A White Lotus Platform flew out on its own. A White Lotus bloomed around Yun Xiao in an instant, seeming to be the purest, most flawless lotus in the world—a stark contrast to the cold Killing Intent.
Then a second, a third, a fourth...
Before even the blink of an eye had passed, Yun Xiao was surrounded by a sea of flowers.
In that moment, the sky for thousands of miles around was entirely white, like snow falling from the Heavenly Mountains. The whole area was filled with a cool breeze and a sweet fragrance!
"Clang!"
Flowing Light clashed with the White Lotus. The crisp sound rang in every direction, sending out ripples that seemed to drift through the air like gossamer.
"How is this possible!?"
The ambusher's cold face was filled with disbelief.
The Divine Weapon he had just unleashed was a Divine Sword forged from Geng Metal. It could cleave through mountains, yet when it struck these seemingly soft flowers, it was sent flying. He had never even dared imagine such a thing!
"A spicy little lobster?"
Divine light shone from Yun Xiao's eyes, scattering the mist in the distance and revealing the ambusher's true appearance.
"I am the Shrimp Ancestor!!!"
Hearing Yun Xiao call him a little lobster, the Shrimp Ancestor was so furious that his whole body turned red and seemed to smoke. He had not taken human form, and now, covered in red from head to toe, he looked just like a tempting, fully cooked lobster.
"Sure thing, Little Lobster."
Dressed in white, Yun Xiao stood in the White Lotus Sea and pressed toward the Shrimp Ancestor, like a great snowy mountain descending from the heavens and making the void rumble.
"You ignorant fool. Do you really think those lotuses can protect you?"
Facing Yun Xiao's crushing advance, the Shrimp Ancestor only sneered. Then his body swelled a hundredfold, his colossal shadow towering over the earth. His pincers shone with brilliant light, and the oppressive aura left people gasping for breath.
The Shrimp Ancestor was in the Late Golden Immortal Realm, even more powerful and overbearing than the Whale Ancestor had been. His heavy pincers gleamed all over, and the void itself nearly split apart!
"Rumble!"
Without another word, his pincers came down like a blade-carved mountain, stirring howling winds and vast ocean waves. A colossal shrimp's shadow could just be seen roaring at the sky, tearing open heaven and earth!
"Boom!"
White Lotuses bloomed and shone with ten thousand feet of light as they slammed into the pincers!
In the next instant, even more terrifying shock waves swept outward. The two forces collided, sending up monstrous waves a million feet high that converged into Water Dragon Twisters and rampaged in every direction!
Amid the spray, the Shrimp Ancestor stumbled backward in shock, staring at his giant pincers in disbelief.
"What kind of Spiritual Treasure is this? How can it have such terrifying defensive power?"
His face twisted in fury. The rock-hard shell on his pincer had already been shattered by the White Lotus, and blood gushed out, staining a stretch of sea red.
This was a result the Shrimp Ancestor had never imagined.
He was the First Lobster of Heaven and Earth. Not only was his attack power immense, his pair of giant pincers could split metal, and few at his cultivation level could stand against him.
Yet even so, Yun Xiao's Spiritual Treasure had cracked his shell. Shock gave way to a trace of fear in the Shrimp Ancestor's heart.
"Good. Now I won't have to peel you myself later."
Yun Xiao stood like an immortal in the Lotus Sea, calmly and indifferently looking at the Shrimp Ancestor before her.
"Arrogant!"
The Shrimp Ancestor turned an even deeper red and began chanting under his breath.
In the next instant, a Geng Metal Divine Sword pierced through the void. Golden mist filled the sky, transforming into a vast golden river that surged toward Yun Xiao and swallowed her whole.
This was the Shrimp Ancestor's Accompanying Spiritual Treasure: a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Geng Metal Sword, which he had refined for countless eons.
Now that he had unleashed it, golden light filled the heavens and earth, mixed with bone-chillingly sharp sword energy. It seemed intent on piercing straight into Yun Xiao's soul, leaving her no chance to reincarnate!
"Boom!"
The sword light struck the Lotus Sea in an instant. The White Lotus shone with brilliant light, indestructible. No matter how sharp the sword light was, it was like striking the most resilient thing in the world when it hit those seemingly fragile White Lotuses. It could not break through at all.
"What?"
At this sight, the Shrimp Ancestor's expression finally changed drastically. The Innate Geng Metal Sword in his hand had evolved from the Innate Geng Metal Origin and possessed the utmost sharpness. Yet even so, it could not leave so much as a mark on the White Lotus.
Just what grade of Spiritual Treasure was that White Lotus?
"Sea Calming Divine Pearls, go!"
Yun Xiao pointed forward, and twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls flew out of the void. Their deep-blue radiance swept in every direction, and the whole sea roared into a frenzy.
The ocean churned. As the origins of the twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls connected, twelve worlds of water faintly took shape within them, containing the True Water of the Four Seas, Primordial Heavy Water, and countless other divine waters. They drew in the waters of the East Sea, surging vast and mighty, blotting out the sky as they bore down on the Shrimp Ancestor.
