After the conflict between Dao and demons, the Western Land had shattered into ruins, becoming a barren wasteland where spiritual energy had dried up!
From then on, living beings fled the Western Land one after another, leaving their homes behind and abandoning this desolate place that saddened all who heard of it and brought tears to all who saw it.
One day, living beings suddenly discovered that the Western Land, where spiritual energy had once been sparse, had inexplicably gained dense Innate Spiritual Qi!
Although the land remained barren, some of the Spirit Veins in the impoverished west that had been on the verge of exhaustion were finally eased and showed signs of slowly recovering!
Most could at least maintain their own grade and avoid falling in rank!
All of this was the work of the Heavenly Dao.
After Taichu had Luohou and the demons of the Demon Realm set up the Chaos Devouring Great Array, an endless stream of Pure Spirit Qi flowed into Western Mount Sumeru!
As the one in charge of order in the Primordial Wilderness, the Heavenly Dao naturally noticed this immediately!
After investigating, it discovered that this Pure Spirit Qi all came from the newly born Demon Realm.
Combining this with the fact that its elder brother Taichu had personally entered the Demon Realm before, the Heavenly Dao understood that this was what Taichu had done for the Western Land!
Thinking of the preciousness and unique nature of the Pure Spirit Qi, it intercepted it and transformed it into Innate Spiritual Qi better suited for living beings to absorb, then sent it into the Western Land!
As Innate Spiritual Qi appeared in the Western Land, on Jade Capital Mountain beside the Kunlun Ancestral Veins in the Eastern Land—
Hongjun suddenly awoke from his meditation.
His lips moved as he muttered to himself.
"Strange. Why do I feel such a palpitation in my heart?"
He immediately took out his Jade Plate of Creation, rubbed it seriously, and began deducing!
Very quickly, Hongjun's Primordial Spirit received a warning.
At the same time, Hongjun was greatly alarmed.
"How can this be? Innate Spiritual Qi has inexplicably appeared in the west, and the Karmic Debt upon me has grown even heavier!"
Visible to the naked eye, Hongjun was now enveloped by endless Karmic Debt, so dense that it had nearly become tangible.
Once Hongjun completed his deduction, it pressed down on him so heavily that he could scarcely breathe!
"No, I must attain the Dao. Otherwise..."
Hongjun once again placed the Jade Plate of Creation above his head, using its power to enter the Enlightenment Realm!
Meanwhile, after leaving the Demon Realm, Taichu once more appeared atop Western Mount Sumeru.
Looking at the Innate Spiritual Qi beginning to emerge throughout the Western Land—
With a mere thought, he understood what had happened.
At the same time, several delighted laughs seemed to reach Taichu's ears.
Taichu could not help but laugh.
"You were only born not long ago, and this already has you so excited!"
He no longer paid attention to his cheerfully foolish little brother, the Heavenly Dao, and instead considered what he should do next!
Then an idea came to Taichu.
His gaze turned toward the East Sea.
"Yangmei should still be in the Primordial Wilderness, right? Perhaps I should visit him first. Ever since that battle in Chaos, I haven't seen this old friend."
Although Taichu and Yangmei had stood on opposing sides during the Chaos Demon God War—
Both Yangmei and Taichu understood that they had merely held different positions.
Neither had ever held a grudge against the other.
Taichu immediately clenched his right hand into a fist and heavily struck his left palm.
"I should go see him, lest that old fellow complain when we meet again that I visited Luohou in the Demon Realm after emerging, yet forgot an old friend like him!"
Once Taichu 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—
Inside a small wooden hut beneath a towering Willow Tree that blotted out the sky, an old daoist suddenly opened his eyes.
A sharp glint flashed through his gaze as he muttered to himself.
"Strange. Why has my heart suddenly begun to stir?"
His Primordial Spirit emerged, and he carefully performed a deduction.
"How peculiar. It is actually good news!"
After completing his deduction, Old Daoist Yang Mei muttered softly, a doubtful look appearing on his face.
Yet the next moment, a voice suddenly rang beside his ear.
