Prehistoric: Twin lotuses with parallel stems

Heaven and earth do not exist, there is no Tao and no self, only nothingness.

A green lotus stands in the void, swaying with strands of Tao rhythm falling down. The worlds evolve, birth and death are uncertain, the power of creation flows endlessly, but eventually dissipates in the void, turning into bubbles and vanishing, repeating over and over again, with no beginning and no end.

In the green lotus, a woman in green was sleeping, curled up inside. Her aura was changing, appearing and disappearing at times, mysterious beyond words.

In this void, she is like the source of the Tao. All the power of the Tao is evolving endlessly with her as the original "one". She is the Tao itself.

But the evolution of this great way still has limitations, and shackles still exist. It has not been able to transcend, and will return to nothingness.

And with the evolution of birth and death, the aura is also transforming again and again.

At the same time, as the only existence in this void, she is not in harmony with the power of this void, or rather, she goes against it, exists in opposition, and highlights each other.

Although they exist in opposition, it seems that the nothingness around them is their eternal support, and the two are inseparable.

At a certain moment, the woman in the green lotus opened her eyes. Her gaze was clear and calm, with a natural spirit and vitality, as if all things were evolving, yet also as if it was empty and clear, with nothing at all.

Qinglian's eyes only opened for a moment, and then closed again, silently, with the same Taoist charm.

But changes occurred in this nothingness. The ripples created by the woman's thought spread out in the nothingness, spreading silently.

In that thought, a pure mood arises, connecting with the nothingness and also awakening the nothingness.

The blue lotus flowers are twin, their minds are connected, and they are dependent on the same path.

Even if one's mind merges into nothingness, it cannot be isolated.

In pure nothingness, there is no form, no substance, and no self.

This thought of existence is transmitted into it without any hindrance, blending into it, condensing the dissipated things again, and reuniting oneself from nothingness.

This nothingness where all things do not exist, even the Tao does not exist, is one of the fruits of the Tao evolved by Pangu, the creator of the primeval world.

However, this Dao Fruit evolved in another direction that he had abandoned. It was an incomplete Dao Fruit prototype that failed to evolve to perfection, and it was also another possibility for the ancient world.

Now, Qingxuan has merged his own great way with it and forcibly separated this possibility from the ancient world. The possibility of all paths returning to emptiness no longer exists in the evolution of the ancient world.

Qingxuan combined all of his own marks with it, and swept this line that ran through the evolution of the primeval world out of the long river of time, making it independent and turning it into another result that left no trace in the primeval world.

This is what Qingxuan said Pangu didn't want.

Of course, Qingxuan did not admit that he had seized Pangu's Dao Fruit. Anyway, his own Qinglian had said that it did not belong to Pangu, so what Qinglian said must be reasonable.

Qingxuan used his own mark to embrace the power of all things becoming empty, and endured the fate that should have befallen the entire ancient world. At the same time, this was also the fruit of his own Tao.

He and Qinglian's Hunyuan realm are moving towards each other from two opposite poles. He walks from Tai Chi, transforming all paths into Wuji. Taiyi is the result of his deduction of his own Dao.

As for Qinglian, one Dao represents all Daos. In contrast to Qingxuan, Taiji is the perfection of her Dao, while Taiyi is the beginning of her Hunyuan Dao, and she herself is the Dao. Out of nothing comes something, Dao gives birth to one, giving birth to all things and evolving everything.

It is just pure nothingness, which is inherently opposed to existence. After all, its own existence can only be "existence" and cannot be "non-existence" no matter what.

This was also the reason why Qingxuan was once worried that Qinglian's self-existence would be affected, so he allowed it to enter the mortal world and nurture itself.

Fortunately, Taiyi is only the starting point of the evolution of Qinglian Avenue, not its perfect path. Her path does not lie here.

For this reason, the risk of using Taiyi as the perfection of one's own Tao fell on Qingxuan. His path, however, was more dangerous and difficult than Qinglian's.

The Qinglian Avenue is very dangerous. At the starting point of the Hunyuan Road, and at the end of the Qingxuan Avenue, there is a chasm of nothingness.

Qinglian said that she was stronger than him, but Qingxuan never competed with her.

But in reality, the two people's cultivation levels are always similar, and most of the time there is no difference.

In terms of offensive power, Qingxuan's great destructive power is much stronger.

It is true that Qingxuan does not feel that he is stronger than Qinglian, but it is not true that he is weaker than Qinglian. The greater possibility is that neither of them can do anything to the other.

Of course, Qingxuan never had the idea of ​​competing with Qinglian. Strong or weak, nothing was more valuable than Qinglian's happiness. Anyway, Qinglian's power was also his power, there was not much difference.

