I am completely numb!
Dan Jing, who at the moment was still a massive ball of fire, felt a little numb!
The old codger's Sage Realm attainment happened completely without omen or warning, leaving Dan Jing feeling utterly numb inside.
Goodness gracious—
Could someone please tell the old codger that he was still in the middle of a "difficult birth," and delay becoming a Sage?
He supposed that was impossible.
"Let's put in some effort!"
Dan Jing, who quieted down in an instant, directly reined in his focus:
"Who knows—"
"Maybe I can successfully be born... within these fifty thousand years?"
What if?
If he didn't give it a shot, Dan Jing felt he would be doing himself a disservice!
As for why he absolutely had to go listen to the old codger lecture on the Dao?
It was simple—
He, Dan Jing, had no cheat!
Not to mention any sort of Great Dao system, he did not even have a Heavenly Dao-level cheat!
Besides, to be fair.
The old codger was already a Dao-Proven Realm powerhouse and one of the Sages of Heaven and Earth.
There was no way he would stoop to using some underhanded schemes when it came to lecturing on the Dao!
It was unnecessary!
Although the crowd of Red-Dust Guests were indeed not as powerful as Sages, they were not all fools either.
If you, a Sage, really resorted to some underhanded plotting while preaching your own Dao.
That would not only be an insult to the Sage's own status, but also a denial and the ultimate disapproval of the Dao he practiced.
Nothing—
Could shatter a Dao heart more than self-denial and disapproval of one's own Dao.
Do not think that Sages were immune to the possibility of a collapsed Dao heart—
Just think back to the Investiture Calamity Cycle of later generations, that one individual who wanted to restart Heaven and Earth, and those two shameless ones who made a move against a junior.
If you were told they did not crack under pressure, would you believe it?
Anyway, Dan Jing did not believe it.
Moreover, since the old codger was able to utter the words "I observe all living beings lacking true ease," it showed that no matter how bad this old man was, he could not be all that bad!
Of course.
The most important reason Dan Jing dared to go was—
After all, he was the only Golden Crow who shouldered one-tenth of the Creation Merit, exclusively enjoyed the Destiny Aura blessing of the Sun Star and half of the Starry Sky, and had even received gifts from Pangu the Great, blessed with the favor of Heaven and Earth!
As long as he was unwilling.
Any scheming—
Regardless of whether it was a conspiracy or an open plot, it was impossible for it to have any effect on Dan Jing!
Therefore.
This wave of fortuitous encounter from the old codger's Dao lecture—
To Dan Jing, it purely belonged to a rare, ninety-nine-percent chance of a major fortuitous encounter that could be freeloaded at this stage!
Could Dan Jing miss this?
Most certainly not.
After all, while free things were not necessarily pure flour, eating them was definitely the most satisfying!
Ten thousand years.
Dan Jing had yet to be born.
Twenty thousand years.
Dan Jing was still in the middle of a "difficult birth"!
Thirty thousand years.
Dan Jing was still trying hard!
Fourty thousand years.
Dan Jing felt like he was about to come out, but was just lacking that tiny bit of a feeling!
With respect to the fifty-thousand-year deadline set by the old-man Sage.
When there were still a little more than three hundred years left—
Screech!
A crisp Golden Crow cry that pierced through the Sun Star suddenly resounded throughout the Primordial Starry Sky!
Following closely.
Swish—
A Solar Golden Crow with blazing Solar Golden Flames all over its body, resembling a miniature Sun Star, flew directly out from the Sun Star.
Instantly.
In a split second, it transformed into a golden rainbow—
Crossing the starry sky, piercing through the Primordial World Membrane, and relying directly on its incomparably formidable Solar Golden Crow physical body, it plunged straight into Chaos.
The Golden Crow flapped its wings within Chaos, soaring continuously.
That formidable physical body and terrifying Solar Golden Flame directly ignited and burned away the chaotic perils that ordinary Great Luo cultivators would find terrifying, carving out a safe zone in an instant!
Hum!
Gradually.
Amidst the circulation of strands of Golden Immortal Radiance, the divine true aspect of that huge Solar Golden Crow receded inward.
