"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully cultivating in seclusion for a million years. You have received the reward of a Top-Grade Innate Supreme Treasure, the God-Slaying Spear."
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully cultivating in seclusion for a million years. You have received a special gift pack. Would you like to claim it?"
After hearing the system notification, Lin Xuan's eyelids trembled slightly before he slowly opened them.
A million years had already passed?
He carefully sensed his cultivation level.
Early Stage Quasi-Saint!
In the immeasurable Primordial World, such cultivation already placed him among those standing at the Pinnacle of the Pyramid.
Combined with his foundation, which had already reached the level of a Chaos Demon God, and the Nine Revolutions of Chaos Undying Heavenly Art he cultivated,
Lin Xuan was now strong enough to contend with Late Stage Quasi-Saints despite being a level below them.
If his opponent was even slightly careless, Lin Xuan might even defeat him.
One had to know that after entering the Quasi-Saint realm, even the slightest difference in cultivation represented a world of difference.
With such battle prowess, Lin Xuan was absolutely one of a kind in the Primordial World.
Not to mention—
The system had just rewarded him with a Top-Grade Innate Supreme Treasure.
The God-Slaying Spear!
At this thought, Lin Xuan's mind stirred.
A pitch-black spear immediately appeared out of thin air in his palm.
The moment the spear appeared, boundless baleful energy poured from it.
The Innate Grand Unity Golden Essence covering the cave was ground away by a layer of that baleful energy without the slightest resistance.
Seeing this, a trace of approval appeared in Lin Xuan's eyes.
The God-Slaying Spear truly deserved its reputation as the number-one killing treasure of the Primordial World.
Its mere aura already possessed such might.
If he could unleash its full power, it would probably be enough to injure a Saint's body.
Realizing this, Lin Xuan immediately stopped hesitating.
He directly chose to refine this killing treasure.
During the process of refining the God-Slaying Spear,
Lin Xuan discovered an unexpected surprise.
It turned out that the reason the God-Slaying Spear possessed such powerful might was because it contained a fragment of the Law of Chaos Destruction.
It was one of the fragments of primordial origin that had shattered when the Chaos Destruction Demon God fell. Combined with the roots of the Thirty-Six-Petaled Chaos Green Lotus, it had evolved into the God-Slaying Spear.
After learning this, Lin Xuan immediately chose to comprehend this Law of Chaos Destruction.
This was a chance to transcend the Primordial Heavenly Dao and directly face the Great Dao of Chaos.
Even Primordial Saints had to comprehend the Great Dao of Chaos through the obstruction of the Heavenly Dao.
Anyone with sense would know what choice to make when presented with such an opportunity.
And the Great Dao Law of Chaos Destruction truly deserved its reputation as a Great Dao Law.
Lin Xuan had only just comprehended a little of it, yet his battle prowess had increased tenfold.
The Great Dao of Chaos was simply this unreasonable.
At that moment, the God-Slaying Spear had also been completely refined by Lin Xuan and was circling within his dantian.
It continuously swallowed the mana flowing through Lin Xuan's body, helping him purify it.
At the same time, it was tempering itself.
After noticing this, a smile appeared at the corners of Lin Xuan's mouth.
Were Innate Supreme Treasures all this intelligent?
Afterward, he stopped paying attention to the God-Slaying Spear in his dantian.
Instead, he chose to claim the special gift pack rewarded by the system in his mind.
He now felt faintly expectant.
What kind of reward would this system gift pack produce?
A moment later, the system's pleasant notification sounded.
"Ding."
"Special gift pack successfully opened. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: the damaged Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bead; the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus; and the Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow Escape Talisman, which can only be used once."
As the system notification faded,
a gray, cracked bead; a twelve-petaled white lotus radiating pure light; and a dark-gold talisman depicting a Golden Crow with outspread wings quietly appeared inside the cave.
Looking at the three treasures floating before him, Lin Xuan's gaze turned somewhat vacant.
He knew that the rewards from the special gift pack would be exceptionally precious.
But he had not expected them to be this precious.
The Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bead!
The Great Dao was fifty, while the Heavenly Dao evolved forty-nine, leaving one to escape.
This Chaos Bead represented that escaped one, drifting within the Outer Chaos.
