Purifying the Blood Sea, the Heavenly Dao Descends

Youming Blood Sea!

The moment the thought stirred, Lei Jun's true form faded where he stood.

It reappeared in another corner of the Primordial Wilderness.

A single thought's work.

Lei Jun materialized near the Blood Sea!

The instant he arrived here.

Lei Jun knew he had come to the right place.

Even if Shen Ni was not here, even if this place had nothing to do with him, he had not wasted his trip.

Because the Blood Sea was the most defiled location in the Primordial Wilderness.

No matter which era.

The Sha Qi here was the densest!

After all, even if he wasn't reaping Shen Ni like a crop, Lei Jun still needed to purify Sha Qi—and what place had more Sha Qi than the Blood Sea?

When it came to purification, the efficiency here was definitely the highest!

With a brief sweep of perception.

Lei Jun discovered that the Blood Sea seemed to be a "lowland" of the Primordial Wilderness.

Not a spatial lowland.

But on the level of spiritual energy.

It sat at the lowest point of the Primordial Wilderness.

Thus, even without any external pull.

Any mysterious energy between heaven and earth in the Primordial Wilderness might pass through here at some point.

Including Sha Qi!

Observing further.

The waters of the Blood Sea could actually absorb Sha Qi!

This only made the already filthy Blood Sea even filthier.

But at the same time, it gave the Primordial Wilderness a... garbage dump?

"Yeah, that's pretty much the feeling!"

"And it's fully automatic!"

"Though the absorption efficiency isn't high, it does have this function!"

"No wonder Houtu chose to manifest the cycle of reincarnation here!"

Lei Jun gradually understood.

Another idea rose in his mind.

His Divine Sense also covered the entire Blood Sea, hoping to find evidence for his thought.

If he could find it.

There might be a great opportunity!

But after searching around.

Lei Jun did not discover what he was looking for.

Yet he was not disappointed.

Because according to his deduction, that existence could not be anywhere else.

If he hadn't found it now, either his cultivation was insufficient and he lacked the qualification to perceive it.

Or...

That existence had not yet taken form?

"Both possibilities exist."

"Forget it!"

"In a while, when my cultivation is higher, I'll investigate more carefully!"

"For now, the urgent task is to refine the Sha Qi!"

"The Boundless Thunder Light and the Heaven and Earth Furnace should proceed simultaneously!"

"That way, the efficiency will be the highest!"

Having thought this through.

Lei Jun hesitated no longer.

He activated his Divine Ability.

In an instant.

The Eternal Divine Furnace, capable of encompassing heaven and earth, appeared once more!

And it enveloped the entire Blood Sea.

However, what Lei Jun sought to refine was not the Blood Sea itself, but the Sha Qi within it.

Just as before.

Refining it into pills!

Although, since it wasn't Wuliang Fierce Shatter, he couldn't produce the Small Return Pill.

But after the Furnace performed "Return to Origin,"

The pills refined from it

Would be anything but ordinary.

They should at least count as a great medicine, with wondrous uses!

The key point was, He could continue doing this endlessly.

If the quality wasn't enough, He could make up for it with quantity.

And if quantity couldn't make up for it either, that was fine—it was still better than nothing.

In that moment, The Blood Sea underwent a drastic transformation!

Time passed in a flash.

Several Eons went by.

Lei Jun remained in the Blood Sea the entire time, going nowhere else.

He only did two things.

One was refining pills.

The other was searching for clues.

The former went smoothly.

After all, Lei Jun had been through this before and had experience with pill refining.

Moreover, the Treasure Pill he was refining now

Wasn't as rare as the Small Return Pill.

Soon enough, Once the seventh Eon arrived, it would likely be finished.

And not just one pill, But an entire furnace!

As for the second matter, though...

It wasn't going so smoothly.

To be precise, he had found nothing!

Several Eons had passed, And Lei Jun had uncovered very little useful information.

He had found traces of Shen Ni, But they offered no help.

Let alone finding Shen Ni's true body.

