Chapter 130

【「I will die together with the Three Ancestors! 」】

【You made this decision without hesitation……】

Zhao Si: ……

"You're also too free!"

Zhao Si looked helpless:

Jin Bing was so obedient back then; no matter what decision he made, he always asked him first, and even if he wanted to self-destruct, that was only an act done when driven to desperation.

Unlike this brat Jiao Ming, who's so free he can easily decide his own death!

Because I unintentionally enslaved the True Spirits of the bloodline, I must use death to return their freedom to them.

【Hongjun listened to your decisive words, and couldn't help but be stunned; he could see you weren't lying, but truly intended this.】

【"At that time, the power of heaven and earth will be the power of the Three Ancestors; how vast the wilderness is, so mighty will the Three Ancestors be!"】

On the surface, this method is just to let one's cultivation advance quickly by having bloodline slaves go to die; the more they die, the faster the progress……

【One who masters the wilderness as an attainer of the Dao— isn't that just a Saint in immortal terms?! A Great Luo Golden Immortal trying to control a Saint? What a wilderness joke!】

【The Three Ancestors infinitely differentiate their True Spirit originating from Pangu, bestow it upon all beings, then let myriad spirits die, thereby obtaining an almost infinite "Pangu Consciousness," i. e., the True Spirit.】

【What can control this heaven and earth transformed from Pangu's body?】

Look at the Three Ancestors, old fogeys—they're just like you, but isn't their skin thick?

And look at Hongjun beside you, old fogey—he's indeed a positive figure, but he even sent Luo Hou to start a massacre, yet you don't see him seeking death or begging for life!

You're being so rash—how can you accomplish a great undertaking?

If there is, then it's someone else shouldering the burden and pressing on!

The Three Ancestors let the bloodline cackle off to die, then their cultivation surged rumblingly; Jiao Ming's bloodline also died in batches, and his cultivation shot up quickly.

【But Hongjun really isn't joking.】

The reason for giving up one's life is really too rash.

Zhao Si was somewhat speechless, despite all his earlier guesses about the cause—things like 'Great Dao principle', 'bloodline Great Dao', 'Chaos secret arts', and so on.

【Hongjun slowly said: 'Among the innately divine, only the Three Ancestors are special, and only those three can use bloodline to open wisdom for all beings.'】

Anyway, they were guessing in those high-brow directions, but it turned out not that complicated at all—just finding a bunch of free Pals……

Before, he still thought it was amazing, never expecting the result to be this principle, and then his mindset collapsed all at once……

【Hongjun's smile made you feel afraid, while he seemed oblivious: 'The myriad true spirits who have gained liberation will wander throughout heaven and earth, refining heaven and earth, forming a Dao-attained being without self-consciousness.'】

But that actually makes sense.

【You stared at him in astonishment, yet heard Hongjun say: 'Although the Three Ancestors' method of attaining the Dao is absurd, this is indeed the only way; and for someone like us, a conventionally innately divine being, it is absolutely impossible to learn the Three Ancestors' method—not just a matter of mindset, but more fundamentally, one cannot learn their bloodline-pointing method……'】

Zhao Si thought carefully:

First, the essence of the Three Ancestors' bloodline method of attaining the Dao.

【And when this refinement covers the entire Primordial Wilderness, that is the moment the Three Ancestors attain the Dao!】

【You still don't understand what relation the Three Ancestors' method of attaining the Dao has to Luo Hou.】

【Answer: In the bodies of Primordial Wilderness beings, or rather, the myriad spirits of the Primordial Wilderness are the transformation of Pangu's consciousness—except that 99% of that consciousness has transformed into a small number of innately divine beings, while the remaining tiny fraction is given to ordinary beings, which also makes the myriad spirits' wisdom extremely low, and their cultivation basically has no way out.】

【So where is Pangu's consciousness?】

【"Luo Hou is my tool for attaining the Dao!"】

【How does one become Pangu?】

The Three Corpses split into Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Obsessive Corpse; according to the conventional Primordial Wilderness setting, cutting off one corpse makes a Quasi-Sage, cutting off two makes a Peak Quasi-Sage, and cutting off all three allows one to become a Sage.

【Hongjun, however, answered: 'There is only one thing in the Primordial Wilderness worthy of being called the Dao—that is the Primordial Wilderness itself! Or rather, it is Pangu himself.'】

【And attaining the Dao, by definition, means becoming Pangu!】

【"Finally, I will strike again and slay this avatar of heaven's wrath and people's resentment…… You say, will the true spirits thank me?"】

【He seemed to want to advise you on something, but just couldn't open his mouth……】

【Hongjun suddenly laughed: 'Because I also want to attain the Dao!'】

"Now, the only question left is Luo Hou."

【"The method is, since I cannot master the power of heaven and earth, I will create a Dao-attained being that can master heaven and earth's power, and then I will master that being!"】

What is this?

