It is said that Tongtian Shengren took all the disciples to meet his elder brother, Taishang Shengren and Yuanshi Tianzun. Although Taishang Shengren and Yuanshi Tianzun were surprised at the efficiency of their younger brother's disciple recruitment, having recruited dozens of disciples in less than a hundred years, they did not consider whether their cultivation was high or low.
Yuanshi Tianzun saw Tongtian Jiaozu call his disciples to pay their respects, and also called the thirteen new disciples he had just received to pay their respects to Taishang Shengren and Tongtian Shengren.
The Supreme Saint saw that both of his junior brothers had called their disciples, and then he also called Xuandu to come forward, letting the third generation of Xuandu's disciples get to know each other. After that, the Supreme Saint gave one pellet of the Eight-Turn Golden Elixir he had refined earlier to each of the original saints and the disciples under Tongtian's gate.
The original saint also gave each of them a post-heavenly spiritual treasure that he had refined earlier, as well as to the ancestors of Tongtian Sect. The ancestor of Tongtian Sect saw that both of his two masters had given their disciples gifts, and couldn't help but feel depressed.
The Supreme Saint was skilled in alchemy and could bestow elixirs on his disciples. The Primordial Heavenly Venerable was skilled in artifact refinement and could grant spiritual treasures to his followers. As for himself, he excelled at array formations but couldn't directly impart them to his disciples. Seeing the teasing expressions of his two senior brothers, he suddenly had an idea and took out the Array Jade Symbol that he had recently created through inspiration. He bestowed it upon himself and the Primordial Saint's disciples. Facing the bewildered expressions of the crowd, Tongtian proudly declared, "This jade symbol contains a defensive array formation that I have newly refined, capable of withstanding a single strike from an quasi-saint expert."
The three generations of disciples hurriedly collected it like a treasure, knowing that there were not many top-level alchemists in the vast wilderness, and those who had reached the level of the Supreme Saint were even fewer. The Eight-Turn Golden Elixir was not as good as the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, which could grant eternal life with just one pellet, but it could be said to be a guarantee of ascension to the Taiyi realm. For those disciples who were still at the level of Golden Immortal, True Immortal, or Heavenly Immortal, it was a spiritual medicine, and for those who had already broken through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal or Daluo Golden Immortal realms, it was a restorative medicine for their powers.
The later-stage spiritual treasure refined by the primordial saint is extraordinary, not anyone can refine a later-stage spiritual treasure that can be called a spiritual treasure. It must possess some law comprehension and be a treasure of law to be called a spiritual treasure. Having a spiritual treasure in hand will increase one's attack and defense means greatly, which is equivalent to having an extra life.
As for the jade symbol given by Tongtian Jiao Zu, its effect is also the same, and one will have an extra life afterwards.
This meeting of three generations of disciples can be said to have been very rewarding, and the relationship between each disciple is also quite good. The Supreme Sage, the Original Sage, and the Transcendent Sage are all relatively satisfied with the outcome of this meeting.
After that, the Three Pure Ones each led their own followers back to their respective palaces. When the hundred-year period arrived, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign began to expound on the Great Way for his followers.
At this time, the Tongtian Sect saw that the people below the mountain were in a state of despair. They were searching for the mysterious heavenly mechanism. The founder of the Tongtian Sect understood that he had established a sect that intercepted and took the essence, which was the thread of life. At this moment, it was exactly when the people below the mountain needed that so-called thread of life. Therefore, the founder of the Tongtian Sect wanted to follow in the footsteps of Hongjun Daozu and spread it throughout the world.
After Tongtian Shengren understood this principle, the bottleneck that was originally supposed to be raised to the realm of the saint was also slightly loosened. This made Tongtian Shengren even more convinced of his judgment, and he led the crowd at the foot of the mountain to his own Upper Clear Hall. The Tongtian Sect then began to expound on the great principles of the Tao. As Tongtian's teachings spread, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and the Hongyuan was once again in an uproar. Whether or not they had transformed into human form, all the creatures in the Hongyuan hurriedly made their way to Mount Kunlun to listen to Tongtian Shengren's teachings.
In the blink of an eye, the Original Sage and the Heavenly Sage had each lectured on the Tao for five hundred years. In these five hundred years, hundreds of important figures who listened to the Tao in front of the Heavenly Throne transformed one after another. The upper air of the Supreme Purity Hall as well as nearby places were truly struck by thunderbolts without cease. Every time a demonic beast was about to appear, the Heavenly Sage would place it around the Three Pure Ones' Caverns to transform and cross the calamity. The last four hundred years of these five hundred years can be said to have been filled with unceasing thunder.
Five hundred years later, after the two saints finished their lectures, they closed their doors to comprehend the great Tao. At first, everything was fine, with the prestige of the Three Pure Saints still existing, and all the disciples were peaceful and did not dare to overstep.
As time passed, those newly transformed and still uncontrollable demonic disciples of the Intercepting Sect occasionally burst out, and after seeing that even the Three Pure Ones didn't do anything about it, they began to act recklessly, making Mount Kunlun a dark and gloomy place.
Frequently getting into verbal spats with the Explanatory Sect, gradually escalating to physical altercations. However, as fellow third-generation disciples, their cultivation levels were roughly equal. The Lantern Carrier, confident in his status, didn't dare act rashly, but the Explanatory Sect had more people and often forced the other side to swallow their anger.
Thus, the contradictions between the two sides escalated into major contradictions in the process of accumulating small contradictions, and the frequency of physical conflicts also increased.
The contradictions between the two sides finally broke out thoroughly today, 8,000 years later. The reason for taking action was that the people of Jie Jiao were making trouble on Kunlun, causing the disciples of Xuan Jiao who were cultivating to be unable to cultivate normally. They called those Jie Jiao disciples "people with scales and armor", which happened to be overheard by the other side, and both sides started fighting. In the end, the people of Jie Jiao were no match, so they called all the people around them who had dealings with them to surround and attack the Xuan Jiao disciples together.
The disciples of the Illuminating Sect were also unwilling to show weakness, and they too called upon their fellow sect members to join in. As the battle escalated, injuries began to appear on both sides. Just as the disciples of the Interpreting Sect were about to deliver the final blow to the fallen disciples of the Illuminating Sect, a voice suddenly echoed from the sky: "You dare to engage in such a fierce fight and slaughter each other in the presence of a saint? Hmph!"
That "hum" sound will make many Taibai Golden Immortals who participated in this fight lightly injured, and the one who was about to make a killing move heavily injured.