Inside Hongjun's cave abode.
Looking at Xuan Yi beside him, as well as the branch of the Law of Space Yang Mei had left within Xuan Yi's body, Hongjun looked somewhat helpless.
"Fine. I'll give you a hand, my son."
Yang Mei had already left the child such a grand gift. If he did not show something in return, it would be hard to justify.
With a wave of Hongjun's hand, countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures appeared—peaches of immortality, Immortal Apricots, and more...
"Absorb these. Transform as soon as possible. I'll stand guard for you."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yi wasted no more time and began circulating his cultivation technique to absorb the spiritual energy within those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
It turned out that the Primordial Chaos Bead contained a cultivation technique called Primordial Chaos Grand Unity.
According to this technique, a Mystic Immortal possessed combat strength equivalent to a saint of the Primordial World. A Golden Immortal was equivalent to the Heavenly Dao, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could contend with the Great Dao, and a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was equal to primordial chaos itself.
The realms were divided into: Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Mystic Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Saint. Each was further divided into early, middle, late, and peak stages.
As the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were consumed, the Primordial Chaos Bead released incomparably profound Dao light, stabilizing the rank that had been on the verge of falling.
"Next comes transformation."
"Rumble!"
In an instant, a deafening boom rang out, and an overwhelming pressure erupted directly from the Primordial Chaos Bead.
The once hazy bead had transformed into a man covered in Dao light.
The man was extraordinarily handsome, with boundless Dao light radiating from his body. A vertical mark rested between his brows, profoundly mysterious.
After carefully sensing his condition, he found that he was currently at the early Earth Immortal realm, equivalent to the early Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm of the Primordial World, and far stronger than an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
The vertical mark between his brows was a divine ability born from fusing with a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation.
This divine ability was the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, capable of gathering the strongest power of lightning in the Primordial World.
Thanks to the Primordial Chaos Bead, his physical body had reached the level of a Houtian Supreme Treasure. Even ordinary Quasi-Saint experts could not injure him.
"Father."
Now able to speak, Xuan Yi shamelessly began acknowledging a father.
"Haha!"
"My son, come. Let your father take a look at you."
The feeling of blood connection instantly filled Hongjun with joy.
"Strange?"
"He absorbed so many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, so why is he only at the Earth Immortal realm? Yet his physical body is unbelievably powerful."
Looking at Xuan Yi before him, Hongjun was deeply puzzled.
"Father, I inherited the cultivation technique within the Primordial Chaos Bead. The Earth Immortal realm is equivalent to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, but only I can cultivate this technique."
Perhaps sensing Hongjun's confusion, Xuan Yi spoke to explain it to him.
"So that's how it is."
"What?"
"Your true body is the Primordial Chaos Bead?"
Because the Primordial Chaos Bead itself possessed a concealment function, Hongjun had assumed it was merely an ordinary Houtian Supreme Treasure.
As a great expert who had survived from the era of chaos, Hongjun naturally knew of the Primordial Chaos Bead. Yet he harbored no greed, for it had already transformed and was also his child.
"Good, good, good!"
"My son, with such foundations, you will surely surpass your father in the future."
Seeing that his child possessed such tremendous talent, the old father was greatly gratified.
"You possess the inheritance of the Primordial Chaos Bead, so I won't bring out my own cultivation technique and embarrass myself.
"But you are the son of I, Hongjun. You must have treasures worthy of your status."
With that, Hongjun began taking out spiritual treasures.
"This is the Qiankun Cauldron, a Xiantian Supreme Treasure. It can turn houtian into xiantian and governs creation."
"This is the Taixu Armor, a Top-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure. It specializes in defense."
"This is the Yin-Yang Mirror, a Top-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure. It can observe all things in the world and trap and kill enemies."
"This is the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation—no, no, I still have use for this."
"This is the God-Slaying Spear. It specializes in slaughter, but due to my battle with Luohu,
its rank fell to that of a Top-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure. Even so, it can still injure saints.
"It is fated with you, so I shall give it to you as well."
After all, Xuan Yi also possessed Luohu's bloodline. Giving the God-Slaying Spear to Xuan Yi could be considered a son inheriting his father's legacy.
"Hehe, thank you, Father."
Hongjun truly was a filthy rich tycoon of the Primordial World. He armed Xuan Yi to the teeth in one go.
"Xuan Yi, go refine these spiritual treasures.
"Your father must go heal the injuries left behind by that battle."
With that, Hongjun vanished.
"Ugh, this old man just runs off whenever he wants. Where am I supposed to go?"
Xuan Yi did not dwell on it. He simply sat cross-legged and began refining the spiritual treasures.
"Holy shit, what's going on?"
Xuan Yi, who had been prepared to spend thousands of years painstakingly refining the spiritual treasures, could not help but curse.
It turned out that Xuan Yi had just infused his mana into the Taixu Armor. He had thought it would be difficult.
Yet the Taixu Armor accepted it without the slightest hesitation, even seeming to rejoice.
Even the Xiantian Supreme Treasure, the Qiankun Cauldron, was the same.
This left Xuan Yi utterly confused.
Could it be because his true body was the Primordial Chaos Bead, and these spiritual treasures were like underlings meeting their boss, voluntarily submitting to him?
"Forget it. I should cultivate instead."
As he spoke, Xuan Yi circulated the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity technique. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth instantly gathered above his head, so dense that it seemed to have turned liquid.
Bolstered by the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity technique, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth crazily poured into Xuan Yi's body. Hongjun, who was in seclusion, could not help but click his tongue at the vortex formed on Jade Capital Mountain by the spiritual energy tide.
"This cultivation speed is far too terrifying. Good thing he is my child. Otherwise, no matter what, I would have to eliminate him."
After thinking it over, Hongjun made up his mind. No matter how difficult it became, Xuan Yi had to remain by his side. Yang Mei, who had fled away, and Luohu of the Outer Demonic Realm could forget about taking Xuan Yi from him.
Meanwhile, the pitiful Luohu was still sleeping in the Outer Demonic Realm, completely unaware that a blood relative of his had appeared in the Primordial World.
Hongjun had only suffered light injuries to begin with. Within such a dense spiritual energy vortex, his injuries also recovered at a terrifying pace. In merely a few months, Hongjun had fully recovered.
"Heavenly Dao, are you there?"
Having recovered from his injuries, Hongjun began calling upon the Heavenly Dao.
"Jade Disc of Creation, emerge!"
When the Heavenly Dao did not respond for a long time, Hongjun knew it was still asleep. Only the Jade Disc of Creation, which shared the same origin as the Heavenly Dao, could awaken it.
Hongjun formed profound hand seals with both hands. The Jade Disc of Creation above his head instantly emitted waves of Dao light, and the sleeping Heavenly Dao was finally awakened.
"Hongjun, Luohu has already been eliminated. From this day onward, you shall be the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao. Next, properly comprehend the Jade Disc of Creation. Once the three sermons conclude, it will be the day you merge with the Dao."
Upon awakening and sensing that Luohu had been eliminated, the Heavenly Dao immediately bound its worker, Hongjun.
"Holy f***!"
The Heavenly Dao, which had originally possessed not a trace of emotion, was so shocked that it directly cursed.
"T-This... How can he possess the aura of the corner I lost? And it has even fused with him?
"No, there is also the power of your bloodline, Hongjun's. Yang Mei, Luohu? Hongjun, what did you do?"
Hongjun gave a bitter smile after hearing this and told the Heavenly Dao everything exactly as it had happened.
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