Chapter 276 The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man
The innate is inherently stronger than the acquired! The so-called acquired treasures that can rival innate spiritual treasures only match in power; in other aspects, they are far inferior.
As for acquired treasures whose power surpasses that of innate spiritual treasures, they are ultimately few and far between. Only three have been passed down throughout the entire prehistoric world: the Floating Pagoda, the Heaven-Turning Seal, and the Kongtong Seal.
The materials of these three treasures are all top-tier, naturally surpassing ordinary innate spiritual treasures. However, because of this, these three treasures are not common; they are all rare and hard to come by.
Otherwise, the ultimate goal of acquired treasures wouldn't be to reverse the innate and become an innate spiritual treasure.
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"Great Dao Venerable above, your disciple Feng Zichen wishes to refine the Human Emperor Seal to inherit the human way and maintain the order of all spirits. I hope the Great Dao Venerable will grant my request."
Placing the Pangu finger bone on the altar, Feng Zichen straightened his clothes and respectfully bowed.
Pangu's finger bone was incredibly hard; how could Feng Zichen possibly refine it? Even if he used a supreme innate treasure to bombard it for hundreds of years, he still wouldn't be able to shatter it.
Unless one of the top ten Chaos Demon Gods came, even if the Dao Ancestor Hongjun himself were to arrive, he might not be able to break it.
The only way to refine Pangu's finger bone was to pray to Pangu and have him willingly melt away.
That's why the current scene is like this!
As for whether Pangu would agree, Feng Zichen wasn't worried at all.
Not only was he favored by Pangu, but he also had an important mission entrusted to him by Pangu. Just to give Feng Zichen some benefits, Pangu wouldn't refuse.
Sure enough, not long after Feng Zichen's request, Pangu's finger bone on the altar changed. Purple light flashed, and Pangu's finger bone gradually melted, forming a ball of purple liquid.
Pangu's bones were purple.
Because purple is the color of the Great Dao, the most noble color in the world.
"Thank you, Great Dao Venerable, for granting my request!"
Seeing the change in Pangu's finger bone, Feng Zichen quickly bowed.
"From now on, Zi Chen will certainly take it upon himself to protect the Primordial World to repay the kindness of the Great Dao Venerable."
After thinking for a moment, Feng Zi Chen made another vow.
As for words of gratitude, Feng Zi Chen didn't say them, nor was there any need to.
Accelerating the evolution of the Primordial World and protecting its safety was the greatest reward to Pangu. No amount of verbal gratitude could compare to concrete actions.
Of course, even if Feng Zi Chen made no promises, Pangu wouldn't care.
Because Pangu's love for the Primordial World was selfless, he didn't need the gratitude of all living beings, and their gratitude was meaningless to Him.
"Chaos Pearl!"
After staring at the purple liquid before him for a long time, Feng Zi Chen softly called out, recalling the Chaos Pearl from within the Human Dao Imperial Court.
Although Pangu's finger bone was excellent, He had lost all his Dao essence. Even if it was refined into the Human Emperor Seal, besides suppressing fortune and being incredibly hard, it had no other abilities.
This was not what Feng Zi Chen wanted.
What he desired was a supreme innate treasure of immense power, capable of suppressing all ages, not a mere innate spiritual treasure useful only for its hardness.
Therefore, Feng Zichen retrieved the Chaos Pearl.
He intended to use the Chaos Pearl as its core and the Pangu finger bone as its main body to forge a Human Emperor Seal powerful enough to bear the entire Human Dao Imperial Court, allowing it to completely transform into a supreme treasure of humanity under the blessing of the great power of humanity.
Feng Zichen believed that the Chaos Pearl, already in a state of near-innate supreme treasure, would definitely advance to a supreme innate treasure after merging with the Pangu finger bone.
Even if it couldn't, the addition of the great power of humanity would be sufficient.
