Chapter 663 - 72: Yuqing Fu Sheng Heavenly Venerate, The Secret of Qing Xuan Daoist

Chapter 663: Chapter 72: Yuqing Fu Sheng Heavenly Venerate, The Secret of Qing Xuan Daoist

History underwent a great transformation; the years turned anew.

In the Hongmeng Era, a majestic being wielded the historical imprint of the Heaven-Opening Banner. With a single strike, the great Hongmeng was torn in two. Yin and Yang emerged, and all things began to grow.

Lu Xuan walked through the sundered Hongmeng, through the newly opened Chaos, step by step. Supreme Beings cast their gazes upon him,

but he simply walked on in silence before speaking softly:

"Light."

The first ray of light appeared in the Chaos.

"Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water."

Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water emerged.

"Yin and Yang."

Yin and Yang were separated.

"All things."

All things began to grow.

He personally pioneered the Great Heaven and Earth. The River of Time descended, and the current of time began to flow.

"Fellow Daoist..."

A cold voice rang out. Under the watch of many Supreme Beings, Supreme and the Lame Daoist approached side by side.

The former’s eyelids were lowered, his expression unfriendly.

"The seat of Primordial is not for you to occupy."

"When he returns, I will naturally return it." Lu Xuan, in the guise of the Purple Cloud Palace Master, raised his eyes, neither servile nor overbearing.

"Until then... I am Yuqing!"

After a pause, Lu Xuan flashed a brilliant smile.

"Fellow Daoist Supreme, Fellow Daoist Spirit Treasure, surely you don’t wish to see all effects without a cause, the Heaven Opening undone, and the Source of All Things gone, do you?"

The two Daoists were silent for a long time before finally letting out a cold snort and turning to leave.

From a dark, unknown place, the Ancient Bodhi Buddha nodded slightly.

’So, Fellow Daoist Purple Cloud has had a complete falling out with The Three Pristine Ones...’

Fu Xi remarked with great interest:

’His scheme is grand, and his courage is just as great. To seize Primordial’s three fundamental Great Daos during the hunt... Tsk, tsk.’

The Demon Ancestor, however, was lost in thought.

’From the looks of it, perhaps we can open up to Fellow Daoist Purple Cloud a bit. He is about to become the new [Yuqing]. Our Journey to the West is now a sure thing.’

Faint smiles appeared on the faces of the several Supreme Beings.

Originally, restarting the Journey to the West was a risky venture. Facing The Three Pristine Ones, none of them had been certain of victory.

But things were different now. For some reason, Primordial had lost his mind and schemed for the position of Daoist Ancestor—and on behalf of the Great Sun Buddha, no less...

Now, Primordial was suppressed, and the title of Yuqing had changed hands...

’All that’s left to do now is wait,’

the Ancient Bodhi Buddha thought with a light chuckle.

’Once the monkey begins his journey to the west, the final calamity will be just a hair’s breadth away. Supreme will fall from his state of Perfection, no longer invincible.’

’We wait... we wait...’

Even as the Supreme Beings whispered amongst themselves, a change was taking place above the Years.

The majestic being who had pioneered the Great Heaven and Earth took a single step into the most ancient of eras, into the Jade Void Palace, and his form transformed.

He sat enthroned in the Jade Void Palace, yet it was as if he sat upon an infinite height. All of Cause and Effect flowed before Lu Xuan’s eyes as he took complete control of the [Cause of All Fruits].

The sensation was incredibly profound and unique.

Lu Xuan could see the [Fruit] that any single thing had produced or could possibly produce. He could see every [Possibility] born from the interweaving of all things.

He could easily reverse effect and cause, already possessing many of the characteristics of a Dao Fruit, unbound by common sense and defying all logic...

Cause and effect... cause and effect.

Lu Xuan closed his eyes, sitting in silence on the Primordial Meditation Mat for a long, long time.

"Sever."

He pointed a finger, and the [Heaven-Opening Transformation] gathered. From it, he severed a True Self Incarnation named...

The [Pangu Daoist].

Immediately after, Lu Xuan severed the [Primordial Celestial King] from the [Source of All Things], and from the [Cause of All Fruits], he severed the [Jade Void Ancestor Master].

Three brand-new True Self Incarnations, each bearing a fundamental Great Dao, each possessing the potential to become a [True Dao Fruit]!

"From this day forward..."

Lu Xuan said softly, his eyes downcast,

"I am the Purple Cloud Palace Master, the First Patriarch of Buddhism, and the Leader of the Sanqing, the Yuqing Fu Sheng Heavenly Venerate."

"From this day forward, I shall embody the cause of Primordial and bear the fruit of Primordial. The entire Jade Void Lineage shall fall under my tutelage."

"From this day forward, from before the Years until after the Years, as long as Primordial does not return, the title of Yuqing shall not change."

The entire Ancient History of the Years was fundamentally altered. Below the level of Daluo, the memories of all living beings were skewed at this very moment.

There had never been a Primordial Celestial Venerable. The Leader of the Sanqing had always been the [Yuqing Fu Sheng Heavenly Venerate]!

Lu Xuan had relived the history of [Primordial].

In the most ancient of eras, he took Guangcheng Zi as his Chief Disciple. Over the countless years that followed, he successively accepted Chi Jingzi, Merciful, Taiyi, Jade Cauldron, and others...

By the Golden Era of the Three Emperors, the Jade Void Twelve Immortals had all entered his sect.

During the God-Sealing Era, he watched the tides of the Human World rise and fall, felling countless Immortals of the Jie Sect with the point of a finger.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, he bestowed the [Primordial Body] upon ’Lu Xuan’, along with the Jade Box and the Celestial Decree, leaving them in Guangcheng Palace and instructing future generations of the palace to search for ’Lu Xuan’ in the future.

He gradually became more like [Primordial].

But he was never Primordial, and Primordial was never him. The foundation of Primordial lay in the [Beginning of All Things].

Lu Xuan had merely ’usurped’ the position of [Yuqing], nothing more.

But that was enough.

「Qin Dynasty」

"We pay our respects to Master!"

In the Jade Void Palace, the twelve Daluo Immortals wore complicated expressions, but they ultimately bowed with the utmost respect.

Daluo-level beings roam the history of the Years, having escaped the shackles of time. For them, the past and present are one and the same, eternal and unchanging.

Therefore, they still remembered who their true master was, yet they were utterly helpless.

The suffering of a Daluo.

Seated upon the highest throne, the [Jade Void Ancestor Master] nodded slightly and said calmly,

"Guangcheng Zi, not long ago, you passed down the position of Master of Guangcheng Palace?"

"In response to Master’s question,"

Guangcheng Zi bowed with lowered brows, doing his best to hide the grief and fury in his eyes as he replied flatly,

"The position of Master of Guangcheng Palace has been conferred upon the Qing Xuan Daoist."

"The Qing Xuan Daoist..."

Lu Xuan mulled over the name, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

’Now that I have become the [Cause of All Fruits] and can see the before and after of all things, the cause and effect of all matters, I still can’t see through this [Qing Xuan Daoist].’