The outside world.
After Tianlu swallowed Yang Hui whole, his gaze turned to the Huangzhong Plum Tree.
This was one of the Primordial World's ten greatest Supreme-Grade Xiantian Spiritual Roots. Every leaf and every branch contained the mysteries of Creation from when heaven and earth first opened.
With a thought from Tianlu, his body, originally no larger than an ordinary tiger, instantly swelled against the wind as he unleashed the great divine ability, Law of Heaven and Earth.
In an instant, an Auspicious Beast Pixiu manifestation ten thousand zhang tall, blotting out the sky and sun, stood among the mountains of West Kunlun, its entire body flowing with dazzling golden light and obscure Great Dao runes.
He opened his cavernous maw and inhaled sharply.
The violent Law of Devouring transformed into a visible black vortex, uprooting the enormous Huangzhong Plum Tree along with its roots and soil before swallowing it whole.
"Delicious!"
Tianlu smacked his lips, feeling that incomparably dense Innate Wood Origin dissolve within him, and could not help letting out a satisfied sigh.
Unfortunately, the Huangzhong Plum took far too long to bear fruit.
It took one Yuanhui to blossom, one Yuanhui to bear fruit, and another Yuanhui to ripen. Only after a full three Yuanhuis would it produce nine fruits.
But that was fine. He only needed to plant it in the Creation Space within his abdomen.
After all, the conditions there were uniquely favorable, so there was no need to worry about it failing to thrive.
Tianlu's divine sense followed the flow and entered his Abdominal Space.
It was a vast and boundless mysterious world, like a great thousand world of its own.
At the very center of this world floated the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus, silently hanging down countless streams of Creation Mother Qi.
Below the Creation Green Lotus lay a shimmering pool filled with incomparably precious Three Lights Divine Water.
Sunlight Divine Water, Moonlight Divine Water, and Starlight Divine Water intertwined, radiating supreme vitality capable of reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bare bones.
The Huangzhong Plum Tree had been planted at the edge of the Three Lights Divine Water pool.
Besides the Huangzhong Plum Tree, this vast space was densely planted with other spiritual roots.
These were all treasures Tianlu had plundered from across the Primordial World along his journey, adhering to the fine tradition of leaving nothing behind wherever he went.
At that moment, under Tianlu's unique divine ability, those low-grade Immortal Grade Spiritual Roots were undergoing earthshaking transformations, gradually shedding their acquired impurities and evolving toward Xiantian Spiritual Roots.
Looking at the world within his belly, filled entirely with treasures, Tianlu was immensely satisfied.
Then, he withdrew his divine sense.
The terrifying manifestation standing ten thousand zhang tall instantly shrank, returning to its cute form, no larger than an ordinary tiger.
Tianlu opened his mouth and spat out the Innate Mid-Grade Spiritual Treasure, Cloud Treasure.
Cloud Treasure expanded in the wind, turning into a soft and comfortable Cloud Bed.
Tianlu leaped onto it, sprawled out with all four limbs spread wide, and comfortably narrowed his eyes.
He controlled the Cloud Treasure remotely and began drifting leisurely through the vast Kunlun Sacred Realm.
In the Primordial World, time was the cheapest thing of all.
A hundred years, even a thousand years, passed in the blink of an eye.
Over those long years, Tianlu rode Cloud Treasure and explored nearly the entirety of the Kunlun Sacred Realm.
Yet what frustrated him was that he could no longer find any great opportunity that stirred his interest.
There were quite a few ordinary Immortal Grade Spiritual Roots, but he had already swallowed too many. His Abdominal Space was piled high with them, so there was truly no need to waste effort collecting more of the same kind.
Just as Tianlu lay idly atop Cloud Treasure, wondering whether he should leave the Kunlun Sacred Realm and try his luck elsewhere on the Primordial Continent—
Suddenly, he felt his throat seize up, as though something had lodged inside it.
Then his mouth opened against his will.
Two fair, jade-like little hands, radiating a lustrous treasure glow, forcibly stretched out of his mouth and pried open his upper and lower jaws.
Afterward, a slender figure cloaked in rosy light crawled out of his mouth and landed steadily in the void before him.
The next instant, light flowed around the figure, transforming her into a beautiful female immortal with a cold, otherworldly bearing.
Her long black hair was gathered into an elegant coiffure, and she wore a magnificent Jade Ornament atop her head, draped in a layer of thin green gauze as light as cicada wings.
She wore a Yellow Brocade Jacket beneath, with a Cloud Haze Shawl and Green Feather Haze Shawl over it. Dense Primordial Yin Qi and the transcendent Dao aura unique to a Daluo Golden Immortal surrounded her.
That utterly magnificent attire, combined with her peerless, breathtaking beauty, left Tianlu staring blankly.
He raised his two furry forepaws and vigorously rubbed his eyes.
Th-that's the little girl who had been crying before?!
She looks completely different!
Could this be the mystery of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm? Once one attained the Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit, could one naturally assume the most perfect Innate Dao Body?
But I'm clearly at the Middle Daluo Golden Immortal Stage too. Why can't I take on a perfect form like hers? Why am I still stuck in this Auspicious Beast Pixiu true form?
How strange.
Tianlu was filled with confusion, secretly wondering whether it was because, as a Pet of the Great Dao, his foundations were simply too profound, making transformation countless times more difficult than for ordinary Innate Divine Beings.
While Tianlu was full of doubts, Yang Hui stood opposite him, staring fixedly at the seemingly harmless Pixiu before her. The rage in her heart surged wildly like an erupting volcano.
Feeling the vast, endless Daluo power within her, her confidence instantly soared.
A thousand years ago, she had merely been a weak divine being at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. Faced with this Pixiu, already a Daluo Golden Immortal, she had possessed no ability to fight back.
She could only let him bully her, even being forced to hand over her opportunities.
But now, things were different.
Nurtured by the pure power of merit within Tianlu's abdomen, she had successfully condensed her Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit and truly transformed into human form.
They were both Daluo Golden Immortals. Why should she still avoid his edge?!
At that thought, all the wariness in Yang Hui's eyes vanished, replaced by boundless majesty.
"You insatiable Pixiu!"
"Hand over every opportunity and spiritual treasure you have plundered from my Kunlun Sacred Realm over these years!"
"Otherwise, I absolutely will not spare you today!"
The moment Tianlu heard that, he burst into amusement.
Oh?
This little girl had barely broken through to Daluo Golden Immortal, and she was already trying to turn the heavens upside down?!
Did she really think becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal meant she could contend with me, a Pet of the Great Dao who commands the Six Great Laws?
How interesting.
Tianlu slowly rose to his feet and shook out his fur.
"Little girl, don't think—"
"Shut up!"
Yang Hui coldly cut Tianlu off, releasing her Daluo pressure without restraint. It shook the surrounding void until ripples spread through it.
"My name is Yang Hui. I am the true master of this Kunlun Sacred Land!"
Seeing her lofty manner, Tianlu carelessly waved a paw.
"Fine, fine, Yang Hui."
"Don't think that becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal means you can contend with me."
"You want me to spit out the treasures I've eaten? You're dreaming!"
"A Pixiu swallows treasures but never releases them. How could there be any reason for it to spit treasures back out?"
Hearing that, Yang Hui gritted her teeth in fury, and a trace of murderous intent surfaced on her beautiful face.
"Stubborn fool! Since you refuse to hand them over, I will personally dig them out of your belly!"
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