If the Chaos Bead were obtained by the Primordial Heavenly Dao,
it would mean that the Primordial Origin of the Heavenly Dao had been completed.
All living beings and things in the Primordial World would then fall entirely under the Heavenly Dao's control, with no chance of resisting.
After realizing this,
Lin Xuan immediately chose to store the damaged Chaos Bead inside his Niwan Palace.
He used his true body as a Chaos Demon God to prevent the Heavenly Dao Law from discovering the Chaos Bead.
However, Lin Xuan failed to notice that
the Sealing Formation in his cave had long since become dangerously unstable after being eroded by the boundless baleful energy radiating from the God-Slaying Spear.
After being struck by the treasure light of the Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus, it began to collapse continuously.
The moment Lin Xuan stored the Chaos Bead in his Niwan Palace, the Sealing Formation in the cave could no longer hold and instantly collapsed completely.
After noticing this, only one thought echoed through Lin Xuan's mind.
The sealing formation in the cave had collapsed. How was he supposed to continue cultivating in seclusion in the future?
Not far outside Lin Xuan's cave stood the barracks of Grand Tutor Wen Zhong of the Shang Dynasty.
At that moment, Lin Xuan's junior sisters—the Three Sisters of Sanxiao from the Interception Sect—were seeking revenge for their elder brother Zhao Gongming.
They had deliberately set up the Nine-Bend Yellow River Great Formation here, using the Primordial Golden Dou as its formation core, to obstruct King Wu's Campaign Against Zhou.
They had also stripped the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect who entered the formation of the Three Flowers on the Crown and dispersed the Five Qi in the Belly.
If they had not taken into consideration that these Twelve Golden Immortals were disciples of their Second Martial Uncle, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and fellow disciples of theirs,
the Three Sisters of Sanxiao would have killed them outright and reduced them to ashes long ago.
Instead, they had merely stripped away all their cultivation.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Grand Supreme Elder Laozi had been watching the Investiture of the Gods Battlefield closely. After seeing all twelve of the Twelve Golden Immortals trapped within the Nine-Bend Yellow River Great Formation, they could no longer sit still.
They had never expected the disciples of Chan Sect to be so useless.
Even with their biased assistance, they still could not defeat the Three Sisters of Sanxiao from the Interception Sect.
If this continued, the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would certainly be unable to proceed.
It was likely that all the disciples of the Human Sect and Chan Sect would have to enter the Investiture of the Gods and be controlled by Haotian Boy.
That was something Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Grand Supreme Elder Laozi could not tolerate.
Their disciples were all Great Virtue True Immortals, not the Spawned and Moisture-Born disciples under Tongtian. How could they be placed on the Investiture of the Gods?
Moreover, the more disciples and followers they had, the more widely their Dao Lineage would spread throughout the Primordial World, and the more providence they would occupy.
That vast providence could accelerate their Saintly Cultivation.
How could they simply watch their disciples be completely wiped out by the Three Sisters of Sanxiao?
Thus, Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Grand Supreme Elder Laozi disregarded the dignity of Saints.
They personally descended into the mortal world, intending to bully the weak with their strength and forcibly deal with the Three Sisters of Sanxiao.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate sat atop the Nine Dragon Agarwood Imperial Carriage, while Grand Supreme Elder Laozi rode the Horned Green Ox. Xuandu led the way, Randeng guided them, and auspicious mist filled the land. Strange fragrance spread along the road, while red clouds scattered across the sky.
They leisurely arrived before the Nine-Bend Yellow River Great Formation.
Great Master Xuandu circulated his mana and shouted thunderously:
"A Saint has personally descended into the mortal world. Three Sisters of Sanxiao, withdraw the formation at once and kneel to welcome us!"
Not long after his voice fell, a portal suddenly opened in the sand-filled Nine-Bend Yellow River Great Formation.
The Three Sisters of Sanxiao, dressed in Cloud-Robes, emerged from the formation one after another and bowed in greeting to Primordial and Laozi, the two Saints.
Yet they remained standing, their bearing graceful and unyielding.
