3: Hongjun, lurking furtively, departed from Kunlun.

On Kunlun Mountain, Yuqing and Shangqing were happily absorbing Pure Qi to strengthen their Origin, hoping to take form and be born as soon as possible.

Taiqing, however, sat cross-legged to the side, his brow furrowed deeply.

"As expected, during a Great Tribulation, one's cultivation cannot be increased.

Or rather, is this the work of the Heavenly Dao? Suppressing all living beings so they cannot Breakthrough.

Saving them for when Hongjun preaches the Dao, to harvest the Luck of all living beings?"

Taiqing had been sitting in meditation for Yuanhui. During this Yuanhui, Taiqing had been practicing the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art inherited from Father God Pangu.

After Yuanhui, his cultivation had surprisingly made no progress at all. When he was born, he was already at the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal Realm.

After several long periods of time spent healing, plus one long period of time of bitter cultivation, he was still at the Peak Daluo Golden Immortal Realm.

Whether it was his Dharmic power, his Primordial Spirit, or his Law, none had improved in the slightest.

He could feel that between heaven and earth, there was a massive shackle of rules restricting living beings from breaking through.

"No, I must Breakthrough to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm before Hongjun attains the Dao as a Saint.

Otherwise, in the future, I will truly be forced to Cultivate the Way of Severing Three Corpses.

Cultivating the Way of the three corpses means falling completely into the schemes of Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao."

Unable to Breakthrough his Realm, a sense of urgency and crisis naturally arose in Taiqing's heart.

If he could not Breakthrough to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level before Hongjun attained the Dao.

Then in all probability, he would never be able to Breakthrough to Hunyuan Golden Immortal again and follow the Path of Dao Attainment through Law.

After Hongjun attains the Dao as a Saint, he will work hand in glove with the Heavenly Dao to plot against the entire Great Desolation.

As Descendants of Pangu, the Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches would naturally be the first to bear the brunt.

The Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, possessing profound Luck and blessings.

In particular, the Heaven-Opening Merit obtained by the Three Pure Ones was viewed by the Heavenly Dao as something already in its pocket.

At that time, even if the Three Pure Ones did not go to Zixiao Palace to listen to Hongjun's preaching,

Under the invisible influence of the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun the Saint, they would unknowingly go to listen to the Dao.

Once they listened to Hongjun's preaching, then which Dao the Three Pure Ones wanted to Cultivate would no longer be under their own control.

The power of the Heavenly Dao and a Saint is not something a mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal can contend with.

They can invisibly influence the thoughts and consciousness of all beings below the Saint level.

All below Saints are but ants; it is exactly as the saying goes.

This sentence is not just reflected in offensive power.

As for the Way of Severing Three Corpses, that is an even bigger pit, a celestial trap!

Looking at the history of the Great Desolation, among those who cultivated the Way of the three corpses, only Hongjun completed the unification of the three corpses.

And he only completed the unification of the three corpses with the help of the Heavenly Dao.

As for the others, none have achieved the unification of the three corpses.

Even the one known as the strongest Saint, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, only severed the three corpses but could not unify them.

This was only one aspect of the trap of the Way of the three corpses that Taiqing knew about.

Others, for example, by cultivating the Way of the three corpses, one's own Luck would be continuously drained by Hongjun.

As the creator of the Way of the three corpses, Hongjun naturally understood it best.

The creator of a Dao possesses the benefit of absorbing the Luck of those who follow it.

This was information Taiqing had obtained from the Legacy inherited from Father God Pangu.

Luck is incredibly important; he, the Three Pure Ones, would absolutely not go to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao and have their Luck drained by Hongjun.

Nor would they fall into the manipulation of Hongjun's Heavenly Dao, only to end up imprisoned in Zixiao Palace.

To change all this, the immediate priority was to find a place that avoided the suppression of the Heavenly Dao or the influence of the Great Tribulation.

To advance to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm and embark on the Path of Dao Attainment through Law.

"It seems it is time to go out and travel the Great Desolation once, to find a way to advance to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level."

Taiqing opened his eyes and looked at his two younger brothers.