Faced with such terrifying power, the Shrimp Ancestor instinctively sensed danger.
Without hesitation, he immediately unleashed the Innate Geng Metal Sword and slashed fiercely at the Sea Calming Divine Pearls, which seemed to carry the power of twelve worlds. Boundless Geng Metal Origin energy sprayed in every direction, as if it would cleave heaven and earth apart. But the moment the two sides touched, the peerlessly sharp Innate Geng Metal Sword seemed to have struck a whirlpool. It could not bring its force to bear at all. The True Water of the Four Seas wrapped around the Geng Metal Sword and forcibly bound it, leaving it unable to move!
"What kind of Spiritual Treasure is this now!?"
The Shrimp Ancestor stared in terror. His Divine Sense was connected to the Geng Metal Sword.
Now he felt as if a terrifying force were wrapped around him, and his breathing grew labored.
Seeing the Sea Calming Divine Pearls crash down, carrying the True Water of the Four Seas, he finally felt fear. His figure shifted, and he tried to flee.
But it was already too late.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the origins of the twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls connected, they carried the True Water of the Four Seas, Primordial Heavy Water, and countless divine waters, forming twelve worlds of water that smashed down with crushing force!
In that moment, the Shrimp Ancestor felt as if the waters of the Primordial Wilderness's four seas had crashed down on him. He could not resist at all. His once-sturdy shell shattered in an instant, along with his mountain-sized body, which the Sea Calming Divine Pearls pulverized almost immediately.
That was only natural.
In Canonization of the Gods, Zhao Gongming had wielded twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and beaten Ran Deng, a Quasi-Saint, into fleeing in disarray.
Yun Xiao only had twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls, but killing a little lobster in the Golden Immortal Realm—no, the Shrimp Ancestor—was no problem.
"What a pity! The Shrimp Ancestor was, after all, the first lobster in the Primordial Wilderness. It's a real shame he died like this!"
Watching the Shrimp Ancestor's massive body shatter, Yun Xiao shook her head. Unruly tears spilled from the corner of her mouth.
Hum!
Just then, a speck of Primordial Spirit suddenly flew out of the Shrimp Ancestor's body and tried to escape.
"Mysterious Yellow Star Silk, go!"
Seeing this, Yun Xiao immediately unleashed the Mysterious Yellow Star Silk. Boundless mysterious-yellow light descended, enveloped that speck of Primordial Spirit, and slowly lowered it before Yun Xiao.
It was none other than the Shrimp Ancestor's Primordial Spirit. It was only palm-sized and looked like a lifelike little lobster.
"Please, don't kill me!"
With only his Primordial Spirit left, the Shrimp Ancestor was wrapped in the Mysterious Yellow Star Silk, and his life or death now depended on Yun Xiao's whim. He hurriedly begged for mercy.
"Fellow Daoist, since you like eating shrimp, once I recover, I'll be sure to offer you my tenderest tail!"
"I only eat little lobsters. I wouldn't dare take a bite out of the Shrimp Ancestor." Yun Xiao smiled faintly.
"There's no Shrimp Ancestor here, only a little lobster willing to offer you his tail!" the Shrimp Ancestor declared righteously.
With his life on the line, how could he care about such a meaningless title? Staying alive was what mattered most!
"Hmm..."
Yun Xiao rubbed her chin. Just then, the system's prompt suddenly sounded in her mind.
[1: Kill the little lobster and receive the Great Divine Ability Barrier Penetrating Insight.] [2: Spare the little lobster and receive the Great Divine Ability Barrier Penetrating Insight.]
Barrier Penetrating Insight?
Yun Xiao's eyes lit up.
According to her memories, Barrier Penetrating Insight was an extremely useful Divine Ability, somewhat like Sun Wukong's Golden Eyes of Truth.
It could see through illusions and sense restrictions. It was one of the thirty-six Great Divine Abilities that Dao Ancestor Hongjun would teach at the Purple Cloud Palace during the Witch-Demon Tribulation!
Of course, heaven and earth had only just been created. This was the era of the Fierce Beast Tribulation, and Hongjun was probably only in the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm. The lecture at the Purple Cloud Palace had yet to begin.
The Primordial Wilderness of this time was still shrouded in darkness and ignorance.
Aside from the top-tier Innate Gods and Demons and reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods, the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness had no Divine Abilities. They probably did not even have a single decent cultivation method.
They were even less likely to possess a top-tier Great Divine Ability like Barrier Penetrating Insight!
What was more, heaven and earth had only just been created. Countless opportunities to obtain Spiritual Treasures remained undiscovered. The benefits of possessing such a top-tier Great Divine Ability were simply beyond measure.
"Since the reward is the same whether I kill you or not..."
Yun Xiao looked at the Shrimp Ancestor in her hand and smiled softly as he watched her with hopeful eyes. "To be honest, I preferred you the way you were just now, all high and mighty."
"Why don't you go back to being like that?"
Go back to being all high and mighty...?
The Shrimp Ancestor froze. Although he had no idea what she meant, he decided to play along for the sake of staying alive.
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