The Great Dao is simplest, returning to simplicity and authenticity, right!

Although quite speechless, the reasoning is actually quite reasonable, after all, just like what Hongjun once said:

There's nothing gained without effort, nor is there any one part effort yielding a hundredfold return.

【"So in a certain sense, only those three can attain the Dao!"】

【"But what does this have to do with Luo Hou?"】

【You feel somewhat bewildered, because according to Hongjun's words, the Three Ancestors' path is the only way to attain the Dao—so what indirect method could Hongjun have? He can't even point the way……】

【After a long while, he changed the subject, beginning to answer another question: What is Luo Hou?】

Zhao Si gradually became curious; he actually wanted to see how this version of the Primordial Wilderness would give an explanation—what exactly are the Quasi-Sage and Sage realms?

……

【"If I use an avatar to slaughter enough of the Three Ancestors' bloodline, and imprison their true spirits, preventing them from returning to the Three Ancestors, forcibly making them refine heaven and earth for my avatar……"】

【Hongjun answered thus, but after thinking, he added: To answer what Luo Hou is, one must first understand what 'attaining the Dao' means.】

【These true spirits continuously refine heaven and earth's spiritual qi for the Three Ancestors, which is equivalent to continually refining the Primordial Wilderness' heaven and earth for the Three Ancestors, enabling them to directly master heaven and earth.】

【He laughed: 'A true Dao-attained being, I naturally could not master it, but what if it lacks true self-consciousness?'】

【Hongjun's answer left you stunned for a while, then you found it funny: 'They've already attained the Dao, and you, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, how could you master them?'】

All secret arts turn into exploitation, all accelerations turn into Pals.

And there's another problem: since Hongjun has already cut out the evil corpse, he should be a quasi-saint, right? Why is he still a Golden Immortal of Great Luo? What exactly is the relationship between cutting the three corpses and being a quasi-saint or saint?

Then, I let my powerful clone slay the three ancestors, seize the countless true spirits on their bodies, and form an existence that arouses heaven's wrath and people's resentment.

And since we can't use the bloodline method to achieve the Dao—the most direct method—we can only use an indirect method!

Pangu's consciousness is limited, so its distribution is uneven; but Pangu's consciousness is also infinite, so special innate deities can infinitely differentiate their own true spirits via bloodline and grant them to myriad spirits to open wisdom!

Zhao Si roughly estimated:

If Rahu and Hongjun are one entity, then what fits his role can only be... the evil corpse!

You don't know.

Hongjun possesses the 'Three Corpse Slaying' method, which is the only official method for later immortals to become quasi-sages, and even becoming a sage requires its use.

This version of Rahu fits Hongjun's evil corpse role perfectly; they are one entity, yet their personalities differ—Rahu is purely a being who only slays, slays, slays, a Chaos evil!

Then, when Hongjun leads Rahu to begin slaughter, does that count as him beginning slaughter?

In that case, Hongjun's good-and-evil factions might have some problems...

This logic is utterly fragmented!

But once Hongjun explained the concept of 'true spirits,' the logic immediately became smooth:

Why can the three ancestors' cultivation be accelerated?

Because countless true spirit Palu are doing free labor for them!

Why don't the three ancestors personally kill their own descendants?

Because true spirits despise those who kill them; if the old ancestor kills them, they run away!

Really...... simple......

And as my great benefactor who saved and created Him, if I want to control Him, will He accept it?

What is the Dao?

However, this time I also managed to uncover quite a bit of information.

As Hongjun spoke, you gradually understood the principle behind the three ancestors' method of achieving the Dao: saying a thousand, speaking of ten thousand—ultimately it's all for the purpose of possessing the power of the Wilderness!

You looked in great astonishment at the incredibly kind-faced old Daoist Hongjun as he casually spoke of such heaven-defying matters, and he even continued: "This way, my clone will not only accumulate the resentment of the true spirits, but also become immensely strong; although not comparable to those who have achieved the Dao, it will surely be stronger than the three ancestors!"

Zhao Si sighed; this free-spirited protagonist is great, great, but when will I gather enough key information and then, like the Golden Heaven Emperor, achieve a perfect ending?

Frankly speaking, the lack of information is entirely due to Jiao Ming living too short a life; each time he dies too early, so he simply cannot gather any information!

Leaving other things aside, if he could merely live steadily until Hongjun becomes a sage, the information he witnesses would be enough for him to avoid several hundred aeons of detours...

Put bluntly, if Hongjun had your personality, he would definitely not become the Dao Ancestor!

Answer: Mastering Pangu's physical form, or in other words, mastering the heavens and earth of the Wilderness!

What is meant by an indirect method?

Answer: Only Pangu's consciousness could possibly master Pangu's physical body!

Hongjun smiled as he outlined his indirect Dao-achievement blueprint: "At that point, I will truly be a Dao achiever, capable of truly mastering the Wilderness!"

(End of chapter)