Lao Zi Established the Human Teaching and Became a Saint; Jieyin and Zhunti Were a Step Too Late

Just as Tai Yi had beaten Zhunti into admitting defeat, Lao Zi actually became a Saint.

This was what happened. After Lao Zi gave Zhunti a thorough beating that day, he came to The Shores of the East Sea. Bo Huang had reminded him, "The human race has a great opportunity." So he began observing them carefully.

After watching for some time, Lao Zi realized that superficial insights still fell short. To uncover the problem behind that final veil, he would likely have to undergo Mortal Transformation.

Thus, Lao Zi became an ordinary mortal and settled on The Shores of the East Sea. After undergoing Mortal Transformation, he gradually discovered the problem: the status of human men and women was extremely unequal.

Because the human race had been created by Nuwa, human women generally held higher status than men. Yin flourished while yang declined, and all things looked to the mother.

After discovering the problem, Lao Zi thought, "One yin and one yang make the Dao. Lone yin cannot give birth, and solitary yang cannot grow... It seems the human race truly needs enlightenment. But why hadn't that boy Bo Huang thought of this?"

After some consideration, Lao Zi felt, "That child Bo Huang is a live-in son-in-law, after all. Though his strength is formidable and his wisdom exceptional, perhaps he truly saw nothing wrong with honoring women above men. After all, there is a difference between a live-in son-in-law backed by the Heavenly Court and an ordinary mortal man oppressed by women."

Having gained this realization, Lao Zi immediately understood. Pointing at the heavens, he swore, "I, Lao Zi, establish a teaching today, called Human Teaching. I shall enlighten the human race, taking yin and yang as its foundation. The Taiji Diagram shall suppress its fortune. Human Teaching, arise."

Rumble! Merit descended from the heavens for establishing the teaching, stirring the merit of establishing a teaching within Lao Zi's primordial spirit. With the support of that merit, the Primordial Violet Qi was instantly refined. Suddenly, violet qi came from the east for thirty thousand miles, and Saintly Might shook the Primordial Wilderness. Poor Zhunti had just been beaten by Tai Yi and had not even had time to recover when another wave of Saintly Might knocked him flat.

Of course, that was not the main point. The main point was that not long after Lao Zi beat Zhunti, he had actually freaking become a Saint. The great powers watching the battle from the shadows were all eager to try.

Just how serious was this? Within Wuzhuang Temple, the good-natured Hongyun frowned and said, "All Three Pure Ones have become Saints, and that Golden Crow Crown Prince also improved his cultivation after beating Zhunti. Could beating Zhunti really lead to enlightenment?"

Great Immortal Zhenyuan said with a bitter smile, "Old friend, don't tell me you saw that beating Zhunti could bring enlightenment and now want to join in?"

Hongyun nodded with an awkward smile. "After all, it could let one fuse with the Primordial Violet Qi. Who wouldn't want that?"

Great Immortal Zhenyuan shook his head. "Old friend, the Primordial Wilderness is dangerous enough already. Before you even get the chance to strike Zhunti, your own Primordial Violet Qi might be stolen."

Before Great Immortal Zhenyuan could finish persuading him, a voice rang out from the sky. "If you truly want to beat Zhunti, it is not impossible. This Demon Master will go with you." Kunpeng had arrived.

Great Immortal Zhenyuan watched Kunpeng warily. "What do you want? Hongyun gave up his seat back then, costing you your Saint position. Are you planning to seize his Primordial Violet Qi?"

Kunpeng laughed heartily. "What are you talking about? I, Kunpeng, possess a heart broad enough to contain all rivers. How could I obsess over a single strand of Primordial Violet Qi? I merely intend to give Zhunti a beating. As for why I invited Fellow Daoist Hongyun along, that is simple. Like me, he had his opportunity to Become a Saint stolen by those two Western bastards. Naturally, we should act together."

Though Kunpeng spoke thus, he was thinking, "Who the hell knows what is going on? When I watched the Eastern Emperor beat Zhunti just now, half a cultivation method suddenly appeared in my mind: Kunpeng's Heaven-Battling Technique (Part One). To obtain the second half, I must beat Zhunti alongside Hongyun and settle our karmic cause and effect. Externally cultivate the three corpses, internally sever the primal chaos; Three Corpses Merged, primal chaos tempers the body, and one's strength will not fall below that of a Saint."

Having received this information, Kunpeng carefully studied the first half of the technique. It was enough to let him attain quasi-Saint strength by another method. Thus, he decided that no matter what, it was only a matter of beating Zhunti once. He had nothing to lose.

It was this thought that led to Kunpeng seeking out Hongyun to beat Zhunti together.