Visiting the East Sea, Meeting an Old Friend Again

The Western Land had been shattered and reduced to a wasteland ever since the war between the gods and demons, its spiritual energy depleted!

Since then, living beings had steadily left the Western Land, abandoning their homes and fleeing this desolate place that brought sorrow to all who heard of it.

One day, a living being suddenly discovered that the Western Land, which had originally possessed only thin spiritual energy, had inexplicably begun to teem with dense Innate Spiritual Qi!

Although the land was still desolate, some of the Spirit Veins in the impoverished Western Land that had been on the verge of drying up finally received relief and showed signs of slowly recovering!

Most of them could at least maintain their current grade and avoid falling in rank!

All of this had been done by the Heavenly Dao.

After Taichu had the demons of the Demon Realm, including Luohou, arrange the Chaos Devouring Great Array, an endless stream of Pure Spirit Qi began flowing into Western Mount Sumeru!

As the Heavenly Dao that governed the order of the Primordial Wilderness, it had naturally discovered this at the first opportunity!

After investigating, it discovered that all this Pure Spirit Qi came from the newly born Demon Realm.

Combined with the fact that his elder brother Taichu had previously broken into the Demon Realm himself, the Heavenly Dao knew that this was what Taichu had done for the Western Land!

Then, thinking of the preciousness and uniqueness of the Pure Spirit Qi, it intercepted it and transformed it into Innate Spiritual Qi that was more suitable for living beings to absorb.

When Innate Spiritual Qi appeared in the Western Land, at Jade Capital Mountain beside the Ancestral Veins of Kunlun in the Eastern Land,

Hongjun suddenly awoke from his meditation.

His lips moved as he muttered to himself.

"Strange, why do I suddenly feel a pang of unease?"

He immediately took out his Jade Plate of Creation, rubbed it carefully, and began a serious deduction!

Soon, Hongjun's Primordial Spirit received a prompt.

At the same time, Hongjun said in great alarm,

"How can this be? Innate Spiritual Qi has inexplicably appeared in the Western Land, and the Karmic Debt on my body has grown even heavier!"

It was visible to the naked eye that Hongjun was now enveloped in endless Karmic Debt, which had almost become tangible.

After Hongjun finished his deduction, it pressed down on him so heavily that he could barely breathe!

"No, I must attain the Dao, or else..."

Hongjun immediately placed the Jade Plate of Creation above his head once more and entered the Enlightenment Realm through its power!

After accomplishing all this, Taichu left the Demon Realm and once again appeared atop Western Mount Sumeru.

Looking at the Innate Spiritual Qi that had begun to appear across the Western Land,

with a mere thought, he knew what had happened.

At the same time, several delighted laughs seemed to reach Taichu's ears.

Seeing this, Taichu could not help laughing.

"As expected of a fool who was born only recently. This is enough to make you so excited!"

He then stopped paying attention to his gleeful, foolish younger brother, the Heavenly Dao, and began pondering what he should do next!

Then, Taichu's heart stirred.

His gaze turned toward the East Sea.

"Yangmei should still be in the Primordial Wilderness, right? Why don't I go see him first? I haven't seen this old friend since that battle in Chaos!"

Although Taichu and Yangmei had stood on opposing sides during the Chaos Demon God War,

both Yangmei and Taichu understood that their positions had simply been different.

Neither of them had ever held a grudge against the other.

Taichu immediately clenched his right hand into a fist and struck it heavily against his left palm.

"I'd better go see that fellow. Otherwise, if we meet again later, that old geezer will complain that after emerging into the world, I went to the Demon Realm to see that bastard Luohou but forgot about him, my old friend!"

Once Taichu had made his decision, a Space Portal appeared the next moment, leading directly above the East Sea!

At the same time, on an unknown Immortal Island in the East Sea,

beneath the enormous Willow Tree that blotted out the sky and sun, the old Daoist in the little wooden hut suddenly opened his eyes.

A sharp glint flashed through his eyes as he muttered to himself,

"Strange, why has my heart suddenly begun to tremble?"

His Primordial Spirit emerged, and he carefully performed a deduction.

"What a strange matter. It's actually something good!"

After completing the deduction, Old Daoist Yang Mei muttered under his breath, his face filled with suspicion.

However, the next moment, a voice suddenly reached his ears.

