All realms have enabled me to achieve the Great Dao.

Endless innate spiritual energy continued to pour into Zhou Yongcheng's body, and his Heavenly Origin Technique was also running wildly, refining the innate spiritual energy that entered his body.

The refined innate spiritual energy transformed into several streams of energy: one stream transformed into the body's magical power to enhance cultivation, another stream entered various parts of the body to strengthen it, and the third stream entered the Purple Mansion to strengthen the primordial spirit.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Yongcheng awoke from his meditative state.

Upon seeing this, the Tongtian Sect Leader waved his hand and sent the disciples who were listening to the sermon in the hall out.

Zhou Yongcheng stood up and bowed to Tongtian, saying, "Thank you, senior."

Even Tongtian couldn't deduce the origin of this suddenly appearing person through his deductions. He was also very interested in Zhou Yongcheng. There were almost no people in this world whose origins he couldn't deduce.

"Young friend, come over and have a chat."

Zhou Yongcheng disappeared from his spot and reappeared in the distance from Tongtianlai. He bowed again and said, "Junior Zhou Yongcheng greets senior."

Tongtian smiled and said, "No need for formalities, please sit down. I am Tongtian."

Zhou Yongcheng was shocked to hear this. The Tongtian Sect Leader? The Tongtian Sect Leader of the Jie Sect?

The fact that Tongtian still has so many disciples indicates that it was before the Investiture of the Gods, but it's unclear whether it was the War of the Lich Kings or the War of the Investiture of the Gods.

"Is the senior a saint?" Zhou Yongcheng asked.

Tongtian laughed heartily and said, "I have been a saint for almost a kalpa."

From this perspective, this world is the world of the Investiture of the Gods.

Zhou Yongcheng stood up and produced a book in his hand, on which were written the three characters "Investiture of the Gods".

"This junior mistakenly entered Senior Tongtian's palace. Senior did not drive me away and even allowed me to listen to his teachings. I have no way to repay this kindness. This book is the divine book of destiny for this world. Please accept it, Senior Tongtian."

Tongtian saw the name of the book in Zhou Yongcheng's hand. When he saw the name, even though he was a saint, he felt a sense of disorientation.

The matter of the Investiture of the Gods was discussed in Zixiao Palace not long ago, but no conclusion was reached in the end.

The Investiture of the Gods was held because the Heavenly Court lacked manpower, and also because the calamity was rising between heaven and earth.

To clear away the calamity energy of heaven and earth, the positions of the gods in the Heavenly Court must be restored, allowing the Heavenly Court to regulate heaven and earth and clear away the calamity energy between them.

Tongtian looked at Zhou Yongcheng, then at the book in his hand. He didn't know how Zhou Yongcheng knew about the Investiture of the Gods, but Zhou Yongcheng had just said that the Investiture of the Gods in his hand was a divine book of destiny.

Tongtian took the book from Zhou Yongcheng's hand from a distance and started reading. Tongtian quickly finished reading the Investiture of the Gods and was somewhat surprised and uncertain.

"Young friend, is what is written in this book true?"

"Senior, can you tell me my background?"

"No."

Zhou Yongcheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This junior comes from a future world countless eons later. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the future world is not prominent, and it is already the end of the Dharma era. However, many divine books of destiny have been passed down from our era. There are stories about Pangu creating the world, the great eon of ferocious beasts, the struggle between the Dao and the demons, the Dao Ancestor preaching the Dao, the Goddess Nuwa creating humans, the great eon of the witch and the demons, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Investiture of the Gods, and many more great eons to come."

Tongtian was quite shocked to hear this. Many things were secrets of heaven and earth, but he never expected that the future world would know them so clearly.

Tongtian didn't ask any more questions, but instead read the Investiture of the Gods again. In the Investiture of the Gods, their Jie Sect had a tragic end. Almost all of their disciples were listed on the Investiture of the Gods. Many disciples went to the Western Paradise. What pained him the most was that Duobao also went to the Western Paradise and became the Buddha. Several of his beloved disciples were also suppressed by Yuanshi.

The Jie Sect wasn't the worst off; the worst off were the six saints who all consumed the Fallen Saint Pill and were placed under house arrest in the Zixiao Palace.

What Tongtian didn't expect was that Laozi and Yuanshi would actually join forces with the two Western sages to break his Zhuxian Sword Formation. They must have planned everything in advance.

