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"These beasts! Look at the terrible things they've done! When I am born, I will certainly teach them a lesson!" Yan Hui said to Zuo Qiuming, who had returned, in the Wen Temple Realm.

Even he, with his high level of cultivation, was angered by the recent actions of the three major realms.

Everything was going well, and they had drawn closer to Xuan Huang, which meant they had a relationship with the Confucian school under Xuan Huang.

Unexpectedly, the actions of the three major realms have caused cultivators to become suspicious of the realms.

"The pure remain pure. Fellow Daoist Xuan Huang is not an unreasonable person, and neither is the current Confucian school. They will sort things out themselves. Venerable, please don't be angry," Zuo Qiuming comforted him.

"Alas, people's hearts are fickle. Once the seed of suspicion is planted, it won't be easy to pull it out. So be it, so be it. Let it be a test for them, for us, for both sides," Yan Hui said with regret.

In the past six months, the major top-level realms have not been idle.

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"Peng Wang, how do you view these three major battlefields?" Venerable Wu An asked in the Wu Temple Realm.

"I'm afraid these beasts have made a wrong calculation. Not only will they not pose a threat to Fellow Daoist Xuan Huang, but they will instead help the cultivators under his command to advance further," Peng Yue said.

"I think so too. It can be seen from the fact that qualifications are required to defend each front line. Moreover, the cultivators are not counterattacking, but seemingly passively defending. I think it's not that they don't have the ability to counterattack and strike directly at the Yellow Dragon, but that doing so maximizes their interests," Lord Wu An said.

"Your subordinate also thinks so. Striking directly at the Yellow Dragon seems easy, but it has endless hidden dangers. It would scatter the ferocious beasts that have been gathered with great difficulty. Once they are scattered, they will not be as advantageous as they are now. Moreover, showing too much strength would trigger changes in the three realms."

"There are two aspects to the changes. First, if they feel that Fellow Daoist Xuan Huang is not easy to bully, they will give up. Although this is good, it will not serve the purpose of training the cultivators. Second, the three major realms will work even harder, which could lead to unforeseen accidents. From the perspective of our military strategists, this is not the best policy…"

The two analyzed from different perspectives, especially from the perspective of generals and marshals leading troops.

They felt that the emergence of these three major battlefields was just right.

Fellow Daoist Xuan Huang has great wisdom, able to both temper his disciples and not exceed his control. He is truly a master.

In fact, Xuan Huang didn't even know he had such thoughts.

The emergence and operation of the three major battlefields were not directed by him, but were decided by the Four Greats and many other forces after discussion.

They are the ones who dominate the three major battlefields, and it is indeed as Peng Yue said, that is their idea.

Not exceeding control, while still being able to temper them.

Xuan Huang rarely gives instructions now. The cultivators have passed the most vulnerable period of being protected, and now they can make their own decisions.

Their wisdom is not low, in fact, it is very, very high.

For example, at this moment, Xuan Huang is very satisfied.

He has been focusing on secluded cultivation, occasionally paying attention to the Zerg Queen, and occasionally checking the progress of the ghost cultivators in Purgatory.

The most important thing is that the Five Elements Master is cultivating with all his strength, and he is also working hard to prepare for entering the Third Order.

Another two months passed in a flash.

On this day, Xuan Huang suddenly emitted a inexplicable Dao aura, and a feeling of completeness arose spontaneously.

Xuan Huang opened his eyes from his secluded cultivation, realizing that he had already reached the peak of the Second Order.

When one is immersed in cultivation, time always passes quickly.

He has finally reached this step, the moment to enter the Third Order.

"Are you ready?"

[Master, I am always ready, I am already prepared.]

This time, it was the Great Millstone of Guixu that responded. Refining the Spirit of the Third Order has finally come to its domain.

As an aside, after more than nine months of fusion, the Three Treasures have now achieved the perfect fusion of the Three Talents.

They can operate smoothly in the domain of the Jianmu Tree.

The next thing to do is to generate all things from the Three, and then seek the truth from all things, taking a step towards the Fourth Order True Self.

However, generating all things from the Three is a bit difficult, even in the domain, a place they can control, it is still very difficult.

For example, during this period, the core area of Qingyun Mountain, which is where Xuan Huang lives, always inexplicably gains some magical creations.

Many more trees have appeared, as well as many majestic and domineering bronze furnaces and large millstones.

This is a simulation of the Three deriving all things, starting with themselves, which they are most familiar with. Simply put, it is converting energy into matter.

Condensing one's own magic power into something that can exist for a long time.

Currently, it is still a bit difficult. The creations of the three of them that have lasted the longest are copies of themselves.

That is, a tree, a furnace magic weapon, and a millstone magic weapon.

