Reclaiming Five Spirit Orbs! Peeping Exposed!

West Kunlun, within a pool of water.

The Queen Mother of the West's peerlessly beautiful face flushed crimson, her eyes brimming with indignation.

She felt certain her speculation was correct!

After all, the three fellow cultivators next door certainly met the cultivation requirements.

If she could just determine which of them was more skilled in formations, then that would surely be the culprit.

"Hmph! Taking advantage and then trying to run—where do you find such a good deal?"

The Queen Mother of the West let out a cold snort, her graceful figure rising from the pool with a wave of her jade hand, a luxurious long dress already draping over her.

Once fully dressed, she stepped directly out of the mist.

Before leaving West Kunlun, she made a point to check.

The great formation guarding West Kunlun was intact, with no signs of forced assault.

This matched her speculation exactly.

Whoever had come must have a profound mastery of formations.

Only then could they have infiltrated West Kunlun silently and undetected.

Unfortunately, she hadn't caught the intruder red-handed; instead, they had escaped.

At this thought, the Queen Mother of the West grew even more furious and humiliated. Who knew how much that hidden figure had seen!

Such a despicable little thief could not be let off lightly.

So she flew directly toward East Kunlun.

Meanwhile, having just left West Kunlun, Tongtian glanced back with lingering unease.

Good thing he had fled quickly and hadn't been caught red-handed by the Queen Mother of the West.

A dignified Pangu Sect Disciple, caught peeping on a female immortal bathing.

If that rumor got out, he would be utterly disgraced.

"What the hell, how awkward! I was just planning to pay a visit—who could have expected this?"

Tongtian wore a look of speechlessness. Was his luck acting up?

Could such a low-probability event really happen to him?

At least he had run fast; the Queen Mother of the West probably didn't know it was him.

Just as Tongtian was fretting over this matter, he suddenly sensed a peculiar spiritual resonance coming from a distant mountain forest.

He looked surprised. Could there be an unclaimed spiritual treasure in the Kunlun Mountains?

Hurrying in that direction, he soon spotted a patch of gray mist spreading across the ground.

At the center of the mist, a dim, hazy spiritual pearl hovered.

"Sigh! Is my luck good or bad?"

"Just stepping out for a stroll, and I run into a spiritual pearl?"

Tongtian was a bit dazed. After a moment's examination, he recognized it as the Earth Elemental Pearl, one of the Innate Five Elemental Pearls.

It was also a high-grade innate spiritual treasure.

It contained the profound power of the Law of Earth.

With a wave of his hand, Tongtian collected the Earth Elemental Pearl.

He had already obtained one pearl from the Sun Star and one from the Taiyin Star, and now this one.

That meant three of the Innate Five Elemental Pearls were now in his possession.

This instantly pushed the awkwardness of West Kunlun from his mind, leaving him in high spirits.

It seemed he was fated to cross paths with the Innate Five Elemental Pearls.

Three pearls had come to him in succession, and the last two surely wouldn't escape his grasp either.

Once he gathered all five, he would have another top-grade innate spiritual treasure of boundless power!

The convergence of five high-grade innate spiritual treasures would surpass even an ordinary top-grade one in might.

Was this the blessing of being a Pangu Sect Disciple?

No doubt about it—it felt great!

With this gain, Tongtian decided not to linger in the Kunlun Mountains. Instead, he resolved to return into seclusion and refine the treasure.

At the same time, it was to avoid the Queen Mother of the West.

She had already discovered that someone had seen her bathing. If he were caught, even if it was a misunderstanding, he feared he wouldn't be able to talk his way out of it.

To be safe, going back into seclusion was the better option.

So without another word, Tongtian returned to the Kunlun Mountains and began his secluded cultivation.

The first thing to refine was the Reincarnation Seal!

The vast amount of Heavenly Dao Merit he had earned could be entirely attributed to the Reincarnation Seal.

Moreover, as a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, it inherently possessed extremely powerful might.

If he could fully refine it, it would undoubtedly elevate Tongtian's combat power to another level.

However, fully refining a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure was no simple task.

Tongtian's current cultivation was not weak, but to completely refine it, even a single Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure would likely take hundreds or thousands of years.

Tongtian was unwilling to bear this time cost.

He had more than one Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure in his possession; if he refined them all, it would probably take ten thousand years.

That would surely cause him to miss the Dao-Demon War entirely.

Aside from slowly refining with mana, Tongtian had another method: using the Heavenly Dao Merit he possessed to shorten the time needed to refine the treasures.

Without much thought, Tongtian decided to adopt this extravagantly wasteful approach.

Simply put, although Heavenly Dao Merit was precious, he still knew many ways to earn it.

