Beat Down Zhunti

"Hmph. Then I suppose I'll have to experience your methods firsthand." Zhunti gave a cold snort. In his view, with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree protecting him, he feared no one in the Primordial Wilderness.

"Chaos Domain! Open!"

Qing Xuan unfolded the Chaos Domain, then swung his halberd at Zhunti.

"What?!"

Feeling his own Magic Power drain away, Zhunti's heart jolted in alarm. He scrambled to respond, but was sent crashing down by the halberd strike.

"Hahaha, you've got some skill, but it's not enough!" Qing Xuan knew in his heart that he couldn't strike too fiercely. If Zhunti realized he couldn't win and fled, catching him again would be troublesome. He had to give Zhunti the feeling that as long as he brought out the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, victory was assured.

With that thought, Qing Xuan raised the Primordial Halberd, using no divine abilities or spells, fighting purely with his physical body.

The two fought from the sky to the ground, and from the ground back to the sky. No matter what divine ability Zhunti used, Qing Xuan broke it all with a single halberd strike.

Zhunti's eyes flickered with greed as he stared at the Primordial Halberd.

[This man may be at the mid-stage of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, but he cultivates only the flesh, not the Primordial Spirit—how laughable. If not for that halberd-shaped spiritual treasure, I wouldn't be suppressed by him.]

Zhunti thought, a plan forming in his mind. The two clashed again and separated. Zhunti offered up the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, a spiritual treasure formed from the branches of his true body, the Bodhi Tree, said to be capable of brushing away anything.

[Finally brought it out. What a fine treasure—even surpassing the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin and Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light!] Qing Xuan had been waiting for this moment.

Zhunti waved his hand, and a seven-colored radiance shot from the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree toward Qing Xuan.

Seeing this, Qing Xuan merged the Primordial Halberd into his own body and shattered the seven-colored light with a single punch.

With his current cultivation at the seventh layer of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, his physical body alone could withstand a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Qing Xuan closed in on Zhunti and threw a fist imbued with the Strength Law.

"What?!"

Zhunti was horrified. He hurriedly brushed the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree several times, sending multiple streams of seven-colored light at Qing Xuan.

"Hmph, a paltry trick!"

The seven-colored light shattered like glass, and Qing Xuan's fist pressed on without losing momentum, slamming into Zhunti's chest.

"Pfft!"

Zhunti flew backward, spitting a mouthful of old blood a long distance.

"Not good enough!"

Qing Xuan grinned, quickly catching up to Zhunti, and snatched the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree from his hand.

The Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree trembled faintly in Qing Xuan's grip, trying to break free and return to Zhunti.

"Give me back the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree!" Zhunti panicked. This was his companion spiritual treasure, far more precious to him than ordinary ones.

"Heh heh, this is my spoils of war. Want it back? Trade me something for it!" Qing Xuan held the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, marveling that his goal had been achieved so easily.

Then he covered it with his Primordial Spirit's power and frowned.

[Damn, there's no Gengjin Origin Qi left!]

Qing Xuan hadn't expected the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to be empty of Gengjin Qi. Had it all turned into Zhunti?

Thinking this, Qing Xuan stowed the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and charged at Zhunti again.

"What are you doing?!" Zhunti clutched his chest, still recovering from that punch, but Qing Xuan was already upon him. He had no choice but to muster all his Magic Power and slap out with his palm.

"Heh heh heh!" Qing Xuan laughed. With the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree put away, he could now use his own spiritual treasures.

"Sea-Calming Divine Pearls! Fall!"

"Ah!!"

Thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls smashed into Zhunti, driving him straight into the ground. Each pearl contained a Minor World, and thirty-six Minor Worlds crashing onto anyone was unbearable.

"Hahahahaha, you're so weak!"

Qing Xuan pulled Zhunti out of the earth and grabbed him. Zhunti was covered in blood, his limbs broken, unable even to speak. Qing Xuan fished out the unrefined spiritual treasure Sunflame Wheel from him, then...

