After making arrangements for their clans, the Three Ancestors simultaneously transformed into their true forms and soared into the sky. Their enormous bodies blotted out the heavens as they swore blood oaths to the Heavenly Dao.
Ancestral Dragon's golden dragon body coiled through the void, faint Merit Golden Light lingering around his horns. His majestic, weighty voice spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
"Above us, Heavenly Dao! I, Ancestral Dragon, provoked the war of the Three Clans for my own selfish desires, causing untold devastation to the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness. My sins are grave!"
"I am willing to use my broken body to suppress the sea eyes of the Four Seas, never leaving for all eternity. The Dragon Clan shall retreat into the Four Seas and guard the sea eyes everywhere, dispelling the violent aura of the water veins! May the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"
Primordial Phoenix's fiery-red phoenix body followed close behind. Her feathers trembled faintly beneath the rosy light, and her clear cry carried a trace of reluctance.
"Above us, Heavenly Dao! I, Primordial Phoenix, started this great war, bringing ruin upon my clan and disaster to all living beings! I am willing to go to the south of the Primordial Wilderness and suppress the Immortal Volcano, resolving the calamity of its lava."
"The Phoenix Clan is willing to withdraw to the Immortal Volcano and guard every volcano there, never again interfering in the affairs of the Primordial Wilderness! May the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"
First Qilin's dark-yellow qilin body descended last, Mysterious Yellow Earth Qi churning beneath his hooves. His heavy voice resounded through heaven and earth.
"Above us, Heavenly Dao! I, First Qilin, coveted supremacy and plunged the Primordial Wilderness into the flames of war!"
"I am willing to use my broken body to suppress the Earth Veins of the Primordial Wilderness and calm their turmoil."
"The Qilin Clan shall become auspicious omens. Wherever qilin appear in the future, auspicious signs shall surely descend, atoning for our sins! May the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"
The instant their oaths fell, golden Merit once more poured down from the sky.
This Merit was several times greater than what had previously been granted to them, flooding into the Three Ancestors like a sweet rain.
Their auras surged in an instant. Though they remained at the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, they had drawn infinitely close to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Even their injuries had fully recovered.
Dragon scales shone even more brilliantly, phoenix feathers ignited with golden flames, and Earth Vein Runes appeared upon qilin armor.
Yet this increase in strength came with eternal restraints.
Ancestral Dragon's dragon body was drawn by an invisible force toward the East Sea's sea eye.
While Primordial Phoenix flew toward the Immortal Volcano, two eggs fell from beneath her due to the resonance between heaven and earth.
One was five-colored, while the other bore the colors of yin and yang.
She hurriedly set up an innate Formation and carefully placed the eggs at a Spirit Vein node before reluctantly continuing onward.
First Qilin's qilin body slowly sank underground, merging with the Earth Veins of the Primordial Wilderness. From then on, he became their guardian.
No living being envied their breakthrough, because from this moment onward, although the Three Ancestors possessed strength close to that of Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals,
they had forever lost their freedom. They could only remain trapped within their sealing grounds until the day their Karmic Debt dissipated.
With the departure of the Three Ancestors, the remnants of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, and their affiliated clans also withdrew from Cangwu Plain, flying toward their respective places of seclusion.
As for the Spiritual Treasures left behind on the battlefield, they took only a portion, leaving most of them behind.
As the saying went, a common man was innocent, but possession of a jade was a crime. Had they still been at their peak, no one would have dared say anything if they had taken every Innate and Houtian Spiritual Treasure.
But now that they were severely weakened, they simply lacked the right to take all the Spiritual Treasures.
Even though most of them had originally belonged to their clans.
Thus, after taking several symbolic and particularly important Spiritual Treasures, they left the majority behind.
This also meant that the war of the Three Clans and the War of Dao and Demons, which had lasted ten thousand years, had finally come to an end.
The skies of the Primordial Wilderness gradually cleared, and the golden rosy light faded away.
Only the stench of blood and Demonic Qi, not yet fully dispersed, remained in the air.
