Lin Xuan, You Little Thief! I Swear We Are Mortal Enemies!

Appearing within Lin Xuan's spatial domain were none other than the Star Banners of the Grand Formation, the demon race's formation that suppressed the gods.

Back then, the two Innate Demon Gods, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, had relied on this formation to withstand Saints without defeat.

They had used it to vie for supremacy over the Primordial World with the Witch Clan, which likewise possessed the Twelve Heavens Profound Evil Formation and could summon Pangu's True Body.

What Lin Xuan valued most about this formation was its ability to Obscure Heavenly Secrets.

Once the Grand Formation of the Stars was activated, even a Saint could not deduce Golden Ao Island's location from the secrets of heaven.

Unless Old Daoist Hongjun personally intervened.

However, Lin Xuan still had the Chaos Bead, which could shield the Heavenly Dao's perceptions.

Even if Hongjun personally performed deductions, he would only obtain a boundless chaos.

Thus, during this Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, the Interception Sect would possess an innate position of invincibility.

Afterward, Lin Xuan opened his eyes and said to his junior brothers and sisters, who were bowing before him:

"Pass on my order. From this day onward, all disciples of the Interception Sect are to enter secluded cultivation. Without a summons, none may leave seclusion!"

After saying this, Lin Xuan did not wait for his junior brothers and sisters to react.

With a wave of his hand, three hundred and sixty-five Star Banners of the Grand Formation flew out and directly formed the Grand Formation of the Stars according to its arrangement.

Lin Xuan even used the Chaos Bead as the formation core to suppress the entire formation and sever its connection to the secrets of heaven.

Besides this Chaos Grand Formation of Stars, Lin Xuan also laid down the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to prevent spying.

In an instant, the entire Golden Ao Island vanished without a trace above the East Sea.

Even calculations of the secrets of heaven could not locate it.

After continuously laying down two peerless formations, Lin Xuan transmitted his voice throughout the Primordial World.

"I am Lin Xuan, Senior Disciple of the Sect of Interception. I am currently acting as sect master."

"I hereby announce to the Primordial World: From this day onward, all disciples of the Interception Sect will enter secluded cultivation. Until the Great Tribulation is overcome, the Interception Sect will not emerge!"

A rumbling heavenly voice resounded throughout the Primordial World.

All the mighty figures who heard the transmission could not help but change expression.

What was going on?

The Interception Sect, a hegemonic force of the Primordial World, had actually entered seclusion as an entire sect!

And what was the matter with this Lin Xuan? What virtue or ability did he possess to take the place of Sect Master Tongtian and govern the Interception Sect?

At the same time.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the others, who had been leisurely making their way over while considering how to deal with Lin Xuan and the other disciples of the Interception Sect, also heard the transmission.

A cold glint flashed across Primordial Heavenly Venerate's face.

"Until the Great Tribulation is overcome, the Interception Sect will not emerge?"

"Hmph! Without the disciples of your Interception Sect to fill the Investiture of the Gods, how will this Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods be overcome?"

"You wish to remain in seclusion? Did you obtain the consent of us Saints?"

Immediately, Yuanshi and the other three Saints stopped maintaining their saintly bearing. Each transformed into a streak of light and arrived at the boundless sea where Golden Ao Island was located.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate stared at the empty sea and was dumbfounded.

Where was Golden Ao Island?

Where had that enormous Golden Ao Island of Sect Master Tongtian gone?

How had it simply vanished?

However, Primordial Heavenly Venerate was ultimately still a Saint.

In an instant, he restored his state of mind.

A mocking smile appeared on his face.

"Hmph! It is merely a trifling illusion. How dare it show off before a Saint?"

"It truly does not know whether it lives or dies."

Thus, under the watchful divine senses of countless mighty figures of the Primordial World, Primordial Heavenly Venerate began calculating.

Grand Supreme Elder Laozi and Zhunti and Jieyin also leisurely discussed the Dao nearby.

In their eyes, the Interception Sect, having lost Sect Master Tongtian, was merely a piece of meat on a chopping block.

They could butcher it as they pleased.

Even if that Lin Xuan possessed the God-Slaying Spear and could injure a Saint, so what?

As long as he did not become a Saint, he was an ant.

At most, he would become a delivery boy who brought them treasures.

