"According to the guidance of Heavenly Dao's aura, it should be nearby. Why can't I find it?"
With the largest fragment of the Jade of Creation suspended above his head, Hongjun searched all over Kunlun Mountain, though no one knew what he was looking for.
"This is the last place. If it still isn't here, I can only come back after the Tribulation has passed."
No one knew what Daoist Hongjun was searching for, but he had already scoured the entirety of Kunlun Mountain.
The only place left unsearched was, remarkably, the place where the Sanqing were being nurtured.
Activating the fragment of the Jade of Creation, Hongjun began a thorough search.
Before long, Daoist Hongjun's eyes lit up.
"I finally found it. It truly made me search long enough.
"Fortunately, I found it. Otherwise, plotting against the Sanqing would have been impossible."
With the largest fragment of the Jade of Creation, Daoist Hongjun had finally found the Innate Great Formation guarding the place where the Sanqing were being nurtured.
So, after searching Kunlun Mountain for so long, Daoist Hongjun had actually been looking for the place where the Sanqing were being nurtured.
Several Eons ago, Hongjun had hosted Daoist Wuxing and Daoist Yin Yang at Jade Capital Mountain.
A sudden summons came from the fragment of the Jade of Creation within his Primordial Spirit.
The Heavenly Dao had issued a warning, ordering Hongjun to plot against the Sanqing formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit.
It had instructed Hongjun to head to Kunlun Mountain and take the Sanqing's Companion Treasures.
As one almost predetermined to merge with the Dao,
Hongjun possessed the largest fragment of the Jade of Creation and could naturally use it to deduce the broader currents of Tian Ji.
He knew the importance of the Sanqing and the World-Opening Supreme Treasures.
Hongjun decided that after obtaining the supreme treasures, he would send the Chaos Bell to the Sun Star and place the Taiji Diagram at the place where Daoist Yin Yang had encountered his opportunity.
As for the Pangu Banner, Hongjun would keep it for himself.
Hongjun immediately set out for Kunlun Mountain. After several Eons of searching, he had finally found the Innate Great Formation guarding the Sanqing.
As he activated the fragment of the Jade of Creation, a wave of Heavenly Dao Power spread out.
Hongjun easily passed through the barrier of the Innate Great Formation and entered it.
"Hehe, the entire Primordial Wilderness lies under the Heavenly Dao's control. How could a mere Innate Great Formation stop me?"
After passing through the Innate Great Formation, Daoist Hongjun did not forget to turn back and mock it.
In truth, Hongjun was mocking Pangu.
Though the Innate Great Formation protecting the birth of innate divine beings was powerful, it was still nothing before the Heavenly Dao, which controlled the entire Primordial Wilderness.
An ordinary Hunyuan Golden Immortal would have been one thing, but even a Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal could not have entered the Innate Great Formation.
Yet Hongjun was an exception. He was one almost predetermined to merge with the Dao.
Moreover, he had the largest fragment of the Jade of Creation, allowing him to cheat by drawing upon Heavenly Dao Power.
Naturally, he could easily break through the protective formation and enter.
"Third Brother, a living being has entered the Innate Great Formation! Quickly, you and I must rein in our minds and reveal not the slightest movement.
"With Merit of World Creation protecting us, even the Heavenly Dao would not dare do anything to us."
The moment Hongjun entered the Innate Great Formation, Yuqing and Shangqing immediately sensed him.
Yuqing Yuanshi hurriedly instructed his younger brother to restrain his mind.
The two immediately disguised themselves as two wisps of clear qi that had yet to develop spiritual intelligence, floating silently within the place of gestation.
Upon entering the Innate Great Formation, Hongjun did not waste any time and headed straight for the central area.
There, he immediately saw two wisps of clear qi floating in the center.
"Hmm? What is going on? Aren't there supposed to be three of the Sanqing? Why are there only two wisps of clear qi?"
Hongjun was suspicious. Tian Ji had clearly shown the Sanqing, so why were there only two?
In Hongjun's calculations of Tian Ji, he had not deduced that Taiqing had already been born.
Hongjun was about to step forward to inspect them when a vast amount of golden light suddenly emerged above the two wisps of clear qi.
Beyond the Great Desolation World, thunder rumbled as though responding to that golden light.
