Chapter 44

Yuan Kui held Feng Ye back and hurriedly asked, "Is Brother Dao returning this time to enter seclusion and cultivate, in hopes of advancing to the rank of Golden Immortal?"

Feng Ye was taken aback and nodded, "What's wrong? Is there some issue with this?"

"The issue is huge. If Brother Dao goes this time, the moment you achieve the rank of Golden Immortal might be the time of our deaths!" Yuan Kui pulled Feng Ye to sit down and said.

So serious? Feng Ye was greatly shocked.

"Why has Brother Dao always been unwilling to reveal the matter of crossing over, if not to avoid being detected by the Heavenly Dao? As an anomaly, being detected by the Heavenly Dao means certain death! Do you know what becoming a Golden Immortal means?"

"Of course, it means awakening the true spirit, becoming immortal, and transcending the heavens and earth!" Feng Ye hesitated and replied.

"Indeed, it seems that Brother Dao didn't carefully examine the memory I just passed to you!" Yuan Kui shook his head.

Hearing Yuan Kui's words, Feng Ye hurriedly checked the memory of the Nine-Headed Clan that Yuan Kui had transmitted to him.

Feng Ye drew a deep breath, it was really a close call! If not for the Nine-Headed inheritance, he might have already practiced to his death.

According to the Nine-Headed Human Emperor, all living beings have innate spiritual light, which is the source of their spiritual essence.

Since Pangu split the heavens and earth, his primordial spirit light has been scattered throughout the universe. All living beings in later generations have their spiritual awareness derived from Pangu. This can be seen as a mark of the Pangu Heavenly Dao.

Thus, if someone later awakens their true spirit, they can凝聚 Pangu's primordial spirit, and achieve the Great Dao of Pangu. This might allow the great deity Pangu to be reborn. According to the Nine-Headed Human Emperor's speculation, this might not be a contingency left by Pangu, intending to use later generations to return to the Great Dao of Pangu.

However, the first to achieve the Great Dao of the Heavenly Emperor was the Celestial Emperor. But the Celestial Emperor did not gather Pangu's primordial spirit to achieve his Dao fruit; instead, he transformed the heavens and cut out the Pangu mark within his body, achieving the Celestial Emperor's primordial spirit with great freedom and liberation.

Similarly, the Earth Emperor and the Human Emperor all cut out the Pangu mark to establish their Dao and achieve the Great Dao. Especially Hongjun, who established the method of cultivating immortals, and at the moment of achieving the rank of Golden Immortal, cut out the Pangu mark.

In the path of immortals, the immortality of a Golden Immortal refers to awakening one's true self and cutting out the Pangu mark. Only then can one's thoughts be unobstructed, forming a true spirit mark that is entirely one's own. The Great Dao involves gathering one's primordial spirit. Reaching the realm of the primordial spirit allows one to differentiate into myriad forms. Pangu was at this realm, the Great Primordial Spirit, and thus could transform into this world after death, with the primordial spirit becoming all living beings.

Pangu's Dao and Dao fruit are far inferior to the great powers of the present. Hongjun, on the other hand, opened the Mixed Primordial Great Dao, establishing a lineage for later generations. Only then did Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti achieve sainthood.

However, it's not certain how powerful those sages were. Pangu's immense power could split the heavens and earth, creating this vast world, which even Hongjun might not be able to do. At most, Pangu could shatter the physical bodies of the sages but not harm their fundamental essence.

In summary, from the ancient times, everyone abandoned the idea of gathering Pangu's primordial spirit, with the Three Emperors and Hongjun leading the way in establishing their own paths.

After all, no one knows what would happen after achieving Pangu. If the world were to reverse and collapse, reuniting into Pangu's true body, all those with Pangu's primordial spirit would die. Moreover, it's unclear whether the new personality would be the original Pangu or a new one.

As for achieving Pangu and becoming a taboo, no one dares to mention it. The current path, whether the path of immortals or the path of deities, is influenced by the great powers.

The step to becoming a Golden Immortal or a Divine Lord involves cutting out Pangu's primordial spirit. This makes Pangu's primordial spirit a huge burden. After the Three Emperors, the path of cultivation became widespread, and more people achieved the Great Dao. When they died, their primordial spirits would disperse, transforming into various living beings.

However, these living beings would not have Pangu's mark but the marks of the great powers. In the future, achieving Dao would only re-gather the primordial spirit and Dao fruit of the great powers, returning to the Great Dao.

But regardless, anyone in this world is a transformation of the great primordial spirits, tracing back to the innate spiritual light.

If Pangu split the heavens and earth, it's like creating a house, being the original owner. The innate deities are Pangu's descendants. Some outstanding descendants, after glimpsing the Great Dao, could create their own houses, opening new accounts. After their deaths, the living beings they transformed into would be recorded under their names, essentially separating from Pangu's lineage. This is the relationship between the main line and the branches.

However, in the Heavenly Dao, everything is recorded, bearing the unique mark of this world. Below the Mixed Primordial, none can avoid it. If an anomaly sneaks in, once discovered, they are doomed.

Feng Ye encountered such a situation. Strictly speaking, this is a world very similar to the Earth of his previous life. But it is definitely not his world. According to the law of time, the past cannot be changed, or it would cause temporal chaos. Therefore, traveling back in time is impossible, so it must be a parallel world.

