Seal

As time passed, another ten thousand years went by.

During those ten thousand years, Kong Xuan had taken the four others with him. Who knew how they were faring in the Primordial Wilderness?

They had never come back to visit, prompting Li Xuan to curse the ungrateful lot under his breath from time to time.

Meanwhile, Luohu's Demon Cult had grown ever stronger.

The Path of Slaughter began to spread throughout the western Primordial Wilderness.

Countless living beings in the west suffered great calamities.

It seemed that Luohu was gradually wresting away the fortune of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!

In response, Hongjun established a sect in the east, naming it the Mystic Gate!

The Mystic Gate was gentle in its ways. Its teachings called for peace in the Primordial Wilderness and for all living beings to refrain from strife.

As a result, it attracted countless beings to join and fight against the Demon Cult.

The fortune of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was thus divided between the Mystic Gate and the Demon Cult.

For now, the two sides developed independently, one in the east and one in the west, seemingly at peace.

But sooner or later, a great calamity would erupt into conflict. War was inevitable!

On this day,

Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes.

After another forty thousand years of gestation, the golden egg finally stirred!

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow.

Was the Golden-Winged Great Peng about to be born, too?

But after wobbling for a moment,

the egg settled down again and returned to silence.

It continued absorbing the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, nurturing the life within.

Its innate foundation was far too weak. It still needed more time to develop.

"Well, would you look at that... Was that a kick?"

After watching for a while, Li Xuan confirmed the egg wasn't about to hatch. He grinned and muttered,

It had gotten his hopes up for nothing.

Time flowed on like water.

Another thirty thousand years passed.

Li Xuan slowly opened his eyes, golden light swirling within them.

His cultivation had finally reached level ten of the Golden Immortal realm!

"Ah, it's so slow..."

Sensing the changes in his cultivation, Li Xuan sighed and muttered.

He really missed that twentyfold cultivation speed for ten thousand years!

"Ding."

"Choice System activated."

"Choice One: Head to the eastern Primordial Wilderness and join the Mystic Gate. Gather the Mystic Gate's fortune, overthrow Hongjun, and become the new sect leader of the Mystic Gate. Upon completion, receive one random Primordial Supreme Treasure, a hundredfold cultivation speed for one million years, a five-million-year cultivation experience scroll, and the divine ability Open Heaven."

"Choice Two: Head to the western Primordial Wilderness and join the Demon Cult. Gather the Demon Cult's fortune, overthrow Luohu, and become the new sect leader of the Demon Cult. Upon completion, receive one random Primordial Supreme Treasure, a hundredfold cultivation speed for one million years, a five-million-year cultivation experience scroll, and the divine ability World Annihilation."

"Choice Three: Randomly join one of the two sects and help it become the greatest sect in the Primordial Wilderness. Seize the Heavenly Dao's fortune and enable its sect leader to attain the status of a Heavenly Dao Saint. Upon completion, receive one random Innate Supreme Treasure, a fiftyfold cultivation speed for a hundred thousand years, a five-hundred-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll, the divine ability Dark Annihilation, and an immortal pill: Nine Revolutions Golden Pill."

"Choice Four: Completely sabotage both sects, preventing the sect leaders of the Mystic Gate and the Devil Dao from becoming Heavenly Dao Saints. Upon completion, receive one random Primordial Supreme Treasure, a hundredfold cultivation speed for one million years, a ten-million-year cultivation experience scroll, and the divine abilities Open Heaven, World Annihilation, Dark Annihilation, and Yin Yang."

"Choice Five: Watch the Mystic-Demon Great Tribulation until it ends. Upon completion, receive a tenfold cultivation speed for fifty thousand years, a thirty-thousand-year cultivation experience scroll, one random Innate Spiritual Treasure, and an immortal pill: Nine Revolutions Golden Pill."

"Choice Six: Continue cultivating. Upon completion, receive a one-thousand-year cultivation scroll."

Li Xuan had only just been reminiscing about the rewards from his previous choices.

It was as if the system had heard his call. It promptly presented him with six options.

