The Great Sun Golden Crow

"Heavenly Court... If the Heavenly Court plan succeeded, the Demon Race's foundation could truly catch up to the Witch Race's, perhaps even... surpass it, giving us the foundation to truly dominate the Primordial World."

At the thought, Dijun's heart burned with excitement. Then he remembered the promise the Lunar Goddess had made him.

As long as Dijun captured that Daluo of the Dragon Race and handed him over to Changxi to deal with, she would be willing to become Dijun's dao companion.

According to Dijun's investigation, Changxi had likely emerged into the world during the Dragon Han First Calamity and ventured through the Primordial World.

She had likely been oppressed by the Dragon Race during that time, which was why she had made such a strange demand.

That was also why Dijun had rushed to the East Sea without stopping after the second lecture at Zixiao.

Glancing at the River Diagram and Luo Book in his hands, Dijun adjusted his course.

Dijun was trying to calculate Ao Changsheng's location based on the various phenomena that had occurred in the East Sea when Ao Changsheng attained Daluo.

Back when he was a Daluo, Dijun might not have been able to accomplish such a thing, but now he had severed one corpse and become a Quasi-Sage...

"Found you!" The corners of Dijun's mouth curled upward as he fixed his gaze on the depths of the East Sea.

His figure flickered, and he transformed into a streak of rainbow light that sped away.

Deep in the East Sea.

Ao Changsheng, who was cultivating in seclusion, felt his eyelids twitch. He emerged from his cultivation and opened his eyes with a frown.

"Someone's calculating my location?" Ao Changsheng was somewhat surprised.

While he had been cultivating just now, his Primordial Spirit had suddenly stirred. Clearly, someone was calculating his location.

That alone would have been nothing unusual. Ever since Ao Changsheng attained Daluo and his identity as a member of the Dragon Race was exposed, people had calculated the secrets of heaven from time to time, trying to find his location.

But with the power of his cultivation ground, Ao Changsheng had long since erased the already faint karmic ties between himself and the Primordial World, sealing himself off from the secrets of heaven.

But this time...

Although it was very faint, someone had definitely locked onto his location.

"Did they... calculate the phenomena from when I attained Daluo instead of calculating my location directly?" Ao Changsheng made a quick calculation of his own and could not help being surprised.

"A clever approach..."

Ao Changsheng could not help offering a word of praise.

Although it was indeed possible to find his location from the faintest traces of those phenomena, still...

The phenomena in the East Sea back then had been the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World celebrating a newly ascended Daluo.

Calculating his location from the Heavenly Dao's phenomena was no feat an ordinary person could accomplish.

"A Daluo Golden Immortal definitely couldn't do this. It was probably a Quasi-Sage!" Ao Changsheng thought of the recently concluded second lecture at Zixiao.

"Who could it be?"

Ao Changsheng began to ponder. The Method of Severing the Three Corpses, which allowed one to reach the Quasi-Sage realm, had already begun to spread through the Primordial World.

But those who had already reached the Quasi-Sage realm were definitely few and far between.

Before Ao Changsheng could ponder for long, however, he saw a figure appear outside his cultivation ground.

"A Great Sun Golden Crow?"

Looking at the dense Great Sun presence outside his cultivation ground, Ao Changsheng could not help raising an eyebrow.

There were only two Great Sun Golden Crows in the Primordial World at present. He had already met one, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, so this one was naturally Dijun.

"That makes sense. Dijun's companion spirit treasures should be the River Diagram and Luo Book. Their power of calculation is definitely among the greatest in the Primordial World, so it's no surprise he could find this place that way."

But...

What puzzled Ao Changsheng was why Dijun had calculated his location, and why he seemed to harbor ill intentions.

There should have been no dealings between him and Dijun. The only thing that could be considered a grudge...

Was the time Eastern Emperor Taiyi had exposed his identity as a member of the Dragon Race. But surely he should have been the one who held a grudge against Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Dijun.

Why did it seem to be the other way around?

As these idle thoughts crossed his mind, Ao Changsheng casually formed an incarnation and sent it to the edge of his cultivation ground.

As for coming out of seclusion?

Not even Dao Ancestor Hongjun was important enough for that, so who the hell was Dijun?

"This is the place. That Daluo of the Dragon Race is hiding in here." Standing above the clouds, Dijun narrowed his eyes as he surveyed Ao Changsheng's cultivation ground before him.

