Friend, This Violet Qi is Poisonous! (Famous Scene)

"Little thief! Drop Hongyun--!"

Kunpeng's roar tore through Chaos, his ten-thousand-zhang true form eclipsing the sun and moon. Each flap of his wings spanned ninety thousand li.

Lu Chen didn't look back. The Qiankun Diagram wrapped the unconscious Hongyun, while the Black Brick cleared the path. Golden Light of Merit carved a passage through the chaotic currents.

Too slow!

The Quasi-Saints were too fast. Even burning his vital blood, the distance between them was closing.

"If this continues, I'll be caught within thirty breaths!" Lu Chen's forehead beaded with sweat.

The Qiankun Diagram in his arms suddenly vibrated—it was the purified false purple qi energy, resonating violently with the Three Clans' poison remaining in Hongyun's body!

"This is bad!"

Lu Chen's divine sense probed inside. He saw the purple qi energy transform into red, gold, and yellow light, intertwining with the poison. It was actually beginning to backlash against Hongyun's primordial spirit!

"Damn it, was Dao Ancestor Hongjun's purification incomplete? Or is there another secret to the Three Clans' curse?"

He didn't dare stop, fleeing while attempting to suppress it with the Three Lights Divine Water.

But it was ineffective! The three-colored light grew stronger, Hongyun's face began to darken, and his aura rapidly weakened.

"I must find a safe place to perform the rescue..."

Lu Chen's gaze swept across Chaos, and he suddenly spotted a cluster of floating chaotic rocks to his left front.

"I'll take a gamble!"

He changed direction and charged into the rock cluster.

The cluster was vast, with rocks as large as mountains, floating chaotically and forming a natural labyrinth.

Lu Chen plunged into the densest area. The Qiankun Diagram unfolded, transforming into a speck of dust that attached itself to the back of a boulder.

He concealed all his aura.

Three breaths later.

"Boom!"

Kunpeng's true form smashed through several boulders and stopped outside the cluster.

"The aura disappeared?" Minghe, standing on the Karma Red Lotus, scanned with his blood-red eyes.

Di Jun's Solar True Fire transformed into a Golden Crow phantom, circling above the rock cluster. "He's hiding. Search! Search inch by inch!"

The four Quasi-Saints dispersed and began searching the rock cluster.

Within the speck of dust, Lu Chen held his breath.

Any one of them outside could instantly kill him. He was relying entirely on the Qiankun Diagram's stealth function to hold on.

But he couldn't hold on for long—Quasi-Saint divine senses were incredibly acute; he would be discovered sooner or later.

"I must save Senior Hongyun first..."

He looked into the diagram's internal space.

Hongyun lay on the ground, the three-colored light already spreading across his body. The flame of his primordial spirit flickered precariously.

"Three Clans' poison... Purple qi energy... Wait!"

A flash of inspiration struck Lu Chen.

The Three Clans' poison was a curse formed from the vital blood of Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Shi Qilin. The purple qi energy was the product of purifying the false purple qi, and it inherently contained the origins of the Three Clans.

They were of the same origin, hence the resonance.

But what if... a fourth power was injected?

For example—Sky-Opening Merit!

"Use merit as a guide to forcibly reconcile them!"

Lu Chen activated the axe handle fragment, injecting a wisp of Sky-Opening Merit's golden light into Hongyun's body.

"Buzz--"

The Golden Light of Merit was like a warm current. Wherever it passed, the three-colored light was forcibly "bonded," ceasing to conflict.

But it wasn't enough!

The poison and purple qi energy were too vast. A single wisp of merit could only provide a temporary reprieve.

"I need more merit... or a more domineering power!"

Lu Chen looked at the Black Brick.

This natal magical treasure, fused with a fragment of the Sky-Opening Axe, contained the Law of Strength and specialized in breaking through all flashy techniques.

"Smash!"

He summoned the Black Brick, wrapping it in Golden Light of Merit, and suspended it three inches above Hongyun's forehead.

"Senior, forgive me!"

The Black Brick gently descended, tapping Hongyun's brow.

"Clang--"

It wasn't the sound of flesh colliding, but a vibration on the soul level!

The Law of Strength entered through his brow, forcibly suppressing the rampaging three-colored light.

At the same time, Lu Chen poured all the remaining Three Lights Divine Water.

Sunlight corrodes, moonlight erodes, starlight dissolves—the Three Lights Divine Water was actually the nemesis of the Three Clans' malevolent toxins!

The three-colored light melted away rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the sun.

Hongyun grunted and opened his eyes.

"Little friend... you..." He was still somewhat dazed.

"Senior, don't move, it's not over yet!" Lu Chen hissed.

