"If not for Heaven's virtue of cherishing life, I would have killed you with a single slap long ago."
Bai Chen did not kill the Gold Qilin—not because it was merciful, but because the suspicion would have been too great.
If it killed the Gold Qilin, and considering that it had not gone to listen to the Dao this time, Queen Mother of the West could easily guess that Great God Bai Chen had done it.
Although Bai Chen had never expected to hide this forever, it absolutely could not expose itself before Nuwa was accepted as a disciple by Ancestor Hongjun and designated a future Saint.
Once Nuwa became a Saint, even if Queen Mother of the West discovered that it had plundered her Dao arena, she could only endure it.
Bai Chen suppressed all of Queen Mother of the West's attendants, then began searching for opportunities in the Western Kunlun Immortal Realm.
"This is pretty good. Take it!"
"That one will do too. Take it!"
"Great God Bai Chen doesn't have this yet. Take it!"
"Anything fated to be with Great God Bai Chen—take it!"
"Take it, take it! Pack everything up and take it all!"
As Bai Chen looted Queen Mother of the West's Dao arena, it finally discovered the treasure that suppressed the entire place.
"Hahaha!"
Looking at the treasure that suppressed the Dao arena, Bai Chen could not help laughing.
That supreme treasure was none other than the Innate Spiritual Root, Yellow Middle Plum.
The Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum bloomed once every ten thousand years, bore fruit once every ten thousand years, and required another ten thousand years to mature. In thirty thousand years, it produced only nine fruits.
Its flowers resembled lotuses, while its fruits resembled pearl stamens. The words "Yellow Middle" appeared on both the flowers and fruits.
After consuming it, one could condense the Three Flowers on the Crown and achieve the rank of High-level Golden Immortal—the Great Luo Golden Immortal of later generations—but there were side effects.
Bai Chen had known long ago that the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum was in Queen Mother of the West's possession. That was also why it had chosen to visit her Dao arena first.
Originally, Bai Chen had merely wanted to try its luck and see whether it could find the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum.
Unexpectedly, it had really found it. Queen Mother of the West was truly an idiot; she had not even taken away an Innate Spiritual Root like the Yellow Middle Plum.
As expected, Great God Bai Chen was blessed with tremendous fortune. This Innate Spiritual Root was fated to be with it.
In fact, once the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum was planted, it could no longer be moved.
At best, moving it would affect the yield of the next several harvests. At worst, it would damage the foundation of the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum and cause irreversible harm.
That was why Queen Mother of the West had not taken the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum away. Of course, she had indeed been careless; she had never imagined that anyone would dare to plunder her Dao arena.
After all, Queen Mother of the West considered herself a mighty expert with her own territory, and few enemies dared provoke her.
"This Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum belongs to me now."
Bai Chen stored the Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum away. As for whether this would damage Yellow Middle Plum's innate foundation, that was not something it needed to consider.
Even if it really was damaged, so what?
Great God Bai Chen possessed the supreme spiritual treasure Innate Breathing Soil. It could still nourish Yellow Middle Plum back to health.
After Bai Chen finished looting Queen Mother of the West's Dao arena, it left in a carefree manner.
The Dao arena of Queen Mother of the West had already vanished without a trace. Bai Chen had not left her even a single brick or tile.
As an Innate Divine Beast, Great God Bai Chen had to manage its household frugally. Not even a single brick or tile could be wasted.
Wouldn't it be better to take them back and expand its Zu Fei Palace?
After Bai Chen left, the heavily injured Gold Qilin crawled to its feet and gnashed its teeth as it cursed:
"Damn fellow! As a dignified innate expert, you actually took advantage of Queen Mother of the West not being here to rob her residence. How shameless and despicable!"
The Gold Qilin had seen quite a few Innate Divine Beasts and Innate Deities back then, but it had never encountered such a shameless bastard.
"Damn fellow! You actually crippled my cultivation!"
That was right. Although Bai Chen's earlier slap had not killed the Gold Qilin,
it had slapped away the Three Flowers on the Crown that the Gold Qilin had condensed and stripped away its cultivation.
Now that Queen Mother of the West's Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plum had been taken by Bai Chen,
the Gold Qilin would not find it easy to become a High-level Golden Immortal again.
After leaving Western Kunlun, Bai Chen soon flew to the east of Kunlun Mountain and stopped.
"That's the Kunlun Ruins. Should I go in and look for an opportunity too?"
Bai Chen looked at the Kunlun Ruins, hesitating. It somewhat wanted to enter and search for opportunities.
But the Kunlun Ruins were different from the Western Kunlun Immortal Realm. The Kunlun Ruins were the Dao arena of the Three Pure Ones, while the Western Kunlun Immortal Realm was the Dao arena of Queen Mother of the West.
The Three Pure Ones could prove the Dao and become Heavenly Dao Saints, whereas Queen Mother of the West could not prove the Dao.
