After the mighty figures of the heavens had swept through and fought over them in a near-frenzy,
the thousands of Innate Spirit Treasures scattered across ten thousand li of void were finally divided up to the last one.
The chaotic void, so fierce and clamorous moments before, began to fall quiet.
Looking around, many of the less powerful Great Luo wandering cultivators had disheveled hair,
and bloodstained robes. Clearly, they had suffered bitterly in the melee.
Those who had seized one or two low-grade spirit treasures wore looks of relief and wild delight,
while those who had come away empty-handed gritted their teeth, their eyes full of venom and resentment.
Around the enormous Treasure Distribution Rock, the actions of the Two from the West drew particular attention.
Though Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin had obtained the Merit Golden Lotus and the Green Lotus Treasure Banner,
they still could not satisfy their greed for the treasures that had filled the sky.
The two unleashed Western Golden Light,
scooping up dozens of scattered mid- and low-grade spirit treasures and innate spiritual materials,
then even turned back toward the edge of the Treasure Distribution Rock.
Zhunti held the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree
and shamelessly hammered at the rock's edge,
trying to pry loose fragments that still carried traces of Dao resonance and take them back to the West.
At the sight, Jade Pure Yuanshi Celestial Venerable knitted his brows,
his eyes brimming with contempt and disgust.
Cradling his horsetail whisk, he gave a cold snort and flicked his sleeve as he sneered:
"The West is a poor, barbarous wasteland, fit only to breed such base, shameless wretches!"
"Scavenging and begging like this shows no sense of propriety. It will only make the Three Realms laugh."
Zhunti's skin was thick enough to ignore him entirely,
and he deftly tucked several treasure-lit stone chips into his sleeve.
By then, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the other supreme powers had already settled down to meditate on their gains.
As they saw it,
the thousands of Innate Spirit Treasures nurtured within the Treasure Distribution Rock had all been taken,
so the behemoth before them was merely a huge, stubborn rock steeped in a Saint's Dao resonance.
It was hard, certainly, but held not a trace of spirit or life.
Now that it was nothing but a dead object, they saw no need to give it further thought.
Ancestor Hong Yun put away the Soul-Scattering Seal.
Sensing the Yao's bone-chilling gazes lingering on him,
he could not help feeling a prickle of dread.
He quietly moved beside Li Qingxiao and sent him a message with a stir of divine sense:
"Fellow Daoist Qingxiao, the treasures are gone, and murderous intent lurks everywhere here."
"The Demon Emperor and Kunpeng are watching me like hawks. Why don't we return to the Primordial World first and enter seclusion to avoid disaster?"
Zhen Yuanzi, holding the Earth Book in his palm, nodded gravely as well.
Li Qingxiao, however, did not leave at once.
He stood with his hands behind his back in the chaotic void, quietly activating his Ultimate Dao Eye at the early Primordial Origin Golden Immortal stage.
Deep within those unfathomable eyes,
the Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus's instinct to trace origins merged perfectly with his foreknowledge from a later age.
His gaze pierced the rough, lifeless shell of the Treasure Distribution Rock
and looked straight into its deepest source.
To Li Qingxiao's senses, what lay within the Treasure Distribution Rock was no ordinary stubborn stone!
That vast ancient rock, stretching across ten million li,
was a piece of Chaos Origin Boulder that had fallen from the very heart of chaos when it first opened, before earth, water, fire, and wind had settled!
It had survived the cataclysm of heaven and earth's creation,
and borne the violent auras of thousands of Innate Spirit Treasures without breaking.
Its substance and the depth of its origin
surpassed even ordinary Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.
It was a supreme divine material for forging a mighty treasure,
and even for opening and sustaining a vast world!
All those clever immortals had fought over nothing but the fruit hanging from the tree.
Yet everyone had dismissed the "root" that had nurtured ten thousand treasures as worthless scrap!
A knowing smile curved Li Qingxiao's lips.
He turned his head slightly and calmly sent a message to Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi beside him:
"Fellow Daoists, there's no need to rush."
"Everything those gods and Buddhas fought over was mere branches and leaves."
"The true supreme fortune here has only just come to light."
Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi froze. Before they could ask,
Li Qingxiao rose to his full height and took a step forward!
There was no concealment or retreat in that step.
Rumble—!
The turbulent chaotic void suddenly shook violently!
Li Qingxiao's moon-white Daoist robe billowed though there was no wind,
while his feet planted firmly amid the gales of chaos.
Above his head, the flawless Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus manifested with a thunderous surge, becoming a sacred avatar ten thousand zhang tall!
The pure, sacred radiance of the White Lotus shot into the heavens,
mingling with boundless golden light of profound yellow merit
to form a Chaos Canopy that blotted out the sky amid the vast chaos!
"What's he doing?!"
"The spirit treasures have all been taken. Why has Daoist Qingxiao suddenly manifested his Dao Fruit avatar?!"
The Three Thousand Guests of the Red Dust, who had been about to leave, were arrested by that overwhelming presence.
They stopped in horror and turned back as one.
Before every watching eye, Li Qingxiao's long hair streamed behind him, his expression solemn.
The blood and vital energy of his Ancestral Witch Tier body erupted in full.
His spine rose like a great dragon, like a divine sword drawn from its sheath, and every inch of dark-gold bone in his body resonated wildly!
A towering plume of vital energy burst from the crown of his head,
ripping apart the chaos storm across ten thousand li!
"Rise!!"
Li Qingxiao let out a Daoist shout that shook the nine heavens!
He thrust out his arms as though he were an ancient god or demon embracing Mount Buzhou,
and planted both palms firmly against the Treasure Distribution Rock, vast enough to span ten million li!
The immense strength of his body and his Primordial Origin magic power poured forth without restraint!
Clang!
A muffled cry of the Great Dao exploded deep within the chaos!
The colossal Treasure Distribution Rock, which had stood there since the creation of heaven and earth,
shuddered beneath Li Qingxiao's heaven-reaching strength.
Its foundations in the chaos were wrenched up inch by inch!
The entire ancient rock shook violently, and Chaos Divine Patterns flashed madly across its face!
"Hiss...!!"
"He... he's trying to uproot the entire Treasure Distribution Rock?!"
Daoist Tongtian stared, dumbfounded, and drew a sharp breath.
The horsetail whisk nearly slipped from Celestial Master Yuanshi's hand,
and towering waves of shock surged through Laozi's eyes.
Daoist Zhunti, who had been crouched at the rock's edge picking at stones,
froze mid-motion, his eyes nearly bulging from their sockets!
Rumble!!
As the gathered mighty figures watched in breathless horror,
the Chaos Gourd above Li Qingxiao's head blazed with divine light!
Its mouth became an unfathomable Primordial Origin black hole,
surging with endless Chaos Divine Flame and ultimate Dao laws.
Shielded by the Twelfth-Grade Purifying White Lotus's domain of Ten Thousand Laws Immunity,
the immense body of the Treasure Distribution Rock
was swallowed whole by that black hole!
The colossal Chaos Origin Boulder fell into the Gourd World
and settled firmly at the heart of its inner Qiankun,
merging with the two Supreme-Grade Innate Ancestral Spirit Veins and stirring up a skyful of spiritual rain.
In the chaotic void,
the once towering Treasure Distribution Rock had vanished without a trace.
Only an empty, lifeless expanse remained.
Li Qingxiao withdrew his avatar and brushed off his sleeves, showing little sign of triumph.
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