The Eighty-Fifth Chapter of Journey to the West

  On this day, the vast expanse was as usual, with high skies and light clouds, clear winds and bright scenery. The small struggles in various places did not stir up much turmoil on the land of the Vast Expanse.

  Suddenly, a voice echoed in the vast universe: "I am Laozi. Today, I establish my teachings in the vast universe and name it 'Humanity'. With the 'Taiji Diagram' and the 'Heavenly and Earthly Jade Tower', I will govern my teachings. The site of my Daoist temple is Mount Zhongyue. My titles are: Lord of Morality and Heaven, Supreme Elder Lord, and Great Clarity Daoist."

  The sound resonated three times in the vast universe of Honghuang and spread throughout Honghuang.

  Suddenly, the sky of Honghuang was flashing with auspicious clouds and misty vapors. A mysterious yellow aura appeared in the void and descended upon Mount Xiyang. The void burst forth like an explosion, and a vast amount of auspicious yellow aura erupted from it, filling the entire sky. Amidst the ethereal music, a majestic waterfall-like spectacle of yellow color cascaded down from the Ninth Heaven, pouring straight onto Mount Xiyang.

  At this moment, the vast and desolate land is looking up at the strange phenomenon in the sky. Many powerful beings are gazing up at the merit-filled yellow energy that fills the sky with complex emotions - some bitter, some envious, some resentful, some jealous, and more.

  Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi and Xundaozi stood on the empty ground, Yuanshi's face was calm, but upon closer inspection, there was a resolute expression. On the contrary, Xundaozi had some tension and worry.

  Donghai Golden Turtle Island, looking up at the sky with a vast and majestic aura of merit and virtue, eyes shining brightly, exuding an air of fierce determination, his entire being radiating an aura that soars to the heavens. Behind him, four disciples are visibly excited, each face filled with joy.

  Mount Taiyang, a figure with a snow-white robe and an absolutely beautiful face looking up at the sky, bathing in the mysterious yellow aura, to the point where his entire body is emitting a mysterious yellow glow - Laozi.

  At this moment, the old man's eyes are lightly closed, and the 'Tai Chi diagram' on his head emits a faint blue light. The 'Linglong Pagoda' hangs down with mysterious yellow air, a flat-headed cane stands beside him, and 41,030 pieces of Wudao tea leaves dance around him, shooting green lights onto the old man's body. The old man's figure is like a void, mysterious and profound.

  That boundless yellow energy descended from the Ninth Heaven, endless and infinite. This meritorious yellow energy was like a silkworm cocoon, wrapping Laozi inside, vaguely visible as just a shadowy figure.

  After a long time, the sky was empty with only a wisp of auspicious cloud and twinkling rays of light. The celestial music still lingered on.

  Suddenly, a powerful pressure came from the void, shrouding the entire Honghuang, majestic, vast, ethereal, and fluttering. This pressure was much stronger than when Nüwa proved her way, and all living beings in Honghuang, except for a few extremely high-ranking cultivators who used treasures to protect themselves, were all prostrated on the ground.

  At this moment, all the cultivators of the Primordial Chaos knew that Laozi in the Three Pures had attained the Dao and merged with the Origin, achieving the revered status of a Sage.

  The Laozi's figure, half-real and half-illusory, mysterious and profound, slowly opened his lightly closed eyes, a flash of light flickered in them, and he let out an almost imperceptible sigh as he descended onto the ground of Mount Songyang.

  Kunlun Mountain's Yuanshi, standing with his hands behind his back, also let out a faint sigh, but the light in his eyes grew stronger, and an unyielding determination radiated from his entire being.

  As the strange phenomenon in the sky dispersed, Zidaozi looked at his master Yuanshi and felt that Yuanshi seemed to have a kind of soaring battle intent rising into the air, but he didn't know what Yuanshi had learned from Laozi's proof of the Tao.

  Xun Daozi was just about to ask Master Yuan Shi if he knew the situation of his uncle Laozi's ascension, when he saw Yuan Shi turn around and smile at him. Then, turning back, without making any movement, his body suddenly flew up and stood in mid-air.

  Standing upright in mid-air, long whiskers fluttering, large sleeves lightly waving, an inexplicable aura surrounds the body, the figure seems real yet illusory, profound and mysterious.

