Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect-Chapter 96 "Putting the Cart Before the Horse" (Subscribe Please)

Chapter 96: Chapter 96 "Putting the Cart Before the Horse" (Subscribe Please)

Sensing the "Heaven Gu Yuan Gui Banner" settling down, Xuanqing’s mind stirred, and he knew that the Cultivator Mosquito’s physical body and true spirit had been completely refined!

With a wave of his hand, a blood-robed daoist appeared before him.

As he activated the "Heaven Gu Yuan Gui Banner," the blood-robed daoist split into myriad black mosquitoes, which then transformed into a raging Blood River in the void!

"Excellent Gu!"

Upon witnessing this, Xuanqing couldn’t help but praise aloud.

He understood that this meant Cultivator Mosquito had been thoroughly refined into a Gu worm by the "Heaven Gu Yuan Gui Banner!"

Meanwhile, Wuyun Immortal and the others also flew towards him, complimenting him, "Brother, your mana is boundless and your Divine Skills limitless; truly an eye-opener for us! The mere Cultivator Mosquito was no match for you!"

Xuanqing also greatly enjoyed the flattery.

After all, who doesn’t like to be complimented and to hear words of praise?

"You are too kind, junior brother!"

Xuanqing nodded slightly, then led the six along with hundreds of thousands of ghostly troops to continue cleansing the disruptive beings to the east of Heavenly Broken Mountain Range.

Those who had taken charge of the Underworld early on, such as the Nether Dragon and the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, were very cooperative, even personally assisting Xuanqing and his party in killing several Daluo beings!

On the other side, after the formation of the Heavenly Broken Mountain Range, Emperor Shangqing personally set up a layer of restrictions there, making it impossible for beings below Daluo to fly.

Beings above Daluo did attempt to force their way through, but they plunged headfirst into the "Nine Curves Yellow River Formation," centered around the "Primordial Golden Bowl," arrayed by the Three Xiaos, and were directly stripped of their Three Flowers and Five Qi!

With Xuanqing’s orders, they showed no mercy. After using the "Primordial Golden Bowl" to strip away the opponents’ Three Flowers and Five Qi, they summoned the "Golden Jiao Scissors" to split them in two, deterring countless beings from daring to take a step over the Thunder Pond.

This battle was about the future power structure of the World of Darkness for the next several eon meetings. If they failed to display the might of the Netherworld Underworld, others would mistake the Xuan Sect’s Three Teachings for being weak and easily bullied.

An incarnation of the Taiyi True Master also joined the battle!

However, even with the enhancement of the Netherworld divine position, his ten avatars could only reach the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm, which was somewhat insufficient in the face of those Daluo Golden Immortals!

But as a disciple of the Chan Sect, the Taiyi True Master was very skilled in the art of coercion. With just a thought, his true body arrived with the Nanji Immortal and others!

Xuanqing, leading the disciples of the Jie Sect, swept through the eastern part of the World of Darkness, while the Three Xiaos guarded the Heavenly Broken Mountain Range with the "Nine Curves Yellow River Formation" to block those ambitious fellows...

They would then sweep through the southern part of the World of Darkness!

As for the northern part, it was under the charge of the Great Witches Kua Fu, Hou Yi, and Jiufeng; that was the territory of the Witch Clan and didn’t require much of their attention.

And at the center of the World of Darkness was the core of the Underworld, guarded by Houtu herself and Emperor Shangqing, where no daring being would provoke them!

...

Huayan Pure Land.

Observing the increasingly chaotic western part of the World of Darkness and the towering Heavenly Broken Mountain Range, as well as the Asura Clan who delighted in killing and Cultivators from Primordial vying for territories, Ksitigarbha knitted his brows deeply and promptly sent a plea for assistance to the two Saints of the Western Sect!

If the Underworld continued to be mired in chaos, not to speak of enlightening the Asura Clan, he wouldn’t even be able to fulfill his oath peacefully!

Moreover, the attitude of the Xuan Sect was very forceful, only taking care of itself and showing no intention of aiding Ksitigarbha in stabilizing the turmoil in the western part of the World of Darkness.

"Sigh!"

Ksitigarbha now somewhat regretted, "If I had known it would come to this, I would not have provoked those Asuras!"

Despite being a Quasi-Saint who had Slashed Second Corpse, he could not suppress the multitude of demons and ghosts, and Bodhisattva, the Asura King of the Asura Sect, was constantly causing trouble for him!

