Watching his disciples enter, Yuanshi Tianzun spoke directly.
"Today, I have summoned you all because there is something I must entrust to you.
Now that the human race has established the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, it signifies that humanity will become the ruler of this tribulation.
At the same time, it foretells that the next Heaven and Earth Tribulation after the Great Lich Tribulation is about to arrive.
During the Dragon Han Initial Tribulation, the Dragon, Phoenix and Qilin Tribes perished. During the Great Lich Tribulation, the Witch and Demon Races perished.
Before those two great tribulations occurred, whether it was the Dragon, Phoenix and Qilin Tribes or the Witch and Demon Races, they had all been the rulers of their respective tribulations.
Therefore, your Eldest Grand-Uncle and I have deduced that the protagonists of the next Heaven and Earth Tribulation will be the human race. Even we disciples of the Mystical Sect may be implicated.
To deal with the coming Heaven and Earth Tribulation, arrangements must be made in advance.
The key figure of the next tribulation has already appeared, but I am currently unable to calculate his identity.
Thus, I can only have you investigate this matter. Only by finding the key figure of this great tribulation can the disciples of our Elucidation Sect remain invincible."
After Yuanshi Tianzun finished speaking, Guang Chengzi immediately asked him a question.
"Master, what characteristics does the key figure of the next tribulation possess? How should we search for him?"
Guang Chengzi had struck at the heart of the matter. Finding someone in this primordial world was already like panning for gold in the vast sea.
If there were no distinguishing traits at all, if they did not even know what sort of being they were looking for, then there would be no way to investigate.
Yuanshi Tianzun could not help thinking to himself, If I knew what characteristics he had, what would I need you for?
Fortunately, Laozi spoke at that moment. "Since he is the key figure of the next Heaven and Earth Tribulation, he must possess something extraordinary.
As you travel across the primordial world, you need only pay close attention whenever you encounter someone with unusual abilities.
It would be best if you could take such a person as a disciple and bring him to Kunlun Mountain Jade Void Palace for your master to handle.
Remember, unless absolutely necessary, do not cross blades with him. Otherwise, you may inevitably forge tremendous karmic ties."
Laozi's words were as good as saying nothing, and instead left the disciples of the Elucidation Sect even more bewildered.
In the end, Taoist Randeng spoke up and helped Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi provide an explanation that was barely an explanation.
Taoist Randeng stepped forward two paces, bowed to Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, and said,
"Teacher, Eldest Grand-Uncle, the key figure in every Heaven and Earth Tribulation is a person blessed with immense fortune.
It is precisely because of that immense fortune that he eventually develops to the point where extremes reverse, becoming intolerable to Heaven and Earth and triggering a Heaven and Earth Tribulation.
Would that not mean that the key figure of the next Heaven and Earth Tribulation should likewise possess tremendous fortune?
And the clearest sign of being blessed with fortune is cultivating faster than ordinary people and encountering good luck at every turn while traveling the primordial world.
I fear that even an ultimate Innate Spiritual Treasure will accompany him.
Only then can he be called the key figure of a tribulation. Otherwise, how could he possibly trigger a Heaven and Earth Tribulation?"
Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi both nodded. Then Yuanshi Tianzun spoke directly.
"Randeng is correct. First, the key figure of the next tribulation will certainly cultivate faster than ordinary people. Second, an ultimate Innate Spiritual Treasure will definitely accompany him.
Therefore, you need only search according to these two traits. Surely, you will be able to bring this key figure into our Elucidation Sect."
Now the disciples finally understood. They immediately bowed to Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi and accepted the command.
Just as Yuanshi Tianzun had sent the disciples away, White Crane Boy stepped into Jade Void Palace.
He said to Yuanshi Tianzun, "My lord, the Third Lord has arrived."
Upon hearing that Master Tongtian had arrived, puzzlement appeared on both Yuanshi Tianzun's and Laozi's faces.
Yuanshi Tianzun even suspected that Master Tongtian had also learned of the Child of the Great Dao.
His gaze immediately shifted to Laozi beside him. Only after seeing Laozi shake his head did he relax.
Although they were all Saints, Master Tongtian was still Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun's younger brother.
When a younger brother came to see his elder brothers, proper etiquette still had to be observed. Moreover, Yuanshi Tianzun was especially particular about such things.
Therefore, whenever Master Tongtian came to Kunlun Mountain Jade Void Palace, White Crane Boy would report his arrival first.
Before long, White Crane Boy pushed open the gates of Biyou Palace and respectfully bowed to Master Tongtian.
Behind White Crane Boy stood Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi, who had come along as well.
After all, both sides were Saints. Even though Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi were the elder brothers, they could not be overly presumptuous.
Since Master Tongtian had sent word of his arrival, they naturally had to personally greet him so as not to neglect proper etiquette.
When the three brothers met, they naturally exchanged a round of pleasantries before entering Jade Void Palace and taking their seats as host and guests.
Only then did Yuanshi Tianzun speak. "What brings Third Junior Brother to this elder brother's Jade Void Palace today?
Even when this elder brother wished to invite you in the past, you would make every excuse imaginable and refuse to visit my Jade Void Palace."
To be honest, Master Tongtian truly did not want to see Yuanshi Tianzun. First of all, Yuanshi Tianzun cared far too much about etiquette, which made Master Tongtian feel extremely uncomfortable.
Second, every time he saw Yuanshi Tianzun, he would be lectured as though he were Yuanshi Tianzun's disciple, nagged at endlessly.
For those two reasons alone, not to mention a Saint, probably no one would be willing to come and suffer through it.
However, Master Tongtian could not say that aloud. He could only smile and brush it aside.
"What are you saying, Second Senior Brother? I have tens of thousands of disciples under me, and I am already too busy teaching them every day. How could I possibly have leisure to visit Second Senior Brother?
If not for the imminent birth of Human Sovereign Fuxi, I fear I would not have been able to make time to come to Kunlun Mountain Jade Void Palace and meet with my two elder brothers."
Only when Tongtian mentioned the birth of Human Sovereign Fuxi did Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun recall the matter.
They thought that they had spent this period focused solely on finding the Child of the Great Dao and had instead forgotten about the descent of the human race's Human Sovereign.
Yuanshi Tianzun immediately said to Master Tongtian, "So Third Junior Brother came for this matter.
Then what plans does Third Junior Brother have? Are you planning to have this senior brother send someone down the mountain to take the Human Sovereign as a disciple?"
Yuanshi Tianzun truly had no shame. Before they had exchanged more than a few words, he was already trying to seize the position of the Human Sovereign's master.
Even Laozi beside him cooperatively nodded, feeling that the Human Sovereign's master should come from the Elucidation Sect.
Although Laozi also hoped it would be Grand Master Xuandu from his own school, he currently needed Yuanshi Tianzun's help and had no choice but to grant him this favor.
Yet neither Laozi nor Yuanshi Tianzun expected Master Tongtian to shake his head without the slightest hesitation.
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