"Insolence!"
Tongtian Jiaozhu rose in fury.
The soup ladle in his hand instantly transformed into a sharp beam of sword light. The pressure of a Primordial Golden Immortal blanketed the heavens and earth as it slashed straight at that purple streak!
Who cared whether it was Primordial Violet Qi or the foundation of the Great Dao?
Anyone who dared lay a hand on his precious disciple was his mortal enemy!
Yuanshi Tianzun's expression darkened.
The phantom of the Pangu Banner appeared. Its Chaos Sword Qi of World Creation struck later yet arrived first, instantly sealing all space around the Primordial Violet Qi.
Taiqing Laozi was the most composed.
With a sweep of his sleeve, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda spun out, scattering countless streams of Yellow Origin Qi. A golden barrier was about to isolate Lin Shen from the purple light.
Hongjun frowned tightly.
He reached out, intending to seize the out-of-control Primordial Violet Qi and pull it back.
Four of the Primordial World's most powerful beings attacked at once!
The space atop Kunlun Mountain Peak twisted violently.
Countless Divine Chains of Law appeared and shattered, on the verge of collapse at any moment.
If this had happened anywhere else in the Primordial World, it would have reduced mountains and rivers spanning hundreds of millions of miles to Chaos!
Yet—
What happened next left the four great figures dumbfounded once more.
That seemingly fragile strand of Primordial Violet Qi erupted with a power that did not belong to this world as it faced attacks from four Primordial Golden Immortals!
"Buzz—"
The purple light blazed!
Supreme Heavenly Dao pressure radiated outward.
The instant Tongtian Jiaozhu's sword light touched the purple glow, it melted away like ice and snow, dispersing without a trace.
The space Yuanshi Tianzun had sealed shattered inch by inch like paper when the purple light lightly struck it.
Taiqing Laozi's Yellow Origin Qi was pierced straight through by the purple light, offering no obstruction at all.
Even Hongjun's outstretched hand was knocked back by the vast power of the Heavenly Dao.
This Primordial Violet Qi had been formed from the Heavenly Dao Origin and represented the will of the Heavenly Dao.
Within the Primordial World, unless one possessed power beyond the Heavenly Dao, no divine ability or law could harm it.
It was invincible!
Just as the purple light was about to sink into Lin Shen's brow—
The Three Pure Ones' eyes turned red.
"No—!"
It was over!
Their precious disciple was going to be "contaminated" by the Heavenly Dao!
He would become a puppet of the Heavenly Dao and would never again be able to happily eat meat!
The Three Pure Ones' hearts were filled with despair and rage.
But at that critical moment—
Lin Shen, who had been burying his head in his food and was utterly unaware of everything outside, suddenly raised his head.
He had just swallowed that Phoenix Wing and was smacking his little lips, savoring the aftertaste.
Then he saw a glittering purple speck flying straight toward his forehead.
Lin Shen's train of thought was very simple.
Sparkly, purple, and able to fly...
What kind of tasty thing was this?
It looked like an oversized grape-flavored Popping Candy!
He never even considered dodging.
Nor did he sense the Heavenly Dao pressure that made the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun wary.
In a foodie's eyes, all things fell into only two categories.
Edible and inedible.
And this thing before him clearly belonged to the former!
Thus—
Under the horrified gazes of the four great figures, Lin Shen opened his cherry-like little mouth.
"Aah-woo!"
In one bite, he caught that purple streak with perfect precision.
"Crunch!"
A crisp sound rang out, as though rock candy had been bitten apart.
That indestructible Primordial Violet Qi, containing the will of the Heavenly Dao, was actually just—
Bitten to pieces by Lin Shen.
Lin Shen chewed twice with his little mouth.
"Crunchy. Grape-flavored."
It felt as though a whole pot of Popping Candy had exploded in his mouth.
Countless profound laws and Great Dao truths darted wildly around his mouth. They were tingly, sweet, and rather tasty.
Then his throat moved.
With a gulp, he swallowed this "foundation of the Great Dao."
The entire world fell completely silent at that moment.
Tongtian Jiaozhu remained in his sword-swinging stance, his entire body frozen in place.
Yuanshi Tianzun had even forgotten to retract the phantom Pangu Banner in his hand. His mouth hung wide enough to fit an immortal peach.
The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda above Taiqing Laozi's head was still spinning, but he himself had already turned to stone.
Hongjun Daozu, the future spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, also stared blankly at his own fingers.
He... what had he just seen?
The Primordial Violet Qi... had been eaten?
It had been swallowed in one bite like a piece of candy?
The four most powerful beings in the Primordial World felt their worldview, their understanding of the Great Dao, and their outlook on life being utterly overturned, then ground into dust.
What was Primordial Violet Qi?
It was Heavenly Dao Origin!
It was the foundation of a Sage!
It was the embodiment of the Primordial World's highest laws!
