Yuanshi

Yuanshi knew Lu Changqing was unwilling to say more, so he changed the subject. "What brings you here, Fellow Daoist?"

"I would like to ask a Sage to help me open up a Great Thousand World."

Yuanshi flew into a rage upon hearing this. "Insolence!"

Saintly Might surged forth like a tide, only to be completely neutralized by the Golden Light of Merit that suddenly bloomed around Lu Changqing.

Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine ** Golden Lights of Merit illuminated the nine heavens, dazzling Yuanshi until he could not open his eyes.

"This... this..." Yuanshi stared in stunned disbelief. How could the Primordial Wilderness possess so much merit?

Seeing that the intimidation had worked, Lu Changqing slowly withdrew the golden light. "Can we talk properly now?"

Yuanshi forced himself to remain calm.

"If you are willing to help, Sage, I am willing to offer one million merit."

"What do you take me for?" Yuanshi spoke firmly, though he had already begun calculating inwardly.

"How about five million merit?"

Yuanshi's throat moved slightly, but he still maintained his lofty bearing. "I am a dignified Sage..."

The more Kunpeng watched, the more familiar this scene seemed.

Lu Changqing did not notice Kunpeng and Yuanshi's calculations, but from their earlier exchange, he keenly sensed that Primordial Heavenly Venerate's psychological defenses were beginning to crumble.

A meaningful smile rose on his lips as he continued raising the offer. "How about this? Eight million merit?"

This number shook Primordial Heavenly Venerate to the core.

In the Primordial World, eight million merit was an earth-shattering opportunity.

Even the exalted Three Pure Ones would find it difficult to remain calm in the face of such **.

If The Two Saints of the West learned of this, they would likely have long since cast aside their dignity and fought over it.

Just who was this person? He could casually produce eight million merit merely to establish a Daoist field? It was utterly inconceivable!

Yuanshi pondered in secret, but outwardly he feigned calm and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, there is no need to say more. Please leave."

These words came with exceptional difficulty.

The ** of eight million merit was something even the Three Pure Ones might have found impossible to resist, were it not for the Merit of World Creation they bore.

Kunpeng, standing to the side, frowned deeply and fell into thought.

Meanwhile, Lu Changqing took in Yuanshi's desperate attempt to suppress his desire, and his heart felt immensely satisfied.

So this was how satisfying it felt to crush people with merit!

He secretly rejoiced, then smiled warmly at Yuanshi. "Then... how about ten million merit?"

The moment the words "ten million" left his mouth, Primordial Heavenly Venerate instantly lost focus.

In his eyes, Lu Changqing's figure gradually blurred and transformed into a walking Merit Golden Cloud, radiating a dazzling, intoxicating glow.

Even Primordial Heavenly Venerate, an orthodox descendant of Pangu and one of the Six Saints of the Primordial Wilderness, completely lost his reason at this moment.

Before such astonishing merit, dignity and honor seemed utterly insignificant.

Yuanshi gazed at Lu Changqing with burning eyes. His face still retained a solemn expression, while his tone remained gentle.

"Merit is but an external possession. This poor Daoist merely feels an affinity with Fellow Daoist."

"Since Fellow Daoist has invited me so sincerely, Yuanshi shall naturally fulfill your request."

Upon hearing this, Kunpeng suddenly understood—it was not exactly the same as when he had been taken in as a mount?

He could not help shaking his head with a bitter smile. "As expected, Great Master simply gives far too much."

"Fellow Daoist Changqing, opening up a Great Thousand World requires some preparation. Once I have arranged the affairs of my sect, I will come."

After making a Heavenly Dao Oath, Primordial Heavenly Venerate spoke in high spirits.

"Please make your preparations, Fellow Daoist Yuanshi. I shall await good news at Wuji Peak."

Lu Changqing knew that opening up a Great Thousand World was no easy task, so he readily agreed.

After a brief conversation, Lu Changqing left Kunlun Mountain with Kunpeng and crossed space-time back to Wuji Peak.

Along the way, Kunpeng sighed. "Great Master is truly generous, willing to spend ten million merit to ask a Sage to establish a Daoist field."

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of his own contract.

He only needed to serve as a mount for another ten thousand years to receive ten million merit.

This made him even more astonished by the immense amount of merit Lu Changqing had accumulated.

Kunpeng spread his wings and flew at high speed. Before long, Lu Changqing had returned to the Longevity Palace on Wuji Peak.

He quietly awaited Primordial Heavenly Venerate's arrival.

Not long afterward, boundless Saintly Might descended upon Wuji Peak, while purple qi stretched for thirty thousand miles.

Auspicious clouds coiled through the air, rosy light paved a path to heaven, and brilliant radiance reflected across the nine heavens and ten lands.

The laws of the Great Dao flickered in and out of sight, while a Sage's might enveloped the surrounding ten thousand miles.

Even before the Sage appeared, that supreme aura capable of ruling the heavens inspired reverence in all who sensed it.

Lu Changqing sensed the Saintly Might, yet still stood calmly with his hands behind his back.

