Heavenly Dao: Pixiu, You've Won!

At this moment, Nuwa halted her cloud, looking toward Tianlu at her side with a faint sigh of lamentation on her face.

"Fellow Daoist Tianlu, although Mount Buzhou is vast, its opportunities seem deeply concealed. It appears we shall find no great fortune here; perhaps we should depart from Mount Buzhou?"

Hearing this, Fuxi nodded slightly from the side.

"Indeed, the Primordial World is vast and full of wonders; there is no need for us to waste our time here."

Nuwa's eyes shifted, gazing toward the distant east as she continued.

"When I was divining the heavenly secrets, I once heard that at the beginning of Pangu's creation of the world, three massive fragments of chaos fell upon the East Sea Coast."

"Those three fragments transformed into three peerless blessed lands named Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou. Within them, the chaotic spiritual energy has yet to dissipate, and they must surely harbor countless innate treasures."

"Why don't the three of us travel together and explore the East Sea?"

Upon hearing this, Tianlu shook his head and politely declined Nuwa's kindness without a second thought.

Go to the East Sea? Those three immortal islands were fine, but how could they compare to the spine of Pangu right before his eyes?

Mount Buzhou carried the boundless legacy of the Great God Pangu and was the ancestor of all ley lines in the Primordial World; how could there be no opportunities here!

It was clearly the Heavenly Dao playing tricks in the shadows, trying to force him away.

As a favorite of the Great Dao, how could he, Tianlu, suffer such indignity? If the Heavenly Dao would not give it to him, he would simply take it by force!

"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, that is where you are mistaken. Mount Buzhou is the spine of heaven and earth; how could it possibly lack opportunity?"

Tianlu sneered, a flash of arrogance and dominance crossing his golden eyes.

"Since this opportunity is hiding, I shall force it out! Both fellow daoists, step back and witness my divine ability!"

With that, Tianlu let out a roar that shook the firmament.

In an instant, his golden body, which had only been a few feet long, swelled violently against the wind as endless Laws of Creation and Laws of Devouring erupted from within him.

In the blink of an eye, Tianlu's body transformed into a million-foot-tall behemoth.

A golden beast that blotted out the sun and sky stood in the mid-air of Mount Buzhou, its massive frame seemingly heavy enough to crush the heavens.

His golden scales resembled rolling mountain ranges, and his four paws shattered the void, radiating the suffocating pressure of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

The million-foot-tall Pixiu opened its abyss-like maw, which seemed capable of swallowing the stars, and took a sudden, deep breath toward the Mount Buzhou range ahead.

The terrifying power of devouring transformed into a visible spatial storm, sweeping across heaven and earth.

In an instant, Tianlu swallowed the mountains and devoured the earth.

The mountain ranges stretching for hundreds of millions of miles below, the endless spiritual energy, the towering ancient trees, and even the very soil were scraped away in a thick layer by his sheer force.

All of this transformed into a vast, surging torrent, crazily pouring into his million-foot-wide abyss of a mouth.

Wherever he passed, the once vibrant, spiritual blessed lands were instantly reduced to barren, desolate wastelands.

Not even a blade of grass or a stone containing a shred of spiritual energy remained; he had truly achieved a state where nothing could grow.

Watching this scene, Nuwa and Fuxi, standing in the distance, were completely stunned.

Fuxi's gentle and refined expression froze on his face, his mouth twitching uncontrollably, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

Nuwa's eyes were also wide open, her red lips slightly parted, her expression revealing shock and disbelief as she remained speechless for a long time.

He was, after all, an innate sacred being at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

He was, after all, an auspicious beast of heaven and earth bearing the halo of the Great Dao, the legendary divine beast said to bring wealth and treasure!

Is this how you do it?!

This wasn't searching for opportunity; this was clearing out the entire pot—this was a plague of locusts passing through!

Nuwa couldn't help but complain wildly in her heart: Fellow Daoist Tianlu, with such disregard for your image, won't your reputation become even more foul?

If Tianlu had known what these two future sages were thinking at that moment, he would only have scoffed with disdain.

Reputation?

