Leftovers from the Last Kalpa, Red Karma

The Twelve Ancestor Witches were to stay at Qianyuan Mountain, so Xuanyuan naturally had to prepare properly.

He specifically created a separate dojo for them within Qianyuan Palace for their cultivation.

As for himself, he lay on the Enlightenment Chair outside Qianyuan Palace as always.

Leisurely and content!

As for cultivation?

Only a fool would cultivate.

Wasn't it better to lie down comfortably and relax?

Anyway, the Innate Spiritual Qi within Qianyuan Mountain was extremely dense, and there was also the Enlightenment Chair, a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure suitable for enlightenment and cultivation, along with various top-tier resources.

Even without cultivating, his strength was rapidly increasing non-stop.

When he returned from Zixiao Palace back then, Xuanyuan's cultivation was at the late stage of Daluo Golden Immortal. Now, after nearly a thousand years, although he hadn't broken through to the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal, he wasn't far off.

According to Xuanyuan's calculations, he would break through in another one to two hundred years.

As for Taiqing Laozi, who was known as the number one person under Hongjun, Xuanyuan dismissed it as a joke.

Just a false reputation!

The number one person under the Saints?

His current strength had already surpassed him by leaps and bounds.

Furthermore, once Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, and the other two broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and completed the System's mission, they would also receive ten thousand years of cultivation as a reward from the System.

Even if they couldn't break through to Hunyuan Golden Immortal in one go, reaching Grand Perfection of Daluo Golden Immortal was a sure thing.

Xuanyuan wasn't worried at all.

The most pressing matter for Xuanyuan was the cultivation of Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, and the other two.

Time flew by, and another seven hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Xuanyuan, who had been in slumber, suddenly opened his eyes. Two beams of golden light flashed and disappeared, and his aura surged significantly.

A smile appeared on Xuanyuan's face.

It had already been sixteen hundred years since he returned to Qianyuan Mountain.

"Finally broke through to the peak of Daluo Golden Immortal!"

Xuanyuan murmured, looking towards Qianyuan Palace, his smile widening.

"Not bad, Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, and the other two have all broken through to Grand Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal. With about fourteen hundred years left, breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortal should be no problem!"

Xuanyuan was quite satisfied with the four of them.

Since arriving at Qianyuan Mountain, they had been cultivating diligently within Qianyuan Palace without a moment's rest.

Confirming that the four could break through to Daluo Golden Immortal within the time limit set by the System, Xuanyuan shifted his attention to the Witch Clan.

Jiu Feng had already broken through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and comprehended the Law of Ice.

Xuanyuan chuckled. No wonder Jiu Feng was favored by Ancestor Witch Xuanming and became the sole successor of Witchcraft. Both of them comprehended the Law of Ice, a direct inheritance.

Xing Tian still hadn't broken through, remaining at Grand Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and had been caught up by Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, and the other two.

Of course, this was only on the surface.

Even though they were all at Grand Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal, even if Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, and the other two joined forces, they wouldn't be enough to defeat Xing Tian alone.

After all, with Xing Tian's current physical strength, within the same realm, even with the enhancement of spiritual treasures, it would be impossible to break through his defenses.

This was the might of the Witch Clan.

In battles of the same realm, very few could defeat a member of the Witch Clan.

"Let's see how Dijiang and the others are doing with their cultivation!"

Xuanyuan looked at Dijiang and the others and smiled.

"Not bad, all have broken through to the late stage of Daluo Golden Immortal. Once they unleash the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, under Hongjun, no one on the Primordial Continent can stop them!"

He wondered what was happening in the Primordial World now.

Xuanyuan, concerned about the Witch Clan's tribes, took out the Sky-Peeking Mirror. After a brief inspection, he found that the Witch Clan's tribes were now a scene of prosperity.

Great Witches like Kuafu, Hou Yi, and Xiang Liu, although their rate of strength increase wasn't as fast as Jiu Feng and Xing Tian, they were not weak either. All of them had reached Grand Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

After all, Xuanyuan had long ago passed down the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Origin Technique to all the Great Witches of the Witch Clan and provided them with plenty of top-tier resources.

The only difference, perhaps, was that they didn't have the extremely dense Innate Spiritual Qi like that within Qianyuan Mountain.

Cultivation knows no time. In the blink of an eye, another thousand years passed.

Xuanyuan opened his eyes again, lit a Huazi, and leisurely took a puff.

After finishing the Huazi, he looked towards Qianyuan Palace.

He couldn't help but frown.

"This isn't quite what I expected!"

A thousand years passed. Of the four, Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird, and Sihuxiang, only Six-Eared Macaque had broken through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The other three remained at the Taiyi Golden Immortal Grand Perfection.

Kong Xuan and Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird were descendants of Yuan Feng, while Sihuxiang was a descendant of Shi Qilin.

Logically, the talent and origins of the three should have been stronger than Six-Eared Macaque's.

After all, although Six-Eared Macaque was a reincarnation of the Chaos Demon Ape, he only possessed a quarter of the Chaos Demon Ape's origin, making his innate foundation deficient.

"Why is this happening?"

Xuanyuan pondered, unable to understand.

With less than four hundred years remaining, if the three of them couldn't break through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, the System's mission would fail.

Xuanyuan didn't care about the ten thousand years of cultivation or the one billion Great Dao Merit. What he cared about most was the System's final reward: any Innate Spiritual Treasure could be upgraded to a Chaos Spiritual Treasure.

This was crucial for his upcoming plans and could not afford to go wrong.

Xuanyuan's expression turned serious, a rare display of focus, as he carefully observed Kong Xuan, Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird, and Sihuxiang.

He immediately discovered something unusual.

Around the three of them, wisps of invisible red light were entwined, like cocoons, tightly wrapping them and preventing their breakthrough.

Karma!

It was actually karma!

Xuanyuan couldn't help but frown.

He clearly remembered observing the three before he even took them as disciples at the Pangu Temple, and everything had been normal, which was why he decided to accept them.

"Where did things go wrong?"

Xuanyuan thought it over again and again, but found no clues.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

Kong Xuan, Great Peng, Sihuxiang!

Yuan Feng, Shi Qilin!

Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan!

Dragon-Han Calamity!

The reason was right here.

As the protagonists of the Dragon-Han Calamity, the Phoenix and Qilin clans had caused immense harm to the Primordial World.

Although the calamity had long ended, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans suffered the condemnation of the Heavenly Dao, were entangled by karma, and their path to cultivation was extremely difficult.

Moreover, they would always be one level below the mainstream powerhouses of the Primordial World.

When their strength was low, it was fine, but once members of these three clans were about to break through to the strongest level in the Primordial World, the karma they carried would prevent them.

Xuanyuan recalled that when they were at the edge of the Outer Heavens, Kong Xuan, Great Peng, and Sihuxiang were only at the Golden Immortal realm.

He hadn't thought much of it then, but now it seemed it wasn't due to their lack of talent, but the red karma at play.

After understanding the cause, Xuanyuan actually felt relieved.

Being entangled by karma was like a heavenly punishment. Even powerful figures like Sanqing, Jieyin, and Zhunti could only stare helplessly, unable to do anything before achieving the Saintly status.

However, for Xuanyuan, it was not an insurmountable problem.

He had at least two methods to help Kong Xuan, Great Peng, and Sihuxiang eliminate the karma on them.