Kunpeng, however, did not dare be negligent and quickly bowed respectfully.

"Welcome, Sage!"

Although he held no favorable impression of Primordial Heavenly Venerate,

Kunpeng knew full well that a Sage's might could not be offended.

As soon as his words fell, the Three Thousand Laws above Wuji Peak condensed into a Golden Bridge.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate walked slowly from the other end of the bridge, crossing endless space-time before arriving atop the peak.

"I have kept Fellow Daoist waiting."

Primordial Heavenly Venerate greeted him with a smile.

Lu Changqing responded indifferently.

"No matter. Please begin, Fellow Daoist."

Primordial Heavenly Venerate nodded slightly, and his divine sense swept across all of Wuji Peak.

Then, he brought forth the Primordial Supreme Treasure—the Pangu Banner.

This banner had been formed from the blade of Pangu's Sky-Opening Axe.

With a single wave, it could split open chaos, shatter stars, and sever space-time.

Even Heavenly Dao Sages did not dare underestimate it.

When Hongjun had bestowed treasures in the past, he had specifically warned Primordial Heavenly Venerate to use this treasure with caution.

The instant Kunpeng saw the Pangu Banner, he felt murderous intent rush toward him and cried out in alarm.

"So this is the legendary Primordial Supreme Treasure? It truly is terrifying!"

Lu Changqing smiled dismissively upon hearing this.

"You are making a fuss over nothing. It is merely a Primordial Supreme Treasure. Who does not have a few?"

Kunpeng sighed inwardly.

Great Master was indeed unfathomable. He even regarded such a supreme treasure as ordinary...

He thought of how he did not even possess a single Innate Spiritual Treasure, much less a supreme treasure.

Upon hearing their conversation and learning that Lu Changqing also possessed a Primordial Supreme Treasure, Primordial Heavenly Venerate was greatly shocked.

Within the Primordial Wilderness, Primordial Supreme Treasures were exceedingly few.

Lu Changqing was merely a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, yet he possessed such a treasure.

His origins were certainly far from ordinary.

On second thought, someone who could casually offer ten million merit to have him open up a Great Thousand World

naturally possessing a supreme treasure seemed perfectly reasonable.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate no longer dwelled on it. He focused his mind and circulated the power of a Sage.

The fluctuations of law shook the Myriad Worlds, and even the stars trembled.

The disturbance alerted the other five Saints of the Primordial Wilderness.

Within Biyou Palace on Golden Ao Island,

Sect Master Tongtian slowly opened his eyes, within which Galactic Rotation seemed to turn.

He performed a divination with his fingers, Dao rhythms flowing around him.

In an instant, he learned the source of the disturbance.

"My elder brother is actually opening up a Great Thousand World! Why is he not doing so at Kunlun Mountain, but insisting on going to Wuji Peak?"

Tongtian murmured as he prepared to concentrate and observe.

At the same time, within Wa Huang Tian,

Saint Nuwa was wandering the void with her divine sense, comprehending the supreme Great Dao, when she suddenly felt something.

She slowly opened her eyes. Mysterious Dao Patterns flowed within them, while the Three Thousand Laws surrounded her.

With a slight deduction, she learned the source of the disturbance.

"So it is Fellow Daoist Yuanshi opening up a Great Thousand World at Wuji Peak."

Nuwa murmured softly, then suddenly recalled something and looked somewhat surprised.

"Wuji Peak? Is that not Fellow Daoist Changqing's Daoist field?"

With a thought, her attention turned toward the happenings at Wuji Peak as well.

At the same time, Laozi and the Two Saints of the West also noticed the matter. Each sent out a thread of divine sense toward Wuji Peak to quietly observe Primordial Heavenly Venerate opening up a world.

Under the gaze of the Saints, Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner as a foundation and slowly evolved a Great Thousand World.

At first, the embryonic form of a world gradually appeared within the void.

Then, Sage laws surged around Yuanshi as Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water gathered within the Great Thousand World. Its outline gradually took shape, like a real world emerging for the first time.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate continuously drove his mana. The laws of time, space, yin and yang, and the five elements gradually gathered between heaven and earth, condensing into a brilliant sphere of laws.

The Pangu Banner fluttered in the wind, its ten-thousand-zhang rosy light illuminating the heavens as its world-creating might swept in all directions.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate shouted in a deep voice:

The banner descended like a giant axe opening the heavens, carrying supreme might as it cleaved toward the sphere of laws.

Amid an earth-shaking roar, the sphere of laws exploded. Turbid qi sank and became the earth, while clear qi rose and formed the sky. A vast world gradually took shape.

The process of creation, which would originally have required three thousand years, was completed in merely a hundred years under the divine might of the Pangu Banner.

Once it was done, even Yuanshi, with his status as a Sage, could not help letting out a long breath.

Although opening up a Great Thousand World was not difficult for a Sage, it still consumed a small portion of one's origin power.

However, compared to the ten million merit he was about to receive, this minor loss was truly insignificant.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed.