"What an extraordinary technique."

Only after a long while did Dijun voice his admiration.

This stretch of heaven and earth was clearly right before his eyes, and he could see it all in perfect detail, yet when he used the River Diagram and Luo Book to calculate it...

He could not calculate even a blade of grass or a tree within this area of a billion li.

"To completely isolate a stretch of heaven and earth, severing all its heavenly secrets and karma from the outside world... What a technique."

Dijun suddenly felt that he really had underestimated the Dragon Race, the hegemon of the previous epoch. This extraordinary technique was simply inconceivable.

All at once, a trace of greed also arose in Dijun's heart for the Dragon Race treasures and inheritance that Ao Changsheng might possess.

The moment the thought arose, Dijun acted without hesitation. The Innate Spirit Treasure, the Great Sun Essence Wheel, appeared in his right hand.

Terrifying Great Sun Golden Flame filled the sky and swept straight toward the billion-li expanse ahead.

He had no intention of stepping into that billion-li area. Until he understood the Dragon Race's trump cards, Dijun dared not be the slightest bit careless, even when facing a mere Daluo.

Hiss, hiss-

The instant the Great Sun Golden Flame appeared in midair, its terrifying heat spread outward, and the boundless ocean around it began to boil and churn in mere moments.

Countless ordinary fish and shrimp surged and struggled frantically in the boiling water.

Firelight and white steam filled the scene. In an instant, the aftermath of Dijun's attack had turned the billion-li expanse into an apocalyptic sight.

"Fellow Daoist, why go this far?"

Suddenly, a sigh rang out between heaven and earth.

Ao Changsheng's incarnation appeared soundlessly before Dijun, black and white colors emerging in his eyes.

In the next instant, the heaven and earth for a billion li around them turned into an endless night.

The Great Sun Golden Flame filling the sky was swallowed by darkness in an instant, losing its dazzling light and terrifying heat.

The churning waters below instantly calmed and returned to their normal temperature, and the countless struggling sea creatures settled down as well.

Though by then, they were all fleeing rapidly in the opposite direction.

"You actually managed to extinguish my Great Sun Golden Flame. As expected of the Dragon Race's famed Eye of the Candle Dragon. But I didn't expect you to come out of your own accord."

In the darkness, boundless divine light radiated from Dijun, illuminating his surroundings. He looked at Ao Changsheng before him and spoke coldly.

As Dijun saw it, Ao Changsheng was a Daluo Golden Immortal and should have relied on the extraordinary defenses of his cultivation ground to resist him.

But he had not expected Ao Changsheng to dare appear before him of his own accord.

He probably... doesn't know I've become a Quasi-Sage! Dijun guessed.

After all, the Dragon Race had withdrawn from the world. Not a single member of the Dragon Race had attended even Hongjun's lectures, so it was perfectly normal for them to be out of touch.

"Since you've come out, get over here!"

Dijun gave a cold shout. A Golden Crow claw wreathed in Great Sun Golden Flame took shape before him and reached straight for Ao Changsheng.

"You think you can capture me with nothing but Law Power given form? You're looking down on me a little too much!" Ao Changsheng narrowed his eyes.

He immediately poured more Law Power into his Eye of the Candle Dragon Divine Ability.

The surrounding night deepened at once. Before the claw of Law Power Dijun had sent out could even reach Ao Changsheng, it was completely swallowed by the darkness.

"Huh! You actually blocked it?"

Dijun gave a soft exclamation and looked at Ao Changsheng in the distance with some surprise.

After all, he was a Quasi-Sage, and he cultivated the Method of Severing Corpses taught by Hongjun. After severing one corpse, he had used the power of an Innate Spirit Treasure to make great strides in his cultivation.

Even Law Power simply given form should have possessed might far beyond that of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

"You do have some skill!" Dijun narrowed his eyes, and the vast Law Power within him surged into the Great Sun Golden Wheel above his head.

The golden Dharma wheel, which had only been emitting wisps of sun flame, abruptly became a magnificent great sun.

Blazing True Sun Flame churned and rose, scorching the void and radiating boundless light as endless waves of heat swept in every direction.

Even the world of night created by Ao Changsheng's Eye of the Candle Dragon was now illuminated by that great sun as brightly as day.