Chapter 22 Sermon Concludes

Di Jun gently shook his head and suppressed this matter deep in his heart.

Heavenly Dao?

The intricacies within were too profound for Di Jun's current realm to grasp; such matters required Hong Jun to handle.

Di Jun couldn't help but turn his gaze towards Hong Jun, who was giving a lecture, and he thought of the future legend where Hong Jun unifies with the Dao.

In the legends of the future, some praise Hong Jun for his boundless love, while others conspiracy theories criticize him.

However, from the current lectures of the four ancestors, Di Jun felt that perhaps Hong Jun was the most reliable among them.

Di Jun cleared his mind of the chaotic thoughts and once again immersed himself in the Daoist charm of Hong Jun's lecture.

After breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortal, listening to Hong Jun's lectures felt very different in sensation and understanding compared to when he was a Golden Immortal.

As a Golden Immortal, Di Jun listened to Hong Jun's teachings; what he understood, he understood, and what he didn't, he had no clue about at all.

Now that he had broken through to Daluo Golden Immortal, Di Jun found that some aspects he previously did not comprehend, he was beginning to understand, while others were as vague as flowers seen through fog.

It felt like he understood, but he didn't know what to do about it, unable to articulate the insights clearly.

Besides, there were still many things that Di Jun directly did not understand.

Moreover, Di Jun noticed that he heard some content that he had not heard at all when he was a Golden Immortal.

This indicated that his realm was too low at the time, causing even parts of the lecture to be filtered out by him.

So now, are there still parts of the content that are beyond his knowledge?

Di Jun knew that pondering these matters was of no use right now and simply stopped thinking about them.

He adjusted his state and once again dived deeply into Hong Jun's lecture, slowly elevating his own realm and cultivation.

In fact, a part of Hong Jun's consciousness was still monitoring Di Jun, seeing that Di Jun had successfully broken through to Daluo Golden Immortal and immersed himself again in his teachings, Hong Jun did not concern himself any further.

These two beings fated to him, Hong Jun had great expectations for them.

Time hurriedly passed, and another two hundred and fifty years had gone by.

This series of lectures lasted a total of one thousand years, with each ancestor lecturing for two hundred and fifty years.

For the current Primordial era, a thousand years was not considered long, but it was still a significant boost for everyone's improvement.

Especially the latter part of Hong Jun's lectures, which could be said to be filled with sincerity.

Although the lecturing had ended, the multitude of lives that had listened were still immersed in the Daoist charm, constantly recalling Hong Jun's previous teachings.

Some even spontaneously recalled the lectures of the other ancestors, using the residual charm to improve themselves.

Di Jun was such a being; over this millennium, the teachings of Yin Yang Ancestor, Qian Kun Ancestor, Dian Dao Ancestor, and the various insights he had during his breakthrough to Daluo Golden Immortal surfaced in his mind, enhancing his realm and cultivation.

Hong Jun Ancestor, Yin Yang Ancestor, Dian Dao Ancestor, Qian Kun Ancestor had no intention to awaken the crowd.

"A thousand years of lectures, today they conclude. We should also return to our Daoist School to adjust our states, in preparation for Luo Hou's challenge in a thousand seven hundred years."

Hong Jun spoke.

"Good!"

"Agreed!"

"Good!"

The other three ancestors agreed with Hong Jun's suggestion.

The great battle in one thousand seven hundred years needed to be treated with caution; indeed, they required some time to nurture their states.

One thousand seven hundred years, that amount of time was nearly sufficient.

This was the timeline they had determined when they had discussed it at the time.

"What should we do about these lives?"

The Qian Kun Ancestor looked down at the multitudes of life below still comprehending the mysteries and asked.

"They..."

Just as Hong Jun was about to speak, he suddenly stopped.

At this moment, all four ancestors sensed a change in the heavens' secrets and couldn't help but look up to the sky.

They saw swathes of Merit Golden Clouds appear in the sky, with Qilin circling around them, flying back and forth.

During the catastrophe of the three clans, the Qilin invoked a Heavenly Dao Oath stating that with any auspicious omen descending to the world, Qilin would be sure to follow, thus preserving the Qilin clan.

Similarly, the Phoenix Clan suppressed the Undying Volcano, and the Dragon Clan suppressed the Four Seas Sea Eye.

Under such circumstances, the three clans barely managed to grasp a lifeline.

The four ancestors saw the Merit Golden Clouds accompanied by the Qilin drifting towards them.

At this moment, other Primordial Golden Immortals were also awakened by this commotion and likewise looked over.

As for those below the level of Primordial Golden Immortal cultivation, they were immersed in the afterglow, comprehending the essence.

The four ancestors were also quite surprised at this moment; the last time they saw Merit Golden Clouds was during the extermination of the Primordial Fierce Beasts.

Because the Primordial Fierce Beasts bore the will of the Chaos Demon Gods and wanted to destroy the Primordial World, they caused significant damage to it.

Back then, they all received hints from the Heavenly Dao, exterminated the Fierce Beasts clan, and thus the Merit Golden Clouds appeared.

The same was true for other Primordial Golden Immortals; it had been a long time since they last saw the Merit Golden Clouds.

Think about it, after the great Fierce Beasts calamity, the conflict between the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans occurred, followed by the conflict between Dao and Demon Path. It seemed there was no reason for the Merit Golden Clouds to appear.

Could it be that these Merit Golden Clouds are related to these four ancestors?

Could it be because of this session of imparting the Dao?

Some among the life forms came to think of this.

At this moment, Hong Jun and the others were certain that the Merit Golden Clouds belonged to them, but they too had questions in their hearts?

Imparting the Dao actually produced merit?

Thus, the four ancestors began to divine.

At this point, the Merit Golden Clouds split into four, one larger mass and three significantly smaller ones.

The three smaller Merit Golden Clouds entered the bodies of Qian Kun Ancestor, Yin Yang Ancestor, and Dian Dao Ancestor respectively.

The largest Merit Golden Cloud, however, entered into the body of Hong Jun.

Not long after, the four ancestors opened their eyes, exchanging glances, their expressions somber.

Even the usually benevolent Hong Jun had a worried look on his face at this time.

"Sigh, wrong, all wrong."

"The conflict between Dao and Demon Path, it's actually a conflict of doctrinal inheritance on both sides of the Demon Path, a conflict of imparting the Dao."

After letting out a sigh, Hong Jun continued: "From the conflict between Dao and Demon Path to now, there have been frequent battles, but imparting the Dao..."

Just now when they divined, they not only found that they had acquired merit but that their destiny had even risen a little.

They had not thought of this before, but now at last they had realized.

It should have been a joyous matter, but now they couldn't feel happy about it.

Because there wasn't enough time left, only one thousand seven hundred years remained until the final battle, which did not permit them time to impart the Dao.

All four ancestors were aware of this point.

The Primordial Golden Immortals below saw the four ancestors attaining merit, yet their expressions were not pleased, so they kept silent as well.

They knew that the four were communicating with each other, but they couldn't hear the specifics of the exchange.

And as the four elders had not yet left, they too dared not leave the place.