Becoming a Saint Through Loans

After months of practicing together day and night, feelings naturally blossomed between them, and they naturally became Daoist partners.

During their dual cultivation, Lin Quan gained a deeper understanding of the principles of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements; He Min also benefited from this, and his cultivation level soared, reaching the peak of the Divine Realm within two years.

He traveled far and wide, choosing places to cultivate in seclusion, and steadily progressed in his spiritual practice amidst forests and springs.

Decades later, Ruan Mei also became one of his Daoist partners.

As time goes by, the number of fellow practitioners increases.

He possessed exceptional talent and immense wealth, with an inexhaustible supply of rare and precious treasures.

He repeatedly bestowed extraordinary fruits, demonstrating his sincerity, which naturally led to a smooth connection.

Then, use the Heaven and Earth Mirror to observe the person you admire, and when they encounter misfortune, lend a helping hand in time... It will all fall into place naturally, nothing out of the ordinary.

Time flies like an arrow; millions of years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"The peak of the Divine Realm has been stuck here for millions of years..."

Just as he was sighing softly, the sky suddenly split open, and a radiant glow surged forth, covering the entire world.

"Has Luo Yuzhu established a business religion and founded a sect, thus achieving perfect merit and attaining sainthood?"

The news of Luo Yuzhu's ascension to sainthood spread throughout the world in an instant.

Moved by this, countless cultivators established sects and began spreading their teachings.

Unfortunately, those who lack sufficient merit, even if they establish a religious sect, will ultimately find it difficult to attain sainthood.

He Jinshui took a different approach, creating the post-natal human race. His immense merits poured down from the heavens, and he was instantly made a saint.

"A second sage has already appeared in the world... Could it be that severing the three corpses is the only path left?"

Lin Quan turned away from the paths of merit and death, and returned to the Dao stele to meditate in peace.

The Hongmeng Treasure Book states: "Slaying the three corpses leads to sainthood, which stops at the level of a human saint."

Those who ascend to sainthood through merit and virtue, if they wish to advance further, must rely solely on accumulating more merit and virtue.

The merits required to become a saint are already as vast as the stars in the sky; once the sainthood is achieved, climbing higher requires even more.

Attaining sainthood through the laws is as difficult as ascending to heaven, yet it grants the strongest combat power and is unrestricted by realm limitations.

Inspired by He Jinshui's method of achieving sainthood for the post-natal human race, various cultivators successively opened up new races and established their own lineages.

Two years later, Xiong Ba opened the Demon Realm and also ascended to the Saint rank.

Lin Quan devoted himself to studying the Dao Stele for thousands of years, and his cultivation level leaped to the early stage of the Human Saint.

"When others achieve sainthood, they are bathed in a myriad of rays of light; but when I pass this test, not even a gust of wind blows."

He muttered to himself, then quickly regained his composure and continued to concentrate on the stele.

As time goes by, more and more people achieve sainthood through merit, and there are also countless people who achieve sainthood by severing the three corpses.

Millions of years have passed, and Lin Quan remains the only one to have attained sainthood through the laws.

The comprehension of the laws is extremely difficult. Countless peak-level gods have been stuck here for thousands of years, unable to make any progress.

If it weren't for the Daoist stele in his possession, Lin Quan would never have been able to take this step.

An old saying goes: "First is fate, second is luck, third is feng shui, fourth is accumulating good deeds, and fifth is studying."

Lin Quan's destiny is extraordinary... He was born a divine being, a destiny bestowed by heaven.

The Chaos World Pearl, the Dao Stele, and other supreme treasures came one after another into his possession, making his fortune even more extraordinary.

Even if a mortal without any special skills studies diligently, he will still find it difficult to gain entry into the realm of immortals.

For innate gods and demons, as long as they don't die along the way, their path of cultivation is naturally paved with success.

These words sound harsh, but they are true... Some people land on a mountaintop, or even higher.

Of course, even with abundant opportunities, those who strive after birth can also rewrite their destiny.

Time is like a blade, cutting away all the superficiality.

Thousands of years later, Luo Yuzhu faced an attack from three sages alone.

A casual strike could erode a vast territory spanning hundreds of millions of miles.

Wherever the devastation reached, immortals and gods were either left with broken limbs and bones, or their very forms and spirits were annihilated.

"It would be a great pity if the first female saint born at the beginning of heaven and earth were to perish here."

The thought had barely formed when Lin Quan arrived at the battlefield.

He acted swiftly and decisively, and before three moves were even complete, all three men were subdued.

Those three were all saints who had severed their three corpses, and their strength was far inferior to his.

