I Dare Not Slack Off

These three clans had indeed once nearly dominated the Great Desolation.

Unfortunately, the Dragon-Han Primordial Calamity had all turned to dust.

Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin had all been at Quasi-Saint Peak.

At the time, they were no weaker than Hongjun and Luohu.

Otherwise, how could they have fallen into Luohu's schemes and brought about the destruction of the three clans?

He had no intention of making small talk with the three of them.

"It's just that... lifting the restriction consumes quite a lot of magical power!"

He curled his lips and muttered.

Clearly, he wanted something in return.

The three were all extremely cunning. Having lived for billions of years, they immediately understood his meaning.

But they had only remnants of their spirits left, and their treasures had long since been destroyed. How could they repay him?

"Little friend, if we become your servants, we can take you to retrieve the treasures of the Thirty-Three Heavens and replenish your magical power. But now we are trapped here, and the coffin cannot be moved..."

"As long as you collect the coffin, we will follow you to retrieve the treasures!"

"Little friend..."

The three repeatedly tried to persuade him.

He looked over the three of them. They truly had no treasures.

But was he lacking treasures? No.

What he lacked was the Great Dao Law of the Great Unity Method.

"Then pass your innate divine abilities to me. Once I master them, I will lift the restriction!"

He made the proposal.

"This..."

The three hesitated. Seeing that he was about to leave, they hurriedly agreed:

"Fine!"

If he left, they might remain trapped inside the coffin forever.

What harm was there in passing a divine ability to this Great Unity cultivator?

Once they escaped and regained their strength, crushing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.

The three agreed and immediately began imparting their divine abilities.

The Three Heavens were peculiar existences born from the alternation of day and night in the Great Desolation.

Their arrival had shattered the boundless chaos and darkness of the Great Desolation.

Their innate talent was the mysterious power to control light and darkness.

If this power were cultivated to its utmost limit, one could glimpse the profound Law of Light and Darkness woven together.

Once the law reached an even higher realm, it could even touch the edge of the heavenly dao of light and darkness or the boundless Great Dao.

The three immediately decided to pass the Power of Light and Dark to Hong Yun.

However, the mysteries of such a divine ability were by no means easy to comprehend.

The innate divine abilities of the living beings of the Great Desolation mostly originated from the inheritance of their bloodlines and origins.

For example, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had been born from Pangu's Essence Blood and thus possessed innate abilities.

The Three Heavens were the same. They had reincarnated from the remnant souls of the Light-Dark Demon God, which was why they had mastered this technique.

Now that they wanted to teach it to Hong Yun, they found that Hong Yun's origin was entirely different from theirs.

It took a full eighty years before Hong Yun barely stepped into the initial stage of this technique.

This was despite the fact that he had not used that secret treasure—the Great Dao Cushion.

This cushion could help one comprehend the Great Dao more quickly, and its effects were astonishing.

But Hong Yun was unwilling to reveal such a supreme treasure to others.

"Having just glimpsed the doorway is enough!"

Although his use of the Power of Light and Dark was still somewhat clumsy, its foundation had been established.

Once he returned to Fire Cloud Cave and secluded himself, he could sit on the cushion and study it carefully.

"Three of you, I should go search for the secret treasures of the Thirty-Three Heavens!"

Hong Yun rose and called out to the three.

"Little friend, excellent! Quickly lift the restriction!"

The three showed delighted expressions upon hearing this.

Hong Yun's progress in comprehension had been slow. If he continued cultivating this way, he might need a million years to master it.

They had originally expected to wait a long time, but unexpectedly, Hong Yun had no intention of continuing.

"Lift the restriction? Set you free?"

Hong Yun snorted coldly and swept his gaze over the three.

"No, no, definitely not to set us free! We are willing to become your servants!"

Seeing that their intentions had been exposed, the three hurriedly changed their words.

"Do you take me for a fool? Hahaha, we shall never meet again!"

Hong Yun could not be bothered to say more. He let out a long laugh and flew toward the middle celestial domain.

"Damn it!"

"Shameless!"

"He stole our divine abilities—ugh, this man is utterly sinister!"

Behind him, the three roared one after another.

Yet they had forgotten that they had initially intended to trick Hong Yun into lifting the restriction so they could escape.

They had even harbored murderous intent, wanting to eliminate Hong Yun at the first opportunity.

Hong Yun paid no attention to any of it.

At that moment, his heart was surging with excitement because the system's voice had just sounded.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on accomplishing the feat of causing chaos. Reward: Origin of the Light and Darkness Demon God!"

The mechanical, cold voice echoed in his ears.

Hiss!

Hong Yun's mind shook when he heard it.

He had just reached the Twelfth Heaven and had originally planned to search for treasures as he traveled.

But now he froze in place.

The origin of the Light-Dark Demon God?

That was a Chaos Demon God, a terrifying existence capable of matching a Heavenly Dao Saint.

According to legend, when Pangu created the heavens, he slaughtered all three thousand Demon Gods.

