"Though he has a Chaos God-Demon Dao Seed, he has only just entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. He is truly weak!" Hongjun shook his head slightly and closed his eyes again. "Once I attain sainthood, I'll settle things with him!"
It wasn't that Old Ancestor Hongjun had no desire to kill Beichen. His fourth disciple, one of the Destined Saints, had only reached the Nine-Petal Three Flowers, yet a Mysterious Turtle had surpassed him. How could Hongjun not feel murderous?
However, Beichen had the favor of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao. He couldn't simply be killed. Hongjun was only a Quasi-Saint; he wasn't yet qualified to kill him!
"Before I attain sainthood, there's still the Dao-Devil War. That demon god Luohu must be dealt with properly!"
Hongjun was deeply troubled and had little energy left to concern himself with the Mysterious Turtle, Beichen.
At that moment, an unprecedented great brawl was slowly brewing in Hongjun's heart!
On the Sun Star, when the thirty-sixth Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunderbolt struck, large sections of Starfall's surface crumbled. Cracks as terrifying as heavenly chasms appeared everywhere.
"Heh, this Sun Star can withstand at most thirty-six World-Ending Thunders. That's its limit!" Beichen said with a faint smile.
Dijun and Taiyi looked at the Sun Star, which was on the verge of breaking apart, with faces so bitter they could have wept. "Our home is gone?"
"Golden Crows, I'll let you go back and protect the Sun Star, defend your home, since your recklessness was only momentary!"
Xihe furrowed her brows, unable to bear the thought. "But you must promise not to invade my Moon Star again. Agreed?"
Dijun and Taiyi looked at Xihe with admiration. They increasingly felt she possessed the maternal charm of a Mother of the World.
Dijun asked, "Goddess, do you truly mean it?"
Changxi pouted. "Mean it, my foot! Dream on. I absolutely refuse. I won't let you go back!"
"Changxi!" Xihe clicked her tongue. "Don't be so willful!"
"Sister, you're feeling especially kind, but these two rough men came to fight on my Moon Star at the slightest provocation. How can we just let them go? Their home deserves to be destroyed. They can wander through the Primordial Turbulence from now on—that's what they deserve!"
Taiyi gave the haughty goddess a wry smile and sighed. "So petty!"
He could tell that Changxi wasn't bad by nature, just as Xihe had said. She was willful!
"You three-legged thing, a creature that looks like both a dragon and a bird, and you dare call me petty?" Changxi shot back.
Taiyi looked guilty and kept his mouth shut.
Changxi studied Taiyi. Seeing that he wasn't arguing, she felt a trace of delight instead. This rough man seems honest enough. He's nothing like his slick-tongued brother, who talks so smoothly and knows how to sweet-talk people.
"Brother, look! Something's happening on the Sun Star!"
Suddenly, Taiyi's divine eyes focused, and he called out to Dijun.
The other three turned to look again.
They saw the Laws of the Great Dao spreading out from Beichen's body. His illusory form rippled until it nearly covered the entire Sun Star. This enormous Dharma body wasn't a tortoise, yet it shrouded the great star and blocked the endless aura of the World-Ending Thunder.
"What is that? A Dharma body?" Dijun was stunned. "What a powerful Dharma body! It contains endless Heaven and Earth Great Dao!"
This Dharma body was the Boundless Immortal Body of the Great Dao, a reward from the system. It was Beichen's ultimate Dharma body: incomparably hard, imbued with boundless Dao resonance, and containing the Laws of the Great Dao. Ordinary experts couldn't shake it.
As soon as the Dharma body appeared, it shielded the entire Sun Star. The World-Ending Thunder Tribulation struck Beichen alone.
"This is the perfect chance to temper this Dharma body with the Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder. Once the tribulation is over, its strength will be immeasurable!"
"Sister, did you see that? That cultivator protected the Sun Star, so those two rough men's home is safe. We can't let them go now!"
Changxi was stubborn by nature and wouldn't let up on the Two Crows.
Seeing this, Xihe had nothing to say. She could only give Changxi a reproachful look. "You always have to be right, don't you?"
The Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder Tribulation lasted a full century. Beichen's enormous Dharma body was tempered until it was as solid as metal, strong as a fortress. He also refined countless strands of Dao resonance into the Dharma body, linking it to his true body.
The space around the Sun Star gradually settled. Beichen let out a long breath and stood up, his divine eyes shining with vigor.
