Just as Tianlu was eating the fruit, Primordial Yin Qi, who had been sleeping in the void, was suddenly awakened by the violent spiritual energy fluctuations within the blessed land.
She woke groggily and spread out her spiritual sense, only to see that the Xiantian Array protecting the blessed land had actually been broken.
This blessed land had long been the place she had chosen to settle down, and the spiritual roots within were an important foundation for her transformation and attainment of the Dao.
Now that she saw her home had been robbed, Primordial Yin Qi immediately panicked.
Ignoring the fact that she was still too weak to defeat Tianlu, the Pixiu, she transformed into a streak of light and charged recklessly into the blessed land.
The moment she entered, she saw a sight that made her eyes nearly split open.
That furry Auspicious Beast had opened his mouth wide and swallowed the last Huangzhong Plum on the tree, the one radiating nine layers of phantom images, in a single gulp.
Looking at the bare tree trunk, the first wisp of Primordial Yin Qi felt a surge of blood rush straight to her head.
Overwhelmed by boundless rage and grievance, the Primordial Yin Law around her boiled violently as Mysterious Yin Qi gathered madly.
With a flash of light, that mass of Primordial Yin Qi transformed directly, in her extreme fury, into a jade-like young girl of around ten, her face filled with anger.
Pointing at Tianlu, who was still smacking his lips beneath the tree, the girl trembled with rage and cursed aloud.
"You insatiable Pixiu!"
"Spit out my things, now!"
Tianlu turned to look at the jade-like girl before him, her face full of fury, and was momentarily stunned.
He was a dignified Daluo Golden Immortal, a Pet of the Great Dao who possessed the Six Great Laws, including Creation and Law of Devouring. He had always gone wherever he pleased in the Primordial World.
He even dared to treat the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning sent down by the Heavenly Dao as celebratory fireworks. When had a little girl at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm ever pointed at his nose and cursed him?
Seeing Tianlu frozen in place, the girl found courage from who knew where. With a flash, she transformed into a streak of Primordial Yin light and instantly appeared before the furry Pixiu.
She stretched out her two tender white hands, grabbed Tianlu's enormous soft mouth tightly, and pulled hard in both directions, trying to pry open the greedy Auspicious Beast's jaws.
Her gaze desperately searched Tianlu's belly, but a Pixiu's stomach contained its own space. How could there still be even a trace of the Huangzhong Plum?
Looking at that empty stomach, with not even a shred of fruit pulp left behind, the girl felt as though her heart were being twisted apart.
Those had been nine Huangzhong Plums containing fragments of perfected laws.
She had watched over them for several Yuanhuies, counting on those fruits to break through her shackles in one stroke, attain the Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit, and truly transform into existence.
Yet they had all been ruined by this gluttonous Pixiu who had appeared out of nowhere.
Tianlu finally came back to his senses. A trace of surprise and amusement flashed through his round beast eyes.
Well, well. This little girl had some nerve. She actually dared to snatch food from a tiger's mouth?
His furry long tail, gleaming with auspicious light, flicked casually. Like a nimble divine whip, it lashed out and wrapped around the girl's slender waist. With a gentle lift, he hung her upside down in midair.
The girl instantly realized something was wrong. Suspended in the air, she panicked.
She struggled desperately, the incomparably pure Primordial Yin Law within her body circulating madly as she tried to gather Mysterious Yin Qi and break free.
However, the gap between a Taiyi Golden Immortal and a Daluo Golden Immortal was as vast as the divide between heaven and earth, not to mention that Tianlu was such an existence.
No matter how she struggled, that furry tail was like the strongest shackle in the world, completely unmoving.
After failing to free herself, the girl's eyes reddened with rage. She stared at Tianlu and threatened him viciously.
"You insatiable Pixiu! You stole my opportunity to attain the Dao and incurred such an enormous Law of Cause and Effect! The Heavenly Dao will never let you off! Karmic Force will surely entangle you, and you will suffer eternal damnation!"
Rather than feeling the slightest fear at her threat, Tianlu instead examined the girl hanging upside down in the air with great interest.
The divine light of Creation and the Law of Fortune flickered in his eyes. Seeing past her furious appearance, he directly discerned her true origin.
The moment he saw it, Tianlu was startled.
This girl's origin was actually the first wisp of Primordial Yin Qi since the creation of the Primordial World—and the purest, most profound Supreme Subtle Qi of Western Splendor.
"Hiss—"
Tianlu drew in a sharp breath inwardly.
This was a true great fortune, a tremendous opportunity!
If he could swallow this first wisp of Primordial Yin Qi and refine her with his Law of Devouring, he might gain no small benefit.
As Tianlu thought about it, a glistening drop of saliva involuntarily slipped from the corner of his mouth, and the look in his eyes as he watched the girl grew increasingly heated.
Seeing Tianlu's green gleaming gaze, the girl trapped by his tail suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold rise in her heart.
Yet she still forced herself to keep up a fierce front and cursed through gritted teeth.
"I am Yang Hui! I will never let you go! You hateful Pixiu, release me at once!"
"Yang Hui?"
The moment Tianlu heard that name, it was as though lightning flashed through his mind, and he instantly came to his senses.
His vast store of memories began turning rapidly, and he soon recalled the records from later myths and legends about the lofty Head of Female Immortals.
Queen Mother of the West dwelled in West Kunlun. She had attained the Dao from the first wisp of Primordial Yin Qi and ruled over all female immortals of the Primordial World.
Besides the well-known title Golden Mother, her true name was also Yang Hui.
"Could this little girl formed from Primordial Yin Qi be the future Head of Female Immortals, Queen Mother of the West?!"
Tianlu muttered inwardly.
He carefully examined the jade-like girl before him, who looked no more than ten years old, his heart filled with doubt.
The Queen Mother of the West's origin truly was the first wisp of Primordial Yin Qi. Otherwise, she could not have become the Head of Female Immortals.
But why was she currently in the form of a young girl?
Could she be underdeveloped?
On second thought, Tianlu understood the key.
Though Yang Hui possessed a profound origin, she was still only at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. She had yet to truly condense a Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit and could not achieve perfection of body and soul.
Her current form as a young girl was merely a dharma body she had forcibly manifested from Primordial Yin Qi in a moment of extreme anger. It was not her true, perfected transformation.
Once Tianlu learned that this girl was the future Queen Mother of the West, he abandoned the thought of swallowing her whole.
After all, though Queen Mother of the West did not play much of a role in the future, there was no need to eat her.
With that thought, Tianlu listlessly released his tail.
With a thud, Yang Hui was flung heavily onto the nearby grass, leaving her dizzy and disoriented.
Without even sparing her a glance, Tianlu turned his massive body, spread his four hooves, and prepared to leave this blessed land in search of his next opportunity.
Yang Hui climbed up from the ground and rubbed her aching shoulder. Looking at Tianlu's receding back, she felt not the slightest joy at having survived. Instead, boundless sorrow welled up within her.
She knew that this greedy Pixiu had definitely not spared her because he had discovered a conscience. He was simply in a hurry to find the next treasure land and plunder the rest of her opportunities.
This West Kunlun blessed land was Yang Hui's territory. Every spiritual herb and every immortal stone nurtured within it was a foundation for her future attainment of the Dao.
But now, she was too weak. She could not even defeat one of his tails and could only watch helplessly as this Pixiu ran wild in her home.
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