Qianyuan Mountain, Golden Light Cave.
In the vast Primordial World, there are countless Spirit Mountain and treasure lands like this, but few living beings linger here, and the surrounding spiritual roots have long been harvested by wandering beings over the years.
Golden Light Cave, Xiao Tian Xiao and said to Purple Child Xiao Li beside him, "There are good things inside."
"Brother, let's break in then." Xiao Li touched the purple gourd tattoo on his left hand.
Their conversation outside was amplified by the formation inside the cave. Taiyi, who was in his semi-secluded state and inexplicably anxious, had wide eyes and a twitching mouth.
"What's wrong with the creatures of this Primordial! Don't they know this cave has an owner? Besides, they actually came to my barren little land. Judging from their appearance, these two can't possibly be very powerful."
Taiyi pondered for a moment. With his cultivation level as Mystic Immortal, he would be cannon fodder in the Primordial World, but dealing with two fools from the outside world should be no problem at all.
boom!
The next moment, with the sound of a loud bang, the weak creatures of Qianyuan Mountain were all panicked and scattered in all directions.
The array at the cave's stone gate erupted with dazzling and profound talismanic light, causing Taiyi's eyes to narrow in shock.
"Such an attack level suggests that the cultivator's cultivation is no less than my own."
Taiyi immediately became a little timid and gave up his idea of opening the cave and going outside to find two people to fight one-on-one.
"Heaven and Earth are boundless! The Heaven and Earth Golden Light Formation! Boundless Qi from all directions, come!"
Outside the cave, Xiao Tian, who was fully aware of the situation inside, curled his lips into a strange smile.
"Little brother, use your gourd."
"Oh." Xiao Li nodded obediently, and the purple gourd in his left hand flashed with a faint light, revealing its physical form.
Xiao Li immediately poured his magical power into his Innate Spirit Treasure, the Purple Jade Gourd.
The Purple Jade Gourd's surface was covered with mysterious and extraordinary runes, radiating an ancient and profound aura. Its mouth was like a deep abyss, with a spiraling, eerie light shimmering around it.
In an instant, the array patterns on the stone door of the cave in front of them twisted and shattered, and were all absorbed into the Purple Jade Gourd. After that, the stone door was also absorbed into it.
Inside the cave, the handsome and young Taiyi Zhenren was horrified, his legs trembling uncontrollably.
"Hey little bastard inside, time to pay your protection money?"
Upon hearing this, Taiyi Zhenren flew into a rage.
"I'll fight you to the death!"
The current Taiyi Zhenren is very poor, possessing only a Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
With all his magical power poured in, Taiyi, at his wit's end, unleashed the Huo Yun Ruler. The cave instantly became scorching hot, and the sounds of dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed, causing the entire Qianyuan Mountain to tremble.
"Inhale," Xiao Tian said to Xiao Li.
Purple Child Xiao Li nodded and summoned his companion spirit treasure Purple Jade Gourd.
Taiyi's eyes quickly widened in fury, filled with grief and indignation, "My poor Lingbao!"
The Huo Yun Ruler, along with its Destruction power, was completely absorbed, leaving Taiyi in despair.
"This humble monk is paying protection money."
"Oh ho, now it's too late." Xiao Tian grinned mischievously.
Taiyi, enraged and embarrassed, said, "Fellow Daoists, if it's really unacceptable, you can have this cave dwelling!"
"I don't want this dilapidated cave of yours. How about this, you call me boss first."
Taiyi paused for a second. Was it his life, or his dignity?
This is terrible!
"Boss!"
"Alright." Xiao Tian Xiao and walked up to Taiyi, a jade slip appearing in his hand. Inside was the cultivation method of Heavenly Talisman, one of the Eight Impure Techniques that he had improved.
"As the leader, a gift is essential upon meeting you. Here it is for you; I hope you will study and understand it well, and expand my territory in the future!"
Taiyi was taken aback. He scanned the contents of the jade slip with his divine sense and was soon dumbfounded.
