Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 795: Chapter 499: Secret History_3

Of course, this is just a hypothesis, at least for Xu Yang, because he currently lacks the capacity for empirical validation.

So…

Xu Yang looked at Jun Qing, “What’s the connection with the wars of ancient times?”

“Significant!”

Jun Qing said with a smile, “At the end of ancient times, a great battle between the Immortal Gods shattered the heavens and earth, causing countless Immortal Gods to fall, dealing serious blows to the vital energy of all major Taoist lineages, and even the Immortal Emperors and Gods were severely wounded, forcing them to seal themselves away and heal.”

“That’s the common narrative, but there’s one key point!”

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Jun Qing smiled inexplicably, “That is, why did all the major Taoist lineages, the Immortal Emperors, and Gods, choose to instigate such a devastating war?”

“Immortals, who enjoy long lives, would hardly be unwise enough to engage in mutual destruction with their enemies.”

“Hence, there can only be one possibility, that due to some sort of Nascent Soul, they had no choice but to contend, no choice but to fight.”

“And the only reason that could make all the major Taoist lineages and the Immortal Emperors and Gods personally enter the fray and fight desperately…”

Jun Qing said with a smile, “There’s only one!”

Xu Yang’s eyes flickered as he took over the conversation, “The Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, the Chaos Yuan’s Air?”

“Exactly!”

Jun Qing nodded, murmuring, “The Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, the Chaos Yuan’s Air.”

Xu Yang showed no surprise and calmly asked, “What sort of Golden Immortal Dao Fruit?”

“I don’t know!”@@novelbin@@

Jun Qing shook his head, “What exactly is this Golden Immortal Dao Fruit? Is it a Magical Treasure, a Spiritual Root, or some other Spiritual Object?”

“Nobody knows. All that is known is that back then, for it, all the major Taoist lineages went to war, and Immortal Emperors and Gods fought with utter disregard for their own lives.”

“In the end, both sides were devastated, suffering great losses, and all the major Immortal Realms sealed themselves off, leading to a situation after ancient times where communication between heaven and earth ceased.”

Jun Qing looked at Xu Yang and asked with a light chuckle, “In your opinion, Taoist, what could this Golden Immortal Dao Fruit be?”

“How could I know without having seen it?”

Xu Yang shook his head, refusing to speculate and instead inquired, “For every cause there must be an effect, even if it results in mutual devastation and equal injury, that Golden Immortal Dao Fruit must have an owner in the end. Who ultimately obtained it?”

“No one knows!”

Jun Qing, too, shook his head, “I’ve only heard some rumors that the Chaos Yuan’s Air was torn apart in the struggle among the Immortal Emperors and Gods, with each deity taking a piece. The battle then ceased and they returned to the Immortal Realms to recuperate and procreate, while simultaneously contemplating the Chaos Yuan’s Air to verify their ascension to Golden Immortality.”

“Is that so?”

Xu Yang, hearing this, was unsurprised and simply shifted the topic, “Then, among the various Immortal Emperors and Gods, who was the strongest and gained the most?”

Jun Qing was not surprised by this inquiry either, replying with a light laugh, “All the major Taoist lineages and Immortal Emperors and Gods are Innate Sacred Beings, it’s hard to discern highs and lows among them. But speaking of the strongest, there is indeed one, that is the Mahabrahma True God of the Brahman Sect!”

“The Mahabrahma True God?”

Xu Yang’s eyes became intent, “The Triad Union?”

“Exactly!”

Jun Qing nodded, “Each major Taoist lineage extols the Great Dao, and the Immortal Emperors and Gods exist independently, with Taiqing as a principal, Shangqing as a principal, and Yuqing also as a principal, Lamp-Burning Buddha as a Buddha, Shakyamuni as a Buddha, and Maitreya as well as a Buddha.”

“These Immortal Emperors and Gods, each unparalleled, have strengths that are closely matched.”

“Only the Brahman Sect is different, its Three Forms God seems to originate from the same source, thus possessing a supreme Divine Power that allows them to unite the Tri-Aspects into the Mahabrahma True God.”

“It is said that this Mahabrahma True God possesses nearly the same strength as a Golden Immortal, making him the strongest among all the Immortal Emperors and Gods.”

“Although Taoism and Buddhism also have the art of ‘One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones’ and the ‘Three Lives Buddha Dharma,’ however, because the various Emperors and Tathagatas exist independently, they are unable to integrate as deeply as the Three Forms God can, without distinguishing self from other, and thus…”

Jun Qing sighed softly, “In the wars of ancient times, it should be the Brahman Sect that gained the most, leveraging the power of the Mahabrahma True God to seize the majority of the Chaos Yuan’s Air.”

“Is that so?”

Xu Yang, hearing this, wasn’t surprised.

Just as Jun Qing said, the Immortal Emperors and Gods were evenly matched, but the Three Forms God, originating from the same source and able to unite as one, subtly surpassed the others.

Although the Mysterious Gate also had the methods of Buddhism and Taoism to integrate the Three Pure Ones and to return to Buddha in Three Worlds, these Three Pure Taoist Lords and Three Worlds’ Buddhas were not born from the same source but existed independently.

It’s as if Xu Yang had cultivated the Way of Taiqing and become the Taiqing Taoist Lord, and another person, unknown to him, who had cultivated the paths of Shangqing and Yuqing, came over and asked Xu Yang to unite with him as the Three Purities?

Would Xu Yang agree to that?

Of course not!

He is an independent being, at most he would practice alongside him, honing complementary techniques, but there would absolutely be no question of abandoning oneself to integrate with another to achieve “Chaos Yuan.”

Therefore, in the wars of ancient times, the Three Forms God of the Brahman Sect, by virtue of their same-origin advantage and ability to unite into one, should have been the biggest beneficiary.

And so, the question arises.

What exactly are the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and the Chaos Yuan’s Air?