Outside the Myriad Dragon Ancestral Cave, Ao Guang stepped in cautiously, bowing respectfully, "Greetings, Ancestor!"
Yellow Dragon Ancestor said faintly, "Enter."
Ao Guang quickly walked in and said, "Ao Guang is ashamed before the Ancestor for failing to protect our kin and even implicating you."
Yellow Dragon Ancestor, however, smiled. "What crime have you committed? Without me needing to intervene, you saved eight true dragons. You faced a destined sage of the future; who would dare claim victory over them?
"Although he gave that true dragon the title of True Person Yellow Dragon, how can a mere earth dragon who has not yet become a Golden Immortal compare to my name?"
Ao Guang still asked, "Thank you for your concern. I wonder why this earth dragon abandoned our clan?"
Yellow Dragon Ancestor said, "Everyone has their own destiny. These nine dragons are of great use to our dragon race, but this earth dragon was unwilling to walk this path.
"It is fine that he left. Becoming a disciple of a future sage is not necessarily a bad thing; it can even bring fortune to our dragon race.
"If he returns to the Four Seas in the future, instruct our kin not to hold any grudges against him. The title True Person Yellow Dragon is enough for him to 'benefit'!"
Ao Guang's heart trembled, and he quickly agreed. For an earth dragon who had not achieved Da Luo to dare share the same name as the Ancestor True Dragon, under the overturning of fortune, his life was destined to be without blessings.
Yellow Dragon Ancestor added, "The Dao Ancestor's three lectures are about to begin. Now that you four have become Da Luo, I will watch over the Four Seas for a period. You four should go to Zixiao Palace."
Ao Guang was overjoyed and bowed, "Thank you, Ancestor, for your fulfillment."
The Ancestor shook his head. "How difficult and slow is the great Dao for the dragon race? In these dozens of Yuanhui, only the four of you have reached Da Luo with the blessing of fortune. The hope of the dragon race rests solely upon you."
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The three lectures of Zixiao Palace were about to begin!
Streams of multicolored light rose from the Primordial World, soaring towards the thirty-third heaven.
Within these streams of light were the presences of great beings, the mighty ones of the Great Dao, the masters of minor Daos. Ten thousand paths contended, ten thousand paths clashed, and millions of paths coexisted between heaven and earth. How magnificent! How prosperous!
Upon Jianmu, Qing Ling rose and, with his hands behind his back, gazed at the streams of light racing ahead, murmuring softly, "If so many great beings did not perish in the Heavenly Dao's tribulation, how many treasures of the Dao could be created? How could the Primordial World fear the tribulation of gods and demons?"
Beside him, the short figure of the Du Guang land god stood behind him, respectfully saying, "My Lord, you observe the world from afar and plan for the Primordial World, which is truly a blessing for it."
Qing Ling turned his head slightly, casting a glance at him, and said expressionlessly, "Speak less flattering words in the future. You are also a great being..."
The land god's heart fluttered, and he quickly replied, "Yes, yes, I understand, my Lord."
Qing Ling stood silently on Jianmu for a long time. When the last great being had rushed towards the outer heavens, he rose.
"Go and inform the Four Guardian Emissaries to guard Jianmu well. I will be away for some time."
The land god quickly bowed in agreement.
It was not strange for him to be so subservient and fawning. It was because when Qing Ling's prestige had already spread throughout the Eastern Wilderness since the formation of consciousness, and he had protected this land god from misfortune during the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, it was then that Qing Ling had enlightened him and given him form.
Qing Ling rose and walked into the twenty-eighth heaven universe. When he returned, Jianmu would soar upwards and suppress Buzhou.
Now that all the great beings of the Primordial World had gathered at Zixiao, there would naturally be no more great beings in the twenty-eighth heaven. Even the hundred demon saints of the demon race had gone to Zixiao Palace. As for the witch race taking the opportunity to attack the Heavenly Court, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were not that foolish. During the Dao Ancestor's teachings, if they were to act, the might of a sage would not be easily endured.
