The Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler was one of the only two Houtian Merit Supreme Treasures in the Primordial World. It formed a pair with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda of Laozi, the leader of the Three Pure Ones.
However, Laozi's Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda specialized in defense. It was said that once suspended above one's head, it allowed one to remain invincible from the outset.
Even Innate Supreme Treasures could not easily shake this pagoda.
The Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler, on the other hand, was precisely the opposite. It specialized in offense, and in terms of power, it could rival an Innate Supreme Treasure.
Now that Minghe had obtained the Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler, perhaps he could put it to the test if he ever fought Laozi in the future.
To see whether Laozi's pagoda was stronger, or his ruler.
Minghe was in no hurry to take out the ruler. Instead, he first established a Dao Field within the Netherworld Blood Sea.
Within the Dao Field, he erected a palace with a plaque above it bearing the name "Blood God Palace."
With a flash, Minghe entered the Blood God Palace. He shut the palace doors and began his secluded cultivation.
Once Minghe entered seclusion, he forgot the passage of time. Outside, in the Primordial World, more and more Primordial Demon Gods with origins like his gradually came into being.
For example, the Three Pure Ones mentioned earlier were born on Kunlun Mountain: the eldest, Supreme Pure Laozi; the second, Jade Pure Primordial Beginning; and the third, Supreme Pure Heavenshaker.
The three brothers were all Great Luo Golden Immortals from the moment they were born, and all were transformed from Pangu's Nascent Soul.
Each possessed deep blessings and powerful cultivation. Furthermore, the Three Pure Ones were one entity, calling themselves Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, and their fame spread far and wide.
On the Sun Star, two brothers were also born, named Dijun and Taiyi. Their true forms were Three-legged Golden Crows, and they had been able to control Solar True Fire from birth. Their strength was likewise extraordinary.
Others included Zhenyuanzi of Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain, Hongyun of Huoyun Cave, Kunpeng of the North Sea, and even in the barren western lands, Jieyin and Zhunti were born.
The Primordial World did not count years. No one knew how much time had passed.
While other great powers frolicked throughout the Primordial World, making friends and spreading their reputations far and wide,
Minghe remained in the Blood God Palace, cultivating bitterly in seclusion. He truly was diligent.
After this period of arduous secluded cultivation, although Minghe's cultivation had not advanced and he was still at the early Great Luo Golden Immortal stage,
he felt that his foundation had become far more solid and profound than when he had first been born.
At the same time, Minghe had become extremely familiar with the various divine abilities he had calculated and practiced.
If he went out in the future and fought someone, he would no longer need to worry about lacking means.
Moreover, Minghe had refined all his possessions, including the Yuantu Sword, the Abi Sword, the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and the Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler.
Once he activated these treasures, Minghe's combat power could rise dramatically.
"Hoo!"
Minghe let out a long breath, awakening from seclusion and opening his eyes.
This round of seclusion had allowed Minghe to gain a complete understanding of his own circumstances.
First, he possessed abundant wealth and lacked virtually no magical treasures. He could even be said to be one of the wealthier figures in the Primordial World.
Second, he occupied the Blood Sea. If he successfully refined the Blood Sea in the future, he would possess an immortal and indestructible body, one even Saints would find difficult to deal with.
This most important life-preserving ability was already prepared. As long as his cultivation was sufficient, he could develop it immediately.
Before that, he still needed to lie low and grow quietly for the time being.
Lastly, after sorting everything through, Minghe realized that if he wished to take another step forward and attain the Dao to become a Saint,
it was not impossible.
After all, he was now a man with a system!
There would naturally be no shortage of opportunities for him to become a Saint in the future.
However, when it came to attaining the Dao and becoming a Saint, one could not avoid all the conspiracy theories surrounding the Primordial World.
Minghe remained extremely cautious and wary about that.
After all, no one wanted to capsize in a gutter.
There were three main methods of attaining the Dao and becoming a Saint in the Primordial World: Dao Proving Through Strength, Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses, and Dao Proving Through Merit.
But Minghe did not know exactly how Dao Proving Through Strength worked. If it truly meant, as Hongjun had said, opening heaven and earth in the Chaos, that would be outright suicide.
That was simply not something anyone below the Saint realm could accomplish.
As for Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses, aside from its creator Hongjun, no one else in the Primordial World had achieved it.
Thus, Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses was also surrounded by many conspiracy theories. Some said that if one used three Innate Spiritual Treasures of the same origin to sever the corpses, one could smoothly unite the three corpses and attain the Dao to become a Saint.
But who knew whether that was true or false?
Moreover, even if he truly succeeded in Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses, Minghe felt that becoming a Saint through that method would most likely still lead him into Hongjun's trap.
After all, it was difficult to surpass those who had gone before by walking their path.
And if those predecessors harbored even the slightest malicious intent, he would truly die without a burial place.
Therefore, Minghe had no intention whatsoever of taking the path of Dao Proving Through Severing Three Corpses.
Finally, Dao Proving Through Merit was not entirely impossible. Yet Minghe did not intend to take that path either.
He had already taken that path before. He had first created the Asura Clan, then established the Asura Religion. Merit had descended from heaven twice, yet he still failed to attain the Dao.
If there was no problem with that, Minghe would not believe it.
So, should he forge another path to attain the Dao?
Minghe thought of quite a few possibilities, such as the Witch Clan's path of proving the Dao through the physical body, his own Dao Proving Through Killing, and Dao Proving Through World Creation, mentioned in many Primordial World novels from his previous life.
The Witch Clan's path of proving the Dao through the physical body was indeed a path that could truly attain the Dao.
But the problem was that the Witch Clan themselves could not manage it. Take the Twelve Ancestral Witches, for example. Each was transformed from Pangu's Essence Blood. They cultivated no Nascent Soul and only tempered their physical bodies.
They could be said to have had the greatest hope of success. But first, the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique inherited by the Ancestral Witches might have been incomplete, making Dao attainment more difficult.
Second, there was the factor of the Tribulation of Calamity. The Ancestral Witches were caught within the tribulation and lacked time to cultivate.
Thus, after giving it some thought, Minghe decided to retain the idea of proving the Dao through the physical body as an alternative.
If he truly had no other choice in the future, then he would prove the Dao through the physical body.
After all, the Ancestral Witches lacked time, but he absolutely had plenty of it.
At the same time, the path of proving the Dao through the physical body made Minghe think of Nascent Soul Dao Proving.
Since the physical body could prove the Dao, then the Nascent Soul should be able to as well, right?
Nascent Soul Dao Proving was possible. For instance, the Three Pure Ones had attempted it.
The Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique.
If the Ancestral Witches were transformed from Pangu's Essence Blood and inherited Pangu's physical body, then the Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's Nascent Soul and inherited Pangu's Nascent Soul.
Therefore, the Three Pure Ones had certainly explored the possibility of Nascent Soul Dao Proving, but in the end, they abandoned it.
They left behind only a so-called Mystic Sect divine art for protecting the teachings: the Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique, also known as the Eight-Nine Profound Technique.
Minghe guessed that Nascent Soul Dao Proving was probably truly difficult.
Otherwise, given the Three Pure Ones' pride, they would not have ultimately chosen Dao Proving Through Merit.
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