Pixiu Reveals the Kaiming Beast's Precious Image

At present.

Tianlu naturally had no idea that deep within West Kunlun, a yet-untransformed strand of Primordial Yin Qi was feeling apprehensive about him.

By now, he had already entered that majestic divine hall, which seemed to have been naturally formed by heaven and earth.

This palace complex was an awe-inspiring sight. Innate Dao Patterns flowed between its flying eaves and carved brackets, while every jade pillar seemed condensed from pure Xiantian Spiritual Qi, emanating an ancient, desolate aura of the Primordial World.

Tianlu was overjoyed at the sight.

He reckoned that this divine hall must contain some world-shaking opportunity.

He immediately began a carpet-style search through the vast divine hall.

Nearly a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

Tianlu turned the entire divine hall upside down. He even carefully inspected the gaps between the floor tiles and the tops of the jade pillars, yet he failed to find a single worthwhile item.

This enormous divine hall was utterly empty. Aside from the innate spiritual materials that formed the structure itself and could not easily be dismantled, there was not a single Numinous Treasure that could be called an opportunity.

Tianlu stood in the central plaza of the divine hall and helplessly curled his lip.

However, as a Pixiu, an Auspicious Beast and Pet of the Great Dao, Tianlu did not have the words "return empty-handed" in his dictionary.

Since there were no ready-made treasures in the palace, Tianlu sought another way and turned his attention toward the endless Kunlun mountains outside the hall, shrouded in spiritual qi.

This West Kunlun Sacred Realm was one of the finest Cave Heaven Blessed Lands in the Primordial World. Its mountains surely nurtured countless immortal herbs and spiritual roots.

Riding Cloud Treasure, an Innate Mid-Grade Spiritual Treasure, Tianlu leisurely floated out of the divine hall and began ransacking the mountains of the Kunlun Sacred Realm.

He set foot upon one strange peak and perilous ravine after another, leaving a trail like a swarm of locusts.

Whenever he encountered a spiritual tree capable of bearing fruit, regardless of its grade, Tianlu would unceremoniously open his huge mouth and activate the Law of Devouring, swallowing every spiritual fruit along with the surrounding Xiantian Spiritual Qi.

Empowered by his Innate Divine Ability, any spiritual roots Tianlu swallowed would gradually transform into Acquired Spiritual Roots upon entering that space, under the heaven-defying power of his divine ability.

After transforming into Acquired Spiritual Roots, they would, with the passage of time, reverse their acquired nature and become genuine Xiantian Spiritual Roots.

It was precisely because he possessed such a heaven-defying ability that Tianlu welcomed spiritual roots of every grade.

And so, Tianlu rampaged through the mountains without restraint, eating to his heart's content.

However, just as he lay comfortably atop Cloud Treasure, preparing to swallow a spiritual herb glowing with starlight, a sudden change occurred.

All at once, a peerlessly sharp Geng Metal Streamer shot skyward from a hidden valley below. Carrying the fierce force to tear apart space, it struck Tianlu with perfect accuracy.

The attack came too suddenly. Tianlu had been immersed in the joy of treasure hunting and had not activated any defensive divine abilities.

Still, Tianlu's physical body was far from weak.

The Geng Metal Streamer, powerful enough to tear an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal to pieces, struck Tianlu and produced only a dull metallic clang. It did not even harm a single hair.

Yet the tremendous impact still sent Tianlu tumbling from the soft Cloud Treasure.

With a deafening bang, Tianlu crashed heavily onto the ground, smashing the hard Innate White Jade Rock into a deep crater and sending dust flying everywhere.

Tianlu shook his slightly dizzy head, climbed out of the pit, dusted himself off, and a trace of anger flashed through his eyes.

At that moment, a voice filled with authority and fury came from ahead.

"Who dares trespass onto my territory and plunder spiritual objects at will?!"

Tianlu recovered and turned toward the source of the voice.

On the cliff ahead stood a rather massive divine beast that had appeared at some unknown time, glaring down at Tianlu.

Tianlu studied the divine beast and found its appearance exceedingly peculiar.

It possessed a mighty tiger's body as majestic as a mountain, yet nine long tails danced behind it in the wind. Its face resembled a human's, but it had sharp tiger claws, and dense Geng Metal Qi swirled around its body.

The moment Tianlu saw that appearance, a chart of Primordial World beasts surfaced in his mind.

Wasn't this Lu Wu, the Kaiming Beast who would later guard the Kunlun immortal realm for Queen Mother of the West?

Seeing Tianlu climb to his feet without a scratch and stare at him with such a strange expression, Lu Wu became even more wary. He shouted loudly.

"Pixiu, spit out the treasures you ate! You are a divine beast of heaven and earth, so how can you be so shameless as to wantonly plunder the Creation of the Kunlun Sacred Realm?!"

Lu Wu was likewise a divine beast of heaven and earth and naturally possessed inherited memories bestowed by the Great Dao.

At a glance, he recognized Tianlu's true form as a Pixiu, an Auspicious Beast, and he knew well the Pixiu clan's greedy nature of taking without ever giving.

Upon hearing Lu Wu's words, Tianlu not only did not get angry, but instead broke into a cheerful laugh.

He shook out his fur and took two steps forward with an arrogant swagger.

"Can something that has entered my mouth still come back out?!"

"I've traveled the Primordial World for so long. I've only ever heard of Pixius swallowing treasures, never of Pixius spitting them out."

Lu Wu was so enraged by Tianlu's brazen reply that smoke practically rose from all seven of his orifices.

He had been born from West Kunlun itself and regarded himself as half the master of this sacred realm. How could he tolerate an outsider behaving so outrageously here?

"Stubborn fool! Today, I will beat this greedy beast into submission!"

Lu Wu roared and pounced directly from the cliff, swinging his sharp tiger claws. In an instant, he tore through the void, carrying the terrifying might of a Mid-Stage Taiyi Golden Immortal as he sought to suppress Tianlu in one stroke.

Yet facing Lu Wu's imposing attack, Tianlu merely curled his lip disdainfully.

The gap between a Daluo Golden Immortal and a Taiyi Golden Immortal was like an uncrossable heavenly chasm.

Taiyi Golden Immortals cultivated the Five Qis within their chests, while Daluo Golden Immortals had already achieved Three Flowers Crowning, broken free from the River of Fate, and grasped true Great Dao laws.

Only if this Taiyi Golden Immortal possessed a Xiantian Spiritual Treasure could he possibly challenge a Daluo Golden Immortal.

Otherwise, before a Daluo, a Taiyi was merely an ant.

After Lu Wu charged forward, his vision blurred, and a vast, abyss-like Law of Space instantly sealed off all the space around him.

What followed was a one-sided crushing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Lu Wu's repeated screams echoed through the valley. Before his sharp tiger claws could even touch Tianlu, an irresistible force slammed him to the ground.

As the dust settled, the sight at the center of the battlefield was somewhat comical.

Tianlu had used Size Manipulation to shrink his body several times over. Like a lazy house cat, he sat comfortably atop Lu Wu's broad tiger back.

Tianlu raised one paw and lightly patted Lu Wu's head, his tone carrying a hint of mockery.

"Kitty, do you still want my treasures?"