Feng Ye, not a native of this world, naturally does not have Pangu's mark. Nor is he a transformation of any other great primordial spirit. This makes him an unregistered resident.

Fortunately, when Feng Ye first came to this world, he began accumulating merit, and thus was not immediately rejected by the world. Currently, he is a variable, but can also be considered an anomaly. The Heavenly Dao, considering his merit, might not hold it against him, but others might.

Therefore, hiding his origins became the primary condition. However, when achieving the rank of Golden Immortal, the true spirit transcends, and any attentive person might notice and expose his origins. Only after becoming a Golden Immortal can one claim to have cut off the past to achieve purity.

"I see, I understand your thoughts, Brother Dao. Your idea is to use the Nine-Headed primordial spirit to cover for me! To pass me off as the reincarnation of the Nine-Headed Human Emperor to deceive the great powers. However, if so, we need to firmly establish the story of the Nine-Headed reincarnation, leaving no chance for other living beings transformed from the Nine-Headed primordial spirit to achieve the Nine-Headed Dao fruit!"

"Indeed, that's what I think. When the Nine-Headed Dao transformed, it truly died. We, known as the Nine-Headed incarnations, are essentially a transformation of this great deity's primordial spirit. The Nine-Headed primordial spirit transformed into myriad forms, and besides me, it could also transform into other living beings. However, I control the Yellow River, which is the transformation of the Nine-Headed body, and possess the heart of the Nine-Headed Human Emperor, making me the most likely to achieve the Nine-Headed Dao fruit."

"But that's just the most likely. The Nine-Headed body disintegrated, forming the mountains and rivers. The Yellow River is the transformation of the body and heart, but the nine heads are not here. The nine dragon pearls that flew out of the Nine-Headed neck transformed into the Nine True Mothers, who are already Celestial Venerable Deities! If she opposes us, it will be troublesome."

The Nine True Mothers, also known as the Dipper Mother.

In ancient times, when the stars vied for positions, the Dipper Mother was the only star deity who could rival the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. The stars of the universe are led by the Sun, Moon, and Purple Star.

The Sun and Moon are the transformations of Pangu's eyes, representing the light of the world, and hold the highest status. However, during the struggle for positions, the Moon star deity was the last to be born and was far weaker than the other star deities. It couldn't even match the Sun, Purple Star, or the malevolent stars Ji Du and Luo Hou. In this struggle, it was eliminated early.

The Dipper Mother, on the other hand, is the mother of the Northern Dipper stars and the incarnation of the Nine-Headed Human Emperor, with great power, opposing the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who is the transformation of the Celestial Emperor's essence.

The two fought for the position of the star lord for several eons. Later, something happened, and they stopped fighting.

Then, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi became the lord of the stars, sitting in the North Pole, known as the lord of all stars. The Dipper Mother became the mother of the Northern Dipper, revered as the mother of all stars, receiving the homage of the star deities.

What happened in between, many goddesses were curious, even Nuwa went to the Eastern Emperor to inquire, but got no answers.

Later, the Nine True Mothers had nine additional children, who became Gouchen, Ziwēi, and the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper.

After Taiyi became the Heavenly Emperor, he bestowed the title of Eastern Emperor and Great Sage on the Nine True Mothers, also known as the Nine True Virtuous Heavenly Empress.

The title "Eastern" has always been the exclusive title of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, yet he bestowed it on someone else.

The title "Heavenly Empress" is even more special. Empress, Empress, Heavenly Empress, and Heavenly Emperor are equal in status. Who would believe there's nothing to it? Would the Eastern Emperor Taiyi casually bestow the title of Heavenly Empress?

Of course, the parties involved all denied it, and we can't know for sure.

But later, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi treated the Nine Stars of the Northern Dipper well, even bestowing the titles of Gouchen Emperor and Ziwēi Emperor on Gouchen and Ziwēi.

For this, we can only chuckle. As for the fact that the Dipper Mother is the embodiment of innate yin energy, while the Eastern Emperor is pure yang energy, this is just a coincidence, right? (Crowd: Yes, yes...)

The Dipper Mother, during the Eastern Emperor's reign, held a high and powerful position, second only to the Empress Nuwa. Even during the reign of Emperor Di Jun, although she withdrew from the world, her influence remained, not to be underestimated.

Yuan Kui frowned and said, "She has achieved the Great Primordial Spirit, and logically, she wouldn't compete with me for the Nine-Headed Dao fruit. It's useless for her. But we must still be cautious and take the initiative to obtain the nine heads. This way, I can gather the Nine-Headed true body, and even without the dragon pearls, I can achieve the Nine-Headed primordial spirit."

"Where do you think the nine heads are now?" Feng Ye asked.

"I can't calculate it, but based on the theory, they should have transformed into mountains!"

The body transformed into a river, and the heads into mountains, making the mountains and rivers complete. Feng Ye imagined a great river with nine mountains at its source, then visualized Yuan Kui with a dragon's head and human body, with nine heads on top, constantly arguing, and couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at? Did I say something wrong?" Yuan Kui asked.

"No, nothing, it's my own problem!"

"I bet you're thinking of something inappropriate! Otherwise, why not use mental communication to pass it to me!"

"Really, nothing," Feng Ye straightened his face and changed the topic, "The Nine-Headed Human Emperor is closely related to the human race, and the Yellow River is near the