sinovels Chapter 50, Part 3: Qing's Puzzle
Chapter 50, Part 3: Qing's Puzzle
Chapter 50 The Three Pure Ones' Puzzle
"Second brother, are you still troubled by the matter of Zixiao Palace?" Laozi asked Yuanshi.
It goes without saying that at this moment, Yuanshi was still thinking about the Styx River.
It can be said that since the day the Three Pure Ones took human form and were born, no one has ever made Yuanshi suffer such a great loss. In addition, Yuanshi lost face in front of the three thousand guests of Zixiao. Even an ordinary great supernatural being would probably be irreconcilable with the Styx River after such an experience, let alone Yuanshi.
Thinking of the Styx River, Laozi really had a headache. In this era where the demon race had not yet been established and the witch race had not yet achieved its great power, the Styx River was the kind of opponent that all the great supernatural beings of the prehistoric world least wanted to encounter.
He possessed 480 million Blood God Children, who were indestructible and indestructible. They had extraordinary combat power, were protected by numerous rare treasures, and were skilled at flattery and currying favor with the ruler, thus gaining Hongjun's favor.
As an enemy, Styx's only potential weakness is the lack of a Daoist ally like the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti and Jieyin, Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi who would stand by him and help him. However, given Styx's strength and the Sage's trust in him, this is not a major concern.
Moreover, even the most powerful demon race does not pose as great a threat to the Three Pure Ones as the Styx River at this moment. After all, the demon race cannot compete for Pangu's fortune, nor can they obtain the Primordial Purple Qi.
Yuanshi looked at Laozi, but before he could speak, Tongtian spoke first.
"Brother, I've thought about this over and over, but I feel like something's not right," Tongtian said, looking at Laozi after much deliberation.
Laozi and Yuanshi both looked up at Tongtian.
"Our teacher taught us the method of severing the three corpses in Zixiao Palace. At that time, only my eldest brother severed the three corpses in Zixiao Palace. If Styx had also severed the three corpses and become a quasi-saint, it would have been difficult to hide it from the eyes and ears of the immortals."
But if Styx hadn't slain Zhuanhu, how could he have mastered those skills?
"After slaying Hu with the Zhuxian Sword Formation, my understanding of formations and swordsmanship has greatly improved, and I have also gained a thorough understanding of the Great Dao of Killing. However, I'm afraid I still can't execute that sword strike from the Styx River." Tongtian looked at his second brother and then explained in detail.
In fact, Tongtian's understanding of the Great Dao of Slaughter is not just a matter of "drawing inferences from one instance to another." After all, the power of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is probably even greater than that of the God-Slaying Spear. However, since his second brother dislikes the Great Dao of Slaughter, Tongtian cannot say so directly.
But no matter what, the understanding of the Great Dao does not lie, especially for a straightforward sword cultivator like Tongtian. The higher his realm, the more amazed Tongtian felt by Styx's sword strike.
"This is also one of our concerns. It is already remarkable that Styx can hold his own against me and my third brother. How can he possibly fight against my eldest brother alone?" Yuanshi looked at his eldest brother. In fact, he was still covering for Laozi.
Although it was called a battle, Laozi and Tongtian were actually at a disadvantage. You should know that while they were locked in a stalemate with Laozi and the others, Styx still had the strength to deal with Kunpeng, who was attacking from behind!
"In other words, the Styx River also controls a path leading to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm?"
But if even we can't do it, how can he?
"I originally thought he had sacrificed his accumulated Heavenly Dao merits to gain the opportunity for a breakthrough, but—" Yuanshi continued to analyze, at this moment, his thinking had already fallen into a dead end.
If the Styx River itself has a path to a higher realm, then the Three Pure Ones are transformed from the primordial spirit of Pangu. Even they do not have such a legacy, so how could the Styx River have one?
Furthermore, the astonishing Heavenly Dao merits that Styx later displayed refuted Yuanshi's idea that he was consuming merits to enhance his cultivation.
Moreover, after careful deduction, Yuanshi discovered the terrifying nature of the Styx River. When he fought with his eldest brother and third brother, the Styx River's cultivation was probably above that of his eldest brother, and far above it.
It should be noted that of the many magical treasures in the Styx River, only the Yuan Tu Sword was used by him during the battle; the others were still hidden away.
At the same time, Yuanshi deduced that he needed to have the cultivation of at least two Quasi-Saints to be able to suppress his elder brother, who possessed the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, with the same move he made in the Zixiao Palace that day. Having been protected by this pagoda for countless years, the Three Pure Ones were still clear about the power of the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
When all possibilities have been eliminated, the one that remains, no matter how impossible, can only be the truth.
"In the previous great calamity, the methods of the Ancestral Dragon, the Primordial Phoenix, the First Qilin, and the one who competed with the Dao Ancestor were all above the Great Luo Golden Immortal. However, the Ancestral Dragon, the Primordial Phoenix, and the First Qilin were based on merit and fortune. As for the Styx River, it is unlikely that it broke through through this path. So there is only another way."
However, Tongtian was also enlightened by Yuanshi's words.
After all, even if the Styx River had been operating for many years, the fortune of the Netherworld Blood Sea was only so much.
"Moreover, last time I devised a plan to use the Wu Clan to eliminate the Styx. The various tribes of the Wu Clan had already gathered, but for some reason, it all came to nothing." Yuan Shi repeatedly pondered his calculations afterward, wondering where things went wrong. He knew that the Wu Clan and the Styx alone could not possibly break his plan.
"Elder brother?" Yuanshi looked at Laozi. For the past half hour, he and Tongtian had been discussing things. Why had his elder brother not said a word?
"Hmm—" Laozi stroked his long beard, lost in thought, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.
In the years since he returned to Kunlun Mountain from Zixiao Palace, he sometimes thinks about the battle with the Styx outside Zixiao Palace. After all, if Kunpeng hadn't intervened and distracted the Styx, he probably would have lost.
Now that he has sorted out his own magical power and completely stabilized his cultivation as a Quasi-Saint of One Corpse, and comprehended and refined part of the restrictions of the innate treasure Taiji Diagram, Laozi feels that if he were to fight the Styx River again, he would probably still find it difficult to win.
He had also wondered if Styx had taken a different path from Zhan Sanhu. Now, the words of Yuanshi and Tongtian confirmed his suspicions. However, none of this was enough to worry Laozi. What really worried Laozi was why Styx was so strong.
Was it that Styx had already broken through to the realm above the Great Luo Golden Immortal, and thus his realm was far superior to theirs, but he had been hiding his strength, which was why he was able to suppress them, or was it that Styx was not much different from them at the beginning, but the path he took was stronger than the method of severing the three corpses?
If it's the former, that's fine; they all know Styx's ulterior motives. But if it's the latter, then things are bad.
Because that would greatly increase the difficulty of catching up with Styx, since the path Styx took probably has a higher upper and lower limit than their method of slaying three households!
As for what happens after they become saints, do they possess the Primordial Purple Qi, while the Styx River does not?
And what if Styx becomes a saint before the Three Pure Ones?