Putuo Mountain Suddenly Startles with Thunder, the Pure Glazed Bottle Shatters and Qiongxiao Returns

In the subterranean cave dwelling of the Southern Jambudvipa Continent, Tongtian slowly withdrew his gaze from the void, his brow furrowed.

"Grand Pure One Laozi has indeed been alerted," he murmured to himself. The faint, distant yet omnipresent Saint's Will that had swept over him moments ago, though brief, had exerted considerable pressure. His eldest martial brother's cultivation was becoming ever more unfathomable.

Fortunately, the other party seemed to have found no specific clues, merely passing over with a routine probe. It appeared the message sent to Xuandu had served its purpose of sowing confusion for the time being.

"My Lord, has something changed?" Kui Niu asked nervously.

"It's nothing," Tongtian waved his hand, suppressing a flicker of unease. The situation had reached this point; there was no turning back. He had to rescue his other two disciples quickly, before all attention was fully focused on him.

His gaze returned to the water mirror, which displayed two locations: one, Ksitigarbha on the shores of the East Sea, still "patiently" conducting salvation rites; the other, real-time surveillance footage of Luojia Cave on Putuo Mountain and Yunxiao Cave on Five Dragon Mountain, provided by the System (exchanged for contribution points).

Cihang Daoren's dojo, Luojia Cave on Putuo Mountain, was situated on an immortal island in the South Sea. Swirling mists and clouds, a forest of purple bamboo, and gracefully soaring cranes created a scene of immortal grandeur. Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun's dojo, Yunxiao Cave on Five Dragon Mountain, was located at the junction of the Western Ox Continent and the Southern Jambudvipa Continent, with majestic mountains, coiling dragon energy, and faintly visible Buddhist light.

Both dojos were heavily guarded, enveloped by powerful mountain-protecting formations that made them difficult for ordinary immortals and gods to approach.

Tongtian waited patiently, like the most seasoned hunter, awaiting the moment the prey revealed a weakness.

Time trickled by.

Suddenly, the water mirror monitoring Putuo Mountain showed a change!

A serene escaping light flew out from Luojia Cave, transforming into a female immortal clad in white, holding a jade pure bottle, her appearance solemn and dignified. It was Cihang Daoren (Guanyin)! She seemed to have received some message and, mounting her escaping light, headed directly towards Spirit Mountain in the West, moving at extreme speed!

An opportunity!

A sharp glint flashed in Tongtian's eyes!

Cihang had left the cave! If not now, then when!

"Kui Niu! Let's go!"

Without hesitation, he took a step and was already mounted on Kui Niu's back. Kui Niu let out a long roar, its four hooves shattering the void. The water-blue immortal light surrounding it merged with the Chaos Qi emanating from Tongtian, transforming into an inconspicuous gray-blue stream of light that tore through space, heading madly towards Putuo Mountain in the South Sea!

Its speed far surpassed anything before!

Along the way, Tongtian unhesitatingly burned another drop of his vital essence blood, empowering Kui Niu, while simultaneously channeling the Chaos Bead to distort the Heavenly Secrets along the route and conceal their tracks!

He had to rescue Qiongxiao and retreat before Cihang returned!

In almost an instant, Putuo Mountain was visible in the distance!

"System, scan for weaknesses in Luojia Cave's mountain-protecting formation!"

[Scanning Target: Putuo Mountain Mountain-Protecting Immortal Formation. Energy Source: South Sea Spiritual Veins + Buddhist Vow Power. Weakness: Southeast Xun position. During every tidal change, there is a one-in-a-thousand-instant gap in Buddhist power flow. Next gap in: three breaths!]

Tongtian's gaze was like lightning, instantly locking onto the southeast direction of Putuo Mountain!

"Now!"

At the moment the System's countdown ended, Tongtian and Kui Niu became one, transforming into an extremely subtle stream of Chaos light. They precisely penetrated the fleeting gap in the formation and silently infiltrated Putuo Mountain!

Upon entering the immortal mountain, an extremely dense Buddhist vow power and immortal spiritual energy washed over him, clashing with Tongtian's Chaos aura and causing repulsion. Tongtian immediately suppressed his aura with all his might, minimizing the fluctuations of the Chaos Dao Fruit. He moved like a shadow through the purple bamboo forest, heading straight for the core of Luojia Cave!

Guided by the System's navigation and Yun Xiao's vague sensing, he quickly located a secluded side hall heavily sealed by Buddhist seals—this was Cihang Daoren's usual place for cultivation and seclusion, the most likely location for the Pure Glazed Bottle!

Outside the side hall stood two Golden Immortal-level guardian Vajra warriors, their expressions solemn.

Tongtian's eyes turned cold. Without giving them any chance to react, he flicked his finger!

Two subtle yet incredibly sharp Chaos Sword Qi appeared out of thin air, instantly crossing space and piercing the centers of the two Vajras' brows!

The two Vajras stiffened, the light in their eyes instantly dimmed, and they collapsed to the ground without a sound, their Primordial Spirits shattered by the Chaos Sword Qi.

Tongtian didn't even look. He shattered the Buddhist seal on the side hall's main door with a palm strike and flashed inside.

The hall was empty, with only a white jade lotus pedestal in the center. Upon the pedestal rested a pure white jade bottle—the renowned magical treasure of Cihang Daoren, the Innate Spiritual Treasure Pure Glazed Bottle!

At this moment, the jade bottle emitted a faint clear light. The phantom image of the Nine Nether Weak Water could be vaguely seen floating within the bottle's body. And at the deepest part of that Weak Water, an extremely faint, almost extinguished True Spirit light struggled desperately, emitting the familiar aura of Qiongxiao that Tongtian recognized!

