Deng Chanyu is not equal to a saint, but she is also not truly a poor person. She has a part of opening heaven's merits.
Don't worry about where she was when Pan Gu opened the heavens. It just exists.
Part of it comes from the harvest at the Hollow Willow, and part is a reward for breaking through the Gate of Fate. Normally, she dared not use it; she was planning to save it for the stage of three souls merging into one, to enhance her opening heaven's merits with the Hongmeng purple Qi, and to make a determined effort to ascend to the level of Mixed Yuan Great Robe Golden Immortal.
The opening merits of Hongguang can be estimated because the total amount is fixed. Pan Gu cannot suddenly jump out from the corners and dash in with another axe. Deng Chanyu occupies about 0.6% of the share at the Hollow Willow (Chapter 454).
The reward for breaking through the Gate of Fate is more generous, but it does not exceed 3%. If Liang Tian's measuring stick is willing to invest another wave, she should be able to accumulate 4% of opening heaven's merits.
There's only this much, there's really nothing extra. She figures that the Three Pure Ones must be the ones with a truly vast family and business. At the starting stage, the three of them alone might account for about 50% of the opening heaven's merits. If they have a bit more good fortune later on, it could even be more.
Deng Chanyu is out of luck, she is at a time that is too late for her to cross.
Even before reaching the level of sainthood, the opening heaven's merits of Jieyin, ZhunTi, and even NuWa surpass Deng Chanyu.
Her original plan was to take whatever opening heaven's merits she had at the time, regardless of how much it was.
As long as the third body is cut out, there's no turning back. If opening heaven's merits are insufficient, use ordinary merits; if ordinary merits are used up, borrow from Heavenly Law. The main idea is that if one fails in this life, they will become a martyr.
What are you saying now? There is a share of unclaimed opening heaven's merits? Deng Chanyu immediately feels wide awake.
Opening heaven's merits are, in a sense, the legacy of Pangu, carrying his earnest hopes. They represent the most pure and primordial force that transcends both Honghuang and chaos, capable of turning the impossible into possible in the face of complete adversity.
If Deng Chanyu had 20% of opening heaven's merits, she might have become a saint while picking her toes.
If 20% is too much to expect, then 10% is also acceptable.
The beginning Qilin seems to have guessed the thoughts of the immortals, his voice heavy as he said, "That opening heaven's merits were discovered by my descendant deep in the earth's veins. They must have sunk into the ground along with the turbid Qi. I myself did not see it, but I estimate that there won't be too much of it."
Deng Chanyu isn't even the slightest bit picky; she'll take whatever she can get.
She's planning to ask Yuan Feng back. Grand Dragon has prepared a lot of backup plans, and there's no pressure to support so many free-eating and -drinking true dragons and celestial dragons in the Grand Dragon Hall. This shows the richness of the dragon race. Now that the beginning Qilin also has a rather substantial fortune, shouldn't our phoenix tribe also have some treasures? Shouldn't all of them be gone just because you've eaten them all up?
I helped you take care of old age and endow you with official positions, now it's only fair that I get some opening heaven's merits in return, is that too much to ask?
She was about to speak when Nanbei Xianweng addressed Huanglong Zhenren beside him, "Brother, this time you have successfully forged the Dao of Yin-Yang. It is the perfect time for you to shine and make your name known among the immortals. Why not showcase your swordsmanship in front of everyone and demonstrate the splendor of our Caodao?"
Deng Chanyu was cut off and felt a bit annoyed. Old fellow, you'll eventually be optimized out! Let you and Maitreya plant melons together!
Huanglong Zhenren's expression was somewhat hesitant. He was a Taiyi Jinxian! Before, he had never dared to dream of this realm. Even in his dreams, he had never imagined it.
Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, and Lingbao Da Faoshou were all nodding, give it a try.
Yang Jian also gave his own martial uncle an encouraging glance, signaling his support.