It has been almost three months, and there are no signs of collapse.

Of course, it is also related to their constant patching and modifications during the experiment.

The domain is equivalent to a world controlled by oneself. In the domain, to enter the Fourth Order, one needs to create a consciousness in one's own domain.

This consciousness is the prerequisite for the True Self.

The Three Treasures starting by simulating themselves is the inevitable choice for all living beings.

"Then let's begin. Now that you three brothers have perfectly fused, you can transmit and imprint on each other. Just as I am comprehending all living beings in Guixu, it can be used as a reference to understand what all living beings are, which will be very helpful for your generation of all things from the Three."

Xuan Huang said to the Great Millstone of Guixu, but also to the other two.

[Master, we thought of that. We want to use your tempering process to comprehend it. We three brothers are foolish and not as spiritually enlightened as normal living beings.]

The Great Millstone of Guixu said with some self-blame.

"You can't say that. You are taking the path of creation, you should have waited for creation to descend and further advance. But now you have become self-aware, which is of course difficult. Wanting the creation of the creation method, and also wanting the spiritual wisdom of humans, is impossible. You can't have both fish and bear's paw… Well, at least for you, you can't have both."

[Yes, thank you for your teachings, Master.]

"Let's begin!"

"Open!"

Xuan Huang shouted loudly, and a silent shattering sound spread throughout the entire Cultivation World.

It was the entire Cultivation World. At this moment, all the cultivators suddenly felt a loud noise that resounded through their souls.

This is the reflection and influence of Xuan Huang, whose cultivation is getting higher and higher, on the entire Cultivation World.

Some of Xuan Huang's future actions and behaviors will, through this reflection and coverage, allow the Cultivation World, with him as the source, to have some sense of it.

It is like when there are changes in the world, humans living under the sky have a premonition.

With one strike, Xuan Huang mobilized the power of the white divine soul in the Guixu Small World, piercing through the Guixu mist of the Guixu World outside the shroud of Heaven's Will.

"斩！"(Cut!)

Then, Xuan Huang let out another loud shout, and with a single slash of his sword, he unleashed his understanding of all living beings.

It was akin to severing his own wisdom, comprehension, and one-third of the will that governed them.

"Come!"

Following this, another loud shout echoed as the grinding disc of the Great Return to Ruin Millstone opened and closed, swiftly enveloping Xuan Huang's severed comprehension and will.

It was as if Xuan Huang had cast one-third of his will into the Great Return to Ruin Millstone, accompanied by his comprehension and wisdom.

Visibly, Xuan Huang's eyes flickered slightly.

A hint of numb hesitation surfaced, akin to the dazed confusion of 'Who am I? What am I doing?' after being struck by a heavy blow.

After all, he had severed one-third of his own wisdom.

Thankfully, it was all within expectation, preventing him from instantly becoming an idiot.

However, his face now bore an added layer of indifference and numbness.

"Go!"

Immediately, with a wave of his hand, the Great Return to Ruin Millstone, encasing the severed will, wisdom, and comprehension, was cast into the chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin that Xuan Huang had previously shattered.

The tempering of a third-order will might seem to rely on the Great Return to Ruin Millstone.

Without a single mistake, look at it from beginning to end!

But in reality, it primarily depended on the chaotic mists of the True Return to Ruin Heaven, relying on the power of the mists to return his comprehension to its origin, allowing it to fuse with his will.

This gave the will a foundation to become reality.

It could also be understood as the will merging with the mysteries of comprehension, merging with the mysteries of heaven and earth.

However, this heaven and earth was within his own domain, not the greater world outside.

The greater world outside was currently in a state of madness, making fusion impossible; to fuse, one would have to become insane first, transforming into a strange entity.

Fusion could only occur within his own domain.

Xuan Huang's domain was the Heavenly Will Domain formed by the unity of the three treasures, equivalent to fusing his will into his own domain in a three-step process.

When these three steps were completed, it would signify the complete fusion of his will into the Heavenly Will Domain, marking the birth of the true self.

Unlike ordinary individuals, Xuan Huang did not need to separately comprehend and nurture a divine power seed.

His divine powers were the three treasures themselves, his most precious possessions and his divine powers, the embodiment of his comprehension of creation, reincarnation, and the return to ruin.

In Xuan Huang's hands, the three treasures were both treasures and divine powers, a fusion of the two.

"Boom!" A deafening sound erupted.

Xuan Huang's will and comprehension entered the chaotic mists of the True Return to Ruin.

The role of the Great Return to Ruin Millstone was to protect, just like its two companions, safeguarding its master's will from truly returning to ruin.

It was capable of surviving within the Return to Ruin for extended periods.

