Drive Back Luohu

It was now the beginning of the ninth tribulation. The Three Tribes had yet to begin their struggle for supremacy over the Prehistoric Era, and countless great powers had gone into seclusion to comprehend the gains from the Fierce Beast Tribulation. Thus, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals were seldom seen openly.

To break through to the Later Stage of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, he still needed Innate Fire Essence and Innate Earth Essence.

He already possessed Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, so he only needed to seek out fire essence. He would surely find it on the Solar Star.

Moreover, Xuan Qing intended to use origin essence for all five essences, so he needed to make up for one portion of Gold Origin Essence.

Xuan Qing gathered some Spiritual Fruit and Spiritual Wine from his Dao Field, preparing to exchange them should he encounter something he needed. Under normal circumstances, he still obtained resources through proper means.

He took out a ball of Three Lights Divine Water and began breaking it down. The means of poisonous water were even deadlier than spiritual treasures, so he had to stockpile more of it.

Three thousand years passed. He broke down ten drops of Three Lights Divine Water and opened a separate space within the Green Lotus of Creation to store them. Then he set off, flying toward the exit of the Formation.

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Wave after wave of Formation collisions echoed throughout the entire Dao Field. The great Formation overhead spun rapidly, its cyan barrier covering the entire island.

Qing Ya and Qing Ling ran toward him in panic.

"Master, Master, something's wrong!"

Someone was attacking the Formation. The two girls feared that the enemy would break in and wanted to call their Master so they could flee at once.

A jet-black spear blasted toward the island, yet the Formation did not so much as tremble. That attack could do nothing to the great Formation.

"Don't worry. The enemy can't break the Formation."

The Formation had not even revealed any blue-black formation patterns. The attack power had definitely not reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

"Master, do you know how strong the enemy is?"

With Xuan Qing's assurance, Qing Ling immediately stopped panicking.

"One major realm above me—a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal."

Xuan Qing calmly watched the figure attacking with wild abandon.

"Master, do you have a way to deal with the enemy? Otherwise, how will we go out in the future?"

What if that person could not break the Formation and simply guarded the outside? Qing Ya was somewhat worried.

Xuan Qing extended his Divine Sense into the Formation's core. Azure Nether Light emerged, and a streak of blue-violet radiance shot forth.

With a boom, a massive black hole was blasted open in the distant sea, shattering the dimensional space as seawater poured into it without end.

After an unknown amount of time, a black lotus emerged from the sea, protecting a half-ruined body holding a spear.

"How dare you!"

An enraged roar spread across more than half of the East Sea.

After glaring at Xuan Qing for a long while, Luohu left behind a vicious threat and fled back to the Western Lands in a sorry state.

Had the World-Destroying Black Lotus not protected his Primordial Spirit, Luohu's Dao Seed might have shattered. Fortunately, only a crack had appeared.

If the Dao Seed shattered, he would have no chance of advancing to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm for the rest of his life. Luohu's face was filled with lingering fear.

That damned Jade Disc of Creation had actually delivered false information. He never expected Xuan Qing to possess such a powerful Guardian Formation.

Though it had helped him find Xuan Qing, the result was that he had nearly died here. Luohu not only hated the Jade Disc of Creation, but hated Xuan Qing to death as well.

For now, he could do nothing to Xuan Qing, nor could he keep wasting time outside the Formation. Once Xuan Qing no longer had the Formation's protection, he would find another chance to crush him to death.

Now that he was severely wounded, and with Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures all over him, there was surely no shortage of people coveting his spiritual treasures. He normally did not even have a single Daoist friend he could confide in, so they would certainly seize this chance to strike at him.

Most importantly, he had to hurry back and heal his wounds. If he delayed any longer, even his cultivation realm would regress.

The entire Prehistoric Era was shaken. Who had been so bold as to beat Luohu into such a miserable state? Everyone in the Prehistoric Era knew Luohu's character—he would repay every grievance in kind. Were they not afraid of being targeted by Luohu?

Hongjun stood atop Jade Capital Mountain, gazing blankly toward the East Sea.

"First, Great Dao Merit descended time and again. Then Luohu suffered a crushing defeat. The Prehistoric Era truly hides crouching tigers and coiled dragons. Which Chaos Demon God has been reincarnated this time?"

The Divine Senses of the other great powers conversed among themselves, discussing which Demon God could have wielded such methods.

Those in the East Sea and South Sea had felt it especially clearly. Not a single one of them dared touch this bad luck. They all ordered their clans to stay far from the site of the battle, terrified of offending this great deity.

"Well? The power's not bad, right? Guard the Dao Field properly from now on. Whoever dares come here to cause trouble, blast them with the Formation."

Xuan Qing still felt rather proud of his Formation.

"Master, was that the World-Destroying Black Lotus just now?"

Qing Ling's train of thought was exceptionally strange—she had immediately set her sights on the World-Destroying Black Lotus. It seemed the Prehistoric Era would gain another foolhardy hothead who feared neither heaven nor earth.

"Without the Formation's protection, you wouldn't even be able to find your ashes!"

Xuan Qing could only try to dissuade this foolish girl, or else she would likely offend quite a few people in the future.

"Enough, I'm leaving. During this time, conceal the Dao Field and don't go out. Cultivate properly. When I return, I'll inspect your progress."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Qing stepped out of the Formation and began surveying the conditions beyond the Dao Field.

