Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 347 - 38: Zhengyi Dao Ancestor, Creator of 99 Supreme Daoist Techniques
When he approached the White Jade Meditation Mat and stood before the massive mat, his body seemed extremely small.
The next second, this White Jade Meditation Mat began to transform, descending a staircase with a total of 999 steps.
The Daoist man stepped forward with his right leg and began to ascend the staircase, step by step, towards the mat.
With each step he took, he murmured a phrase: "Heaven and earth are unkind, Daoist Techniques are unkind."
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"Cultivation has its place, approaching the Dao is devoid of evil."
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"The ultimate person has no self, the divine person has no merit, the holy person has no fame."
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"It is hard to attain the human body, difficult to be born in Central Land, if born, it is hard to encounter the right path."
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"The nature of water in the world is clear, but the earth is slippery, hence it cannot be clear; the nature of a human, is slippery with longevity, hence it cannot attain longevity."
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With each step the Daoist man ascended, a scripture would resonate, and a candle on the temple’s walls would light up.
Su Mu watched the Daoist man ascending the platform, his brow furrowed, as if he vaguely saw a phantom on him—a phantom of a Saint Master!
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At this moment, upon the River of Time.
It had been over an hour since the two entered the Compass.
Only half an hour remained; if the battle remained undecided, the nine monks and the blue-clothed woman would immediately destroy the compass within the array, annihilating both Su Mu and the Daoist man!
The blue-clothed woman gazed at the Compass suspended within the array, gripping the sword in her hand, ready to strike at any moment.
In fact... she didn’t know much about that "madman" either.
Because they had only undertaken missions together twice; this was the second mission.
All she knew was that the "madman" had been alive for a very long time, was an ancient figure from many eras ago, and even if he was sometimes erratic, even disrespectful in words, he was still highly regarded by the "Venerable Lord."
If he weren’t esteemed by the Venerable Lord, for his current wild actions, straying from the normal plan, anyone else would have been erased by the "Venerable Lord" long ago.
However, since the Venerable Lord didn’t intervene, it proved tacit approval, meaning everything was within the Venerable Lord’s expectations.
Otherwise, like Tianluo, who intended to reveal the Venerable Lord’s true name, was instantly obliterated.
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Not far away, on the wooden boat, Zero gazed at the floating Compass, and an old memory long buried in his mind emerged.....
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Many, many eras ago, in All Heavens and Myriad Realms, there existed a grand and magnificent world called..... "Primordial Realm."
This "Primordial Realm" was exceptionally vast; its area was even larger than dozens of Divine Domains combined, and no one knew how this "Primordial Realm" was born...
The "Primordial Realm" was neither the Immortal Domain nor the Divine Domain, it was a very special realm, one that nobody could define.
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In the "Primordial Realm," myriad races lived.
Among them, the Human Race was quite feeble; to put it bluntly, the Human Race in the Primordial Realm were ants, slaves, like mice surviving in the shadows.
This state persisted for many eras.
Later, in a certain era, a genius from the Human Race inadvertently learned a "Daoist Technique" and began cultivation.
This Human Race genius used this very basic "Daoist Technique" to create 66 powerful Daoist Techniques of his own, one of which was the "Dharma Heaven and Earth," among the 66 Daoist Techniques.
This Human Race genius passed on these 66 Daoist Techniques to his people, one person spreading the Dao, spreading the Dao to the entire tribe.
The entire Human Race, sat upright, listening to the Dao once every hundred years.
After hundreds of thousands of years of spreading the Dao, the Human Race in the Primordial Realm finally established a cultivation system, birthing more and more outstanding talents within the tribe.
The Human Race finally rid themselves of the "ant" identity, but only just shed the "ant" label, remaining very weak, easily trampled by other powerful races.
Later, after the first Dao Ancestor of the Human Race sat in meditative cessation, possibly favored by heaven, the second Dao Ancestor emerged!
This Dao Ancestor inherited the entire Cultivation Technique lineage of the first Dao Ancestor and deduced 24 new Cultivation Techniques!
Under the leadership of this second Dao Ancestor, the Human Race rose step by step, taking a hundred eras to successfully reverse the situation!
The Human Race became the most powerful among the myriad races in the Primordial Realm!
Primordial Realm, with the Human Race as the venerated!
From then on, the Primordial Realm entered the Human Race Era.
The second Dao Ancestor eventually reached the day of meditative cessation, but the Human Race did not decline because of it!
Because the Human Race of the Primordial Realm welcomed the strongest Dao Ancestor in its history, the third Dao Ancestor!
This third Dao Ancestor was born in accordance with destiny, inheriting the first Dao Ancestor’s experience and talent, the second Dao Ancestor’s qualities and mindset, inheriting all Daoist Techniques.
And also deducing nine new Daoist Techniques!
Henceforth, the Human Race mastered 99 supreme Daoist Techniques!
His appearance elevated the Human Race to a peak never before reached.
So powerful that the Human Race began to enslave other races, and in the entire Primordial Realm, there was only one race—the Human Race; all others became servants!
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This peak and subjugation lasted for 500 eras.
The Human Race of the Primordial Realm had become the only one, while many other races had perished, completely disappearing from the Primordial Realm.
Until one day.
The third Dao Ancestor suddenly began a massive slaughter of the Human Race in the Primordial Realm.
He slaughtered for a hundred years, annihilating all cultivators of the Human Race, leaving only the mundane beings left.
After the massacre, the third Dao Ancestor disappeared, the myriad races re-emerged, and the history of the Human Race dominating the Primordial Realm was rewritten overnight.
The Human Race became the ants, struggling for survival in the Primordial Realm, living lives less than dust....
No one knows why the third Dao Ancestor suddenly slaughtered his own people, no one knows what happened to him, no one knows what he was thinking on the day he slaughtered his tribesmen...
Even "Zero" himself, he did not know....
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The reason the Primordial Realm is very famous throughout All Heavens and Myriad Realms is because later...the 99 Daoist Techniques that spread from the Human Race of the Primordial Realm to All Heavens and Myriad Realms became the 99 Supreme Manuals in the eyes of every cultivator!
It even to some extent furthered the development of Daoism in All Heavens and Myriad Realms!
Thus, many cultivators in All Heavens and Myriad Realms harbor feelings of gratitude and reminiscence towards the Primordial Realm.
Take a simple example, there are 3,000 Supreme Daoist Techniques in All Heavens and Myriad Realms, among which 99 are provided by the Primordial Realm, from which one can see... the status of the Primordial Realm in All Heavens and Myriad Realms!
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And that third Dao Ancestor, is the Daoist man in the Compass, battling with Su Mu!
His name— "Zhengyi Dao Ancestor"!
The name "Zhengyi Dao Ancestor" is recorded in the ancient texts of All Heavens and Myriad Realms....
This is also why Zero was so worried when he saw the Daoist man arriving.
Because this was "Zhengyi"!
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Meanwhile.
The Daoist man continued to ascend the steps, continued the ascent, with phrases of scripture echoing continuously in the world of the temple.
Su Mu calmly watched the back of the man ascending the platform.
For some unknown reason, he felt a deep sense of sorrow.....
