Lao Zi Establishes Sect and Becomes a Saint, Jieyin and Zhunti Are One Step Behind

Just as Tai Yi was beating Zhunti into submission, Lao Zi over there actually became a Saint.

The story goes like this: after beating up Zhunti that day, Lao Zi came to the Shores of the East Sea. Because Bo Huang had reminded him, "The Human Race has a great opportunity," he began to observe them seriously.

After a period of observation, Lao Zi realized that superficial enlightenment was ultimately insufficient. That last layer, like a window pane, probably required a Mortal Transformation to discover the problem.

Thus, Lao Zi transformed into a mortal and settled on the Shores of the East Sea. After undergoing his Mortal Transformation, Lao Zi gradually discovered the issue: the status of men and women in the Human Race was extremely unequal.

Since the Human Race was founded by Nuwa, the status of women in the race was generally higher than that of men, leading to a dominance of Yin over Yang, with everything revering the mother.

After discovering the problem, Lao Zi thought to himself, "As the saying goes, 'The interplay of Yin and Yang is the Way.' A single Yin produces no offspring, and a single Yang cannot grow... In this light, the Human Race truly needs to be educated. But why didn't that kid Bo Huang think of this?"

After much deliberation, Lao Zi felt, "Bo Huang is, after all, a live-in son-in-law. Although he is powerful and intelligent, perhaps he truly doesn't see anything wrong with the supremacy of women. After all, a live-in son-in-law backed by the Heavenly Court is different from an ordinary mortal suppressed by women."

With this realization, Lao Zi immediately understood and vowed to the heavens, "I, Tai Shang Lao Zi, today establish a teaching called the Human Teaching, intending to educate the Human Race. Based on the principles of Yin and Yang, with the Taiji Diagram to suppress destiny, the Human Teaching is established."

"Rumble!" Heavenly merit descended, activating the merit within Lao Zi's Primordial Spirit. Aided by the power of merit, the Primordial Violet Qi was instantly refined. Suddenly, violet qi surged eastward for thirty thousand miles, and Saintly Might shook the Great Desolation. Here, one could only pity Zhunti, who had just been beaten by Tai Yi and hadn't even recovered from his injuries before being knocked down again by a wave of Saintly Might.

Of course, that's not the main point. The main point is that not long after Lao Zi finished beating Zhunti, he actually became a Saint. This made the great beings secretly observing the battle eager to try their luck.

How serious was this matter? Let's look at the Five Villages View. The good-natured Hongyun frowned and said, "The Three Pure Ones have all become Saints, and that Golden Crow Prince just now beat Zhunti and his cultivation advanced. Does beating Zhunti really lead to enlightenment?"

Great Immortal Zhenyuan said with a wry smile, "Old friend, you're not thinking of joining the fun just because beating Zhunti leads to enlightenment, are you?"

Hongyun nodded with a sheepish grin, "After all, one can fuse with Primordial Violet Qi. Who wouldn't want that?"

Great Immortal Zhenyuan shook his head, "Old friend, the Great Desolation is already unsafe enough. You might not even get a chance to attack Zhunti before your own Primordial Violet Qi is snatched away."

Before Great Immortal Zhenyuan could finish his persuasion, a voice echoed from the sky, "If you really want to beat Zhunti, it's not impossible. This Demon Master will join you." It turned out to be Kunpeng.

Great Immortal Zhenyuan looked at Kunpeng warily, "What do you want? Hongyun's act of giving up his seat back then caused you to lose your chance at sainthood. Are you trying to snatch his Primordial Violet Qi?"

Kunpeng laughed heartily, "Not at all! I, the great Kunpeng, possess a heart that embraces all rivers. How could I only remember that single strand of Primordial Violet Qi? I'm just planning to beat up Zhunti. As for why I'm inviting Daoist Hongyun along? It's simple, because like me, his chance at sainthood was stolen by those two scoundrels from the West. Naturally, we should act together."

Although Kunpeng said this, his inner thoughts were: Who knows what's going on? Just now, while watching the Eastern Emperor beat Zhunti, a half-section of a cultivation technique suddenly appeared in my mind: Kunpeng's Heaven-Battling Technique (Upper). The lower half can only be obtained after settling the karma by beating Zhunti together with Hongyun. It involves cultivating the three corpses externally, severing the primordial chaos internally. When the three corpses merge, the primordial chaos is tempered, and the strength is no less than that of a Saint.

Upon receiving this information, Kunpeng carefully studied the upper half of the technique, which was enough for him to reach the strength of a Quasi-Saint in another way. Thus, he decided that beating Zhunti was a simple matter, and he wouldn't lose anything.

With this thought, the scene above of Kunpeng seeking out Hongyun to beat up Zhunti together unfolded.