Dao Ancestor Settles the Cause and Effect, Zixiao Palace Distributes Treasures (Seeking Monthly and Recommended Tickets)

As a Chaos Spirit Treasure, even though Li Yunjing had been born alongside it, he still had not completely mastered it. To refine all ninety-nine layers of restrictions within the World Grinding Plate, at least with Li Yunjing's current cultivation, even if the sky grew old and the earth fell barren, it would still be impossible.

Including the Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin and Purple Lightning Hammer, Li Yunjing had not completely mastered them either. A Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure contained forty-eight innate restrictions, and only after refining them all could it be mastered and wholly belong to Li Yunjing.

As a low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Nine Heavens Divine Sword contained only twelve innate restrictions, so Li Yunjing had already completely refined and mastered it.

With four supreme treasures protecting his path, Li Yunjing's foundation was already established. As long as he remained safe and sound during the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods, that would be the most important thing. He knew the future fate of the Interception Sect as clearly as day.

Now, the Three Pure Ones had yet to split apart, which was Li Yunjing's best opportunity. He showed as much filial respect to Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun as he did to his own master. Over the years, he had treated the two elders like his own teachers, flattering the two great figures until they were delighted.

As a salesman from a later era, Li Yunjing had no shame or moral scruples. When showing respect to the two elders, he offered them everything from Enlightenment Spirit Tea and Five Elements Spirit Fruit to all kinds of strange and unusual objects he found while adventuring outside, giving them priority.

Even an extremely dignified elder like Yuanshi Tianzun softened his attitude considerably whenever Li Yunjing came around, often rewarding him with good things. Laozi's spirit pills, in particular, were bestowed upon him by the heap.

One had to know that the four Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters above Li Yunjing had never received such treatment. The two Uncle-Masters had not rewarded them with so much as a fart. That was the difference in how one conducted oneself.

As someone without moral scruples, Li Yunjing only wanted to keep the two great figures happy, so that during the future Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods, they would remember his kindness and spare him!

In any case, Li Yunjing had never planned to kill the Twelve Golden Immortals under Yuanshi Tianzun. That way, he would not incur any blood debt and would remain Yuanshi Tianzun's good junior nephew. There were so many cannon fodder in the Interception Sect that the Investiture of the Gods would be filled easily enough. Whether he was there or not would make little difference.

Although the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods was dangerous, the external crisis facing the Interception Sect was not fatal. The crucial issue lay within the sect itself. Li Yunjing knew that these people from the Interception Sect loved inviting others to help. If they invited him then, it would be troublesome. As one of the Five True Disciples of the Interception Sect, he definitely could not refuse to save them.

Not only would his fellow disciples object, but Sect Master Tongtian would certainly be displeased as well. How to coast along in the future and escape the great tribulation was something Li Yunjing needed to scheme carefully.

Li Yunjing quickly cleaned up the battlefield. The two Grand Unity Golden Immortal demon beasts were treasures from head to toe. Whether it was Flying Dove's corpse or the small river formed by Black Bear Spirit's blood on the ground, he gathered everything up without leaving a single thing behind.

Unlike the current style of the living beings in the Primordial World, Li Yunjing was diligent and frugal. He did not let a single benefit slip away. In the future, these good things would be perfect for rewarding the fourth- and fifth-generation disciples of the Xuanmen.

With no demon race blocking his way, Li Yunjing quickly left and continued flying toward Mount Wuyi.

After returning to the Blessed Land of Mount Wuyi once more, Li Yunjing first rearranged all kinds of formations and restrictions, then harvested three thousand leaves of Enlightenment Spirit Tea.

"Ah! Most of this batch of spirit tea will still go to the three elders. The other four Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters have to get a share too, and that fellow Winged Immortal can't be left out either. Poor me—I can only take the smaller share." Li Yunjing looked at the collected tea leaves and muttered to himself.

It took Li Yunjing a full hundred years to set up layers upon layers of killing formations in the Blessed Land of Mount Wuyi. Only then did he leave once more and return to Mount Kunlun.

After returning to the mountain, Li Yunjing sent some Enlightenment Tea Leaves to Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Guiling, Holy Mother Wudang, Winged Immortal, and even Uncle-Master Primordial's White Crane Boy. He gathered with them and strengthened their relationships before returning to the Chaos Palace to enter secluded cultivation once more.

This time, as Li Yunjing traveled through the Primordial World, he sensed the arrival of Tribulation Qi. Although he could avoid this World-Ending Tribulation as long as he did not leave Mount Kunlun, he still felt frightened because his cultivation was too low. Cultivation was a qi refiner's courage. Without profound cultivation, powerful divine abilities, and formidable treasures, traveling through the Primordial World was simply a joke.

He entered complete secluded cultivation, which lasted for more than two thousand years. Li Yunjing remained at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, but after years of refining, the four great treasures had grown increasingly formidable. With Li Yunjing's treasures and divine abilities, there were very few Grand Unity Golden Immortals who could stand against him. As for the even higher realm of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal, that was not something Li Yunjing needed to consider.

As for the other third-generation disciples of the Xuanmen, Daoist Duobao, the First Senior Brother, was already only a thread away from becoming a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. It was likely that after the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation, this First Senior Brother would break through and become the first Grand Unity Golden Immortal among the three Xuanmen Sects.

Over the years, Li Yunjing had spared no effort to curry favor with Daoist Duobao, this First Senior Brother. In the future, he would inevitably need the First Senior Brother to step forward and help him establish a foothold among the Human Race after its birth.

During the years of Li Yunjing's secluded cultivation, an old Daoist wearing a purple Daoist robe sat at the head of Zixiao Palace and expounded the Primordial Dao to the three thousand great divine ability users of the Primordial World.

"Lying high atop the ninefold clouds, upon the meditation cushion I comprehend the Dao.

Beyond Heaven and Earth's primal darkness, I shall be revered as the lord of the teachings.

Pangu gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate; the Two Principles and Four Images followed.

One Dao was passed to three friends; the two teachings split into the Exposition and Interception.

The leader of all the Xuanmen, from one qi came Hongjun."

This old Daoist was none other than the first Saint of the Primordial World, Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Standing beside Dao Ancestor Hongjun were a golden boy and a jade girl. These two were none other than Haotian Shangdi and Yaochi Jinmu, who would later rule the Three Realms.

At this moment, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had completed his third lecture on the Dao and repaid his cause and effect with the Primordial Continent. He bestowed the six positions of Sainthood upon the direct eldest disciple of the Orthodox Xuanmen, Taishang Laojun; the second disciple, Yuanshi Tianzun; the third disciple, Tongtian Jiaozhu; the fourth disciple, Nuwa; and the named disciples Jieyin and Zhunti.

The positions of Sainthood had been decided. After distributing the treasures and repaying his cause and effect, Hongjun would merge with the Dao. This was his destined fate, and it could not be changed.

Hongjun looked at the three thousand great divine ability users and said, "Previously, I traveled throughout the Primordial World and obtained many spirit treasures. Now that I am about to merge with the Dao, I have no use for these spirit treasures either. I shall bestow them upon you."

After Hongjun finished speaking, the hearts of the three thousand great divine ability users burned with excitement.

With a casual wave of Hongjun's hand, the Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Taiji Diagram, appeared.

"This is the Taiji Diagram, one of the three treasures that created the heavens. It is a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, transformed from the Pangu Axe after it split into three. It can suppress destiny and possesses unparalleled defensive power. It can pacify the forces of earth, water, fire, and wind; transform the power of Yin Yang Five Elements; divide and order the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao; and encompass the myriad phenomena of the great thousand worlds."