In comparison, time was far more valuable to him now.

Thus, Tongtian immediately extracted a massive amount of Heavenly Dao Merit and poured it all into the Reincarnation Seal.

This caused the restrictions within the Reincarnation Seal to be rapidly refined.

Any spiritual treasure, regardless of grade, contained special restrictions.

To fully unleash a treasure's power, one had to refine all these restrictions!

Acquired Spiritual Treasures contained 1 to 24 restrictions; the more restrictions, the greater the power.

25 to 36 restrictions marked Innate Spiritual Treasures!

As for Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, their restrictions reached an astonishing 37 to 48!

If there were 49 restrictions, it would be an Innate Supreme Treasure!

The Reincarnation Seal, being a powerful treasure even among Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, contained a full 45 restrictions.

Only by refining all 45 restrictions could one unleash its power to one hundred percent.

With the support of a vast amount of Heavenly Dao Merit, Tongtian refined 35 of those restrictions in one go.

But the remaining 10 restrictions were clearly on a different level of difficulty from the previous ones.

Even though he still had plenty of Heavenly Dao Merit, Tongtian could only rely on time to slowly wear them down.

In the remaining time, Tongtian refined his other treasures one by one.

In particular, the three High-Grade Innate Spiritual Pearls in his possession were not difficult for him to refine.

In the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed swiftly.

Tongtian's mastery over the many treasures in his hands had also reached a higher level.

He planned to spend the remaining time cultivating, hoping to gain new insights.

However, a disturbance came from outside his cave dwelling.

Tongtian sensed that Xihe, Changxi, and Ao Li had arrived outside his cave, which piqued his curiosity.

Could the three women have business with him?

After a moment's thought, he ended his secluded cultivation and went out to meet them.

His gaze swept over the three women, and Tongtian looked pleased.

Among them, the sisters Xihe and Changxi had already broken through to the Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

They were only a step away from the Late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

"It seems your seclusion this time has truly yielded great results."

"Congratulations to you both, fellow daoists."

Tongtian said with a cupped-hand salute.

Xihe quickly returned the gesture: "Fellow daoist, you are too kind. Without your generous help, we sisters would never have achieved such a tremendous improvement."

"We should be the ones thanking you, fellow daoist!"

Changxi also chimed in agreement: "Fellow daoist not only brought us to the Primordial World but also cared so much about our cultivation."

"Such kindness—we truly don't know how to repay it."

Tongtian chuckled and said, "You two are too polite. Since you trusted me, I naturally wouldn't let you down."

"As for gratitude, there's no need."

He had long had plans for the two women.

Given their current relationship, if he left Kunlun Mountain, they would likely follow him.

That way, the Jie Sect could gain two more Innate Great Beings to hold the fort!

He already had some plans for the Jie Sect. This time, the Jie Sect absolutely could not accept too many disciples.

Otherwise, with a mix of good and bad, in the end, it would only drag down the Jie Sect's fortune.

And Ao Li and the other two women were all part of his plan.

"I've also broken through to the Mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal."

At this moment, Ao Li stepped forward and spoke with joy on her face.

Tongtian nodded, then asked with curiosity, "You summoned me out—is there something you need?"

Ao Li flipped her palm, and in the center of it, a Ren Water Peach suddenly appeared.

This Ren Water Peach shimmered with spiritual essence, its luster looking extremely tempting.

The moment it was brought out, a special fragrance spread through the air.

With Tongtian's eyesight, he naturally recognized it as a spiritual fruit.

And not just any—it was a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Fruit.

Taking it and tossing it directly into his mouth, the Ren Water Peach instantly transformed into streams of pure, exquisite spiritual essence, rapidly spreading throughout his body.

"This is the fruit of the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root, the Ren Water Peach Tree."

"Where did you three find this?"

Tongtian was full of surprise. He had been thinking of finding a few Ren Water Peaches to taste himself.

Who would have thought that Ao Li and the other two actually had some in hand?

Could it be that the three women had also gone to West Kunlun?

Ao Li chuckled and said, "The three of us met an elder sister in Kunlun Mountain."

"She chatted with us for a while, then gave the three of us these Ren Water Peaches."

Was there really such a good thing?

It couldn't be that the Queen Mother of the West had so many Ren Water Peaches that she just handed them out to everyone she met, could it?

Thinking this, Tongtian suddenly had a bad feeling.

Could it be that his own matter had been exposed?

"And then?"

"Did this elder sister ask you any questions?"

Tongtian pressed further.

Ao Li paused in thought, recalling for a moment, then said, "Yes!"

"That elder sister was very curious about the Three Pure Ones, so she kept asking about the situation of you three brothers, master."

