Chapter 95: The Great Way is Hard to Find

  Having arranged the affairs of the human tribe, the Five Elements Taoist took the Nine-Headed Worm back to the Thirty-Third Heaven. At the same time, he also took away the Twelve Yuanchen. Now that the human tribe is about to prosper, the Twelve Yuanchen are no longer suitable to stay behind.

  When the twelve Yuanshen left, all the people of the human tribe saw them off. The twelve were deeply moved, and it was not in vain that they had taken care of the human tribe for many years.

  The Five Elements Taoist returned to the Thirty-Third Heaven, but Emperor Jiang was just coming out. The master flew into the Pangu Temple in the midst of Mount Buzhou. He had been cultivating in the Thirty-Third Heaven when a figure suddenly appeared in his mind. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be his own likeness. After careful consideration, he finally understood that it was his years of introspection that had led him to find the key to unlocking his own Taoist path. Just then, from the depths of his subconscious, he seemed to hear someone calling him, and with a thought, he arrived at the Pangu Temple.

  When Emperor Jiang entered the Pangu Temple, the voice in his mind became clearer and he no longer hesitated. He stepped into the innermost Zu Wu Temple, and suddenly the scene before him changed. The surroundings were all chaotic, and a kind-hearted big man looked at Emperor Jiang with affection.

  "Father God!" Emperor Jiang exclaimed in surprise, although he knew it was Pangu calling him, but still thought that Pangu could actually appear directly in front of him.

  "You should be able to sense me in Pangu Hall and have found the shackles of your own Dao."

  Pangu said slowly, looking very pleased. "Among my descendants, each of you can trigger the will I left in the Desolate World once. Da Wu will trigger it when breaking through to Quasi-Saint. As for you, my requirements are high, and you must grope for the shackles of your own Tao."

  "It seems that not many people can trigger it." Emperor Jiang furrowed his brow, thinking to himself that since the dawn of time, only he and Yang Mei had reached this realm. Yang Mei was a primordial demon god with years of accumulation, while he had relied on cleverness to obtain the position of Lord of Reincarnation. If others were to reach this state, it would be extremely difficult.

  Pangu smiled slightly, "As long as one of you twelve ancestral witches and the Three Pure Ones reaches it, that's enough!" The Three Pure Ones? Emperor Jiang was puzzled upon hearing this, but immediately relaxed again. He thought that in Pangu's heart, he still felt that the Three Pure Ones transformed from the primordial spirit were more likely to reach this level. Unfortunately, the Three Pure Ones had obtained the Heavenly Dao Holy Position and directly achieved sainthood through merit.

  Thinking of this, Emperor Jiang's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Since Hong Jun had accepted San Qing and the others as his disciples, passing down the sacred position to them, could it be that there was still some ulterior motive at play? After all, San Qing and the others were more talented than these ancestral witches, and they also had the protection of the "Opening Heaven Merit" to safeguard their bodies. Presumably, without Hong Jun's interference, with prolonged cultivation, they would indeed be able to touch the shackles of their own Dao.

  Thinking back to the scene of being offered a sacred position, I became even more suspicious. The seventh purple aura had been chasing me all along, but fortunately, I was determined to prove my own way and refused that sacred position. After refusing it, the event of Hongyuan taking me as his apprentice occurred, and he also pointed out a vague path for me to merge with the three corpses in the primordial chaos. Connecting everything together now, there is no lack of elements that would disrupt my attempt to prove my way through force. If so, I fear that I will miss this opportunity to trigger Pangu's will.

  "I suppose you still have many questions in your mind, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

  Pangu's thick voice came again, "In the past, I was born in the midst of chaos and became the leader of the 3,000 Chaos Demons. Along with me were born the Chaos Green Lotus and the Pangu Axe. It can be said that I had a unique advantage. Therefore, I wholeheartedly wanted to attain the Great Dao and become a Great Dao Saint. However, I didn't expect my magical powers to be insufficient, and there were other Chaos Demons blocking me. In the end, I opened up the heavens and earth but still couldn't seize the Great Dao's fruit. Suddenly, I felt the creation of the Heavenly Dao, knowing that it could evolve into the Desolate Expanse, with billions of living beings about to emerge. My heart couldn't bear it, so I held up the sky and stood on the earth, transforming my body into all things to complete the Desolate Expanse."