"Heh heh heh, I'll gladly take this Gengjin Origin Qi!" Qing Xuan extracted the Gengjin Origin Qi from Zhunti's body.

"Ah!!!"

This Gengjin Origin Qi was Zhunti's very foundation. Though it could recover, it would take an enormous amount of time.

"Stop!"

A Divine Pestle shot toward Qing Xuan. It was Zhunti's senior brother, Jie Yin Daoist, who had sensed Zhunti's danger and rushed to support him.

Qing Xuan casually tossed Zhunti toward the Divine Pestle. Seeing this, Jie Yin had no choice but to withdraw his attack and catch Zhunti.

"Junior brother!" Jie Yin cried out in anguish, looking at Zhunti's battered body.

"Fellow Daoist, have you gone too far!" Jie Yin then turned to Qing Xuan, his face full of fury.

"Sorry, but if your skill isn't up to par, this is what happens. If you're not satisfied, I can have a go with you too." Qing Xuan shrugged, speaking with utter indifference.

"Your goal is the Gengjin Origin Qi, isn't it? Now that you've obtained it, you can't use the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree either. Could you return it? We brothers will accept this loss."

Jie Yin spoke. When he arrived and saw Qing Xuan extracting Zhunti's Origin Qi, he understood that this man had come for exactly that.

Moreover, he wasn't confident he could defeat Qing Xuan. Since that was the case, if he could get one thing back, he would.

"Returning it to you is out of the question. But you can trade something for it." Qing Xuan thought for a moment, then spoke.

In the Primordial Wilderness, a companion spirit treasure could not be used by anyone else unless its original master died. This was why Di Jun's Hetu Luoshu could only be used by the human race after his death.

"Our West is barren; we cannot produce any spirit treasures." Jie Yin put on a bitter expression as he spoke.

"That's not my problem. You have to trade with a spirit treasure. If you really can't, I'll hold onto it first, and when you find one, come to the East Sea Three Immortal Islands to exchange." Qing Xuan said arrogantly—after all, it was spoils of war; why would he return it?

Jie Yin thought for a moment, then with a pained expression pulled out an object. It was a cloth bag made of yellow silk, wound with gold and silver threads, its mouth tied with a blue rope.

"This treasure is the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Qiankun Bag, capable of storing all things. Would you exchange the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree for this?" Jie Yin asked.

"Of course." Qing Xuan's eyes lit up. The Qiankun Bag was quite famous; in the later Deification War, Jie Yin had used it to capture many disciples of the Jie Sect. It was one of the top-tier spirit treasures.

Jie Yin handed the Qiankun Bag to Qing Xuan, who returned the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to him, then accepted the Qiankun Bag with a smile.

Jie Yin looked at Qing Xuan's grinning face, suppressed the urge to attack, accepted the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and left with Zhunti.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" In the air, Zhunti said weakly to Jie Yin.

"It's nothing, Junior Brother. Go back and recover well. Later, we will find this man and avenge today's humiliation!" Jie Yin replied darkly. If Zhunti hadn't been completely unable to fight, Jie Yin would have insisted on a battle.

"Yes, Senior Brother. Once I recover, I will surely take revenge!"

"Hahaha, what a thrill!"

Qing Xuan, having robbed Jie Yin and Zhunti, felt an incomparable ease.

He then returned to Lu Ya's side and called Kong Xuan and the others over.

"Thank you, Senior, for avenging me!" Lu Ya kowtowed in prostration. He had watched the entire process of Qing Xuan crushing Zhunti.

His heart was shaken. In his hundreds of years wandering the Primordial Wilderness, aside from those two birds on the Sun Star, Zhunti was the strongest person he had ever seen.

But he never expected Zhunti to be utterly dominated by Qing Xuan. Lu Ya sighed inwardly.

[I was truly a frog at the bottom of a well. I never imagined the Primordial Wilderness was so dangerous. A wandering cultivator is always at risk. Should I find a faction to join? With backing, I wouldn't panic when trouble comes.]