Yuan Feng Leaves the Pearl, Jin Xuan Preaches the Dao

"You know!?" Jin Xuan frowned upon hearing this.

Princess Lizhu continued, "The demon god Yingzhao and the three demon masters, the Hundred Poison Ancestor, came to the Phoenix Clan for questioning. Our clan's ancestor took charge of this matter."

Yingzhao Demon God didn't say much, but Bai Du Lao Zu was dissatisfied and didn't believe it completely.

It might lead back to you, fellow Daoist. This matter originated from my clan. If you encounter any trouble, you can send me a message.

Although the demon race is powerful, they have shown interest in winning over my Phoenix Clan. They surely won't make things difficult for my clan because of a mere Taiyi Golden Immortal, the Hundred Poisons Ancestor.

As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Lizhu plucked a fiery red jade hairpin from her long hair and handed it to Jin Xuan.

Jin Xuan thought to himself that the cause and effect severed by the Golden Body of Fortune Technique was probably related to the Hundred Poisons Ancestor. He accepted the jade hairpin without hesitation: "Thank you, Princess."

"In that case, Mingtong and I will take our leave now, until we meet again." Princess Lizhu cupped her hands in greeting, then transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the distance with Mingtong.

As for Jin Xuan, he always felt that there was something wrong with Princess Li Zhu.

He immediately activated the Treasure-Seeking Cave Eye and looked in the direction the two women had left.

Suddenly, from the direction of the two women, a powerful aura appeared, several of them.

"Several top-grade innate spiritual treasures! And two supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures! Is this a princess?" Jin Xuan clicked his tongue in amazement. "Could she be an ancestor of the Phoenix Clan?"

Such a quantity of treasures would be extremely valuable to any faction.

Moreover, it is a race that has already declined and become a second-rate force in the primordial world.

Furthermore, Ming Tong claimed that after the Dragon Han Great Tribulation, he was also burdened by karma, and his cultivation level dropped from that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal to that of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Princess Lizhu has the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal and has probably lived for a very long time. Was her previous cultivation level still at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal level?

In addition to the spiritual treasures he possesses, he is most likely a powerful figure at the level of an ancestor.

Jin Xuan stopped thinking about it and returned to his cave to ponder how to arrange the time ahead.

……

In the cloud.

Behind Princess Lizhu, Mingtong stood with exceptional respect.

"Ancestor... isn't it a bit too much for you to offend the demon race for the sake of Senior Jin Xuan?" Ming Tong asked.

Ming Tong was quite happy that the Phoenix Clan had protected him after Jin Xuan saved him.

However, offending the demon race for Jin Xuan's sake is not just a personal matter for her, but a matter for the entire race, and it is not that simple.

"I can't discern Jin Xuan's background, and ordinary methods of concealing one's aura are completely ineffective against me. Therefore, there can only be two reasons."

"First, Jin Xuan has profound blessings and is protected by merit. Second, Jin Xuan's cultivation and primordial spirit strength far surpass mine. Guess... which one is it?" Li Zhu asked Ming Tong.

"Hiss! Is what the Ancestor said true?" Ming Tong clicked his tongue in amazement.

She knew the identity of the person in front of her perfectly well; he was the supreme Yuanfeng Ancestor of the Phoenix Clan.

After the great war between the three races, Ancestor Yuanfeng vowed to retreat to the Undying Volcano.

After falling to the ground, Phoenix Slope wept blood, leaving behind two phoenix eggs, before returning to the immortal volcano.

However, given the deep-seated karma of the Phoenix Clan, guarding the immortal volcano, it is unknown how many years it will take for the Phoenix Clan to cleanse itself of this heavy karma.

Only then did she use the Phoenix Clan's Nine Revolutions Nirvana Method to deceive the Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Dao, and be reborn as Princess Lizhu of the Phoenix Clan, with her cultivation level plummeting.

The "Primordial Phoenix" within the Phoenix Clan today is nothing more than a dying shell.

The Princess Lizhu standing before me is the real Yuanfeng.

"Forming a connection with such blessed individuals will greatly benefit us in the future in terms of accumulating merit and dissolving karmic burdens."

