Hongjun Becomes a Sage—Should He Go to Hear the Dao? He Must!

At this moment, Kong Xuan's mind shook violently.

Under the impact of these five origin Great Daos, he was like a lone skiff in a raging sea.

His Primordial Spirit spun madly, greedily absorbing and deciphering this supreme Dao resonance.

Fragments of information from his past and present lives collided and intertwined violently at this moment.

Suddenly, a thought lingered in Kong Xuan's sea of consciousness as he murmured inwardly.

"Within Zixiao Palace, Dongwang Gong's foundation was merely a strand of innate pure yang qi given form!"

"Within the Primordial World, those with the ultimate yang foundation are not unique!"

"Those two upon the Sun Star, Di Jun and Taiyi, are the true incarnations of ultimate yang. Their Solar True Fire burns the heavens and boils the seas!"

"Why had Hongjun specifically named him the leader of the male immortals?"

The answer was ready to emerge.

Kong Xuan lowered his head and stared fixedly at the warm yet mountain-heavy Creation Jade Disc Fragment in his palm.

"Dongwang Gong must have possessed this item!"

"Hongjun used the Demon Race's hands to kill him, then recovered this Creation Jade Disc Fragment without anyone knowing!"

"Such a scheme was simply seamless!"

"What a calculation. What a Dao Ancestor Hongjun!"

Kong Xuan drew a sharp breath in his heart. A chill shot from his spine to the crown of his head, making his scalp tingle.

If his guess was truly correct...

Kong Xuan abruptly looked at the fragment in his hand.

"Then..."

"I have obtained this Creation Jade Disc Fragment..."

"Will I also fall into Hongjun's scheme because of it?"

"Will I become his next target?"

The thought coiled around his heart like a venomous snake.

Yet in the blink of an eye, the struggle in Kong Xuan's eyes vanished, replaced by a resolve as fierce as jade and stone shattering together.

He clenched his teeth hard, his knuckles turning faintly white from the force.

"The Five Elements Great Dao, the Yin-Yang Great Dao, a fragment of a Chaos supreme treasure!"

"Such a heaven-defying opportunity—there was no reason to refuse it!"

"So what if Hongjun had laid his schemes? Since I have been reborn and crossed into the Primordial World, I should defy heaven and alter my fate. Why should I fear such a little danger?!"

With no more burdens in his heart, Kong Xuan immediately sat cross-legged and placed the Creation Jade Disc Fragment before the ancestral aperture between his brows.

The fragment floated in the air, emitting a hazy, chaotic radiance.

Kong Xuan circulated the Five Elements Chaos Return Origin Scripture with all his strength. The pores across his body opened wide as he frantically drew in the immensely dense innate spiritual qi of Penglai Immortal Island like a bottomless abyss.

At the same time, his divine sense sank into the fragment. Borrowing the Dao resonance of the five origin Great Daos contained within—especially the Five Elements Great Dao and the Yin-Yang Great Dao—he began his deepest level of comprehension and cultivation.

Deep within Penglai Immortal Island, spiritual qi formed a massive vortex, pouring back crazily toward Kong Xuan at its center. The Seven-Colored Divine Light behind him began to circulate of its own accord.

Azure, crimson, yellow, white, black, yin, and yang—the seven colors revolved without end.

His cultivation realm steadily rose.

The long years drifted by, their number unknown.

On this day, Kong Xuan, seated in meditation, suddenly erupted with a surge of aura, like a dormant volcano bursting forth. A pressure far beyond his previous Great Luo swept outward.

It drove the spiritual mist in the valley aside, creating a vacuum. He opened his eyes, and Primal Chaos Divine Light flashed through them before vanishing.

"Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!"

"Only half a step remains before I enter the late stage!"

Boundless delight welled up in Kong Xuan's heart. With the aid of the Creation Jade Disc Fragment, his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.

However, just as his heart was surging with excitement, an abrupt change occurred!

BOOM—!!!

The entire Primordial World suddenly trembled violently without warning. It was not an earthquake shaking mountains, but a resonance on the level of laws.

Above the firmament.

Ten thousand rays of rosy light shone, a thousand streams of auspicious qi descended, purple qi came from the east for thirty thousand miles, golden lotuses emerged, and immortal music drifted through the air. A vast, boundless pressure descended abruptly like the collapse of the nine heavens, blanketing every inch of the Primordial World and every living being within it!

Thud!

Thud!

Across the Primordial World.

Countless innate beings with weaker cultivation had no strength to resist beneath this Sage's might that encompassed heaven and earth. They were instantly pressed to their knees, trembling like ants gazing up at a deity.

Even those proud innate great powers.

Such as the Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Taiyi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the like.

All changed expression at this moment. They circulated all their mana, Dao resonance flowing around their bodies, desperately holding themselves up to avoid kneeling. Yet their knees still bent faintly of their own accord, their faces filled with horror.

