Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 229 - 218 "No Taboos, Settling Karma" (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 229: Chapter 218 "No Taboos, Settling Karma" (Please Subscribe)

Xuanqing had no immediate plans to leave the Undying Volcano, as whether he could successfully accomplish his goal depended on his Refining Dao’s ability to assimilate the Fate Dao.

Contemplating the "Heaven and Earth Cauldron"’s reversal of the Innate mysteries, he had further deepened his understanding of the Refining Dao and could break through the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal at any moment.

But with the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit, he could instantly match the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Having slashed his Three Corpses, free of any worldly concerns and in harmony with the Heavenly Dao, the Great Dao of heaven and earth was as clear to him as the lines on the palm of his hand.

Even without causing a stir in the Demon Realm, just slowly refining this half of the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit would naturally allow him to cultivate into a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Looking at the "Heaven and Earth Cauldron" and "Innate Five Elements Flag" resonating faintly in the void, a bold thought arose in his heart: "The Heaven and Earth Cauldron, Innate Five Elements Flag, as well as the Twelve Grade Purifying World White Lotus and Twelve Grade Destructive Black Lotus that bore my good and evil corpses—all originated from the division of the Chaos Green Lotus, sharing the same root. Is there a possibility they could be reforged back into the Chaos Green Lotus?"

The "Heaven and Earth Cauldron" itself is an Innate Treasure, and the "Innate Five Elements Flag" is equivalent to an Innate Treasure. If he added other Spiritual Treasures from the same source, it might be possible to refine a Chaos Spirit Treasure!

Yes!

A Chaos Spirit Treasure!

As for a complete "Chaos Green Lotus," which is a Chaos Treasure, he dared not consider it. After dividing into three, it became a testament to The Three Pure Ones’ journey of Dao; the "Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus" is a Buddhist Sect artifact that suppresses fate’s fortunes, and the "Earth Book" and "Twelve Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus" are Companion Spirit Treasures of Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe Daoist.

Moreover, the "Heavenly Book" and "Human Book," with the former concerning the divine status in the Heavenly Court and the latter the lifespan of all beings, could not just be directly refined!

"Human desires are insatiable like a snake swallowing an elephant!"

Xuanqing shook his head, quickly dismissing the thought. Of the "Innate Five Elements Flag," only the "Plain Colored Boundary Flag" could be considered his Spiritual Treasure; the rest were borrowed. If he did not wish to be ostracized from the Primordial World, they should be returned, unless he could offer a satisfactory exchange to the borrowers.

Taiching, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Divine Monarch Zhi Ming would be okay to negotiate due to certain karmic connections, but the Jieyin Daoist would be less easy to deal with!

Previously, he had already sensed several times that the Jieyin Daoist wanted to draw him into a dream to request the "Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag," but he had temporarily refused.

The refusal was simple—he was containing the Undying Volcano and could not spare the time.

Now, however, he planned to proactively contact the Jieyin Daoist.

"Enter the dream!"

With a thought, Xuanqing turned it into a green spirit light that descended into the Ganges Dream Realm, a Great Thousand Worlds created by the Jieyin Daoist using the Dream Dao, located between the realms of reality and illusion.

The Jieyin Daoist sat on the Lotus Platform, looking towards Xuanqing: "Nephew-disciple has finally responded! I thought you intended to swallow the poor monk’s Spiritual Treasure!"

"Not at all!"

Xuanqing shook his head hastily: "Mainly because I had not expected that the incarnation of the Fate Demon God could bind its own fate with that of all living beings, and even the Heavenly Dao is wary of intervening indiscreetly!"

"I am also helpless, nephew-disciple. Neither wanting to be tainted by the Dao nor seeing the Fate Dao harm the Primordial World, I could only rely on the power of the Heavenly Dao to draw a prison on the ground!"

Hearing this, the Jieyin Daoist frowned slightly, being Saint himself, he naturally knew about the Fate Demon God’s ability to bind the fate of all beings.

He sighed softly and asked: "Then, may I know when nephew-disciple can return my Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag?"

Xuanqing forced a bitter smile: "Creating the prison was a solution born of helplessness, similar to the grand vow made by Ksitigarbha—afraid I cannot return the uncle-master’s Spiritual Treasure for quite some time!"

"However..."

Seeing the Jieyin Daoist frown, Xuanqing took the initiative to propose a solution: "In the hands of my evil corpse, there are several Innate Spiritual Treasures. How about exchanging them for the uncle-master’s Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag?"

The Jieyin Daoist couldn’t help but laugh: "Other Spiritual Treasures? Nephew-disciple should know, my Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag is one of the Innate Five Elements Flag, classified among the Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. How could it be comparable to ordinary treasures?"

