That axe cleaved space apart!
Though the axe's light was still hundreds of millions of miles away, Li Xuan already felt its boundless aura rushing toward him, stinging his face and making his whole body feel as if it were about to split apart!
"Wh-at-the-hell!?"
The sight scared Li Xuan half to death.
Without a word, he spun around and fled the way he'd come!
At the same time, he howled inwardly, Isn't this a setup!? When did I become one of the Three Thousand Demon Gods!?
But he was moving just as fast as he had on the way there.
And since he was running for his life, he made it back to where he'd started in just five seconds.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump...
Back in that familiar stretch of Chaos, Li Xuan's heart pounded wildly.
He first glanced over his shoulder to make sure the axe hadn't caught up with him.
Only then did his whole body go limp, and he collapsed onto the chaotic qi.
"Holy shit... Holy shit... Holy shit..."
Only then did cold sweat slowly seep from his body. Li Xuan panted hard, wiped the sweat from his brow, and kept cursing...
He'd almost died just now!
That was terrifying! This was absolutely terrifying!
"Ding! The host has completed the choice to watch the battle between the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Reward: one Innate Spiritual Root Gourd Vine and one Thirty-Six-Petaled Primordial Creation Green Lotus."
Just as Li Xuan panted heavily, still shaken, the Choice System's voice suddenly rang out.
Then,
a vibrant green vine shoot appeared beside Li Xuan's left hand, swaying gently.
A lotus platform, about one zhang wide and half a zhang tall, appeared on his right. It was a rich jade green, shone with a lively radiance, and had thirty-six petals.
The Innate Spiritual Root, Gourd Vine.
The Innate Supreme Treasure, Thirty-Six Grade Creation Green Lotus Platform.
"Oh-ho?"
The appearance of these two treasures instantly soothed Li Xuan's poor, startled heart.
He sprang upright and looked at the lush, adorable vine and the ancient, imposing lotus platform, his eyes shining!
These were both incredible treasures!
He reached out and gently stroked the Gourd Vine.
Then Li Xuan sprang onto the Thirty-Six Petaled Creation Green Lotus.
He looked it over from side to side, then sat cross-legged and let out a strange cackle. Putting on an air of solemnity, he said, "Ahem... Boundless Amitabha..."
As an Innate Supreme Treasure, it was only one level below a Primordial Supreme Treasure.
The powers of the Thirty-Six-Petaled Primordial Creation Green Lotus spoke for themselves.
The moment Li Xuan sat down on it, he felt streams of spiritual energy gathering around him and flowing into his body.
The Thirty-Six-Petaled Primordial Creation Green Lotus could transform chaotic qi into pure spiritual energy that was easier to absorb and refine!
Having spiritual energy flow into him felt incredibly comfortable.
After his earlier panic and the fright Pangu had just given him, Li Xuan was already utterly exhausted. Before he knew it, he'd toppled over on the lotus platform and fallen fast asleep...
"Ding!"
He had no idea how long he'd been asleep when a clear, crisp notification suddenly rang out, waking him.
Wiping the drool from his mouth, Li Xuan sat up groggily and stretched.
"Choice System generated."
"Choice One: Go to the center of Chaos and witness Pangu opening Heaven and Earth and creating the Great Desolate World. Upon completing the task, receive one random Primordial Supreme Treasure or one random Primordial Spiritual Root.
"Choice Two: Go to the center of Chaos and stop Pangu from opening Heaven and Earth and creating the Great Desolate World. Upon completing the task, receive the Primordial Supreme Treasures (Primordial Axe), (Primordial Pearl), and (Earth-Splitting Chisel), the Body-Refining Supreme Treasure (Pangu's Essence Blood), and the Sacred Cultivation Art (Primordial Great Dao)..."
"Choice Three: Continue cultivating here for a hundred thousand years and reach the Heavenly Immortal level. Upon completing the task, receive one random cultivation manual."
As he listened to the Choice System's notification, the same kind of projection he'd seen before appeared before Li Xuan's eyes.
Li Xuan had no idea how long he'd slept.
He rubbed his eyes and looked at his stats. His cultivation, which had previously been Earthly Immortal Level One, had now reached Earthly Immortal Level Six.
He stared at the three choices and scoffed. "Trying to trick me again? I was lucky Pangu didn't kill me with that first swing. And now I'm supposed to go back? Wouldn't he just blow me to smithereens? And you want me to stop him from opening Heaven and Earth? Do you think I'm an idiot?"
So Li Xuan didn't give it a second thought. He simply raised his hand and selected the option to cultivate for a hundred thousand years.
He wasn't stupid. After what had happened last time, he wouldn't be fooled again!
Nothing mattered more than staying alive!
And that went double for some Primordial Supreme Treasure.
After all, the greatest treasure in the world was useless if you were dead.
"Ding! The host has chosen to cultivate for a hundred thousand years."
At the system's prompt, the chaotic qi around him stirred slightly, then settled back to normal.
Li Xuan pursed his lips, glanced at the now much longer and thicker Innate Spiritual Root Gourd Vine, and chuckled.
Then he tilted over onto the Thirty-Six-Petaled Primordial Creation Green Lotus and went right back to sleep.
Don't pity me for being lonely. In my dreams, I have everything...
Li Xuan's lips curled up slightly. It seemed he was having a pleasant dream...
At the center of Chaos...
Earth, water, fire, and wind raged, thunder and light boomed, and the colors of primordial chaos unfolded. A boundless, unknowable terror filled the distance!
If Li Xuan had actually chosen to go there, he would have been reduced to ashes the moment he arrived!
The vast expanse of primordial colors slowly swelled, expanding by tens of millions of miles with every breath.
At its center stood a giant.
He stood with the dark above his feet and the yellow in his hands, roaring and bellowing without end!
His body grew at a frenzied pace. It could no longer be described as tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of zhang tall!
He was boundlessly vast...!
The Primordial Wilderness had officially begun!
"Greetings, Cult Leader!!"
Seated cross-legged on the Thirty-Six-Petaled Primordial Creation Green Lotus, Li Xuan grinned happily, putting on an air of solemnity.
Below him knelt countless powerful beings and innate creatures. Even the Three Pure Sages, the Two Western Sect Leaders, and Empress Nuwa, all indistinct and impossible to make out, bowed down before him.
He had become the first Saint of the Great Desolate World!
"Hahaha! Rise, all of you, rise!"
Li Xuan laughed triumphantly and raised a hand to address all the beings below.
"Greetings, Cult Leader!"
Another loud greeting came from the side. Still smiling, Li Xuan turned to look.
But all he saw was a pair of eyes full of murderous intent.
Then their owner raised a hand, and an axe came crashing down!
"Ah!!"
With a scream, Li Xuan jerked awake and shot to his feet like a spring, drenched in sweat.
The Thirty-Six-Petaled Primordial Creation Green Lotus still shone with a soft glow.
The Innate Spiritual Root Gourd Vine swayed gently too, clearly having grown more than three times larger.
"Haah... haah..."
Standing on the lotus platform, Li Xuan panted hard and wiped away his cold sweat.
Still shaken, he muttered, "So it was a dream... Scared the hell out of me..."
"Ding! The host has completed the choice to cultivate for a hundred thousand years. Reward: cultivation art (Profound Creation Marvelous Art)."
"Ding! The host's cultivation has advanced to the Heavenly Immortal level."
As Li Xuan wiped his sweat, another system notification rang in his ears.
He froze.
Good grief, had he just slept for a hundred thousand years!?
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