Chapter 669: The Path of Hunyuan! The Flaws of Primordial World Beings

During the Investiture War, his Buddhist side tricked Tongtian badly.

Now that Tongtian has been released from the Purple Cloud Palace by Ancestor Hongjun, it's hard to guarantee he won't settle accounts with the Buddhist sect.

With the Journey to the West calamity about to begin, Tongtian's sudden emergence is undoubtedly an added variable to the Journey to the West calamity.

"Younger brother, do not worry! After we shattered the Sword of Annihilation Array, Tongtian is no longer the one who could stand against four Saints. Given the precedent of the Investiture War, Tongtian dare not meddle recklessly in the calamity."

Compared to Zhunti, Jieyin is far calmer.

Tongtian's release at this moment is indeed a variable.

But the Buddhist sect's great flourishing in the Journey to the West calamity is the will of Heaven's Dao.

Jieyin does not believe that Tongtian, who once suffered defeat in the Investiture War and was confined to the Purple Cloud Palace by his Daoist friend, would interfere again in the Journey to the West affairs.

The most important thing now is to complete the Journey to the West mission; Tongtian's revenge is not yet within Jieyin's consideration.

After all, the Buddhist sect has angered nearly everyone across the Three Realms.

Among them are also Saints.

Adding one more enemy in Tongtian is nothing significant.

"Brother is right. It seems we must hasten our pace—send Randeng off immediately to handle the Journey to the West matter."

Zhunti nodded, his expression once again returning to sorrowful solemnity.

And he issued orders to Daoist Randeng, instructing him to set out promptly to handle the Journey to the West matter.

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Ba Jing Palace.

"The pivot of movement and stillness······"

Taishang merely glanced at the Purple Cloud Palace, then closed his eyes again and resumed his Dao contemplation.

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"This is Saint Tongtian's sword qi—Saint Tongtian has actually been released by Ancestor Hongjun!"

In some corner of the Western Continent of Niuhe, Luo Fu, who was investigating, suddenly lifted his head and gazed toward the Purple Cloud Palace.

His master, the Primordial World's Saint Tongtian, is not the same as the Saint Tongtian of this world.

Although Luo Fu holds equal respect for the Saint Tongtian of this world, he does not address the Saint Tongtian of the Journey to the West World as his master.

"Such pure sword qi—in the Dao of the Sword, Saint Tongtian's attainment is barely a step away from the Hunyuan level. Even without the position of a Saint, Saint Tongtian will soon ascend to the Hunyuan realm."

Luo Fu is, of course, familiar with the Dao of the Sword.

Luo Fu is even more familiar with Saint Tongtian's sword qi.

Merely from the sword intent, Luo Fu could discern that Saint Tongtian's attainment in the Dao of the Sword already rivals that of the Hunyuan level.

This level of Dao attainment clearly surpasses that of the Primordial World's Saint Tongtian.

Yet this is understandable—the Primordial World's Saint Tongtian had only recently become a Saint.

He had not walked far on the path of Dao.

As previously stated, a Saint is Hunyuan, but Hunyuan is not necessarily a Saint.

A Saint is merely one form of Hunyuan—a particularly special type of Luojin Immortal.

In the Primordial World's cultivation path, before reaching Luojin Immortal, emphasis is placed on accumulating magic power.

Before the Luojin Immortal layer, breakthroughs require no exceptionally high Dao comprehension.

As long as one's magic power is strong enough, even with insufficient Dao comprehension, one can forcibly break through to the Golden Immortal layer, or even the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Many beings with strong primordial bloodlines are born as Golden Immortals, and after slight cultivation, become Taiyi Golden Immortals.

Accumulating magic power can only help cultivators forcibly break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal layer.

The breakthrough to Luojin Immortal beyond Taiyi Golden Immortal cannot be forced by magic power accumulation alone.

Breaking through to Luojin Immortal requires not only sufficient accumulated power but also corresponding Dao comprehension.

Dao comprehension is crucial for cultivators of the Primordial World.

Every great cultivator of the Primordial World possesses extremely profound Dao comprehension.

In the Luojin Immortal layer, Dao comprehension is the understanding of the laws of Heaven and Earth.

For example, fire's combustion, water's condensation, the growth of all things.

These are manifestations of Heaven and Earth's laws; only by comprehending their subtleties can one break through to the Luojin Immortal realm.

After Luojin Immortal, even minor breakthroughs require prior breakthroughs in understanding Heaven and Earth's laws.

If one fully comprehends a certain Heaven and Earth law, one can use the method of severing the Three Corpses to break through to the Quasi-Saint layer.

Cultivation at the Quasi-Saint layer lies in comprehending the Great Dao.

More precisely, cultivation at the Luojin Immortal layer is also about comprehending the Great Dao.

Heaven and Earth's laws are themselves branches of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Luojin Immortals need only comprehend a branch to break through to Quasi-Saint.

Quasi-Saints must begin comprehending the Great Dao itself.

Hunyuan is the realm after Quasi-Saint.

It also requires comprehending the Great Dao to a sufficient degree.

This level means complete comprehension of one Great Dao.

Yes—complete comprehension of one Great Dao.

For Luojin Immortals to break through to Quasi-Saint, they must fully comprehend one Heaven and Earth law.

For Quasi-Saints to break through to Hunyuan, they must fully comprehend one Great Dao.

From this perspective, Quasi-Saint is essentially the transitional realm between Luojin Immortal and Hunyuan Luojin Immortal.

Indeed, this is precisely the case.

This is also why Luo Fu has no Quasi-Saint Realm.

With his understanding of the Dao, he has no need for such an intermediate stage.

But Luo Fu is not an ordinary person—he is OP.

For ordinary cultivators, it is entirely necessary to insert a Quasi-Saint Realm between Great Luo Jinxian and Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian.

In fact, the Quasi-Saint Realm should be further subdivided into even more minor realms.

The reason lies in the immense gap between Great Luo Jinxian and Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian.

If Great Luo Jinxian is regarded as one, then Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian is ten thousand, a million, or even more.

From the perspective of a Great Luo Jinxian, looking at Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian, even just in terms of magic power, the only conclusion is that it is immeasurable.

Yes, the magic power of a Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian is immeasurable even compared to a Quasi-Saint.

Such a vast gap makes it impossible to measure the distance to Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian, even with several minor realms added.

To attain the Dao of Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian, one must fully comprehend a single Dao.

This condition is nearly impossible to meet, even in the current Primordial World.

Not to mention the Primordial Era.

The deeper one progresses in comprehending the Dao, the harder it becomes; any advancement requires countless Wushuyuan Society.

How many years has the Primordial World existed?

Although the Primordial World has endured many Great Calamities.

But the Great Calamities of the Primordial World are not naturally triggered.

They are deliberately triggered by the Primordial World itself to foster its own development.

In fact, from its birth until now, the Primordial World has not yet completed even one Great Calamity.

One Great Calamity lasts roughly fifty thousand Wushuyuan Society.

The Primordial World has not existed for fifty thousand Wushuyuan Society.

Since it has not even reached one Great Calamity, it is entirely normal that no one in the Primordial World has attained Hunyuan Great Luo Jinxian.

The reason Tai Shang and others were able to attain sainthood is not because their understanding of the Dao broke through to the Hunyuan layer.