Great Powers Gather Before Purple Cloud Palace

The three had a Xuanhuang Pagoda suspended above their heads. At their head stood a white-haired old man, followed by a middle-aged man in splendid brocade robes and a burly young man!

Vast waves of magical power emanated from all three. Every gesture seemed to follow the trajectory of heaven and earth's ultimate principles, profound beyond profundity!

"The Meritorious Xuanhuang Pagoda? The Three Pure Ones?" Mu Jizi glanced at the nine-tiered golden pagoda above their heads, radiating streams of Xuanhuang aura, and his heart stirred slightly. He then transmitted his voice to Kunpeng. "Worthier brother, be careful. These three all possess immense divine abilities. Remember not to provoke them lightly!"

"Your foolish younger brother understands!" Kunpeng nodded, inwardly startled as well. Those three actually possessed cultivation at the peak of the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm!

At that moment, the Three Pure Ones stepped through the light curtain. Three radiant glows immediately lit up, and their bodies trembled slightly before they instantly returned to their solemn, immortal bearing!

The three drifted over and arrived before the gates of Purple Cloud Palace. Upon seeing Mu Jizi and Kunpeng, their expressions immediately differed!

Laozi was astonished, Yuanshi disdainful, and Tongtian admiring. Though the three expressions were concealed deep in their eyes, they could not escape Mu Jizi's gaze!

"Poor Daoist Li Er greets the two fellow Daoists!" After his astonishment passed, Laozi took a step forward and made a Daoist salute. Pointing to Yuanshi and Tongtian behind him, he said, "This is my second brother, Yuanshi, and my third brother, Tongtian!"

As Laozi pointed at Yuanshi and Tongtian to introduce them, both nodded with smiles!

Seeing this, Mu Jizi and Kunpeng both rose and returned the salute. Mu Jizi said, "Poor Daoist is Mu Jizi, and this is my younger brother Kunpeng. We greet the three fellow Daoists!"

After exchanging courtesies, they made a little more small talk. Then Laozi suddenly asked, "How long have the two fellow Daoists been here?"

Once he asked this, the Three Pure Ones fixed their eyes tightly upon Mu Jizi and Kunpeng!

Yet Mu Jizi did not care in the slightest. He secretly found it amusing. Even in such circumstances, the three still harbored thoughts of competing for supremacy. No wonder that when they became saints, they could not rely on perseverance to sever all three corpses, but had to forcibly cut them away when merit descended upon them. Saints made in such a manner could not compare in magical power to those who truly became saints by severing the three corpses!

In an instant, these thoughts passed through Mu Jizi's mind, yet he merely smiled faintly and said, "We two have also only just arrived!"

Hearing this, the Three Pure Ones finally relaxed a little, secretly thinking, Good, good. Those two merely had slightly better luck than the three of us!

The five each harbored their own thoughts and exchanged a few casual words!

Suddenly, several more explosive booms rang out from the chaos outside Purple Cloud Palace. Immediately afterward, a man and a woman stepped through the light curtain!

The woman wore silk shoes upon her feet, tortoiseshell ornaments in her hair. Her waist was like flowing white silk, bright moon pendants hung from her ears. Her fingers were like peeled scallion roots, her lips like crimson cinnabar. Her delicate steps were light and fine—truly exquisite, unmatched in the world!

The man had an inch-long beard, wore a short white shirt, and his hair spread loose and wild, giving him an air of unrestrained freedom!

"Poor Daoist is Fuxi, bringing my sister Nuwa to greet the fellow Daoists!" As the man entered the light curtain and saw the Three Pure Ones, Mu Jizi, and the others, he paused slightly before speaking with a smile!

At these words, Mu Jizi's entire body trembled faintly. He looked deeply at Nuwa, then rose to his feet, and everyone exchanged another round of greetings!

After Nuwa and Fuxi came two more Daoists. One wore a crown over his gathered hair, with a childlike face and crane-white hair, bearing the appearance of an accomplished True Person. The other wore red robes, his body covered in filth, yet his face carried an air of great compassion!

It was none other than Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi and Redcloud Ancestor!

When Redcloud Ancestor entered the light curtain and saw Kunpeng, the great compassion on his face immediately vanished, replaced by a somewhat gloomy expression. He promptly turned and said something to Zhen Yuanzi. Seeing Zhen Yuanzi shake his head slightly, he could not help letting out a soft snort before standing to one side without another word!

After Redcloud and Zhen Yuanzi arrived, the Demon Race emperors Dijun and Taiyi came in succession. Then Styx Ancestor, Burning Lamp Ancestor, King Father of the East, and Queen Mother of the West also arrived one after another!

Next, the somewhat disheveled fairy maidens Xihe and Yuehua stepped into the light curtain. The instant they entered and saw King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West, the two women glared furiously. It turned out that while pursuing Purple Cloud Palace through the chaos, they had encountered King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West. The four had fought once more. Fortunately, the chaos was exceedingly perilous, and King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West did not dare use their full strength, allowing Xihe and Yuehua to escape!

Though the two had escaped, they had suffered some injuries as a result. Now that they saw King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West again, how could they possibly show pleasant faces!

The four glared at one another, and an atmosphere of drawn swords and bent bows spread through the air!

All the great powers watched this scene with great interest, but suddenly, an incongruous voice rang out. "Fairy maidens Yuehua and Xihe, long time no see! Have you been well lately?"

This call came at exactly the right moment. When Xihe and Yuehua heard it, their bodies trembled, then their hearts immediately relaxed before joy flooded them!

The two were already injured. If they were to fight King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West before all the great powers now, losing face would be a small matter; what they truly did not wish to see was bolstering others' prestige!

Hearing the voice, Xihe and Yuehua turned toward the front of Purple Cloud Palace. They saw Kunpeng rise, make a slight salute, and smile. "Could it be that the two fairy maidens no longer recognize poor Daoist?"

"Of course we recognize you, of course we do!" Seeing Kunpeng and Mu Jizi, Xihe and Yuehua were immediately overjoyed. The two women made slight Daoist salutes, then drifted over without so much as sparing King Father of the East and Queen Mother of the West a glance, arriving beside Mu Jizi and Kunpeng!

In an instant, a trace of gloom flashed across King Father of the East's face. He looked at Mu Jizi and Kunpeng with a slightly dark expression, said nothing, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes to cultivate his spirit!

Seeing this scene, Redcloud Ancestor's eyes suddenly lit up! A few calculations could not help arising in his heart!

After this brief interlude, countless great powers swarmed in one after another. Some were innate great powers who had lived through the Primordial Wilderness's first calamity, while others had only taken form after the first immeasurable calamity!

Like people in later ages, these great powers each had their own circles and sat separately! Some innate great powers who knew Mu Jizi and Kunpeng even smiled at Mu Jizi, subtly showing goodwill!

For a time, it truly resembled a gathering of thousands upon thousands of people in later ages!

Thus, after some more time passed, more and more great powers gathered. When their number neared three thousand, suddenly—

"Boom~~~"

With an explosion, the great powers habitually turned their heads to look into the chaos beyond the light curtain!

Streams of golden light rose up, and two thoroughly bedraggled Daoists stepped through the light curtain!

Of the two Daoists, one was gaunt and bitter-looking, his face bearing the expression of great compassion for all suffering. The other had a rosy complexion, his face filled with the joyous expression of great benevolence!

Their utterly different expressions looked strange, yet paired with the golden light around their bodies, they somehow appeared entirely natural...

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