piratefiction Chapter 234 The First Sermon to Begin
Chapter 234 The First Sermon to Begin
Chapter 234 The First Sermon to Begin
Inside his secluded cave, Xu Qiankun's second clone, fused with the World Origin Pearl, immediately underwent a transformation. His inner world expanded, and his divine body's power surged, quickly reaching the level of a perfect divine body twelve billion times stronger.
This is only the first step. The next step is to find a way to combine the power of the two clones and unleash an effect that is equal to or greater than 2.
It is obviously not that easy to do this.
Xu Qiankun began his first attempt. He did not withdraw his clone because each inner world had limited capacity. Once the clone was withdrawn, the inner worlds would merge with each other, and the World Source Pearl would still be expelled.
Xu Qiankun's solution was to stack. He regarded each clone as a cell, and the cells stacked on top of each other, eventually transforming into a complete life form.
In his first attempt, Xu Qiankun simply stacked his clones together to confirm that the two inner worlds would not attract or repel each other.
"This path is indeed feasible."
Xu Qiankun was overjoyed and then began to explore the way for his clones to combine with each other.
Fortunately, his will was strong enough that he could control two incredibly powerful clones with ease and without any burden.
Having found a viable path, and with no other major paths to integrate into the Qiankun Continent, Xu Qiankun naturally devoted most of his energy to it, even neglecting the first sermon he was about to give in the prehistoric world.
In the primordial continent, nearly three thousand eons have passed since Hongjun became a saint, and the time for his sermon is approaching.
The Purple Cloud Palace in the Outer Heavens is located in the chaos. Anyone who is not strong enough to be a Great Luo Golden Immortal will be instantly eroded upon entering the chaos, turning into pure energy and returning to the world.
"Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister, shall we go in first?"
Hongyun Daoist and Zhen Yuanzi looked at the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother and asked.
"Since Master hasn't objected to us coming to listen to the sermon, of course we should go in."
The Eastern King Duke smiled and said that a crimson-gold pearl, like a small sun, appeared above his head. It was the supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Haotian Pearl.
The Haotian Pearl emitted a crimson-gold divine light, enveloping the three junior brothers and sisters, before flying towards the Zixiao Palace in the chaos.
Just then, a divine thought wave came from behind them: "Fellow Daoist in front, please wait."
The Eastern King stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked behind him, and immediately saw an old man, a middle-aged man and a young man flying over.
"I have met three fellow Daoists."
The Eastern King bowed to the three men.
"Ancestor Qiankun, please sit down. Your personal disciple Li Er greets the three fellow Daoists," the old man said, bowing.
"So you are all disciples of the Qiankun Ancestor." Upon hearing this, Dongwanggong's face lit up with joy, and he quickly said, "The four of us are all personally taught disciples under the Heavenly Vault Realm Lord. We also listened to the teachings under the Qiankun Ancestor, so we can be considered fellow disciples."
"Haha, so you are the esteemed disciple of the Heavenly Realm Lord. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Upon hearing this, Laozi and his two companions also showed signs of kinship.
Although they did not know that Xu Qiankun and the Lord of the Heavenly Realm were the same person, they knew that they were very good friends.
When teachers and students have a close relationship, their students are naturally allies.
"Come, fellow disciples, let me introduce you," Laozi said enthusiastically. "This is Yuanshi, my second brother, and also the second disciple of our teacher."
"I have met Senior Brother Yuanshi."
"This is my third brother, Tongtian, who is the third disciple of our master."
"Greetings, Senior Brother Tongtian."
After Laozi finished his introduction, he looked at Dongwanggong, who immediately understood and said, "My two senior brothers, this is my second junior sister, Xiwangmu, who resides in Xikunlun."
"Is my junior sister also in Kunlun Mountain?"
Upon hearing that the Queen Mother of the West also lived in Kunlun Mountain, the three immediately became interested.
Their temple is also located in Kunlun Mountain.
"Not bad," the Queen Mother of the West nodded and said with a smile, "It's just that my younger sister is fortunate to have been favored by my master and allowed to cultivate in the Heavenly Vault World. I have already spent tens of thousands of yuan and haven't been able to go back yet."
"Haha, so are we," Tongtian said with a smile. "Thanks to our teacher's favor, we have been receiving instruction on Mount Buzhou and have accumulated nine thousand Yuanhui to date."
"Since Kunlun Mountain is my junior sister's training ground, we should naturally be closer as neighbors."
"That's what the original said."
"That's only natural."
The Queen Mother of the West nodded.
The Three Pure Ones are the true descendants of Pangu, and naturally they have an air of arrogance towards outsiders. However, this arrogance is directed towards those of inferior origin. They are also innate gods and demons, disciples of ancient great beings, and friends of their own teacher, so naturally they are more affectionate towards them.
Dongwanggong continued, "These are my third junior brother Zhen Yuanzi and my fourth junior brother Hong Yunzi. Both of them now reside in Huoyun Cave Heaven."
"Greetings, my two junior brothers. You are welcome to visit my Kunlun Mountain when you have time."
Tongtian extended an invitation.
"Once the sage's sermon concludes, we will naturally pay him a visit."
Hongyun said with a smile that he was the most good-tempered of the four disciples of the Heavenly Realm Master.
"If any of you senior brothers have the time, you are welcome to visit my Penglai Immortal Island."
The Eastern King also said with a smile.
On their first meeting, the disciples of the Celestial Realm Lord and the disciples of the Qiankun Ancestor got along quite well.
