Chapter 150: The Method of Becoming a Saint

"How does one achieve Sainthood?"

Nan Luo looked at the Nether Demon Emperor, his golden pupils blazing with brilliant light, and asked with a smile.

The Nether Demon Emperor drained his cup of Enlightenment Tea in one gulp, set the cup down on the stone table, pushed it forward, and looked at Nan Luo with an ambiguous smile.

Suppressing the irritation rising within him, Nan Luo flickered his divine consciousness, causing the white jade teapot on the stone table to rise automatically and refill the Nether Demon Emperor's cup with Enlightenment Tea.

"This Enlightenment Tea is truly a rare treasure in this world!" The Nether Demon Emperor picked up the cup, took a gentle sip, and said with an expression of supreme comfort, "At least the Demon Realm possesses no innate spiritual roots that can compare to it."

Hearing this and watching the immensely relaxed Nether Demon Emperor, Nan Luo desperately wanted to punch that smug face. *To think he's brazen enough to freeload and take extra home!* he thought.

Unfortunately, this was merely a pleasant daydream that could not be put into action. Compared to the method of attaining Sainthood, what did a few pounds of Enlightenment Tea matter?

Sporting a smile that did not reach his eyes, Nan Luo said, "If the Nether Demon Emperor is so fond of the Enlightenment Tea, this Emperor shall gift you a few pounds later."

"Oh, how could I possibly be so bold?" The Nether Demon Emperor wore a sincere smile and immediately added, "Since the Divine Emperor is so graciously inclined, this Emperor shall accept without further courtesy."

Just as Nan Luo's patience was about to reach its breaking point, the Nether Demon Emperor finally grew tactful and broached the subject of achieving Sainthood.

"There are two paths in heaven and earth to rapidly achieve Dao and become a Saint, bypassing the countless eons of comprehending the cosmic laws," the Nether Demon Emperor said suddenly, turning solemn and businesslike.

"First, by gathering the vast fortune of uniting the Primordial World, one can instantly attain Dao and become a Saint."

Nan Luo had long known of this method to become a Saint, so he felt no surprise, simply waiting quietly for the Nether Demon Emperor to continue.

"Second, by cultivating and meditating at the birthplace where the laws of heaven and earth condense and take physical form, merging those cosmic laws into oneself, one can instantly attain Dao and become a Saint."

Having reached Nan Luo's level, one possessed an innate ability to discern truth from falsehood in all things.

This capability was profound and wondrous, somewhat akin to the Heart-Observing Technique, yet far superior to it. It ranged from observing the hearts of living beings to perceiving the macrocosm of heaven and earth, allowing one to distinguish true from false in everything.

It was, simply put, a divine talent exclusive to Saints.

Although Nan Luo was merely a Half-Saint, he could readily verify that the Nether Demon Emperor spoke the absolute truth.

"The place where the laws of heaven and earth condense and take physical form?!"

Nan Luo's golden pupils reflected a look of deep contemplation as he murmured to himself.

Since the Nether Demon Emperor's words were true, Nan Luo instantly mobilized the boundless divine sense within his sea of consciousness, stirring up a tempest of mental energy as he pondered where such a "place of condensed cosmic laws" might be.

"Why is this so familiar?" Nan Luo's golden pupils flashed with golden radiance, carrying the frustrating sensation of knowing the answer yet being unable to articulate it. "A place where cosmic laws condense... It seems this Emperor has seen it before."

"Speaking of places where cosmic laws condense, the Divine Emperor actually once acquired such a supreme treasure!" The Nether Demon Emperor sipped his Enlightenment Tea while watching Nan Luo fall into deep thought, then offered a hint with a somewhat displeased tone.

"A place where cosmic laws condense? A supreme treasure?" Inspiration suddenly struck Nan Luo. His golden pupils emitted a divine light of utter insight, and the corners of his mouth curved upward. "This Emperor knows."

Looking at the Nether Demon Emperor, Nan Luo smiled and said, "The Pantheon! Am I right?"

"Back then, as the core of the Heavenly Gate of Dimension, the Pantheon suppressed and maintained the boundary walls between the five great wildernesses—was that not precisely a place where the cosmic laws condensed?!"

"Right and yet wrong!" The Nether Demon Emperor immediately poured cold water on the excited Nan Luo, sneering, "The Pantheon of yesteryear indeed was. But after you shattered the Heavenly Gate of Dimension and seized the Pantheon, it ceased to be one."

Unfazed by the cold water thrown by the Nether Demon Emperor, Nan Luo smiled indifferently and said, "Although the Pantheon is no longer one, there are bound to be other supreme innate treasures akin to it that suppress the Primordial World."

At the exact moment he uttered those words, Nan Luo finally understood the Nether Demon Emperor's true purpose in seeking him out, and he realized where else such an innate treasure suppressing the Primordial World might reside.

