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

Tongtian, dragging Xuanbao along, tore through the void and landed in front of the Sanqing Hall on Kunlun Mountain in the blink of an eye.

The palace doors were wide open, and Laozi and Yuanshi were already seated inside, having known they would come. Laozi leaned on his cane, his eyes slightly closed, and a natural Daoist aura flowed around him; Yuanshi Tianzun sat on a cloud bed, holding the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, his gaze calm as water, but when it fell on Xuanbao, it flickered slightly.

"Greetings, masters!" Xuanbao greeted them with a smile as soon as he entered, his carefree demeanor just like when he first became their disciple tens of thousands of years ago.

The Tongtian Sect Leader plopped down in his seat, waved his hand, and the palace doors slammed shut. He then set up three layers of restrictions before pointing at Xuanbao and saying, "Brother, look at this kid! He went out for a while, and his cultivation level jumped from the first level of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm to the fourth level! The fourth level! If it weren't for Father God's merit in creating the heavens and earth, and this kid's scheming, we might not even be as strong as him now!"

Lao Tzu slowly opened his eyes, his deep, star-like eyes falling on Xuan Bao. He remained silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "You have always had such good fortune."

Yuan Shi nodded, his tone carrying a rare hint of approval: "Your foundation is solid, and your aura is steady. It doesn't seem like you were forcibly improved. It seems you really did get a great opportunity on this trip."

Xuanbao chuckled, and without any hesitation, plopped down on the prayer mat and began to recount his experiences over the past few days—

From tracking the treasure aura into the Cangxuan Realm to discovering the truth behind the demon god's remains; from digging through the innate formation to steal the world's origin to encountering the remnant soul of the Cangxuan Dao Venerable; from crushing the remnant soul with the World-Destroying Millstone to refining the world's origin and breaking through to the second level; from beating up the God Emperor and subduing the will of Heaven to setting a trap to kill the Cangxuan Ancestor...

The three Qings looked at each other in bewilderment.

The Tongtian Sect Leader's lips twitched: "Five top-grade innate spiritual treasures... self-destruct? How could you be so wasteful? A mere fourth-level Saint, any one of the three of us could easily kill him. Why waste five top-grade innate spiritual treasures!"

Xuanbao replied matter-of-factly, "Innate spiritual treasures? Aren't they something anyone can just acquire? Besides, innate spiritual treasures aren't very useful to us these days, unless they're top-grade or higher, innate spiritual treasures still have some effect?"

Sanqing: "..."

Lao Tzu remained silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "You just said that you also refined two Great Thousand Worlds?"

"Right, right, right!" Xuanbao slapped his thigh, getting even more excited. "One is the Cangxuan Realm, and the other is the Demon Realm!"

"What?!"

The Three Pure Ones stood up at the same time!

The Grand Master of Heaven's eyes widened: "The Demon Realm?! You mean the Demon Realm that Rahu created?!"

"It's his Demon Realm." Xuanbao nodded, then recounted in detail how he connected the Demon Realm and the Cangxuan Realm through the World Tree. "Now, the origin of the Demon Realm has been refined by the World Tree, forming a symbiotic system with the Cangxuan Realm. The violent demonic energy of the Demon Realm is neutralized by the gentle spiritual energy of the Cangxuan Realm, and the flaws in the laws of the Cangxuan Realm are filled by fragments of the laws of the Demon Realm—the two worlds complement each other and both benefit greatly."

The Three Pure Ones fell silent.

After a long silence, Laozi finally spoke, his voice carrying a rare tremor: "So... that bastard Rahu's territory is gone?"

Xuanbao corrected, "To be precise, the Demon Realm itself still exists, but its origin has been refined by my World Tree. Rahu can no longer obtain power from the Demon Realm, and its strength must have been greatly diminished."

……

As Xuanbao spoke, he calmly took out a white jade table and kept taking things out.

Peaches, jujubes, yellow plums, green lotus roots, vermilion fruits… all sorts of innate spiritual fruits were laid out on the table, a dazzling array, their fragrance filling the air. The purple-veined peaches were each the size of a washbasin, emitting a refreshing and delightful aroma.

"Come on, masters, let's stop talking and chat while we eat." Xuanbao plopped down, grabbed a jujube and started munching on it. "I've also gotten quite a few good things this time."

