When Hongjun's Evil Corpse returned to Jade Capital Mountain,
his Original Body was still comprehending the Dao within the cave abode, perhaps in hopes of attaining the Dao sooner.
When the Evil Corpse returned, Hongjun opened his eyes as well.
"How did it go?"
A trace of anxiety showed on the Evil Corpse's face, and Hongjun's heart immediately tightened. Setting everything else aside, that expression alone meant something had happened.
Moreover, upon closer inspection, the Evil Corpse did not appear to be in good condition. His entire body was charred black, and he looked utterly bedraggled.
From the look of him, he had either been scorched by something or severely injured by someone.
"What exactly happened? Looking at you, could it be that someone injured you this badly? There should be no such being in the Primordial World."
At those words, the anxiety on the Evil Corpse's face gradually shifted, but he hurriedly began recounting what he had seen and what he suspected.
"There is something I need to report."
"Earlier, I went to the Primordial World and saw a small island in the South Sea, where Purple Mist from the East was rising. Only after going there did I discover that a Daoist was within, having set up a great formation."
"The great formation could throw Earth Fire Water Wind into disorder. I nearly died after stepping inside."
"Afterward, that Daoist effortlessly calmed the great formation, then directly Teleported me out of that island."
"My cultivation was intact, yet I was powerless to resist."
After hearing this, Hongjun frowned deeply.
The cultivation of his Three Corpses could be considered the highest in the current Primordial World.
After the great battle between the Three Ancestors and Luohu, followed by the Dao-Demon Conflict, there were no longer any cultivators Above Great Luo in the Primordial World.
Yet judging from the fact that the other party had effortlessly sent his Evil Corpse off the island, rendered him unable to resist, and trapped him with a single great formation,
the other party had to possess at least Quasi-Sage cultivation.
His Evil Corpse was in the early stage of the Quasi-Sage realm. If the other party could accomplish all that so easily, then he was at least at the peak of the Quasi-Sage realm.
As for an even higher realm... a Sage?
A Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal?
A Sage was impossible. He was certain that, according to the deal between himself and the Heavenly Dao, he would become the first Sage in the Primordial World.
As for a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, that possibility left him somewhat doubtful.
The situation in the Primordial World was clear, but if the Chaos were included, then things were harder to say.
Back then, Pangu had fought in the Chaos before opening Heaven, and all three thousand Great Dao Demon Gods had perished in that battle.
But Chaos was boundless. Even Hongjun did not know how many unknown things lay hidden within it.
"Could it be a demon god from the Chaos with Primordial Grand Unity cultivation?"
As he thought this, he grew tense.
Why had a Chaos Demon God entered the Primordial World?
Would this interfere with his plans?
After saying that, Hongjun rose to his feet and sighed.
"So be it. I shall go there myself and see who exactly is on that small island."
The Evil Corpse entered Hongjun's body. After leaving the cave abode, Hongjun transformed into a rainbow and flew away.
A boy and a girl atop Jade Capital Mountain watched the rainbow light vanish into the distance, both stunned.
The boy was the first to speak.
"Yaochi, why do you think Master rushed out so urgently? Didn't he say he was going into seclusion to attain the Dao?"
Yaochi held a watering pot in her hand as she tended to several Spiritual Roots before her.
She glanced up, then withdrew her gaze.
"How could we be qualified to speculate about Master's affairs? We should just do our work properly."
"Haotian, why do you spend all day paying attention to such things?"
Haotian froze at her words and shook his head, but as he gazed at Hongjun's departing figure, his eyes held a trace of yearning.
"Nothing. I was just wondering whether we might also have a chance to attain the Dao after Master does."
Yaochi was briefly taken aback, then shook her head. She did not give it much thought and continued with her work.
Seeing that she was ignoring him, Haotian lowered his head and busied himself with his own tasks.
When Hongjun arrived in the Primordial World, he flew in the direction his Evil Corpse had described.
As he watched the changes in the Primordial World along the way, his gaze could not help turning toward Kunlun.
"The Three Pure Ones dwell in Kunlun. The three of them were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit and possess boundless fortune and merit. They should be destined to have ties with me."
Though he said this, he did not head toward Kunlun, instead flying directly toward the South Sea.
What worried him most now was that there was actually someone in the Primordial World whose cultivation equaled his own, or perhaps even surpassed it.
When he reached the South Sea, he saw only its calm waters.
There appeared to be nothing unusual.
Following his memories to the island where Cheng Yue resided, he examined the situation on the island.
At a glance, he saw a forest, where the strongest beasts had cultivation no higher than the Heavenly Immortal realm.
There was also a great hall.
Several hundred Cushions were arranged neatly before the great hall.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
As for the formation mentioned by the Evil Corpse, he saw no trace of it.
Yet just as he was about to enter the island, his heart tightened. The Heavenly Dao seemed to issue him a warning.
"This place is dangerous? There may be a threat to my life?"
With the Evil Corpse's memories and the Heavenly Dao's warning, Hongjun halted.
He looked at the island and finally sighed.
Then he called into the island.
"Fellow Daoist on the island, would you be willing to show yourself?"
After speaking, Hongjun stood there quietly and waited.
Inside the great hall, Cheng Yue had just pressed Nuwa into cultivating and was preparing to cultivate himself.
Suddenly hearing a voice from outside the island, he frowned.
"Strange, why does that voice sound so much like that damned old man?"
Still, given the other's approach, he had better go out and meet him.
He rose and came outside the hall. Looking beyond the island, he saw that familiar voice and that familiar figure.
Cheng Yue rose into the air in confusion and looked at Hongjun before him.
"Hey, old man, didn't I drive you away? Why are you back again?"
Upon hearing that form of address, Hongjun's mouth twitched slightly.
Yet after looking Cheng Yue over, even though Hongjun himself had come in person, he still could not see through Cheng Yue's cultivation.
Seeing the strange way the other man was looking at him, Cheng Yue's backside clenched.
He began secretly pondering.
This guy isn't some old pervert, is he?
The thought was somewhat terrifying.
In the end, he could not help directly activating his Divine Ability of Mind Reading.
[This person's cultivation cannot be seen through. Could he be a Chaos Demon God descended into the world?]
Cheng Yue froze on the spot. What kind of development was this? A Chaos Demon God descending into the world?
You were merely a peak True Immortal with a faint aura of a Mystic Immortal. Just because you could not see through someone, you assumed he was a Chaos Demon God. Wouldn't that mean Chaos Demon Gods were everywhere in the entire Primordial World?
Would everyone be your ancestor?
Feeling somewhat speechless, Cheng Yue was about to think of a way to send this fellow away when the old man suddenly spoke.
"Greetings, Senior. This junior is Hongjun. Might Senior be a demon god from the Chaos?"
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