"The Yin-Yang Boundary Wall!" Nan Luo gazed intently at the Nether Demon Emperor, his golden pupils blazing as brilliantly as the sun in the sky, and smiled. "The supreme treasure you speak of is within the Yin-Yang Boundary Wall."

"This is the Primordial Era, the dawn of the creation of the Primordial World."

"Since the Pantheon could serve as the core of the Heavenly Gate of Dimension to suppress and maintain the boundaries between the five great wildernesses..."

"Then, the site of the Yin-Yang Boundary Wall must certainly be suppressed by an innate supreme treasure."

"After all, as the barrier severing the dual forces of Yin and Yang, isolating the interactions between the Spirit Realm and the Demon Realm, its sturdiness far surpasses the boundaries between the five great wildernesses."

"Furthermore, you are the Emperor of the Demon Realm, and I am the Emperor of the Spirit Realm. If the two Emperors of Yin and Yang join forces, can we not pierce through the Yin-Yang Boundary Wall and claim the innate supreme treasure suppressed within it?"

Listening to Nan Luo's airtight analysis and deduction, the Nether Demon Emperor suddenly looked at the excited Nan Luo with an expression of genuine admiration. *Divine Emperor Nan Luo,* he thought, *truly lives up to his legendary reputation.*

Though the Divine Emperor Nan Luo possessed a grand reputation without a matching display of might, the Nether Demon Emperor, despite residing in the Demon Realm, had heard tales of him.

The Nether Demon Emperor had always assumed Nan Luo merely relied on the Mandate of Heaven resting upon his shoulders to rank alongside the Dragon Emperor, Phoenix Emperor, Qilin Emperor, and Fierce Emperor as one of the Five Emperors.

Even in seeking an alliance with Nan Luo, the Nether Demon Emperor had believed he was merely exploiting that heavenly mandate.

"It now appears that this Emperor severely misjudged Divine Emperor Nan Luo."

Recalling how he had probed Nan Luo from the very beginning only for Nan Luo to maintain his composure, right up to the present moment where Nan Luo had completely unmasked the Demon Realm's grand scheme, the Nether Demon Emperor could not help but sigh in silent admiration.

While the Nether Demon Emperor was caught in a mix of misjudgment and lingering melancholy, Nan Luo was beside himself with ecstatic joy at having learned the path to Sainthood.

No living being wished to have their life forever threatened by an irresistible, overriding force.

The more Nan Luo thought about it, the more elated he became, feeling as though a colossal boulder pressing upon his heart was about to be kicked away. He exulted wildly inside: *Once I attain the Dao and become a Saint, Hongjun and his ilk will never again be able to threaten my life!*

After quite some time, the ecstatically joyful Nan Luo finally managed to calm his churning emotions.

Looking across the table at the quietly seated Nether Demon Emperor, he no longer found the fellow quite so obnoxious, and said with a smile, "This Emperor was temporarily overcome with joy and lost his composure."

"No matter!" The Nether Demon Emperor smiled and affirmed, "You are entirely correct! The Yin-Yang Boundary Wall is indeed suppressed by an innate supreme treasure. As long as we go there to integrate and absorb this innate supreme treasure, we can instantly attain Dao and become a Saint."

"I wonder what innate supreme treasure it is that suppresses the Yin-Yang Boundary Wall?"

Suddenly recalling the mythological legends he had encountered in his past life, Nan Luo harbored a sudden guess in his heart, yet he dared not voice it with absolute certainty.

With a calm smile, the Nether Demon Emperor uttered three words: "The Taiji Diagram!"

"It truly is that!" Nan Luo abruptly closed his eyes, then snapped them open, his twin golden pupils radiating a brilliant light of all-encompassing insight as he thought to himself: *The Heaven-Opening Axe, also known as the Pangu Axe, transformed into three innate supreme treasures, and this is one of them.*

Noticing the look of agitation flash across Nan Luo's face, the Nether Demon Emperor asked with mounting curiosity, "What is it? Does the Divine Emperor recognize this innate supreme treasure?"

"The Taiji Diagram? I have heard whispers of it," Nan Luo replied with a placid expression.

Observing Nan Luo's reluctance to elaborate, the Nether Demon Emperor could not help muttering inwardly: *Heard whispers? Where from? Aside from those high-and-mighty Saint-Immortals, who on earth could possibly know of the Taiji Diagram?*

*Could it be that standing behind Nan Luo is also a Saint-Immigrant... a Saint-Immortal master?*

The Nether Demon Emperor looked at Nan Luo with sudden, suspicious wariness, quietly speculating to himself.

Regarding the shadowy manipulators pulling strings behind Nan Luo, the matter was shrouded in extreme secrecy, known only to the lofty Saint-Immortals.

All living beings of the myriad races beneath the realm of Saint-Immortals remained entirely oblivious to it.