Chapter 7: Breaking Through to Quasi-Sainthood, Spiritual Treasure Emerges

  But then Tongtian and Houtu followed Laozi's original promise, and together they went to Mount Kunlun. Before long, they arrived, and saw in front of them a giant peak that pierced the sky, with no idea how many thousands of miles high it was. The surrounding air was filled with the aura of immortals, and there were thousands of cloud peaks standing like spears and halberds. The steep cliffs were as if peacocks were spreading their screens. Various rare flowers and auspicious grasses bloomed in all seasons, and deep in the mountains, immortal beasts roamed, truly a scene from an immortal's home. This was Mount Kunlun.

  Later generations also have poems praising:

  Beyond the peak, many peaks exist, but no peak can be found; beyond the ridge, there are ridges, but the ridge is hard to find.

  The earth is vast and high, with no obstacles; everywhere are rivers and plains in one line.

  The snow line is connected to the sky, and the cattle and horses are grazing in the distance.

  The vast wilderness has few human tracks; occasionally there are water and grass, which is where guests reside.

  What is sand and gravel, identification awaits exploration team.

  My chariot travels three hundred miles a day, galloping for seven days without stopping.

  At that time, Laozi took the original Tian and Tu to their place of cultivation. Mount Kunlun was one of the blessed places in the vast wilderness, much better than his current Penglai Island, but from a long-term perspective, Penglai Island was not inferior to Mount Kunlun. Along the way, the Dan crane presented auspicious signs, the misty clouds were vast and distant, and the spiritual energy that rushed towards them like liquid made people drunk with joy.

  Four people entered the Taoist temple of Laozi and the original practice, sat on the meditation mat, and talked about their experiences over the years. After a while, Laozi asked Hou Tu: "Sister Xian has the primordial spirit of Pangu, how did she also obtain the essence blood of Pangu?"

  This question made Tongtian's heart suddenly tense, his face expressionless, he gave a glance to Houtu, who understood, "But little sister doesn't know what it's all about, since birth, little sister has been like this, big brother has any insight?" Houtu replied cautiously.

  The old man thought for a moment and said, "I'm not quite sure either. To be honest, all the people transformed from Pangu's essence in this vast wilderness belong to the Wu tribe. The Wu tribe absorbs the turbid air between heaven and earth to cultivate themselves, so they are naturally unable to cultivate their yuan Shen. I've never seen a situation like yours before, but since you possess Pangu's essence, it means that you have a predestined relationship with the Wu tribe. In the future, you'll still need to resolve this karma." As soon as Hou Tu heard this, she immediately said, "Please, big brother, enlighten me." The old man thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry too much, little sister. If you help the Wu tribe in the right time in the future, this karma should be resolved. From now on, no matter what happens to the Wu tribe, we will definitely support you." When Tong Tian heard the old man say this, he felt a bit moved in his heart. Although the old man might have made this decision just to win them over, for Tong Tian, who had only one relative left in this life, Hou Tu, hearing these words still touched him deeply.

  Regarding the cause and effect between Hou Tu and Wu Zu, Tong Tian really didn't think of it. When Lao Zi mentioned it, he suddenly understood. Thinking again, now that Wu Zu has lost Hou Tu and become eleven people, can't they form the Twelve Heaven God Killing Array? In this way, the gap between Wu and Yao is not so big after all. As long as Yao Zu has the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, they should be able to contend with Wu Zu. Tong Tian thought of this and was overjoyed in his heart. This way, if he planned carefully and snatched away the Hun Dun Bell's cause and effect, it would be settled. As for the cause and effect between Hou Tu and Wu Zu, Tong Tian really didn't put it in his heart. At most, when Hou Tu builds the reincarnation cycle later, he will arrange it for Wu Zu, and this cause and effect will also be settled.

  Houtu hastily thanked him and said, "Little sister thanks big brother first." Laozi nodded.

  The four of them spoke some more, then hastily went into seclusion to comprehend the great dao that Hongjun had spoken of. Tongtian didn't return to Penglai Island either, and instead went into seclusion on Mount Kunlun.

  During the closed-door period, Tongtian took advantage of Hongjun's great way to re-study his own "Hundun Jue", making some details more perfect. Most importantly, it was the understanding of the Zhensheng realm and the corpse-cutting method taught by Hongjun Laozu, which finally gave him a way to advance to the Zhensheng stage. After closing the door, Tongtian couldn't wait to start impacting the Zhensheng realm.

  In the secret room, Tongtian sat upright on a futon, his five hearts facing heaven. Above him appeared a celebratory cloud with three black lotus flowers and a chaotic clock, as well as a divine dragon tower. On one of the lotus flowers was a vague human shadow - it was the evil corpse that Tongtian was about to behead. In his previous life, Tongtian had also killed countless people, so beheading this evil corpse would be relatively easy for him. However, what he used to behead the corpse was not the Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Treasure, but rather a corpse of a Chaotic Divine Demon. The Old Ancestor Hongyuan said that one must use a pre-heavenly object to behead a corpse, and it cannot be done without something from before heaven. However, he didn't say that it had to be the Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Treasure - as long as it was something from before heaven, it could be used for beheading. The Chaotic Divine Demons existed since the time of chaos, so their corpses naturally belonged to the pre-heavenly category and could certainly be used for beheading without any issues.

