Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

Chapter 278 True Spirit Identity, Common Enemy

Bai Jing and Yang Mei Da Xian also shared some incense offerings.

Back when the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court was at its zenith, Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi attacked Dongwanggong's Celestial Court, forcing Dongwanggong to self-destruct.

Because of the self-destruction of the Eastern King Duke, the void trembled, and the former Daoist temple of Yang Mei Daxian, Fangzhang Island, was "blasted" out. Bai Jing took the opportunity to go to Fangzhang Island and obtained many good things. The Jianmu tree that supports the primordial world was also obtained at that time.

However, the incarnation left behind by Yang Mei Daxian once said that Bai Jing had repaid his karmic debt by supporting the primordial world with the Jianmu tree, and there was no karmic connection between them. Therefore, Bai Jing had no reservations when facing Yang Mei Daxian.

The fate of this broken true spirit now rests in his hands; Bai Jing could erase its existence at any moment.
Master Yangmei was naturally aware of this, which is why he appeared so anxious.

Encountering Bai Jing amidst the chaos today was outside of Yang Mei Da Xian's plan.

To be honest, at first, Immortal Yangmei did not take Bai Jing seriously. In Immortal Yangmei's view, Bai Jing's cultivation was three major realms lower than his own, and his only reliance was the Four Extremes Venerable. This item's defensive power was indeed amazing, and Immortal Yangmei knew that he could not break the Four Extremes Venerable.

But in Yangmei Daxian's view, no matter how strong Bai Jing's defense is, he can only protect himself and cannot do anything else.

Yang Mei the Great Immortal felt he could easily restrain Bai Jing, after all, he controlled the Great Dao of Time and Space, and Bai Jing would absolutely not be able to break through his restrictions or interfere with his actions.

What Yangmei the Immortal didn't expect was that Bai Jing actually possessed the inheritance of Pangu.

With the eight axe marks containing the essence of the Great Dao, and Bai Jing's own absorption and purification of the Great Dao, Bai Jing easily shattered his spacetime prison, arrived in front of the Xuan Turtle, and regained the initiative.

Methods like fixing time and space with the Four Extremes Square Venerable, reversing time, or pausing time are useless against Bai Jing, unless time itself, along with the chaotic time, is reversed.

However, if he does this, the consumption of his half-step Heavenly Dao Realm cultivation will be enormous, and it is uncertain whether he will be able to suppress Bai Jing later.

Therefore, Master Yangmei chose to negotiate with Bai Jing.

"Fellow Daoist, could you please show mercy and spare my friend's life?"

"Is this true spirit a friend of Fellow Daoist Yangmei?" Bai Jing asked with interest.

Yangmei Daxian knew that the initiative was in Bai Jing's hands. Faced with Bai Jing's question, he nodded without hesitation: "Yes, he is my good friend. In the past, when Pangu created the world, most of the Chaos Gods perished, and only a few survived."

Among the Chaos Gods, besides Pangu, the one with the highest cultivation level, Shi Chen's true spirit drifted into the River of Time and merged with it. He was not completely destroyed, but he was not considered alive either.

There are a few others like me who were reborn in the new primordial world. The Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Demon Ancestor Luohou, whom you are familiar with, are among them.

The remaining Chaos Gods, including the most immortal ones, Karma and Destiny, all perished completely.

This fragmented true spirit is the Yin-Yang Daoist who reincarnated with me in the primordial world.

"Is he Yin Yang?" Bai Jing asked, somewhat surprised.

"Exactly!"

"Did Yin and Yang not perish in the struggle between Dao and Demon?"

"Naturally, he perished. However, Fellow Daoist Yin Yang was born with the power to control the Great Dao of Yin and Yang, which is quite compatible with the Taiji diagram that was formed after the Pangu Axe disintegrated. Therefore, he left some backup plans in the Pangu Axe."

After Hongjun won, he separated the backup plan left by Fellow Daoist Yin Yang from the Taiji Diagram and handed it to me. At that time, Hongjun was too deeply bound to the Primordial Heavenly Dao in order to defeat Rahu, and lost the opportunity to transcend the Primordial Heaven and Earth. Naturally, he could not help Fellow Daoist Yin Yang to be resurrected.

Hongjun entrusted this matter to me. After I attained the Dao of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, I was rejected by the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World and had no choice but to leave the Primordial World. By the way, I helped my fellow Daoist Yin Yang return.

Unfortunately, the backup plan left by Fellow Daoist Yin Yang is too difficult to complete without the Tai Chi diagram. I have tried for countless years and have only managed to restore the fragmented true spirit of Fellow Daoist Yin Yang, and it has not changed since.

Therefore, out of desperation, I decided to let Fellow Daoist Yin Yang's fragmented true spirit possess a powerful body. Coincidentally, I recently encountered this Xuan Turtle, and after tracking him for a while, I finally made up my mind to let Fellow Daoist Yin Yang possess him.

