The World-Destroying Black Lotus of Demon Ancestor Rahu Was the Only Thing in the Entire Primordial Wilderness with Such Pure Demonic Qi!

The door to the secret chamber on the third floor of the Bamboo Building slowly opened.

Zhu Yin, who had been in seclusion for a hundred years, emerged from the room refreshed and clear-minded. A gentle breeze swept past, making his green robe flutter.

Looking at the lush green scenery covering the mountain, he was in an excellent mood.

After personally tending to the medicinal garden, he summoned the two boy attendants, Wuxin and Wuqing, along with the other cultivators training on Spirit Platform Mountain.

Inside the pavilion beside the Primordial Lotus Pool.

"Congratulations on leaving seclusion, Master!" everyone said in unison as they bowed.

After sweeping his gaze over everyone's cultivation, Zhu Yin was highly satisfied.

Hundred Herbs Fairy had already become a Taiyi Golden Immortal, possessing the highest cultivation.

Hundred Flowers Fairy had broken through to the Late Golden Immortal stage.

With the combined support of Spirit Platform Mountain and the White Tiger Clan, Jin Tu of the White Tiger Clan had already approached the Mid Golden Immortal stage.

The Queen Bee and the Five-Fruit Tree Immortal had also successfully become immortals and gained the fruition of longevity.

Although the two boy attendants had not broken through, their foundations had become even deeper.

Zhu Yin encouraged everyone, then spent an entire day answering their questions before saying:

"When the Dragon Clan visited last time, they brought many Innate Spirit Fruits."

"You handle many daily affairs, so it is inevitable that your attention is divided. Today, I will grant you some spirit fruits and hope that you will cultivate even more diligently."

Spirit Platform Mountain's specialty, Mind-Clearing Tea, was extremely precious. It was made from the bamboo fruits borne by Mind-Clearing Bamboo and could greatly clear and focus the mind.

This time, the Dragon Clan had exchanged thirty Middle-Grade spirit fruits for three jin of Mind-Clearing Tea, including Five Elements spirit fruits: ten earth-element fruits, and five each of metal, wood, water, and fire.

Of these spirit fruits:

Some would be kept as Spirit Platform Mountain's reserves;

Some would be used for auctions to expand their influence;

And some would be bestowed upon the immortals under his command to raise their overall strength.

Everyone gratefully kowtowed, overjoyed.

Then Zhu Yin continued:

"I will soon leave to seek opportunities. Guard the mountain gate well. Do not bully others, nor allow petty villains to disrupt the rules."

After giving his instructions, he dismissed everyone and headed for Illusory Spirit Valley.

That was where the descendants of the Hundred Illusion Butterfly and the Mirage Dragon Clan lived.

At that moment, twenty little butterflies and four little dragons were playing in the water and among the mountains. He did not disturb them, merely watched quietly for a while before leaving at ease.

When he returned to the mountaintop and stood beneath the Fire Mulberry Spirit Tree, he saw the brilliant radiance emanating from the divine bird egg. With a wave of his hand, he sent a fire-element Innate Spirit Fruit into it and set down restrictions that would slowly nourish the divine bird within the egg over the next thousand years.

The egg had now regained its vitality and was about to hatch.

He did not know when he would return from this journey, so leaving behind this spirit fruit could be considered an advance greeting gift.

Afterward, he did not linger any longer.

A few days later, a streak of escaping light flew out from Spirit Platform Mountain.

The Western Sea stretched vast and blue, where water met sky in the distance. Immortal islands dotted its surface like stars scattered across the sea, breathtakingly beautiful.

A streak of green escaping light tore through the sky, rapidly crossing the sea before finally stopping near the border where the Western Sea approached the Eastern Sea.

The escaping light halted, revealing a cultivator named Zhu Yin. He hovered in the air, his profound gaze fixed on the sea below.

"This is thirty thousand li from the Eastern Sea. Perhaps this is the former site of ancient Que Mountain." Zhu Yin murmured to himself, then activated his mana and released the powerful pressure of the Late Great Principle stage.

Behind him appeared a towering emerald divine bamboo, ten thousand zhang high. Its trunk was thick, spiritual light swirled around it, and it brimmed with life force. It was precisely the dharma manifestation of his Innate Spirit Root.

Following the clues left behind by the Western Sea Dragon Queen, Zhu Yin relied on his cultivation and identity as an Innate Spirit Root to search with all his might for the legendary Que Mountain.

Que Mountain was said to be mysterious and unpredictable, drifting with the waves, appearing and vanishing intermittently, making it difficult to locate. It would be best if he found it, but if not, he would not force the matter.

