"Buzz..."
After Liu Ziqing respectfully kowtowed before the portrait, the scroll erupted with radiant light that filled the sky.
"Before chaos first divided, the Dao came first; through being and nonbeing, one attains nature. Purple Qi Comes from the East for thirty thousand miles; Hangu Pass was first crossed in five thousand years."
Vast purple qi surged and churned.
In a daze, Liu Ziqing saw a young one in white within the boundless purple qi, riding a Green Ox and stepping upon the purple radiance as he crossed the void, crossed the river of stars, and crossed endless space...
"Patriarch..."
At the sight, Liu Ziqing's entire body trembled, and he hurriedly cried out.
"After hundreds of millions of years, in this primordial universe, you still had the fate to enter the path of the Dao. Your fortune is indeed profound!"
After Liu Ziqing called out, the figure riding the ox into endless space turned back to glance at him, smiling as he nodded.
"Though the Shu Mountain lineage was founded only by one of my nominal disciples, it can still be considered part of my sect. Very well. Since you possess such fortune, I shall grant you an opportunity."
With a wave of his hand, the white-clad figure sent a ray of light toward Liu Ziqing.
Within that light, a small Purple Gold Gourd, entirely violet and gold, flew through the air and entered Liu Ziqing's brow.
Boom!
His mind shook violently. A radiant, unfathomably mysterious Purple Gold Gourd manifested within Liu Ziqing's sea of consciousness, black-and-white light endlessly circulating around its mouth.
"The Purple Gold Gourd? Supreme Grandmaster's personal supreme treasure?"
The sudden delight left Liu Ziqing utterly stunned!
Oh, heavens! This was Supreme Grandmaster's personal supreme treasure!
Startled, Liu Ziqing awoke from the vision of purple qi filling