So powerful…

Within Cloud Maiden’s sleeve, Li Changshou watched the battle at the edge of the Chaos Sea, unable to suppress a trace of admiration in his heart.

Two streaks of light flashed rapidly at the edge of the Chaos Sea. Each collision triggered layers of ‘waves’ at the edge of the Chaos Sea, countless black shadows dissipating in various distorted and chaotic impacts.

Those were the vibrations of the Dao principles.

Kun Peng possessed extreme speed. Even in his Primordial Dao Body state, his speed nearly exceeded the limits that the Primordial World’s rules could contain, and at the edge of the Chaos Sea, there were no restraints whatsoever.

This made Li Changshou quite suspicious that the old shell of Kun Peng he had defeated head-on earlier was a weakened version.

Grand Magus wielded the Heaven and Earth Ruler with the Primordial Yellow Tower above his head, commanding the Heaven and Earth Dao. Through continuous displacement, he barely managed to keep up with Kun Peng’s figure.

The two chased each other, Grand Magus’s figure constantly flickering, the Primordial Yellow Tower protecting him from all laws, while the Heaven and Earth Ruler in his hand-carved rifts in the Chaos Sea.

Kun Peng’s figure swayed, leaving trails of afterimages, dodging the Heaven and Earth Ruler’s strikes. His palm condensed with fragmentary Dao power; each punch and palm strike could make the Primordial Yellow Tower tremble slightly.

The current Demon Master Kun Peng was more formidable than in ancient times.

As the fierce battle began, several Primordial Divine Demons showed signs of encircling Grand Magus.

“Guard the Taiji Chart well.”

Golden Spirit Holy Mother let out a low shout, her form transforming into a golden light as she merged into the black shadows.

In an instant, sword marks split the sky, and a jade ruyi scepter bloomed with the images of Azure Dragon and White Tiger divine beasts, smashing toward two Primordial Divine Demons.

Zhao Gongming immediately followed, twenty-four Sea Stabilizing Zhenzhus around him tinting the surroundings with boundless azure, leaving behind the words “I’ll protect Golden Spirit.”

To the side, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother said gently, “Everyone, feel free to attack. I have ways to protect this place.”

After speaking, she raised her jade flute and played somewhat sharp notes, exploding the endless incoming Outer Realm Demons into black ‘fireworks.’

Moreover, green light flowed from the entrance to the world below, rapidly intertwining like tree vines, instantly condensing into a huge turtle shell that completely sealed the entrance to the Primordial World.

Cloud Maiden’s graceful figure flashed, appearing amidst the demons. The Mixed Origin Golden Dipper in her hand blazed brilliantly, beams of light carrying the power to trace back to the origin penetrated the heaven and earth, making those few Primordial Divine Demons instinctively retreat.

Following this, True Lord Jade Capital covered the sky with a single palm, his broad back revealing a presence that could sweep across heaven and earth, moving True Lord Yellow Dragon’s spirit.

True Lord Yellow Dragon shouted, “This poor Daoist shall go!”

“Ah,” True Lord Taiyii quickly pulled Yellow Dragon, “Senior Brother, where are you going? The Taiji Chart must not lose its guardian.”

True Lord Yellow Dragon blinked, and True Lord Taiyii nodded with a solemn expression.

True Lord Yellow Dragon muttered, “Well then, shall we continue guarding here?”

True Lord Taiyii tucked his hands into his sleeves and sighed, “The glory belongs to them. We just do the heavy lifting.”

To the side, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s flute notes became slightly chaotic, her smooth forehead covered in black lines.

With the Dao experts appearing, the situation immediately reversed.

Grand Magus Xuandu, who could only defend before, began chasing and attacking Kun Peng fiercely. Experts like Golden Spirit Holy Mother went to slay the Primordial Divine Demons, engaging in a great battle with the Outer Realm Demon clan.

Li Changshou, hiding in Cloud Maiden’s sleeve, had prepared to appear at any moment if she fell into danger, but discovered…

His future wife’s strength somewhat exceeded his original expectations.

Cloud Maiden didn’t use any defensive magical treasures, only wrapped in faint clouds around her body, her long dress flickering with cold immortal light. But those endless Outer Realm Demons rushing toward her would directly dissolve within a hundred zhang of her.

—This place was the edge of the Chaos Sea, the complete Dao principles of the Primordial World were still present, and the concept of distance remained clear.

The Mixed Origin Golden Dipper in Cloud Maiden’s hand now displayed its power without reservation, sweeps of golden light spanning thousands of miles, vast stretches of void evaporating completely.

After some time in battle, Cloud Maiden’s figure appeared not far in front of the Primordial Divine Demon ‘Demon Lord.’ A cold light flashed in her beautiful eyes as her delicate finger pointed at the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper.

