Chapter 386: Hong Jun Awakens, Primordial Dao, the Gods Sever Their Corpses! (Part 2)
"The so-called 'when the false becomes true, the true becomes false; where there is nothing, there is something, and where there is something, there is nothing' is a reflection of this path. This cultivation is arduous, yet its power is boundless."
Some deities specializing in Illusion Techniques, Dream Dao, or Heart Power Technique caught a glint of understanding in their eyes upon hearing this.
Those great powers adept at refining the fake into real also listened intently, comparing their techniques with the True Immortal Technique to see what differed.
"The fifth method is called the Path of the Profound Immortal."
"This magic technique seeks the character 'profound,' even more profound, the gate of all mysteries. Its path is indescribable, difficult to articulate, often pointing directly to some 'unknown' above the origin of the Great Dao."
"The Profound Immortal, a Daoist Lord of ten thousand methods, exhausts all divine transformations, penetrating the beginning and end of the Space-Time River with absolute Great Magical Power."
"With a beginning and an end, yet without beginning and end, amidst the wondrous presence and absence, the Great Profound Immortal Dao exists!"
"This method can also be called attaining Dao through power."
The three thousand guests of Zi Xiao were stunned at hearing this.
What a revelation, the Profound Immortal is a method of attaining Dao through power?
"The Profound Immortal Ancestor (Daoist Kunpeng) is truly a great talent!"
The deities had to admire.
This certification method is truly not something ordinary divines can create.
Hong Jun continued to expound on the Great Dao: "The sixth method is the Path of the Golden Immortal."
"This magic technique focuses on refining 'Golden Nature.' The so-called Golden Nature does not refer to the gold of the Five Elements but refers to the eternal, imperishable, unblemished true nature."
"The Golden Immortal uses the body as a furnace, myriad tribulations as fire, refining through thousands of trials to discard impurities and retain the essence, cultivating a point of unwavering Spiritual Light, achieving perfect clarity in Golden Nature."
"Through innumerable tribulations, the Divine Soul is indestructible, and the Dao body lasts eternally, this is the true meaning of immortal and undying."
Many old Da Luo Supremes, having experienced countless calamities, deeply understood this.
And many divines who had interacted with Sumeru Academy now looked towards Jieyin and Zhun Ti.
"The seventh method is the Path of the Immortal."
"This magic technique is the ultimate in certifying Dao through law; it specializes in comprehending one or several laws to their origin and then reverses the acquired and traces back to the innate."
"The Immortal uses law as the body, the Great Dao as the name, transforming into the Innate God Monarch who governs that law, existing with Dao, speaking and it becomes law, acting and it becomes so."
"In the Primordial realm, many Innate Divine Beings are born as practitioners of this path, needing only to continuously improve to achieve natural success."
The Innate Divine Beings present revealed an expression of understanding, as this was the path they were most familiar with.
"The eighth method is the Path of the Ghost Immortal."
"This magic technique is the most peculiar, seeking life from death, finding Dao in silence, and seeing truth within finality."
"The Ghost Immortal may experience the cycle of life and death, rule the Underworld, or undergo the apocalyptic tribulation, constantly 'doing less to find emptiness,' abandoning all superfluousness, reaching directly the origin of 'emptiness.'
"The ultimate practitioner can be the final fruit of all worlds, representing the inevitable fate of all things returning to silence, obtaining great eternity in silence."
Daoist Hongjun expounded on the eight main pathways of Immortal Dao, his words plain but containing ultimate truths, as if laying out a series of boundless great paths clearly before the deities.
Though the deities were already familiar with these techniques, and even standouts among them, listening to the Daoist Ancestor analyze and organize them from the height of Heavenly Dao was a different experience.
Many obscure passways became clear;
some cultivation problems that had troubled them for years found new solutions.
They felt as if drinking sweet nectar, intoxicated, comparing what they learned with their own knowledge, validating what they gained, feeling as if the gate to the Great Dao opened slightly more to them.
Once the explanation of the eight Immortal Dao techniques was complete, Daoist Hongjun continued to expound on the practice process of the eight methods from low to high.
Afterwards, he began with how a Daluo Golden Immortal further solidifies the Dao Fruit and enlightens the origin of their Great Dao, cross-referencing widely, making complex ideas simple.
The three thousand Red Dust Guests concentrated and composed themselves, listening, comprehending, and validating continuously.
Most of them listened with great interest, from time to time emitting Mysterious Light, their Dao Laws becoming deeper, the Great Dao broader and further.
After finishing the discourse on the eight certification methods, Hong Jun dramatically transitioned, his voice becoming more profound and distant.
"Beyond the above eight methods, our Immortal Dao has a ninth method—the Primordial Chaos Technique."
"Today, I, the humble Daoist, shall detail its core—the Three Corpse Cutting Certification!"
Upon uttering these words, the Purple Cloud Palace fell silent, and all the deities held their breath, their gazes fixed on Hong Jun.
The Primordial Chaos Technique! This is the core content they most anticipated on this trip!
Though the Heavenly Emperor Xuanqing once mentioned that Red Cloud's Hongmeng Purple Qi might be the foundation for certifying the Primordial Chaos, none knew the specific method.
And the Three Corpse Cutting Certification was the supreme method passed down by the Hong Jun Taoist Ancestor, a path he once attempted himself.
Now, with his personal detailed exposition, its preciousness goes without saying.
Soon, the sound of great principles filled the Purple Cloud Palace.
"True and constant respond to things, true and constant obtain the nature; constant response and constant stillness, always pure and tranquil. With such purity and tranquility, gradually entering the true Dao; having entered the true Dao, named as obtaining the Dao, though named obtained Dao, in reality nothing is obtained; for transforming all beings, it is named obtaining the Dao; those who can comprehend may transmit the Holy Dao..."
The Holy Dao?
The deities looked thoughtfully towards the first row's Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhun Ti.
The six permanent directors of the Heavenly Dao Committee now have the title of Saint.
But the Demon Kings of the Demon Path were somewhat indignant at this time.
"Damn Hong Jun, to plagiarize our Demon Path's achievements, proclaiming Holy Virtue and shining Holy Dao, clearly describing our Demon Sect!"
Hong Jun, regardless of whether everyone understood, lectured continuously for three hundred years.
During these three hundred years, everyone listened with great difficulty.