Kong Xuan continued slashing, foot by foot. Earthly fire and wind-water surged forth and vanished. Where the earthly fire and wind-water disappeared, chaos split apart, with pure energy rising to become the sky and turbid energy sinking to become the earth. This repeated endlessly until Kong Xuan finally stopped wielding the Heaven and Earth Ruler. Instead, he summoned the Thirty-Six Petal Green Lotus to protect himself. Looking at the endless chaos, he shouted, "The Heaven and Earth Creation Technique!" Instantly, the Heaven and Earth Ruler traced a mysterious and inexplicable trajectory as it slashed into the depths of chaos... With a deafening roar, chaos shattered, earthly fire and wind-water vanished, and heaven and earth were opened. The newly created world was unstable and gradually showed signs of merging. Seeing this, Kong Xuan quickly threw out the Chaos Bell to stabilize the world and supported it with the Thirty-Six Grade Azure Lotus... Finally, when the world had grown to a height of 99.99 million feet, it stopped merging. Kong Xuan spat out a mouthful of blood essence, and mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, flowers, and fish all appeared... Kong Xuan broke through the chaos, the world opened, and boundless meritorious Xuanhuang Qi descended from the sky. Kong Xuan absorbed 50% of it, and immediately purple Qi surged. After millions of years of arduous cultivation, Kong Xuan finally became a saint. Kong Xuan collected the remaining 50% of meritorious Xuanhuang Qi, injecting 20% into the Five-Colored Feather Fan and 30% into the Thirty-Six Grade Azure Lotus. Instantly, the Five-Colored Feather Fan and the Thirty-Six Grade Azure Lotus emitted ten thousand golden rays, illuminating the entire newly created world.
Kong Xuan proved his Dao in the chaos and became a saint. As soon as he entered the prehistoric world, he saw a celestial being with a blood-red giant eye. The giant eye exuded boundless power. Even saints felt that they were so insignificant, like ants.
Bloodshot eyes appear, heavenly punishment manifests, and rolling thunder roars and howls across the primordial sky... Heavenly punishment consists of nine thunderbolts, each punishing a sage who proves the Dao through force, and those who fail are reduced to ashes under heavenly punishment, never to be reborn.
Within the giant, blood-red eye, purple lightning surged. In the blink of an eye, six bolts of heavenly lightning struck, leaving Kong Xuan unharmed. He was puzzled; the heavenly punishment shouldn't be so weak. Just then, a pale purple divine lightning bolt roared down, slamming Kong Xuan, who was lost in thought, into the ground thousands of feet deep. Kong Xuan was thrown out, the once elegant Kong Xuan now resembling a beggar, his clothes torn to shreds, blood gushing from his mouth, accompanied by the aroma of roasted meat mixed with the smell of burning meat.
In the blink of an eye, another bolt of purple divine lightning struck down. Kong Xuan hurriedly summoned the Thirty-Six Merit Green Lotus. The green lotus emitted a hazy green light, forming a green and gold-inlaid shield to protect Kong Xuan. The Heaven and Earth Ruler also carried the unfathomable power of heaven and earth and slashed at the purple lightning. With another loud bang, the Thirty-Six Merit Green Lotus slunk into Kong Xuan's body, and the Heaven and Earth Ruler also disappeared.
With a single blow, all his magical power vanished, and his treasured artifact disappeared into his body, beyond his control. Kong Xuan looked at the deep purple lightning pillar, a meter in diameter, hurtling down from the sky, and felt a wave of fear wash over him. Suddenly, he thought of his sleeping master. Deprived of his magical power, Kong Xuan roared and revealed his true form. A peacock, a hundred feet tall, stood proudly facing the rolling purple divine lightning, its eyes filled with determination and resolve... The peacock flew up and crashed its flesh and blood into the deep purple divine lightning. The moment the divine lightning touched Kong Xuan, a giant axe, ten feet tall, flew through the air. The axe's blade was shrouded in a gray aura, and it instantly slashed at the deep purple divine lightning. There was no explosive sound as expected. The deep purple divine lightning was instantly cleaved in two by the gray giant axe and disappeared without a trace. Only the two small seal characters "Divine Punishment" were engraved on the blade.
The divine punishment has passed, and the holy body has been formed.
After the creation of the world, a being who proved the Dao through force finally appeared in the world after being baptized by divine punishment. The endless pressure of the sage impacted the young minds of all living beings in the primordial world and also attacked the hearts of all the sages in the primordial world.
At Shouyang Mountain, the Supreme Celestial Venerable said to Xuandu, "Xuandu, tell me, was what I did right or wrong?"
Xuandu, bewildered, said, "Teacher, you are not wrong. Your disciple supports you."
At the Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun, the Primordial Celestial Venerable said, "A demon actually managed to prove his Dao through force, humph..."
Nuwa saw yet another demon achieve sainthood, but she couldn't feel happy about it.
The two Western Saints were troubled. To prove the Dao through force—what a concept that was! It was even more powerful than attaining the Dao by severing the three corpses, not to mention those of them who attained sainthood through merit.
Regardless of what the saints thought, Kong Xuan, after attaining enlightenment, finally understood the terror of the final layer of the Five Elements Technique and realized that a saint's primordial spirit residing in the void was not immortal. Upon receiving this information, Kong Xuan laughed wildly, "Saints are immortal! Saints are immortal! Saints are immortal?"
Kong Xuan and Zhen Yuan returned to Penglai Island.
In the Hall of Divine Punishment, Saint Yi looked at Kong Xuan and asked, "Xuan'er, you have become a saint. What are your thoughts?"
Kong Xuan said, "Uncle-Master, I can finally do as I please now. Sages are nothing more than the most powerful ants. They are said to be the most powerful because the chance of a sage falling is so small, almost zero. So, while sages are said to be immortal, there are probably very few who are truly immortal."
Saint Yi said, "Good, very good. Among the saints, you are number one. Purely achieving the Dao by severing the three corpses is the middle stage of the mid-stage saint, achieving the Dao through merit is the lower or higher stage of the early stage saint, and proving the Dao through force is the high stage of the mid-stage saint. Their magical power is inexhaustible, so the magical power of a saint who proves the Dao through force is inexhaustible."
Saint Yi said, "Go, it's been three thousand years, go see your master."
Kong Xuan said happily, "Uncle-Master, Master has woken up." Although his voice was in the Divine Punishment Hall, he was already in the Heaven and Earth Palace.
"Master!" Kong Xuan roared as he rushed inside.
Chapter 55: The Forty-One Emperor Does Not Appear, the Earthly Emperor Appears
When Kong Xuan saw the familiar figure sitting on the high platform, tears streamed down her face. She knelt down with a thud and cried out, "Master, Master, you're awake! Xuan'er missed you so much! Master, look, Xuan'er has become a saint! I can protect you now and no one will bully you anymore!"
The Great Sage Equaling Heaven turned around and looked at the Sage Kong Xuan, saying, "Xuan'er, you have finally become a Sage, fulfilling one of my wishes. However, you no longer need to protect me. After this battle, Master's dormant power has recovered somewhat. Although it is a thousand times less than its peak, it is enough to deal with Sages. Xuan'er, the karma is settled." As he spoke, he flicked his wrist and threw out a black spear, saying to Kong Xuan, "Xuan'er, today I bestow upon you the God-Slaying Spear. In this vast primordial world, you can go anywhere. Although there are many Sages, you are one. From now on, you can be a truly carefree Sage. I can rest assured now."
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