Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 254 - 241 [Favored by Human Dao, Pangu’s Dream] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 254: Chapter 241 [Favored by Human Dao, Pangu’s Dream] (Please Subscribe)

Hong Jun’s thoughts were unknown to other Saints; after returning to the Primordial World, The Three Pure Ones, Xuanqing, and Tai Xuan gathered to discuss the matters of Divine Enthronement.

Divine Enthronement is essentially a struggle for authority between heaven and earth. The more authority the Heavenly Court holds, the more complete the Heavenly Dao becomes, and the deeper Hong Jun’s integration with the Dao.

In fact, the gods of Three Mountains and Five Mountains, as well as the River God and local deities, have little to do with the Heavenly Dao but are quite aligned with the Earth Dao.

Entities such as the Star of Fortune, Lu Xing, the God of Longevity, the God of Wealth, the God of Stove, and the Gate God, on the other hand, are clearly closely related to the beings of the Human Dao.

During this great calamity, the Heavenly Court has collapsed and the gods have perished. Temporarily setting aside the inactive Human Dao, the Earth Dao might take an interest in these authorities.

Tai Xuan frowned slightly: "Some of the authorities on the Investiture of the Gods originally belong to the Earth Dao, but back then the Earth Dao had not yet revived, and the corresponding deities had perished, thus they were controlled by the will of the Heavenly Dao! Now that the Earth Dao has revived and even given rise to three Earth Dao Saints, they might think of seizing back those authorities!"

"The Investiture of the Gods is undoubtedly a crucial object for the Heavenly Dao, serving as a tool to gather authority. Should we really proceed with the Divine Enthronement as Hong Jun suggested?"

When the Earth Dao had just revived, facing the oppression of the Heavenly Dao, it might have compromised, but today’s Earth Dao is not the newly revived Earth Dao!

If they proceed with the Divine Enthronement as Hong Jun suggested, they might ignite a conflict with the Earth Dao, contrary to their idea of maintaining balance.

"Then let’s involve the Earth Dao in the Divine Enthronement together!"

Upon hearing this, Xuanqing unexpectedly said: "After all, now in the Heavenly Court, there are already the Great Emperor of Nanji Longevity and the Great Emperor of East Green, along with the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors. Adding multiple Earth Queens wouldn’t hurt much!"

"To ensure stability, it is best to have each other intertwined. Isn’t our teacher, the Good Corpse, also the Emperor Fengdu who controls the authority of the Netherworld?"

"Since we have to perform Divine Enthronement, we shouldn’t be small-minded. This time, we should not only invest gods of the Zhou celestial circle but also enshrine gods from the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds!"

"Instead of the three teachings of the Xuan Sect discussing the Divine Enthronement on their own, it’s better for all three realms—Heaven, Earth, and Man—to conduct it together!"

His idea was to blur the lines; since Hong Jun wanted to continue with the Divine Enthronement, they would go with the flow and involve both the Earth Dao and Human Dao in it.

Tongtian Sect Master laughed: "That’s indeed a good idea. By involving both Earth Dao and Human Dao, the Heavenly Court established will truly belong to the beings of the Primordial!"

"From the Earth Dao side, Houtu is understanding, and while Jieyin and Zhunti may have their small schemes, they should support this affair!"

"As for the Human Dao, it has not revived yet, and even if we want to involve it, there’s no chance!"

Indeed, the tension between Heaven and Earth has arisen because the Human Dao wasn’t there to mediate, and having three forces balancing each other would be the best way to maintain equilibrium.

The Heavenly Dao revived first, taking up much authority, followed by Earth Dao, which watched as the authority that should belong to it was held by the Heavenly Dao. Now with power, it naturally wants to retrieve what is its own.

"That’s not a problem!"

Xuanqing slightly smiled, looking at the Tongtian Sect Master: "Did the teacher forget that my previous incarnation was the Fate Demon God among the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods?"

"My essence, split by Pangu into two, integrated into both Heavenly Dao and Human Dao. After my cultivation succeeded, I actually felt some affinity with Human Dao!"

"Human Dao has actually already revived!"

"It’s just that, feeling threatened by the Heavenly Dao, it has been pretending not to have revived!"

