Eastern Emperor Taiyi naturally would not pass up the chance to kill Eastern Duke. If this man was not eliminated, the Demon Race would suffer from him forever.
Thus, he fully activated the Eastern Emperor Bell and directly crushed Eastern Duke to death.
The Immortal Court, once resplendent across the Primordial Wilderness, was destroyed!
The calamity aura throughout the Primordial Wilderness grew increasingly dense. Of course, Eastern Emperor Taiyi himself could not sense it.
A smile appeared on his face.
Then he bowed toward Chaos and shouted, "Saint above, ever since Eastern Duke became the Leader of Male Immortals, he has proven unfit for great responsibility. Under the Saint's banner, he has committed all manner of atrocities in the Primordial Wilderness, drawing bitter complaints from all. Taiyi could not bear to see the Saint's mighty reputation sullied by him, so I acted against the Immortal Court today. I ask the Saint for forgiveness!"
After a long while, Chaos gave no response whatsoever.
Only then did Eastern Emperor Taiyi leave Penglai Island in the East Sea, surrounded by his followers.
He took the immortals of Penglai Island with him as well.
With the Immortal Court's strength replenishing them, the Demon Race recovered some of its vitality.
This time, Eastern Emperor Taiyi did not return to the Sun Star. Instead, he flew toward Buzhou Mountain.
It turned out that after the battle between the Witches and Demons, Fuxi and Di Jun had used the Hetu Luoshu to deduce that a mysterious space existed on Buzhou Mountain.
After the Demon Race experts joined forces to break it open, they discovered an immortal treasure land and established the Heavenly Court there.
This also made up for their former limitation of being confined to the Sun Star.
After the Demon Race established the Heavenly Court atop Buzhou Mountain, they came to stand in opposition to the Witch Clan.
However, the Witch Clan had recently been recovering its strength as well. Influenced by the calamity aura of the Primordial Wilderness, the Blood Pool within Pangu Temple continuously produced new Witches.
The Ancestral Witches also discovered that adding their blood to the Blood Pool would accelerate the creation of new Witches.
Thus, the Witch Clan's activities throughout the Primordial Wilderness diminished as well.
Compared to the Witch Clan, Di Jun and the others turned their attention toward another force.
The North Sea Demon Race.
Kunpeng dominated the North Sea Land. Using the North Sea's uniquely frigid climate to keep the Witch Clan from approaching, Kunpeng had gathered a group of demons.
This greatly displeased the increasingly powerful demons of the Heavenly Court.
If they were to oppose the Witch Clan, they naturally had to gather the strength of the entire Demon Race.
The Heavenly Court demons had always stood on the front lines against the Witch Clan, while the North Sea Demon Race hid in a corner and quietly developed. What kind of sense did that make?
Di Jun and the others quickly formulated a plan to attack the North Sea Demon Race.
But things did not go as they wished. Just as Di Jun and the others were preparing to set out, Kunpeng unexpectedly proclaimed to the Heavenly Dao, established Demon Script, and gained an enormous amount of Heavenly Dao merit.
For a time, his prestige among the Demon Race soared. If Di Jun and the others attacked Kunpeng now, it would certainly stir disputes within the Demon Race and might even split it apart.
Therefore, they could only temporarily set aside the plan and wait for another opportunity.
As they waited, the time for the Third Lecture at Purple Cloud Palace arrived.
All the great powers of the Primordial Wilderness set aside their affairs and headed into Chaos.
Styx was no exception.
Styx was greatly looking forward to this trip to Purple Cloud Palace.
Based on the previous two occasions, he should encounter another stroke of fortune this time.
Moreover, the enfeoffment of saintly positions and the distribution of treasures after the lecture were the main events.
Styx already possessed No Sword and the God Slaying Spear, two Connate Supreme Treasures suited for offense. He felt it was necessary to acquire another Connate Supreme Treasure for defense.
That would give him greater security in the Primordial Wilderness.
