Great Sage Qiongqi and the Gods and Demons Question Their Lives!

"What did you say? I didn't hear that clearly!"

Great Sage Qiongqi's expression stiffened for a moment before he spoke again.

He suspected that he had misheard.

Gu Xi was merely a Golden Immortal, yet he actually dared to boast that he would subdue a Great Saint like him?

His deep eyes fixed unwaveringly upon Gu Xi.

Divine power surged around him like a vast ocean, while Great Dao Patterns brimming with Killing Aura emerged in the surrounding void.

The light throughout the entire hall dimmed, as though shrouded by dense clouds, and the atmosphere became incomparably oppressive.

Teng Snake Demon God and Fire Rhinoceros Daoist nearly suffocated at that moment. They felt endless pressure constantly pouring in from the surrounding void, crushing their bodies and making it difficult even to breathe.

Gu Xi calmly met Great Sage Qiongqi's gaze and smiled lightly.

"Great Sage Qiongqi, I don't think you're deaf. Why couldn't you hear what I just said?"

"Fine. I've always been easy to talk to, so I'll tell you once more."

"Today, I, Gu Xi, have come here to subdue you."

Boom—

With a tremendous crash, the throne beneath Great Sage Qiongqi shattered into powder.

Great Sage Qiongqi, towering like an iron tower, abruptly rose to his feet. Boundless divine power poured from his body like the bursting of the four seas' dikes.

Under the impact of that oceanic divine power, the entire hall creaked as countless spiderweb-like cracks spread across it. Then, with a thunderous explosion, it shattered apart.

Yet none of the debris fell. It was all forced into the void by the vast, tide-like divine power.

The hall vanished, and that oceanic divine power and pressure spread across the entire Guishan Mountain Range and for hundreds of thousands of miles beyond.

Above the Guishan Mountain Range, the heavens changed color. Dark clouds gathered, thunder roared, and lightning flashed, as though the end of the world had arrived.

"This is bad... the Great Saint is enraged!"

The hundreds of thousands of Demon Race members in the Guishan Mountain Range looked at the dark, thunderous sky and sensed the terrifying killing intent spreading from the Black Grand Hall. All of them trembled in fear.

The last time Great Sage Qiongqi had become enraged, the consequences had been dire. He had slaughtered countless living beings across a hundred thousand miles, leaving corpses strewn everywhere and blood flowing like rivers. The entire East Sea Coast had been shaken.

"Gasp, Great Sage Qiongqi seems to be angry!"

The many gods and demons who had secretly followed Gu Xi and the others saw the changes in the heavens above the Guishan Mountain Range, along with the terrifying killing intent spreading from within it. They immediately realized that Great Sage Qiongqi was enraged.

They were very curious about what Gu Xi had done to provoke Great Sage Qiongqi into such fury and such intense killing intent.

"Gu Xi of the Human Race, do you know who you are speaking to?"

Amid the collapsing hall, Great Sage Qiongqi stood like a towering demon god. His thick Black Hair danced wildly, and two scarlet beams of blood-red light shot from his eyes.

As he spoke, even more surging divine power roared from his body like gigantic waves. The remaining low walls of the hall were completely swept flat, while countless massive trees nearby were uprooted and hurled into the sky.

Fire Rhinoceros Daoist, a Heavenly Immortal, could not withstand it at all and was blasted far away by the wave-like divine power.

"My meaning is very clear. I do not wish to say it a second time."

Gu Xi's expression remained calm, even carrying a faint, indifferent smile.

"Great Saint, lay down your butcher's knife and attain liberation. Fellow Daoist Gu Xi is a Person of Destiny. His desire to subdue you is your opportunity. Why not quickly pledge yourself to Daoist Gu Xi, follow in his footsteps, and seek the true Dao?"

Teng Snake Demon God suddenly spoke. His face was full of sincerity and devotion, as though he were a genuine seeker of the Dao.

Great Sage Qiongqi's expression froze again, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

What had he just heard?

His most capable subordinate not only refused to help him, but was actually urging him to pledge himself to Gu Xi?

