What is the *Taixu Zhuyuan*?

Such a terrifying evaluation, “nearly achieving transcendence,” circulated among the powerful figures of the present age.

From ancient times until now, how many heroes, how many stunning figures of an era, how many could initiate a path to transcendence? And how many could truly say “nearly achieving” before transcendence?

How many heroes stood at the forefront of the tide, only to fall into the surging waves?

How many beings at their peak ultimately declined like the setting sun?

By today, the strategy of *Taixu Zhuyuan* is already very clear.

He created *Xuanxue*, constructed the *Taixu Huanyuan*, simultaneously pursuing two paths to transcendence, with each path supporting the other, and either having the potential to succeed!

One could even say he has infinitely approached success.

After long trials, supervision, and negotiation, the *Taixu Huanyuan* gradually gained recognition from the major powers of the present world, and with the approval of these powers, it gradually opened and expanded. In recent years, it has experienced rapid development!

The *Taixu Jiaolou* has become one of the most influential buildings in the world; wherever one is built, it is immediately filled with people.

The *Taixu Huanyuan* now covers various regions of the present world; all extraordinary cultivators in the world have the opportunity to access it.

The *Taixu Juanzhou*, once launched, immediately stirred up the world. The free cultivators scattered across the vast lands, united by the tasks on the *Taixu Juanzhou*, burst forth with unimaginable energy.

From the northern deserts to the southern miasma forests, from the western snow mountains to the eastern vast sea, there are figures of “Taixu Xingzhe” everywhere.

*Xu Zeming* went to sea precisely to promote the development of the *Taixu Juanzhou* and expand its influence in the nearby archipelago. As a more radical faction within the *Taixu* Sect, he was not satisfied with steadily advancing the *Taixu Juanzhou*’s development.

A *Taixu* Sect that held the *Taixu Huanyuan* and *Xuanxue*, with their ancestor nearly achieving transcendence, how could it still remain secluded from the world?

With the lukewarm approach of people like *Xu Zefu*, when could the *Taixu Huanyuan* truly span the myriad realms of heaven? When could *Xuanxue* become the prominent learning?

*Taixu* Ancestor often remains in long seclusion, refining knowledge, maintaining the stability of the entire *Taixu Huanyuan*, and impacting that supreme realm.

In the internal ideological struggle, the faction represented by *Xu Zeming* gradually gained the upper hand. And the *Taixu Huanyuan* indeed developed at a faster pace.

Ambitious as he was, after a period of operation, he successfully merged the Sea Frontier List into the *Taixu Juanzhou*, completing a milestone leap for the *Taixu Juanzhou* in the nearby archipelago.

But he still felt it wasn’t enough. He even wanted to utilize the *Taixu Juanzhou* to participate in the racial battlefield. If he could rely on the *Taixu Juanzhou* to play a pivotal role in the *Mijie* war, then the *Taixu Juanzhou* could become famous in one fell swoop, surpassing the hard work of millions of disciples over hundreds or thousands of years.

This led to the gathering of massive sea beasts on Star Pearl Island and the development of the Heaven and Earth Great Millstone specifically for researching the Sea Lord’s true form. Unfortunately…

He overestimated himself and fell into the Sea Clan’s trap.

Star Pearl Island, gathered with sea beasts, became the gateway to subvert the nearby archipelago.

*Xu Zeming* thus needs to bear responsibility in this war!

If the matter had stopped here, it would have merely been a setback for the *Taixu Juanzhou*’s development in the near sea, a restriction on the *Taixu* Sect’s rights over the *Taixu Juanzhou*, and *Xu Zeming* would have faced Qi State’s military law once. Whether beheaded or imprisoned, it would not have spread to the *Taixu* Sect’s mountain gate.

But at this point, *Xu Zeming* did something foolish again. He actually chose to escape, attempting to evade Qi State’s criminal responsibility!

