Chapter 70: Wuji Lectures on the Tao, Sanqing Divides the Family

  Everyone collect it, kneeling and begging for collection.

  The founder of Tongtian returned to Kunlun Mountain after staying on Penglai Fairy Island for several months, but it was time to execute the division of the family as discussed by the Three Purities. Wuji, however, had no intention of going out and decided to be a homebody for a while. Wuji thus began to enlighten himself on Penglai Fairy Island, or slowly cultivate his magical powers and sort out what he had gained from years of cultivation.

  Wuji's cultivation career is not short compared to others. Wuji only cultivated for nearly 30,000 years in the Honghuang era, but he has been cultivating for over a hundred million years in the Wujie realm. Adding both together, Wuji has already cultivated for tens of millions of years, but compared to the saints, his time is indeed somewhat short. Moreover, although Wuji had previously organized his own Wujie record's cultivation method, he had not systematically organized his insights into the Great Dao.

  Wuji sometimes sleeps on the Penglai fairy island, sometimes holds a self-made fishing rod to fish by the sea, sometimes sorts out the Taoist scriptures and gains insight, and sometimes gets lost in thought. Wuji also occasionally roasts some fish meat to eat according to the barbecue method of his previous life. With Wuji's current skills, finding seasonings is a trivial matter.

  Wuji used the Three Lights Divine Water as yeast and added a large amount of Huang Zhongli, using these two as raw materials to put into the green-skinned calabaza given by Nüwa. As a result, Wuji's brewing created a beautiful wine in the calabaza. This calabaza was immature and had only one function: to ferment whatever was placed inside it, making it more pure and beautiful.

  Three thousand years later, Feng Qiu, Liu Mei, Xiao Yan, and Ling Zhen came out of the mountain to pay their respects to Wuji. The four women said: "Feng Qiu, Liu Mei, Xiao Yan, and Ling Zhen pay their respects to Master, wishing Master's cultivation to make great progress, soon attain the Mixed Yuan, and live as long as heaven." Wuji saw that the four women were about to kneel down, so he hastily helped them up, saying: "From now on, when you see me, don't be too formal, just have a sincere heart, I don't care for these empty rituals. How is your cultivation going?" Wuji saw that their cultivation had already reached the middle period of the Golden Immortal in ten thousand years.

  Phoenix Autumn said: "This time, thank you for the Hongmeng Purple Air Silk given by Master. With its help, my sister and I have a deeper understanding of the Great Way's law. Not only did we clarify our own attribute laws, but also had some conclusions about the remaining three attributes." Phoenix Autumn handed over five strands of Hongmeng Purple Air Silk to Wuji while speaking.

  Wuji had already refined Hongmeng's purple energy silk, and Wuji directly took him into the Wuji Boundary Heaven and Earth. Seeing that the four women were reluctant to part with Hongmeng's purple energy silk, Wuji said to them: "Look at your expressions, what kind of appearance is this? If there were outsiders, it would be purely embarrassing."

  Although Wuji said that he had spent little time with the four women, he still had some understanding of Wuji's temperament and knew that Wuji would not treat them badly. The most lively Xiao Lian said: "Master, that is a good thing, it can help us sisters to enlighten, we are reluctant to part with him, which is also reasonable."

  Wuji wouldn't put on any airs in front of the four girls, after all, they owed their lives to him to some extent. Wuji was naturally very close to them. But this time, with a serious face, he said: "Remember, as cultivators, you can't rely too much on external objects. Only by being strong yourself is the foundation for standing firm. However, it's not that I'm telling you not to use external objects in battle, because sometimes they are also a kind of strength, related to the life and death of your own family. But you must distinguish between primary and secondary, taking yourself as the main and external objects as auxiliary. Do you understand?"

  The four women said, "Understood." Xiaoyu asked again, "Sir, what is the five purple energy threads you gave us? How can it help us understand the Tao?" Wuji smiled and said, "Look at your abilities, that's just my understanding of the laws of earth, wind, water, fire, and wood."

  Lingzhen said solemnly, "Sir, if a part of your enlightenment can help us make great progress in our cultivation, what realm are you in?" Later, Wuji explained his realm to the four women, and from then on, he often lectured them on the Great Way at Penglai Immortal Island, helping them deepen their understanding of it.

  On this day, Wuji was lecturing to the four girls when he suddenly heard a transmission from Tongtian Teach's ancestor: "Wuji is the Upper Clear Heaven Saint, now lecturing on Jin'ao Island. Those who have affinity can come and listen." Wuji then began to deduce the process of Sanqing's separation. Since the Sanqing Saints performed the play in its entirety without concealing the heavenly mechanism, the great divine messengers in Honghuang were able to deduce the course of events.

  The three clear sages were originally teaching the way to their disciples, and many of the lower-level disciples who had not yet transformed into human form were excitedly shouting and dancing with joy, but in doing so, they injured many of the Xuan Jiao disciples who were listening to the teachings. The original sage's face turned gloomy and he stopped his lecture.

  Under the stage, Zheng heard the sermon and saw the holy one stop preaching. He couldn't help but glare at the troublemaker. Yuanshi Holy One suddenly said to Tongtian Holy One: "Tongtian Shidi, as we are both Sanqing, Sanqing is one body, and we were both under Master Hongjun's seat in Zixiao Palace listening to the Tao. We should strive to promote our teacher's Taoism."