Their origins shattered, and their true souls were left terribly damaged.

Even so, their remnant souls escaped into the Great Desolation and nurtured new lives, still becoming magnates of their respective regions.

Old Ancestor Wuxing, Shi Chen, and Yang Mei, for example, had all shaken the world because of their Demon God origins.

Although the Light-Dark Demon God was inferior to Wuxing, Time, and Space, it was still ranked among the upper-middle tier.

Now, this origin had actually fallen into his hands.

Hong Yun felt as though he were dreaming.

Whoosh!

He waved his sleeve and took out the item bestowed by the system.

A bead-like sphere, resembling a drop of dew, floated before him.

Light and darkness flowed across it, changing unpredictably.

When bright, it seemed as though billions of stars were shining together; when dark, it seemed to sink into an endless abyss.

The might it emitted was so overwhelming that even the baleful aura of the Heaven Suppressing Coffin could not compare.

This was the Origin of the Light and Darkness Demon God!

Majestic!

Overbearing!

Peerless beneath the heavens!

It was Hong Yun's first time encountering something belonging to a Chaos Demon God, and he marveled for a long while.

"If I refine this, to what realm can my Power of Light and Dark reach?"

He yearned for it.

Cultivating the Power of Light and Dark was difficult. In eighty years, he had only entered the basics.

After entering the basics, there were still the stages of minor accomplishment, major accomplishment, and perfection.

To condense the law, even with the aid of the cushion, he would need a thousand years of painstaking cultivation.

Not to mention the realm of the Great Dao.

At that moment...

Hong Yun took out the Great Dao Cushion, sat down upon it, and began refining this origin.

There was no one here, so he did not need to worry about being disturbed.

Moreover, he cultivated the Mythical Grand Unity Method. Although he was an incarnation, he cultivated together with his true body.

Sizzle!

His divine sense surged forth, wrapped around that mass of origin, and quietly began refining it.

A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

With the cushion accelerating his cultivation a hundredfold, that was equivalent to ten thousand years of cultivation.

Hong Yun opened his eyes.

That mass of light-and-dark origin had been completely absorbed by him.

If not for his powerful primordial spirit, someone else would have needed hundreds of thousands of years to succeed.

The primordial spirit forged by the Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique, combined with the cushion, far surpassed the other mighty figures of the Great Desolation.

Buzz!

Hong Yun's aura suddenly surged.

He waved his hand and unleashed the Power of Light and Dark.

The Twelfth Heaven instantly sank into darkness, then immediately became as bright as the sun hanging high in the sky.

"Hahaha, back then, when I had just entered the basics, I could barely even use it. Now I have reached perfection!"

Hong Yun was overjoyed.

"However, this is not yet my limit!"

Buzz!

He urged the power of his origin within his body.

An even more vigorous aura of light and darkness erupted.

Whoosh!

With a wave of his hand, the Power of Light and Dark had already surpassed the limits of a divine ability.

It had entered the realm of law.

"The Law of Light and Darkness has been completed!"

Unexpectedly, he had actually reached the level of law.

This speed was simply inconceivable.

In the past, cultivating the Devouring Divine Ability to the level of law had also taken a thousand years.

Yet this had taken only a hundred years.

"The origin of a Chaos Demon God truly is extraordinary!"

Hong Yun was completely satisfied.

He immediately restrained the power of the law.

"It is time to break through again!"

He spoke in a low voice.

Since condensing the Mythical Dao Fruit, he had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment First Layer.

However, apart from the Law of Devouring, he had no other method to nourish the Dao Fruit.

He had yet to touch the Law of Reincarnation.

Now that he possessed the Law of Light and Darkness, he could attack Foundation Establishment Second Layer.

If he succeeded, he would be comparable to a mid-stage Quasi-Saint and would be invincible among his peers.

Buzz!

His aura rose again.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Laws of Devouring and Light and Darkness appeared together.

Like two dragons playing with a pearl, they circled above his head.

At the same time...

Sizzle!

The Mythical Dao Fruit emerged from the top of his head.

As the Dao Fruit appeared, five-colored radiance flowed across it, creating a breathtaking sight.

"Condense!"

"Fuse!"

Hong Yun circulated the Great Unity Method. Spiritual power surged wildly, pushing the two laws into the Dao Fruit.

The two laws merged into it without the slightest impediment.

The light of the Dao Fruit surged dramatically.

It was even more dazzling than before.

The Dao Kingdom also rapidly expanded.

Within a few breaths, it had grown by a full circle.

Half an hour later.

Hong Yun withdrew his technique, and the Dao Fruit returned to his body.

At this moment, his aura had increased tenfold compared to before.

"Finally, Foundation Establishment Second Layer!"

Hong Yun could barely conceal his delight.

He immediately felt his strength surge. He now had enough reserves to face even a Saint.

"However, Foundation Establishment Second Layer is not enough. I must reach the fifth layer to rival a Saint!"

"Under the calamity, everyone below Sainthood faces the danger of perishing!"