"Forget it. The three brothers will prove the Dao and become Saints in the future. If they discover that I once searched for opportunities in their Dao arena, Nuwa might not be able to protect me."
After hesitating for a moment, Bai Chen finally made its decision.
Searching for opportunities in the Kunlun Ruins was not worth the risk. The gains and dangers were not proportional.
Therefore, Great God Bai Chen decided to give the Three Pure Ones some face and spare them this time.
"Next stop, Eastwatch Mountain!"
"Bai Ze, you dared to kill Great God Bai Chen's clone back then. Now Great God Bai Chen will go to your Dao arena and search for opportunities."
Bai Chen quickly locked onto the next place of opportunity. Back then, it had sent countless clones from Buzhou Mountain to search for Yuanfeng, and most of them had been killed by others.
Bai Chen remembered every one of those who had killed its clones. One of them was Bai Ze of Eastwatch Mountain.
Those fellows had killed Great God Bai Chen's clones in the past. Now it was plundering their homes. This was called repaying one debt with another.
In the blink of an eye, another four or five hundred years passed. Countless Dao arenas belonging to innate mighty experts had been visited by Bai Chen one after another.
Some of those people had grudges with Bai Chen. Not only did Bai Chen plunder their Dao arenas, it also killed and ate their child attendants and servants.
Mount Niuyang...
Outside the Dao arena of the Innate Divine Beast Lu Shu, two Daoists were breaking through the protective restrictions around the Dao arena.
Just as the two Daoists were about to break through the restrictions, a loud shout suddenly rang out:
"Fellow Daoists, what are you doing outside my Dao arena?"
Following the shout, a white-robed Divine Lord came riding on clouds.
The newcomer was none other than Bai Chen. This place had been chosen by Great God Bai Chen, so it had to drive these two thieves away.
As for the identities of these two thieves, Bai Chen knew without asking.
The future Saints' disgrace, the Saint who cheated and swindled—Zhunti!
The Saint who deceived and brainwashed people—Jieyin!
Because of Bai Chen's appearance, Zhunti and Jieyin stopped.
"Fellow Daoist, may I ask your name?"
Feeling guilty as a thief, Zhunti quickly cupped his hands and bowed, changing the subject.
"Bai Ze!"
Bai Chen loudly announced its name, not fearing in the slightest that Zhunti and Jieyin would learn it.
That was right. The new nickname Great God Bai Chen had just given itself was Bai Ze!
Who said that only Bai Ze could be called Bai Ze in the Primordial World? Why couldn't other living beings use the name?
Did Bai Ze even have that privilege?
Bai Ze: Bai Chen, you thieving cat! You stole my Dao arena, killed my child attendants and servants, and now you're pretending to be me to commit evil and frame me for it. You deserve to die!
"Fellow Daoist Bai Ze, is this truly your Dao arena?"
Zhunti was somewhat doubtful of Bai Chen's identity. If Bai Chen had come out from inside the Dao arena, the two of them definitely would not have suspected it.
But Bai Chen had returned from outside. Zhunti could not help suspecting that Bai Chen was just like them—trying to take advantage of the original owner's absence to make a profit.
One had to know that during this period, Zhunti and Jieyin had already encountered several Dao arenas that had been robbed.
"This isn't my Dao arena? Could it be yours?"
Bai Chen's tone was full of confidence, as though this truly were its Dao arena.
"Why don't you prove it, Fellow Daoist Bai Ze?"
Jieyin, who had not said much, suddenly spoke. He gestured for Zhunti to move aside and make room for Bai Chen.
As for the method of proof, it went without saying: Bai Chen had to open the Dao arena's restrictions.
"Break!"
Bai Chen formed a hand seal and flicked out a divine light. The restrictions around the Dao arena dispersed.
Bai Chen moved so quickly that it seemed as though this Dao arena truly were its home.
When Zhunti saw Bai Chen open the Dao arena's restrictions, his expression turned ugly.
The two brothers had come out to search for opportunities, only to run into the Dao arena's owner. What was this supposed to mean?
"Fellow Daoist Bai Ze, my brother and I sensed that our opportunity lay here. We truly did not expect this to be Fellow Daoist Bai Ze's Dao arena. What a sin!"
Feeling guilty as a thief, Zhunti shamelessly bowed and apologized to Bai Chen. Then he gave Jieyin a meaningful look, signaling that they should leave.
Jieyin ignored Zhunti's look and instead burst out laughing.
"Brother, Fellow Daoist Bai Ze was merely joking with us."
When Bai Chen broke the restrictions, Zhunti had not seen through the trick, but Jieyin had noticed something.
"Brother, this is not Fellow Daoist Bai Ze's Dao arena. The Dao art and divine ability Fellow Daoist Bai Ze just used may look like the Method of Unlocking Restrictions, but in reality, it is the Method of Breaking Restrictions."
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