137: Hongjun Awakens

Inside Penglai Immortal Island, seeing the powerful figures like Di Jun and Tai Yi leave, East King Duke and the other two Grand Unity Golden Immortals could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Lei Ze, who had been practicing in quiet meditation, now had scenes of the battle at the Shore of the East Sea constantly replaying in his mind.

As for the subject of Lei Ze's memories, it was naturally not himself, nor was it The two brothers Di Jun and Tai Yi.

It was Xuan Qing, who had fought alone against Styx and Kunpeng.

Since Lei Ze entered Penglai Immortal Island to begin his secluded cultivation, a doubt had always remained in his heart.

That was why Xuan Qing was so powerful.

So powerful that even though Styx wielded three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, plus Kunpeng...

They were both suppressed and beaten by Xuan Qing, a being of the same level.

Furthermore, upon recollection, Lei Ze even realized that if Xuan Qing hadn't intentionally gone easy...

He, East King Duke, and Queen Mother of the West would likely have already died at the hands of Xuan Qing, Dijun, and Taiyi.

"Wait! What power is this? Why have I never seen other creatures use it?"

"But it feels to me as if this power is something we Great Luo Golden Immortal Creatures are born with?"

Lei Ze, who was replaying the images of Xuan Qing's battle in his mind, finally discovered a clue.

He found that the power Xuan Qing used was incredibly familiar to him, yet he and other creatures had never used this power before.

The power Xuan Qing used was, naturally, Law power.

Under the subtle influence of the Heavenly Dao, Lei Ze had actually forgotten even the power of Law.

Now, like discovering a new continent, Lei Ze followed a vague feeling in his heart and began to mobilize the Law of Thunder within his body.

Thus, the surprising scene that Xuan Qing had sensed before leaving occurred.

Lei Ze successfully stumbled upon and reclaimed his Law of Thunder.

"This is... the Law of Thunder!"

"The Law of Thunder that I was born with, but why did I have no impression of it before?"

"Other Peak Daluo Golden Immortal creatures probably also naturally control a Law."

"But why is it that only Fellow Daoist Xuan Qing knows how to use it?"

"Just what is going on?"

At this moment, Lei Ze's heart was filled with ten thousand questions.

Unfortunately, these questions were destined to have no creature answer them.

Lei Ze could only slowly explore the answers to these questions himself.

"Wait! I seem to have sensed the Opportunity for a Breakthrough."

After successfully guiding out his Law of Thunder.

Lei Ze finally sensed the Bottleneck of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.

At this, Lei Ze immediately fell into a state of wild joy.

Since his birth, he had been cultivating for several Yuanhui, and this was the first time he had sensed the Bottleneck of a Breakthrough in Realm.

Looking at the Law of Thunder flickering in his hand, Lei Ze wept with joy.

The Opportunity for a Breakthrough he had sought for several Yuanhui was actually within himself.

However, what Lei Ze didn't know was that this Opportunity for a Breakthrough was entirely because of the Penglai Immortal Island he was in.

But at this moment, Lei Ze no longer cared about anything else.

Because he had already begun to comprehend the Law of Thunder, preparing to Breakthrough to a higher Realm.

East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West looked at Lei Ze's place of seclusion in surprise.

They could feel that Lei Ze's aura was now infinitely close to that of the previous Xuan Qing.

"Could it be that this Lei Ze has touched the edge of breaking through the Grand Unity Golden Immortal?"

East King Duke's eyes darted around as he thought about how to extract the method for breaking through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm from Lei Ze.

This fellow, East King Duke, was purely sitting on a treasure mountain without realizing it.

If he had always concentrated on his cultivation, how could he not have found the Path of Dao Attainment through Law within countless Yuanhui?

Then, by utilizing the geographical advantage of Penglai Immortal Island to shield the Heavenly Dao, he could have broken through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm.

As for Queen Mother of the West, although her eyes showed she was also thinking about how to obtain Lei Ze's Breakthrough method like East King Duke...

She did not make it her primary goal.

