Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 846 - 762: Golden Immortal’s Dilemma! Laughingstock of the Three Realms!

The Supreme Dao initially takes form, joy arises spontaneously.

Lu Qingfeng stands on Huaguo Mountain, with Wu Kong Daoist and Purification Envoy Bodhisattva approaching to offer congratulations.

A glance at the sky beyond the mountain.

East Buddha Ancestor, South Sea Guanyin, Ancient Buddha Ju Liusun, Manjusri, Universal Virtue, Anan, Kasyapa, Jin Zha, Mu Zha, eighteen Arhat Venerables.

All those Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Venerables who once blocked the road now rest on the clouds, their faces all gloomy.

There comes Bai Qi, Mosquito Daoist, Erlang Little Saint riding on auspicious clouds, accompanied by Heavenly Masters, Heavenly Officials, and Divine Generals, seemingly to celebrate collectively.

"Daluo Realm!"

"So different!"

Lu Qingfeng beams with joy.

Achieving Daluo on the spot, henceforth he stands among the top powers in the Primordial. Fearing neither Western Heaven nor the Jade Emperor, truly free, none dare provoke him.

Habitually, Lu Qingfeng calls out the attribute panel, eager to witness what a Daluo Golden Immortal's panel looks like.

And at this moment,

the panel appears illusory.

Impossible to see clearly.

With a closer look, suddenly—

"The Supreme Dao doesn't trouble to preserve the truth, every joint and part has a spirit. The spirit manifests the verdant divine character Tai Yuan, the brain spirit the essence-root character Mud Pill, the eye spirit the bright upper character Ying Xuan, the nose spirit the jade mound character Ling Jian, the ear spirit the empty leisure character You Tian, the tongue spirit the life character Zheng Lun, the tooth spirit the cliff sharp edge character Luo Qian. The single temple of the head gathers in the Mud Pill, with nine true spirits each having its dwelling. Within a one-inch square, clothed in purple garments and flying brocade, contemplating an endless lifespan, not separately residing. Positioned externally, naturally accorded."

In his mind, the Yellow Court Scripture, recited for tens of thousands of years, gently sings, dispelling boundless distractions, washing away all joy and transient illusions.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Shattered to pieces!

"Mixed Heaven Cover!"

"Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe!"

With a thought, Lu Qingfeng endows himself with divine skills.

With another thought, above his head, the green, yellow, red, black, and white Five-Colored Divine Light shoots skywards, swaying like an Ancient Divine Mountain, as the five colors roar together.

At this moment!

Finally—

"Break! Break! Break!"

A gleam flashes in Lu Qingfeng's eyes, and looking again, a single stalk of green bamboo before him sways, a few bamboo leaves fluttering down.

Again sensing himself.

"Golden Immortal!"

Mana, Dao ability, still at the Golden Immortal.

With a calculation—

No longer a million years!

Only a single day in the mortal world!

"Just a single day has passed?"

Lu Qingfeng's heart chants the Yellow Court, eroding the million years of illusionary erosion, purifying all vanity, achieving clarity of mind and true nature.

Turning his head once more. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Wu Kong Daoist adjusts the Purple Gold Crown on his head, retracting a burst of radiance.

Lu Qingfeng quickly rises, bows deeply to Wu Kong Daoist, and says, "Thank you for saving me, Great Sage!"

He finally understands.

Just now he sat before the Bitter Bamboo, intending to refine the Bitter Bamboo, absorb it, and thereby achieve Daluo on the spot.

But as soon as he sat down, he was trapped.

"True Monarch and the Bitter Bamboo are mutually other, your practice should make refining the Bitter Bamboo not challenging, merely time-consuming."

"How did you fall into the trap of the Bitter Bamboo, narrowly escaping Dao collapse?"

Wu Kong Daoist looks at Lu Qingfeng, though his face is expressionless, his tone somewhat perplexed.

Something's amiss.

With prior preparations, combined with the Tianpeng True Monarch's Dao ability, he should have been able to suppress the Bitter Bamboo with ease, refining it effortlessly.

But the reality was quite the opposite, Lu Qingfeng nearly found himself swallowed in endless illusions by the Bitter Bamboo.

That would have brought endless calamity!

If he hadn't seen the anomaly and intervened timely. Coupled with the Tianpeng True Monarch's decent mental cultivation, the internal and external working together, the situation was dire.

If Tianpeng had fallen, Huaguo Mountain would have been unjustly blamed, truly unspeakable!