Hearing this, Xuanqing quickly said: "How about if I exchange one Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with forty-eight prohibitions and one High Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure for it?"

"You have such treasures?"

The Jieyin Daoist was taken aback. He knew that Xuanqing possessed many valuable items, but not to the extent that he could distribute Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures at will, right?

"Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures can be refined, given adequate materials. My Cosmic Light Bell and the Emperor Sword on Xuanyuan’s person, the Reincarnation Saber on Fu Min’s person, in fact, were all refined later on!"

"The Emperor Sword’s precursor was the Sorcerer Slayer Sword refined by Emperor Jun, and the Reincarnation Saber’s precursor was the Demon Slaying Saber, forged by Lady Houtu with the power of a Saint!"

"If uncle-master doubts, you’re welcome to investigate for yourself!"

Hearing Xuanqing’s remarks, the Jieyin Daoist felt a thunderous realization explode in his mind.

The three sects of Xuan Sect, without publicity, had actually mastered the method of refining Innate Spiritual Treasures?

"No wonder..."

Jieyin Daoist suddenly realized. He had always thought that Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun showed favoritism by bestowing numerous Spiritual Treasures to The Three Pure Ones after preaching.

But now, hearing what Xuanqing said, he understood that the Xuan Sect had mastered a profound method of transforming Acquired Spiritual Treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures.

A glint of light crossed his eyes, and he slowly said: "Nephew-disciple! How about this, tell me the method of transforming Acquired Spiritual Treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures, and we’ll consider all karmic ties between us resolved! The Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag will be a gift from your uncle-master to nephew-disciple!"

"This..."

Upon hearing this, Xuanqing pretended to have difficulty responding: "It’s not that nephew-disciple is unwilling to tell uncle-master, but rather, I haven’t fully mastered this technique! The success of the Reincarnation Saber was accidental, and both the Emperor Sword and Cosmic Light Bell were transformed into Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures by the efforts of my Second Master!"

Not fully mastered?

Jieyin Daoist’s heart soared with joy. He knew that among The Three Pure Ones, Yuanshi Tianzun is most adept at Artifact Refining, and transforming Acquired Spiritual Treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures wasn’t an easy task. As long as Xuanqing grasped the core, as a Saint, he might not be unable to deduce the complete method of reversing the Innate.

He gently persuaded: "Rest assured, nephew-disciple, a promise from a monk is as solid as a diamond. What you know, speak it out, and the cause and effect regarding the Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag will be considered resolved!"

A Saint’s promise is law-abiding, whether it is a Heavenly Dao Saint or an Earth Dao Saint, once a promise is made, it cannot be easily retracted.

Since the Jieyin Daoist had opened his mouth and made a promise, as long as Xuanqing told him the rough method, the karmic ties between the two would naturally be dissipated!

Xuanqing, upon hearing this, immediately opened his mouth and said, "To convert Acquired into Innate without the help of the Qiankun Cauldron is difficult, but by nature, an Innate Spiritual Treasure is equivalent to a Daluo Golden Immortal. With the Innate Undying Spirit Light of a Daluo Golden Immortal, complemented by the Dao’s melody of Saints, it is indeed possible to transform an Acquired Spiritual Treasure into an Innate Spiritual Treasure!"

"The most difficult part lies in the transformation of the Innate Undying Spirit Light. I used the Innate Yi Dao, whereas the second brother used his own Primordial Great Dao!"

"Ordinary Daluo Golden Immortals can only refine High Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. If one desires to craft Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, I’m afraid it would require a Quasi-Saint or a Primordial Golden Immortal!"

"The core of the Reincarnation Saber is the Daoism of Lady Houtu, as well as the Primordial Spirit of the Demon God, Xiushou!"

"As for the core of the Emperor Sword and the Cosmic Light Bell, they are the Innate Sacred Dashi and Ye Ming, respectively, both of whom are evil deities suppressed by the second brother under Qilin Cliff in his early years."

Following that, Xuanqing roughly demonstrated the refining method once again, including the transformation of the Innate Taiwu and the process of turning the Innate Undying Spirit Light into prohibitions.

Jieyin Daoist suddenly felt enlightened, but immediately frowned and said, "Indeed, Innate Spiritual Treasures can be considered as another form of Daluo, but Golden Immortals are not sheep for the slaughter; using Daluo for Artifact Refining might cause the Daluo in the Primordial World to tremble in fear!"

The Western region is barren, and the Buddhist Sect naturally lacks Innate Spiritual Treasures, even Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist only have Top Grade Spiritual Treasures at best.

