Hong Yun Thrashes Yuanshi! Kunpeng: "From This Day On, I'm at Your Command, Big Brother!"

As Hong Yun flew through the sky, he refined the Mystic Yellow Treasure Seal and the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd that Li Yi had given him into his own Spirit Treasures.

As he flew, Hong Yun kept turning his master's earlier words over in his mind.

His master had said his path to the Sage Dao lay in the West?

And that on his way there, he would encounter a great karmic debt from his past?

But he had flown all this way without finding anything...

Hong Yun had just begun to feel discouraged when he sensed a terrifying surge of spiritual power a billion li away.

At once, Hong Yun sensed a karmic connection. He sped toward the source of the disturbance without hesitation.

Kunpeng had revealed his true form. Countless wounds covered his body, and golden immortal blood spilled across the land of the Primordial World.

Yuanshi's Kind Corpse had returned to him. Yuanshi himself now wielded a Spirit Treasure as he pursued Kunpeng.

After three rounds of lectures, Kunpeng had become a mighty cultivator at the Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal level. Yet before Yuanshi, he did not even have the strength to fight back.

Yuanshi had hunted Kunpeng for two years. He had had countless chances to kill him, but each time, he had chosen to toy with him like a cat with a mouse.

Whenever Kunpeng was cornered, Yuanshi gave him a glimmer of hope. Then, just as Kunpeng thought he could escape, Yuanshi appeared before him and blocked his only way out.

After being toyed with again and again, Kunpeng could more or less tell what Yuanshi was doing. But right now, running was his only choice!

What else could he do, stand still and let Yuanshi finish him off?

After two years of pursuit, Yuanshi had grown tired of the game. Tongtian had probably returned to his cultivation ground to continue studying the Law Dao, while he was still wasting time tormenting an enemy. His interest faded, and he stopped holding back the Spirit Treasure in his hand.

Immortal light burst from the Jade Ruyi. Yuanshi clearly meant to kill Kunpeng with this blow.

Kunpeng seemed to sense his killing intent. Despair crossed his face.

But in the next instant...

A treasure seal swelled in the wind until it was as large as a mountain, then slammed head-on into the Jade Ruyi Yuanshi had unleashed!

Boom!

Endless ripples of Dao resonance spread outward. The void of the Primordial World seemed on the verge of cracking.

Yuanshi's expression changed drastically. Only by channeling all his spiritual power did he barely manage to steady the Jade Ruyi, which had been knocked flying.

Who was that?

Meanwhile, the treasure seal slowly shrank to the size of a finger and landed in Hong Yun's hand.

Seeing that he had saved Kunpeng, Hong Yun suddenly understood.

Was this the great karmic debt Master had spoken of?

Ever since Dao Ancestor Hongjun had accepted Laozi and the other three as his personal disciples, cultivators throughout the Primordial World had come to regard the cushions he had deliberately placed below the Jade Platform as Dao Opportunities!

Whoever sat on one would not only form a bond of master and disciple with Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but also gain an advantage in the future contest over the Sage Dao!

Back then, Hong Yun and Kunpeng had each occupied one.

But when Hong Yun had kindly given up his seat, Kunpeng had been forced to give up his as well. In effect, Hong Yun had cost him his Dao Opportunity.

By saving Kunpeng today, he could finally settle that karmic debt!

These thoughts flashed through Hong Yun's mind. He looked at Yuanshi with his usual good-natured smile.

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, it's been a while!"

When Yuanshi saw that the newcomer was Hong Yun, he had mixed feelings.

Hong Yun might have been the first auspicious cloud born after heaven and earth were created, with an extraordinary origin, but Yuanshi had always thought too highly of himself to consider Hong Yun his equal.

Even when he had seen Hong Yun break through to the Quasi-Saint realm last time, he had believed himself a step ahead and paid Hong Yun little mind.

Today they had exchanged only one blow. Hong Yun might have caught him off guard, but Yuanshi had brought his power fully to bear!

Yet his weapon had been knocked flying? Did that mean he was weaker than Hong Yun, who had only just broken through?

Yuanshi was so frustrated he could almost cough up blood, but he kept his face calm.

"You intend to stop me?"

Hong Yun had been good-natured for so long that he had no wish to press the matter aggressively.

"Back at the Purple Cloud Palace, I incurred a great karmic debt to Fellow Daoist Kunpeng."

"Now that I see him in danger, I cannot stand by and do nothing."

"Whatever Fellow Daoist Kunpeng has done to offend you, Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, I will take responsibility for it. What do you say?"

Yuanshi's gaze swept over him. When it reached the treasure seal in Hong Yun's hand, the corner of his mouth twitched.

He had never heard of that treasure before.

Could the Heaven-Earth Daoist have given it to him? The thought stirred Yuanshi even more.

They had exchanged only one blow, but he could still tell that the seal was superior in quality to the treasure Hongjun had given him!

Hong Yun had only just become a disciple, yet he had received a treasure like that. As for Yuanshi's third brother...

Yuanshi felt stifled. Recalling the blow Hong Yun had just struck, he lost all desire to fight.

"Fine. I'll remember what happened today! We can settle it another time..."

With that, Yuanshi turned into a streak of light and flew away.

It was not because he had a forgiving temper. He simply knew he would gain nothing by fighting today.

If his elder brother had not already returned to their cultivation ground, he would have shown Hong Yun what brothers could do together!

Hong Yun relaxed a little as he watched Yuanshi leave.

He turned toward Kunpeng and found that Kunpeng had already assumed human form. Without a shred of hesitation, Kunpeng dropped to his knees before him.

"Big brother!"

"If not for you, big brother, I would never have survived today!"

"You saved my life. From this day on, I'll acknowledge you as my big brother."

"I'm at your command, big brother. You have my absolute loyalty!"

Kunpeng's eyes were utterly sincere as he spoke.

Of course, Kunpeng was not the sort to repay kindness. Today's pursuit had simply terrified him!

Those years of being toyed with like a mouse had taught him one thing: he could not survive without someone powerful at his back!

The two greatest powers in the Primordial World were plainly the Heaven-Earth Daoist and Hongjun.

Neither had any intention of taking him as a disciple, though, so he could not turn to them.

The next best choices were their disciples, among the first in this world to attain Primordial Unity!

Of those disciples, good-natured Hong Yun was surely the most dependable! He could not go wrong by acknowledging him as his big brother.

Besides, Hong Yun had become the Heaven-Earth Daoist's disciple. His knowledge and access to information far surpassed Kunpeng's!

By staying at Hong Yun's side, Kunpeng could build a relationship with a future Sage. He might even gain enough benefits to become a Quasi-Saint himself.

With all those calculations racing through his mind, Kunpeng bowed his head to the ground without hesitation and asked Hong Yun to accept him as a brother.

Hong Yun frowned slightly, unused to this sort of thing. But remembering his master's words, he accepted.

"Very well!"

Kunpeng was delighted and poured out another stream of praise.

Then he asked Hong Yun, carefully probing for an answer.

"What brings you here, big brother?"

After a moment's thought, Hong Yun told him what his master had said.

"Master said my path to the Sage Dao lies in the West and sent me there!"

Kunpeng's eyes lit up.

The West? The Sage Dao?

"The road ahead is sure to be fraught with danger, big brother. Let me accompany you and protect you!"

"Very well!"