This method, called the Heavenly Talisman, is far more profound than the Taiyi Golden Light Art he cultivates.
"Thank you so much, boss!" Taiyi beamed with joy.
"Boss, what should I call you? Also, can you give me back my spirit treasure?" Taiyi glanced pitifully at the seemingly unreliable child, Xiao Li.
"My true name is unknown to the world. Those who sing my true name will be granted eternal life in the Samsara of reincarnation. Our relationship isn't that close yet, so just call me Boss."
"Yes, boss!" Taiyi thought to himself, "It's like a heifer struck by lightning, its nose flashing with lightning. Even that self-proclaimed Dao Ancestor wouldn't dare to boast like that."
"Boss, what should I do next?"
Xiao Tian Xiao patted Taiyi's head and gave him a knowing look, leaving Taiyi completely confused and bewildered.
"Little brother, get the stone door out and give it back to this kid."
Xiao Li responded with an "oh".
Taiyi watched as the stone gate was spat out by the spirit treasure, Yamato and the child who couldn't be judged by appearances left, feeling puzzled.
What's going on here?
Taiyi examined the jade slip in his hand. Could there be something wrong with this Heavenly Talisman? Should he cultivate it or not?
After leaving Qianyuan Mountain, Xiao Li stared at Xiao Tian with a look full of doubt.
"Brother, why did we only take that broken spiritual treasure? I saw some spiritual fruits and a spiritual fruit tree inside. Why didn't we get those?"
Xiao Tian patted Xiao Li on the head and smiled, "That Taiyi has great fortune. Don't underestimate him just because his cultivation level is low now and he's just cannon fodder in the Primordial World. His future is promising. This time we've formed a karmic connection with him, and this kid will surely bring me some gains in the future."
"Oh." Xiao Li was puzzled, but he wasn't interested in thinking about it too much. He took out the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and started making a figurine.
Xiao Tian knew that Taiyi would become a disciple of the Yuanshi Beginning, reaching the realm of Sage, and Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.
" Fuxi's Innate Fuxi Eight Trigrams Art is quite good."
Time flies, and three thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. The second sermon by the Dao Ancestor is about to begin in the Purple Cloud Palace.
Over the years, Xiao Tian and Xiao Li have roamed the primordial lands wildly, ascending to the Nine Heavens Palace, beating up Di Jun, stealing spiritual fruits and divine wine from Donghuang, and even causing trouble in the Nine Phoenix Tribe of the Witch Clan in order to obtain raw materials for Xiao Li's figurines. They were captured by the Quasi-Saint Ancestral Witch Qiang Liang, triggering an earth-shattering battle...
Xiao Tian and Xiao Li earned the titles of Dao Lord Equal to Heaven and Evil Child, becoming renowned figures among the two strongest races of the era, the Witch and the Demon.
In the outer heavens of the Thirty-Three Heavens, somewhere within the Chaos, inside the Purple Cloud Palace.
Xiao Tian arrived with Xiao Li.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao Deva Path."
Some of the Purple Cloud Palace disciples greeted him, while a few had dark expressions, because they had been humiliated in the past three thousand years.
"Little brother, just find somewhere to stay. With so many big shots watching over you, no one will bully you."
Xiao Li nodded obediently, but a cunning glint flashed in his eyes.
The other Purple Cloud Palace disciples were startled and sized up Xiao Li Xiao Li. Although Xiao Li's cultivation level was not significant among the Purple Cloud Palace disciples, only at the early stage of Golden Immortal, he was, after all, someone who had come with Xiao Tian and had the strength to occupy a seat on a prayer mat. He was not someone to be trifled with.
As time passed, the great figures of the Primordial arrived one after another, including the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Zhunti, Jieyin.
Xiao Tian glanced at the unlucky Hongyun and saw that she had arrived. He then looked at Zhenyuanzi again and realized that the two of them were no longer brothers. It was clear that Xiao Tian's lesson to Zhenyuanzi during the last lecture at the Purple Cloud Palace had made Zhenyuanzi reconsider and distance himself from Hongyun.
