Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal! Hongjun Emerges from Seclusion! Hunyuan Experts Appear! A Conversation in the Depths of Chaos

How was he supposed to bind the rivers?

Originally, Tang Xuan had needed to bind them carefully and covertly, but now, there was no need.

Did they really think the flat future the Heavenly Dao had drawn for him was free?

Sure enough, wherever Tang Xuan appeared beside a river, the Heavenly Dao sensed that he intended to bind it and offered no resistance or opposition whatsoever. It even took the initiative to ask whether Tang Xuan needed its cooperation.

Not only that, after discovering Tang Xuan's objective, the Heavenly Dao proactively condensed the cores of all the rivers in the Primordial World.

Wherever Tang Xuan went, he directly refined that river's core. His efficiency and speed were simply astonishing.

A hundred years!

Only a hundred years!

All the water veins of the Primordial Continent... had fallen under his control! Every last one was now controlled by Tang Xuan!

"Boom!"

A breakthrough—the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm!

Inside Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun opened his eyes.

"After more than a million years, my cultivation has finally stabilized. My Dao Fruit is nearly complete, but to break through to the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, I still need a massive amount of origin energy."

Sensing his own condition, Hongjun thought secretly.

A Heavenly Dao Saint was a status, representing the authority he could obtain from the Heavenly Dao. But that was limited to the status itself.

Although it could rival a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, that strength was restricted to the Primordial Continent and to the range the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao could reach.

If he wanted his strength to remain unaffected or undiminished no matter where he went, his Dao Fruit would also have to break through to the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm. The two seemed identical, but in reality, they could not be treated as the same.

As the saying went, a Heavenly Dao Saint was a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, but a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal was not necessarily a Heavenly Dao Saint. That was the principle behind it, and there was no need to elaborate.

"It's time to find Senior River God."

Thinking of the opportunity Senior River God had mentioned, a trace of anticipation rose in Hongjun's heart.

Anything this person called an opportunity was bound to be extraordinary.

"Is this the joy of clinging to a powerful patron? Who in their right mind would struggle on their own? You need a backer."

Thinking of how he had once walked on thin ice, carefully calculating and making plans, then comparing that to his current situation, Hongjun could not help sighing.

It was truly wonderful.

Without delay, Hongjun rose and took a step, leaving Zixiao Palace directly.

Chaos Realm.

Ancestral Dragon slowly opened his eyes and exhaled. His imposing aura gradually contracted until he seemed to have returned to simplicity, resembling an ordinary mortal. Yet he appeared unfathomably deep, and every word and action seemed to contain Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, as though a single thought could give birth to countless worlds.

"My cultivation has stabilized. It's time to meet Senior River God."

Muttering to himself, Ancestral Dragon sensed something and looked up.

In the next moment, figures suddenly descended one after another.

Luohu, Heaven and Earth, the Five Elements, and Yin-Yang—the Three Patriarchs had all arrived!

"Has everyone stabilized their cultivation?"

"Looks like we all finished stabilizing at the same time."

"Then shall we go together?"

"Together!"

They chatted, their eyes shining as they nodded.

Ancestral Dragon sent a message to Yuan Feng and Shi Qilin. Before long, the leaders of the Three Tribes had gathered, and everyone tore open the void and departed together.

They were going to find Senior River God!

They had attained the Hunyuan realm, but the road ahead remained unknown. Only Senior River God could point them in the right direction.

They were simply too eager to improve!!!

The depths of Chaos.

Within Shi Chen's Daoist arena.

Sensing the frequent disturbances from the Gate of Taboo, Shi Chen irritably opened his eyes.

As his brows furrowed, wisps of black mist gradually spread out. The moment they touched the void, strange changes appeared, as though pairs of scarlet eyes filled the void. Countless mutterings arose along with them.

Sensing the abnormality, Shi Chen closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them again, all the anomalies had vanished.

After pondering briefly, Shi Chen pointed a finger. The next moment, the void was pierced, as though connected to some unknown illusory land. Countless ripples spread outward, and gradually, the scene of another space appeared within the vortex-like void.

A colossal tree that supported the heavens stood in the universe. Its trunk merged into the void, as though every branch bore an entire world. It was incomparably massive and violent; even countless worlds seemed as tiny and insignificant as dust before it.

