Hongjun Slays His Corpse to Comprehend the Dao, Encountering Six-Eared Macaque on Taichu Mountain!

Hongjun shouted, "Slay!"

A kind-faced old Daoist flew out from the Spirit Platform of Hongjun's true body, clad in white robes, with the bearing of an immortal sage!

Looking closely, he was actually identical to Hongjun's true body!

"This humble Daoist is Hongjun. Greetings, Honored Self!" the old Daoist said!

"No need for courtesy. You and I are originally one!" Hongjun said!

This kind-faced old Daoist was precisely Hongjun's Good Corpse!

From this day onward, Hongjun stepped into a new realm: the Quasi-Sage Realm!

Those who slayed one corpse were at Quasi-Sage Early Stage!

Those who slayed two corpses were at Quasi-Sage Middle Stage!

Those who slayed three corpses were at Quasi-Sage Late Stage!

Each stage was further divided into four minor realms: Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, Peak, and Great Perfection!

Upon reaching Quasi-Sage Great Perfection, one could become a saint by merging the three corpses into one!

The stronger the spiritual treasure used to slay the corpse, the stronger one's own power would be.

However, the spiritual treasures used for the three corpses had to be Innate Spiritual Treasures of the same root and origin!

Otherwise, even if all three corpses were slain, one would never be able to become a saint for all eternity!

Having reached the Quasi-Sage Realm, Hongjun gradually came to understand the heavenly secrets as well!

"So my path to sainthood lies in the Dao-Devil Conflict!"

After saying that, he cast a cold glance toward the west!

Meanwhile, above the East Sea!

After White Tiger led the Enforcement Hall members in repelling the Dragon Clan, he returned to Three Immortals Island with Xuan Yuan and Caifeng!

Taichu sat cross-legged within Taichu Palace!

At this moment, Taichu's entire body was filled with Dao rhythms, ethereal beyond compare, profound and mysterious!

At this time, both Taichu's cultivation and physical body had broken through to Primordial Golden Immortal Great Perfection! He was only a step away from Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

The moment she entered Taichu Palace, Caifeng flew toward Taichu!

With tears glistening in her eyes, she described to Taichu how she had been ambushed by the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, how Zu Long had led the Dragon Clan in surrounding and attacking her, and finally how White Tiger had rescued her!

Like a little girl who had been bullied outside and returned home to complain to her old father!

Taichu smiled and said, "Your master already knows. You have suffered."

"What? Master, you mean you already knew?" Caifeng said, her eyes widening!

Taichu smiled faintly!

"Since you knew, why didn't you have Hall Master White Tiger make his move sooner?"

After saying that, she looked at White Tiger again!

White Tiger scratched his head as well, revealing a simple, guileless smile!

"Fine, Master, I get it now. You and Hall Master White Tiger were just waiting to watch Eldest Senior Brother and me get bullied! Bad Master!"

By this point, Caifeng had broken into a smile through her tears!

Taichu said unhurriedly, "It was not that your master deliberately wished to watch you be bullied. You merely possess cultivation without experience in bloody battle. Your master was only trying to temper you!"

Caifeng thought for a moment, then said, "Fine, you sure know how to argue your way out of things. I'll forgive you this time! No, my cultivation is still too low. I have to continue cultivating!"

With that, she skipped away and returned to the Chaos Pearl to cultivate!

After Caifeng left, Taichu looked at Xuan Yuan and said, "Your master truly did not misjudge you. You are indeed a fine disciple!

You also know that your master cultivates the Carefree Dao and places few restrictions upon you. Your master has only one request: that fellow disciples support one another, sharing glory and sharing loss!"

Xuan Yuan said, "Please rest assured, Master. Dao Protection Sect is my home. This disciple is fortunate to have become Master's eldest disciple, so all my junior brothers and sisters are my kin, and every member of the sect is my family!"

Taichu nodded in satisfaction!

Taichu continued, "For the time being, remain properly on Three Immortals Island. Your master is going to the Primordial Continent!"

"Yes, Master!"

With a thought, he vanished from Taichu Palace!

On the Primordial Continent, at the foot of Buzhou Mountain!

