Chapter 40: Luo Hua and Hong Jun

  Unbeknownst to Ye Qing and Zu Long, who were engaged in a fierce battle, many powerful beings from the Primordial Chaos had gathered around them. Among them was an old Daoist wearing a purple Daoist robe, accompanied by three Daoists of different ages. These four individuals were actually Hong Jun and the Three Pure Ones, who had rushed to this location from Mount Kunlun. As they arrived at the site where the three Dragon Clan elders had self-destructed, even Hong Jun's cultivation as an Assistant Sage was shocked, leaving him stunned and bewildered. The same could be said for Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian, who were only at the sixth heaven level of cultivation.

  That level of destruction has far exceeded the power of a quasi-saint realm expert, and the destructive force is still rampant in the battlefield with numerous spatial storms. Even quasi-saint realm experts dare not enter the spatial storms casually, as the residual shockwaves from the self-destruction have turned this place into an absolute forbidden zone, where anyone without quasi-saint realm cultivation would be instantly torn apart by the spatial storms if they were to venture in.

  Before long, the four Hongjun saw a middle-aged man in black clothes suddenly appear in front of them. With him came an overwhelming momentum that seemed to crush everything under heaven, and the pressure was so great that it seemed to want to squeeze the four Hongjun to pieces. Fortunately, Hongjun's face did not change from start to finish, but if ordinary people were under such terrible pressure, they would have collapsed long ago. However, the three Qing behind Hongjun were not so relaxed, and under Luo You's overwhelming momentum, they could only muster all their strength to barely resist.

  Luóu looked at the three Qing behind Hongyuan, who were struggling to resist, and frowned. He once again increased his momentum, suppressing the three Qing. However, the three Qing were as tenacious as a small boat navigating through a storm, persisting in their own hearts and resisting with all their might.

  The current state of the Three Pure Ones is extremely mysterious, under the pressure of Luo Huo Tian, the Three Pure Ones have never been clearer about the path they will take in the future, as if on a pitch-black road, suddenly a guiding light appears in front, pointing the direction of cultivation.

  Luóu looked at Sān Qīng, who was emitting a mysterious aura under his pressure, and knew that Sān Qīng was breaking through under his pressure. However, Luóu also didn't dare to make a move now. With Luóu's current Lower Saint realm, suppressing three juniors with only Six Heaven realm cultivation would be unbecoming of him. Moreover, with Luóu's pride, it was impossible for him to make another move.

  The Three Pure Ones only felt that the path in their hearts was becoming clearer and clearer. With a loud crash, Laozi's body suddenly burst out with the aura of the Seventh Heaven. Among the three, Laozi was the first to break through to the Seventh Heaven realm. Later, Yuanshi and Tongtian also broke through, but they did not enter the Seventh Heaven, only reaching the peak of the Sixth Heaven realm. From this, it can be seen that among the Three Pure Ones, Laozi's innate talent is the highest, while Yuanshi and Tongtian's talents are about the same.

  The three of them solidified their own domains and then bowed to Luo Hou, saying in unison: "Thank you, senior."

  Lu E looked at the three of them and just nodded, without saying anything.

  Hong Jun was extremely delighted with the breakthrough of the three, when Luo Hou began to suppress the Three Purities, he could help the three to withstand it. However, Hong Jun did not do so, he wanted to temper the Three Purities a bit, and only helped them when they couldn't bear it anymore. But what Hong Jun didn't expect was that the three actually broke through their original realm under Luo Hou's pressure, and even Lao Zi broke through to the Seventh Heaven Realm. How could this unexpected joy not make Hong Jun happy?

  Hongjun nodded in appreciation to Sanqing, then turned to Lu'e and said: "Lu'e fellow daoist, it's been billions of years since we last met. I didn't expect your power to have surpassed what it was before!! Thank you for helping my disciple break through his cultivation earlier."

  "Hmph, Hong Jun, you're still so hypocritical. I didn't expect that after billions of years, you'd also break through to the mid-stage of the Sub-Saint realm." Luo Hou coldly snorted.

  "Didn't Luo Ye Dao also break through to the middle stage of the Demon Saint realm?" Hong Jun said with a faint smile.

  Luoyu and Hongyuan knew each other billions of years ago. At that time, Luoyu had just reached the quasi-saint twelve-heaven realm, but his cultivation had not broken through for a long time. He suddenly had the idea to travel to the Desolate Expanse. Unexpectedly, on an unremarkable small mountain, he discovered a preheavenly spiritual treasure called the Hunyuan Diagram. The Hunyuan Diagram had thirty-nine layers of restrictions and was a top-grade preheavenly spiritual treasure. The treasure's aura attracted several quasi-saints from within billions of miles, including twelve-heaven realm cultivators and over a dozen eleven-heaven realm preheavenly gods. After Luoyu obtained the Hunyuan Diagram, it sparked the greed of the surrounding powerful beings, who then attacked him. Hongyuan was one of the twelve-heaven realm cultivators at that time. In that battle, Luoyu relied on his innate preheavenly treasure, the Xian-exterminating Sword Array, to kill most of the quasi-saints. However, under the self-destruction of several quasi-saints, the sword array was also destroyed, and Luoyu was severely injured. He escaped with the Hunyuan Diagram to the Extreme West to cultivate for billions of years.

  That battle made Luo Yu's name shake the vast wilderness, and also made Luo Yu and Hong Jun have a grudge.

  Without waiting for Luoyu to respond, several more figures flew in from the horizon, including Wuxing Laozu, who was wearing a Taoist robe and was one of those who had besieged Luoyu back then. Wuxing Laozu clearly recognized Luoyu as well, but this wasn't the time for a showdown, so he politely clasped his fists in greeting to Hongjun and Luoyu: "Two fellow Daoists, you arrived before us; have you figured out the cause of the spatial storm in this area?"

  Luóu let out a snort, but didn't say anything. Seeing Luóu's disdainful attitude, the face of Wǔ Xíng Lǎo Zǔ couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed. However, knowing that he was clearly no match for Luóu, Hóng Jūn stepped in to mediate, saying: "Wǔ Xíng fellow Daoist, we just arrived a little earlier than you."

  The Old Ancestor of the Five Elements knew that Hong Jun was making excuses, so he took advantage of this sentence to slide down: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Hong Jun, for dispelling my doubts. If you haven't checked yet, let's take a look together, what do you think?"

  Lu E looked at Wu Xing Lao Zu and Hong Jun fighting intensely, without saying a word, he left directly.

  The Five Elements Ancestor looked at Luo Hui's actions, not expecting Luo Hui to be so uncooperative, making him lose face in front of so many fellow practitioners. He was furious in his heart, but still suppressed it, and his face also looked a bit unnatural. In his heart, he had already started to resent Luo Hui.