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

Chapter Update Notice: Chapter 93, "May I ask, teacher, is the Demon Clan Saint just going to let this matter go?", available at [link to reading].

Don't be fooled by the fact that Shi Yuan seems to have only been in the Nuwa Realm for a short time.

However, in reality, the flow of time in the "world of obsession" where time and space are frozen is inherently peculiar.

As a result, a full year had actually passed within the Three Realms.

Yuanquan Mountain, Shiyuan Pavilion.

"Cough cough..."

When Shi Yuan, pale-faced, returned to Yuanquan Mountain.

"teacher!?"

Upon seeing his appearance, Tai Xi and Xuan Chi, who had been cultivating in Shiyuan Pavilion for a year, also had their expressions change drastically!

A hint of panic and worry flashed across Tai Xi's pretty face. After exclaiming in surprise, she hurriedly came to Shi Yuan's side.

Although Xuan Chi still maintained his cool demeanor, his brows were now furrowed.

Both are beings from the Stone Origin Realm, and both were born from Stone Origin.

The natural affinity between Shi Yuan and his parents is almost like that between parents.

Not to mention that in the Three Realms, the relationship between master and disciple is even closer than that of kinship and blood ties.

"It's nothing...cough cough...just a minor injury!"

Shi Yuan coughed twice and said weakly.

"Teacher, you're hurt!? Who hurt you... I'm going to find her and settle the score!"

Tai Xi's eyes instantly welled up with tears, and her once clear and gentle eyes now rarely showed a trace of murderous intent.

The Xuan Chi remained silent, simply standing up quietly.

The meaning is quite clear—let's go together.

"..."

Shi Yuan naturally didn't expect his two disciples to have such fiery tempers.

He immediately replied, "It's nothing, it's nothing, just a minor injury from the pressure—it's nothing serious."

"Besides, with your meager cultivation levels, how could you two possibly... um?"

Halfway through his sentence, Shi Yuan suddenly realized something was amiss.

"How did you guys reach the late stage of Taiyi True Immortal?"

What's going on?

He only went to the Nuwa Palace for a year, right?

How did my two disciples break through from the early stage of Taiyi True Immortal to the late stage?

With such a startled exclamation, Shi Yuan's voice suddenly became even more powerful.

However, it seems that Shi Yuan (357) is not about to pass away.

Tai Xi and Xuan Chi finally calmed down a little.

"yes!"

Tai Xi said matter-of-factly, "After you leave after your sermon, my junior brother and I will focus on our cultivation."

"Then naturally, you broke through to the late stage of Taiyi True Immortal. Teacher, didn't you also break through at a similar speed?"

My speed is only possible by cheating. You two... oh, you guys are cheating too, right?

Although I knew all along that my two disciples were incredibly talented.

But after witnessing it with his own eyes, Shi Yuan still couldn't help but sigh.

That's insane.

This speed is something even the monkey born under a divine destiny in the future might not be able to match.

"Teacher, you still haven't told us! Who hurt you? We'll go avenge you!"

At this moment, Tai Xi spoke again.

"..."

Seeing that the two disciples seemed eager to try, they indeed wanted to seek revenge on the 'master-injurer'.

Shi Yuan simply glared at him.

"What revenge are you talking about?! Do you need to avenge my death?"

His voice, however, was full of vigor: "Why aren't you cultivating yet!"

"...oh!"

Although he didn't know why his master was so angry.

But neither Tai Xi nor Xuan Chi were fools.

On the contrary—given their natural talents, their intelligence has always been on point.

So the two exchanged a glance and guessed that their master's injury was not as simple as it seemed.

He didn't say anything more and silently planned to go back to cultivate as Shi Yuan had instructed.

But at this moment

"Wait—you should go find that girl Yuanling first and have her summon that little fox Liuli."

"And then I'll take this girl with me to cultivate... She's gone completely wild while I've been away!"

After carefully observing the situation within Yuanquan Mountain, Shi Yuan, who found that his disciple's cultivation had not improved at all in the past year, spoke without any compassion.

After his two disciples received their orders and left...

Shi Yuanfang suddenly rubbed his chest.

"Ouch..."

The fact that there were no fake injuries inside his body made Shi Yuan sigh.

"Is Goddess Nuwa really going to this? We agreed it would just be a show to fool everyone else—but she's actually doing it!"

"A dignified saint, ambushing a mere Grand Luo Golden Immortal like me... what a lack of martial ethics!"