Although Ksitigarbha was stronger than Bodhisattva, who could join forces with Shiva, he was unable to do anything about these two Asura Kings.

...

Mount Sumeru.

Upon receiving the message from Ksitigarbha requesting aid, Jieyin Daoist did not act rashly. Instead, he turned to Zhunti Daoist and said with great weight and concern, "Younger brother! It seems that your strategy of diverting the disaster eastward has utterly failed! Those disciples from the Xuan Sect have outright abandoned the vast expanse of land in the western part of the World of Darkness!"

"Failed?"

Zhunti Daoist heard this and couldn’t help but shake his head, "How can you talk about failure? The Xuan Sect disciples not wanting to get involved in this matter is actually within my expectations!"

"To decisively cut off one’s own limb to escape danger is indeed resolute!"

"Since they have abandoned the western part of the World of Darkness, they have inadvertently given us an opportunity in the Western Sect. As long as the Huayan Pure Land opened up by Ksitigarbha continues to grow, and with the covert support from both of us, sooner or later we can expand the influence in the World of Darkness and convert those Asura Clan members in the Netherworld Blood Sea one by one... into protectors for our Western Sect!"

"Tongtian’s disciple does have some abilities, repeatedly affecting the overall situation, not only saving Kua Fu but also gaining Emperor Jun’s gratitude through the use of the young Demon Emperor!"

"What a pity..."

"The great tide of Heavenly Dao is vast and inexorable; how can a Daluo Golden Immortal like him go against it?"

"What does it matter that he saved little Golden Crow? In order to fight against the Witch Clan and forge the Sorcerer Slayer Sword, did Emperor Jun not still relentlessly turn the blade towards the Human Race?"

"The Underworld is the same, the great trend of Heavenly Dao is with us, and it should naturally be linked with our Western teachings!"

In fact, when Xuanqing took action to save Kua Fu’s True Spirit and the little Golden Crow, he was watching from the side. The reason he did not intervene was not only to avoid offending Tongtian but also to observe the great trend of Heavenly Dao more clearly!

In the Primordial era, the Heavenly Dao reigns supreme. Small fates may be altered, but the great trends cannot be violated. That powerful force of destiny will correct any disordered cause and effect back to its rightful course.

He and Jieyin Daoist have vowed their Grand Vows precisely because they have seen that the future rise of the Western teachings aligns with the fundamental logic of the Heavenly Dao’s cycle of decline and prosperity.

The basis for turning effect into cause is also that, in the future’s great trend, they can bear such a Dao Fruit!

However, with The Three Pure Ones having already achieved enlightenment, if they wait until the rise of Western teachings to become enlightened, then for the two of them, brothers, there would be too many variables!

After all...

Saints are always with heaven, co-existing with the Dao, already capable of shifting the great tide of Heavenly Dao!

"Time waits for no one!"

Therefore, Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist have made the grand vows of forty-eight prayers, borrowing Merit from the Heavenly Dao, all to achieve enlightenment ahead of schedule.

They are not certain if the intervention of other Saints will cause them to lose their opportunity for enlightenment.

Red Cloud serves as a cautionary example.

Originally, he had a chance to become a Saint. However, since Zhunti Daoist became a Saint before him, the cause and effect of yielding his place is not something he could bear!

Effect becomes cause!

Conversely, cause becomes effect!

Red Cloud yielding his place is the cause, and Zhunti Daoist receiving the Hongmeng Purple Qi is the effect. However, if it is reversed, it means that Zhunti Daoist is predestined to become a Saint in the future, and Red Cloud’s yielding was merely laying the groundwork for Zhunti Daoist’s enlightenment!

It’s like a villain possessing great opportunity but lacking the destiny to bear it, eventually ending up benefiting the future protagonist destined by heaven, playing the role of a treasure-delivering child!

Hence, at the moment of Zhunti Daoist’s enlightenment, cause turned into effect, and effect turned into cause, and Red Cloud became the treasure-delivering child for the protagonist of destiny, Zhunti!

As for villains!

They are naturally destined to die!

It’s a pity that Red Cloud could not see this point. Until his death, he still believed that after he gave up his seat and again received the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it was the Heavenly Dao favoring him, considering him as the person of destiny!

Little did he know that the Hongmeng Purple Qi was the one that fled, a self-correction by the Heavenly Dao, bestowed by the Heavenly Dao to prevent the great trend from changing!

That Hongmeng Purple Qi, just like flowers reflected in a mirror or the moon reflected on the water’s surface, was destined to end up in vain!

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