[Ding! The host has made a choice. The reward has been issued!] [Congratulations, host! You have obtained: Chaos Pearl (Fragment)!]
As the system notification rang out, a wisp of gray energy quietly merged into Xiruan's body.
In an instant, Xiruan felt a strange sense of separation from the world around her.
She was clearly still standing there, yet it also seemed as though she had leaped beyond this realm, looking down at everything from a higher dimension.
[Chaos Pearl (Fragment): When activated, it can briefly shield you from heavenly detection and conceal your presence, allowing you to leap beyond the Three Realms and escape the Five Elements. Even a Heavenly Dao Saint will be unable to pinpoint your existence for a short time.]
The system's explanation echoed in her mind.
"Wow! This is great! An invisibility cheat!"
Back when Xiruan used to play games, she'd loved classes like assassins and thieves best. Sneaking around, backstabbing, stealing things—it was just so much fun!
The two Saints had already joined forces to lay a Heavenly Net, vowing to suppress this Little Devil King in one fell swoop!
"Senior!"
Holy Mother Wudang closed her eyes in despair, unable to bear watching any longer.
No matter how powerful Senior was, facing the two Saints' combined killing strike would likely end in disaster.
However, what happened next was a scene that everyone would remember for the rest of their lives.
Just an instant before the two world-destroying attacks landed on Xiruan—
The tiny red figure... simply vanished into thin air!
"What?!"
Jieyin and Zunti's pupils contracted sharply, and their hearts filled with shock.
Where was she?!
The Divine Senses of the two Saints could cover the entire Primordial Three Realms, yet at that moment, they couldn't sense even the slightest trace of Xiruan!
How was this possible?!
Boom—!
With their target gone, the Seven Treasure Wonderful Tree and Jieyin Treasure Banner slammed into each other, unleashing a deafening crash.
The two Saints' powers collided, triggering a terrifying storm of energy that swept across all of Spirit Mountain in an instant.
Countless palace halls and towers collapsed in the storm. Countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were sent tumbling, leaving the sacred grounds of Spirit Mountain in utter disarray.
Just as everyone was thrown into chaos by the sudden turn of events—
A delighted, childish voice rang out beside the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.
"Wow! This big lotus looks even prettier up close!"
Jieyin and Zunti whipped around.
At some point, Xiruan had appeared beside the Merit Pool, curiously stroking the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
"You... How did you get over there?!" Zunti Daoren shrieked, his voice filled with disbelief.
"I just walked over," Xiruan replied, tilting her little head as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
She'd activated the Chaos Pearl Fragment's ability and entered a strange state of invisibility, then casually strolled right over.
It couldn't have been easier!
"This big flower chair is mine!"
Xiruan declared that the lotus now belonged to her, lifted her Chaos Baby Bottle, and swung it hard at the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
"No—!"
Jieyin and Zunti screamed in anguish at the same time.
The Western Religious Sect's treasured relic!
The very foundation of their enlightenment and sainthood!
Boom—!
"Weng—!"
The Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus shuddered violently, releasing billions of golden rays of protective light.
Each ray contained a Buddha World, where three thousand Buddhas chanted in an attempt to withstand the world-destroying strike.
Yet faced with the Chaos Baby Bottle's overbearing chaos power, those Buddha Worlds, built from merit and the Power of Faith, were as fragile as bubbles.
"Pop! Pop! Pop!"
Billions of golden rays of protective light vanished, collapsed, and disintegrated in layers the moment they touched the bottle!
The Chaos Baby Bottle smashed straight through them and struck the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus itself!
"Crack—!"
A crisp cracking sound rang out.
Everyone stared, mouths agape, at the golden lotus in the middle of the Merit Pool.
A barely perceptible crack had appeared on one of the petals of the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus, a petal that shimmered with endless Dao insight.
Then the crack spread rapidly, like a spiderweb.
At last, the petal snapped off and fell from the lotus into the Eight Treasures Merit Pool with a splash.
All of Spirit Mountain fell into deathly silence...
Every Buddha, Bodhisattva, and Arhat froze in place as if struck by an Immobilization Spell, their minds completely blank.
It... broke?
The Western Religious Sect's treasured relic, the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus, famed as the greatest defensive treasure in the Primeval World... had actually... been chipped at the corner by a baby with a milk bottle?!
This... this couldn't be real! It had to be an illusion! A demonic delusion!
"Pfft—!"
"Pfft—!"
Two anguished spits of blood jolted everyone out of their daze.
In the sky, the two Saints, Jieyin and Zunti, spewed Saint Blood from their mouths.
The Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus was their companion treasure, linked to the very source of their minds.
Damage to the golden lotus was the same as damage to their Dao foundations!
"My... my golden lotus..."
Jieyin Daoren looked at the fallen lotus petal, utterly despondent. He felt as if his own heart had shattered, too.
"Demon! Monster! You little devil!"
Zunti Daoren looked even more crazed as he pointed down at Xiruan and howled.
He had completely lost it.
He couldn't accept that the wealth the Western Religious Sect had accumulated over countless ages through swindling and trickery... had been destroyed in an instant!
"Huh? Only this tiny piece fell off?"
Xiruan looked at the lotus petal in the pool, somewhat dissatisfied, and pouted.
"This big lotus is much tougher than that broken banner of Second Uncle's."
She felt like she still wasn't strong enough. If only she'd eaten a few more candy beans earlier.
To the Two Saints of the West, that lighthearted complaint landed like another heavy blow, striking their already shattered Dao Hearts.
What did she mean, "Only this tiny piece fell off"?
Did she know what that tiny piece represented?!
It meant that a portion of the Western Religious Sect's fortune had been forcibly severed! It meant that countless years of arduous cultivation had gone to waste!
"Daddy, look! This thing's pretty sturdy."
Xiruan even showed off her achievement toward Zixiao Palace.
She knew Daddy couldn't see her, but she wanted to say it anyway.
Inside Zixiao Palace, Master Tongtian was utterly speechless.
He looked at the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus, now chipped at the corner in the Water Mirror, then at Jieyin and Zunti's faces, which looked worse than if their fathers had died.
He'd given up trying to make sense of it.
Let it all be destroyed. Just get it over with!
How many more surprises was his own daughter going to bring him?
"Hmph! It doesn't matter if it's not sturdy!"
On Spirit Mountain, Xiruan raised the Chaos Baby Bottle again and aimed at the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
"If I don't tear you apart today, my name's not Xi!"
With a little shout, she swung again.
This sight nearly scared the souls out of Jieyin and Zunti.
Again?!
One more hit, and their Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus might really lose a grade on the spot, becoming an Eleven Grade Golden Lotus!
Then the Western Religious Sect would truly become a laughingstock throughout the Three Realms!
"Stop! Stop right now!"
"Let's talk! We can work something out!"
The two Saints no longer cared about face or dignity. They cried out in terror, begging her to stop.
They were truly afraid.
This Little Devil King was really going to tear their treasured relic apart with her own hands!
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