Although the three-colored light was suppressed, it had already partially merged with Hongyun's soul. Forcibly stripping it away would damage his foundation.

"I can only... transform it!"

Lu Chen's mind raced as he recalled the Ancestor Dragon Nine Transformations, Nirvana True Scripture, and the Kirin Clan's cultivation techniques.

He had learned the basics of these three clans' secret arts from the spoils of war.

"Senior, follow my guidance and circulate the cultivation technique!"

His divine sense transmitted the basic circulation routes of the three techniques.

Hongyun didn't understand, but he trusted Lu Chen and did as he was told.

"Ancestor Dragon Transformation—Water Element!"

"Phoenix Nirvana—Fire Element!"

"Kirin Tramples the Earth—Earth Element!"

Under the harmonization of the Golden Light of Merit, the three powers actually began to merge slowly, transforming into pure Five Elements origin energy, which fed back into Hongyun.

Hongyun's aura began to recover, and it even became... stronger!

"This is... a blessing in disguise?" Hongyun was shocked.

He was already at Grand Unity Peak, and now he was actually touching the threshold of Quasi-Saint!

"Senior, consolidate your power first. There are still four Quasi-Saints outside searching for us," Lu Chen said with relief.

Hongyun nodded and closed his eyes to meditate.

Lu Chen, meanwhile, focused on the outside.

The four Quasi-Saints had already searched more than half of the stone clusters and were getting closer.

"This won't do..." he frowned, contemplating.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on a corner of the Qiankun Diagram—there were three Phoenix Eggs, one Heavenly Phoenix Egg (the Little Golden Phoenix had already hatched), and those three Kirin Eggs (the last hope).

A bold plan emerged.

"Frame them, combined with luring the tiger away from its den!"

He took out the Heavenly Phoenix Egg (empty shell) and infused it with a trace of the Primordial Phoenix Heart Core's aura.

He then took a drop of the Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale essence blood and smeared it on the eggshell.

Next, he took a fragment of a Chaos Kirin's finger bone and embedded it in the egg.

Finally, he poured all the purified remaining fake violet qi energy into the Heavenly Phoenix Egg!

"Buzz—"

The Heavenly Phoenix Egg erupted with brilliant light, its aura a mixture of the origin energies of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans, along with the Dao rhythm of Primordial Violet Qi!

Although it wasn't the true violet qi, it was enough to pass for the real thing—especially in Chaos, where divine sense was hindered.

"Go!"

Lu Chen wrapped the Heavenly Phoenix Egg, disguised as "Primordial Violet Qi," with the Qiankun Diagram and quietly sent it to the back of a boulder.

At the same time, he controlled his clone, "Ao Chen" (Dragon Clan clone), to appear from another direction, feigning a panicked escape.

"It's there!" Di Jun was the first to spot the clone.

"Chase!" Taiyi's Chaos Bell rang, locking down space-time.

The clone deliberately exposed a flaw, allowing the four to see "him holding a glowing Heavenly Phoenix Egg."

"The violet qi is on him!" Kunpeng shrieked.

The four Quasi-Saints instantly abandoned their search and pounced on the clone.

"Now!"

Lu Chen's main body, carrying Hongyun, fled at full speed in the opposite direction.

The clone, meanwhile, led the four towards the depths of Chaos.

The plan was a success!

But Lu Chen had only flown a hundred thousand miles--

"Boom!"

The Chaos ahead exploded, and a shadowy figure blocked his path.

Bird-headed and human-bodied, with wings on his back, it was Kunpeng!

"Little thief, do you think I'll fall for the same trick twice?" Kunpeng sneered.

Lu Chen's pupils contracted: "Your main body went after the clone, this is... your second primordial spirit?"

"That's right!" Kunpeng chuckled coldly. "My main body went to seize the purple qi, and I stayed here to wait for you. I didn't expect to actually catch you—Hongyun is heavily injured, and you, a mere Taiyi ant, die!"

A claw tore through the air, the might of a Quasi-Saint crushing the void.

Lu Chen gritted his teeth, the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner protecting him, the Black Brick in his hand.

"Senior, can you still fight?"

Hongyun opened his eyes, his aura already restored to eighty percent: "Yes!"

He unleashed the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, and a crimson mist formed a barrier.

"Bang!"

Kunpeng's claw shattered the mist, and both of them vomited blood, flying backward.

The gap was too great!

"An ant trying to shake a tree." Kunpeng raised his hand again, preparing to deliver the killing blow.

Just then--

"Chirp--!"

From Lu Chen's embrace, the sleeping Little Golden Phoenix suddenly awoke.

It seemed to sense a fatal crisis, the three golden quills on its head burning as its wings spread.

Time froze!

Although it was only for a tenth of a breath, Lu Chen and Hongyun were both seasoned fighters and instantly seized the opportunity.