In Xiao Tian's view, Hongyun was a hothead, an ignorant and pushover who thought he was doing good deeds but unknowingly offended and hurt many more people. Such a person was extremely despicable.
The sound of the Dao resonated from the Purple Cloud Palace, and the Three Thousand Great Dao stretched across, transforming into a celestial bridge. The immense and powerful pressure caused every disciple of the Purple Cloud Palace present to feel a sense of awe.
The Dao Ancestor seems to be even stronger than he was three thousand years ago!
"This time, I will explain the Sage to you!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared.
Xiao Tian was taken aback. This was only the second time he was giving a sermon at the Purple Cloud Palace, and they were already talking about the Sage? Wasn't this the script for the third sermon at the Purple Cloud Palace?
What's going on?
At this moment Dao Ancestor Hongjun was also suffering in his heart. According to his script, the Sage began with the third sermon. The three sermons would allow him to absorb more of the fortune of the great beings in the Primordial present, so as to achieve his Dao.
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Hongjun naturally had to charge tuition fees for preaching to the disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace, but the way he did so was very subtle, and no one present except Xiao Tian knew about it.
"I've thoroughly comprehended the Jade Disc of Creation. My progress over the years has been too rapid. After this sermon, I can only begin to unfold the scheme I've laid out ahead of time, otherwise 'it' will notice," Dao Ancestor Hongjun thought to himself.
"May I ask, Dao Ancestor, what is the Sage?" Xiao Tian asked, looking puzzled.
Knowing Xiao Tian's magnanimity and the literary Nüwa of Nuwa, Fuxi was inwardly surprised.
Hongjun glanced at Xiao Tian with a meaningful look in his eyes and said, " The Sage is the Way of Heaven and Earth, the Three Thousand Great Dao, and the Way of All Living Beings..."
"Those who don't become saints will remain mere ants!"
" Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, you three are the transformations of Gu Yuan spirit. Are you willing to become my disciples? The positions of sainthood should belong to the three of you."
The guests of the Purple Cloud Palace were filled with horror, envy, jealousy, and hatred.
They now understand that the Sage is the same level that Dao Ancestor Hongjun reached!
That's such a powerful level!
Without the slightest hesitation, the Three Pure Ones addressed Dao Ancestor Hongjun as their teacher.
Zhunti's eyes reddened upon seeing this; the West was barren, and he had to fight for this holy position.
"Dao Ancestor, the West is impoverished. My elder brother has worked diligently for the development and vitality of the Western land, seeking only one..."
Kunpeng, Dijun, and Eastern Emperor were inwardly disdainful and looked at Zhunti with Zhunti.
Hongjun remained expressionless, glancing at Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nüwa.
"Are the three of you willing to become nominal disciples?"
Zhunti with joy and exclaimed excitedly, "Thank you, teacher!"
The guests of the Purple Cloud Palace sighed in disbelief. "Is this even possible?"
At this moment, the astute leaders noticed that six out of the eight people on the prayer mats had become disciples of Dao Ancestor Hongjun. What about Hongyun and Xiao Tian?
" Xiao Tian, are you willing to become my true disciple?"
The guests of the Purple Cloud Palace were horrified!
The Three Pure Ones were shocked!
Zhunti's face stiffened, Jieyin's face became even more sorrowful, filled with compassion for all humanity.
Nüwa was delighted for Xiao Tian.
At this moment, Xiao Tian had a million "MMPs" he wanted to shout out in his mind!
A true disciple! This is clearly a level above an inner disciple; isn't this just blatantly using him to provoke hatred?
Xiao Tian felt a pang of unease.
"May I ask the Ancestor, can a true disciple attain sainthood?"
"Of course." Hongjun replied expressionlessly.
"Dao Ancestor, I, Xiao, refuse."
The guests of the Purple Cloud Palace were all astonished! They stared at Xiao Tian in disbelief.