Primordial Wilderness's Change, Merit Returns

With Hong Yuan's soft shout, the massive array directly merged into the formation bases laid down earlier by the various great powers of the Primordial Wilderness.

For a moment, the entire Primordial Wilderness trembled violently.

Countless streams of Chaos Qi absorbed from the Outer Heavens transformed into utterly pure Heaven and Earth spiritual energy.

Under this spiritual energy, the very earth of the Primordial Wilderness thickened somewhat.

Some mountain peaks swelled by several tenths in an instant.

At the four cardinal directions of the Primordial Wilderness, four enormous pillars of light suddenly rose.

They faintly formed a five-directional alignment with Zhou Mountain at the center.

Every living being in the Primordial Wilderness felt it even more keenly.

They sensed that the Heaven and Earth within the Primordial Wilderness had become far more solid and firm.

And not by just ten or twenty percent.

It was a full increase of dozens of times.

Where once a mere Mystic Immortal could move mountains and drain seas with ease, now they couldn't even shift a small mound of earth.

This gave them the illusion of having grown weaker.

Extremely weaker, at that.

Yet the spiritual energy swelling endlessly throughout Heaven and Earth felt incredibly comfortable.

Hong Yuan looked upon the changes in the Primordial Wilderness with great satisfaction.

This Four Directions God Protection Array was the array he had obtained from his earlier choice.

This array could be said to be the most suitable for the Primordial Wilderness.

Under the coverage of the Four Directions God Protection Array, it could not only continuously absorb Chaos Qi from the Outer Heavens to replenish the Primordial Wilderness but also unify it into a single whole.

It could disperse most damage across the entire Primordial Wilderness.

In other words, unless you were strong enough to strike the entire Primordial Wilderness directly, any damage you dealt to it under this array would be weakened to the extreme.

What's more, this array was not yet fully formed.

It was called the Four Directions God Protection Array because it required setting up a Primordial Wilderness God at each of the four cardinal directions—east, west, south, and north.

As for the center, he himself would be there.

After all, his dojo was within Zhou Mountain.

Once the four directional gods were established, they could form an all-encompassing suppression of the Primordial Wilderness alongside his Zhou Mountain.

Even if Heavenly Dao Saints appeared in the future, they would never shatter the entire Primordial Wilderness as they had in the original trajectory.

Moreover, the four gods at the four directions would be no different from Heavenly Dao Saints, and the power they could wield would even surpass that of a Heavenly Dao Saint. Apart from certain restrictions, there was nothing unfavorable about it.

Not only would they gain merit income at every moment, but they would also be second only to one person and one Dao.

However, Hong Yuan had yet to find suitable candidates for these four positions.

If he had to name one, Shen Ni was a possibility?

With Shen Ni's overwhelming grievance and fiendish energy as well as his killing intent, no one was more suited for the western direction, which governed slaughter.

But he wasn't sure if Shen Ni's temperament would allow him to accept.

Though restricted, it was a leap to the heavens.

Besides, if he was happy with it later, letting Shen Ni retire wouldn't be difficult.

After all, he wasn't the kind of boss who liked to exploit his subordinates.

As for the other three directions, Hong Yuan had no suitable candidates for now.

With the formation of the Four Directions God Protection Array, Heavenly Dao once again descended merit. This time, the merit was dozens of times greater than what had fallen when Heavenly Dao first manifested.

This sight made the eyes of all the great powers who had been working shine brightly.

They wished they could throw themselves directly into the merit.

Thus, in everyone's view, the Heavenly Dao Merit fell one after another.

Distributed according to each person's contribution.

Some people saw that the merit falling to their friends beside them was far greater than their own.

They were filled with regret.

Damn it, they hadn't worked hard enough!

Then, amid everyone's stunned expressions, nearly fifty percent of the merit flew toward Hong Yuan.

The sheer quantity was beyond anyone's expectations.

But upon reflection, it made sense.

After all, the Dao Venerable was the one who had truly made the final decision.

After all, this matter was set in motion by the Dao Venerable.

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Having so much merit, though they envied it, they said nothing more.

