I Dare Not Slack

The three tribes did indeed once nearly rule the Great Desolation.

Alas, the Dragon-Han Primordial Calamity turned them all to dust.

The Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and First Qilin were all at the peak of Quasi-Saint.

At that time, they were not inferior to Hongjun or Luohu.

Otherwise, how could they have fallen into Luohu's schemes and the tribes perished?

He had no intention of chatting idly with the three.

"It's just... releasing the seal consumes a lot of magical power!"

He pursed his lips and said softly.

Clearly, he had a request.

The three were all cunning old foxes, having lived for hundreds of millions of years. They understood his intentions as soon as they heard him.

But with residual spirits within them and their treasures long destroyed, how could they repay him?

"Little friend, if I become your servant, I can lead you to the treasures of the Thirty-Three Heavens to replenish your magical power. We are trapped here now, and the coffin cannot be moved..."

"As long as you take the coffin, we will follow you to get treasures!"

"Little friend..."

The three repeatedly enticed him.

He scanned the three, and indeed, they had no treasures.

But did he lack treasures? No.

What he lacked were the Great Dao laws of the Grand Unity method.

"In that case, pass your innate divine abilities to me. After I cultivate them, I will release the seal!"

He proposed.

"This..."

The three hesitated. Seeing him about to leave, they quickly agreed:

"Alright!"

If he left, they might be trapped in the coffin forever.

What harm was there in passing their divine abilities to this Grand Unity cultivator?

When they escaped in the future and regained their strength, they could crush him like an ant.

The three agreed and immediately passed on their divine abilities.

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

Their arrival 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 was cultivated to its extreme, one could glimpse the profound laws of light and darkness intertwined.

When the laws reached a higher realm, one could even touch the edge of the light-dark Heavenly Dao or the boundless Great Dao.

The three immediately decided to impart this power of light and dark to Hongyun.

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

The innate divine abilities of beings in the Great Desolation mostly originated from their bloodline and origin inheritance.

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

It was the same for the Thirty-Three Heavens; they were reincarnated souls of the Light-Dark Demon God, which allowed them to master this technique.

Now, wishing to teach it to Hongyun, Hongyun's origin was vastly different from theirs.

It took a full eighty years for Hongyun to barely step into the initial stage of this technique.

This was even with him not having used that secret treasure – the Great Dao Cushion.

This cushion could help one comprehend the Great Dao faster, its effects astonishing.

But Hongyun did not wish to reveal this supreme treasure to others.

"A mere glimpse is enough!"

Although his use of the power of light and dark was still somewhat clumsy, his foundation was laid.

When he returned to the Fire Cloud Cave to live in seclusion in the future, he could sit quietly on the cushion and study it carefully.

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

Hongyun stood up and said loudly to the three.

"Little friend, excellent! Hurry and release the seal!"

The three's faces lit up with joy upon hearing this.

Hongyun's comprehension progress was slow. If he continued cultivating at this pace, it might take millions of years to succeed.

They had expected a long wait, but unexpectedly, Hongyun had no intention of continuing.

"Lift the restrictions? Let you escape?"

Hongyun snorted coldly, his gaze sweeping over the three of them.

"No, no, absolutely not to escape, but we are willing to be your servants!"

Seeing their intentions exposed, the three hurriedly changed their tune.

"Do you think I'm unintelligent? Haha, we'll never meet again!"

Hongyun disdained to say more, let out a long laugh, and flew towards the middle layer of the heavens.

"Damn it!"

"Despicable!"

"Stealing my divine ability, ugh, this person is extremely sinister!"

Behind him, the roars of the three continued one after another.

They had forgotten that it was they who initially wanted to lure Hongyun into lifting the restrictions, intending to escape.

They had even harbored murderous intent, wanting to get rid of Hongyun quickly.

Hongyun turned a deaf ear to this.

At this moment, his emotions were surging because the System's voice had just sounded.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for achieving the merit of causing chaos, rewarded with: Origin of the Light and Darkness Demon God!"

The mechanical and cold voice echoed in his ears.

Hiss!

Hongyun's heart trembled upon hearing this.

Having just reached the twelfth heaven, he had intended to explore for treasures.

Now, he froze in place.

The Origin of the Light and Darkness Demon God?

That was a Chaos Demon God, a terrifying existence comparable to a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Legend had it that Pangu, when he created the heavens, had slaughtered all three thousand demon gods.

Their origins had shattered, and their true souls were severely damaged.

