A Plot Within Lingxiao Treasure Hall (Please Follow, Please Vote!)

The upper echelons of the Witch and Demon Clans had reached an unspoken understanding and had no intention of launching a decisive battle for the time being. Yet during their campaigns against the myriad races, small-scale clashes and slaughter between the two sides were inevitable.

Moreover, as time passed, such friction grew increasingly frequent. The Witch and Demon Clans had accumulated a towering blood feud, with tens of thousands of their clansmen falling every moment.

If, at the outset of the Witch and Demon Clans' struggle for supremacy, it had been powerful figures of the Yao Race Heavenly Court such as Dijun and Taiyi competing with the Twelve Ancestral Witches for Heaven and Earth's rightful dominion—

Then now, after these prolonged frictions, even the lower-ranking members of both clans had beloved family and close friends who had perished at the hands of the other side. Their grudges only knotted deeper and deeper. Both sides had been blinded by calamity qi and were already killing with bloodshot eyes.

Faced with such a scene, where calamity qi surged skyward and campaigns of slaughter continually escalated, Lu Yuan naturally would not lightly leave the Kunlun Mountain Dao Field.

One had to know that the Heaven and Earth Calamity was approaching. Calamity qi rose Between Heaven and Earth, clouding the minds of the Witch and Demon Clans. If he went down the mountain at such a time and provoked karmic entanglements, only to fall at the hands of those two clans, there would be nowhere to seek justice.

Even If Sanqing were to attain sainthood in the future, suppress the Witch and Demon Clans, avenge him, and revive him from the past, it would still be a losing bargain.

For one, even for a Hunyuan Sage to reverse the Heavenly Dao Rules and revive a Golden Immortal cultivator from past spacetime would invite backlash from the Heavenly Dao. Though this was not worth mentioning to a Sage, it would deplete the goodwill Lu Yuan had painstakingly accumulated.

For another, Even If he returned to life from past spacetime, that single death would diminish Lu Yuan's potential, comprehension, and fortune, making his future path toward the Great Dao all the more difficult!

Third was the matter of time. After Lu Yuan returned from death, the time he had lost while fallen would be like a pause button had been pressed, while his peers and juniors could seize the opportunity to rise!

The price of dying even once was simply too great. Thus, Lu Yuan honestly remained in the Kunlun Mountain Dao Field to cultivate.

After all, the protagonists of this era were the Witch and Demon Clans, followed by the Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao. His Own era had yet to arrive.

Lu Yuan still understood the principle that a gentleman hides his tools within himself and waits for the right moment to act!

After condensing Innate Water Element Qi, Lu Yuan had already successively condensed the Innate Earth Element Qi of the Spleen Aperture Divine Treasury, the Innate Metal Element Qi of the Lung Aperture Divine Treasury, and now the Innate Water Element Qi of the Kidney Aperture Divine Treasury among the Five Qi in his chest.

Only the Innate Wood Element Qi of the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury and the Innate Fire Element Qi of the Heart Aperture Divine Treasury remained. Once those were condensed, the refinement of the Five Qi in his chest would be complete.

Following the cycle of the Five Elements' mutual generation, after condensing Innate Water Element Qi, Lu Yuan prepared to condense Innate Wood Element Qi.

However, to condense Innate Wood Element Qi, he first had to illuminate the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury. Thus, Lu Yuan comprehended the Dao of Wood while refining spiritual objects of the Wood Dao, advancing along both paths in an attempt to illuminate the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury.

And so, in the blink of an eye, another Three Thousand years passed. One day, after Lu Yuan refined a spiritual object of the Wood Dao, his mind suddenly trembled. His accumulated insights into the Wood Dao flooded into his heart, and the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury within his body seemed to open a gap, automatically inhaling and exhaling Innate Spiritual Qi Between Heaven and Earth.

"Finally, I've opened the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury!"

Within Qingxuan Hall, a faint smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face. Since Sanqing had finished preaching the Dao, he had entered seclusion to cultivate. After nearly five thousand years, he had finally illuminated the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury. Now, he could condense Innate Wood Element Qi within his chest.

As for the vast amount of Innate Wood Element Vital Qi needed to condense Innate Wood Element Qi within his chest, he had long ago gathered plenty beside the Tree of Life Spiritual Root in the Qingxu Mountain cave-heaven.

