Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art: First Turn Complete

The instant the Thirty-Six-Petaled Lotus Platform appeared, the Eye of Heavenly Retribution between Lei Xiao's primordial spirit's brows manifested on its own.

From that vertical pupil, an incomparably profound purple light shot forth, striking without deviation the illusory Thirty-Six-Petaled Lotus Platform beneath his primordial spirit.

"Boom—"

Lei Xiao felt a thunderous roar in his mind as his entire sea of consciousness shook violently.

The originally illusory and blurry lotus platform, illuminated by the Eye of Heavenly Retribution's purple light, began madly absorbing that power as though parched land receiving long-awaited rain.

The patterns on the first lotus petal rapidly became clear. Every line seemed to contain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, mysterious beyond measure.

Then came the second petal, the third...

With every petal that solidified, Lei Xiao felt his primordial spirit undergo a complete transformation and ascension.

When the fourth lotus petal fully solidified, a violent tremor suddenly rose from the depths of Lei Xiao's primordial spirit, as though something was awakening.

It was an indescribable sensation, like a seed that had slept for hundreds of millions of years finally sensing the breath of spring, beginning to stir as it sought to break through the soil.

But it came to an abrupt halt there.

The purple light emitted by the Eye of Heavenly Retribution had been completely exhausted.

I never expected the Heavenly Dao to reward me with a strand of Heavenly Dao Origin, directly bringing my Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art to the completion of the first turn. Lei Xiao was overjoyed.

The Nine-Turn Profound Art was already difficult to cultivate, but the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art was even more difficult.

The Three Pure Ones had been transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit and were innately suited to this cultivation art, yet they had only reached the fifth turn so far.

Even if this art were spread throughout the world, probably more than ninety-nine percent of the prehistoric beings would never even be able to enter its gates in their entire lives.

Yet Lei Xiao had cultivated the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art to the completion of the first turn in such a short time. He was only a step away from entering the second turn.

The Nine-Turn Profound Art had nine turns in total, and each turn was divided into four minor realms: initial stage, middle stage, late stage, and completion. Every time one petal of the Thirty-Six-Petaled Lotus Platform solidified, it represented a breakthrough in one minor realm.

For a moment, Lei Xiao even wished he could encounter more Chaos Demon Gods, because then the Heavenly Dao could reward him with more Heavenly Dao Origin.

Shaking his head, he cast those messy thoughts from his mind. Finding Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao was what mattered most right now.

With the first turn of the Nine-Turn Primordial Essence Art complete, his primordial spirit had improved by more than tenfold. He could now initially make use of the Eye of Heavenly Retribution.

With a thought—

Eye of Heavenly Retribution, open!

Buzz—!

A strand of indifferent yet majestic Heavenly Dao gaze, judging all falsehood, passed through his brow and silently pierced the vast void of the East Sea along the innate karmic bond between him and his elder sisters, Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao.

The concealment of heavenly secrets by an Innate Great Array?

The illusory cover of an innate spiritual treasure?

Before the Heavenly Dao's tracing of karmic origins, all of it was utterly useless!

In an instant, two slender, resilient, and nearly fading threads of karma were firmly locked onto!

"Master! Your disciple has completely located my two elder sisters!" Lei Xiao pointed southwest.

"Go!"

Tongtian did not waste words. With a sweep of his sleeve, a sharp sword light enveloped Lei Xiao and Bi Xiao, tearing through the sky as it sped southwest in an instant.

At the same time, within the Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array.

"Stubborn fools! Let's see how much longer you can hold out! Once I get out, I'll devour both of you!" The sealed Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon roared madly from the array core.

Its enormous body coiled in the depths of the blood sea, black and crimson Yin-Yang baleful qi swirling around it. Its scales were like blades, and every struggle made the entire Innate Great Array tremble violently.

Within the array, endless innate Yin-Yang baleful qi crashed against Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao like tidal waves. While resisting the assault, the two also had to pour their mana into the Dragon-Binding Rope to stabilize the Innate Great Array and the seal.

There was no innate spiritual qi within the Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array to replenish them, and their mana was being depleted rapidly.

"Elder Sister..."

Rumble—

Just as Qiong Xiao was about to speak, the entire Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array suddenly shook violently, as though it had suffered a fierce attack.

The two immediately looked outside the Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array. At that moment, more than a dozen figures stood in the void beyond it.

"An Innate Great Array. I never expected an Innate Great Array to be hidden here."

The speaker was an old Daoist in a black robe, his beard and hair entirely white. He held a whisk in his hand, and the dense aura of a Taiyi Golden Immortal at completion radiated from his body.

The dozen or so people around him ranged in cultivation from Golden Immortals to Taiyi Golden Immortals. All of them stared intently at the operating Innate Great Array below.

As everyone knew, Innate Great Arrays often concealed innate spiritual treasures.

Not long ago, Yin-Yang baleful qi had surged into the heavens here, and the Innate Great Array had manifested on its own. This was clearly a sign that an innate spiritual treasure was about to emerge.

"The commotion here is growing greater and greater. If it attracts a Great Luo Golden Immortal expert, the innate spiritual treasure will have nothing to do with me."

A sharp light flashed through the black-robed old Daoist's eyes. His vast mana at the completion of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm instantly transformed into a giant hand that covered the sky, clawing fiercely toward a weak point in the array.

Seeing this, the other dozen or so experts could no longer restrain the greed and frenzy in their hearts. They all brought out their magic treasures. Streams of light filled the sky and poured down like a torrential rain, attempting to completely shatter the already unstable Innate Great Array.

"This is bad..."

Qiong Xiao's expression changed drastically. She hurriedly forced herself to activate the Dragon-Binding Rope to repair the array, but the backlash from the Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array made her spit out a mouthful of blood. Her body swayed violently.

"Stop! A fierce beast at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level is sealed here! Once the Innate Great Array breaks, all of you will die!"

While helping stabilize the Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array, Yun Xiao roared furiously at the people outside.

"Hahaha! You want to keep the innate spiritual treasure for yourselves, yet you dare use such a clumsy lie to stall for time?"

The black-robed old Daoist sneered repeatedly. Not only did he not stop, he pushed his mana to the limit. That giant hand covering the sky slammed fiercely into the foundation of the array.

Rumble—!

Accompanied by a deafening boom, the Yin-Yang Profound Baleful Array finally let out a groan of collapse. Countless array patterns shattered like a spiderweb, and an incomparably dense black and crimson baleful qi surged into the sky like a burst dam!

"What terrifying baleful qi."

The expressions of everyone present changed drastically upon seeing such vast black and crimson baleful qi. Yet soon afterward, they spotted the Dragon-Binding Rope within the array.

The aura of an innate spiritual treasure was like a torch ignited in the darkness, instantly burning away all fear and doubt in their hearts.

"An innate spiritual treasure! It really is an innate spiritual treasure!"

Someone let out a wild roar, their voice filled with irrepressible greed.

In an instant, the experts who had still been somewhat hesitant went completely mad. The warnings about a Great Luo fierce beast were, in their eyes, nothing more than lies Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao had fabricated in order to monopolize the treasure.

The lights of magic treasures across the sky flared up again. This time, their target was no longer the array, but the Dragon-Binding Rope sealing the Innate Yin-Yang Baleful Qi Flood Dragon!