The Entire Primordial Wilderness—Only Devil Ancestor Rahu's World-Destroying Black Lotus Possessed Such Pure Demonic Qi!

The door to the secret chamber on the third floor of the bamboo tower slowly opened.

Zhu Yin, who had slept for a hundred years, walked out of the room refreshed and clear-headed. A gentle breeze brushed past, making his azure robe flutter.

As he looked at the lush green scenery covering the mountain, he was in an exceptionally good mood.

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

Inside the pavilion beside the Primordial Lotus Pool.

"Congratulations on emerging from 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 Primordial Unity 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, White Tiger Jin Tu had already neared the Mid Golden Immortal stage.

The Queen Bee and the Five-Fruit Tree Immortal had also successfully become immortals, obtaining the fruit of immortality.

Though the two attendants had not broken through in cultivation, their foundations had become even deeper.

Zhu Yin encouraged everyone, then spent an entire day resolving their doubts before saying:

"When the Dragon Clan visited last time, they brought quite a few innate spirit fruits."

"You handle many daily affairs, so it is inevitable that your minds are divided. Today, I shall bestow some spirit fruits upon you. I hope you will cultivate even more diligently."

Spirit Platform Mountain's specialty, Mind-Clearing Tea, was exceedingly precious. It was made from the bamboo fruits borne by Mind-Clearing Bamboo and was exceptionally effective at clearing the mind and focusing the spirit.

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

Of these spirit fruits:

One portion would be kept as Spirit Platform Mountain's foundation;

One portion would be used at auctions to expand their influence;

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

Everyone kowtowed in gratitude, overjoyed beyond measure.

Afterward, Zhu Yin continued:

"I will soon leave to seek opportunities. Guard the mountain gate well. Do not bully others, and do not allow petty villains to disrupt the rules."

After giving his instructions, he dismissed everyone and headed alone toward 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 young dragons were playing in the water and among the mountains. He did not disturb them, merely watching 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 that divine bird egg. With a wave of his hand, he sent a fire-element innate spirit fruit into it and placed restrictions around it, allowing it to slowly nourish the divine bird within 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 counted as a meeting gift prepared in advance.

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 endlessly, its azure waves vast and boundless, water and sky merging into a single line. Immortal islands dotted the surroundings like stars scattered across the sea, beautiful beyond compare.

A streak of azure escaping light tore through the sky, swiftly crossing the sea before finally stopping at the boundary where the Western Sea neared the Eastern Sea.

The escaping light stopped, and a cultivator named Zhu Yin appeared, hovering in midair as he gazed deeply at the sea below.

"This is thirty thousand li from the Eastern Sea. Perhaps it is the former site of ancient Que Mountain." Zhu Yin muttered to himself, then circulated his mana and released the powerful pressure of a Late Great Principle cultivator.

Behind him appeared a towering emerald divine bamboo, ten thousand zhang high. Its branches were thick, spiritual light swirled around it, and it brimmed with vitality. It was precisely the dharma image of his innate spiritual root.

Following the clues left behind by the Western Sea Dragon Queen, Zhu Yin relied on his cultivation and status as a spiritual root to search with all his strength for the legendary Que Mountain.

Que Mountain was said to be unfathomably mysterious, drifting with the waves, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, difficult to capture. It would be best if he found it, but if he did not, he would not force the matter.

Though he was a disciple under the Sage of the Western Lands, he had no desire to provoke trouble. Thus, the great powers of the Demon Race and the experts of the Witch Clan generally did not dare make things difficult for him lightly.

Just as expected, he found nothing this time as well.

Zhu Yin was not disappointed, having long prepared himself for this. He withdrew his divine abilities. A bamboo leaf drifted down from his dharma image and transformed into a small boat. He landed upon it and drifted along 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 sea's surface still as a mirror, and he had also witnessed violent winds and torrential rain raising towering waves. He had watched whales die and give birth to countless lives, and he had personally seen the bloody sight of sharks hunting and tearing apart their prey.

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

The sea's softness and hardness, the wind's freedom, and the 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 yin and yang deepened further, while his Dao heart became ever clearer and more transparent.

On this day, sunlight spilled down and a breeze gently stirred. Zhu Yin lay atop the skiff, his entire being immersed in an ethereal and profound state, forgetting time and asking nothing of heaven or earth.

Suddenly, he sensed a faint, subtle fluctuation.

That fluctuation was extraordinarily slight, there and not there, its location uncertain. Had his state of mind not been so special at this moment, he would never have detected it.

He abruptly sat up and immediately unleashed a divine ability. The skiff rose into the air, transforming into a streak of escaping light as it shot away at high speed.

Just after he left, a Great Principle demon god arrived at the spot and released his divine sense to search in every direction, yet found nothing. Just as he was preparing to leave, a Witch Clan expert also arrived by stepping upon the waves. Their gazes collided, and a great battle instantly erupted!

At the same time, Zhu Yin guided his boat through a fissure in space and time, entering a realm where illusion and reality intertwined.

There was no up or down, no left or right, nor any sun, moon, or stars. Zhu Yin stood on the skiff, looking at the ever-changing space ahead as a smile appeared on his face.

"I finally found it!"

Soon, an enormous divine mountain appeared ahead. It towered into the clouds, verdant as far as the eye could see, spanning a million li like a heavenly pillar standing across heaven and earth.

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

Zhu Yin's eyes lit up. Even from afar, through the mountain-protecting grand formation, he could sense its extraordinary aura. This was clearly a mid-grade blessed grotto-heaven, only one step away from advancing into the high grade!

He did not rashly charge into the formation. Instead, he revealed his dharma image and spiritual-root aura, declaring his identity.

Sure enough, the grand formation did not obstruct him, and he easily guided the boat into Que Mountain.

The instant he entered, dense spiritual qi and vigorous vitality washed over him, leaving him refreshed and delighted. As a Lingzhu who had taken human form, he felt especially close to the aura of mountains and forests.

Looking around, he saw spiritual veins crisscrossing the mountain, ancient trees reaching for the heavens, spirit herbs carpeting the ground, and every sort of strange flower, exotic grass, immortal tree, and spirit fruit in abundance. It was simply a sacred land for cultivation.

"This trip was truly worth it!"

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

By all reason, such an excellent blessed land should have produced new spiritual beings even if its original inhabitants had been driven away. Yet along the way, he had not seen a single living creature capable of taking form.

"Something is wrong!"

Zhu Yin became vigilant. He immediately stepped onto the Ninth-Grade Purifying World White Lotus while also bringing forth two high-grade postcelestial defensive spiritual treasures, guarding himself with all his strength.

Just then, an enormous black lotus suddenly descended from the sky, releasing a terrifying aura of destruction!

The black lotus's demonic light pierced through the defenses of Zhu Yin's two spiritual treasures and violently collided with the divine light of the Purifying World White Lotus. The two remained locked in stalemate, causing all of Que Mountain to tremble!

Zhu Yin's expression became graver 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 Devil Ancestor Rahu's World-Destroying Black Lotus possessed such pure demonic qi!

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

He had encountered a true formidable enemy!