The Foundation of the Great Dao? Grape-Flavored Pop Rocks!

"How dare you!"

Tongtian Jiaozhu roared, leaping up.

The soup ladle in his hand instantly transformed into a sharp sword light, and the pressure of a Primordial Golden Immortal surged, covering the sky and earth, striking directly at the purple stream of light!

No matter if you are Primordial Violet Qi or the foundation of the Great Dao.

Anyone who dares to lay a hand on my precious disciple is an enemy to the death!

Yuanshi Tianzun's expression darkened.

The phantom of the Pangu Banner appeared, and the Chaos Sword Qi, capable of splitting heaven and earth, struck preemptively, instantly sealing off all space around the Primordial Violet Qi.

The Grand Pure One Laozi was the most composed.

With a wave of his sleeve, the Heaven and Earth Yellow Exquisite Pagoda spun out, showering down billions of strands of yellow-black energy. The golden barrier was meant to separate Lin Shen and the purple light.

Hongjun's brow furrowed tightly.

He reached out to grab the out-of-control Primordial Violet Qi.

The four most powerful beings in the Primordial World acted simultaneously!

The space atop Kunlun Mountain distorted violently.

Countless divine chains of law materialized and shattered, on the verge of collapse at any moment.

If this had happened anywhere else in the Primordial World, it would have been enough to reduce countless miles of mountains and rivers to chaos!

However.

The scene that followed left the four great figures stunned once more.

Facing the attacks of four Primordial Golden Immortals, the seemingly fragile Primordial Violet Qi erupted with a power that did not belong to this world!

"Buzz—"

The purple light flared!

The supreme pressure of the Heavenly Dao emanated outwards.

The moment Tongtian Jiaozhu's sword light touched the purple light, it dissolved like ice and snow, vanishing without a trace.

The space sealed by Yuanshi Tianzun was gently bumped by the purple light, shattering inch by inch like paper.

The Grand Pure One Laozi's yellow-black energy was pierced directly by the purple light, having no effect whatsoever.

Even Hongjun's outstretched hand was repelled by the immense power of the Heavenly Dao.

This Primordial Violet Qi was formed from the origin of the Heavenly Dao and represented the will of the Heavenly Dao.

Within the Primordial World, unless one possessed power that surpassed the Heavenly Dao, no Spiritual Power or law could harm it.

It was invincible!

Seeing the purple light about to enter Lin Shen's brow.

The eyes of the Three Pure Ones turned red.

"No—!"

It's over!

Their precious disciple was about to be "corrupted" by the Heavenly Dao!

He would become a puppet of the Heavenly Dao from now on and could no longer happily eat meat!

Despair and anger filled the hearts of the Three Pure Ones.

But at this critical juncture.

Lin Shen, who had been engrossed in eating and was oblivious to everything around him, suddenly looked up.

He had just swallowed that piece of Phoenix Wing and was savoring the taste, smacking his lips.

He saw a sparkling purple light spot flying straight towards his forehead.

Lin Shen's thought process was simple.

Sparkling, purple, and it flies...

What kind of delicious thing is this?

It looks like a giant grape-flavored popping candy!

He didn't even think about dodging.

He also didn't feel the Heavenly Dao pressure that made the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun wary.

In the eyes of a foodie, everything is divided into two categories.

Edible, and inedible.

And this one before him clearly belonged to the former!

So.

Under the horrified gazes of the four great figures, Lin Shen opened his cherry-like mouth.

"Awooo!"

With a single bite, it precisely latched onto the streak of purple light.

"Crunch!"

A crisp sound, like that of biting into rock candy, echoed.

That Primordial Violet Qi, imbued with the will of the Heavenly Dao and indestructible, was actually chewed up by Lin Shen...

It was crushed.

Lin Shen's little mouth chewed twice.

"Crunchy, tasted like grapes."

He felt like a bag of popping candy had exploded in his mouth.

Countless profound laws and the ultimate truths of the Great Dao darted around his mouth, tingling, sweet, and quite delicious.

Then, he swallowed.

With a gulp, he swallowed down this "Foundation of the Great Dao."

The entire world fell silent at that moment.

Tongtian Jiaozhu remained frozen in his sword-striking pose, his entire body rigid.

Yuanshi Tianzun forgot to retract the phantom image of the Pangu Banner in his hand, his mouth agape wide enough to fit a celestial peach.

The Heaven and Earth Yellow Exquisite Pagoda above Taiqing Laozi's head was still spinning, but he himself had turned to stone.

Hongjun, the Dao Ancestor, this future spokesperson for the Heavenly Dao, also looked at his fingers with a bewildered expression.

He... what had he just seen?

Primordial Violet Qi... had been eaten?

Eaten in a single bite, like a piece of candy?

The four most powerful beings in the Primordial World felt their worldview, their understanding of the Dao, their life philosophy, completely shattered and ground into dust at that moment.

What was Primordial Violet Qi?

It was the origin of the Heavenly Dao!

It was the foundation of a Sage!