The Grand Master of Heaven's eyelids twitched: "You brat...you've practically dug up someone's ancestral graves, haven't you?"

Xuanbao corrected him seriously, "That's clearly because we're destined to be together."

……

Laozi didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up a yellow plum, examined it carefully, and nodded slightly. "Eating like this is too extravagant. These are all Nine-Turn Golden Pills." He then put it in his mouth, chewed it gently, and a rare look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Yuanshi also picked up a spiritual fruit, took a bite, and nodded, saying, "Hmm, the taste is acceptable."

With the Three Pure Ones' current cultivation level, eating these innate spiritual fruits is merely satisfying their appetites and doesn't offer much help for their cultivation.

"That's right!" Xuanbao said smugly. "Don't you even know who I am?"

Tongtian rolled his eyes, but couldn't resist picking up a purple-veined peach and taking a big bite. Juice splashed everywhere, spiritual energy overflowed, and the entire hall was filled with a rich fruity aroma.

The four sat around a white jade table, eating spiritual fruits and drinking enlightenment tea, the atmosphere quite harmonious. As Xuanbao ate, he continued to recount his gains in the Chaos Battlefield. When he mentioned that the World-Destroying Millstone had devoured the remains of hundreds of demon gods and that his cultivation had broken through to the fourth level, the Three Pure Ones' expressions had changed from shock to numbness.

"So, you now have the World-Destroying Millstone, the Chaos Bell, and a bunch of fragments of Chaos Treasures?" The Tongtian Sect Leader counted on his fingers, then looked at Xuanbao with the eyes of someone looking at a monster. "You kid are going to plunder all the good things in the entire prehistoric world."

"No, those I find are all destined to be with me."

Yuanshi put down his teacup, his gaze falling on Xuanbao. After a moment of contemplation, he slowly spoke: "You just said that you also saved a Chaos Demon God?"

"Yes, her name is Bailu, the controller of the Law of Life, and at her peak, she was a Saint of the Seventh Heaven." Xuanbao said frankly, "I placed a restriction on her with the Three Thousand Laws, and she is currently recuperating in my World Tree space."

The three Qings exchanged a glance, a complex expression flashing in their eyes.

Lao Tzu remained silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "The Chaos God... is ultimately an anomaly. You must be careful."

"Don't worry, Master, I know what I'm doing." Xuanbao smiled. "If she dares to turn against me, I can make all three thousand laws of her erupt simultaneously with a single thought. At that time, even a Saint at the seventh level, let alone a Saint at the ninth level, will be in serious trouble."

The Master of Heaven clicked his tongue: "You kid... you really are watertight."

"That's right, you can trust me to do things." Xuanbao picked up another Vermilion Fruit, took a bite, and said indistinctly, "By the way, Masters, nothing major has happened in the Primordial World while I was away, has it?"

The Three Pure Ones exchanged a glance, and finally the Tongtian Sect Leader spoke up: "It's nothing major. Chi You is still stalling for time. Although the Yellow Emperor is anxious, Chi You keeps avoiding battle, so he can't do anything about it. As for the Western Sect, Jieyin and Zhunti have become much more obedient and haven't dared to make any more small moves."

"As for Rahu..."

"I'm not sure, we can't find where he went."

Xuanbao put down the fruit in his hand, closed his eyes, and probed with his divine sense along the connection between the World Tree and the Demon Realm—

……

Meanwhile, deep within the Western Spirit Mountain.

Rahu sat alone on his throne, which was made of countless white bones, his face so gloomy it seemed to drip water.

He was surrounded by dense black demonic energy, which surged and twisted around him like living things, emanating a suffocatingly violent aura. However, upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the demonic energy was significantly thinner than before, and even its color had dimmed somewhat.

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"

Rahu slammed his palm down on the armrest of the throne. The armrest, forged from chaotic demonic metal, was dented by his palm strike, leaving a clear handprint.

The demon kings kneeling before the palace trembled with fear, lowered their heads even further, and dared not even breathe.

"I'll let you investigate! Find out why the Demon Realm disappeared! You've been investigating for so long, and you're only missing this little bit!"

Rahu's voice boomed like thunder in the hall, making the entire hall vibrate. The demon kings felt a sharp pain in their eardrums, their demonic power surging, and they almost vomited blood on the spot.

"Demon... Demon Lord..." one of the bolder demon kings stammered, "We have searched every corner of the demon realm, but... but the connection seems to have vanished into thin air; we can't find a trace of it at all..."

