Seeking the Pure World White Lotus, Encountering Taotie at the Eastern Sea Shore

Having sorted out the core crux of the Monstrous Beast Calamity, Li Changsheng no longer felt lost. His goal ahead had also become increasingly clear.

This trip to the East Sea was primarily to seek the corpse of the Creation Demon God, but he also harbored another plan.

After the Primordial Chaos Lotus split the heavens, it bore a total of five origin lotus seeds. They transformed respectively into the Creation Green Lotus, Pure World White Lotus, World-Destroying Black Lotus, Karma Fire Red Lotus, and Good and Evil Green Lotus, each governing an ultimate Great Dao.

He himself had been transformed from the Creation Green Lotus and was born with control over the Dao of Creation. If he could find the other lotus platforms, he could extract their origins and merge them into himself.

Together with the Heaven-Opening Origin Pangu had given him, Li Changsheng was completely confident that he could elevate his true body directly into the ranks of top-tier Chaos spiritual roots!

Though it would ultimately still fall short of the complete Primordial Chaos Lotus, it would nevertheless rank among the very best in the entire Chaos world!

More importantly, the Pure World White Lotus governed the Law of Purification and was innately the nemesis of all violence, filth, and baleful energy.

If he could master this power, he would gain another trump card when facing the Monstrous Beast Calamity. Purifying the Heaven-Opening baleful energy would also yield twice the result with half the effort, rather than relying solely on the power of creation to slowly wear it down.

With that thought, Li Changsheng sped up once more.

The azure light around him surged, transforming into a green rainbow that streaked across the horizon as he swiftly swept over the Primordial World toward the East Sea.

Yet the sights along the way weighed ever more heavily on his heart.

The Monstrous Beast Calamity had not yet erupted in full, but vicious beasts already ran rampant across the Primordial World, while baleful energy blotted out the sky.

Weak innate beings had no power to resist the slaughter of vicious beasts. They could only hide in deep mountains, secluded valleys, and secret grotto-heavens, fleeing and hiding as they barely clung to life, living in fear at every moment.

Now and then, he encountered some innately gifted beings with formidable physiques traveling in groups, wielding innate spiritual treasures as they fought desperately to clear out the surrounding vicious beasts.

But the vicious beasts were too numerous and could not be killed off. Every time one was slain, if its baleful energy was not completely purified, the surrounding vicious aura would instead grow denser, breeding even more powerful vicious beasts.

Such extermination efforts were ultimately just a drop in the bucket. They could not stop the spread of the vicious beasts at all.

Looking upon the ravaged Primordial World and the suffering of its living beings, Li Changsheng could not help shaking his head inwardly.

No wonder legends of later generations claimed that Shen Ni, lord of the vicious beasts, had been able to use the vast fate of the countless vicious beasts to forcibly break through the restraints of the laws of heaven and earth.

One had to know that the Primordial World had only just been born. The Great Dao's laws had not yet fully receded and still firmly suppressed the cultivation of all beings beneath heaven and earth. The peak of the Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament was the current limit of cultivation in the Primordial World, one that no one could surpass!

Yet Shen Ni had been able to borrow the fate of the vicious beasts and forcefully break through that limitation, stepping into the realm of the Golden Immortal of the Primal Unity and becoming the absolute ruler of the Monstrous Beast Calamity. This was enough to show just how terrifyingly prosperous the fate of the vicious beasts had become!

A bold thought suddenly arose in Li Changsheng's heart.

Since Shen Ni was the greatest source of the Monstrous Beast Calamity and controlled the countless vicious beasts beneath heaven, why not find Shen Ni in advance and rely on his own strength to directly subdue him, or even kill him?

As long as Shen Ni was eliminated, the vicious beasts would be leaderless. Even if they continued to wreak havoc, they would no longer be able to form a calamity capable of sweeping across the Primordial World. More than half of this great disaster could be erased outright!

But the moment the thought arose, he forcefully suppressed it.

He had only just left Mount Zhou and knew nothing of the geography or distribution of forces across the Primordial World. He did not even know where Shen Ni was.

Moreover, since Shen Ni could become the lord of the vicious beasts, he surely possessed heaven-shaking abilities. Li Changsheng knew nothing whatsoever about his true strength or hidden trump cards.

Rashly going to seek him out would not only fail to solve the problem, but might instead plunge himself into a certain death trap. It was not worth the risk.

"Forget it. I should deal with what is before me first."

Li Changsheng sighed softly and suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind.

What mattered most now was finding the corpse of the Creation Demon God, completely mastering the Dao of Creation, and increasing his own strength.

Only when he was strong enough would he be qualified to challenge Shen Ni and truly possess the ability to change the outcome of the Monstrous Beast Calamity.

Taking things step by step and advancing steadily was the proper path.

As his thoughts raced, Li Changsheng did not slow down in the slightest.

He did not know how many more years he traveled.

The moisture in the air grew increasingly dense, and a damp wind rushed toward him carrying the vast, boundless scent of rivers and seas.

The laws of water between heaven and earth became incomparably active, flowing freely through the world like ceaseless waves of rivers and seas. Their Dao resonance was clear and tangible.

In the distance, the thunderous roar of waves crashing against the shore drifted over, clear to the ear.

