Chapter 15: Using One's Body as the Boundary, the Dao Heart Becomes Transparent

But Hongjun ultimately did not make such an unwise move.

The self‑detonation of a superior innate Spiritual Treasure caused not even a trace of loss to the Celestial Array of the Heavens, and even an exquisite innate Spiritual Treasure, if it could, would not be achievable by just one or two items.

"Very well, I will wait here; I do not believe you will not return after going away."

Although wandering the Primordial Chaos is usually measured in ten‑thousand‑year units, Hongjun, who has already lived countless ages, truly does not mind these few ten‑thousand years.

Thus, Hongjun concealed Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed, cast out the Purple Sky Palace, and vanished into the dust.

Soon, a member of the Water Clan approached the area and, in terror, discovered that it had become a completely dead sea, and felt that life was being devoured as they drew near.

The water being hurriedly reported to its superior; after investigation, the superior could not discern the source of the change, and the report ascended through the ranks until it reached the great being Zhu Long of the Dragon Clan, who resides in the Mixed Primordial Golden Immortal Realm.

Zhu Long, the Time Dragon who commands the law of time, is a late‑stage great being of the Mixed Primordial Golden Immortal, second only to Zu Long among the dragons.

"What a powerful law Dao resonance; which great being is testing the law here?"

Zhu Long sensed that the law fluctuations here were even stronger than those he controls, and therefore hurried to investigate.

However, after circling the area, he found nothing.

"Could it be the Heavenly Luck Daoist spoken of by Elder Brother?"

Zhu Long speculated silently, recalling that Zu Long had previously told him that the Heavenly Luck Daoist's transformed Spiritual Treasure hall was here, but he immediately shook his head.

"Yet I am overthinking; Elder Brother said that the Heavenly Luck transformation is only at the Great Luo Realm, how could it possess such law comprehension?"

"It must be that some great adept passed by, had a sudden insight, and thus tried a few laws."

"I also do not know whether this great being is friendly to our dragon clan; I shall resolve this quickly and report to Elder Brother so he can decide promptly!"

Zhu Long did not detect Hongjun hidden in the mustard‑seed space, so assuming the great being had already left, he immediately cast a spell to erase the Dao resonance here.

"Time! Reversal!"

The Great Dao of Time that Zhu Long wields was activated, and the hourglass of time appeared, hanging upside down in the air.

Time rewound, and the law Dao resonance left by Hongjun here gradually rotted and dissipated under the wondrous power of time.

A thousand years passed in an instant, and when the last strand of law Dao resonance vanished, Zhu Long finally halted the operation of the time law.

He gave a slight gasp, and Zhu Long's face showed a tremor of shock.

"This great being's command over the law is exceedingly strong; could it be that the Primordial Chaos has produced a new existence at the peak of the Mixed Primordial Golden Immortal?"

After the Dao resonance dissipated, the dead sea's vitality returned to its original state, but the deceased spirits could not be revived; time reversed everything, yet clearly the Great Dao of Time Zhu Long commands is not yet powerful enough to reverse life and death.

"It seems we must quickly report to the clan and inform Elder Brother, so he can prepare early!"

Zhu Long's form flickered, the time Dao resonance flowing over him, and he sped toward Zu Long Island.

……

Mount Buzhou, the celestial pillar of the Primordial Chaos!

Formed from Pangu's spine, it still bears an incomparably terrifying pressure!

Zhu Qingyun and his two companions spent a thousand years crossing the Qilin Clan's territory at the foot of the mountain, and now they have arrived beneath Mount Buzhou. A thousand years ago, the Celestial Array of the Heavens served as Zhu Qingyun's companion array, and he sensed that the array was under attack.

But Zhu Qingyun did not worry, for he believed that at this point in the Primordial Chaos, no one could breach the array!

Hongjun: "?????"

"Great Deity Pangu truly is terrifyingly unreasonable; after such ages have passed, this pressure remains so dreadful!"

Gazing at the all‑reaching Mount Buzhou before him, the Yin‑Yang Patriarch sighed.

"Who says not? Yet the Qilin Clan is overly unreasonable, forbidding us from approaching Mount Buzhou; if it weren't for Third Brother pulling me, I would truly like to test the Qilin Clan's depth!"

The Qilin Clan's territory lies at the foot of Mount Buzhou; earlier the three had been stopped by Qilin Clan members, and Daoist Qian Kun was about to act, but Zhu Qingyun thought fewer troubles were better and thus restrained Daoist Qian Kun.

Of course, the Qilin Clan member who blocked the three has now become Daoist Qian Kun's mount, calling himself First Qilin Descendant, named Sibuxiang! "Is this Mount Buzhou? It feels somehow familiar."

Looking at Mount Buzhou, Zhu Qingyun suddenly recalled that this all‑reaching peak resembled the Wu Dao Great World.

"So, the Wen Dao Great World is the World Tree, the Wu Dao Great World is Mount Buzhou, and the ordinary Great World is the Pillar that Supports Heaven?"

Both the Literary and Martial Dao are the most special Great Dao within Zhu Qingyun, hence the distinction.

"Then why is it Mount Buzhou? Isn't Mount Buzhou the transformed spine of Pangu?"

The Martial Dao has no connection to Pangu; it arose from Zhu Qingyun's synthesis of countless novels from previous lives, using his rebellious insight, sprouting a seed that was derived from the Great Dao.

Similarly, the Literary Dao extracts the essence of myriad Dao and fuses them.

Therefore, it should have no relation to Pangu at all.

"So, could it be that this is a definition beneath the Great Dao, that Mount Buzhou is actually formed by Pangu's Great Dao insight infused into the world's origin?"

The divine mountain of the Wu Dao Great World was formed by the Martial Command of myriad Dao merging into the world's origin.

Correspondingly, Mount Buzhou should be formed by Pangu's Strength Great Dao commanding myriad Dao to merge into the world's origin.

Since Mount Buzhou is known to be formed from Pangu's spine, Pangu must have followed the 'using one's body as the boundary' path? Pangu shattered the heavens, his body becoming the myriad things of the Primordial Chaos—surely that is proof of 'using one's body as the boundary'. "So, should I also follow Pangu's path? The powerful Great Dao of Mount Buzhou lingers; with my rebellious insight I can surely comprehend it—anyone can copy the work!"

Zhu Qingyun felt a restless stirring; Pangu had already proven himself, and as his own heart and breath are transformed by that righteous qi, shouldn't he walk the same road? "But if my Wen Dao Great World does not become the Hong Meng world within my body, where then? Qingyun Golden Lotus? Yingluo? Or Hanging Pearl?"

Zhu Qingyun was immersed in hesitation, unaware of the passage of time, as a hundred years slipped by silently.

"No! Using one's body as the boundary, a single Dao commands myriad Dao—this is Pangu's path, not mine!"

Countless thoughts flickered in Zhu Qingyun's mind, but in the end he solidified his Dao heart!

The expansion of myriad Dao through the Literary Dao is the path I should walk.

Mount Buzhou can support the heavens of a realm and command the Dao of a realm! And the World Tree possesses the ability to connect the myriad heavens and realms, extending the Dao of all realms!

Thus, my path should prioritize the Literary Dao, with the myriad heavens and realms as support!

I, Zhu Qingyun of the myriad heavens, shall pioneer the myriad heavens and realms! This does not mean Pangu's 'using one's body as the boundary' is not powerful; after all, my current understanding of Pangu's path remains only at the superficial level of body‑to‑all‑things transformation.

(End of Chapter)