Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

And Sun Wukong in Journey to the West probably only achieved the level of a quasi-saint after the journey!

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. During the years that Li Xiuyuan entered the Chaos Realm, he spent all his time cultivating. Especially in these two years, with the help of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, his body has been glowing with golden light, undergoing some kind of terrifying transformation.

In the hazy chaos, two large eggs could be clearly seen. One egg was immensely large, seemingly endless, while the other egg was 100,000 feet tall.

Li Xiuyuan was enveloped by the towering egg, and endless chaotic spiritual energy surged toward the two of them. He seemed to awaken in his heart, and heard a cracking sound.

The giant egg finally shattered, and fragments exploded outwards. At this moment, Li Xiuyuan emerged from the egg, his body incredibly majestic, as if shaking the heavens and earth.

Moreover, Li Xiuyuan exuded an ancient aura, as if he were an eternal god, standing like an ancient giant amidst the chaos.

Li Xiuyuan let out a long sigh of relief. In the past few years, he had finally made a breakthrough and entered the Quasi-Saint realm. If he were to encounter Kong Xuan again, with his Pangu True Body and a physical body comparable to a Quasi-Saint, he would definitely be able to crush him.

Chapter 414 Heavenly Dao Jade Disc

Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, and with a thought, he checked his own changes. He felt that his whole body was full of power. Moreover, when he originally revealed his true form as Pangu, he was only a giant ten thousand feet tall, but now he had become a hundred thousand feet tall.

At the same time, Li Xiuyuan's power nearly increased tenfold. If he were to use the laws of power, he could probably even shatter the void. However, in his heart, he thought that was probably still a mistake.

To blast apart the space in the primordial world, one would probably need the realm of a saint, since the Heavenly Dao is stronger than a saint. At this moment, Li Xiuyuan has finally become a quasi-saint level expert.

If Li Xiuyuan wanted to become a saint, there were four paths he could take. The first was to achieve sainthood through physical means, but this was extremely difficult. Even though he had the bloodline of Pangu, it was still very difficult for him to achieve.

As you can see, once the Twelve Ancestral Witches reached the Quasi-Saint realm, it was not easy for them to break through again. Even if they died in the end, the most powerful Ancestral Witch was only at the peak of Quasi-Saint.

Perhaps Li Xiuyuan's talent is far superior to that of the twelve people, but he is not prepared to place all his hopes on physical sainthood. Aside from physical sainthood, there is the method of three-corpse sainthood, which requires innate spiritual treasures, and the more powerful the innate spiritual treasure, the more powerful the three corpses will become.

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Furthermore, achieving sainthood through the Three Corpses is the most powerful method besides achieving sainthood through the physical body. Li Xiuyuan naturally has no shortage of magical treasures. As for the method of severing the Three Corpses, since it was passed down from Dao Ancestor Honggou, this method has been widely spread throughout the Three Realms.

Those in Buddhism, lacking innate spiritual treasures, entrust their three corpses to their Dharma body. Although this allows them to achieve quasi-saint status, their combat power is undoubtedly greatly reduced.

The third option is to become a saint through the laws of nature. If Li Xiuyuan cultivates the laws of space or power to their extreme, he can also become a saint.

Moreover, in Li Xiuyuan's view, it was not weak at all, at least stronger than becoming a saint through merit, since that required external help.

The last one is to become a saint through merit. This requires a lot of merit. All six saints were able to become saints because of their great merit. If they were to encounter someone who became a saint through the laws, they would definitely be no match for them.

Of course, aside from all the powerful magical artifacts, this isn't a fair world. With such powerful artifacts, who wouldn't use them?

Based on the methods in the temple, Li Xiuyuan made a decision: he could choose either path. Although achieving sainthood through the physical body was the strongest, it was too slow. However, he possessed many innate spiritual treasures, so if he chose the path of achieving sainthood through the Three Corpses, it would be much faster.

Another path is to attain sainthood through the laws. In Li Xiuyuan's mind, it's no wonder that those Chaos Demons and Gods could utilize the laws so effectively, so this path cannot be abandoned.

Li Xiuyuan will pursue all three paths, but as for achieving sainthood through the laws, Li Xiuyuan can only ponder that for the future, since studying the laws of space and time is no easy task.

Even the three thousand gods and demons were able to comprehend the three thousand Great Daos contained within the Primordial Purple Qi.

As for the Primordial Purple Qi emitted by the Lord of Honggou in Zixiao Palace, in Li Xiuyuan's mind, it lacked laws and had no such functions at all.

Otherwise, why would Honggou hand them over to others? After all, each complete strand of Primordial Purple Qi contains a law, which is absolutely no less than a Primordial Treasure.

