Honghuang: It makes sense that there are four Sanqing, right?

But no matter how they used their magic, they could never pinpoint Xu Qing's exact location.

"No, the secrets of heaven are still in chaos."

Ultimately, Di Jun and Fu Xi chose to give up.

"What should we do then? Once Xu Qing recovers, what will we do when the Three Pure Ones come knocking on our door?"

Kunpeng looked anxious and spoke in a flustered tone.

"Shut up! What are you afraid of? If the Three Pure Ones and the others attack, I'll hold them off."

Taiyi snorted coldly, clearly displeased with Kunpeng's escape.

"Demon Master, if that day ever comes, you can simply return to your Northern Underworld. Consider the Heavenly Court's fortune and merits as something our brothers and I already owe you."

Di Jun was also very dissatisfied with Kunpeng's words that undermined the morale of the army. Unusually, he did not reprimand Taiyi, but instead gave him a sharp rebuke.

"you……"

Kunpeng had nothing to say. He flicked his sleeves and walked towards the Demon Master's Palace, his injuries not yet fully healed.

On the other side, thanks to the effects of Nuwa's Spirit Wine, Xu Qing has basically returned to his prime and has now arrived at a Western underground world.

Gonggong and Zhujiuyin were here, breathing in and out evil energy to repair the earth's veins, with the evil demon pearls piled up to the side.

Xu Qing activated the Law of Emotions and then greeted the two of them.

"Gonggong, my Daoist friend; Zhujiu, my Daoist friend."

The two people turned around when they heard the sound.

"Xu Qing, what are you doing here?"

Stimulated by the evil energy underground, the Law of Emotions could only allow the two to communicate normally, but could not achieve the same closeness with Xu Qing as they had in the Pangu Palace.

"Fellow Daoists, repairing the earth's veins requires not only filtering out evil energy, but also sorting out the veins."

"In the future, when filtering out evil energy, could you two please follow this order? I have already marked the times."

As he spoke, Xu Qing opened the map he had prepared beforehand and showed it to the two of them, trying his best to sound sincere.

There are specific requirements regarding the order and timing of filtering negative energy from underground spaces when analyzing the earth's veins.

Xu Qing learned about the original course of the western earth veins through the Earth Book and created this map.

Upon hearing Xu Qing's words, Gonggong and Zhujiuyin curiously approached, their combined ten heads and eleven eyes staring at the map.

"No, no, what kind of request is this? It's so roundabout and troublesome."

"That's right, I'm cultivating here just fine, what's it to you? Why are you meddling?"

After watching for a while, the two shook their heads together, unwilling to accept this arduous task.

"Fellow Daoists, if you examine the pathways, merits will also be bestowed upon you through the underground channels. Why not do it?"

Xu Qing reasoned with him.

"No, no, as long as it's enough to cleanse my own negative energy, what's the use of extra merit?"

The two shook their heads again.

Looking at the eleven wise eyes before him, Xu Qing took a deep breath and continued to persuade him.

"Where does the merit of warding off evil spirits come from?"

"Filters out the evil energy from underground."

"Who gave you permission to come here to filter out the evil energy from underground?"

Gonggong and Zhujiuyin hesitated for a moment, then looked at each other and said in unison.

"Big brother and little sister."

They were right. Taking another deep breath, Xu Qing could only go along with them.

Why did they ask you two to come?

"You persuaded me."

"Then would you two be considered to have done me a favor?"

The two looked at each other again.

"Calculate."

Xu Qing was overjoyed and picked up the map again.

"Alright, then you can repair the ley lines according to the order shown on this map, as a way of repaying the debt of gratitude, okay?"

"Well... okay."

Having dealt with people like Kunpeng and Nuwa for so long, Xu Qing found it somewhat difficult to adapt to such barbarians, and even a little mentally exhausting. Fortunately, after all this trouble, he finally managed to persuade the two of them.

Xu Qing then rushed to the other side.

In terms of personality, Shebishi, Zhurong, Gonggong, and Zhujiuyin are practically cut from the same cloth.