Taichu appeared outside Pangu Hall!

"It has been dozens of yuanhui since I last came to see these little ones. I wonder if they have been slacking off!"

As soon as he entered Pangu Hall, Taichu saw twelve little ones rushing toward the Blood Pool!

"Uncle, Uncle, I'm Xuan Ming! Uncle, I'm Zhu Rong! Uncle, Uncle, I'm Hou Tu! Can you recognize us?"

The moment they met, the Twelve Ancestral Witches began chattering away!

Where was the savage ferocity of the Twelve Ancestral Witches that would be seen in later generations?

Taichu said with a smile, "Your uncle can naturally tell the difference. But Hou Tu's cultivation is the lowest, so you need to pick up the pace and cultivate properly. No slacking off!"

Hou Tu stuck out her tongue. "Uncle only ever lectures me. Sister Xuan Ming is only a little stronger than I am!"

Xuan Ming said, "A little stronger is still stronger, right, Uncle?"

At that moment, Di Jiang, the eldest of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, stepped forward and said, "Uncle, I've already reached the Great Perfection of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. I'll soon break through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm! Will I be able to take human form then?"

Taichu said with a smile, "Once you reach the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, you may naturally take human form. But you must also keep a close eye on your younger brothers and sisters. Only when they have all broken through may they take human form as well!"

Di Jiang asked, "Uncle, what if my younger brothers and sisters refuse to behave?"

Taichu calmly uttered a single word. "Hit them!"

"Got it, Uncle!"

With that, Di Jiang raised his fist at the eleven little ones!

Seeing this, Taichu was naturally delighted.

He then left Pangu Hall.

Taichu did not use any great magical art, instead flying all the way.

Along the way, he saw the other living beings of the Primordial Wilderness either cultivating or searching for treasures. Only the Three Innate Races were constantly locked in slaughter!

Though the clashes were only small in scale, they had never ceased!

Before he knew it, he had arrived in the southern region of the Primordial Wilderness!

"Oh? Interesting!"

Looking out, he saw a group of minor demons besieging a herd of Shi Tie Beasts!

The Shi Tie Beasts generally did not have high cultivation, only at the Heavenly Immortal level!

Yet standing before the Shi Tie Beasts was a little monkey at merely the early Golden Immortal realm!

Facing that swarm of minor demons, the little monkey was trembling somewhat in fright, yet he stood resolutely at the very front!

Looking closely, the little monkey was covered in golden fur, and his ears were split into three lobes. He was none other than Six-Eared Macaque, one of the Four Monkeys of Chaos!

This Six-Eared Macaque was no ordinary creature!

He could listen to sounds, discern principles, know what came before and after—nothing in the myriad things escaped his understanding!

Although the leading minor demon was at the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm, Six-Eared Macaque possessed formidable combat strength. For the moment, the two sides were evenly matched!

"Hey! Little monkey, this has nothing to do with you. You'd better move aside, or I'll smash open that monkey skull of yours, bring it home, and serve it to our king with his wine!"

The leading minor demon shouted arrogantly!

The other minor demons immediately chimed in as well!

Six-Eared Macaque said, "The Shi Tie Beast clan are my friends. If you want to kill them, you'll have to step over my corpse first!"

The leading minor demon said, "Little monkey, do you think we can't kill you? This matter simply has nothing to do with you, so we don't wish to kill you!"

In truth, this minor demon really could not kill Six-Eared Macaque!

Otherwise, why would he waste words with him?

Six-Eared Macaque said, "You only want to fight over territory. We can leave—why must you exterminate us to the last?"

The leading minor demon gave a cold laugh. "Leave? That sounds nice enough. If we don't kill them, how are we supposed to report back to our king?"

Hearing this, Six-Eared Macaque's fighting spirit surged at once. "Then let's fight. At worst, I die!"

"Courting death!"

With a loud roar, the leading minor demon struck at Six-Eared Macaque!

The attack came too suddenly, and Six-Eared Macaque could not dodge in time!

Blood immediately flowed freely!

Seeing this, the minor demon swung his blade again, viciously chopping down at Six-Eared Macaque!