Little Friend, Why Are You in Such a Sorry State?

"Senior brother, have I damaged my very essence?"

Zhun Ti to touch the top of his head, but the moment he touched it, he winced in pain and pulled his hand back.

"It didn't damage its core, but it's beyond repair. Go back and rest slowly."

"We've followed this place all this way, gaining nothing in terms of spiritual treasures or fortuitous opportunities; instead, we've lost our own lives in the process."

Zhun Ti was unwilling to give up and wanted to go back to the battlefield, but Jie Yin was much more rational. In the current situation, if they got involved, they would only bring trouble upon themselves, so it was best for them to stay quiet and keep to themselves.

So he grabbed Zhun Ti and dragged him back hundreds of miles, preparing to head home.

"Since things have come to this, we can only accept our bad luck and go back to the West. I wonder how things are there now?"

"Well!"

Zhun Ti was quite obedient and didn't resist. She was just dragged away like that, though she was still somewhat unwilling.

Xiang Dong lifted a leaf to cover the flower head, but couldn't muffle his laughter; the petals trembled and fell down.

As the fire rain subsided, Taiqing descended from the billowing smoke and dust, and Yuqing also emerged from the smoke and dust. Half of his sleeve was burned away, revealing a bluish-purple arm.

He raised his hand to touch his face, and when he touched his swollen cheekbone, he seemed to remember something, and his face turned angry.

He then waved his hand to brush the dust off his body, but instead of getting rid of the dust, a large piece of his sleeve fell off, making him look even more disheveled. He was so angry that he almost lost his balance.

Shangqing reached out to help him, but Yuqing raised his arm to block him, and said with great effort.

"I'm not at the point where I can't walk yet."

Xiang Dong, who was watching all this, remained silent. You're so depressed and low on energy, you're about to get high blood pressure from all this, yet you're still stubbornly insisting that you're fine.

Taiqing took out two pills and gave them to his two younger brothers to help them recover from their injuries and Law Power as soon as possible, as there might be another tough battle ahead.

On the other side, the two Golden Crows retracted their true forms. They were in slightly better condition than the Three Pure Ones, but they were still covered in dust and dirt.

"Where is the Creation Green Lotus?"

Dijun unfolded the Hetu and Luoshu, hoping to use this magical treasure to search and deduce, but he found nothing.

"That Ancestral Witches seems to have escaped, brother. Perhaps we can still catch up with her."

"Chase? Where to chase? What to use to chase?"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi turned his palm over, Dijun grabbed his wrist and pressed his hand back down.

The Chaos Bell cannot be used; at least it's not safe enough for now.

The same applies to the Taiji Diagram and the Pangu Banner.

"Search the neighborhood first; perhaps they haven't gone far."

So, the Three Pure Ones and the two Golden Crows tacitly began a thorough search, no need to dig three feet into the ground, since the ground had been vaporized by more than three thousand feet.

Five Divine Senses swept across the scorched earth, and the Primordial Spirit spread out, penetrating deep beneath the glazed soil.

They started their search from the center of the halo's spread, focusing their efforts on that area. They scanned it back and forth no less than ten times. Xiang Dong could see the Divine Sense and Primordial Spirit sweeping past him, but they couldn't detect anything amiss.

Five Peak Great Unity Golden Immortals couldn't find anything, which shows that the person who saved him was incredibly powerful, at least ten stories high.

As for who this person is, Xiang Dong already has a general idea in mind.

"The aura of the Ancestral Witches has completely disappeared."

Taiqing withdrew his Divine Sense. Even with the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, he could not deduce the whereabouts of Xiang Dong and Taichu, nor did he know where they were or what their condition was.

"That ant, his breath stopped here, he seems to be dead."

Even with the help of the magical artifact, Dijun could only arrive at this conclusion.

Both sides stared at the large pit for a moment, then sized each other up, their eyes filled with hostility, after all, the Chaos Bell was in the hands of Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Yuqing turned to Eastern Emperor Taiyi, stretching his aching wrists. His little thoughts naturally didn't escape Taiqing's notice, and Taiqing pressed him down and said something.

"This place is no place to stay for long. After so many battles, we need to rest and recuperate. Let's go."

The Three Pure Ones departed. Shangqing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, recalling the unrestrained fighting style of Taichu before, and the terrifying combat power generated by the Principle.

"Father... the Great God Pangu walked the path of Proving the Dao through Strength. Is this force the Power of Principle?"

Shangqing seemed to understand, Yuqing seemed to be deep in thought, and Taiqing remained silent. However, he had suffered the most beatings and felt the deepest pain, and his injuries were still throbbing. Therefore, he couldn't help but ponder and didn't correct the title that almost slipped out of his mouth.

Xiang Dong couldn't help but laugh. What's this? Has being beaten made him enthusiastic about studying?

This proves the saying: you can't learn something just by being taught it, but you can learn it after being taught it only once.

If the Three Pure Ones were truly willing to devote themselves to studying the Principle, it would be hard to say what the future would hold.

Donghuang also wanted to fight; a wisp of Solar True Fire had already gathered in his palm, but it was extinguished by Dijun.

"Walk."

Two Golden Crows transformed into rainbows and left the ground.

All five left, and they left decisively. However, in terms of the result, they gained nothing and got into a lot of trouble. The Three Pure Ones, in particular, were covered in injuries and had three Top-grade Innate Spirit Treasures stolen by Taichu. They suffered a huge loss.

After the five people had walked away, a hand supporting Xiang Dong stepped out of the void.

Xiang Dong looked up along the hand and, sure enough, it was that old man.

Yangmei lifted him up a bit, carefully examined Xiang Dong's miserable state, and shook her head with a tsk-tsk.

"Young friend, how did you get yourself into such a sorry state?"

"Just laugh if you want to, don't hold it in and hurt yourself, then you'll blame me."

"Hahaha..."

Yangmei laughed out loud, supporting his flowerpot and straightening the crooked flower stems.

After he finished laughing, Xiang Dong asked, "When did you arrive? How long have you been watching the show?"

"I sensed it as the Ancestral Witches arrived, treading on light."

Yangmei raised her finger and drew a thin line in the air, then folded the end of the line back to its original position.

"The path he took not only transcended space but also touched upon the order of time. Such methods have already touched upon the realm of the Space-Time Great Dao, a domain that even I, when I was still Chaos Demon Gods, was unable to reach. Naturally, I had to come and take a look."

Yangmei was telling the truth. He had once wanted to go a step further and work with Shi Chen to deduce the Space-Time Great Dao, but Shi Chen was not willing, so the matter was dropped.

When Taichu crossed time and space to arrive earlier, he, as the Lord of Space, naturally sensed it. At first, he thought it was the Shi Chen.

When he arrived, he was astonished to find that it was just an Ancestral Witches. Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was related to Xiang Dong.

Since it was related to Xiang Dong, he naturally had to take a good look and see what tricks Xiang Dong and Taichu had up their sleeves. So he witnessed a good show firsthand.

"Don't you Chaos Demon Gods communicate with each other? How can you improve without communication?"

"Heh, when it comes to matters of the Dao, who would willingly share all their knowledge?"

Yes, that's true. These Chaos Demon Gods are all incredibly cunning, like honeycomb briquettes.