  In a moment, a small gray banner flew out of Yuanshi's body and transformed into a magnificent giant banner. The atmosphere was filled with an aura of grandeur and majesty. Holding a jade scepter, Yuanshi declared in a loud voice: "I am Yuanshi, who now establishes the teachings of Honghuang, called 'Thuan'; using the 'Pangu Banner' to govern the teachings; the Daoist temple is located on Mount Kunlun; my title is: Yuanshi Tianzun, Jade Clear Daoist."

  This sound shook the vast wilderness and passed away after three reverberations.

  The strange phenomenon that just disappeared in the vast sky has reappeared, with auspicious air and glimmering light, like a dream, like an illusion. The sound of immortals is faintly heard, like poetry, like music. Clouds and rainbows are flying and rolling, mysterious and majestic.

  In the void, a yellow aura of merit and virtue descended from the Kunlun Mountains like a waterfall, and the Primordial Lord stood up in the void.

  Yuanshi raised his head to gaze at the cascading Gongde Xuanhuang Qi, and suddenly a dull yet harmonious aura burst forth from his body. With a flick of his hand, two precious objects hovered above his head, spinning rapidly - the two treasured protective items of Xun Daozi: 'Tiche Chuchen' and 'Hunyuan Yin'.

  The primordial hand rose again, and 41,030 pieces of Wudao tea leaves surrounded his body in three layers. The inner layer consisted of 50 pieces of Wudao mother tea, emitting a faint blue light that moved around the Primordial's body. The middle layer was made up of 980 pieces of Wudao son tea, also shining with a blue light, following a mysterious trajectory as it revolved around the Primordial. The outermost layer consisted of 40,000 pieces of Wudao tea leaves, dispersing a hazy blue glow that formed a mystical trajectory. These 41,030 tea leaves seemed to have an inexplicable connection between them, each running along a mysterious trajectory. The hazy blue glow was connected to the Primordial in the middle, as if transmitting some mysterious and unknown thing to him.

  In the air, like a waterfall, the merits of Xuan Huang Qi descended onto Yuan Shi's body in an instant. At the moment when the Xuan Huang Qi entered Yuan Shi's body, it seemed to trigger some unknown restriction. Along with a mysterious breath that shot up into the sky, the void was once again filled with a vast amount of merits and virtues, like a bursting dam, filling the sky with a majestic sight, like a mighty waterfall, or the nine heavens falling down, rushing straight towards Mount Kunlun.

  The cultivators of the Primordial Chaos saw the omnipresent aura of merit and virtue twice in a row, and their emotions were filled with nothing but envy and admiration. Someone like Sanqing should be considered a typical second-generation rich kid! However, apart from Xun Daozi, no one in the Primordial Chaos should know what 'second-generation rich kid' means. Therefore, most of these cultivators only had feelings of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

  The merits of the waterfall are like a mysterious and yellow energy that envelops the primordial void, dyeing the entire Kunlun Mountain in a mysterious and yellow color.

  Standing on the ground, looking up at Yuan Shi's Xun Daozi, his hands tightly grasped the jade Ruyi, his eyebrows furrowed, his expression solemn, yet he was even more worried.

  In the void, Yuanshi was in a profound state. The vast and majestic Gongde Xuanhuang Qi rushed in, entered Yuanshi's body, circulated throughout, converged into the Sea of Consciousness, and evolved various mysteries within it, demonstrating the evolution of heaven and earth, containing all kinds of Dao rhymes.

  As the Xuan Huang Qi enters the body, its transformations become increasingly complex and mysterious.

  Although Yuanshi was in such a mysterious state, his mind was clear and his consciousness was concentrated. In the moment when the Dao mark appeared, he sought to find the missing part of his comprehension and understand it instantly, making up for his own comprehension of the Heavenly Dao's mixed yuan Dao mark. If he could achieve this, he would be able to independently comprehend the next step of the Dao mark and have a chance to improve his cultivation; if he failed, he would only be able to rely on his accumulated merits to obtain the Heavenly Dao's expanded imprint Dao mark to improve his cultivation. Otherwise, he would never have the opportunity to advance in the Great Dao's mixed yuan, forever being restricted by the Honghuang Heaven and Earth.

  That moment when the primordial aura appeared to Taoyin's divine soul was the only chance at life. A clarity that had never existed before Yuanshi, with an absolute calmness that had never been experienced before, silently waiting for the arrival of that moment.

