Three Corpses Severing Method: A Dead End?

Hongjun narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping over the two below as a trace of foreboding rose in his heart.

It would have been one thing if a supreme treasure had emerged from one person's cultivation ground. But supreme treasures were emerging from both their cultivation grounds at the same time?

What kind of supreme treasure was important enough to require two Quasi-Saint incarnations to guard it personally?

As the thought crossed his mind, Hongjun's expression remained unchanged. His Self Corpse, hidden within the void, had already used the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disc to calculate the locations of their Kind Corpses.

The two were already of lower realms than Hongjun, not to mention the immense karmic connection of master and disciples between them. Hongjun effortlessly deduced where their Kind Corpses were!

Having calculated the locations of their Kind Corpses, Hongjun nearly coughed up blood.

Those two unfilial disciples—their Kind Corpse incarnations had actually gone to Heaven-Earth Daoist's Yingzhou Island to listen to his teachings!?

Others would have been one thing, but these two were his personal disciples! They had actually gone to Yingzhou Island as well?

This was simply a disgrace to their lineage!

Though he was furious enough to spit blood, Hongjun sensed the curious gazes of the eight hundred Great Firmament Golden Immortals who had come to hear the Dao. He could only pretend not to know and nod.

He turned to Jieyin and Zhunti.

"Then summon your Kind Corpses..."

A look of shame surfaced on Zhunti's face.

"Master, the Kind Corpses we severed are also guarding our Western cultivation ground and have not come."

Jieyin beside him slowly nodded.

"Master, Spirit Treasures are also about to emerge from our cultivation ground..."

At those words, everyone below looked at one another in bewilderment, while Hongjun's face darkened like the bottom of a pot.

Laozi and Yuanshi's cultivation ground was in the Kunlun Mountains, a land blessed with exceptional people and rich in innate spiritual energy!

For such a precious place to nurture an Innate Spiritual Treasure that had yet to emerge was difficult, but not impossible!

But the Western lands were different. Back then, Luohou had already detonated all the spiritual veins! Some had been placed beforehand in his Spirit Treasure space, unbeknownst to the world.

Who in the Primordial World did not know that the West was barren? Even little Golden Immortal demons would shake their heads if they went there, toss down a spiritual fruit, and leave!

How could a place like that possibly nurture any Spirit Treasure? Were they treating everyone present like fools?

Hongjun's expression was gloomy. His Self Corpse in the void performed another brief calculation, and he nearly laughed in anger.

The Kind Corpses severed by Zhunti and Jieyin had also gone to Yingzhou Island!

His four disciples might have differed in every other way, but on this matter, they had truly thought alike!

Though he was furious, Hongjun had no face to expose them before everyone. If he truly revealed it, never mind the four of them—his own dignity as the Dao Ancestor would be utterly lost!

His personal disciples had all gone to another person's cultivation ground to hear the Dao. If others saw that, they would think Hongjun was incapable of teaching the Dao!

Hongjun closed his eyes slightly and nodded, no longer mentioning making them display anything.

"Today will be my final lecture here. I shall explain the Sage Dao to everyone..."

On the jade platform, Li Yi, who had just appeared, was equally bewildered.

Hey, this isn't right. Never mind the others—why are there four Early Quasi-Saint incarnations among the crowd?

After sensing them briefly, though he had never met them, Li Yi guessed the identities of the four.

Li Yi shook his head slightly and did not expose them.

He had originally come to spread the Dao throughout the Primordial World. Even if the four did not listen here, they could search the souls of other little Golden Immortal demons to obtain the teachings he imparted today.

Of course, since these people had already become Quasi-Saints through the Three Corpses Severing Method, their paths had effectively been completely severed.

Once the Three Corpses were severed, one could only become a Sage through the Three Corpses Severing Method, or use Heavenly Dao Merit to become a Merit Sage.

It was already too late for them to cultivate his Law Dao exclusively!

There was no harm in letting the four listen.

If they truly comprehended something in the future, it would count as owing him a karmic debt!

Dao Ancestor Hongjun's karma was not easy to repay, and neither was the karma of him, the Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor!

Li Yi cleared his throat and began expounding the Dao to the people below.

"Today's lecture will explain the Sage Dao to everyone!"

"However, before that, I shall briefly review the Law-based Primordial Unity Dao I discussed previously..."

Everyone below held their breath and listened intently, including Yuanshi and Laozi.

Though Tongtian had explained it to them last time, there was still quite a gap compared to what Li Yi was now describing!

Li Yi lectured for roughly five hundred years. Then suddenly, all kinds of phenomena emerged around a red-robed Daoist below!

A vague phantom of red clouds rose from his body and floated between heaven and earth.

Immortal light blossomed within the clouds, which gradually shed their red color and were replaced by the multicolored hues of Hundun.

His aura suddenly surged, and he broke through into the realm of the Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal!

Having just broken through, the Daoist's face was filled with delight. He respectfully knelt and kowtowed to Li Yi.

"Disciple Hong Yun thanks Master for the grace of imparting the Dao!"

Li Yi nodded slightly, unsurprised by Hong Yun's identity.

Though there were currently more than three thousand Great Firmament Golden Immortals in the Primordial World, very few possessed the aptitude to break through to Quasi-Saint. Hong Yun was one of the notable few.

"Good!"

Seeing Hong Yun break through, everyone cast envious looks his way, while Yuanshi's gaze was somewhat complicated.

Having finished reviewing the Quasi-Saint Dao from his previous lecture, Li Yi smoothly moved on to explain the path to Sainthood.

"There are three paths to becoming a Sage!"

"First, the most orthodox path to Sainthood is the Law Dao I have described!"

At those words, the incarnations of Yuanshi, Laozi, and the others below all frowned.

They had all used the Three Corpses Severing Method to become Quasi-Saints, and naturally regarded the method they practiced as the orthodox path! Now that Li Yi claimed his Law Dao was the orthodox path, they naturally felt displeased.

If this Heaven-Earth Daoist's Law Dao was orthodox, then would theirs not become a heterodox side path?

Li Yi naturally sensed the emotional fluctuations of the four below, but he paid them no mind and continued.

"The so-called Law Dao borrows no artifact, accords with no heaven, and makes up for nothing with merit! It relies solely on the purest understanding of laws to strengthen the physical body and primordial spirit, shatter the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, and achieve the Supreme Sage Dao!"

"Those who attain the Dao through this method are the true Supreme Sages of heaven and earth, freed from the restraints of the Heavenly Dao!"

"Of course, though this method is orthodox, it is also the most difficult of the three paths!"

As they listened to Li Yi, a trace of yearning appeared in the eyes of the Great Firmament Golden Immortals below!

To the low-ranking little demons, these Great Firmament Golden Immortals had already attained great freedom and great ease! Yet they themselves knew that beneath the Heavenly Dao, all were ants!

The higher one stood, the more one could feel one's own insignificance. If the Heavenly Dao sent down a Calamity Cycle, even they might die and have their Dao vanish! Naturally, they longed for the true great freedom Li Yi spoke of!

After a brief explanation, Li Yi began speaking of the second path.

"The second path is the Three Corpses Severing Dao! The one who imparted this path is Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and it is also the path he himself follows..."

As he spoke to this point, a faint smile appeared on Li Yi's face.

"This path is not only opportunistic, but also a dead end!"

"Other than Hongjun himself, no one else can attain the Dao through this method!"