Flowers Bloom to Twelve Grades, the Canopy Shocks the Saints

He secretly deduced the Nirvana Dharma Aspect, relying on immense perseverance and wisdom,

and vaguely captured a fleeting, obscure opportunity within the Heavenly Dao to forge a different path.

Since the orthodox path of the Daoist Sect was difficult to traverse, they could only develop the Eight Hundred Side Paths, hoping to make up for the lack of spirit treasures through their own great resolve.

Unlike the Daoist Sect great powers throughout the hall, who were utterly absorbed, the Twelve Ancestral Witches at the rear of the hall were bored out of their minds.

They had been born without primordial spirits, and the Three Corpses Severing method, which directly pointed toward the Great Dao of the primordial spirit, fell upon their ears

like an obscure heavenly scripture.

Zhurong and Gonggong were practically dozing off from listening,

and if they had not been guarding Grand Venerable Qingxiao in the hall, they would have long since brushed their sleeves and returned to Mount Buzhou.

Only Houtu seemed thoughtful, trying to capture a trace of vitality belonging to the earth from this supreme Dao sound.

Just as everyone harbored their own thoughts, the sermon gradually reached its finest point.

The profound principles of the Great Dao from when heaven and earth had first divided continuously intertwined within the hall, causing heavenly flowers to rain down and golden lotuses to spring from the earth.

"Buzz~."

Laozi, seated on the first meditation cushion, possessed comprehension unsurpassed by all present.

Vast Taiqing immortal qi surged around Laozi, while above his head,

the foremost acquired defensive treasure, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, emitted countless streams of merit Black-Yellow Qi,

and his Taiqing auspicious cloud churned endlessly like a sea of white clouds.

He was the first to comprehend the true essence of the Good Corpse, and the Taiyi Horsetail Whisk, his companion spirit treasure, hummed and trembled in his arms.

Pure benevolent intent stirred the chaotic purple qi surrounding Purple Heaven Palace,

transforming it into a massive Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram.

Laozi's aura instantly soared, faintly touching the threshold of the Quasi-Saint realm!

Next, countless golden lotuses surfaced and sank within the heavenly auspicious cloud above Jade Pure Yuanshi's head.

The horsetail whisk in his arms drew forth boundless, righteous clear light, while the Jade Pure Corpse-Severing Divine Light swept across the heavens.

Tongtian of the Upper Pure lineage stirred the purest and fiercest sword intent of slaughter,

and supreme Heaven-Piercing Sword Qi howled forth from the crown of his head.

It transformed into countless sword lights that rang unceasingly, their sword intent tearing through the air.

The might of the Three Pure Ones merged into one,

instantly suppressing every clamor in the hall!

Meanwhile, on the fifth meditation cushion, Ancestor Hong Yun sat with his eyes closed in deep contemplation.

He had always held the world in his heart, possessed an innately kind nature, and had received the Great Dao's empowerment from the Purple Heaven Meditation Cushion.

His cultivation origin was therefore perfectly aligned with the path of the Good Corpse.

Yet he had always been somewhat indecisive. At the crucial moment of severing his corpse,

stray thoughts still arose within his sea of consciousness, causing his aura to fluctuate violently.

At that critical juncture, a clear and steady divine thought entered his sea of consciousness from behind him like a needle that stabilized the sea:

"Brother Hong Yun, the Great Dao is a struggle for supremacy. Do not lose focus."

"Kindness is not blind benevolence, and compassion is not weakness. Only by seeing one's true heart and nature can one endure to the end!"

It was Li Qingxiao, secretly offering guidance with his Daluo cultivation!

Hong Yun's entire body shuddered violently, and the mist deep within his sea of consciousness was instantly swept away completely!

"Thank you, Brother, for clearing my confusion!"

Hong Yun's Dao heart instantly became flawless like glazed crystal.

He no longer hesitated and reached out to gently stroke the Ninety-Nine Soul-Scattering Red Gourd in his arms.

Red clouds blazed like fire, while scarlet sand filled the sky, surging in and out of the gourd's mouth.

A phantom benevolent figure rapidly condensed above the crown of his head,

and his aura steadily rose, directly approaching the Early Quasi-Saint realm!

As he watched everyone before him enter enlightenment one after another, Li Qingxiao remained as immovable as a mountain.

The depth of his spirit treasure foundation already surpassed every great power in the hall!

Yet he did not blindly follow suit and forcibly sever the Three Corpses.

As a transmigrator from later generations, Li Qingxiao understood the advantages and disadvantages of the Three Corpses Severing method all too well.

