On the other side of Buzhou Mountain, in Daoist Tongtian's cave dwelling.
Thousands of years passed, and Daoist Tongtian was still in the same place where he had entered the Myriad Worlds Simulation.
As he had told Laozi and Yuanshi back then, he had truly set up a dojo here.
With his Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and strength, creating some mountains and rivers and setting up a formation was incredibly easy.
Therefore, his dojo now looked quite presentable.
However, Daoist Tongtian had ultimately chosen to temporarily give up on the search for an Innate Supreme Treasure.
He truly couldn't find it; these Innate Supreme Treasures were too cunning!
Tongtian had stayed behind to lie in wait, as he hadn't forgotten the notification after the last assessment that there would be another one.
Ten thousand years was nothing; he could wait!
In the next assessment, he was determined to capture this Innate Supreme Treasure!
During these past few thousand years, Tongtian either wandered around to see if he could stumble upon an Innate Supreme Treasure coming out for some air, or he would casually enlighten some ignorant post-natal beings for amusement. In his leisure time, he would simply cultivate, living a rather comfortable life.
However, during his cultivation, Tongtian discovered a problem.
That was, he, the creator of the Sword Soul Primordial Spirit method created in the God's Tomb World, was unable to cultivate it himself!
This infuriated Tongtian; it made no sense!
Thus, Tongtian, unwilling to accept this, once again created a Sword Soul Primordial Spirit cultivation technique, a Primordial Spirit method that could be cultivated in the Primordial World!
Coincidentally, the concept behind his new Sword Soul Primordial Spirit method was almost identical to Shen Lang's.
Not only was the Primordial Spirit transformed into the shape of a sword, but they both superimposed Primordial Spirits within the Sword Soul Primordial Spirit!
As of now, Tongtian had already condensed and superimposed five Sword Soul Primordial Spirits, one more than Shen Lang!
After all, it was a cultivation technique he had created, so he was naturally more proficient with it.
It was precisely when Tongtian condensed the five Sword Soul Primordial Spirits that he smoothly advanced to the peak of the Grand Unity realm, his Sword Soul transforming into a Grand Unity Sword Seed!
If this were in the past, Tongtian would have been ecstatic, but now, it was just so-so.
A peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal without an Innate Supreme Treasure was boring!
Only by obtaining this Innate Supreme Treasure in the next assessment would it be truly perfect!
Shen Lang was cultivating, Nuwa was waiting, Tongtian was waiting; each was at peace.
But other parts of the Primordial World were not so calm.
Under the continuous efforts of Di Jun and Tai Yi, great demon kings such as Bai Ze, Ji Meng, Shang Yang, and Jiu Ying had all joined the Demon Court.
With the Ten Great Demon Kings, Demon Master Kun Peng, and the twin emperors Di Jun and Tai Yi, the Demon Court had taken shape.
In terms of high-end combat power, the Demon Court was no longer weaker than the Twelve Ancestral Witches!
This gave the Demon Court a certain degree of confidence, and they organized multiple counterattacks against the Witch Race's fierce aggression.
As a result, the conflict between them intensified, and tribulation energy spread throughout the world.
And at this moment, in a Taoist temple on a mountain called Jade Capital Mountain, a certain gray-robed Taoist suddenly opened his eyes... Seeking fresh flowers and rating tickets...
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Hongjun's Ambition! Myriad Worlds Simulator Cooldown Complete! [Seeking Collection and Flowers]
The gray-robed Taoist sat cross-legged on a futon, the Jade Disk of Creation above his head, and three thousand Laws rippling around him.
He was on Jade Capital Mountain, yet also in another dimension, as if he had merged with the three thousand Laws and become one with heaven and earth.
When he opened his eyes, the starry sky flowed within them, yin and yang alternated, and life was endless.
This gray-robed Taoist was, naturally, the future controller of the Primordial World, Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
Ever since the end of the Dao-Demon Conflict, Hongjun had barely left Jade Capital Mountain, having been in secluded cultivation until now.
The war between the Three Clans and the killing of Luo Hou had brought him immense merit.
With immense merit and the Jade Disk of Creation, a fragmented Chaos Supreme Treasure that carried three thousand Laws, he was on the verge of breaking through to the Primal Grand Unity realm.
"Just one last thread is missing."
"It's a pity that my Three Corpses Method is affected by the Heavenly Dao, always falling short. Otherwise, I would have become a Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal long ago."
