While Others Were Still Learning Corpse-Slaying, He Had Already Forged His Own Path to Primordial Unity

Hongjun's question carried no sense of pressure.

It was more like an ordinary discussion of the Dao.

Yet all three thousand guests in Violet Cloud Palace fell silent once more.

The reason was simple.

How to proceed after Great Luo was what everyone present cared about most.

Hongjun had already laid out Three-Corpse Slaying.

Luxuan, however, had forged another Primordial Unity Great Dao.

Now that the Sage had personally asked about the path beyond Primordial Unity, even cultivators with no intention of switching to Primordial Unity cultivation wanted to know just how far this road could go.

Luxuan did not put on an air of mystery merely because he had been questioned before three thousand great powers.

"Not entirely."

His answer was remarkably direct.

Quite a few people were briefly stunned.

Hongjun, on the other hand, nodded.

"The path of cultivation has always been forged step by step."

"To know what one does not know already surpasses many who believe they know everything."

Luxuan rather agreed with that.

He was now a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.

Not a Primordial Unity Great Luo.

Much less at the end of the Great Dao.

If he had not even finished walking the road before jumping out to proclaim his system the greatest under heaven, that would not be invincibility. It would be arrogance.

People like that usually did not survive two great calamities.

"There is only one thing I can confirm at present."

Luxuan continued.

"The realm of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal is still about condensing one's own Great Dao."

"If, in the future, one can truly perfect one's own Great Dao and form a self-sustaining cycle without relying on heaven and earth, perhaps one can go a step further."

"As for whether that step is Primordial Unity Great Luo..."

"How to take it..."

"I am still walking."

Those words—I am still walking.

Left many great powers in Violet Cloud Palace with complicated feelings.

They had only just learned how to break through Great Luo.

Yet Luxuan was already considering what path to take after becoming a Quasi-Saint.

They had all come to Violet Cloud Palace to hear the Dao.

The difference in versions was rather obvious.

Tongtian suddenly spoke at this moment.

"Fellow Daoist Luxuan."

"You unite ten thousand Daos as one. If one Great Dao became far stronger than the others during cultivation, would that not disrupt the so-called balance?"

Luxuan looked at him.

"Why must there be balance?"

Divine light flashed through Tongtian's eyes.

Luxuan continued, "Within a world, mountains and rivers have heights and lows. Naturally, Great Daos have primary and secondary positions as well."

"If one Great Dao is truly strong enough..."

"Then let it serve as the main trunk and command all other Daos."

"Unity does not mean cultivating everything to be the same."

"It means making everything ultimately serve a single whole."

Tongtian seemed to gain some understanding.

He himself cultivated the Sword Dao of Slaughter.

According to Luxuan's explanation.

If he took the sword as the core of his Great Dao and made all other laws assist slaughter, he could likewise form a whole that belonged to him alone.

Of course.

He had not truly chosen his path yet.

But this line of thought was indeed refreshing.

Yuanshi also spoke at this moment.

"If that is so, then choosing a core Great Dao capable of carrying the other laws at the beginning of cultivation would be even more important, would it not?"

"Indeed."

Luxuan nodded.

"But Great Daos can change."

"What suits you today may not suit you forever."

"As long as you can command it yourself, what is wrong with changing the core?"

Yuanshi's brows shifted slightly.

He clearly did not fully agree with this view.

In his eyes.

The order of the Great Dao should be clear.

Once primary and secondary positions were determined, pressing forward without deviation was the more reliable path.

Luxuan did not argue with him either.

Great Daos were inherently different.

If everyone came away with exactly the same thoughts after listening, that would be the real problem.

Laozi had not asked anything on his own initiative.

He merely watched the wisp of Primordial Unity mana in Luxuan's palm.

After a long while.

He suddenly spoke softly.

"Fellow Daoist's method..."

"Is it harder to pass on to others than Corpse-Slaying?"

Luxuan looked at Laozi.

This time, he was genuinely somewhat impressed.

One sentence had struck at the heart of the matter.

"Yes."

"The Corpse-Slaying method already has clear steps."

"Seek treasures."

"Entrust them."

"Slay the corpses."

"At the very least, one knows what should be done at every step."

"Primordial Unity does not."

