Three Pure Ones

The Three Pure Ones, based on the highest deity of the Taoist pantheon (and from the Investiture of Gods), are the founders of the three schools of Dao Sect:

Eventually, they had some differences and each established a separate school: The Three Pure Ones were originally one. After the Great God Pangu split the heavens and earth and died, his Essence Soul transformed into the Grand Pure One, the Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning and the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasures. They were called the Three Friends and the reason that the Dao Sect’s Three Pures were formed.

The three of them were originally staying in the small courtyard on Kunlun Mountain. After that, they became Hong Jun’s three personal disciples and changed the Xuan Sect to the Dao Sect. Hong Jun was made the Dao Ancestor.

However, due to the different ideals of accepting and teaching disciples, the Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning and the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure were gradually at odds.

After that, the Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning reprimanded the eldest disciple of the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasures, Duobao. In a moment of pique, the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasures moved to the South Ocean.

When the Three Pure Ones became Saints, the Heavenly Lord of Primordial Beginning established his teachings. His intention was to ‘advert the Great Dao and teach all living beings’. He advocated that the laws were not easily passed down. The disciples needed virtue, good fortune, and good luck.

The Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure had set up Jie School and was known as the Grandmaster of Heaven. His intention was to help all living beings obtain a chance of survival. He advocated impartial teaching. As long as a disciple was pleasing to his eye… that would do.

“I have established the Ren School and hid in the Nine Heavens. I have comprehended the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and I have advocated peace and tranquility. I have only accepted one disciple, the Great Daoist Master Xuandu.”