Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 9 Protective Divine Powers, The Battle of Dragon and Tiger

Although all these backup plans were ineffective when faced with the power of Heaven, some rare and precious materials still remained in the Five Domains.

In this far west, there is a precious treasure left behind by the original body of Taiwei. Now that Taiwei's body is mainly engaged in alchemy, it must have a natal elixir that symbolizes its own foundation.

Although the Crimson Profound Fruit is the Dao Fruit of Taiwei's Dao Fruit avatar, this Dao Fruit is only in its most rudimentary form and is far from meeting Taiwei's own requirements.

In Taiwei's expectation, his own foundation in alchemy would inevitably encompass many great principles such as Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols, and the Chaos of Heaven and Man. Ultimately, he would use the Crimson Profound Fruit to fuse with many top-tier golden pills and reforge a high-quality golden pill that symbolizes his own foundation in alchemy.

Only in this way can he catch up step by step with those powerful cultivators who have already achieved the Golden Immortal and Taiyi realms. With the Crimson Profound Fruit he has now, even if Taiwei cultivates to the Taiyi realm, he will not be a match for those monstrous geniuses.

However, although he wanted to obtain that divine artifact from the far west as soon as possible, Taiwei also knew that the primordial world was vast and boundless, and even the far west was not something a mere True Immortal like him could traverse in a short time.

Therefore, Taiwei did not pursue speed. In any case, the purpose of this avatar was to maintain the remaining humanity and will of his main body. As long as he did not die, he would have gained something. Becoming a great power in the prehistoric world again and catching up with the top-tier cultivators was only Taiwei's secondary goal at present.

Along the way, Taiwei leisurely gathered the spiritual energy of the far west while practicing his various protective divine abilities. In the vast primordial world, it was not enough to have a high level of cultivation without unique killing and protective power.

In the present primordial world, five royal clans occupy five domains, constantly suppressing other major clans and expanding rapidly. The five major forces—the Xuanmen Immortal Path, the Tianmen Divine Path, the Shimen Buddhist Path, the Yuanmen Demonic Path, and the loose cultivator lineage—are entangled and collide with each other.

Although the entire prehistoric world is relatively stable overall, in reality, every region of the prehistoric world is maintaining a low-intensity war.

Therefore, in the vast and primordial world, without a sufficiently powerful protective force, anyone could be eliminated by other forces. In today's world, status and power are not the most important things; only strength matters.

The "Collection of Eighteen Heavenly and Human Mysterious Pearls" is merely a cultivation manual deduced by Taiwei at the beginning of creation, and it does not contain any accompanying protective supernatural powers.

Therefore, if Taiwei wants to cultivate and roam freely in the primordial world, he still needs to take the "Collection of Eighteen Heavenly and Human Mysterious Pearls" as the foundation, combine it with the various Great Daos he cultivates, and deduce the protective divine powers that suit him.

Combining his own cultivation of the Yin-Yang Dao, Taiwei has already made some progress in understanding his protective divine abilities. During his ten thousand years of wandering in the Western Regions, Taiwei has even deduced two or three divine abilities that suit him. Dealing with True Immortal Realm cultivators of the same level is no longer a problem for Taiwei.

Just as Taiwei was flying towards the far west for the twelfth thousandth year, a fierce roar mixed with fear suddenly rang out, and the chaotic atmospheric gales caused countless falling clouds in the sky to collapse simultaneously.

Taiwei, who was gathering crimson clouds to evolve water and fire divine powers, frowned as he looked at the clouds in front of him that had instantly vanished. He then looked at two figures rushing toward him. With a flick of his fingers, he sent a burly man who was rushing toward Taiwei flying.

A burst of light shot directly into the sea of ​​clouds not far from Taiwei. Taiwei looked at the bloodstains on his palm and then at the figure he had sent flying into the sea of ​​clouds with some surprise.

He had just laid down a layer of Yin and Yang energy on his palm, yet the opponent's protective magic was still able to harm him so easily. Feeling the residual Geng and Xin metal energy in his palm, Taiwei already knew who he had just knocked away with a single palm strike.

"Xuanqi of the Dragon Clan greets fellow Daoist and thanks this fellow Daoist for his assistance."

A young man with long purple hair, a handsome face, narrow eyes, and a slightly effeminate appearance appeared before Taiwei. His cultivation at the peak of the True Immortal realm caused Taiwei's expression to tighten slightly.

Sensing the pure and vast dragon energy emanating from the other party, Taiwei knew that the other party was a member of the dragon clan. Looking at the tall middle-aged man who flew out from the sea of ​​clouds, Taiwei shook his head, took a step back, and directly moved away from Xuanqi who was walking towards him.

"I am just a rogue cultivator and have no intention of participating in the battle between your two races. Please do as you see fit." Taiwei looked at Xuanqi's effeminate face, pointed to the White Tiger Clan members who had emerged from the sea of ​​clouds, and waved his hand at Xuanqi.

"Oh, I see." Xuan Qi looked at Tai Wei with his smile unchanged. A stream of light flew out from between his brows, and thousands of sword lights crisscrossed, blasting the middle-aged man who was attacking him away.

Countless drops of blood splattered out. Xuan Qi pointed his finger, and the Heavenly Dragon Sword let out a wild roar. Its extremely sharp cold light tore through the howling and swirling atmospheric gale in front of the White Tiger Clan.

Sparks flew as the White Tiger Clan member unleashed a barrage of sharp blades from between his fingers. With a furious roar, the piercing Gengxin sword energy deflected the Heavenly Dragon Sword that was about to strike again.

Amidst the explosion of countless sparks, the crisscrossing sword lights sliced ​​the surrounding swirling sea of ​​clouds into millions of pieces. Not far away, Taiwei flicked his finger, and the Yin and Yang energies in front of him descended, transforming into curtains that blocked the incoming streaks of sparks and sword lights.

Seeing the Heavenly Dragon Sword intentionally or unintentionally sending out aftershocks towards him, Taiwei glanced at Xuanqi of the Dragon Clan who was suppressing the White Tiger Clan, his brows furrowing. For some reason, Xuanqi seemed to be targeting him.

Although the Heavenly Dragon Sword was primarily targeting the White Tiger Clan member at the True Immortal realm, the aftershocks of all the collisions between the Heavenly Dragon Sword and the White Tiger Clan member were essentially heading towards his location, which was clearly intentional on Xuan Qi's part.

Looking at Xuan Qi, who was still fighting with the White Tiger Clan, Taiwei wondered whether he should join forces with the White Tiger Clan to attack Xuan Qi. He thought that the two of them, both True Immortals, should be able to suppress Xuan Qi.

However, just as Taiwei was about to make a move, he suddenly noticed the dull and unremarkable dragon-adorned armor on Xuanqi's body, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

Taiwei carefully examined the armor and finally determined that it was a spiritual treasure. With his current cultivation level and realm, even with the Dragon Abyss Sword, he would not be able to break through the armor's defense.

"Is he trying to lure me into attacking? This dragon brat seems to be able to sense the aura of alchemy emanating from me, and there's always a vast sense of oppression surrounding Xuan Qi..."

(End of this chapter)