And so he sighed.

Within the Stone Origin Realm.

Wang Shu, who had already returned to Taiyin Star in the Shiyuan Realm, heard Shiyuan's mutterings from afar through her senses.

She couldn't help but roll her beautiful eyes.

"You provoked Sister Nuwa like that, it would be strange if she didn't teach you a lesson."

"Besides, she only disrupted your magical power with the power of a saint, damaging your meridians a little—it just looks like your magical power is severely disordered, but in reality, you will recover in three to five days."

What could she possibly say?

If a sage truly disregards martial virtue, Shi Yuan would be considered lucky to return to the Three Realms unscathed.

However, after a series of complaints...

Wang Shu's expression also changed slightly.

Nothing more than that—her experience at the Nuwa Palace deepened her understanding of Shiyuan.

Originally, she only felt that Shi Yuan had an unparalleled opportunity.

Sooner or later, he will become a figure who shakes the three realms and is invincible.

But now she finds that this "future" seems a little too close.

She wasn't actually busy with cultivation. Cutting off her third corpse—the path of cultivation—was based on the principle of alternating between tension and relaxation.

But it is different now.

"With the Chaos Bell in hand, planting the Fusang Divine Tree will surely grant him another stroke of good fortune. And if he also cultivates the 'Sun Creation Dharma Body'..."

She spoke in a low voice, but a rare sense of urgency rose in her heart.

If this continues, the position that she, the ancient demon goddess, can barely maintain will probably be truly taken over by Shi Yuan!

The thought of being so easily surpassed by such a lazy guy...

"..."

So, silently and without a sound, Wangshu gently sprinkled the moonlight.

Its form merged into the sacred laurel tree, clearly indicating that it had gone into seclusion.

At the same time...

Kunlun, Yuxu Palace.

"So that our Sage Teacher may know that Shi Yuan has already left Nuwa's Palace."

"His magical power was disordered, and there were still remnants of the saintly aura of the Goddess Nuwa on his body—he must have been taught a lesson by the demon saint."

"No one saw her off when she left, which must have meant that she had thoroughly offended Goddess Nuwa."

Inside the Jade Void Palace, only Guang Chengzi was present before the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Guang Chengzi, on the other hand, was in high spirits.

After all, the previous battle was a great humiliation in Guang Chengzi's eyes.

A half-crippled member of the Jie Sect, and a mere Taiyi cultivator.

Yet he dared to scheme against the Chan Sect, causing him to lose face greatly.

Seeing Shi Yuan "suffer a loss" at this moment naturally made him very happy!

That's right—Shi Yuan's trip to Nuwa Palace was naturally no secret in the Three Realms.

After all, Fairy Qingluan had come to him so casually.

The Nuwa Palace is located in the chaos beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Their whereabouts were not concealed, so they were naturally obvious at a glance.

"My disciple."

At this moment, the Primordial Celestial Venerable spoke softly.

"One who displays joy or anger on his face is no immortal!"

He began by saying this.

Upon hearing this, Guang Chengzi's expression immediately changed.

He immediately bowed down, saying, "It was my mistake."

"Only by subduing the restless mind and reining in the wandering will can one attain the path to immortality."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable remained calm.

And that is indeed the case—the sage will not forget what happened before.

But a sage will not let this damage his moral resolve.

"It was only natural that Shi Yuan was summoned by Junior Sister Nuwa after he used the Golden Flame of the Sun and the Breath of the Nine Heavens."

"His golden flames of the sun have an unknown origin, but he is not the reincarnation of the Golden Crow Prince."

Yuanshi Tianzun had long ago realized that Shiyuan's primordial spirit was nothing more than that of a human.

Regardless of the past, it has nothing to do with the Golden Crow.

so...

"From this perspective, he must have refined the true spirit of the former Golden Crow Prince... It's only natural that Junior Sister Nuwa is angry with him."

The Primordial Celestial Venerable made a logical deduction.

Shi Yuan himself is neither a golden crow nor a reincarnation of a golden crow, but he possesses the golden flames of the sun.

Then naturally, it means that the true spirit of the Golden Crow Prince has been refined.

Therefore, the goddess Nuwa naturally took action to punish him!

"May I ask, teacher, is the demon race saint simply going to let this matter drop?"

Guang Chengzi naturally knew how much this matter offended the goddess Nuwa.

Upon hearing these words, Yuanshi Tianzun finally showed a slight smile.

"Of course not!"