Primordial Era: A brick knocks Hongyun unconscious, and he seizes the throne at the start.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Outside the cave, three azure dragons were frantically attacking the stone wall. The entire mountain was shaking, and rocks were falling like rain.

Although the stone gate of the Qiankun Cave was hidden, the spatial fluctuations began to become disordered under this indiscriminate bombardment.

"Oh no, we'll be found out if this continues!" Lu Chen's forehead was covered in sweat.

He looked at the three items in his hand: a blood-stained jade talisman, a replica of a Qilin seal, and an elder's token.

The jade talisman is a hot potato, but the information inside is priceless; the Qilin Seal is a treasure of acquired merit, with considerable power; the Elder's Token... is the key to unlocking the treasure vault of the Qilin clan's ancestral land!

"Fortune favors the bold..."

Lu Chen gritted his teeth and made a decision.

He first stored the Qilin's corpse into the Qiankun Diagram—a Great Luo-level physical body, every part of it was a treasure, and he couldn't waste it. Then he took out the reverse scale and began to absorb the true dragon's essence blood with all his might.

"Buzz—"

The reverse scales transformed into golden light and merged into the body, and the "golden energy," one of the five elements in the chest, began to condense.

The power of metal corresponds to the heart and lungs. As the metal energy took shape, Lu Chen exuded a sharp aura, his cultivation bottleneck loosened, and he stepped towards the Golden Immortal realm.

But not enough.

"It needs the aura of battlefield slaughter to catalyze it..." Lu Chen looked at the stone door, where the three azure dragons outside were exactly the whetstones!

He took a deep breath and activated the protective power of the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to its maximum. He held the black brick in his right hand and the imitation Qilin seal in his left.

"Open the door and fight your way out!"

"Boom!"

The stone door suddenly opened.

The three azure dragons, who were attacking the stone wall together, were caught off guard and all froze.

It's now!

Lu Chen shot out like a cannonball, the black bricks turning into dark light and crashing into the azure dragon on the far left.

"Watch out!" The Azure Dragon in the middle reacted the fastest, sweeping its tail horizontally.

"Bang!"

The black brick smashed onto the dragon's tail, unleashing a burst of golden light and causing the laws of power to tremble.

"Aow—" the Azure Dragon screamed in agony as its tail scales shattered and its bones broke.

However, Lu Chen was also shaken by the backlash, causing his blood and qi to churn. The difference between a peak True Immortal and a peak Golden Immortal was still too great.

"Human ants, you're courting death!" The other two azure dragons roared, spewing out their dragon breath.

The scorching dragon flames engulfed the cave.

Lu Chen summoned the Qilin Seal—although it was a replica, it was still a treasure of acquired merit! The earthen-yellow light spread out, completely blocking the dragon flames.

"The Qilin Seal?! How do you have such a thing?!" Azure Dragon exclaimed in surprise and doubt.

Lu Chen didn't answer, and taking advantage of the other party's distraction, he threw out the black brick again.

This time, the target is a pond!

"boom!"

The black brick slammed into the bottom of the pool, stirring up a thousand waves of the Three Lights Divine Water. The Sunlight Divine Water eroded flesh and blood, the Moonlight Divine Water corroded the primordial spirit, and the Starlight Divine Water swallowed and dissolved the true spirit.

The three azure dragons, upon being touched by the divine water, immediately began to scream in agony.

"Three Lights Divine Water! Retreat immediately!"

But Lu Chen wouldn't let them back down.

He bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the Qilin Seal. The seal shone brightly, transforming into a hundred-foot-tall phantom mountain that crashed down!

"town!"

The three azure dragons were pinned down by the mountain's illusory form, unable to move. The Three Lights Divine Water continued to erode them, and their aura rapidly weakened.

Lu Chen seized the opportunity to rush forward and smash the black bricks repeatedly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each blow struck the dragon's vital points, and with the combined effect of the divine water's corrosive power, he managed to knock the three peak Golden Immortal Azure Dragons unconscious!

"receive!"

The Qiankun Diagram unfolded, taking the three unconscious azure dragons into its small world to suppress them.

