Jiang Ziya Is Missing

Feeling the incomparably violent power within his body, Qin Hong could not resist throwing a fierce punch straight ahead.

Boom!

Though Qin Hong's arm was short and his fist small, the sound of it tearing through space was astonishing.

As for its power, it was even more terrifying.

Right before Qin Hong's fist, space was blasted open into a massive hole.

Endless violent spatial power gushed from the hole, as though it would tear everything apart.

If an ordinary cultivator were struck by those spatial forces, they would perish on the spot.

Yet when that violent power, which ordinary cultivators avoided at all costs, reached Qin Hong, it became like obedient children pounding against his body.

He felt nothing at all. If anything, it was a little itchy.

Now that Qin Hong had refined half of Pangu's Heart Blood, the strength of his physical body rivaled that of a Great Witch, even surpassing one.

If Qin Hong could refine all of Pangu's Heart Blood, his physical body would be enough to surpass an Ancestral Witch and approach an Innate Supreme Treasure.

The massive hole blasted open before him slowly vanished, and the rampaging spatial power gradually calmed before disappearing.

Qin Hong did not hurry to leave seclusion. Instead, he took out the Black Lotus of Destruction.

Last time, because he lacked both time and strength, Qin Hong could only refine twenty-four of the Black Lotus of Destruction's restrictions.

Now that he had obtained enough Laws of Time and his cultivation had risen to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, it was time to continue refining the Black Lotus of Destruction.

As long as he completely refined the Black Lotus of Destruction, then with his current physical body and Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation, there would only be a handful throughout the Primordial World capable of suppressing Qin Hong!

Although he had long been prepared for the fact that the Black Lotus of Destruction would not be so easy to refine, when he truly began, Qin Hong still found it troublesome.

With the support of his powerful cultivation realm, as well as sufficient time, Qin Hong finally completely refined the Black Lotus of Destruction after expending twenty Laws of Time.

Over a full ten million years, Qin Hong gained complete control over the Black Lotus of Destruction.

And when Qin Hong refined the final, forty-second restriction, he uncovered the Black Lotus of Destruction's true power.

The Twelve-grade Black Lotus of Destruction, a top-grade Innate Supreme Treasure and one of the foremost defensive treasures in the Primordial World, was absurdly powerful.

At its peak, the Black Lotus of Destruction could even withstand a Sage's attack.

However, after the great battle between Demon Ancestor Luohu and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the Black Lotus of Destruction had clearly been damaged.

Its current power was more than half weaker than before!

Otherwise, Qin Hong truly would not have minded taking the Black Lotus of Destruction to spar with a Sage!

Still, though the Black Lotus of Destruction was damaged, its power remained formidable, and Qin Hong did not ask for too much.

As the Black Lotus of Destruction now stood, no one beneath a Sage could break it!

After leaving the secret chamber, Qin Hong sensed that Sect Master Tongtian was in seclusion, so he did not disturb him and instead headed straight out of Jin'ao Island.

Standing above the Eastern Sea, Qin Hong looked at its magnificent rolling waves and Jin'ao Island hidden within layers upon layers of great formations, then smiled faintly.

To preserve the Sect of Interception's flourishing state, he would have to make more arrangements and plan for more.

After all, this was a game against Sages. It would not be so easy.

What was more, it might even be a game against the Heavenly Dao!

Meanwhile.

Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Palace.

Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning swept his gaze across the second-generation and third-generation disciples, his eyes filled with hostility.

Their trip to Zixiao Palace had been utterly humiliating!

Their originally sound plan had completely fallen apart. The karmic fate on the Investiture of the Gods Scroll had deviated, and the previously decided matter of the Sect of Interception's disciples all being listed on the scroll could no longer stand.

Even Zhunti and Jieyin's reuse of the method they had employed to contend for seats in Zixiao Palace had been of no use.

Faced with the request of the three of them, Hongjun remained unmoved, adhering to the principle that the Heavenly Secrets could not be altered!

This Investiture of the Gods Calamity truly left them with no choice but to rely on themselves.

After returning, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning had been furious, gathering all his disciples here to reprimand them.

"Hm, where is Ziya?"

After sweeping his gaze around, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning discovered that the small figure was not there.

Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao were arrangements and schemes that Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning had begun laying out long ago.

Among them, Jiang Ziya bore the task of receiving the Investiture of the Gods Scroll and conferring the titles of the gods!

For this reason, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning paid Jiang Ziya special attention. Every time he appeared before the disciples, he would ask about Jiang Ziya.

And Jiang Ziya was only a child now. Moreover, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning had brought him up to the mountain from the moment he was born, so Jiang Ziya regarded Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning as a father.

Now that Jiang Ziya was nowhere to be found, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning was greatly perplexed.

"Martial Uncle Ziya said he wanted to go out and have some fun. This disciple did not stop him!"

Just as Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning was asking about it, Linghe stepped out from among the disciples and spoke with fearful eyes.

But Linghe had something on him in Qin Hong's hands, so he could only follow the method Qin Hong had taught him. Besides, Qin Hong treated him as a friend.

"Go out and have fun?"

For some reason, upon hearing Linghe's words, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning suddenly felt that something was amiss.

When things are out of the ordinary, there must be some demon at work!

Jiang Ziya had remained in Jade Void Palace ever since his birth. Other than cultivating and meditating, he would never entertain any thoughts of having fun.

Added to the strictness of his sect rules, how could Jiang Ziya have thought of going out to play?

And Linghe had not stopped Jiang Ziya?

What exactly was going on here!

Because Jiang Ziya bore a weighty destiny and was of great use to him, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning had always paid him exceptional attention.

At once, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning pinched his fingers together and unleashed a saint's Divine Abilities, calculating the Heavenly Secrets.

Very quickly, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning's expression became utterly inscrutable.

Under his calculations as a saint, there was actually no result at all?

It was as though Jiang Ziya had never existed, vanishing into thin air?

Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning continued his calculations, only to grow even more alarmed.

According to his calculations, Jiang Ziya had no past life and no future life. Even this name had never appeared.

Jiang Ziya had disappeared from this world?

He had vanished into thin air!

How was that possible?

This was far too strange!

Although the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was about to begin and the Heavenly Secrets were obscured, it had not reached the point where he could not calculate even a single person!

What was more, his strength ranked among the upper tier even among saints!

Someone had clearly made a move against Jiang Ziya. They could conceal the Heavenly Secrets so thoroughly that even he, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning, could not calculate them?

What a grand stroke. Who could it be?

"Who exactly was it?"

The state of mind Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning had only just managed to calm rippled once more.

The Investiture of the Gods Scroll had been torn apart, karmic fate had been altered, and now Jiang Ziya—whom he had been arranging for so long—had actually been tampered with?

This was simply a deliberate attempt to make him, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning, miserable!

"Who did this?"

"Who exactly was it?"

"How dare they obstruct me..."

After being struck blow after blow, Heavenly Lord of Original Beginning was practically going mad.

One vexing matter after another revolved around him, leaving him without even the slightest strength to catch his breath.

Jiang Ziya's role in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was incomparably important. Though his cultivation was lacking, the role he could play was comparable to that of several Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals!