In Purple Tenuity Spirit Valley, the last wisp of darkness within the Qiankun Cauldron was slowly burned away by the Innate Dao Fire.
Qing Yi raised her hand and banked the cauldron's flames.
A mass of clear, lustrous essence rose with them, hovering above her palm.
After all these years of refinement, the devouring power Shi Yuan had once sent into the cauldron had been returned to its innate state, leaving only the purest essence.
Qing Xuan walked over and sat down against Qing Yi, a smile surfacing in his eyes.
"This Demon God really was rather unlucky."
Had it been other Great Luo, or even several peak Quasi-Sages working together, the Devouring Demon God might have succeeded under those circumstances.
After all, even grievously wounded, he remained a Chaos Demon God, a being who truly stood at the level of primordial unity.
But Qing Xuan and Qing Yi already had one foot across the threshold of primordial unity; they simply had yet to formally take that step.
With two Innate Supreme Treasures besides, the other party's attempt to seize their Dao Fruits had been nothing but a fool's dream.
Qing Yi smiled softly as well and returned the mass of essence to the cauldron.
Both could now bear their primordial unity Dao Fruits on their own. Keeping this gain close at hand would prove useful when they unfolded the Dao in the future.
Since Kong Xuan had taken her leave and headed south, tens of thousands more years had passed in the Primordial World.
The Spiritual Roots in the valley had borne fruit several times, and deep in the sea of stars, the Demon Court's Array Flags had finally linked into a continuous expanse.
Qing Yi was just about to put away the Qiankun Cauldron when she suddenly raised