A Misunderstanding

Inside the underwater cave.

The passage leading to the lava river where the Earth Fire Vein are located looks as if it has been burned by scorching flames, and some rocks have even melted into lava and solidified on the ground.

When Shang Xin and Shang Yi saw the blue sailboat magic weapon, which had been burned to a pile of charcoal, and the mutilated corpse of Shang Zhi inside, their expressions turned grim.

"It seems the fourth brother was about to enter the underground when he ran into a powerful fire-wielding expert," Shang Yi said in a trembling voice. "To burn Human-Rank Magical Treasure like this, he must at least be at the level of a Myriad Phenomena True Person, right?"

Unbeknownst to him, Shang Zhi sensed the intense fluctuations of Origin Power underground and came in to investigate, only to run into the Red-Clawed Golden Crow, who had regained his freedom.

The Red-Clawed Golden Crow knew that with Yu Zichi's death, his grandfather, the Divine Camel Daoist, would definitely arrive immediately. Eager to escape, it had no intention of giving way to a mere human Purple Mansion Cultivator blocking its path.

The Solar Golden Flame could not harm Zhou Hao, but for ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivator, their power was no less than that of a first-grade Earth Fire, and they were destroyed along with their magic treasures.

"Second Brother, let's hurry to the Earth Fire Vein and check. Perhaps Young Master and Ren Jiu True Person are alright."

Although he saw that his fourth brother had died a gruesome death, Shang Xin had no time to grieve.

He knew all too well that if only his father and fourth brother were in trouble, that would be one thing, but if his son were also in trouble...

Thinking of how much the Divine Camel Daoist used to dote on the young master, Shang Xin shuddered.

If something happens to the young master as well, their fate will probably be even worse than that of the deceased fourth brother!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two brothers transformed into two streaks of light and shot straight into the underground cave.

Just a moment.

"Ah!!!"

Looking at the three corpses on the ground, especially the young master's head which had been moved, Shang Xin felt a chill run through his body, Tiandu collapse!

"Run! Run now!"

Shang Xin tugged at Shang Yi, who was already stunned beside him, with only one thought in his mind.

But as they turned around, they saw a tall and imposing figure appear at the exit of the passage.

He was a tall, middle-aged man wearing a gray cloth robe. Although his back was hunched, he was still more than half a head taller than the average person.

His face was calm as he walked slowly, but his eyes were filled with madness as he looked at Yu Zichi the ground.

"God, God, God..." Shang Xin trembled violently upon seeing the hunchbacked middle-aged man, his lips quivering so much he couldn't utter a word.

Whew! Whew!

Two golden flames appeared out of thin air, instantly engulfing Shang Xin Shang Yi.

"Divine Camel, spare my life!"

Engulfed in golden flames, Shang Xin finally uttered the words he longed to say, but it was too late.

Their bodies were instantly burned to ashes by the golden flames, and even their souls were completely destroyed.

The hunchbacked middle-aged man was the ' Divine Camel Daoist ' who had come from the Fire Worship Sect's Guangling City headquarters.

When a cultivator reaches the Primordial Spirit realm, the essence of the Purple Mansion Origin Sea is extracted from the Purple Mansion Primordial Sea. The Solar Golden Crow in the Myriad Phenomena Manifestations Dharma Image will transform into a tortoise head, the Jade Rabbit of the Moon will transform into a snake head, and thousands of stars will form a turtle body, finally transforming into the strange beast 'Tortoise- Turtle-Snake Primordial Spirit '.

After acquiring the primordial spirit, the divine soul enters the Turtle-Snake Primordial Spirit for nurturing, thus opening the third eye, manifesting divine consciousness, and possessing 'primordial fire'.

Therefore, just as the ' Myriad Phenomena Manifestations' are unique to the Myriad Phenomena True Person.

The Primordial Fire is a technique that one can only acquire after becoming Primordial Spirit Daoist.

It can attach itself to the body and magical artifacts, and its power is enough to instantly kill ordinary Myriad Phenomena True Person.