After hearing what Yang Mei the Great Immortal said, Bai Jing had a thought and separated the wisp of broken true spirit from the Xuan Turtle's body.

“Fellow Daoist Yangmei, your Jianmu has helped me a lot. Although you once said that as long as I use Jianmu to support the primordial world, I will have repaid the karma, I have still benefited. This time, regardless of whether what you said is true or false, I am willing to release this wisp of true spirit once.” After saying that, he flicked his finger and the wisp of true spirit flew into the hand of Great Immortal Yangmei.

Master Yangmei received the true spirit and breathed a sigh of relief.

After the true spirit was no longer interfering, the Xuan Turtle's aura immediately stabilized, and it naturally completed its transformation. Its cultivation level reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal. In particular, its shell, after countless years of tempering, was indestructible, and its hardness was comparable to Lao Tzu's Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda.

Even if a sage were to personally intervene, the Xuan Turtle could withstand the attack for a long time by simply throwing its shell out. Moreover, the Xuan Turtle would only die if the primordial spirit inside the shell was shattered, rather than if the shell itself were broken.

After the Xuan Turtle completed its transformation, it quickly stood up and respectfully bowed to Bai Jing: "Thank you for protecting me, Master."

Although the Xuan Turtle was in its human form, it still sensed what was happening in the outside world.

"No need for formalities. The Xuan Turtle has now achieved its goal and can return to the Primordial World. However, the Primordial World is currently in the midst of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation."

Bai Jing told Xuan Gui about the Investiture of the Gods calamity, and then said, "Xuan Gui, you can decide for yourself whether you want to return to the Primordial World at this time. My Holy Lotus Sect will definitely intervene in this Investiture of the Gods calamity. If you are unwilling, you can continue to cultivate in the Chaos for a period of time, and return to the Primordial World after the Investiture of the Gods calamity ends."

After listening, Xuan Gui said without hesitation, "Master, I am the Vice Master of the Holy Lotus Sect. Now that my Holy Lotus Sect is about to face a calamity, how can I, as the Vice Master, stand aside?"

Bai Jing nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. With a wave of his hand, he prepared to return to the primordial world with the Xuan Turtle.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait!" Upon seeing this, the Great Immortal Yangmei quickly called out to Bai Jing.

"Is there anything else, fellow Daoist?" Bai Jing turned and asked.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Jing, Hongjun must have told you about them, right?" Yangmei Daxian asked in a serious tone.

"I have already said that, but I am not sure whether this matter is true or false."

“It’s true, of course. I encountered that guy not long ago. He was formed from the resentment of more than two thousand fallen Chaos Demon Gods. However, neither Hongjun nor I are sure what his core is.”

At first, we thought that its core was a backup plan left by Shichen. Later, after Hongjun used the power of the primordial world to stop them several times, it was determined that its core was not a backup plan left by Shichen. Shichen had completely merged with the river of time and could no longer leave the river of time. It could not possibly be Shichen.

Later, we suspected it was Cause and Effect and Fate. After many tests, we confirmed that Cause and Effect and Fate had completely perished, and their core was not either of these two. But apart from Time, Cause and Effect, and Fate, the remaining Chaos Gods could not possibly have gathered the resentment of so many Chaos Gods together.

Fellow Daoist Bai Jing should be close to the Heavenly Dao Realm now. If one day Fellow Daoist Bai Jing breaks through to the Heavenly Dao Realm, could you lend us a hand and help us investigate what its core truly is?

“Of course it’s possible. How can I allow others to snore beside my bed? They are eyeing the Primordial World covetously, and I will not sit idly by.” Bai Jing said without hesitation.

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, Immortal Yang Mei was overjoyed.

Previously, he and Hongjun had always acted together to investigate them, but since Hongjun's consciousness was suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, he has been doing this on his own.

Because the cultivation progress of this Yangmei Immortal has slowed down, otherwise he should have already broken through to the Heavenly Dao Realm, instead of stopping at the Half-Step Heavenly Dao Realm.

The main reason Bai Jing agreed to help Yang Mei Da Xian was because this guy was too much of a threat.

This guy has always been eyeing the prehistoric world covetously, and is considered the greatest threat to the prehistoric world. They were formed from the resentment of more than 2000 Chaos Demon Gods after their fall, and inherited the Great Dao after the fall of more than 2000 Chaos Demon Gods. More than 2000 Great Daos, this guy can be said to be infinitely close to the realm of the Great God Pangu, half a step into the Great Dao Realm.

Currently, of the original 3000 Chaos Demon Gods, only Yangmei Daxian and Hongjun are still alive, and Yin Yang can be considered half a demon god.

Their ability to use the Great Dao of Time indicates that Time has indeed fallen, or at least lost its own will and become part of the River of Time.