On this day, a powerful ripple swept across the Primordial Wilderness. Blinding light burst from the newly opened world, illuminating the Myriad Worlds.

Accompanied by a deafening boom, the Primordial Land trembled slightly.

Countless ancient beings were awakened and sent their divine senses toward the source of the disturbance—the summit of Wuji Peak.

Within the Jade Pool Immortal Realm of Western Kunlun,

Queen Mother of the West, the Head of Female Immortals, was quietly cultivating when she suddenly sensed something. She raised her eyes into the distance, her divine sense already arriving at Wuji Peak.

"Primordial Heavenly Venerate is actually opening up a new world!"

After sweeping the area with her divine sense, Queen Mother of the West showed a look of understanding.

It was not unusual for a Sage to create a world, but she was puzzled. Primordial Heavenly Venerate's Daoist field was clearly at Kunlun Mountain, so why had he chosen Wuji Peak?

With a thought, she left behind a thread of divine sense to continue observing.

At the same time, within Zifu Prefecture on the Three Immortal Islands of the Eastern Sea,

King Father of the East, whom Dao Ancestor Hongjun had appointed as the Head of Male Immortals, was preparing to unify the Primordial Wilderness when he suddenly sensed something.

His brows furrowed slightly as his divine sense probed toward the source of the disturbance.

"Why did Primordial Heavenly Venerate choose Wuji Peak to open the heavens? Could he be planning to relocate his Daoist field?"

As he murmured, King Father of the East also sent a thread of divine sense toward Wuji Peak.

Within Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi was drinking tea and discussing the Dao with his close friend Hong Yun when they both looked up.

"Is that not Fellow Daoist Yuanshi? Why has he abandoned Kunlun and chosen Wuji Peak?"

Zhen Yuanzi looked puzzled.

Hong Yun had also investigated the matter and said thoughtfully, "Perhaps he intends to establish another Daoist field."

"But what is so special about Wuji Peak?"

For a time, many powerful beings of the Primordial Wilderness left behind divine senses to observe in secret.

At this moment, within the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fu Xi were discussing how to fill Kunpeng's vacancy when they suddenly sensed a disturbance in the heavens.

Tai Yi swept out with his divine sense and immediately understood. "Primordial Heavenly Venerate is opening the heavens and creating the earth."

But Di Jun frowned tightly. "Why has he chosen Wuji Peak?"

Fu Xi performed a calculation and suddenly said, "This mountain seems to be the Daoist field of Fellow Daoist Changqing, who visited the other day."

The three emperors exchanged glances, all revealing surprise.

At the foot of Buzhou Mountain, within the Witch Clan tribe, the Twelve Ancestral Witches also sensed the unusual movement of heaven and earth.

Di Jiang was the first to speak. "A Sage is opening up a new world."

Zhu Jiuyin, however, asked in confusion, "Kunlun is his Daoist field, so why has he come to Wuji Peak near us? Could he be intending to interfere in the conflict between the witches and demons?"

Xuan Ming shook her head. "Sages have always avoided karmic entanglements. He should not do such a thing."

"Perhaps he merely intends to expand his Daoist field."

Houtu suddenly exclaimed, "This Wuji Peak—is it not Fellow Daoist Changqing's place of cultivation?"

The Ancestral Witches were stunned upon hearing this, recalling what Houtu had previously told them.

The Witch Clan had been born without primordial spirits and had remained unable to break through this shackle for countless years.

Until not long ago, Houtu had gained merit by helping a cultivator and finally condensed a faint trace of a primordial spirit.

This brought hope to the Witch Clan.

However, they had been busy with affairs lately and had never found the chance to visit Lu Changqing.

Only when Houtu mentioned it now did the Ancestral Witches recall the matter.

So this was Fellow Daoist Changqing's Daoist field.

But why had Sage Yuanshi gone there to open up a world?

The Twelve Ancestral Witches were even more confused.

Under the watchful eyes of all, this Great Thousand World was finally complete.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate put away the Pangu Banner, took out a World Origin Orb, and handed it to Lu Changqing. "Fellow Daoist Changqing, this world has been formed. Please name it."

Lu Changqing considered for a moment. "My Daoist field is Wuji Peak, so this world shall be called Wuji Heaven."

He fused the Origin Orb into his body and inscribed the words "Wuji Heaven" with Dao Inscriptions.

As the inscription was completed, this Great Thousand World officially came under Lu Changqing's control.

This sight left all beings of the Primordial Wilderness utterly shocked.

Within Biyou Palace on Golden Ao Island, Sect Master Tongtian wore a face full of astonishment. "Elder Brother actually opened up a world for this Grand Unity Golden Immortal?"

Although opening up a world was not difficult for a Sage, it would ultimately consume origin essence.

Yuanshi's actions left Tongtian utterly baffled.

Sweeping his divine sense over Lu Changqing's body, Tongtian noticed his immense fortune and the faintly visible Merit Golden Wheel. He immediately recalled the person who had received Heavenly Dao's protection some days ago and muttered in astonishment, "Could it be him? For a Sage to be willing to expend origin essence to help him, just what is this boy's background?"