He looked interestedly towards the Arctic: "Heavenly Dao naturally suppresses Earth Dao, and yet the great momentum of the Heavenly Dao is also influenced by the will of beings, hence the saying ’man can conquer heaven!’ Earth Dao controls reincarnation, and the life and death of beings are at a mere thought of Earth Dao, thus Earth Dao restrains Human Dao!"

"Heavenly Dao restrains Earth Dao, Earth Dao restrains Human Dao, and Human Dao restrains Heavenly Dao, each restraining each other — this must have been Pangu’s consideration when he evolved the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man!"

"But the Heavenly Dao emerged too early, taking most of the authority from Earth Dao and Human Dao, making it impossible for them to compete with Heavenly Dao!"

"Only when Jieyin and Zhunti turned their backs on the Heavenly Dao, bringing along the essence of Heavenly Dao when moving to Earth Dao, did Earth Dao gain enough strength to contest with the Heavenly Dao!"

"As for Human Dao..."

"I always thought that only when the Human Race prospered, and the myriad races of the Primordial prospered, would the Human Dao revive."

"But in reality, when Kunpeng created the Demon Text, the Human Dao had already revived. The fact that Kunpeng managed to survive the Witch Demon calamity unscathed was also because the Human Dao had warned him!"

These things were also glimpsed by Xuanqing from the River of Fate after he achieved his Dao.

The last time, when Xuanqing asked Kunpeng to help him suppress the North, Kunpeng took the opportunity to ask for a condition — that Xuanqing would protect his Dao once in the future.

After achieving Dao, Xuanqing carefully deduced and found that it was the Human Dao pushing behind the scenes.

Human Dao is the Dao of Civilization; Kunpeng creating Demon Text and Suiren sparking the first Acquired Fire are both signs of a race forming civilization.

Correct!

Even before the Human Race was created, the Human Dao in the Primordial World had already revived.

However, as the cosmic fortunes of the Primordial World changed, the great momentum of the Heavenly Dao shifted towards the Human Race, and the fortunes of Human Dao also began to shift towards the Human Race.

But since the Human Race was created by the Heavenly Dao Saint Nuwa, Human Dao also worried that this was the Heavenly Dao’s plan to lure it out for absorption.

Thus, over the years, even as the fortunes of the Human Race grew stronger, Human Dao did not truly manifest, only covertly monitoring the growth of the Human Race.

If not for having half of the essence of the Fate Demon God within Human Dao and also having formed karma with Kunpeng, he wouldn’t have discovered that Human Dao had already revived.

"Kunpeng?"

"It’s actually him?"

Taiqing Laozi was taken aback when he heard the words, realizing that although Kunpeng was also a top-tier Innate Sacred, they had never truly regarded each other with due respect.

Kunpeng must have great fortune; otherwise, he would not have been able to sit on the meditation mat initially, even though the chance of becoming a Saint was taken by Jieyin Daoist, the fact that he was favored by Heavenly Dao remains unchanged.

Having missed the position of Heavenly Dao Saint and created cause and effect with the then-predestined Jieyin Saint, Kunpeng must feel some resentment towards the Heavenly Dao.

Afterwards, Kunpeng also created the Demon Text, enabling the enlightenment of countless beings from the Demon Clan and igniting the light of civilization, undoubtedly making him the most suitable candidate for the Human Dao to win over.

Holding a grudge against the Heavenly Dao and with merits towards the Human Dao, it is only reasonable for Human Dao to make contact with him.

Taixuan frowned slightly and spoke, "Kunpeng indeed belongs to those with great fortune. At the beginning of the universe, four Primordial Spirits fell into the Primordial World: Muddy Prime Soil, Great Sun Golden Flame, Infinite Profound Ice, and Ethereal Bifeng, each corresponding to the four essential elements of Chaos—earth, water, fire, and wind!"

"The Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi are the pinnacle Innate Sacred born from the Great Sun Golden Flame falling on the Taiyang Star, absorbing endless Taiyang Fire."

"And Kunpeng, having merged both Infinite Profound Ice and Ethereal Bifeng, actually surpasses Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi one step further!"

"Kun for the Infinite Profound Ice, Peng for the Ethereal Bifeng, when combined, they form Kunpeng, except that Kunpeng has not yet mastered the balance of these two Great Dao."