Hongjun sighed faintly, his ruddy and lustrous face showing neither joy nor sorrow.
The path of Laws was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Hongjun had created the astonishing Three Corpses Method as early as when the Three Clans were rising with their destiny to achieve the Dao, reaching the peak of the Primal Golden Immortal realm.
This path could lead to enlightenment, but Hongjun had long since abandoned it.
Slaying the Three Corpses had flaws and could not be cultivated!
Even if one eventually attained enlightenment as a Primal Grand Unity, they would ultimately be constrained by the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, existing dependent on the Primordial World.
Hongjun had risen under the Heavenly Dao, and at that time, he would inevitably be restricted by the Heavenly Dao.
Under the influence of the Heavenly Dao, it could be said that his method of severing the three corpses to achieve the Dao ultimately resulted in a pseudo-Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
A true Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal should transcend the world and endure for eternity, remaining immortal even if the world perishes.
However, severing the three corpses to achieve the Dao is not the way; this method can only achieve the Dao by relying on the Heavenly Dao!
Relying on the Heavenly Dao is equivalent to placing one's life in the hands of the Heavenly Dao.
If the Heavenly Dao is destroyed, then he will also perish!
If the Primordial World is destroyed, he will also be destroyed, unable to achieve true transcendence from heaven and earth!
Hongjun had many schemes. Now that his strongest opponent, Luo Hou, is dead, and the great powerful beings from his era have all been tricked to their deaths by him.
On the current Primordial World, he is the undisputed strongest, the closest to becoming a Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Would he be willing to become a pseudo-Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal?
Would he be content to be controlled by the Heavenly Dao in the future?
Of course not!
Therefore, Hongjun had long abandoned the Three Corpses Method and was instead forcibly breaking through the Dao.
He wanted to prove the Dao with himself, to prove the Dao with the Three Thousand Laws, and become a true Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Even more so, he wanted to control the three paths of heaven, earth, and man, and become the will of the Primordial World himself!
To put it in simpler terms—
Hongjun wanted to turn the Primordial World, opened by the life of the great god Pangu, into his own backyard!
His ambition was unprecedented.
And now, he was close to taking the first step. He only needed to advance to Primal Grand Unity Golden Immortal first to proceed to the next step!
"Heavenly Dao? My stepping stone!"
Hongjun's lips curved slightly as he looked down upon the Primordial World.
In his vision, heaven and earth returned to their origin, and wisps of karmic energy were spreading.
Especially among the Witch Race and the Demon Race, their karmic energy was even more dense, and they were also the source of this karmic energy.
"At that time, I will still have to rely on you two races."
"Karmic energy is just beginning to emerge, the Heavenly Dao is still ignorant, a great opportunity has arrived, and it is time for me to break through to Primal Grand Unity!"
While contemplating, Daoist Hongjun closed his eyes once more.
The Three Thousand Laws descended from the Jade Disk of Creation, and the laws were almost clearly laid out before him for comprehension.
At the same time, the Taiji Diagram and the Pangu Banner, two Innate Supreme Treasures, appeared and flickered around him, shielding him from the will of heaven and earth.
In addition to these two Innate Supreme Treasures, there were also the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, which were also concealing his aura.
There was no other reason; the Heavenly Dao did not want its favored spokesperson to transcend its control!
If the Heavenly Dao were to discover that its spokesperson was rebelling, then Hongjun would also become a target for the Heavenly Dao to eliminate!
To some extent, Hongjun and Shen Lang were in similar situations.
It's just that one was more open and stronger, while the other was more hidden and weaker!
Five thousand years later—
Buzhou Mountain, Innate Spirit Array, Three Lights Deep Water Pool.
In the pool, the Green Lotus of Creation, which had always been there, was now gone.
Only a green lotus seed, the size of a fist, floated on the surface of the water, its aura almost returned to its most primitive state.
It was like an ordinary lotus seed, with only wisps of Chaos Qi remaining.
This was the Chaos Qi that the lotus seed had carried from chaos when the Chaos Green Lotus shattered and fell into the Primordial World.
Besides the Chaos Qi, the green lotus seed had no other spiritual energy or power fluctuations.
It was clear that Shen Lang, within the lotus seed, had completely absorbed all the energy of the Green Lotus of Creation that had accumulated for billions of years.
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