Thus, some disciples, who clearly have the opportunity to attain the Quasi-Saint realm, remain in the Golden Immortal Realm due to the lack of Spiritual Treasures to Slash the Three Corpses.

However, using Cultivators as materials for artifact refining is undoubtedly taboo, and any carelessness might provoke the Golden Immortals of the Primordial World to rise up in attack.

Despite all beings below Saints being insignificant, Saints themselves cannot act recklessly.

Seeing this, Xuanqing immediately said, "Uncle-Master, some things are taboo in the Primordial World, but in the Demon Realm, there are no prohibitions at all!"

"Brilliant!" Jieyin Daoist’s eyes lit up as he praised, "Nephew-Master is truly wise!"

Indeed!

Just as Xuanqing had said, it was inappropriate to touch the Golden Immortals of the Primordial World, but there were not so many taboos concerning those of the Demon Realm!

As for the one-way passageway to the Demon Realm, that wasn’t an issue either, as the Abyss of Darkness beneath Mount Sumeru was the connection between the Primordial World and the Demon Realm.

It’s only after the battle between the Dao and the Demons that it was sealed by the Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun using the power of the Heavenly Dao!

He and Zhunti Daoist, now Heavenly Dao Saints via the Earth Dao, could break through Hong Jun’s seal with some time and effort.

Watching Jieyin Daoist’s reaction, Xuanqing continued, "If Uncle-Master wishes to scheme against the Demon Realm, you might as well seek out Minghe Daoist. He is single-mindedly offering the Demon World Origin to the Earth Dao in exchange for the position of a Heavenly Dao Saint. He might have the means to traverse both worlds!"

It wasn’t that he was betraying Minghe; he simply wanted to use Jieyin Daoist to stir up trouble in the Demon Realm, thereby creating an opportunity to collect the Demon World Origin.

"Excellent!" Jieyin Daoist nodded, "In the future, the Green Lotus Treasure Color Flag will be yours, Nephew-Master!"

In fact, he was also eyeing the Demon World Origin, with the Demon Buddha Bhusunda being his Evil Corpse, constantly trying to provoke unrest in the Demon Realm.

Only...

The results weren’t very good!

Even less so than the commotion caused by Xuanqing’s avatar when he proposed to dethrone the Demon Ancestor and divide his destiny among all at the Great Demon Conference.

His eyes shifting, he immediately turned to Xuanqing, "Nephew-Master, there’s still value in the Demon Realm. Are you interested in holding another Great Demon Conference?"

...

"None of them are simple!" Xuanqing reflected upon his return to his original self, sighing inwardly, recalling the scene where the Buddhist Sect in the West flourished in the original trajectory of fate.

That was the future that was supposed to be!

The Western region was barren, devoid of Spiritual Treasures to Slash the Three Corpses, so those two Saints then devised the Shariputra method. By consolidating Shariputras through endless cycles of Reincarnation Tribulations, and then by devouring these Shariputras to Slash the Three Corpses.

The resulting Three Corpses, though weaker than those slashed by ordinary Cultivators, were still a path that led to the future flourishing of the Buddhist Sect in the world.

Therefore, by telling Jieyin Daoist about the method of using Daluo to refine Innate Spiritual Treasures, he was not really aiding the enemy, and it may even lead them down the wrong path.

After all...

The current Buddhist Sect, although allied with Lady Houtu, had not yet researched the Shariputra method. Now that they had a rough method of using Daluo to refine Innate Spiritual Treasures, they might not follow the original path.

"The most troublesome one is dealt with!" Xuanqing nodded satisfactorily, "Then it’s time to consider making deals with First Uncle-Master, Second Uncle-Master, and Divine Monarch Zhi Ming!"

His Evil Corpse found Taiching and frankly expressed his intentions.

"Agreed!" Taiching smiled, "The Earth Leaving Flame Light Flag is not indispensable to this old Daoist, but you must let go of your karma with Emperor Donghua!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanqing frowned, "First Uncle-Master, are you possibly thinking of taking him as a disciple?"

"That’s right!" Taiching nodded, "Both the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect have a surging destiny; it’s time for our Human Sect to take more disciples as well."

Seeing this, Xuanqing’s Evil Corpse immediately took out the "Pure Yang Sword", "The cause and effect between me and Emperor Donghua were all because of this Spiritual Treasure!"

"I will leave it to First Uncle-Master!"

His original self, after using the "Pure Yang Sword" to evolve the Sword Dao avatar before he turned the ground into a cage, had handed over several avatars to his Evil Corpse for control.

This Spiritual Treasure was also not indispensable, perfect for settling karma.

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