Hope the Old Man Knows What's Good for Him

Damn it!

Dan Jing, who was still a giant fireball at the moment, felt utterly numb.

The old man's sainthood had come without warning or expectation, leaving Dan Jing's heart completely numb.

Heavens above—

Could someone tell the old man that he was still in the middle of a "difficult birth" and postpone his ascension to sainthood?

Apparently not.

"Try harder!"

Dan Jing, who had fallen silent in an instant, immediately focused his mind.

"Maybe—"

"I can successfully be born within these fifty thousand years... right?"

What if he could?

If he did not take a gamble, Dan Jing would be letting himself down!

As for why he had to go listen to the old man's sermon?

Simple—

He, Dan Jing, had no cheat!

Forget some Great Dao System; he did not even have a Heavenly Dao-level cheat!

And honestly speaking—

The old man had already proven the Dao. He was one of the Saints of Heaven and Earth.

There was no way he would resort to some underhanded scheme while preaching the Dao!

There was no need for it!

Although the myriad worldly visitors were indeed not as strong as Saints, they were not all fools.

If a Saint truly used underhanded plots even while transmitting his own Dao—

That would not only be an insult to the Saint himself, but also a rejection and the greatest denial of the Dao he practiced.

There was nothing—

More capable of shattering one's Dao heart than personally denying and rejecting one's own Dao.

Do not think Saints could not suffer a collapse of their Dao hearts—

Think of the Investiture of the Gods tribulation in later generations: the one who wished to recreate Heaven and Earth, and the two who shamelessly attacked juniors.

Did you really believe they had not been pushed past their limits?

At any rate, Dan Jing did not believe it.

Besides, since the old man could say, "I see that all living beings are ill at ease," it showed that no matter how bad the old fellow was, he could not be that bad!

Of course.

The most important reason Dan Jing dared to go was—

I possess ten percent of the merit from opening Heaven, enjoy the fortune of the Sun Star and half the starry sky alone, have received Pangu the Great's gift, and am the sole Golden Crow beloved by Heaven and Earth!

As long as he was unwilling—

No scheme—

Whether an underhanded plot or an open stratagem, could possibly affect Dan Jing!

Therefore—

This opportunity to hear the old man preach—

Was, for Dan Jing, a rare and tremendous opportunity at this stage, something he could freeload off with a ninety-nine percent chance of success!

Could Dan Jing miss it?

Absolutely not.

After all, while free things were not necessarily actually free, they always tasted the best!

Ten thousand years passed.

Dan Jing had yet to be born.

Twenty thousand years passed.

Dan Jing was still in "difficult labor"!

Thirty thousand years passed.

Dan Jing was still working hard!

Forty thousand years passed.

Dan Jing felt that he was about to come out, but he was still missing that final little something!

With just over three hundred years remaining—

Before the fifty-thousand-year deadline set by the old Saint—

Cry!

A clear Golden Crow cry that pierced through the Sun Star suddenly rang out across the Primordial World's starry sky!

Immediately afterward—

Whoosh—

A Solar Golden Crow, its entire body blazing with Solar Golden Flame and resembling a smaller Sun Star, flew directly out of the Sun Star.

Then—

It instantly transformed into a golden rainbow—

Crossing the starry sky, passing through the Primordial World Membrane, and relying on its incomparably powerful Solar Golden Crow body to plunge headfirst into Chaos.

The Golden Crow beat its wings and continued soaring through Chaos.

Its powerful body and terrifying Solar Golden Flame instantly ignited and burned away the dangers of Chaos, which even ordinary Great Luo cultivators found terrifying, creating a safe region!

Buzz!

Gradually—

As streams of golden immortal light flowed—

The enormous divine true form of the Solar Golden Crow withdrew inward.

In its place—

Stood a young man wearing a black robe with a deep black base and embroidered golden patterns, a white inner garment beneath it, and black cloud-treading boots on his feet. His black hair hung smoothly behind him, entirely unbound.

A golden innate Dao inscription between his brows flowed with Dao essence. He had sword-like brows and golden eyes, with noble golden radiance concealed within them.

His entire bearing—

Was somewhat flamboyant and wild, yet did not make him seem overbearing or supreme.

Instead, he gave off the air of a carefree, pleasure-seeking rogue!

One's appearance was born from one's heart.

Even ordinary mortals had such a temperament!

Not to mention an innate divine being like Dan Jing, who had always disdained hiding his state of mind.

One could sense flamboyance, wildness, and a few traces of a carefree pleasure-seeking rogue from Dan Jing.

That was naturally because Dan Jing was exactly that kind of person!

Of course he should be arrogant—

If anyone else had his foundation, their tail would be sticking up into the sky!

Just look at how arrogant the Three Pure Ones were—

"A group of fur-covered, horned creatures, born wet or from eggs, cultivating only magic power and not virtue, ignorant of the heavenly order, shallow in fortune and destiny—you deserve to turn to ash!"

Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Those words insulted ninety-nine percent of the Primordial World's experts and living beings. They were far more arrogant than Dan Jing, all right?

Likewise—

Dan Jing did not deny his carefree, pleasure-seeking mindset either—

He had no interest in competing for supremacy over Heaven and Earth, nor did he care about the countless living beings, the great calamities of Heaven and Earth, or anything else.

However, Dan Jing was rather interested in watching shows, enjoying gossip, and finding amusement.

Would it not be nice to become an innate divine being whom no one could afford to provoke, yet who could roam the world and seek fun everywhere?

Dan Jing thought it sounded quite good, anyway!

At this moment—

Dan Jing did not know where the Purple Cloud Palace was, nor did he know how to find it. He simply flew forward without pause.

At the same time, he silently calculated the time in his heart—

If he did not see the Purple Cloud Palace within three hundred years, he would turn around and return to the Primordial World, then head down to the land in search of opportunities!

With his current foundation, fortune, and Heaven and Earth's favor—

If he took a stroll across the land—

And innate spiritual treasures and innate spiritual roots did not come to him of their own accord, then he, Dan Jing, was a useless good-for-nothing!

Even if he took a stroll through the rundown Western Continent, that Western Continent, with hardly any oil left to squeeze, would still have to cough up some good things for him.

"Three hundred years."

Dan Jing searched through Chaos—

While muttering in his heart—

"It is not the deadline the old man set. It is the opportunity I am giving him!"

"I hope the old man... knows what's good for him!"

Dan Jing did not know the might of a Saint, but he did know that Saints were said to sense it whenever someone thought of or called their name.

Knowing was one thing.

But one of Dan Jing's few virtues was that he was not afraid—

He was only calling the old man that in his heart, not humiliating him publicly. That should not be a problem.

Of course—

The same thing still applied—

Dan Jing knew full well how impressive he was, so he was not worried that the old man would simply kill him!

Since he would not die, what was there to fear?

Just do it.

In the blink of an eye—

Three hundred years passed.

Within Chaos—

Just as Dan Jing, who had still failed to find the Purple Cloud Palace, sighed inwardly and was about to turn around to return to the Primordial World, a faint sensation appeared in his heart.

That was—

The Dao essence emanating from the Purple Cloud Palace!

Whoosh!

Without the slightest hesitation, Dan Jing acted entirely in accordance with his heart and headed straight toward the location of the Purple Cloud Palace that he had sensed!

He grinned.

"So you really gave me some face?"

"Old master—"

"I respect and adore you!"

Good, good, good—

Before finding it, he called him "old man" at every turn. Once he found it, he upgraded him to "old master."

Dan Jing's speed at changing faces—

Truly did not disgrace his identity as an innate divine being!