Primordial Era: Bumping into Nuwa at the Start!

Under Bai Chen's threat, the First Qilin let out a wry smile, clearly having made a decision in its heart.

The First Qilin didn't answer Bai Chen immediately. Instead, it turned its gaze to the Three Pure Ones and the Queen Mother of the West, saying:

"Four fellow Daoists, I am willing to gift you sixty percent of the Qilin Clan's resources. I implore you four to protect my son and my three subordinates when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Bai Chen became enraged and cursed loudly:

"First Qilin, you have some nerve. Are you forcing this Great God to break my promise?"

"If that's the case, this Great God will let them perish and vanish."

It knew that Great God Bai Chen still held hostages. The wealth of the First Qilin was precisely what it had set its sights on.

The First Qilin actually wanted to give Great God Bai Chen's treasures and resources to the Three Pure Ones and the Queen Mother of the West. This was a provocation to Great God Bai Chen's authority, and the other party was courting death.

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Furious, Bai Chen immediately intensified the Nirvana Phoenix Flame, preparing to burn a Jade Qilin first to show the First Qilin its, Great God Bai Chen's, methods.

"Bai Chen, stop!"

Seeing the Primordial Spirit and true spirit of its old subordinate, the Jade Qilin, being gradually refined, the First Qilin quickly called out to Bai Chen.

"As long as you release Si Bu Xiang and the others, I will give you twenty percent of the Qilin Clan's resources and Nuwa. Furthermore, I promise to sever all my life force."

The First Qilin chose to back down, agreeing to sever all its life force and use its own life to exchange for the lives of Si Bu Xiang, the Ink Qilin, and the others.

"Not enough!"

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Bai Chen's fierce triangular eyes were filled with rage.

Twenty percent of the resources and the First Qilin's life were still not enough to quell its anger.

"I will give you another Innate Spiritual Root – the Five Needles Pine. This Five Needles Pine changes every five thousand years. A full maturation cycle takes fifteen thousand years. Its fruits are divided into five elements: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. There are ten fruits of each element, totaling fifty fruits.

Eating one fruit of each of the five elements can gather the Qi of the Five Elements, condense the Five Qi within the chest, and form a Dao Fruit of a Mid-level Golden Immortal!"

The First Qilin produced an Innate Spiritual Root. Innate Five Elements Qi flowed from the root, which was precisely the Innate Spiritual Root – the Five Needles Pine!

The only flaw was that there were no fruits on it, clearly having all been eaten.

"This Great God knew why your Qilin Clan had so many troops, requiring the combined forces of the Dragon and Phoenix clans to attack. So the Innate Spiritual Root Five Needles Pine was in your Qilin Clan's possession."

Bai Chen had heard of the Innate Spiritual Root Five Needles Pine. Among the Innate Spiritual Roots of the Primordial Era, it ranked within the top twenty.

The fruits of the Innate Spiritual Root Five Needles Pine not only could form a Dao Fruit of a Mid-level Golden Immortal but also had two other abilities.

First, it could aid in cultivating the laws of the Five Elements. The Qilin Clan's proficiency in the laws of the Five Elements was clearly related to the Innate Spiritual Root Five Needles Pine.

The second ability of the Five Needles Pine was likely unknown even to its owner, the First Qilin.

That was that the fruits of the Five Needles Pine could counteract the side effects of the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum's fruits.

The fruits of the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum were reputed to grant one High-level Golden Immortal, equivalent to a later Great Luo Golden Immortal, per fruit.

However, the fruits of the Yellow Middle Plum had a terrifying side effect.

That was that consuming the fruits of the Yellow Middle Plum to condense the Three Flowers on the Crown and become a High-level Golden Immortal was equivalent to cutting off one's own path to further cultivation.

It would be extremely difficult to advance one's cultivation further.

The fruits of the Five Needles Pine could precisely counteract the side effects of the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum's fruits.

"First Qilin, however, just the Innate Spiritual Root Five Needles Pine is not enough. This Great God also wants the Qilin Seal."

The Innate Spiritual Root Five Needles Pine was not enough to quell Bai Chen's rage; it also wanted the Qilin Seal.

The Qilin Seal could command the Qilin Clan. With the Qilin Seal, it could do many things, such as enslave the Qilin Clan.

"Fine, I can give it to you!"

The First Qilin knew why Bai Chen wanted the Qilin Seal, but it gritted its teeth and agreed.

"Bai Chen, let us both make an oath simultaneously. Only then can I trust you."

(ˉ▽￣~) Hmph~~

"This Great God doesn't trust you yet!"

Bai Chen feared that after releasing the hostages, the First Qilin would not hand over the resources or sever its life force.

The First Qilin also feared that after handing over the resources and treasures and severing its life force, Bai Chen would renege on the deal.

In such a situation, a Great Dao oath was the best guarantee.

"Great Dao above, I, the First Qilin (Bai Chen)..."

Thus, Bai Chen and the First Qilin simultaneously prayed to the Great Dao and made a Great Dao oath.

With both sides making the Great Dao oath, they felt at ease, but neither expected that both were harboring ulterior motives and had made a slight alteration to the oath.

Seeing that Bai Chen had taken the oath, the First Qilin felt relieved and prepared to complete a task.

