Primordial Desolation: I, Emperor Jun, Only Want to Build the Primordial Desolation Chapter 40

After entering the Western Primordial Desolation, Emperor Jun instantly sensed the barrenness of this place.

Not only was the Primordial Spiritual Energy extremely sparse, but due to the explosion of the Spiritual Veins, the Earth Veins of the Western Primordial Desolation had also been damaged.

Thus, the Primordial Spiritual Energy here was not only thin but also chaotic and violent, utterly lacking the gentle docility of spiritual energy elsewhere.

This state of Primordial Spiritual Energy was roughly comparable to the very beginning of the world's opening.

After the continuous sorting and regulation of the Primordial Desolation's Earth Veins, the Primordial Spiritual Energy in other regions had gradually become gentle.

Only the Western Primordial Desolation, after years of nurturing and effort, had been returned to square one overnight under Luo Hou's manipulation—perhaps even worse than before.

At the very least, the concentration of Primordial Spiritual Energy back then had not been this sparse.

Sensing the place in the Western Primordial Desolation where the spiritual energy was most concentrated, Emperor Jun headed straight for it.

Mount Sumeru.

Looking at what had once been the greatest Spiritual Vein in the Western Primordial Desolation, Emperor Jun could not help feeling moved.

Along the way, there had truly been few living beings in the Western Primordial Desolation, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots were even rarer to see.

Since the Dao-Devil Conflict, five yuanhui had now passed. One yuanhui was one hundred and twenty-nine thousand, six hundred years.

New living beings had already been born throughout the Primordial Desolation, and it had slowly flourished again. Even the Dao-Devil Conflict of old had become a legend.

While traveling through the Primordial Desolation, Emperor Jun discovered that Eastern Lord Duke of Zifu Continent had already become a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal and had gathered a group of living beings around himself within the Primordial Desolation.

Observing his bearing, Emperor Jun found it somewhat reminiscent of the Demon Path or the Dao Sect, but he did not interfere too much.

The Hetu Luoshu Diagram continuously absorbed the aura of Mount Sumeru, while Emperor Jun also sensed the Dao essence of Mount Sumeru.

Gradually, a sorrowful emotion lingered in Emperor Jun's heart.

It was the sorrow of being damaged yet unable to recover for a long time, mixed even with all manner of pleading.

It begged Emperor Jun to help it sort out the Earth Veins and restore its former glory.

Unfortunately, this was no simple task, nor one that could be accomplished in a day or night.

It might require countless yuanhui, perhaps even several Kalpa Tribulations, to complete.

After all, Mount Sumeru had once been the foremost Spiritual Vein of the Western Primordial Desolation. Restoring its former glory was not merely a matter of repairing it.

The Earth Veins of the Western Primordial Desolation would also need to be sorted out, and the foundation of the Western Primordial Desolation strengthened, before the Mount Sumeru of old could be nurtured once more.

And Emperor Jun did not harbor such deep feelings for Mount Sumeru.

When lighting up Mount Sumeru within the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, Emperor Jun also helped sort out part of its mountain range, but it was but a cup of water against a cartload of firewood.

Once Mount Sumeru within the Hetu Luoshu Diagram had been lit, Emperor Jun intended to leave with the Hetu Luoshu Diagram.

Suddenly, he sensed fluctuations from a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root within Mount Sumeru.

In such a barren place, there was actually still a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root. This piqued Emperor Jun's curiosity, and he hurried over to investigate.

As he drew near, Emperor Jun encountered a protective formation.

However, with Emperor Jun's long years of immersion in the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, he soon broke through the formation and arrived before the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root.

Looking at the strange golden tree before him, Emperor Jun began calculating in secret.

The Seven Treasure Tree?

Zhun Ti?

Emperor Jun thought in astonishment.

Then, upon closer inspection, he saw that what surrounded the Seven Treasure Tree was Primordial Geng Metal Energy.

Could this be Jie Yin?

Looking at Zhun Ti and Jie Yin before him, Emperor Jun could sense that they had already developed spiritual intelligence.

At that moment, a thought could not help surfacing in Emperor Jun's mind: if he strangled both Zhun Ti and Jie Yin in the cradle, what changes would occur in the entire Primordial Desolation?

After all, as long as he extinguished the spiritual intelligence of these two, he could obtain a Seven Treasure Tree and the first wisp of Primordial Geng Metal Energy between Heaven and Earth.

He felt no burden over this. After all, the Western Primordial Desolation and the Eastern Primordial Desolation had originally been enemies, locked in opposition for an entire Kalpa Tribulation.

At this thought, killing intent could not help rising in Emperor Jun's heart.

Yet as his mind stirred, Emperor Jun suddenly sensed a fatal crisis. It made him immediately stop and become alert in an instant.

There were now few things in the Primordial Desolation that could make him sense a life-and-death threat; Emperor Jun could not afford to take it lightly.

But after examining his surroundings, Emperor Jun found no living being whatsoever.