  "Just failed to attain the great Tao, there is still a regret in my heart, for the time being, my will has not disappeared. Hidden in the mountains transformed by the five grains, I hope that after my descendants, someone can fulfill this wish." Pangu said, and looked at Emperor Jiang again.

  "Great Dao Saint!" Emperor Jiang was somewhat surprised in his heart. Could he really attain it? He estimated that would require countless kalpas later.

  "I know this is too difficult and not forced, you can reach such a realm, it's already very rare, as for the great Taoist saint, it can't be forced, but I hope you can take this as your goal, or enter the chaotic cultivation, after countless yuan gatherings, you will eventually succeed." Pangu said calmly.

  "I am a congenital demon god, and there is also a limit to my cultivation in the chaos. How can I reach that level?" Emperor Jiang shook his head, disagreeing with Pangu's proposal. He believed that as he cultivated in the chaos, the degree of his magical power condensation would inevitably reach a saturation point. In those years, other chaotic demon gods had rarely condensed strong powers, let alone himself.

  "This matter I have long thought of, don't worry." Pangu continued to say: "You can touch the self-cultivation path's shackles, it should be mainly based on proving the way with power. In this way, you can first prove your own path and then slowly explore, so the hope is greater. Moreover, proving the way with power is unmatched, if you want this fruit, take it; if not, discard it, there won't be much impact. I was too arrogant back then, thinking that I could achieve the great way in one step, which led to my failure. I hope you can fulfill my unfulfilled wish and prove the indestructible great way." As soon as Pangu finished speaking, the scene around Emperor Jiang suddenly changed again, returning to the scene of the Zu Wu Temple. Suddenly, Mount Bu Zhou shook violently, causing the Pangu Temple to shake as well.

  "What's going on?" Emperor Jiang was shocked. But before he could continue to be puzzled, the tremors of Mount Zhou became even more intense, and in the next moment, the entire sky and earth began to shake violently. Suddenly, many powerful beings were alarmed, and they flew out one after another to observe what was happening.

  In the distance, Mount Buzhou, which connects the earth and the sky, shook violently and suddenly rose from the ground, transforming into a giant Han shadow. The spine and heart of the Han were exceptionally clear, as if they truly existed.

  "This is Pangu!" All the great Taoists were amazed. Unexpectedly, this Buzhou Mountain could transform back into Pangu.

  Before they could think more, Pangu's virtual shadow disappeared, leaving only the vertebrae and heart, which suddenly entered a very small body, and upon closer inspection, it was actually Emperor Jiang!

  Only to see Emperor Jiang's body suddenly rise to a height of ten million zhang, his hands supporting the sky and his feet standing on the ground, forming a posture that held up the sky and stood on the earth. Instantly, the heavens and the earth stopped shaking and returned to calmness. It was just that Emperor Jiang remained standing there, looking very helpless.

  Pangu's father god was too decisive, directly turning the unsteady mountain into his own flesh, without fear of the collapse of heaven and earth. At that time, who would bear the burden of countless karma? Emperor Jiang thought to himself, his hands involuntarily increasing in strength, making it even more stable. However, feeling the surging power on his body, Emperor Jiang's heart was filled with joy once again. With the flesh formed from the father god's spine and heart, his body's power had increased greatly, the shackles of his own dao clearer, as if a light strike could shatter them.

  At this time, a beautiful figure flew over, it was the long-unseen Nüwa. Seeing that Di Jiang was supporting the sky and earth like Mount Buzhou, Nüwa didn't say much, and suddenly many five-colored divine stones appeared in her hand.

  Buzhou Mountain disappeared, but it made a big hole in the Heavenly Realm, which was blocked by Emperor Jiang's large hand. This time, Nüwa planned to use the Five-Colored Divine Stone to help Emperor Jiang fill it up, but since the Heavenly River's waters had not poured down yet, no karma had been generated, and naturally, there would be no merit. This time, refining the stone to repair the heavens was just repaying some of Emperor Jiang's karma.

