Primordial Era: A member of the Jie Sect, apprenticed to Tongtian

"Having cultivated in seclusion at Nuwa Palace for so many years, is she finally going to interfere in the affairs of the Three Realms?"

Kunpeng pondered for a moment and settled on the standard answer.

"And this person is the pawn she placed on her chessboard?"

Kunpeng almost instantly concluded that Shiyuan's identity must be related to the goddess Nuwa.

But he soon discovered that, although there were already basic standard answers.

However, he still couldn't see the scheming involved in this matter clearly.

If it really was the goddess Nuwa who intervened, what would be the significance?

Why make things difficult for the Chan Sect?

Why choose a human cultivator as a pawn?

What is her goal?

Reviving the demon race? Or something else?

Kunpeng naturally couldn't figure out the answers to these questions.

"A sage's scheme...a sage..."

For a moment, he was amazed at how ingenious the sage's schemes were.

Even though he considered himself to be one of the most cunning strategists in the Three Realms, he still couldn't see through any of the clues.

However, there is no doubt that Kunpeng doesn't care about these things.

The only thing he cares about is...

"To be able to unleash the golden flames of the sun... could this person be the reincarnation of Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi?"

But a moment later, he dismissed the guess.

"No—the two of them are too intertwined, and Heaven and Earth would never allow them to reappear in the Three Realms."

"So...could this person be the reincarnation of some Golden Crow Prince from the past?"

The mere thought of this possibility caused a ferocious glint to flash involuntarily in his eyes, like that of a wild beast.

He knew that if his guess was true.

Then Shi Yuan might come looking for trouble with him.

Because in the end of the ancient war between the Lich King and the Demon King, it was Kunpeng who betrayed the Demon King Dijun.

At that time, Di Jun was fighting against several ancestral witches with the help of his own innate spiritual treasure, the "Hetu Luoshu".

However, he took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, severely injuring Di Jun.

They also stole Di Jun's magical treasure, the "Hetu Luoshu".

This directly led to Di Jun being killed by the Ancestral Witches.

So if Shi Yuan is indeed the reincarnation of one of the nine golden crow princes who perished in the past, and was raised by the goddess Nuwa to this day.

Therefore, it's almost inevitable that they'll cause him trouble.

but...

"...Hmph! So what?"

After pondering for a moment, Kunpeng let out a cold snort.

Is he afraid?

Of course I'm not afraid!

They didn't even mention the possibility of him being the reincarnation of the Golden Crow Prince.

Speaking only of the golden crow that was still alive in the past, now the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha.

He joined the Buddhist order and devoted himself to Buddhism just as he did during the Investiture of the Gods.

After being conferred the title of a god, he went into seclusion for a long period and never left his dojo.

Isn't his purpose to quickly improve his cultivation level and then seek revenge?

But did Kunpeng show any fear?

As one of the most powerful beings in the world, Kunpeng only fears sages.

No one else was worth his fear.

And he was well aware of it.

Even if Shi Yuan is truly the reincarnation of the Golden Crow Prince, he cannot act prematurely.

If he doesn't intervene, according to the old agreement... Nuwa cannot attack him.

However, if he were to take the initiative to attack Shi Yuan, then Nuwa would have no psychological pressure in killing him.

"Come if you want... In three hundred years at most, I will be able to completely refine the Hetu Luoshu."

Kunpeng murmured softly.

His gaze was fixed on the two ancient tortoise shells floating in the void before him.

That was the very spiritual treasure he had seized from the "Demon Emperor" Di Jun in the past.

The supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Hetu Luoshu.

In particular, Kunpeng had made a pact with the goddess Nuwa in the past, lending this treasure to help the reincarnated human 'Fuxi' attain the status of one of the Three Sovereigns.

From then on, the Hetu Luoshu received even more fortune from the human race.

Its power is almost on the verge of entering the realm of innate treasures.

"At that time... by using this treasure to conceal the secrets of heaven, even a sage would not find it so easy to kill me."

After muttering these words to himself, Kunpeng closed his eyes again and meditated quietly.

There was no sound from within the Demon Master's Palace.

Meanwhile...

"Master won! Master is amazing! That three-eyed monster was beaten so badly by Master that he ran away with his head in his hands!"

Watching Yuanling cheering and jumping for joy in front of him, pretending to fight while making "hoo-ha" sounds.

Shi Yuan was smiling and nodding as he sipped his tea.

He was naturally unaware that his actions had even attracted the attention of that ancient demon in the Northern Sea.

Even more unexpectedly, the other party mistook him for the reincarnation of the Golden Crow Prince.

However, if Shi Yuan knew, he would probably be happy to accept it.

This undoubtedly means that he has achieved more than half of his goal.

Even Kunpeng, the demon master who knew the demon race very well, would misunderstand his identity.

Then the saint of the Chan Sect was naturally no different.

After Yuanling finished cheering, he quickly looked at Shiyuan and asked, "But Master, when are we going back to the mountain?"

"What? Want to go back?"

Shi Yuan laughed.

"Um!"

Yuanling nodded vigorously and started counting his playmates on his fingers.

"I miss the little demons in the mountains—the little monkey demon Feng Tong, the little tree demon Huai Xin, the little snake demon Chi Ling, the little fox Liu Li..."

As she spoke, she looked at Shi Yuan with a pitiful expression.

She was homesick.

Don't worry.

Shi Yuan chuckled and patted her head.

She was homesick.

Don't worry.

Shi Yuan chuckled and patted her head.

His gaze drifted leisurely toward the east.

That's the direction of Kunlun Mountain.

"Soon, we'll be able to go back to the mountain."

And just as Shi Yuan had predicted.

After Yang Jian and Nezha escaped, the Heavenly Court did not take any action.

This is to be expected, since Nezha and Yang Jian clearly acted as disciples of the Chan Sect last time.

The Jade Emperor, of course, would not concern himself with the affairs of the Chan Sect.

And so everything seemed to return to 'peace'.

Only two changes.

Firstly, there are more and more visitors to Zouyi.

Most of these people came out of curiosity after hearing about supernatural tales.

Especially Baique Mountain, which is tens of thousands of miles away, has almost become a tourist destination.

Another point is that the great sage Lao Dan in the Seeking the Dao Pavilion suddenly stopped seeing guests not long ago.

Some insightful people speculate that he may have already grasped the principles he seeks and is attempting to write a book of scriptures.

Naturally, everyone in the country was extremely curious about this.

But obviously...

This calm is merely the calm before the storm.