He turned his gaze back toward the Seven Treasure Tree and the Primordial Geng Metal Energy, unable to help thinking, Could it be because of them?

Emperor Jun's killing intent surged once more, and that sense of crisis between life and death struck again.

So it really was because of Jie Yin and Zhun Ti!

Emperor Jun thought.

All of a sudden, Emperor Jun sensed something. It seemed to be the voice of the Mount Sumeru mountain range.

Because Emperor Jun had comprehended the Dao essence of Mount Sumeru, he was able to sense a portion of Mount Sumeru's instinctive will.

After a long while, Emperor Jun opened his eyes and looked again at Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, his gaze incomparably complicated.

So the fate of toil that awaited the two of them had begun from this very moment.

Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had been born from the last of Mount Sumeru's essence, exhausted to bring them forth. It was Mount Sumeru's instinctive act of self-preservation.

Mount Sumeru needed living beings to sort out its own Earth Veins, and even the Earth Veins of the entire Western Primordial Desolation.

And Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, whom it had nurtured, were the best possible choices.

Thus, from the moment Jie Yin and Zhun Ti were born, Heaven's Mandate had rested upon them. They had their own mission.

Emperor Jun did not believe that Mount Sumeru alone could have accomplished this. Heavenly Dao's evolution must surely have been involved as well.

Under such circumstances, if Emperor Jun truly slew Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, the consequences would be exceedingly grave.

By Emperor Jun's estimation, if he insisted on acting, the task of sorting out the Earth Veins of the Western Primordial Desolation might fall upon his own shoulders. Otherwise, only death awaited him.

Just consider the majesty of Heavenly Dao—even Devil Ancestor Luo Hou had bowed his head before it back then, had he not?

During the Dao-Devil Decisive Battle, all the surviving beings had seen and heard that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had received Heavenly Dao's aid.

Yet according to the legends of later generations, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had not truly lost out either. Through the accumulation of various factors, they had become Sages.

Emperor Jun had not deliberately concealed himself. Given the spiritual awareness the two had developed at birth, they should have been able to notice him.

It was merely that the two were currently at the critical juncture of taking form, with no mind to spare for the outside world.

Emperor Jun naturally sensed that they were at a crucial moment, and he could also see the problem between them.

Given their foundations, the two did not need to take form so soon. They could have continued strengthening their reserves.

But Mount Sumeru had truly reached the point where its oil was spent and its lamp had run dry. It could no longer continue nurturing these two Primordial Beings.

Under such circumstances, the two beings had no choice but to begin taking form.

And when Emperor Jun discovered them, they were in the midst of doing so.

Because Spiritual Energy in the Western Primordial Desolation was so sparse, their transformation was exceedingly slow and would take untold years to complete.

In truth, compared with the other great powers of the Primordial Desolation, the origins of these two were indeed bitter and sorrowful.

Although Jie Yin and Zhun Ti's actions were unpopular in the legends of later generations—Zhun Ti in particular—one had to admit that both were beings of tremendous perseverance.

They had turned the utterly barren Western Primordial Desolation into the flourishing grandeur of Buddhism. The hardships they had endured were easy to imagine.

Especially now that Emperor Jun had witnessed how barren the Western Primordial Desolation had become, a trace of admiration for the two could not help rising in his heart.

Under Emperor Jun's watchful gaze, another change occurred in the pair's transformation.

It turned out that the Seven Treasure Tree had accumulated insufficient Origin Essence and could not support its own transformation, causing the process to grind to a halt.

Seeing this, the Primordial Geng Metal Energy beside it did not hesitate in the slightest, directly sharing a portion of its own Origin Essence with the Seven Treasure Tree.

Sharing Origin Essence?

This was its own Origin Essence, something tied to such crucial matters as its potential. Jie Yin had simply shared it like this?

Emperor Jun was greatly astonished.

The affection between the two was indeed sincere. No wonder, in the legends of later generations, Zhun Ti held Jie Yin in such high regard and even obeyed Jie Yin's words so readily.

Before the Seven Treasure Tree could even decline, that mass of Origin Essence had already merged into the Seven Treasure Tree's own Origin Essence.

With the addition of the Primordial Geng Metal Energy's Origin Essence, the Seven Treasure Tree resumed its transformation.

Yet the Spiritual Energy on Mount Sumeru was truly not dense enough, severely delaying their progress in taking form.

Looking at the two Primordial Beings slowly transforming, Emperor Jun said, "Very well. I shall lend you a hand."

The moment Emperor Jun's words fell, the Hetu Luoshu Diagram appeared in the air. Countless stars glimmered within it, and a great deal of Primordial Spiritual Energy instantly poured forth.

This Primordial Spiritual Energy had all been drawn by the Hetu Luoshu Diagram from the multitude of stars.

Emperor Jun's assistance in helping Jie Yin and Zhun Ti take form was partly a whim, but the other part had come after careful consideration.