In truth, Feng Zichen harbored a lingering worry about the Chaos Pearl's advancement to a supreme innate treasure. He feared that the Heavenly Dao would not allow the existence of a Chaos Pearl at the level of a supreme innate treasure.
This wasn't a conclusion reached through mere speculation, but rather based on precedent.
The Heavenly Dao has always been extremely wary of Chaos Treasures.
Their immense power is enough to disrupt the workings of the primordial world and destroy the balance of heaven and earth.
Therefore, the Heavenly Dao will never allow the existence of Chaos Treasures, not even a possibility.
Consider the Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus; it played a crucial role in Pangu's creation of heaven and earth, and in the context of the primordial world, it could easily be considered a creation artifact.
Yet, the Twenty-Four-Petal Creation Green Lotus, a primordial treasure left behind by the Chaos Green Lotus, was completely destroyed by the Heavenly Dao through the Three Pure Ones because it had the potential to grow into a Chaos Green Lotus.
This shows that the Heavenly Dao's fear of Chaos Treasures extends even to creation artifacts.
And the Chaos Green Lotus, with such a high status, was shattered by the Heavenly Dao. If the Chaos Pearl, whose status is far inferior to the Chaos Green Lotus, were to advance to a primordial treasure, its fate would likely be even more tragic. It might directly attract the most terrifying Heavenly Punishment, being instantly destroyed and completely eradicated.
However, with the incorporation of Pangu's finger bone and the enhancement of humanity's power, the Heavenly Dao, hesitant to act, might not dare to destroy the Chaos Pearl.
Between the Heavenly Dao and the Human Dao, Feng Zichen believed the Heavenly Dao was stronger. But Feng Zichen also knew that the Heavenly Dao would never attack the Human Dao.
The three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity were all formed from Pangu's essence, energy, and spirit! According to the principles of cultivation, among essence, energy, and spirit, spirit is the highest, energy is next, and essence is the lowest. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao is the strongest, the Earthly Dao next, and the Human Dao next.
But the path of cultivation is: refining essence into energy, refining energy
into spirit. Thus, essence generates energy, and energy generates spirit; essence is the foundation of energy and spirit. In other words, among the three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, although the Human Dao is the weakest, it is the foundation of the Earthly Dao and the Heavenly Dao.
Without the Heavenly Dao, ... the Human Dao, and the Earthly Dao working together, a new Heavenly Dao might be born.
But without the Human Dao, ... the Earthly Dao and the Heavenly Dao would lose their foundation, likely not lasting long before losing their meaning and completely perishing, destroying the primordial world.
Therefore, Feng Zichen was certain that the Heavenly Dao would never interfere with the Human Dao.
Perhaps in the end, the Heavenly Dao would have no choice but to reluctantly acknowledge the existence of the innate treasure, the Chaos Pearl.
No, at that time, it wouldn't be the Chaos Pearl anymore, but the Human Emperor's Seal.
"Humanity will surely prosper!"
Feng Zichen silently proclaimed. He first placed the Chaos Pearl into the purple liquid, then drew upon the power of humanity to begin refining the Human Emperor's Seal.
Since the goal was to refine a treasure of humanity, the method of refining through humanity was undoubtedly the most suitable, and certainly stronger and more perfect than the Human Emperor's Seal refined by Feng Zichen.
After some thought, Feng Zichen gritted his teeth, stripped the Human Emperor's Fruit from himself, and integrated it into the Human Emperor's Seal he was refining.
As the symbol of the Human Emperor, how could one suppress the four seas and rule the universe without possessing Imperial Purple Qi?
Moreover, with the Human Emperor's Fruit integrated, anyone who wields the Human Emperor's Seal in the future can ascend to the heavens in one step, directly entering the late Quasi-Saint stage and becoming the Human Emperor!
This seal had become the complete symbol of the Human Emperor.
The Human Emperor's Seal is not an artifact for one person, but for an entire clan; only in this way can it become a true heirloom.
(End of Chapter)