Let alone eating it, even refining it would take countless yuanhui of painstaking care, lest one slight mistake cause the Heavenly Dao's will within to assimilate the refiner.
But now...
A three-year-old child had eaten it as a snack!
And it had even made a "crunchy" sound!
Was that reasonable?
It was not reasonable!
It was practically rubbing the Heavenly Dao's face into the ground!
"Gulp..."
No one knew who it was, but someone swallowed with difficulty, breaking the deathly silence.
"E-Elder Brother... I didn't see that wrong, did I?"
Tongtian Jiaozhu's voice was drifting.
"D-Disciple... he... that thing..."
"Ate it."
Yuanshi Tianzun forced out those two words. His voice was dry as though he had not drunk water for tens of thousands of years.
Taiqing Laozi took a deep breath, then slowly let it out.
He felt that his Dao Heart, cultivated over countless yuanhui and long as calm as an ancient well, had today been placed on Tongtian's sword-qi swing and sent back and forth hundreds of times, until it was nearly no longer his own.
Meanwhile, Hongjun watched Lin Shen smack his little lips with a look of lingering satisfaction, and only one thought remained in his heart.
Great God Pangu!
What kind of monster had you left behind?!
While the four great figures collectively questioned their lives—
Lin Shen's body finally reacted.
Boom—!
An indescribably vast energy exploded within his tiny body!
If the Calamity Fiend Qi he had devoured before was a mighty river—
Then the strand of Primordial Violet Qi he had swallowed now was a boundless sea of Chaos stars!
Endless Great Dao laws and Heavenly Dao truths crazily washed through his limbs, bones, every cell, and every inch of his meridians.
Lin Shen's tiny body instantly lit up.
It emitted countless rays of purple radiance, dyeing all of Kunlun Mountain a dreamlike purple.
"Yiyaaa!"
Lin Shen felt as though he was about to burst!
There was too much!
This candy's aftereffect was way too strong!
He felt like a balloon inflated to its limit, ready to go bang and explode at any moment.
"Not good! The energy is too immense! Our disciple can't withstand it!"
Tongtian Jiaozhu was the first to react and shouted urgently.
"Quick! Help him refine it!"
Yuanshi Tianzun no longer had time to be shocked and immediately prepared to act.
But at that moment—
That familiar mechanical voice rang out in Lin Shen's mind once more.
[ Ding! Detected that the host has devoured the high-dimensional energy entity "Primordial Violet Qi." Its energy level far exceeds the host's current limit of endurance! ] [ System protection mechanism activated! Generating energy refinement plan... ] [ Plan One: Use all energy to raise the host's cultivation. Estimated to raise the host to the Quasi-Saint realm, but there is a 99.99% chance that the host's physical body will collapse and primordial spirit will be annihilated. ] [ Plan Two: Use part of the energy to raise the host's cultivation and consolidate the Dao foundation. Convert the remaining energy into pure Origin Qi for harmless processing. ] [ System automatically selects the optimal plan: Plan Two! ] [ Energy conversion commencing! ]
As the system's voice fell—
Lin Shen felt the energy within him that was on the verge of exploding being guided by a gentle yet powerful force, beginning to circulate in an orderly fashion.
A small portion of the energy flowed like a trickling stream into his limbs and bones, tempering his body and nourishing his primordial spirit.
His Refining Void into Dao cultivation seemed to board a rocket and began soaring madly!
Earth Immortal!
Heavenly Immortal!
Profound Immortal!
The bottleneck of every realm was as fragile as window paper before that energy, breaking with the lightest poke!
There was almost no pause at all.
Lin Shen's cultivation surged forward all the way, directly breaking through the Profound Immortal barrier and steadily stepping into—
The early Golden Immortal realm!
In merely a few breaths, he crossed several major realms and attained the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit that countless Primordial World beings could only achieve after a million years of bitter cultivation!
And this had consumed less than one ten-thousandth of the Primordial Violet Qi's energy!
[ Ding! Host cultivation has risen to the early Golden Immortal realm! ] [ Remaining energy is excessively immense. Converting it into pure Origin Qi... ] [ Conversion complete! Beginning storage! ] [ Conversion complete! Beginning harmless processing (energy feedback)! ]
Lin Shen felt as though he had let out a gigantic burp.
A stream of cyan Origin Qi, purer and ten times more vast than the energy that had previously helped the Three Pure Ones break through, erupted violently from his tiny body!
This cyan current no longer split into three streams. Instead, it transformed into a cyan auspicious cloud that covered the sky and earth, enveloping the entire summit of Kunlun Mountain.
Within the auspicious cloud, the Dao rhythm of creation and transformation flowed. The scene of Pangu Creates the Heavens faintly unfolded within it.
That supreme aura froze the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun, who had just been preparing to help, in place once again.
They watched helplessly as the cyan auspicious cloud slowly flowed through the air, then divided into four streams.
Three slightly larger streams surged respectively toward the Three Pure Ones.
One slightly smaller stream drifted directly before Hongjun.
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