"Di Jun, Tai Yi, why are you blocking my way? Do you want to start a fight?" Wang Xuan said expressionlessly, without the slightest panic.
Don't underestimate this clone of him; when he first arrived at Zixiao Palace, this clone already possessed the strength of the early stage of the ninth rank.
Although Wang Xuan was deliberately shielded from the sermons by Ancestor Hong and could not hear them, his own cultivation level was still there. Fortunately, while others were listening to the sermons, he cultivated diligently for three thousand years, raising the strength of this clone to the mid-stage of the ninth rank.
With the Chaos Treasure Eternal Cauldron in hand, killing Di Jun and Tai Yi would be a piece of cake.
Of course, Wang Xuan was only thinking about it; he wouldn't actually kill Di Jun and Tai Yi. After all, these two brothers were among the main protagonists of the Lich War, possessing great fortune, and the Hongjun Ancestor would never watch them die prematurely.
Di Jun's heart skipped a beat. He felt a sudden, inexplicable palpitation, a warning from his intuition!
"This guy is indeed unfathomable; we must win him over!" Di Jun thought to himself, then said with a smile, "Brother, you misunderstand. The reason we blocked your path is to invite you to join our demon race!"
At this time in the primordial world, the demon race had begun to rise, becoming the second strongest race in the world. However, compared with the witch race, the demon race was still much weaker.
No matter how strong Di Jun and Tai Yi are, they are still just two people. How could they possibly defeat the Twelve Ancestral Witches?!
The Ancestral Witches' cultivation was comparable to that of Emperor Jun and the others. They followed the path of proving the Dao through force. Even though Emperor Jun and the others possessed the Chaos Bell and the River Chart and Luo Book, they could only deal with a maximum of five Ancestral Witches.
The reason why the demon race was able to rival the witch race in the future was because Fuxi, Nuwa, and the demon master Kunpeng joined the race one after another. In addition, Dijun won over the two moon goddesses, Xihe and Changxi, through marriage. This is why their top combat power was no weaker than that of the twelve ancestral witches!
To win over Wang Xuan and Nuwa, Di Jun went to great lengths, even weakening the two emperors: "If you two siblings are willing to join the demon race, Fuxi can become the Xi Emperor of our demon race, and Nuwa can become the Wa Emperor of our demon race, with the same status as the two of us!"
This condition looks very tempting. After joining the demon race, one can share in the great fortune of the demon race, and the cultivation speed will be greatly improved.
If it were the original Fuxi, he certainly wouldn't have been able to resist this temptation, but Wang Xuan was different. His true body had already broken through to the tenth rank, and what was here was just an avatar. No matter how much luck he received, it was impossible for his true body to make a substantial breakthrough.
Having reached the tenth-order Hunyuan Wuji Da Luo Golden Immortal realm, even if Wang Xuan raised the strength of this clone to the ninth-order perfect realm and merged it into his main body, it would be impossible for it to increase its cultivation by the slightest.
To advance one's cultivation, one must elevate one's Dao!
"You should go find someone else. My sister and I have no intention of joining the demon race." Wang Xuan refused outright and turned to leave with Nuwa.
Di Jun still had a smile on his face, but his expression turned gloomy after Wang Xuan and Nuwa had walked away.
"These two are really ungrateful. We promised to treat them as equals with us, but they still refused. It's like they're slapping us in the face!"
Taiyi was also furious, holding the Chaos Sword in his hand, his eyes gleaming with ferocity: "Brother, why don't we just go all the way and kill them all? Then when Zixiao Palace holds its next lecture, two seats will be available, one for each of us!"
Upon hearing this, Di Jun was somewhat tempted, but ultimately restrained himself and said, "Those two siblings are formidable and not to be trifled with, especially that Fuxi, whose cultivation has probably already broken through to the early stage of the ninth rank. We are currently only at the perfect stage of the eighth rank, so we may not be their match."
“Even if our cultivation is a minor realm lower than Fuxi’s, with the Chaos Bell and the Hetu Luoshu, our strength may not be weaker than his!” Taiyi said unconvinced. “Besides, our demon race may lack other things, but we have a large population. The Ten Great Demon Gods have already broken through to the eighth-order Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and there are countless seventh-order Golden Immortals. If we set up the Hetu Luoshu Formation to besiege them, we have at least an 80% chance of killing them!”
