How could a firefly's light dare compete with the brilliance of the bright moon?
Compared to Su Ming, what was East King Duke? What was the Purple Manor faction? They were nothing but paper tigers and clay dogs!
For Kong Xuan and Golden Peng, meeting Su Ming was the supreme fortune destined for the brothers!
Golden-Winged Great Peng could no longer contain his excitement. His feathers trembled slightly all over, and he immediately prepared to prostrate himself and perform the grand ceremony of discipleship.
Kong Xuan pulled Golden-Winged Great Peng down with him. The two knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed three times to Su Ming.
Every kowtow was solid and forceful. Their foreheads struck the hard ground, producing dull thuds.
"Disciple Kong Xuan!"
"Disciple Golden Peng!"
"We are willing to take Great Venerable as our master. From this day onward, we are willing to brave boiling water and raging fire for our master and never hesitate even if it means ten thousand deaths! We humbly ask that Master accept the two of us as disciples!"
Their voices rang with force, every word striking the ground with conviction. They were filled with resolve and reverence.
This time, there was no hesitation or suspicion left—only the delirious joy and determination of having seized a lifeline. No, they had seized a ladder leading to the heavens!
Su Ming looked at the two brothers kneeling before him, their expressions filled with excitement, and felt satisfied as well.
Kong Xuan was steady, while Great Roc was valiant. Both were excellent seedlings.
He raised a hand, and a gentle yet irresistible force lifted the two of them up.
"Good. From today onward, you are both disciples of mine, Su Ming."
"I already have a senior disciple. His name is Six-Eared Macaque. Kong Xuan, you will be my second disciple. Golden-Winged Great Peng, you will be my third disciple."
Second disciple? Third disciple?
The brothers exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.
There was actually another senior brother before them?
Golden-Winged Great Peng was incapable of holding back his words and immediately asked curiously, "Master, I wonder... what level of cultivation does our senior brother have?"
To be accepted as Master's senior disciple, he must surely be an earth-shaking figure, right?
Hearing this, Su Ming answered casually, "Him? He entered the sect a little earlier than you did, and his aptitude is passable."
"As for his current cultivation, it's mediocre. He's only at the Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm."
What?!
Half-Step... Grand Unity Golden Immortal?!
Golden-Winged Great Peng's eyes nearly popped out, and his mouth gaped wide enough to fit a fist.
What did Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal mean?
He was only one step away from becoming a true Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Yet the two brothers were currently only Early Taiyi Golden Immortals, and the Middle Taiyi Golden Immortal realm was still far beyond their reach.
Their never-before-seen senior brother had already reached such a terrifying level of cultivation?
"Senior Brother is actually so formidable!" Golden-Winged Great Peng praised sincerely, his heart filled with awe.
However, Kong Xuan's reaction was completely different.
When he heard the words "Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal," his pupils abruptly constricted. Yet what erupted from them was not fear, but a surging, blazing battle intent!
What kind of person was he, Kong Xuan? He was so proud and arrogant!
Ever since he had gained sentience, he had believed that his Origin was extraordinary and his talent unparalleled. In the future, he would surely prove the Primordial Chaos and look down upon all living beings!
Although he had become a disciple now, that pride had long since melded into his True Spirit and been carved into his bones.
Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal?
Senior Brother... Six-Eared Macaque!
I, Kong Xuan, will definitely catch up to you, and perhaps... surpass you!
Su Ming took in every change in Kong Xuan's expression, and the corners of his lips lifted slightly.
Competition was what created motivation.
This was excellent.
What he wanted were not two submissive, obedient disciples, but pillars that could uphold the heavens for the Wu Clan!
"Very well, the matter here is settled." Su Ming swept his gaze over the two. "Do you brothers have a place to establish yourselves in the Primordial Wilderness?"
Kong Xuan respectfully replied, "Master, the two of us were born in a valley near the South Bright Undying Volcano. The Five Elements aura there is extremely dense, so we took the liberty of calling it Five Elements Valley."
"Five Elements Valley?" Su Ming's heart stirred.
Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light had been transformed from the essence of the Innate Five Elements aura.
The place where they had been born was certainly extraordinary.
"Very good. I shall accompany you on a journey and see the place where you were born."
With that, Su Ming swept out his broad sleeve.
A vast, boundless Space Force instantly enveloped the three of them.
Kong Xuan and Golden-Winged Great Peng felt their vision blur. The scenery around them instantly became hazy and distorted, as though they were traveling through an endless torrent of chaotic time.
Before they could react, the ground beneath their feet vanished, and they were once again standing on solid earth.
When they opened their eyes again, they were completely stunned.
Before them lay a valley that seemed like something out of a dream.
Divine Wood stood in the valley, lush and dripping with verdancy, radiating boundless vitality.
Gengjin stones flashed with razor-sharp light, their edges exposed.
A river of Kui Water flowed quietly, nourishing all living things.
Flowers of Lihuo burned brilliantly, yet not the slightest heat could be felt.
Most remarkable of all, the heavy aura of Wutu had gathered into mountains, stabilizing the entire valley.
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!
The Five Elements aura had reached an inconceivably perfect balance here. Generating and restraining one another in an endless cycle, they had formed a Blessed Land Cave Heaven favored by nature!
This was their home—Five Elements Valley!
"Master... this..." Golden-Winged Great Peng stared at Su Ming in shock.
From the shores of the Eastern Sea to the Southern Bright Volcano, how could the distance be less than hundreds of millions of miles?
Even if the two brothers flew with all their strength, it would take them several centuries.
Yet Master had merely waved his sleeve and arrived in the span of a thought!
What kind of supreme divine ability was this, capable of reaching through heaven and earth!
Su Ming paid no attention to his disciples' shock. His gaze had long since been drawn deeply to this valley.
The moment he stepped into this place, he sensed an aura that was completely out of place with the Primordial World Heaven and Earth, yet incomparably pure and ancient.
The source of this aura was at the center of the valley!
Su Ming strode toward the valley.
The instant he stepped into the valley's central region, a cold mechanical notification resounded explosively in his mind!
[Beep! The host has been detected at a special sign-in location—the place where the Chaos Demon God Five Elements Demon God perished!] [God-Tier Trait System activated!] [Would you like to extract this location's sole purple trait: Five Elements Demon God True Body?]
Chaos Demon God!
Five Elements Demon God!
Su Ming's mind shook violently, and wild joy surged into his heart!
His guess had indeed been correct!
Five Elements Valley was not a naturally formed blessed land at all. It was the place where a Chaos Demon God had perished!
The Chaos Demon Gods were terrifying beings that had already existed before Pangu split the skies and earth. Every one of them controlled a complete Grand Dao law!
This Five Elements Demon God was clearly the Chaos Demon God who controlled the Five Elements laws!
No wonder the Five Elements aura here was so perfectly balanced. No wonder it had been able to give birth to Innate Beings with such heaven-defying Origins as Kong Xuan and Golden-Winged Great Peng!
"Extract it! Extract it immediately!"
Su Ming did not hesitate in the slightest and issued the command in his mind.
[Beep! Congratulations, host. You have successfully obtained the purple trait: Five Elements Demon God True Body!]
Boom!
A vast Information Torrent that could not be described in words instantly surged into Su Ming's primordial spirit.
It contained the most fundamental and profound mysteries of the Five Elements laws!
It contained supreme insights belonging to the level of the Chaos Demon Gods!
At this moment, Su Ming seemed to witness the birth of the universe and the evolution of all things. He saw how the five most fundamental elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—constructed this colorful Great Thousand Worlds!
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