"So this is where you old fellow have been hiding, enjoying yourself on this Immortal Island!"
As the voice fell, ripples spread through space, and a figure dressed in pale blue appeared in Old Daoist Yang Mei's sight.
Upon hearing the voice, Yangmei sensed an aura that was both familiar and unfamiliar!
He immediately cried out in surprise.
"It's you, Taichu!"
"I knew it! A scourge like you would live for a thousand years. How could you possibly have failed to reincarnate into the Primordial Wilderness?"
Taichu could not help but laugh and curse.
"Yangmei, are you cursing me?"
Taichu flashed directly to Yangmei's side and lightly patted his shoulder.
"Well, well. Since when did you become so weak, Yangmei? You're only at the Limit of Golden Immortal of the Origin?"
"If I'm not mistaken, you emerged long ago, didn't you? I only just emerged, yet my strength has already surpassed yours!"
After saying this, Taichu raised his brows and smugly winked at Yangmei.
How could Yangmei remain seated after hearing Taichu's words? He immediately and carefully sensed Taichu's aura.
In an instant, he was horrified beyond belief. His eyes widened in disbelief as he shouted.
"How is that possible? You have already attained the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and it isn't merely a simple recent breakthrough!"
Yangmei then could not help but doubt himself.
"Could it be that I haven't worked hard enough? This fellow actually attained the Dao before me and surpassed me by so much?"
"No. It seems that once this is over, I must immediately enter seclusion to cultivate. Unless I become a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, I swear I will not leave seclusion!"
After examining Taichu's cultivation realm, Yangmei was deeply shaken.
Taichu looked at the self-doubting Yangmei, his eyes full of pride, then asked him.
"If I remember correctly, didn't you obtain the Chaos Enlightenment Tea Tree back then? Haven't you used it to comprehend the Dao and cultivate?"
However, after Taichu spoke, Yangmei revealed a bitter expression.
"Don't mention it. Back then, I had already arranged everything properly. Who would have thought that after reincarnating into the Primordial Wilderness, those arrangements would somehow develop a flaw? A perfectly good Top-grade Chaos Spirit Root was forcibly reduced to a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root!"
As Yangmei spoke, his face was filled with resentment.
It was clear that Yangmei truly remained bitter about this matter.
However, Taichu understood that this was a restriction imposed by Pangu and the Great Dao upon spiritual objects and Spiritual Treasures from Chaos.
Now that the Heavenly Dao governed the Primordial Wilderness, these rules would be established by the Heavenly Dao.
But as half the master of the Primordial Wilderness, Taichu would not tell him any of this.
"What, now that an old friend has come to visit, you will not even offer me a cup of hot tea?"
After speaking, Taichu slightly raised his brows, a faint smile curling at his lips as he stared at Yangmei before the small wooden hut.
Prompted by Taichu, Yangmei quickly came to his senses and invited him.
"Please sit, Dao Friend Taichu. This was my oversight!"
After speaking, Yangmei lightly swept his right hand through the air, and countless Laws of Space appeared at once.
Then, two cups of hot tea appeared upon the Chaos Hard Stone table before them.
Within the tea, countless Law and Dao Resonances emerged, as though they were recounting the ultimate truths of heaven and earth.
At the sight of the two cups of hot tea, Taichu chuckled.
"Oh, isn't this tea produced by a Top-grade Chaos Spirit Root?"
Yangmei sighed upon hearing this.
"These were all accumulated by me back in Chaos. I never had the heart to use them. Now that an old friend like you has come to visit, this is the only thing I have to entertain you with!"
Taichu secretly cursed.
So concerned with saving face.
Yet none of it showed on his face.
He then lifted the tea and drank it. In an instant, countless ultimate truths of the Great Dao seemed to arise in his heart, and he immediately entered the Enlightenment Realm.
Yangmei could not help but feel envious at the sight!
"What kind of origin does this fellow have? Why does he feel so much stronger than me?"
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 Space Dao Rhyme and Creation Dao Rhyme intertwined and spread before the small wooden hut.
Countless Law and Dao Resonances mingled among them, filling the space between those two supreme networks of Laws.
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