Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 261 - 247 [Mythical Realm, Breaking Through the Barriers of Perception] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 261: Chapter 247 [Mythical Realm, Breaking Through the Barriers of Perception] (Please Subscribe)

"No, that’s not right!"

"Success doesn’t come overnight. Even though I am now a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, I cannot possibly evolve the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity all at once!"

"If it were so easy, my teacher and my two senior uncles would not have been subject to the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World for so many years, even after becoming Saints!"

"In this life, I began at the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Although I have researched the Earth Immortal and Human Immortal realms, I have not deliberately cultivated or comprehended them."

"Perhaps, I should start with the four realms of Refining Essence to Qi, Refining Qi to God, Refining God and Returning Void, Refining Void and Integration to evolve the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity."

A light of wisdom emerged behind Xuanqing’s head, encompassing all things and evolving all laws, which was condensed from the wisdom of all beings that he had once absorbed.

At first, when he learned that cultivating the Immortal Dao or Demon Path were merely preparing wedding garments for Hong Jun and Luo Hou, he considered cultivating by absorbing the wisdom of all beings.

After finding out that Nuwa improved the "Old Mother’s Salvation Scripture" with his help, he immediately followed suit. Using the top grade Merit Spiritual Treasure "Dao Yuan True Interpretation" as a medium and the common script of the Primordial World as a carrier, he passed down many methods he had comprehended. By utilizing the wisdom of all beings, he further perfected these methods.

Although these methods were not as good as those of the Immortal or Demon Paths, they benefited him greatly; otherwise, he would not have broken through to become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal so quickly.

"Perhaps at the Refining Essence to Qi realm, I can refine the essence of creation, evolve the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and then use it to probe into the mysteries of the origin of the Heavenly Dao!"

"When I reach the Refining Qi to God realm, I can use the Hongmeng Purple Qi to forge the Hongmeng Dao Body, condense the Primordial Spirit of the Great Dao, and thereby comprehend the profound mysteries of the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth and Humanity."

"Next, it would be the Refining God and Returning Void realm, where the Void is the Dao, feeling the Dao of the Void, using the Primordial Spirit of the Great Dao to evolve the unlimited Great Thousand Worlds within the body, creating the Qiankun Universe, giving rise to endless Huacang Eras!"

"The Refining Void and Integration realm is about evolving something akin to the prototypes of the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity in one’s own created world!"

"Once stepping into the Immortal Realm, I can then gradually perfect these so-called Three Daos. Like Luo Hou, elevate these Dao prototypes to be as omnipotent as the Heavenly Dao, on par with, or even surpassing, the Primordial Heavenly Dao!"

"The Human Immortal Realm to perfect the Human Dao, the Earth Immortal Realm to perfect the Earth Dao, the Heavenly Immortal Realm to perfect the Heavenly Dao. When the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity are completely perfected, it will be time to refine the false into the true, constructing the net of the Great Dao."

Pangu could evolve the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity with his own Great Dao. To rival or even surpass him, it is necessary to go one step further on the basis of his achievements.

In Xuanqing’s view, merely evolving the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity is not enough. Even if he were to create the Hongmeng Great Realm, it would only achieve Pangu’s accomplishments at best!

"My Refining Dao is focused on refining the false into the true. The evolution in the True Immortal Realm should fall here, only creating the True Seeds of the Three Thousand Great Dao at the True Immortal Realm, can the Refining Dao become the new comprehensive Three Thousand Great Dao!"

"No!"

"The Three Thousand Innate Great Dao are not enough!"

"The Sword Dao, Array Dao, Talisman Dao, Alchemy Dao... these Acquired Great Dao, if evolved to the extreme, are absolutely no less than those Innate Great Dao!"

"Pangu’s Power Great Dao, known as the comprehensive Three Thousand Great Dao, if I want to surpass him, I must make the Refining Great Dao unite and encompass even more Great Dao!"

"Furthermore, True Immortals emphasize on condensing the True Self. If I transform all other selves into True Self and redefine the True Self with the method of refining the false into the true, then the condensed True Self will definitely be extraordinarily powerful."

"At that time, in the worlds of many heavens, amongst countless beings, all absurdities and endless delusions, inverted dreams, can be reflected by me in an instant."

"Only by refining the false into the true, transforming the void into reality, and creating from the void, can one be called a True Immortal!"

With this thought, Xuanqing suddenly had a moment of enlightenment. In cultivation, there is something known as the "hindrance of cognition," which limits a cultivator’s creativity.

Before creating anything, the most important thing is to envisage it.

If you think it, you can do it!

Xuanqing couldn’t help but feel enlightened and laughed loudly, "To turn the impossible into possible, that can be called a myth, this is what we cultivators should do!"

In the eyes of common people, Immortals are myths. In the eyes of Immortals, Saints are myths. In the eyes of Saints, Pangu and that nebulous entity that exists in the world and is indescribable, is the Great Dao, it is a myth.

When things mix together, Heaven and Earth are born innately.

Quiet and solitary, independent and unchanging, encircling without ceasing, it can be the mother of the world.

I do not know its name, but forcefully call it Dao. I am forced to give it a name, and it is called great.

Great means passing away, passing away means going far, going far means returning. Therefore, the Dao is great, Heaven is great, Earth is great, and Humanity is also great. There are four greatness within the realm, and Humanity occupies one of them. Humanity follows the Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows nature.

At this moment, Xuanqing couldn’t help thinking of Taiching Laozi’s understanding of the Great Dao. He already had a rough idea of the future cultivation system.

The Mythical Realm!

To cultivate each realm to unprecedented and unrivaled levels, to turn the impossible into the possible at a certain moment.

This is the path he wants to take!