  Xun Daozi looked at Yuan Shi, who was wrapped in a cocoon-like aura of gongde xuanhuang energy. He saw the strong and determined figure emerging from the xuanhuang light, as well as the faint cyan glow that always surrounded him. Unconsciously, Xun Daozi's expression also became resolute, and he secretly cheered Yuan Shi on in his heart.

  Laozi, who had already proven the truth of the Tao and achieved the status of a sage, stood in front of a palace gate with a hint of hope in his eyes. Behind him, on the lintel above the grand gate, a huge plaque bore three large characters that seemed to be imprinted with the mark of the Tao - "Ba Jing Gong". Beside him, Su Xin, dressed in pure white robes, stood quietly by his side.

  On Donghai Golden Turtle Island, the long whiskers of Tongtian fluttered in the wind, and his large sleeves rustled loudly. The unbridled and unrestrained aura forced his four disciples to stand far away.

  Duobao, Wuyun Xian, Jinxing Shengmu, and Wudang Shengmu, the four disciples, kept a safe distance away from Tongtian's overwhelming aura, their eyes filled with surprise and shock.

  Kunlun Mountains, the sky's majestic and vast aura of merit began to thin out, revealing a sky filled with auspicious clouds and misty vapors, resembling a dreamlike scene.

  As the last wisp of golden aura entered Yuan Shi's body, the atmosphere in the sky changed, becoming vast, majestic, boundless, thick and round. The air was filled with an otherworldly aura that seemed to hold secrets of the universe. For Yuan Shi, the most critical moment had arrived.

  Forty-one thousand and thirty leaves of Wu Dao tea have disappeared, only to see the mysterious trajectory condensed by the profound and mysterious green light, where the intersection of the trajectory is the origin.

  Next to the origin, in the nearby sky, a giant banner-like object was fluttering and making a rustling sound. A dim, grayish light enveloped it, cutting off the surrounding space into fragmented pieces.

  At the beginning, "purify the mind and sweep away dust", the "primordial seal" is still rotating smoothly; in the sea of consciousness, the mysterious transformation and demonstration of heaven and earth are complex to the extreme; with the last thread of merit and virtue entering the sea of consciousness, the final transformation and demonstration come to an end. Suddenly, all transformations and demonstrations connect with the void and the hidden traces of the Tao, and the primordial seal of the mixed origin suddenly appears in the original consciousness.

  This heavenly way mixed yuan origin way mark one present, yuan beginning condense real divine consciousness suddenly one move, extremely rapid seek start oneself incomplete part way mark. The speed so fast, cannot describe. Only in the instant just already found that residual way mark, heart spirit instantaneous enter analysis comprehension.

  In an instant, he understood nine layers of this part, leaving only one layer. However, at this moment, the Dao mark in the sea of recognition moved and suddenly imprinted itself on Yuan Shi's divine soul. This movement interrupted Yuan Shi's enlightenment. Also in this moment, the 'Ti Xin Fu Chen' and 'Hun Yuan Yin' on Yuan Shi's head each shot out a green light that entered his brow.

  At the beginning of the recognition, two green lights suddenly flashed out from the sea and rushed towards the mark on Yuanshi's divine soul. The mark was blocked by these two green lights and paused for a moment, only for an instant, the green light shattered, and the mark was imprinted on Yuanshi's divine soul.

  For a moment, the sound of the gods was heard, clouds and mist rolled in, rays of light filled the sky, auspicious energy surged forth, and the primordial spirits were once again startled by the majestic, vast, profound, and boundless pressure. Except for that extremely small number of powerful beings, all others prostrated themselves on the ground.

  The Original Purity verifies the Tao of Heaven, and the Chaos becomes one; thus is accomplished the dignity of a holy man.

  When the strange phenomenon in the sky dissipated, before the cultivators of the Primordial Chaos had finished their sighs of wonder, a loud voice once again echoed through the Primordial Chaos universe: "I am Tongtian. Today I establish my teachings in the Primordial Chaos, and it shall be called 'Jie' (Interception). The 'Qiankun Ding' shall be the foundation of this teaching; the Daoist temple shall be located on Donghai Jinyu Island; I shall be known as Lingbao Tianzun, the Master of the Tongtian Teachings, and the Upper Clarity Daoist."

  The sound resonated three times, and Hong Huang once again experienced the pressure of proving himself worthy of becoming a saint.

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