"Little Daoist doesn't know either."

Lu Qingfeng shakes his head with a bitter smile, maintaining an innocent face.

Yet he speculates internally: "The Self! The Other! As I am! I now exist in the Primordial, in the Spirit Domain, which is my true self? Being incomplete, how can I talk of refining the Bitter Bamboo, instead, being suppressed!"

Understanding this segment, all causes and effects are clear.

"Looking forward."

"If I still wish to tread the path of 'As I am,' the realms of reality and the Primordial must first fuse, only then can I plan to refine the Bitter Bamboo."

"Otherwise, I can only tread the path of 'True Meaning of Dao', climbing from Golden Immortal to Taiyi all the way."

This is a dilemma.

With Lu Qingfeng's current Golden Immortal cultivation, the Golden Luo Heaven remains undying, possessing a chaotic incorruptibility, allowing him to traverse the chaos, just as the Golden Immortal Body once cultivated in chaos.

But in endless chaos, layers of time and space, even Daluo finds it challenging to fix a location in chaos.

Lu Qingfeng is far inferior.

Seeking reality in the Primordial is not easy!

Seeking the Primordial in reality, even more so is moot!

Then 'True Meaning of Dao' is the only remaining path.

Yet, even this first level harbors trouble—

"The 'Dutian Dao' and 'Five Elements Dao' I've cultivated, with divine beings looming ahead, the most they reach is Taiyi, never Daluo."

Golden Immortal cultivation struggles right here.

In the Primordial's numerous Calamities, countless divine beings emerge, every path's endpoint occupied by one, serving as both guidance and limit, a shackle.

Hence, fewer Primordial beings can achieve divine status henceforth.

Lu Qingfeng now faces such a predicament.

"Cultivation is truly hard."

"True Monarch yet faces another great difficulty."

Wu Kong Daoist points at the Bitter Bamboo: "This Bitter Bamboo is bathed in Huaguo Mountain's Sun and Moon Essence, nearing the time of transformation. Given its foundation, once it transforms, its Mana and Dao ability can easily reach Taiyi with Great Divine Power. By then, if you cannot respond, it will instead seize the opportunity to achieve its Dao."

This time was Lu Qingfeng's rare opportunity.

But he didn't seize it.

Thus, the Bitter Bamboo continues to gestate, soon to be born. Afterwards, its fortunes soar, reversing the situation immediately. With this present cause and effect, it's evident that once the Bitter Bamboo achieves success, it won't let it rest.

"Bitter indeed!"

Lu Qingfeng feels the pressing weight from within.

To deal with this impending calamity, unless he cultivates faster, or decisively undergoes tribulation and re-cultivation, shedding the 'Six Roots Purification Bamboo' as a foundation, hidden by reincarnation, making it difficult for the Bitter Bamboo to find him.

But—

"Golden Immortal cultivation, incredibly hard to forsake."

"All depends on True Monarch's consideration."

Wu Kong Daoist clarifies the cause and effect, speaking no more.

"Thank you, Great Sage, for your guidance!"

Lu Qingfeng bows deeply again in gratitude, understanding Wu Kong Daoist's intention, then takes his leave.

...

Exiting Huaguo Mountain.

Prior to this, the Three Realms observed intensely, Bai Qi, Mosquito Daoist guarded, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas blocked the path.

But now, only a single day has passed.

Returning, Maitreya laughs, Guanyin nods, Ju Liusun's eyes contain mockery, while the other Bodhisattvas and Venerables each show peculiar expressions, clearly aware of the events within Huaguo Mountain.

"Let's go!"

These dignitaries glance at Lu Qingfeng, and they leave one after another.

Some even nod amicably.

They initially blocked Lu Qingfeng's quest to Huaguo Mountain to refine the Bitter Bamboo, fearing another great power would emerge, affecting Three Realms' affairs.

But Lu Qingfeng failed.

In the future, when the Bitter Bamboo transforms, they might turn around to assist the weaker Lu Qingfeng in opposing the Bitter Bamboo.

Until both achieve the Taiyi Realm, reaching a stalemate, neither able to advance further, is precisely the scenario they desire.

Friend or foe!

Sometimes change comes so swiftly.

"Absurd!"

Without anyone stopping him, or confronting him, Lu Qingfeng finds this sudden solitude unusual.

Shaking his head.

An auspicious cloud forms beneath his feet, and Lu Qingfeng returns to the Heavenly Court!

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