Chapter 1: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate

  Minghe burst into loud laughter upon seeing that he had Xuanwei under his control: "Xuanwei, my fellow daoist, now that things have come to this point, all you need to do is offer me the object of our destiny and I will naturally open up the grand formation and let you out. If not... Hmph!"

  Listening to the threat of Minghe, Xuanwei didn't say much, just waving his hand with Ruyi, three treasures shining brightly, Fumo Shengguang flowing continuously, although being suppressed by Yuantu Anqi, but still standing firm like Mount Tai, otherwise the white and green sword light would have crossed over Leichi half a step. Minghe also felt great distress at this sight, although Xuanwei couldn't deal with him, he himself was also unable to deal with Xuanwei, for a moment, both sides were stuck there.

  Xuanwei hadn't spoken, but he knew that dragging it out for too long wouldn't be beneficial to himself. Just as he was about to take out the Quantian ruler to break open the formation, he saw a cold glint flash in Minghe Daoist's eyes. He took out a dark black blood bead, and the blood bead was surrounded by swirling red and black energy that changed shape. Even Xuanwei, who was standing far away, felt dizzy and irritated when he saw it, and his heart was greatly startled. He hastily lowered the Tianhua Miaozhui flag to guard himself in front of him.

  As the mysterious power of the banner was fully unleashed, a thousand lotus flowers appeared above it, each emitting light that in turn gave rise to more lotus flowers, creating an endless cycle of light and lotus. The countless lotus flowers filled the air, their petals falling like rosary beads to protect the surroundings. Amidst the radiant lights, numerous clouds and mists drifted down, shrouding the area in a hazy, dreamy veil, as if it were a celestial paradise.

  Unfortunately, the Tianhua Miao Die Flag, although displaying a wonderful fairyland scene, seemed to have no effect in front of that blood bead. The layered cloud light and misty air were like nothing as the lotus flower was bounced off by the blood bead. Xuan Wei knew that this blood bead was formidable and had high expectations, but seeing this situation, he was still startled. As the blood bead hit the Tianhua Miao Die Flag, Xuan Wei's heart skipped a beat, and the surrounding fairyland scene disappeared completely.

  Then, a flash of spiritual light was seen, and the Heavenly Flower Flag fell into his hands. At this time, a drop of polluted blood fell on the surface of the Heavenly Flower Flag, constantly expanding. As the blood pollution spread, the pre-heavenly auspicious aura around the Heavenly Flower Flag dissipated, the immortal cloud and mist dimmed, the spiritual light extinguished, and the immortal energy disappeared. It was vaguely shrouded in a layer of bloody evil fog, apparently being desecrated by that drop of polluted blood, losing its spirituality. Xuanwei exclaimed in great shock: "This is Pangu's polluted blood!!!"

  Xuanwei was very clear that when Pangu opened up the sky and earth, the belly of the universe had transformed into a vast and dark blood sea. The blood sea was several tens of thousands of miles in circumference, with rolling waves of blood inside, where no fish or shrimp could survive, nor any birds or insects could reach. All the evil energy of heaven and earth converged here. However, within this dark blood sea, there existed some residual polluted blood from Pangu's time when he was propping up heaven and earth, which was not much in quantity but was the most terrifying filthy thing between heaven and earth. It was extremely skilled at corroding heavenly treasures, except for the pre-heavenly ultimate treasure. There were few things in the world that did not fear this polluted blood of Pangu. Now, to think that the Underworld River actually possessed such a thing, it was no wonder that Xuanwei was shocked.

  In the eyes of Minghe, a faint surprise also appeared. Apparently, he was surprised that Xuanwei recognized this object, but his face still sneered: "Xuanwei Daoist friend, since you have already recognized this Pangu blood pollution, I believe you also know its purpose. Except for the innate treasures, there are few things in the world that can defy the pollution of this Pangu blood pollution. Now, Xuanwei Daoist friend, are you willing to admit defeat?" As he spoke, a strange laughter like an owl's hooting echoed out.

