Having Taishang Laojun take action instead of Guang Chengzi might indeed be the best idea!
"Allow me to borrow the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, since this treasure is related to the Curse Demon God, perhaps it could entice him to inadvertently reveal some clues!"
Taishang Laojun slowly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, Xuanqing respectfully nodded and then presented the Spiritual Treasure with both hands.
Subsequently, with a sweep of the Taiji Diagram, Guang Chengzi appeared in the Yuxu Palace, while Taishang Laojun’s incarnation took over Guang Chengzi’s identity.
Guang Chengzi wore a puzzled face, unaware of what had happened, but Yuanshi Tianzun was there to explain.
Meanwhile, Xuanqing observed the extraordinary art of incarnation by Taishang Laojun and delved into it. This was not the "One Qi Transforms into The Three Pure Ones" he imagined, but rather a Great Divine Ability named "Taishang Eighty-One Transformations."
Perhaps, calling it the Vest Great Dao would be more apt. Xuanqing wasn’t sure how many beings in the Primordial World were incarnations of Taishang Laojun.
As Taishang Laojun evolved an incarnation of Guang Chengzi, the river of time immediately rippled, branching out from the main time axis and swiftly converging again; outsiders couldn’t detect any anomaly.
But Xuanqing noticed something.
He discovered that the timeline evolved from the time axis didn’t merge back into the river of time but rather converged back towards Taishang Laojun himself.
If the river of time surged forward, then Taishang Laojun’s actions were akin to constructing a channel next to the river, capturing bits from each temporal node, and merging them into his newly formed channel, resulting in a stream parallel to the original river of time.
Xuanqing wasn’t sure if his analogy was correct, but he was deeply shocked by the method Taishang Laojun employed!
Heavenly Dao suppresses the river of time, forbidding Daluo Saints from altering the past. Taishang Laojun ingeniously takes a different approach, extracting a timeline from various temporal nodes of the river and merging it into his own timeline.
This action, for now, doesn’t adversely affect the river of time or the Primordial World. However, if Taishang Laojun successfully transcends, the timeline he has captured might replace the original river of time.
"This is truly replacing the peach with a plum!"
Taishang Laojun’s method undoubtedly leaves his mark in each era, making himself a pivotal figure throughout the ages.
Xuanqing had always thought he held great regard for this grand master uncle, yet it turned out that what was revealed was merely the tip of the iceberg.
Taishang Laojun’s expression was peculiar; he hadn’t expected that Xuanqing, merely a Quasi-Saint who had only slain two of his three corporeal forms, would perceive the mysteries within his divine powers.
Upon hearing this, Xuanqing quickly responded modestly.
Just then, recalling the legend of "Taishang Eighty-One Transformations," he suddenly understood why the other’s art of incarnation was so uncannily enigmatic.
It wasn’t merely about forming incarnations; it was about directly replacing others on certain timelines.
In the Primordial World, Taishang Laojun is Taishang Laojun, but on other timelines, he might be Yuanshi Tianzun or even the Tongtian Sect Master!
What about "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones?" Isn’t it about transforming into anything he desires?
The first transformation, the beginning without an origin.
Before chaos was differentiated, before spirits were concretized, there was the profound origin known as the Dao. This Dao, its essence unfathomable and boundary unreachable, births great Saints within itself. Hence, it is called the beginning without an origin, that is Taishang.
Taishang emerges from the beginning without an origin, arises without cause, precedes all paths, and is the ancestor of the Primordial Qi.
The second transformation, Operation of Nature.
Lord Lao, the root of the Primordial Qi, the true lord of creation and embodiment of spontaneity.
Spontaneity here refers to the Dao.
And the manifestation of spontaneity is Lord Lao.
The eleventh transformation, Transmitting Scriptures.
In the first year of the Dragon Han, titled the Invisible Heavenly Venerate, also known as the Heavenly Treasure Lord, transformed into the Yuqing Realm, expounded the Cave True Scripture in twelve parts, to teach the Mahayana path to the nine Saints in heaven.
In the first Red Bright year, titled Invisible Heavenly Venerate, also known as Spiritual Treasure Lord, transformed into the Upper Pure Realm, expounded the Cave Mysterious Scripture in twelve parts, to teach the middle path of the nine true beings in heaven.
In the first year of the Upper Emperor, titled Invisible Heavenly Venerate, also known as Divine Treasure Lord, transformed into the Taiqing Realm, expounded the Cave Divine Scripture in twelve parts, to teach the small path of the nine immortals in heaven.
In reality, the so-called "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones" is just a profound and mystical divine ability that evolved from the eleventh transformation of the "Taishang Eighty-One Transformations."
Xuanqing’s earlier guess was completely incorrect; he and the Three Xiaos accidentally embarked on a different path and never touched the real essence of "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones," but instead went down a path of original differentiation.
The true "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones" is actually about transforming directly into Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing within the captured timelines!
And Xuanqing, able to recognize this largely due to his studies of his own incarnations, still cannot achieve what Taishang Laojun did in replacing the peach with the plum, dominating other timelines under other Great Divine Powers’ names.
Truly the Vest Great Dao in name and essence!
He even found entities related to himself in the timelines captured by Taishang Laojun.
The fourteenth transformation, Molding Cultivation.
In the first year of the Celestial Han, Lord Lao descended to teach Suiren, titled the Sublime Utilizer.
Observing the stars, aligning the seven constellations, dividing the year into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Differentiating the five types of wood to alter fire, teaching the people to cook, substituting raw with the cooked; establishing cord manipulation for governance, molding tools, flourishing trade in the noon market, fulfilling human desires.
On a certain timeline, Taishang Laojun directly became the teacher of Suiren; however, the prior Xuanqing had never paid attention to this timeline.
On that timeline, all of Suiren’s achievements were due to the teachings of Lord Lao.
"Grand master uncle, you truly are a model teacher for all ages!" Xuanqing’s mouth twitched slightly: "In the timelines you’ve captured, the teacher of Fu Xi, and also the teacher of Shennong, was you! Now, having transformed into Guang Chengzi, wouldn’t XinuanLord too become your disciple?"
In every era, there are traces of Taishang Laojun; in the timelines he captured, Taishang Laojun is the absolute protagonist of every era.
Every influential event, if not done by his incarnations, was indirectly led by them, truly a "model teacher for all ages!"
"Grand master uncle, I want to learn!"
Seeing this, Xuanqing brazenly spoke up: "Since you, grand elder, have even taken Suiren as a disciple on a certain timeline, surely you wouldn’t mind giving me some guidance on the main time axis!"
"As long as you, grand uncle, haven’t transcended, the branches can’t replace the main axis, and the actions you took on the branches won’t affect the main axis!"
"But if you were to give me some guidance, that would indeed affect the main time axis!"
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