Sect Master Tongtian's face darkened. It was not that he did not want to pursue him, but the Heavenly Dao had just sent him a message, telling him to stop.
Sure enough, Ling Er had been right: debtors were the masters.
Those shameless bald donkeys of the West owed the Heavenly Dao an immense amount of merit, yet they had become the masters. Even the Heavenly Dao protected them.
Moreover, the battle between the two Saints had drawn the attention of many forces, such as the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Witch God Hall, as well as Dijun and Taiyi in the heavens.
He was not afraid of anyone else. He only feared his two elder brothers, Yuanshi Tianzun and the Grand Pure Saint. There was no helping it—he had swindled far too many resources from them.
So they had to leave. Next time, he would go west and settle things with that bastard.
"Let's go. We're going back to move house."
"Oh~ I understand. We'll settle our home first, then go raid his old home.
"Eldest Master, don't worry. I've remembered his scent." Black Dog said with a look of sudden realization.
Sect Master Tongtian: ...
In a hidden realm on Kunlun Mountain.
Sect Master Tongtian returned with Black Dog and saw Ling Er and Duobao staring wide-eyed at each other, as though they were playing a game where whoever blinked first lost.
"What are you two doing?" Sect Master Tongtian asked in confusion.
"Greetings, Eldest Master. This Little Master said that my name, Duobao, carries immense karma and told me to change it." Duobao rose and bowed as he explained.
After waking up and digesting the information in his primordial spirit, he had seen Ling Er and understood that he was the Little Master at the core of their inner circle.
When the two introduced themselves, he mentioned his name. Who would have thought that this Little Master would immediately blow up?
He insisted that Duobao change his name, saying it carried immense karma.
Sect Master Tongtian turned to Ling Er and asked in confusion, "Does the name really have to be changed?"
He knew Ling Er was suspected to be Dunyi, so his words carried a certain significance.
Ling Er's face was more serious than ever as he said, "Yes. If he does not change his name, our Daoism cannot accept him.
"The name Duobao carries immense karma. If he does not change it, it will harm him."
This name overlapped with Daoist Duobao of the Interception Sect. In the future, Daoist Duobao would become Duobao Tathagata Buddha. The karma was far too great, so it would be better to avoid it.
"What name do you think would suit him better?" Sect Master Tongtian asked seriously, clearly taking the matter to heart.
Duobao: ???
"How about Ling Duobao?" Ling Er suggested.
"Fine. From now on, you will be called Ling Duobao. Your public title will be Li Fatty. Do you have any objections?" Sect Master Tongtian said to Duobao, a trace of majesty flashing through his eyes.
"This disciple thanks Eldest Master for bestowing a name." Duobao bowed respectfully, relief flashing through his eyes. Fortunately, he had only gained a surname. His name had been preserved.
At this moment, Black Dog circled around Duobao, sniffed him, then stood up and sniffed him again.
"Why do you smell so fragrant? You look delicious," Black Dog asked in confusion. A gleam flashed in his eyes as though he wanted to see through Duobao's true form.
Ling Er smacked Black Dog on the head and cursed, "I think you smell delicious too. Want me to braise you with a piece of ginger?
"And from now on, remember to wear pants when you stand up. That thing hanging down there is too ugly."
Black Dog instantly leaped behind Sect Master Tongtian, afraid Ling Er would really cut him off. He hurriedly transformed a pair of floral shorts and put them on. Little Master had warned him last time to pay attention to his appearance.
Meanwhile, cold sweat appeared on Duobao's forehead. This truly was the core of the Interception Sect. Even a single black dog here gave him such immense pressure, and he was genuinely afraid that the dog would swallow him. It seemed the other party had the strength to do so.
It seemed he had to hurry and cultivate until he broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. He could not keep obsessing over artifact refinement, or he would not even be able to defeat a dog.
"Third Brother, did you beat the enemy to death?" Ling Er asked seriously. After all, the karmic thread had suddenly vanished.
"No. He escaped into the chaos. We'll move house first," Sect Master Tongtian said helplessly. He also wanted to beat Zhunti to death, but the Heavenly Dao would not allow it.
Furthermore, Zhunti was a Heavenly Dao Saint, and his imprint remained within the Heavenly Dao. He could not be beaten to death.
Duobao's expression changed upon hearing this. Even Eldest Master, a Saint, could not beat the other party to death. How powerful must that opponent be? Could he be a Saint?
But what kind of Saint could force them to move house? Could it be an even stronger Chaos Demon God? Yet why did he feel his blood boiling?
Little Master's first thought had been to beat the opponent to death? That was so domineering!
Wait, why did Little Master's cultivation aura resemble Eldest Master's? Was he a Saint???
Heavens above, their Interception Sect had two Saints!! Adding the Grand Pure Saint and Yuanshi Tianzun, their two elders were also Saints.
Heavens! The Primordial World was too terrifying, considering someone actually dared provoke their Interception Sect.
"Then let's lie low for now and stabilize ourselves. Black Dog, take some things and blow up his home.
