Another hundred years passed, and East King Duke consolidated his cultivation at the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level.
The Chaos Bead flew out of his body and entered the Earth Flower. The Human Flower held the Pure Yang Sword, while the Earth Flower held the Chaos Bead. One Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and one Innate Supreme Treasure were more than enough to suppress the primordial spirit's three flowers.
Feeling the vast Pure Yang Immortal Power within his body, which was nearly twice as great as when he had been at the early stage of the Great Luo realm, East King Duke was confident that if he faced Candle Dragon from ten thousand years ago again, he could easily suppress him. By paying a certain price, he could even kill him.
It had been nearly one Yuan Hui since he descended into the Primordial World. With an Innate Supreme Treasure, a top-tier Daoist temple, and cultivation at the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level, East King Duke's Dao Path was bright.
The gates of the Supreme Yang Dao Palace remained closed for more than ten thousand years before opening again. After leaving seclusion, he rested for a while before departing Mount Fang Island once more. This time, he headed directly toward the Primordial Continent.
The East Sea Region was vast beyond measure. Even though East King Duke was now a Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal with deep immortal essence and incredibly swift movement techniques, he still spent quite some time flying across it.
Several decades later, he set foot on the Primordial Continent for the first time.
Along the way, whether in the Four Seas or on the Primordial Continent, he sensed wisps of crimson mixed within the Innate Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth. Ordinary cultivators might not notice it, but Great Supernatural Beings had already begun to sense it.
East King Duke understood clearly.
The dragons, phoenixes, and qilins—the Three Innate Tribes—had begun expanding on a large scale. The struggle over the Protagonist of the Primordial World had slowly begun. Later, the three tribes would wage war against one another in an endless cycle of slaughter, triggering the Heaven and Earth Calamity. That would be the Dragon-Han Tribulation.
Within the tribulation, danger was everywhere. However, for a Great Supernatural Being among the top-tier Innate Divine Beings like East King Duke, its impact would not be great. He would not participate in the struggle between the three tribes, but the Dao-Devil War that the tribulation would trigger in the future concerned his Dao Path, so he had to make some plans.
However, the true outbreak of the tribulation was still far away. East King Duke had come to the Primordial Continent for two reasons: first, to travel and gain experience; second, because he had a destination of his own.
That destination was Kunlun Mountain.
Kunlun was a renowned immortal mountain in the Primordial World. Apart from Buzhou Mountain, it was the foremost divine mountain, known as the Ancestor of All Mountains.
Quite a few Innate Divine Beings had been born in Kunlun. Naturally, the most famous in later generations would be the Three Pure Ones. However, East King Duke was not heading there for those three Descendants of Pangu.
His destination was Western Kunlun.
He was looking for the Innate Divine Being born in Western Kunlun, Queen Mother of the West.
One of them had the Innate Pure Yang Qi as his origin, while the other had transformed from the Innate Pure Yin Energy. They were Heaven-ordained Dao companions. Through Yin-Yang Harmony, their fortunes would be connected. Moreover, Queen Mother of the West was a crucial part of East King Duke's plans for proving the Dao.
After making some deductions and identifying the direction of Western Kunlun, East King Duke flew onward.
He encountered quite a few living beings along the way, but most were Low-level Cultivators. He barely encountered anyone above the Golden Immortal level, and some had not even transformed into Dao bodies.
That was only natural. Most high-level cultivators stayed in their own Daoist temples to cultivate in seclusion, hoping to attain the Dao. Unless they had already achieved considerable cultivation, they rarely traveled through the Primordial World.
The scenery of the Primordial Continent was vastly different from that of the East Sea Region, and East King Duke traveled with great interest.
Since Pangu created the world, the Primordial World had flourished, and Innate Beings had emerged one after another. Although countless Yuan Hui had already passed, compared with the era in later generations when immortals appeared everywhere, there were still relatively few living beings.
It was unlike later generations, when cultivators could be seen everywhere plundering Spiritual Items from the Primordial World. Thus, East King Duke was still able to collect some excellent spiritual roots and materials along the way.
One day, East King Duke suddenly stopped the Daoist lotus beneath his feet while riding among the clouds. Looking down, he let out a startled exclamation.
"Brat, let's see where you can run now!"
In the valley below, three cultivators with fierce expressions had surrounded a young cultivator dressed in red robes.
