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

Deep within the Northern Sea, demonic energy surges to the heavens.

When Lu Chen arrived, nearly half of the red cloud's soul had been extracted from the altar. The Myriad Soul Devouring God Pearl shone brightly with blood-red light, and a hideous demonic face vaguely appeared inside the pearl, greedily devouring the pure soul power.

"Kunpeng!" Lu Chen roared, and the Chaos Brick flew out of his hand, transforming into a giant brick ten thousand feet tall and crashing towards the altar!

"Lu Chen?! How did you find this place?!" Kunpeng was shocked and hurriedly raised the black banner to defend himself.

The black banner, named "Banner of Ten Thousand Demons," is one of the most powerful demonic treasures left behind by the Demon Ancestor Rahu. It can summon countless demonic creatures and corrupt magical artifacts. As the banner unfurled, countless demonic shadows roared out and pounced on the Chaos Brick.

"A mere trick!" Lu Chen sneered, unleashing the full power of the Great Dao of Power, causing pure and exquisite patterns of the Law of Power to appear on the surface of the Chaos Brick.

One brick fell, and all demons shattered!

"Snap—!"

The Banner of Ten Thousand Demons shattered upon impact, and the Kunpeng flew backward, spitting blood.

But the two black-robed quasi-saints at the peak of their cultivation moved beside the altar.

One man unleashed a white bone sword, its blade entwined with countless wronged souls. With a single strike, the cries of ghosts and gods echoed.

Another person conjured a skull mirror, the mirror light shining on Lu Chen. Lu Chen's reflection appeared in the mirror, and the reflection began to bleed from its seven orifices, as if it were some kind of curse or supernatural power.

"Unorthodox methods!" Lu Chen neither dodged nor avoided, and punched the White Bone Sword.

This punch, seemingly ordinary, contained the ultimate pure power of the Dao. The moment the punch was thrown, the surrounding chaotic energy was dispelled, forming a vacuum zone.

"clang--!!"

As fist and sword clashed, the white bone sword shattered inch by inch. The black-robed quasi-saint peak cultivator screamed in agony as half of his body exploded into a bloody mist.

At the same time, the curse of the Skull Mirror fell on Lu Chen, but it was automatically dispelled by the power law on his body—before absolute power, all curses are a joke!

"How is this possible?!" another black-robed quasi-saint at the peak exclaimed in shock. "Aren't you in the late stage of the Primordial Chaos realm? This combat power..."

"Who told you that realm equals combat power?" Lu Chen grinned, instantly appearing in front of him with his brick-遁 (brick-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape from a higher realm) and delivered another punch.

"boom--!"

The second black-robed quasi-saint peak followed in his footsteps, his physical body collapsing, leaving only a remnant soul fleeing in terror.

In just three breaths, one of the two peak Quasi-Saints died and the other fled!

Kunpeng was terrified at the sight and turned to flee into the depths of the demon's lair.

"Trying to leave?" Lu Chen reached out and grabbed, the Chaos Brick transforming into a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky, seizing Kunpeng along with the tattered Ten Thousand Demon Banner.

"Lu Chen! You can't kill me!" Kunpeng shrieked. "I am the Dao Ancestor's appointed Lord of the Northern Sea! If you kill me, the Dao Ancestor will not let you off!"

"The Dao Ancestor?" Lu Chen scoffed. "You think you can intimidate me by mentioning the Dao Ancestor?"

He exerted force, and the protective divine light of the Kunpeng began to crack, on the verge of being crushed.

Just then—

"Thump!"

Deep within the demon's lair, that heartbeat rang out again, clearer and stronger than before.

The entire demon cave began to shake violently, and countless demons surged out like a tide, densely packed, obscuring the entire underwater canyon.

Deep within the demon's lair, a pair of scarlet eyes slowly opened.

The moment his eyes opened, a terrifying Saint-level pressure swept out!

Lu Chen grunted, and the giant hand formed from the Chaos Brick was shattered. Kunpeng took the opportunity to break free and fled into the depths of the Demon Cave without looking back.

"A saint-level demon..." Lu Chen's expression turned solemn.

Although he has only just entered the Saint level, he is still a Saint after all! Moreover, this is the Demon Cave's home ground, and the opponent can mobilize endless demonic energy, so his combat power can at least reach the mid-Saint level.

A direct confrontation would not yield much of a chance.

But Hongyun was still on the altar, and half of her soul had already been taken away. If she was left any longer, she would truly be scattered to the winds.

"Senior, is the formation ready yet?!" Lu Chen transmitted his voice to Zhen Yuanzi.

"It's done!" Zhen Yuanzi's voice rang out. "The Earth Vein Array has covered the Northern Underworld Sea, sealing the entrance to the Demon Cave for ten breaths! Within ten breaths, we must rescue Fellow Daoist Hongyun!"

"Ten breaths...that's enough!"

Lu Chen took a deep breath, pushing the Great Dao of Power to its limit. His aura began to rise infinitely, faintly touching the threshold of becoming a Saint.

He looked into those scarlet eyes, grinned, and said, "No matter what you are, I'm saving this man today!"

Before he finished speaking, he transformed into a stream of chaotic light and rushed toward the altar.

"You're courting death!" A furious roar came from the depths of the demon cave, and a sky-covering demonic hand reached out to grab Lu Chen.

Wherever the demonic hand passed, space crumbled inch by inch, and endless demonic energy transformed into chains, trying to trap him to death.

"Break!" Lu Chen threw a punch, his pure power colliding with the demonic hand.

"Boom—!!"

The entire Northern Sea was overturned, the seawater surged back, revealing the underwater mountains and canyons.

