Gone

Five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi entered his body, and Li Xuan shuddered all over.

Immediately after, he felt boundless pressure and heat!

It was a tremendous power that threatened to burst him apart and burn him to ashes!

In that instant, he truly and clearly sensed the location of those five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi.

Four strands resided in his limbs.

One strand resided in his sea of consciousness!

"Ding."

"Choice System activated."

"Choice One: Fuse the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi into your body. After three hundred thousand years, become a Heavenly Dao puppet, your will henceforth moving with the Heavenly Dao, your fate following the celestial tides. Upon completion, obtain the Daoxing of a Heavenly Dao Saint, the infinite might of the Heavenly Dao empowering you, immortality without death, eternity without decay, impervious to the Immeasurable Kalpa."

"Choice Two: Refine the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi while concealing all deductions, calculations, and Heavenly Dao probes. After three hundred sixty-five million years, or even up to the Immeasurable Kalpa, strip away the Heavenly Dao's will. Upon completion, there is a chance to become a Primordial Great Dao Saint above the Heavenly Dao, immortal without death, eternal without decay, unmarred by countless kalpas, with a single thought able to create or destroy heaven, earth, and the universe."

"Choice Three: Send the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi to Eastern Kunlun Mountain and deliver them to Daoist Hongjun. Upon completion, obtain Hongjun's favor, with a chance to be accepted as the senior disciple of the Mystic Gate. Randomly receive one Innate Supreme Treasure, three Heaven Earth Creation Pills, and the divine abilities: World Annihilation, Open Heaven, and Creation."

"Choice Four: Send the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi to Western Mount Sumeru and deliver them to Demon Ancestor Luohu. Upon completion, obtain Luohu's favor, with a chance to be accepted as the senior disciple of the Demon Cult. Randomly receive one Innate Supreme Treasure, three Heaven Earth Great Demon Pills, and the divine abilities: Godslayer, Heavenly Demon, and Reincarnation."

"Choice Five: Send the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi to Southern Void Mountain and deliver them to Willow Daoist. Upon completion, obtain Willow's favor, with a one hundred percent chance to be accepted as his personal senior disciple. Receive one Innate Supreme Treasure, three Willow True Yang Pills, and the divine abilities: Void, Hundred Absorptions, and Chaos."

"Choice Six: Send the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi to Northern Return to Ruins Cave and deliver them to Yin Yang Daoist and Qiankun Daoist. Upon completion, obtain the favor of both, with a one hundred percent chance to be accepted as their disciple. Receive one Innate Supreme Treasure, three Yin Yang Creation Pills and three Heaven Earth Qiankun Pills each, and the divine abilities: Yin Yang, Qiankun, and Life and Death."

"Choice Seven: Release the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, letting them return to the Heavenly Dao to be obtained by others. Upon completion, randomly receive three Innate Spiritual Treasures, the divine ability: Five Flavors True Fire, and one thousand years of cultivation experience scroll."

Burning all over, feeling as if he would explode, Li Xuan stared at the seven options before him, momentarily unable to make a decision.

Choice One?

After three hundred thousand years, replace Hongjun and become a Heavenly Dao Saint?

Li Xuan thought it over, then abandoned that idea.

A Heavenly Dao puppet—too miserable.

From then on, no independent will, reduced to a plaything.

Choice Two?

It required three hundred sixty-five million years or even the Immeasurable Kalpa?

Didn't that mean the minimum time was three hundred sixty-five million years?

At most, it was completely uncertain!

The Immeasurable Kalpa—that was an unfathomable span of time!

If he chose that, who knew when he could transcend the Heavenly Dao and become a Primordial Great Dao Saint?

And most crucially, there was only a chance of success.

Not a guarantee!

As for the choices after that—three, four, five, six...

Respectfully return them to those people?

Damn it, those five bastards, not a single one of them was any good.

He'd rather throw them away than give them back!

This Old Master didn't care about those paltry rewards!

