Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

Fuxi laughed heartily, patted Shennong on the shoulder, and said, "Hahaha~ I appreciate your auspicious words!"

Then, Fuxi said to Shennong with concern, "Actually, I am not too worried about whether or not I have succeeded in attaining enlightenment. What I am most worried about is the people of the human race. You should know that although the human race has grown stronger over the past few hundred years, there are still many problems that have not been solved. I have not been able to find a suitable candidate, but today I have seen you. I wonder if you are willing to take on the heavy responsibility of developing the human race for me?"

Chapter 1058 Crisis

Although Fuxi was asking Shennong for his opinion, his words were full of hope.

Shennong hurriedly declined, thinking that he only knew how to spend his days in the fields and suburbs. Although he was the chief of a tribe, he was fortunate to have a group of capable people around him to help him manage. If he were to take over such a large tribe, how could he have the ability to manage it? In the end, it would be the common people who would suffer.

Li Xiuyuan knew that his disciple was being self-deprecating again. Shennong's abilities were obvious to all, but he was very humble and often felt that the credit belonged to others. Li Xiuyuan said with some dissatisfaction, "Shennong, you are a capable person, which we all can see. Since Fuxi wants to pass the position of the supreme ruler to you, you should accept it! In the human race, it can be said that so far, there is no one more suitable than you to succeed Fuxi."

Under Li Xiuyuan's persuasion and Fuxi's expectant gaze, Shennong finally agreed to accept this arduous task.

Next, Shennong was led into the main hall by Fuxi, who introduced him to the leaders of the various tribes present. Fuxi then explained to Shennong a series of important points, leaving no detail unmentioned. He told Shennong everything that Fuxi had thought of.

Five days later, when Shennong's enthronement ceremony was held, Fuxi watched silently as he stood in the crowd and observed the ceremony until it ended before leaving with Li Xiuyuan to go to Buzhou Mountain.

Mount Buzhou was once broken, causing a huge hole in the sky. The Milky Way poured down, causing countless deaths and injuries among the human race. Finally, through Nuwa's tireless efforts, the hole was repaired by refining five-colored stones. Therefore, the ancient spiritual energy and Nuwa's wishes are still present here.

Fuxi benefited greatly from his enlightenment on Mount Buzhou, so Li Xiuyuan brought him here.

Sure enough, as soon as Fuxi entered meditation, he felt full of energy. A warm current flowed down from the top of his head and through his body, making him feel much more comfortable. In addition, with the pills given to him by Li Xiuyuan, Fuxi's whole body was gradually surrounded by golden light. However, the whole process was inevitably accompanied by great pain. Fuxi frowned and his forehead was covered with sweat.

Fuxi's mind was flooded with memories, memories both familiar and strange to him. He watched, like a spectator, the person in his mind who looked exactly like him experience joy, loss, anger, grief, and death...

Li Xiuyuan watched as the red teardrop-shaped mark on Fuxi's forehead appeared and disappeared, silently cheering for Fuxi. As long as the red mark was finally formed, Fuxi could achieve the Great Dao.

Just then, a five-colored divine light suddenly appeared, and the person who appeared with the five-colored divine light had seven topknots on his head, with braids hanging down to his left shoulder. He had three eyes, the right eye looking up, the left eye looking down, and the middle eye looking straight ahead. He had a wide-open mouth, and his eyebrows and beard were all red, making him look extremely fierce. He also had a snake hanging around his neck, carried a fierce fire on his back, held a sharp sword in his right hand, and a Vajra lock in his left hand. One end of the lock was tied with a sharp hook, and the other end was tied with a pestle. His whole body was decorated with the Eight Dragon Kings, and he only wore a tiger skin skirt around his waist, with the rest of his body exposed. This was none other than Kong Xuan.

Kong Xuan was the first peacock born between heaven and earth in the ancient primordial era. His mother was the ancient divine bird Phoenix, also known as the Black Bird. Phoenix has the ability to undergo rebirth, and Kong Xuan naturally inherited the Phoenix's ability to undergo rebirth. Unfortunately, his mother died shortly after his birth, which caused Kong Xuan to have some congenital deficiencies. Even so, Kong Xuan's abilities should not be underestimated.

Li Xiuyuan had expected that someone would prevent Fuxi from achieving his goal safely, but he never imagined it would be Kong Xuan. He angrily shouted at Kong Xuan, "Kong Xuan, you have no recent grudges or past grievances with my disciple Fuxi, so why are you causing trouble at this crucial moment!"

Kong Xuan nonchalantly shook the Vajra long lock in his hand, raised an eyebrow and smiled, "I don't have any grudge against Fuxi, but others do! Everyone has witnessed the development of the human race over the past thousands of years. If the human race continues to develop like this, do you think the Wu and Yao races will be happy to see it?"