He thought the *Taixu* Sect could protect him, he thought that as long as he ran back to the *Taixu* Sect and wasn’t caught red-handed, his “unintentional mistake” on Star Pearl Island could still be negotiated. The rapid expansion of the *Taixu Huanyuan* made him overestimate the weight of the *Taixu* Sect, thinking that because the *Taixu* Ancestor could achieve transcendence, he too could be transcendent above all sides.

How to escape back to the *Taixu* Sect?

The nearby archipelago is under Qi people’s control and also in a state of war; no force in the world could silently rescue him. So he naturally thought of the *Taixu Juanzhou*, a few unobtrusive tasks, some unrelated people… helping to secretly transport him like moving Chen Cang.

And this time, it shook the very foundation of the *Taixu* Sect!

Thus, today the six great hegemonic countries, the major sects of the world, and various powerful individuals gathered at the *Taixu* Scenic Realm, demanding an explanation from the *Taixu* Sect! They want to know who *Xu Zeming* is, they want to know where *Taixu Zhuyuan* is. They want to know what happened to the “absolute fairness, absolute justice, absolute safety” initially promised by the *Taixu* Sect! How could they ignore the supervision of all sides!

How could the *Taixu* Sect explain?

So many terrifying powerful individuals, with just a raise of a hand or foot, the *Taixu* Sect’s mountain gate was broken, and the thousands of years of operation in the scenic realm were destroyed in one morning.

What protective mountain great array, mountain gate strong individuals, profound dao methods, all were like paper paste.

Positioned among the major sects of the world, with the hope of becoming a holy land like *Daluo* Mountain, the *Taixu* Sect, facing such opponents, had no power to resist!

“Enough…”

A daoist whose hair bun was messy and whose daoist robe had holes pushed away the stone beam pressing on his body and staggered to stand up.

He is the contemporary sect master of the *Taixu* Sect, True Person *Xu Jingxuan*.

He had just returned from the far west when he saw various powerful individuals intruding into the mountain. He hurriedly went forward, wanting to reason a bit. As a result, in one confrontation, he was slapped to the ground. He didn’t even know who gave him that slap!

“Enough.”

He looked up at the various powerful figures descending upon his sect, his eyes filled with grief and indignation: “What crime have the *Taixu* disciples committed, that all of you, bearing immense power, come here, with knives and swords to strike?”

A daoist who could no longer be recognized was thrown in front of him.

The painful groans were almost inaudible. That weak breath, however, announced the identity of *Xu Zeming*.

*Jiang Mengxiong*, suspended in the high sky, his voice descended, his momentum pressing down on the six directions: “What crime has *Taixu* committed, do I need to state it again?”

In the demon world war, he was injured due to forcibly killing *Xuan Nan Gong*. And because he was recuperating, he missed the vigorous *Mijie* war. *Jiang Mengxiong*, who had always been tirelessly fighting in campaigns, finally had a period of quiet.

But today he appears again, and in the posture of crushing the *Taixu* Sect and forcefully breaking its realm. The might of this Great Qi military god is even greater than before!

*Xu Jingxuan* lowered his head, looking at *Xu Zeming* collapsed on the ground.

In the past, he was extremely sharp, also an outstanding one among the young generation, qualified to participate in the Dragon Palace Banquet. Now he is like a puddle of mud, unable to stand up a single bone.

Only his lips are moving, very effortfully but extremely subtly.

He is saying, “I deserve to die.”

“I… deserve… to… die…” *Xu Jingxuan*’s eyes were pained.

Slowly lifting his head, he said: “I will bear the responsibility for this matter.”

This time he went to the far west, first to visit *Xie Ai*, to see that Frost Immortal Monarch who was said to have successfully reincarnated, representing the *Taixu* Sect’s ancestor, to reminisce about old friendships. He strove to establish more *Taixu Jiaolou* in the Snow Country, which was under national blockade and difficult to open. Second, he went to visit Jade Capital Mountain, wanting to get more support from Jade Capital Mountain regarding the *Taixu Huanyuan* and expand cooperation in more fields between the two sides.

