Primordial Era: I am a treasure trove, full of magical treasures.

boom--!!!!!

The simultaneous self-destruction of five top-grade innate spiritual treasures was powerful enough to destroy the heavens and the earth!

The entire temple, in the instant of the explosion, was torn to shreds by the violent torrent of energy, as if it were made of paper! Debris flew everywhere, dust filled the sky, the earth trembled violently, and the ground within a radius of tens of thousands of miles centered on the temple began to crack and collapse!

A jet-black light shot into the sky from the center of the explosion, piercing straight into the clouds! Wherever the light passed, the void collapsed inch by inch, and chaotic turbulence surged in, tearing a huge rift that stretched for tens of thousands of miles across the entire sky!

The screams of the Cangxuan Ancestor echoed throughout the entire world!

"Ah—!!! You little beast! I will kill you! I will definitely kill you!!!"

The voice carried boundless anger, pain, and a hint of weakness that was hard to conceal.

The aftershocks of the explosion slowly dissipated, revealing the scene at the epicenter—

The true form of Ancestor Cangxuan was finally revealed.

It was a middle-aged man dressed in a dark yellow Taoist robe, his face contorted, blood flowing from his seven orifices, his entire body covered in dense cracks, like a piece of porcelain about to shatter. His aura had plummeted from the peak of the fourth level of the Saint Realm to the early stage of the third level of the Saint Realm—a drop of more than one realm!

His inner world was blasted into countless holes by the self-destruction of the five top-grade innate spiritual treasures! Most of the genius essence he had devoured, and the energy he had painstakingly accumulated over countless eras, was lost in this explosion!

"You little beast..." Ancestor Cangxuan gritted his teeth, his gaze like a poisoned knife, staring intently at the figure in front of him.

Ye Chen's clone was now in a terrible state. Half of its body had been blown away, leaving only its upper body and an arm, hovering in mid-air, yet it still wore that smug smile on its face.

"Oh, still alive?" Ye Chen's clone grinned, revealing half a set of white teeth. "Looks like five pieces aren't enough. I should have brought a few more."

Ancestor Cangxuan trembled with rage: "You...who exactly are you?!"

"Didn't I tell you?" Ye Chen's clone blinked. "I'm here to bring you warmth."

"you--!"

Just as Ancestor Cangxuan was about to lash out, he suddenly sensed something, and his expression changed drastically!

He suddenly turned his head and looked into the depths of chaos!

There, a figure was slowly walking towards them.

With each step he took, he traversed billions of miles. A warm golden light flowed around him, his left hand held an ancient bell, his right hand gripped a silver-white spear, and a dark red millstone hung at his waist.

This is the true form of the Mysterious Treasure!

"After beating the young one, the old one arrives." Xuanbao looked at Ancestor Cangxuan with a smile, his tone as relaxed as if he were chatting casually, "Old thief Cangxuan, are you satisfied with my greeting gift?"

The old ancestor Cangxuan's face instantly turned extremely ugly!

He glanced at Xuanbao, then at his collapsing clone, and finally at the alarming cracks on his own body. He understood everything—

"You...you've been plotting against me from the very beginning?!"

"Otherwise what?" Xuanbao shrugged. "Do you think I'm really so bored that I'd send a clone to feed you?"

"you--!!!"

Ancestor Cangxuan was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood!

He has lived through countless eons, traversing the chaos for many years. He has always been the one scheming against others; he has never been schemed against like this before!

But at this moment, he had to admit that he had failed.

It was planted very thoroughly.

Five top-grade innate spiritual treasures self-destructed within his inner world, severely damaging his origin and causing his cultivation to plummet by more than one realm. The smiling fellow before him, though only at the peak of the second level of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, possessed several magical treasures that made Ancestor Cangxuan feel a chill run down his spine—especially that dark red millstone, which was clearly a world-destroying millstone!

"What do you want?" Ancestor Cangxuan gritted his teeth, his voice carrying a hint of resentment, but even more so a hint of... fear.

Xuanbao tilted his head, thought about it seriously, and then gave an answer that made Ancestor Cangxuan's blood pressure soar:

I want you to—die.

Before the words were even finished, Xuanbao moved!

With a flick of his left hand, the Chaos Bell emitted a melodious chime!

"clang--!!!"

The bell tolled, and invisible ripples spread out, instantly sealing off the space around Ancestor Cangxuan! Ancestor Cangxuan felt his body freeze, as if he had sunk into a quagmire, and his movements became extremely slow!

"The Eternal Spear - Piercing the Void!"