Li Xiuyuan angrily flicked his sleeves and cursed, "How shameless! It was you who started the war between the Lich and the Demon races, which led to a massive loss of talent from both races. As a result, the human race was dragged into the war because of you. Now that the human race has gradually gained a foothold through its own development, how dare you still have the nerve to cause trouble?"

Kong Xuan scoffed, "Ha! The only one to blame is the human race's weakness; they lack the ability to contend with the Heavenly Dao! As defective products, their ultimate fate can only be to become puppets of the Lich and Demon races. How can they be compared to the Lich and Demon races!"

"Oh, really? Since you're so confident, why do some people from your clan come to the human race to steal talent?" Li Xiuyuan retorted. He hadn't forgotten what happened with Daoist Ran Deng before, and the mere mention of it made him angry.

"Hmph! Those are nothing but worthless scoundrels!" Kong Xuan looked at the sharp sword in his hand. "All humans are prone to greed and evil. If this person succeeds in attaining enlightenment today, wouldn't everyone be just an ant in the future? I absolutely disagree!"

Li Xiuyuan said, "Let me ask you another question. Was it you who tampered with the divine beast Di Ting of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

"You mean that dog? How do you know? Is it still alive?" Kong Xuan looked at Li Xiuyuan's expression and immediately confirmed his suspicions. He slowly said, "That's right. I injured that Di Ting. Who told it to be so disrespectful and dare to eavesdrop on my thoughts? Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was reluctant to discipline it, so I had no choice but to discipline it for him!"

Li Xiuyuan subtly glanced at his disciple Fuxi, noticing that he was nearing completion, and was overjoyed. However, he still maintained a disdainful expression towards Kong Xuan: "Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that Kong Xuan's mind would be so narrow-minded, unable to even tolerate a divine beast?" In fact, Li Xiuyuan had another sentence he hadn't finished saying, which was that Kong Xuan himself was a beast, looking down on all things without considering what he himself was.

"Heh. In any case, I will stop the so-called ruler of the world. Once he's gone, let's see how long the human race can develop." After saying that, Kong Xuan raised his sword and prepared to attack.

"You guys are despicable! You can't develop yourselves and you don't want others to develop either! I'm disgusted by you. It's a waste of my breath to talk to you. Take this!"

Chapter 1059 Fuxi Proves the Dao

Li Xiuyuan unleashed his magic weapon, the God-Slaying Spear, to counter Kong Xuan's sharp sword. However, Kong Xuan wielded the sword in one hand and swung the Vajra Chain in the other, attempting to entangle Li Xiuyuan. The other end of the Vajra Chain was attached with a hook and a pestle. Li Xiuyuan cursed inwardly, thinking that Kong Xuan was truly skilled at attacking with both hands simultaneously.

Li Xiuyuan dodged Kong Xuandi's attack with a somersault and used the Arhat's Heaven-Turning Seal to try to restrain Kong Xuandi's movements.

Soon, a huge golden palm print appeared in Li Xiuyuan's palm, with a swastika symbol in the center. If struck by this print, Kong Xuan would be temporarily immobilized. Li Xiuyuan knew Kong Xuan possessed immortality; if Kong Xuan unleashed his true fire at the last moment…

If the fire were to reach Fuxi, things would get complicated, so Li Xiuyuan could only do his best to restrain Kong Xuan's movements and lead Kong Xuan away from Fuxi by three zhang.

On the other side, Kong Xuan crossed his right hand with his left hand inside, and his two thumbs and two little fingers stood upright, their tips touching each other. He immediately formed a hand seal. When the two huge seals collided with each other, the heavens and earth shook, and a streak of blood-red light appeared at the edge of the sky, dazzlingly red.

Kong Xuan used a trick, disguising himself with the Vajra Lock. As a result, the Arhat's Heaven-Turning Seal struck the Vajra Lock instead, causing only a minor superficial injury to Kong Xuan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Kong Xuan flew towards Fuxi, who was making his final sprint to the side, trying to disrupt his mind. If Fuxi's mind was disturbed, he would not only fail to achieve the Great Dao, but might also be reduced to ashes.

Fortunately, Li Xiuyuan spotted Kong Xuan's trail quickly and hastily summoned the Wind Spirit Fan. A white feather fan instantly appeared in Li Xiuyuan's hand. Li Xiuyuan rapidly activated the Wind Spirit Dispersion power within it and blew Kong Xuan aside while he was off guard. Because the Wind Spirit Fan was infused with nearly 50% of Li Xiuyuan's cultivation, its power was extremely great.

Kong Xuan was blown by the power of the Wind Spirit Powder, crashing into several mountain peaks and spitting out blood.