It was not that the Karma Fire Red Lotus and the Profound Origin Water Control Flag were not good enough, but they were merely Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. He would inevitably attain the Grand Dao Golden Immortal realm in the future, and by then, Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures would no longer be enough.
If he could have the Karma Fire Red Lotus merge with the origins of the other three lotus platforms, or obtain the other four innate flags and combine them with the Profound Origin Water Control Flag to form the Innate Five Directions Flags—
Only then might they provide Styx with greater help.
And for Styx, this was not an impossible goal.
As for the lotus platforms, he possessed the Karma Fire Red Lotus and the World-Ending Black Lotus. He only needed to gather the Creation Green Lotus and the Merit Golden Lotus.
He lacked more of the Innate Five Directions Flags, possessing only the Northern Mysterious Yuan Controlling Water Flag.
Several of the remaining lotus platforms and Innate Five Directions Flags were in Hongjun's hands and would later be bestowed upon others.
For example, the Twelfth Grade Merit Golden Lotus was bestowed upon Jie Yin. It later became the treasure that suppressed the Western Sect's fortune, before Mosquito Taoist bit off three grades, turning it into the Ninth Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
There was also the West Plain Color Cloud Boundary Flag, which Hongjun had bestowed upon the Western Queen Mother after the First Lecture.
The East Azure Lotus Precious Color Flag, South Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag, and Central Wu Ji Apricot Yellow Flag were respectively obtained from Treasure Distribution Rock by Zhun Ti, Laozi, and Yuanshi.
None of those people were easy to deal with, but if Styx wished to gather the Innate Five Directions Flags, it was not entirely impossible.
What if he gathered all those spiritual treasures at Treasure Distribution Rock?
Though it was unlikely, there was no harm in thinking about it.
However, before Styx reached Purple Cloud Palace, someone stopped him not far from the Blood Sea.
They were two exquisitely beautiful children.
Styx had seen them before at Purple Cloud Palace.
Without question, these two were the future rulers of the Heavenly Court after the Witch-Demon Calamity—Haotian God and the Golden Mother of Yaochi.
The two stopped Styx and timidly said, "Greetings, Great God Styx."
Styx knew they had not come with good intentions, but he still patiently asked, "Did you two come for some important matter?"
These two were Hongjun's attendants and, in name, were of the same generation as the future Saints.
Though Styx did not fear a pair of attendants, there was no need to make enemies of everyone.
The current Haotian did not yet possess the imperial majesty he would one day wield over the Primordial Wilderness. Before Styx, he was like a child afraid of an adult.
He timidly said, "Great God, Master has asked us to invite you to Jade Capital Mountain."
Styx did not believe that Hongjun summoning him to Jade Capital Mountain now could mean anything good.
Jade Capital Mountain had been Hongjun's cultivation ground before he became a Saint. After becoming a Saint, Jade Capital Mountain vanished from the Primordial Wilderness.
Styx had long suspected that Hongjun was behind Laozi and the others' earlier attempt to intercept and kill him.
And now Hongjun was summoning him to Jade Capital Mountain before the lecture. Was he not simply trying to keep him from going to Purple Cloud Palace to hear the Dao?
Every time Styx listened to the Dao at Purple Cloud Palace, he gained considerable fortune.
He did not know whether the Heavenly Dao's bestowed fortunes required him to be at Purple Cloud Palace.
But there was no need to investigate that matter. After all, only the final lecture remained.
His gaze shifted slightly. Though he still wore a smile, it made Haotian shiver from the cold.
Styx said, "Not this time. Please inform the Saint that if there is anything, he can tell Styx at Purple Cloud Palace."
With that, Styx prepared to fly directly into Chaos.
But Haotian stepped forward and threw out an object.
"Great God, forgive us. The Saint instructed us that if Great God refused the command, we could only resort to force."
Haotian and Yaochi were both Quasi-Sages now, but they were far from being Styx's match.
Styx had not taken Haotian's words seriously, but then he saw the object Haotian had thrown out radiating a terrifying suppressive force.
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