System Choices Reappear

Just as Hong Yuan took that fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation, Hongjun's expression changed drastically in the distance.

He could no longer sense any movement from that Jade Plate of Creation fragment?

Hongjun looked as though he were about to cry.

Hong Yuan had indeed come for that fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation.

If he had known, why had he bothered making deductions?

He should have simply turned around and left.

At least then he would not have been injured.

Now, he had truly lost both the wife and the troops.

At that thought, a surge of bitterness suddenly rose within Hongjun.

He muttered with a bitter expression, "The Great Dao is unfair. Truly unfair!"

Meanwhile, on Hong Yuan's side.

He began observing the Fierce Beast before him.

Even though this Fierce Beast was pinned down and unable to move beneath Hong Yuan's aura, the ferocity in its eyes did not diminish in the slightest. Instead, it grew even stronger.

It was like a beast that knew only destruction, utterly devoid of intelligence.

Facing Hong Yuan's aura, the Fierce Beast continued struggling. The fiendish aura surrounding its body surged violently, making it seem like a fiendish god.

The Grievance and Fiendish Energy emanating from the Fierce Beast turned the land for countless miles around it into a desert.

This showed just how harmful the Grievance and Fiendish Energy released by these Fierce Beasts was to the Primordial Wilderness.

Still, it was hardly surprising. After all, this Grievance and Fiendish Energy had been formed from the fallen Chaos Demon Gods. Its power was only natural.

Looking at the Fierce Beast, Hong Yuan thought for a moment and increased his aura slightly once more.

Boom!

In an instant, the Fierce Beast's body was crushed by Hong Yuan's terrifying aura until blood gushed from it, and countless dense wounds appeared across its body.

Yet even so, the Fierce Beast's ferocity did not lessen.

That discovery immediately made Hong Yuan lose interest.

"I thought my first encounter with a Fierce Beast would be one that had developed intelligence. How boring!"

With that, Hong Yuan's aura instantly crushed the Fierce Beast on the spot.

Flesh and blood scattered through the sky.

Then, under Hong Yuan's watchful gaze, the scattered flesh and blood of the Fierce Beast fell to the ground and gradually sank into the earth.

The moment the flesh and blood entered the ground, the desert created by the Fierce Beast's Grievance and Fiendish Energy quickly returned to normal. Its spiritual energy even became much denser than before.

But as Hong Yuan watched this scene, he began considering whether he should make some preparations.

After all, Fierce Beasts caused far too much damage to the Primordial Wilderness. Even if the Primordial Wilderness could absorb their flesh and blood after they died and recover, it did not truly gain much after going through all that.

As that thought passed through Hong Yuan's mind.

The system prompt suddenly appeared.

"Detected that the host has made a decision. The host may choose from the following options."

[One: A bunch of vile beasts dare destroy my territory? Do you know who protects the Primordial Wilderness? Kill the Fierce Beast Emperor Shen Ni ahead of time. Reward—Enhanced Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Slaying Formation]

[Two: As the master of the Primordial Wilderness, can just any crooked melon and rotten date touch it? They are merely beasts, not worth mentioning. I only need to protect the Primordial Wilderness. Let Luohu and the others fight Shen Ni. Reward—Enhanced Grand Formation of the Stars]

[Three: I cannot be bothered to act. Let Yang Mei, Luohu, and the others think of a solution. If they fail, I will whip them when the time comes. Reward—Boundless Four Directions Divine Protection Formation]

Looking at the three choices offered by the system, Hong Yuan began considering which one he should choose.

He knew about the enhanced Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Slaying Formation and the enhanced Grand Formation of the Stars.

They were the trump cards of the Witch Clan and Demon Race during the Witch-Demon Kalpa.

One was the trump card Big Brother had given the Witch Clan, while the other had been derived by Demon Emperor Jun from the River Diagram and Luo Book.

If he had to say which was stronger, Hong Yuan naturally believed the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Slaying Formation was more powerful.

After all, it could manifest a portion of Big Brother's true form.

But the problem was that this formation was meant for offense, so it was of little use to him.

In contrast, the wonders of the Grand Formation of the Stars might suit Hong Yuan better.

But Hong Yuan did not know just how much stronger this enhanced version was. If it was not much different from the original, then with Hong Yuan's current mastery of the Law of Arrays—

he could achieve the same thing with enough time.

Thus, after hesitating for a moment, Hong Yuan slowly asked, "System, I know the rewards for the first and second choices. What exactly does the Boundless Four Directions Divine Protection Formation from the third choice do?"

"System?"

But no matter how Hong Yuan questioned it, the system never responded.

It was as though it had gone offline.

After hesitating for a moment, Hong Yuan made his decision. "I choose the third option."

As Hong Yuan made his choice, a stream of information immediately surged into his mind.

Looking at the information in his mind, a smile appeared on Hong Yuan's face.

It seemed he had chosen correctly.

After fully absorbing the memories in his mind, Hong Yuan did not leave immediately.

Instead, he quietly stood where he was.

It was as though he were waiting for something.

He wanted to see how much merit he would receive for killing this Fierce Beast.

But after waiting for quite some time, Hong Yuan still noticed no reaction whatsoever.

Not even a shred of merit descended.

"Looks like merit cannot descend before the Heavenly Dao appears."

Hong Yuan fell into thought.

"However, since Fierce Beasts have already appeared, my grandnephew should not be far from appearing either."

The grandnephew Hong Yuan referred to was naturally the Heavenly Dao, which had been manifested from the rules governing all things in the Primordial Wilderness.

After all, a major reason for the outbreak of the Primordial Wilderness's first Kalpa—the Fierce Beast Kalpa—was that the Heavenly Dao would bestow merit for killing Fierce Beasts.

According to his guess, the Heavenly Dao should reveal itself within the next one or two Kalpas.

Having thought it through, Hong Yuan left directly.

Deep within Mount Sumeru.

Luohu looked at the damaged fragment in his hand, which seemed to contain the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Even with Luohu's temperament, delight showed on his face at this moment.

After all, this was part of a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

Even damaged, it was still far stronger than most Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in the Primordial Wilderness.

That was only because the Jade Plate of Creation fragment in Luohu's hand was not very large.

If he could find several more fragments, its power would definitely not lose to an Innate Supreme Treasure.

In Luohu's eyes, this Jade Plate of Creation fragment was even more important than an Innate Supreme Treasure.

He had never expected to possess such fortune.

He had merely gone out for a stroll and found this supreme treasure.

Sure enough, all things in the world had their Destiny. He, Luohu, could not remain unfortunate forever.

To say nothing else, he had lived quite comfortably during these past one or two Kalpas.

Not only had he recruited several subordinates with decent Root Foundations, but some had even called him the foremost figure of the Primordial Wilderness.

His prestige shook the entire Primordial Wilderness.

Although he knew that was merely a rumor spread by some ignorant people.

Still, hearing it made him happy.

At that moment, a hearty voice came from outside Mount Sumeru.

"Fellow Daoist Luohu, Fellow Daoist Five Elements, Fellow Daoist Qiankun, we have come to honor our appointment."