Leaving aside the debate between Di Jun and Tai Yi, after Wang Xuan brought Nuwa to the prehistoric world, he first returned to their birthplace, Mount Buzhou.
At this time, the innate divine restriction surrounding Buzhou Mountain has dissolved, and any being with a cultivation level of the seventh-order Golden Immortal realm can freely enter and exit.
Mount Buzhou can be called the number one blessed land in the primordial world. The richness of its spiritual energy surpasses even that of the Three Immortal Islands in the East Sea!
Wang Xuan immediately established a cave dwelling on this spot, where he both comprehended the Great Dao and refined precious treasures.
He took out that innate gourd vine, which had absorbed the chaotic essence for over ten thousand years. Today, the gourd vine possesses some of the characteristics of a chaotic spiritual root, and the quality of several gourds has been improved to a certain extent.
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This innate gourd vine was ultimately damaged at its source during the Great Calamity of Creation, and its quality irreversibly declined.
Even though Wang Xuan had nurtured it with chaotic essence for over ten thousand years, it had only recovered slightly. To take it a step further and reach the level of a chaotic spiritual root was simply impossible.
Since the quality of the gourd vines had reached its limit these days, Wang Xuan naturally stopped raising them and instead picked all the gourds, preparing to refine them into a supreme treasure!
"The gourd that was finally born is of the Chaos attribute, and it contains a small piece of Chaos. It is simply a weakened version of the Chaos Pearl. It can be used as a carrier for a supreme treasure." Wang Xuan played with the small gourd in his hand, and then extracted the essence of several other gourds and poured it into the gourd of the Chaos attribute.
Those gourds each possessed the attributes of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang. In the original story, they were divided up by the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Hongyun, and others. As for the smallest gourd with the attribute of Chaos, it was cut off before it could even be conceived, and even the gourd vine was refined into a magic weapon by Nuwa.
Now, Wang Xuan has exclusively possessed this innate gourd vine. He refined several gourds into one, and infused the Yin-Yang and Five Elements attributes into the chaotic space, directly giving birth to a world. The quality of this treasure has also jumped to the level of a chaotic spiritual treasure!
Of course, Chaos Treasures are also divided into different grades. The Pangu Banner, Taiji Diagram, Chaos Bell, God-Slaying Spear, and the Four Swords of Immortal Slaughter are the strongest. The Qiankun Cauldron and the Eternal Cauldron refined by Wang Xuan are slightly weaker. As for the Chaos Treasure in front of us, it is even weaker, barely reaching the level of a Chaos Treasure.
“This treasure contains a world within it, a universe of its own, so let’s name it the Qiankun Gourd.” Wang Xuan closed his eyes to meditate, comprehending the laws inherent within the Qiankun Gourd.
This was still a Chaos Treasure, even if it was one of the weakest ones. The profound laws contained within it still brought Wang Xuan great benefits.
More than two thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. Wang Xuan's soul communicated with his physical body, and with the help of the enlightenment function of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, he finally comprehended all the laws inside the Qiankun Gourd, and his cultivation level improved as a result.
His main body, located deep within the chaos, has now reached the peak of the early stage of the tenth rank. As for his clone in the primordial world, it has also broken through to the late stage of the ninth rank.
According to the realm classification of Hongjun Laozu, the ninth-order Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm is called Quasi-Saint, and the ninth-order Perfect realm is called Sub-Saint!
In the entire primordial world, only a handful of saints will appear. Apart from those saints, Wang Xuan's clone can already roam freely.
After thoroughly understanding the profound laws within the Qiankun Gourd, this chaotic spiritual treasure was no longer of much use to Wang Xuan.
He possesses the Eternal Cauldron, a natal Chaos Spiritual Treasure, and even the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, which was once an Eternal Treasure. Although its quality has declined, it is still the most powerful Chaos Treasure!
Chaotic treasures are not necessarily better the more you have. Previously, Ancestor Hongjun had a large number of chaotic treasures, but he simply did not have enough mental energy and time to refine them to the point of being able to communicate with them. That's why Ancestor Yangmei easily took them all.