Those killed by the Primal Fire are utterly destroyed, their souls scattered and unable to be reborn.

The Primordial Spirit Daoist is also divided into 'early stage, middle stage, late stage, and perfect stage'.

With the Yuan Fire of the Divine Camel Daoist at the perfected state of his primordial spirit, the Earth Fire nurtured by cultivators would likely need to be nurtured to the highest grade before it could even compete. Burning the physical bodies and souls of the Shang Clan brothers to ashes would be a piece of cake.

The Divine Camel Daoist stepped over it, not even glancing at the two clumps of charred ash on the ground.

He had already activated his Heavenly Eye, and his divine soul had generated divine consciousness. He knew everything that was happening inside the cave, including the fact that the Shang Xin brothers had just arrived and their conversation inside the cave, even though they were Baili miles away.

Since the Shang Xin brothers didn't know who killed Yu Zichi, the Divine Camel Daoist Shang Clan too lazy to waste words with them.

Whew~~~

A ball of flame appeared out of nowhere and enveloped Yu Zichi's corpse on the ground.

The Divine Camel Daoist could not bear to watch any longer, so he closed his eyes, tears welling up in the corners.

"I gave the Three Yang Blazing Fire Swords to Chi'er and arranged for a Barefoot Golden Crow at the Myriad Manifestations Realm to protect him. Even if he encounters a Body Refinement cultivator at the Perfection of the Myriad Phenomena Realm, the Barefoot Golden Crow can hold him off."

"Judging from the battle traces inside the cave, there were at least two opponents: one at the peak of the God-Devil Body Refining Myriad Phenomena, entangled the Barefoot Golden Crow; the other at the peak of the Qi Refining Path Myriad Phenomena, skilled in using flying needle magic weapons for sneak attacks..."

"This place is close to the territories of the Jade Dragon Sect and the Spirit Sword Sect, so it must have been done by a core disciple of one of their factions!"

In his divine sense, the murderer, who had been afflicted with the Two Feelings Gu, was fleeing at an extremely fast speed, almost at the limit of the speed at which the Myriad Phenomena Perfected flying magic weapon could be activated.

Although puzzled as to why the murderer did not flee to the Jade Dragon Sect or the Spirit Sword Sect, but instead fled into the depths of the East Sea, the Divine Camel Daoist had no time to think about it further.

He knew the locations of the Jade Dragon Sect and the Spirit Sword Sect, given the speed at which Primordial Spirit Daoist could activate a Heavenly Rank flying magic weapon.

Even if the murderer wanted to escape to the sect, he couldn't possibly escape his pursuit.

Suddenly, an incredibly terrifying ferocity erupted in the eyes of the Divine Camel Daoist.

"Chi'er, no matter who harmed you! I will make sure their soul is scattered and they are never reincarnated!"

Whoosh! Spatial ripples spread through the cave, and the Divine Camel Daoist vanished into thin air. Then, spatial ripples spread across the sea more than ten miles away, and the Divine Camel Daoist reappeared out of thin air.

Whoosh! A Golden Cloud suddenly appeared beneath him, carrying him away in a flash and disappearing into the horizon.

Inside the Golden-Scaled Boat, Zhou Hao sensed the rapidly approaching fluctuations from the shadows, and his expression turned extremely grim.

"This is huge trouble! Is this the speed of Primordial Spirit Daoist?"

An ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivator, even if they risk their lives to control a flying magic weapon, can only travel two or three hundred thousand miles a day.

Zhou Hao, controlling the Golden-Scaled Boat and using the Free and Easy Wandering Evasion Technique, could fly three to four hundred thousand miles in an hour.

For someone whose Qi cultivation was only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, this was already incredibly fast.

Even at the Myriad Phenomena Realm, this speed would surpass the vast majority of Myriad Phenomena True Person.

However, the approaching Divine Camel Daoist was perceived by Zhou Hao to be at least five or six times faster than himself.

At this rate, they'll catch up to me in two hours at most.