Kong Xuan within Penglai Immortal Island was likewise beneath the pressure. That terrifying Sage's might was like hundreds of millions of divine mountains, crushing fiercely upon his Dao body and Primordial Spirit.

His knees sank, and he nearly fell to them.

"Humph!"

Kong Xuan let out a muffled grunt, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

"I will not kneel. What can you do about it?!"

His thoughts raced as he instantly mobilized the power of the entire innate grand formation of Penglai Immortal Island!

BOOM!

Beyond the immortal island, the previously concealed light barrier suddenly lit up. Countless innate runes circulated, drawing upon the spiritual qi of the earth veins to form a resilient barrier.

At the same time, the Seven-Colored Divine Light behind him erupted. Seven pillars of divine light shot into the heavens, weaving into a brilliant curtain of light that protected his body.

The strength of his flesh was also driven to its limit. Dark golden treasure-light flowed beneath his skin, and his bones creaked under the unbearable strain. Yet he forcibly endured this first wave of impact and barely maintained his standing posture.

The pressure continued like a rising tide for a moment, just as all living beings were about to be unable to endure any longer.

A detached and lofty voice, seemingly descending from beyond the nine heavens yet clearly resounding in the depths of every soul in the Primordial World.

Leisurely rang out:

"High I recline upon the ninth-layered clouds, upon a rush cushion attaining Dao's truth.

"Beyond heaven's dark and earth's yellow, I shall hold the honored seat of teacher.

"Pangu gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate; the Two Forms and Four Images follow in turn.

"Leader of all within the Profound Gate, one breath transforms into Hongjun."

The verse contained supreme Dao resonance. Every word seemed to strike upon the hearts of all beings, making them involuntarily feel reverence and the urge to prostrate themselves.

As soon as the poem ended, that vast and majestic voice rang across the universe once more:

"I am Hongjun. I have already become a Sage!"

"Moved by the difficulty the living beings of the Primordial World face in seeking the Dao, while the Great Dao remains obscured..."

"Three thousand years from now, in Zixiao Palace within the chaos of the Thirty-Three Heavens beyond the Primordial World, I shall open an altar and expound the Dao!"

"I shall explain the Sage's Great Dao. Those fated..."

"May all come and listen!"

As his words fell, the terrifying pressure blanketing heaven and earth receded like a retreating tide, vanishing without a trace.

Only the lingering echoes of the Dao voice remained between heaven and earth.

And...

The Primordial World, utterly boiling over!

Across the Primordial World.

After a brief deathly silence, everything instantly erupted into an uproar!

Countless powerful divine senses wildly intertwined and collided in the void.

They were filled with shock, wild joy, greed, and urgency!

"Hongjun—is he that great power who fought the Devil Ancestor? He became a Sage?!"

"Zixiao Palace is opening to teach the Primordial Unity Great Dao!"

"A great opportunity, an enormous opportunity!"

"The land of chaos, Zixiao Palace!"

"Go quickly, go quickly! Do not miss the appointed time!"

Streams of escape light in countless colors shot into the sky from every corner of the Primordial World like meteors flowing against the current. Regardless of all else, they tore through space and raced madly toward that vast, unknown land of chaos.

Among them were no lack of innate great powers with terrifying auras and illustrious reputations.

Because of this single voice, the entire Primordial World had completely fallen into unprecedented unrest and fervor.

Within Penglai Immortal Island.

Kong Xuan stood alone upon a mountain peak. The divine light of the formations around him slowly withdrew, while his seven-colored tail feathers stirred without wind. He gazed at the spectacular sight of countless escape lights rushing toward chaos.

Yet his expression shifted between light and shadow, the light in his eyes flickering intensely, full of struggle and hesitation.

"Zixiao Palace..."

He murmured those three words, as though chewing on a red-hot branding iron.

In his palm, the phantom of the Creation Jade Disc Fragment seemed to be faintly heating up.

"I carry this Creation Jade Disc Fragment with me. If I enter Zixiao Palace and face Hongjun directly, would that not be walking straight into the net?"

"What should I do if he truly notices me and schemes against me?"

After a long while, Dongwang Gong's figure suddenly flashed through Kong Xuan's mind.

"Dongwang Gong's matter must be thoroughly pinned on Zhun Ti."

"The best opportunity will be during this lecture at Zixiao Palace!"

"As long as I secretly give the Pure Yang Sword to Zhun Ti, the framing will surely succeed!"

This thought was like a bolt of lightning, cleaving apart the fog in his heart.

"This lecture..."

Kong Xuan suddenly raised his head and looked toward the churning chaos beyond the Primordial World. The hesitation in his eyes was completely replaced by resolve.

"I must go!"

"I have no choice but to go!"