With the blessings of the Primordial Golden Capital, my speed of mana conversion advanced by leaps and bounds.
In just a hundred Yuanhui, I might accumulate mana to the stage of half-step Primordial!
After all, without the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, without the limitations of cultivation realms, abandoning divine abilities and realms, solely pursuing mana, and relying on the endless Primordial Chaos, my speed of mana accumulation is exceptionally rare in the world.
After Hongjun achieved Dao integration, no one among the great powers in heaven and earth could suppress anyone anymore. The time for the six Sages to attain enlightenment was drawing ever nearer.
Qing Ling felt a sense of pressure. In the era of Sages, if one did not become a Sage or enter the Primordial realm, they would forever remain an ant!
In the Primordial Chaos, I abandoned the creation of worlds and ceaselessly, without rest or fatigue, increased my mana.
In the starry skies of the Primordial World, I continued my secluded cultivation, comprehending the Great Dao of Stars.
While the Great Dao of Stars was arduous and winding, it was undoubtedly a supreme Dao in heaven and earth, more powerful than the Great Daos of the Nine Supreme Gods and Supreme Devils. It was just that no one had ever comprehended the complete Great Dao of Stars.
Qing Ling had no intention of comprehending the Dao on his own. He clearly knew his own limitations. Even existences as exceptionally talented as the Dao Ancestor, the Demon Ancestor, and the progenitors of the three tribes could not comprehend it, so he would never believe that he could achieve it by casually cultivating for tens or even hundreds of Yuanhui.
On the Primordial land, among the twenty-nine tribes of the Wood Ancestral Witch Ju Mang, there was a tribe named the Star Wood Tribe.
On this particular night, purple starlight suddenly shone upon the ancestral tree of the Star Orchid Tribe. A purple epiphany flower bloomed in the dead of night, attracting the Purple Epiphany Star among the twenty-eight constellations.
The aging Witch Venerable in the tribe's elder generation suddenly had his eyes burst with resplendent starlight. All the witches and humans of the Star Orchid Tribe that night found themselves unable to sleep.
Several Witch Elders wept tears of joy, prostrated themselves before the heavens, and murmured, "The Ancestral Witch protects our tribe, and finally we are favored by the celestial stars!"
The Witch Venerable with the highest cultivation in the tribe opened all 365 acupoints in his body, drawing the starlight from the heavens into himself, tempering his body with starlight!
"Rumble—"
The muscles on the Witch Venerable's body opened and closed like heaven and earth, moving like the rotation of stars, emitting a mighty roar.
"Hah—"
A furious roar echoed in all directions. The starlight of the heavens was drawn into his body. In an instant, this Witch Venerable, who was about to wither away, broke through the shackles of life and became a Great Witch!
"Witch!"
"Witch!"
"Witch!"
That night, the high-spirited excitement of the Star Orchid Tribe infected ten thousand miles.
In the tribe of Zhu Jiuyin, Zhu Jiuyin, who was slumbering, lifted his eyelids several times but ultimately did not open his eyes.
Although he did not know which divine being had caused the celestial phenomenon, for some tribes of the Witch race, it was a once-in-ten-thousand-year opportunity. If he opened his eyes, the sun and moon would be thrown into disarray, and the starlight would be disturbed, thus losing this opportunity.
In the tribe of the Metal Ancestral Witch, there was the Jin Zhi Tribe. Three Witch Elders gazed at the Jin Zhi Star in the sky. Tonight, the starlight twinkled, and a celestial star descended upon the world!
In the Bei Han Tribe, a small tribe with only Heavenly Witches, the snow fell heavily, whitening the long hair of a woman. Her eyes filled with longing as she looked towards the Bei Han Star, saying, "Our tribe has waited for this day for ten thousand years!"
In the Tian Shi Tribe, a witch person, emanating corpse qi, rose to his feet. Behind him, corpses, one after another, stiffly got up and walked under the moonlight.
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The twenty-eight domains of the Monster race were distributed across the regions where wild beasts and sentient beings were most abundant on the Primordial land. Each domain was now guarded by at least two Monster Saints.
Currently, including the great powers who had defected, the Monster race had enfeoffed over two hundred Monster Saints. The Heavenly Court could not accommodate so many, so they were dispatched to the Primordial World to protect the twenty-eight domains and to fight against the Witch race, serving as a form of tempering.
In the Northern Xuanwu Seven Domains, within the Void Monster Domain, there was a tribe called the Elephant Tortoise Tribe. The Golden Immortal Great Demon who had recently risen to prominence in the tribe was a youth with prematurely graying hair. He raised his head to look at the firmament, and countless runes lit up on his body, reflecting the seven constellations of Xuanwu, actually recording all eight hundred-odd stars in the entire Northern Xuanwu Seven Star Region.
The patriarch of the Elephant Tortoise Tribe suppressed his shock. This being had cultivated to the Golden Immortal realm in less than ten thousand years. Now, displaying such divine power, he knew that this existence was not simply a member of the Elephant Tortoise Tribe, but perhaps a reincarnation of some great power, or even a reincarnated divine sense!