If the opponent is someone else, Qingxuan will be in greater danger than Qinglian.

However, compared to Qinglian, Qingxuan thought that his comprehension was much worse than Qinglian, and he admitted this sincerely.

His humanity is stronger, but his Taoism is much weaker.

Being able to reach the height of the avenue today, Qingxuan never thought that he was better or more insightful than Taiqing and other innate saints.

In his heart, the existence of Qinglian has always been the reliance of his Tao heart.

Qingxuan sometimes feels that Qinglian is his plug-in.

Because of the existence of Qinglian, his path would be so smooth and he would be able to walk on such a path.

This is something more important to him than the origin of the Green Lotus of Creation.

Qingxuan has always been an easy-going person, and he has never had many ambitions. He is always easily self-satisfied. In his heart, he has always been grateful to Qinglian, and even has a sense of indebtedness to a certain extent.

But I don't feel much of a sense of indebtedness because we are the same.

Qingxuan knew that he was not the chosen one, and in fact it was true.

The variable in Pangu's eyes was not him, but Qinglian.

What made him a variable was Qinglian. It was Qinglian who chose to keep him alive instead of absorbing him as nutrients.

Therefore, Qingxuan is willing to bear the uncertain fate for Qinglian and is willing to fight for the opportunity to achieve great success for her.

He exists because of the existence of Qinglian. This is the beginning of everything and will also be the end of all perfection.

To some extent, the reverse is also true, so it is also possible.

Another possibility is that Qingxuan forcibly merged Pangu's evolutionary Dao fruit and turned it into the prototype of his own Dao fruit. If he wanted to transcend in this way, the risk would be considerable.

His attainment of the Dao and transcendence is dangerous in itself, not to mention that this is the fruit of Pangu's evolution and not his own?

It was also at that time that Qinglian would become unusually anxious, as if he was being assimilated into the void. Was it himself who had synthesized this Dao Fruit, or was it that the Dao Fruit turned his Dao into nourishment?

Even he and Qinglian couldn't say for sure.

Qingxuan's fight for the Dao is somewhat similar to Zhulong's fight for the Dao fruit of Shichen Dao.

In other words, Qingxuan more or less had some intention of using Zhulong as an experiment at the beginning, and Zhulong's struggle for the Dao was a process of his evolution of the Dao.

However, Zhulong's realm was not high enough, and what he had combined were only fragments of Taoist Shichen's Taoist fruit. Even in this situation, Qingxuan still stepped in to feed Zhulong liquid food.

Qingxuan's own situation is similar, but much more dangerous.

His cultivation level has certainly reached the end of the Hunyuan realm and touched that higher level, far surpassing Zhulong.

But the gap between Zhulong and Shichen Taoist is insignificant compared to the gap between Qingxuan and Pangu.

Just one step away, but there is a world of difference.

Qingxuan felt that at this moment, even if he faced Pangu, who was on the path to enlightenment and chopped up three thousand Chaos Demons, he should be able to withstand a few blows from him, but there was still a gap after all.

Qingxuan wants to seize Pangu's Dao Fruit, which is very dangerous.

The possibility of his death is not impossible, even if he is in the Hunyuan realm. After all, he is facing a power at a higher level than himself.

It is invisible and intangible, without knowledge or perception, and its consciousness is scattered among nothingness, eliminating itself.

Qingxuan himself had experienced death once, a real death, but he was luckily fished out as an experience package before his consciousness dissipated.

In the midst of chaos, there was a thought silently calling out a name in the void.

In the darkness, bits of consciousness condensed from nothingness, gathered again, and responded to that thought.

At this moment, this nothingness came alive and the self was revived in it.

Faintly, a figure in green appeared, and the indifferent face was exactly Qingxuan.

But it disappeared without a trace after a moment, leaving only nothingness changing. The green lotus was swaying, and the worlds were born and died. The woman was sleeping in it, surrounded and wrapped by the power of nothingness, showing her existence.

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In the chaos, a cave was floating, and a strange beast with scales was lying lazily in it, guarding the cave.

The silver-white dragon shadow swam through the long river of time, stirring up ripples and leaving a clear trace, chasing the path that only she could see. In the golden dragon's eyes, there was always a reflection of a twin green fairy lotus.

Zhulong lurked in a corner of the long river of time, his face full of bitterness but helplessness.

Even though this place could be considered his place of harmony with the Tao, and was closely connected to his Tao fruit, there was nothing he could do.

As for the elder status? It was completely useless, the other party simply ignored him.

During this period of time, the two Hunyuan realms have been coming in and out of the long river of time, and he has to put a lot of effort to suppress the waves they have stirred up in order to maintain the tranquility of the long river of time.

