Chapter 20: Three Pure Ones Recruit Disciples

  The three clear saints began to lecture on the great Tao, from shallow to deep. The facial expressions of Xuandu and Wuji also changed with it, from the initial enjoyment of being self-satisfied, seemingly having some enlightenment, to gradually starting to be confused, then frowning and looking crazy. At first, Xuandu couldn't bear it and was isolated by Taiching Saint, only then did he return to normal. Wuji, on the other hand, with the help of the Wujie Boundary and the Space-Time Dharma Wheel, relied on his great willpower to record all the Daheluo Golden Immortals in the saint's lecture, and later Wuji repeated Xuandu's mistakes, also being isolated from the sound of the lecture by Taiching Saint.

  The Three Pure Ones each explained their own understanding of the Tao, exchanging views. As they lectured on the Tao, there were indeed some differences in opinion. The Taiqing Saint's emphasis on clarity and non-action, the Yuanshi Tianzun's doctrine of following heaven and going with the flow, advocated for benefiting from following heaven and laboring against it. The Tongtian Saint advocated for breaking down and then establishing, taking the essence of the heavenly Tao. The debate between the Three Pure Ones had just begun when it turned into a dispute between Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian, with Taiqing Saint intervening to stop them, having become somewhat disheartened by their argument, and thus declared an end to the lecture.

  They were both sages with a firm mind, each believing in their own great way. However, as they were both saints and brothers, it was not good for them to directly fight each other, and they feared that this would displease the Taicheng Saint. After all, the elder brother is like a father, and the prestige of the Taicheng Saint in the hearts of the two is still very high.

  Two people saw Xuan Du and Wu Ji who were cultivating, their eyes lit up. Since it's not good for brothers to fight each other, let's each bring out our disciples to compare with each other. Anyway, the two of them have already established their teachings and become saints, and now is a good time to fulfill their promise to Heaven. After that, the two people started making plans for themselves.

  It turned out that after Wu Ji heard about the Great Way, he was sent by the Tai Qing Saint to a small valley in Kunlun Mountain to reflect on his actions. Without the emergence of the Wan Nian Ling material, Wu Ji could not leave the valley even one step.

  Wuji settled down in a small valley, began to carefully comprehend the great Taoist principles of this three-clears lecture, deepened his understanding of the Tao, and diligently cultivated the Nine-Turned Jade Pivot Formula, accumulating Fa power.

  Although the spiritual energy here is quite good, it's still too thin for Wuji to transform into Chaos Spiritual Energy. After 5,000 years, he has only managed to accumulate enough Chaos Spiritual Energy to break through to the middle stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal. If he continues to cultivate like this, he won't make any progress, so he decides to stop closed-door training and change his cultivation method.

  Wuji started every day during the daytime watching the sunrise and sunset, no longer gathering spiritual energy for the purpose, but instead began to temper his own magical powers, and also took care of a few strands of spiritual roots that were already 7,000 to 8,000 years old. At night, he rested and slept in a small wooden building he had built himself, just like ordinary people.

  Wuji is deeply aware of his life every day, and he feels that his previous life was really miserable. Except for the first ten years after birth, when he was in a state of human existence, the following thousands of years were spent as a cultivation machine, without any joy in life. Therefore, Wuji decided to make his future cultivation path more enjoyable. Wuji is now living a simple and peaceful life in the mountain valley, where his cultivation progress is slow but his mental state is undergoing rapid changes, and his mental cultivation is gradually improving.

  In the blink of an eye, three thousand years passed, and Wuji came just like that. His cultivation was still in the middle period of Taiyi Golden Immortal, but his moral integrity was not low. He had already obtained the fruit of the Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao. It's worth knowing that this kind of fruit is a rare thing in the vast universe, it's one in ten thousand, and among tens of thousands of Taiyi Golden Immortals, there might only be one who can obtain it.

  In the vast wilderness, the highest level of the Dao fruit position is the Tian Dao fruit position. Next is the Hunyuan Dajin Jinxian fruit position of the saint, followed by the Dajin Jinxian fruit position and the Taiyi Jinxian fruit position. As long as one attains the fruit position of this realm, it can be said that they can exert their strength to an additional 20%.

  It is mainly dependent on opportunities to attain the position of Tao. If it is intentional, it may not be possible to succeed even after thousands of years. With sufficient opportunities, it can be achieved in an instant.

  Let's not talk about Wuji's life in the valley. After Sanqing Shengren discussed the Tao, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Tianzun began to make their own plans.

  Yuanshi Shengren first set up a Lianxin Great Array on the road of competition above Kunlun Mountain, and then Yuansheng Tianzun transmitted his voice to Honghuang: "I am Yuansheng Tianzun, 100 years later I will lecture on the Great Tao at Kunlun Mountain, those who have fate can come and listen."

  The multitude of saints in the vast wilderness heard the words of the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and immediately became excited, putting down their affairs to rush to Mount Kunlun to listen to the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign's teachings. At the foot of Mount Kunlun, they were blocked by a large array, and everyone understood that it was set up by the Yuanshi Saint. Only those who passed through the array could enter the presence of the Yuanshi Heavenly Sovereign to listen to his teachings; otherwise, all would be in vain, and such people were said to have no affinity.

  After a hundred years, thirteen people walked out of this great formation. Twelve were taken in by the Original Heavenly Master as disciples: Guang Chengzi, Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun, Puxian Zhenren, Cihang Daoren, Huanglong Zhenren, Daoxing Tianzun, Qingxu Daode Zhenjun, Juliusun and Yuding Zhenren.

  The last one was special, namely the same as the original Tianzun in the Purple Palace, who heard the sudden request of Reng Deng to become his master. At that time, whether he agreed or not, it was neither here nor there. In the end, the Original Saint had no choice but to adopt a compromise approach, which was to arrange Reng Deng as the Deputy Head of the Xuan Jiao Sect, and in order to save face for Reng Deng, let the other twelve people also call him their teacher.

  Tongtian Jiaozu personally descended into the vast wilderness to search for his destined people, and in the wilderness found Duobao Daoren, Jinling Shengmu, Guiling Shengmu, Wudang Shengmu, Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, Piluxian, Lingyaxian, Wuyunxian, Jinguangxian, Qiushouxian, Shuihuotonger, Chang'er Dingguangxian and Jinguanxian.

  Fifty years later, the Tongtian Sect returned to Kunlun Mountain and saw that the entire mountain was filled with people. In front of the grand formation laid down by the Original Heavenly Lord, countless people were wandering around, being forced out by the formation. Some had resolute expressions and continued to charge forward, while many others left with their heads hung low in despair after being forced out by the formation.

  Tongtian saw the situation at this time, and he vaguely felt that it was related to his own sect's teachings. Tongtian just took a casual glance before leading his disciples directly up the mountain to the Three Pure Ones' Hall.

  At this time, the Sanqing Hall and the thatched cottages of each of the Three Pure Ones were transformed into a magnificent golden palace by the divine powers of the saint after their discussion on the Tao. After all, it would be embarrassing to receive guests in a thatched cottage later on.

  Tongtian led all his disciples to pay their respects to Laojun, the Holy One of the Great Clarity and Yuanshi Tianzun, the Primordial Heavenly Master.