As the saying goes, the Dao of Heaven takes away excess and makes up for deficiency.
The Heavenly Dao that had just appeared was indeed very selfless. It made up for the living beings of the Primordial World.
However, the destruction and impudence of the living beings of the Primordial World made the Heavenly Dao unhappy.
After Hong Jun became the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, the Dao that he passed down was ultimately an illusion. He could indeed improve quickly in a short period of time, but what he used to make up for was his future achievements.
The Dao of laws in the future was already a legend. At that moment, the secret of the Primordial World was covered up. As a result, when Hong Jun preached, there were only three ways to prove the Dao.
First, prove the Dao with strength. Second, prove the Dao with three corpses. Third, prove the Dao with merit.
Using strength to prove the Dao was actually using the power of laws to prove the Dao. It was not like the Pangu who used his physical body to prove the Dao.
Proving the Dao with one's physical body was a method that could only work in the Chaos Fiendcelestial's environment. You call the living beings of the Primordial World to prove the Dao with strength? Ridiculous!
Therefore, the Hong Jun Dao Ancestor said that someone had tried, and that was the Pangu. However, the Pangu had failed!
According to Taichu's current experience, he wanted to ask, "Is that called failure?"
The Pangu God had never tried to fail.
It was just that Hong Jun, who had become the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, was confusing right and wrong.
Therefore, after the Longhan Tribulation in the future, there was no longer a way to prove the Dao. After the Heavenly Dao appeared, it was all covered up.
That was also the reason why the mighty figures of the Primordial World did not have any further cultivation methods after reaching the Daluo Jinxian realm.
That was why when Hong Jun preached, all sorts of Connate Godfiends flocked to him.
In the past, Taichu was not familiar with the Longhan era. No one had explained it to him. He thought that it was similar to the understanding of the Connate Gods of the future.
However, due to the arrangements of the netherworld, he became the spirit of the Boundless Law. Only then did he understand the current situation before the Longhan Tribulation.
It turned out that there was such a brilliant blank period before the Longhan Tribulation. For example, the current strength of the dynasty and the battle between the dynasty and the ferocious beasts in the future.
That was a very long period of time. It was not that the Longhan Tribulation after he woke up after his rebirth and the most exciting Primordial World. Instead, the Primordial World had been exciting from the beginning.
In the future, the Three Corpses Proving Dao was a shortcut. Even though Hong Jun had hidden a lot of shortcuts, it was still a shortcut.
He did not mention that the innate objects of the three corpses had to be of the same origin. He did not mention that. He didn't even mention how the three corpses merged into one.
The Taichu believed in Hong Jun's character, but he did not believe in the Heavenly Dao after it became angry.
Therefore, although there seemed to be more top-level experts in the Primordial World, their future potential had been reduced.
As for confirming the Dao with merit, it was actually a method found by the Heavenly Dao. If you don't destroy the Primordial World's good deeds, I'll compensate you.
Didn't the Goddess of Virtue Houtu (also known as Houtu Zu Wu) of the later generations have ridiculously great merit? Even without the Primordial Violet Qi, she could still become a Saint through merit?
So! Come to think of it.
Compared to the current cultivation, the foundation and the Dao heart were very important. It was not like the later generations, where the Dao heart was of little use and there was no need to pay attention to it.
However, it was not that the living beings of the later generations did not value the Dao heart. It was just that they did not value it as much as they did now.
There were a few people in the later generations who valued the Dao heart. One of them was Lao Zi, who was very strict in accepting disciples and valued the Dao heart. The other was Jie Yin of the Western Sect. Needless to say, these two people had the highest cultivation levels among the Saints.
From Jie Yin, it could be seen that the foundation could be made up, but the Dao heart was difficult to obtain.
Even an existence like the Taichu? He also valued the Dao heart.
Indeed, he did not need the so-called foundation. However, he had the Dao Fruit of the Boundless Law. If he still needed a foundation, then it would be better for him to cultivate. Then other people should stop cultivating as soon as possible. There was no point in cultivating.
Therefore, the Taichu did not care about the foundation, but he would not ignore the realm of the Dao heart.