A golden light like a sword shadow dissolved half of that Demon Lord’s enormous body. The Demon Lord let out a sharp howl, its form suddenly shrinking, transforming into a black light, and escaping into the Chaos Sea.

The countless Outer Realm Demons collapsed in defeat, and those few Primordial Divine Demons who were already retreating step by step also fled for their lives.

Being survivors of the Great Tribulation of Creation, these randomly grown Chaos Sea creatures’ escape abilities were truly not weak, almost disappearing without a trace in an instant.

At this moment, those still fiercely battling were instead Grand Magus and Demon Master Kun Peng.

A trace of viciousness flashed in Kun Peng’s eyes as he condensed a black light ball in his palm. His form dodged rifts in space-time that could swallow and banish him at any moment, pressing this palm toward Grand Magus Xuandu.

Outside Xuandu City, black lights flashed everywhere, temporarily blocking Grand Magus’s figure.

A dao rhythm like ocean waves rippled and flowed at the edge of the Chaos Sea, and Kun Peng’s hoarse voice accompanied this divine thought, resonating in the minds of the Dao experts present:

“You outsider!”

Li Changshou, who was conducting [Outer Realm Demon Phase Two Slice Research], frowned at these words.

This address carried strong implications.

“Do you want to know the truth about this Primordial World? Come find me in the Chaos Sea! Hahaha! Hahahaha!”

Li Changshou: …

The Dao Immortals: …

It could be confirmed now—with this level of chuunibyou villain flavor, Kun Peng was a ‘direct associate’ of Senior Wanderer without doubt?!

Li Changshou couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth for a while.

Suddenly, he had the urge to bow and apologize to the Primordial World’s native creatures on behalf of his fellow townsman senior.

At the edge of the Chaos Sea, Kun Peng’s figure had already disappeared.

In the instant the black light exploded, Kun Peng revealed his true form, that enormous dao body actually exceeding the immortals’ field of vision.

Then, this dao body seemed to shudder once, instantly disappearing at the edge of the Chaos Sea, leaving only waves of churning chaos energy, beyond the boundary of all their detection methods.

This was true extreme speed, the ultimate on a Great Dao!

“Alas…”

True Lord Taiyii stood with his hands behind his back, murmuring, “Even a Sage might not be able to defeat this Kun Peng in the Chaos Sea.”

True Lord Yellow Dragon broke out in cold sweat, “Be careful with your words, this cannot be said carelessly.”

True Lord Taiyii smiled, “We’re not in the Three Realms right now, and our words won’t be detected by the Sages, what is there to fear?”

“Well, it’s still better not to have such thoughts.”

True Lord Yellow Dragon said thus, as several streaks of light flew down from above—it was Grand Magus and the others returning.

The Taiji Chart slowly expanded, enveloping the entire Xuandu City.

Grand Magus made a gesture and sank into the Taiji Chart together with several high-level Dao experts who had come to aid, landing on relatively flat ground. He let out a light breath and sat down.

“Thank you, junior brothers and sisters,” Grand Magus cupped his hands, his energy somewhat weak, “I almost couldn’t hold on. Master’s Taiji Chart truly consumes too much magical power.”

Golden Spirit Holy Mother, True Lord Yellow Dragon, and the high-level experts from both schools came forward to pay their respects, but Grand Magus waved his hand casually, indicating they need not be so formal, and pointed out seven meditation cushions.

Zhao Gongming said in a deep voice, “How did this Demon Master Kun Peng’s strength reach such a level?”

Cloud Maiden pondered briefly and gave the correct answer.

“It’s the Origin of the Primordial Phoenix.”

Seeing the curious looks from her fellow disciples, Cloud Maiden briefly recounted how she and Li Changshou had entered the Chaos Sea together and encountered Kun Peng’s old shell.

Cloud Maiden’s eyes carried a trace of brightness as she said softly:

“When we returned from the Chaos Sea, he had said that it might not have been Kun Peng’s true body, but rather an old shell used to deceive the Primordial World’s creatures, and the power of the Primordial Phoenix’s Origin that Kun Peng had stolen had also disappeared without a trace.

Thinking about it now, his deduction was completely correct… In terms of strategic thinking, even Kun Peng might not match him.”

“Ahem,” Zhao Gongming said quietly from the side, “Second Sister, tone it down, tone it down, you’re practically praising him to the heavens.”

Grand Magus laughed, “Changgeng’s strategic thinking is indeed not weak. Was it Changgeng who notified you all to come?”

From within Cloud Maiden’s sleeve, Li Changshou poked out his head, cupped his fists in salute to Grand Magus, then flew out of the sleeve and transformed to normal human size, smiling as he said:

“How could I not come when Senior Brother encountered trouble?”

Grand Magus laughed and scolded, “Then why didn’t you show yourself earlier and use your Balance Dao? If we could have detained Kun Peng, the Primordial World would have one less great trouble.”