"I already gave you the Jade Spiritual Fruit spiritual root. What more do you want? Are you really going to exterminate me?"
The young cultivator's Daoist robe was torn, and his lapel was stained with blood. He appeared to have suffered serious injuries.
"Hand over the Innate Spiritual Treasure, and we'll spare your life. Otherwise..."
The three men opposite him had already pressed close.
"The spiritual treasure is something that accompanied my birth. There's no way I'll hand it over to you."
The young cultivator held a crimson, tower-shaped spiritual treasure in his palm, his tone resolute.
The moment the three men saw the spiritual treasure, greed immediately appeared in their eyes. They exchanged a glance before shouting angrily.
"Then die!"
They each cast a spell and attacked.
Although the young cultivator possessed an Innate Spiritual Treasure, he was still fighting three against one. He soon struggled to defend himself and fell into a disadvantage.
After only seven or eight exchanges, the opponent's spiritual treasure, a long saber, flew toward him. Seeing that he was about to die beneath the blade, the young cultivator revealed an expression of despair.
Just as he was about to close his eyes and await death, his vision suddenly blurred. A figure appeared before him. Before the spiritual-treasure saber could even draw close, it flew backward, instantly losing all its spiritual essence.
The figure was naturally East King Duke. He would normally have paid no attention to four Mysterious Immortals fighting, but he had appeared this time because he had seen the young cultivator's true form. It was actually of the same origin as his own.
"We are cultivators of the Qilin Clan. This man stole a treasure of our clan, and we were ordered to capture him. Fellow Daoist, step aside at once. Do not bring trouble upon yourself."
The three men were merely Mysterious Immortals, so they naturally could not discern East King Duke's depth. They only sensed that his aura was profound and knew they were no match for him. However, they merely guessed that he might be a Golden Immortal. They thought that invoking the Qilin Clan would frighten him into backing down.
Unfortunately, East King Duke did not even take the Dragon Clan seriously, so how could he care about the Qilin Clan? Moreover, the three tribes were about to initiate war and trigger the tribulation. The cultivators of the three tribes had already entered the tribulation and were disliked by the Heavenly Dao.
He raised a hand and lightly flicked a finger. A strand of Pure Yang Energy flew out, and before the three Mysterious Immortal cultivators could react, they had already turned to dust.
The young cultivator, who had narrowly escaped death, was instantly terrified.
He hurriedly knelt on the ground.
"This junior, Xuan Yang, pays his respects to Senior. Thank you, Senior, for saving my life."
"Rise. There's no need for such courtesy."
Xuan Yang respectfully rose, but then his heart stirred, and he knelt again.
"This junior is merely a mountain-dwelling immortal. I possess no profound inheritance and have no way to seek the Dao. I beg Senior to accept me as a disciple and pass down the Great Dao, so that I may fulfill my sincere Heart of Seeking Dao."
East King Duke was stunned. After pondering briefly, he made a deduction with his fingers and was astonished. He had not originally planned to take a disciple, but he had never expected that the Low-level Cultivator he had casually saved would truly share a Master-Disciple Affinity with him.
Xuan Yang's origins were actually quite good. Moreover, they were of the same origin, so accepting him as a disciple would be suitable.
Thus, he said, "Forget it. You transformed from a strand of Innate Yang Fire, so you are of the same origin as me. You also possess a Master-Disciple Affinity with me. I shall accept you as my disciple."
"This disciple pays respects to Master!"
Xuan Yang kowtowed.
East King Duke nodded slightly.
"Your master is East King Duke, a Great Luo cultivator from East Sea Mount Fang Island. My Dao title is Supreme Yang Dao Lord. Having entered my sect, you shall become the Second Generation First Disciple of the Supreme Yang Lineage. Above, you must embody the will of Heaven; below, you must cultivate virtue. Strive to prove the Great Luo realm as soon as possible."
"This disciple shall respectfully obey Master's decree."
At that moment, Xuan Yang was overwhelmed with joy. When East King Duke had effortlessly killed the three Qilin Clan cultivators earlier, he had already known that the person before him was a senior with profound cultivation. That was why he had tried to become his disciple.
He had been willing to take a gamble. At first, he had only thought that this senior might be a Golden Immortal, but he had never expected him to truly be a Great Supernatural Being. One had to know that a Great Luo Golden Immortal was not someone one could meet easily, much less become his disciple.
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