"Great Dao above, today I, the First Qilin Clan Leader, the First Qilin, sever the karmic connection of Merit and Fortune between the Qilin Seal and the Qilin Clan. Henceforth, the Qilin Seal shall not be a supreme treasure of the Qilin Clan, and the Qilin Seal shall not be able to command the Qilin Clan."

The First Qilin produced the Qilin Seal and prayed to the Great Dao, severing the relationship between the Qilin Seal and the Qilin Clan, thereby stripping the Qilin Seal of its most powerful ability.

The First Qilin knew that if it didn't cripple the Qilin Seal's ability to control the Qilin Clan's Merit and Fortune and command the Qilin Clan, then once the Qilin Seal was given to Bai Chen, the entire Qilin Clan would be eternally enslaved by Bai Chen, who possessed the Qilin Seal.

Now that it had crippled these abilities of the Qilin Seal, from this point on, the Qilin Seal would be no different from any other top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, other than its nominal status as a former treasure of the Qilin Clan.

"Bai Chen, take the Qilin Seal!"

The First Qilin handed the Qilin Seal, which it had modified, along with two-tenths of the Qilin Clan's resources, to Bai Chen, and then gestured for Bai Chen to quickly release Si Bu Xiang and the others.

Of course, the First Qilin wasn't afraid of Bai Chen going back on its word, because Bai Chen was bound by the Great Dao Oath and had no right to renege.

"First Qilin, how dare you play tricks on this Great God!"

Bai Chen was furious. It wanted the Qilin Seal precisely to enslave and rule the Qilin Clan.

Now that the Qilin Seal's ability to do so had been crippled by the First Qilin, its value was greatly diminished in Bai Chen's eyes.

"Bai Chen, don't forget the Great Dao Oath you made. You can't withstand the consequences of violating it."

Seeing Bai Chen's rage, the First Qilin warned it with the oath not to go back on its word.

"First Qilin, rest assured, this Great God is the most trustworthy."

Bai Chen's eyes were incredibly cold. After it put away the items, it sneered at the First Qilin:

"First Qilin, since you're playing mind games with me, don't blame this Great God."

Bai Chen had previously made a rash oath, "Better to be a cat than a beast of burden," which was why it couldn't transform.

From then on, Bai Chen liked to leave a loophole when making oaths, just in case.

When it made the Great Dao Oath with the First Qilin just now, it had also left a loophole, just in case.

Now that an unexpected situation had arisen, the loophole it had left could be used to teach the First Qilin a lesson about playing mind games with Great God Bai Chen.

Bai Chen retaliated by summoning the Hammer of Reason and smashing it down on Si Bu Xiang, completely crippling its cultivation and forcing it back to its original form.

Bai Chen's actions weren't over yet. It then extracted a large portion of Si Bu Xiang's origin, and then infused some filth into Si Bu Xiang's origin, causing it to merge with Si Bu Xiang's origin.

"No!"

The First Qilin let out a heart-wrenching roar upon witnessing this scene.

"First Qilin, didn't you mock this Great God for not being able to transform back then?"

"From now on, your son, Si Bu Xiang, will never be able to transform, and his cultivation will also be hindered."

"Hahaha!"

Bai Chen burst into laughter. Indeed, happiness was built upon the suffering of others.

What did the suffering of others have to do with it? As long as it was happy.

Since the First Qilin had mocked it for not being able to transform, now it was making sure its son, Si Bu Xiang, couldn't transform either.

Now why wasn't the First Qilin laughing? Was it naturally disinclined to smile?

"Bai Chen, how dare you violate the Great Dao Oath? Aren't you afraid of the oath's backlash?"

The First Qilin angrily rebuked Bai Chen. If not for the fact that Si Bu Xiang, Mo Qilin, and the others were still in Bai Chen's hands, it would have attacked Bai Chen long ago.

"Did I?"

Bai Chen spread its claws innocently, but its eyes were full of amusement and provocation.

"My oath only stated that I would release them, not that I couldn't cripple them, right?"

Bai Chen hadn't intended to do this originally. It had only left a loophole in the oath as a precaution.

But since the First Qilin insisted on playing mind games with it, Bai Chen, then it couldn't be blamed.

"Bai Chen~"

The First Qilin gritted its teeth in anger. While it had tried to trick Bai Chen, it had also been tricked by Bai Chen. How hateful!

Yet, even if given a chance to redo it, the First Qilin would still make the same choice, severing the Qilin Seal's connection to the Qilin Clan and preventing Bai Chen from enslaving them.

The First Qilin was Si Bu Xiang's father and the sovereign of the Qilin Clan.

As the sovereign, the First Qilin had to be responsible for the Qilin Clan, even if it meant sacrificing its own child.

After crippling Si Bu Xiang, Bai Chen repeated the process on Mo Qilin, Gold Qilin, and Jade Qilin.

Since the steps of forcing Mo Qilin and the others back to their original forms and crippling their cultivation were omitted, Bai Chen was quite grateful to the Demon Ancestor Luohu's Eight Great Protectors, as it saved it some effort.

Bai Chen threw the Primordial Spirits and True Spirits of Si Bu Xiang, Mo Qilin, and the other two to the First Qilin.

The First Qilin quickly took them, examining their conditions, hoping it wasn't too late to salvage the situation.

"What? It's the origin of the Fierce Beast Clan!"

Upon examining Si Bu Xiang's condition, the First Qilin's face changed drastically.

The filth Bai Chen had infused into the four of them was the origin of a low-level Fierce Beast Clan.