Preaching Concludes, Returning to Mount Sumeru

Empress Nuwa preached the Dao for three thousand years. As her final syllable of Dao sound fell, its lingering resonance still echoed within Wa Huang Palace. The myriad great Dao visions slowly dissipated, leaving only the dense, lingering Dao rhythm permeating the hall.

It was a long while before the assembled great powers gradually awakened from their deep meditative states.

Their faces bore expressions of ecstasy, contemplation, sudden realization, or regret—the myriad states of sentient beings, each distinct.

Yet without exception, all felt they had gained greatly, gaining a clearer understanding of the path ahead. Many great powers who had been stuck at bottlenecks for countless kalpas felt their auras subtly loosen, showing signs of breakthrough.

The Three Pure Ones rose first, solemnly bowing to Empress Nuwa on her cloud bed: "We thank our Junior Sister for preaching the Saintly Dao! Boundless merit!"

As Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, they had their pride, but this sermon had indeed given them a firmer grasp of the path to sainthood. This karmic debt, they acknowledged.

Next, Di Jun and Tai Yi led the Demon Race, Jieyin and Zhunti brought the Western contingent, and Zhen Yuan Zi, Styx River, and all the other great powers rose together, bowing in reverence. Their voices merged into a torrent that shook the hall:

"We thank Saint Nuwa for transmitting the Dao!"

Empress Nuwa sat high on her cloud bed, her saintly countenance serene. She accepted this bow and nodded slightly: "The Great Dao is impartial. I hope all Daoist friends will diligently cultivate and soon realize the Dao."

As her words fell, it signified the formal end of the sermon.

The great powers lingered no longer. With complex and excited hearts, they bowed once more to Empress Nuwa.

Then, transforming into streaks of light, they flew out of Wa Huang Palace one by one, plunging into the boundless chaos, heading back toward the Primordial World.

The Three Pure Ones departed first. With a flash of clear light, they vanished into chaos, needing to return immediately to Kunlun Mountain to go into seclusion, digest their gains, and assault the long-dreamed-of Saint Realm.

Di Jun and Tai Yi also hurried away with the Demon Race, the power of the Myriad Stars Array protecting them as they swiftly disappeared.

They too felt the urgency. Nuwa becoming a saint had already increased the pressure on the Demon Race; they must find their own path to sainthood as quickly as possible.

Styx River, Kun Peng, and other great powers also displayed their divine abilities and swiftly fled.

Jieyin and Zhunti wore faces of barely contained joy and urgency as they looked at Ming Xin beside them.

Daoist Zhunti said in a low voice: "Disciple, how was your harvest this time? Let us return quickly to Mount Sumeru and contemplate it in detail!"

Ming Xin sensed that the auras of his two masters had become increasingly harmonious, even faintly touching the threshold of the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin. He understood they were likely at a critical juncture and nodded: "Your disciple has gained much and needs to go into seclusion to digest it."

"Good! Let's go!"

Jieyin and Zhunti said no more. The Nirvana Buddha Light and the divine radiance of the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree lit up simultaneously, wrapping around Ming Xin.

Transforming into a golden rainbow spanning the chaos, they sped toward the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss even faster than when they had come.

Their hearts were set on returning.

After piercing through layers of chaotic turbulence and crossing endless void, the golden rainbow—representing the highest combat power of the Western Teachings—finally reached the Western lands, plunging straight into Mount Sumeru, still firmly guarded by the Nirvana Bodhi Great Array.

The light scattered, and the three figures appeared in the core secret realm within the mountain.

The moment they landed, Jieyin and Zhunti didn't even have time to ask Ming Xin for details before they felt their Dao cultivation and magic power surging within them, stirred by the sermon, nearly breaking through their limits.

They exchanged glances, seeing determination and excitement in each other's eyes.

"Elder Brother, the time has come! We must enter seclusion immediately and assault the Saint Realm!" Zhunti's tone was urgent, carrying unprecedented confidence.

Jieyin nodded heavily, his ascetic face showing both suffering and resolve: "Exactly so. Disciple, you too go into seclusion quickly and stabilize what you have gained. When your master and uncle emerge, we will discuss it in detail."

With that, their forms flickered and vanished into their respective secluded cultivation caves. Heavy restrictions rose instantly, sealing the inside from the outside completely.

Clearly, they could not wait to digest the Saintly Dao and attempt that final step of realizing the Dao!

Ming Xin stood in the secret realm, clearly sensing two vast and profound auras beginning to rise and brew in the depths.

It was the impact of a perfected Golden Immortal of the Origin charging toward the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin!

He took a deep breath, suppressing the waves stirred within him by witnessing history.

He knew that next, not only his two masters, but also the Three Pure Ones on Kunlun Mountain, and even Di Jun and Tai Yi on the Sun Star, would begin their assaults on the Saint Realm one after another.

The Primordial World was about to welcome an era where sages emerged in succession and the entire landscape was overturned!

"I too must hurry." Ming Xin's gaze was firm. With one step, he returned to his familiar meditation chamber.

Sitting cross-legged, he did not immediately enter deep seclusion. Instead, he first communicated with the system through his divine sense.

"System, retrieve the complete record of the sermon at Wa Huang Palace and establish an independent database for 'Saint Realm Insights.'

Perform deep associative deduction with the core modules of the Great Dao of Killing and the Five Elements Great Dao. Simulate possible paths to realizing the Origin."

[Command confirmed. Database building... Associative deduction beginning... Based on current data and Host's Dao completion level, preliminary success rate for simulated realization of the Origin is estimated at: 17.8%... Optimizing paths...]

17.8%? Ming Xin's brow twitched slightly. This success rate might seem low, but for realizing the Origin, it was astonishing!

Without the Primordial Violet Qi, the success rate for an ordinary perfected Golden Immortal of the Origin to realize the Dao was nearly zero! This proved just how formidable his accumulation was at this moment.

"Still not enough..." Ming Xin closed his eyes. The strange phenomenon of Killing in his left eye and Five Elements in his right slowly emerged.

"I must fully integrate and comprehend everything gained from this sermon, pushing my Great Dao to the true pinnacle of the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm!"

He sank his mind, beginning to digest the three-thousand-year Saintly Dao insights with all his might, turning them into the most solid foundation for his own path to realization.

Mount Sumeru once again fell into absolute silence and seclusion. But the power brewing within the mountain, once unleashed, would surely shake heaven and earth, startling the entire Primordial Universe!