After doing all this, Lu Chen collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Reaching three peak Golden Immortal levels in a row, seemingly effortless, was actually extremely dangerous. Without the aid of the Qilin Seal and the Divine Water, he would have been the one to die.

"I must break through to the Golden Immortal realm as soon as possible..."

He dared not linger, rushed out of the cave, and fled towards the outside of Buzhou Mountain.

They had only flown a hundred miles when a terrifying fluctuation suddenly came from the horizon.

Lu Chen looked up, his pupils suddenly contracting.

High above, two colossal figures, each ten thousand feet tall, were locked in a fierce battle.

On the left is a nine-clawed golden dragon, its scales shattered and its horns broken, yet its aura remains domineering—it is the direct descendant of the ancestral dragon that fought the Qilin before!

On the right is the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix, its wings stained with blood, its crown dimmed, and its Nirvana Divine Flame as faint as a candle—the Yuan Phoenix Guard!

"A direct descendant of Zulong and Yuanfeng?" Lu Chen's heart raced.

Although these two are not clan leaders, they are core high-ranking members of the three clans, at least at the late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!

Why are they fighting to the death here? Has the final battle of the three races been brought forward?

Lu Chen concealed his presence and crept to a hilltop on the edge of the battlefield.

The golden dragon and the divine phoenix were fighting in a frenzy, each strike causing the void to collapse and turning thousands of miles of mountains and rivers into dust.

"Yuan Feng! You have betrayed us and allied with the Dragon Clan to destroy my Qilin! Today I will kill you!" The golden dragon roared, the dragon pearl burned, and it unleashed power beyond its limits.

"Bullshit! It was your dragon clan that attacked my Undying Volcano first!" The Divine Phoenix shrieked, and the Nirvana Divine Fire transformed into a sea of ​​fire.

Lu Chen was startled by what he heard.

The information in the jade talisman is true! The Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan have indeed formed an alliance, but both sides clearly believe the other betrayed them first, and now they are fighting amongst themselves!

"A good opportunity..."

He looked toward the center of the battlefield, where many fragments of treasures were scattered: a broken dragon spear, shattered phoenix feathers, and several dim dragon pearls and phoenix pills.

But what attracted him most was a golden scale hanging from the neck of the golden dragon—the Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale! And a seven-colored tail feather that fell from the head of the Divine Phoenix—the Primordial Phoenix's Natal Feather!

These two items contain the primordial essence and blood of the Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Phoenix, making them excellent materials for condensing "water energy" and "fire energy"!

"Let's do it!"

Lu Chen made a firm decision and quietly made his way to the battlefield.

At this moment, both the Golden Dragon and the Divine Phoenix were severely injured. The Golden Dragon's Dragon Pearl shattered, and the Divine Phoenix's Nirvana Flame was extinguished; both plummeted from a great height.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The two colossal beasts crashed into the earth, creating two deep craters, and were on the verge of death.

It's now!

Lu Chen charged out like a cheetah, heading straight for the golden dragon.

"Human ants...you're courting death!" Although the golden dragon was severely injured, its Great Luo aura was still terrifying, and it unleashed a burst of dragon breath.

Lu Chen neither dodged nor evaded, using the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag to protect himself and withstand the attack. With the black brick in hand, his merits were fully activated.

"Senior, you're tired, go to sleep!"

"Bang!"

The black brick landed squarely on the dragon head's wound.

The laws of force vibrated, and combined with the golden light of merit, actually smashed the remaining consciousness of the golden dragon into disintegration.

"You..." The golden dragon's eyes widened, filled with resentment, before it finally fainted.

Lu Chen moved swiftly, tearing off the Ancestral Dragon's reverse scale and digging out three Dragon Ball fragments, which he then collected.

He turned and lunged towards the Divine Phoenix Pit.

The Divine Phoenix had witnessed what had just happened and was struggling to take flight.

"Fellow Daoist, wait! I am willing to offer up this treasure, but I ask for nothing in return—"

"Bang!"

As the black bricks fell, the Divine Phoenix followed in the footsteps of the Golden Dragon.

Lu Chen plucked the seven-colored tail feather and picked up a few phoenix heart feathers containing the power of rebirth.