It was the condensation of the highest laws of the Primordial World!

Let alone eating it, even refining it would take countless eons, requiring extreme caution, lest one be assimilated by the will of the Heavenly Dao within.

But now...

It had been eaten by a three-year-old toddler as a snack!

And it had made a "crunchy" sound!

Was this reasonable?

This was unreasonable!

This was practically rubbing the face of the Heavenly Dao into the dirt and grinding it!

"Gulp..."

Someone, it was unclear who, swallowed with difficulty, breaking the deathly silence.

"B-Big Brother... I'm not mistaken, am I?"

Tongtian Jiaozhu's voice was trembling.

"T-T-The disciple... he... he took that thing..."

"Ate it."

Yuanshi Tianzun uttered the two words with difficulty, his voice as dry as if he hadn't drunk water in tens of thousands of years.

Taiqing Laozi took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

He felt his Dao heart, which had been cultivated for countless eons and had long been as still as a placid pool, was now like a swing, swaying back and forth hundreds of times on his junior brother Tongtian's sword qi, almost no longer his own.

As for Hongjun, he watched Lin Shen smack his lips, looking as if he hadn't had his fill, and only one thought occupied his mind.

Great God Pangu!

What kind of monster did you leave behind!

Just as the four great figures were collectively questioning their existence.

Lin Shen's body finally reacted.

Boom--!

An indescribably vast and surging energy exploded within his small body!

If the Calamity Fiend Qi he had devoured before was a great river.

Then, the Primordial Violet Qi he had just swallowed was an endless sea of chaotic stars!

The boundless Great Dao laws, Heavenly Dao principles, madly surged through his limbs and bones, every cell, every inch of his meridians.

Lin Shen's small body instantly lit up.

Emitting billions of rays of purple auspicious light, it illuminated the entire Kunlun Mountain into a dreamlike purple.

"Yiyayayaya!"

Lin Shen felt like he was about to explode!

Too much!

This candy's aftereffects were too strong!

He felt like an overinflated balloon, about to burst with a "bang" at any moment.

"Not good! The energy is too immense! My disciple can't handle it!"

Tongtian Jiaozhu was the first to react, shouting urgently.

"Quick! Help him refine it!"

Yuanshi Tianzun, no longer able to be shocked, was about to make a move.

But at this moment.

In Lin Shen's mind, that familiar mechanical voice sounded again.

[Ding! Detected host consuming high-dimensional energy body "Primordial Violet Qi", energy level far exceeds host's current tolerance limit!]

[System protection mechanism activated! Energy refinement plan generation in progress...]

[Plan One: All energy will be used to enhance host's cultivation. It is estimated that the host can be raised to the Quasi-Saint realm, but there is a 99.99% probability of host's physical body collapsing and Primordial Spirit annihilating.]

[Plan Two: Part of the energy will be used to enhance host's cultivation and consolidate the Dao Foundation. The remaining energy will be converted into pure Origin Qi for harmless processing.]

[System automatically selects the optimal plan: Plan Two!]

[Energy conversion begins!]

As the system's voice fell.

Lin Shen felt the explosive energy within him being guided by a gentle yet powerful force, beginning to circulate in an orderly manner.

A small portion of the energy, like a trickling stream, merged into his limbs and bones, tempering his physical body and nourishing his Primordial Spirit.

His cultivation of Refining Void into Dao, riding a rocket, began to soar wildly!

Earth Immortal!

Heavenly Immortal!

Profound Immortal!

The bottlenecks of every realm were as fragile as a piece of window paper before this energy, breaking with a single poke!

With almost no pause.

Lin Shen's cultivation advanced rapidly, directly breaking through the Profound Immortal barrier and steadily entering--

Early Golden Immortal!

In just a few breaths, he had crossed several major realms, achieving the Golden Immortal Dao fruit that countless Primordial World beings needed to cultivate for millions of years to reach!

And this only consumed less than one ten-thousandth of the Primordial Violet Qi's energy!

[Ding! Host's cultivation has been raised to Early Golden Immortal!]

[Remaining energy is too vast, currently being converted into pure Origin Qi...]

[Conversion complete! Storing...]

[Conversion complete! Undergoing harmless processing (energy feedback)!]

Lin Shen felt like he had let out a huge burp.

A stream of Origin Qi, ten times more pure and vast than the one that helped the Three Pure Ones break through before, erupted from his small body!

This stream of green Qi was no longer three streams, but had transformed into a sky-shading, earth-covering green auspicious cloud, enveloping the entire summit of Kunlun Mountain.

Within the auspicious cloud, the Dao rhymes of creation and genesis flowed, and faintly, the scene of Pangu creating the heavens was evolving within it.

That supreme aura caused the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun, who were just preparing to help, to freeze in place once more.

They watched with their own eyes as the green auspicious cloud slowly flowed in the air, then divided into four streams.

Three slightly larger streams flowed towards the Three Pure Ones respectively.

A slightly smaller stream floated directly in front of Hongjun.