Chapter 21

My Confucianism divides the mortal realm into four stages and the immortal realm into four stages, together eight stages!

The first stage of the mortal realm is the Nurturing Qi stage; Confucian cultivators nurture the heart and mouth with vast and righteous qi...

The will of the Great Dao descended, recording, developing, and perfecting the Confucian law of the Literary Dao.

This is my Literary Dao!

Nine hundred years later, as the last words of Zhu Qingyun faded, the Great Dao smoothly evolved into the Literary Dao.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

Just like the commotion when martial arts reaches its peak, the beings of the wilderness felt it in their hearts, and a new supreme law was born, called Wen!

【With the help of the Great Dao, you have created the supreme law of the Literary Dao; as the Lord of the Dao of Wen, your comprehension of the Literary Dao has rapidly increased thanks to the Great Dao's gift, and your current mastery stands at 64%!】

【By deriving myriad daos from the Literary Dao, the mastery of all laws you control has been increased!】

Zhu Qingyun sorted out the laws he currently controls: Literary Dao 64%, Martial Dao 58%, Qi Fortune 42%, Cause and Effect 26%, Yin Yang 40%, Qian Kun 40%, Space 33%, Destruction 33%, Creation 32%, Formations 31%, Strength 21%, Metal 11%, Wood 11%, Water 15%, Fire 15%, Earth 15%, Soil 11%, Wind 11%.

And after the wilderness world gained an increase from having another supreme law, it naturally also bestowed a gift.

Heavenly flowers rained down, earth sprang golden lotuses! Innumerable merit entered his body, and moreover, merit equivalent to fifty percent of the merit of opening the heavens was refined and absorbed by Zhu Qingyun.

Merely by creating two supreme laws, Zhu Qingyun is equivalent to having opened the heavens once!

The wilderness world became more complete, but since the Earth Dao and Human Dao have not yet had the chance to emerge, this increase is not as obvious as when the Martial Dao first appeared.

Boundless qi fortune fell, and Zhu Qingyun's status as Lord of Qi Fortune could advance no further, having reached its limit; thus the wilderness world compensated, granting him a new status—

Lord of the Wilderness Dao!

【You have obtained the status of Lord of the Wilderness Dao; heaven and earth favor you, all spirits feel it, your rank equals that of the Three Lords of the Wilderness Dao!】

The beings of the wilderness all felt it in their hearts and involuntarily bowed toward the direction of Mount Buzhou.

Greetings, Lord of the Wilderness Dao!

Hongjun, who has cultivated in seclusion outside the myriad heavens for tens of thousands of years, is the sole existence in the wilderness unaffected by this.

At this moment, he no longer bore the appearance of immortal winds and dao bones; his facial expression could no longer be maintained, looking hateful!

Heaven's Fortune!

Hongjun gritted his teeth in hatred; at this moment his greatest Dao enemy had changed from Rahu to Zhu Qingyun.

The Grand Dao of Creation is merely his surface; the Creation Jade Disc records the Three Thousand Great Daos, and since Hongjun possesses a large half of the fragments of the Creation Jade Disc, he naturally has some involvement with all the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Becoming the Ancestor of the Wilderness Dao is the most crucial step in his plot to seize the Pangu Dao Fruit of the wilderness world; and even if Zhu Qingyun becomes Lord of the Wilderness Dao, should he later succeed in his scheming and become Lord of the Heavenly Dao!

But as long as Zhu Qingyun remains alive, countless beings will surely revere him as their ancestor, making it impossible for Hongjun ever to become the Dao Ancestor of all wilderness beings! Thus, Hongjun's murderous intent toward Zhu Qingyun has reached its peak! He can no longer restrain himself, waiting outside the myriad heavens for Zhu Qingyun's return; seeing Yin Yang and Qian Kun leading two innate deities into the myriad heavens, Hongjun chose to conceal his form and flew straight toward Mount Buzhou.

