Kong Xuan Shakes the Undying Volcano-If I Don't Kill This Man, I Won't Have Peace of Mind!

Hearing that they could go to the Interception Sect.

The Great Peng Bird's eyes lit up.

He wiped away the drool trickling from his mouth, his face full of excitement.

He chuckled. "Return to the Interception Sect? Good, good, good! Actually, when I escaped from the southern Immortality Volcano this time, I wanted to visit the Interception Sect. Ten or twenty thousand years ago, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Sect Master Tongtian, attained sainthood and told all living beings of the Primordial Wilderness that teachings were offered without distinction. It made my heart itch—I could hardly wait to run off to the Interception Sect and have some fun. But every time I secretly set out, I got dragged back!"

"The key is that Kong Xuan was the one who betrayed me several times!!"

"Master, do you know how I've lived all these years? It's been pure torment!!"

"As expected, my opportunity lies in the Primordial Wilderness. Didn't I just meet a master who joined the Interception Sect? Hahaha!"

"A Saint's First Disciple's disciple—just how high-ranking is that?!"

"Mm... wait, Master, am I your first disciple...?"

Seeing how much nonsense this Great Peng Bird was spouting.

Veins bulged on Qingyuan's forehead. He slapped him flying and barked, "Quickly return to your true form and carry your master back to the Kunlun Mountains!"

"Master, you want to ride me? I've lived all this time, and no one has ever ridden on my back. If those old fossils from Immortality Volcano saw this, wouldn't they—"

The Great Peng Bird was still rambling.

Qingyuan suddenly kicked him flying. "Shut up! Hurry up! Your master still has matters to attend to in the Kunlun Mountains!!"

"Alright, alright, alright! Master, please wait!"

The Great Peng Bird chuckled.

Then he transformed into a Golden-winged Great Peng a thousand zhang in size. Golden light glittered across his body, radiating a sacred aura. Vast, roaring gales carried the Great Peng, forming Wind Dao Laws that hovered in the sky. Faint traces of Space Laws flickered around him as well.

He was extraordinarily remarkable!

With a mere beat of his wings, the Great Peng Bird could cross one hundred and eighty thousand li.

After flapping a few more times.

He crossed millions upon millions of li of Primordial Wilderness land in the blink of an eye.

Qingyuan could not help but sigh inwardly.

As expected of Yuanfeng's son, a Second Generation Innate Divine Demon, the Golden-winged Great Peng.

With the Great Peng Bird, Qingyuan's return to the Kunlun Mountains became much faster.

After all, for the Golden-winged Great Peng to roam heaven and earth in his true form was driven by instinct, while Qingyuan had to expend mana and mental energy to use Divine Abilities...

Primordial Wilderness.

Southern Immortality Volcano.

At the summit of a Giant Peak near its outer edge.

The cold wind howled.

Behind a massive Peacock standing atop the peak, blue, yellow, red, black, and white Five-Colored Divine Light blossomed.

Rich and boundless Great Dao Spiritual Charm and Innate Spiritual Energy surged in like a storm, forming an impenetrable mist around the Peacock. As the first Peacock between heaven and earth cultivated, heaven and earth lost color. His presence was incomparably more terrifying than that of the Golden-winged Great Peng!!

Suddenly.

Kong Xuan was startled awake.

He stared at a feather on his body that had exploded.

He sneered. "Little brother, little brother, there was a reason I wouldn't let you go out. You are young and do not know the dangers of the Primordial Wilderness. Just now, I deliberately pretended not to notice and let you leave once, so that you could suffer a little out there."

"The Primordial Wilderness is vast and boundless, with countless great powers."

"There are plenty who could be your 'master.' Do you think things are as easy as when you acted like a little ancestor in the Phoenix Clan?"

"Little do you know that we are rejected as well. If you remain so arrogant and unruly, where will you go in Future Branch??"

"Fine. Someone has taught you a lesson this time, but who could defeat you within the Golden Immortal Realm? Could it be that a Grand Unity Golden Immortal made a move?"

Kong Xuan muttered to himself.

His face was full of helplessness.

His little brother, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, was mischievous and conceited.

Simple-minded and unwilling to cultivate, he was always thinking of making a name for himself in the Primordial Wilderness.

