Guiyuan slowly shook his head.
"Have the Three Clans already taken themselves for the masters of the Primordial World?" he murmured. "They're this arrogant even when facing the strong. No wonder they'll meet their end one day."
He could already see the blood-red light wrapped around the dragon and qilin, along with the heavy sin karma they bore. They were clearly the vanguard of their clans' territorial expansion, responsible for countless killings.
"Perfect. You'll make a fine supplement."
At a thought, he acted without another word.
The Profound Origin Water-Control Banner and the North Xuan Stele emerged from the void and trembled slightly!
Buzz—!
A curtain of dark water and dense, yellow-black energy intertwined, instantly sealing off the void for ten thousand miles and cutting it off from the outside.
Then, a fierce, baleful aura shot into the sky!
Saber, spear, sword, halberd, bell, pagoda, mirror, banner... Thirty-three black shadows appeared, forming a fiendish inferno that instantly swallowed the dragon and qilin.
At the same time, profound Dao rhythms swirled around Guiyuan's fingertips.
Great Karma Technique!
An invisible ripple swept past. The faint karmic ties that had just formed between him and the dragon and qilin were instantly muddled, obscured, and temporarily erased.
It wasn't as absolute as Styx's Yuantu and Abi, which let him kill without accruing karma, leaving no "record" in the world.
But it was enough to cloud the Heavenly Secrets and make it difficult for the elders of their clans to trace what had happened.
Only after finishing all this did Guiyuan take a step into the sealed void.
The dragon and qilin that had been so arrogant moments ago—
Now lay pinned to the ground by boundless baleful energy, their bones on the verge of breaking and their scales cracking. Their eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
They hadn't even seen how their opponent had attacked!
Guiyuan lowered his gaze to the giant beasts struggling beneath him. His voice was calm.
"Did your elders never teach you... to show respect when facing the strong?"
Guiyuan's gaze swept over the dragon and qilin still struggling beneath him, indifferent.
He didn't waste words, or even give them a chance to speak again.
He raised a hand and pressed down.
"Collect!"
The Heavenly Sha Pagoda blazed with dark light, and a terrifying suction force instantly enveloped them both.
The dragon and qilin managed only half a roar of fury before their enormous bodies were forcibly shrunk and sucked into the pagoda.
The pagoda trembled. From within came a grating sound of grinding, as boundless blood and qi surged and the power of the Taiyi Dao poured outward, only to be suppressed by the array surrounding them.
A moment later, all fell silent.
With a thought from Guiyuan, two things emerged from the base of the pagoda.
A pile of Essence Qi Pills, each the size of a dragon's eye and red as blood pearls. There were far more than he'd refined from the Ferocious Beasts before.
Blood and qi steamed from the pills' surfaces, and they radiated an immense vitality.
There were also two Law Dao Pills, each the size of a pigeon's egg and surrounded by different Dao rhythms. One held the faint shape of a dragon within its water vapour; the other radiated the earthly virtue of a qilin.
"Blood pills really do taste better. And the blood and qi of these Innate Races are far more vigorous than those of the Ferocious Beasts spawned by Chaos Sha."
After sensing the energy, Guiyuan understood why the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans—the Three Innate Races—would ultimately bring the Ferocious Beasts' reign to an end.
Compared to the Primordial World's Innate Beings, Ferocious Beasts had the advantage of wielding the Chaos Great Dao and Chaos Sha. You could say they were specifically built to fight the Primordial World.
Unless one had the Origin Foundation of an Innate Sacred, but how many Innate Sacred beings could there be?
Most of the beings in the Primordial World were Innate Beings.
Innate Sacred beings were born in control of the Great Dao, while Innate Beings merely found it easier to comprehend the Great Dao.
It was difficult for their own Great Daos to stand against those of the Ferocious Beasts.
On top of that, the physical bodies of Ferocious Beasts were stronger than those of Innate Beings of the same rank.
Their own Dao abilities couldn't give them the upper hand.
And their bodies were weaker, too. How were they supposed to fight?
But the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans could match them physically. That was naturally enough to...
