Chapter 258 The Great Luo Heaven's Mi Luo Palace
The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is born, the Dao of Qi Elixir is complete!
Thus, another method is added to the Primordial World, another path to alchemy is added, and another art of cultivation is born.
Xuanqing can use this to become the ancestor of Qi Elixir, gaining great fortune and merit, and his status in the Dao of Elixir is second only to the Taiqing Saint.
Conversely, if the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir fails to be refined, it means that the Dao of Qi Elixir is not perfect and is not suitable for the Primordial World, and still needs to be perfected for the future.
The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, also known as the Dao Elixir, contains the innate origin and is in harmony with the Dao. Only in this way can it help the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Before the Great Dao Furnace, Xuanqing calmed his mind and carefully controlled his magic power, causing the innate Qi to continuously merge to form the elixir.
Xuanqing was personally taught by the Taiqing Saint and has a very deep understanding of the Dao of Elixir. Refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was incredibly difficult for others, but for Him, it was merely a matter of time and mental effort, not difficult at all.
However, that was using innate spiritual herbs to refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. Refining it with innate Qi was a first for Him, with little experience.
Moreover, the success or failure of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir determined the success or failure of the Qi Elixir Path, leaving Him no room for carelessness.
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Thus, a thousand years later, a golden elixir surrounded by a seven-colored halo slowly rose from the Great Dao Furnace, bursting forth with dazzling light, like a small sun illuminating the vast universe.
The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir was complete!
Nine refinements, taking three thousand three hundred and thirty-three years and three months, this Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, representing the Qi Elixir Path, was finally refined by Xuan Qing!
Without needing to announce it to the heavens, the Heavenly Dao sensed the completion of the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and descended with a gaze.
In an instant, Xuan Qing felt enveloped by a great and vast will, feeling a profound sense of powerlessness.
Under this power, even He, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, felt like an ant, stripped of all his supernatural powers, utterly unable to muster any will to resist.
It was the Heavenly Dao!
At this moment, Xuan Qing understood that the Heavenly Dao's will, which had just departed, had descended once more.
Because, in the primordial world, only the Heavenly Dao could evoke such a feeling in a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Unlike the last time, which alarmed the entire primordial world, this time the Heavenly Dao's will descended completely silently, without disturbing many.
In Kunlun Mountain, apart from the Three Pure Ones of East Kunlun, the Ancestral Lin at Qilin Cliff, and the Queen Mother of the West of West Kunlun, who were aware of it, everyone else was completely unaware.
The descent of the Heavenly Dao's will completely surprised Xuan Qing.
Although the Dao of Qi Elixir was extraordinary, it was ultimately a minor path, with limited influence on the primordial world, far less profound than the establishment of currency.
Xuanqing originally thought that the Heavenly Dao would bestow some merit and fortune, announcing the birth of the Qi Elixir Dao to the Primordial World, and that would be the end of the matter.
But he never expected that as soon as the Qi Elixir Dao was established, the will of the Heavenly Dao descended, appearing nearby and calmly watching him.
This terrified him. Could there be some secret about the Qi Elixir Dao that he didn't know about?
For a moment, Xuanqing's mind began to race with wild thoughts.
Being watched by the Heavenly Dao was unpleasant; enduring immense pressure was unbearable even for a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Sure enough, Xuanqing's heart was in turmoil. Otherwise, with his Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, his mind should have been as calm as still water, without ripples, so why would he be having such wild thoughts?
"You have rendered meritorious service to the Primordial World and deserve reward!" Just as Xuanqing was so nervous he couldn't control himself and was about to question the Heavenly Dao, the will of the Heavenly Dao spoke! When it spoke, it was to reward Xuanqing.
Then, to Xuan Qing's delight, a purple light surged from the void and merged into the thirty-six Heavenly Domains within his body.
Xuan Qing recognized that purple light; it was the Heavenly Dao Origin that the Heavenly Dao had previously bestowed upon Feng Zichen.
The Heavenly Dao Origin entered his body, ascending along the first Heavenly Domain, traversing countless Heavenly Domains, and directly arriving at the thirty-sixth Heavenly Domain, the supreme heaven.
Upon arriving at the Great Luo Heaven, the Heavenly Dao Origin suddenly dispersed, transforming into countless purple runes, merging with the Heavenly Palace at the very center of the Heavenly Domain.
There, the strongest divine power among the thirty-six Heavens was being nurtured.
Rumble!
The originally illusory Heavenly Palace, after merging with the runes formed from the Heavenly Dao Origin, gradually solidified, rapidly evolving into reality.
The palace is made of gold and stone, its steps of white jade, magnificent and breathtaking…Myriad illusory figures appear, dragons, phoenixes, unicorns… all kinds of auspicious beasts, all transformed into Dao patterns, lifelike, imprinted on the palace walls.
Rules manifest, encircling the palace, surrounding it at its center, illustrating the principles of the universe's operation, an endless Daoist aura permeating the air.
This celestial palace seems to reside at the very top of the universe, high above, overlooking everything. At the same time, it seems to have become the center of heaven and earth, receiving the worship of all living beings in the primordial world.
Above the towering palace gates, three large characters are inscribed in innate divine patterns: "斥斆致薰".
This celestial palace is called the Mi Luo Palace!
It occupies the highest position among the thirty-six heavens, located within the Great Luo Heaven, eternal and all-encompassing, the supreme heaven, ruling over all.
In later mythology, the Great Luo Heaven is the highest heaven, the abode of the Great Luo Golden Immortals.
If Xuan Qing remembered correctly, the Great Luo Heaven's Mi Luo Palace was the residence of the Heavenly Emperor, the place where He ruled over all the heavens and the six realms, and the most revered place in the primordial universe.
"What does this mean?"
"Is He appointing me as the Heavenly Emperor?"
Looking at the Mi Luo Palace within his body, Xuan Qing couldn't help but boldly speculate.
The embodiment of the origin of Heaven, a top-tier innate god-demon in the primordial world, and the first disciple of the third generation of the Xuanmen Immortal Venerable.
He too could sit on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor.
Otherwise, why would the Heavenly Dao manifest the Heavenly Realm within his body, the Mi Luo Palace symbolizing the center of power in the universe and ruling over all the heavens?
Wasn't this an intentional appointment of him as the Heavenly Emperor?
That was the Heavenly Emperor!
The highest position in the primordial world, the nominal master of Heaven and Earth, the primordial universe.
Everything in this world, existing or not, whether alive or dead, wherever it was, was under His rule.
Even an ordinary person, if they could sit in this position, would immediately possess strength second only to a saint. Their status, in name, would even surpass that of a saint.
Even in later generations, Haotian, though nominally the Heavenly Emperor, was in reality a puppet, his position truly awkward. Yet, even Buddha had to bow before him, daring not to be disrespectful. The Three Pure Ones addressed him as "Your Majesty" to show respect.
The Heavenly Emperor was the master of the primordial world!
His face was the face of heaven and earth; disrespecting him was disrespecting heaven and earth, inevitably leading to calamity, without exception.
It was precisely because the Heavenly Emperor's power was so immense that even the sages felt apprehensive. This led to the successive appearance of the Four Emperors and Six Emperors, gradually undermining the Heavenly Emperor's power.
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