And Cangwu Plain, which had witnessed countless lives and deaths, silently recounted this devastating catastrophe that had followed the great calamity of creation and the beast calamity.
Though traces of bloodshed still lingered around them, everyone knew that no matter what, they had won.
Amid their relief, many turned their gazes toward the void.
Countless treasures floated there, their spiritual light interweaving into a dazzling sea of radiance.
Even from far away, one could clearly sense the Dao Rhythm emanating from the Spiritual Treasures.
"Good heavens, there have to be over ten thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures alone, right?"
A Grand Unity Golden Immortal with a goatee could not help rubbing his hands as he exclaimed in a low voice.
His gaze swept across the intact and damaged Innate Spiritual Treasures, his eyes filled with longing.
Although there were rumors that when the Primordial Wilderness first opened, there had been 129,600 Innate Spiritual Treasures, that was only a rumor.
Leaving aside whether there had truly been so many, even if there had, spread across the vast Primordial Wilderness, they would not have amounted to much.
Not to mention the countless major and minor conflicts they had endured before, including the beast calamity, which had destroyed many Innate Spiritual Treasures.
No one knew how many remained now, but there were over ten thousand right before their eyes.
So many people's eyes gleamed, and after looking around, one of the goateed Grand Unity Golden Immortal's friends exclaimed in amazement.
"Look at that broken sword. Only half of it remains, but the innate runes on its hilt are still flashing. It must be a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!"
"And that treasure mirror with the crack in it—the mirror surface glows with Taiyin Spiritual Light. It might be an Innate Spiritual Treasure with a Taiyin attribute!"
A female cultivator beside them nodded in agreement. "Exactly! Innate Spiritual Treasures are superior to Houtian Spiritual Treasures because they possess Innate Undying Spiritual Light."
"Even if they shatter into several pieces, as long as that spiritual light does not disperse, they can slowly recover."
"Not to mention the vast number of Houtian Spiritual Treasures. Even if they are damaged, repairing them with some spirit ore would still make them useful for disciples!"
But despite saying that, they looked at one another, and no one dared move first.
After all, Hongjun and Yang Mei, two Top Great Powers, were still standing there.
Before the main figures spoke, how could Rogue Cultivators like them dare overstep their bounds?
Many people secretly turned their gazes toward Hongjun and Yang Mei, their eyes filled with anticipation and reverence. They barely dared breathe.
Yang Mei was the first to act. He had never cared much for the worldly things of the Primordial Wilderness.
After casually choosing several Spiritual Treasures suited to the spatial attribute, he smiled and shook his head.
"These Spiritual Treasures are of no use to this old Daoist. Help yourselves."
With that, he stepped aside and began idly examining the spatial Spiritual Treasures.
Everyone's gazes immediately focused on Hongjun.
Hongjun did not hesitate. He first raised his hand and drew two treasures radiating dense Demonic Qi before him.
They were the World Destroying Black Lotus and God Slaying Spear left behind after Luohu's self-destruction.
The World Destroying Black Lotus had originally been a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Though the demonic patterns on its petals had dimmed considerably in the self-destruction, one could still vaguely sense the profound Dao Rhythm of defense within it.
The God Slaying Spear was even more remarkable. It had originally been an Innate Supreme Treasure containing the Slaughter Law, but after successive self-destructions during the battle, it had abruptly fallen to the level of a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
Though seventy percent of the slaughtering demonic patterns on its shaft had shattered, it still exuded bone-chilling killing intent, staining even the air with coldness.
Seeing this, no one raised any objection. Ordinary cultivators simply could not refine such vicious demonic treasures.
Forcing their use would only invite backlash from their demonic nature. Only a great power like Hongjun could suppress them.
After dealing with the demonic treasures, Hongjun turned his gaze toward the other side of the void, where dozens of treasures floated.
They were the relics left behind after Old Ancestor Yin Yang and Old Ancestor Qiankun perished.
Perhaps sensing that their former masters had already fallen, these treasures began emitting low hums.
Their spiritual light flickered between bright and dim, as though mourning their departed masters.
After a moment, they actually drifted unsteadily toward Hongjun, as if recognizing him as their new master.
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