Even the Lord of the Honggou Sect would feel the pinch if he threw out seven strands of Primordial Purple Qi! Because if these Primordial Purple Qi were completely integrated into the Heavenly Jade Butterfly, there might be a chance to repair it.

This is also why Li Xiuyuan said that those Primordial Purple Qi were all incomplete.

The only method Li Xiuyuan can currently practice is the Three Corpses to Sainthood. However, he believes that the Lord of Honggou would not be so kind as to reveal the complete method of the Three Corpses to Sainthood.

Moreover, to date, no one has mastered the method of achieving sainthood through the Three Corpses, and even after the Three Corpses are severed, they have not been able to reunite into one.

Li Xiuyuan thought to himself that perhaps there was a problem with the magic weapon. He came from a later era and was not like the people of this world. He would not doubt the Dao Ancestor. Moreover, Honggou's famous magic weapon was the Heavenly Dao Jade Butterfly, which was a Chaos Treasure.

"That's right, the Chaos Treasure." Li Xiuyuan's mind stirred, and he suddenly thought of something. As everyone knows, the Chaos Treasure is extremely powerful, even in the Chaos World. The Heavenly Dao Jade Butterfly was shattered by Pangu when he split the heavens and the earth.

These fragments were scattered throughout the primordial world and were later collected by Honggou. However, given the preciousness of the Heavenly Dao Jade Butterfly, even fragments are at the level of innate spiritual treasures!

As for the Dao Lord Honggou, he could completely sever the three corpses and entrust them to the Heavenly Dao Jade Disc. After the three corpses are severed, he could use the Heavenly Dao Jade Disc to reunite the three corpses.

At this moment, the Heavenly Jade Disc becomes complete, and the three corpses of Honggou can also be integrated into one!

Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, and couldn't help but slap his forehead. Sure enough, I'm a fucking genius, I can even think of this.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan was 100% certain that the reason why the three corpses of the Honggou Dao Master could be united was because of the magic weapon.

Currently, Li Xiuyuan possesses two types of innate spiritual treasures that can form a magic weapon. The first is the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearl, which is a fragment of the Chaos Pearl. If all of them are collected, the merging of the three corpses will not be a problem.

The other is the World-Destroying Black Lotus, which was originally part of the Chaos Green Lotus. It was damaged during the creation of the world. If Li Xiuyuan wants to use it for the Three Corpses Merging, he only needs to collect the Chaos Green Lotus.

Both of the Chaos Treasures were powerful, but Li Xiuyuan chose the World-Destroying Black Lotus as his weapon for severing his corpse, because at this moment he possessed the World-Destroying Black Lotus, which was far stronger than the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearls.

The prerequisite for the Three Corpses is that the stronger the magic weapon, the stronger the Three Corpses will be.

With these thoughts in mind, Li Xiuyuan immediately began preparations. With a thought, he took out the world-destroying black lotus that the demon god sat cross-legged on in his lower dantian.

All that could be seen was a black lotus platform, surrounded by waves of dark, eerie light, as if it were an endless darkness.

Chapter 415 Slaying the Evil Corpse

With a thought, Li Xiuyuan decided to use the World-Destroying Black Lotus to slay the evil corpse, and then search for the remaining lotus platforms. There were three lotus platforms, and even if he couldn't find them, he could exchange them using the 'Holy Buddha System'.

Li Xiuyuan thought to himself as he looked at the dark, world-destroying black lotus. To become a saint through the Three Corpses, one must sever one's good thoughts, evil thoughts, and self, which is also called obsession.

When severing attachments, one can entrust them to various innate spiritual treasures, creating an incarnation with boundless magical power. In Buddhism, one can also entrust them to the golden body of one's own cultivation, which is also extremely powerful, but it is somewhat inferior to entrusting them to innate spiritual treasures.

After the three corpses are completely eradicated, one enters the Great Nirvana Realm. Then, the three corpses merge into one, and the avatar and the original body are completely integrated and inseparable. At this time, one can transform into billions of bodies, and is only one step away from the Primordial Dao.

The other saints in the prehistoric world, although they all practiced the method of severing the three corpses, did not succeed at all. In Li Xiuyuan's mind, it should be a problem with the magic weapons, which could not be perfectly integrated.

Li Xiuyuan's World-Destroying Black Lotus was originally a supreme treasure of the demonic path. He thought it would be sufficient to use it to slay evil corpses. With a thought, the murderous aura around his body became tangible.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan seemed like a demon king emerging from an endless abyss. His evil, violent, and rampant aura swept across the entire chaos. The aura surrounding him created a suffocating feeling. He was high above, regarding all living beings as ants and indifferent to life.

Li Xiuyuan unrestrainedly and arrogantly displayed his malice completely. Fortunately, there was no one else in the chaos, otherwise, this malice alone would have been enough to alarm everyone in the Three Realms.

