Comparing people made one want to die, and comparing goods made one want to throw them away. Had Tongtian's stunt just now not taken away well over half the treasures on the Treasure Distribution Cliff?
If they had not still been standing outside Zixiao Palace, everyone would have been unable to resist robbing Tongtian on the spot.
Nuwa took a deep breath and, encouraged by Fuxi, stepped forward to collect treasures as well.
Yet the facts soon proved that Tongtian alone was capable of such an outrageous feat.
The treasures Nuwa obtained were roughly on par with Laozi's and Yuanshi's. She collected dozens of Innate Spiritual Treasures, including the Lotus Lantern, the Heaven, Earth, and Man Tri-Ring, the Seven-Treasure Heavenly Glow Divine Blade, the Heaven-Stabilizing Hairpin, the Boundless Umbrella, the Five-Jade Light-Severing Shears, the Nine-Colored Rainbow Robe, the Spirit Maiden Gauze Robe, the Four Seas Bottle, the Fire-Suppressing Tongs, and the Misty Sky-Entwining Belt.
After Nuwa came the expectant Jieyin and Zhunti.
The two were naturally jealous of Tongtian, but there were not many treasures left on the Treasure Distribution Cliff anyway.
By this point, they no longer dared entertain extravagant hopes. They only wished to obtain as much as Laozi, Yuanshi, and Nuwa, which would have been good enough.
Yet the facts likewise proved that nominal disciples were merely nominal disciples. The vast majority of the treasures Jieyin and Zhunti received were only mid- and low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and quite a few were even acquired treasures.
This left the two so depressed they nearly coughed up blood, though compared to the other mighty figures, they still considered it a substantial harvest.
Once everyone had collected the treasures destined for them, the remaining treasures on the Treasure Distribution Cliff transformed into streams of light and shot away, swiftly vanishing without a trace.
Even the many mighty figures could not track their paths. They only knew that these treasures had flown down into the Primordial World.
At that moment, not a single treasure remained on the Treasure Distribution Cliff, leaving behind nothing but a bare, bald cliff.
The crowd was not entirely without designs on the Treasure Distribution Cliff, but after many took turns stepping forward and exhausting all manner of divine abilities without being able to move it in the slightest, everyone had no choice but to give up.
Afterward, the crowd bowed toward Zixiao Palace together before dispersing in different directions.
The third sermon at Zixiao Palace had finally come to an end.
Before long, Hongjun would merge with the Dao.
When that time came, a brand-new era would begin.
Especially since, during this sermon, Hongjun had accepted disciples, distributed treasures, and even bestowed items such as Hongmeng Purple Qi.
He had also explicitly stated that the six—Sanqing, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti—were destined to become saints in the future.
This invisibly placed immense pressure on everyone.
After all, Hongjun's words—beneath saints, all were mere ants—were still fresh in their minds!
If they could not personally prove the Dao and become Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals, would they not be reduced to mere ants?
Some even set their sights on Hongyun, because according to Hongjun, a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal could not compare to a saint.
A saint's nascent soul resided within the Heavenly Dao, making them undying and indestructible, while a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal had merely self-proven the Dao Fruit and could not attain a saint's indestructibility.
As a result, these people turned their attention to Hongyun, hoping to seize the strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi that belonged to him.
After all, this was the only strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi whose destination remained uncertain. Hongjun had neither said that Hongyun was destined to become a saint nor accepted him as a disciple.
The crowd did not dare rashly move against the Three Pure Ones and the others, but as for Hongyun, if an opportunity arose, they certainly would not let it slip away.
Hongmeng Purple Qi was the foundation for becoming a saint. Who could remain calm in the face of it?
Meanwhile, in the Netherworld Blood Sea, Minghe was refining the sea of blood within the Blood God Palace. Over the past three thousand years, his progress had taken another tremendous leap.
Minghe had already refined half the sea of blood. Aside from his rapidly advancing strength, he could feel an increasingly intimate connection forming between himself and the sea of blood.
Should he perish in the outside world, he could use this connection to resurrect within the sea of blood.
However, he had yet to completely refine the sea of blood, so the cost of such a resurrection would be immense.
Only by thoroughly refining the sea of blood could that cost gradually be reduced.
Otherwise, if he died and relied on the sea of blood to resurrect, his vitality would suffer a devastating blow and his cultivation would plummet.
At that moment, the system prompt suddenly rang out in Minghe's mind.
Ding! Detected that the Innate Spiritual Root Yin-Yang Banana Tree, which is fated with the host, is about to manifest. The host may make the following choices. Choice One: Head to Buzhou Mountain to claim your opportunity. Reward: Western Plain Cloud Boundary Banner. Choice Two: Forsake your opportunity and continue secluded cultivation. Reward: one fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation.
After hearing the mission and the two choices offered by the system, Minghe abruptly opened his eyes, a flash of bloody light surging within them.
Minghe fell into deep thought. Comparing the rewards of the two choices, the Western Plain Cloud Boundary Banner undoubtedly held the greater appeal for him.
After all, Minghe already possessed three banners: the Xuan Yuan Water-Control Flag, the Li Di Flaming Light Flag, and the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag.
If he added the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner, would that not leave only the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner?
Yet Minghe's brow furrowed deeply.
At present, he was not eager to leave, because although the third sermon had ended,
Hongjun had yet to merge with the Dao.
If he went out now and happened to come into conflict with Laozi, resulting in a battle, should he reveal his strength or not?
Minghe shook his head helplessly. With his current strength, even if he revealed everything, fighting Laozi would likely be extremely difficult.
Because he had not gone to Zixiao Palace and had instead relied entirely on secluded cultivation, Minghe's current cultivation had fallen far behind Laozi's.
Laozi was at the very least an early-stage Quasi-Saint who had severed one corpse. Moreover, Laozi himself had been formed from one-third of Pangu's nascent soul.
Taiqing Laozi's innate foundation was far stronger than Minghe's. Even without the Taiji Diagram bestowed by Hongjun, Laozi possessed the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
Under such circumstances, if a conflict truly arose and they fought with their divine abilities, would he not simply be thrashed by Laozi?
Moreover, he had not fully refined the sea of blood. If he died, the price of resurrecting would be far too great.
Minghe did not particularly want to go. There were risks on one hand, and on the other, there was the Yin-Yang Banana Tree itself.
Minghe did not think much of it. As far as spiritual treasures and spiritual roots went, he already possessed the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Five-Leaf Pine Needle.
Either of those two spiritual roots could be said to surpass the Yin-Yang Banana Tree.
The Yin-Yang Banana Tree was merely a top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.
In the original course of events, Minghe had obtained only a single leaf from the Yin-Yang Banana Tree.
It belonged to the yin aspect and was refined into a Banana Leaf Fan.
A forceful wave of it could stir up flying sand and rolling stones, darken the heavens, summon torrential rain, and extinguish raging flames.
It had appeared during Journey to the West.
Meanwhile, Laozi obtained another leaf belonging to the yang aspect, which was likewise refined into a Banana Leaf Fan.
This fan was precisely the treasure Laozi used for alchemy.
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