Depressed Grand Pure One Laozi, Human Race Crisis!

The complete Creation Jade Butterfly was a Primordial Chaos Treasure, and also a Dao-Comprehending Supreme Treasure. It contained the complete Three Thousand Great Daos!

Under the Opening-Heaven Pressure, it had shattered into countless fragments that scattered throughout the Primordial World.

The reason Dao Ancestor Hongjun could become the first Saint of the Primordial World, the teacher of all Saints, and the Dao Ancestor of the Profound Sect was precisely because he possessed most of the Fragments of the Creation Jade Butterfly.

The jade butterfly fragment before him wasn't large, but even the smallest Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly was, in terms of value, comparable to a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Buzz!

At that thought, Zhao Gongming immersed his mind and swiftly made a delighted discovery.

Within this jade butterfly fragment were three complete Great Daos: the Charm Grand Dao, the Grand Dao of Wealth, and the Grand Dao of Artifacts!

The Charm Grand Dao wasn't merely about bewitching living beings.

If cultivated to perfection, it could charm the fortune of Heaven and Earth, one's wealth fortune, even the laws of the Great Dao themselves. It was of immense benefit to cultivation.

As for the Grand Dao of Wealth, wealth could open the way to the gods. By cultivating such a Great Dao and strengthening one's own wealth fortune, once that wealth fortune reached a certain extent, one could even "trade" with the Great Dao itself, directly exchanging it for a Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and proving the realm of Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal in one stroke. Of course, the wealth fortune required would likewise be unimaginable.

The Grand Dao of Artifacts inherently encompassed the Dao of artifact refinement. Once wielded, it could also astonishingly amplify the might of Spiritual Treasures, possessing the power to turn decay into magic. If comprehended to perfection, even a dead branch in one's hand could likely unleash terrifying might no weaker than a Supreme Treasure!

Of the Three Thousand Great Daos, every path could prove Primordial Unity!

Though these three Great Daos ranked relatively low, each possessed effects astonishing to the extreme.

"First, I'll refine these three treasures!!"

Zhao Gongming immersed his mind and directly began refining the three treasures before him.

Soon, countless insights surged into his mind.

Meanwhile, just as Zhao Gongming was refining the Spiritual Treasures.

Primordial World, Kunlun Mountain.

"Hmm?"

Within the Grand Pure Palace, Taiqing Laozi sensed something and slowly opened his eyes. A ripple appeared even on his expressionless face.

Just now, he had actually sensed that he seemed to have lost an extremely crucial opportunity!

As one of Pangu's Three Pure Ones and a Heavenly Dao Saint, if he had sensed something, it naturally couldn't be wrong.

At that thought, Taiqing immediately began making deductions, but he soon stopped.

"Heavenly Secrets are obscured? I can't deduce even the slightest scrap of information?"

Even on the face of a Heavenly Dao Saint, which had remained undisturbed for hundreds of millions of years, a trace of surprise now emerged.

One had to know that Saints wielded Heavenly Dao Authority. With but a thought, they could learn of everything occurring between Heaven and Earth.

Moreover, he was the foremost of the Three Pure Ones and the strongest among the Six Saints. Even if another Saint had acted and deliberately obscured the Heavenly Secrets, it shouldn't have been possible for him to deduce not even the slightest trace of information!

"Strange!"

As he murmured, Taiqing Laozi's expression returned to calm. A Saint's gaze was lofty beyond measure; he could casually bestow even a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

It was merely an opportunity. What did it amount to?

Yet for some reason, a thread of frustration instinctively arose in his heart, as though the opportunity he had lost this time was exceptionally important!

[You refined 2 restrictions of the Kongtong Seal and gained slight insight. You comprehended the minor divine power—Mountain Bearing.]

[You refined 12 restrictions of the Kongtong Seal. In a flash of inspiration, you comprehended the Destiny-Proving Dao Method (Human Dao Sage Proving Dao Method).]

[You refined 2 restrictions of the Heaven-Seizing Furnace and gained slight insight. You comprehended the Alchemy Law.]

[You refined 12 restrictions of the Heaven-Seizing Furnace. Your alchemy laws greatly improved, and you comprehended the minor divine power—Pill Rolling.]

"Mountain Bearing? Pill Rolling minor divine powers? The Human Dao Sage Proving Dao Method?"

Zhao Gongming awoke from his contemplation. At this moment, he had already initially refined the Kongtong Seal. It vaguely transformed into the phantom of Kongtong Divine Mountain, emanating an overbearing and terrifying aura. If it simply came crashing down, the might it unleashed would likely severely wound even a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal on the spot. The Heaven-Seizing Furnace likewise emitted waves of strange fragrance, faintly carrying the profound mystery of seizing Heaven and Earth's creation. The Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly hovered in the air, scattering Dao Rhyme Divine Light. Within it, his Primordial Spirit became lucid, and his cultivation speed surged by more than tenfold.

The gains from this refinement were likewise far from small.

The minor divine power Mountain Bearing was one of the supreme minor divine powers taught by Dao Ancestor Hongjun during his sermons at Purple Cloud Palace.

Once unleashed, it could bear the power of ancient divine mountains. When cultivated to perfection, it could even draw upon the power of an ancestral vein.

Pill Rolling was likewise an Earthly Fiend Divine Power, a minor divine power for refining medicinal pills. Though it could at most refine seventh-grade Golden Cores.

