Foolish Tongtian

"This should be the right place. Inside must be where my three nephews were born." Xuanxiao gazed at the mountain range before him, murmuring to himself.

Kunlun Mountain was so vast and boundless that even Xuanxiao had spent considerable time before finally catching that familiar Aura within it.

Kunlun Mountain, hailed as the ancestor of all mountains in the Primordial World, was so expansive that even Buzhou Mountain fell slightly short.

Buzhou Mountain's uniqueness lay in its towering height, piercing straight into chaos, serving as a vital pillar supporting heaven and earth.

Kunlun Mountain, on the other hand, was the convergence of the Primordial World's ancestral veins, the very source of all spiritual veins across the entire Primordial World.

At this moment, a primordial great array appeared before Xuanxiao, enveloping the entire mountain range.

In the Primordial World, wherever an Innate Divine Being was born, such an array would guard the place—it was not unique to the Three Pure Ones.

Just as in Thunder Marsh, where Xuanxiao resided, a similar array existed.

However, the function of this type of array was merely to protect the beings within until they were born and took form.

Once it sensed that a being had taken form, the array would automatically dissipate.

"It seems I've arrived just in time. The Three Pure Ones haven't taken form yet." Xuanxiao looked at the primordial array before him and nodded in satisfaction.

No sooner had he spoken than Xuanxiao took a single step forward, his form directly piercing through the array and entering within, as if the Protective Array were nothing to him.

The moment Xuanxiao entered, he saw three clusters of Primordial Spirits slowly revolving around a stream of pure qi and the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

These three clusters of Primordial Spirits sensed Xuanxiao's intrusion and immediately panicked, shrinking swiftly into the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

Seeing this, Xuanxiao was slightly taken aback: "Oh? I didn't expect you three little ones to have already developed sentience. It seems I wasted too much time at Yin-Yang Daoist's place."

He looked at the pagoda, the corners of his mouth lifting into a light chuckle: "But do you really think hiding in the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda means I can't do anything to you?"

With that, Xuanxiao extended his hand and gave a gentle squeeze. The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda instantly trembled violently.

"Hey, you little trinket, still daring to resist? Looks like I need to show you the 'harshness' of the world." Xuanxiao increased the force in his hand, grabbing forward sharply, and the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda fell steadily into his grasp.

Then, Xuanxiao squeezed hard. A crisp crack rang out—he had damaged this Treasure of Merit with nothing but his physical strength alone.

With Xuanxiao's actions, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda immediately stopped struggling and fell silent.

Just then, an extremely faint voice came from within the pagoda: "Who are you? How can you pass through the Protective Array Father God set for us? What do you want to do to us?" The voice was somewhat childish, but its tone was steady. Xuanxiao guessed this was probably the eldest of the Three Pure Ones, Taiqing Laozi.

Xuanxiao gently shook the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda in his hand and replied with a smile: "Before asking who I am, shouldn't you introduce yourselves first?"

After a moment, the voice came again from within the pagoda: "Poor Daoist is Taiqing Laozi. The other two are my younger brothers, Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Tongtian. We three brothers are incarnations of Father God Pangu's Primordial Spirit." There was pride and arrogance in every word.

Indeed, the status of the Three Pure Ones in the Primordial World was among the most exalted.

They were not only top-tier Innate Divine Beings but also incarnations of Pangu's Primordial Spirit, equal to Pangu's own offspring. Such a status truly gave them reason to be proud.

However, that depended on who they were comparing themselves to.

Before Xuanxiao, their so-called noble status was hardly impressive.

Taiqing Laozi revealed their identity partly out of pride and partly to intimidate Xuanxiao, hoping to keep him from acting rashly. Unfortunately, they had picked the wrong target.

Hearing Taiqing Laozi's proud reply, a mischievous urge welled up in Xuanxiao's heart. He deliberately put on a look of surprise: "You're incarnations of Pangu's Primordial Spirit!? I never expected you to have such noble origins. My apologies, my apologies."

Soon, another voice came from within the pagoda: "Good that you know! Now let us go at once!" This voice was even more arrogant than Laozi's. Xuanxiao knew at once it was Yuqing Yuanshi.

"You're Yuqing Yuanshi, right?" Xuanxiao looked at the pagoda in his hand and asked with a smile.

"Hmph, so what if I am? I'm not afraid of you!" Yuanshi's tsundere voice came from within the pagoda.

"Oh? Then do you know who I am?" Xuanxiao wasn't angered by Yuanshi's haughty words; instead, he found it quite amusing.

"Who are you? Are you related to us? Are you our brother too?" This time, the voice carried a hint of naivety, and Xuanxiao inexplicably sensed a "dense simpleton" vibe from it. Without a doubt, this was Shangqing Tongtian.

Smack! A crisp sound rang out inside the pagoda.

"Second Brother, you hit me again! That's the one hundred five thousand five hundred seventy-eighth time you've hit me. Hit me again, and I'll cry right in front of you! Then Big Brother will definitely teach you a lesson." Tongtian's aggrieved voice came through.

"Tongtian, are you stupid? We only have three brothers, and his Aura is clearly different from ours. How could he be our brother?" Yuanshi said irritably.

"And you just blurted out your plan. How could Big Brother still help you? I hit you to knock some sense into you, or I'm afraid you'll get tricked by someone after you're born."

"Also, you remember that I've hit you one hundred five thousand five hundred seventy-eight times. Are you planning to get back at me after you're born? Looks like I need to hit you a few more times."

"Second Brother, you always say I'm dumb, but I'm not dumb at all. Sometimes I'm even sharp as a tack. Like now, I said my plan out loud just to make you let your guard down."

Immediately after, another smack sounded from within the pagoda.

"Damn it, Tongtian, you dare sneak attack me! I'll smash your head in today!!!"

"Hehehe, you fell for it! See, I'm not stupid!"

Listening to the two bickering on their own inside the pagoda, Xuanxiao's forehead creased with a few dark lines. He sighed inwardly: These are the future saints who will dominate the Primordial World? They're as childish as Elementary School Chicks.

No wonder the Primordial World later shattered. With their temperaments, how could Big Brother entrust the Primordial World to them? It's baffling. Good thing their Second Uncle is here.

Still, Xuanxiao understood that the Three Pure Ones had only developed sentience for less than ten thousand years. By human growth stages, they might still be like embryos. Having this level of intelligence was already decent.

"Both of you, settle down. There's someone outside!" Laozi's helpless voice came from within the pagoda, laced with utter resignation, as if he had mediated their quarrels countless times before.

Xuanxiao even had reason to suspect that Laozi's future devotion to quietude and inaction was likely a result of being worn down by the antics of Yuanshi and Tongtian.