The entire process took less than ten breaths.

"withdraw!"

Without looking back, he sped off into the depths of Buzhou Mountain.

Just after flying a thousand miles, a deafening roar came from behind.

"Who is it?! Who dares to kill my Dragon Clan's Crown Prince?!"

"Feng'er—!!!"

Two terrifying auras descended from the sky, revealing the true forms of the Ancestral Dragon and the Primordial Phoenix!

Lu Chen was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and he frantically burned his life essence to escape.

But the speed of the peak-era Luo was too fast, and he was locked on in the blink of an eye.

"Insects, stay here!" The Ancestral Dragon lashed out with his claws from afar, freezing the void.

Done!

In his despair, Lu Chen suddenly remembered the words in the jade slip of the Qiankun Ancestor: "If you encounter difficulties, you can mention my name."

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Grand Ancestor Qiankun, save me—!!!"

The moment the words fell.

"Buzz—"

A phantom image of the Qiankun Diagram unfolded above Lu Chen's head. Although it was just a projection, the spatial fluctuations it emitted distorted the Ancestral Dragon's claw.

At the same time, a detached voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth:

"This child is destined to be with me. Fellow Daoists, please give me some face."

Zu Long and Yuan Feng paused in their movements.

"Ancestor Qiankun? Didn't you perish?" Yuan Feng asked in surprise.

"Just a wisp of remnant spirit." The voice was calm. "I will protect this child. The three of you are about to face a great calamity, why make things difficult for a junior?"

The Ancestral Dragon's eyes flashed, and it finally let out a cold snort: "Since Fellow Daoist Qiankun has spoken... you ant, hand over my son's reverse scale!"

Lu Chen dared not hesitate and quickly threw out the Ancestral Dragon's Reverse Scale.

Zu Long caught it and gave Lu Chen a deep look: "You're smart to know what's good for you."

Having said that, he rolled up the golden dragon's corpse and left.

Yuan Feng retrieved her seven-colored tail feathers and gave Lu Chen a deep look: "Humans... are quite interesting."

After the two clan leaders left, peace returned to the world.

Lu Chen collapsed to the ground, his body soaked in sweat.

That was so exciting! I almost died!

But... it was worth it!

He checked his spoils: three Dragon Ball fragments (Great Luo level), five Phoenix Heart Feathers (containing the origin of Nirvana), and several storage magic treasures he had taken from the Divine Phoenix.

More importantly, although Zulong and Yuanfeng retrieved the most important reverse scale and tail feather, he had already absorbed a trace of their essence blood.

This tiny bit was enough for him to condense both water and fire energy!

"I'll find a place to seclude myself and attempt to break through to the Golden Immortal realm!"

Lu Chen had just stood up when suddenly—

"Boom!"

From the direction of Buzhou Mountain, a phantom image of a Qilin, supporting the sky and supporting the earth, appeared, roaring with grief and anger:

"Dragon Clan! Phoenix Clan! You have betrayed us, slaughtering my Qilin—today, it is a fight to the death!"

The decisive battle between the three races has erupted in full force!

Lu Chen looked at the murderous aura filling the sky, but a smile appeared on his lips.

"Go ahead and hit them, the harder the better..."

"Once you've both been severely injured, it'll be my turn to collect your corpses."

He turned and flew toward a hidden valley in Buzhou Mountain.

There, there lies a blessed land protected by an innate array—marked as a "safe house" on the jade slip.

Shortly after he left, a dark figure slowly emerged at the edge of the battlefield.

That was a ten-thousand-foot-tall Qilin, covered in wounds, and it was none other than the Qilin clan leader—the First Qilin!

It stared intently in the direction Lu Chen had left, its eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Young human... you have the blood of the third brother on you."

Lu Chen was unaware that he had been targeted by the Primordial Qilin. The valley where the safe house was located, seemingly peaceful, actually concealed the greatest secret of Buzhou Mountain—the entrance to the Pangu Palace!

At the same time, one of the three unconscious azure dragons in his Qiankun Diagram suddenly had its jade pendant glow, with four characters engraved on it: [East Sea Dragon Palace · Third Prince].