Choice Seven...

If he released them, wouldn't they end up divided among those five in the end?

No one else could possibly snatch them from them, right?

Li Xuan's thoughts raced, and finally, the burning heat surging through his body could no longer be suppressed.

He had to make a choice—to fuse, to refine, or to release!

"Damn it! So what if I just throw them away for nothing!? I'd rather not give them to you bastards! I choose Two!!"

Li Xuan suddenly gritted his teeth and cursed loudly, then selected the second option!

"Ding, selection to refine the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi successful."

Accompanied by a prompt, Li Xuan raised his hand and formed a seal.

Instantly, the Profound Creation Marvelous Art surged into motion, his blood, qi, and spiritual sense executing it.

It ceaselessly scoured and suppressed that boundless heat.

The waves of heat in his body gradually subsided, and Li Xuan, his face twisted in a grimace, entered meditation.

Here, Li Xuan had chosen a path so arduous that even if it took him the span of the Immeasurable Kalpa, it would be difficult to achieve the status of a Primordial Great Dao Saint.

Truly a case of harming others without benefiting himself.

And over at Phoenix Mountain.

Luohu, Hongjun, Willow, Yin Yang, and Qiankun stared at the spot where Li Xuan's Incarnation Outside the Body had been utterly obliterated, vanishing into nothing, and for a moment they were stunned.

All that remained on the ground was a Fire-Tipped Spear and a White Jade Ring.

Both had been affected by the God-Slaying Spear's power, their luster dimmed.

Yet these two Innate Spiritual Treasures were like mere trash, not even worth a glance from the five of them.

Thus, before their eyes, there was simply—nothing at all!

Where was the Violet Qi?

Damn it, where was the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi!?

By all logic, now that the brat had been beaten to dust, the Violet Qi should naturally appear!

But where was the Violet Qi?

The five stared at the scene before them, and after a dazed moment—

The first to snap out of it was Luohu, who abruptly turned his gaze to Willow, his eyes full of menace.

"You dare play tricks with This Seat!?"

Willow furrowed his brow and said slowly, "This Poor Daoist does not know what happened either. Fellow Daoist Luohu, do not slander This Poor Daoist."

After speaking, he looked at Hongjun, suspicion in his eyes. "Fellow Daoist Hongjun, you know that brat, don't you?"

Hongjun glanced calmly at Willow and said, "This Poor Daoist has only met him once, hardly an acquaintance. Today, however, you brought him here. Now that he is dead and the five Heavenly Dao Opportunities have vanished without a trace, should you not offer an explanation?"

Yin Yang and Qiankun also turned to Willow, their gazes extremely hostile.

It was clear that from the start, they had seen Li Xuan following Willow.

Since this brat came with you, he was your subordinate or disciple.

Now that he's dead and the five Violet Qis are gone, how can you escape responsibility!

The atmosphere suddenly grew tense.

Willow's expression remained calm, but his brow tightened. He said evenly, "This Poor Daoist also only met that brat once. I merely thought he had potential and intended to keep him by my side. I never imagined he would receive the favor of a Heavenly Dao Opportunity. No..."

At this point, he suddenly said, "No! We may have been tricked!"

He immediately formed hand seals and began to deduce.

Seeing this, Hongjun also flicked his wrist slightly, using the Jade Plate of Creation to start calculating.

The Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi—wherever it had fallen, there would always be traces to follow.

Thus, even if they couldn't pinpoint its exact location, a single calculation would reveal whether it was in Willow's hands.

But the moment they calculated, both Willow and Hongjun's expressions changed!

They couldn't deduce a single thing!

It was as if the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi had truly vanished from the world, half of it gone without a trace!

"Still putting on an act!?"

Luohu, seeing the two of them endlessly forming seals, flew into a rage.

His methods of calculation were inferior to theirs, but his combat power far surpassed them.

With a furious roar, he raised his spear and pointed it at Willow. "Hand over the Violet Qi to This Seat!!"