"After merging with the Journey to the West world, I also obtained the cultivation method for the Somersault Cloud. For my main body, the Somersault Cloud is completely useless; flying anywhere else is much faster than using the Somersault Cloud. But this clone of mine is only at the mid-stage of the seventh rank, which is perfect for using the Somersault Cloud to travel!"
Wang Xuan glanced back at the streaks of light behind him, then used his Somersault Cloud technique, disappearing into the horizon in a few somersaults, leaving his pursuers far behind.
The Somersault Cloud is also a powerful flying technique. One somersault covers 108,000 li, which seems to be slower than the speed of light. However, with Wang Xuan's cultivation at the mid-stage of the seventh rank, he can perform dozens of somersaults per second when riding the Somersault Cloud, which is equivalent to ten times the speed of light!
Although the pursuers behind him were from the ancient dragon clan and their cultivation was a small realm higher than Wang Xuan's, they did not have a flying escape technique like the Somersault Cloud, and were ultimately left far behind by Wang Xuan.
Just a dozen breaths later, Wang Xuan had shaken off his pursuers and stopped flying, descending from the clouds.
He looked around and saw only barren mountains all around him, and he had no idea where he was.
As a dignified Golden Immortal, it was impossible for him to get lost. Wang Xuan released his divine sense and scanned the surroundings, taking in the entire screen that stretched for thousands of miles.
More than 1,000 miles ahead of him was a city of considerable size, which was just right for him to stay temporarily.
In addition, Wang Xuan made an unexpected discovery. He sensed a Taoist priest riding a black leopard flying towards him from more than 2,000 miles behind him.
The Taoist's cultivation level was not high, only at the late stage of the fifth rank, not even reaching the True Immortal realm. In Wang Xuan's eyes, he was just a weakling.
"Should I bother with this weakling cultivator?" Wang Xuan thought for a moment and decided to leave him alone. After all, Wang Xuan had just snatched twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls and was preparing to melt them down into innate essence.
However, in the instant Wang Xuan hesitated, the weak Taoist priest flew over a thousand kilometers away, only a few hundred miles from Wang Xuan, and shouted through his voice, "Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
Wang Xuan: "!!!"
These familiar words, especially in the world of Investiture of the Gods, made it impossible for Wang Xuan not to guess who it was.
"Damn it, I actually ran into this jinx! I'm having the worst luck today!" Wang Xuan said with a dark face. Without saying a word, he quickly flew towards the city in front of him, completely ignoring the Taoist priest behind him.
But the Taoist priest behind him persisted in chasing after him, shouting in a telepathic voice, "Fellow Taoist, please wait! I am Shen Gongbao, a disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. I have always enjoyed making friends. Why don't we sit down and have a chat?"
As expected, Shen Gongbao was a jinx. Wang Xuan was trying to avoid him, let alone be friends with him.
Looking back at the novel *Investiture of the Gods*, all of Shen Gongbao's friends were ultimately betrayed and killed by him. His signature phrase, "Fellow Daoist, please wait," was like a bird of death in the Styx River.
Even Wang Xuan was a little worried that although he had escaped quickly, he might have been tainted by Shen Gongbao's bad luck!
In less than a breath, Wang Xuan had already plunged into the city ahead. He concealed his aura and even used an invisibility spell to make himself undetectable.
As it turned out, Wang Xuan's actions were not unnecessary. He had only been in hiding for a short time when Shen Gongbao caught up with him in the city, using his divine sense to search for the whereabouts of his "fellow Daoist," Wang Xuan.
Shen Gongbao, that jinx, searched for a full half hour but still couldn't find any trace of Wang Xuan. He then sighed with regret, "What a pity. That fellow Daoist's cultivation had reached the Golden Immortal realm. If we could establish a relationship with him, we could have pulled him over to lend a hand when we fight with others in the future."
Chapter 280 Broom Star
Although Wang Xuan concealed his whereabouts, he had actually been secretly keeping an eye on Shen Gongbao's movements.
