Hearing this, Hongjun was greatly shocked. In only a moment, he saw the Hollow Willow Branch sweep across the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
Like the many treasures before them, the Four Swords of Zhu Xian were all taken into Yangmei's possession.
Hongjun was slightly startled, but he also realized the crucial point.
This Yangmei!
"You bastard, when you fought Luohu back then, you never used your full strength."
Yangmei naturally nodded. At this point, he spoke the truth.
"Before that, I had already seen through your schemes. At the time, I had already attained the Hunyuan Dao in the Chaos, so I simply sent an incarnation there. I saw all your schemes and all your actions."
"Though you are now a Heavenly Dao Saint, I attained the Dao long ago. There is no authority of the Heavenly Dao here for you to control. In this Primordial World, you are far from being my match."
Hearing this, Hongjun was startled. He had not expected Yangmei to attain the Dao so early.
Nor had he expected that the one who had helped him back then was merely an incarnation.
He had not even completely seen through the incarnation's true nature.
With such cultivation, Hongjun looked at Yangmei and could only sigh in the end.
At this moment, he was not Yangmei's opponent.
If they were within the Primordial World, with the authority of the Heavenly Dao at his command, things would naturally be different.
But this was the Chaos. Only the Great Dao existed within the Chaos; the Heavenly Dao was like a younger brother here and could not wield much authority.
"Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is admirable. I am inferior."
Yangmei nodded at his words, then took out countless Divine Treasures and placed them before Hongjun.
Looking at the Divine Treasures before him, Hongjun felt somewhat angry. He had not expected to lose all his Divine Treasures in such a brief exchange.
Yet Yangmei had no intention of keeping them and directly pushed them back.
"These Divine Treasures are useless to me. I roam the Chaos in pursuit of the Great Dao and should not rely on the advantages of Divine Treasures to win. I Prove the Dao by Force. The Hollow Willow Branch in my hand is enough. Fellow Daoist, you may take all these Divine Treasures back."
Hongjun was stunned, but inwardly he was overjoyed.
He had not expected that he could actually get these Divine Treasures back.
However, Yangmei's words also awakened him.
He had gathered a vast number of Divine Treasures in the Primordial World, and now he indeed seemed somewhat reliant on their advantages.
He was about to preach the Dao. Why not distribute the many Postnatal Spiritual Treasures in his possession, along with some Innate Spiritual Treasures?
With all these karmic ties falling upon the Great Powers of the Primordial World, it would surely benefit him greatly.
But Yangmei beside him could not help saying,
"Fellow Daoist, you have made many plans, but you should also ease your mind. Too many schemes may interfere with your cultivation."
At this point, it seemed that the one truly seeking the Dao was not Hongjun, but Yangmei before him.
Without countless schemes, Yangmei had attained the Dao before him, single-mindedly dwelling within this desolate, dull Chaos that had no up, down, left, or right.
Though Hongjun wavered somewhat, he thought of his plans and steadied his heart.
His plan to use the Heavenly Dao in place of the Great Dao had been in the making for a long time.
He would prove that it was right. He would walk the path that Pangu had never touched.
"Fellow Daoist, I still need to preach the Dao in the Primordial World, so I shall take my leave."
Yangmei nodded. Watching Hongjun depart, he was somewhat speechless.
In the end, he could not help shaking his head.
"He has the heart to seek the Dao, yet his mind is filled with so many thoughts. His path will be difficult indeed."
Just as he was about to turn around and return to his cultivation, he suddenly gained an insight.
It seemed that an opportunity of his lay within the Primordial World.
Yangmei was slightly stunned. The Primordial World actually held an opportunity for him?
He calculated with his fingers, yet found that he could not see what this opportunity truly was.
He was merely somewhat curious. After being in the Chaos for so long, this was the first time he had sensed that he possessed an opportunity.
After saying that, he glanced at the Primordial World.
After considering it, he decided to take a look. Perhaps it was an opportunity to attain the Primordial Limitless Dao.
With his speed fully unleashed, Yangmei's aura had actually reached the peak of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
To reach such cultivation in such a short time—few would dare believe it if they heard of it.
But upon arriving at the edge of the Primordial World, he hesitated somewhat.
Within the Primordial World was the Heavenly Dao's home ground. Here, his current cultivation could not contend with it.
After thinking it over, he sighed, disguised himself slightly, and only then entered the Primordial World with peace of mind.
When Hongjun returned to the Purple Firmament Palace, his face bore a trace of dejection.
He had originally believed that, as the Primordial World's first Heavenly Dao Saint, he should have been invincible in the world.
Yet first an unknown Great Power had appeared, exceeding his expectations. Then Yangmei emerged, and he was even stronger.
After plotting for so long, it now seemed that Hongjun could only rank third.
There was no need to mention how strong his sense of defeat was.
But after only a moment, he examined the situation at the Purple Firmament Palace again.
Still, not a single person had arrived.
Looking again at his Purple Firmament Palace, purple qi rose into the air like a beacon within the Primordial World.
Even with that, no one had found it.
Combined with his recent setback, he felt somewhat angry.
"Can't these people find it even like this?"
But after saying that, he came to his senses and thought it over. The Chaos had no distinction between up, down, left, or right.
Searching within it was like looking for a needle in the sea.
Helplessly, he pointed a finger, sending streams of information into the minds of the Great Powers throughout the Primordial World.
The many people searching for the Purple Firmament Palace in the Chaos were suddenly stunned, then their faces filled with joy.
"We found it! We found the Purple Firmament Palace!"
As they spoke, they all headed toward the Purple Firmament Palace.
Nuwa also received the message.
She immediately followed the direction toward the Purple Firmament Palace.
She was not very far from the Purple Firmament Palace.
After flying for some distance, she saw a massive palace floating in the Chaos, wreathed in rising Purple Halo. She immediately understood that this was the Purple Firmament Palace.
After entering, she discovered three people standing in the empty plaza.
An old man, a middle-aged man, and a young man.
However, their auras were connected, as though they came from the same origin. Their features also seemed somewhat alike.
When the three saw Nuwa arrive, the young man stepped forward.
"Fellow Daoist, you arrived quite quickly."
Nuwa looked at the three of them and thought carefully. They should be the Kunlun Three Pure Ones.
She cupped her hands and said,
"Greetings, three Fellow Daoists. You must be the Kunlun Three Pure Ones, correct?"
The young Tongtian burst into laughter.
"Fellow Daoist, we are indeed the Three Pure Ones. I am Tongtian of the Upper Pure."
Nuwa nodded, then took a step farther away from him.
She seemed to be deliberately keeping her distance, for after all, her master had told her,
"Among those who come to hear the Dao at the Purple Firmament Palace, aside from Immortal Zhenyuanzi, not one of them is simple."
Zhenyuanzi was considered simple only because he later became a complete homebody.
Bearing the title Ancestor of Earth Immortals, he never showed off. Every day, he merely cultivated within his Daoist temple.
He was considered relatively steady. As for the rest, they were all unreliable people.
They carried too much karma and were exceedingly dangerous, so Nuwa could not help avoiding them.
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