This step sounds simple, but in reality, relying solely on oneself, the likelihood of crossing it is extremely low.

The Four Great Daoist Sects often enable their disciples to reincarnate continually, accumulating celestial fate, to cross this threshold.

Therefore, the generational status within the Four Great Daoist Sects is not calculated based on master-disciple relationships but is determined by cultivation level.

After all, in one life they may be master and disciple, but if the master encounters a tribulation, in the next life it's often their disciple who guides them back. How should the generational status be then calculated?

Xu Qingzhu has a special status; she is directly apprenticed under Chongshui Peak.

Chongshui Peak ranks at the forefront among the Thirty-Six Peaks of the Heavenly River.

Chong Shan, the Chief Disciple of Chongshui Peak, has already cultivated his Primordial Spirit and is ranked as an Earth Immortal. Although currently just an Earth Immortal, due to his enlightenment and return to truth upon breaking through illusion, the Primordial Spirit True Master is far more esteemed than those Heavenly Immortals who have attained their status through elixirs or imperial commands.

These Heavenly Immortals, in the eyes of the true disciples of the Four Great Daoist Sects, can be described with one term—"shallow-rooted."

They are mostly used to shield the sect from calamities.

However, these true disciples, although many at the Primordial Spirit Earth Immortal level, each possess powerful treasures bestowed by the sect.

These magical treasures often possess power not inferior to Heavenly Immortals, and some special treasures even render Taiyi and Da Luo helpless.

For instance, Chong Shan has an Immortal Binding Rope, which, once activated, cannot be escaped by anyone below Da Luo.

"Junior Sister, in a few years, it will be time for the Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference; you should prepare," Chong Shan's attitude towards Xu Qingzhu has greatly improved.

This is because since Xu Qingzhu entered the sect, she has displayed extremely high aptitude and talent.

Moreover, after advancing to the Golden Core, she unexpectedly directly cultivated One Element Heavy Water. It's crucial to know that this is the innate Water Technique of Chongshui Peak, generally requiring a Primordial Spirit Earth Immortal to master, yet Xu Qingzhu, as just a Golden Core cultivator, has managed to cultivate it, which shows how terrifying her talent is.

On the other hand, cultivating One Element Heavy Water easily breeds heart demons.

This is a major concern for many true cultivators of Chongshui Peak.

For some reason, after Xu Qingzhu cultivated One Element Heavy Water, not a single accompanying heart demon appeared.

Even Chong Shan, while demonstrating One Element Heavy Water to Xu Qingzhu, discovered that his heart demon was extremely fearful of Xu Qingzhu.

It should be noted that at that time, due to Chong Shan's cultivation nearing a small bottleneck, his heart demons were proliferating, causing him great distress, so his temper was not very good.

Xu Qingzhu made his heart demons fear, allowing Chong Shan to seize the opportunity to smoothly overcome his cultivation bottleneck.

Now he has already transcended the Three Calamities and become a Primordial Spirit Earth Immortal.

Unlike the Ghost Immortals, the Taoist Primordial Spirit Earth Immortals only require three calamities and can naturally progress to Heavenly Immortals within one or two hundred years of cultivation.

Of course, the Taoists also have methods to avoid the Three Calamities and directly achieve Heavenly Immortal status.

However, by doing so, the foundation inevitably becomes much shallower.

Some Taoist Heavenly Immortals choose to only overcome the Lightning Calamity while avoiding the other two.

Those who dare to directly transcend the Three Calamities to become Heavenly Immortals are extraordinary and hold potential for achieving Da Luo and Taiyi.

All are key cultivation targets within the Four Great Daoist Sects.

Chong Shan transcending the Three Calamities further secured his position as the Chief Disciple of Chongshui Peak.

The last Primordial Spirit Earth Immortal to transcend the Three Calamities dates back to the current Sect Master, Su Qinghe.

Su Qinghe was also tricked by Old Man Zhong into becoming the Sect Master of the Heavenly River Dao Sect.

Although being a sect master indeed has abundant resources, it also comes with many additional miscellaneous tasks.

On the other hand, the experience in the mortal world is beneficial for the enhancement of one's state of mind.

Yet, apart from the path of Dao, there is nothing else, which is the first choice for more outstanding talents.

Because it is simple and determined.

The path of the Red Dust Immortal has always been the most challenging in Taoist cultivation; with one slight inattentiveness, one may lose the Dao Heart and become forever unrelated to the Great Dao.

However, Chong Shan believes Xu Qingzhu is naturally suited to walk this path since she does not generate heart demons.

Yet the Heavenly River Dao Sect has always viewed cultivation as a personal matter; they neither intervene nor persuade.