The demonic hand was knocked back, and Lu Chen also spat out a mouthful of blood, but he used the force of the recoil to increase his speed by three times, instantly appearing in front of the altar.

"receive!"

The Qiankun Diagram unfolded, drawing the unconscious body of Zhuanxu and the Myriad Souls Devouring God Pearl into it.

The moment Lu Chen got his hands on the bead, he sensed that Hong Yun's soul inside was being rapidly refined, with less than 30% remaining.

"town!"

The Chaos Brick slammed into the bead, forcibly interrupting the refining process.

But the demonic face inside the bead roared angrily, frantically attacking the suppression of the Chaos Brick.

"Walk!"

Lu Chen dared not linger in the fight, so he activated his full brick-escape technique and sped towards the outside of the demon cave.

"Stay!" Deep within the demon's lair, the demon lord fully awakened, and its terrifying aura caused the entire Northern Sea to groan in despair.

It emerged from the demon's lair as a three-headed, six-armed demon god, ten thousand feet tall, its body pitch black, its muscles bulging, radiating a violent aura that could destroy everything.

"A demon god transformed from the remains of Rahu?" Lu Chen's pupils contracted.

No wonder it's so powerful; it turns out that a part of the remnant body of the Demon Ancestor Rahu has developed sentience and cultivated into a demon god!

"Ten breaths have passed! Young friend, come out quickly!" Zhen Yuanzi's voice rang in my ears.

"boom--!"

At the bottom of the Northern Sea, countless ley line powers erupted, transforming into a golden net that tightly sealed the entrance to the Demon Cave.

The demon crashed into the net, bounced back, and let out a furious roar of resentment.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lu Chen rushed out of the North Sea and flew towards Wuzhuang Temple without looking back.

Half an hour later, inside the Wuzhuang Temple.

Zhen Yuanzi's face was pale, clearly indicating that mobilizing the Earth Vein Array had taken a heavy toll. But he couldn't afford to rest and looked at the Myriad Soul Devouring God Pearl in the Qiankun Diagram with Lu Chen.

Inside the bead, Hongyun's soul was reduced to a faint flame, which could be extinguished at any moment.

"Is there any hope?" Lu Chen asked.

"Yes," Zhen Yuanzi gritted his teeth. "Using the earth's membrane to nurture it, combined with the vitality of the ginseng fruit tree, might be able to preserve its true spirit. But to restore it... it will take at least ten thousand years."

"Ten thousand years is fine," Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "It's better than my soul being scattered."

The two worked together to separate Hongyun's remnant soul from the bead and carefully placed it deep into the earth's membrane for nurturing.

After doing all this, Lu Chen looked at the Myriad Soul Devouring God Pearl.

The demonic face inside the bead was still struggling, but it was suppressed by the Chaos Brick and could not make a ripple.

"What should we do with this?" Zhen Yuanzi asked.

"Let's seal it away first." Lu Chen thought for a moment, "The demonic energy inside is pure; it might be useful later."

He stored the bead deep within the Qiankun Diagram, then looked towards the North Sea: "That demon god..."

"It's temporarily trapped by the earth vein array," Zhen Yuanzi said. "But it won't be trapped for long, at most a hundred years, before it breaks free. At that time..."

"When that time comes, I'll go and meet it myself." A fighting spirit flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.

He can withstand a blow from a demon god in the late stage of Hunyuan. When he breaks through to the peak of Hunyuan, and even proves himself as a saint by force, why would he be afraid of a demon god who has just entered the saint level?

"Oh, right." Lu Chen suddenly remembered something, "If Kunpeng escaped into the depths of the demon's lair, what if it was attacked by the demon god...?"

"It's most likely been devoured." Zhen Yuanzi shook his head. "The awakening of the demon god requires a large amount of blood and souls, and Kunpeng delivered itself to its doorstep, becoming a perfect supplement."

Deserve it.

Lu Chen remained unmoved; this old bird deserved to die for scheming against Hongyun.

After discussing the follow-up arrangements for a while, Lu Chen prepared to return to the Pillar of Heaven for seclusion—although he had been injured during this trip to the Northern Sea, he had gained a great deal. The battle with the Demon God had deepened his understanding of the Great Dao of Power, and he had vaguely touched the threshold of the peak of the Primordial Chaos realm.

But at that moment, a vast Daoist voice came from the direction of Zixiao Palace in the heavens, resounding throughout the entire prehistoric world:

"The great calamity of the Lich King has passed, but the Heavenly Court is without a ruler and in chaos. Therefore, I hereby appoint Haotian as the Jade Emperor and Yaochi as the Queen Mother of the West, to re-establish the Heavenly Court, to rule the Three Realms, and to restore order to Yin and Yang."

The Daoist Ancestor's decree!

Haotian? Yaochi?

Lu Chen was stunned.

Aren't those two attendants of Hongjun Daozu? How could they be promoted to the position of Lord of Heaven?

"The Jade Emperor... the Queen Mother of the West..." Zhen Yuanzi murmured, "The Dao Ancestor is going to personally intervene and restore order to the primordial world."

Lu Chen, however, thought about it more deeply.

The re-establishment of the Heavenly Court signifies that the primordial world will enter a completely new era—an era governed by an "official institution" appointed by the Dao Ancestor.

In this new era, what role should this "wild" Grand Luo Immortal play?

Should he submit to the Heavenly Court, or... continue to be his carefree sixth brother?

"Interesting." Lu Chen smiled. "This game of chess in the primordial world is getting more and more interesting."

He looked up at the Lingxiao Palace, which was being slowly rebuilt, in the heavens above, a meaningful light flashing in his eyes.

Haotian... I hope you won't mess with me.

Otherwise, I wouldn't mind turning you, the Jade Emperor, into a commander without an army.