Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 293 - 267 [Refining Dao Sublimation, Tacit Understanding] (Subscription Requested)

Chapter 293: Chapter 267 [Refining Dao Sublimation, Tacit Understanding] (Subscription Requested)

Boom!

Xuanqing’s Heavenly Soul, floating atop the "Innate Sui Tree" within the Incense Fire Daluo Heaven, the endless power of faith solidifies this illusory realm of Incense Fire Daluo Heaven, even influencing the Primordial True Realm, forming a Heavenly Dao Domain around Xuanqing.

"Not enough!"

The power of faith from the beings of the Dust World, though numerous, lacks quality; the believers of one world are not even comparable to a single True Immortal.

The essence of the power of faith is actually a manifestation of one’s own spirit, energy, and destiny; naturally, ordinary beings cannot surpass cultivators.

It’s not that Xuanqing does not want to establish the concept of the Heavenly Dao in those Great Thousand Worlds and Middle Thousand Worlds; rather, those worlds have too many cultivators, and many forces of the Primordial are involved, making it no easy task.

You claim to be the Heavenly Dao!

But who knows, there might be a cultivator refuting you at any moment, then proceeding to assert their dominion over Heaven, or even directly usurping your place.

In the Earth Dao camp, the Underworld and Buddhist Sect also utilize the power of incense fire; the Buddhist Sect shapes golden bodies with the power of incense wishes, while the Underworld uses it to uphold virtues with ghosts and Deities.

Over the years, with the rise of the Earth Dao, the cultivators from the Three Teachings of the Xuan Sect who stayed in the Underworld are trending towards marginalization!

Were it not for Houtu’s remembrance of past karma, it’s likely that she would’ve replaced them already!

No way around it!

Since Earth Dao has revived, it naturally does not wish to see Xuan Sect disciples, who belong to the Heavenly Dao Camp, exploiting the Underworld’s destiny to enhance their own cultivation.

Last time, after the battle of Returning Ruins, the conflicts between Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao were almost laid out in the open.

Had not Xuanqing proposed letting the Immortal Gods of the Earth Dao lineage join the Heavenly Court to compensate for the Earth Dao’s losses, the two Daos of Heaven and Earth would not be as intermingled as they are now, temporarily maintaining a balance.

After consecrating the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors, and rotating rulership among Hao Tian, Taiyi, and Nanji, Yuanshi Tianzun exchanged interests with Houtu, elevating her to an Earth Queen equivalent to the Heavenly Emperor.

The purpose?

Naturally, it was to check Hao Tian!

Perhaps it’s because Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun had no one else to rely on at the moment that after Hao Tian reformed his physical body, Hong Jun again sent him to the Heavenly Court.

Of course, he did not deny the currently executed rotating Heavenly Emperor plan.

This cycle was originally Hao Tian’s turn, but with Houtu’s interference, Yuanshi Tianzun had Hao Tian’s turn postponed by one cycle.

Recently, it seems like Hong Jun deliberately favored Hao Tian, and now Hao Tian has also reached the peak of Quasi-Saint Perfection as a Great Divine Ability.

However, those beings that disregarded him still do not give him face.

After the previous calamities, Hao Tian also learned to keep a low profile, happy to be invisible in the Heavenly Court unless someone brings him up.

He spends his days either admiring flowers in the Turquoise Pool or observing the moon in the Ancient Starry Sky, seemingly trying to project a harmless facade.

But, Yuanshi Tianzun is very clear about the tactics of Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun, he does not believe that Hao Tian returned to the Heavenly Court merely to enjoy flowers and moon.

Moreover, Xuanqing also carefully investigated that in the Purple Cloud Palace, Hong Jun did not erase the existence of Kui Gang. Yet, Hao Tian’s Evil Corpse is neither with him nor appearing in the Primordial World.

There’s a layer of Heavenly Dao power evolved fog enveloping the other party, and even when Xuanqing used the power of destiny, he could not locate Kui Gang.

It’s unknown whether the opponent is still cultivating in the Purple Cloud Palace or if under the arrangements of Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun, is somewhere carrying out some secretive plan?

Seeing that he could not deduce anything, Xuanqing did not insist further, instead continually delving into the Daoist scripts, trying to perfect his Mythical Realm System.

"The prototype of the Heavenly Dao has been formed; next, it’s merely a matter of gradual perfection!" Xuanqing silently mused, subsequently using his avatar’s to propagate teachings, establishing the concepts of "Heavenly Dao" and "Three Pure Ones of the Daoist": "But how to evolve the prototype of Earth Dao and Human Dao, there’s still no clue whatsoever!"

He had also thought about turning falsehood into reality, using the Infinite Faith Power from trillions of beings in the Constant Sand World, to directly evolve the Earth Dao from illusion.

But unfortunately, his own understanding of the Earth Dao is not clear, even if he wanted to establish the concept of "Earth Dao" to those myriad beings in the Dust Worlds, he couldn’t fully articulate it.

Currently, the Great Dao involved in Earth Dao include Reincarnation and Yin Virtue, deeply connected to Earth’s veins, but Xuanqing is certain there’s more to Earth Dao than meets the eye.

In fact, during the last anomaly in the Water Element Great Dao, Xuanqing discovered that Yin Yang, the Water Element, Fire Element, and other Great Daos are also closely related to Earth Dao.

Xuanqing understands the Heavenly Dao this well mainly because he communicated with the Three Pure Ones, who, as Heavenly Dao Saints, naturally see through the workings of Heavenly Dao.

On the Earth Dao side, it’s hidden and hoarded, even if Xuanqing actively discusses with Houtu, Jieyin, and Zhunti, they deliberately avoid matters of Earth Dao.

As for Human Dao, Kunpeng and Fu Xi disclosed quite a bit to Xuanqing; he already has a rough concept of Human Dao.