His reputation as a Pixiu had long since been notorious throughout Mount Buzhou; what did it matter if it got a little worse?

As long as there was treasure to be gained and his cultivation could be improved, what use was face! Could face be used as an innate spiritual treasure?

And so, Nuwa and Fuxi could only follow behind in a daze, witnessing Tianlu transform into a Primordial bulldozer, engaging in crazed, outrageous, and destructive devouring.

Meanwhile, in the unfathomable space of the Heavenly Dao within the Primordial World.

A vast consciousness, indescribable and woven from countless complex laws of the Heavenly Dao, was quietly observing everything happening on Mount Buzhou.

The Heavenly Dao consciousness looked at the million-foot-tall golden Pixiu, which was crazily gnawing at the soil of Mount Buzhou, and fell into a long, silent pause.

This damned Pixiu!

Within the core of the Heavenly Dao—which was originally emotionless and operated only according to established programs—a violent fluctuation suddenly surged.

Why did the Great Dao have to leave behind this scourge?

The Primordial Heavenly Dao, originally perfectly impartial and devoid of emotional fluctuations, was being forced by Tianlu's rogue behavior to evolve seven emotions and six desires just like the living beings of the Primordial World.

The Heavenly Dao felt incredibly aggrieved.

Its original intention had been to obscure the opportunities, hoping this Pixiu would realize the difficulty and retreat, obediently rolling away from Mount Buzhou.

Who would have thought that this fellow would not only refuse to leave but would flip the table and start eating the dirt itself.

Mount Buzhou was the pillar of the Primordial World, supporting the operation of heaven and earth. If this Pixiu were allowed to devour it so recklessly, while it wouldn't damage the foundation of Mount Buzhou in the short term, the resulting scene of devastation would severely disrupt the natural evolution of the Primordial World.

The Heavenly Dao began to operate frantically at this moment, weighing its options.

What would be the consequences if Tianlu were allowed to continue like this?

Perhaps it was important, as it could affect the future site selection for the dojos of certain mighty figures and destroy the flow of the ley lines.

Perhaps it was also unimportant; after all, time was long, and it could be repaired slowly.

But the Heavenly Dao understood one thing with absolute clarity.

It absolutely could not let this shameless Pixiu continue to wreak havoc on Mount Buzhou.

It could not strike him, for this fellow possessed the status of a darling of the Great Dao; even the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning could do nothing to him, and forcibly erasing him would invite a backlash from the Great Dao.

It could not defend against him either, as this fellow's Law of Devouring was too unreasonable—he could even eat formation restrictions like jellybeans.

In desperation, the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao could only let out a sigh.

Subsequently, the laws of the Heavenly Dao trembled slightly, and it randomly extracted a piece of information regarding a fortuitous encounter from the vast Library of Heavenly Secrets.

This information transformed into an invisible stream of light, piercing through the void and entering Tianlu's mind.

The intention of the Heavenly Dao was clear: Take it! Once you have this opportunity, get out of here immediately!

Do not stay on Mount Buzhou any longer; go to the East Sea, go to the starry sky, go anywhere—it doesn't matter, as long as you stop disgusting me right under my nose.

On Mount Buzhou, the million-foot-tall golden Pixiu was opening his massive maw, preparing to uproot a ten-thousand-foot peak in front of him.

Suddenly, his movements paused as a piece of perfectly clear guidance appeared out of thin air in his mind.

Tianlu was stunned at first, then a glimmer of cunning and triumph flashed in his enormous eyes.

He couldn't help but evaluate this high and mighty Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World in his heart.

Truly, the one who knows the times is the Heavenly Dao!

If you had just handed over the opportunity earlier, it would have been over; you had to force me to use force and waste my magic power.

Since his goal had been achieved, Tianlu naturally couldn't be bothered to continue eating this tasteless dirt.

Following that, a golden light flashed around his body, and his massive, sky-covering form rapidly shrank and faded.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed back to the size of a normal Pixiu, stepped back onto the Cloud Treasure that radiated the aura of a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, and began to groom his golden fur in a leisurely manner.