"Indeed, we cannot escape their watchful eyes."

"Buddhism has been hunting me relentlessly, but never with such intensity as now. The things I did back then have finally come to light completely."

Yuan Miao Dasheng stood beside Emperor Jiajing, his rustling voice transmitted directly through the boundless void.

"You Celestial Hearts can see everything in the world, see all of the past and the future... No, as it stands now, the Celestial Heart also has its limits. Even Hunyuan has reached its end."

"Is this sorrow or joy? They have reached their end, but in this world, in the past and the future, there are still people more powerful than them. The road continues, but they cannot walk it."

Emperor Jiajing's eyes were full of longing: "To extinguish the origin of a great religion is to overturn all history originating from that source. If I were not divinely ordained, I would not remember all of this."

"Now, I am also a 'Yuqing cultivator.'"

Yuan Miao Dasheng sighed: "Cultivating both Daoism and Confucianism, now that Confucianism has perished and transformed into Yuqing, you have obtained the identity of Yuqing, and with Laozi's divine position, you only need to obtain the existence of an Shangqing Heavenly Lord to complete the magnificent feat of uniting the Three Clarities."

"It is truly a magnificent feat, and an opportunity that cannot be replicated in this world."

Emperor Jiajing laughed heartily: "I am not the only one in the world with this opportunity, nor the only one cultivating both Daoism and Confucianism, but I am the only one with Laozi's divine position who can remain clear-headed and unaffected by the changes in origin."

"I will unite the spirits of the Three Clarities and prove a path never seen before!"

"However, Yuqing is only a temporary identity borrowed due to the change of origin. I also need a Yuqing title, such as transforming into a certain Heavenly Lord, to make it an established fact."

"I have already foreseen through Laozi's divine position that when the time for the interchange of heaven and man arrives, a large amount of unorthodox fortune will be needed as fuel. Demons and monsters, those not favored by heaven and earth, will all be burned to ashes!"

"Sacrificing and burning an entire Confucian religion, the immense shadow cast from the future has brought a terrifying path forward, but also a power that transcends this world!"

"And in this world, the inner world may not be real, but the outer world must be real. It exists eternally, giving birth to all origins, and it is also the place where the will above heaven frequently manifests. Therefore... I will refine the entire human world into my humane Dharma realm. This is my grand aspiration."

"I will lead all beings in the world to transcend with me and become immortal!"

A frenzy flashed in Emperor Jiajing's eyes, but it quickly faded: "However, now I am just a Flying Immortal."

"Therefore, I must make preliminary preparations."

"Yuan Miao, let's go. I know of a treasure that embodies the existence of the Shangqing Heavenly Lord. You and I will retrieve it together. Help me unite the Three Clarities and overwrite the origin."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Yuan Miao Dasheng: "I will help you do what you didn't finish back then. Now is the time for the interchange of heaven and man, the flow of destiny. People like me can finally play a significant role. As long as the dynasty does not perish, a part of the destiny will always be on me. After all, I am someone who has truly been an emperor in the human world. No one has a more majestic destiny than I do!"

"I have walked all the way to where I am now from someone without any roots. I have not been promoted to the Celestial Heart realm because I have been waiting for this moment. You came to me because you wanted to borrow my destiny, didn't you?"

Yuan Miao Dasheng looked distantly at the rustling direction, his expression somewhat dazed, and suddenly said:

"Before hearing the Buddha's voice, that's what I thought. But now I suddenly feel that if I stay and tell those Celestial Hearts, tell them that their origins will also perish sooner or later because their path has reached a dead end, what kind of future will they create in despair and madness, do you think?"

"You know, the Celestial Heart will construct a future for their cultivators or for the followers of a great religion. For example, the Great Virtuous Teacher constructed the Yellow Heaven Paradise back then, but because of his impatience, the Celestial Heart suffered great damage, the future was destroyed, the Yellow Heaven no longer existed, and the 'Central Yellow Grand Unity' that they hoped to see also disappeared. That was something on the same level as the Primordial Buddha and the Primordial Heavenly Lord."

Jiajing: "Replacing the true will of heaven, that was his wish, too great, destroyed by the curse of the heavens. Other Celestial Hearts are only driven forward by the karma in time. The Four Symbols construct everything in the world, and even ordinary heavenly will can be replaced, but that true heavenly will above heaven cannot be replaced. If we could get rid of that will above heaven, we would have been immortal in all worlds long ago."

He also looked into the distance: "If you stay here, tell them that the road ahead is exhausted and cannot be turned back, and they can only watch themselves perish, the Celestial Heart will be greatly damaged, and then the future will be destroyed, so everything in the past will disappear. This is a world-shaking event, but the Celestial Hearts can cultivate to this level and will not be shaken by your words."

"Because there is also the Buddha."