Moreover, he was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, while Gu Xi was merely a Golden Immortal. Yet Teng Snake Demon God wanted a Grand Unity Golden Immortal like him to follow the footsteps of a Golden Immortal and seek the true Dao?

What kind of bullshit logic was that?

At that moment, Great Sage Qiongqi was so enraged that smoke seemed to rise from all seven of his orifices. He wished he could slice Teng Snake Demon God into a thousand pieces.

"Teng Snake, have you gone mad? How dare you say such things to the Great Saint?"

Golden Toad Demon God widened his eyes and stared at Teng Snake Demon God in disbelief, as though he had seen a ghost.

"I am doing this for the Great Saint's own good. Only by following Fellow Daoist Gu Xi can he seek the true Dao."

"Golden Toad, the same goes for you. Though your sins are grave, if you quickly pledge yourself to Fellow Daoist Gu Xi, you may yet atone for your sins and save yourself."

Teng Snake Demon God looked at Golden Toad Demon God as he spoke, his face even showing an expression that said he was doing this for his own good.

"Mad. He's truly gone mad..."

"Is this really the Teng Snake Demon God I know?"

Golden Toad Demon God muttered to himself, nearly believing that he had fallen under an illusion technique. Otherwise, how could he be witnessing something so unbelievable?

At this moment, Great Sage Qiongqi's rage had reached its peak.

"Golden Toad, take down that traitor Teng Snake!"

Great Sage Qiongqi roared.

Upon hearing this, Golden Toad Demon God immediately lunged at Teng Snake Demon God.

However, Teng Snake Demon God was no slow responder either. He moved at the same time.

Very quickly, the two Demon Gods began battling fiercely, fighting from the former location of the hall into the skies. The violent aftershocks of their battle shook the entire Guishan Mountain Range.

At this moment, Great Sage Qiongqi's gaze also locked firmly onto Gu Xi.

"I would like to see exactly what gives a mere Golden Immortal like you the nerve to challenge me!"

He raised one hand, his five fingers seeming like five Heavenly Pillars that blanketed the entire sky.

Scarlet Slaughter Dao Patterns coiled around those five Heavenly Pillar-like fingers, adding endless killing power to them.

The five Heavenly Pillar-like fingers crashed down toward Gu Xi. In an instant, the space beneath them shattered inch by inch, annihilating into chaos.

Faced with the attack of such a Primordial Great Sage, Gu Xi did not dare to be careless.

Even though his foundation was profound, he had mastered more than a dozen of the Three Thousand Great Daos, and possessed the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body, making him far stronger than Golden Immortals of the same level... the opponent before him was a Primordial Great Sage.

At once, he brought out the Primordial Spiritual Treasure, the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror. One Innate Restriction after another lit up across the treasure mirror, followed by a landslide-like torrent of Six Yang Divine Fire that surged wildly from it.

In an instant, the temperature across the entire Guishan Mountain Range soared. Countless flowers, grasses, and trees spontaneously ignited, while huge quantities of rock began melting into lava.

The hundreds of thousands of Demon Race members within the Guishan Mountain Range immediately cried out in panic and fled madly beyond the mountain range.

Some of the weaker demons were directly swallowed by the rolling lava, while others simply burst into flames.

The power of a Primordial Spiritual Treasure was no joke. As the overwhelming Six Yang Divine Fire rushed skyward, it immediately forced back the five Heavenly Pillar-like fingers descending in suppression.

"You actually possess a Primordial Spiritual Treasure?"

Great Sage Qiongqi was both startled and delighted.

He also possessed a Primordial Spiritual Treasure.

However, in order to find that Primordial Spiritual Treasure, he had searched throughout the lands of Hong Huang for a full ten million years.

During that time, he had endured countless dangers and life-and-death crises before he was fortunate enough to find a Low-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure in a forbidden land.

Moreover, after obtaining that Primordial Spiritual Treasure, he had kept it carefully hidden to prevent the covetous eyes of other Primordial Great Sages, God and Demon Dao Lords, and Quasi-Sage giants. He basically did not dare to use it.

Every time he did use it, he made sure to kill with a single strike before fleeing immediately.