Although Shen Gongbao's sigh was slight, it was clearly heard by Wang Xuan's divine sense, and his face immediately turned black with anger.
Shen Gongbao is truly shameless. Luckily, Wang Xin ran fast, otherwise, when the Great Tribulation of the Gods begins, he would probably have to endure several of Shen Gongbao's unlucky treatments.
"By the way, Shen Gongbao is also an important pawn in the Investiture of the Gods, and he and Jiang Ziya were both in charge of the Investiture of the Gods. I wonder how his fortune will be?"
Wang Xuan was curious and secretly observed by activating his Golden Eyes of Luck.
Upon looking at him, he saw a pale blue aura above Shen Gongbao's head, which looked extremely ordinary.
The higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the more prosperous their fortune tends to be. Generally, most cultivators who can cultivate to the fifth level have a purple innate fortune, while cultivators with cyan fortune only account for a small portion.
"No, not to mention that Shen Gongbao was an important part of the Investiture of the Gods and possessed the great fortune of the Investiture of the Gods, just based on his identity as a disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, his fortune should be at least similar to that of a seventh-level Golden Immortal. He should have condensed a purple natal star, and then condensed several layers of fortune canopy on top of it!"
Wang Xuan frowned, realizing that someone had deliberately concealed Shen Gongbao's fortune. If he wasn't mistaken, it was definitely the work of Yuanshi Tianzun!
Yuanshi Tianzun took Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao, the two people who presided over the Investiture of the Gods, under his wing as nominal disciples. However, he deliberately kept the disciples of the Chan Sect at a distance from Shen Gongbao, allowing Shen Gongbao to associate with the immortals of the Jie Sect.
When the gods were conferred later, it was less that Shen Gongbao betrayed and joined the Jie Sect, and more that Yuanshi Tianzun deliberately forced him to go!
With the help of Shen Gongbao, the jinx, the masters of the Jie Sect were lured out one by one, and then surrounded and beaten to death by the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.
"The methods of a Primordial Golden Immortal are indeed extraordinary. Even with my Golden Eyes of Luck, no one could see through the Luck illusion above Shen Gongbao's head for a while!"
Wang Xuan became ruthless, and the main body of the Xuan Tian World poured its surging magical power into the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth.
Wang Xuan's true form has already reached the realm of a half-step Primordial Golden Immortal, only half a realm weaker than the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
With the help of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, a supreme treasure, his gaze swept through his clone in the Investiture of the Gods world and landed on Shen Gongbao's head.
The scene above Shen Gongbao's head suddenly distorted, replaced by a thick, purple natal fortune. This purple natal fortune shot up hundreds of feet high, forming a seven-layered canopy of fortune above it; its strength was astonishing.
What shocked Wang Xuan even more was that, in addition to Shen Gongbao's good fortune, there was also a rolling black misfortune shrouding him, trying to engulf him.
However, with the support of his powerful innate luck, those dark misfortunes could not have any effect on Shen Gongbao.
"He truly is a jinx! The misfortune surrounding Shen Gongbao is far too intense. It doesn't affect Shen Gongbao himself, who possesses the great fortune of being enshrined as a god, but it can affect those around him!"
In the future, all the masters of the Jie Sect were affected by Shen Gongbao's misfortune, so one by one they emerged died.
Once the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is over, Shen Gongbao's great fortune in the Investiture of the Gods will be gone. At that time, boundless misfortune will sweep in, and it will be difficult for Shen Gongbao to die even if he wants to.
In the original story of Investiture of the Gods, it was like this: after the war ended, Shen Gongbao was captured and used to fill the sea eye, never to be freed again, which was even more unacceptable than death.
"Cherish life, stay away from Shen Gongbao!" Wang Xuan withdrew his gaze, sighed inwardly, and stepped into a small tavern.
As for Shen Gongbao, after failing to find his fellow Daoist Wang Xuan, he left the small town directly.
"Old man, I came out to look for a friend but got lost. I don't know where this place is?" Wang Xuan asked someone at random.
