"You two fellow Daoists have truly misunderstood me. I, Baize, can swear to the Heavenly Dao that I absolutely had no such intention!"
Baize said with a serious expression. As a Spirit of Auspiciousness, how could he do something so despicable?
He was Baize, not Blackze.
"Let this be the last time." Nuwa didn't press the matter and decided to believe Baize for now.
Afterward, the tension eased, and they began discussing how to unite the Ten Thousand Races.
Time flew by, and the Primordial World remained in turmoil.
One day, the usually tranquil North Sea suddenly erupted into towering waves, as an unparalleled aura soared skyward.
The phantom of a colossal divine bird appeared across the universe, blotting out the sky and sun. With each beat of its wings, it stirred up boundless astral winds that surged like mountains and seas, tearing apart the heavens and splitting the earth.
The many mighty figures sensed it and showed looks of shock.
"Kunpeng has become a Quasi-Sage!"
He was the fastest of the great powers who had listened to the Dao to break through since the Three Pure Ones.
"From now on, where under heaven or upon the earth can I not go?"
A faint murmur sounded from the depths of the North Sea, revealing supreme confidence.
Before long, two auspicious signs also shot into the sky above Mount Sumeru in the West, stirring the fortune of the entire West. Jieyin and Zhunti successively succeeded in severing their corpses and entered the Quasi-Sage realm.
"Hmph! Kunpeng actually beat us to it."
Zhunti withdrew the Auspicious Cloud above his head and spoke with some displeasure. He had assumed they would be the second, after the Three Pure Ones, to succeed in severing their corpses.
He hadn't expected Kunpeng to be even faster.
Still, it couldn't be helped. If they hadn't been gravely wounded, things would never have come to this.
Jieyin and Zhunti had barely had time to celebrate when, that very day, a vast aura surged from Wuzhuang Temple, also in the West. It was heavy and solid, like a deity of the earth.
Zhenyuanzi had also succeeded in severing his corpse and entered the Quasi-Sage realm.
Over the next thousand years, Quasi-Sage auras emerged from the Sea of Blood, West Kunlun, Mount Buzhou, Fire Cloud Cave, Purple Mansion Island, and other Blessed Lands.
The top powers who had listened to the Dao at Purple Heaven Palace all became Quasi-Sages. From then on, the Primordial World entered the Quasi-Sage era.
The Witch Clan also felt immense pressure, and so their attacks grew even more ferocious.
The mighty figures of the Ten Thousand Races had no interest in prolonged battles. Baize, Jimeng, and the others headed for Mount Buzhou.
Nuwa and Fuxi had become Quasi-Sages; the time had come to unite the Demon Clan.
Meanwhile, the newly ascended Head of Male Immortals and Head of Female Immortals also began to make their moves, gathering allies and maintaining order in the Primordial World.
They planned to present a perfect report at the Third Sermon and win the Sage's approval. If they did, surely being taken as disciples would be as easy as water flowing down a channel.
Duke of the East was the most zealous of them all. He frantically tried to recruit the male immortals, leaving no renowned figure untouched.
For a time, the Primordial World was swept by rising winds and surging undercurrents.
Sun Star.
Ling Xiao slowly awoke, the sun and moon sinking and rising in his eyes, endlessly appearing and vanishing.
During this time, he had comprehended the Law of Rain and the Law of Metal.
Of the Five Elements, he had already comprehended Metal, Fire, and Earth. Once he comprehended the Law of Water and the Law of Wood, he would be able to understand the Law of Five Elements.
The Three Thousand Laws varied in strength. The Law of Five Elements was among the foremost even among the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws.
Naturally, the differences in the strength of the laws also led to differences in power.
Besides that, the Law of Yang had reached the level of a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal. If he comprehended the Law of Yin, he could then grasp the Law of Yin-Yang, another exceptionally powerful law.
"I wonder how Di Jun and Tai Yi are doing."
Ling Xiao murmured to himself and looked toward the place where they were meditating in seclusion.
To avoid being disturbed, the two of them had gone deep into the Sun Star.
The Sun Star had formed from Pangu's Left Eye. It was vast beyond measure, even larger than the Great Thousand World of Hongmeng.
Feeling the faint auras of Di Jun and Tai Yi, Ling Xiao understood. They were trying to break through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
Breaking through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm was countless times harder than becoming a Quasi-Sage by severing one's corpse. Without the Jade Disc of Creation fragments and the Chaos Bead, the path to becoming a Sage through the laws was impassable.
It was simply too difficult!
"Right, I wonder how my Ling Xiao Palace is doing."
With a thought, Ling Xiao sank into the Chaos Bead. In an instant, it was as if he had arrived in a boundless, endless world of Chaos.
He had kept the Ling Xiao Palace inside the Chaos Bead to nurture it. The system had said that the palace could grow alongside his cultivation.
He wondered how much it had grown by now.
Inside the Chaos Bead, Ling Xiao felt like the creator god, the invincible Great God Pangu, able to manipulate the entire world as he pleased.
"Black Gourd!"
Ling Xiao suddenly spotted the treasure he had nearly forgotten. It lay on its back in Chaos, bathing in astral winds, ninefold thunder, and raging tribulation fire as it quietly grew.
There was a world within the gourd. It swallowed countless streams of chaotic energy, emanating a terrifying aura.
Though it had yet to emerge, Ling Xiao could already sense its power and dreadfulness.
"I wonder what it will give birth to..."
Ling Xiao held back his curiosity for the moment. He was almost tempted to split the gourd open and take a look.
Then he raised a hand and beckoned. The palace hovering in the chaotic world came to him.
"An Innate Spiritual Treasure?"
Feeling the palace's power, Ling Xiao's eyes filled with surprise.
"It really did advance!"
"Not bad. Come with me."
With a thought, Ling Xiao brought the Ling Xiao Palace into the outside world. He pointed, and the palace descended to the ground, growing larger and larger, radiant with grandeur and majesty.
"Good!"
Ling Xiao nodded, quite pleased.
Just then, Ziwei Attendant sensed the disturbance and hurried over out of curiosity. At a glance, he saw the palace standing beside the Fusang Wood.
"Master, is this another one of your treasures?"
Ziwei Attendant asked with curiosity and amazement.
"Indeed. I'll cultivate here from now on. If you need anything, come find me here." Ling Xiao glanced at him and replied with a smile.
Ziwei Attendant was now a mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal, with a solid aura and firm foundations. He was likely not far from the late stage.
His origins were indeed extraordinary, hardly inferior to theirs.
Ziwei Attendant nodded, his face full of reverence. From the corner of his eye, he saw four bold, sweeping characters written on the palace plaque.
"Ling Xiao Palace"
A strange expression appeared on his face. He hadn't expected his unfathomably powerful master to be so self-absorbed.
Afterward.
Ling Xiao entered the Ling Xiao Palace to cultivate in seclusion.
"The situation in the Primordial World is growing ever more tense. Powerful cultivation is the only guarantee..."
He could sense that as more and more top powers entered the Quasi-Sage realm, the Twelve Ancestral Witches would grow wary, prompting even more ferocious attacks from the Witch Clan.
[Beep! Detected that Nuwa has united the Ten Thousand Races with Baize's help, and the Demon Clan has officially been born. Please make one of the following choices!]
[Choice One: Go and offer your congratulations, earning Nuwa's favor and the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus as a reward!]
[Choice Two: Remain unmoved and receive a random law fragment as a reward.]
[Choice Three: Go and cause trouble, establish your own Demon Clan, and receive a random Chaos Spirit Treasure as a reward.]
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