The opponent possesses a Primordial Spiritual Treasure, while he wields a Primordial Supreme Treasure; if he were to unleash the Chaos World Pearl, a single smash would suffice.

"All of my strength is focused on the opponent... Any extra bit of it leaking out is a waste."

Its earth-shattering power, seemingly astonishing, actually dissipates into the void, wasting laws and energy.

True strength in combat lies in conciseness, not extravagance.

The battle between the saints had far-reaching consequences, so Lin Quan decided to protect Luo Yuzhu.

In the years that followed, they found common ground in their words and hearts, and he eventually welcomed her into the Xiaoyao Palace, where they became Daoist partners.

"There is one female saint and more than three thousand goddesses."

After returning to the palace, he would either observe the Heaven and Earth Mirror to deduce all phenomena or sit quietly in front of the Dao Stele to contemplate the profound Dao.

Occasionally, when inspiration strikes, he refines a few batches of pills, forges a few artifacts, and casually upgrades the Xiaoyao Palace by another level.

When it was first built, it was just a top-grade king-level artifact, but now it has long since transformed into a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

Acquired spiritual treasures are ranked in the same order as innate spiritual treasures, and acquired supreme treasures are also on par with innate supreme treasures.

Innate treasures are born of heaven and earth; acquired treasures are forged by cultivators themselves.

With Lin Quan's current skill in crafting artifacts, he can only craft top-grade acquired spiritual treasures.

Day after day, year after year, millions of years have quietly passed.

"His cultivation in Qi, spirit, and spiritual practice has brought him close to the peak of the Earthly Saint level; his physical strength is comparable to a low-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure."

His lips curled slightly, his smile serene.

Luo Yuzhu, Ruan Mei, and He Min were always by his side, chatting and laughing, their spirits as mellow and invigorating as if they had just drunk fine wine.

Decades later, Indra, with his extraordinary talent, merged with the Heavenly Way; He Jinshui, inspired by him, established the Human Way and became a saint; Lin Qigong established the Earthly Way and also attained sainthood.

With the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man completed, Indra, as the representative of the Heavenly Path, actually wanted to swallow up the Human and Earthly Paths, secretly plotting against Lin Qigong.

At this moment, Song Xiaofeng, who was at the peak of the Divine Venerable realm, suddenly had a feeling and made a grand vow in front of everyone... to use the benefit of the Linhuang world as a covenant and to attain sainthood through merit.

Once this method was introduced, everyone followed suit: if one place was not enough, they would set up ten or a hundred; the greater the promise, the more merit they would receive in advance.

Promises were made to the desolate world to draw upon merit in advance, to ascend to sainthood first, and then fulfill the promise... the practice of obtaining sainthood through loans became widespread.

Below the level of a sage, all are like dust; yet these people become sages precisely through the path of merit.

He has already obtained the holy position without fulfilling his promise; whether he can keep it in the future is another matter.

As long as the promise remains, the will of the Linhuang world will not allow it to perish... How can the creditor die when the debt is still owed?

The will of the Forest Wilderness world has long since split into three paths: Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

Since the debt of merit owed to the Heavenly Dao has not been settled, the Heavenly Dao has no choice but to temporarily act as the "protector of the Dao," guarding this indebted saint and never leaving his side.

Correspondingly, those who owe human and land karmic debts will continue to be protected by human and land karmic debts as long as they have not been repaid.

The transmigrators, quick-witted as ever, offered a variety of promises, vying to borrow the power of merit from the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

The Heavenly Way, Earthly Way, and Human Way of the newly formed Forest Wilderness World are still in their infancy, with unstable foundations and rudimentary rules.

Anything that benefits the Three Paths can, in turn, nourish the Three Paths, making them even more solid.

Achieving sainthood through borrowing is not without its price... Those cultivators who reach the top by borrowing will eventually become puppets in the hands of the three paths.

The Heavenly Sages are headed by Indra;

The sages of the earth revered Lin Qigong;

The sage of humanity uses He Jinshui as his head of household.

The three flames merged, and the desolate world of Linhuang collapsed on the spot, turning billions of living beings into ashes in an instant.

The remnant realm gradually differentiated, evolving into the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

The three factions, standing in a tripartite balance, joined forces to establish the rules for ascension:

Those who have not yet become immortals reside in the human realm;

Those who have become immortals or gods shall settle in the earthly realm;

Only those who attain sainthood can enter the heavenly realm.

Lin Quan offered no resistance, allowing the power of the three paths to carry him and He Min and the others into the Heavenly Realm.