Across the countless domains of the Monster race, countless monsters, spirits, and beasts roared towards the heavens. The starlight flowed in endlessly. The Monster race was not like the Witch race, where only a very few comprehended the stars. It could be said that every member of the Monster race had, to some extent, comprehended the power of stars.
This was because the essence of Yin and Yang, upon which the Monster race relied for survival, were two principal stars!
Kunpeng, who lived hidden among the wild beasts, also looked up at the sky. He did not know why that person was being so generous.
But for the Monster race, it was a blessing for all demons.
From then on, whenever it was night, countless wild beasts would accidentally gaze at the moon and stars, absorbing a trace of stellar power, embarking on the path of transformation. Unknown numbers of spirits would awaken their intelligence, and many demonic beings would accumulate stellar power and manifest in physical form.
In the various immortal mountains and sea islands across heaven and earth, many rogue cultivators also made occasional progress in comprehending the stars, and they devoted themselves even more earnestly to their studies.
This time, Qing Ling had orchestrated a grand plan for the world. He was no longer comprehending the stars alone; instead, countless sentient beings across heaven and earth were comprehending the Great Dao of Stars together.
Most cultivators of stars only comprehended one or two stars. Even if they comprehended more, it would not exceed the boldness of the young man from the Elephant Tortoise Tribe in attempting to comprehend the Xuanwu Starfield.
Qing Ling was not afraid that they would pave their own path to the stars. The higher and farther they went, the more the Great Dao of Stars Qing Ling could glean.
Thousands upon thousands of star-guiding individuals, comprehending the Great Dao of Stars alongside him!
Although he could not compare to the great wisdom or profound enlightenment of his predecessors, he had the guidance of all beings—demons, witches, immortals, even devils, and indeed all cultivators of the stellar Dao in the world were led by him.
Qing Ling relied not on himself, but on the Human Dao among the three Daos: Heaven, Earth, and Man!
Hongjun's integration with Dao meant that the Primordial World was now entirely under the control of the Great Heavenly Dao.
However, the Great Heavenly Dao itself differentiated into three Daos: the Heavenly Dao, the Earthly Dao, and the Human Dao.
The Heavenly Dao encompassed all principles above the firmament, representing the Dao closest to the Great Heavenly Dao's intention, and was the strongest of the three Daos. However, it was not entirely the Great Heavenly Dao, as it possessed consciousness beyond the Great Heavenly Dao.
Below the Heavenly Dao was the Human Dao, representing all sentient beings. All sentient beings in heaven and earth were within the Human Dao, acting as a counterpoint to the Heavenly Dao, not closely aligned with it, and unwilling to be controlled by it.
Following the Human Dao was the Earthly Dao, encompassing all principles of the earth, including the Yellow Springs, the Netherworld, the Sea of Blood, and the mountains and rivers of the earth. It was the Dao farthest from the Heavenly Dao.
The three Daos stood in parallel, balancing each other, and merging together to form the Three Talents. Only when the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Daos merged could they form the Great Heavenly Dao as achieved by the Dao Ancestor's integration.
The Great Heavenly Dao was the inherent consciousness of the Primordial World, selfless and egoless.
The Great Heavenly Dao had no good or evil, but the Heavenly Dao did. This was because the Heavenly Dao had integrated too many true spirits of the Supreme Gods and Supreme Devils, thus possessing its own will. Although it was subservient to the Great Heavenly Dao, it wished to be supreme, crushing the Human and Earthly Daos.
As the master of the Earthly Dao, Qing Ling naturally did not wish to see the Human Dao weakened.
If the Heavenly Dao succeeded in suppressing the Human Dao, the Earthly Dao would be next!
Under the Heavenly Dao, for sentient beings to break through realms, they needed to undergo heavenly tribulations. After passing them, they would be free and unrestrained. If they failed, their lives would be extinguished, and they would be rejected by the Heavenly Dao.
Thus, it was said that cultivation was inherently an act of defiance against heaven.
All sentient beings wished to defy the Heavenly Dao, but they did not wish to defy the Great Heavenly Dao, as defying the Great Heavenly Dao would mean despising the heaven and earth that gave them birth.
Qing Ling caused the stars to descend upon the world, benefiting all beings and borrowing the great momentum of the Human Dao to comprehend the Great Dao of Stars.
Even Di Jun, the Heavenly Emperor, began to comprehend the Great Dao of Stars, rather than merely the Great Dao of the Sun.
As time flowed by, the starlight remained unmoving. The primordial spirit giant in the sea of stars settled and remained unshifted for ten thousand years.
The years in the Primordial World were rarely tranquil. Both the Witch and Monster races became considerably calmer due to the top-tier existences entering seclusion. A wave of preaching swept across the Primordial land, with many great powers taking disciples, spreading the seeds of the Dao, and even establishing sects and schools.
All this was for the sake of contending for the destiny of the Human Dao, empowering themselves, and pursuing the Great Dao.
Meanwhile, Nuwa, after tens of Yuanhui of seclusion, felt her Great Dao was complete and emerged. She was only one step away from severing the last of her three selves and achieving Sainthood!