In every direction stretched boundless seawater, with only scattered islands here and there. Their spiritual qi was unremarkable, and no living creatures could be seen.

Azure Nether Island possessed two great Formations that converted Chaos Qi, as well as an Ancestral Vein.

Before he took form, two supreme Chaos Spiritual Treasures had suppressed the entire Dao Field, leaving Azure Nether Island with scarcely any spiritual qi leaking outward, making the surrounding qi rather thin.

The Ancestral Vein could only channel the excess spiritual qi into the earth veins to speed up the sea's evolution, so the dense qi merged into the seawater and flowed throughout the entire ocean.

Azure Nether Island lay in a remote location. Although the surrounding islands were all quite barren, now that Xuan Qing had taken away the suppressing spiritual treasures, countless streams of spiritual qi spilled into the surroundings.

In another few thousand Kalpas, an archipelago would evolve in the surrounding area, forming one Blessed Land after another.

Xuan Qing raised his head. A majestic mountain peak soared into the Nine Heavens, a truly spectacular sight. It could be seen from so far away—it had to be Zhou Mountain.

They said that one was no true man until he reached the Great Wall. As a living being of the Primordial Land, if he did not climb Zhou Mountain, would he not have lived his whole life in vain?

Floating above the sea, Xuan Qing could no longer suppress his feelings and shouted:

"Primordial Land, I'm here!"

White waves charged like a thousand armies, their roar mingling with the spray of shattered jade flung up where they crashed against the reefs. Seeing such a breathtaking sight for the first time, Xuan Qing could not help but close his eyes and feel it.

This was scenery unlike that of his previous life. Such scenery made Xuan Qing understand the mighty power of Primordial Heaven and Earth. This was the world of immortals.

"Ha!"

Several tens of thousands of years passed.

Xuan Qing's cultivation broke through to the Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. It was an entirely natural realization—using a tiny worldview to comprehend Heaven and Earth, his insights differed from those of other living beings.

Xuan Qing had discovered a new direction for raising his realm. Was comprehending all things not also comprehending the Great Dao?

The Great Dao was actually right before one's eyes. Why had no one in the Primordial Land discovered it?

Most living beings in the Primordial Land comprehended the Great Dao by meditating in pursuit of the Dao, borrowing spiritual treasures or spiritual objects, or else contemplating Heaven and Earth.

Yet not a single one used their eyes to see, their heart to feel, or a different worldview to experience it.

It seemed he would have to properly protect this beautiful world in the future. It was the guiding beacon on his path to attaining the Dao!

After flying over the sea for more than fifty thousand years, Xuan Qing finally saw the outline of the continent.

Xuan Qing secretly groaned. Having faced the unchanging expanse of seawater for tens of thousands of years, if not for the various islands along the way, he would not even have felt that he had ever left the sea.

The surroundings of Azure Nether Island were far too desolate. Although it was not far from the continent, without dense Innate Spiritual Qi, he had not encountered a single living being in tens of thousands of years.

When his feet stepped onto the continent, Xuan Qing felt the reassuring solidity of having his feet on the ground.

Zhou Mountain seemed not to have changed at all before his eyes. Primordial Heaven and Earth truly was far too vast.

But compared to the sea, the Primordial Land was still brimming with life. No wonder those who were not powerful had all been driven overseas.

While Xuan Qing was still sighing over this, Luohu finally dragged his ruined body back to Mount Sumeru.

Only after opening Mount Sumeru's grand formation did he finally set his mind at ease and begin treating his injuries.

When his Divine Sense entered his Sea of Consciousness, Luohu discovered that the crack in his Dao Seed had widened further.

Luohu regretted it to death. This injury had made his path of advancement even more difficult.

If he could not repair his Dao Seed, he feared he would only be able to remain a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal for the rest of his life.

Suddenly, Heavenly Dao sent over a message of goodwill. It told Luohu to place his Dao Seed within a Jade Disc of Creation Fragment and use the power of Heavenly Dao to open up a new method of advancement.

That way, Luohu could only bind himself to Heavenly Dao, and after Heavenly Dao Emergence, entrust his Dao Seed to the Heavenly Dao Origin.

"You want me to abandon the path of the Great Dao?"

Luohu was about to go mad. He began venting within his Dao Field, waves of Magic Power blasting out from Mount Sumeru in every direction, bringing calamity upon countless living beings.

"This is the only way!"

Heavenly Dao sent another message.

Luohu remained silent for a long while, but in the end, he still accepted Heavenly Dao's offer.

He directly fused his Dao Seed into the Jade Disc of Creation Fragment. Heavenly Dao's power wrapped around the Dao Seed, and suddenly, it shattered into six pieces.

He had originally thought Heavenly Dao's power would help him repair his Dao Seed, yet it had instead broken into even more pieces.

"Heavenly Dao, you deceived me!!!"

This drove Luohu even madder. Heavenly Dao was not helping him at all—it was cutting off his path to attaining the Dao. Luohu immediately vowed to fight Heavenly Dao until one of them died.

Heavenly Dao's power suddenly flew out from the Jade Disc of Creation and wrapped around Luohu. Not long after, a streak of red light flew from Luohu's Sea of Consciousness and slowly merged into a Dao Seed Fragment.

Luohu, too, fell unconscious.