The Butterfly Effect Begins, the Three Pure Ones Separate Early

However, according to the Great Dao's classification of world levels, this Great Thousand World could at most be considered a low-grade Great Thousand World.

Of course, for the current Ancestral Witches, being able to open up a Great Thousand World by relying on the True Form of Pangu was already their limit.

Opening up a Great Thousand World—this was a feat that only a powerhouse at the Origin realm or the Sage realm could accomplish. Yet, the Ancestral Witches had actually achieved it while still at the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

How was this not a defiance of the heavens?

One had to know that "all beneath the Sage are ants" was no empty phrase.

In front of a Sage, even a powerhouse at the peak of the Quasi-Sage realm was merely an existence that could be crushed with a single finger.

Yet now, the strongest of the Ancestral Witches had not even reached the peak of the Quasi-Sage realm, and the weaker ones were at most at the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal of the Origin, yet they had successfully opened up a Great Thousand World.

Truly, at this moment, even Tongtian, the most straightforward of the Three Pure Ones, could not help but feel a twinge of jealousy.

"Father God, oh Father God, you really are..."

Tongtian could not bring himself to finish the sentence.

Because he suddenly recalled that the inheritance Pangu left for the Three Pure Ones was no less than what he had left for the Ancestral Witches.

The Ancestral Witches had the Twelve Capital Divine Gods and Demons Formation, and they, the Three Pure Ones, had the Three Pure Ones Creation Profound Origin Formation.

Just as the Twelve Capital Divine Gods and Demons Formation could manifest the True Form of Pangu, the Three Pure Ones Creation Profound Origin Formation could manifest the Primordial Spirit of Pangu.

It was a pity that the Eldest Senior Brother and the Second Senior Brother had always feared that once the Primordial Spirit of Pangu was condensed, it might summon the will of Father God Pangu, thereby allowing him to return to the Primordial World through this Primordial Spirit.

If that happened, would they, the Three Pure Ones, not be possessed by Pangu?

It was precisely because of this worry that this formation had never been used since the Three Pure Ones came into existence.

It was one thing that the formation had never been used.

They possessed a Chaos Spiritual Treasure but did not know how to use it, eventually even going so far as to dismantle it.

Yes, that was exactly what happened to the 24th-Grade Creation Green Lotus.

Whether it was because the Three Pure Ones had never worshipped Pangu since their birth, or because Pangu sensed that they had abandoned him to honor the Heavenly Dao of Hongjun and was angered, or for some other reason, the Three Pure Ones had known since their birth that this 24th-Grade Creation Green Lotus was a supreme spiritual object, yet they could not trigger even a shred of its power.

Until they met Hongjun.

As disciples, when they encountered a problem, they naturally had to consult their teacher.

Hongjun did not answer them directly at the time, only giving them a single line: "Red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves; the Three Pure Ones were originally one family."

As a result, after returning to Kunlun Mountain, whenever they looked at the 24th-Grade Creation Green Lotus, this phrase would pop into their minds.

Then they understood Hongjun's meaning.

What did it mean that the Three Pure Ones were originally one family?

It meant that while they were brothers by nature, they had never truly regarded each other as brothers in their hearts.

With their intentions unable to align, they naturally could not trigger this spiritual treasure, which required the combined efforts of the Three Pure Ones to activate.

In fact, Laozi and Yuanshi understood Hongjun's meaning in that instant.

But Tongtian did not understand; after all, he had a straightforward personality.

Straightforward—to put it nicely, it meant his character was clear and his actions were direct; to put it bluntly, it meant he lacked the instinct to guard against others, especially those closest to him.

So, after some coaxing from Laozi and Yuanshi, Tongtian eventually agreed to their suggestion: since they could not trigger this spiritual treasure together, why not dismantle it and split it into three?

In fact, Laozi and Yuanshi had guessed correctly; the 24th-Grade Creation Green Lotus could indeed be dismantled.

It made sense; since it required the combined efforts of the Three Pure Ones to activate, this Chaos Spiritual Treasure must have parts that each of the Three Pure Ones could control individually.

And just like that, a perfectly good Chaos Spiritual Treasure—one whose power was even above that of the Pangu Hall—was dismantled!

Tongtian had not thought much of it before; after all, since the three of them could not activate it together, dismantling it was fine.

But now, the Ancestral Witches had used an iron-clad fact to tell them that the spiritual treasure Pangu left for them was actually something they could have activated.

As for why the Ancestral Witches could activate theirs while the Three Pure Ones could not?

It was not hard to guess.

Tongtian might be straightforward, but he was not a fool.

Clearly, this was proof that Laozi and Yuanshi had never truly regarded him as a brother in their hearts.

Thinking of this, Tongtian truly could not sit still any longer.

"Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, I do not wish to continue living in this state of outward harmony but inward division, muddled and confused. From today on, let us three brothers separate!"

Once these words were spoken, Laozi and Yuanshi felt as if they had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

"Tongtian, what exactly do you mean? Are you being disrespectful to your Eldest Senior Brother, or are you dissatisfied with me, your Second Senior Brother?"

Yuanshi rose in anger and pointed at Tongtian, shouting furiously.

However, this time, Tongtian—who usually loved to clash with Yuanshi—did not retaliate directly. Instead, his eyes held sorrow, and his expression was filled with extreme determination: "Think whatever you wish to think. I have made up my mind."

"You! I will beat some sense into you!"

Yuanshi, enraged to the extreme, flew into a fit of temper and even brought out the Pangu Banner that Hongjun had bestowed upon him not long ago.

At this, Tongtian was also incensed.

"If you want to fight, then let's fight! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

In a fit of rage, Tongtian brought out the Four Swords of Immortal Execution.

"You intend to go to war with me?!"

At this moment, flames of fury ignited in Yuanshi's eyes.

As someone who valued order and hierarchy above all else, he was truly shocked and incensed to the extreme that Tongtian dared to raise a hand against him.

"Enough! Do you intend to tear this Kunlun Mountain apart?"

"What, do you think the joke we Three Pure Ones have made of ourselves in the Primordial World isn't enough? Both of you, stop!"

As he spoke, Laozi brought out the Taiji Diagram, directly locking onto Yuanshi's Pangu Banner and Tongtian's Four Swords of Immortal Execution.

As these three masters at the late Quasi-Sage realm brought out their three supreme treasures, gale-force winds erupted across the entirety of Kunlun Mountain, and murderous intent manifested, threatening to turn the world upside down.

At this moment, every living creature on Kunlun Mountain, along with those within West Kunlun where the Queen Mother of the West resided, trembled in fear under the full-force confrontation of these three.

Even the Queen Mother of the West, herself a Quasi-Sage powerhouse, dared not utter a word.

She was only at the mid-stage of the Quasi-Sage realm, and she possessed only one top-tier innate spiritual treasure, the Kunlun Mirror. To go up against the three of them? Was she looking for death?

Seeing Laozi intervene, Yuanshi and Tongtian suppressed their anger slightly.

Laozi looked at Tongtian. "Are you truly leaving?"

"I am leaving!"

"Why?"

"Do Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother truly not understand?"

"Sigh..." Laozi let out a long sigh. "If you are determined to leave, who could possibly stop you?"

"Perhaps the time has truly come for us Three Pure Ones to part ways."

"It is well that you go. Go in peace, go in peace!"