However, while the Celestial Realm Lord only has four personal disciples, the Qiankun Ancestor has far more.
In addition to the Three Pure Ones, Xu Qiankun also accepted three personal disciples: Nuwa, Fuxi, and Houtu.
These six disciples were taken in by Xu Qiankun after Hongjun became a saint.
At that time, his clone left on the prehistoric continent was destroyed by Hongjun. However, at the last moment, he sent all the treasures, including the Qiankun Cauldron, to the Devouring Star World, leaving Hongjun with nothing.
Hongjun had no choice but to negotiate with him.
After all, Xu Qiankun held a large number of treasures in the primordial world, such as the Taiji Diagram, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, the Pangu Banner, and the Qiankun Cauldron, all of which contained great karma. He had to get his hands on them, so he naturally had to make some compromises.
If Xu Qiankun really quits and leaves the prehistoric world completely, that would be a real problem for Hongjun.
Xu Qiankun's offer was simple: if he could find any one of the five treasures—the Devouring Bead, the Boundary-Stabilizing Bead, the Immortal Bead, the Time Bead, and the Wind and Thunder Bead—he could exchange it for a supreme innate treasure.
Among them, the Devouring Bead, the Boundary-Stabilizing Bead, and the Immortal Bead are all innate treasures, and one can choose any innate treasure except for the Fallen Saint Pill.
As for the condition that Hongjun proposed to sever ties, Xu Qiankun would never agree to it.
Hongjun was helpless in this regard.
He has indeed attained sainthood and his strength is indeed enough to easily crush Xu Qiankun.
However, Xu Qiankun's real reliance was the Qiankun Great World in the Chaos, and he had all kinds of treasures protecting him, even Chaos Spiritual Treasures, so there was no way to deal with him.
Even though Xu Qiankun accepted the six powerful beings destined to become saints—Sanqing, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Houtu—as his personal disciples right in front of him, He was helpless.
After getting to know each other, the seven powerful beings entered the Chaos together and headed towards the Purple Cloud Palace.
They soon arrived at the entrance of Zixiao Palace, where a boy and a girl were guarding the gate.
As late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortals and innate gods and demons, they could naturally tell at a glance that the two boys were at the early stage of Great Luo Golden Immortals, and their true forms were two chaotic rocks.
"Is this the method of a sage? Directly enlightening the chaotic stone, it has mastered the Great Dao of Lesser Yang and Lesser Yin, and its foundation is no weaker than that of innate gods and demons. It is only a matter of time before it reaches the peak of the Great Luo."
The seven powerful figures exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the other's eyes.
They do indeed possess the supernatural power to transform living beings, but transformation requires materials. The results of transforming ordinary acquired spiritual roots and transforming innate spiritual roots will inevitably be different.
"I am Haotian, and this is Yaochi. We are both attendants of the Sages. Greetings, great gods."
The boy was the first to speak and bow, which was quite polite.
"Um"
Laozi and Dongwanggong both nodded slightly.
"Have you all come here to listen to the teachings?" Haotian asked.
"good"
Several people nodded.
"In that case, please wait inside the Purple Cloud Palace."
Haotian made way for them and let them in.
"it is good"
Thank you.
Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi exchanged polite greetings before entering the palace.
As for the Eastern King Duke, the Western Queen Mother, the Three Pure Ones, etc., they simply nodded slightly.
Upon entering the palace, one is greeted by a vast space that, while not appearing luxurious, gives them a sense of natural harmony.
"As expected of a sage's abode, even if we self-destruct here, we probably wouldn't be able to damage this palace in the slightest."
Tongtian muttered to himself.
"That's true."
The Primordial Lord, the Eastern King Father, and the Western Queen Mother all nodded in agreement.
Not long after they arrived, more powerful beings arrived, and they were all acquaintances.
"Nuwa's junior sister, Fuxi's junior brother, and Houtu's junior sister"
Tongtian greeted him with a smile.
"Greetings to my three senior brothers."
Nuwa, Fuxi, and Houtu quickly bowed in respect.
"Haha, no need to be so polite. Come, let me introduce you. These four are the personal disciples of the Heavenly Realm Lord."
"Greetings to all my fellow disciples."
Upon hearing that he was a direct disciple of the Celestial Realm Lord, the three were startled and quickly stepped forward to pay their respects. They had heard Xu Qiankun talk about the Celestial Realm Lord quite a bit.
"Junior brothers and sisters, no need for such formalities."
After getting acquainted, the six disciples of the Qiankun Ancestor and the four disciples of the Heavenly Vault Realm Master stood together.
The six prayer cushions placed under the cloud bed at the very front of the main hall were completely ignored by them.
Xu Qiankun had given instructions beforehand: listening to the teachings was acceptable, but sitting in that seat was absolutely forbidden.
One after another, powerful figures arrived, some of whom were familiar with the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and others, and they came to wait beside them.
Many people also turned their attention to those six positions.
The six prayer cushions placed at the very front of the altar, being the first sermon given by a sage, must have had a profound meaning.
"Haha, thank you all for your kindness, fellow Daoists. Knowing that we come from the impoverished lands of the West, you have specially reserved these best seats at the very front."
Two Taoist priests, dressed in tattered clothes, one with a compassionate face and the other with a bitter expression, flew in from outside the hall and sat down in the six seats without hesitation.
"Hmph, such a position should rightfully belong to me, Kunpeng."
A burly man with a fierce look occupied a spot.
"I, Styx, should also have a place here."
A man dressed in a blood-red robe, carrying a top-grade innate spiritual treasure sword on his back, entered the palace.
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