Strictly speaking, nothing could survive within the Return to Ruin, because the very essence of the Return to Ruin was the return of all things to nothingness.

But there were always exceptions; the Great Return to Ruin Millstone could be considered an anomaly born of circumstance, a creature that thrived there.

To give a simple example, the primordial Blood Sea was barren of life, yet the Styx Old Ancestor and blood-sucking mosquitoes were born from it.

The Northern Darkness was the land of the return to ruin, yet the Kunpeng Old Ancestor was born from it.

The Great Return to Ruin Millstone was such an existence.

Previously, it was also unable to survive in the chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin; it was too weak then. Later, Xuan Huang obtained a demonic stone of very high essence.

From then on, it began refining the power of the Return to Ruin, and now it had achieved some success, capable of surviving in the chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin for extended periods.

It was as if it had transformed its own essence into the chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin; one of its own wouldn't attack another, the chaotic mists wouldn't attack the Great Return to Ruin Millstone.

Furthermore, Xuan Huang had arrived at a favorable time.

Currently, the Seven Heavens, encompassing the Return to Ruin Heaven, were still being nurtured and had not yet reached their complete form.

So far, it had not been discovered that the Return to Ruin, like the other six heavens, was nurturing living beings; it was empty.

This incomplete Return to Ruin provided Xuan Huang with the opportunity to temper himself.

If it were the complete Return to Ruin, even sixth-order beings would instantly return to ruin upon entering; Xuan Huang wouldn't dare to do this.

For example, currently, the tempering ground where Xuan Huang and the Great Return to Ruin Millstone were located only had a fourth-order intensity, making it suitable for him to temper himself here.

Moreover, Xuan Huang could sense that the Return to Ruin was constantly changing.

The chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin, which previously only had a fourth-order early-stage intensity, now possessed a mid-to-late stage intensity.

This change was actually a sign of the Return to Ruin Heaven constantly growing stronger.

Like the other six heavens, except that the other six heavens could nurture sacred beings, while this one did not.

Entering the chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin, Xuan Huang began the tempering of his will's transformation.

Meanwhile, the cultivators who had just been awakened were confused about what had just happened, why a thunderclap had suddenly resounded in their souls.

Many cultivators who were in the midst of battle nearly suffered accidents as a result, which was a negative impact.

Fortunately, it was just a scare, and no accidents occurred.

"What's going on?" This was the common question in the minds of countless cultivators.

"It should be a Xuan Master!" This was also the common thought of countless cultivators.

Apart from a Xuan Master, it seemed that no one could cause a thunderclap-like roar to resonate in the souls of all cultivators.

"Hiss!"

As the Great Return to Ruin Millstone rumbled, a trace of the chaotic mists of the Return to Ruin was released, coming into contact with Xuan Huang's will and comprehension, and Xuan Huang felt an indescribable pain.

He was currently still using the ordeal tempering method.

However, Xuan Huang was not idle; countless comprehensions were ignited by the power of the Return to Ruin, transforming into raging flames, fueling the pain, and the comprehensions became fuel to burn the will.

Xuan Huang entered a state of transformation.

This process would be very long; his own estimate was at least a year.

It would take more than a year to completely burn away his comprehensions, transforming them into resources to fuse into his will.

At the same time, his will would undergo the tempering of fire and the power of the Return to Ruin, transforming into a third-order will.

Xuan Huang quickly recalled that when he came, he had explained everything that needed to be explained to Sun Tong, and there were no omissions.

Immediately, Xuan Huang entered a deep state of secluded tempering.

Although it was only one-third of his will, one would think that Xuan Huang still had two-thirds of his will, so there would be no need to explain anything.

When he was at the second order, he shattered half of his will at the start, which should have been even more outrageous.

But it was different; at the second order, it was rebirth after shattering.

At the third order, it was not shattering, but fusing comprehension and mystery into the will; one was rebirth, the other was fusion.

In addition, there was one more point that needed to be explained.

Xuan Huang's three-step process was firstly for splitting the soul into three, and secondly for the three treasures and three divine powers.

For example, this step was also to fuse creation, to fuse his comprehension of the creation of all living beings into his own Heavenly Will Domain.

Every fourth-order being needed three essential prerequisites.

Divine powers, domain, and true self.

There could be one divine power, or many; adding another divine power to the domain was not as simple as one plus one, but an exponential increase.

The fourth-order that Xuan Huang wanted was the three types of creation, reincarnation, and the return to ruin, corresponding to the three treasures and also corresponding to the three talents.

This was the difficulty of fusion.

It was not only the transformation of the will, but also the use of the comprehension of all living beings as fuel to forge the divine power of creation and fuse it into his own Heavenly Will Domain.

… (End of chapter)