"Boom!!!"

An invisible roar suddenly rang out. The giant tree vanished, replaced by a figure with his back to Shi Chen, exuding unfathomable depths.

"Shi Chen, it's been many years. You've grown old."

The figure's voice was low, deep, and authoritative, as though it carried the baptism of countless ages and the undying nature of eternity.

"I can't find the title by searching the book's name. Maybe try searching for the author. It might simply have been renamed!"

"Stop pretending. Have your injuries recovered?"

Shi Chen was speechless and said gloomily.

"Cough, cough, cough."

The figure began coughing incessantly, and his body immediately hunched over. His former dignified appearance vanished completely, replaced by a faint aura of decay.

"Shi Chen, you really know how to ruin the mood. Couldn't you humor me for once?"

The figure complained.

Of course, he still did not turn around, remaining with his back to Shi Chen as though he had his back to all living beings.

"..."

The corner of Shi Chen's mouth twitched. Ignoring the figure's words, he asked, "How much have your injuries recovered?"

"Pangu was too vicious. That axe nearly split my Dao Fruit apart. How could I recover so quickly? For now, I've merely stabilized at the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm."

The figure sighed.

"The Primordial World has changed. Since you've recovered the strength of a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, go take a look around the Primordial World."

Shi Chen said.

"Go to the Primordial World?"

"What would I go there for? I'm not going."

The figure shook his head repeatedly.

"Pangu's creation of the world was extremely strange. He may have left a contingency in the Primordial World."

"Moreover, no one knows where his Dao Fruit went. It is probably in the Primordial World."

"If we can obtain Pangu's Dao Fruit or his contingency, we can return directly to our peak. Go and sound out the situation."

Shi Chen explained.

"Then I definitely can't go. That Pangu bastard was sinister and vicious. Who knows what kind of trap he set? If I'm even slightly careless, I could die."

The figure resisted even more strongly.

Shi Chen was helpless and could only explain that even if Pangu had left another contingency, he had been heavily wounded in the battle to create the world. Besides, Chaos Demon Gods that were barely clinging to life were secretly watching covetously, so Pangu would not dare act rashly.

The figure remained unmoved.

As if! He was in charge of space, and space was everywhere. His injuries were already recovering quickly enough. Why would he wade into these muddy waters?

"Chaos is formless, and time does not exist here. Your recovery is slow, but mine isn't. Actually, Shi Chen, I think you should be the one to go."

The figure said with a chuckle.

"..."

Shi Chen.

"In the Primordial World, Hongjun has proven the Dao, and there are also Luohu, Ancestral Dragon, and Heaven and Earth. They are all highly prominent there, standing high above everyone else. If you descended to the Primordial World and defeated them, what do you think the scene would be like?"

Shi Chen said quietly.

The figure's body trembled. Even with his back turned, his hurried breathing could be heard clearly.

"Recently, I've gained some insight into displaying one's might before others. Perhaps I could discuss it with you."

Shi Chen continued.

"...My injuries have reached a critical stage of recovery. Let me wait a while longer. Give me more time, and I'll recover to the peak of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm. With my abilities, I won't fear even a Primordial Luo Shang Golden Immortal."

The figure said after a moment of silence.

"Good."

Shi Chen nodded with a smile.

Deep in the East Sea.

Tang Xuan, who had broken through to the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm, had already returned.

After glancing at the amount of Wish Origin accumulated during this time, a sharp glint flashed through Tang Xuan's eyes.

It was enough!

"It wasn't for nothing that I used the Three Tribes and the Demon Race as my entry point. Their clans are enormous, and because of me, the fates of all their descendants will change. That lets me continuously obtain Wish Origin."

"Those supreme treasures... can finally come in handy!"

A smile appeared on Tang Xuan's face.

Sensing something, Tang Xuan looked up.

Had Hongjun and the others come together?

"You came at just the right time."

"I've reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm. Everything is ready, and it's finally time to... begin!"

"The Gate of Taboo? An invasion of the Primordial World? Corroding the mind? I'll let you corrode it. I'll let you appear!"

Tang Xuan's gaze sharpened, and his expression turned cold. With a flicker of his figure, he vanished.

He was going to turn the table over!!!