Hongjun Laozu learned from this lesson. After his third sermon at Zixiao Palace, he gave away the Pangu Banner, the Taiji Diagram, and the Four Swords of Zhuxian, leaving only the Jade Disc of Creation and the Qiankun Cauldron.
Wang Xuan wouldn't repeat the same mistake, so after thinking it over, he directly gave the Qiankun Gourd to Nuwa.
Since Nuwa was born, she has never had a suitable treasure. Moreover, because of Wang Xuan, when Hongjun the Ancestor distributes the treasures in the future, he may not bestow the Map of Mountains and Rivers upon Nuwa.
Nuwa held the Qiankun Gourd, beaming with joy. Obtaining a Chaos Treasure was something countless gods and demons longed for!
Several hundred years passed, and Nuwa completed the initial refining of the Qiankun Gourd. At this time, the second sermon at Zixiao Palace was about to begin.
Wang Xuan did not go to listen to the Dao. Since Hongjun Laozu had deliberately prevented him from listening to the Dao, he would gain nothing even if he went, so why bother to make things uncomfortable?
Instead, Nuwa couldn't wait to set off, transforming into a stream of light and flying towards the heavens.
Compared to the first time the sermon was given at Zixiao Palace, the innate gods and demons who went to listen to the sermon have all broken through to the eighth-order perfect realm.
Top-tier innate gods and demons like the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti have already broken through to the early stage of the ninth rank, and their speed is more than a hundred times faster than before.
Even if Nuwa was only an avatar in the prehistoric world, she still possessed the strength of the eighth-order perfect realm. Flying to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao would only take a few decades.
"Now that the most powerful people in the primordial world have all gone to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao, it's the perfect opportunity for me to raid their base!"
Wang Xuan set off in high spirits, heading first to the lair of Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of earth immortals—Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple!
Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun now live together at Wuzhuang Temple. The two best buddies are very close and don't take in any disciples or young disciples to act as third wheels. All they have is a defensive formation to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
This defensive formation is based on the innate treasure Earth Book and the innate spiritual root Ginseng Fruit Tree, and it borrows the earth vein dragon energy, making it incredibly powerful. Even if a powerhouse at the early stage of the ninth rank came, it would take tens of thousands of years to break this formation.
However, for Wang Xuan, breaking the formation was far too easy. His clone already possessed the strength of a late-stage ninth-tier cultivator, and with the Chaos Treasure Eternal Cauldron in hand, he directly withstood the formation's attack power, penetrated deep into the formation, and retrieved the Earth Book.
"The Earth Book is one of the three books of Heaven, Earth, and Man. When the three books are combined, they can transform into a chaotic spiritual treasure. It also contains extremely profound laws of the Great Dao, which will greatly benefit my cultivation." Wang Xuan probed the Earth Book with his divine sense, stimulating the original body deep in the chaos and activating the enlightenment function of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth.
Centuries have passed, and he has completely analyzed the laws within the Earth Book, leaving no secrets whatsoever.
Therefore, Wang Xuan extended his evil claws to the Ginseng Fruit Tree. This innate spiritual root was a fallen Chaos Spiritual Root, and the laws contained within it were profound, even surpassing those of the Book of Earth.
It took Wang Xuan a full eight hundred years to fully comprehend the laws within the Earth Book. He then turned and flew towards the Sun Star.
There is a Fusang tree on the Sun Star, which is also one of the ten innate spiritual roots. It was formed from a Chaos Spiritual Root that fell to a lower grade.
"Brother Dijun, Brother Taiyi, you two are so careless! The Fusang tree at home is left unattended. I'll go and look after it for you!"
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The Fusang Tree is one of the ten innate spiritual roots, and the brothers Dijun and Taiyi have always regarded it as their lifeblood.
Unfortunately, this trip to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao will last for thousands of years, and they will no longer be able to take care of the Fusang Tree at all times. Therefore, they have set up layer upon layer of defensive formations around the Fusang Tree.
These formations naturally couldn't stop Wang Xuan's progress. He marched recklessly, breaking through all the formations, and walked to the side of the Fusang tree, where he released his divine sense to comprehend the profound laws within.
Eight hundred years later, Wang Xuan turned and left, having completely and thoroughly integrated the laws within the Fusang Tree.