After all, everyone respected the Dao Venerable.

But in the next moment, the crowd was left utterly dumbfounded.

They saw Hong Yuan accept this merit with great reluctance, then, without a moment's hesitation, he turned around and directly struck it into the Four Directions God Protection Array.

Watching this, the expressions of the onlookers twisted in disbelief.

Dao Venerable, if you don't want it, you could give it to me—I'm not picky.

After all, this amount of merit was enough to refine several Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasures.

If converted into cultivation advancement, achieving the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin would hardly be a difficult feat.

Yet, faced with such vast merit, Hong Yuan simply discarded it without a second thought.

He even looked somewhat annoyed and reluctant as he accepted it.

This left all the Primordial Wilderness Great Powers feeling deeply unreal.

Seeing Hong Yuan's actions, Yang Mei shook his head with a smile.

"As expected of Fellow Daoist Hong Yuan—truly free-spirited."

But Luohu let out a cold snort. "What a show-off!"

Yet in the next moment, Hong Yuan slowly turned his gaze toward him, startling Luohu into a shiver as he quickly lowered his head.

He truly dared not imagine what would happen if Hong Yuan decided to give him a beating right in front of so many people.

Would Ancestor Luohu's face still be worth anything?

Seeing Luohu's reaction, Hong Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

To make the unruly and arrogant Luohu so cowed—truly worthy of him.

"Alright, since this matter is settled, you may all return to the Primordial Wilderness. But remember, do not damage it excessively!"

"We shall bear the Dao Venerable's command in mind!"

With that, the crowd departed from the Outer Heavens one after another, heading back to their own dojos.

They could also take the opportunity to digest the Heavenly Dao Merit they had just received.

What they did not know, however, was that the Primordial Wilderness had already fallen into chaos.

Many of their dojos had long since been occupied by Fierce Beasts!

Seeing the Primordial Wilderness Great Powers leave, Hong Yuan turned to Yang Mei, Luohu, Causality, and the other reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods and spoke: "Chaotic times are about to arise. Fellow Daoists, it would be best to prepare early."

Hearing Hong Yuan's words, the group furrowed their brows.

They all began to perform divinations.

The results of their divinations made their expressions turn grim.

It was the First Kalpa of the Primordial Wilderness about to descend—no wonder Hong Yuan had specifically warned them.

Given their cultivation levels and past deeds, they would normally not need to enter this kalpa. But the Fierce Beasts were different—they were born from the Sha Qi of their previous deaths and the remnants of their flesh and blood.

Thus, they shared a karmic bond with them.

Because of this bond, they had no choice but to enter the kalpa and experience this First Kalpa of the Primordial Wilderness.

Otherwise, when the Fierce Beasts brought devastation to the Primordial Wilderness, part of the karmic debt would still fall upon them.

After everyone understood the full situation, even Yang Mei wore a bitter expression.

What had he done to deserve this? He had done nothing wrong, yet now he had to enter the kalpa.

"Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist. We shall take our leave now!" The group bowed to Hong Yuan and hurried back.

After all, this was the First Kalpa of the Primordial Wilderness—its danger was extremely severe. Even for them, there was a possibility of falling.

Only Luohu, before leaving, cast a subtle glance at Hong Yuan.

Seeing that Hong Yuan showed no reaction, Luohu's face darkened, and he let out a displeased snort.

Seeing Luohu like this, Hong Yuan was momentarily confused.

What was Luohu doing?

Was he acting spoiled with him?

When Luohu noticed the strange look in Hong Yuan's eyes, though he didn't know what Hong Yuan was thinking, he knew it couldn't be anything good.

So he could only grit his teeth and say, "Hong Yuan, where is my fruit?!"

Hearing this, Hong Yuan suddenly understood—Luohu wanted the Spiritual Fruit he had promised him earlier.

Why not just say it directly?

He had actually thought Luohu was acting spoiled and seeking praise.

Having figured it out, Hong Yuan didn't hesitate. He casually took out a Falling Flower Immortal Fruit and tossed it directly to Luohu.

Luohu caught the Falling Flower Immortal Fruit and finally left satisfied.