Three Thousand Restrictions, Lunar Star

Di Jun suddenly spoke up, suggesting a trip to the Lunar Star and asking for their opinions.

Tai Yi was quite straightforward, having no objections and also wanting to take a look at the Lunar Star.

Ling Xiao, however, hesitated; he had only recently chosen to lay low and stay put, so would leaving now count as exploiting a bug?

He consulted the system, seeking an answer.

"Host, you must trigger the next choice; you cannot exploit system loopholes!"

Ling Xiao understood and shrugged, saying, "Two elder brothers, I shall remain at the Sun Star to guard our home; you two go ahead."

Di Jun and Tai Yi nodded, not forcing the issue, and said, "Then you stay home; when your brothers find treasures, we will return and share them with you."

Ling Xiao nodded, a warm current flowing through his heart.

Afterward, the three parted ways.

Ling Xiao returned beneath the Fusang Tree and sat cross-legged. With a thought, the bead within his body appeared in his hand; after a period of effort, he was finally able to exert preliminary control over this mysterious object.

"I shall call you the Chaos Bead for now..."

Ling Xiao murmured softly, continuing his attempts to refine the Chaos Bead.

No matter how impressive a Dharma treasure might be, it is useless if it remains unrefined.

With a focused mind, Ling Xiao's soul power began to surge into the Chaos Bead.

A long time passed.

He opened his eyes, a look of shock appearing on his face.

"Good heavens, this thing actually has three thousand restrictions!?"

Ling Xiao was stunned into silence; just moments ago, he had finally broken through the first restriction of the Chaos Bead, only to learn that there were two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine more.

This wasn't right!

In the Primordial World novels of his past life, it was said that ordinary Dharma treasures had at most a few dozen restrictions.

Even if the Chaos Bead was formidable, it shouldn't have three thousand, should it?

Was this even a legitimate Chaos Bead?

Ling Xiao couldn't help but doubt, his scalp tingling at the thought.

With three thousand restrictions, how long would he have to spend refining it?

Thoughts aside, life had to go on, and he had no choice but to refine it diligently.

Without realizing it, another long stretch of time passed.

On this day, Ling Xiao opened his eyes from his refinement, a flash of joy crossing his face.

He felt he was getting the hang of it.

After the first restriction of the Chaos Bead was successfully refined, the subsequent ones seemed much easier to handle.

During this period, he had made rapid progress, refining a hundred restrictions in total.

His mastery of the Chaos Bead deepened further. As Ling Xiao's divine sense entered the interior of the bead, the chaos before him had expanded significantly, no longer as hazy as it had been at the start.

He could even slowly draw upon the Innate Qi within to cultivate, which was much faster than his current cultivation speed.

Thinking of this, a look of joy appeared on Ling Xiao's face.

As long as he stayed low on the Sun Star and didn't go out, refining the Chaos Bead while cultivating, he would be able to comprehend the power of laws through the bead once he reached the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

He would just cultivate like this for hundreds of millions of years; he wouldn't emerge until he was invincible.

Once he finally stepped out, he would surely stun the entire Primordial World.

[Ding! Detected that Di Jun and Tai Yi are in a bitter battle on the Lunar Star. Please make the following choice, Host.]

[Choice One: Remain steady and unmoved. Reward: Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Qilin Seal.]

[Choice Two: Immediately set out to provide support. Reward: Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus.]

Ling Xiao was speechless; he had just decided to lay low for hundreds of millions of years, and the system was already trying to tempt him.

"System, I choose two."

Ling Xiao did not hesitate and made his choice immediately; with Di Jun and Tai Yi in trouble, he could not remain indifferent.

"The battle is on the Lunar Star; could they have encountered those two..."

Ling Xiao whispered to himself, put away the Chaos Bead, rose to his feet, and rushed off to provide support.

Lunar Star.

A great battle was raging in full swing.

Four powerful auras blanketed the sky, permeating the Lunar Star, their earth-shattering collisions causing the entire star to tremble.

"Shameless thieves, stealing items from my Lunar Star! Today, I shall make you pay the price!"

A cold, feminine voice rang out across the void, her words dripping with deep fury.

The speaker was a tall woman dressed in blue and white light gauze; her face was breathtakingly beautiful but masked in frost, and her icy killing intent froze the very void.

"Fellow Daoist, this is a misunderstanding. I only wished to study the formation; I had no intention of stealing the treasures of your Lunar Star," Di Jun explained, his golden armor stained with golden blood.

Who could have guessed that while he was studying the formation of the Lunar Star, he would disturb the innate spirits residing here? Their strength far exceeded that of the two brothers; had their Dharma treasures not been extraordinary, allowing them to hold their ground, they would have been beaten senseless long ago.

"Hmph! Everyone who comes here says that. You don't look like good people to me."

The other Star God on the Lunar Star spoke. Her figure was much more petite, yet exquisitely proportioned, and beneath her willow-leaf brows, her spirited eyes flashed with a cunning light.

"We are the Sun Star Gods, not villains. Can the two fellow Daoists not sit down and talk this through?" Tai Yi stood atop the Chaos Bell, remaining in an invincible position. Although his cultivation realm was inferior to their opponents, he was in no immediate danger.

"Sun Star Gods?" The tall woman was slightly surprised, then let out a soft laugh.

"Such weak Sun Star Gods..."

She looked down at her opponents with an arrogant expression; that the Sun Star Gods could be this weak was simply inconceivable.

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of Di Jun and Tai Yi turned black.

Since their transformation, this was the first battle since their emergence, and they were being treated with such contempt.

"Boom!"

The great battle erupted once more. The area became terrifying, with innate spiritual energy surging in chaos, every movement carrying an aura of destruction.

Even with the boost from their rage, Di Jun and Tai Yi were still far from being a match for their opponents. Had it not been for the protection of the Chaos Bell, they would have already been routed.

"As fellow Star Gods, I can spare you this once."

At this moment, the tall woman spoke again. She parried their attacks with ease, never once delivering a lethal blow.

The identity of the Sun Star Gods was special; they could not be killed recklessly, lest she incur a grave karmic debt.

"Hand over the Fusang Wood from the Sun Star, and our misunderstanding will be wiped clean."

She would not kill these two Star Gods, but she could certainly demand a benefit. Furthermore, she did not fear future retaliation; with their current cultivation, catching up to her and her sister would be nothing more than a pipe dream.

With the same level of innate foundation, once one fell behind, it was not so easy to catch up.

Upon hearing this, Di Jun and Tai Yi were even more furious.

"Daydreaming! The Fusang Wood is the foundation of our Golden Crow clan; how could we ever hand it over to you?"

Di Jun shouted coldly, refusing without a moment's hesitation.

They did not choose to retreat, as doing so might bring the danger back to the Sun Star, dragging their Third Brother into the fray as well.

These two women possessed cultivation far beyond their own; even with their Third Brother, they would still be no match.

"Stubborn and foolish!" The tall woman's expression turned cold as she unleashed her full power. A vast, overwhelming force of mana surged forth, instantly sending Di Jun and Tai Yi reeling as blood sprayed into the void, their physical bodies on the verge of shattering.

"Dong!"

Just then, a great cauldron seemed to descend from another dimension, instantly dropping into the fray and suppressing the two women.