[Water-Fire Immortal Child, Earthly Origin Dao Fruit]

"Martial Brother, please, go on!"

Water-Fire Boy was exceedingly polite. He naturally knew that Xuan Yin was Sect Master Tongtian's direct disciple, and he was somewhat flattered by Xuan Yin's form of address.

After all...

Though a boy attendant served at a Sage's side, compared to a disciple, he ultimately lacked that standing. In the future, he could neither inherit the mantle nor carry on the Dao lineage.

Indeed, within the Primordial True Realm, some Great Powers actually looked down on boy attendants!

Xuan Yin smiled and said, "Martial Brother, do you know of Kirin Cliff? By all rights, since Kirin Cliff was transformed from the fleshly body of the ancient Great Power First Kirin, it should be a supreme opportunity for ordinary cultivators. Yet it has stood upon the Ancestral Kunlun Vein for who knew how many Epochs, remaining untouched all this time. Do you know what is strange about that?"

"Strange?"

Water-Fire Boy was taken aback. Then, with an odd expression, he said, "The place where First Kirin underwent Dao Integration is precisely where the dojos of the three Sages meet. What ordinary living being would ever have the chance to approach Kirin Cliff?"

Immediately afterward, as though recalling something, he suddenly smiled. "Could it be that Martial Brother Xuan Yin has set his sights on Kirin Cliff?"

"Exactly."

Xuan Yin naturally did not deny it.

"Then, Martial Brother, go ahead and do it boldly!"

Water-Fire Boy raised a brow, smiling without quite smiling. "There may be a slight karmic entanglement, but with your status as a Sage's disciple, it should not be much of a problem. It depends on your own choice."

Xuan Yin immediately frowned.

Karma?

From what Water-Fire Boy meant, taking Kirin Cliff might create a minor karmic entanglement, but it should be within what he could bear.

Xuan Yin had wanted to ask in detail, but in the blink of an eye, the other had vanished without a trace. Clearly, he did not wish to say more on this matter.

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at Kui Niu beside him. "Fellow Daoist Kui Niu, your cultivation is profound, and you have followed Teacher and Martial Brother Water-Fire for over a dozen Epochs. Do you know what Martial Brother Water-Fire meant by those words?"

Among the elders of the Jie Sect, aside from Water-Fire Boy, there was also Kui Niu before him. As a Sage's mount, his knowledge far surpassed that of ordinary people.

As a rare species of the primordial world, he was imposing and extraordinary. He took the form of a pitch-black water buffalo, surrounded by auspicious radiance, rosy vapors, and five-colored celebratory clouds. His ox horns resembled crescent moons, and a Taiji Eight Trigrams pattern lay at the center of his forehead. When he entered water, he could stir up wind and rain that filled the skies, accompanied by thunderous roars and radiance like the sun and moon.

Yet this was also why, even after cultivating to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, he still could not assume human form!

Where there was gain, there was loss!

Hearing this, Kui Niu gave a soft snort. "Do you know what Water-Fire Boy's true body is?"

"What is it?"

Xuan Yin asked curiously.

Kui Niu smiled. "A Water-Fire Kirin. His parents are the two kirins, one water and one fire, nurtured within the Water-Fire Gourd in Master's possession. Strictly speaking, First Kirin is even his ancestor! Naturally, he finds it awkward to say much about this matter!"

"This..."

Xuan Yin did not know whether to laugh or cry. Though he knew Water-Fire Boy was Sect Master Tongtian's attendant, he truly had not known what the other's true body was.

Touching First Kirin's fleshly body—was that not the same as digging up his ancestor's grave?

Although cultivators in the Primordial True Realm did not care much for such things, Water-Fire Boy surely still had some reservations in this regard.

Still, judging from his attitude, he did not object to Xuan Yin taking Kirin Cliff away!

Since that was the case, Xuan Yin had no need to put on a false show. After bidding farewell to Kui Niu, he transformed into a streak of Rainbow Light and fled toward Kirin Cliff.

"Mountain Uprooting!"

Upon arriving at Kirin Cliff, Xuan Yin did not hesitate in the slightest. He directly pushed the Supreme Pure Immortal Light to its limit, transforming it into a giant hand that blotted out the sky and grabbing toward Kirin Cliff, while simultaneously trying to refine it with his Magic Power.

Rumble!

Although Kirin Cliff had been transformed from First Kirin's fleshly body, it was now merely a mountain cliff. With Xuan Yin's Heavenly Immortal cultivation, moving it was naturally not difficult.