At this moment Zhu Qingyun naturally knows none of this; having broken through in the Literary Dao law, he drove the uplift of the great world of the Literary Dao, whereby hundreds of thousands of beings gained bodily form under this uplift! Therefore, after sorting out his gains, Zhu Qingyun first transmitted the Confucian cultivation method to the first being of the Literary Dao great world, Yun! Yun, you shall spread the Dao in my name throughout the world! Although Zhu Qingyun could directly impart the Dao to all beings of the Literary Dao great world, if Yun does the teaching, as the first being of that world he would receive great benefit!

'Four Not Like, I now bestow upon you a creation; this is my martial cultivation method—you shall spread the Dao in my stead!'

Zhu Qingyun also did not neglect the martial world; after entrusting the matter to the two, he prepared to raise his cultivation.

As Zhu Qingyun fused his comprehension of the Literary Dao law into his primordial spirit, countless innate qi surged forth, and the innate qi within the entire Phoenix Nest Mountain secret space was instantly swept clean.

After experiencing the Pangu heart incident, Zhu Qingyun's foundation received a great boost; the amount of innate qi he needs to break through his realm can now compare to that required for a being like Chuzhu, a second-tier existence in the wilderness, to break through to late-stage Primordial Gold Immortal.

The Innate Yin Yang Creation Qian Kun great formation turned, drawing countless innate qi into it, which continuously poured into Zhu Qingyun's primordial spirit; finally, the mana that a beginner Primordial Gold Immortal can contain reached its limit.

With ample innate qi, Zhu Qingyun broke through smoothly to the middle stage of Primordial Gold Immortal.

'The Martial Dao law is already under 58% control; breaking through the flesh to the middle stage of Primordial Gold Immortal is not far off!'

Now Zhu Qingyun's cultivation has already broken through, and Fuxi and Nüwa have also gone to the myriad heavens together with Yin Yang and Qian Kun, so Zhu Qingyun no longer needs to remain in the secret realm.

'Huh? What's going on?'

Just as he stepped out of the Phoenix Nest Mountain secret space wave after wave of sudden inspiration surged upon him, startling Zhu Qingyun.

At the same time, rays of treasure light rose from the hidden innate great formations!

This is another gift from the wilderness world to Zhu Qingyun——

The wilderness world's innate spiritual treasures—Zhu Qingyun may take and seek as he pleases!

'So that's how it is!'

Zhu Qingyun couldn't help but chuckle.

'I forge the Dao for myself; I am originally a spiritual treasure given form, so I naturally need no spiritual treasure!'

Heaven and earth possess spirit; under the sovereign of the Heavenly Dao, the wilderness is especially just—those who have great merit before heaven and earth shall surely receive its gifts, while those burdened with great karmic debt must suffer punishment! As Zhu Qingyun's words fell, the rising treasure light subsided, the waves of sudden inspiration calmed, yet only two paths continued to point to Zhu Qingyun.

'That direction is… the Eastern Sea?'

What great opportunity could the Eastern Sea hold? Zhu Qingyun secretly guessed: could one surge be the first cave‑heaven blessed land of the wilderness, the Three Immortal Islands beyond the Eastern Sea? As for the other surge of sudden inspiration, after pondering a long time he could not think of any opportunity in the Eastern Sea, so he collected his thoughts, taking things step by step, following the guidance—he would eventually know what opportunity it was.

'Mount Buzhou is not something I can currently summit, yet it is also time for me to depart!'

The pressure on Mount Buzhou grows stronger the higher one goes; especially since Zhu Qingyun created two supreme laws and the wilderness world gained an increase, only those at the peak of Primordial Gold Immortal can now ascend! Descending is always far easier than climbing, and in just thirty years Zhu Qingyun returned to the foot of Mount Buzhou, whereupon he released the Four Not Like that had always resided in the martial world.

At this moment the Four Not Like was in the midst of preaching; having just emerged from the martial world, it staggered for a moment, but then quickly reacted.

'Four Not Like has met the Three Elders; thank you, Three Elders, for your grace of rebirth!'

The martial world had only been preaching for a few short decades, yet the Four Not Like had obtained a great increase; judging by its aura, it is already at the middle stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal! (End of chapter)