Above the Great Dao-Chapter 1454 - 676: Opening Tribulation Origins

Chen Shi thought for a moment, and said: "If the Heaven and Earth Great Dao of the Ancestral Court is also part of the Dark Sea Outer Dao, then learning the Outer Dao is not a big deal. Why must we fight to the death?"

Doumu Primordial Monarch sneered: "If you think like that, not only will the Three Pure Ones Lineage want your head, but even our lineage will want your head!"

Chen Shi was stunned, not knowing what he said wrong.

Doumu Primordial Monarch replied: "Without a rightful name, words are not justified. The Three Pure Ones and the Tongtian Saint are contending for the title. Back then, the orthodoxy in the world was neither the Immortal Dao nor the Outer Dao, but the Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern of the Great Shang Mysterious Bird Heavenly Court. When Great Shang was orthodox, everyone was a traitor. If Great Shang is gone, everyone must determine who is the rightful orthodox. The Three Pure Ones and Tongtian Saint both saw this clearly, knowing that the two families must have a battle."

Chen Shi understood: "At that time, whether it's the Three Pure Ones or Tongtian, both were rebels to the Witch Sacrifice. The Three Pure Ones wanted to overthrow Great Shang and establish a prosperous Immortal Dao era, while Tongtian wanted to depend on Great Shang, alter Great Shang's Witch Sacrificial tradition, and guide Great Shang onto the Immortal Dao. Whoever succeeds will be the orthodox."

Doumu Primordial Monarch said: "Indeed. In this struggle, we lost; after King Zhou's death, we became the Divine of the Heavenly Court. The contention for orthodoxy is no child's play; it requires an upheaval of heaven and earth, and without exterminating the opponent, orthodoxy can never be rightful!"

Her words were filled with killing intent that sent chills down one's spine.

"Today, the contention between Immortal Gods is also a dispute over orthodoxy, and it too requires an upheaval of heaven and earth; without exterminating the opponent, there can be no rightful orthodoxy!" Chen Shi thought to himself.

He gained a new understanding of the upcoming contention between Immortal Gods.

"So, is the Outer Dao good or bad?" Chen Shi sought advice.

Doumu Primordial Monarch replied: "Good or bad, now that I am a Divine, I can no longer judge. Little junior brother, this exploration is up to you. That person, Yang Bi, that you mentioned, I've already found. Farewell."

Her body suddenly transformed into a divine light and dissipated, leaving no trace.

Chen Shi was lost in thought.

What Doumu Primordial Monarch disclosed was truly startling.

"In that case, the Immortal Dao is also a kind of Outer Dao. The Three Pure Ones and Tongtian have comprehended it and transformed it into the Heaven and Earth Great Dao."

He fell into contemplation, as the Tongtian Saint attempted to merge the Outer Dao with the Immortal Dao, causing conflict with the Three Pure Ones; leveraging the Conquest of Shang, both sides erupted in battle, and Tongtian Saint's lineage suffered defeat and fell into decline.

Later, the Tongtian Saint attempted to reverse the defeat by reincarnating as a Teacher, spreading Confucianism to reclaim orthodoxy.

Yet simultaneously, the Three Pure Ones pioneered the Earth Immortal Realm, relocating the Heavenly Court there, and simultaneously crafted thirty-three Heavenly Dao Treasures to dominate the Earth Immortal Realm. Every Cultivator, including those cultivating Confucianism, upon becoming an Immortal had to ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm and become Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the Heavenly Court.

In this game, the Tongtian Saint triumphed in the Mortal World of the Ancestral Court.

Yet failed in the broader realm.

The Three Pure Ones' establishment of the Earth Immortal Realm instantly rendered the Ancestral Court's orthodoxy dispute insignificant, making the Saint's reincarnation as a Teacher to spread Dao quite laughable.

"Thus, the Teacher moved Golden Turtle Island to the Earth Immortal Realm. This battle, he lost even more thoroughly, more miserably than the Conquest of Shang. But he must come, for not coming would mean not even having the opportunity to compete."

Chen Shi murmured, "Before the Three Pure Ones left the Earth Immortal Realm, they left behind a map of the Dark Sea Green Palace; the Teacher hurried there first, concerned about repeating the fiasco of the Earth Immortal Realm. Yet, has the Teacher forgotten the original intention of his argument with the Three Pure Ones back then?"

Outer Dao is not Dao.

This was the source of their debate.

The Three Pure Ones considered the Outer Dao not to be Dao, thus rejecting the Outer Dao, while the Tongtian Saint deemed the Immortal Dao as an Outer Dao too, capable of merging with the Outer Dao, thus leading to the debate.

But Chen Shi felt that after the Tongtian Saint became the Teacher, he cared more about whether he could defeat the Three Pure Ones once.

And the debate over Outer Dao being non-Dao, whether right or wrong, became unimportant.

"But it's clearly very important!"

Chen Shi's gaze flickered; the Three Pure Ones opened the Dark Sea, refining away the darkness, transforming it into the Earth Immortal Realm, making the Immortal Dao immensely vast with countless worlds belonging to the Immortal Dao. In this showdown, the Teacher lost thoroughly.

"But where did the Opening Tribulation come from?"

Chen Shi murmured, "Why do many worlds experience no Opening Tribulation after returning to the Dark Sea? Why do the immortals of the Ancestral Court not worry about the Opening Tribulation? Is this tribulation aimed at immortals because this place was originally the Dark Sea, where the Heaven and Earth Great Dao is different from the Immortal Dao?"

His heart raced wildly, sensing he had discovered the source of the Opening Tribulation.

"Cultivators must Harmonize to become Immortal, ensuring their comprehended Great Dao perfectly aligns with the Heaven and Earth Great Dao! But what if the Heaven and Earth Great Dao of the Earth Immortal Realm and its many subordinate worlds is not the Immortal Dao?"

He blinked, muttering to himself, "Initially, the imperfection in Immortals' Harmonization was small, but over time, the gap between Immortal Dao and Heaven and Earth Great Dao grew larger. When the Heaven and Earth Great Dao could no longer endure, it would erupt into a tribulation that swept all Immortals."

Could the Opening Tribulation have emerged like this?

A Meeting opens a tribulation, twelve Meetings make an Epoch, and the Primordial Meeting Tribulation is even more fierce and overbearing; is this a cleansing of the Outer Dao by the Heaven and Earth Great Dao?

"After the world of the Xuanhuang Sea returned to the Dark Sea, there was no Opening Tribulation; does this indicate that after the return to the Dark Sea, the worlds' Heaven and Earth Great Dao restored to a state of coexistence with the Outer Dao, thus no Opening Tribulation?"

His speculation grew increasingly outlandish, and he murmured, "The Dark Sea contains the Earth Treasure Spirit Root, which is the essence of the Dark Sea's Heaven and Earth. Using the Earth Treasure Spirit Root can transcend the Opening Tribulation, by using its aura to evade the cleansing of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao!"