Kong Xuan looked at Li Xiuyuan unwillingly, and was about to use his natal fire when he saw lightning and thunder in the sky. Soon after, auspicious light shone down on Fuxi. Heaven and earth resonated, and the Fuxi Qin, though no one was playing it, emitted melodious sounds to congratulate its master on his return.

Looking at Fuxi sitting on the lotus platform, Li Xiuyuan was overjoyed. He knew that Fuxi was about to succeed in attaining enlightenment!

Why is everything happening so quickly? Because the final step, the Kongtong Seal, has not yet appeared.

As if speaking of the devil, the devil appeared. Li Xiuyuan was just thinking about the Kongtong Seal when, in the blink of an eye, the Kongtong Seal appeared above Fuxi's head, with a golden dragon coiled around Fuxi's side.

In an instant, heaven and earth responded, the wind and clouds changed color, and along with the Kongtong Seal appeared immeasurable human merit!

Seeing this, Kong Xuan knew that he could no longer stop Fuxi from achieving enlightenment today, so he had no choice but to slink away from Buzhou Mountain when Li Xiuyuan was not paying attention.

Fuxi slowly opened his eyes, which shone with boundless power. When he thought about his past life, he knew that he had been a member of the demon race in the past, but his experience in this life as a human had given him a lot of insights, which made him decide to walk between heaven and earth as Fuxi of the human race.

Fuxi raised his left hand high, and the Kongtong Seal flew straight into his palm. A voice came from the sky and said: "Fuxi of the human race, the ruler of all under heaven, has enlightened all people and made great contributions to the human race for thousands of years. Now that his merits have been fulfilled, he is specially appointed as the Heavenly Emperor of the human race and resides in the Fire Cloud Cave outside the Thirty-Three Heavens."

Golden, immeasurable merit gathered on his body, while another portion flowed into Li Xiuyuan's body; this was the merit of teaching Fuxi.

After both of them absorbed and integrated the immeasurable merit within their bodies, Fuxi took the initiative to bow and express his gratitude to Li Xiuyuan. In fact, Fuxi was aware of everything that happened outside while he was cultivating, but he was unable to move. He deeply appreciated everything his master had done for him. "Master, in two lifetimes as your teacher, I have been deeply cared for by you. I am so sorry to have troubled you!"

"You have attained the Heavenly Emperor's Fruit Path, a position of utmost respect equivalent to that of a saint. I only hope that you can maintain your original heart and continue to contribute to the development of the human race!" Li Xiuyuan said earnestly, holding Fuxi's hand.

Fuxi nodded and said, "Master, rest assured. During the process just now, I remembered all my past lives. All the past events have been swept away by the wind. From the moment I opened my eyes, I decided that I am still Fuxi of the human race."

"Good! I am very happy that you can do this!" Li Xiuyuan felt like he was raising a child when he looked at Fuxi who had successfully attained enlightenment. In fact, when he thought about it carefully, it was true. He had taught these children from tiny little radishes to adulthood and now they had attained the Great Dao.

Everyone in Chendu noticed the changes in the sky and saw a person surrounded by golden light, ethereal and like an immortal, riding a giant golden dragon and flying into the sky. They all knelt down and submitted.

Shennong watched Fuxi ride away on a dragon, his right hand clenched tightly, and he silently said to Fuxi, "Senior brother, I will definitely protect the human race and continue to promote its development and growth!"

When the Emperor attained enlightenment, all beings gazed at the dazzling golden light, each with their own thoughts. As for whether those thoughts contained good intentions or bad intentions, that remains unknown.

The only thing that is certain is that there is someone beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens who is particularly pleased with Fuxi's arrival, and that is Fuxi's sister, Nuwa.

Nuwa had been waiting at the entrance of the Fire Cloud Cave, thirty-three heavens away, with many saints, including the Guide Daoist, the Zhunti Daoist, the Primordial Heavenly Lord, the Tongtian Sect Master, and the Supreme Lord Laozi, all welcoming Fuxi's return.

Fuxi was not surprised to see those people. He glanced at them with calm eyes. He was no longer the mortal Fuxi of the past, so he simply nodded to Yuanshi Tianzun and the others as a greeting. Only when he looked at Nuwa, whom he had not seen for a long time, did his heart surge with emotion.

After greeting the sages and briefly accepting their gifts, and exchanging a few pleasantries, the sages, seeing Fuxi's indifferent attitude, decided not to make a fool of themselves and left under various pretexts. Soon, only Nuwa and Fuxi remained.

Fuxi looked at Nuwa. After thousands of years, the innocent and naive little girl he hadn't seen for so long had now become capable of standing on her own. She was no longer a weak woman who needed his protection. The current Nuwa exuded an aura of authority without anger, a kind of allure, a touch of enchantment, and a hint of innocence.