His bearing and demeanor had changed considerably. His long hair fell over his shoulders, and he wore the Primordial Dragon-Patterned Purple-Gold Robe. His slanted brows swept toward his temples, his elegance peerless. Every movement revealed the bearing of a great expert.
He walked once around the Sun Star. Waves of power spread from him, and the cracked land was quickly repaired, restored to its original state in an instant.
"Among the Three Thousand Great Daos lies one called Creation. That Dao is incomplete, so it can't truly create things, but it can still repair them."
After just ten years of walking, the Sun Star had regained its former radiance. Golden light rolled across it, and it looked brand-new.
On the Moon Star, the four star deities watched, dumbfounded and utterly shocked.
"Goddesses, please let us go back!"
Dijun suddenly smiled. As a hundred stars revolved with his River Map and Luo Book, the immobilizing seal from Xihe's Moon Profound Light Mirror was shattered.
He had just watched Beichen walk across the Sun Star and, recalling the River Map and Luo Book, gained insight. His magical power had grown tremendously!
"You scoundrel! You invaded my Moon Star, yet you don't even know you're guilty—and now you dare fight back?" Xihe said angrily. "Good thing we listened to my sister and didn't let you go!"
Dijun had stoked Xihe's anger, and the four of them began fighting fiercely once more.
This time, Dijun and Taiyi were suppressed even more badly. "Sister, why not just kill these two Sun Star gods? I saw countless treasures on the Sun Star. If we kill them, both stars will belong to us!"
"You little rascal!" Xihe shook her head. "We don't have the ability to kill Grand Unity Golden Immortals. We can only teach them a lesson!"
"Hehe!" Changxi laughed. "I was joking. How could I not know that? But we can cripple them and keep them as slaves on the Moon Star."
Changxi's delicate brows arched. "You rough men like us, don't you? You wanted us to take you as Dao Companions, didn't you? If you stay here as our slaves and let my sister and me order you around, that counts as being Dao Companions too!"
"You..." Dijun was furious and unleashed an even more powerful Dao technique against Xihe.
Xihe's expression suddenly turned cold. "My sister's suggestion makes sense. We'll cripple them, or our Moon Star will never have peace!"
Killing intent surged, and karma rolled forth. Dijun and Taiyi's expressions immediately darkened.
Xihe was serious. This woman was not to be trifled with.
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"Ding! System detected that the Two Crows are in danger. Will the host go to their aid?"
"Option one: Help the Two Crows and save them from danger. Reward: Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler."
"Option two: Turn a blind eye. The Two Crows will be crippled and enslaved. Reward: one Yellow Middle Plum fruit!"
"Option one, option one! I choose option one."
The reward didn't matter. The important thing was that Beichen had to save the Golden Crows.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Beichen's illusory form appeared on the Moon Star.
Without a word, the Great Dao Qiankun Divine Tortoise Shell came crashing down. Though it was a defensive treasure, the Divine Tortoise Shell could also attack like a golden shield.
"Mysterious Turtle?"
Xihe and Changxi didn't dare be careless. They hurriedly cast spells at Beichen with their two magic treasures.
"Mystic Turtle Daoist!" Seeing him, Dijun and Taiyi were delighted.
Beichen said nothing and pressed forward step by step. The Great Dao Divine Tortoise Shell surged with the Great Dao like a heavenly gate, striking relentlessly without mercy.
The Divine Tortoise Shell battered them until Xihe and Changxi begged for mercy. Only then did Beichen stop.
"Moon Star Goddesses, Dijun and Taiyi must not be crippled. Not only that, the four of you are destined for a wonderful marriage! If you cripple them, you'll ruin your chance to become their wives!"
"You... Mystic Turtle Daoist, don't talk nonsense. How could they be our husbands?" Xihe retorted angrily.
"I'll take these two away. Moon Star Goddesses, take care."
Beichen left Xihe and Changxi wondering, grabbed the Two Crows, and fled.
"Sister, what was that Mysterious Turtle talking about?" Changxi couldn't help wondering. "He seems to know the secrets of Heaven."
"Don't be ridiculous!" Xihe frowned.
"Daoist, you saved us today. Please allow us to become your disciples!"
Back on the Sun Star, Dijun and Taiyi suddenly knelt down. They bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, swearing an oath to Heaven and Earth.
"Wait... This is... so... sudden!" Beichen said with a wry smile.
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