"So this old fellow has been hiding on this Immortal Island, enjoying himself!"

As the voice faded, ripples appeared in space. Then, a pale azure figure appeared within Old Daoist Yang Mei's field of vision.

Hearing this, Yangmei sensed an aura that was both familiar and strange!

Then he cried out in surprise.

"It's you, Taichu!"

"I knew it! A scourge like you lives for a thousand years. How could you possibly have failed to reincarnate into the Primordial Wilderness?"

Hearing this, Taichu could not help laughing and cursing him.

"You old Yangmei, are you cursing me?"

Taichu then flashed directly to Yangmei's side and lightly patted him on the shoulder.

"Yo, Yangmei, when did you become so pathetic? You're only at the Limit of Golden Immortal of the Origin?"

"If I'm not mistaken, you emerged into the world long ago, right? I just emerged, and my strength has already surpassed yours!"

After saying this, Taichu raised his brows and stared at Yangmei smugly, wiggling them provocatively.

Upon hearing Taichu's words, how could Yangmei remain seated? He immediately carefully sensed Taichu's aura.

In an instant, he was horrified beyond belief. His eyes filled with disbelief as he shouted,

"How is this possible? You've already attained the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and you're not merely someone who has just broken through!"

Yangmei could not help doubting himself.

"Could it be that this old Daoist hasn't worked hard enough? That fellow actually attained the Dao before me and even surpassed me by so much?"

"No, it seems that from now on, I must immediately enter seclusion and cultivate. I swear I won't leave seclusion until I enter the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!"

After inspecting Taichu's strength and realm, Yangmei was thoroughly crushed.

Looking at Yangmei, who was doubting himself, Taichu's eyes were full of smugness. He then turned toward him and asked,

"If I remember correctly, didn't you obtain the Chaos Enlightenment Tea Tree back then? You never used it for enlightenment and cultivation?"

However, after Taichu finished speaking, Yangmei revealed a bitter expression.

"Don't mention it. I had everything properly arranged back then. Who would have thought that after reincarnating into the Primordial Wilderness, something would inexplicably go wrong with those arrangements? That perfectly good Top-grade Chaos Spirit Root fell all the way to a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root!"

After saying this, Yangmei's face was filled with resentment.

It was clear that Yangmei truly could not let go of this matter.

However, Taichu understood that this was a restriction imposed by Pangu and the Great Dao on the spiritual objects and Spiritual Treasures within Chaos.

Now that the Heavenly Dao controlled the Primordial Wilderness, these rules would be established by the Heavenly Dao.

However, as half a master of the Primordial Wilderness, Taichu would not tell him any of this.

"What? An old friend has come to visit, and you're not even offering me a cup of hot tea?"

After saying this, Taichu slightly raised his brows and curled the corners of his mouth, staring straight at Yangmei in front of the little wooden hut.

Prompted by Taichu, Yangmei quickly reacted and invited him,

"Dao Friend Taichu, please sit. This old Daoist was remiss!"

After saying this, Yangmei lightly swept his right hand across the air, and countless laws surfaced.

Then, two cups of hot tea appeared on the Chaos Hard Stone table before them.

Between the tea, countless strands of law and Dao Resonance surfaced, as if recounting the profound principles of Heaven and Earth.

Seeing the two cups of hot tea, Taichu chuckled.

"Oh, isn't this tea produced by a Top-grade Chaos Spirit Root?"

Yangmei sighed softly upon hearing this.

"These are all things this old Daoist accumulated in Chaos back then. I've never been willing to use them. Since you, my old friend, have come to visit, this is the only thing I have with which to entertain you!"

Hearing this, Taichu cursed inwardly, What a shameless old man.

But not the slightest trace of it appeared on his face.

He then picked up the tea and drank it. In an instant, countless profound principles of the Great Dao surfaced in his heart, and he immediately entered the Enlightenment Realm.

Seeing this, Yangmei could not help feeling envious.

What kind of origin does this fellow have? Why does he feel so much stronger than this old Daoist?

Yangmei then drank the cup of Enlightenment Tea before him as well. After a moment, he too entered the Enlightenment Realm.

In an instant, countless strands of Space Dao Rhyme and Creation Dao Rhyme intertwined and spread before the little wooden hut.

Mixed among them were countless strands of law and Dao Resonance, filling the space between the two most powerful networks of laws.