Thus, roughly five thousand years passed. In the midst of Chaos, people from all over who were fated to attend began gradually converging on Purple Cloud Palace. The first to arrive were the Three Pure Ones. After entering Purple Cloud Palace, they directly occupied four Meditation Cushions. Next, Nuwa, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and a series of mighty figures hurried over one after another.
"Ding! Quest issued: Don't give up your seat. Whether Jieyin and Zhunti have Sage seats has nothing to do with us. Make those two shameless fellows furious. Reward: Innate Supreme Treasure: Blade of Destiny." The system issued the quest at an opportune moment.
Don't worry. I absolutely won't give my seat to the Western Two. Xuanxiao secretly vowed. Even without the quest, he would never give it up. Thinking of how those two bastards from the West would target his family in the future, he felt like beating them up.
"Ding! The system has sensed that the host wants to beat Jieyin and Zhunti. A long-term side quest is now being issued: Find an opportunity to beat Zhunti. Reward: Origin of Demonic Law." The system issued another quest right after that.
Time passed bit by bit. Jieyin and Zhunti arrived late. Zhunti came before Xuanxiao and said, "How could a mere boy like you be worthy of sitting here? Why don't you give up the Meditation Cushion?"
"Hmph, why should I? Just because you're ugly, I'm supposed to yield to you?" Xuanxiao retorted angrily without even turning his head.
"You ill-bred little beast. You're courting death." After Xuanxiao mocked him for being ugly, Zhunti flew into a rage. He took out the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and was about to attack.
Xuanxiao did not indulge him either. He rose to his feet, turned around, and punched him. Having absorbed Pangu's Essence Blood, Xuanxiao's physical strength was extremely formidable. One punch sent Zhunti stumbling back several steps.
Then Xuanxiao thrust out his chest and said, "You dare curse me? My father is Grand Pure Master Tongtian, and my family is the Orthodox Descendant of Pangu. Who do you think you are to curse me? You even want to fight a child like me for a seat? Aren't you ashamed?"
Laozi gave a light cough and stood up. "You are merely two early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals, yet you dare curse the Three Pure Ones? This is the Dao Ancestor's sacred ground, so it would be inconvenient to fight here. However, the two of you may well encounter an accident while traveling through the Primordial Wilderness in the future."
Tongtian said nothing more. He merely cast Zhunti a cold glance. Inside the system's space, the system said to Luohu, "Extracting part of those two fellows' origins will benefit you, right?"
Luohu nodded. "How about this? Once Hongjun finishes preaching, the two of us will strip the bark off Jieyin and Zhunti?"
The system smiled sweetly. "You really do understand me. That's exactly what I was planning to do."
Zhunti sobbed bitterly for a while before saying, "The two of us finally managed to reach Purple Cloud Palace, yet we don't even have seats to listen to the Dao... Boohoohoo."
Xuanxiao stood up. "All right, stop crying. You're both grown men—aren't you ashamed? You two arrived last, so why should you have seats? In terms of bloodline and ability, you're not even as good as that golden-robed uncle over there." As he spoke, Xuanxiao pointed toward Taiyi.
Taiyi beamed at Xuanxiao. "Good child. You have excellent judgment. If these two shameless fellows trouble you in the future, come to the Sun Star. The two of us brothers will help you."
"Ding! Quest issued: The Eastern Emperor's friendship. You're walking the path of a Primordial Golden Immortal, so the Primordial Violet Qi is useless to you. Why not give your seat to Taiyi, gain his favor, and obtain the Primordial Wilderness's demonic clan's destiny in the future? Give your seat to Taiyi. Reward: Origin of Chaos Golden Crow and Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Blazing Sun Profound Yang Halberd." The system issued the quest.
Upon hearing this, Xuanxiao stood up at once. His short legs dashed toward Taiyi, and he grabbed him and pressed him onto the Meditation Cushion. "You're a good Crow. I'm willing to be close to you. Listening to the Dao while standing is tiring. You can have my seat. When I visit the Sun Star in the future, you have to take me out to play."
Taiyi nodded. "All right."
"Ten thousand years have passed. The preaching is about to begin." It turned out that Hongjun had arrived. Afterward, Hongjun casually transformed two Meditation Cushions and let Jieyin and Zhunti sit down. "From now on, the seating arrangement will be like this."
Tongtian carried Xuanxiao over and asked, "Why did you suddenly give your seat to Fellow Daoist Taiyi?"
Xuanxiao scratched his head. "When I was still being nurtured, I had a dream. In the future, Uncle Taiyi will have a very beautiful daughter, and she'll be fated to become my Dao Companion."
Upon hearing this, Tongtian thought, Really now? He's already thinking about a Dao Companion right after being born?
"Today, I shall speak of the orthodox path of cultivation in my Dao sect..." In an instant, heavenly flowers rained down and golden lotuses surged from the earth. The cultivators of this era cultivated instinctively, rather than through the methods of the immortal path, so they had never deliberately condensed the Three Flowers and Five Qi. It was only after the Dao Ancestor preached that they began cultivating in this manner.
At this moment, the differences in cultivation aptitude among the three thousand Mortal Guests became immediately apparent.
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