Completion of the First Chain Task

First Qilin stared at Ancestral Dragon in disbelief. "Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, please tell me—how did your cultivation recover so quickly?"

Since the Dragon-Han Calamity, the three clans had been restricted by the Heavenly Dao. Their cultivation had fallen, and their recovery had been agonizingly slow.

Yet now, Ancestral Dragon and Yuanfeng had actually returned to their peaks. How could she possibly accept that?

At her words, Ancestral Dragon gave a soft laugh. "For that, we have to thank little friend Chu."

After a pause, Ancestral Dragon slowly continued, "It was precisely the Dao Fruits given by little friend Chu—oh, my husband—that allowed me to break the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and restore my cultivation."

"Dao Fruits?"

First Qilin found it even harder to believe. What kind of treasure could possess such heaven-defying effects?

At that moment, Yuanfeng spoke gently from the side. "Fellow Daoist Qilin, Ancestral Dragon speaks the truth. My cultivation was also restored thanks to my husband."

She paused, her beautiful eyes shifting as she looked at First Qilin. "More than that, fellow Daoist Chu Feng has shown our three clans the grace of rebirth.

Ancestral Dragon and I have discussed it. We are willing to honor fellow Daoist Chu Feng as the common lord of our three clans.

If you wish to restore your cultivation as well, you may become Dao Companions with fellow Daoist Chu Feng."

"What?!"

First Qilin looked as though she had been struck by lightning. Her eyes widened as she roared, "Absurd! Yuanfeng, have you gone mad?

I am the mighty progenitor of the qilin! How could I... how could I serve one husband alongside you? You may not care about your dignity, but I do!"

Yuanfeng had long expected this reaction, and there was no surprise on her face. She exchanged a glance with Ancestral Dragon, who immediately understood.

Ancestral Dragon stepped forward and shouted solemnly, "First Qilin, you are being foolish. How much is dignity worth?

Can it return you to your peak? The calamity is about to begin. If you do not restore your cultivation, how will you protect the qilin clan?"

Yuanfeng's smile faded, and her expression turned grave. "Fellow Daoist Qilin, we are not joking with you. Once you become Dao Companions with him, your cultivation can be completely restored. You will also be able to protect your clansmen in the next calamity."

Those words were like a massive hammer striking First Qilin's heart, and she immediately fell into deep thought.

As First Qilin struggled inwardly, Chu Feng slowly spoke. "Senior First Qilin, this junior has no improper intentions toward you. Circumstances simply demand it.

As long as you agree to become Dao Companions with me, I am willing to offer ten Hunyuan Golden Immortal Dao Fruits as a betrothal gift."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Ancestral Dragon immediately pressed on. "First Qilin, what are you still hesitating for?

If you do not believe us, we can let you try one first. Experience the mystery of the Dao Fruit yourself, and you will know whether we are telling the truth."

Chu Feng smiled faintly. With a thought, he sent a Hunyuan Golden Immortal Dao Fruit before First Qilin.

The system had given him thirty in total, exactly ten for each clan. Chu Feng had arranged it that way.

The advantage was that the distribution would be balanced, raising the strength of all three clans evenly.

That way, during the Witch-Demon Calamity, the three clans would not be too weak and allow Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi to exploit them.

First Qilin stared at the Dao Fruit and swallowed. Her instincts told her that it could restore her cultivation.

After struggling for a while, she steeled herself, snatched up the Dao Fruit, and swallowed it without the slightest hesitation.

The Dao Fruit melted the moment it entered her mouth, transforming into an incomparably vast torrent that instantly surged through her limbs and bones before shattering the shackles of the Heavenly Dao.

Boom!

A heaven-shaking aura erupted from First Qilin.

Her cultivation rose steadily, skyrocketing from the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. In an instant, it broke through the bottleneck and stopped at the perfected Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

Like Ancestral Dragon and Yuanfeng, she was now a perfected Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

The effects of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Dao Fruit (Supreme Version) were simply too outrageous.

Its ability to directly attain the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm through one's cultivated laws was already immensely overbearing.

More than that, if one had already attained the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm before, it would directly restore them to their peak while ignoring the suppression of the Heavenly Dao.

The moment Chu Feng saw its effects, combined with the system's new chain mission, he understood that the system had deliberately prepared this for the three clans.

Seeing her cultivation restored, Ancestral Dragon laughed smugly. "Well, First Qilin? I did not lie to you, did I?"

"No."

After taking the Dao Fruit Chu Feng had given her and restoring her cultivation, First Qilin began to consider it.

"Fine. It is just serving one husband together, is it not? No problem."

First Qilin sighed softly and agreed.

Although Chu Feng's cultivation was not high at present, he was the first male living being in the primordial world, and he had helped restore her cultivation.

"Good. I will give you the remaining nine as well."

Chu Feng took out the last nine Hunyuan Golden Immortal Dao Fruits and presented them to her. First Qilin did not waste words and put them away.

She needed to make proper arrangements to raise the strength of the qilin clan.

At that moment, the system's voice rang out in Chu Feng's mind.

"Ding-dong, congratulations to the host for becoming Dao Companions with Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin. By uniting the three clans and greatly increasing their favorability toward the host, the system recovery progress has increased by 5%. Current system recovery progress: 35%."

"Ding-dong, congratulations to the host for completing the first chain task. The second task may now be undertaken."

"Detected that the host is currently carrying out a task. This recovery progress reward will assist the host in completing it."

"Ding-dong, detecting the task currently being carried out by the host..."

"Ding-dong, detection complete. System recovery progress rewards are now being issued to the host."

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Taiyin Origin ×1, Demonic Origin ×1, Space Origin ×1,

Taiyin Great Dao Fragment ×3, Demonic Great Dao Fragment ×3, Space Great Dao Fragment ×3, Clue to Jade Butterfly of Creation Fragment."

"Taiyin Origin: Assists the host in completing the Wangshu Awakening Mission."

"Demonic Origin: After use, increases comprehension of the Demonic Great Dao. Below the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, it randomly increases cultivation insight by 1–3 minor realms."

"Space Origin: After use, increases comprehension of the Space Great Dao. Below the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, based on aptitude, it randomly increases cultivation insight by 1–3 minor realms."

"Taiyin Great Dao Fragment: Collect ten fragments to synthesize one complete Taiyin Great Dao.

After synthesis, continued cultivation allows one to cultivate the Taiyin Great Dao to the Great Dao Realm. (No bottlenecks, no side effects.)"

"Demonic Great Dao Fragment: Collect ten fragments to synthesize one complete Demonic Great Dao.

After synthesis, continued cultivation allows one to cultivate the Demonic Great Dao to the Great Dao Realm. (No bottlenecks, no side effects.)"

"Space Great Dao Fragment: Collect ten fragments to synthesize one complete Space Great Dao.

After synthesis, continued cultivation allows one to cultivate the Space Great Dao to the Great Dao Realm. (No bottlenecks, no side effects.)"

"Ding, detected that the host has obtained Great Dao Fragments. When the host receives system recovery progress rewards in the future, priority will be given to Great Dao Fragments already obtained."

Holy shit!

Great Dao Fragments!

And they would be prioritized in the future?

Just what kind of origin did this system have?

Chu Feng was dumbfounded. Based on his experience reading primordial-world novels, some systems would never hand out Great Dao Fragments so readily.

For a moment, he did not even know whether his system was good or bad.

Elsewhere, the succubus returned to the Demon Realm and reported to Luohu about taking revenge on Chu Feng...