When Saint Hongjun said this, he deliberately glanced several times at Bai Chen beside Nuwa.
Because among everyone present listening to the Dao, aside from the Ancestral Witches, Bai Chen was the least serious.
"We will remember the Saint's teachings."
The Innate Great Gods collectively bowed to Saint Hongjun. They were not fools.
Based on their guesses, the next lecture should be about the Dao of the Quasi-Saints. Just thinking about it made them a little excited.
The first lecture was almost over, but before that, Saint Hongjun still had one matter to handle.
Saint Hongjun turned his gaze toward the group of Innate Great Gods. In the end, his eyes settled on East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West, who had been transformed from the Innate Pure Yang Qi and Innate Pure Yin Qi respectively:
"East Prince Gong, Queen Mother of the West, the two of you are Innate Deities transformed from the Innate Pure Yang Qi and Innate Pure Yin Qi.
"Therefore, I bestow upon you the titles of Head of Male Immortals and Head of Female Immortals. You will temporarily manage all male and female immortals in the Primordial World on my behalf!"
Saint Hongjun's appointment shocked all the Innate Great Gods listening to the Dao.
If Saint Hongjun had chosen the Head of Male Immortals and Head of Female Immortals from among the seven early-stage Quasi-Saints—Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Zhunti and Jieyin, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi—the Innate Great Gods would have had nothing to say.
After all, the cultivation of those seven fellows was right there. All of them were early-stage Quasi-Saints.
But if it was East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West, the Innate Great Gods had objections.
Simply because the strength of those two was not worthy of the titles Head of Male Immortals and Head of Female Immortals.
At present, East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West were not Quasi-Saints. They were merely at the half-step Quasi-Saint stage.
Among the Innate Great Gods listening to the Dao, there were plenty whose cultivation surpassed theirs, let alone those whose cultivation was equal to theirs.
What gave East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West the right to govern all these Innate Divine Beasts and Innate Deities?
The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Zhunti and Jieyin, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi were especially dissatisfied with Saint Hongjun's appointment.
Why should those two fellows become the Head of Male Immortals and Head of Female Immortals?
In terms of cultivation, the seven of them far surpassed East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West.
In terms of lineage, none of the seven was inferior to East Prince Gong or Queen Mother of the West. The lineage of the Three Pure Ones, in particular, surpassed East Prince Gong's by more than a little.
East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West were inferior to them in every aspect, yet they were supposed to govern them. Was that appropriate?
The most displeased of all was Yuqing Yuanshi. He considered himself part of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, with an incomparably noble lineage.
Now that Saint Hongjun had actually appointed East Prince Gong as the Head of Male Immortals, Yuqing Yuanshi would have simply flicked his sleeve and left if not for Saint Hongjun's cultivation.
Saint Hongjun did not care what these Innate Great Gods thought. With a wave of his horsetail whisk, the Dragon Head Golden Cudgel and Pure Water Alms Bowl, two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, appeared in the hall.
"East Prince Gong, Queen Mother of the West, I bestow these two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures—the Dragon Head Golden Cudgel and the Pure Water Alms Bowl—upon you!"
As Dao Ancestor Hongjun's voice fell, the Dragon Head Golden Cudgel and Pure Water Alms Bowl flew to East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West.
After accepting the treasures, East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West bowed to Saint Hongjun and thanked him:
"Thank you, Saint, for bestowing these treasures!"
Saint Hongjun looked at Queen Mother of the West and felt a little sorry for her.
More precisely, he felt somewhat sorry for all the Innate Great Gods.
Others did not know what Bai Chen, Zhunti, and Jieyin had done, but how could Hongjun, who possessed the cultivation of a Saint, not know?
Saint Hongjun also felt that Bai Chen, Zhunti, and Jieyin had gone a little too far. Raiding someone else's Daoist sanctuary was one thing.
But those three fellows stripped everything bare. Like geese flying overhead leaving no feathers behind, and beasts passing by leaving no hide, they had not left these Innate Great Gods so much as a brick or a tile.
After signaling East Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West to rise, Saint Hongjun spoke to the Purple Firmament Guests:
"This lecture ends here!
"When the next lecture begins, I will naturally summon you all here!"
After Saint Hongjun finished speaking, he waved his horsetail whisk, signaling that the Purple Firmament Guests could leave.
"We respectfully obey the Saint's Imperial Decree!"
"We shall take our leave!"
After bowing, everyone began leaving Purple Firmament Palace one after another.
When Nuwa carried Bai Chen out of the palace gates, Bai Chen saw that Haotian was still fixed in place and turned his gaze toward him:
"You piece of trash, this Great God isn't done with you."
Although Saint Hongjun had compensated Bai Chen, Bai Chen would not easily forgive Haotian.