Just like previously, the Taichu felt that Wang Shu seemed to have some feelings for him. However, the Taichu really did not have that kind of heart. It was for the sake of his Dao heart.
Don't misunderstand. It was not that he ignored feelings for the sake of cultivation. It was just that the Taichu did not need these. He felt that it was best to be free alone. Having a woman would only make him uncomfortable.
Limitless valued following one's heart. If the Taichu didn't want a woman because he didn't want one, then that would be going against his Dao heart. That would only have the opposite effect.
On the other hand, if the Taichu was lucky one day and felt that having a woman was good, then he would definitely go and find one. Otherwise, that would also be going against his Dao heart.
(Using a later generation's explanation, this fellow is young and doesn't know how good women are. He feels more comfortable by himself, a typical loser's life.)
The Taichu looked down on those who would abandon their feelings for the sake of cultivating the Dao. If you were willing to part with your feelings, then there would be a day when you would be willing to part with other things. If that were the case, then what was the point of cultivating the Dao?
All one needed to do was follow their Dao heart. If they liked it, then they would do it. If they didn't like it, then they would not do it. This was the Limitless Dao of following one's heart. Cultivating the Dao to the extreme was the true self!
Thus, even an existence like the Taichu valued the Dao heart, much less others. This was the reason why the Taichu laid down the Heart Questioning Array for those outside of Carefree Island.
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"I hope that your Dao hearts are firm." The Taichu glanced at those who were rushing through the array formation and then no longer bothered with them.
He only needed to wait for the arrival of the Eighth Great Calamity. Then, he would gather those that could pass through the array formation and disperse those that couldn't.
Everything that was happening outside of Carefree Island had already been made known to those on the island.
When the Taichu walked into the island's great array formation, Hou Hen had already led the nearly 10,000 living beings there.
Carefree Island was extremely large. There were nearly 10,000 living beings, but this was what Hou Hen had gathered over the past years.
However, at this time, Hou Hen felt that his efforts were useless. What about those that wanted to enter the island? This was completely different from before when he had to search everywhere.
"We greet the Taoist Priests and welcome the return of the Taoist Priests. We hope that the Taoist Priests will possess limitless supernatural powers and attain the Great Dao as soon as possible!"
This was the first time that some of these people had seen the Taichu, and some of them had seen him several times.
But at this time, the Taichu who had brought with him the might to destroy an entire empire had returned. This caused the living beings of Carefree Island to tremble with excitement.
"Rise!" The Taichu waved his hand, smiling.
Every time the Taichu returned, he would discover a change in Carefree Island. This caused him to be in a particularly good mood.
"The three of you are quite good." The Taichu smiled as he saw Hou Hen, Blue Abyss, and Seatcover leading the group.
The three of them didn't dare to take credit. They only shook their heads, indicating that they didn't dare.
The Taichu waved his hand and the spells within Daoist Blue Abyss and Daoist Seatcover's primordial souls dissipated.
This was the method that the Taichu had used to control these two people. Now, he didn't need to do so. These two people had obtained the Taichu's approval.
The two of them trembled with excitement. They weren't excited because the spells had dissipated, but because they had been accepted by the Taichu.
"The three of you, make some arrangements. Come with me to the Taichu World." The Taichu had returned and had some matters to take care of. Thus, he called out to the three of them.
"Yes, Taoist Priests." The three of them responded.
Blue Abyss and Seatcover had long yearned to go to the Taichu World. They had heard Hou Hen praise it for countless years. Now, they finally had the chance.
After the three of them made some arrangements, they arrived in front of the Taichu.
The Taichu sized up their cultivation and said, "Not bad. Hou Hen already has a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal cultivation. The two of you aren't bad either. After I give you some instructions, the three of you can go out and travel. It will be beneficial to your cultivation and dao hearts."
"Yes, Taoist Priests!" The three of them said.
Since the Taichu had returned, there was naturally no danger. The three of them could travel and temper their dao hearts.
The Taichu waved his hand and the massive bronze gate that connected to the Taichu World opened.