  It wasn't until now that the things prepared for the Witch War were finally used. Nüwa sighed in her heart, but her hands didn't hesitate, and one by one, huge stones flew up, passing through Emperor Jiang's palm to fill the holes. After filling them all, only a five-colored stone was left in her hand, feeling useless, she casually threw it away.

  Emperor Jiang saw him coming, and immediately forced out a drop of essence blood to merge into that five-colored stone. The five-colored stone swayed gently and fell onto the Mount Huaguo in the Eastern Winning Divine State.

  Nüwa looked, furrowed her brow, and was very puzzled. She couldn't help but take a closer look at the stone monkey twice, but since the divine stone monkey had not yet been born, the heavenly way was not revealed, so how could Nüwa see anything?

  In vain, the Goddess Nuwa also didn't bother to deal with such trivial matters, and immediately took out four pillars of Heaven again, propping up the four extremes. These pillars of Heaven were transformed from the four legs that Nuwa had cut off from the Black Turtle in the North Sea, which happened to support the heaven and earth. In this way, Emperor Jiang finally let out a sigh of relief, slowly released his hands, saw the stability of the heaven and earth, and then changed back to normal size, but with an aura that made Nuwa retreat two steps.

  "Thank you, Nüwa, for your help this time." Emperor Jiang said with a smile.

  "It's just cause and effect, no need for courtesy."

  Nüwa said faintly, and suddenly felt that the karma between her and Di Jiang had decreased a lot, and it was not in vain. She looked at the disappeared Mount Buzhou again, and couldn't help but sigh. In those years, Nüwa and Fuxi were also nurtured on Mount Buzhou, which made her feel somewhat sentimental.

  "But it's time to congratulate Wu Zetian on her further progress in her magical powers." Nüwa continued.

  Emperor Jiang smiled slightly, as a return gift, his divine sense locked onto the self-taught Daoist, and the Hongmen G Quantitative Heaven Ruler appeared in his hand. With a light stroke, a vast aura arrived, and a small, human-like Dao fruit appeared. This little person had a 70% resemblance to Emperor Jiang.

  Nüwa was taken aback, and only four words flashed in her mind: Prove the Way with Power.

  Before Nüwa could react, the small Dao fruit was caught by Emperor Jiang and instantly merged into his body. At the same time, a powerful aura burst forth, without any heavenly blessings or calamitous lightning punishments, only this pure aura, signifying that Emperor Jiang had broken through to the Mixed Yuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

  Hunyuan Dalo Jinxian, also known as Xīyáng, didn't know how to become a Great Dao Saint. Emperor Jiang furrowed his brow and fell into deep thought, but then he suddenly remembered the three corpses he had beheaded, which still existed today. If he were to merge the three corpses again, what would be the effect? Would his magical powers rise once more?

  Thinking of this, Emperor Jiang suddenly became excited. If his three corpses all broke through to the Mixed Yuan Da Luo Golden Immortal, and then merged into one, what would be the effect? Would his magical powers reach the level of breaking the shackles of the Great Dao at that time?

  The more Emperor Jiang thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. In his heart, he had some confidence in achieving the Great Dao of Sagehood. However, all three corpses were single-minded, and they couldn't continue on the path of killing the Three Corpses to achieve the Dao. Moreover, all three corpses were themselves, so they also couldn't continue on the path of self-achievement. If they wanted to achieve the Mixed Yuan, they could only rely on proving the Dao through power or merit. The only ones who could prove it were the Heavenly Dao, the Earthly Dao, and the Human Dao that was about to appear.

  Thinking of this, he didn't care about the woman next to him and flew back to the Thirty-Three Heavens in an instant. This was to make a good plan, although this idea is difficult to implement, but at least there's a direction.

  Nüwa saw Emperor Jiang and didn't even say goodbye before leaving, she couldn't help but feel a little angry, and sullenly flew back to her own dojo.

  In the Zixiao Palace, Hongjun opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly closed them again.