Honghuang: An Embodiment of Baleful Aura, I Become a Sage Through Merit

The calamity of the ferocious beasts had only just subsided, and the baleful energy of the Nine Serenities was boiling. Lu Yuan transmigrated into the purest source of evil and baleful energy between heaven and earth. He had thought that, from the start, he would be the number-one wanted criminal targeted by the Heavenly Dao. Yet who could have expected a Twelve-Petaled World-Cleansing Abyss Lotus to be nurtured deep within his source? He devoured baleful energy from forbidden lands and exhaled pure spiritual energy. The Heavenly Dao immediately settled his account by the second, sending down boundless merit. Others cultivated immortality by seizing opportunities and severing the Three Corpses. Lu Yuan cultivated immortality by purifying baleful energy in exchange for merit. Carrying a body filled with ominous energy and a sea of merit hidden within his primordial spirit, Lu Yuan set foot on Kunlun Mountain to seek the Dao. The Chan Sect considered his karmic burdens too heavy and believed him beyond saving, while the Human Sect avoided him as though he were a venomous snake. Only Sect Master Tongtian laughed heartily and accepted him as a disciple. His senior and junior brothers and sisters in the Interception Sect stood up for him with loyalty. “We of the Interception Sect accept your baleful energy!” To preserve this warm and humane sect, Lu Yuan decided to put all his merit to the greatest possible use. The Investiture of the Gods calamity descended. The Saints of all the heavens joined forces to scheme, intending to send the ten thousand immortals of the Interception Sect onto the list to fill the vacancies. The deadly calamity energy that others could not flee from was top-grade nourishment for Lu Yuan to farm merit. Smiling pleasantly, he absorbed the calamity energy from his fellow disciples, formed connections everywhere, and forcibly wove the Interception Sect's doomed situation into an unbreakable web of personal bonds. When the battle before the Myriad Immortals Formation arrived, four Saints descended, intending to completely sever the Shangqing lineage. Lu Yuan, dressed in a black robe, stepped out from the crowd. Behind his head rose a Merit Golden Wheel ten thousand times more dazzling than the sun. With a benevolent smile, he looked at the exalted Saints above him: “Senior and junior uncles, I am standing right here today.” “Whoever dares lay a finger on my master, I will ram straight into them!” “As long as you shatter all this merit of mine, we can all cultivate the Great Dao anew together!”