  Although Minghe was unwilling to engage in a fierce battle with Xuanyi, he was still happy to gain an advantage through verbal sparring. However, Minghe had no idea that the Quantian ruler in Xuanyi's hand was one of the few objects in the world that was not afraid of Pangu's blood pollution. Xuanyi was hesitant to take it out, fearing that his trump card would be exposed. As a result, he was caught off guard by Minghe and his Tianhuamiao flag was polluted. Upon hearing Minghe's words, the three corpses in Xuanyi's body were enraged, his heart was burning with fire, and he shouted loudly: "Minghe, if I don't teach you a lesson today, who knows how the creatures of Hongyuan will look at me in the future? Let's fight!!!"

  As he spoke, Xuan Wei poured his life's essence onto the Purple Jade Ruyi, which radiated a brilliant light. The Five-Colored Divine Light scattered out and easily countered the two swords of Yuan Tu Anbi, which had just been shining with unparalleled brilliance. Although the power of the Purple Jade Ruyi was slightly inferior to that of Yuan Tu Anbi's swords, Xuan Wei's mysterious powers remained formidable. After unleashing his signature Five-Colored Divine Light, he attempted to immobilize Yuan Tu Anbi's two swords with the Purple Jade Ruyi, which proved to be no problem. As the light of the Purple Jade Ruyi reached its peak, Xuan Wei retrieved from his sleeve a treasured artifact that few had ever laid eyes on - the Quantian Chi. A drop of his essence fell onto it, and he used it to make an offering to the Underworld River.

  Under the majestic anger, the vital energy and blood surged, and the power of the Quantian Chi was at least 70-80% even if it hadn't been fully unleashed. The unguarded Minghe Old Ancestor in front was knocked to the ground by a flash of mysterious yellow light transformed from the Quantian Chi, his hair scattered, his Taoist robe torn, his shoulder injured, and a large bruise appeared.

  The remaining power of the Quantian Chi was also extraordinary, stirring up strong storms within the Blood Sea Array, whipping up thousands of waves of blood, and pressing down like Mount Tai. Before Minghe Old Ancestor could even cry out in pain, the blood waves had already been stirred up by this move, and waves of white smoke rolled up, as countless summoned impurities in the Blood Sea were swept away by the mysterious yellow light, turning into gray smoke that dispersed.

  The power of the Quantian Chi was still not exhausted, and it continued to wreak havoc within the Blood Sea Array.

  Then, Xuan Wei spat out a mouthful of blood again. The treasure ruler fell for the second time, fixing the rotating blood lotus in place. With another strike, it cracked open with a loud "crack" sound. In the stunned gaze of Ming He, the cracks on the broken blood lotus were instantly sealed by Xuan Wei's five-colored divine light. The twelve-grade blood lotus that had been nurtured for billions of years was taken away in an instant, leaving behind nine blood lotus seeds. Ming He's pale face turned green with rage. Suddenly, he let out a loud "whoosh" and spat out a vast amount of blood mist into the air.

  At the same time, his face turned pale and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. Xuan Wei transformed into a rainbow and left, following the fading shadow, like a wisp of blue smoke, no longer visible. However, Xuan Wei's words still echoed: "Minghe Daoist friend, our karma is now settled, I bid you farewell."

  Shortly after, in the Yu Hua Mountain, in the Xuan Wei Temple, the shadow of Xuan Wei appeared, and after placing Qian Qi safely, he sat on a futon with a pale face, looking at the nine crystal-like lotus seeds in his hand, nodding silently. The nine lotus seeds were surrounded by threads of blood energy and auspicious light, accompanied by immortal aura and fragrance that made one's mouth water. If an ordinary person were to smell them in the future, they would be free from illness and disaster for a thousand years. They were truly treasures from the sea of blood, wonderful products of the pre-heavenly realm. Xuan Wei played with the nine lotus seeds for a while before gently throwing them into the back garden of the Xuan Wei Temple, into the Spring of Pre-Heavenly Spirit, to be nurtured and cultivated. Xuan Wei was still clear that these nine lotus seeds, which had been nurtured by the twelve-product blood lotus for millions of years, if properly nurtured, could produce a pre-heavenly nine-product lotus platform after thousands of millions of years.

