Chapter 1349: Three Sacred Fist
Chapter 1349: Three Sacred Fist
If one were to ask who had the worst reputation in the Ancient Wuist Sect, it would undoubtedly be Wu Luo. She had founded the Lingshan Witch Cult and continued to stir up trouble to this day.If one were to ask who had the best reputation, it would be Wu Yang.
After all, the Daoist Order had designated the Wu Gorge, Wu Mountain, and Goddess Peak as Wu Yang’s sacred grounds. She was the only Great Witch permitted to be openly worshipped and the only one allowed to have legitimate followers. The Daoist Order had even gone to great lengths to portray her positively, with every good deed of the Ancient Wuist Sect attributed to Wu Yang, while all its evils were blamed on the other ten Great Witches.
That was because Wu Yang rendered great service and favor to the Holy Xuan and the Daoist Order. Without Wu Yang, the Holy Xuan would have died in the Kunlun Cave, and the Daoist Order would not have been able to contend against God Lu Wu and the Six Enlightened Witches. If so, Elder Xu would have replaced the Holy Xuan and seized control of the Daoist Order.
For this reason, successive generations of the Daoist Order had repeatedly honored Wu Yang, shaping her image as a loyal servant of the Heavenly Emperor who was suppressed and marginalized by the Ten Witches of Lingshan. While partly true, it was certainly somewhat exaggerated.
Beyond the Daoist Order, the Great Xuan Court and the Western Daoist Order also highly revered Wu Yang. The Great Xuan Court even promoted a series of myths centered on her, mostly involving healing the sick and subduing demons. As a result, Wu Yang enjoyed an excellent reputation among the common people, almost becoming a guardian figure for women and children. She was seen to be kind, compassionate, and devoted to saving all beings, somewhat like Guanyin. This stood in stark contrast to other Great Witches who were often portrayed as eccentric and morally ambiguous.
Of course, Qi Xuansu had indirectly encountered Wu Yang before in his dream, kicking over a bonfire. No matter how he saw it, Wu Yang did not seem kind or gentle, but rather like a larger version of Little Yin.
The reason for all this was not complicated. Wu Yang had also shown favor to Emperor Gaozu of the Great Xuan Dynasty and to Tantai Yun, the first leader of the Western Daoist Order, by imparting teachings and knowledge.
At the moment of her ascension, Wu Yang passed the Spatial Arts to Emperor Gaozu of the Great Xuan and the Temporal Arts to Tantai Yun of the Western Daoist Order.
Wu Yang helped the right people at critical moments, earning lasting fame in later generations.
After obtaining the Temporal Arts, Tantai Yun began refining her own martial techniques. The Cosmos Loop learned by Qi Xuansu was just the tip of the iceberg.
Later, Tantai Yun contended with the Holy Xuan but was defeated. She then fought Wu Xian and was suppressed by Wu Xian’s Spatial Arts. This led her to seriously reflect on her own teachings, intending to create a supreme technique of her own, much like Elder Xu’s Xiaoyao Six Void Tribulations.