The figure was enormous, with wild hair and red eyebrows and beard.
He wore a Blood-colored Robe and held two swords of slaughter, one black and one white, in his arms.
Now, he actually began to chuckle.
The laughter was hoarse and unpleasant, sending chills down one's spine.
"That old bull-nosed Daoist Randeng actually got to have his day in the sun... He's made me, Minghe, see him in a new light. If he ever comes to the Western Land, I'll have to invite him for a good cup of blood wine..."
With that, he began chuckling again.
Ancestor Minghe had always despised those Sages!
They had merely relied on fortunate opportunities to attain Sagehood and get ahead of him.
Normally, each of them acted as if they were above the heavens.
He had never liked them.
Now that Daoist Randeng had dared to curse them out loud,
he had naturally earned Ancestor Minghe's favor.
There was an immortal mountain in the Primordial Chaos Land called Longevity Mountain.
On the mountain stood an immortal palace called Wuzhuang Temple.
A venerable cultivator lived in Wuzhuang Temple!
He was none other than Zhen Yuanzi...
At that moment, Zhen Yuanzi stood atop the immortal mountain, gazing into the distance.
A bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Originally, he had only been joking with his good friend, Daoist Randeng,
trying to ease his friend's gloomy mood.
But he had never expected things to develop to this point.
What a sin.
At the thought, he couldn't help regretting what he had done.
He wondered whether Daoist Randeng would make it through this ordeal.
At last, after trembling all over and remaining silent for a long, long time, Primeval Lord of Heaven finally came to his senses.
He was a Sage.
Why should he trade insults with Randeng?
Trading insults with that unlucky Randeng would only lower his status.
He could simply strike and suppress him!
"Old scoundrel Randeng, where are you? Do you dare show yourself and fight me?"
With that, he suddenly hurled the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi from his hand.
Wrapped in an aura of slaughter that made people tremble at the mere mention of it, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi flew out of Jade Void Palace.
In an instant, it appeared above the Primordial World, as if it had crossed the river of time and space.
Its boundless pressure made everyone feel as if disaster were about to strike.
Although the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi ranked only forty-sixth on the Magic Treasure Ranking,
no one dared underestimate it.
After all, it was a top-grade Innate Merit Spiritual Treasure.
It was a jade of slaughter that could kill without incurring karmic consequences.
Who would dare look down on it?
The true form of the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi stretched across the sky, and the air between heaven and earth seemed to freeze.
Its vast pressure made its formidable power unmistakable.
Everyone raised their heads to gaze at the true form of the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
Envy showed in their eyes.
Just then, a brazen voice came from the edge of the world:
"Old fool Primordial, find me first before you start bragging..."
"Hahaha..."
The voice was utterly arrogant.
It sounded as if its owner feared nothing in heaven or earth.
In reality, however, Randeng had already begun fleeing in a panic.
The source of the voice kept shifting,
leaving everyone unable to tell where Randeng was.
He talked tough,
but ran at the first sign of trouble?
The turn of events left many people at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
This Randeng...
Since when had he become so shameless?
They had thought they were in for a good show.
Now it seemed there would be no show after all.
Saint Primordial was furious, too.
The top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, radiated heavenly might in the sky.
Yet it was like a headless fly, darting around without a target.
He had never managed to catch Daoist Randeng's aura.
Just then, a distant, ethereal voice rang out:
"Primordial, wait a little longer. Once the Magic Treasure List has been fully revealed, you can deal with the rest... The next treasure will be revealed shortly..."
The voice lacked grandeur, yet carried an ethereal quality that inspired reverence.
It was none other than the leader of the Daoist sect, Taishang Laozi...
Faced with this situation, Primeval Lord of Heaven had no choice but to withdraw the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
The vast Violet Gold Qi in the sky began to roil once more.
Many people turned their attention back to it.
What sort of treasure could rank above the Green Ping Sword, the Panlong Slanted Cane, and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi?
The golden light in the sky surged once more.
In the end, it revealed a long sword.
When the sword appeared, many people were completely baffled.
A treasure ranked above the Three Pure Ones' treasures should, by rights, have been extremely famous.
Yet this sword looked unremarkable, and no one seemed to recognize it.
It was an ordinary-looking long sword, with nothing unusual about it.
But as soon as it appeared, the Twelve Ancestral Witches in Ancestral Witch Hall instantly changed expression.
This sword was a treasure the Twelve Ancestral Witches had recently forged in secret.
It wasn't even fully refined yet, and the Primordial Violet Gold List had already exposed it...
Wouldn't that spell trouble?
"Eldest Brother, I never expected this sword to be exposed! What should we do now?"
Di Jiang, the most imposing of them all, wore a bitter smile.
"It doesn't matter. It would have been exposed sooner or later. A day earlier or later makes no difference. Let it be..."
"Everyone says our Witch Race has flawed souls and can't wield magic treasures. Yet we've managed to forge one. Now that it's been revealed to the world, that's fine. Let the people of the Primordial World see what we can do..."
Before long, Violet Qi filled the sky, revealing several lines of Great Dao Script:
["Forty-fifth on the Magic Treasure Ranking: Demon Slaying Sword. Forged by the Witch Race using the blood essence of millions of Humans they slaughtered. It has a natural advantage against the Demon Race, capable of corrupting their bodies and rotting their souls. No demon can withstand it, and its power is formidable! Since it only targets the Demon Race, it ranks forty-fifth. Master: the Twelve Ancestral Witches!"]
The moment this treasure appeared, the entire Primordial World erupted in an uproar.
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