Primordial Era: The Sun Emperor

The Heavenly Court, the Lingxiao Palace.

Taiyi sat high on the imperial throne, his golden eyes half-closed, a faint smile playing on his lips.

As expected, the outcome of this first battle against the Lich was exactly what was predicted.

The Celestial Court suffered a minor defeat. If nothing unexpected happens, the Twelve Ancestral Witches will return and ponder how to break the formation.

The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation will also emerge, and at that time, the Second Lich War will be a one-sided affair.

However, it is clear that neither the Witch Clan nor the Demon Clan will cause any more trouble in the short term.

The Eastern King Duke will not give up easily. Once he recovers his spirits, he will definitely turn his attention back to the Witch Clan.

When the Wu tribe is about to annihilate the demon tribe, Hongjun will intervene. After Hongjun merges with the Dao, other sages will appear.

This primordial world has never been ruled by any single major power.

Even if Taiyi were to descend to the mortal realm with the gods of Heaven, he would still encounter Hongjun's obstruction before he could destroy the two major powers.

At this time, Hongjun had not yet attained Dao, so he was able to make a move.

This is also a major reason why he didn't take action.

As for the saints, Taiyi truly had no fear.

The Chaos Bell, a supreme innate treasure, has forty-nine innate restrictions. He has now refined forty-eight of them and can unleash most of its power.

The three supreme innate spiritual treasures, the Hetu, the Luoshu, and the Tianshu, have been completely refined and are now able to unleash their full power.

The Zhou Tian Star Array further protected the entire Heavenly Court, using the He Tu and Luo Shu to suppress the Sun and Moon, and the Zhu Tian Star Chart to suppress the Zi Wei Star Region.

The three core array points are all suppressed by top-grade innate spiritual treasures, along with the three Hunyuan Golden Immortals, Taiyi, Changxi, and Ziwei Star Lord. Even if a saint comes, they can fight against him.

Of course, this only applies to the Heavenly Court.

With the conclusion of the first great war between the Lich and Demon races, the primordial world flourished once again, and a large number of post-natal beings cultivated themselves into immortals and joined the Penglai Immortal Court in the East Sea.

There are also beings born innately, but who do not receive great fortune, thus their cultivation is slow.

Now, having finally achieved enlightenment, he has entered the realm of the Golden Immortal and is flying to the Heavenly Court.

Among them was a spirit formed from jade, named Yu Yanzi. After enduring countless hardships, he finally reached the realm of Golden Immortal. After the Heavenly Court investigated and found everything to be alright, he joined the Heavenly Court.

The Heavenly Court is not busy these days; everyone is in their place and rarely has to do anything.

The Heavenly Court is secretive and secluded from the world. In recent years, its influence in the prehistoric world has been far less than that of the Divine Court and the Immortal Court. Many later generations of races have no idea that the Heavenly Court exists.

In the primordial continent, many races secretly traveled to the East Sea, hoping to join the Celestial Court.

Although the Witch Clan was powerful, they were unable to breach the Celestial Court, and the previous war had fully exposed their weaknesses.

However, what they didn't know was that the twelve ancestral witches of the witch clan were troubled by this matter and were planning to come up with something big.

Time flies and never returns.

Soon, it was time for the second sermon.

During this period, although Taiyi's cultivation level did not break through, his aura became increasingly domineering, and his domineering presence was so overwhelming that people dared not look directly at him.

Even the Ziwei Emperor could not completely block that aura, but fortunately Taiyi did not target him.

Taiyi, together with Emperor Ziwei, the two beauties of Taiyin, and all the gods of the Heavenly Court, rushed to Zixiao Palace.

Although he looked down on the sage's way as taught by Hongjun, it did not mean that he also looked down on the great insights that Hongjun shared.

Taiyi's figure flashed, transforming into a golden-white stream of light, passing through the membrane of heaven and earth, and entering the chaos.

Many star gods followed behind them.

The area in front of Zixiao Palace was already crowded with people.

The Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother stood side by side, but their expressions were not very pleasant.

The Celestial Court suffered a great loss at the hands of the Witch Clan, and the fact that it ceded territory was common knowledge. Now, facing the gods of the primordial world, it was inevitable that it would lose face.

Fuxi stood in the Celestial Court's camp, glanced at Taiyi with a complex expression, and nodded slightly as a sign of greeting.

