At that moment, Li Qingxiao's calm and steady voice quietly rang out in Hong Yun's sea of consciousness:
"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, guard your original heart. Do not become enamored with those killing weapons burdened by too much karma."
"The [Ninety-Nine Soul-Scattering Red Gourd] in your arms is a Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasure, and it already accords with the path of your Good Corpse."
"Though supreme treasures are good, greed for too many will only lead to loss. Maintaining balance and harmony is the only way to preserve your own fortune, virtue, and destiny."
Li Qingxiao's words were like a wisdom sword,
instantly severing the distracting thoughts in Hong Yun's heart.
Hong Yun's body trembled slightly, and clarity returned to his eyes.
He secretly cast a grateful look toward Li Qingxiao,
then tightly clutched the red gourd in his arms, his Dao heart settling completely.
Seeing that the personally bestowed treasures had all been assigned, Dao Ancestor Hongjun turned around,
facing the Three Thousand Guests of the Red Dust, who were filled with anticipation.
He slightly raised his sleeve, and the Ninefold Innate Grand Formation sealing the Treasure Distribution Rock
collapsed with a deafening rumble of the Great Dao!
"The restriction on the Treasure Distribution Rock has been opened."
The Dao Ancestor's indifferent voice spread throughout the chaos:
"Take the spirit treasures within as you will, each according to your own destiny."
Boom—!
As the Dao Ancestor's decree fell,
the restrictions that had suppressed the treasures for countless years completely vanished.
In an instant, thousands of five-colored rays of treasure light surged forth like a breached flood,
transforming into a meteor shower that shot wildly from the depths of the rock,
tearing across the dark chaotic void!
"The treasures have emerged!"
"Rob them!!"
The Three Thousand Guests of the Red Dust plunged completely into frenzy.
Ancestor Minghe let out a long howl, and a monstrous Blood Sea surged around him,
transforming into boundless blood hands that forcibly intercepted hundreds of fleeing lights in the north.
Kunpeng of the Northern Underworld spread his wings that seemed to hang from the sky,
tearing apart ten thousand miles of void. His twin claws curved like hooks,
frenziedly snatching at the fleeing High-Grade Spirit Treasures.
The other Great Luo rogue cultivators were even more bloodshot,
and, for the sake of fighting over a single middle- or low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure,
they began battling fiercely amid the chaotic astral winds,
their divine abilities and spells colliding without cease as the void shook violently.
At the center of the chaotic battlefield,
Heavenly Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi displayed even more overwhelming might.
Di Jun activated the River Chart and Luo Writing, spreading out the vast Stellar Eight Trigrams Grand Formation,
directly pinning dozens of spirit treasures in the void.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi relied on his formidable Early Quasi-Saint cultivation, repeatedly striking the Chaos Bell in his arms.
The vast bell waves of the supreme treasure swept across all directions, shaking the rogue cultivators in their path until they vomited blood and flew backward.
With imperial might that dominated the universe,
he forcibly collected the Great Sun Divine Ark, the Pure Yang Spirit Sword, and several other High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures!
The might of the demon race covered the world, and the various immortals all retreated, not daring to challenge him.
Just as the countless rays of treasure light had been divided up nearly completely,
within the deepest layer of rock at the Treasure Distribution Rock,
a boundless stream of pure Taiyin Ren Water suddenly erupted!
A pitch-black yet limpid flag burst out through the rock,
carrying supreme might capable of suppressing the water veins of all the heavens,
transforming into a streak that spanned the chaos as it whistled toward the sky.
"Buzz~!"
The moment the spirit flag shot out,
the [Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus] in Li Qingxiao's sea of consciousness suddenly began trembling violently,
giving rise to an intense resonance of the same origin.
One of the Innate Five Directions Banners, the Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure [Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Flag]!
This treasure controlled the origin of the northern water system,
and if it could complement the origin of his White Lotus, allowing water and lotus to nurture one another,
the foundation of his supreme Primordial Unity would surely rise to another level!
Li Qingxiao's eyes narrowed, and he shifted his feet slightly,
walking straight toward the Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Flag.
However, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who had just obtained several spirit treasures in the distance,
also keenly sensed the immense aura of this Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
"A Supreme-Grade water-element spirit treasure?!"
Greed blazed fiercely in Taiyi's eyes.
Carrying the supreme dominance of one who had used a supreme treasure to sever his corpse,
he immediately manifested a Golden Crow Dharma Idol that blotted out the sky and sun.
"The supreme treasure has emerged. It should naturally belong to our Heavenly Court!"
Taiyi shouted fiercely, completely ignoring Li Qingxiao, who was walking over calmly.
Carrying the overwhelming pressure of an Early Quasi-Saint, he crossed the void,
and a golden claw burning with blazing Solar True Fire tore through the firmament,
clawing viciously toward the Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Flag,
while deliberately sweeping its razor-sharp claw wind toward Li Qingxiao's face!
The hatred from losing the treasure in the Eastern Sea back then—
today, he would use the might of a Quasi-Saint
to ruthlessly crush Li Qingxiao's arrogance before everyone present!
Facing Taiyi's thunderous, overbearing strike, Li Qingxiao's expression did not change.
Instead of retreating, he simply took a calm step forward.
Boom!
The Supreme Divine Blood within Li Qingxiao's body, comparable to that of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, began circulating with a thunderous roar,
while his dark-golden bones released a deep rumble like primordial thunder.
He did not activate any spirit treasure. He merely joined his fingers into a sword seal,
then casually pointed at the void ahead.
A condensed White Lotus sword beam, solid as matter, whistled from his fingertip.
Within the sword beam lay the supreme Dao rhythm of a Primordial Golden Immortal,
and it ignored the raging chaotic astral winds and the violent Solar True Fire,
arriving after launching later but striking first,
accurately striking Taiyi's Chaos Bell waves and Golden Crow claw!
"Clang!"
A crisp, distant sound of the Great Dao colliding suddenly exploded!
Under the horrified gazes of countless mighty figures,
the supreme treasure's bell waves, seemingly capable of suppressing the primordial chaos,
were actually dispersed three zhang by that seemingly frail sword beam.
The violent force of the rebound poured back through the void,
and Taiyi's body shook violently as his blood and qi churned without cease.
The Golden Crow Dharma Idol that blotted out the sky and sun collapsed in an instant,
and his entire body was forcibly knocked back several steps!
"What?!"
Taiyi's pupils contracted violently, his face filled with unbelievable shock.
He had entered the Quasi-Saint realm by severing his corpse with a supreme treasure, and his battle prowess towered above his peers,
yet Li Qingxiao before him had clearly revealed no aura of a severed-corpse incarnation.
With nothing more than a casual strike using his physical body and magic power, he had actually suppressed Taiyi head-on!
Li Qingxiao remained composed, and not even the hem of his robes had been disturbed.
He swept out his wide sleeve, and the world suddenly returned to silence.
The Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure [Northern Xuanyuan Water-Control Flag], which had been whistling and struggling in the chaos,
obediently fell into his broad sleeve like a swallow returning to its nest.
As he put away the spirit flag,
Li Qingxiao casually brushed his hand backward.
Two fleeing lights carrying High-Grade Spirit Treasures, flying toward the distance, were jolted by his deft force,
transforming into two streaks of light,
which accurately fell toward Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi behind him.
Hong Yun took a close look,
and what had fallen into his arms was clearly the baleful High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure [Soul-Scattering Seal].
Meanwhile, floating before Zhen Yuanzi
was a [Wu Earth Spirit Pearl] radiating boundless essence of thick earth.
The two exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with delight,
then hurriedly accepted the spirit treasures and cast looks of utmost reverence toward Li Qingxiao.
The entire battlefield fell deathly silent.
The gazes of the Three Pure Ones narrowed slightly, and deep wariness flashed through their eyes.
Jieyin and Zhunti secretly swallowed, rejoicing that they had not acted rashly just now.
Taiyi and Di Jun, who had retreated to the side, already wore expressions of extreme ugliness.
Li Qingxiao stood with his hands behind his back in the chaotic void, his bearing transcendent,
and with invincible might, he completely intimidated every divine being present.
The treasure light deep within the chaos gradually dimmed.
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