The pages of the jade book in Nüqing's hand disappeared one by one, and in the end only the empty cover of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was left.

What also appeared was the re-gathering of the spiritual light of the eliminated true spirit, which fell between heaven and earth, waiting to revive and return.

Outside the ancient world, there are many small worlds surrounding it. Most of them are only in their embryonic form. They were rescued by Nv Qing and are recovering their vitality in the chaos. The same is true for the creatures that have achieved the Tao.

Among them, Kong Xuan and Jin Peng, two disciples of Qingqiu, were the first creatures rescued by Nv Qing.

In addition, there are Zulong Cang and Yuanfeng, as well as many innate saints who eventually embarked on the path of creation and became saints in an alternative way.

In Qingqiu, the Heavenly Fox hides from the world, but one of its incarnations has walked into the mortal world. He is the only person of Qingqiu lineage who can enter the mortal world to preach. He is one of the saints of the Heavenly Dao, who holds the power of the criminal law of heaven and earth, and uses the treasure of acquired merit to measure the rules and order.

Of course, if Nv Qing's passing down of the Classic of Mountains and Seas can be considered as preaching, then there would be one more person.

Except for the Qingqiu lineage who currently have two people in the Hunyuan realm and a ferocious beast mount, the rest are silent.

The Zixiao Palace is no longer visible to the world, and the Taoist founder Hongjun is nowhere to be found.

In the netherworld, the underworld is still functioning, the six paths of reincarnation are intact, and a group of witches, Asuras, and even more ghost messengers maintain the existence of the underworld.

The woman who was in the depths of reincarnation fell into silence, along with her were a group of great ancestor witches, the Lords of the Six Paths, and many other mortals waiting to return.

The Taoist temples of Nuwa brother and sister disappeared. As one of the saints of the Heavenly Dao, Nuwa was relatively more special. In fact, she returned earlier than Taiqing. However, to fully recover, she still had to wait for the vitality of the three Daos to recover.

Fuxi embarked on an alternative path to becoming a saint, but it was a little different. He actually learned Qingxuan. Alternative sainthood was not his true path. He was the Human Emperor and the first true owner of the Kongtong Seal, a rare treasure of humanity. He was closely connected with humanity, which made his return earlier than many saints.

Taiqing's earthly body went westward, leaving behind the 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching" at Hangu Pass. He rode a green ox westward, with a purple aura covering 30,000 miles, and then disappeared from the earthly world.

However, not long after, a great religion arose in the world in the name of Buddhism. The chief disciple of Jiejiao, Duobao Taoist, who had disappeared without a trace in the formation of ten thousand immortals, returned as Tathagata.

From then on, Western religion was no longer spread in the world, but became just a branch of Buddhism.

There is the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the west and the Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli in the east, both of which are Buddhist pure lands.

The third pure land also evolved from then on, the Central Pure Land of Purvavideha.

In that great change of heaven and earth, the Western religion was undoubtedly the most affected, and endured a far wider range of power than other saintly religions. After all, they themselves were implicated the most widely, and there was nothing they could do about it.

At the same time, the names of the three religions of Human, Chan and Jie no longer existed in the world. The orthodox Xuanmen was replaced by Taoism, which respected the Three Pure Ones and combined the teachings of the three sects into one, keeping pace with Buddhism.

The Jie Religion has already dispersed. The sage Tongtian fought once for his own path, fought twice for the Jie Religion, and fought a third time for all living beings. In order to "seize a ray of hope for all living beings in heaven and earth", he should have integrated his path into the world at this moment, allowing his path to reach perfection. He eventually surpassed the others and reached the end of the sage's path in one step. Although he had not yet transcended, he was no longer bound by heaven and earth, and his Tao was free in the world.

In the human realm, there was law but no justice for hundreds of years, and then a hundred schools of thought began to contend with each other, and many powerful beings gradually returned.

In the Heavenly Palace, all the gods are returning to their positions, and the order between heaven and earth is being quickly restored.

It's just that the return of these powerful beings to their spiritual realms requires the recovery of vitality from the three paths of heaven and earth, and right now they are all weak.

Fortunately, except for two or three rare exceptions, the rest are affected by this, which is the same as the unaffected situation, and does not affect the situation in the prehistoric world.

The two people who were in the Hunyuan realm and had the ability to influence the overall situation of the prehistoric world, one was concentrating on finding the traces of his two masters, and the other was working while flipping through the account books, calculating the favors owed to her by a number of powerful beings, and neither of them had the mind to interfere in the situation of the prehistoric world.

PS (I wanted to write a better ending, but I wrote several but none of them worked. I found that there was really nothing left to write. I am almost done with it. There is still one chapter left to wrap it up, and then it will be considered the end)