Given the distance Upper Sect the location marked on the trial token, it was impossible for Zhou Hao to catch up with the other party and reach it in time.

"I should have asked where the Jade Dragon Sect was back then..." Zhou Hao thought to himself.

But back then, who knew he would offend a Primordial Spirit Daoist and be afflicted with Two Feelings Gu, leaving him nowhere to hide?

As for escaping into the Red Dust Immortal Mansion, he had given up on that idea from the very beginning.

Previously, when he was stationed on Crouching Ox Island and cultivating in the Immortal Mansion, Zhou Hao was curious about the power of the array formations in the Immortal Mansion and even asked Ou Huang about it.

According to the Ou Huang, the "Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Formation" left behind by the Loose Immortal Hongchen used the Immortal Artifact "Weiyang Palace" as its core and was assisted by four other heaven-rank rare artifacts. Its power was enough to kill Primordial Spirit Daoist and even ordinary Earth Immortal Loose Immortal and Immortals.

However, since there is no master to control it, the Ou Huang is merely Immortal Mansion Spirit and can only activate the formation by relying on the Origin Power gathered by the Hongchen Lotus to activate the formation.

Unless the opponent withstands the formation head-on without dodging, the formation's power can be unleashed to its fullest extent.

But many Primordial Spirit Daoist have fully mastered a Dao and are capable of teleportation within a small area. How could they possibly stand still and take a beating?

As for why the Red Dust Immortal Mansion remained undiscovered by the senior immortals and Primordial Spirit Daoist of the Jade Dragon Sect for tens of thousands of years, it was because it was concealed by a magic array and hidden within the Sea Eye. The location of the Red Dust Immortal Mansion was unknown, and it could not be discovered by divine sense alone.

However, Zhou Hao is afflicted with Two Feelings Gu. If he enters the Red Dust Immortal Mansion, he will undoubtedly expose its Immortal Mansion to the Divine Camel Daoist.

Not only will they be unable to escape, but their Immortal Mansion will also be taken away by the other party.

It should be noted that the Red Dust Immortal Mansion is merely Heaven-Tier Cave Abode Dharma Treasure. Even with the arrangements made by the Loose Immortal Hongchen, the Divine Camel Daoist might not be able to forcibly refine it.

And even if the Divine Camel Daoist can't do it, what if he finds another immortal from the Fire Worship Sect?

"I have no choice but to rely on external forces." Zhou Hao made a tough decision and flew towards the area marked in red 'extremely dangerous' on the route map stored in the trial token.

The route map was marked with red and yellow, indicating 'extremely dangerous areas' and 'dangerous areas' respectively.

An extremely dangerous area refers to a place where Primordial Spirit Daoist resides.

The dangerous area refers to the place where the Myriad Phenomena True Person resides.

The vast East Sea is boundless. Besides the Three Sects Two Islands Five Immortal Gates, there are many small immortal cultivation sects, rogue cultivators, great demons, or wanted criminals who have escaped from the heart of the Great Xia Dynasty and practiced demonic and evil arts.

Along the way to the location marked by the token, there are more than ten extremely dangerous areas with the strength of Primordial Spirit Daoist.

The original route map specifically marked these areas so that disciples carrying trial tokens heading to the Upper Sect could avoid them in advance.

But now a Divine Camel Daoist is attacking from behind Zhou Hao, leaving him with no choice but to gamble everything and try to survive against all odds.

"The nearest place to me is the territory of the Whirling Turtle Clan. According to records, the Whirling Turtle Clan should have two Nascent Soul level ancient demons."

Two ancient demons at the primordial spirit level are facing off against a Divine Camel Daoist. Even if they can't kill him, they can at least hold him off for a while.

This is enough time for me to use Minor Teleportation Dao Talisman to escape and head to the next place where the primordial spirit demon resides.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Hao made a decision.

These are the ones!

Wow!

With a flick of its tail, the golden fish that the Golden-Scaled Boat had transformed into slightly adjusted its direction and headed towards the area marked on the route map where the Whirling Turtle Clan was located.