"I am just saying that after the disappearance of the Zhaoming world, the Buddha is now the most powerful. The remaining Daoism is young, there are many cultivators, but now there is no one who can compare with the Buddha."

"The magicians are ancient, and perhaps there are one or two people who can be compared to the Buddha, but the methods of the magicians are mostly borrowed from external forces, and cannot be compared with the Buddha, so if you want to break their Celestial Heart, you must first kill the Buddha."

Yuan Miao Dasheng let out a long sigh, which contained a distant emotion and endless regret:

"If the title of Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal could have been truly established, the origin of Buddhism would have changed, and even if the Buddha did not die, he would have become an appendage under the command of the Divine Firmament. Unfortunately, the power of Buddhism was still a bit too great, and their understanding of the past, future, and karmic connections was still too deep."

"No one has a deeper understanding of the Four Symbols than Buddhism. Buddhism has been destroyed many times, but it still exists. If they cannot break the Four Symbols they have comprehended, it means that they can continue to exist stably and perpetually."

"Unfortunately, the Song Dynasty was too weak. If it could have been as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, the matter of changing the origin might have been successful."

The two disappeared from the spot, but Yuan Miao Dasheng still left a reflection.

He still wanted to tell these Celestial Hearts.

Their path had reached a dead end.

The next moment, Liuzhou, the Land of Sword Immortals, the Taiji Heavenly Palace.

Taiji Zhenren (Perfected Person), one of the Four Directional Perfected, although aware of the origin changes, was one of the few Celestial Hearts who did not participate in going to Posuo. He himself was plundering other people's paths. Not only was he not afraid of what was happening now, but it aroused his interest.

Even more excited and thrilled than the last appearance of the Northern Tai Xuan Thunder Sound.

He wanted to obtain this supernatural power, or Dharma, or something else.

The origin of Confucianism could be replaced in an instant, and even the Celestial Heart realm of Confucianism disappeared. If he obtained it, he could control all the paths in the world, and he could become the "Emperor of a Hundred Paths."

The origin of Daoism is certainly within the inner world. It is the heaven transformed by Zhang Daoling, but the Taiping Dao, the ancient Five Pecks of Rice Dao, the Guisheng Xianjiao (Life-Cherishing Immortal Teachings), and other religions that appeared from the pre-Qin period or in the mountains, are the more ancient origins. Dao has no origin, but only integrates. The distinction of the Three Clarities has existed since ancient times, rather than the later differentiation of Chan and Tantra.

What Taiji Zhenren wanted to do was to become the ancestor of the Taiping Dao, to become the ancestor of the ancient Five Pecks of Rice Dao, to become the ancestor of the Guisheng Xianjiao, and other ancient great religions. He became the ancestor of the ancient religions, and then became the ancestor of the later Daoism. All the religious leaders were his names and identities that descended in different periods, just like what some Daoist classics say—

In a certain era, the Primordial Heavenly Lord or the Supreme Old Lord descended and transformed into someone.

"Once, Taiji Zhenren was not so mad. He was a kind person, and the Four Directional Perfected got along well, as friendly as brothers."

"But later, he obtained the Six Extremes Dao Chapter from a treasure. It is said that it records the methods of how to become a 'Dao Emperor'."

"The so-called Dao Emperor refers to the Emperor of a Hundred Paths, the Lord of Ten Thousand Gates, and the Six Extremes refers to all directions, up and down, and all things in the heavens."

"Look at the Jade Divine Cymbal in his hand. I used this thing for a while, and it is indeed a very useful treasure. It is said that this thing comes from the Lingbao Heavenly Lord."

"The real Lingbao Heavenly Lord."

Figures appeared in the palace. Taiji Zhenren, holding the Jade Divine Cymbal, suddenly turned his head to look at Yuan Miao Dasheng and Emperor Jiajing.

"Lin Lingsu, Zhu Houcong! What are you doing here?"

Taiji Zhenren looked surprised.

These two people are now wanted and captured by the Celestial Hearts of the world. Suddenly appearing in his Taiji Heavenly Palace?

Are they here to die?

"Taiji Zhenren, Huainanzi."

Emperor Jiajing cupped his hands and said in the most respectful tone:

"The two of us are here to ask you for the Jade Divine Cymbal and the Six Extremes Dao Chapter."

Taiji Zhenren's expression suddenly became dangerous, and the aura of the Celestial Heart enveloped the Heavenly Palace, cutting off the past and future here. The power of that time descended on Emperor Jiajing and Yuan Miao Dasheng, and Taiji Zhenren's voice also became ethereal and indifferent:

"Where did you learn about the Six Extremes Dao Chapter?"

"I haven't told anyone, and I have erased everything about this matter, even from my own past and future."

Emperor Jiajing suddenly smiled: "If you really erased the future, we wouldn't be here. You only erased the future that you can see and reach."

"When the time for the interchange of heaven and man truly arrives, you will be the first Celestial Heart to be killed."

