Taiqing Laozi Vomits Blood, Zhunti and Jieyin Take the Blame!

Watching Mount Shouyang become utterly deserted, Taiqing Laozi's expression changed sharply.

The Human Race had been weak. After imparting the Golden Core Art, he'd left them to fend for themselves. Yet no matter what, the Human Race was still the foundation upon which he'd attained the Dao and become a Saint.

His previous disregard had only come from having something to rely on. With Humanity Sect Fortune protecting him, so long as the Human Race wasn't exterminated, his Saint Fruit Position would remain as solid as gold!

But now that he'd truly seen the Human Race vanish completely, and couldn't deduce even the slightest trace of them no matter how he calculated, Taiqing Laozi still felt an instinctive flicker of panic.

"Could some Heavenly Dao Sage have taken action and abducted them?"

A suspicion surfaced in Taiqing Laozi's heart. Those capable of muddling the heavenly secrets could only be Saints who wielded Heavenly Dao Authority.

The Human Race had received Merit time and again, naturally drawing the Saints' attention. It was perfectly normal for someone to get there first, abduct the Human Race, and muddle the heavenly secrets.

"Yuanshi and Tongtian are too proud to do such a thing. Nuwa has no great sect and remains detached from worldly affairs. Other than them, only the Two Western Sages remain..."

As Taiqing's thoughts turned, his expression grew cold. The Eastern Lands of the Primordial World had always belonged to their Three Pure Ones.

He hadn't expected the Two Western Sages to dare lay hands on the Eastern Lands, much less abduct the Human Race and muddle the heavenly secrets in an attempt to monopolize these Merit benefits!

At that thought, the White Jade Walking Stick in his hand hummed. He was about to head for Mount Sumeru, the Western Land's ancestral court, to demand an explanation.

Buzz!

But just then, a powerful pull made Taiqing Laozi stop short, and surprise appeared on his face.

"An opportunity? There's still an opportunity belonging to me in the depths of Mount Shouyang?"

Taiqing Laozi's anger turned to delight. At once, he followed that pull into the depths of Mount Shouyang.

Very soon, as Saintly power descended, a restriction that had been hidden all along slowly manifested.

"A large Grotto-Heaven Paradise?"

Looking at the vast Innate Restriction forming before him, the delight on Taiqing Laozi's face deepened. To a Heavenly Dao Sage, a large Grotto-Heaven Paradise was certainly a fine opportunity, but not enough to make his emotions show. What truly delighted him was that this opportunity's pull was exceptionally strong—far stronger even than the opportunity that had led him to the White Jade Walking Stick.

Clearly, this opportunity was extraordinarily important to him. Even if it wasn't a Supreme Treasure, its value was likely close to one!

Supreme Treasures weren't something every Heavenly Dao Sage possessed!

Even as the foremost of the Six Saints, he only had two Supreme Treasures, both defensive in nature. If he gained one more, his position as the foremost of the Six Saints would become even more secure!

At this thought, anticipation arose in Taiqing Laozi's heart. Unable to wait any longer, he broke the restriction before him and stepped inside.

"What?"

The instant Taiqing Laozi entered the restriction, the smile on his face froze. He swept his gaze around.

The entire restricted space looked as though it had been gnawed apart by dogs, riddled with pits and hollows. Not even a single Acquired Spiritual Root remained.

Clearly, someone had already gotten here before him!

"This?"

Taiqing Laozi nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. He was a Heavenly Dao Sage, the foremost of the Six Saints, standing above the Primordial World's chessboard—yet now someone had intercepted his opportunity?

Moreover, the intense sense of loss in his heart told him that this opportunity was of utmost importance to him, perhaps even concerning his chance to attain the Dao and become a god!

The next moment, Taiqing instinctively searched deeper into the restriction.

Everywhere along the way was pitted and hollowed out. Even the Innate Spirit Soil had been dug away, scraped clean to the last inch. Finally, Taiqing Laozi stopped.

Before him stood an enormous, shocking crater.

Clearly, the core opportunity of this restriction had long since been taken away. The heart he'd been holding in suspense finally sank completely!

"Zhunti! Jieyin!"

With a furious roar, Taiqing Laozi finally lost control and spat out a mouthful of Saint blood. Even the aura around him seemed to wither considerably.

Such an act of scraping the ground clean, not even sparing a single spiritual root—who else could it be but the Two Western Sages?!

Meanwhile, just as Taiqing vomited blood, with Merit descending one after another, the Two Western Sages and many Great Supernatural Beings of the Primordial World also arrived at Mount Shouyang.

There, they were all shocked to discover that the Human Race, which had always lived near Mount Shouyang, had completely disappeared!