As he swept past the areas marked in yellow, many powerful demons or rogue cultivators at the Myriad Phenomena Realm were alarmed, but seeing Zhou Hao's speed, none of them dared to step forward to stop him.

That route map was intended for disciples at the Purple Mansion Realm. While powerful demons at the Myriad Phenomena Manifestations Realm were naturally considered dangerous, they were nothing to Zhou Hao now.

The Golden-Scaled Boat crashed and lurched along the way, flying for more than an hour before finally entering the territory of the Whirling Turtle Clan.

The Divine Camel Daoist behind him was only 300,000 li away, and he could catch up in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

At this moment, Zhou Hao was dumbfounded.

The map only marked this area as extremely dangerous, as it was the territory of the Whirling Turtle Clan, which included powerful demons with primordial spirits.

But the route map doesn't say where the Whirling Turtle Clan's lair is!

"We have no choice but to search!" Zhou Hao spread his divine sense, covering Baili around him, and began searching the area.

It's likely that even the predecessor who drew the route map back then never imagined that a younger generation would not only fail to avoid the red areas, but would instead eagerly seek out the lair of the Primordial Spirit Demon.

Zhou Hao flew around aimlessly for dozens of breaths, but not only did the primordial spirit demon fail to notice him, he didn't even encounter a single ordinary demonic beast Whirling Turtle.

As the Divine Camel Daoist drew ever closer, Zhou Hao began to lose hope.

We'll fight him to the death then!

Although he knew that with his current abilities, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few moves against Primordial Spirit Daoist, there was nothing he could do when the time came.

"When the Divine Camel Daoist catches up, I will use the Minor Teleportation Dao Talisman to stall him here. If I run out of Minor Teleportation Dao Talisman and still haven't found the Primordial Spirit Old Demon of the Whirling Turtle Clan, then I will self-destruct and teach him a lesson." A look of madness appeared in Zhou Hao's eyes.

If one is killed by Primordial Spirit Daoist, their soul will be easily burned by the Primordial Fire contained in the opponent's attack, and they will not even have the chance to be reincarnated.

Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well self-destruct.

Just then, Zhou Hao's outstretched divine sense suddenly sensed another divine sense.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou?" The moment the divine sense on the other end made contact with Zhou Hao's, it immediately transmitted a message: "I was just looking for a helper, but I didn't expect to be so lucky as to run into Fellow Daoist Zhou here."

Although Zhou Hao could receive the other party's telepathic message, he did not 'see' anyone within the range of his telepathic awareness.

The other party had already revealed his identity, and his spiritual strength was clearly superior to Zhou Hao's, already enveloping him.

In that short time, a familiar, slovenly fat man finally appeared in Zhou Hao's consciousness.

"I am San Pang from the Black-White Academy. Since our parting at Ten Thousand Blade Gorge, Fellow Daoist Zhou has actually entered the Myriad Phenomena and cultivated divine consciousness?"

It turns out that this person was none other than the "San Pang True Person" who came to the East Sea from the Black-White Academy in Antan Commandery to hone his skills.

Of course, because of his unkempt appearance, those who knew him often called him ' the Slovenly True Person '.

The Slovenly True Person San Pang flew towards Zhou Hao. Both of them were extremely fast. By the time Zhou Hao's divine sense 'clearly saw' that it was the Slovenly True Person he had met before, the two had already met.

At that moment, another unfamiliar divine sense suddenly enveloped the two of them.

"You two are the ones who killed my Chi'er, aren't you?"

The chilling voice, filled with boundless killing intent, startled the Slovenly True Person who had just met Zhou Hao.

What Chi'er? What do you mean, it's just the two of us?

He looked at Zhou Hao with a puzzled expression.

Zhou Hao blinked.

It seems this is a misunderstanding...

I might not finish writing the next chapter tonight.

I got up too early this morning and drove for more than four hours round trip, so I can't stay up too late tonight.

If I can't finish writing it, I'll finish it tomorrow morning and then post it.