Although he was a disciple of the Western Lands Saints, he had no desire to provoke trouble. Thus, the powerful figures of the Demon Clan and the Witch Clan generally did not dare make things difficult for him.

As expected, he found nothing this time either.

Zhu Yin was not disappointed, having long prepared himself for this possibility. He withdrew his divine abilities, and a bamboo leaf drifted down from his dharma manifestation, transforming into a small boat. He landed upon it and drifted with the current.

That drift lasted three hundred years—an entire hundred thousand days!

Over those three hundred years, Zhu Yin cultivated and comprehended the Dao every day, occasionally fishing and watching the sea. He had seen the surface as calm as a mirror, and he had witnessed raging winds and storms raising monstrous waves. He had watched the deaths of whales nurture countless things, and he had personally seen sharks hunt and tear into their prey in bloody scenes.

Others believed he was wasting his time, but in truth, his gains were immense.

The sea's gentleness and strength, the wind's freedom, and water's tranquility all allowed him to comprehend more of the true meaning of the Great Dao. His understanding of the Dao of Water, the Vitality Great Dao, and the transformations of Two Modes deepened, while his Dao Heart grew ever clearer and more lucid.

On this day, sunlight spilled down and a gentle breeze brushed past. Zhu Yin lay atop the small boat, wholly immersed in an ethereal and profound state, forgetting time and disregarding heaven and earth.

Suddenly, he sensed a faint, subtle fluctuation.

That fluctuation was exceedingly weak, almost there yet almost not, and its location shifted unpredictably. If not for his unusual state of mind at this moment, he would never have noticed it.

He abruptly sat up and immediately unleashed his divine abilities. The small boat rose into the air, transformed into a streak of escaping light, and shot away at high speed.

Just after he left, a Great Principle Monster God arrived at that very spot and released his divine sense to search the area, yet found nothing. Just as he was about to leave, a powerful Witch Clan expert arrived by riding the waves. Their gazes clashed, and a great battle instantly erupted!

Meanwhile, Zhu Yin guided his boat through a rift in Space-Time and entered a realm where illusion and reality intertwined.

There was no up or down, left or right, nor were there sun, moon, or stars. Standing atop the small boat, Zhu Yin looked toward the shifting space ahead, a smile appearing on his face.

"I finally found it!"

Soon, a massive divine mountain appeared ahead. It towered into the clouds, covered in lush green, spanning a million li. It was like a Heavenly Pillar stretching across heaven and earth.

"Que Mountain... it truly lived up to its reputation."

Zhu Yin's eyes lit up. Even from afar, through the Mountain-Guarding Array, he could sense its extraordinary aura. This was clearly a Middle-Grade Grotto-Heaven blessed land, only one step away from advancing to high-grade!

He did not rashly force his way through the array. Instead, he revealed his dharma manifestation and the aura of his Innate Spirit Root, declaring his identity.

Sure enough, the array did not stop him, and he easily guided his boat into Que Mountain.

The moment he entered, dense spiritual qi and vigorous life force rushed toward him, making him feel refreshed and at ease. As a Lingzhu who had reached the Transformation Stage, he felt especially close to the aura of mountains and forests.

Looking around, he saw Spirit Veins crisscrossing the mountain, ancient trees towering into the sky, spirit medicines carpeting the ground, and all manner of exotic flowers, rare herbs, immortal trees, and spirit fruits everywhere. It was practically a sacred land for cultivation.

"This trip was truly worthwhile!"

Yet the deeper he went, the more puzzled Zhu Yin became.

Logically speaking, such an excellent blessed land should have given birth to new spiritual beings even if its original inhabitants had been driven away. Yet along the way, he had not seen a single living being capable of reaching the Transformation Stage.

"Something is wrong!"

Zhu Yin became vigilant at once. He immediately stepped onto the Ninth-Grade Purifying World White Lotus and simultaneously brought out two Postnatal High-Grade defensive spiritual treasures, guarding himself with all his strength.

At that moment, an enormous black lotus suddenly descended from the sky, releasing a terrifying aura of destruction!

The demonic light of the black lotus pierced through the defenses of Zhu Yin's two spiritual treasures and violently collided with the divine light of the Pure World White Lotus. Neither side gave way, and all of Que Mountain shook!

Zhu Yin's expression became more solemn than ever as he said in a low voice, "The Ninth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus!"

He remembered this thing from his previous life. In the entire Primordial Wilderness, only the World-Destroying Black Lotus of Demon Ancestor Rahu possessed such pure demonic qi!

And now, this thing had actually appeared here...

He had encountered a true formidable enemy!