Gathering his thoughts, Taiqing Daoist watched the vast Merit Golden Clouds surge across the firmament. He recalled how he had once been obsessed with attaining the Dao and becoming a Sage, yet failed to do so—only to gain it with ease after forgetting himself and rediscovering his true self.
As he marveled at the unpredictability of the Heavenly Dao and the profundity of the Great Dao, he stroked his beard and smiled. His smile was innocent and kindly, while the detached thought of supreme goodness being like water in his heart ascended another level. His third corpse was naturally severed, and atop the third Nine-Rank Dao Flower upon the Immortal Dao Auspicious Cloud, an old Daoist was born.
He resembled Taiqing Daoist in both appearance and aura, yet he was more amiable, more like an ordinary old man of the Human Clan.
Above the three flowers sat the three corpse Daoists—old, middle-aged, and young.
Within the auspicious cloud, the divine ability One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones took shape.
Within his mud pill palace, the Primordial Purple Qi fused with his Primordial Spirit.
Rumble!
The Heavenly Dao thundered, acknowledging the Human Teaching and bestowing vast merit.
The merit of establishing the teaching entered his body, drawing forth the Heaven-Opening Merit within him. The two vast pools of merit fused and jointly blessed Taiqing Daoist.
The Heavenly Dao opened its gates to him.
The boundless Two Principles Dao Sea held no obstacles whatsoever.
Like stones in the mountains or grass upon the earth, it was there for the taking.
Taiqing's cultivation rose steadily. His Dao attainment, mana, Dao body, Primordial Spirit, divine abilities, and everything else, inside and out, underwent rapid transformation and ultimate sublimation.
At last, he shattered the cage, crossed that enormous heavenly chasm, and stepped into the