  Tongtian Shengren said: "What the original Shifu said is extremely right, we should naturally promote our teacher's great Tao." Yuanshi Shengren said: "Then you should properly rectify your sect and get rid of those who are not worthy." Seeing Tongtian Shengren wanting to retort, Yuanshi Shengren continued: "Tongtian Shidi, the good and evil among your disciples are uneven, they are all rough and unrefined, causing Kunlun to be filled with smoke and mist, which is actually damaging the reputation of our Three Purities. This Kunlun Mountain can no longer tolerate your disciples, you should drive them away."

  Tongtian Daozu said, "Original Shixiong, what are you talking about? Under the vast sky, all things in heaven and earth have the opportunity to cultivate immortality and ask about the Tao. Wu teaching them the Taoist methods is also spreading our Master's great Tao."

  The original saint said: "Tongtian Shidi, although you say so, but look at the disciples you have received, they are all ugly and shallow, and those who are defeated. From the day you started recruiting disciples, what has your sect done to my Kunlun Mountain?" Tongtian's ancestor replied: "If my disciples do something wrong, I will discipline them myself. Besides, what is this so-called Kunlun Mountain of yours? You can't tolerate my Jie Teaching, and I'll leave." After finishing speaking, he ignored the persuasion of the Supreme Saint and left Kunlun Mountain with his own sect.

  The Supreme Sage saw the Heavenly Master of Tongtian far away in Kunlun, and it seemed that he was also stimulated by the Primordial Sage's Kunlun. The Supreme Sage said to the Primordial Sage: "Since Mount Kunlun is yours, I will patrol a place in the cave mansion." Because Xuandu and Wuji are no longer by his side, he directly took away his two Taoist children and left Mount Kunlun.

  The Supreme Sage left Kunlun Mountain and came directly to the First Sun Mountain Villa, where he rebuilt an Eight Scenic Palace as a Taoist temple. Then, with the help of two Golden Horns and Silver Horns, he refined his elixir. The Original Sage, on the other hand, destroyed the name of the Three Purity Hall and renamed it the Jade Void Palace. From then on, Kunlun Mountain became the base for spreading the teachings.

  Tongtian Shengren brought over a thousand disciples to the East Sea's Jinyu Island, but due to varying levels of cultivation among them, their speed was slow and it took an entire month to arrive. Tongtian Shengren established Biyu Palace on the original site of the Supreme Purity Hall, where only personally taught disciples could reside permanently. Outer sect disciples were only allowed to enter Jinyu Island during the Saint's lectures. The outer sect disciples of Tongtian Sect then moved to small islands surrounding Jinyu Island in groups of three or two, guarding the surroundings to facilitate timely listening to the Saint's teachings.

  Then the Patriarch of Tongtian passed on the sound of Honghuang: "Wu is the Upper Clear Heavenly Holy Man, now lecturing on Jin'ao Island, those who have fate can come to listen." Representing the three Qing saints living together in Honghuang, the heavenly saint moved to Jin'ao Island.

  The impact of the Three Pure Ones' separation is undoubtedly enormous. In the vast expanse of the Primordial Chaos, countless powerful beings couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The Three Pure Ones, as one entity, were like a massive mountain weighing on everyone's hearts. Considering the six Saints currently present in the Primordial Chaos, the three brothers of the Three Pure Ones occupied one side. United, they were unstoppable, except for the Heaven-Conquering Sage Emperor, who could rival them. Even if the other three Saints - Nüwa, Xi Wangmu, and Zhuangzi - joined forces, they would still be at a disadvantage. After all, the Three Pure Ones still possessed the most supreme Primordial Treasure in the Primordial Chaos.

  The two saints, Xi Fang Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, were overjoyed when they heard the news. They were extremely happy that the Three Pure Ones had split up, as it would be easier to deal with them individually rather than together. Although they had previously predicted the possibility of the Three Pure Ones splitting up, the teachings of Yuan Shi's Xuan Jiao and Tong Tian's Jie Jiao were completely opposite, representing two extremes. It was only natural that there would be conflicts between the two, so they had been keeping a low profile for some time to make the Three Pure Ones think there was no external threat.

  The internal contradictions between the three purities will be magnified, leading to a falling out between the original saint and the heavenly saint. The current situation shows that the previous show of weakness was not useless. At least for now, the three purities have split up, achieving the predetermined goal set by the two people at the beginning.

  It will soon belong to the Queen of Heaven, the power of the Queen of Heaven has always been lagging behind among the saints. Unexpectedly, the Three Pure Ones or the Two Saints of the Western Paradise have brothers to help each other, but only one person is alone. Even if the Queen of Heaven does not have the idea of contending for hegemony, the power of the Three Purities is too strong, and it still puts a lot of pressure on the Queen of Heaven. Now that the mountain of the Three Pure Ones has collapsed, the pressure has been greatly reduced, and there is an opportunity to make friends with one saint and form an alliance with him. On this large chessboard of heaven and earth, there is an opportunity to take action.

  For other powerful beings in the Primordial Chaos and various major forces, whether Sanqing is divided or not has little to do with them, anyway they are no longer on the same level as Sanqing.

  Wuji told the four girls about what had happened, and seeing their genuine emotions and sadness, he couldn't help but comfort them: "Even if we're separated, it's not a big deal. We can just visit each other more often. Besides, Master Tongtian is moving to the Eastern Sea, so we'll be neighbors! You girls can come to Jin'ao Island to play and visit us anytime."

  Wuji comforted the four women and did not leave to congratulate Teacher, Shifu on their move, but continued to preach to the four women.