*Taixu* Ancestor is about to achieve transcendence; as the contemporary sect master of the *Taixu* Sect, he strives to win more support for the sect, also wanting to make the ancestor’s path to transcendence have fewer obstacles.

When the matter of *Xu Zeming* stirred up waves, he also realized the danger. He also worked very hard to solve the problem.

But he didn’t expect this moment to come so suddenly.

There should have been a long process of negotiation. The *Taixu* Sect, with *Xuanxue* in its left hand and the *Taixu Huanyuan* in its right, both rapidly developing, at its peak, should have many cards to play, many conditions to negotiate.

But only today he understood.

There is indeed a process of negotiation, but this negotiation exists among the forces present today. From the moment *Xu Zeming* adjusted the *Taixu Juanzhou* tasks to protect himself, the *Taixu* Sect was kicked off the table!

The entire *Taixu* Sect, from him downwards, was busy running around, fighting wits and courage with thin air.

What distant diplomacy and near attacks, interest exchanges, resource substitutions were all useless; he had just talked big at Jade Capital Mountain with his front foot, and then *Ying Jiang Hong* hit the door with his back foot!

At this moment, his mood was tragic.

He harbored the awareness of the head of a family.

“I am the contemporary sect master of the *Taixu* Sect. Failure to govern subordinates, my fault! Internal supervision not strict, my fault! The *Taixu Juanzhou* having vulnerabilities without timely repair, my fault!”

He raised his hand, but not to resist: “The *Taixu* Sect will from now on withdraw from the management of the *Taixu Juanzhou*, and will transfer all rights of releasing tasks. How the various sides allocate, can discuss among yourselves.”

He looked at those powerful figures suspended in the sky, expressing his determination: “Today I, *Xu Jingxuan*, am willing to die to atone for the fault! Only wish my death can warn those who come after. Generation after generation, must not arbitrarily move the iron rules of *Taixu*!”

All the *Taixu* Sect disciples present cried out: “Sect Master cannot!”

*Xu Jingxuan* suddenly turned his hand back, covering his heavenly spirit—*pa*!

Yet, his whole person flew high, slapped in the air, rolled several times before falling to the ground. The power he had accumulated for suicide was also dispersed by this slap.

*Jiang Mengxiong* coldly said: “If you want to commit suicide, that’s your business, go to one side to commit suicide, don’t obstruct here!”

At such a moment, *Xu Jingxuan* has both the strategy of throwing gold to divide the thieves and the determination to die to atone, barely considered a passable sect master.

But he vowed to say he would bear the responsibility; this sentence is too ridiculous and too naive.

How could he bear it?

*Chong Xuan Chu Liang* evaluated *Xu Jingxuan* as “a person who closed the door to cultivate and cultivated himself into a pedant,” and this evaluation is most appropriate.

Qi State indulged *Xu Zeming*’s escape, giving the *Taixu* Sect the opportunity to internally interfere with the *Taixu Juanzhou*, precisely for today to hold the knife and come here, to swing the first knife to divide the *Taixu* Sect!

This is an action led by Qi State, with the six great hegemonic countries at the forefront, and the major ancient sects tacitly approving to carve up the *Taixu* Sect.

Now at this time, whether *Xu Zeming* should die, who exactly tampered with the *Taixu Juanzhou*, are already not important.

So many powerful individuals came here; it is absolutely impossible for them to return empty-handed!

*Xu Jingxuan* spat out fresh blood, gritted his teeth and said: “The error of *Xu Zeming*, my *Taixu* Sect up and down is willing to make up for it with such a painful price. Isn’t it enough? What more do you want? Must you exterminate us all?!”

*Jiang Mengxiong* just spread his five fingers, remotely facing him, but didn’t even look at him, only looking at the infinitely descending cloud layers: “*Taixu Zhuyuan*, come out. You have no time left.”

Qi Heavenly Emperor once asked *Jiang Wang*, is the world such a narrow world?