Replaced by it—
Was a person wearing a black robe embroidered with golden patterns on a dark background, lined with a white inner garment on the inside, stepping upon a pair of dark cloud-treading boots, with a head of black hair flowing smoothly behind him without any binding.
A golden innate Dao-script between his brows circulated with Dao rhythm, possessing sword-like brows and golden pupils, concealing a noble golden radiance within.
His entire demeanor—
Had a bit of flamboyance and arrogance, yet it wouldn't make people feel oppressive or supreme.
On the contrary, it gave off somewhat of a carefree, pleasure-seeking vibe!
Appearance stems from the heart.
The demeanor of an ordinary mortal was already like this!
Let alone a Primordial Divine Being like Dan Jing, who had always disdained hiding his own mindset.
To be able to feel flamboyance and arrogance, as well as a bit of a carefree, pleasure-seeking vibe from Dan Jing.
That was naturally because Dan Jing was just like this!
Of course he should be arrogant—
If it were anyone else with his foundation, their tail would have stuck up into the sky!
Look at how arrogant the Three Pure Ones are—
"A bunch of fur-wearing, horn-possessing, wet-born, egg-incubating beings who only cultivate magic power without cultivating virtue, do not understand the heavenly mandate, and possess shallow destined affinity, they ought to be reduced to ashes!"
Tsk tsk tsk...
This remark directly cursed ninety-nine percent of the powerhouses and sentient beings of the Primordial Cosmos, making him much more arrogant than Dan Jing, right?
Similarly.
Dan Jing did not deny a carefree, pleasure-seeking mindset either—
He had no interest in contending for the hegemony of heaven and earth, nor did he care about all living beings, the heavenly tribulations, and everything else.
However, when it came to watching plays, eating melons, or finding amusement, Dan Jing was quite interested.
Wouldn't it be great to be a Primordial Divine Being whom no one could afford to provoke, yet who could play through the world and look for amusement everywhere?
Dan Jing felt it was pretty great anyway!
At this moment.
Not knowing where the Violet Cloud Palace was, nor how to find it, Dan Jing simply flew straight ahead blindly.
At the same time, he silently calculated the time in his heart—
Within three hundred years, if he still hadn't seen the Violet Cloud Palace, he would turn back and return to the Primordial World, and then go searching for opportunities upon the earth!
With just his current foundation, Destiny Aura, plus the favor of heaven and earth.
Taking a stroll upon the earth—
If Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spirit Roots didn't come to submit of their own accord, it would mean Dan Jing was good for nothing!
Even if he took a stroll through the tattered Western Continent, that Western Continent with hardly a few drops of grease left could still squeeze something out for him and rustle up some good things.
"Three hundred years."
Dan Jing searched through the Chaos all the while.
Muttering in his heart at the same time:
"It's not the old coot who set the deadline; it's the opportunity I'm giving the old man!"
"I hope the old coot... knows what's good for him!"
Dan Jing did not know the might of the Sage Realm, but he did know that people said Sages basically only needed to move a thought and call a name to induce a response.
Knowing was one thing.
Yet Dan Jing's few virtues included not lacking spine—
he was just shouting inside his heart without publicly making the old coot lose face, so there wouldn't be much of a problem.
Naturally.
That saying still held—
Dan Jing was deeply aware of his own badassery and didn't worry at all that the old coot would just kill him off like that!
Since he wasn't going to die, what was there for him to be cowed by?
Just do it.
In a snap.
Three hundred years of time passed by.
Within the Chaos.
When Dan Jing still hadn't found Violet Cloud Palace and sighed in his heart, preparing to turn around and return to the Primordial World, a faint, wispy sensation appeared in his mind.
That was—
the Dao rhythm emanating from Violet Cloud Palace!
Swish!
Without the slightest hesitation, Dan Jing completely followed his inner inclinations and headed straight for the sensed location of Violet Cloud Palace!
He grinned broadly:
"He actually really gave me some face?"
"Old Master—"
"I revere you!"
Very good, very good—
Before he found it, it was "old coot" at every turn; after finding it, he got an upgrade and it turned into "Old Master."
That speed of facial expression changes in Dan Jing—
really didn't put his identity as a Primordial Divine Being to waste!
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