“Well…”

Li Changshou showed a helpless expression and said, “I didn’t want to meet Kun Peng, to avoid being bewitched by his demonic words.”

The several Dao immortals exchanged glances, each thinking of Kun Peng’s earlier shout.

Grand Magus asked puzzledly, “I heard Master speak of the reason he called you an outsider when you were sleeping peacefully by Master’s side.

But why does he want you to find him in the Chaos Sea? And what’s this about the truth of the Primordial World?”

Li Changshou frowned, shrugged, and spread his hands: “Perhaps he was lonely.”

The immortals burst into laughter but didn’t ask further about this matter.

In the Primordial World, prying into others’ backgrounds was taboo.

Since the experts had come, they naturally couldn’t ignore the mess of Xuandu City.

At Elder Zhao’s initiative, True Lord Taiyii and True Lord Yellow Dragon, who excelled in talisman arrays, became the ‘main force immortals’ in repairing Xuandu City’s grand array.

They couldn’t let them come for nothing; they had to create some value.

As Zhao Gongming and the others sat discussing the Dao with the Grand Magus, Li Changshou looked up and saw the magnificent scenery here, with a dense ‘Primordial World cultural’ atmosphere permeating the ruins everywhere, so he invited Cloud Maiden for a walk together.

Cloud Maiden naturally agreed happily and went with Li Changshou to tour half the city.

Li Changshou said, “Could you use the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper to conceal my form?”

“Hmm?” Cloud Maiden was somewhat puzzled, but seeing Li Changshou slightly frowning, seemingly having some unclear and difficult matters, she then took out the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper and received him into it.

Following this, a strand of Yin-Yang energy floated over on its own, sealing the outside of the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper.

Just like years ago, when Elder Qi Yuan went to his death Li Changshou used the excuse of recovering from injuries to hide in the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper to perfect his Balance Dao.

However this time, Li Changshou didn’t summon his own Dao but sat there in a daze.

After a moment, Li Changshou cursed Kun Peng under his breath, took out a blank scroll, and began writing and drawing.

Senior Wanderer was indeed involved with Kun Peng…

This made it hard to believe Senior Wanderer was a ‘benevolent’ person.

Then again.

Senior Wanderer was also considered a Primordial creature in the Primordial World. It was normal for his concepts and thoughts to change after staying in the Primordial World for so long.

Judging from Senior Brother’s and Cloud Maiden’s reactions earlier, they knew nothing about Senior Wanderer.

On this point, Li Changshou had suspected earlier, and this information just confirmed Senior Wanderer’s ‘state’ back then.

He must have cultivated a Second Primordial Spirit, hiding himself in the same body as the Second Primordial Spirit, possessing absolute dominion over the Dao body and the Second Primordial Spirit!

Given Senior Wanderer’s nature of wandering around aimlessly, his surface identity might well be some famous expert in the Primordial World!

A brilliant method of concealment.

Then, those Primordial World experts who disappeared in ancient times could all possibly be Senior Wanderers…

The Demon Emperor? No, there would’ve been no need to steal Xi’s love interest.

Ah, there were two Demon Emperors.

This suspicion was worth keeping, though the probability was low, such a possibility did exist.

From the current information obtained, Senior Wanderer, in many ways, was not a ‘good person.’

Perhaps such concepts of good and bad were too shallow; in an environment like the Primordial World, just surviving was quite difficult.

But it was precisely such shallow concepts of right and wrong that could maintain one’s original heart. Li Changshou could tell himself that he was different from other creatures.

What information was revealed in Kun Peng’s words earlier?

Simple—Kun Peng knew everything from back then, possessed the latter half of Senior Wanderer’s ‘records,’ and knew the secret of Senior Wanderer’s madness.

Besides this, if he went to the place where he encountered Kun Peng last time, there would be an eighty percent chance of finding clues to locate Kun Peng.

Li Changshou couldn’t help but ask himself three questions at this moment:

[What would I gain from knowing these things? What has been my goal all along until today? What is Kun Peng’s purpose in making such a grand display?]

The answers were respectively:

[Satisfaction of curiosity, living peacefully until old age and death, possibly using me in some scheme.]

Then, why should he respond to Kun Peng, and why should he explore the Chaos Sea?

Looking at it now, Kun Peng was already a huge obstacle to his retirement plans; this fellow always tried to drag him into strange karmic connections.

This was the ‘lingering effect’ left by Senior Wanderer, the ‘disturbance’ left in the Primordial World during the long years, which, because of his ‘commonality’ with Senior Wanderer, made all the ‘variables’ left by Senior Wanderer’s aimless wandering converge toward him.

This concept was somewhat abstract, with a taste of destiny, giving Li Changshou quite a headache at this moment.

