Primordial Salted Fish: Starting from Refusing to Join the Demon Clan

"Yes, as the saying goes, treasures belong to the virtuous." Taiqing Laozi's expression was calm and composed, his eyes slightly lowered, as if all things in heaven and earth operated within the Taiji Yin-Yang principle, and he had everything under his control.

However, things in the primordial world are always changing in an instant, with fortune and misfortune intertwined, and opportunities and calamities often separated by a single thought.

Just as the powerful figures were each harboring their own thoughts and secretly plotting, a sudden change occurred!

"Hey——!"

A piercing roar that seemed to split gold and shatter stone tore through the sky, and a golden crow fire that could burn the heavens and boil the sea streaked across the sky like a meteor. Donghuang Taiyi had returned!

The chaotic bell phantom around him roared and vibrated, and the vast bell waves distorted space and time. Without saying a word, a giant hand wrapped with the true fire of the sun fiercely grabbed at the innate gourd vine with its myriad rays of light. It was domineering and determined to win!

"Hmph! You feathered beast, you dare to steal my treasure!"

A cold snort swept across the summit of Mount Buzhou like a chilling wind from the depths of hell.

The void suddenly twisted and shattered, and the Ancestral Witch Emperor Jiang stepped out from the spatial rift like a ghost, his body exuding a murderous aura that stirred up the earth, water, fire and wind.

The spatial law runes in his palm shone brightly as he clenched his fist tightly over the area where the gourd vine was located!

"Buzz—!"

An invisible, overwhelming spatial force descended instantly!

The six mature, radiant gourds, before being touched by Taiyi's sun fire that could incinerate all things, were forcibly peeled off the vines by this space power that reversed the universe!

Like six stars thrown into boiling water, they transformed into six dazzling streams of light with different attributes (purple-gold, purple-blue, crimson, blue, emerald green, and yellow), shooting off in different directions in the primordial world, their trajectories mysterious and unpredictable!

"Dijiang! How dare you ruin my opportunity! You're courting death!"

Donghuang Taiyi's eyes were bloodshot with rage, his anger almost igniting his primordial spirit, and the Chaos Bell's true form suddenly appeared above his head.

"clang--!"

A deafening roar shook the universe, and terrifying chaotic ripples spread out, attempting to freeze the scattered streams of light and strangle Dijiang.

"Donghuang Taiyi, hand over the Chaos Bell and surrender, or today will be the day you Golden Crows perish!"

Dijiang's figure flickered in the space, and his voice was like an ancient thunderclap, causing the surrounding spiritual energy to boil like a sea.

He wasn't particularly interested in the gourd vine itself, but Donghuang Taiyi wanted it?

We must not let them have their way! The blood feud between the lich and demons is now ready to be settled!

In an instant, the wind and clouds on the summit of Buzhou Mountain changed color completely, and the violent killing intent was so real that it made the mountain tremble!

In the primordial world, strength was paramount. Now, order has vanished, and only the strong can seize destiny. The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, is being played out in a naked manner.

"Fellow Daoists, the spiritual treasure is for those who are destined to obtain it. Since we are all destined, why not each use our own methods and whoever snatches it first shall keep it!"

Suddenly, a powerful figure shouted, which was like lighting a fuse, completely igniting the flames of the struggle!

Before the words were finished, divine light suddenly appeared, illuminating all the heavens!

Countless powerful spiritual treasures were unleashed, and various supernatural powers and magical abilities erupted like a raging sea!

Nuwa gently raised her hand, and the phantom of an ancient and mysterious furnace, containing the vitality of creation, appeared (the Furnace of Creation).

A gentle yet powerful azure lotus-shaped ray of light, imbued with the power of creation, arrived first, chasing after the purple-green gourd that contained the secrets of creation.

Fuxi followed closely behind, and the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Era instantly unfolded beneath his feet, evolving into all the phenomena of the heavens and deducing the secrets of the heavens. Chains of trigrams wrapped around the gourd, attempting to lock its location and prevent others from snatching it.

Hongyun laughed loudly. Although he had not obtained the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, he could clearly sense that the crimson gourd was in harmony with his own essence.