Hong Yun did not dare slack off.

In the past, Azure Heaven, the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, and Luohu had all been unable to escape their fates.

Only by becoming a Saint, or approaching Sainthood, could one become eternal and indestructible.

"It is time to take the treasures of the Thirty-Three Heavens!"

Hong Yun suppressed his excitement and gazed at the Twelfth Heaven.

The treasures here could also make him stronger.

With every bit of added strength, he would be one step closer to the Saint Realm.

Hong Yun then began plundering the treasures of the Twelfth Heaven.

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth... all the way to the Twenty-Second Heaven.

The first twenty-one heavens were quickly looted clean by him.

The immortal fruits and rare treasures were all transformed into spiritual power by the Law of Devouring and absorbed into the Sea of Blood.

Although the remaining spiritual treasures did not catch his eye,

he was unwilling to leave them for the Demon Clan.

He casually stored them in his spatial storage.

"Next layer, the Twenty-Second Heaven!"

Hong Yun stepped forward and entered this layer.

He began searching.

"Oh?"

Before long, he saw a huge cauldron towering in the center.

The cauldron was scarlet red, and the fragrance of medicine filled the air.

Hong Yun's figure became a streak of lightning, and in an instant, he reached the treasure cauldron.

The cauldron hovered in midair, rotating leisurely, as though it had already endured billions upon billions of years.

At this moment, a powerful restriction enveloped the cauldron, blocking Hong Yun's investigation.

"If I do not break this restriction, I am afraid it will be difficult to learn the secrets of this cauldron."

Hong Yun murmured softly, a conjecture already forming in his mind.

The faint fragrance drifting from the cauldron reminded him vaguely of the two great treasure cauldrons of the Great Desolation.

One was the supreme cauldron for refining artifacts—the Qiankun Cauldron, which he already possessed.

The other was the unparalleled cauldron for refining pills—the Cauldron of Fortune.

The appearance of this cauldron was quite similar to that of the Cauldron of Fortune.

But whether it was genuine or not was difficult to determine. Only by refining the restriction could he reveal the truth.

Hong Yun waved his sleeve and offered the Great Dao Cushion.

There was no one here, so he could use this treasure without any scruples.

Immediately afterward, he released his vast spiritual sense. His divine will surged like a tide, covering the treasure cauldron as he began refining it.

Ten years passed silently.

Hong Yun finally refined thirty percent of the restriction on the cauldron.

At this moment, he could already control the cauldron to some extent.

A vast stream of information surged into his mind.

After digesting it for a moment, Hong Yun opened his eyes, unable to suppress his delight.

"It really is the Cauldron of Fortune! The greatest treasure for pill refinement in the Great Desolation!"

"Hahaha, wonderful! This journey to the Thirty-Three Heavens has far surpassed the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea!"

Hong Yun's heart surged with excitement.

In the East Sea, he had only obtained the Three Lights Divine Water and the acquired merit treasure, the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.

But now, he had successively obtained the Heaven Dao fiendish treasure, the Heaven Suppressing Coffin, the supreme treasure for refining pills, the Cauldron of Fortune, and had even comprehended the Law of Light and Darkness.

The harvest from this journey had already exceeded his imagination.

Hong Yun rose to his feet.

He waved his hand lightly.

Whoosh!

The treasure cauldron suddenly shrank, becoming small enough to fit in his palm before falling into his hand.

Hong Yun lifted the lid of the cauldron, and three round, lustrous pills came into view.

"What are these?"

He felt a little curious.

Immediately afterward, information about the Cauldron of Fortune circulated, and he learned the pills' names.

[Saint Slaying Pill!]

"It is actually the Saint Slaying Pill!"

When Hong Yun heard this, he was incomparably shocked.

The delight on his face grew even more intense.

Everyone in the Great Desolation knew the name of this pill. Even a Saint would perish after consuming it!

What was a Saint?

An supreme existence that remained indestructible through all calamities and endured throughout eternity.

Yet after taking this pill, the Saint's spiritual soul would inevitably be damaged.

Although it would not cause immediate death, it would inflict a deadly poison that was difficult to dispel and might even permanently strip away the Saint's power.

"Hahaha, this is truly a supreme treasure! With three pills in hand, if I could make Hongjun take one..."

A plan arose in Hong Yun's mind.

When Hongjun tried to scheme against him using the Primordial Violet Qi, he could counterattack.

Although Hongjun was stronger than ordinary Saints, the Saint Slaying Pill would still be enough to make him suffer terribly.

Moreover, Hong Yun had three of them!

Hong Yun then thought of the Three Lights Divine Water.

Used individually, each type was deadly poison. Only when the three were combined could the poison be neutralized.

If he used one or two types to refine poison and attached it to the Primordial Violet Qi,

then combined it with the power of the Saint Slaying Pill—

"It seems I should study the path of poison..."

Hong Yun sighed with emotion.

Trying to quickly obtain the power of a Saint was exceedingly difficult.

Unless opportunities continued to arrive without end.