He had tried to sneak away many times, only to be stopped by Kong Xuan.

But this time, Kong Xuan had changed his mind. He wanted this arrogant Great Roc to suffer and temper himself a little. Yet his little brother had encountered trouble only a few decades after escaping?

"Once you are afraid, you will return on your own."

Kong Xuan smiled as though victory was assured.

He closed his eyes and continued comprehending the Great Dao Five Elements Laws, but in the next instant, his expression changed drastically.

Bang!

Bang bang bang!!

One feather after another exploded from his body—thirteen in total!

These were life-saving measures he had personally refined and given to the Golden-winged Great Peng. Every single one could block an attack from an ordinary Early Taiyi Golden Immortal. Yet why had fourteen of them shattered all at once?

"What is going on? Could little brother have encountered danger? Who would dare ignore the Phoenix Clan's aura mark and attack him?"

Kong Xuan immediately stood up.

He paced back and forth anxiously.

His second brother flew incredibly fast. If he fled for his life, even ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortals might not be able to catch him. Yet this time, how had he 'died' fourteen times?

"Could he have run into people from Di Jun's Heavenly Court? Or did the Witch Clan forcibly detain my second brother?"

"No, I have to make a trip there!!"

Kong Xuan anxiously flew into the Great Thousand Worlds within Immortality Volcano, seeking help from the Phoenix Clan's great powers.

A moment later.

He left alone with an ugly expression...

Primordial Wilderness.

A massive Great Roc flew through the heavens.

Every feather on this gigantic beast radiated dazzling golden light. Speed and the Wind Dao Laws accompanied him at all times. With one beat of his wings, he flew hundreds of thousands of li in the blink of an eye, moving at an unimaginably fast pace.

On the Golden-winged Great Peng's back.

A handsome Youth in Black sat cross-legged.

The youth seemed to be comprehending a mysterious and unfathomable method. An ultimate wondrous radiance of Dao charm and Lingbao emanated from his entire body.

His skin glowed with brilliant gold.

Sacred majesty carried an undertone of savage might, as though he was impervious to blades, spears, water, and fire!!

Sensing the aura on his back.

The Great Peng Bird was wary. He thought, Good heavens, Master's Daoxing may be lower than mine, but aren't his methods far too heaven-defying?

It would be one thing if he could easily defeat me as an early Golden Immortal, but how is his physical body about to enter the ranks of a Golden Body as well?

Good heavens... judging by this aura, even ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortals might not be able to break through such a body, right? I clearly just received the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique from Master too, and I've secretly begun cultivating it anew. Why don't I possess Master's imposing presence?

The Great Peng Bird was utterly confused.

How could he know.

That Qingyuan had synchronized the Bronze Skin and Iron Bones of several disciples, while also receiving the support of Divine Abilities such as Subdue Dragon Subdue Tiger, Strength of Dragon and Elephant, and Three Heads and Eight Arms.

Coupled with the protection of Diamond Indestructible.

There were probably not many living beings in the entire Primordial Wilderness whose physical bodies could compare to Qingyuan's at the same realm.

Not even the Witch Clan could match him!

Suddenly.

Qingyuan's physical body shone like a tiny sun, golden and brilliant, illuminating the mountains and rivers in every direction. Dense and savage Great Dao Laws transformed into intricate Dao Patterns that emerged across his body. That fierce and ferocious aura caused living beings in all directions to prostrate themselves on the ground!!

Yet in but an instant.

Qingyuan's aura withdrew, and he awoke from Secluded Cultivation.

"Congratulations, Master, on attaining an immortal and undefeated physical body!"

The Great Peng Bird said enviously, "Master, the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique is so profound. How did you comprehend it and accumulate enough great mana to bring your physical body into such a state?"

"Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand li; without gathering small streams, one cannot form rivers and seas."

Qingyuan casually served up a bowl of chicken soup.

The Great Roc nodded. "My eldest brother says the same thing. He always tells me to cultivate more and not leave the Phoenix Clan's territory, going on about how dangerous the Primordial Wilderness is. Actually, I think he has a point, but not much of one."

"How so?"