Faced with this, Lei Jun could only sigh helplessly.

"Forget it!"

"I'll just keep refining the Sha Qi. It's not like this trip was a complete waste!"

Meanwhile.

Deep within the Blood Sea, Inside an Innate Great Array, a mass of consciousness was trembling in fear.

At this moment, Ming He was still in his Origin state.

He was completely dumbfounded.

Panicked beyond measure.

He desperately wanted to cry out, but feared disturbing the unknowable, invisible, unspeakable terror that had appeared above the Blood Sea.

He could only suppress his fluctuations as much as possible.

Hoping not to be discovered.

Or...

to be let go.

In his heart, he kept wailing bitterly.

"My life is over!"

"Why has the Heavenly Dao set its sights on me? Dozens of Eons!"

"This is it, everything is finished!"

"I'm afraid I'll truly be refined!"

Heaven knows how Ming He had endured these years.

Not a single moment passed without fear and trembling.

Let alone entering seclusion to comprehend the Heavenly Dao.

"No!"

"I can't go on like this!"

Inside the great formation.

Ming He's heart hardened, and he made a decision that went against his original intent.

He stopped being cautious.

His consciousness extended outward.

No longer hiding.

Instead, he wanted to let the being descending here know his stance!

He decided to be tough!

As if he had made a tremendous resolution.

Only to hear his tone turn serious, solemn beyond measure.

"Heavenly Dao above, Ming He requests the Heavenly Dao to grant Ming He a Path of Life. From now on, Ming He vows to forever worship the Heavenly Dao!"

"At this rate... Ming He is afraid he'll be gone!"

"Wah wah wah..."

Above the Blood Sea.

Lei Jun suddenly opened his eyes.

His Divine Sense reached upward to perceive.

His expression was strange.

Ming He?

Of course, Lei Jun was aware of Ming He's existence.

No matter how hard Ming He tried to conceal himself, he could not escape Lei Jun's perception.

Lei Jun also knew that his act of purifying the Blood Sea might cause Ming He's foundation to decline.

Yet he still chose to do so.

After all, he and Ming He were neither related by blood nor connected by acquaintance.

Nor did they have any karmic ties.

Why should he stop purifying the Blood Sea just because Ming He's foundation might fall?

Just because this was Ming He's place of transformation?

There was no such logic.

Lei Jun could even say that purifying the Blood Sea benefited the Primordial Wilderness!

So, Lei Jun, fully aware that this act would harm Ming He, still had no intention of stopping.

If not for Ming He's words being too shocking, leaving Lei Jun speechless, he wouldn't have even opened his eyes.

What kind of words were those?

Using the toughest attitude to say the most cowardly things?

Not so!

Instead, Ming He had actually sworn a great oath!

A Heavenly Dao Great Oath!

Instantly.

Lei Jun's expression turned strange.

Extremely speechless.

"For no good reason, why swear an oath?"

"Is a Heavenly Dao Great Oath something to be sworn casually?"

"And that's not all!"

"He swore it at the wrong target!"

"Now look, he's summoned the Heavenly Dao!"

At this moment.

The sky churned with wind and clouds, as if some presence.

Was about to descend!

With a single sentence, Ming He had truly drawn the Heavenly Dao over!

Boom!

At this moment.

Heaven and earth, wind and clouds surged.

In the unseen.

A will descended!

This will seemed omnipresent, all-encompassing, all-inclusive.

Possessing nearly infinite might.

Yet utterly inscrutable!

Mysterious and Profound.

One could only grasp it bit by bit through enlightenment.

The entire process might be imprecise.

Might be flawed.

But it was the only way.

This was the Heavenly Dao Will.

Or rather...

A part of the Heavenly Dao's will!

Instantly.

Lei Jun used this to compare his own cultivation with the Heavenly Dao.

And reached a conclusion.

Though he had already known it in his heart.

"As expected!"

"The Heavenly Dao is far above me!"

"Even if it's just a fragment of its will, its realm surpasses mine!"

"The gap is vast."

"Like the difference between Hunyuan and what lies beneath it!"

