The Time Has Not Yet Come

Either the other party had a backer far stronger than the Fire Qilin, an Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power.

But if that were the case, when his elder brother made a move, that backer should have intervened.

Yet they chose to flee without a sound.

That meant the other party had no backer far stronger than an Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power.

After all, a Great Power could not be humiliated, especially in the Primordial World, where strength reigned supreme.

A Great Power above the Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm would never yield to the Fire Qilin.

That left only one possibility—that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure!

Only an Innate Supreme Treasure could silently conceal all heavenly secrets and aura of that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Deceiving the Fire Qilin, an Early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal Great Power.

The Water Qilin's mind raced, instantly grasping the key point, and he exclaimed.

"Second brother, now that you mention it, it really seems that way.

I didn't pay attention at the time—he was just a mere Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, yet he casually pulled out a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

That fly whisk he used to block and neutralize my attack was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!"

The Fire Qilin only then belatedly realized—wasn't the fly whisk Taiqing used to fight exactly a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?

After all, although the Qilin Clan was one of the three peak clans of the Primordial World, they didn't have many Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in their clan.

That Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal being had effortlessly produced a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Thinking about it, didn't that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal being likely truly possess an Innate Supreme Treasure?

"Ah! Damn it, if I'd known, I should have gone all out back then and slain that being.

Then the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and Innate Supreme Treasure on him would all belong to my Qilin Clan."

The Fire Qilin was instantly filled with regret, pounding his chest and stamping his feet, his face etched with remorse.

As if he had missed out on a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and an Innate Supreme Treasure.

When the Fire Qilin had struck earlier, he hadn't paid any attention to the fact that the Taiyi Fly Whisk in Taiqing's hand was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

After Taiqing fled, the Fire Qilin never even thought about an Innate Supreme Treasure.

"Elder brother, do you know which direction he fled?

As long as it's not too far, my Qilin Clan might still have a chance to obtain the supreme treasure on him."

The Water Qilin had a sharper mind than the Fire Qilin, wearing an expression of "Elder brother, worry not, watch your younger brother's plan, victory is in hand."

"When I saw him, he was heading up Buzhou Mountain, likely making his way toward its summit."

The Fire Qilin thought carefully for a moment and immediately realized.

"Haha, it seems that being's supreme treasure is fated to be obtained by my Qilin Clan!"

Hearing the Water Qilin's words, the Fire Qilin, whose mind was usually all brawn, caught on.

"Elder brother, he's gone to Buzhou Mountain, so he'll have to come down eventually.

My Qilin Clan's territory is right at the foot of Buzhou Mountain. We can set up a Heavenly Net and Earthly Net there.

As soon as that being descends the mountain, we'll capture him immediately.

Who knows, my Qilin might gain even more!

In that case, isn't that supreme treasure fated to be obtained by my Qilin Clan?"

The Water Qilin analyzed cheerfully, growing more excited as he spoke, as if he could already see capturing Taiqing and seizing his supreme treasure.

"Right! Why didn't I think of that? It's all thanks to you, second brother.

Truly my Qilin Clan's strategist, your mind is sharp.

That's the plan. From now on, my Qilin Clan will set up defenses at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.

Once we find that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, we'll capture him immediately and seize his supreme treasure!"

The Fire Qilin clapped his hands together, praising his younger brother's intelligence endlessly.

He immediately gave orders for the Qilin Clan to mobilize and set up a Heavenly Net and Earthly Net at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.

All they had to do was wait for Taiqing to descend the mountain, capture him, and take his supreme treasure.

Taiqing had merely passed by the foot of Buzhou Mountain, and now the Qilin Clan had laid a Heavenly Net and Earthly Net, waiting for him to come down.

They had already sentenced him to death, just waiting for him to walk into the trap.

"These three clans are truly heavily tainted by Calamity Tribulation Qi.

Even their core members behave like this. If these three clans don't fall, there's no justice in heaven."

Taiqing, now completely out of the Qilin Clan's territory, felt a surge of anger in his heart.

This was truly an undeserved disaster. He, Taiqing, was walking through the Primordial World opened by his own Father God.

To actually be hunted and attacked by a Qilin—if not for his supreme treasure protecting him, he would have fallen here today.

The Qilin Clan were supposed to be auspicious beasts, gentle by nature. But now, with the Tribulation's miasma seeping into their bodies, they had become so bloodthirsty and violent.

Taiqing's understanding of the Tribulation reached a new level.

Still, although the Fire Qilin had attacked him under the influence of the Tribulation's miasma, the fact remained that it had struck at him, Taiqing.

This matter would not end so easily. Once his visit to Pangu Hall was over, he would definitely settle the score.

Because of this encounter between the Fire Qilin and Taiqing, the course and outcome of the Dragon-Han Calamity would be completely altered.

That was a matter for later. For now, Taiqing hurried with all his speed, wanting only to enter Pangu Hall as soon as possible and find a way to break through to Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Unlike the Three Clans, who plunged into the Tribulation, gathered the Myriad Races of the Great Desolation, and used boundless Destiny to push their cultivation realms upward, Taiqing could only go to Pangu Hall, beseech the will of Father God Pangu, and rely on Pangu Hall's power to block the Heavenly Dao in order to break through to Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Following the faint, instinctive pull toward Pangu Hall within his Primordial Spirit, Taiqing soon arrived at its location.

But when he reached the place where Pangu Hall should have been, he realized he had underestimated the difficulty.

Taiqing's face twisted with bitterness as he stared at the empty void before him.

Pangu Hall was clearly right in front of him, yet he could find no way in.

"I miscalculated. Pangu Hall must not yet have reached the time for its emergence. It is guarded by the Innate Great Formation and the will of Father God.

Even the Heavenly Dao cannot enter within that Innate Great Formation."

Taiqing had tried every method he could think of.

Primordial Spirit, bloodline, the Heaven-Opening Mark, shouting passwords like "open sesame," fire, water, communicating through the World-Opening Supreme Treasure—all kinds of means.

Every single one failed. Pangu Hall simply refused to appear, and he could not enter at all.

"Could it be that I, Taiqing, am truly destined to be manipulated and schemed against by Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao?

If I cannot break through to Golden Immortal of the Origin and walk the Law Path to Sainthood, I will only fall into the plots of the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.

Even if I cultivate the Path of Three Corpses and know full well what the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun are planning, I cannot change a thing.

It will all develop exactly according to the original trajectory."

Taiqing's heart was heavy. More than two Eons had passed since he set out from Kunlun Mountain, and he had gained nothing.

Pangu Hall was his only hope for a breakthrough. Now he stood at its very doorstep, sensing the clear call within his Primordial Spirit, yet unable to enter.

This frustration, this agony—

It was like buying a lottery ticket in his past life, winning a hundred million, only to return home and find the winning slip had vanished.

The feeling made him want to die.

He, Taiqing, had clearly seen hope. Now, because he could not enter Pangu Hall, that flame of hope had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

Taiqing was somewhat dejected. As he pondered what to do next, he aimlessly climbed upward along Buzhou Mountain.

He, Taiqing, was not one to admit defeat easily. If Pangu Hall would not let him in, he would find another way. There was always a solution to every problem.