Looking at them, Li Xuan blinked.

He knew exactly how the struggle between Hongjun and Luohu would end.

Luohu couldn't beat Hongjun.

Not because Hongjun was stronger than Luohu,

but because Hongjun was more clever—or, to put it another way... more treacherous.

"If I join the Mystic Gate, won't I just get those rewards for free?"

Luohu couldn't beat Hongjun, so Hongjun would inevitably win in the end.

With that in mind, Li Xuan immediately focused on Choice Three.

He could simply join the Mystic Gate, where Hongjun was, and claim the rewards for free!

But then he shook his head. "No, no. That scoundrel Hongjun knows me. If he sees me, he'll probably grab me with his great powers right away, then search my soul for the whereabouts of the five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi..."

As for joining the Demon Cult... Forget it!

Not only did Luohu know him, but Luohu was also an idiot.

He had no idea how to win people over!

Relying on the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, he attacked everyone he saw.

In the end, that was what drove Willow, Yin Yang, and Qiankun to be tricked by Hongjun and join forces.

Wait...

"Have the Four Swords of Zhu Xian not appeared yet?"

Li Xuan rubbed his chin, a sly glint in his eyes.

The Four Swords of Zhu Xian!

They were the greatest killing treasure in the Primordial Wilderness after the Pangu Axe had shattered. If he could get his hands on them...

But it was only wishful thinking.

For one thing, Li Xuan had no idea where the Four Swords of Zhu Xian had been sealed.

For another, he had heard that the seal could only be opened by meeting one strict requirement:

It took at least the essence blood of billions of living beings to soak it!

There was no way Li Xuan could get his hands on billions of living beings' essence blood.

Only Luohu could manage it, first by gathering it during the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity,

then by adding to it through the endless slaughter the Demon Realm unleashed in the west.

Only then had he gathered an ocean's worth of essence blood.

At last, he soaked the seal with it, broke the seal, and obtained the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan sighed and made up his mind.

He chose to watch the Mystic-Demon Great Tribulation.

Grinning cheerfully, he muttered, "Forget it, forget it. I'll just go watch the show. I can watch those five scoundrels fight to the death. Tsk, just thinking about it is exciting. It'll be so satisfying..."

As he spoke, he selected Choice Five.

"Ding. Choice to watch the Mystic-Demon Great Tribulation until its conclusion successfully accepted."

Hearing the notification, Li Xuan smiled, then said to himself, "Time to get to work, time to get to work..."

Behind him, a streak of purple light slowly brightened.

His Incarnation Outside the Body, at the peak of level ten of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, stepped out with a smile.

"Taking my beloved little gourd with me... I'm off to watch a blockbuster..."

The Incarnation Outside the Body muttered to himself.

He reached out and picked up the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd that his Original Self had spat out. With a flicker, he turned into a streak of light and headed west.

The final battle of the Mystic-Demon War would take place at Luohu's lair, Mount Sumeru in the west.

So there was no need for him to go east.

He just had to wait in the west for the final battle.

The Incarnation Outside the Body headed west.

And at that very moment, something major was happening there!

Somewhere in the west, a million-mile stretch of land lay barren, not a blade of grass in sight!

Murderous intent had gathered there from who knew where, turning the place into a forbidden zone where no living being could venture!

Yet today, several hundred living beings had flown into this very place, where any who drew near would be corroded by the murderous intent and die!

Demon Ancestor Luohu sat cross-legged on the Twelve Grade World Destroying Black Lotus Platform, and the boundless murderous intent around him could not approach.

As for his other subordinates, even the weakest was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

They, too, could withstand the murderous intent.

Luohu stared at the barren land below, unable to conceal the burning fervor in his eyes!

He had spent hundreds of thousands of years planning this!

Today, he had finally gathered the essence blood of billions of living beings!

"Earth-Splitting Chisel... Earth-Splitting Chisel!"

Luohu's voice was hoarse. He suddenly bellowed, "Pour the essence blood over it! I will break this seal!"