All kinds of immortals and deities throughout Honghuang were heading toward the Sacred Island of Penglai.
Shengxia sat high in the void and began to lecture on the Dao of the Quasi-Sage. The sound of the Dao spread throughout the East China Sea. Many who could not arrive in time sat cross-legged on the clouds. Everyone listened with rapt attention, completely mesmerized, and those of lower realms benefited immensely, joy blooming on their faces. However, right at this moment, a black whirlwind suddenly appeared above the Sacred Island of Penglai, carrying a faint, evil aura.
Shengxia's eyes narrowed, and he shouted in a resonant voice, "What kind of evil monster dares to trespass upon my sacred ground of Penglai!"
Gradually, a figure emerged from the whirlwind, radiating powerful demonic energy and sneering, "Ha! You so-called immortals and deities are nothing more than a bunch of self-righteous fools! Today, I'll let you know my true power!"
With that, he raised his hand and waved it, and countless streams of black flames swept toward the immortals and deities.
Shengxia raised a hand and pointed, and a speck of golden light flew toward the evil spirit.
Unaware that crisis was approaching, the evil spirit was still hurling curses.
As soon as that speck of golden light touched his body, he realized a catastrophe was imminent. He tried to flee, but Shengxia had already sealed off the space and time around him.
A tiny flame slowly burned, and the fiend gradually turned to dust amidst his terror.
Shengxia resumed his lecture.
More than a hundred years passed just like that. Progressing from the shallow to the profound, Shengxia was now lecturing on the path of the Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal.
Those who comprehended the most were the Twelve Ancestor Witches. Although only six Great Witches had been given Grandmist Purple Qi of the Great Dao, the rest of the Ancestor Witches were already at the Peak Quasi-Sage Realm.
At the edge of Chaos was the Zixiao Palace, where Dao Ancestor Hongjun was still lecturing as well. Yet while Zixiao Palace saw heavenly flowers falling in abundance and golden lotus springing from the earth, he was lecturing on the Immortal Dao.
Legend had it that Hongjun was a Chaotic God and Demon whose true form was a gigantic earthworm, injured by the Heaven-Opening Axe when Pangu created heaven and earth, and who later reincarnated as a congenital living being of Honghuang to attain sagehood.
Yet Hongjun plotted against the entire Honghuang, intending to utterly ravage Honghuang during the Lich calamity, devour Honghuang to turn it into his internal world, and take that final step to become a Great Dao Sage.
Little did he expect to run into Shengxia, a monstrous anomaly wielding a system. Instead of gaining anything, Hongjun had just barely become a sage when Shengxia had already ascended to the rank of Chaos Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal, comparable to a Dao-Embodiment Sage.
So you tell me, how was Hongjun supposed to play this game?
It looked like he was destined to be nothing more than an underpaid laborer working for Honghuang. Serve Hongjun right—it truly served him right! Honghuang was clearly the Honghuang of all myriad clans, so who told him to harbor ill intentions? It was already merciful that he hadn't been killed outright.
At this moment, Hongjun had already lectured on the methods of the Heavenly Dao Sage Realm. The Creation Jade Disc above Hongjun's head hummed and spun incessantly, fully displaying the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws.
The immortals and deities were intoxicated by the Great Dao Laws.
Shengxia produced fifty strands of Grandmist Purple Qi of the Great Dao, distributing one to everyone who had reached the Quasi-Sage Realm.
No sooner had the Grandmist Purple Qi been handed out than faint wisps of sage might began to emanate from the bodies of the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
The immortals and deities looked at the Ancestor Witches with eyes full of envy. After finishing the distribution of the Grandmist Purple Qi, Shengxia continued to lecture on the Dao of Chaos Daluo.
All ten thousand Great Dao Laws were fully manifested in the void. In such a setting, even if you were a pig, you would be forcefully infused until you became a Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal.
At that moment, purple qi came from the east for countless miles, and starting with Dijiang, they achieved the realm of Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal.
There was no lightning tribulation, only endless infusions of Merit. Only when there were more sages in Honghuang could Honghuang be better protected.
The Heavenly Dao of Honghuang was even less likely to begrudge Merit; as long as you achieved sagehood, the Merit was yours.
Following closely behind were the Three Pure Ones achieving the status of Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal, along with Zhenyuanzi, Zhunti of the West, Fuxi and Nüwa—as many as twenty people attained the realm of Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal.
Golden light filled the skies, and purple qi filled the heavens.
This was the most glorious moment in Honghuang, something that had never happened since Pangu opened the heavens.
In the mortal realm, wave after wave of sage pressure swept across the land, leaving people wondering what major event had occurred in the immortal realm.
Hongjun only had eight strands of Grandmist Purple Qi in his possession, which he distributed to Dongwanggong, Xiwangmu, the boy Haoting, the girl Yaoqiong, and the Dragon Kings of the East, West, South, and North.
How pitiful Hongjun was, reduced to such a plight. He used to treat dragons as desserts, and now he had to arm dragons.
A thousand years had passed, and the people to whom Shengxia had distributed the Grandmist Purple Qi back then had all become Chaos Daluo Immortals.
Unbeknownst to them while listening to the Dao, the Three Pure Ones had reached the sixth level of the Chaos Golden Immortal realm, though their strength was still inferior to that of the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
Ever since the Twelve Ancestor Witches became Chaos Daluo, they changed day by day, and their realms could only be described as unfathomable.
As for those who lacked Grandmist Purple Qi, because the Great Dao Laws were fully manifested, they comprehended endless benefits.
Several hundred people also achieved the realm of Chaos Daluo.
Some were probably already well into the third realm. In the span of just a millennium, they had bestowed boundless benefits upon the living beings of Honghuang.
Moved by the Great Dao, countless Great Dao Merits descended. All those belonging to the Chaos Daluo Golden Immortal did not absorb the Merit; instead, they showered the Great Dao Merit across the land of Honghuang, allowing countless living beings to benefit!
The Twelve Ancestor Witches added the Great Dao Merit to Buzhou Mountain, causing Buzhou Mountain to restore even the pressure of a Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal, making the heavens of Honghuang steadier and the earth of Honghuang more solid.
In today's Honghuang, let alone sages fighting within it, you wouldn't even dream of damaging a large tree.
The lecture was still ongoing, and unconsciously, another millennium passed.