"Everyone's combination of Great Daos differs."

"My path can belong only to me."

"If others wish to walk the path of Primordial Unity, they can only walk it all over again themselves."

As those words fell.

Many people in Violet Cloud Palace instead calmed down completely.

When Luxuan had just displayed the Primordial Unity method.

Some had indeed been tempted.

After all, it did not rely on spirit treasures.

Ten thousand Daos returned to the self.

It sounded more appealing than slaying one's Three Corpses and sending them away, carrying a certain allure of "returning great power to oneself."

But now that they truly understood.

Many immediately abandoned the idea.

It was not that the path was bad.

It was that they could not afford to learn it.

The Corpse-Slaying method was like a broad road already paved.

Difficult though it was.

At least the direction was known.

The Primordial Unity path, however, was like making you carry your own tools into barren mountains to carve out a road.

How should the road be built?

Where should it lead?

If a mountain appeared midway, should you go around it or dig through it?

It all depended on your own comprehension.

If you managed to walk it out, you would naturally be powerful.

If you failed to walk it out...

Then you would truly be buried in the mountains.

Jieyin sighed softly.

"So it seems..."

"The Dao Ancestor's Corpse-Slaying method is the universally taught Great Dao truly suited to all Great Luo cultivators."

Zhunti nodded beside him.

Yet his feelings remained somewhat complicated.

Universal instruction was universal instruction.

But the threshold of Innate Spirit Treasures was not especially friendly to their Western lands.

The Corpse-Slaying textbook was free.

The required equipment was rather expensive.

Having heard this, Hongjun finally spoke again.

"There is no superiority or inferiority among Daos."

"There is only suitability or unsuitability."

"I teach the Corpse-Slaying method because it can be followed."

"The Primordial Unity path walked by Fellow Daoist Luxuan places greater emphasis on oneself."

"If you have gained any insight, comprehend it on your own. Do not force it."

With those words.

He thoroughly set the tone for this sudden discussion of the Dao.

Corpse-Slaying was not weak.

Nor was Primordial Unity absolutely higher.

The two suited different people.

Instead, everyone present gained another layer of understanding toward the Great Dao.

Luxuan also gave a slight bow.

"What the Dao Ancestor says is most true."

From beginning to end, he had never intended to use this opportunity to disparage Corpse-Slaying and elevate Primordial Unity.

That sort of satisfaction might feel good for a moment.

But the logic behind it was broken.

Since Hongjun had been able to organize a complete path that gave all Great Luo cultivators a chance to break through to Quasi-Saint, that alone was already terrifying enough.

What truly made Luxuan feel at ease was this.

He did not need to copy it wholesale.

Others had their own paths.

He had his own path.

That was all.

The lecture soon resumed.

But after that brief interlude, the atmosphere in Violet Cloud Palace had undergone subtle changes from before.

Some great powers who had originally been merely memorizing the steps of Corpse-Slaying began genuinely considering which spirit treasure best suited their own Great Dao.

Others, whose Great Daos were already unusual, began drawing upon Luxuan's notion of "commanding all Daos."

Tongtian showed the most obvious change.

Luxuan could sense that the Sword Dao aura around the Shangqing Daoist had become even sharper than before.

He had clearly been moved.

As for the Three Cloud Sisters.

They had gained even more.

Luxuan had cultivated them all along according to their individual traits.

Yunxiao followed the Cloud Water Array Dao.

Qiongxiao followed the Sword Dao.

Bixiao followed space and Yin-Yang Transformation.

Although their directions had been clear in the past, they had never truly considered how these different methods would one day coalesce into their own complete Great Dao.

Today, Luxuan had broken the matter down and explained it before the three thousand guests in Violet Cloud Palace.

The three disciples had effectively listened to the complete version all over again.

Yunxiao was the first to gain insight.

The Nine-Bend Cloud River Formation was not merely one of her divine abilities.

In the future, she could entirely make the Array Dao itself into the framework that carried everything.

Cloud and water were formations.

Space could be incorporated into formations.

The Primordial Unity Golden Dipper could likewise be incorporated into formations.

Even other Great Daos could one day become transformations within the formation.

Her Dao...

Perhaps it had never been meant to distinguish between "cultivating formations" and "cultivating techniques."