His figure blurred, transforming into a blood-red rainbow that pierced the sky, moving with incredible speed straight towards his target.

His close friend Zhen Yuanzi also activated the Earth Book (Earth Membrane) with all his might, and streams of primordial yellow energy descended, transforming into continuous mountain phantoms to protect him from attacks from the flanks and spatial turbulence.

Taiqing Laozi frowned almost imperceptibly, and sent out the Xuanhuang Pagoda in his hand, suppressing the four directions, the earth, wind, water, and fire, and forcibly fixing and suppressing a part of the void!

Ignoring the chaos around him, he took a step forward, as if shrinking the distance to an inch, and went straight for the heaviest purple-gold gourd. The yin and yang energies transformed into a millstone, crushing all obstacles in his path.

The Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerable had a majestic face, and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi shone brightly with auspicious energy. He cleaved the void with a single blow!

A beam of pure light, imbued with the supreme meaning of creation, tore through the chaos and slashed precisely at the path of the blue gourd emanating a chilling aura, intending to intercept and collect it.

The Supreme Pure Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable, displaying his sharpest edge, unsheathed the Qingping Sword with a clear and resonant dragon roar!

The sword light suddenly appeared, like the rising tide of the blue sea, or like the Milky Way pouring down from the sky. A cyan sword aura (the Heaven-Severing Sword Aura) that tore through the sky and severed all laws arrived first, with an indomitable momentum, heading straight for the vibrant, emerald green gourd.

In the chaos, the Blood Sea Styx Ancestor had already confronted the Daoist Zhunti, who was wielding the Seven Treasures Tree.

Styx wielded the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords in each hand, their blades humming as they spewed forth a thick, blood-red aura that stretched for thousands of feet.

The terrifying law of slaughter materialized, transforming into a phantom of a hellish inferno behind it, where countless vengeful spirits wailed.

He wielded two swords in unison, his swordplay ruthless and cunning. Each strike unleashed boundless waves of blood and the karmic fire of the red lotus that consumed the primordial spirit. Every move was aimed at Zhunti's vital points, and his ferocious aura made the world lose its color.

"Zhunti! You dare to try and steal my treasure? Well then, today I'll let you, this Western Taoist, taste the true flavor of my Blood Sea Killing Path!" Styx's voice was icy cold.

The Daoist Zhunti's expression was extremely solemn. As he wielded the Seven Treasures Tree, seven-colored divine light shone like a peacock spreading its tail, dazzling and magnificent.

Each ray of divine light contains Bodhi wisdom and supreme supernatural power, either brushing away the spiritual light of magical treasures, dissolving karmic fire and blood evil, or constructing a solid barrier.

The seven-colored divine light clashed fiercely with the blood-red sword energy and the red lotus karmic fire, unleashing a deafening roar. A storm of magical power swept in all directions, and spatial fragments flew like glass.

The Guide Daoist, holding a blessed pestle, intended to help Zhunti, but was blocked by the Taiji Diagram of Laozi of Taiqing.

The guide offered up six pure bamboos, each radiating a peaceful yet incredibly resilient golden light, transforming into a pure Buddhist kingdom, struggling to resist the terrifying power of the Yin and Yang energies of the Taiji diagram, which stabilized the earth, water, fire, and wind, and eroded all things.

The two fought in the heavens, their golden light intertwined with the yin and yang energies, and the aftershocks of their struggle for the Purple Gold Gourd already disrupted the laws of that world.

When Fuxi saw that Yuanshi Tianzun wanted to take the blue gourd, Fuxi placed his zither in front of him, plucked the strings with his ten fingers, and mysterious Taoist sounds resounded throughout the world.

The sound waves transformed into tangible rune chains, while the Bagua array beneath his feet spun rapidly. The eight trigrams—Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui—evolved into heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and marsh, forming a massive innate trapping array in an attempt to slow down the steps of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Yuanshi Tianzun snorted coldly, his face showing disdain: "A mere minor master of music dares to obstruct my Jade Purity Immortal Light?"