Queen Mother of the West instead approached Lei Ze's place of seclusion.

After maintaining a safe distance, she began to observe the scene of Lei Ze's Breakthrough, attempting to find her own Opportunity for a Breakthrough from it.

"Oh? I didn't expect such an unexpected surprise; truly, good things come in succession."

"This Lei Ze truly has great Luck, to have unexpectedly found the Opportunity for a Breakthrough in the Path of Law."

Inside the Pangu Hall, Taiqing, who was originally waiting for Nuwa to Breakthrough to Hunyuan Golden Immortal, now took out a communication jade token.

Upon discovering that Xuan Qing had sent a message informing him of the situation on Penglai Immortal Island, a trace of a smile appeared on Taiqing's face, which had not changed for a long time.

In this world, the more creatures that walked the Path of Dao Attainment through Law, the happier Taiqing became.

Simply because those who embarked on the Path of Dao Attainment through Law were natural allies of the Descendants of Pangu.

Hearing that Lei Ze had actually touched upon the Path of Law, Taiqing was naturally happy.

"I wonder when Old Thief Hongjun will attain the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Sage; that time is probably not far off, right?"

Calculating the time, nearly Yuanhui had passed since the Dao-Demon Conflict, and Taiqing couldn't help but think of that fellow Hongjun.

Since the great battle in the West, Hongjun had completely vanished from the Primordial World.

While Taiqing was thinking of Hongjun, within the Jade Capital Mountain of the Eastern Continent...

Inside a palace emitting a purple light, a battered figure lay quietly.

This battered figure was precisely the winner of the Dao-Demon Conflict—Hongjun.

At this moment, Hongjun's eyes began to tremble, and after a while, Hongjun slowly opened his eyes.

"Damn it, to be injured so severely by that fellow Luo Hou!"

"Most importantly, all of my three corpses have self-detonated."

"Now, wanting to have a certain degree of autonomy under the Heavenly Dao will likely be extremely difficult."

"Luo Hou, you brat, if you want to die, then die, but you just had to make things hard for me."

"Transforming into the Demon Realm, are you? Once I break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, the first thing I will do is destroy your Demon Realm."

Hongjun thought of Luo Hou with a resentful expression.

Although he, Hongjun, was the victor of this Dao-Demon Conflict, it was truly a pyrrhic victory.

"Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao has now fallen into a slumber, so I still have time to prepare some backhand measures."

"Unfortunately, my three corpses can probably only be restored with the help of the Heavenly Dao."

"In the future, when these three corpses merge into one, I'm afraid I will be completely controlled by the Heavenly Dao."

Hongjun was never one to sit and wait for death, so he immediately began to repair his injuries.

At the same time, he was still thinking about how to prepare backhand measures so that he could break free from the shackles after merging with the Heavenly Dao at the fastest speed.

Zixiao Palace, as an auxiliary palace-type Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure...

Its auxiliary healing effect was also very good, and combined with being in Jade Capital Mountain, which was Hongjun's Dao arena...

Hongjun's superficial injuries were quickly restored, looking no different from before the great battle.

Hongjun once again regained that immortal-like, sage-like image.

However, the Origin he had lost was not something that could be so easily restored.

As for his three corpses that had self-detonated, Hongjun had no way to restore them himself and could only rely on the Heavenly Dao.

After all, the original Hongjun was also like this.

In the original Dao-Demon Conflict, one of Hongjun's three corpses was slain by Luo Hou with the god slaying spear.

He also had to rely on the Heavenly Dao to restore that one of the three corpses.

Even so, after Hongjun merged with the Dao, he had no autonomy for a long time and could only be at the mercy of the Heavenly Dao.

"I wonder if those Three Pure Ones have been born yet; now that the Heavenly Dao is slumbering, it is the perfect time to plot against the Three Pure Ones."

"If I can plot against the Three Pure Ones, taking them as Disciples in advance and harvesting the Luck of the Descendants of Pangu, I will surely be able to break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao ahead of time."