The Three Clans Give Rise to Karmic Entanglements

It was said that within the chaos stood a green lotus known as the Chaos Green Lotus. This lotus was truly extraordinary. Not only was it a Chaos Supreme Treasure, but it was said that the great god Pangu had been nurtured beneath its lotus stem.

The Chaos Green Lotus was so vast that none knew how many hundreds of millions of miles it spanned. Its leaves and stem were both extraordinary. When Pangu opened the heavens, the lotus possessed such immense might that it should not have appeared in the later Primordial Wilderness, and so it was destroyed by the force of the world's creation. Yet some of its stems and leaves survived. Several of them transformed into the later world-renowned Five Directional Flags:

Center—the Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag;

East—the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag;

South—the Flame-Illuminating Flag;

West—the Plain-Color Cloud Realm Flag;

North—the Black-Origin Water-Control Flag.

Although these five flags were merely transformed from the leaves of the Chaos Green Lotus, their original essence had been a Chaos Supreme Treasure. Naturally, each spiritual treasure they became was extraordinary. Every one of them was a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, and simply floating at one's side granted immense protection.

Moreover, when the five flags were combined, they could evolve into the Five-Element Formation. Though this formation was not famous, that was only because no one had ever been able to gather the Five Directional Flags, leaving its reputation obscure. Its true power was no less than that of supreme formations such as the Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Formation and the Twelve Heavenly Gods Baleful Formation.

Furthermore, when used separately, each flag not only possessed extraordinary defensive power, but could also instinctively form formations. For example, the Center—the Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag's "Defense" formation; the East—the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag's "Trapping" formation; the South—the Flame-Illuminating Flag's "Killing" formation; the North—the Black-Origin Water-Control Flag's "Illusion" formation; and so on. Though these formations were not as varied as the Great Five-Element Formation, in terms of specialized might, they could still be called supreme!

And the formation Kunpeng and Mu Jizi had encountered was precisely the one evolved from the East—the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag: the Myriad Woods Trapping-Killing Formation!

This formation used the forest as its foundation, confusing cultivators' divine senses before trapping them within until they died alive. It was truly formidable beyond measure...

Now that he knew what formation it was, the rest was easy to handle. Mu Jizi flicked his wrist, his hands rapidly forming mysterious seals. In an instant, streak after streak of white light shot from his hands and struck the void.

His ten fingers danced like phantoms, like ten heroes gathered in splendor. Each finger flicked out, white light flashing. With a thunderous boom, ripples spread across the void like waves on a lake, creating a scene of enchanting beauty.

Abruptly—

With a "Buzz~~~," the space ahead suddenly shook violently, then, as though glass had shattered, countless cracks began to appear.

Bang!

As Mu Jizi unleashed the final hand seal, the countless crack-like fissures in the space ahead suddenly exploded, revealing a quiet little path!

Deep within the path, a small azure flag about a foot tall was planted in the ground. The moment Mu Jizi saw it, his eyes lit up. He reached out with his large hand and grabbed at the azure flag!

Whoosh!

As though Kunpeng were swallowing spiritual liquid, a powerful suction force surged from Mu Jizi's palm. In the blink of an eye, the flag flew toward him as fast as lightning!

"The East—the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag! A top-grade innate spiritual treasure!" The Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag spun rapidly above Mu Jizi's palm. Though he had already suspected that this was the flag that had evolved the formation here, when he truly held such a spiritual treasure in his hand, he could not help but grow excited again. "The Chaos Green Lotus truly deserves to be called a Chaos Supreme Treasure. Just a single lotus stem or leaf from its body could become a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. One can see how terrifying its true power must have been!"

(The rankings of spiritual treasures from lowest to highest were: third-rate acquired spiritual treasures, second-rate acquired spiritual treasures, first-rate acquired spiritual treasures, acquired supreme treasures, third-rate innate spiritual treasures, second-rate innate spiritual treasures, first-rate innate spiritual treasures, top-grade innate spiritual treasures, acquired merit supreme treasures, innate supreme treasures, and Chaos Supreme Treasures!)

"Congratulations, Elder Brother, on obtaining such a fine treasure!" Kunpeng stepped forward. Other than envy, his eyes contained only clarity!

"Ha ha! This time, it is simply that your elder brother's fortuitous opportunity has arrived. Worthy Brother, do not be envious." Mu Jizi chuckled. "I believe it will not be long before your own fortuitous opportunity comes seeking you!"

Mu Jizi was not wrong. Spiritual treasures chose their masters. At this time, the heavens and earth of the Primordial Wilderness had only just opened, and many powerful magical treasures had yet to find owners. If they encountered a great cultivator whose attributes suited them, they would naturally send out a summons!

"Good!" Kunpeng grinned and nodded, agreeing with Mu Jizi's view!

After putting away the East—the Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Flag, the two set out once more on their journey through the Primordial Wilderness.

By now, more than five thousand years had passed in the Primordial Wilderness. The birds, beasts, and Scaled Clan had gradually become distinct, their powers and positions clearly defined. Friction naturally began to arise!

As the saying went, those who are not of our kind must harbor different hearts. With the three clans standing on clearly opposing grounds, a racial mentality quietly began to change all living beings throughout the Primordial Wilderness! It was like the competition between nations and nations, races and races in later generations—small-scale competition between individuals, and large-scale competition between races and countries. In the law-governed societies of later generations, such competition spurred people to improve, so it was not necessarily a bad thing!

But upon this land of the Primordial Wilderness, competition among the three clans had no written constraints. At the slightest provocation, they would come to blows. If a single word failed to please, it was either your death or mine! Whenever one person died, racial hatred deepened. One day, the conflict among the three clans would grow so great that it could no longer be reconciled!

That day would be the day the three clans went to war...

For now, regardless of when the three clans would wage war, as racial thinking changed, the birds, beasts, and Scaled Clan that would become famous in later generations gradually stepped onto the stage of history!

At this moment, Kunpeng and Mu Jizi, who had traveled the Primordial Wilderness for two thousand years, felt this most deeply!

The peaceful Primordial Wilderness of two thousand years ago was now gradually filling with foul winds and black smoke!

"This kind of racial thinking is truly the most unreasonable!" Riding atop the clouds, Mu Jizi glanced at a battle in the forest below and shook his head with a soft sigh!

As a man from later generations, Mu Jizi naturally understood that the barriers between races could not be reconciled. Yet having been human in his previous life, he could not help feeling some pity. Whether this was merely his compassion at work or something else, even he did not know!

"These little demons do not understand the will of Heaven. Why should Elder Brother concern himself over them?" Kunpeng shook his head. As an ancient ferocious beast, he truly could not understand why Mu Jizi was so kindhearted!

"They do not understand the will of Heaven?" Mu Jizi's body trembled at those words. He seemed to gain some insight, yet his mind was still shrouded in fog, unable to grasp its meaning!

"Alas~~~~ Was my cultivation still insufficient?"

With a soft sigh, Mu Jizi glanced at Kunpeng and said calmly, "The three clans are powerful, and their conflicts are steadily deepening. We Rogue Cultivators should not involve ourselves. After we finish traveling through Mount Buzhou, formed from Great God Pangu's spine, the two of us should return to the North Sea and cultivate in seclusion!"

"Yes!" Kunpeng nodded. "Everything shall be according to Elder Brother's decision!"