Human Dao is originally the Dao of all beings and the Dao of civilization; he wants to evolve Human Dao, relying solely on the power of faith to turn falsehood into real won’t work.

He must deeply immerse in the Human World, comprehend mortal life, evolve civilization, and become a creator, only then can his Life Soul potentially evolve towards Human Dao.

"Maybe I should try creating a clan?"

Long ago, Xuanqing thought about creating a clan, the purpose was to gather Heavenly Dao Merit, but later, as he comprehended his identity as a Fate Demon God and certified the rank of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, he began disdaining those small merits!

Even after evolving out the Heavenly Dao, he could create and distribute merit himself.

Tasteless yet a pity to discard!

Previously in the Demon Realm, he had also created the "Devouring Spirit Clan", an extreme kind of creature, but eventually, they were jointly exterminated by various Great Divine Ability holders.

Such creatures, only knowing slaughter and devouring, might become very strong, but definitely cannot evolve into a brilliant civilization.

Using the Creation Skill to peek into the essence of the Human Dao and comprehend the Dao of civilization is not that simple.

Otherwise, in the Primordial World, there wouldn’t be only Nuwa and Minghe who, through the creation of a race, gained the recognition of the Heavenly Dao’s will!

Moreover, even if he were to create a race, it would be best to create one that benefits the heaven and earth and does not compete with other races for fate.

Otherwise, created to compete with other races for fate, with the limited fate of the Primordial World, they may be targeted by creatures from other races.

Although his power is sufficient to protect a race, with his protection, this race would hardly bloom the true flower of civilization.

While he continually contemplated, the telekinetic power of billions of beings converged, turning false into true, and his Heavenly Soul also began to evolve into a prototype of the Heavenly Dao.

Boom!

In an instant, under the cover of endless telekinetic power, his Heavenly Soul immediately transformed into a Four-faced God, evolving the universe and myriad Daos within the Incense Fire Daluo Heaven.

This is the Heavenly Dao he conceived, as well as that of the Constant Sand World, the Heavenly Dao in the hearts of billions of beings, and the position of the Ancestor of Divine Dao also underwent a transformation.

The Refining Dao also ascended along with it.

Dao and Heaven are equal!

This is the realm he pursued before, as his Refining Dao ascended and the transformation of the position of ancestor of the Divine Dao, he in the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal finally advanced further.

He even allowed people’s True Spirits to rely on the Refining Dao, creating a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Of course, the current him had just entered the realm of "Dao and Heaven Equal", still falling short compared to Luo Hou, unable to create several Saints yet.

A Heavenly Dao Saint is his current limit, but with the continuous perfection of the "Heavenly Dao", he will eventually stand shoulder to shoulder with the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

Luo Hou can create several Saints because he himself is a Heavenly Dao Saint, able to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Dao, plus he devoured the three Chaos Demon Gods of greed, delusion, and anger, not because he is stronger than Xuanqing.

"No!"

"And that guy Nightmare!"

Last time, when Kunpeng demonstrated his Dao, the Nightmare Demon God obstructed him, but ultimately it favored Luo Hou, pushing the foundation of the Demon Path further.

During this time, although Luo Hou also split off an incarnation to partake in the affairs of the Main God Space, his true self still remained hidden in the Chaos.

This led Xuanqing to suspect if Luo Hou was secretly hoarding, hunting other Chaos Demon Gods to strengthen and amplify the source of the Demon Path.

Xuanqing is too rule-abiding.

Like Luo Hou, once unscrupulously strengthening himself and accelerating his advancement, he will definitely be much faster than Xuanqing, even faster than Hong Jun who is merged with the Heavenly Dao.

The Demon Path might have many drawbacks, but in terms of speed of advancement, it is undoubtedly unmatched.

Besides, that guy Yang Mei has also been completely quiet recently, also making Xuanqing worry about what he might be scheming.

On the path of pursuing the Great Dao, besides strengthening oneself and exchanging ideas, there is another method: dragging the legs of other competitors.

Why is Hong Jun afraid of the perfect completion of the triad of heaven, earth, and humanity? Isn’t it because he worries that Pangu’s Dao Fruit would reach perfection and then return to assail the realm of the Great Dao?

Why did Yang Mei reveal the "Escaping One" to Xuanqing if not to make Xuanqing fight with others, thereby sitting back to reap the benefits?

As enemies of the Great Dao, Luo Hou and Hong Jun, now free from confinement, do not attack Hong Jun directly, isn’t it because they worry that Xuanqing might pick up the benefits in the end?

Thus, the struggle among them always stays at a tacit level unless someone suddenly possesses a power comparable to Pangu’s and can directly challenge the others.

Even as Xuanqing broke through to the "Dao and Heaven Equal" realm, he still concealed it, immediately using the power of fate to mask his current strength.

He did not want to become the target of public criticism.

However, the tree wishes to stay still but the wind will not cease; even if he wished to temporarily contain his edge, various accidents would suddenly erupt in the Primordial World.

That day, the River of Time and Space shook violently, the power of the Earth Dao clashed with the Heavenly Dao once again, attempting to guide the return of nine fallen Ancestor Witches.

Boom!

The Heavenly Dao suppressed the River of Time and Space, naturally not allowing such events to occur, and endless power of the Heavenly Dao immediately rushed towards the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"Has this day finally come?"

Xuanqing looked up to the sky, a hint of worry flashing across his face. When Jiufeng and Zhuanxu’s marriage, and several Ancestor Witches’ real names were converted into official positions of the Human Race, absorbing the power of incense, he foresaw this day.

Houtu’s attempt to guide the return of those Ancestor Witches was not a matter of one or two days, and this time, the Great Immortal Yang Mei seemed to have also participated.

The world shook!

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