Even so, their residual souls had escaped into the Great Desolation, nurtured new life, and still became powerful figures.

Figures like Old Ancestor Wuxing, Shi Chen, and Yang Mei all gained their prestige from the origins of demon gods.

Although the Light-Dark Demon God was not as powerful as those of the Five Elements, Time, and Space, it was still ranked in the upper-middle tier.

Now, this origin had fallen into his hands.

Hongyun felt as if he were dreaming.

Swish!

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

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

Light and darkness flowed and shifted unpredictably upon it.

In the light, it was like billions of stars shining together; in the darkness, it seemed to sink into an endless abyss.

The power it emanated was something even the malevolent aura of the Heaven Suppressing Coffin could not match.

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

Majestic!

Overbearing!

Unparalleled in the world!

Hongyun marveled for a long time at his first encounter with an item from a Chaos Demon God.

"If I refine this item, to what realm can my power of light and dark reach?"

He felt a sense of longing.

Cultivating the power of light and dark was difficult; it had taken eighty years just to get started.

After the initial entry, there were still stages of minor success, great success, and perfection.

To condense the laws, even with the help of the cushion, would require a thousand years of arduous cultivation.

Not to mention the Great Dao realm.

At this moment...

Hongyun took out the Great Dao Cushion, sat upon it, and began to refine this origin.

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

Moreover, he cultivates the Mythical Grand Unity Method. Though this is but an avatar, it cultivates alongside the main body.

Sizzle!

His divine sense surged, enveloping the origin energy, and the refinement quietly began.

A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

The cushion accelerated things a hundredfold, equivalent to ten thousand years of cultivation.

Hongyun opened his eyes.

The origin energy of light and dark had been completely absorbed by him.

If not for his powerful Primordial Spirit, anyone else would have taken hundreds of thousands of years to achieve this.

His Primordial Spirit, forged by the Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique, combined with the cushion, far surpassed the other powerhouses of the Great Desolation.

Buzz!

Hongyun's aura suddenly surged.

He waved his hand, unleashing the power of light and dark.

The twelve layers of heaven instantly grew dim, then brightened again as if the sun were in the sky.

"Haha, when I first started, I could barely even use it. Now it's perfect!"

Hongyun was overjoyed.

"However, my limit has not yet been reached!"

Buzz!

He urged the origin power within his body.

An even more potent aura of light and dark erupted.

Swish!

With a wave of his hand, the power of light and dark surpassed the limits of divine abilities.

It entered the realm of laws.

"The Law of Light and Darkness... it's done!"

He hadn't expected to reach the level of laws.

This speed was inconceivable.

It had taken him a thousand years to cultivate the Devouring Divine Ability to the level of laws in the past.

And now, only a hundred years.

"The origin energy of a Chaos Demon God is indeed extraordinary!"

Hongyun was deeply satisfied.

He then reined in the power of the laws.

"It's time to break through again!"

He whispered.

Since condensing his Mythical Dao Fruit, he had been at the peak of the Foundation Establishment First Layer.

However, apart from the Law of Devouring, there was no other way to nourish his Dao Fruit.

He had not yet touched upon the Law of Reincarnation.

Now, with the Law of Light and Darkness, he could attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Second Layer.

If successful, he would be comparable to a mid-stage Quasi-Saint, and unrivaled.

Buzz!

His aura surged once more.

Swish! Swish!

The Law of Devouring and the Law of Light and Darkness appeared simultaneously.

They swirled above his head like two dragons playing with a pearl.

At the same time...

Sizzle!

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

As the Dao Fruit appeared, five-colored light flowed, a breathtaking sight.

"Condense!"

"Merge!"

Hongyun circulated the Grand Unity Method, his spiritual energy surging, pushing the two laws to integrate into the Dao Fruit.

The two laws merged into it without any obstruction.

The Dao Fruit's radiance surged.

It was even more dazzling than before.

The Dao Kingdom also rapidly expanded.

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

Half an hour later.

Hongyun retracted his technique, and the Dao Fruit returned to his body.

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

"Finally, Foundation Establishment Second Layer!"

Hongyun could hardly conceal his joy.

He immediately felt a great increase in strength, possessing the foundation to face a Saint.

"However, Foundation Establishment Second Layer is not enough. I need to reach the Fifth Layer to be comparable to a Saint!"

"Under the Great Tribulation, anyone who is not a Saint faces the danger of perishing!"