Xihe smiled and added, "The elder sister also said that if you had free time, she hoped to get to know you, Fellow Daoist Tongtian."

Tongtian was stunned upon hearing this. Needless to say, he had definitely been exposed.

Otherwise, the Queen Mother of the West wouldn't have spoken to the three women like that.

This was a bit uncomfortable!

But thinking it over carefully, Kunlun Mountain was only so big, and the only ones capable of entering West Kunlun were the three of them brothers.

The problem was that Laozi and Yuanshi had been in seclusion this whole time. He couldn't even pin this black pot on Laozi and Yuanshi even if he wanted to!

He had no idea what kind of image he had in the eyes of this Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West now.

If this misunderstanding couldn't be cleared up, wouldn't his hard-earned reputation be ruined?

Tongtian felt deeply troubled inside.

He should have known better than to recklessly barge into West Kunlun. It would have been better to just speak plainly and ask the Queen Mother of the West to meet him face to face.

But how was he supposed to know that the Queen Mother of the West would be bathing outside her own Dao field!

Sigh!

Anyway, it was useless to say more now. At least the Queen Mother of the West had spared his face and hadn't directly brought up that incident.

Otherwise, he would definitely be mortified right now.

"This elder sister's Dao field is right on West Kunlun, very close to us."

"Should we pay her a visit?"

Ao Li's eyes flickered as she looked at Tongtian's slightly troubled expression. She felt a bit puzzled.

Could it be that Tongtian and the Queen Mother of the West already knew each other?

Xihe also smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West said we are always welcome to visit West Kunlun."

Tongtian cleared his throat lightly and flatly refused, "Another time!"

"I still need to focus on my cultivation."

"I definitely won't have the time to pay a visit anytime soon."

"If you encounter that fellow cultivator again, don't forget to thank her for her kindness on my behalf."

Upon hearing this, Xihe and Changxi had no suspicion at all and directly nodded in agreement.

It seemed they had gotten along quite well with the Queen Mother of the West.

But for Tongtian, this was somewhat troublesome.

The main issue was that he had no idea how to explain such a matter.

"It's just a visit—it shouldn't take up much time, right?"

Ao Li said with a strange expression.

Tongtian's evasiveness only made her feel that her guess might very well be correct.

Tongtian glanced at her and said with a serious face, "The Great Tribulation of the Worlds has not yet fully ended."

"At this moment, the most important thing is to seize the time to improve one's cultivation."

"Only then can one preserve oneself wisely amidst the tribulation."

Ao Li lowered her head, listening to Tongtian's lecture, and dared not say more.

After all, her status was still different from that of Xihe and the other woman.

She could only obediently submit to Tongtian's authority.

"You don't know this, but there is surely another great battle to come between Senior Hongjun and the Western Rahou."

"This Rahou is insidious and cunning, and his actions are utterly unrestrained."

"He can be called a ruthless and merciless man. When the time comes, I may have to go to the Western World myself to lend Senior Hongjun a hand."

"So I must improve my strength as quickly as possible!"

Tongtian explained seriously, his expression earnest.

This reasoning was perfectly sound, so Xihe and Changxi did not dwell on the matter any further.

After all, Kunlun Mountain was only so big, and they were all neighbors—there would surely be a chance to visit in the future.

Ao Li also felt that Tongtian's words made sense, but she still keenly noticed one thing.

That was that Tongtian seemed somewhat reluctant to go to West Kunlun.

But she had no intention of investigating such matters—she was just a mount, after all. What right did she have to speak?

"The war among the three clans has ended. How is the Dragon Clan faring now?"

Ao Li thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

As the eldest princess of the Dragon Clan, even though she had become Tongtian's mount, she still cared deeply about her clan.

Earlier, Tongtian had gone straight into seclusion, and she hadn't had the chance to ask much.

Now that the opportunity arose, she immediately wanted to know how the Dragon Clan was doing.

Tongtian shook his head and said, "I don't know the specifics either."

"But it is true that the Three Clan Leaders have all achieved Liberation by Violence and perished into the world."

"Moreover, the war among the three clans swept across the entire Primordial World, turning countless living beings into wandering souls adrift in the heavens. All these karmic debts must be repaid by the three clans."

"In my opinion, the three clans will likely have to retreat from the Primordial World from now on."

Upon hearing this, Ao Li's expression immediately turned grim.

So that meant none of the three clans had actually won!

Then all those years of conflict—had they all been for nothing?

Xihe and Changxi were also utterly shocked. They had heard quite a bit over the years about how powerful the three clans were.

Who would have thought that such mighty clans would end up in such a state?

It was truly a lamentable turn of events.

Ao Li's face turned somewhat pale as she said, "No wonder I've been feeling uneasy all this time."

"So that's the reason."