Xuanyang had been born less than a thousand years ago. Though he was an Innate Being, he had no profound inheritance. After taking human form, he had only reached the late True Immortal stage. He cultivated alone for several hundred years, and only after breaking through to the Mysterious Immortal stage did he leave to travel and seek opportunities.
However, not long after leaving his Dao Field, he encountered cultivators from the Kirin Clan who coveted his Innate Spiritual Treasure. He was pursued for more than ten thousand li. If East King Duke had not appeared, he would never have escaped his inevitable death.
Relieved, he took out the Spiritual Treasure that had accompanied his birth and presented it to East King Duke.
"This is my low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, born alongside me. It is called the Blazing Sun Pagoda. This disciple wishes to offer it to Master."
East King Duke laughed in surprise. He knew what Xuan Yang was thinking. Not to mention that he possessed supreme treasures and looked down on a mere low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—even if he had no Spiritual Treasure at hand, he would never covet his disciple's treasure.
"Put those thoughts away. How could I covet your Spiritual Treasure?"
As he spoke, he lightly pointed a finger and sent a cultivation technique into Xuan Yang's sea of consciousness.
"This is part of the inheritance of my Supreme Yang Lineage. It can take you directly to the peak of the Golden Immortal stage. Once you attain the Golden Immortal realm, I will pass on the subsequent cultivation techniques to you."
"Thank you, Master!"
"I intend to make a trip to Kunlun Mountain, so I will first find you a place to cultivate. Cultivate diligently. At the latest, within thirty to fifty thousand years, and at the earliest, within ten thousand years, I will bring you back to my Dao Field on Mount Fang Island."
"Rest assured, Master. This disciple already has a destination."
East King Duke brought Xuan Yang back to the Dao Field where the latter had been born. After setting up a Pure Yang Formation capable of resisting attacks from a Great Luo, he hurried toward Kunlun Mountain without worry.
There were no further obstacles along the way. East King Duke stood atop the Twelfth-grade Innate Yin-Yang Dao Lotus and unleashed the power of a Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. His escape technique was exceedingly swift, and he reached the borders of Kunlun in less than ten thousand years.
Kunlun Mountain truly deserved its reputation as a divine mountain of the Primordial World. Although this was not the main range of Kunlun that would later become a Saint's Dao Field, but rather Western Kunlun, its Innate Artistic Conception was still tranquil and alluring.
Auspicious creatures could be seen everywhere, while immortal cranes cried out in unison.
Mount Fang Island was also a top-tier Grotto-Heaven Dao Field, and its spiritual energy was even denser by a measure. However, it lacked living beings. Compared with Western Kunlun, it was missing a touch of vitality and life.
East King Duke had come in search of the Queen Mother of the West. He was Innate Pure Yang Qi, and Innate Pure Yin Qi possessed a Heavenly Mandate soul resonance with him. He followed that resonance forward.
After traveling for a hundred years, the indistinct resonance remained. Strangely, however, he still could not meet her.
"This is impossible!"
The Heavenly Dao's perception could not be wrong. The Innate Pure Yang Qi was clearly nearby. Moreover, the Queen Mother of the West could evidently sense his arrival as well. As Heavenly Dao Companions, they should have come out to meet each other. The current situation left him completely bewildered.
Unwilling to return empty-handed, East King Duke pondered briefly before summoning the Yin-Yang Dao Lotus. It transformed into a massive lotus platform, and he sat upon it. He took out a Yellow Middle Plum and swallowed it, then circulated his Pure Yang Immortal Power and extended his Spiritual Sense to its utmost limit.
On this day, his expression shifted while he was meditating. After several decades of effort, he had finally noticed something unusual: an Innate Formation.
After inspecting it, East King Duke sent a strand of Pure Yang Energy into the formation.
He guessed that this might be the Queen Mother of the West's Dao Field. Afraid of disturbing her if she was in Secluded Cultivation, he gave her advance notice. Once she sensed the Pure Yang Energy, she should understand.
Yet after waiting for a long time, the formation still gave no response whatsoever.
After hesitating for a moment, East King Duke decided to break through the formation and take a look. After using some methods to break it open and entering the formation, he was shocked by what he saw.
"This..."
Inside the great formation was a mass of Innate Pure Yin Qi in the process of gestation. At this point, a faint soul had already formed within the mass, radiating a feeling of intimacy.