Even when they attempted deductions, the heavenly secrets were obscure, and they couldn't uncover the slightest information.

At that moment, Taiqing Laozi, his expression as dark as water, slowly emerged from Mount Shouyang. Zhunti and Jieyin exchanged glances, suspicion appearing on their faces. With the heavenly secrets obscured, a Saint must have acted. The Human Race's disappearance was naturally the work of a Saint, and Taiqing Laozi just happened to emerge from Mount Shouyang.

Could it be that Taiqing Sage had abducted the Human Race to monopolize the Human Race's Fortune and Merit?

Zhunti and Jieyin weren't the only ones thinking this. Many other Great Supernatural Beings thought the same, but intimidated by Saintly might, they dared to rage but not speak.

"Senior Brother Taiqing..."

Zhunti stepped forward and cupped his hands, but before he could finish—

"Zhunti! Return my opportunity!"

With an enraged roar, before Zhunti's expression could change, the White Jade Walking Stick carrying terrifying Taiqing Saint Light smashed fiercely down at him.

"????"

"From this day onward, your name shall be Ziyi Shi!"

Zhao Gongming still had no idea that after taking the Human Race away from Mount Shouyang, he'd triggered a chain reaction—or that Zhunti, who had taken the blame for him and was being chased down by Taiqing Laozi until his head was covered in bumps, was suffering so miserably. Zhao Gongming's mind was wholly immersed in the Myriad Heavens World.

Now, with the appearance of fire and houses, the Human Race had completely escaped their life of sleeping rough and eating whatever they could find.

Houses sheltered them from wind and rain, while fire cooked their food. Together with the Fundamental Cultivation Method Zhao Gongming had taught them—

The Human Race of the Myriad Heavens World multiplied and flourished at an astonishing pace. The Fortune gathering around Zhao Gongming also surged further, even radiating a hundred zhang of golden Merit light!

But before long, the Human Race discovered another new problem.

In the dense mountain forests of the Myriad Heavens World, countless venomous insects and poisonous creatures lurked. Once bitten, members of the Human Race often died.

Moreover, changes in temperature caused the mortality rate among physically frail newborns to remain extremely high.

One day, prompted by a strange voice, a Human Race woman discovered in astonishment that beast pelts were tough and immune to venomous insect bites.

An idea flashed through her mind. She found tough vines and wove them into clothing. Wearing it, she no longer feared venomous insect bites, and it could also shield Human Race newborns from the cold.

Rumble!

For a time, the Heavenly Dao sensed this and once again sent down an astonishing Merit Cloud.

As the Human Race Fortune surged, the hundred-zhang golden Merit light around Zhao Gongming finally transformed. Behind his head, a massive Fortune Golden Wheel condensed!

As Merit descended, the entire Primordial World was shaken once more.

Within Nuwa Palace, Nuwa, who had always worn a calm expression and remained detached from worldly affairs, suddenly opened her eyes. "The Human Race again?"

The next moment, her figure moved, and she vanished from the spot.

Meanwhile, on Mount Shouyang, Zhunti was being pursued by Taiqing Laozi and beaten until his head was covered in bumps. His miserable screams rang out as he cut an utterly wretched figure.

But just then, as Heavenly Dao Merit descended once more, the movements of the two Saints abruptly halted!

"Merit descended again? The Human Race wasn't abducted by Zhunti and Jieyin? That restricted opportunity..."

The White Jade Walking Stick in Taiqing's hand, just about to fall, stopped suddenly. Understanding dawned in his heart—the one who had intercepted that restricted opportunity was likely someone else.

Zhunti also froze. How could he not understand that he'd taken the blame for someone else?

"Taiqing!"

In a burst of rage, Zhunti raged fiercely.

Today, he'd been beaten senseless by Taiqing for no reason at all, and had thoroughly lost face before countless Great Supernatural Beings.

But Taiqing was too powerful, and the Three Pure Ones shared the same roots, bound together as one breath and one branch. If they truly fought, Zhunti likely wouldn't gain any advantage!

Still, a Saint's revenge could wait hundreds of millions of years. He had already remembered today's karma.

With that thought, Zhunti and Jieyin moved to leave, but just then—

Whoosh!

As auspicious divine light descended from the heavens, a clear phoenix cry rang out. A Five-Colored Golden Phoenix suddenly descended from the sky, carrying an incomparably beautiful figure clad in palace robes upon its back. She arrived at Mount Buzhou, causing the expressions of the fuming Zhunti and Jieyin, Taiqing Laozi, and the many Great Supernatural Beings to shift slightly.

Nuwa Sage, who had always remained detached from worldly affairs and had not left Wa Sovereign Palace since becoming a Saint, had also come to Mount Shouyang?