He had to think of a way to avoid being disturbed by it…

“What’s wrong?”

Cloud Maiden’s soft and gentle voice drifted in from outside, “Have you encountered some difficulty?”

Li Changshou sighed, sat at the very bottom of the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper shaking his head, and sighed, “Just wondering whether roasted Kun Peng wings should be mildly spicy or medium spicy.”

“Hmm?”

“It’s nothing, nothing, just let me calm my mind for a while.”

“If you have troubles, you can tell me, I can help share your burden.”

Cloud Maiden looked at the slowly rotating Golden Dipper in her palm, a trace of disappointment flashing in her eyes as she said softly, “I’m always here.”

“Mm,” Li Changshou’s response came from the Golden Dipper, and Cloud Maiden said no more, just quietly standing guard there.

After an unknown time, True Lord Taiyii and True Lord Yellow Dragon finished repairing all the arrays they could, floating back on clouds to where Zhao Gongming and the other immortals were.

Li Changshou still hadn’t come out of the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper.

Golden Spirit Holy Mother gazed in Cloud Maiden’s direction, frowning as she asked, “Senior Brother, what connection does Changgeng have with Kun Peng?”

“As far as I know, there is no connection.”

Grand Magus replied thus, his eyes also carrying some contemplation.

True Lord Yellow Dragon asked puzzledly, “Then why did Kun Peng appear this time seemingly just to find Junior Brother Changgeng?”

The several Dao experts each pondered, unable to explain it.

“Why think so much about it?”

Elder Zhao laughed heartily: “Who doesn’t know Changgeng’s character? Let’s not talk about these things behind his back, lest we make Changgeng unhappy.

Changgeng is now the person of the Investiture of the Gods’ main tribulation, he must know many things we don’t.”

True Lord Jade Capital said, “This poor Daoist knows some superficial details.”

With a swoosh, gazes like knives instantly gathered on True Lord Jade Capital.

True Lord Jade Capital smiled bitterly and said, “In ancient times, beyond what you and I know, there was a great battle. This poor Daoist sensed then that a powerful being was ground away by the Heavenly Dao, right around the time when Ancestral Master merged with the Dao.”

The immortals showed various expressions upon hearing this.

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother muttered softly, “If it concerns Ancestral Master, we’d better not discuss it.”

True Lord Yellow Dragon frowned and asked, “Are we certain Changgeng isn’t some ancient powerful being reincarnated?”

“Changgeng has an original soul,” Grand Magus said, “When this poor Daoist first met Changgeng, his cultivation was still low, his Great Dao not yet manifest. This poor Daoist thoroughly investigated his background before feeling at ease to entrust him with important tasks.”

“In just a few hundred years to have such cultivation now, moreover cultivating a Great Dao we couldn’t even imagine, closely linked to the Heavenly Dao…”

True Lord Taiyii paused, his face full of helplessness, sighing, “If this fellow had been born in ancient times, he might well be of our Ancestral Master’s generation now.”

Several Dao experts immediately frowned as they stared at True Lord Taiyii, their expressions somewhat displeased.

Taiyii silently moved closer to True Lord Jade Capital, his smile full of warmth.

…

Chaos Sea, unknown location.

Several divine thoughts intertwined—it was the Primordial Divine Demons who had just fled Xuandu City, questioning Kun Peng.

If translated into the common language of the Primordial World, they were roughly saying:

“You said we could attack Xuandu City and enter the Primordial World to plunder the power of living beings. Why did you keep delaying taking action, and deliberately attract those Dao disciples?”

Kun Peng said coldly, “Are you teaching this poor Daoist what to do?”

That divine thought instantly became fearful and fell silent.

Kun Peng snorted, seeming somewhat irritated. To pacify these few Primordial Divine Demons, he perfunctorily replied:

“This poor Daoist is just casting a long line to catch big fish. No living being can resist the temptation to peek at historical truths.

Living beings are just like this, always thinking past events can still be changed, merely seeking to obtain more lost information to prove their own greatness, thereby gaining false pleasure.

Just wait—that being this poor Daoist summoned will come to the Chaos Sea to seek this poor Daoist, definitely will.”

Several divine thoughts fell silent simultaneously.

Another divine thought asked, “Once we get this being, what then?”

Kun Peng was silent for a while, then said, “At the very least, we can mock Hongjun.”

The several divine thoughts instantly became excited, letting out piercing shrieks.

Among these shrieks, a soft divine thought timidly asked, “Master, do you need to eat?”

“No need, you’ve exhausted too much, replenish yourself first.”

“Ah~ Master is so gentle.”

“Shut up! Say another word and this poor Daoist will swallow you all!”

The several divine thoughts immediately quieted down, leaving only their enormous bodies gliding through the Chaos Sea like dead things.

And then, Kun Peng and his companions began a long, long, and seemingly endless wait.