Majestic Kunlun, vast and mighty mountains, blessed with spiritual energy and breathtaking beauty, sacred and boundless, towering and immense.
Immortal waterfalls cascaded down, truly like the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven!
Among the mountains, Immortal Birds danced through the air and strange beasts roamed. Langyuan Immortal Flowers and Spiritual Root Immortal Grass could be found everywhere, while spiritual energy swirled and immortal aura filled the air.
Kunlun Mountain stretched on without end and was divided into East and West Kunlun. East Kunlun was the Three Pure Ones' training ground, while West Kunlun was the domain of the Head of Female Immortals, West Queen Mother.
The Kunlun Mountain people usually spoke of referred to East Kunlun.
Kunlun Mountain, Shangqing Hall.
Shangqing Tongtian Daojun was comprehending Hun Yuan. He had no idea how much time had passed when his eyes suddenly snapped open, like two sword rays.
"Why can't I settle my mind and cultivate today?"
Tongtian murmured in confusion. Then he closed his eyes and began to divine what had happened.
After a round of divination, he found no answer. He only learned that blood-red light and heavenly flames were soaring into the sky in the south.
"But what does that have to do with me?"
Tongtian was puzzled. Then he rose and went to Taiqing Hall.
Taiqing Taishang Daojun was cultivating. Sensing his third brother Tongtian enter, he stopped.
"Third Brother, why have you come today instead of comprehending Hun Yuan?"
Tongtian told Taishang what had happened.
After listening, Taishang took out the Taiji Diagram and began to divine. After a round of deduction, he said, "The Heavenly Dao has sensed something. It should be related to you, Third Brother. I'm not involved in this matter, so I don't know the details."
"But when I just divined your own fate, I saw Purple Qi Comes from the East. It should be an opportunity."
"You said blood-red light and heavenly flames were soaring into the sky. It should be danger first, then opportunity."
Yuqing Yuanshi appeared in the hall at some point. Hearing Taishang's words, he said, "Eldest Brother, since Third Brother will face danger before finding an opportunity, why don't the three of us go together? Then the danger will surely be eliminated, leaving only the opportunity."
"But we should still hurry. Some years ago, I sensed through Heaven-Man Induction that an opportunity for me lay in the East Sea. I was about to set out, but then it suddenly vanished without a trace. I could no longer sense anything. It truly vexed me."
Hearing this, Taishang shook his head. "If the three of us go together, the danger will naturally disappear. But the opportunity might disappear, too."
"As for whether an opportunity is lost, if it is fated to be yours, it will come. If it is not, don't force it."
After thinking it over, the two of them agreed.
Tongtian said, "Eldest Brother, Second Brother, since the Heavenly Dao has sensed something, I'll make a trip to the south. What have I to fear from a little danger?"
As he finished speaking, Shangqing Qi surged into the clouds, and his sword aura swept forth.
Taishang looked at him. "Third Brother, have you made a breakthrough?"
Tongtian nodded. After being impressed by Eldest Brother last time, he had broken through to Mid Quasi-Saint a few days ago.
He had yet to slay his corpse, though.
"Slaying the corpse truly requires the right time, place, and people. You can't do without any one of them."
Tongtian glanced at Taishang again. His own elder brother had stayed right here on Kunlun Mountain and succeeded in slaying his corpse. How had he managed it?
Could it be that my Shangqing is truly inferior to his Taiqing?
Taishang had no idea why Tongtian was staring at him so intently. Under his third brother's gaze, he began to feel awkward.
After bidding farewell to Yuanshi and Taishang, Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain and headed straight south. Only then did he slow down.
Following the pull of Heaven-Man Induction, he made his way across the land.
Just as Tongtian set out for the south, a graceful and dignified female immortal in West Kunlun also sensed something. She awoke from her cultivation and opened her eyes.
The female immortal wore a golden crown adorned with purple gemstones. Her hair was simply tied back and fell naturally down her back. She wore a silver-purple robe, elegant and imposing, with the bearing of a phoenix.