"Smash!"

"Slash!"

The Black Brick and the red gourd simultaneously struck Kunpeng's chest.

"Pfft--!" Kunpeng's second primordial spirit, caught off guard, was sent flying backward, his chest caved in.

"Go!" Lu Chen dared not linger, pulling Hongyun and fleeing once more.

"Don't you dare run!" Kunpeng's second primordial spirit roared in fury and pursued them.

But injured, his speed had slowed.

One chasing, one fleeing, they flew for countless more miles.

Chaos had no direction, and Lu Chen could only fly towards the Primordial Era by instinct.

Gradually, Kunpeng's aura behind them grew fainter—the second primordial spirit was too heavily injured to keep up.

"Temporarily... safe." Lu Chen panted, stopping to rest.

Hongyun's face was also pale: "Little friend, this time... thank you so much."

"You're too kind, senior." Lu Chen gave a wry smile, "I'm the one who implicated you."

"No," Hongyun shook his head, his eyes complex. "That fake purple qi was aimed at me in the first place. If not for you, I would have perished outside the Purple Heaven Palace."

He paused, then said solemnly, "Little friend Lu Chen, I can never repay your life-saving grace. If you ever need anything in the future, Hongyun will die without regret."

Lu Chen quickly waved his hands: "You flatter me, senior."

The two rested and recovered for a while, preparing to continue their journey.

But at that moment--

"Buzz!"

The Chaos ahead suddenly split open, revealing a rift.

A figure stumbled out, covered in blood, clutching a glowing Heavenly Phoenix Egg.

It was the clone Ao Chen!

"How did you..." Lu Chen was stunned.

Didn't the clone go to distract the four Quasi-Saints? Why was he back?

And judging by his appearance, he was critically wounded and dying!

"Main body... hurry and go..." the clone transmitted with difficulty. "They... discovered it was fake... and they're coming..."

Before he could finish speaking, four rifts exploded in the Chaos behind them.

Di Jun, Taiyi, Minghe, and Kunpeng's main body, trailing murderous intent, pursued them!

"You little thief, how dare you toy with us—!" Di Jun's fury erupted, his Solar True Fire scorching the heavens and boiling the earth.

Taiyi locked down the surrounding space-time with the Chaos Bell.

Minghe's Yuantu Abi Twin Swords slashed through the air.

Kunpeng's true form blotted out the sun and moon.

The four Quasi-Saints, enraged, surrounded and attacked!

This time, there was no retreat!

Lu Chen looked at his heavily injured clone in his arms, then at the weakened Hongyun beside him, and gritted his teeth.

"Senior, trust me one last time."

"What are you going to do?" Hongyun had a bad premonition.

Lu Chen took out the "fake purple qi" disguised as the Heavenly Phoenix Egg and stuffed it into Hongyun's arms.

Then, he yelled at the top of his lungs:

"Senior Hongyun—quickly take the purple qi and go! I'll hold them off—!"

His voice, with all his might, echoed through Chaos.

The eyes of the four Quasi-Saints instantly locked onto the "glowing purple qi" in Hongyun's embrace.

"The purple qi is still with him!" Minghe shrieked.

"Chase!" Di Jun and Taiyi changed direction, lunging towards Hongyun.

Hongyun was stunned: "Little friend, you..."

"Hurry and go! Find Senior Zhen Yuanzi!" Lu Chen pushed him, simultaneously transmitting his voice: "This is fake, I'll explain later!"

Though Hongyun didn't understand, he trusted Lu Chen, gritted his teeth, and fled.

The four Quasi-Saints all pursued Hongyun.

In Chaos, only Lu Chen and his heavily injured clone remained.

"Main body... that move of yours... was too risky..." the clone said with a wry smile.

"Risky, but effective." Lu Chen's eyes were icy. "Senior Hongyun has the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd; his escape skills are top-notch. The four Quasi-Saints won't catch him anytime soon."

"Then, what's next..."

"Next?" Lu Chen looked in the direction the four Quasi-Saints had gone, a smile curving his lips.

"It's time to cast the net."

He, along with his clone, quietly followed.

Half a day later.

Somewhere in Chaos, Hongyun was surrounded by the four Quasi-Saints, in a precarious situation.

"Hongyun, hand over the purple qi, and we'll spare your life!" Kunpeng roared.

Hongyun clutched the Heavenly Phoenix Egg, his face deathly pale. "This... this thing is poisonous!"

"Still trying to trick us?" Taiyi's Chaos Bell vibrated, and Hongyun spat out blood.

Just as the four Quasi-Saints were about to strike the killing blow—

"Stop!"

An angry shout, and Zhen Yuanzi arrived!