A formation was a technique.

A technique was also a formation.

Buzz!

A strand of entirely new insight into the Array Dao rose from Yunxiao's primordial spirit.

Luxuan's expression shifted slightly.

The hundredfold feedback arrived in an instant.

He had only just finished explaining an entire theory in Violet Cloud Palace.

His eldest disciple had comprehended it on the spot.

Then the answer had been returned to him a hundredfold.

Luxuan suddenly felt that...

This kind of immediate feedback loop was somewhat like cheating.

But it felt great.

Immediately after that.

Qiongxiao also gained insight.

A sword did not need to carry ten thousand Daos.

Nor did she have Yunxiao's patience for integrating everything into a formation.

In that case.

She would do the opposite.

All insights would serve only one purpose.

To make her sword faster.

Sharper.

More lethal.

If the laws of space could let her sword cross distances.

Then she would learn them.

If the Five Elements laws could enhance her sword edge.

Then she would use them.

As for everything else unrelated to her Sword Dao.

There was no need to waste time on it.

It was simple to the point of brutality.

Yet it suited her exceptionally well.

The second wave of growth feedback appeared.

The Sword Dao within Luxuan's body likewise became further condensed.

Only Bixiao remained.

The young girl furrowed her brows and pondered for a long while.

Formations were too complicated.

And swords were not something she liked.

So how was she supposed to command the Great Dao?

After thinking for quite some time.

She lowered her head and glanced at the Golden Flood-Dragon Scissors.

Then she suddenly came up with an answer that was distinctly Bixiao.

Who cared what Great Dao it was?

As long as it could be cut.

If it could not be cut?

Then she would learn until it could be cut.

Space could be cut.

Formation nodes could be cut.

Links of mana could be cut.

Could she someday even cut other people's Great Daos?

Bixiao's eyes gradually lit up.

Zhao Gongming, seated beside her, suddenly felt an inexplicable chill down his back.

He turned to look at his junior sister.

He found the girl staring at the Golden Flood-Dragon Scissors with a smile.

For some reason.

He had the feeling that she had just comprehended something dangerous.

Naturally, Luxuan had already received the third piece of feedback.

After sensing it for a moment.

His expression became somewhat strange as well.

Spatial severance.

Yin and Yang interwoven.

The connections of all techniques severed.

Was this girl really planning to carry "cutting" through to the end?

That was fine too.

Simple.

Easy to understand.

And highly practical.

Master and disciples each gained something.

Meanwhile, Hongjun's explanation of the Quasi-Saint Great Dao gradually drew to a close without anyone noticing.

No one knew how much time had passed.

The Great Dao phenomena above the platform slowly faded away.

Hongjun stopped his lecture.

The three thousand guests of Violet Cloud Palace gradually awakened from their enlightenment.

Many still had unconcealable excitement lingering in their eyes.

Because after this lecture.

They finally truly knew how to continue cultivating after Great Luo.

Hongjun's gaze swept across the crowd.

"This lecture."

"Ends here."

The immortals of Violet Cloud Palace all rose to their feet.

"Many thanks to the Dao Ancestor for imparting the Dao!"

Their voices resounded through the palace.

Hongjun nodded gently.

Yet he did not immediately let everyone leave.

"In my travels through the Great Wilderness and Chaos in years past, I obtained many spiritual treasures."

"Many of them are now of no use to me."

"Outside Violet Cloud Palace stands a Treasure-Dividing Cliff."

"The treasures upon it each await their destined owners."

"When you depart."

"You may take them yourselves."

The instant his words fell.

The eyes of at least half the great powers in Violet Cloud Palace lit up at once.

Bixiao also perked up.

Then she suddenly noticed.

Those Great Luo who had just been immortal and dignified, immersed in the Great Dao.

Seemed to be getting to their feet faster than one another.

The young girl watched for a moment.

Then could not help transmitting her voice to Yunxiao.

"Big Sister."

"Are they planning to snatch treasures?"

Before Yunxiao could answer.

Luxuan had already risen ahead of them.

"Yes."

Bixiao watched the figures rapidly moving toward the palace gates.

Her expression gradually turned curious.

So when Great Luo of the Great Wilderness encountered free spiritual treasures.

They ran this fast too?