her doubts.

This disciple Yunxiao, despite merely possessing Golden Immortal cultivation, had left even him, a Quasi-Sage, feeling somewhat weary.

She was truly single-minded in pursuing the Dao!

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