"This trip to the Ten Continents of the Purple Mansion to participate in the Purple Mansion Immortal Gathering is to get to know them and prepare for the Phoenix Clan to cleanse itself of karma in the future." Princess Lizhu murmured, her voice growing softer, "If we can get rid of karma, what does it matter if all the Phoenix Clan lineages become mounts for such beings in the future?"

……

The Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan.

Before the strategist Bai Ze, the Hundred Poisons Ancestor kowtowed and said:

"I beg the strategist to have mercy on my three disciples, for they died unjustly. Although the Phoenix Clan claims that my three disciples died at their hands, I suspect there's something fishy going on."

Previously, I had divined the secrets of heaven, intending to find the person who harmed my disciple, but who knew that the thread of cause and effect had been severed.

Bai Ze glanced at the Hundred Poison Ancestor, pondered for a moment, and replied, "The demon race wants to win over all the races of the prehistoric world to strengthen itself. If it offends the Phoenix Clan because of this, it will not benefit them."

If you wish to seek revenge, you must treat this as a personal matter and not involve the demon race. Do you understand?

"I understand, I will never affect the demon race's ambitions," said Ancestor Baidu.

Upon seeing this, Bai Ze took out the Bai Ze Diagram and used his supernatural powers to deduce the secrets of heaven.

Bai Ze is not good at fighting, but in terms of deducing the secrets of heaven, he is among the top tier in the prehistoric world.

Even so, he couldn't help but frown.

"Strange... The causal thread has indeed broken. It's not that it's concealing heavenly secrets, but rather that it's being protected by merit." Bai Ze pondered for a long time before finally giving Bai Du a somewhat unclear result.

He drew a circle on the map of the prehistoric world.

Sanwei Mountain.

"The person who killed your three disciples is within a radius of ten thousand miles around Sanwei Mountain. The other party has merit protecting them, so even I, the strategist, cannot deduce their exact location," Bai Ze said.

"Thank you, strategist. Knowing this is enough." The Hundred Poisons Ancestor's face was gloomy as he gritted his teeth and said, "I will find the one who killed my disciple..."

……

Time flies, a century has passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Treasure Cave, Jin Xuan used up the few remaining Five Elements spiritual items, which increased his cultivation, but he was still some distance from the mid-stage of Taiyi.

Over the course of a century, he roamed within a radius of 20,000 li, thoroughly exploring every inch of the land.

He has enough fire-elemental spiritual items to cultivate to the mid-stage of Taiyi realm with some left over, but he still needs to go out and find other spiritual items of the five elements.

The cultivation of Taiyi requires a balance of the five elements to achieve mutual support and mutual generation.

If other spiritual resources are insufficient, one can only rely on absorbing the spiritual energy of the five elements of heaven and earth for cultivation.

"Why not follow the example of the Ancestor Hongjun, give a sermon, and then receive merits that will prepare you for the second level of the Golden Body of Fortune and Virtue Technique?"

After saying this, Jin Xuan took a step forward and transformed into an old man with a long beard, appearing in a valley where he sat cross-legged: "This humble Daoist, Xuan Lingzi, will open a lecture hall in ten years. Those who are destined are welcome to come."

Jin Xuan unleashed his early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, and a powerful aura spread outwards over a radius of 50,000 li.

He did not give his own name, but instead used a different name and appearance.

If you can remain calm, then do so. If Heaven shows no reaction and things really don't work out, then reveal your true name.

After a brief pause, a faint connection, seemingly present yet absent, emerged from the heavens above – a response from the Heavenly Dao.

"It's done!"

Jin Xuan's lips curled up.

Realizing that a powerful Taiyi Golden Immortal was preaching, all living beings within a radius of 50,000 li flocked to the site.

Most living beings are merely earth immortals, and some have not even taken human form yet.

There are two reasons. One of them is that many people who were tainted by karma were directly reduced to ashes by Jin Xuan.

Another reason is that many beings, including Golden Immortals and Profound Immortals, either joined the Demon Clan or went to the East Sea to participate in the Purple Mansion Immortal Gathering.

Ten years later, tens of thousands of creatures gathered in the valley.

During this time, he saw a Taiyi Golden Immortal, a being with heavy karma, come and quietly observe him from within the clouds.

A year later, the talent left.

Jin Xuan ignored it and waited until the time came.

He began slowly, "The sermon begins."