As Li Xiuyuan focused his evil thoughts on the world-destroying black lotus, a sharp shout suddenly rang out: "Slay!"

As Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, a black sword suddenly slashed down from the sky. At the same time, a gray figure flew out from Li Xiuyuan's body and slowly merged into the Black Lotus of Annihilation.

As soon as Li Xiuyuan had a thought, he felt his face turn pale. Although the evil corpse had been killed, it didn't mean he was without evil thoughts; it just meant he could better control his emotions.

The so-called "three corpses to become a saint" is not, as described in later novels, about a ruthless heavenly order. Rather, it is about enabling people to better control their emotions, so that they will experience fewer emotional fluctuations during battles.

With a thought, Li Xiuyuan's black primordial spirit in his lower dantian flew into the Black Lotus of Annihilation, a change that truly surprised him.

Suddenly, a voice said, "This humble Taoist is Wutian, greetings to fellow Taoist!"

Wutian materialized from within, and he completely refined the World-Destroying Black Lotus.

With a thought, Li Xiuyuan felt as if he were Wutian himself, able to perfectly control the other party and know what he was thinking.

Although Li Xiuyuan can control Wutian, Wutian cannot control Li Xiuyuan, nor can he understand his thoughts.

Li Xiuyuan is Wutian, but Wutian is not Li Xiuyuan!

Li Xiuyuan finally felt relieved and replied calmly, "Well, from now on you will study the Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture and those demonic methods!"

Having said that, he thought to himself, now that the two primordial spirits have separated, it is naturally impossible for Li Xiuyuan to continue practicing.

Fortunately, the final path to becoming a saint through the Three Corpses is still to merge the three into one. As long as Li Xiuyuan's cultivation is sufficient, he can eventually merge the three corpses into one, which will avoid any awkwardness.

"Yes! I will obey the decree of the Venerable One."

With that, Wutian agreed. At this moment, after merging with the Black Lotus of Annihilation, Wutian's potential was no less than that of any innate deity.

If Li Xiuyuan were to gather all the remaining lotus platforms and completely integrate them into one, then few in the Three Realms would be able to rival him. Those who have attained sainthood through merit might be able to contend with Li Xiuyuan in the prehistoric world by relying on the power of the Heavenly Dao.

However, once they entered the chaos, those people were no match for Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan felt a sense of urgency as he thought about it. With a thought, he checked his personal attributes and found that they had increased significantly in the few years since he last saw them.

Name: Li Xiuyuan (Wutian)

Realm: Early Quasi-Saint (Early Quasi-Saint in Physical Body)

Merit: 8754615

Sin: 8532124

Skills: Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong, Great Sun Tathagata True Scripture, Supreme Heavenly Demon True Scripture, etc.

Treasures: World-Destroying Black Lotus, God-Slaying Spear, Wind Spirit Fan, God and Demon Sword, Pangu Palace, etc.

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Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, he hadn't expected that the merit points and sin points would increase so rapidly. However, he figured that in a year, he could at least have 500,000 merit points and sin points, which would be about right.

In the past few years, perhaps the pieces that Li Xiuyuan laid out have developed even more rapidly, which is why there are so many.

Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, and with a thought, he prepared to exchange it for a lotus platform, and then cut off his good corpse, because the good and evil corpses were the easiest to cut off.

On the contrary, obsessions vary greatly, because everyone's obsessions are different. Li Xiuyuan thought to himself as he checked the Golden Lotus of Merit in the Merit Mall and found that it actually required two million merit points.

You should know that even the essence of Pangu's blood is only worth a million.

In reality, Li Xiuyuan was overthinking things. Although Pangu's essence blood was precious, the Golden Lotus of Merit was an irreplaceable product, so how could it be sold cheaply?

Pangu's essence blood may be of great benefit to those who have not yet become saints, but it is not very useful to saints. On the other hand, the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus of Merit can greatly increase a person's combat power, which is why it is so expensive.

Chapter 416 Golden Lotus of Merit

The essence of Pangu's blood can at most make a person's physical body reach the level of a quasi-saint, but such a physical body is nothing in front of a saint, so it is not very precious. The Golden Lotus of Merit is different, after all, there is only one in the Three Realms.

As for the claim that one can achieve physical sainthood, that's just talk. Don't you see, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were all born from the essence of Pangu's blood, but their physical bodies were at most at the Quasi-Saint level. It was simply impossible for them to reach the Saint level.

Even if one cultivates for millions of years, in Li Xiuyuan's mind, Pangu may be incredibly powerful, and a single drop of his essence blood could give birth to a quasi-saint, but that would be the limit. With just a drop, it would be extremely difficult to become a saint.

Unless someone obtains a second drop and undergoes millions of years of arduous cultivation, even though Li Xiuyuan possesses the Holy Buddha System and can exchange for Pangu's essence blood, he has not done so.