  Xuanwei did not feel fortunate about his own decision, although at that time he could have used the power of Liang Tian Chi to harm the origin of the 12th-grade Blood Lotus. However, doing so would not only bring no benefit to himself but also create a deadly feud with Minghe. The 12th-grade Blood Lotus was transformed from the fusion of Minghe's placenta and the fragments of the Hunyuan Qinglian, sharing the same origin as Minghe. If the origin of the 12th-grade Blood Lotus were severely damaged, it would be equivalent to cutting off Minghe's future possibility of achieving the Dao of Hunyuan, which was worse than killing one's parents. It can be imagined that at that time, Xuanwei and Minghe's relationship would have no room for reconciliation.

  So at that time, Xuanwei was calculating when he took out the Quantian Chi, and the lotus pod of the twelve-product blood lotus was cracked open to seize the prenatal blood lotus seed that had been nurtured for millions of years. Although Xuanwei's seizure of the prenatal blood lotus seed would cause a significant loss of aura in the twelve-product blood lotus of Minghe River, it was still much better than destroying the origin of the twelve-product blood lotus with Quantian Chi. This way, there was still room for reconciliation between Xuanwei and Minghe Dao people, which could make Minghe heartbroken, let the many powerful people in Hongyuan see their own strength, and on the other hand, not offend Minghe to death, it can be considered a two-birds-with-one-stone approach.

  Want to have a battle with Minghe, Xuanwei can't help but think of the Tianhua Miaozhui flag that was polluted by Minghe. He quickly took it out and saw that the blood stain on the Tianhua Miaozhui flag had not continued to spread, but it had also lost its power. If he forced it out, he was afraid that only one-tenth of its original power would remain. Xuanwei frowned, thinking that if he slowly washed and refined it, it would take a long time, and under the long-term erosion of Pangu's blood pollution, the Tianhua Miaozhui flag, as an extreme pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, would still suffer damage to its foundation, greatly reducing its power. By then, even if only seven or eight-tenths of its original power remained, Xuanwei could thank heaven and earth.

  "The Pangu blood pollution is extremely overbearing, containing not only the bloody aura left behind by Pangu when he opened up the sky, but also a strand of Pangu's resentful energy. At this time, the Tianhua Miaozhui flag was polluted by the Pangu blood pollution, and it's likely that only the power of merit can be used externally, while the original source of the Xiantian Lingbao is inside, mutually attacking each other, slowly grinding away.

  Mysteriously, a golden wheel of merit appeared at the back of my head, with the aura of merit rushing towards the Tianhua Miaozhui flag in front of me. As the external strands of merit aura washed over it, the internal original source of Xiantian stirred up to resist, and the Pangu blood pollution transformed into a stream of evil energy rising up, its color changing constantly, as if carrying boundless desires, unwilling to leave, wanting to entice you all, making you fall into the abyss."

  Ps: Regarding the power that Xiantian Lingbao and Zhìbǎo can exert, I'd like to reiterate here that this book does not have those scenes where someone wields a Xiantian Zhìbǎo and KO's an Accurate Saint. Cultivators can at most exert the full power of a high-level Xiantian Lingbao in their hand, but only if the Xiantian Lingbao has been fully refined. If it's one level higher, then they basically need to pay a certain price. Even for Innate Lingbao and Tian Dao's gifted Lingbao, they can at most exert 10% to 30% of the power after refinement, as long as they are not Accurate Saints. Every time an Innate wants to exert more than half of the Quantian Chi's power, they need to pay with their own life force. [Note: Although Teaching Master and Quasi-Teaching Master Xiantian Lingbao can be discussed separately, theoretically they are still top-grade Xiantian Lingbao, so they are calculated as no higher than Daluo two levels. Daluo-level cultivators do not need to pay a price when activating it, but the power is slightly smaller, and control is not as smooth.]