Within the Spirit Platform Secret Realm of his Purple Mansion Ancestral Aperture, the Innate Wood Element Vital Qi inside that Emerald Glazed Immortal Bottle was enough for thirty to fifty ordinary Golden Immortal cultivators to condense Innate Wood Element Qi in their chests!

Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Lu Yuan took out the Emerald Glazed Immortal Bottle from the Spirit Platform Secret Realm of his Purple Mansion Ancestral Aperture. He then opened the bottle, closed his eyes, and inhaled and exhaled the pure Innate Wood Element Vital Qi within.

As great quantities of Innate Wood Element Vital Qi Poured Into the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury, an illusory azure qi pillar gradually appeared amid the celebration cloud above Lu Yuan's head, standing alongside the other three upright pillars of yellow, white, and black qi.

At times, the four qi pillars stood side by side; at others, they transformed into waves of qi that intertwined and collided with one another, repeatedly Washing Over the Three Flowers.

Unlike the yellow, white, and black qi pillars, Lu Yuan had yet to fill the Liver Aperture Divine Treasury and fully condense Innate Wood Element Vital Qi. Thus, the azure qi pillar remained illusory and insubstantial.

Just as Lu Yuan was in seclusion, inhaling, exhaling, and refining Innate Wood Element Vital Qi, within the Lingxiao Treasure Hall of the Yao Race Heavenly Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens—

Dijun sat upon the imperial throne. Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Sovereign Fuxi, Sovereign Nuwa, and Tengshe, the Great Divine Ability User who had only recently joined the Yao Race, occupied the seats below. The Ten Great Demon Sages and a host of Great Luo Demon Sages stood within the hall.

"Big Brother, among the myriad races upon the prehistoric land, aside from the Remnants of the Wind Clan from Undying Volcano, the Black Tortoise Clan of the North Sea, the demon race under Northern Sea Kunpeng, and the White Tiger Clan of the West, nearly all have been swept aside by our Yao Race Heavenly Court and the Witch Race!

"I believe it is time for our Yao Race Heavenly Court to probe the Witch Race's foundations and strength, and teach those Twelve Ancestral Witches a lesson!

"The Witch Race is brutal and bloodthirsty, repeatedly massacring the sons of our demon race. It is time to raise an army and launch a campaign against the Witch Race!" A glint of killing intent flashed through Eastern Emperor Taiyi's eyes. A thread of blazing fire burned in the depths of his pupils, revealing the phantom image of a Three-Legged Golden Crow.

Upon hearing Taiyi's words, everyone in the great hall frowned slightly. Going to war with the Witch Race was truly a matter of immense consequence, one that could even affect the rise and fall of the Yao Race Heavenly Court. No one present could help but be cautious.

After pondering for a moment, Tengshe, the Great Divine Ability User who had just received the title of Demon Emperor, spoke. "What Brother Taiyi says is reasonable. The Witch Race is a tiger blocking the road before our Yao Race Heavenly Court. Unless we eliminate the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race, the Yao Race Heavenly Court will never truly control the order of the prehistoric world!

"However, in this younger brother's view, our Yao Race Heavenly Court's most pressing task is to first subdue Fellow Daoist Kunpeng of the Northern Sea and the demon race under his command. Only then can the fortune of our Yao Race Heavenly Court be complete.

"As for probing the Witch Race's foundations and strength, it would be more prudent to place that after this..."

After hearing Tengshe's suggestion, neither joy nor anger showed on Dijun's face. He turned his gaze toward Fuxi and Nuwa. "What do you two fellow Daoists think?"

Fuxi cupped his hands and said, "This younger brother believes Fellow Daoist Tengshe's suggestion is more prudent, though Fellow Daoist Taiyi's proposal also has its merits!

"As for the specific choice, that depends on Your Majesty's decision. Will you choose prudence, or aggression?

"Regarding Fellow Daoist Kunpeng, this younger brother believes we can employ both favor and force. First pressure him with military might and make him submit, then grant him the corresponding status and benefits. I believe Fellow Daoist Kunpeng will know how to read the times..."

Beside him, Nuwa's phoenix eyes Slightly Moved. She too cupped her hands and said, "Brother, this younger sister shares the same view as my elder brother..."

Dijun nodded slightly, a gleam flashing through his eyes. "Fellow Daoists Fuxi and Nuwa speak reasonably. As one of the prehistoric world's foremost Great Divine Ability Users, Fellow Daoist Kunpeng truly cannot be underestimated."