Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses - Chapter 1042: 1033: The Nine Seats of Saints
Chapter 1042: Chapter 1033: The Nine Seats of Saints
Understanding everything about Hongmeng is very simple for Gu An now. It’s not just Hongmeng; he can quickly comprehend the past and future of any Dao Universe he visits.
Infinite refers to mana being without limits, endless.
Super Origin is surpassing the origin. Now, he is a more powerful, independent existence than Dao Universe itself. The Tao Origin cannot bind him, and no cause and effect can restrict him.
The myriad Daos all revere him.
The Dao Fruit within him has already dispersed. He no longer has a Dao Fruit or a soul; everything has become one. He is like the Great Dao, existing just as existence itself, with no distinction between internal and external.
Achieving Infinite Supreme Saint, he can spread his grace to one Dao Universe. Generally speaking, those who reach this level have already established their own Dao Universe. He hasn’t, so he chooses to bring grace to chaos, not allowing even chaotic living beings to enjoy it.
After surpassing Dao Universe, Gu An’s vision is broadened, no longer confined to the distinctions between chaos and Heavenly Dao, although he still has a predisposition for Heavenly Dao.
Infinite Supreme Saint can bestow the positions of nine saints; the Nine Great Dao came about this way. Now, Gu An can also designate and elevate nine saints, regardless of their talent limits, he can make them saints, sharing his destiny.
The saints that emerge in this manner do not have much difference in strength compared to self-cultivated saints, except if Gu An were to fall, the nine saints under his destiny would also fall.
Moreover, as Gu An’s cultivation level improves, the number of saints he can create will increase.
The nine saints are merely the limit for the early stage of Infinite Supreme Saint, not the limit of Infinite Supreme Saint itself.
Gu An has already chosen four to become saints, including the Celestial Emperor, which is also why the Celestial Emperor could foresee his own sanctification.
Choosing the Celestial Emperor was because Gu An felt the Celestial Emperor was doing well; others might not do as good a job.
Although the Three Thousand Great Worlds will always encounter adversity, the Celestial Emperor treats all equally, resists sheltering Immortal Gods, despises calculating Mortal Spirits, and will calculate Immortal Gods for the broader Heavenly Dao context, striving for stability.
Creatures who suffer due to Heavenly Dao changes can blame him, but those Heavenly Dao creatures who benefit cannot fault him.
Besides the Celestial Emperor, the other saint positions, Gu An won’t consider from the perspective of the Heavenly Dao; he would be guided by personal feelings.
He is not the master of Heavenly Dao and won’t bother considering extensively; he believes more in one person obtaining the Dao, and everyone around them rising to heaven.
He has always been Gu An, and won’t erase his nature due to the rise in realm.
The nine saint positions he controls inherently belong to him, and chaos itself also has nine saint positions waiting for all living beings to compete for.
If chaos were to have eighteen saints, then it would be interesting. That would be a historic moment.
Back when the Seven Saints battled, Hongmeng was extinguished, affecting the chaotic Great Dao; if an eighteen saints’ battle occurred, what would become of it?
But with him around, chaos won’t face such a situation.
The real crisis lies outside.
Saints are approaching chaos from outside the Chaos Dao Universe!
Gu An, who is consolidating his cultivation level, can already see traces of those saints. Indeed, there are more saints outside than he had expected. Previously, when he was a saint, he only saw some figures, but now more powerful saints are eyeing the Chaos Dao Universe.
The reason they are focusing on the Chaos Dao Universe is that the former Hongmeng Ancestor nearly surpassed the Saint Realm, reaching an even higher realm. Even though he has already fallen, the saints outside still remember him, hoping to find an opportunity for super sanctity from him.
Gu An does not intend to directly eliminate these saints; this is a tribulation chaos should go through, perfectly serving as a whetstone for future generations.
If they cannot prevail, he will intervene.
Gu An is now more concerned with the reason for the existence of Dao Universe.
Chaos gives birth to the Great Dao, the Great Dao gives birth to all things; what kind of creation brought forth chaos?
Outside chaos lies a more vast and irregular space. Each time a Dao Universe is born, it creates a replica in another void; Hongmeng’s advantage over Heavenly Dao is that it already is Dao Universe and can replace chaos.
Dao Universe does not exist on the same plane, with no connection in time or space; this is a barrier difficult for saints to cross.
Gu An reopens the attribute panel, noting that his lifespan no longer shows the initial number, yet he doesn’t feel sentimental.
Achieving Infinite Supreme Realm Perfection is truly no easy feat.
He closes his eyes, preparing to create his own Dao Universe, planning to convert his lifespan into beings to be placed within his Dao Universe.
His Dao Universe won’t possess the order like Heavenly Dao; he is merely establishing a place for cultivation where he can later install Wushi.
When Wushi appears later, it will be as spectacular as creating the Celestial Gate.
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The creation that envelops chaos causes everything to halt, including the disciples within the Daoist Field of the Beginningless. Eventually, even those hidden in Cave Mansion will be affected, drawn into creation.
When Gu An transfers back, the Daoist Field of the Beginningless is silent, all creatures still immersed in creation, unable to awaken.
He walks across the fields, observing the prisoners Jiucang Heavenly Monarch, Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor among them, all meditating within the herb gardens.
To this day, over fifty Great Powers of Heaven and Earth and Immortal Gods are laboring here in atonement.
Gu An’s gaze sweeps over them, probing the origin of their souls, thereby investigating the Reincarnation Yin World.
Not all Dao Universes have reincarnation or Underworld; the reason chaos has Underworld is because Heavenly Dao was established above Hongmeng. Hongmeng couldn’t be completely eradicated, forming Underworld below Heavenly Dao.
With Gu An’s current Dao practice, the entire boundless Underworld holds no more secrets in his view.
After grasping it thoroughly, his interest in the Underworld significantly diminishes.
He directs his gaze forward, contemplating where to establish the No-Beginning Dao Gate.
He plans to transfer the Daoist Field of the Beginningless into his created Wushi Realm, making it independent from the Myriad Realms Five Elements, of course, allowing Wushiji Disciples to visit any corner of chaos.
He arrives at a cluster of mountains where a great river flows, traversing through the Daoist Field of the Beginningless and even spanning the entire continent to reach the ocean.
He looks at two large mountains ahead, waving his right hand, causing a golden light to descend from the sky, blocking between the mountains, rapidly solidifying into a towering golden gate, with doors illustrating starry scenes where dragons, phoenixes, and qilins roam, and upon closer look, more vivid images can be seen.
When the No-Beginning Dao Gate forms, a burst of golden light spreads, sweeping through the Daoist Field of the Beginningless and quickly disappearing.
Completing all this, Gu An continues forward.
Five days later, all things between heaven and earth gradually awaken.
Inside the courtyard of the Mountain of No End, Gu An sits on the threshold, carving a wooden sword. A figure appears out of thin air in the courtyard—it’s An Xin.
Seeing that Gu An is still there, An Xin immediately breathes a sigh of relief and cautiously asks, “Master, were you affected by the previous phenomena?”
After opening her eyes, a sweep of divine sense reveals that all living beings on the continent, including herself, were drawn into the Illusion Realm, filling her heart with worry.