Qingyuan asked curiously. The Great Peng Bird sighed. "Rely on the Phoenix Clan? How can they be relied upon? The reason I always wanted to run into the Primordial Wilderness was to find a powerful backer. Then I would have cultivation resources and someone to teach me the Dao in Future Branch, instead of staying in the Phoenix Clan and suffering their scorn. They think we caused Mother Yuanfeng's death, so they reject us."

"They give us no cultivation resources, teach us nothing, and throw us into the most barren and remote regions to neglect us."

"My elder brother always thinks it is good to rely on the Phoenix Clan, but I do not agree. In Past Branch, I wanted to go to Zixiao Palace to hear the Dao Ancestor preach, join Di Jun's Heavenly Court, seek refuge with Saint Nuwa's Demon Sect, or join Saint Shangqing's Interception Sect, but my eldest brother stopped me every time."

"Fortunately, I met you this time, Master. This is my opportunity!"

"Hehe, the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and the Extreme Sword Dao Laws! Kong Xuan would definitely drool if he knew!!"

Watching the Great Peng sigh leisurely.

Qingyuan sighed inwardly as well.

Sure enough, everyone had their own story.

Beneath the seemingly unruly and eccentric, goofy exterior of the Golden-winged Great Peng was a hot-blooded youth.

"Cultivate well under me from now on. As long as you stop being playful, it will not be a problem for you to crush your eldest brother in Future Branch."

Qingyuan patted his back.

But the Great Peng Bird cried out, "That can't be true, Master! My eldest brother, Kong Xuan, is the first Peacock between heaven and earth. He was born with the Innate Five Elements Origin and has cultivated into the middle stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm. He has few rivals beneath Daluo. With one sweep of his Five-Colored Divine Light, even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal who is not careful can have his magical treasure taken away! How could I possibly fight him?!"

"You possess the origin of the Innate Yin-Yang Two Energies. You must know that the Limitless gives rise to the Supreme Ultimate, and the Supreme Ultimate is the sign of the Great Dao's manifestation—boundless and endless, colorless and formless, without beginning or end."

Qingyuan's expression turned solemn. "How could such a Great Dao be weaker than another's?"

The Great Peng Bird was dazed for a long time before saying awkwardly, "I never imagined that my Dao was actually so powerful."

"Master, to be honest, when I see others with magical treasures while I have none, sometimes I even want to secretly refine my Yin-Yang Two Qi into a magical treasure for use!"

"You do not know how stingy and vindictive the Phoenix Clan is. They truly give us nothing at all!!"

Hearing the Great Peng Bird's dangerous idea.

Qingyuan's face twitched. "Remember this well: the Yin-Yang Two Qi are your foundational origin. Do not touch them recklessly! Otherwise, in Future Branch, it will be difficult for you to advance on the Great Dao. Your Daoxing will not improve, and you will forever remain outside the threshold of Daluo. With your origin incomplete, it will be difficult to gather the Three Flowers at the Crown, achieve Unity among Past Branch, the present, and Future Branch, and leap beyond the River of Time!!!"

"Well, honestly, I really hadn't thought that far ahead. A few years ago, I fought someone in a spell battle, but I had no magical treasure to protect myself. I was so angry that I nearly wanted to refine the Yin-Yang Two Qi into a magical treasure..."

The Great Peng Bird spoke sheepishly and even stretched out one wing to scratch the back of his head, making Qingyuan's face twitch.

This Great Peng... was he a total goofball?

Just as the two chatted and laughed, a wave of battle intent and rolling aftershock suddenly came from the mountains and rivers ahead. The two looked into the distance and saw a strange bird with three enormous heads and scales covering its body pursuing a dragon.

Qingyuan looked closely.

Killing intent surged forth.

"A Three-Sturgeon Bird?"

"What is a Three-Sturgeon Bird, Master? That aura belongs to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and those Demon Race fellows are waving Demon Commander Nine Infants' banner. Why don't we go around them?" the Golden-winged Great Peng hurriedly advised.

He was arrogant before Kong Xuan.

Wild outside.

But he was not brainless enough to charge recklessly. When faced with a tough opponent, he would run.

"No. He has karma with me!"

Qingyuan's eyes grew increasingly deep, his killing intent cold and sharp. "If I do not kill him, my mind will never be at peace!!"