Relative to Hunyuan.

All below Hunyuan are mere ants.

From this.

One could see just how far Lei Jun's realm was from the Heavenly Dao's.

A gap no quantity could bridge.

Lei Jun was not flustered in the slightest, nor did he worry the Heavenly Dao would strike at him.

Because although the Heavenly Dao far surpassed him in realm and cultivation.

The two were actually on equal footing.

The Heavenly Dao could not govern Lei Jun.

It had no binding power over Lei Jun.

After all, Lei Jun also possessed the "Permission Right" of the "Honghuang System"!

Compared to the Heavenly Dao, it wasn't much.

But enough was enough.

Like at this moment.

Lei Jun did nothing else—he merely revealed his "Permission Right," that is, his Source of Blessing.

The Heavenly Dao Will seemed to freeze.

Normally.

After responding to a Great Oath and descending its will, it should fulfill the swearer's request.

Thus establishing the oath.

But now, this request could not be fulfilled.

Suppress Lei Jun?

That wouldn't work.

Because if it made a move against Lei Jun, it would find the Primordial Wilderness Power unable to gather.

Leave?

That was even less possible.

If it did that, where would the Heavenly Dao's authority be?

But advancing was impossible, and retreating was impossible.

It couldn't just stop, could it?

Don't even mention it!

The Heavenly Dao actually did stop—or rather, it "stalled"!

It "crashed"!

It encountered an unexpected error, causing the "program" to lock up directly!

It didn't know what step to take next!

For a moment.

The atmosphere gradually grew strange.

The Heavenly Dao was fine.

It was just a "machine"; even encountering this situation, it wouldn't feel embarrassed.

Lei Jun was also fine.

Though the scene was a bit bizarre, it had no effect on him at all.

But on the other side.

Ming He was awkward!

Deep within the Blood Sea.

At this moment, Ming He.

Was utterly bewildered.

He too seemed frozen, standing there dumbfounded.

What was going on?

Was the Great Oath considered complete?

But...

The Blood Sea was still being purified!

That's right.

Lei Jun ignored the Heavenly Dao.

Even though the Heavenly Dao had descended its will, the Furnace did not stop.

Clearly.

The Great Oath was not fulfilled.

But what left Ming He speechless was that the oath seemed to...

have already taken effect?

At this point, if there was any change, it was that deep within his Origin, a "Shackle" seemed to have appeared!

Binding him to henceforth worship the Heavenly Dao!

Cannot break the oath!

Otherwise, punishment will follow!

Hm?

The binding is in place?

The oath's terms haven't been fulfilled?

Isn't this just screwing me over!

At this moment.

Ming He nearly broke down.

Just then, another will appeared.

Entering the great formation.

This will was equally Mysterious and Profound.

Quite similar to the Heavenly Dao.

Impossible to fathom.

Before Ming He could react, a Dao Sound rang out.

"The Heavenly Dao is newly born, its rules incomplete!"

"The Great Oath you swore is the first grand vow of the Primordial Wilderness—encountering some minor error is not impossible!"

"Or perhaps, you've obtained some fortune you shouldn't have!"

"So much so that a flaw rarely seen in billions of Eons has actually crossed your path!"

"Should I say you're lucky, or unlucky?"

Need I ask.

It's definitely luck!

Ming He wanted to answer immediately.

But then, he was so frightened his Origin trembled.

Shocked beyond measure.

That the Heavenly Dao Will could enter the great formation was one thing.

But how could another being get in?

And this was clearly not just a will, but a consciousness!

What did that mean?

It meant this was a cultivator!

Had an Innate God already taken form at this stage?

And with such high cultivation?

In an instant.

Whether it was the Great Oath or the still-purifying Blood Sea water, Ming He couldn't care less.

He only wanted the answer to one question.

Then, he asked it.

"May I ask, senior, what divine being are you?"

After a brief pause.

Lei Jun's tone was calm.

"I am Lei Jun. You may also address me as..."

"Lei Jun Tianzun!"