Hongyun dared not slacken.

In the past, Azure Heaven, Dragon-Phoenix, Luohu, all could not escape the calamity.

Only by becoming a Saint, or near-Saint, could one achieve eternal immortality.

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

Hongyun suppressed his excitement and gazed at the Twelfth Heaven.

The treasures here could also help him become stronger.

Every bit of strength gained brought him one step closer to the Saint realm.

Hongyun then began to plunder the treasures of the Twelfth Heaven.

Thirteenth, fourteenth... all the way to the Twenty-Second Heaven.

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

Immortal fruits and rare treasures were all transformed into spiritual energy by the Law of Devouring and absorbed into the Sea of Blood.

Although the remaining spiritual treasures were not particularly noteworthy, He was unwilling to leave them for the Demon Clan.

He casually stored them in his spatial dimension.

"Next layer, Twenty-Second Heaven!"

Hongyun stepped forward, entering this layer.

He began his search.

"Oh?"

Soon, he saw a giant cauldron standing tall in the center.

The cauldron was crimson, and a medicinal fragrance permeated the air.

Hongyun's figure was like lightning, instantly appearing before the treasure cauldron.

The cauldron hung in mid-air, rotating leisurely, as if it had experienced countless eons.

At this moment, the cauldron was covered by a powerful restriction, blocking Hongyun's investigation.

"If I don't break this restriction, I'm afraid I won't know the secret of this cauldron."

Hongyun whispered, a guess already forming in his mind.

The faint fragrance emanating from the cauldron vaguely reminded him of two supreme cauldrons from the Great Desolation.

One was the supreme artifact for refining tools that he already possessed—the Qiankun Cauldron.

The other was the peerless alchemy cauldron—the Cauldron of Fortune.

This cauldron's appearance bore some resemblance to the Cauldron of Fortune.

But its authenticity was difficult to discern; only by refining the restriction could the truth be revealed.

Hongyun waved his sleeve and summoned the Great Dao Cushion.

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

Immediately, he released his vast Primordial Spirit, his divine sense like a tide, covering the treasure cauldron and refining it.

Ten years passed quietly.

Hongyun finally refined thirty percent of the restriction on the cauldron.

At this moment, he could already initially control this cauldron.

A magnificent stream of information surged into his mind.

After digesting it for a moment, Hongyun opened his eyes, his surprise irrepressible.

"It truly is the Cauldron of Fortune! The foremost treasure for alchemy in the Great Desolation!"

"Haha, this is marvelous! My journey to the Thirty-Three Heavens far surpasses the Three Immortal Islands in the East Sea!"

Hongyun's heart surged with emotion.

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

Now, he had successively acquired the Heaven Suppressing Coffin, a treasure of Heavenly Dao's malevolence, and the Cauldron of Fortune, a treasure for alchemy, and had even comprehended the Law of Light and Darkness.

The gains from this trip had already exceeded his imagination.

Hongyun stood up.

He waved his hand lightly.

Swish!

The treasure cauldron suddenly shrank, becoming a palm-sized object that landed in his hand.

Hongyun lifted the cauldron lid, and three smooth, round pills came into view.

"What is this?"

He felt a slight curiosity.

Immediately, information about the Cauldron of Fortune flowed to him, and he learned the name of the pills.

[Saint Slaying Pill!]

"It's actually the Saint Slaying Pill!"

Hongyun was profoundly shocked upon hearing this.

The joy on his face deepened.

The name of this pill was known throughout the Great Desolation; even a Saint would perish if they took it!

What was a Saint?

An supreme existence that was indestructible by myriad tribulations and existed for eternity.

However, taking this pill would damage the Primordial Spirit.

While it wouldn't cause immediate death, it would inflict a potent poison that was difficult to resolve, potentially even causing eternal loss of Saintly power.

"Haha, this is truly a treasure! With three in hand, if I were to make Hongjun take them..."

A plan formed in Hongyun's mind.

When Hongjun tried to scheme against him with the Primordial Violet Qi, he could retaliate.

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

Moreover, he had three of them!

Hongyun then thought of the Three Lights Divine Water.

This water, when used alone, was highly poisonous and could only be neutralized by combining it with two other components.

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

Then, combined with the power of the Saint Slaying Pill!

"It seems I should delve into the path of poison..."

Hongyun sighed.

To quickly attain the power of a Saint was extremely difficult.

Unless one was blessed with continuous fortuitous encounters.