Heavenly Realm Ruins Emerge, Prelude to the Witch and Demon Races' Founding (Please Read On, Please Vote!)

"Since it is bestowed by my seniors, I dare not decline. This disciple, Qingxuanzi, thanks Eldest Martial Uncle, Second Martial Uncle, and Master for your rewards!"

Seeing that all three Pure Daoists approved, Lu Yuan clasped his hands and bowed to the three of them. Then he walked to the edge of the spirit pool and put away the Three-Petal Green Lotus.

As Lu Yuan looked at the spiritual liquid within the pool, a glint flashed through his eyes. This liquid could nourish the Creation Green Lotus; perhaps it was also a rare innate spiritual liquid.

When the Witch-Demon Calamity came, Buzhou Mountain would break, the heavens would tilt southeast, and the earth would collapse northwest. Then, during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, the Primordial World would shatter into the Four Great Continents and the Myriad Worlds. The Innate Era would come to a complete end.

By then, aside from traces of innate spiritual qi remaining in certain Cave Heaven Blessed Lands, all innate spiritual qi between heaven and earth would gradually dissipate.

With this pool of innate spiritual liquid, his fortune would immediately multiply a hundredfold. Even Great Luo Dao Lords who had transcended the River of Destiny and plucked their Dao Fruits would not possess much innate spiritual liquid.

After all, the times had changed!

With that thought, Lu Yuan took an immortal gourd artifact from his Purple Mansion Ancestral Aperture, the Spirit Platform Secret Realm, and sent out a streak of mysterious yellow immortal light.

The immortal gourd artifact flew and hovered above the spirit pool, opening its great mouth to whale-swallow the innate spiritual liquid inside.

Seeing Lu Yuan's actions, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist froze, a dark line appearing on his face. This boy Qingxuanzi's skill at stripping even a passing goose of its feathers seemed to carry a trace of Zhunti Daoist's shadow.

Beside him, Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist also looked somewhat embarrassed. Qingxuanzi would not even spare such ordinary spiritual liquid—did that not make their Three Purities seem destitute and impoverished?

As for the Grand Pure Daoist, he still wore an indifferent expression, as though nothing in the world could linger in his heart.

Once Lu Yuan had finished collecting the innate spiritual liquid from the pool, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist shot him an annoyed look. "Qingxuanzi, it's time to return to Kunlun Mountain. Stop fiddling with all that junk of yours!"

Kunlun Mountain.

It stretched hundreds of millions of miles from east to west. Immortal mountains rose from the ground one after another, crisscrossing and undulating around the ancestral dragon veins of East and West Kunlun, containing boundless creation.

Kunlun Mountain was divided into East Kunlun and West Kunlun. The Three Purities occupied East Kunlun with Qilin Cliff as their core, while West Kunlun was Queen Mother of the West's cultivation ground.

East Kunlun occupied the yang land of the immortal mountain ancestral veins, while West Kunlun occupied the yin acupoint of those ancestral veins.

The Dao was divided into yin and yang; mountains were the same!

The moment he arrived at Kunlun Mountain, Lu Yuan sensed its dense innate spiritual qi. Looking down upon the immortal mountains from high above, he saw innate spiritual liquid everywhere and rare treasures scattered across the land.

Seeing merely a corner of Kunlun Mountain's treasured land, Lu Yuan finally understood why his Master, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist, had said he was fiddling with junk!

The innate resources in Kunlun Mountain were simply too abundant. Many spiritual objects incomparably precious in later ages were ignored like weeds and broken stones.

After returning to East Kunlun, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist passed down the Shangqing Great Cavern True Scripture, then tossed Lu Yuan into Shangqing Palace before running off to enter seclusion and cultivate.

After all, having listened to Dao Ancestor Hongjun expound the Dao in Purple Cloud Palace and discussed the Dao with Great Divine Ability Users on Buzhou Mountain, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist urgently needed secluded cultivation to comprehend and digest it all.

It was not only Shangqing Tongtian Daoist. The Grand Pure Daoist and Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist were the same.

Within Sanqing Hall on Kunlun Mountain stood three cloud beds. Grand Pure One Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian, the three Daoists, sat cross-legged upon them. Their Auspicious Cloud Dao Fruits manifested above their heads, their auras linked together in harmony.

While each comprehended and digested the gains from listening to the Dao in Purple Cloud Palace and discussing the Dao on Buzhou Mountain, they also discussed the Dao among themselves.