From the beginning of heaven and earth, Taixuan had resided in the Beiming, and he knew the beings born there even better than they knew themselves.

What he said, naturally, would not be false!

Xuanqing looked at Taixuan oddly and said, "Taixuan Daoist, according to what you say, shouldn’t Kunpeng, as one with great fortune, not be so destitute? Could it be that you have plundered all the Spiritual Treasures of Beiming?"

"What are you talking about?"

Taixuan looked at Xuanqing curiously, "Treasures reside with the virtuous. Kunpeng’s transformation came later than mine, how could this be my fault?"

Hearing this, Xuanqing’s mouth twitched slightly. Taixuan possessed nearly a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures; even Saints might not be as rich as him... His thinking this way, wasn’t it perfectly normal?

Being beings that transformed in Beiming, while Taixuan was exceedingly wealthy, Kunpeng barely owned a few Innate Spiritual Treasures, does this not explain something?

"Alright!"

Seeing this, Taiqing Laozi interjected immediately: "Since that is the case, why don’t you both contact Kunpeng and the people behind Human Dao?"

"For the Earth Dao side, let Tongtian handle the communication!"

"As for Yuanshi, you should first find a way to rebuild the physical bodies for Nanji and Taiyi!"

This time, they successfully obtained a strand of "Hongmeng Purple Qi" from Hong Jun. If someone under Yuanshi Tianzun could use it to achieve the position of Heavenly Dao Saint, their plans would be more secure.

Therefore, now was not the time to fall out with Hong Jun. By utilizing the power of Earth Dao and Human Dao to continue involving the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s energy and delaying time, that was their current course of action.

"Good!"

Xuanqing nodded immediately, then transformed into a rainbow light and flew towards the North Pole, where Kunpeng was still helping him suppress the region!

Taixuan followed closely. After all, defending the North Pole was originally his duty, which he had delegated to Xuanqing, who in turn subcontracted it to Kunpeng.

Now, having achieved the position of Heavenly Dao Saint, with his incarnate’s strength also having increased, he could suppress the North Pole with his avatar.

Thus, there was no need to trouble others anymore!

Xuanqing, with a smile on his face, looked at Kunpeng in the "Primordial River Luo Formation" and said happily, "Daoist Kunpeng, it’s been eons since we last met, I hope all has been well?"

"Turns out to be Xuanqing Daoist!"

Kunpeng responded with a smile and then looked towards Taixuan: "Daoist Zhi Ming, after billions of years of arduous cultivation and suppressing the Beiming for countless eons, you have finally achieved the Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position, truly a joyous occasion!"

Before, he had visited this neighbor although their personalities did not match, and after being rebuffed several times, he stopped bothering.

But now, with the other party having achieved saintliness, the necessary courtesies were due.

Taixuan nodded slightly.

Xuanqing, straightforwardly said, "Daoist Kunpeng, I am here to fulfill the promise I made earlier, and also to discuss with the people of Human Dao behind you!"

Kunpeng, hearing this, couldn’t help but smile and said, "What are you talking about, Daoist? I’m somewhat at a loss here."

"There’s no need to deny!"

Xuanqing laughed, "My previous form was the Fate Demon God; my origin was divided by Pangu into two, half merged into the Heavenly Dao, half into the Human Dao, I can sense Human Dao!"

"As for Taixuan Daoist, now that you are apprenticed under the Human Sect, although your Primordial Spirit is devoted to the Heavenly Dao, your thoughts and the Heavenly Dao’s thoughts are not the same!"

"You had asked me to protect the Dao before; was it not to manifest the Human Dao?"

Hearing this, Kunpeng couldn’t help but fall silent, and after a long while, he gently sighed, "Since that’s the case, please follow me into Pangu’s Dream!"

"Pangu’s Dream?"

Xuanqing was stunned momentarily upon hearing that.

Before, he had sensed the aura of the Human Dao, but could not pinpoint the will of the Human Dao, only knowing it existed between reality and illusion.

Now, hearing Kunpeng mention it, he suddenly realized, "Dream! Illusory yet not illusory! Isn’t it located between reality and illusion?"

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