Xuanbao flicked his right hand, and the Eternal Spear transformed into a silver-white stream of light, tearing through the void and piercing straight for Ancestor Cangxuan's brow!

This shot was incredibly fast!

Ancestor Cangxuan's pupils shrank sharply as he tried to dodge, but the sound of the Chaos Bell sealed his movements, leaving him only able to watch helplessly as the silvery-white light grew larger and larger before his eyes!

"Pfft—!"

The Eternal Spear pierced through the forehead of Ancestor Cangxuan with perfect accuracy!

"ah--!!!"

Ancestor Cangxuan let out a shrill scream, and his whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing through several mountain peaks and finally embedding itself in a cliff, forming a huge human-shaped crater.

Xuanbao sheathed his spear, flicked off the golden blood smearing the tip, and curled his lip: "Saint level four? That's it?"

Ancestor Cangxuan was embedded in the cliff, bleeding from all seven orifices, barely clinging to life. Between his eyebrows was a fist-sized hole, from which golden blood gushed out, staining the entire cliff face golden.

"You...you..." Ancestor Cangxuan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but could only spit out a mouthful of blood.

Xuanbao walked up to him, looking down at him with his signature smile: "Old thief Cangxuan, why don't you just stay hidden in the depths of chaos and lie low? Why do you have to run to other people's worlds to act like a big shot, even devouring geniuses to heal your wounds—do you know that your behavior is seriously affecting the construction of a harmonious society in the prehistoric world?"

Ancestor Cangxuan: "???"

Although he couldn't understand what Xuanbao was saying, he knew that he was probably going to die here today.

"I... refuse to accept this..." Ancestor Cangxuan gritted his teeth, his voice hoarse and weak, "If I hadn't been ambushed by that little beast and my cultivation hadn't plummeted... how dare you, a mere Second Heaven Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, injure me?!"

"Oh?" Xuanbao raised an eyebrow. "You mean, you want a fair fight?"

"Not bad!" A glimmer of hope flashed in the eyes of Ancestor Cangxuan. "If you dare to release me, I will fight you fair and square once I have recovered my cultivation!"

Xuanbao fell silent.

He stroked his chin and thought seriously for a moment.

Then he smiled.

That smile was gentle and friendly.

"You wish!"

Ancestor Cangxuan: "..."

"I'm not some righteous hero, why would I fight you fairly?" Xuanbao rolled his eyes. "My favorite thing to do is strike while the iron is hot. You're seriously injured now, if I don't kill you now, do you think I'll wait until you recover and come looking for trouble? Do you think I'm stupid?"

Ancestor Cangxuan trembled with rage: "You...you are shameless!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Xuanbao accepted the "praise" with a smile, then raised his hand, and the dark red world-destroying millstone flew out from his waist, growing larger in the wind and transforming into a gigantic millstone ten thousand feet tall in the blink of an eye!

The millstone turned slowly, making a "creaking" sound, as if it were grinding the entire world!

Upon seeing the millstone, Ancestor Cangxuan's face instantly turned deathly pale: "The World-Destroying Millstone! You really refined the World-Destroying Millstone?!"

"Surprised? Delighted?" Xuanbao patted the millstone and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't make you suffer too much—I will slowly, little by little, grind you into powder and turn you into a part of my cultivation."

"No! You can't do this! I am the Chaos Demon God! I have a backup plan deep within the Chaos! If you kill me, my backup plan will never let you off!"

"Oh, I'm so scared," Xuanbao said expressionlessly, then waved his hand, "Torment him."

The Great Millstone of Annihilation emitted a joyful hum, as if a hungry wolf had spotted its prey, and descended upon Ancestor Cangxuan!

"No--!!!"

Ancestor Cangxuan let out a desperate roar, trying to struggle, but he was already seriously injured and his movements were blocked by the Chaos Bell, so he was powerless to resist and could only watch helplessly as the huge millstone swallowed him up!

"Crunch—crunch—crunch—"

The millstone slowly turned, and the body of the Cangxuan Ancestor was gradually crushed within it, transforming into pure primordial energy that flowed into Xuanbao's body. His screams echoed throughout the heavens and earth, growing weaker and weaker until they finally disappeared completely.

The once mighty Chaos Demon God, Ancestor Cangxuan, has fallen.

The Great Millstone slowly stopped turning, emitting a satisfied hum, like a gluttonous beast that had just finished a feast, contentedly shrinking back to the size of a palm and obediently returning to Xuanbao's palm.