She was none other than West Queen Mother Taizhen, Head of Female Immortals and mistress of West Kunlun.
Taizhen raised a hand and pointed. Behind her, a huge, ancient mirror radiating Five-Colored Brilliant Light swiftly shrank and flew over, settling in her hand.
This was the Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Kunlun Mirror. Engraved with profound Dao patterns, it possessed the power to reflect all things and pierce through space and time.
West Queen Mother's jade hand lightly brushed across the mirror's surface. The Kunlun Mirror began to turn, and the power of space and time spread out. Before long, it stopped.
The scene of the Southern Primordial World appeared in the mirror: Southern Heaven.
West Queen Mother put away the Kunlun Mirror and furrowed her brows, unable to understand what was happening in Southern Heaven.
"Xuan Nü."
A valiant female immortal clad in silver armor entered from outside.
"Xuan Nü pays her respects to Your Majesty."
West Queen Mother chided her, "How many times have I told you? We're sisters, so just call me that. You're still so formal. Call me 'Big Sister.'"
Xuan Nü said, "Your Majesty..."
"Call me Big Sister!"
"Big Sister."
Only then did West Queen Mother smile. "Keep calling me that from now on. If you call me anything else, I'll beat you up."
Xuan Nü nodded helplessly.
"I called you here today because I'm leaving West Kunlun for a while. You'll be in charge of everything here while I'm gone."
"Why are you leaving, Big Sister? Is there anything I can do to help? Perhaps Lu Wu and the others could take care of things here."
West Queen Mother shook her head. "This matter is no ordinary one. I sensed something today: something is happening in the south. Your cultivation is still too low, and going there would do you no good."
Hearing this, Xuan Nü said no more. If even Her Majesty called it no ordinary matter, then going along would not only fail to help; she would only be a burden.
"Be careful, Big Sister. I'll wait for you here in West Kunlun."
After making arrangements, West Queen Mother headed south, straight for Southern Heaven.
Donghua remained immersed in his insights into the formation. The Purple Mansion World within him continued to evolve, only to fail time and again.
A single formation was not difficult. The challenge lay in combining them so they could complement one another and fill in what the others lacked.
Unwilling to give up, Donghua tried again.
From nothing came something; from Wuji came Taiji. Then he gradually outlined one formation after another.
He tried combining them once more. This time, with his previous attempts to draw on, the process went smoothly and without obstruction.
But he ultimately got stuck at the step of combining the Four Symbols with the Five Elements. No matter how Donghua tried, nothing worked. In the end, the entire formation collapsed.
He slowly breathed out a mouthful of Turbid Qi and stopped his deductions.
This was no longer a matter of deduction. His understanding of the Great Dao was insufficient, so he could not combine them.
He counted on his fingers and realized that his deduction had taken so long, he had missed King Pan's 300th Death Anniversary.
"Senior Yuanfeng, when will the Heavenly Secret you spoke of arrive? We have only three hundred years left."
"Don't worry. This concerns more than just the Phoenix Clan's survival."
"If the Volcano of Immortality erupts, the entire Southern Primordial World will be in danger. The Heavenly Dao must have sensed it, and the Person of Calamity will come."
Hearing this, Donghua understood. If this place were threatened by a man-made calamity alone, the Heavenly Dao naturally wouldn't sense anything. But a man-made calamity combined with the natural disaster of the Volcano of Immortality was another matter.
This was a natural disaster that threatened the Primordial World Continent. The Heavenly Dao would certainly give a warning, and the Person of Calamity would appear in response.
It was just like the protagonists in the novels Donghua had read in his Previous Life, born to fulfill their destiny.
Unfortunately, this was the Primordial World Continent. There were no protagonists.
Although Donghua had lived two lives, he didn't dare claim to be the protagonist of this world. At most, he had some foresight in certain matters.
The trouble was, even that foresight might not be real.
If the Primordial World Continent truly had a protagonist, Donghua thought it had to be Hongjun.
The future Six Sages might come next: the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
Everyone else was far behind and didn't deserve to be called the protagonists of the Primordial World.
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