On the Sun Star there is the Fusang Tree, and correspondingly, on the Moon Star there is also this top-tier innate spiritual root, the innate Laurel Tree.
It also took Wang Xun a full 800 years to thoroughly comprehend the profound mysteries of the laws within the Innate Laurel Tree. Furthermore, his main body was in seclusion deep within the Chaos, constantly immersed in profound enlightenment, finally causing a qualitative change in Wang Xuan's Great Dao!
If someone stood in front of Wang Xuan's true form, they would see a hazy, long river of the Great Dao floating above his head and plunging into the void.
That's the Dao that Wang Xuan transformed into, a Dao that belongs only to him!
It would take an ordinary cultivator hundreds of millions of years to break through from the early stage of the tenth-order Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm to the middle stage, but Wang Xuan accomplished it in just over 10,000 years.
His rapid cultivation speed was entirely due to the enlightenment function of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, which allowed him to immerse himself in deep enlightenment at all times.
Even when Hongjun Laozu merged with the Dao, he only had a mid-stage tenth-level cultivation when he gave his second sermon at Zixiao Palace, which was not much stronger than Wang Xuan.
"My main body's cultivation has reached the mid-tenth rank, and this avatar of mine in the Primordial World has also reached the ninth rank of perfection, comparable to a Saint!" Wang Xuan smiled with satisfaction and set off to fly away from Taiyin Star.
If they don't leave soon, the two goddesses on the Moon Star will return, and if they are caught red-handed, although Wang Xuan is not afraid, he will inevitably be embarrassed.
As the second sermon in Zixiao Palace came to an end, a tremendous change occurred in the primordial world. The source of this change was the top of Buzhou Mountain, where layers of heavenly palaces and pavilions faintly appeared, signifying the birth of the celestial realm!
The Thirty-Third Heaven is the seat of the Heavenly Court. Emperor Jun and Taiyi led the demon race to take over the Thirty-Third Heaven and established the Demon Heavenly Court, which greatly increased their power in a short time.
Kunpeng Daoist voluntarily joined the demon race. Because of his great merit in creating demon script, he was revered by the demons as a demon master.
Other demon gods such as Bai Ze and Ji Meng also took their places, causing the power of the demon race to snowball and expand several times over in a very short time.
After failing to persuade Wang Xuan and Nuwa to join the demon race, Di Jun turned his attention to cultivating relationships with other powerful figures in Zixiao Palace who were listening to his teachings. These included figures like Jieyin, Zhunti, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun.
As long as the two top experts from the past are recruited into the demon race, the demon race will have the resources to contend with the witch race!
However, Jieyin and Zhunti are cunning and treacherous. They will accept any benefit without hesitation, but as for joining the demon race, they are unwilling to do so no matter what.
As for Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, these two best buddies, they ultimately did not choose to join the demon race, because of the demon master Kunpeng.
Before the first sermon at Zixiao Palace, Daoist Hongyun voluntarily gave up his seat to Jieyin, which caused Kunpeng to also be affected and lose a seat.
Therefore, Kunpeng not only hated Jieyin and Zhunti, but also regarded Hongyun as an enemy.
With the demon master Kunpeng causing trouble, it would be strange if Jieyin, Zhunti, or Hongyun were able to join the demon race.
However, the rise of the demon race is an inevitable trend. As Hongjun Laozu said, the general trend in the prehistoric world cannot be changed, but the minor trends can be changed.
As a result, thanks to Di Jun's repeated efforts, two top-level experts actually joined the demon race: the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother!
In the original primordial legends, the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother were appointed by the Hongjun Ancestor as the leaders of all immortals. They were regarded as great enemies by Dijun and Taiyi, who plotted to ambush and kill the Eastern King Duke.
The Queen Mother of the West, unable to act alone and fearing the power of the demon race, had no choice but to temporarily endure. Eventually, she entered the Heavenly Court and assisted the Jade Emperor in ruling the Three Realms.
In this current timeline, Fuxi and Nuwa have not joined the demon race, and the demon race is too weak to contend with the witch race. Naturally, it is impossible for Hongjun Ancestor to appoint the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother as the leaders of all immortals.
With Emperor Jun promising two imperial thrones in Heaven, the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother happily joined the demon race, making the demon race powerful enough to rival the witch race.