"Innate Pure Yin Qi? How could this be? The Queen Mother of the West has yet to take human form."
As the Heavenly Dao revolved, Yin-Yang Harmony dictated that even if the two of them could not take human form simultaneously, they should not be separated by too long a period. Yet he had already taken human form tens of thousands of years ago, while the Queen Mother of the West had still not emerged. Judging from the state of the Pure Yin Qi, it would clearly require quite some time yet.
After considering the matter, East King Duke roughly formed a guess. He had probably been reborn and changed his fate, causing his transformation to occur much earlier. The Innate Pure Yin Qi, however, was still gestating according to her original trajectory. The time for its emergence had not yet arrived.
By comparison, this made the Queen Mother of the West's transformation seem late.
Once he understood the reason, he was relieved.
The Queen Mother of the West should still be the same Queen Mother of the West. As long as that did not change, it was enough. East King Duke carefully observed the mass of Pure Yin Qi, then sat cross-legged atop the lotus platform and began reciting the Pure Yang True Scripture, discussing the Dao with the Queen Mother of the West, who had yet to emerge.
"All things possess Yin and Yang, divided into the inner and outer aspects of Qiankun. For all who cultivate inner things, there is a natural principle. Their affairs are by no means ordinary..."
Though it was called discussing the Dao, in truth, he was merely lecturing. This lecture lasted five hundred years.
Five hundred years later, East King Duke's Dao Sound came to an abrupt stop, and the lecture ended. Within the Pure Yin Qi, the soul had already solidified considerably. The mass of energy trembled repeatedly and released a feeling of joy. Clearly, the Path of Pure Yang was highly beneficial to the Innate Pure Yin Qi.
Not long afterward, a patch of golden Auspicious Cloud descended from above the Nine Heavens. It was a full mu in size. This was Heavenly Dao Merit, and it fell directly before East King Duke.
Yin-Yang Harmony conformed with the Heavenly Dao, so he naturally deserved to receive Merit. With a wave of his hand, East King Duke collected it into his soul.
"Once you have finished taking human form, you may come to my Mount Fang Island in the East Sea."
After saying this to the Innate Pure Yin Qi, he sent another message into the mass of energy. East King Duke then departed.
After leaving the Innate Great Array, East King Duke did not continue traveling through the Primordial Continent. Instead, he stepped onto the Innate Dao Lotus and flew toward the Nine Heavens.
The Queen Mother of the West, who had yet to take human form, made him think of a possibility. He wanted to make a trip through the starry sky. If those two on the Sun Star had also yet to emerge, and he could find them, he might be able to accomplish his plans for his Dao Path ahead of schedule.
Above the Nine Heavens, the Gale Wind was bitterly cold. The higher he went, the more oppressive it became. However, the Twelfth-grade Innate Yin-Yang Dao Lotus was a supreme defensive treasure, and with the Yin-Yang Two Qi protecting him, it could not harm East King Duke in the slightest.
Before long, the vast starry sky appeared before him.
Ziwei Star led the way, dazzling beyond compare, with the stars of heaven surrounding it. Ziwei Star was the foremost of all the stars and was originally the ruler of the Zhou Tian Star Dou. Unfortunately, the two on the Sun Star were the protagonists of the next measureless calamity, bearing the Heavenly Mandate. This allowed the Sun Star to reverse the order and rule over the stars. But that was a matter for later.
East King Duke's destination on this journey was the Sun Star.
If the Queen Mother of the West had not emerged, then Di Jun and Tai Yi, the two future Lords of Heavenly Court, had very likely not yet taken human form either.
From the legends of his previous life, he knew that East King Duke's Path of Pure Yang had not worked. Having been reborn, he did not want to repeat that mistake. He wanted to go further, transform Pure Yang into Supreme Yang, and then achieve Yin-Yang Harmony with the Pure Yin Qi, thereby planting the Supreme Yin Seed. Once Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang combined beneath the evolution of the Dao, they could give rise to the Yin-Yang Dao.
This was the Supreme Chaos Great Dao, far more powerful than the Path of Pure Yang.
The journey to the Sun Star was the first step. The Three-legged Golden Crow was an Innate Being of Supreme Yang in the Primordial World. If he could extract the Golden Crow's origin and merge it into himself, his plan would naturally succeed.
Moreover, the two of them possessed accompanying Spiritual Treasures that made him covetous.
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