"Merit of World Creation!"
Hongjun cried out in alarm, then retreated warily. He wiped the cold sweat from his temple and awkwardly looked up beyond the Great Desolation World.
Just then, Hongjun had sensed an incomparably terrifying aura lock onto him.
Beyond the Great Desolation World, Great Dao Thunder had gathered.
If he took even one more step forward, the Great Dao Thunder would surely descend and reduce him to death and destruction.
Even with Heavenly Dao Power protecting him and the largest fragment of the Jade of Creation shielding him, he would still be unable to escape being reduced to ashes.
"Phew, that was close. I never expected that clear qi to automatically trigger the Merit of World Creation.
"I should draw out those supreme treasures as soon as possible. Once I have them, I must leave quickly.
"It is better not to have too much involvement with the Sanqing before they are born."
Hongjun's clothes were already soaked through at the back. That was cold sweat brought on by the terror of being locked onto by the Great Dao Thunder.
He no longer stepped forward to inspect the two wisps of clear qi, nor did he care why there were only two of them.
Hongjun sat down cross-legged, communicated with Heavenly Dao Power, and used a secret art, preparing to forcibly draw out and take away the Companion Treasures of the Two Pure Ones.
Taking Companion Treasures with a secret art would not harm the Sanqing, nor would it trigger the Merit of World Creation protecting them.
That was why Hongjun had dared to barge into the Innate Great Formation and seize the supreme treasures.
Yet after some time, Daoist Hongjun's expression turned panicked.
He discovered that he had used the secret art several times already, so why had the Companion Treasures of that clear qi still not appeared?
"What is going on? Has the secret art failed? Or is the Merit of World Creation preventing the secret art from activating its treasure-seizing effect?
"Can Heavenly Dao Power not alter the authority over supreme treasures?"
Hongjun abruptly opened his eyes and looked doubtfully at the two wisps of clear qi.
Just as Hongjun was about to increase the output of Heavenly Dao Power and push the secret art to its limit,
the Heavenly Dao Power accidentally touched the Merit of World Creation surrounding the two wisps of clear qi.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion erupted beyond the Great Desolation World.
"Pfft—"
Hongjun spat out a mouthful of blood, and his aura rapidly weakened as all the Heavenly Dao Power around him dissipated.
With the Heavenly Dao Power no longer protecting Hongjun, the Innate Great Formation immediately detected the intruder.
Terrifying power of laws erupted as the formation activated, vowing to tear Hongjun apart within it.
"Run!"
Hongjun had no time to wonder why the Merit of World Creation had suddenly appeared upon that clear qi.
Nor did he have time to consider why the Heavenly Dao Power around him had suddenly withdrawn and vanished.
Dragging his heavily injured body, he immediately activated the Jade of Creation to protect himself and fled the Innate Great Formation in disgrace at his fastest speed.
Crack!
Strands of law power gathered by the Innate Great Formation struck the fragment of the Jade of Creation one after another.
Already heavily wounded, Hongjun kept vomiting blood as though it cost him nothing.
"Three Corpses, aid me!"
Three figures, each at the Late Stage Quasi-Saint realm, appeared and activated the Jade of Creation together, racing madly toward the edge of the Innate Great Formation.
These three figures looked seventy to eighty percent similar to Hongjun.
They were the Three Corpses Hongjun had severed—his Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Self Corpse.
After some time, outside the Innate Great Formation, Hongjun stared at it with a gloomy expression, looking utterly disheveled.
Since Hongjun had reincarnated into the Primordial Wilderness, this had been the greatest crisis he had ever faced and the most severe injury he had ever suffered.
Even now, Hongjun could not understand why the Merit of World Creation on that clear qi had suddenly appeared and been touched by Heavenly Dao Power.
"Forget it. I should return to Jade Capital Mountain and recover first. I must not let Luohu discover me and launch a sneak attack while I am severely injured.
"I will ask the Heavenly Dao about the reason later."
Hongjun had just used the fragment of the Jade of Creation to communicate with the Heavenly Dao, only to find that it gave no response whatsoever.
Activating the Jade of Creation and turning into a streak of light, Hongjun fled back to Jade Capital Mountain in disgrace under the protection of the Three Corpses.
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