"Can't find it?" Rahu slowly stood up and walked down from the throne, each step causing cracks to appear in the floor of the hall. "Tell me, you can't find it?"

His voice was soft and calm, but the calmer he was, the more terrified the demon kings became. They knew that the calmer Rahu was, the angrier he was.

"Your subordinates deserve to die! Your subordinates deserve to die!" The demon kings kowtowed repeatedly, their foreheads hitting the ground with a thud, and blood flowed freely.

Rahu walked up to them, looking down at them with an expressionless expression.

Then, he raised his hand and waved—

"Pfft!"

The heads of the demon kings flew off simultaneously, gushing blood that splattered all over the ground. Their corpses lay on the ground, twitching a few times before going still.

Luo Hou didn't even glance at the corpses. He simply stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the gray sky outside the main hall, a deep sense of doubt and anger flashing in his eyes.

His connection with the demon realm has truly vanished.

It's as if the demon realm suddenly disappeared, but how is that possible?

You should know that you are the pioneer of the Demon Realm, and you can sense everything that happens in the Demon Realm.

The changes that have occurred are like a bolt from the blue for Rahu.

The Demon Realm is the foundation of his survival, and he can rely on its primal power. As long as the Demon Realm exists, he is an immortal being; even if his physical body is shattered, he can be reborn with the help of the Demon Realm's primal power.

More importantly, the world-destroying mill sealed in the demon realm is his true trump card.

But now, the connection between the demon realm and himself has been completely severed.

He could sense that the Demon Realm still existed, but it no longer belonged to him. That primordial power had been taken over by some more powerful force, completely severing the causal connection between them.

"Who on earth...?" Rahu gritted his teeth, his eyes burning with rage. "Who dares to touch my Demon Realm?!"

He thought for a long time, but couldn't think of anyone in the primordial world who could do that.

The Three Pure Ones? Impossible. Although they possess profound cultivation, refining the origin of a vast world is no easy task, let alone severing the causal connection between him and the Demon Realm—this is no longer a matter of cultivation level, but requires an extremely profound understanding of the laws and an extraordinary control over the Dao of Cause and Effect.

The two Western Saints? Even more impossible. Although Jieyin and Zhunti are also saints, they specialize in salvation and universal salvation, which is incompatible with the origin of the demon realm. They simply cannot refine the demon realm.

Could it be... Hongjun?

Luo Hou's pupils contracted slightly.

If it were Hongjun who made the move, that would be possible. After all, Hongjun is the Dao Ancestor, who controls the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World. If he were to refine the Demon Realm, it would indeed be possible for him to sever his connection with the Demon Realm.

But why would Hongjun do that?

Rahu was completely baffled.

He paced restlessly in the hall, the white bone floorboards creaking under his feet. After a few laps, he suddenly stopped, a cold glint in his eyes:

Could it be another Chaos God?

As a Chaos God, Rahu naturally knew that there were still many Chaos Gods living in the endless chaos. After all, every Chaos God had some trump cards up their sleeve.

Luo Hou was confident that his mastery of the demonic laws was among the best, but when it came to defense, or rather, life-saving methods, he was probably still a junior.

There was nothing that could be done about the Chaos Demon God, whose laws were unpredictable and mysterious. In the current situation, even Luo Hou didn't know who had done it.

……

Chilling!

"Whoever dares to touch my Demon Realm, they should be prepared to pay the price."

Luo Hou turned around, his gaze falling on the enormous statue deep within the hall—his own statue, cast entirely from chaotic demonic gold, standing a hundred feet tall, radiating a chilling aura.

"Although I have lost the Demon Realm, I have managed things in the Chaos for countless eons. How could I not have a backup plan?" Rahu's lips curled into a cold smile. "Since you want to play, then I will play with you to the very end."

He raised his hand and waved it, and a black light shot out from between the statue's eyebrows, disappearing into the void.

"Go, investigate—find out exactly what's been happening in the primordial world lately. Especially... has anyone been to Chaos?"

"Yes, sir!" A hoarse voice responded from the darkness, and then there was no further sound.

Rahu stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the hall, his gaze piercing through the void as he looked eastward, a chilling killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"No matter who you are, I will find you, extract your soul, and burn it in demonic fire for ten thousand years—making you wish you were dead!"