Yet just as Xuan Yin was about to succeed, Kirin Cliff suddenly sank sharply. At the same time, a vast will entered Xuan Yin's sea of consciousness directly.

"Young Friend is, after all, a Sage's disciple. What interest is there in moving a mere Kirin Cliff?"

That will condensed within Xuan Yin's sea of consciousness into a mighty, imposing man. "Here, I have an Earthly Origin Dao Fruit that can let you ascend to the heavens in a single step, attain the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and evolve all myriad arts!"

"Who are you?"

Xuan Yin looked at the man before him warily.

The man chuckled. "Young Friend came here intending to take my fleshly body, yet you still do not know who I am?"

"First Kirin!"

Xuan Yin's heart shook, and he cried out in alarm, "Weren't you burdened by karmic sin and did you not voluntarily undergo Dao Integration, becoming the auspicious source blessed by the Primordial World Heavenly Dao?"

"That is correct!"

First Kirin nodded. "But that does not mean I have completely perished!"

With a light lift of his right hand, endless Profound Yellow Qi flowed forth, evolving the majestic spectacle of the ancient primordial world within Xuan Yin's sea of consciousness.

The Three Innate Races were born in response to the Dao. Together with numerous Innate Divine Beings, they purged the Archaic Fierce Beasts evolved from the residual wills of Chaos Demon Gods. Boundless Heavenly Dao fortune gathered upon them, laying the foundation for the supreme hegemony of the Three Innate Races.

The Dragon Race ruled the Four Seas and commanded the scaled tribes. The Kirin Clan occupied the earth and commanded the beast tribes. Centered around the Immortal Volcano, the Phoenix Race commanded the avian tribes, gradually forming a tripartite division of the primordial world.

As the three tribes continued to expand, their conflicts steadily intensified. With Demon Ancestor Luohu fanning the flames from the shadows, the brutal War of the Three Tribes finally erupted.

After the War of the Three Tribes, the Three Innate Races were all burdened by karma. For the continuation of their respective races, Ancestor Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and First Kirin had no choice but to establish a great vow and voluntarily relinquish their Dao Fruits.

First Kirin appeared to have transformed into an auspicious omen of the Heavenly Dao, but in truth, he had used his Earthly Origin Dao Fruit and the countless future years of the Kirin Clan as bargaining chips, exchanging them with the Heavenly Dao for a sliver of hope for the Kirin Clan's survival.

"This..."

Xuan Yin cautiously looked at the man before him. "Senior First Kirin, this Earthly Origin Dao Fruit doesn't seem to belong to you anymore, does it?"

The Earthly Origin Dao Fruit was First Kirin's Dao Fruit, fused with numerous Great Daos. As long as he obtained it, Xuan Yin would immediately break through to the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Even now, after Dao Ancestor Hongjun's three preachings of the Dao, Severing the Three Corpses had become the mainstream path in the Primordial World. A late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal cultivation could still be called one of the most supreme existences beneath the Sages!

But for the continuation of his race, First Kirin had already mortgaged it to the Heavenly Dao!

The true ownership of this Earthly Origin Dao Fruit now lay in the hands of the Heavenly Dao.

"That's right!"

First Kirin nodded. "I did mortgage it to the Heavenly Dao, but as long as I repay the Merit and Destiny the Kirin Clan owed from the last calamity, this Earthly Origin Dao Fruit will belong to me once more!"

"Young Friend, as long as you help me repay this Merit and Destiny, once I escape my predicament, I can make the decision to transfer the Earthly Origin Dao Fruit to you!"

"We can sign a Heavenly Dao Contract!"

The Heavenly Dao encompassed all things and was capable of all things. So long as it conformed to the rules, It could even directly elevate a mortal to the great completion of the Quasi-Saint realm.

Transferring First Kirin's Dao Fruit to Xuan Yin was not impossible either!

However, although Xuan Yin had not experienced the War of the Three Tribes, he knew that the Merit and Destiny First Kirin owed was an astronomical figure.

Otherwise, the Kirin Clan would not have declined to such a state today!

"Senior, you should seek someone more capable!"

Xuan Yin hurriedly refused. "I'm merely a tiny Heavenly Immortal. I can't carry such an enormous burden. Senior, you should go find a few Sages instead!"

Although he possessed some Merit and Destiny, compared to the Merit and Destiny First Kirin owed the Heavenly Dao, it was nothing more than a cup of water against a cartload of firewood.

Hearing this, First Kirin let out a long sigh. "Do you think I haven't sought them out? How could those Sages possibly be willing to fill such a bottomless pit?"