After some questioning, he realized that he had actually arrived in the territory of Jizhou.
The small city he is in now is one of many cities within the fiefdom of Marquis Su Hu of Jizhou, and it is a distance of ten thousand miles from Jizhou City.
"This is truly a multiverse; the area of this world is immense. The Marquis of Yizhou, merely one of the hundreds of vassal states of the Shang Dynasty, possesses a territory that stretches tens of thousands of miles from east to west and approximately 100,000 miles from north to south—several times larger than the land area of Earth in my previous life!"
Moreover, the Shang Dynasty only occupied a small part of the eastern landmass, surrounded by the Eastern Yi, Western Di, Southern Man, and Northern Rong. Besides the eastern lands, there was also a western land area no smaller than the eastern lands, which was the territory of the two sages, Zhunti and Jieyin, but the land there was relatively barren.
After finding out the direction of Yizhou City, Wang Xuan flew directly towards it. Now that he was already here, he naturally wanted to see what the future demon concubine Su Daji looked like.
Of course, Wang Xuan was a gentleman, and he dared to swear on his integrity that he would never have any improper thoughts about Su Daji...
The distance of thousands of miles passed in the blink of an eye. Before long, Wang Xuan arrived at the backyard of Marquis Su Hu of Yizhou. With a sweep of his divine sense, he quickly spotted Su Daji's figure.
However, Su Daji was still very young, only about twelve or thirteen years old. She was a beautifully sculpted little girl who looked extremely adorable.
"It would be a pity if such a cute little girl were possessed by that nine-tailed fox and her soul was destroyed."
Wang Xuan carefully sensed his surroundings and, after confirming that no one was paying attention, he flicked his finger, and a stream of light flew into Su Daji's head.
Within that stream of light lay a cultivation technique taught by Wang Xuan, which could directly lead to the seventh-tier Golden Immortal realm.
With only a few years left before the curtain rises on the Investiture of the Gods, it is undoubtedly impossible for Su Daji to cultivate to the seventh-level Golden Immortal realm within a few years.
However, with the cultivation resources provided by Marquis Su Hu of Yizhou, it was not difficult for Su Daji to break through to the third-order Dao Realm and condense a complete primordial spirit within a few years; in fact, it was too easy.
When the Nine-Tailed Fox comes to possess him in the future, Wang Xuan can directly extract Su Daji's primordial spirit and then use his innate essence to create a primordial body for her, thus giving her a perfect ending.
Thinking of this, Wang Xuan secretly placed a mark on Su Daji. If the Nine-Tailed Fox came to possess her, it would automatically protect her primordial spirit, and Wang Xuan would also sense it.
Su Daji below was stunned. A strange cultivation method suddenly appeared in her mind, making this little loli a little uneasy.
Chapter 281 The Great Calamity Begins
Wang Xuan smiled and looked away when he saw Su Daji's dazed expression.
He did not leave Yizhou City, but instead found a secluded house within the city and settled there temporarily.
After setting up several formations to prevent outsiders from spying on him, Wang Xuan took out the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls.
The Sea-Stabilizing Pearls truly deserve to be called a treasure; just these twelve pearls combined are of a quality that reaches the level of a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure.
If we were to take the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls from Zhao Gongming's possession and complete a set of thirty-six, their quality would be upgraded to a top-grade innate spiritual treasure!
It should be noted that in the world of Investiture of the Gods, apart from the three great innate treasures and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, the top-grade innate spiritual treasures are the most precious treasures. The Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus of Merit used by the Western Sect to suppress fortune is only at this level!
"The Sea-Stabilizing Pearls are excellent, but they cannot be used openly. If I dare to use them in broad daylight, Zhao Gongming will definitely try to snatch them! After the Chan Sect's Vice Leader Randeng steals Zhao Gongming's twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls during the Investiture of the Gods, he will definitely also covet the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls in my possession."
"Moreover, if I use the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to fuse these twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls into innate essence, I can then create a natal innate spiritual treasure according to my preferences, which would be much more useful than the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls!"
