Weak Water Cup, Return to Kunlun

Taiqing's sense of urgency surged sharply.

The joy he had felt upon attaining the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm and embarking on the Law Path to Sainthood was instantly washed clean by fear and urgency.

Taiqing dared not gamble—he could not afford to. If the Reincarnation Purple Lotus truly existed, he would spare no effort to find it.

Because he could not afford to lose. He had to face the Heavenly Dao that governed the entire Primordial Wilderness, and Hongjun, who had merged with the Dao!

If he lost, he, the Sanqing, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches would face annihilation, their bodies and souls destroyed, imprisoned by the Heavenly Dao.

Taiqing waved his hand, and the Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus was put away.

The remaining nine-petal, six-petal, and three-petal lotus platforms were all gathered into the Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus.

"That saves quite a bit of space."

Taiqing had been wondering how to collect the vast number of lower-grade white lotuses, but he hadn't expected it to be resolved so easily.

Putting away the Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus, Taiqing looked at the lake.

"It's actually Weak Water."

After careful examination, Taiqing discovered that the lake was entirely composed of Weak Water.

Weak Water was said to be unable to float even a goose feather.

Weak Water could serve as a formidable attack method; even a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal might fall prey to it.

In the Primordial Wilderness, it was considered a rare and precious treasure of heaven and earth.

However, Taiqing knew that while Weak Water was precious, it wasn't exactly scarce.

The Water of the Heavenly River in the yet-unborn Heavenly Court was Weak Water.

To the north of Kunlun Mountain, there was also a river of Weak Water.

But just as Taiqing was considering whether to collect the Weak Water here, he saw the lake gradually shrink, eventually transforming into a small cup.

The Weak Water Cup—capable of holding the Weak Water of an entire Lesser Thousand World, and continuously generating more Weak Water without end.

A stream of information entered Taiqing's mind.

Seeing this, Taiqing beckoned with his hand, and the Weak Water Cup flew into his grasp of its own accord.

"It's actually a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—an unexpected delight.

I never thought that the call I sensed at the shore of the Eastern Sea was emitted by this Weak Water Cup."

Taiqing looked at the Weak Water Cup in his hand, recalling the summons he had felt earlier at the Eastern Sea coast.

He had assumed it came from the Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus.

But it turned out to be this Weak Water Cup.

Putting away the Weak Water Cup and confirming that there were no more spiritual treasures or opportunities here, Taiqing withdrew from the Innate Great Formation.

"Let's go. There are no more opportunities for us on Penglai Immortal Island. It's time to return to Kunlun Mountain."

After exploring Penglai Immortal Island a bit further without finding any more opportunities, Taiqing called for Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin to head back to Kunlun Mountain.

This trip had already taken long enough—over ten Eons.

Of course, Taiqing's gains were also substantial. Not only had his cultivation advanced to the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm, setting him on the Law Path to Sainthood, but he had also obtained the Twelve-petal Pure World White Lotus and the vast number of lotus platforms it spawned, as well as the Weak Water Cup, a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

He had also reaped the good karma of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.

And he had gained Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin as his mounts.

Now, Taiqing was eager to return, wanting nothing more than to share this joy with his two younger brothers, Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao.

Additionally, he needed to return to protect them during their birth, lest any petty villains try to cause trouble.

"This lotus platform is granted to you. It has the power to purify evil Sha Qi, and to guard and stabilize the Primordial Spirit.

With this platform, your Primordial Spirits will be much more stable."

Taiqing produced two Sixth-grade White Lotus Platforms and bestowed them upon Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin.

The reward he had promised earlier was now given to his two mounts.

"Thank you, Master."

The dragon and the qilin accepted the Sixth-grade White Lotus Platforms excitedly and fused them into their Primordial Spirits.

Indeed, both felt that after the lotus platform merged with their Primordial Spirits, their spirits became exceptionally stable.

Even if another Tribulation erupted, the calamitous energy and Sha Qi would not easily corrupt their Primordial Spirits.

Taiqing had originally intended to bestow Nine-Rank White Lotus Platforms upon his two mounts.

