Something's Not Right, Extremely Not Right!

The boundless Chaos Sea was a gray, misty expanse, with violent Chaos Qi rampaging wildly.

Qin Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches stood in a circle, with a pool floating in the center. The pool shimmered with a layer of extremely pure liquid.

"Big Brother, it's gone, really, not a single drop left..."

A tender, tearful voice echoed in everyone's hearts.

Qin Xuan gently patted Little Green, saying:

"Weren't you boasting that you could create any spirit liquid I wanted? And after tens of thousands of years, this is all you've got!"

He looked at the Chaos Spirit Liquid, barely a tenth of the pool's capacity, and felt his heart bleed!

Little Green whined:

"You have to see where we are! This is all violent Chaos Qi, it's not easy to refine!"

Hearing this, Qin Xuan changed his tone, becoming earnest and sincere:

"Little Green, tell Big Brother, how have I treated you these years?"

Little Green grumbled a couple of times:

"Just... just so-so, I guess! Nothing special!"

Qin Xuan's eyes widened in anger:

"Where's your conscience, kid? Touch your gourd skin and think hard!"

"If it weren't for that pool of Chaos Spirit Liquid I gave you in the beginning, could you have developed sentience so quickly? Could you be frolicking around in the Chaos Sea?"

Little Green muttered:

"I didn't see any spirit liquid when I woke up, and you almost smashed me to death with a punch! If I hadn't been quick, I would've been blown to bits!"

Qin Xuan was momentarily choked, but quickly smiled again:

"If you work harder, Big Brother will find you a female gourd someday!"

Hearing this, Little Green's voice was even more resentful:

"You said that ten thousand years ago!"

Qin Xuan pretended to be dumb:

"Don't talk nonsense, when did I say that!"

Little Green's voice was tearful:

"Big Brother, you have to speak from your conscience!"

"Ten thousand years ago, you said, 'Little Green, work harder, and I'll find you a female gourd someday.'"

"Seven thousand years ago, you said again, 'Little Green, if you can refine more, I'll let you rest for a hundred thousand years!'"

"Five thousand years ago, you said again, 'Little Green, don't be lazy, when we get back to the Pangu Temple, that pool of Three Lights Divine Water will be yours!'"

After a pause, Little Green pleaded:

"Big Brother, please stop promising things you won't deliver!"

"I really can't take it anymore!"

Hearing this, Qin Xuan looked sheepish, feeling a little embarrassed. He hadn't expected this little guy to have such a good memory.

He felt a bit awkward and scolded:

"You little brat, you're rebelling against me!"

Little Green "whooshed" and instantly burrowed into Hou Tu's arms.

Hou Tu smiled, reached out, and gently stroked Little Green, who was hiding in her arms, saying softly:

"Little Green hasn't had it easy these years, I can see it's lost weight."

At this moment, Qin Xuan looked into the Chaos Sea and saw many figures of Primordial Chaos experts heading towards Zixiao Palace, his expression becoming serious.

"Hou Tu, take the spirit liquid back to Pangu Temple to cultivate."

"My other brothers and I will go to Zixiao Palace."

Hearing this, Hou Tu's eyes showed a hint of confusion.

Zhurong also asked in confusion:

"Qin Xuan, what's wrong? This time all of us brothers are here, we're not afraid of our little sister being bullied."

Qin Xuan shook his head, his tone becoming more serious:

"It's not about that."

"It's best if Hongjun doesn't find out about Hou Tu restoring her Primordial Spirit."

In this boundless Chaos Sea, he wasn't worried about being detected by Hongjun.

But entering Zixiao Palace, under Hongjun's very nose, it was hard to guarantee that Hongjun wouldn't discover something.

Hou Tu's opening of Reincarnation was too important, and there couldn't be any mistakes.

If Hongjun were to be prepared in advance, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He didn't believe Hongjun would idly watch the rise of the Earthly Dao, threatening the Heavenly Dao's rule.

As for the Saintly Seat karma from before, it naturally became less important.

At most, it was just tricking Hongjun out of some things, which was simply insignificant compared to the plans for the Earthly Dao.

Of course, this debt couldn't be easily written off.

The Ancestral Witches nodded in agreement, finding Qin Xuan's words reasonable.

Xuan Ming said coldly, "Then I'll accompany Little Green back to Pangu Temple. That way, I can also look after her."

Everyone readily agreed, feeling reassured with Xuan Ming accompanying her.

They watched Xuan Ming and Hou Tu leave.

Qin Xuan and the other Ancestral Witches also identified the direction and hurried towards Zixiao Palace.

A thousand years later.

Inside Zixiao Palace, the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.

Dijun, Taiyi, Nüwa, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and the Ten Great Demon Sages, the Demon Clan's upper echelons, were gathered together, their expressions somewhat tense.

There was no helping it.

At this moment, many people in the hall were staring at them with gleaming eyes.

All because of the Heavenly Dao's announcement that killing members of the Demon Clan would grant merit.

In recent years, countless cultivators had been besieging and killing the Demon Clan like madmen.

Meanwhile, Yuanshi was staring intently at Qin Xuan, his eyes full of hatred, wishing he could devour Qin Xuan alive.

However, Qin Xuan completely ignored him, not even glancing at him.

If this Yuanshi brat still couldn't recognize who was in charge and wanted to cause trouble, then he wouldn't mind helping Yuanshi loosen his bones again.

At this moment, ripples spread through the void, and Hongjun's figure suddenly appeared on the prayer mat at the head.

He looked at the tense and confrontational atmosphere in the hall and nodded in satisfaction.

This was the situation he had envisioned.

He began to scan the crowd.

When his gaze fell on Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He discovered that these two hadn't even become Quasi-Sages yet, still remaining Great Golden Immortals!

Hongjun was a bit dumbfounded. These two had profound origins and weren't lacking in comprehension.

An entire yuanhui had passed; what had they been doing in Wuzhuang Temple?

They were still Great Golden Immortals?

Subsequently, his gaze fell on Yuanshi and, seeing the aura of the mid-stage Quasi-Sage emanating from him, he nodded in satisfaction again.

He hadn't expected Yuanshi, after being beaten half to death by Qin Xuan, to still be able to break through to the mid-stage Quasi-Sage.

But when he saw Tongtian beside Yuanshi, his face instantly froze!

He discovered that Tongtian hadn't taken the path of severing the three corpses but had instead become a Primordial Golden Immortal!

Hongjun was completely stunned.

Last time in Zixiao Palace, he had specifically instructed Tongtian that the path of laws was no longer viable and told him to focus on severing corpses. He hadn't expected Tongtian to dare go against him!

Without cultivating to Quasi-Sage, he wouldn't be under his control!

How dare Tongtian?

At the same time, he was also somewhat puzzled.

The Great Dao had already retreated; it was impossible for Tongtian to comprehend laws on his own!

Then who was it?

Who had helped Tongtian?!

His gaze quickly swept across the crowd below.

When he saw that Qin Xuan and all the Ancestral Witches were also exuding the aura of Primordial Golden Immortals, he didn't pay much attention to it.

The path of laws wasn't so easy to walk, and the Heavenly Dao wouldn't allow Primordial Great Golden Immortals to appear in the Primordial Chaos. These Ancestral Witches would regret it!

Moreover, Hou Tu hadn't come; wouldn't that mean the karma of the Saintly Seat didn't need to be repaid?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Something was wrong.

Very, very wrong.

Tongtian's Primordial Golden Immortal status couldn't possibly have been taught by Qin Xuan, could it?!

Hongjun subconsciously took out the Creation Jade Plate and was about to start calculating.