If he did not mess with Haotian, his Dao heart would not be at ease.
Once he got the chance, this Great God Bai Chen would give Haotian something big to remember and make him wish he were dead.
Just as Nuwa was carrying Bai Chen away, Xuanming and Houtu blocked her path.
"Little White, where have you been all these epochs?"
Houtu began asking about Bai Chen's circumstances over the years, wanting to know exactly where he and Nuwa had been fooling around.
"Houtu, this Great God promised Yuanfeng that I would protect the Phoenix Clan. My Daoist sanctuary is at Phoenix Perch Mountain."
Bai Chen told Houtu and Xuanming where his Daoist sanctuary was, then invited them:
"Houtu, Xuanming, if you want to come play with this Great God, you can move to somewhere near Phoenix Perch Mountain. But you can't hurt the Phoenix Clan!"
Bai Chen knew that after these Innate Great Gods returned, they would discover that their Daoist sanctuaries were gone.
It was all because of those two useless fellows, Zhunti and Jieyin. They had caused even this Great God Bai Chen to come under suspicion.
There was still some time before Nuwa attained the Dao, so Bai Chen now needed to recruit some henchmen to protect Great God Bai Chen.
Xuanming and Houtu were the best henchmen. As long as he controlled these two Witches, he would effectively control the entire Witch Clan.
With Ancestral Witches protecting him, Great God Bai Chen would not need to fear those Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts.
"Little White~"
Nuwa glared fiercely at Bai Chen. Houtu and Xuanming had repeatedly asked her where she and Bai Chen's Daoist sanctuary was.
She, Nuwa, had kept her mouth shut and not said a word.
But what about this lazy cat?
The moment Houtu asked, he confessed without hesitation and even invited Houtu and Xuanming to move near Phoenix Perch Mountain.
This was a blatant betrayal!
"Little White, my sister and I will go back and discuss it with our brothers."
Houtu and Xuanming did not reject Bai Chen's invitation, but moving away from Buzhou Mountain was a major matter. They could not make that decision themselves!
As Nuwa carried Bai Chen back toward Phoenix Perch Mountain, she suddenly noticed an unusual phenomenon at Buzhou Mountain.
Calamity Qi filled Buzhou Mountain, and a tribulation lightning was taking shape.
An Innate Spiritual Root rose from the Secret Realm of Buzhou Mountain. This Innate Spiritual Root was none other than the Innate Gourd Vine.
The Innate Gourd Vine frantically absorbed the nourishment of Buzhou Mountain and began condensing a Primordial Unity Dao Fruit, intending to transform and attain the Dao.
"Little White, do you think it can attain the Dao?"
Nuwa gently rubbed Bai Chen's round head and asked.
Bai Chen took out a fruit and began chomping on it:
"The Innate Gourd Vine has the potential to attain the Dao, but not the destiny to do so."
Bai Chen was simply waiting for the Innate Gourd Vine to fall so that Great God Bai Chen could divide up its gourds.
Hearing this, Fuxi, who was beside Nuwa, was shocked and hurriedly rebuked Bai Chen:
"Bai Chen, if you speak of that Daoist like this and he attains the Dao, he will surely come after you. Don't drag my sister and me into it."
Fuxi felt that Bai Chen was truly a troublemaker. Could such things be said casually?
If the Innate Gourd Vine happened to succeed in attaining the Dao and learned that Bai Chen had cursed him, it would certainly come looking for revenge.
He and his sister would be dragged into it by this troublemaker as well.
"Hehehe!"
"Even if this Great God didn't say anything, would he let this Great God off?"
Bai Chen sneered at and mocked Fuxi. He understood the grudge between himself and the Innate Gourd Vine very clearly.
Ever since he had extorted the Innate Breathing Soil from the Innate Gourd Vine, he and the other party had formed a tremendous enmity.
If the other party succeeded in attaining the Dao, the first thing it would do would probably be to seek revenge against him.
Fortunately, it could not attain the Dao.
"Fuxi, let this Great God tell you something. If the Innate Gourd Vine succeeds in attaining the Dao, it will bring a catastrophe upon all living beings in the Primordial World."
Bai Chen was not trying to frighten Fuxi. The truth was that the Innate Gourd Vine's true identity was a Chaos Demon God.
Most Chaos Demon Gods were hostile toward the Primordial World because they had suffered during the Calamity of Creation. They had endured Pangu's axe and lost their Primordial Fruit Status.
They hated Great God Pangu, and they hated the living beings of the Primordial World as well.
"Little White, are you saying that the Innate Gourd Vine is a Chaos Demon God?"
Nuwa was not a fool. How could she fail to understand what Bai Chen meant?
"Mm!"
Bai Chen did not say anything more and merely hummed in response.
"Little White, should we stop it from attaining the Dao?"
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