The Earth Book unfurled, and a phantom landscape of thousands of miles enveloped them, temporarily protecting Hongyun.

"Zhen Yuanzi, are you going to oppose us?" Di Jun asked coldly.

"Hongyun is my dearest friend. Anyone who dares to harm him is declaring an endless feud with my Wuzhuang Temple!" Zhen Yuanzi stood his ground, unyielding.

The two sides faced off.

From a distance, Lu Chen lurked in the shadows, watching the scene unfold.

"It's about time..."

He controlled his clone, Ao Chen, who suddenly appeared from another direction, shouting in alarm:

"Bad news! The Dragon Clan Treasure Vault has been robbed! Lord Ancestral Dragon is furious and has ordered a thorough investigation—!"

His voice spread across the battlefield.

The four Quasi-Saints froze.

The Dragon Clan Treasure Vault was robbed? When did that happen?

Seizing the moment of their distraction, Lu Chen's main body transformed into a streak of light and rushed into the fray, snatching the Heavenly Phoenix Egg from Hongyun's embrace.

"Fellow Daoists—this purple qi is truly poisonous! I'll prove it to you!"

He held the Heavenly Phoenix Egg high and, under everyone's gaze, squeezed it with all his might.

"Crack!"

The eggshell shattered.

Inside, there was no Violet Qi, only destructive energy mixed with the murderous toxins of the Three Clans, which exploded with a roar!

"What?!" The four Quasi-Saints' faces changed drastically, and they quickly retreated.

The energy exploded, and Chaos trembled.

When the dust settled, Lu Chen lay on the ground, "dying," clutching the broken eggshell in his hand, and said with a bitter laugh:

"See... see... this isn't Primordial Violet Qi at all... it's a trap left by the Three Clans... whoever touches it dies..."

The four Quasi-Saints probed with their divine senses and indeed sensed the lingering curse aura of the Three Clans on the eggshell.

"It really is a trap..." Minghe's face was grim.

Di Jun and Taiyi exchanged glances, a flicker of unwillingness in their eyes, but there was no reason to continue pestering.

Kunpeng stared intently at Lu Chen: "Little thief, you knew all along?"

"I... I only just found out..." Lu Chen said "weakly," "Senior Hongyun... quickly... quickly give me that bottle of antidote... I've been poisoned..."

Hongyun was stunned, but seeing Lu Chen wink, he quickly took out a bottle of ordinary healing pills (pretending it was the antidote).

Lu Chen took it, and his "complexion improved."

Seeing this, the four Quasi-Saints' last shred of doubt vanished.

"Bad luck!" Taiyi put away the Chaos Bell. "A wasted effort."

The four left dejectedly.

After they were far away, Zhen Yuanzi finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lu Chen: "Young friend, what exactly is going on..."

Lu Chen got up, brushed off the dust, and grinned:

"Senior, the show is over."

He took out his true gain – the purified fake Violet Qi energy, with three-tenths remaining.

"Although the Violet Qi was fake, this energy is real. Senior Hongyun has benefited from disaster and has touched the threshold of Quasi-Saint. And I, too, have gained something."

Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi were dumbfounded.

"You... you were acting from the beginning?" Hongyun stammered.

"What else?" Lu Chen shrugged. "With the four Quasi-Saints trying to kill me, direct confrontation would mean death. I could only outsmart them – frame them first, then expose the truth, making them think they saw through it, so they naturally wouldn't pester us anymore."

Zhen Yuanzi looked deeply at Lu Chen: "Your wisdom, young friend... is rare in the Primordial Era."

"You flatter me, senior." Lu Chen cupped his hands. "This place is not suitable for lingering. Let's return to the Primordial Era first."

As the three were about to leave, a light laugh came from the depths of Chaos:

"Wonderful, truly wonderful."

A figure in black robes slowly emerged from the void.

His face was blurred, and demonic energy surged around him.

"I thought the Three Clans' scheme was brilliant enough, but I didn't expect something even more brilliant."

The black-robed man's gaze fell on Lu Chen:

"Kid, you have great potential. Do you want to... follow this seat?"

Lu Chen's pupils contracted sharply.

This aura... Luohu?!

Didn't the Demon Ancestor perish in the battle between Dao and Demon?!

Luohu's remnant soul appeared, actually trying to recruit Lu Chen! Even more terrifying was that behind him followed two illusory figures – they were clearly the lingering spirits of Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix!

The clan leaders of the Three Clans were in league with the Demon Ancestor?!

At the same time, a roar of the Heavenly Dao echoed from the direction of the Primordial Era: the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity had ended, the Three Clans were in decline, and Heavenly Dao merit was about to descend! And Lu Chen was still carrying the great karma of the Three Clans