  Only the figure on the black lotus became clearer and clearer, suddenly a burst of brilliant light flashed, and a young man walked out from it, who was none other than Tongtian's evil corpse. The evil corpse had an icy face, jumped down from Qingyun, bowed his head and said: "I've seen you, fellow Taoist." Tongtian chuckled and said: "You and I are the same entity, why be so polite?" The evil corpse said: "Goodbye, I'm leaving." Then he flew towards Tongtian's Qingyun and disappeared. "Heh heh, my evil corpse still has some character," Tongtian thought to himself after beheading the corpse. He felt that the Heavenly Way in his heart was clearer and more mysterious than ever, and his understanding of it had deepened.

  Carefully combining the knowledge of past lives and current understanding, Tongtian concludes that under the Heavenly Way, why the quantitative calamity appears. The real reason is that since the opening of heaven and earth, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been transformed from the chaotic air, with limited quantity. The more people cultivate and refine the golden elixir, the less spiritual energy available for cultivation on the mainland. Without the nourishment of spiritual energy, the speed of cultivation will slow down.

  Tongtian now understands why the Heavenly Way deliberately let the three clans decline. The three clans were all transformed from Pangu's body, and their cultivation qualifications were extremely high. If they were allowed to develop freely, the spiritual energy of the Primordial Chaos would be swept away by the three clans. How could the Heavenly Way allow such a thing to happen? Therefore, the three clans must decline, which can promote the development of the Primordial Chaos.

  Thinking of this, Tongtian also sighed endlessly. All along, in his impression, Tiandao was a sinister and ruthless little person. However, after truly understanding Tiandao, Tongtian could understand Tiandao's difficulties as well. Moreover, according to his thinking, Tiandao had no life. If the Honghuang world were considered a program, then Tiandao would be the main data manager of this program. And if one arbitrarily altered the data, the entire program would collapse, which is why there was the saying that the Great Way's trend cannot be changed.

  At this time, Tongtian had already beheaded the corpse. Since he had already closed his eyes and gone into seclusion, there was no point in continuing to do so. This time, he didn't know how long he would be in seclusion, and he also wanted to know what was going on with Hou Tu now. So, he broke out of his seclusion and saw Tongtian get up and walk outside. As soon as he left the secret room, he saw Yuan Shi and Hou Tu in the distance, seemingly discussing something. After slightly sensing it, he knew that Yuan Shi and Hou Tu's current cultivation had further advanced, both reaching the peak of Daluo Jinxian. They hid their own cultivation, looking like they were at the peak of Daluo Jinxian, and then walked over.

  "Haha, Second Brother, what's Little Sister saying?" Tongtian laughed and walked over, only to see Houtu slightly turn around and smile: "Nothing much, just Second Brother telling me about some of his experiences from the Primordial Era." Then Houtu asked again: "Brother, you've been in seclusion for so long, have you made any breakthroughs?" Tongtian first glanced at Yuanshi, seeing that he wasn't paying much attention, then gave Houtu a look and sighed: "Alas, the great dao is profound and boundless, I can only be said to have grasped the surface of it, still far from true understanding." Yuanshi smiled: "The great dao has no boundaries, it's not something that can be fully comprehended in one day or one night, Third Brother shouldn't be disheartened." "If you knew my current level of cultivation, I reckon you'd be the one who's disheartened," Tongtian thought to himself, but on the surface he continued to nod and respond, pretending to be enlightened.

  The three of them sat down together again and started discussing without mentioning it.

  Another thousand years passed, and Laozi finally broke through, only to see that the faint aura emanating from his body had grown even thicker. At a glance, he seemed like an ordinary old man. However, Tongtian knew that Laozi had already advanced to the quasi-saint stage, but he was puzzled - as far as he knew, neither Laozi nor the Primordial had any spiritual treasures, and even if they did have some pre-heavenly objects, it shouldn't be enough for them to use to kill zombies! Suddenly, Tongtian thought, "This must be Laozi's unique secret technique, 'One Breath Transforms Three Purities'." Thinking of this, Tongtian coveted this secret technique - previously, he only knew that One Breath Transforms Three Purities was equivalent to having three split bodies, but he didn't expect it could also be used for zombie-slaying. No wonder it was Laozi's ultimate trump card!

  The four of them met again, and after another round of greetings, they suddenly all felt a stir in their hearts. It was as if they had sensed that the spiritual treasure with which they were destined to be connected was about to appear. The old man spoke up, saying: "In that case, let us go together." The other three naturally had no objections, and so the four of them stood up and headed out.

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