He had never expected Gu Xi, a Golden Immortal, to possess a Primordial Spiritual Treasure as well.

If he obtained this Primordial Spiritual Treasure, then he would have two Primordial Spiritual Treasures.

One had to know that even among those ancient Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates, very few possessed two Primordial Spiritual Treasures.

"A Primordial Spiritual Treasure..."

Aside from Great Sage Qiongqi, the other gods and demons secretly watching this battle also began breathing rapidly when they saw the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

Of course, they knew that they had virtually no chance of seizing this Primordial Spiritual Treasure from a Golden Immortal as powerful as Gu Xi.

But that did not stop them from passing the news to other Primordial Great Sages or even God and Demon Dao Lords.

If they could use this information to gain the favor or gratitude of other Primordial Great Sages and God and Demon Dao Lords, they would still profit greatly.

At this moment, many gods and demons began harboring their own thoughts.

Some had even quietly left already.

Kill!

After forcing back Great Sage Qiongqi's descending fingers, Gu Xi formed a hand seal and activated the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, sending it directly smashing toward Great Sage Qiongqi.

One fiery-red Innate Restriction after another spread from the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror, like red-hot iron bars branded into the void. Rolling divine fire spread forth, as though it would transform heaven and earth into a massive furnace.

Great Sage Qiongqi did not dare to clash head-on with a Primordial Spiritual Treasure either. His figure flickered, and he instantly appeared amid the clouds, avoiding the strike of the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

"Hahahaha! Gu Xi of the Human Race, I never imagined that a mere Golden Immortal like you would possess a Primordial Spiritual Treasure. This truly is the Heavenly Dao favoring me, sending a Primordial Spiritual Treasure right to my door."

"A Primordial Spiritual Treasure may indeed possess astonishing power, but that depends on who wields it... You are merely a Golden Immortal. Do you think that with a Low-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure, you can contend against a Primordial Great Sage? How naive!"

Great Sage Qiongqi laughed wantonly, his voice shaking the clouds. As his body moved, a Great Dao Projection that stretched across the sky and suppressed heaven and earth appeared high above.

At that moment, the arrangement of heaven and earth's laws within ten million miles abruptly underwent a mysterious change. One law brimming with endless killing intent became prominent and occupied the dominant position.

In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy within ten million miles underwent a certain transformation, faintly emanating a chilling killing intent.

"Gu Xi of the Human Race, although Primordial Great Sages cannot, like God and Demon Dao Lords, merge themselves with the Great Dao, command the laws of heaven and earth, and possess world-destroying power, they can still fuse divine power with laws. The laws can transform in countless ways, and divine power can likewise transform in countless ways... They are far beyond what Golden Immortals can compare to."

"Today, surrender without resistance!"

Great Sage Qiongqi stood above the clouds and suddenly grabbed with both hands. In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy within ten million miles boiled, while two blood-colored beast claws as large as mountains, filled with endless killing intent, descended from that Great Dao Projection spanning heaven and earth.

One claw grabbed toward the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

The other claw grabbed toward Gu Xi!

Gu Xi's expression did not change. He activated the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror to battle one of the scarlet beast claws, while an Auspicious Cloud rose from above his head. Another Primordial Spiritual Treasure, the Ice Soul Divine Needle, along with more than a dozen Acquired Spiritual Treasures including the Geng Jin Tiangang Sword, surged out from the Auspicious Cloud.

Six Acquired Spiritual Treasures went to support the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

The remaining Acquired Spiritual Treasures, led by the Ice Soul Divine Needle, charged toward the beast claw reaching for Gu Xi.

"Another Primordial Spiritual Treasure, and more than a dozen Acquired Spiritual Treasures?"

At this moment, Great Sage Qiongqi and all the gods and demons were completely dumbfounded.

Expressions of utter disbelief appeared on every one of their faces.

Since when had Primordial Spiritual Treasures and Acquired Spiritual Treasures become so worthless?

"Heh, you bunch of paupers. You've broadened your horizons now, haven't you?"

A faint sneer appeared on Gu Xi's face.