The honest dragon looked at Deng Zhenren, who claimed to be in charge of the affairs of the Jade Purity Palace. Deng Chanyu slightly nodded, indicating that he could go.
"Good, disciple is not talented, willing to come and try this trial ground first, for various Daoist friends to pave the way." He stood up, first bowed to Pingxin Niangniang, and then hesitated slightly when he approached the beginning Qilin. The immortals present almost did not recognize the beginning Qilin. Madam Pingxin did not introduce him either. However, as a member of the dragon race, there are many inheritance information in his bloodline. Yan Feng and the beginning Qilin are of paramount importance.
Huanglong recognized the beginning Qilin at a glance. After bowing to Madam Pingxin, the generous and honest Huanglong bowed to the beginning Qilin as well.
The evil phoenix demon made a face, indicating that she was not going to bow. She only called him an old man and thought it was enough.
Madam Pingxin opened a portal on the spot at the Yanking Hall, Huanglong Zhenren drew his sword and rushed in. Less than a teacup's worth of time had passed when Huanglong Zhenren emerged lying down.
At this moment, Nanji Xianweng started playing dead again. It was Deng Chanyu who threw a divine pill, allowing Huanglong Zhenren to stabilize his injuries and not lie down just yet, to listen to Madam Pingxin's comments and collect the rewards first, before then lying down in a coma.
Huanglong might understand her meaning or not, but in any case, after taking the divine pill, he recovered some of his injuries and slowly stood up.
He first bowed to Madam Pingxin to express his gratitude, followed by the beginning Qilin. It's completely appropriate in terms of etiquette.
Madam Pingxin nodded and her words contained praise: "Your junior's approach to the challenge was very correct, but there was a bit of overconfidence. It's not completely impossible for a Golden Immortal to defeat a Taiyi Golden Immortal, you overestimated yourself and underestimated your enemy. From what I see, the cultivation power within you has not yet reached the stage of complete integration, have you just broken through?"
"Yes, that's correct."
"Hmm, fighting to nourish one's strength, it is very suitable for your Dao body, fight a few more matches, and you can quickly grasp the Taiyi Dao Fruit."
"Thank you, Madam, for your guidance."
Madam Pingxin pointed with her finger, and three beams of light flew out from the trial ground, indicating that Huanglong won three matches and his performance should be considered decent.
"This is what?" Huanglong exclaimed in surprise after taking a closer look at the item in his hand.
It's an ancient-style big drum, and he recognizes the skin on the drum surface; it's the skin of a qilin.
The attention of all the immortals was focused on the drum in his hand, and he felt a bit embarrassed.
He had been wandering the Hongguang for so many years that this was his first time receiving a treasured artifact from a mentor.
"This is the Xingtian Drum, which is an army drum but can also be used for battles between immortals. Take it back and cultivate it, in future battles, use this drum to strike the drums and its sound will have the effect of purifying evil and banishing evil, and it can also summon thunder from ten thousand paths."
Huanglong performed a solemn salute, thanking Madam Pingxin for her generous gift.
Although there's a saying about buying the bone of a horse for a thousand ounces, the rewards were so generous that there was no way to fake it.
The few powerful beings did not pay much attention to the Xingtian Drum, they only wanted opening heaven's merits.
"I'll do it!"
"Let me handle it!"
"Madam, I apologize. For the sake of my path, I have to bear with my face and compete for it."
Deng Chanyu, Duo Bao, and Zhengyuanzi all stepped forward, exchanging glances with each other, guessing that they should all know the wonders of opening heaven's merits. At least they knew the general idea.
The Di Jiang who was pulled away came back, shouting, "Let me go, everyone step back, let me handle it!"
The remaining immortals don't understand why the major figures suddenly became so proactive. They speculate that the opening heaven's merits should be very important, and they become excited too, thinking that maybe their own destiny is in it, and they can directly obtain this opening heaven's merits. After all, there's nothing to lose by trying.