Taiyi's gaze swept across the crowd, but he did not find the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

"The Witch Clan didn't come?" Taiyi raised an eyebrow slightly.

As expected of the Witch Clan, they are reckless, not even giving Hongjun any face.

Emperor Ziwei said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the Wu Clan does not cultivate the primordial spirit, but only refines the physical body. The Dao that Hongjun speaks of is like talking to a brick wall to them. Last time they came to listen, they were just joining in the fun, so it is understandable that they did not come this time."

Taiyi nodded slightly and said no more.

The gates of Zixiao Palace swung open, and the two attendants, Haotian and Yaochi, stood on either side, announcing in unison, "By the decree of the Sage, the time has come; please enter."

The crowd filed in.

The layout of the hall was exactly the same as last time, with the six prayer cushions still placed at the front.

The Three Pure Ones ranked in the top three, followed by Nuwa in fourth place, Jieyin in fifth, and Zhunti in sixth.

These six people never stepped out of Zixiao Palace, and for these hundred Yuanhui, they listened to the Great Dao at all times within Zixiao Palace.

Looking around, Taiyi saw that the Moral Celestial Venerable had already entered the late stage of Quasi-Saint, while the Primordial Celestial Venerable and the Spiritual Treasure Celestial Venerable had also entered the mid-stage of Quasi-Saint.

Its foundation is solid, and it has no sense of being superficial.

It must have been Hongjun who bestowed the treasure; otherwise, these three would have had difficulty reaching the mid-stage of Quasi-Saint.

While the method of severing corpses can improve one's cultivation level, it requires the presence of a spiritual treasure.

Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti are all at the mid-stage of Quasi-Saint.

When the Eastern King Duke saw that he still did not have a seat, he was dissatisfied, but he did not dare to act presumptuously in the sacred place, so he could only sit on the ground next to the six people.

The Queen Mother of the West followed closely behind. Apart from Fuxi sitting behind Nuwa, the Ten Demon Generals of the Celestial Court all sat behind the King Duke of the East and the Queen Mother of the West.

On the high platform, Hongjun was already seated.

White hair, white beard, white robe, face as calm as still water.

His aura was even more profound than before, as if he had merged with the Dao of Heaven. Although he was sitting right in front of you, he seemed to be far away, making him impossible to grasp.

Hongjun opened his eyes, his gaze swept across the hall, lingered on Taiyi for a moment, and then looked away.

"The sermon I will be giving today will be about the primordial Heavenly Dao."

Hongjun spoke, his voice like celestial chanting, filled with Taoist charm.

"The Way of Heaven is supreme and impartial..."

The gods inside the hall listened with rapt attention.

Those innate deities who had been stuck at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm for many years suddenly had a revelation, and many of their doubts were suddenly cleared up.

Although the Eastern King was already in the late stage of Quasi-Sainthood, he listened with complete concentration, afraid of missing a single word.

Fuxi tapped his knees lightly with his fingers, silently deducing the meaning.

The Queen Mother of the West formed a mudra with her hands, and her body was enveloped in misty vapor.

Taiyi listened with his eyes closed, his golden pupils slightly shut.

He used the Great Dao of the Sun to verify what Hongjun said about the essence of the Dao, the operation of the laws, and the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, and integrated his insights about laws, cause and effect, and fortune into his own path of Dao.

After Hongjun finished explaining the Heavenly Dao, he changed the subject and began to explain the positions of Heaven and Earth.

"The celestial ranks are the ladders set up by Heaven for all living beings. From the Heavenly Emperor and the Four Emperors at the top, to the Mountain Gods and Earth Gods at the bottom, all have their positions. Those who occupy a rank can receive the blessings of Heaven, making their cultivation twice as effective with half the effort..."

Taiyi slightly raised his eyelids, a glint of light flashing in his golden eyes.

Hongjun indeed knew the method of determining the order of heaven and earth.

Was he not spreading the news before because the time wasn't right? Or because... he didn't want people to know?

He continued listening and discovered that the method of position and status that Hongjun spoke of was exactly the same as what he himself had come to understand.

However, Hongjun defined the position as "a transition below the sage," implying that the gods should not covet the position, but should aim to become sages.

Taiyi sneered inwardly, but remained outwardly calm.