Hongjun's Growing Unease

Yang Jian ignored them and looked at the Innate Yin Yang Qi in the red packet. He clicked his tongue inwardly, astonished and shaken to the core.

Especially its Sixteenth Order grade-it left Yang Jian aghast.

Unlike Shi Yaoyao, Yang Jian actually understood more clearly and deeply what the Sixteenth Order represented.

It represented the highest power in the Three Realms. It represented a Sage.

"Sixteenth Order... Sage..."

Yang Jian murmured to himself, too shocked for words.

But then he remembered that the senior was Seventeenth Order...

That was a terrifying existence a whole level above even a Sage...

"What? A Sage?!"

Though Yang Jian had spoken softly, the Six Sages of Meishan, who had been keeping their attention fixed on him, heard every word and were all startled.

Could Second Master's sudden change just now have been because of a Sage?

No... surely not...

At that moment, the Six Sages of Meishan all furrowed their brows, their bodies tense, as though a Sage were watching them with indifferent eyes.

"Phew..."

Yang Jian slowly exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi, calming the heart in which boundless waves had just risen.

After all, he was the dignified Judicial God of the Heavenly Court. Yang Jian regained his composure faster than Shi Yaoyao.

Without giving it much thought, Yang Jian claimed that wisp of Yin Yang Qi.

However, Yang Jian was not as reckless as Shi Yaoyao and did not take it out at once.

Yang Jian knew what kind of disturbance a primordial divine object of this level would cause. The Sages would probably arrive in an instant and shamelessly snatch it from him.

So Yang Jian used that wisp of Yin Yang Qi directly. His Heavenly Eye burst forth with terrifying silver divine light-not to suppress the wisp of Yin Yang Qi, but to devour and fuse with it.

He wanted his Heavenly Eye to fuse with this Yin Yang Qi.

In the Lotus Lantern World, Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye came from the treasured Heavenly Eye pendant that belonged to the goddess Yao Ji.

The pendant fused into the space between Yang Jian's brows, becoming a third eye. That was how his Heavenly Eye came to be.

There was no need to elaborate on the Heavenly Eye's power. It was an exceptionally formidable divine ability, enough to let Yang Jian lord it over the Daluo Golden Immortals. With the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts as well, Yang Jian's combat strength could stand against a Quasi-Saint.

Because the Heavenly Eye was, in essence, a treasure, Yang Jian thought to fuse this wisp of Yin Yang Qi into it. Perhaps that would make the Heavenly Eye even more powerful and conceal its divine radiance, so others would not covet it.

But Yang Jian had clearly still underestimated how terrifying this wisp of Yin Yang Qi was.

Though it was only a wisp, it contained the Yin Yang Origin Law.

And it was the Yin Yang Origin Law of the Great Thousand Primordial World. Its power was even more terrifying than the strength unleashed by the Sages of this world.

After all, the Origin Law of the Lotus Lantern World was nowhere near a match for the Origin Law of the Great Thousand Primordial World.

However, just like with the Sky Mirror, Bai Yu had tampered with this wisp of Yin Yang Qi as well.

At that moment, what the Six Saints of the Heavens in this world had failed to notice was a pair of fiery-red, uncanny eyes, faintly glowing with golden divine light, indifferently watching the Three Realms and all living beings beneath the heavens.

The light of laws flowed through those eyes, while the divine light of countless Origin Laws shrouded the entire world.

Yet the Six Saints of the Heavens remained completely unaware.

Even Ancestor Hongjun, seated high within the Purple Firmament Palace, merely furrowed his brows and glanced lightly toward the Three Realms. His eyes, wreathed in hazy purple Qi, held a trace of doubt.

Having long since merged with the Dao, he was actually on the same level as Bai Yu, who had already become a Mysterious Immortal.

However, the Lotus Lantern World was only a Middle Thousand World, whereas the Primordial World where Bai Yu resided was a Great Thousand World. The Origin Law of a Great Thousand World completely crushed that of a Middle Thousand World.

So even though Hongjun had merged with the Heavenly Dao and possessed the Jade Plate of Creation, he was still no match for Bai Yu, who was deliberately concealing himself. Hongjun could only sense that the Three Realms had changed slightly, yet he could not discern what had happened.

This gave Hongjun a trace of unease.

As though sensing Hongjun's gaze, the Six Saints of the Heavens all turned their eyes toward the Three Realms, then looked toward the Purple Firmament Palace.

Seeing no movement from the Purple Firmament Palace, the Six Saints of the Heavens were curious, but they did not make a special trip there.

At this moment, Bai Yu's gaze shifted from all the living beings throughout the Three Realms and settled on Yang Jian.

Heavenly Court, Heavenly God Hall.

"Not good!" Yang Jian cried in alarm.

He had not expected this wisp of Yin Yang Qi to be so terrifying. He now felt as though his Heavenly Eye were about to explode.

His whole body was even beginning to be obliterated and torn apart by the Yin Yang Origin Law.

"Second Master!!!"

Seeing Yang Jian's entire body radiating Yin-Yang mystic light, as though he were coming apart, the Six Sages of Meishan were terrified. They hurriedly rushed toward him, no longer caring about anything else.

"Boom!!!"

Before the Six Sages of Meishan could touch that Yin-Yang mystic light, Yang Jian swept out a hand and sent them flying.

Yang Jian knew all too well how terrifying this Yin-Yang Divine Light was. The Six Sages of Meishan were only Primordial Unity Golden Immortals; if they touched it, they would likely perish in an instant.

Bai Yu remained silent. He had actually foreseen this outcome long ago.

Yang Jian trying to devour and fuse with this wisp of Yin Yang Qi was sheer delusion, a fool's dream.

This wisp of Yin Yang Qi contained Bai Yu's Yin Yang Origin Law. Its level had already transcended this world.

Forget Yang Jian-even Hongjun would have to go to great lengths to devour and fuse with this wisp of Yin Yang Qi.

And Yang Jian was only a Daluo Golden Immortal.

Bai Yu lowered his eyelids slightly and stirred his Divine Sense. The wisp of Yin Yang Qi instantly drew in all its power and concealed its divine light. Ignoring Yang Jian's control, it directly devoured and fused with his Heavenly Eye.

Yang Jian, who had been on the verge of falling apart and perishing, recovered in an instant. The Yin Yang Qi even strengthened his body.

The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts instantly reached perfection, and his physical cultivation broke through directly to the Quasi-Saint level.

"This..."

Yang Jian was a little dazed, completely at a loss as to what had happened. Just moments ago, he had thought he was going to die, but then...

Soon, the Innate Yin Yang Qi containing the Origin Law fused perfectly with Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye. A new Heavenly Eye appeared between his brows.

The Heavenly Eye looked the same, still silver-white, but its radiating silver light now carried the power of the Yin-Yang Law, capable of obliterating everything.

By then, the Six Sages of Meishan were already dumbfounded. They could not understand what had just happened and could only stare blankly at Yang Jian.

More precisely, they were staring at that Heavenly Eye, which radiated an aura of destruction capable of annihilating all things and living beings.

They felt their whole bodies tremble. Then they lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at it. That oppressive force was simply too terrifying.

Even though they were all Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, they could not withstand it.