"Third Brother, do you have another place for us to settle?" Ling Er asked in a deep voice, raising his hand and casting several spells.
Immediately afterward, the entire hidden realm began to change, continuously shrinking and expelling the group outside.
The way Duobao looked at Ling Er changed. What kind of artifact-refining method was this? With a wave of his hand, he had turned a hidden realm into a magical treasure?
"Let's go."
With a wave of his hand, Sect Master Tongtian took everyone away. They reappeared on the other side of Mount Buzhou, far away from the Kunlun mountain range.
Deep within the chaos.
Saint Zhunti stopped. He sensed that Sect Master Tongtian had not pursued him, but he was not doing well himself. Not only was the pink substance inside his body causing trouble, but even the place where the dog had bitten him was producing toxins.
"Bastard, Tongtian, I... Urgh, woof?"
Saint Zhunti covered his mouth, disbelief written across his face. He had just let out a dog bark. Was this dog's poison really that potent?
Just then,
The dog poison beneath his feet came into contact with the pink mist and actually fused together. Immediately afterward, he seemed to hear a voice: Spring has arrived... the animals...
"Oh no!! I've been afflicted with Spring Poison!"
Saint Zhunti could no longer endure the wild instinct raging within him. He was about to lose control, and suppressing it would harm his body.
He directly tore through space and returned to the West. He needed to find a few Rakshasa women, or he was going to burst.
Meanwhile.
Yuanshi Tianzun arrived at the place where Sect Master Tongtian and Saint Zhunti had fought. On one hand, he feared his younger brother had suffered a loss. On the other, he wanted to catch that fellow and make him hand over the method.
Especially after seeing the five hundred merit golden bodies split off by Lingbao Tianzun, he knew that fellow had developed an upgraded version of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities: One Qi Transforms into Ten Thousand Purities.
Before he could investigate carefully, space rippled, and his eldest brother, the Grand Pure Saint, stepped out.
When he saw the Grand Pure Saint, he was startled. His eyes were red as though he wanted to kill someone, and an extremely strange aura radiated from his body.
It somewhat resembled the aura Yuanshi Tianzun had seen in Yuxu Palace whenever living beings went into heat.
"Where is Third Brother?"
"Big Brother! What's wrong? Are you all right?" Yuanshi Tianzun asked cautiously, his gaze involuntarily drifting toward the Taiji Diagram clutched in the Supreme Sage's hand.
He was clearly in a posture to capture Third Brother.
"He had already left when I arrived. Um, Big Brother, we should discuss things first," Yuanshi Tianzun softly advised. Though he was somewhat angry with his third brother Tongtian, it was not to the point of fighting.
"Discuss? Hmph! Look at these pills..." The Grand Pure Saint tossed a pill to Yuanshi Tianzun, along with Tongtian's upgraded version of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities.
He also told him about what Tongtian had done at Shouyang Mountain.
Yuanshi Tianzun's face instantly changed. That bastard Third Brother had not given him the upgraded version of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, yet he had only taken some alchemy materials from Big Brother.
As for Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian had emptied a third of his entire fortune. That golden storage bag—was filled with many high-grade artifact-refining materials.
"This is the formation disk he gave me. I have already stacked it to ten million layers, yet I still have not seen the final number of layers." Yuanshi Tianzun handed the formation disk to the Grand Pure Saint and also passed on the minor technique he had comprehended for stacking it.
He also explained what had happened at Yuxu Palace, as well as what he had seen on Golden Turtle Island.
After examining the formation disk, shock flashed through the Grand Pure Saint's eyes, but he calmed down extremely quickly.
Based on his understanding of Tongtian, it was difficult to imagine that these things had come from his hands. They had not seen each other for only a few hundred years, yet he had created so many things.
There had to be someone behind him, and that person was no simple figure.
"Let's use the karmic thread to find him. He must have hidden things from us as well. The things he has displayed now are far too dangerous.
"This pill can actually make me feel desire." The Grand Pure Saint spoke calmly, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.
"Fine." Without another word, Yuanshi Tianzun flicked out a drop of essence blood and began casting a spell.
The Grand Pure Saint also sent out a drop of essence blood, merging it into the spell to strengthen the karma.
Very quickly, a thick and massive karmic thread appeared out of thin air and shot through space.
In a valley on Mount Buzhou.
Ling Er looked at the place with satisfaction. A small river flowed nearby, enough to satisfy his love of fishing. With a casual wave, he released the hidden realm he had previously stored away.
Duobao's eyes shone as he stood nearby. This artifact-refining method was far too powerful. He absolutely had to learn it.
Then, the three men and one dog entered the hidden realm.
"Third Brother, you teach this Li Fatty. I'll organize the hidden realm first," Ling Er said, thinking that Fat Zhao had been taught by him, so this time he would let Third Brother teach him.
Before Sect Master Tongtian could speak, Black Dog beside him began barking.
"Dig dig... woof woof... Little Master... the karmic thread has appeared again and again and again, uh—
"Oh no! It's coming for Eldest Master!"
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