On Mount Sumeru, Jieyin and Zhunti sat opposite each other. Auspicious Cloud Dao Fruits manifested above their heads, while compassionate Zen intent radiated from within them.

On Fengqi Mountain, Fuxi and Nuwa sat cross-legged within a divine hall. They resembled the dragon and snake, the Two Forms of heaven and earth; every breath they drew and released contained the Dao of yin and yang.

At Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain, Zhenyuanzi had tightly shut the gates to his cultivation ground!

At the same time, in the Northern Darkness Sea, Fire Cloud Cave, the Buzhou Mountain range, the far northern lands, and even the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, the Great Luo Dao Lords and Great Divine Ability Users who had listened to the Dao at Purple Cloud Palace were all in seclusion, contemplating and digesting their gains.

Yet at this time, some were in no hurry to enter seclusion—for instance, the two masters of Solar God Palace, Dijun and Taiyi.

After discussing the Dao on Buzhou Mountain, the pair did not return to their old nest, the Sun Star. Instead, they came to Solar God Palace's temporary palace upon the Primordial World's land.

Inside the temporary palace, aside from Dijun and Taiyi, one or two hundred mighty experts of Solar God Palace had gathered together.

Among them, more than a dozen mighty experts—including Ji Meng, Yingzhao, Feidan, Jiu Ying, Shang Yang, Bai Ze, Fei Lian, Qinyuan, Gui Che, and Ci Tie—were Great Luo Dao Lords who had transcended the River of Destiny and plucked their Dao Fruits.

The remaining hundred-odd Solar God Palace mighty experts were all Immortal Lords who had attained Taiyi Dao Fruits.

The mighty experts in this temporary palace were all the subordinates that the brothers Dijun and Taiyi had gathered since their Manifestation and Birth.

Now, every high-ranking member of Solar God Palace had gathered in this temporary palace in the Primordial World. Clearly, something earth-shattering was about to happen.

Within the temporary palace, the brothers Dijun and Taiyi sat at the center of the main hall, while the other mighty experts of Solar God Palace stood arrayed along both sides according to their cultivation and status.

"Big Brother, our plan can finally begin!"

Seated on a cloud bed, a bell chime echoed from within Taiyi's Auspicious Cloud Dao Fruit, seemingly suppressing and fixing a certain Dao Beacon in place.

Taiyi opened his eyes, a trace of delight appearing on his face. Overjoyed, he looked at Dijun, his voice carrying a hint of excitement.

"Haha, the Heavenly Realm Ruins from the ancient era, the World of Gods and Demons, have finally been found!"

A rare trace of excitement appeared on Dijun's face, his brows brimming with exhilaration.

One had to know that the Heavenly Realm Ruins of the World of Gods and Demons were the Nine Heavens Realm opened by Emperor Cangli, the central hub of the Gods and Devils Heavenly Court.

Dijun had long cherished the grand ambition of transforming all things and living beings into yao, then establishing the Yao Race Heavenly Court. Yet whether he wished to found the Yao Race or establish the Yao Race Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Realm Ruins were indispensable.

To found the Yao Race and establish the Heavenly Court both required sacrifices to the Heavenly Dao. But the Heavenly Dao governed the order of the Primordial World—how could an ordinary altar be qualified to bear a sacrifice to the Heavenly Dao?

Looking across the Primordial World, was there any altar more qualified than the one within the Heavenly Realm Ruins, where the Divine Demon Heavenly Emperor had offered sacrifices to the Heavenly Dao?

If they used the Heavenly Realm Ruins as their foundation to establish the Yao Race and create the Heavenly Court, then Dijun would inherit the orthodox legacy of the Gods and Devils Heavenly Court and gain the blessing of Heavenly Dao providence.

Moreover, those Heavenly Realm Ruins were a vast and boundless great world, containing inexhaustible treasures of creation.

If they could seize it and make it the Yao Race's main base, then the Yao Race Heavenly Court would have a foundation!

After all, the Yao Race had yet to rise, while the Great Divine Ability Users of the Primordial World were none to be trifled with.

Even if they established the Yao Race and opened up the Heavenly Court, they would still need to avoid the cutting edge for now and keep a low profile as they developed.

Hearing Dijun and Taiyi's conversation, the great powers within the Solar God Palace all revealed delighted expressions.

If Dijun and Taiyi could establish the Heavenly Court, then as the Solar God Palace's elders, would they not become the future Heavenly Court's chief ministers and enjoy the blessings of heaven and earth's fortune?