Fuxi still felt somewhat guilty towards Nuwa, after all, as her older brother, he hadn't been able to properly protect his younger sister for thousands of years.

Chapter 1060 An Encounter with the Three Immortals

Li Xiuyuan watched Fuxi ride away on a dragon and felt very happy. If this continued, and Shennong also succeeded in attaining enlightenment, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh at the thought of his own merit points.

Just then, Li Xiuyuan heard a clear, bell-like laugh behind him.

Li Xiuyuan slowly turned around and saw a pretty woman in a light green dress. She had an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and skin as white as snow. She exuded a youthful and lively aura. She turned to the woman behind her and said, "That golden dragon is so beautiful! It's all your fault, sister. If you hadn't been so slow, I could have seen it more clearly."

After a while, a voice came: "When we came here just now, golden light fell from the sky, shining brightly. Not just anyone can get close to it. Our cultivation is low. If we get close too easily, we will inevitably be burned."

The woman in light green, with her back to Li Xiuyuan, chuckled and said, "Oh dear, I know! In short, whatever you say is right, sister. I'll listen to you!"

"Alright! You've seen it, so let's go back now."

Li Xiuyuan was really curious about what the woman with that gentle and melodious voice looked like. Her voice was pleasant, and the woman in the light green dress was also very cute. She must be quite pretty.

I wonder where these two women came from. They sound dignified and elegant, but I wonder what they look like.

"No, no! Sister, I want to go see the place where Fuxi rode the golden dragon for the last time. Maybe I can still feel his lingering presence," the woman in light green said coquettishly.

Li Xiuyuan stood still, smiling faintly as he waited for them to come over. He was confident that the two of them would eventually walk this way.

"You, well, alright!" The woman who had remained hidden finally agreed to her sister's request. "If we are fortunate enough to obtain even a trace of the remaining spiritual energy, then our trip will not have been in vain. What do you say, elder sister?"

Li Xiuyuan was taken aback. It turned out that there was a woman following behind the two of them, but the woman remained silent. He wondered what she looked like and whether she was as beautiful as her two younger sisters.

"Yes, yes, let's go take a look!" said the pretty woman in the light green dress impatiently.

The two women helped each other over the mountain, and Li Xiuyuan finally got a clear look at the other woman's face. She was indeed a stunning beauty.

She was dressed in a beautiful and slender outfit, with a light mist around her, like a fairy from heaven.

After a while, they saw another woman. She had long hair, wore all white, and had a gold ribbon tied at the end of her hair. Her skin was as white as snow, and her face was as radiant as the morning sun. However, she did not smile and walked slowly behind them like an ice beauty.

The two women in front of them were supporting each other and laughing and joking as they walked forward, while the Ice Beauty followed behind alone, seemingly lost in thought.

Before long, they saw a pair of feet in front of them. Curious, they looked up and found that a handsome man with a refined and elegant appearance was standing in front of them. His eyes were deep and bright, like the most exquisite work of heaven.

The three girls were stunned. They had never seen such a charming man before, and they were momentarily speechless.

Li Xiuyuan smiled calmly and said, "Hehe, there are millions of people in the mortal world, and we are the only ones who have met here. I have to say that this is a destiny ordained by heaven."

Upon hearing Li Xiuyuan's words, the two women were at a loss for what to do. They giggled incessantly, their voices exceptionally clear and pleasant, like a cheerful melody.

After laughing, the woman in light green looked at Li Xiuyuan and said, "You really are something." She then touched her cheek.

Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly and said no more.

The woman raised her eyebrows slightly and looked carefully at Li Xiuyuan before saying, "Could it be that you are also here to sense the spiritual power left behind after Fuxi attained enlightenment?"

Li Xiuyuan said indifferently, "That's not it. I was just fortunate enough to witness Fuxi's entire ascension process."

"What? Really? You really witnessed Fuxi's entire ascension process? Oh no, we should call him Emperor now, since he became the Great Emperor. Tell us about it quickly~" After saying that, the woman in light green clothes ran to Li Xiuyuan's side and grabbed his arm.

A moment later, the woman suddenly came to her senses and realized that what she had done seemed inappropriate, so she hurriedly pulled her hand back, but Li Xiuyuan was faster and directly grabbed both of her hands.

Her slender, jade-like hands, like the finest white jade, made Li Xiuyuan reluctant to let go once he held them.

When the Ice Beauty saw Li Xiuyuan bullying her little sister, her temperament changed drastically. She stepped forward, pulled away the woman in light-colored clothes, and then glared angrily at Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan touched his nose, thinking that he had been a little too hasty, and it seemed that he had made the person in front of him unhappy.