Purple Lightning Hammer

"Jing Chu has arrived. Come in."

Having come to his teacher's Dao Field, Jing Chu had yet to speak when Tongtian's carefree, uninhibited voice drifted out from within.

The Three Pure Ones could be said to embody three distinct aspects. Tongtian, his teacher, traveled the Primordial World in the form of a young man, and his temperament was likewise closest to that of one—free and unrestrained, doing as he pleased.

Stepping into Shangqing Palace, he immediately saw a figure seated cross-legged within the main hall. Specks of Supreme Purity Immortal Light emanated from Tongtian's Dao body, while an increasingly imposing aura spread from him unconsciously at every moment.

"Not bad. Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. While comprehending your true nature, you also fused the Supreme Purity Dao Method with your own innate inheritance."

"Not bad. Very good."

The moment Jing Chu entered the hall, Tongtian saw through everything he had gained and comprehended from this cultivation session.

Before a great power on the verge of becoming a saint, the current Jing Chu had practically nowhere to hide. All of his cultivation, even every path he might take in the future, lay bare before such a great power to inspect at will.

Tongtian did not even need to test him. Merely from the aura Jing Chu now emitted, he could directly understand all that he had gained.

"This disciple pays respects to Teacher. May Teacher soon attain the Saintly Dao!"

Jing Chu performed every courtesy and bowed respectfully to Tongtian.

"No need for such formality. Sit."

Tongtian did not impose many rules upon his disciples, but even he liked disciples who observed proper etiquette.

With a casual wave of his hand, a meditation cushion appeared in the hall and landed directly before Jing Chu.

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Jing Chu voiced his thanks, then promptly plopped down onto the cushion.

"With the cultivation of a Late Taiyi Golden Immortal, you indeed possess the qualifications to travel the Primordial World."

"If you wish to leave Kunlun Mountain, I will not oppose it."

"But you must bring this with you."

Before Jing Chu could state his intentions, Tongtian had already casually spoken them aloud.

At the same time, with a sweep of his wide sleeve, a streak of purple light appeared before Jing Chu.

With Tongtian's cultivation, aside from the places occupied by his eldest and second brothers, nothing else in Eastern Kunlun could possibly escape his notice. Naturally, Jing Chu's desire to travel the Primordial World could not evade his perception.

He did not object to it. On the contrary, he even approved.

Although Tribulation Qi currently pervaded the Primordial World, could he, Tongtian, truly fail to protect even one disciple?

He even wanted to see who in this Primordial World would dare lay hands on Tongtian's disciple.

Jing Chu's gaze fell upon the purple light before him, and delight immediately appeared on his face. Within that purple light was a spiritual treasure.

Purple lightning flickered over it. It was unmistakably a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

A hammer, and a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure at that, in Tongtian's possession.

This was likely the legendary Purple Lightning Hammer.

During the Investiture of the Gods War, his teacher had once, in a fit of fury, used it against his eldest martial uncle's Heaven-Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda!

Though it had not broken the pagoda, the fact that his teacher could use the Purple Lightning Hammer to contend with his eldest martial uncle's Heaven-Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda already said quite a lot.

The Purple Lightning Hammer's power was surely formidable.

One had to know that the Heaven-Earth Mystical Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, his eldest martial uncle's companion treasure, was not an Innate Spiritual Treasure, yet it was one of only two Post-Heaven Merit Supreme Treasures in the Primordial World.

It was a treasure comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure!

If the Purple Lightning Hammer were not powerful enough, how could his teacher have used it to oppose such a treasure?

"Teacher, this is?"

Although he had long guessed the answer, Jing Chu still reined in his thoughts and looked curiously at Tongtian in the distance.

"This item is called the Purple Lightning Hammer. I obtained it from your grandmaster's Treasure Distribution Cliff. It is a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with considerable power."

"With your Late Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, once you wield it, even an ordinary Great Luo would bleed beneath a single blow."

"Since you are traveling the Primordial World, I shall give it to you for protection."

"How can a disciple of mine, Tongtian, lack a treasure to protect himself?"

"If you cause trouble outside in the future..."

"Simply declare my name. Do not fear, do not worry. Your teacher is here for everything."

Tongtian spoke with a smile, his tone casual.

In this Primordial World, aside from the one currently seated high within Purple Cloud Palace, who would not give the Three Pure Ones some face?

If his own disciple acted timid and submissive outside, would that not be a slap to his face?

He was not like certain two people who had to scrimp and save even their treasures, using them together.

"Teacher, isn't this a little too ostentatious? A Taiyi Golden Immortal like me, wandering the Primordial World with a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

Staring at the Purple Lightning Hammer before him, Jing Chu's eyes widened as he spoke in disbelief.

This was a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, a treasure of which there were not many in the entire Primordial World.

In this era, most of them could be said to be held by Quasi-Sage great powers.

Now, he merely intended to travel outside, yet his teacher was giving him such a treasure.

If a Taiyi Golden Immortal like him carried the Purple Lightning Hammer around outside, he would probably be targeted before long. Someone might even eventually take the risk of killing him for the treasure.

The great powers certainly would not dare act, but lesser troubles would likely come one after another.

"Then do you want it or not? You want to return something your teacher has given you?"

"If I tell you to take it, then take it."

Tongtian glanced at his disciple and spoke casually.

Although Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures were precious, they were not really much in his eyes.

With his current strength, the Green Duckweed Sword he used to carry the Dao was enough for him to face all living beings of the Primordial World.

No matter who it was, he would answer with a single sword strike.

"Then I'll accept it without ceremony."

Seeing his teacher's lazy, unconcerned attitude, Jing Chu said no more. He truly lacked spiritual treasures at present.

The Purple Lightning Hammer could make up for his lack of strength perfectly.

Since he intended to undergo trials, the unending minor troubles would conveniently provide him with some combat experience.

"As you travel the Primordial World, be careful in all things. If possible, do not stain yourself with killing karma. Should Karmic Burden cling to you, even if your true body is the Purifying World White Lotus, it will still affect you to some extent."

Jing Chu understood, and a grave look appeared in his eyes.

In the Primordial World, causing too much slaughter would result in Karmic Burden entangling one's body.

If one were burdened by a great amount of Karmic Burden, one would not be tolerated by the Heavenly Dao. At best, heavenly lightning tribulations would descend; at worst, one's Dao path would be severed, perhaps even ending in death.

Once one had accumulated a great deal of Karmic Burden, it was like being placed on the Heavenly Dao's wanted list.

Anyone who killed them could obtain an immense amount of Merit.

Within the Primordial World, some spiritual treasures were not even as valuable as Merit.

If one possessed abundant Merit, one could even condense a Merit Golden Body.

After attaining a Merit Golden Body, one's blessings and fortune would grow ever deeper. Under the Heavenly Dao, a Merit Golden Body was a protective talisman.

If a powerful expert recklessly killed one who possessed a Merit Golden Body, he would immediately be restrained by the Heavenly Dao.

"Teacher, this disciple has some questions."

"May I ask how Merit may be obtained?"