For the current Zhao Gongming, however, it was already entirely sufficient.

Finally, the gain that surprised Zhao Gongming the most was the Destiny-Proving Dao Method.

In the current Primordial World, there were only three mainstream methods of proving the Dao: Three Corpses Dao-Proving, Merit-Based Dao-Proving, and Strength-Based Dao-Proving.

There was no need to say much about Three Corpses Dao-Proving. It had been passed down by Dao Ancestor Hongjun at Purple Cloud Palace, yet to this day, no living being seemed to have achieved the union of the Three Corpses and proven that supreme realm.

Merit-Based Dao-Proving was also the most mainstream method in the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao Six Saints had all become Saints through Merit. There was a misunderstanding here: that Saints who attained sainthood through Merit were weak.

That wasn't true.

Heavenly Dao Saints wielded Heavenly Dao Authority, their Primordial Spirits entrusted to the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World. They were undying and indestructible. Within the Primordial World, they possessed the advantage of fighting on home ground. Every movement they made could draw upon Heaven and Earth Power, leaving them almost invincible. Even one as powerful as Yang Mei had been suppressed by Hongjun working together with the Heavenly Dao. This showed that attaining sainthood through Merit was absolutely not weak—rather, it was very powerful.

Of course, for every drink and every peck, there was a fixed destiny. Saints were indeed powerful, but they were also bound by the Heavenly Dao and could not be free.

Lastly, Strength-Based Dao-Proving naturally didn't mean proving the Dao through brute strength, but through the power of laws. As long as one comprehended the Three Thousand Great Daos to perfection, integrated them into oneself, and condensed a Primordial Dao Fruit, one could prove the realm of Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal in one mighty surge, transcending the Primordial World. This was also the most difficult method. After all, the Great Dao had already retreated into Primordial Chaos. Merely comprehending it was an ordeal of a thousand difficulties and ten thousand hardships, much less proving Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Compared to those, this Destiny-Proving Dao Method was the fourth method of proving the Dao: contend for supremacy in the Primordial World, become its sole overlord, and gather the fortune of the Primordial World.

Then one could prove sainthood in one mighty surge. Moreover, it wouldn't be as a Heavenly Dao Saint, but as the first Saint of the Human Dao—the Human Dao Ancestor!

During the Dragon-Han Cataclysm, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Tribes fought fiercely. Aside from Luohou's instigation behind the scenes, it was also because the three tribes wished to gather the Primordial World's fortune, prove the Dao through fortune, and transcend the Heavenly Dao's control.

Likewise, during the Lich Calamity, the Wu and Demon Clans fought until their eyes ran red, all because they wished to become the sole overlord of the Primordial World and transcend through Fortune-Proving Dao.

Yet Zhao Gongming shook his head. After all, the endings of both the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Tribes and the Wu and Demon Clans lay before him. Every one of them had ended in tragedy.

The Human Dao Ancestor Fruit Position looked tempting, but if one wished to prove the Dao through it, the Heavenly Dao likely wouldn't agree at all.

"However, if it were through the Myriad Heavens World..."

Zhao Gongming looked at the evolved Myriad Heavens World and the Kongtong Seal, considering it inwardly. But he soon shook his head again.

At present, he was only in the Golden Immortal realm. His most urgent task was still to raise his own strength as quickly as possible.

Only then would he have the capital to scheme within the Primordial World.

"It's time to leave!"

Looking at the Shouyang Bronze Pillar beneath his feet, Zhao Gongming raised a hand and stored it within the Myriad Heavens World, leaving behind a massive pit.

Then, rather than hurriedly comprehending the Great Dao laws recorded within the Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly, he directly began exploring and plundering the entire Shouyang Restriction.

This Shouyang Restriction should have been Taiqing Saint's opportunity. Even with the Chaotic Cosmos Formation muddling the Heavenly Secrets, it would be troublesome if a Saint blocked him inside.

Very soon, he had practically dug through the entire restriction three feet deep, leaving behind not even a single Acquired Spiritual Root.

Looking at the pockmarked Shouyang Restriction, a mischievous smile appeared on Zhao Gongming's face.

After restoring the Shouyang Restriction to its original state, as though it had never been breached, he no longer hesitated and took a single step out of the Shouyang Restriction.

"Hmm?"

After stepping out of the Shouyang Restriction, Zhao Gongming wandered through Mount Shouyang once more. As the Primordial World's third ancestral vein and the future Saint's sacred ground.

The spiritual energy here was likewise abundant, and there were quite a few Spiritual Roots and spiritual materials.

Naturally, he didn't hold back in collecting them. But after stepping out of Mount Shouyang and seeing the sight before him, he frowned slightly.

Several hundred thousand li away, the Human Race that had originally lived near Mount Shouyang seemed to be facing a crisis.

Powerful members of the Demon Race were wantonly devouring the Human Race!

The originally peaceful scene had now been replaced entirely by blood. Countless humans were resisting desperately.

But the Human Race had existed for too short a time and was far too weak. Even the Primordial Human Race possessed cultivation only at the Heavenly Immortal and True Immortal levels.

Under the slaughter and devouring led by several Primordial Unity Golden Immortal demons, their only fate was to become the Demon Race's bloody food.

Very soon, the newly born Human Race had already fallen into a desperate situation.