"After checking on these guys, I should make another trip to Kunlun. Otherwise, when those three find out later, they'll say their big brother was unfair for not even going to see them!"
After glancing once more at the Twelve Ancestral Witches in the Blood Pool, striving to absorb the Turbid Evil Qi, Taichu made his decision.
They were both Pangu Descendants. As their eldest brother by blood, Taichu could not favor one side over the other.
He had to keep things fair.
Master of balance, Taichu, was online!
With a wave of his hand toward the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the twelve Spiritual Treasures that matched them shot outward.
"Let me give you some gifts before I leave. At least I didn't come empty-handed. Having too many younger brothers and sisters is a headache too, sigh!"
Watching the twelve Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures sink into the Ancestral Witches' Primordial Spirits, Taichu could not help but sigh.
At that moment, he thought of the helplessness of the Great Dao, the family patriarch. This was the trouble of having too many children!
"No wonder so many people in later generations don't like having children! That must be the reason!"
Without looking back, Taichu swiftly darted out of Pangu Hall and appeared atop Zhou Mountain in an instant.
"I've heard Zhou Mountain has plenty of treasures. I wonder if that's true?"
"Forget it. After going to Kunlun Mountain, I still need to head to the Ancient Starry Sky and arrange the Netherworld. I have too much to do. Treasure hunting can wait!"
But in the next instant, Taichu halted. He suddenly sensed dense Law and Dao Resonance all around him.
Then he saw a long jade flute, green as emerald, floating before him.
Taichu's Primordial Spirit immediately attached itself to it.
"Five-Tone Phoenix Cry Flute, High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Contains thirty-six Innate Spiritual Restrictions, including Fragments of the Sound Great Dao Law!"
After learning the information about the flute before him, Taichu could not help but laugh.
"What are you trying to do? I'm not someone who enjoys music. Why have you come looking for me? As I recall, Phoenix Perch Mountain is on Zhou Mountain, and Fuxi—the future Human Emperor—was an Innate Divine Being who loved music. You should be seeking him instead!"
Seeing that the Spiritual Treasure seemed determined to cling to him, Taichu helplessly put it away.
Taichu then swiftly departed Zhou Mountain, chose a direction, and prepared to head for Kunlun Mountain.
However, just as Taichu was about to open a teleportation passage directly to Kunlun, he suddenly felt a tremor from within his soul.
"How strange. Why have I encountered so many Opportunities today?"
The tremor Taichu sensed within his soul signified an opportunity.
"Wait, it seems to be related to Yin Yang!"
"Could it be that, knowing I'm preparing to visit Kunlun, it wants to save me the trouble of finding a Spiritual Treasure?"
From the opportunity conveyed by his soul, Taichu sensed a faint aura of the Yin Yang Dao within Karma.
Taichu thought of Taiqing Laozi among the Three Pure Ones, who specialized in the Taiji Yin Yang path.
A guess immediately formed in his heart.
"Forget it. No matter what, I'll first see what this opportunity is!"
A gateway directly appeared within the Void, and Taichu stepped inside.
"The Western Land has been shattered to such a state. If not for my trip to the Demon Realm, perhaps not even spiritual qi could be sensed here now. What opportunity could there possibly be?"
Stepping out of the Void, Taichu looked over the broken Western Land, his confusion deepening.
"Wait, the demonic qi here is so dense, and there's even this sky-piercing baleful aura!"
Taichu quickly understood where he was.
Other than the battlefield of the Dao-Demon Conflict, he could think of nowhere else.
"It seems the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation ultimately still fell into Hongjun's hands. But the Slaughter Immortal Sword appears to be in fellow cultivator Yangmei's possession, so Hongjun had no chance to ask Yangmei for it.
It seems he plans to meet fellow cultivator Yangmei later!"
Taichu thought of how Yangmei had already broken through to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and even cultivated both Space-Time paths.
He wondered whether Hongjun would get anything good out of Yangmei then. Taichu thought this with malicious delight.
As Taichu pondered while carefully examining his surroundings, preparing to sense the location of the opportunity—
His eyes suddenly lit up. He turned directly toward a spot in the Void, staring at it without moving.
"It's here. Let me see what exactly this opportunity that drew me here is!"
Hun Yuan Power began circulating in Taichu's hand. He activated his azure mana and struck it directly into the Void he had been watching.
As the Void rippled, Taichu saw it instantly shatter.
"Yin Yang Origin—and the purest Yin Yang Origin at that. It seems this was a contingency left behind by Daoist Yin Yang!"
Taichu knew that when Father God opened the Primordial Wilderness, the Sky-Opening Divine Axe eventually shattered into three pieces, becoming three Heaven-Opening Supreme Treasures. By chance, Daoist Yin Yang had encountered one of those supreme treasures, the Taiji Diagram, which matched his Original Source.
It could be said to be one of the strongest supreme treasures Within the Primordial World.
After all, the three supreme treasures had each separately received a share of Great Dao Merit, pure Great Dao Origin.
Furthermore, because the Sky-Opening Divine Axe had once been a Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Great Dao Laws and Dao Resonance bred by those three supreme treasures were among the closest to completeness of all Innate Spiritual Treasures and supreme treasures.
Logically speaking, Daoist Yin Yang, who possessed the Taiji Diagram, should not have been so weak.
Now that he sensed this dense Yin Yang Origin, along with the extremely faint Soul Power contained within it, how could Taichu fail to understand?
"It seems that after Daoist Yin Yang obtained the Taiji Diagram, due to the compatibility between them, he had already foreseen his current fate!"
Yin Yang must have understood how difficult Dao Attainment was. Thus, at the cost of hindering his own advancement in strength, he separated a portion of his Original Source and hid it within his Accompanying Spiritual Treasure, the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Yin Yang Cauldron!
He had hoped to return here again someday.
After seeing through the Heavenly Secret of the Yin Yang Origin, Taichu could not help but sigh.
"What a pity. Yin Yang never could have anticipated that Luohou would actually lose to Hongjun, and that Luohou would leave behind a contingency of his own, directly detonating the Western Ancestral Vein and turning all his plans into nothing!"
If not for the Innate Spiritual Qi diffused through the surrounding Void sustaining it, Taichu could easily tell that this Yin Yang Origin would disperse into heaven and earth.
"So be it. Since you encountered me, it means your fate has not yet run out. Besides, this Karma will ultimately fall upon Hongjun's head!"
Taichu chuckled, calculation flashing continuously through his eyes as he stared at the Yin Yang Origin before him.
Taichu immediately used the Creation Law to wrap it up. With a thought, he sent it into the Heart of Creation.
To Taichu, this was merely a small gesture today.
He only looked forward to seeing what fruit it would bear in the future!
Only after finishing all this did Taichu examine the Yin Yang Cauldron before him.
"As expected, none of those who live long are simple. That saying really is true. I wonder whether the other beings who participated in the Dao-Demon Conflict also left contingencies behind. When I have time later, I'll give it a try. Perhaps it'll even amuse me!"
After putting away the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure before him, a plan immediately formed in his heart.
Taichu then weighed the Yin Yang Cauldron in his hand and muttered to himself.
"Yin Yang Cauldron, containing incomplete Yin Yang Dao Laws and a strand of Yin Yang Divine Fire. It suits Laozi perfectly. Doesn't he enjoy refining pills? This would make an excellent pill furnace!"
"A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure... I wonder whether the Taiji Eight Trigram Furnace was refined by Taiqing himself or nurtured by heaven and earth. Still, in some respects, it complements this Yin Yang Cauldron!"
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