24: Weak Water Cup, Return to Kunlun

Taiqing's sense of urgency suddenly rose.

The joy brought by previously attaining the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and embarking on the Path of Dao Attainment through Law...

...was instantly washed away by that fear and sense of urgency.

Taiqing didn't dare to gamble; he couldn't afford to. If the Reincarnation Purple Lotus truly existed, he would surely do his utmost to find it.

Because he couldn't afford to lose. He had to face the Heavenly Dao that controlled the entire Great Desolation, as well as Hongjun who had merged with the Dao!

Once he lost, the fate of the Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches would be the fall of their physical bodies and the dissipation of their Dao, imprisoned by the Heavenly Dao.

With a wave of Taiqing's hand, the twelve-grade pure world white lotus was put away.

The remaining ninth-grade, sixth-grade, and third-grade lotus platforms were all collected into the twelve-grade pure world white lotus.

"It certainly saves a lot of space."

Taiqing was originally thinking about how to collect that massive quantity of low-grade white lotuses; he didn't expect it to be resolved so easily.

Putting away the twelve-grade pure world white lotus, Taiqing looked at the lake.

"It's actually Weak Water."

After careful identification, Taiqing discovered that the lake was entirely filled with Weak Water.

Weak Water is known for being unable to float even a swan's feather.

Weak Water can be used as a decent means of attack; even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal might fall victim to its properties.

In the Great Desolation, it is considered a very precious treasure of heaven and earth.

However, Taiqing knew that while Weak Water was precious, it wasn't that scarce.

In the yet-to-be-born Heavenly Court, the water of the Heavenly River is Weak Water.

North of Kunlun Mountain, there is also a river of Weak Water.

However, just as Taiqing was considering whether to collect the Weak Water here...

...he saw the lake gradually shrink, finally turning into a small cup.

Weak Water Cup—it can carry the Weak Water of a Minor Thousand Worlds and can continuously generate Weak Water, providing an inexhaustible supply.

A stream of information entered Taiqing's mind.

Seeing this, Taiqing beckoned with his hand, and the Weak Water Cup actively flew into his palm.

"It's actually a high grade innate spirit treasure; what a pleasant surprise.

I didn't expect that the call I sensed earlier at the Shore of the East Sea was emitted by this Weak Water Cup."

Taiqing looked at the Weak Water Cup in his hand, recalling the summons he felt at the Shore of the East Sea.

He had thought it was the summons emitted by the twelve-grade pure world white lotus.

He didn't expect it to be this Weak Water Cup.

After putting away the Weak Water Cup and confirming there were no more Spirit Treasure opportunities in this place, Taiqing finally exited the Innate Great Formation.

"Let's go. There are no more opportunities for us on this Penglai Immortal Island. It's time to return to Kunlun Mountain."

After exploring Penglai Immortal Island a bit more, Taiqing found no further opportunities.

He immediately called Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin to rush back to Kunlun Mountain.

The time spent out this time was long enough, more than ten Yuanhui.

Of course, Taiqing's gains were also sufficient: not only did his cultivation advance to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm and he set foot on the Path of Dao Attainment through Law...

...but he also obtained the twelve-grade pure world white lotus and the massive number of lotus platforms derived from it, as well as the high grade innate spirit treasure, the Weak Water Cup.

Additionally, he gained the good Karma of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan.

And he acquired two mounts, Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin.

Now, Taiqing was eager to return, wanting only to go back and share this joy with his Yu Qing , Shang Qing two younger brothers.

Furthermore, he needed to return to act as a Protector for his two younger brothers to prevent any petty people from making trouble when they were born.

"These lotus platforms are bestowed upon you; they have the effects of purifying evil spirits and Evil Qi, as well as protecting and suppressing the Primordial Spirit.

With these lotus platforms, your Primordial Spirits will be much more stable."

Taiqing took out two sixth-grade white lotus platforms and bestowed them upon Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin.

The reward he mentioned earlier was now immediately given to the two mounts.

"Thank you, Master."

The dragon and the Qilin excitedly accepted the sixth-grade white lotus platforms and fused them with their Primordial Spirits.

Sure enough, the dragon and the Qilin felt that after the lotus platforms merged into their Primordial Spirits, their spirits became exceptionally stable.

