I Really Can't Find Them

As for Li Xuan...

He kept flying forward, planning to get a little farther away before using Illusory Shift to make his escape.

But just then, he suddenly felt the whole world fall silent.

At the same time, five piercing glares from behind made his entire body go numb.

Unable to help himself, he stopped and turned to look.

And the moment he did...

"W-what?"

Li Xuan's eyes went wide, and he blurted out in shock.

In the blink of an eye, five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi had appeared right in front of him!

Then, without him reaching out to guide or collect them, they slipped straight into his body like water soaking into a sponge, without even pausing, and vanished.

Li Xuan was completely stunned, frozen in place.

Hongjun, Luohu, Willow, who had just come to his senses, and the other two—Yin Yang and Qiankun—were all stunned as well.

The five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi had actually gone to this kid?

To this tiny, ant-like Golden Immortal!?

Li Xuan stood where he was, dazed.

But he quickly came back to his senses.

He hurriedly looked around, left and right.

Yet he couldn't find any trace of the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi.

He quickly closed his eyes and examined himself with his spiritual sense.

But he still couldn't see any sign of the Primordial Violet Qi.

Where was the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi?

Could he have been dreaming?

At the same time, the five Quasi-Saints had already surrounded him.

With their strength, Li Xuan had no chance of escaping. He could only let them close in around him.

"Die!"

Of the five, Luohu was the most sinister and cruel.

Now that he saw a mere Golden Immortal had actually stolen the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, the jealousy and fury in his heart were beyond words.

So, when he reached Li Xuan, he let out a low shout and thrust his spear at him!

Even Ancestor Dragon would have struggled to withstand that strike, let alone Li Xuan!

In an instant, Li Xuan felt an overwhelming killing intent bearing down on him.

But he had long since prepared himself to die.

After all, he had understood from the start that he had no business taking part in this so-called opportunity.

So, as he watched the spearhead thrust toward him, he simply curled his lips and scoffed.

Then he faced death calmly.

But before the spearpoint and killing intent could reach him,

a flash of emerald light and a stream of pure energy shot over and collided with the spearhead.

Together, their combined force barely knocked it aside.

Luohu flew into a rage. Black flames flared in his eyes as he turned toward the source of the two auras.

Willow's expression was calm.

Hongjun looked unruffled.

"What are you doing!? The kid took the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi! Hurry up and kill him, then take the five strands back!"

Luohu's face twisted with fury. He glared at Hongjun and Willow and shouted in a shrill voice.

Willow calmly replied, "This young friend is my friend. Since he was fated to obtain the Primordial Violet Qi, then it naturally belongs to him."

Hongjun said evenly, "The five of us took part in this tribulation for the sake of the Heavenly Dao Opportunity. Whatever the opportunity falls to belongs to that person. We agreed on this long ago. Since young friend Long obtained it, then of course it belongs to him."

Only then did Hongjun turn to Li Xuan and say with a smile, "Young friend Long, we meet again."

Li Xuan managed a strained smile at Hongjun. "Hello, Boss Hong..."

Hongjun paused, then smiled faintly without saying anything.

Hearing this, Luohu let out a cold laugh. "Do you take me for a fool!? You want to protect this kid so you can split the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi among yourselves later!?"

Yin Yang and Qiankun also furrowed their brows and looked at Li Xuan with hostility.

No one would willingly give up the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi.

They weren't fools. They weren't going to listen to Hongjun and Willow's excuses and then simply go their separate ways.

Hongjun and Willow glanced at each other, each seeing the wariness in the other's eyes.

This kid knew him too...

Then these five strands of Primordial Violet Qi would be hard to keep to themselves...

In that case...

A glint flashed in both Hongjun's and Willow's eyes. Willow then turned to Li Xuan and said, "Young friend, in that case, hand over the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi. My fellow Daoists and I will surely compensate you. After all, with your current Golden Immortal cultivation, you can hardly make use of the Primordial Violet Qi."

Hongjun also said evenly, "Young friend Long, hand it over. I'll keep you safe and compensate you, as well as help you reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!"

"Hand it over already!"

Luohu stared at Li Xuan and shouted, his face grim.

Yin Yang and Qiankun also watched Li Xuan with hostility.

Now, Li Xuan truly had nowhere to run.

I'd hand them over if I could! I can't take them with me anyway. If I die, I'll have died for nothing—but I don't know where the five strands are hiding!

Li Xuan cursed inwardly, growing more and more frantic as he used his spiritual energy to search his entire body.

He wanted to find where the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi were hiding.

But he really couldn't find them.

With five big shots staring at him, Li Xuan felt a chill run through his whole body.

After a moment, he could only force a laugh and swallow nervously. "Um, um... sirs, I really don't know where that stuff is hiding. How am I supposed to hand it over?"

"Looking for death!"

The instant Li Xuan said that, Luohu could no longer restrain his killing intent.

With a low shout, a streak of black light shot straight toward Li Xuan!

Can't find them!?

Then once you're dead, they'll naturally come out!

This time, Willow and Hongjun didn't stop him.

The kid was asking for it. He deserved to die.

"Damn it!"

On Mount Taixuan, Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes and woke from meditation.

He immediately cursed. "You bunch of motherfucking bastards! I said I couldn't find them—did you think I was lying? None of you are worth a damn!"

After cursing them out, Li Xuan sighed.

His Incarnation Outside the Body had naturally been killed by Luohu's spear thrust, without even leaving behind ashes.

It was just a shame he'd lost his Fire-Tipped Spear and White Jade Ring for nothing.

Li Xuan shook his head, then muttered a few more curses about Luohu, Hongjun, Willow, and the others.

Then he sat back and waited for his system reward.

Once those bastards finished dividing the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, the tribulation would be completely over.

The system reward should arrive then.

After all, he had watched the whole thing from start to finish.

But just then!

Yes!

Just then!

The entire sky suddenly turned a strange shade of purplish red!

In the western sky, the void twisted and warped.

Then five snake-like strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi shot out.

They roared straight toward Li Xuan's Original Self!

Li Xuan sensed the change in the sky and hurriedly looked west.

The moment he did, he was dumbstruck.

"W-what?"

No wonder his Incarnation Outside the Body couldn't find the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi!

Those five strands had already slipped into the void!

They had crossed an unimaginably vast distance and were heading straight for his Original Self!

The Primordial Violet Qi roared through the air, arriving in the blink of an eye.

The Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array was as good as nonexistent.

With nothing in their way, the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi dropped straight down.

They burrowed into Li Xuan's body.