"After the True Immortal, comes the Golden Immortal. Ordinary Golden Immortals all reach the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, the Five Qi Towards the Yuan, making both their physical bodies and Primordial Spirits possess the Immortal Golden Nature!"

"Yet such immortality can only be deemed false immortality; stripped of one’s Great Dao roots by another, death still follows, incomparable to the past, present, and future reflected by Daluo’s mirroring!"

"Perhaps, only a cultivator who has verified the eternity of all heavens, presiding over the bounds of time and space, reflecting the past, present, and future, and existing independently of all worlds, can be called a Mythical Golden Immortal, able to endure through billions of calamities, undying and unperishing!"

Xuanqing harbored some hesitation in his heart, but he always felt that there was something missing between True Immortal and Golden Immortal, that the two realms could not seamlessly connect.

"The ascent to Mythical Golden Immortal cannot be achieved overnight; between True Immortal’s refinement from the false into the true, and Golden Immortal’s undying state, there must exist a transitional realm!"

If the True Immortal Realm is a seed of the Great Dao, and the Golden Immortal Realm is a towering tree, there should be an intermediate process of rooting and sprouting.

A seed, no matter how mystical, cannot directly transform into a towering tree.

The process of growth cannot be omitted.

"Profound Immortal!"

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Xuanqing’s mind, recalling a realm proposed by the demon teacher Kunpeng during a previous philosophical debate in the Primordial World—The Profound Immortal Realm.

This realm did not exist in the mainstream cultivation system of the present-day Primordial World.

It was a system pioneered by Kunpeng!

In fact, there were many such systems; the Ancestor Immortal, Spirit Immortal, Supreme Immortal—all these were crafted by those top-tier wielders of Great Divine Power.

However, during the discourse in Purple Cloud Palace, Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun delineated the realms of Immortal Dao as True Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Daluo Golden Immortal, Primordial Golden Immortal, and Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal—six stages in total.

Other realms, such as Heavenly Immortal, Earth Immortal, Human Immortal, came into existence only after the discourses at Purple Cloud Palace.

As the legitimate successors of the Xuan Sect, The Three Pure Ones held high esteem; Zhen Yuanzi commanded great respect, Xuanyuan and Li Tan occupied the protagonist’s fate of heaven and earth—the realms they pioneered were acknowledged.

Even during the debate organized by Xuanqing, the few Saints in the Primordial World did not integrate the realms devised by those wielders of Great Divine Power into the mainstream cultivation system but listed them just as the Primordial Nine Immortals.

But now, Xuanqing, viewing that debate from the perspective of a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, looked down from a high vantage point and consequently developed some new ideas.

Though systems like Ancestor Immortal, Spirit Immortal, Supreme Immortal could lead to Quasi-Saint or Primordial Golden Immortal, in Xuanqing’s view, they were still too insignificant!

They could not be widely promoted!

However, the Profound Immortal Realm pioneered by Kunpeng seemed very suitable as a bridging transition between the True Immortal Realm and the Golden Immortal Realm.

"The Dao that can be trodden is not the eternal Dao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name; the Great Dao is profound and mysterious, like the door to all wonders, precisely what is needed to nurture the Immortal Golden Nature from the True Seed of the Great Dao!"

At this moment, he thought of The Three Pure Ones: Yuanshi Tianzun represents "the Cause of All Fruits," symbolizing the initiation; Taiching Laozi represents "the Basis of Existence," symbolizing the process of world evolution; while Tongtian Sect Master represents "the End of Times," signifying the universe of the Great Thousand returning to nothingness, ushering in the final calamity.

Past, present, future in unity—they signify the initiation, continuity, and the endpoint; the process of a True Immortal transforming into a Golden Immortal is the process of world evolution.

This is the essence of the Mythical Profound Immortal.

Using the profound mysteries of one’s own Dao to push open the door to all wonders, to penetrate the principle of being and non-being, to comprehend the transformations of the void and the solid, and to evolve the True Seed of the Great Dao into the towering Dao tree.

This process embodies techniques, laws, and the Dao; it is the foundation of undying immortality.

"Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal—allowing these six realms to evolve into the Mythical Realm might just measure up to Pangu!"

"As for Taiyi, Daluo, Primordial—these three realms are already extremely powerful, and as for how to expand them, I currently do not have a clear idea!"

In the Primordial World, no one could surpass him in the domain of Daluo Golden Immortal; this was the confidence brought about by his creation of the fourth Daluo stage, "Dao Seal Spirit Platform."

As for the Taiyi Realm, the one who has traveled the furthest is the Taiyi True Master, who can reverse defeat against ordinary Daluo, but it is not enough to evolve into the Mythical Realm.

The Primordial Realm is an expansion of the Daluo Realm; it is the transformation of Daluo’s physical body, mana, Primordial Spirit, and Dao Fruit, a path of limitless expansion.

And the realm of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal can also be referred to as the Unity Realm, combining the three distinct features of Primordial, Daluo, and Golden Immortal into one.

"This realm, perhaps, should not exist; it merely amalgamates various realms to surpass and preside over them!"

Upon this realization, Xuanqing had a new epiphany: if he could evolve the nine stages of Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Daluo Golden Immortal, and Primordial Golden Immortal into the Mythical Realm, and then unify these nine, he might surpass Pangu and become the strongest Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal of all worlds.

And possibly...

Transcend this realm, break through the limits of the Chaotic Universe, reign supreme over all Dao, embark on the Infinite path, and achieve the status of Primordial Chaos Infinite Daluo Golden Immortal.

"A too ambitious goal is notto be desired!"

Thinking this, Xuanqing couldn’t help but shake his head: "The urgent matter at hand is to take the first step, to redefine the stage of Refining Essence to Qi!"

Refine the essence of creation, transform the Hongmeng Qi, to lay the foundation for later evolution of the Heavenly Dao Prototype.

This is his current task.

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