Xuanbao looked down at the dark red millstone in his palm, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

On the surface of the millstone, the last trace of Cangxuan Ancestor's aura completely dissipated, transforming into a profound law pattern, imprinted on the millstone. That was a fragment of the chaotic law that Cangxuan Ancestor had cultivated throughout his life—although it was only incomplete, the law crystals contained within it were enough to drive any Saint Realm expert mad.

This means that Xuanbao just discovered the special ability of the World-Destroying Millstone: it can extract the essence of the people it kills and provide it to its master to enhance its strength. To put it simply, it's a disguised form of cannibalism.

Xuanbao was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke, as if addressing the World-Destroying Millstone, or perhaps talking to himself:

"You know, I'm supposed to be a righteous person from the Primordial Era, a decent guy, right? How come the treasures I have are all so sinister?"

The Great Millstone of Annihilation trembled slightly, emitting a low hum, as if to say, "You ask me? Who should I ask?"

Xuanbao thought of the Emperor's Banner in his hand again. Why was it so strange?

As for whether or not he eats people, Xuanbao doesn't care. After all, no matter what he does, as long as he's alive, he's eating people all the time. Besides, the Chaos Demon God isn't human, so is there a big difference between him and a chicken?

"Forget it, treasures don't distinguish between good and evil. They're good when used for good, and evil when used for evil." Xuanbao quickly found a reasonable explanation for himself and put away the World-Destroying Millstone with a clear conscience. "I use them to uphold justice and maintain world peace, so they are treasures of the righteous path. As for what their original owners used them for—what does that have to do with me?"

He spoke with such confidence that he completely forgot that he had just used the World-Destroying Millstone to grind the Cangxuan Ancestor into powder, leaving not even a trace.

Xuanbao stretched his muscles and bones, feeling the surging power within his body that was almost overflowing.

A Primordial Golden Immortal, mid-stage of the Third Heaven.

The breakthrough from the peak of the second level to the mid-stage of the third level originally required at least tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation or the accumulation of massive amounts of rare and precious materials. However, the Great Millstone of Annihilation has drastically shortened this time to just a few breaths.

"No wonder Luo Hou was able to challenge Hongjun Daozu when he wielded the World-Destroying Millstone." Xuanbao clicked his tongue. "This thing is practically a cheat code. Killing someone is like consuming the essence of that person's entire life's cultivation. The more you kill, the higher your cultivation becomes—it's definitely a cheat code."

However, Xuanbao also knew that this method of improvement was not without its hidden dangers.

Although the essence extracted by the Great Millstone of Annihilation is pure, it inevitably contains the original owner's imprint of laws and the remnants of their soul's obsessions. If one's will is not firm enough, refining too much of this essence can easily lead to being influenced by those remnants of soul's obsessions, causing instability in one's Dao heart, or even resulting in cultivation deviation and demonic possession.

After all, most Chaos Demons are only proficient in one type of law. Even if there are a few, they can only master a few laws at most. Absorbing too many fragments of various laws will cause the laws in their bodies to conflict with each other. Going into a demonic state is the least of their worries; they might even explode on the spot.

But Xuanbao is different.

He possessed the power of three thousand laws, and his Dao heart was so steadfast that his ascension to the throne was unparalleled in the primordial world. Those remnant souls and obsessions that entered his body were crushed into dust by the great millstone of the three thousand laws before they could even cause any trouble. They were transformed into the purest primordial energy, which then merged into his limbs and bones.

"So, this world-destroying millstone is practically tailor-made for me," Xuanbao thought smugly.

He raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the world that had been shattered.

The temple of Ancestor Cangxuan had completely vanished, leaving only a colossal crater tens of thousands of feet deep. At the crater's edge, the earth cracked, magma surged, and the air was thick with the stench of sulfur and burning. The massive rift in the sky, torn apart by the explosion, was slowly healing under the will of Heaven, but it would likely be difficult to restore it to its original state in the short term.

In the distance, the God Emperor stood blankly on a pile of ruins, as if struck by lightning, completely motionless.

He witnessed the whole process firsthand.

From Ye Chen's clone entering the temple, to the self-destruction of the five top-grade innate spiritual treasures, to the heavily injured appearance of Ancestor Cangxuan, to the descent of the Xuanbao's true form, piercing through Ancestor Cangxuan's brow with a single spear thrust, and finally the world-destroying millstone grinding Ancestor Cangxuan into dust...

The whole process took no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

That old monster who ruled the Cangxuan Realm for countless eons and terrified him for countless eras, just like that... is gone?