Once an outer disciple joined and trained in the barbarian God and Demon Body Refining Technique, the sect leaders were aware but still let it be.

As long as one belongs to the Heavenly River Dao Sect, it's acceptable.

Like the vast river, it contains everything.

Initially, Xu Qingzhu held some opinions about Chong Shan, feeling that this senior brother was proud and arrogant. Over the years, she understood that this senior is not targeting anyone specifically; he targets all disciples whose cultivation has no prospects.

This is also good; respect must be earned through personal efforts, not based on background or family.

Though her father placed in the Heavenly River Dao Sect, it probably amounts to nothing.

Xu Qingzhu thought idly, in a few years, when she attains the Primordial Spirit and transcends the Three Calamities, she should be qualified to compete with her father.

By then, who knows what magical treasure the sect might grant her.

If nothing else, she could borrow Senior Brother's Immortal Binding Rope to catch her father and present him before her mother.

With this thought, Xu Qingzhu felt a little inward joy.

On the other side, after reminding Xu Qingzhu about the Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference, Chong Shan immediately left.

The location of the conference is not far from the Star Domain where the Bodhi Dao Sect resides, known as the Spirit Platform Star Sea.

Legend has it that this is the most ancient place in the Taixu Universe.

In former days, Taixu Daoist opened the universe here with the Taixu Mirror and fixed the Yin Yang purity and turbidity with the Taiqing Bell.

It can be said that the birth of the Spirit Platform Star Sea predates the Taixu Universe.

Every Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference is attended by disciples from various Daoist Sects, not limited to just the Four Great Daoist Sects, as long as their cultivation is below Heavenly Immortal.

Moreover, external Primordial Spirits who achieved Heavenly Immortal status using elixirs and imperial commands can have their level relaxed up to Heavenly Immortal.

On the other hand, once entering the Spirit Platform Star Sea and starting the Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference, external items like magical treasures or cultivation and mana are not the definitive factors for excelling in the conference.

Because the most terrifying aspect of the Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference is the omnipresent Heavenly Demons.

These Heavenly Demons are different from the outside world's Heavenly Demon Clan; the outside world's Heavenly Demons almost lack self-awareness, acting purely on instinct, but some special entities in the Spirit Platform Star Sea have self-awareness.

Strictly speaking, due to the distinct nature of the Taixu Universe, it is nearly impossible for Heavenly Demons to gain self-awareness.

However, Spirit Platform Star Sea, due to its essence outside of the Taixu Universe, allows for such self-aware Heavenly Demons to exist.

Or it could be said that these Heavenly Demons are not originally of the Taixu Universe.

It's said that in the ancient times, during the Ancient Era, these Heavenly Demons almost ruled the Taixu Universe. If they had succeeded, the Taixu Universe today would be completely different.

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"Everyone walks the Evil Path; evil is also righteous." True Monarch Changchun said meaningfully to the transformed Xu Qing in front of him.

It turned out the Dao Discussion and God Destruction Conference was about to start, and the transformed Xu Qing was also going to participate; True Monarch Changchun specifically advised him and spoke some about the Spirit Platform Star Sea.

Xu Qing was touched.

Because, differing from ancient book records, True Monarch Changchun did not hold a universal view towards the Heavenly Demons of Spirit Platform Star Sea but summarized with a meaningful statement.

In True Monarch Changchun's eyes, the Heavenly Demons of Spirit Platform Star Sea were not evil, just compelled to evil due to everyone walking the Evil Path.

He was somewhat enlightened.

"The Heavenly Dao reduces surplus and compensates for deficiencies; could it be that today's Righteous Path reduces deficiencies to serve surplus?"

True Master Changchun laughed heartily: "The path of Da Luo is indeed such. Our Pure Yang Taiyi indeed reduces surplus to compensate for deficiencies."

"So, the path of Taiyi is more aligned with the Heavenly Dao?"

"Li Qing, do you think the Heavenly Dao is right?"

"The Heavenly Dao endures; if it were wrong, it wouldn't endure." Xu Qing pondered for a while, then replied.

"Existence itself is Dao. Dao has no high or low. Good and evil are determined by humans. Hence, right or wrong is also determined by humans. This time, our sect wants to ascend to the Four Great Daoist Sects, actually to fulfill the ancestral founder's wish."

"Could it be to define the good and evil, public and private in the Taixu Universe?" Xu Qing asked with slight surprise.

In his heart, he was somewhat skeptical, wondering if the Pure Yang Dao Sect defining these would be inherently correct.

In such matters, it's ultimately whose fist is bigger, not whose reasoning is better.

For instance, the good and evil, public and private in the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty were defined by Xu Qing.

He had the biggest fist, and his Dao was the righteous way!

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