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Staring at the hundred-meter expanse of scorched earth, Li Xuan was momentarily stunned.

His lightning-summoning technique had actually become this powerful?

After a moment's thought, Li Xuan waved his hand again.

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, a chain of flame nearly a thousand meters long and dozens of meters thick roared forth.

Like a river of fire, it blazed across the sky, its immense heat withering the trees a kilometer below!

It burned for nearly the time it takes an incense stick to smolder before slowly extinguishing.

This was... the Five Elements True Fire?

Staring at the sky-spanning inferno, Li Xuan swallowed hard.

"This Seat is this formidable now?"

He muttered softly, then withdrew his hand, resting it on his thigh. Letting out a long breath, he opened his status panel.

Name: Li Xuan. Identity: Chaos Being, Lord of Mount Taixuan. Cultivation: Mystic Immortal. Treasures: Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform, Qiankun Diagram, Jade Pure Bottle, Innate Spirit Root (Chaos Gourd Vine). Technique: Profound Creation Marvelous Art. Strength Rating: Passable.

When he saw the word "passable," tears welled in Li Xuan's eyes.

He was finally no longer trash, no longer garbage, no longer ordinary.

He had earned the system's recognition—he was a passable cultivator!

I am finally passable!

Li Xuan almost couldn't help but roar to the heavens.

Taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed his excitement and muttered solemnly to himself, "The road is long and winding... I must not grow arrogant."

Then, Li Xuan slowly closed his eyes again and entered meditation.

Clouds gathered and scattered; in the blink of an eye, another five thousand years passed.

After breaking through to Mystic Immortal, Li Xuan's cultivation speed became excruciatingly slow.

In five thousand years, he had only advanced to the second level of Mystic Immortal.

Five thousand years for one minor level...

"This is forcing me to choose something else. Otherwise, just idling... I can't level up..."

Li Xuan opened his eyes, frowning.

Did he really have to go out?

What if he waited until this ten-thousand-year period passed, and when a new choice came, he picked something low-risk with decent rewards?

But I, the ultimate coward, how could I do that...

Besides, the outside world is so dangerous. What if the system screws me over...

I only have one life.

Li Xuan's heart was torn.

"Master... save us..."

Just as he was thinking, faint cries reached his ears.

With his current Mystic Immortal cultivation, he could pinpoint them instantly.

The voices belonged to Little Blue, Little Purple, and Bright Rabbit.

Li Xuan frowned and turned toward the source.

At the southern horizon, four black dots were speeding toward him.

With his current strength, he could see through tens of thousands of li in a single glance. Three of the four figures were Bright Rabbit and his companions, and the fourth was a handsome-faced man.

As for what was behind them...

A massive shadow was rapidly closing in!

"Tch... you never come back to visit me, but when trouble comes, you run to me for help..."

Li Xuan rubbed his chin, a little annoyed.

But in the end, these three little ones had grown up and transformed under his watch. Though Li Xuan was no saint, he was still a man of flesh and blood.

So, with a sigh, he said calmly, "Come over here quickly."

Bright Rabbit, Little Blue, and Little Purple had not seen each other for eight thousand five hundred years, and all three had now stepped into the Golden Immortal realm.

Clearly, during this time, each had encountered no small fortune, especially Bright Rabbit, who had even reached Golden Immortal Level Five.

But even as Golden Immortals, the three were now covered in wounds.

Behind them, the massive shadow bore down with boundless pressure, and from time to time, a bolt of lightning would strike, sending the three and the handsome man into a fluster, adding fresh injuries to their tally.

The four had been ashen-faced, with over a hundred thousand li still to go to Mount Taixuan, feeling as though it might as well be at the edge of the world, impossible to reach.

But suddenly, a calm voice rang out, striking them like a shot of stimulant, lifting their spirits!

The Lord! He had indeed heard their cries for help!

The Lord had come to save them!

"Your Highness, we're saved! We're saved!"

Bright Rabbit's face was full of excitement as he shouted loudly.

Little Purple and Little Blue also nodded incessantly, their speed picking up a notch.

But the handsome man, addressed as Your Highness, wore a calm expression and gave a bitter laugh. "He never killed me all along, using me as bait to lure more Beast Clan powerhouses. I... I can't let you die for me! That Lord of yours can't possibly be his match either! You all! Go now!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

At the handsome man's words, the massive shadow let out a laugh that shook the sky. "This little kirin of yours is quite clever. I didn't kill the four of you along the way because I wanted to see who this 'Lord' you keep talking about is! Prime Kirin is dead! The Second Generation Kirin have all been wiped out! What Lord could the Beast Clan possibly have left!?"

"Ding."

"Choice System activated."

"Choice One: Save the Third Generation Kirin, Qi Ying. Reward upon completion: Ten-thousand-year experience scroll, one random Innate Spiritual Treasure, spiritual pill: Great Luo Creation Pill, divine ability: Heavenly Law and Earthly Form."

"Choice Two: Kill the Second Generation Golden Dragon. Reward upon completion: Hundred-thousand-year experience scroll, one random Innate Supreme Treasure, immortal pill: Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, divine ability: Nirvana Finger, enhanced Incarnation Outside the Body."

"Choice Three: Do nothing, let Qi Ying perish. Reward upon completion: Hundred-year experience scroll."

As for Li Xuan's side.

Sure enough, choices appeared before him once again.

"This is utterly lawless... blatantly obvious..."

Staring at the three options before him, Li Xuan ground his teeth.

This was clearly forcing him not to pick the third option; even trying to lie low was impossible now!

After a moment's thought, Li Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked ahead, his gaze skipping past Bright Rabbit and the other three, landing directly on the massive shadow.

Name: Golden Dragon. Identity: Second Generation Dragon Clan. Cultivation: Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Level Five. Treasures: Dragon Flame Sword, Dragon Scale Armor, one drop of Ancestor Dragon Blood Essence. Technique: Ancestor Dragon Body Forging Art. Strength Rating: Expert.

This was a Second Generation Dragon Clan member, a direct bloodline of the Ancestor Dragon!

A Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Level Five, an expert!

No wonder he was so confident; with his strength, he could indeed be said to roam the Primordial Wilderness almost unchallenged.

"Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal... still far from Quasi-Saint!"

A fierce glint flashed in Li Xuan's eyes as he muttered viciously to himself, "Then let's go big!"

With that, he selected Choice One and Choice Two!

Two at once!

After all, the system never said he could only pick one at a time, as long as they didn't conflict...

"Lord!"

At the same time, Bright Rabbit and the other two, along with the surviving kirin of the Kirin Clan, Qi Ying, finally made their desperate escape into the range of Mount Taixuan.

"Come in."

The thick mist slowly parted, revealing a massive gap that led straight to the mountain peak.

Moon Rabbit and the others were overjoyed and moved to charge inside.

But the massive shadow, the Golden Dragon's true form, let out a wild laugh. "Since the fish has taken the bait, the bait is useless! Die!"

Four bolts of cyan lightning, thick as water vats, came howling down!