Perhaps the several Saints could even use this opportunity to obtain an Immortal Slaying Sword.

However, the time it took to finish a cup of tea passed.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate still had not calculated anything.

He could not help but grow secretly anxious.

Could it be that Tongtian had left some sort of hidden trump card for these Oviparous and Viviparous creatures?

Otherwise, with his calculations of the secrets of heaven, how could he fail to calculate any result?

Primordial Heavenly Venerate immediately secretly activated his Saint origin, preparing to search directly through the sea of the Heavenly Dao for Golden Ao Island's location.

The moment his saintly sense emerged, it directly met a streak of Immortal Slaying Sword light.

It turned out that his forceful investigation had triggered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation Lin Xuan had used to shield the secrets of heaven.

Although the sword light's might was not as powerful as when personally activated by Sect Master Tongtian,

it still injured Primordial Heavenly Venerate because he had been caught off guard.

At the same time, it also aggravated the injuries Sect Master Tongtian had left on Primordial Heavenly Venerate.

In an instant.

Before all the mighty figures of the Primordial World watching this place, Primordial Heavenly Venerate's face went pale, and he spat out a mouthful of purplish-golden blood.

After spitting out that mouthful of blood, Primordial Heavenly Venerate immediately flew into a rage. He roared:

"You insolent brat! How dare you bully me like this!"

After saying this.

In his fury, Primordial Heavenly Venerate flung out Jade Purity Divine Thunder, directly bombarding the entire sea region.

In the end, apart from gaining a body full of Karma of Killing, he obtained nothing.

Seeing this, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi and Zhunti and Jieyin secretly performed their own calculations as well.

Likewise, besides being struck by a streak of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, they deduced nothing.

Fellow Daoist Zhunti's face twitched slightly before he spoke:

"Brother Yuanshi, what should we do? That group of Oviparous and Viviparous disciples from the Interception Sect have all hidden themselves using sinister tricks."

"How are the Virtuous Disciples under your sect supposed to survive this Investiture of the Gods Tribulation?"

"If the Great Tribulation is not overcome, how innocent are the countless living beings of the Primordial World?"

Hearing Daoist Zhunti's seemingly compassionate words, Primordial Heavenly Venerate wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said coldly:

"Even if Lin Xuan has used some secret art to temporarily Obscure Heavenly Secrets, I do not believe he can sustain it for long. We can return to the Kunlun Mountain Jade Void Palace and discuss this matter carefully."

After Yuanshi finished speaking, he straightened his robes and left without looking back.

Zhunti and Jieyin exchanged a glance before riding clouds after Yuanshi.

Laozi, who had consistently shown little presence, looked back meaningfully, then rode the Horned Green Ox toward the Jade Void Palace.

The speed of Saints could not be measured by reason.

The previous moment, they had still been by the East Sea.

The next moment, the four Saints had appeared on Kunlun Mountain.

But—

Looking at the Kunlun Mountain before them, the four Saints all blinked in disbelief.

Was this bare mountain really the Kunlun Mountain that had been filled with Lingzhi Immortal Herbs and sacred soil everywhere?

Why was even the Jade Void Palace nowhere to be seen?

Had they come to the wrong place?

No, it could not be called a bare mountain peak, either.

At the very least, twelve figures were still huddled together on the mountaintop.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and appeared directly before the Twelve Golden Immortals, shouting coldly:

"Miscreants! What happened to Kunlun Mountain? Why has it become like this?"

When Guangchengzi, the foremost of the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect, saw Primordial Heavenly Venerate appear, he immediately began sobbing his complaints.

"Master, it was Lin Xuan!"

"This was all done by Lin Xuan, that Senior Disciple Brother of the Interception Sect!"

"He looted the entire Kunlun Mountain clean. He did not even leave behind a single weed."

"Even, even the twelve Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs you exchanged from Senior Martial Uncle were snatched away by him."

"Master, you must stand up for us!"

Looking at the desolate Kunlun Mountain and his disciples kneeling and crying out their grievances, Primordial Heavenly Venerate could no longer suppress the blood surging backward in his chest. He spat it out directly.

A moment later, an enraged roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth of the Primordial World.

"Lin Xuan, you little thief! I swear we are mortal enemies!"

His voice was like a cuckoo crying blood, filled with boundless resentment.