But the moment that thought arose, an intense sense of crisis inexplicably struck his heart.

If he truly bestowed the Nine-Rank White Lotus Platform upon his two mounts, great calamity would likely befall him in the future.

Taiqing probed and investigated, but found nothing, so he bestowed the Sixth-grade White Lotus Platform upon his two mounts instead.

Once the thought of granting the Sixth-grade White Lotus Platform arose, the sense of crisis no longer emerged.

"Could it be that this Nine-Rank White Lotus Platform has another destined connection?"

Taiqing speculated inwardly, but he was not certain.

"Very well. When I encounter the fated one in the future, the connection will reveal itself."

Since he could not deduce it, Taiqing ceased to dwell on it. He simply would not give away the Nine-Rank White Lotus Platform.

Leading a dragon and a qilin, Taiqing sped toward Kunlun Mountain at his fastest pace.

Kunlun Mountain was already located on the Eastern Continent.

Moreover, Taiqing had already advanced to the realm of Golden Immortal of the Origin, and his speed was incomparably greater than when he was a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

When he set out from Buzhou Mountain, Taiqing had ridden the Ink Jade Qilin and spent four or five Eons to reach the shores of the Eastern Sea.

Now, on the return journey, he no longer needed to go to Buzhou Mountain, cutting the distance by more than half, while his speed had increased by an unknown multiple.

In less than ten thousand years, Taiqing returned from the Eastern Sea to Kunlun Mountain.

"Truly, the Primordial Wilderness is vast—there is nowhere This Seat cannot go."

Feeling the changes brought by his cultivation breakthrough, Taiqing's heart was filled with ease.

But before Taiqing could head toward the place in Kunlun Mountain where he was nurtured, a fiery red figure blocked his path ahead.

Seeing that fiery red figure, Taiqing vaguely formed a guess in his heart.

The figure, upon spotting Taiqing, actively approached him.

The fiery red figure spoke, confirming Taiqing's speculation.

"Feng Jiu pays respects to Master. Master has shown kindness to our Phoenix Clan. The Old Ancestor has specially sent Feng Jiu to serve as Master's mount.

I implore Master to grant the Phoenix Clan an opportunity to repay this debt of gratitude."

That fiery red figure was none other than Feng Jiu.

Among the Phoenix Clan, Feng denoted the male, Huang the female, and their dao names naturally took Feng and Huang accordingly.

Moreover, the naming was reversed: a male took Huang as a surname, and a female took Feng as a surname.

This Feng Jiu was, in fact, a Huang.

Her cultivation had already reached the mid-stage of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Her cultivation was even deeper than that of Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin after their training on Penglai Immortal Island.

"Feng Jiu, good. You shall accompany This Seat to Kunlun.

This Seat has already chosen the Ink Jade Qilin as a mount.

We Sanqing are three brothers, united as one. You may choose to serve one of my two younger brothers.

In this way, the karmic debt to This Seat will be repaid."

Taiqing had not expected the Phoenix Clan to directly send a junior to Kunlun Mountain to seek him out.

He had thought he would have to wait until he went to the Undying Volcano to obtain a Phoenix Clan mount.

Nor was the Phoenix Clan's urgency unwarranted—the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan had already placed their own clansmen under Taiqing's command.

If the Phoenix Clan did not act more proactively, they feared karmic backlash.

Feng Jiu naturally had no objections. Primordial Phoenix had already sent her a telepathic message, instructing her to agree to Taiqing.

Taiqing led the dragon, phoenix, and qilin swiftly toward the place in Kunlun Mountain where he was nurtured.

When he had set out, Taiqing had been alone; upon his return, he came back laden with gains.

"You shall wait here."

Arriving outside the Innate Great Formation, Ao Jiang, the Ink Jade Qilin, and Feng Jiu could not gain the formation's recognition and could not step inside.

Even if they had been recognized by the Innate Great Formation, Taiqing would not have allowed the three to enter.

It was not that Taiqing distrusted the three little ones.

Rather, he had to be cautious.

What if the Heavenly Dao controlled the three little ones and did something to Yuqing and Shangqing, who had yet to emerge?