Seeing this, a trace of displeasure flashed through Primordial Heavenly Venerate's eyes. He immediately shouted:
"Hmph! You refuse to follow the Disciplinary Rules and dare to act disrespectfully! Even your master, Tongtian, has to bow and salute when he sees me. How dare you behave so arrogantly? I truly wonder how Tongtian usually teaches you—a bunch of Spawned and Moisture-Born creatures."
Bixiao had the most straightforward temperament. After hearing the contempt in Primordial Heavenly Venerate's words, she immediately retorted:
"We sisters have only received our Master's teachings. We never studied the Dao at Kunlun Jade Void. If an elder does not even respect himself, why should we juniors respect him? Isn't that the proper courtesy between people?"
The Primordial Mighty Ones who had been constantly watching the Battle of Investiture of the Gods all wore different expressions after hearing those words.
One had to know that ever since the Seven Saints attained the Dao, everyone beneath the Saints had been nothing but ants.
Never had anyone dared to speak back to a Saint so directly!
At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi stroked his beard and sighed.
"Fellow Daoist Tongtian truly accepted a fine group of disciples. I am inferior to him."
Daoist Zhunti, seated in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, also let out a long sigh.
"How fortunate the East is. Even ordinary disciples of the Interception Sect possess such character."
Hearing this, Daoist Jieyin beside him smiled while rolling a finger between his fingers.
"So we should guide these disciples of the Interception Sect into the Western Gate and glorify the Great Western Religion."
Zhunti and Jieyin exchanged a smile.
Haotian, who occupied the Ancient Demon Court of the Heavenly Realm, became even more excited after witnessing this scene and waved his fist.
"Kill them all quickly! Send their souls into the Investiture of the Gods!"
Thinking of how these unruly disciples of the Interception Sect would be under his control once they entered the Investiture of the Gods, an exhilarated expression surfaced on Haotian's face.
"Let me see who still dares look down on me, the Lord of the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor!"
Primordial Heavenly Venerate's face, however, had turned as black as the bottom of a cooking pot. It had been many years since he had attained sainthood.
Yet someone actually dared speak to him like this.
Her foundation was merely that of a lowly maid who had transformed from a strand of Innate Colored Cloud. She was practically seeking death!
Primordial Heavenly Venerate immediately shouted angrily:
"Lowly maid, you seek death! Today, I will teach you in your master's place what it means to respect your master and honor the Dao!"
With that, his mind stirred.
The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, radiating brilliant treasure light, appeared out of thin air.
Carrying an invincible aura, it smashed directly toward the Three Sisters of Sanxiao.
Facing the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi imbued with Saintly Might, the Three Sisters of Sanxiao, despite possessing Great Firmament Golden Immortal cultivation, had no power to resist at all.
They could not even move a finger.
Qiongxiao watched as the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi drew closer and closer, and despair appeared in her eyes.
At that moment, the person she missed most was Senior Disciple Brother Lin Xuan, who had personally brought them into the Interception Sect all those years ago.
She wondered how his cultivation in seclusion was going.
Did he still remember his Junior Sister?
Just as everyone was certain that the Three Sisters of Sanxiao were destined to die here, their souls to enter the Investiture of the Gods and become puppets controlled by Haotian,
a treasure light radiating an Aura of Purity suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.
The moment this treasure light appeared, it provoked a reaction from the Heavenly Dao.
Petals of Heavenly Flowers descended from the sky, while golden lotuses surged from the earth.
At the same time, Lingzhi Immortal Herbs sprouted everywhere.
It was an auspicious sight indeed.
When Primordial Heavenly Venerate saw the scene before him, a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
He knew that this was an omen caused by the emergence of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
Moreover, judging from the phenomenon descending from the sky, the grade of the Innate Spiritual Treasure about to emerge was certainly not low.
Its appearance here and now—did it not mean that Chan Sect was about to flourish?
At this thought, the smile at the corners of Primordial Heavenly Venerate's mouth could no longer be restrained.
The Primordial Mighty Ones who had been constantly watching the Investiture of the Gods Battlefield also showed different expressions after discovering this phenomenon of a spiritual treasure emerging.
For a moment, few people paid attention to the Three Sisters of Sanxiao.
Suddenly, an angry shout resounded throughout heaven and earth:
"How dare a mere fool injure my junior sister!"
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