Taiji Zhenren seemed to have heard the funniest thing in the world.

"Are you going to say that you were the one who extinguished the origin of Confucianism?"

"The Celestial Heart will not die. The Celestial Heart exists forever in the past and the future. The Celestial Heart you see is not in the past, but in the future. How can you kill something in the future with the power of an immortal? When you have a thought, I am in the next step of the future. When you strike, I take another step forward. I am always in your next moment, not to mention the insurmountable gap between you and me..."

"A Flying Immortal killing a Celestial Heart? Even the Arctic True Person in the human world can't do it. You say you can do it?"

Jiajing Emperor: "The Arctic True Person... he is indeed very strong, but he really can't do it. I remember that last time, he borrowed a future body by some means to win against the Great Sun Tathagata. So, of course I can't do what he can't do."

"But I didn't say that I was going to kill you."

Taiji Zhenren sneered: "Then what can kill me? Could it be the Buddha? Or are you going to avenge the other dead True Persons? Qing Tongjun and the others are not familiar with a junior like you who can't trace the past or reflect the future, right?"

"Or is there something in that Supreme Old Lord's divine position?"

"No." Emperor Jiajing also smiled: "The divine position of Laozi is just a medium for landing on the peak of Taiqing. If there were something in it, it wouldn't be my turn to use it."

Taiji Zhenren felt more and more confused by his behavior, and when he looked at Yuan Miao Dasheng, this guy was even more indifferent. When Taiji Zhenren looked at him, Yuan Miao Dasheng just smiled.

That smile was unfathomable.

"I want to say that the person who will kill you is yourself."

"You are about to die."

Taiji Zhenren was stunned, and then laughed wildly:

"This is the most interesting joke I've ever heard! Hahahaha! Are you really tired of living and came here to have fun?"

"Forget it! As a reward for telling me a joke, I will refine you into the divine position of Laozi, which is also considered to have fulfilled your wish to become Laozi! And you and Laozi are both an 'incarnation' of the Emperor of a Hundred Paths."

Under Taiji Zhenren's feet, a huge Taiji diagram appeared. Unlike the Twelve Phases Taiji diagram of Qingyang, Taiji Zhenren's Taiji diagram contained sixty-four hexagrams, and the Chaos True Unity Qi flowed and revolved, gradually transforming into a new Qi.

"Since ancient times, there have been the First Origin, Profound Origin, and Three Qi. The Three Qi produce changes, and there are the Nine Qi of Heavenly Truth."

"Yin and Yang clash and unite, deducing sixty-four hexagrams, endlessly creating, and producing the Qi of Grand Harmony."

"Unifying Yin and Yang."

Taiji Zhenren held out his palm, and Emperor Jiajing and Yuan Miao Dasheng in front of him instantly turned into two clusters of spiritual light, losing all form and cutting off the past and future.

"This is the Yin-Yang Unification Method."

"All things and phenomena, returning upwards, are all a cluster of chaotic spiritual light, returning to the innate original appearance. But you need to thank me, because you would not have been able to reach this state on your own. It is I who helped you return to the innate state, which encompasses all things."

The smile on Taiji Zhenren's face was rich, and he swallowed these two clusters of spiritual light.

Then, his head suddenly received the influence of some inexplicable force, starting from the head and spreading towards his whole body.

Spirituality was destroyed, and the Celestial Heart was greatly damaged. The future of the Dao Emperor that he had created also collapsed with a bang. Taiji Zhenren had not reacted at all, and in a time faster than a single thought, his spirituality also fell and dissipated.

The Celestial Heart perished. Taiji Zhenren, one of the Four Great Perfected, died here without any warning. The Heavenly Palace roared and turned into dust.

Countless Heavenly Palace cultivators and believers all perished along with Taiji Zhenren's future.

They vanished into thin air.

And in the same place, the two clusters of chaotic spiritual light that he had swallowed appeared, transforming back into the appearance of Emperor Jiajing and Yuan Miao Dasheng.

"You are right, swallowing us has gained the Dharma and Dao principles on our bodies. Both of us have the characteristics of the Great Dao."

"We have unified with you, and you have disappeared. Because your existence is not as high as ours. Since ancient times, high things have swallowed low things."

"Now, the will of heaven is no longer on the side of the Celestial Heart realm. You have lost the favor of the Dao."

Yuan Miao Dasheng sighed: "The existence of a Celestial Heart powerhouse can actually be less than two Flying Immortals like us. Your Dharma, 'Reversal is the movement of the Dao', is truly unparalleled."

Emperor Jiajing also looked at Yuan Miao Dasheng:

"That's why I said that I have never been promoted to the Celestial Heart realm."

"Things are neither good nor bad, excess leads to disaster. The total amount of Dao and Dharma in a locked road will not increase. Once it increases, it will be a catastrophe."

"Now, heaven and man are interchanging."

"It has already been 'reversed'."