In the endless universe, there are no boundaries and no limits, hence the universe is infinitely large.
And because there are no boundaries, it cannot be compared to the vastness of heaven and earth.
Though heaven and earth are vast, they all have boundaries, which sages can compare.
Qing Ling strolled through the starry sky. The starry sky was silent, the stars were desolate, without exception.
Throughout history, many great beings had comprehended the Great Dao of Stars, but their gains were meager.
This was because the Great Dao of Stars was too vast and disordered.
Vastness was not a problem for the terrifying mental calculation power of great beings, but when coupled with disorder, it became impossible.
Therefore, although there were many great beings in the universe, there was only one master of a star's Dao, but no master of the Great Dao of Stars.
Ziwei Star, Doumu Star, Taiyin Star, Taiyang Star, Nanji Star, Dongji Star, Xiji Star...
Each star could be considered a Great Dao, and each star could give birth to a Star God.
But the universe was too vast, and the stars were too large. After Pangu the Great God perished, although the universe was infinite, the stars were finite.
However, as time passed, the Four Images of Chaos were absorbed and transformed into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by the Primordial World, and at the same time, they were assimilating the Primordial World.
But now, they were blocked in the sea of stars in the universe.
Yet, if this continued, it was only a matter of time before the chaos's ferocity would invade the Primordial World, unless the Primordial World was prevented from absorbing the elements of wind, water, fire, and earth to transform into spiritual energy.
But if spiritual energy were cut off, there would be no inexhaustible heaven and earth spiritual energy, which would usher in an era of the end of Dharma for all living beings. However, it was still too early for that.
Qing Ling's primordial spirit magnified infinitely. His divine sense scattered into the endless starry sky, as if he had transformed into countless particles, so small that his divine sense could only be observed when magnified ten thousand times and then again ten thousand times.
Countless divine sense particles roamed the stars and the universe, traveling through the vast sea of stars.
Innumerable stars, galaxies, star seas, and even terrifying black holes were recorded in his divine sense.
The wider his divine sense roamed the universe, the more Qing Ling felt that Jianmu's breakthrough to the twenty-eighth heaven was impossible.
Even Buzhou, the lord of ten thousand mountains, stopped at the height of the twenty-eighth heaven.
The twenty-eighth heaven of the Primordial World was not the stars of the universe, but merely a part of the stars of the universe.
Qing Ling continued to roam the boundless universe, unwilling to give up.
At the same time, in Zixiao Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun began his final Great Dao lecture.
This lecture was on the Great Dao of the Saint Hunyuan realm. Only he, in all of history from the creation of heaven and earth, could express it in words!
Within the Primordial World, a six-eared macaque covered its ears and clutched its head, groaning in pain. How could this spirit monkey, with its low cultivation, comprehend the abstruse Great Dao?
Inside Zixiao Palace, the Jade Disc of Creation appeared behind the Dao Ancestor, and he began his slow lecture.
However, many great beings within Zixiao Palace found it difficult to comprehend, unable to understand even a fraction of it.
The three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace now far exceeded three thousand.
But those who gained something were still the top great beings in the front rows.
Laozi listened attentively with an expressionless face. No one knew his true feelings.
Yuanshi Tianzun's face remained as calm as water; outsiders could not discern his depth.
Only Tongtian frowned at times and then relaxed.
As for Nuwa, she was the most ruthless among the six saints.
For the first time, she turned her Red Sleeve Saber against herself, shedding scales stained with blood. All the insights she had gained were imprinted onto these scales, which were then embedded into her snake tail, and the insights into the Great Dao were integrated back into her body.
Jieyin beside her remained unmoved, for this saint, at some unknown time, had drifted into a dream, untouched by the storms of the outside world.
Zhunti held the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, using countless Bodhi leaves to inscribe his insights into the Great Dao. Endless philosophy and psychology were contained within the Bodhi!