Although the Heavenly Dao's Three Corpses Severing method allowed rapid advancement,

the final union of the three corpses was exceedingly difficult, and one could easily become constrained by the Heavenly Dao.

Though proving the Dao through strength was powerful, it was not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao.

He possessed the heaven-defying origin of the World-Cleansing White Lotus: Ten Thousand Laws Immunity and freedom from karmic contamination.

Naturally, he was unwilling to become a puppet manipulated by the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

"The Dao I cultivate is the Dao of transcendence. How can I be bound by the incomplete methods of the Heavenly Dao?"

Li Qingxiao silently recited in his heart, his eyes utterly clear.

He fully activated the Ten Thousand Laws Immunity and purifying origin of the Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus,

drawing the Three Corpses' profound method expounded by Dao Ancestor Hongjun into his sea of consciousness and refining it like unraveling silk, discarding the dross and preserving the essence!

He stripped away the hidden schemes of the Heavenly Dao's shackles, retaining only the supreme principles of severing obsessions and purifying the Dao heart.

He would use his own Ultimate Daluo foundation as the bones, with the Great Dao of purification and chaos as his wings,

and forge a path of supreme Dao attainment that belonged to him alone!

"Buzz—!!"

As Li Qingxiao's mind entered deep stillness, at the very center of Purple Heaven Palace's great hall,

an unimaginable, dazzling phenomenon suddenly erupted!

Above Li Qingxiao's head, the Twelfth-Grade Ultimate Daluo Three Flowers bloomed in full!

The flowers bloomed to twelve grades, perfect and flawless!

As the Ultimate Three Flowers unfolded, immeasurable golden light of Black-Yellow merit shot into the heavens.

Chaos Essence coiled like true dragons, while pure and sacred Purifying White Light transformed into a supreme divine sword connecting heaven and earth!

Golden light, white radiance, and creation Dao rhythm intertwined and evolved in midair,

forming an immense Chaos Canopy that covered the heavens and obscured the sun!

"Rumble!"

A terrifying aura swept madly through the hall like a vast ocean.

Its purity and majesty

even surpassed the auspicious clouds of the Three Pure Ones in an instant,

and eclipsed the golden sunlight radiance of Di Jun and Taiyi!

"Th-this... is this a phenomenon that a Daluo Golden Immortal can possess?!"

"Flowers blooming to twelve grades! Heavens, I have never seen such pure Ultimate Three Flowers!"

"He did not sever his corpses, so why do the fluctuations of his mana make even my primordial spirit tremble?!"

Countless cultivators in the hall cried out in shock.

Even Laozi and Yuanshi could not help turning around,

their eyes flashing with undisguised astonishment.

Upon the cloud platform, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had been preaching with his eyes closed,

quietly opened a narrow sliver of his Heavenly Dao Eye of Law.

His gaze pierced through endless void and landed precisely upon Li Qingxiao.

The Creation Jade Disc rapidly deduced within Hongjun's sleeve, yet the result of its calculations

caused a ripple to rise in the heart of the foremost saint of the Heavenly Dao.

This child...

His physical body was so formidable, and his surging vitality and blood were actually comparable to the Great Shaman Pinnacle of the Wu!

The mana within his body formed its own cycle, smooth and unobstructed, while his Three Flowers had reached the ultimate extreme.

He had faintly fused the Daoist Sect's profound methods with Pangu's legacy into one, stepping beyond the confines established by the Heavenly Dao!

A trace of indescribable wariness and scrutiny flashed through Hongjun's eyes.

Yet the great momentum of the sermon could not be interrupted. In the end, he did not speak to stop him,

merely giving Li Qingxiao a deep look before continuing to expound the supreme Great Dao.

Three thousand years passed leisurely.

The divine sound of the Great Dao slowly faded away, heavenly flowers vanished, and earthly lotuses returned to emptiness.

Purple Heaven Palace's second sermon approached its end.

The great powers within the hall gradually awakened from enlightenment.

Every foremost sacred being had a perfected Dao heart and a subtly emerging aura,

all standing at the brink of severing their corpses and breaking through.

Li Qingxiao, seated behind Hong Yun, slowly withdrew the ultimate phenomenon that had covered the heavens and obscured the sun above his head.

The three Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures within him, his physical body, and his mana had already been completely fused into one.

The gate to the Quasi-Saint realm had long been left ajar for him!

He only needed to step out of Purple Heaven Palace and return to the Primordial World,

and he would calmly break through, sweeping across all heavenly sacred beings with an invincible bearing!