So Xu Qing used the same trick again and successfully persuaded the Fire Ancestral Witch and the Weather Ancestral Witch.

Xu Qing then stayed there. After the Ancestral Witch purified the key nodes, he used the Earth Book to open up the entire earth vein. In this way, several thousand years passed.

During this period, Jieyin and Zhunti would visit him from time to time. Xu Qing also encountered Zhen Yuanzi, who had returned to Wuzhuang Temple with the Mountain and River Map after finishing his seclusion.

Zhen Yuanzi, dressed in a white Taoist robe, with his long black hair neatly tied up, held a whisk in his hand and greeted Xu Qing with a cheerful smile, completely different from his former self.

During this time, Xu Qing disappeared without a trace, and the people of the Demon Court gradually recovered from their worries, pretending that nothing had happened. However, the conflict with the Witch Clan gradually intensified.

"Fellow Daoist Houtu, how have you been?"

On this day, it was Houtu and Xuanming's turn to repair the earth's veins. As the only two women among the twelve ancestral witches, they had a very good relationship.

"Fellow Daoist Xu Qing, your cultivation is even stronger than before."

Houtu returned the greeting, but it wasn't all just polite talk. Over the years, Xu Qing had been studying the Dao of Destruction and Emotion in his spare time and had made considerable progress.

"I observe that Fellow Daoist Houtu has no evil aura around her, her eyes are shining with divine light, and auspicious clouds are behind her head. Your primordial spirit is probably about to be born."

Xu Qing glanced at Houtu and silently calculated that when Houtu truly developed her primordial spirit, it would probably be the time for her to reincarnate.

With her primordial spirit, Houtu could transform her physical body into a cycle of reincarnation and travel the primordial world with her primordial spirit, no longer needing to be trapped in the sunless underworld all day long, although her strength would slightly decline.

"It really can't hide anything from Fellow Daoist Xu Qing. However, although we're only one step away, this last step will probably be much more difficult than the ones before."

Houtu smiled and responded.

"Friends, this is a fortunate opportunity."

Because he possessed the Book of Earth, Xu Qing could sense that Houtu had primordial purple energy.

Houtu, not understanding the situation, stopped responding.

Xu Qing couldn't say it outright, so he closed his eyes and continued to comprehend the Great Dao of Destruction and Emotion. He was still in the late stage of Quasi-Saint, but only one step away from the peak of Quasi-Saint.

If I could simultaneously achieve the Great Luo of Hunyuan through two Great Daos, I would probably be the number one person under the Heavenly Dao.

Unfortunately, not to mention the difficulty of this final step itself, even the Heavenly Dao probably cannot tolerate such a dual-path Grand Luo, as it would be beyond control.

Xu Qing could even sense the faint, pervasive rejection from the primordial world, and when he was about to truly attain enlightenment, he would have no choice but to go to the Chaos.

With a soft sigh, Xu Qing felt somewhat helpless.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Qing awoke from his seclusion. He knew that the opportunity for Nuwa to attain enlightenment had arrived.

Because there was no Primordial Purple Qi, some unforeseen events might occur. Out of caution, Xu Qing decided to personally go to Buzhou Mountain to meet Nuwa.

Sitting on the red lotus, Xu Qing first flew to the Western Paradise. At this time, Jieyin and Zhunti, who were blessed by the Primordial Purple Qi, were already at the peak of Quasi-Saint.

Upon seeing Xu Qing, the two men were overjoyed, for he was a great benefactor of the Western world.

"Fellow Daoists, I have some urgent business to attend to. Could you please help me sort out the earth's veins?"

Xu Qing got straight to the point.

"Of course, of course. This should have been a matter for the two of us. Fellow Daoist, please go ahead. We will certainly not fail in our trust."

Jieyin and Zhunti had long guessed that Xu Qing was plotting something big, so they didn't ask any more questions and just let Xu Qing do as he pleased.

In any case, once they become saints, they will be immortal and indestructible, and no matter what they plot, nothing can harm them.

Xu Qing thanked him and flew towards Buzhou Mountain again.