Guiyuan opened his mouth and inhaled.
All the Essence Qi Pills turned into a torrent and poured into his body. The scorching power of blood and qi burst forth, coursing through every limb and bone.
He also drew in the baleful energy that still lingered nearby and used the method of Mysterious Turtle Supporting the Heavens to forcibly meld it with his blood and qi, tempering his body.
The ancient patterns on his shell glimmered faintly. His physical strength slowly increased, balanced on the edge between destruction and rebirth.
Then—
He crushed the two Law Dao Pills. Insights into the Primordial World's laws of water and earth flowed into his heart like clear springs.
The Three Thousand Great Daos runes within him, originating from the Eternal Life World, trembled faintly, resonating and comparing themselves with those insights.
The similarities and differences became clear to him.
A moment later, Guiyuan opened his eyes, and a glint flashed through them.
Feeling the increased strength in his body and his clearer understanding of the laws, he almost felt as if he'd returned to the Eternal Life Great World.
"Sure enough, progress is too slow if I just shut myself away."
He murmured, "If I want to improve quickly, I'll have to get involved in this great calamity!"
"Only amid this slaughter sweeping across the world can I devour freely and kill to my heart's content!"
The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans had already begun clashing.
It seemed the most intense phase wasn't far off. That would be when the many powerful beings made their entrances.
At the Taiyi level, he couldn't get involved in much. He had to reach Daluo before he could claim a share of the spoils in this great calamity.
He had to hurry.
Guiyuan didn't stop. He continued deeper into the mountain.
The pressure of Mount Buzhou grew heavier, almost tangible, weighing on his shoulders and pressing on his heart.
An ordinary Taiyi cultivator would already be struggling to take each step here, needing to rely on magical power and physical strength to resist the pressure. And because of Pangu's suppression—
The stronger one's body, the greater one's advantage here.
No wonder the Wu Clan had been able to live here for so long.
As he walked, Guiyuan suddenly slowed.
A karmic thread wound around him, faint and elusive, pointing the way.
In the Primordial World, spiritual treasures went to those with a connection to them.
The word "fate" was mysterious beyond measure. Sometimes it was drawn by one's fortune; sometimes it was called forth by merit.
He had vowed to restore the North and won the world's recognition, gaining fortune and merit. It was only natural for blessings to come his way.
Still, opportunities often cost merit or caused one's fortune to dwindle. A gain, a loss—that was the Dao.
"An opportunity has come to me as soon as I entered Mount Buzhou?" At a thought, he followed the karmic pull.
A moment later, he arrived at a mountain valley.
The valley was silent and still. It looked ordinary, with nothing but rocks and plants.
But Guiyuan's keen spiritual sense detected something strange about the space there. Dao rhythms flowed in accordance with the patterns of the Innate, quietly forming an array.
"An Innate Great Array..." He frowned slightly.
Places where Innate Spirit Roots and Innate Treasures were born often had Innate Great Arrays that concealed their spiritual energy.
Such arrays were formed by the world itself and were extraordinarily profound. They were difficult to break, and the more precious the Innate treasure within, the more wondrous the array.
Just as he was about to examine the array's patterns, he sensed something.
Guiyuan's figure flickered, and he instantly slipped into layer upon layer of the void, concealing his aura completely.
The Great Concealment Technique covered him, while the power of the Xuanyaun Controlling Water Flag secretly disrupted the surrounding Heavenly Secrets and traces of his presence.
He seemed to have become nothingness, silently watching.
Before long, two streaks of light came from the horizon and landed in the valley, revealing their forms.
A man and a woman.
The man was handsome, wearing a Daoist robe patterned with the Eight Trigrams. His aura was gentle and balanced, with an ethereal quality that suggested he could divine the Heavenly Secrets.
The woman was slender and beautiful beyond compare. An aura of spiritual grace filled her, and the Dao rhythm of life flowed naturally around her. Her cool gaze swept over the valley, searching.
Hidden deep in the void, Guiyuan recognized their faces, and his heart gave a sudden jolt.
What a coincidence.
Fuxi and Nüwa!
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