The Eastern Sea Shore was already close at hand!

A flicker of joy flashed through Li Changsheng's eyes. Just as he was about to accelerate and enter the East Sea completely—

At that very moment!

His steps suddenly stopped!

The flowing azure light around him instantly withdrew completely. His aura abruptly tightened, and his expression turned grave in an instant.

An aura far more terrifying than that of ordinary vicious beasts erupted without warning from a barren mountain forest ahead, like a storm that could destroy the world!

This aura was violent, cold, and destructive, brimming with endless greed and slaughter. It was several times more terrifying than all the vicious beast auras he had encountered before combined!

What alarmed him even more was that the Heaven-Opening baleful energy within this vicious beast had long since become concentrated to the extreme. Like black liquid poison, it constantly spilled from its body and coiled around it.

Wherever the baleful energy passed, the earth instantly cracked, all vegetation withered, and even mountain rocks were corroded away inch by inch. Within a radius of ten thousand miles, all life had been utterly extinguished, leaving only a land of deathly silence!

Li Changsheng's gaze was sharp as he stared intently at the forest ahead, his expression solemn.

A creature possessing such terrifying baleful energy and pressure was absolutely no ordinary vicious beast!

The next moment, deafening sounds of chewing came from within the forest, accompanied by the low roar of a vicious beast.

An incomparably massive vicious beast slowly emerged from the depths of the forest, fully revealing itself before Li Changsheng.

This vicious beast had the body of a sheep, covered all over in rough gray-black flesh without a single hair. Its pair of scarlet eyes grew beneath its armpits, radiating endless greed and ferocity.

Its head was enormous, and its huge mouth split all the way to its ears. Its mouth was filled with sharp tiger fangs that gleamed with icy light, as though they could tear apart all things between heaven and earth.

It had no feet beneath its belly. Its massive body made the earth tremble with every step.

Taotie!

Li Changsheng instantly recognized the vicious beast's identity!

This was one of the four great vicious beasts of the Primordial World—Taotie, famed for its gluttony. It controlled the Law of Devouring, could swallow heaven and consume earth, and possessed exceptionally ferocious combat power!

This Taotie had clearly devoured countless innate beings and innate spiritual objects. Its cultivation had already reached the level of the late Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament, while its flesh had been tempered by Heaven-Opening baleful energy into something incomparably powerful, far surpassing innate beings of the same realm.

Ordinary beings with the strength of a late Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament would likely have no choice but to be devoured when facing this Taotie!

It possessed no reason at all, only endless hunger in its eyes. Wherever it went, it ate. All things could be swallowed, and wherever it passed, not even a blade of grass remained, leaving behind only deathly silence.

At this moment, Taotie had its head lowered, frantically chewing the rocks and withered vegetation beneath its feet. Even lifeless objects without the slightest spiritual energy were swallowed wholesale into its belly and transformed into its own baleful energy and strength.

Li Changsheng stood where he was, narrowing his eyes. Rather than feeling fear, a glint flashed through them.

What perfect timing!

He had been worrying about finding a suitable test subject to verify the purifying effect of his power of creation on the Heaven-Opening baleful energy within top-tier vicious beasts, and this Taotie had delivered itself right to his door!

As one of the four great vicious beasts, Taotie contained Heaven-Opening baleful energy far denser and more violent than ordinary vicious beasts. It was perfect for thoroughly testing the suppressive effect of the power of creation.

Furthermore, Taotie was one of Shen Ni's capable subordinates. Killing it would both greatly weaken the vicious beasts' forces and allow him to investigate deeper secrets of their origin. Li Changsheng was also especially interested in the Law of Devouring. It was simply killing three birds with one stone!

While Li Changsheng was making his calculations, the frantically devouring Taotie finally sensed his aura as well.

It suddenly stopped chewing. The scarlet eyes beneath its armpits abruptly lifted and locked onto Li Changsheng, while all movement within its massive mouth ceased at once.

The next second!

ROAR—!!!

A roar that shook heaven and earth, filled with greed and violence, erupted from Taotie's mouth!

The sound waves swept in all directions, shattering all the surrounding rocks. Boundless black baleful energy surged madly toward Li Changsheng like a tsunami!

In Taotie's eyes, this being before it, radiating an incomparably pure aura, was undoubtedly a peerless delicacy. If it devoured him, its strength would surely rise another step, perhaps even breaking through to the perfected Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament!

Facing the overwhelming baleful energy, Li Changsheng remained calm and stood utterly still.

A pale azure divine light of creation slowly flowed around him, gentle yet incomparably resilient. It instantly formed a sturdy barrier before him.

Taotie's overwhelming baleful energy slammed into the divine light of creation. Not only did it fail to corrode it in the slightest, it was instead slowly enveloped and dissolved by the divine light of creation. The originally violent black baleful energy was instantly purified into the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth, dispersing into the world.

As expected, the power of creation has considerable restraint over Heaven-Opening baleful energy!

Li Changsheng rejoiced inwardly and completely set his mind at ease.

Then his gaze turned cold, and the aura of a perfected Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament erupted from him!

"Since you came to me of your own accord, I'll use you to properly test my skills!"

As his words fell, Li Changsheng moved, charging straight at Taotie!