Even if the Great Calamity broke out again, calamity qi and Evil Qi would not easily infect their Primordial Spirits.

Taiqing originally wanted to reward the two mounts with ninth grade white lotus platforms.

But as soon as this thought was born, a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart for no reason.

If he really bestowed the ninth-grade lotus platforms upon the two mounts, he feared a great disaster would befall him in the future.

Taiqing investigated but found nothing, so he then bestowed the sixth-grade white lotus platforms on the two mounts.

When the thought of bestowing the sixth-grade white lotus platforms arose, the sense of crisis indeed did not appear again.

"Could it be that these ninth grade white lotus platforms have another Karmic Destiny?"

Taiqing speculated in his heart, but he wasn't very sure.

"Forget it, when I meet those with a fated connection in the future, their destiny will naturally manifest."

Since he couldn't calculate it, Taiqing stopped worrying about it; he simply wouldn't give away the ninth grade white lotus platforms.

Leading the dragon and the Qilin, Taiqing utilized his fastest speed to rush toward Kunlun Mountain.

Kunlun Mountain was located on the Eastern Continent.

And since Taiqing had already advanced to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm, his speed was many times faster than when he was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

When he set out from Mount Buzhou, Taiqing rode the Ink Jade Qilin and took four or five Yuanhui to reach the Shore of the East Sea.

On the return journey, he didn't need to go to Mount Buzhou, the distance was reduced by more than half, and his speed had increased countless times.

In less than ten thousand years, Taiqing rushed back from the East Sea to Kunlun Mountain.

"Truly, the Great Desolation is vast, yet there is nowhere one cannot go."

Feeling the changes brought by his advancement in cultivation, Taiqing felt refreshed.

But before Taiqing could head toward the place on Kunlun Mountain where he was nurtured...

...a fiery red figure blocked the path ahead.

Seeing that fiery red figure, a guess faintly formed in Taiqing's mind.

After seeing Taiqing's figure, that figure actively went to meet him.

The fiery red figure spoke, confirming the guess in Taiqing's heart.

"Feng Jiu pays respects to Master. Master has been kind to my Phoenix Clan, so the Old Ancestor specifically dispatched Feng Jiu to serve as Master's means of travel.

I hope Master will give the Phoenix Clan a chance to repay the kindness."

That fiery red figure was indeed Feng Jiu.

In the Phoenix Clan, 'Feng' is male and 'Huang' is female; their Dao titles are naturally named using Feng and Huang.

And the naming is reversed: a Feng would have the surname Huang, and a Huang would have the surname Feng.

This Feng Jiu was indeed a Huang.

Her cultivation was already at the Middle Stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Her cultivation was even deeper than that of Ao Jiang and the Ink Jade Qilin after their cultivation on Penglai Immortal Island.

"Feng Jiu, not bad. You shall follow me to Kunlun.

I have already chosen the Ink Jade Qilin as my mount.

We Three Pure Ones are three brothers, and the Three Pure Ones are one entity. You may choose one of my two younger brothers to serve.

In this way, it can be considered as repaying my Karma."

Taiqing didn't expect that the Phoenix Clan would directly send a junior to Kunlun Mountain to find him.

He had thought he would have to wait until he went to the Undying Volcano to get a Phoenix Clan mount.

It wasn't that the Phoenix Clan was overly anxious, but rather that the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan had already arranged for their clansmen to be under Taiqing.

If her Phoenix Clan wasn't more proactive, they feared the backlash of Karma.

Feng Jiu naturally had no objection; Yuan Feng had already sent her a voice transmission, telling her to agree to Taiqing.

Taiqing led the dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin, quickly rushing toward the place on Kunlun Mountain where he was nurtured.

When he left, Taiqing was all alone; upon his return, he was full of gains.

"You all wait here."

Arriving outside the Innate Great Formation, Ao Jiang, the Ink Jade Qilin, and Feng Jiu naturally could not obtain the recognition of the Innate Great Formation and could not step inside.

Even if they were recognized by the Innate Great Formation, Taiqing would not allow the three of them to enter.

It wasn't that Taiqing didn't trust the three little ones.

But he had to be careful.

What if the Heavenly Dao controlled the three little ones to do something to the yet-to-be-born Yuqing and Shangqing?"