Currently, the Origins of Yuqing and Shangqing were already extremely solid. Presumably, in at most ten long periods of time, they would be able to take form and be born.

"Second Brother and Third Brother, This elder brother needs to go out once to find a method concerning the fate of our three brothers.

You two stay here and Cultivate well, so you can take form and be born early. Our three brothers are as one, so we may have the power to protect ourselves in this Great Desolation."

After telling his two younger brothers to absorb the Pure Qi and Cultivate well, Taiqing immediately prepared to set off.

"Eldest Brother, wait!"

Yuqing and Shangqing spoke in unison, calling Taiqing to a halt.

Immediately, the golden chaos bell and the gray pangu banner were seen floating toward Taiqing.

"Eldest Brother, Third Brother and I cannot help you. You must take these two supreme treasures with you.

If you encounter danger, these treasures can protect you."

Yuqing Yuanshi's voice was full of concern.

Although they were not yet born, they knew that in the current Great Desolation, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Clans were fighting for hegemony.

The three clans fought until the sun and moon lost their light, and the Great Desolation was left scarred and battered.

Eldest Brother was going out alone to find a way concerning the fate of the Three Pure Ones; they could not stop him, so they could only give their companion supreme treasures to their brother to protect himself.

"Second Brother and Third Brother, these treasures are companion treasures; they need to stay by your side to protect you. How can I take them away?

Do not mention this again. I have the Taiji Diagram and the heaven and earth yellow and black exquisite pagoda for protection; I will be fine."

How could Taiqing possibly agree to take the chaos bell and pangu banner?

These two supreme treasures had to protect Yuqing and Shangqing.

"Eldest Brother, please take them. Third Brother and I have the Innate Great Formation to guard us.

Moreover, we Three Pure Ones have deep Luck and have inherited the Heaven-Opening Merit.

Before we are born, it is impossible for any creature in the Great Desolation to harm us.

Eldest Brother, you are going out alone, and Third Brother and I are truly worried.

Let our companion treasures accompany you."

"Yes, Eldest Brother, what Second Brother says is exactly right.

If Eldest Brother does not take the chaos bell and pangu banner, Second Brother and I will insist on being born early to accompany you as you travel the Great Desolation."

After saying that, Yuqing and Shangqing were about to forcibly take form and be born early.

Taiqing could only hurriedly stop his two younger brothers.

He absolutely could not let Yuqing and Shangqing be born early and damage their Origin Dao.

Otherwise, he feared that even if he found a method and followed the Path of Dao Attainment through Law to Breakthrough to Hunyuan Golden Immortal,

In the future, there would be no more chance to defeat Old Ancestor Hongjun, let alone the Heavenly Dao.

Although he had absorbed his two brothers' Origin before, he had also severed his own Origin to give to them.

Back and forth, it was equivalent to no loss.

Being born early would not be so easy; that would be a wound to the Origin Dao, which could not be easily repaired.

"Fine, Second Brother and Third Brother, stop quickly, do not be impulsive.

I will take the chaos bell and pangu banner; you must not be so impulsive again.

If you are born early, we Three Pure Ones will no longer have a future.

Second Brother and Third Brother, Cultivate well. I am leaving."

Taiqing took the chaos bell and pangu banner, soothed his two younger brothers, and left the Innate Great Formation.

"Second Brother and Third Brother have the Innate Great Formation to guard them, and the Heaven-Opening Merit for protection.

Even the Heavenly Dao would not dare to do anything to the unborn Three Pure Ones.

There shouldn't be any major issues."

He looked back at the Innate Great Formation.

As the place that nurtured the Three Pure Ones, this Innate Great Formation—even a Hunyuan Golden Immortal could not hope to break it.

However, Taiqing taking the chaos bell and pangu banner with him was the most correct choice.

Not long after Taiqing left, a sneaky figure appeared on Kunlun Mountain.

This figure looked like an immortal with the image of an elderly man.

But his sneaky style of doing things was completely mismatched with his immortal temperament.

This sneaky figure was none other than Daoist Hongjun.