In other words, as long as Yangmei Daxian and Hongjun are killed and the remnant true spirit of Yin and Yang is erased, they can control 2999 Great Daos. The last one, the Great Dao of Power of Pangu, should not be something they could obtain, but the nine axe marks in Bai Jing's mind are the manifestation of the Great Dao of Power of Pangu.

When the phantom of Pangu recreated the world in the primordial world, the Great Dao of Power manifested to help the phantom of Pangu accomplish this feat. At that time, their incarnations were in the primordial world and were even destroyed by an axe mark. They should have already known about the existence of the Great Dao of Power in the primordial world.

If they eventually trace it back to Bai Jing, that would be a huge problem.

It is no exaggeration to say that Bai Jing now has an enemy who is infinitely close to the half-step Great Dao Realm.

As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

Since Yangmei Daxian, Hongjun, and Yin Yang, these two and a half people, share a common enemy with Bai Jing, they can definitely cooperate. Bai Jing naturally wouldn't turn people away; if they fight together against the enemy, it would be a form of mutual support.

After the two sides reached a consensus, Bai Jing took out a pair of specially made jade talismans. No matter how far apart they were, as long as they were infused with magic power, they could establish communication.

After accepting the jade talisman, Yangmei Daxian gave Bai Jing a hollow willow branch, which was also used for communication. Bai Jing accepted the willow branch and returned to the primordial world with the Xuan Turtle.

Meanwhile, in the primordial world, in the northern sea region north of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Wen Zhong's army encountered Yuan Futong's army.

Over the years, Wen Zhong's army and Yuan Futong's army have fought many small-scale battles, but never before have they lined up in formation as if it were a major decisive battle.

On the battlefield, Wen Zhong, riding his black Qilin, angrily rebuked, "Yuan Futong, you have colluded with evil spirits and rebelled against the Great Shang Dynasty. Your crimes are unforgivable. Today is your death day."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Futong burst into laughter: "Hahaha! Wen Zhong, you think demons are demons just because you say so? When my lord and Goddess Nuwa were working together, the human race didn't even exist yet!"

My lord has made it very clear: the fate of your Shang Dynasty is sealed, and today I will ensure that you never return.

Wen Zhong snorted coldly and ordered his army to form a battle formation. Yuan Futong was not to be outdone, and the two sides began to fight each other.

On Yuan Futong's side, demon generals frequently appeared to fight; each of these demon generals was exceptionally fierce and powerful. On Wen Zhong's side, the four generals of the Demon Clan took turns engaging in fierce battles with the demon generals.

Wen Zhongze then faced off against Yuan Futong in person.

Wen Zhong, clad in armor, looked imposing and dignified. He wielded a pair of whips, one male and one female, and the whip shadows flashed across the sky like lightning, fiercely attacking Yuan Futong. Wherever the whip shadows went, they produced sharp sonic booms, demonstrating their immense power.

Although Yuan Futong was born with a mortal body, he had been transformed into a half-demon by the demon master Kunpeng.

His eyes were bloodshot, radiating an eerie light, and he chanted incantations, casting a spell. With a wave of his hands, a black mist erupted, transforming into countless ferocious monsters that lunged at Wen Zhong with bared fangs and claws.

The two men fought back and forth, and the battle was extremely fierce.

After fighting for dozens of rounds, Wen Zhong seized an opportunity and suddenly exerted his strength. His twin whips, like dragons emerging from the sea, struck Yuan Futong with overwhelming force.

Yuan Futong was unable to dodge in time and was struck by the whip. He immediately vomited blood, collapsed to the ground, and was on the verge of death.

Just at this critical moment, a terrifying pressure suddenly came from the sky.

Then a dark shadow flashed by. Wen Zhong looked up and his body trembled involuntarily, because the shadow was so huge. It flew in the air, covering the sky and the sun, and exuded an extremely terrifying aura, which made the army that Wen Zhong had brought tremble.

With a single flap of his wings, he scattered Wen Zhong's army, causing countless deaths and injuries.

Wen Zhongdu was blown back dozens of steps.

As Wen Zhong retreated, the dark figure scooped down and pulled Yuan Futong into its arms, then flapped its wings and disappeared.

"Grand Tutor, are you alright?" Mo Liqing asked as he approached.

"I'm fine! How's the army?"

"The losses were heavy, with over 10,000 casualties."

Wen Zhong fell silent.

"This demon, Grand Tutor, is truly terrifying. He probably possesses the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and judging from his appearance, he likely has the bloodline of a Kunpeng. How can we possibly deal with a demon of such cultivation?"

After thinking for a moment, Wen Zhong said, "You all guard this place. Tonight, I will perform a ritual to consult my master. Logically speaking, no demons should interfere with Yuan Futong's rebellion, but now demons are involved, and they even seem to be descendants of Kunpeng. I need to consult my master before deciding on what to do next."

(End of this chapter)