Tongtian put away the books and said to Zhou Yongcheng with a smile, "Thank you for the gift, young friend."

"You're too kind, Master. The teachings you've given me have been of great help," Zhou Yongcheng said with a smile.

The two then began to discuss the Investiture of the Gods.

"Young friend, what do you think our Jie Sect should do to break this deadlock?" Tongtian asked.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Yongcheng said, "In our later generations, some scholars have proposed several ways to break the deadlock. One is for the leader to remain secluded in the mountains and not come out. At the same time, those in the sect who have committed evil deeds should be purged, as they will damage the fortune of the Jie Sect. For example, those traitors mentioned in the Book of Destiny should all be purged. As long as the leader does not come out of the mountains, I believe that Yuanshi and the others will not do anything to you."

The second option is for the sect leader to take over the Investiture of the Gods and have all the disciples on it. This way, their physical bodies will not be destroyed and they can still cultivate, unlike the Book of Destiny which says that once the primordial spirit is on the Investiture of the Gods, one can only rely on incense offerings and good fortune to stabilize one's cultivation. Once all the disciples of the Jie Sect enter the Heavenly Court, the entire Heavenly Court will be under the control of the Jie Sect, and Haotian will only be a nominal Heavenly Emperor.

The third option is to fight your way through the entire Investiture of the Gods calamity and drag the Western Sect into it. The Book of Destiny says that the Investiture of the Gods calamity began when the two Western Saints bewitched the Human Emperor. If you tell Nuwa about the Western Saints' schemes and help the Human Emperor Xin become stronger, preventing the Shang Dynasty from falling, thwarting the plans of Yuanshi and others, and allowing Duobao to establish Buddhism, you can divide the fortune of the Western Sect. There are many outstanding figures in the Investiture of the Gods war. If the sect leader recruits them into his sect in advance, it will definitely make Yuanshi furious. With Nuwa as an ally, the other four saints will probably be wary. If possible, you can also go to the Underworld and bring Houtu over as well.

Regarding these three methods of breaking the deadlock, many scholars in later generations have made some speculations. They believe that the Investiture of the Gods was orchestrated by Hongjun Daozu, who wanted to eliminate the saints and weaken the fortune of the human race, because after the Investiture of the Gods, there were no more human emperors in the world, only emperors.

After Pangu separated heaven and earth, there were three paths: Heaven, Earth, and Man. When Heaven and Earth were perfected, the three progenitors of the three paths would appear. The Heavenly Path was controlled by Hongjun Daozu, the Earthly Path by Houtu Niangniang, and the Manly Path should have been controlled by Nuwa Niangniang. But now it seems that only Hongjun Daozu has appeared. The other two paths have probably been suppressed or refined by Hongjun Daozu. If all three paths have been refined by Hongjun Daozu, then the entire Pangu Universe will be controlled by Hongjun Daozu, and everything will be up to him.

There have been speculations about the saints in later generations. Some people believe that there is a problem with the method of becoming a saint, because one cannot become a saint by severing the three corpses. Only Hongjun Daozu became a saint, because Hongjun Daozu did not become a saint by severing the three corpses. He became a saint by relying on the laws. The method of becoming a saint by severing the three corpses was just a way for him to deceive the masses and prevent other saints from appearing in the prehistoric world.

The existence of the Six Sages in the world was also part of Hongjun's plan. He wanted to harvest the fortune. The Primordial Purple Qi that Hongjun gave was also problematic. Some people in later generations speculated that the Primordial Purple Qi was specifically used to control sages. If one comprehends the laws and becomes a sage, the Primordial Purple Qi is not needed. Of course, having the Primordial Purple Qi can also help in comprehending the laws.

These are all speculations; the cult leader himself must verify their veracity.

After listening to Zhou Yongcheng's story, Tongtian fell into deep thought.

Leaving aside the Great Tribulation of Breaking the Mold and Conferring Gods, let's just talk about his becoming a saint. When he announced the establishment of the Jie Sect, merits descended from the heavens. The Primordial Purple Qi, which he couldn't comprehend before, suddenly emerged, directly triggering the massive amount of merits in his Purple Mansion, raising his cultivation to the realm of a saint.

The merits within his Purple Mansion were the property left behind by the Father God Pangu. He had never been willing to use them until he announced the establishment of his religion, when they were directly activated by the Primordial Purple Qi. In this sense, the reason he was able to become a saint was actually because he exchanged his merits.