Without much hesitation, Wang Xuan immediately connected with his original body in the Xuan Tian World, and instantly the illusory image of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth in his mind was connected with the original body of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth in the Xuan Tian World.
Wang Xuan threw all twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls directly into the illusory image of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth in his mind. After a shift in space and time, the Sea-Stabilizing Pearls disappeared from the Investiture of the Gods world and appeared in the Xuan Tian world.
After another year of refining, all twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls were melted down into pure innate essence, which was then fed back into the clones in the Investiture of the Gods world.
Wang Xuan held the primordial source in one hand, imprinting his soul mark into it while pulling and kneading it to change its shape.
Before long, an ancient and simple treasure cauldron appeared in his hand. It was formed from that primordial essence and was of mid-grade primordial spiritual treasure quality, the same grade as the twelve Sea-Stabilizing Pearls.
This precious cauldron was infused with Wang Xuan's soul essence when it was shaped, and it has become Wang Xuan's natal innate spiritual treasure. No one else can use it, and when he activates it, its power is three times greater than that of other innate spiritual treasures.
Wang Xuan chose to create a precious cauldron because a cauldron is arguably the most versatile treasure, capable of both attack and defense, as well as alchemy and weapon crafting.
Just like the Qiankun Cauldron in the primordial world, although its grade is one level lower than the three supreme treasures of Pangu Banner, Chaos Bell and Taiji Diagram, when the Ancestor Hongjun distributed treasures after his third sermon, he even gave away the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner, but kept the Qiankun Cauldron firmly in his hand, which shows how valuable this cauldron-shaped treasure is.
Indeed, this is true. When Nuwa created humans, she needed to borrow the Qiankun Cauldron from Hongjun, thus Hongjun gained merit for creating humans. When Nuwa refined five-colored stones to mend the sky, she again needed to borrow the Qiankun Cauldron, which brought Hongjun another merit for mending the sky.
"Now that the precious cauldron has been sculpted, it's time to give it a name. Should we call it the Chaos Cauldron or the Primordial Chaos Cauldron?" Wang Xuan gently tapped the cauldron with his fingers; his talent for naming things was indeed lacking.
After thinking for a moment, a sudden inspiration struck him: "From the beginning of my cultivation until now, I have only been able to get to where I am today thanks to the help of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth."
"Since that's the case, then I will name this precious cauldron the Eternal Cauldron, hoping it can accompany me on my journey to prove the Dao of Eternity!"
To name a mere mid-grade innate spiritual treasure the Eternal Cauldron seems somewhat unworthy of its name.
However, this is only temporary. As Wang Xuan acquires other innate spiritual treasures and refines them into innate essence, he can directly add them to the Eternal Cauldron, thereby improving the quality of the Eternal Cauldron.
I dare not say anything else, but at least after the Investiture of the Gods, it is a foregone conclusion that Wang Xuan will upgrade the Eternal Cauldron to the level of a Primordial Treasure.
The process of refining the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl and creating the Eternal Cauldron may seem simple, but it has actually taken three years.
Three years later, King Xin of Shang had firmly established himself on the throne and was known as King Zhou.
Three years later, the once adorable little girl Su Daji had grown into a beautiful and graceful young woman, stunning everyone with her beauty.
Wang Xuan frowned, feeling that there was something inexplicable in the world affecting his soul and making him somewhat irritable.
"This is calamity energy! I didn't expect that calamity energy has already permeated the entire world. The Great Calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is about to begin!" Wang Xuan was extremely familiar with this situation. He had been in control of the Xuan Tian World for thousands of years, and hundreds of years ago he personally manipulated the Heavenly Dao to carry out a minor calamity!
He released his divine sense and swept around, and sure enough, he heard people talking in the taverns of Yizhou City that not long ago, King Zhou of Shang went to the Nuwa Temple to worship and wrote a sensual poem!
Isn't this the official beginning of the Investiture of the Gods?!