*Jiang Mengxiong* today yet wants to inform the *Taixu* Sect, the world is precisely such a narrow world!

The six great hegemonic countries allow you to raise your head, then you can raise your head.

Even if it’s the *Taixu* Sect.

Even if it’s the *Taixu* Sect with *Taixu Zhuyuan* in residence!

Then at this moment, a faint sigh sounded. The cloud layers of the *Taixu* Scenic Realm, layer by layer, rapidly dispersed.

A flat ground, square like a chessboard, just like that jumped out of “unknowable,” appearing in everyone’s line of sight.

Outside the flat ground is void; on the flat ground, only three stone houses stand in a “pin” shape.

In that stone house hanging with the “Ancestor Hall” plaque, a daoist, between existence and non-existence, sometimes present, sometimes not, slowly walked out.

He walked out of his stone house and placed himself in the same world as the various powerful individuals present.

He just stood in front of the stone house, on the flat ground, lifted his head, revealing those chaotic eyes that change time and space!

This is an absolute powerful individual who has thoroughly seen through the path of transcendence and is steadily walking towards transcendence.

But at this moment, those suspended in the high sky and the rolling thunder clouds are all formidable.

*Jiang Mengxiong* heavily and seriously looked at him, until his eyes no longer changed.

“*Jingxuan*, ah.” *Taixu Zhuyuan* opened his mouth.

*Xu Jingxuan* turned over, prostrated on the ground, crying: “Unworthy disciple *Xu Jingxuan*, pays respects to ancestor!” All the *Taixu* Sect disciples present struggled to bow down.

*Taixu Zhuyuan* said: “Do you know why I set the Ancestor Hall at the lowest place of the mountain gate?”

*Xu Jingxuan* with tears said: “You are to remind us *Taixu* Sect cultivators not to think of ourselves as high above. You are at the lowest possible place; we practitioners should even more be as humble as possible.”

“This, perhaps, is too difficult for all of you.” *Taixu Zhuyuan* sighed.

Everyone seeks to be superior, all want to step on others as stairs; how can there be those willing to be humble?

Being forcibly interrupted in the process of transcendence, the great situation overturned in one morning, he also did not show a loss of composure. He only slowly asked: “You, *Xu Zeming*, why do you actually feel that you have the qualification to evade criminal responsibility, have the qualification not to bear the consequences of your faults? What is so great about the *Taixu* Sect’s identity? Where exactly is your *Xu Zeming* noble?”

He again asked: “You, *Xu Jingxuan*, why dare not put the ‘absolute fairness, absolute justice, absolute safety’ iron rules in your heart, why dare to throw away our *Taixu* Sect’s foundation for standing? *Xu Zeming* is the child you raised, you feel sorry for him. Why not feel sorry for the foundation of the *Taixu* Sect, not feel sorry for the efforts of the *Taixu* Sect up and down for so many years?”

*Xu Zeming* lay there motionless. *Xu Jingxuan* kowtowed on the ground, blood flowing from his forehead, ashamed and unable to speak.

*Taixu Zhuyuan* gently waved his sleeve, soothing the pain on their physical bodies: “But this also cannot entirely blame all of you. The *Taixu* Sect acting unfairly, private intentions at work, this is a good reason, but it will not be the only reason… how can one not make mistakes?”

He wore a yin-yang daoist robe, this body sometimes like the scorching rising sun, sometimes like the lonely bright moon, one person alternating day and night. He sees too clearly. Thus his sigh is like the setting sun, still with unfinished regrets: “Sealing the mountain gate cannot lock the surging hearts. Isolating from the world cannot cut off worldly causes and effects. Thus know in an instant to act, completely erase him from this world…”

The various powerful individuals who descended upon *Taixu* Mountain gate today, each one has fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood; in their lives, they do not know how many fights they have been in. Since they came together, naturally they have already locked all possibilities.

In that silent thunder clouds pressing the world, is the *Taixu* Sect already severed…

Past, present, and future.