"Qiongxiao!" Tongtian's heart ached, and anger surged again.

Without hesitation, he reached out to grasp the Pure Glazed Bottle!

However, just as his fingers were about to touch the bottle's surface—buzz!!! The Pure Glazed Bottle suddenly erupted with dazzling clear light! Golden Buddhist runes appeared all over the bottle, and a vast, boundless Buddhist vow power, mixed with the innate spiritual treasure's self-preservation force, exploded forth!

At the same time, a cold, furious female voice echoed from within the bottle, reverberating through the hall:

"What monstrous being! How dare you covet my treasure!"

It was a wisp of divine念化身 left behind by Cihang Daoren!

"Scram!" Tongtian didn't bother with pleasantries. He formed his fingers into a sword, pouring his Primordial Unity Magic Power into it without reservation. A gray, sword aura that seemed capable of cleaving Chaos fiercely slashed towards the wisp of divine thought avatar!

Boom! The sword aura violently collided with the Buddhist light! The entire side hall shook violently. If not for the protective formation, it would have likely collapsed long ago!

Although the divine念化身 was powerful, it was ultimately without a source. How could it withstand Tongtian's enraged strike? It lasted for less than a breath before letting out a scream and being completely annihilated by the Chaos sword aura!

But this delay allowed the Pure Glazed Bottle to fully awaken. Its mouth inverted, and a terrifying suction force emanated, attempting to draw Tongtian into it. Furthermore, phantom images of endless Nine Nether Weak Water surged out like monstrous waves, corroding everything!

"Stubborn fool!" Tongtian's eyes turned extremely cold.

He had originally intended to try and collect this treasure. Now, it seemed Cihang had refined it into an impenetrable fortress and had bound Qiongxiao's True Spirit to the core of the Weak Water. Forcibly taking it would only cause Qiongxiao's True Spirit to be instantly annihilated!

Since that was the case, a ruthless and resolute glint flashed in Tongtian's eyes!

He suddenly unleashed one of the two Chaos Thunder Beads he had prepared long ago!

"Qiongxiao, hold on!" he roared, using his divine念 to forcibly protect the faint True Spirit of Qiongxiao within the bottle, and then hurled the Thunder Bead, which contained terrifying Chaos destructive power, into the mouth of the Pure Glazed Bottle!

"No!!!" Far away in the sky, Cihang Daoren, who was rushing towards Spirit Mountain, felt a sudden premonition and let out a cry of shock and rage, frantically urging his escape light to return!

But it was already too late! RUMBLE!!!!!! -- A terrifying roar, enough to shatter the universe, erupted violently from Luojia Cave on Putuo Mountain!

Dazzling Chaos divine light mixed with destructive energy shockwaves instantly engulfed the entire side hall, and more than half of Luojia Cave!

That famous Innate Spiritual Treasure -- the Pure Glazed Bottle, under this Chaos destructive power specifically targeting the origin of magical treasures, let out a mournful cry of being unable to bear the burden, and cracks instantly spread all over its body!

BANG!!! Finally, amidst a dazzling burst of light, this Innate Spiritual Treasure exploded!

Countless jade bottle fragments mixed with uncontrolled Nine Nether Weak Water splashed wildly in all directions, corroding and destroying everything around!

And at the very center of the explosion, a faint but pure True Spirit light was firmly protected by a gentle stream of Chaos Qi and instantly flew back into Tongtian's hand!

It was Qiongxiao's True Spirit! Although extremely weak, it had finally broken free from the Pure Glazed Bottle's restraint!

"Go!" Tongtian didn't stop at all, not even looking at the result of the explosion. He put away Qiongxiao's True Spirit, flipped over and mounted Kui Niu, transforming into a stream of light. Taking advantage of the moment when the mountain protection formation was violently shaken by the internal explosion and countless flaws appeared, he forcibly broke out of Putuo Mountain and madly fled into the distance!

Behind him were pillars of destructive light soaring into the sky, the extremely shocked and enraged roars of Cihang Daoren, and countless powerful auras alerted throughout the East Sea!

Putuo Mountain was in complete chaos!

And almost at the same time Tongtian succeeded.

On Kunlun Mountain, inside the Jade Void Palace.

Venerable Lord of Primordial Beginning suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the East Sea, his brow furrowed: "An Innate Spiritual Treasure destroyed? Cihang's Pure Glazed Bottle? Who dares to be so bold?"

On Shouyang Mountain, in the Eight Sceneries Palace.

Grand Supreme Elder Laozi let out a soft sound of surprise, his gaze seemed to penetrate endless space, seeing the exploding Chaos divine light. A subtle ripple appeared in his calm eyes: "Chaos power... it really is him..."

On the Western Spirit Mountain, in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Daoist Zhunti suddenly stood up, a look of shock and rage appearing on his face for the first time: "How dare you! To dare destroy the treasure of my Buddhist Bodhisattva! Tongtian! You are seeking death!"

Daoist Jieyin also wore an even more sorrowful expression and sighed: "Calamity, calamity."

On the coast of the East Sea, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's chanting of scriptures abruptly stopped. He suddenly looked towards the East Sea, his expression changing unpredictably: "Feinting to the east while attacking in the west?! Not good! It's a trap!"

He could no longer bother with "transcending souls" and transformed into a golden light, heading straight for Putuo Mountain!

The entire Great Desolation's high-level powers were suddenly shaken by the sudden destruction of the Pure Glazed Bottle!

The instigator, Tongtian, however, had already taken Qiongxiao's True Spirit and fled millions of miles away, disappearing once more.

Next stop, Five Dragon Mountain! Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun! Dragon Subduing Stake!

Tongtian's path of slaughter and redemption had only just begun!