4: Heavenly Lord Hongjun plots against the Three Pure Ones

"According to the guidance of the Heavenly Dao's aura, it should be around here. How can it not be?"

With the largest fragment of the jade disc of creation atop his head, Hongjun searched everywhere in Kunlun Mountain, unsure of what he was looking for.

"Only this last location remains. If it's not here, then I can only wait until after the Great Tribulation to search again."

Daoist Hongjun, searching for who knows what, had already scoured the entirety of Kunlun Mountain.

The only place left unsearched was, surprisingly, the place where the Three Qings were being nurtured.

Activating the fragment of the jade disc of creation, Hongjun began a carpet search.

In just a moment, Daoist Hongjun's eyes lit up.

"Finally, I have found it. It truly took some searching."

"Fortunately, I found it; otherwise, the plot against the Three Qings truly couldn't be completed."

With the largest fragment of the jade disc of creation, Daoist Hongjun finally found the Innate Great Formation protecting the nurturing place of the Three Qings.

It turned out that Daoist Hongjun had been rummaging through Kunlun Mountain for so long just to find the place where the Three Qings were being nurtured.

Several long periods of time ago, Hongjun hosted Daoist Five Elements and Daoist Yin Yang at Jade Capital Mountain.

Within his Primordial Spirit, the fragment of the jade disc of creation suddenly sent a calling.

The Heavenly Dao issued a warning, instructing Hongjun to plot against the Three Qings, who were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit.

It ordered Hongjun to go to Kunlun Mountain and take away the Natal Supreme Treasures of the Three Qings.

Hongjun was almost the predetermined person to Join with the Dao.

Having obtained the largest fragment of the jade disc of creation, he could naturally use it to deduce the Secrets of Heaven and the general trend.

He knew the importance of the Three Qings and the heaven-opening supreme treasures.

Hongjun decided that after obtaining the supreme treasures, he would send the chaos bell to the Sun Star and place the Taiji Diagram in the location where Daoist Yin Yang encountered his Opportunity.

As for the pangu banner, Hongjun would keep it for his own use.

Hongjun immediately set out for Kunlun Mountain to search; several long periods of time had passed, and now he had finally found the Innate Great Formation protecting the Three Qings.

Activating the fragment of the jade disc of creation, a burst of Power of the Heavenly Dao permeated the air.

Hongjun easily passed through the barrier of the Innate Great Formation and entered within.

"Hehe, the entire Honghuang is under the control of the Heavenly Dao. How could a mere Innate Great Formation block me?"

After passing through the Innate Great Formation, Daoist Hongjun did not forget to look back and mock it.

In reality, Hongjun was mocking Pangu.

Although the Innate Great Formation protecting the nurturing of an Innate Great God was strong, it was not enough before the Heavenly Dao that controlled the entire Honghuang.

If it were an ordinary Hunyuan Golden Immortal, it would be one thing; even a Perfected Hunyuan Golden Immortal could not enter the Innate Great Formation.

But Hongjun was the exception; he was almost the predetermined person to Join with the Dao.

Furthermore, he had the largest fragment of the jade disc of creation to channel the Power of the Heavenly Dao and cheat.

Naturally, he could easily break through the protective formation and enter.

"Third Brother, a living being has entered the Innate Great Formation! We must quickly restrain our minds and not reveal the slightest movement."

"We are protected by the Heaven-Opening Merit; even the Heavenly Dao would not dare to do anything to us."

As soon as Hongjun entered the Innate Great Formation, Yuqing and Shangqing immediately sensed it.

Yuqing Yuanshi quickly instructed his younger brother to restrain his mind.

The two immediately pretended to be two masses of Pure Qi that had not yet developed intelligence, quietly floating in the nurturing place.

Hongjun entered the Innate Great Formation without hesitation and headed straight for the central area.

He immediately saw two masses of Pure Qi floating in the center.

"Hmm? What's going on? Isn't it the Three Qings? Why are there only two masses of Pure Qi?"

Hongjun was suspicious; the Secrets of Heaven clearly showed there were three, so why were there only two?

In Hongjun's deduction of the Secrets of Heaven, he had not deduced the secret that Taiqing had already been born.

Just as Hongjun was about to step forward to investigate, he saw a large amount of golden light suddenly erupt from those two masses of Pure Qi.

Outside the Honghuang World, a roll of thunder sounded, as if in response to that golden light.

"Heaven-Opening Merit!"

Hongjun exclaimed, then retreated warily, wiping cold sweat from his temples and looking up awkwardly toward the outside of the Honghuang World.

Just now, Hongjun sensed an incredibly terrifying aura locking onto him.

Outside the Honghuang World, great dao thunder had surprisingly condensed.

If he took another step forward, that great dao thunder would surely strike, ensuring his body would perish and his Dao would vanish.

Even with the protection of the Power of the Heavenly Dao and the largest fragment of the jade disc of creation, he would not escape the fate of being reduced to ashes.

"Phew, that was close. I didn't expect this Pure Qi to automatically trigger the Heaven-Opening Merit."

"I should draw out those supreme treasures sooner, take them, and leave quickly."

"It's better not to have too much involvement with the yet-to-be-born Three Qings."

At this moment, the clothes on Hongjun's back were soaked through; it was the cold sweat from being terrified by the lock-on of the great dao thunder.

He no longer stepped forward to check the two masses of Pure Qi, nor did he care why there were only two.

Hongjun sat cross-legged on the spot, communicating with the Power of the Heavenly Dao and performing a secret technique, preparing to forcibly draw out and take away the Natal Supreme Treasures of The Two Qings.

Taking the Natal Supreme Treasures with a secret technique would not harm the Three Qings and would not trigger the protection of the Heaven-Opening Merit.

So, Hongjun dared to be so bold as to break into the Innate Great Formation to take the supreme treasures.

But after a while, Daoist Hongjun's expression turned to panic.

Because he found that he had performed the secret technique several times, yet why did the Natal Supreme Treasures of the Pure Qi still not appear?

"What's going on? Has the secret technique failed? Or is it because the protection of the Heaven-Opening Merit makes it impossible to trigger the treasure-seizing effect of the secret technique?"

"Can the Power of the Heavenly Dao not change the authority over the supreme treasures?"

Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the two masses of Pure Qi in confusion.

Just as Hongjun was about to increase the output of the Power of the Heavenly Dao and perform the secret technique to its maximum extent...

...that Power of the Heavenly Dao accidentally touched the Heaven-Opening Merit outside the two masses of Pure Qi.

"Boom!"

A thunderous explosion resounded outside the Honghuang World.

"Pfft—"

Hongjun spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura rapidly withering, and the Power of the Heavenly Dao on his body dissipated completely.

Without the Power of the Heavenly Dao protecting Hongjun, the Innate Great Formation immediately discovered the intruding Hongjun.

Terrifying power of Laws erupted as the formation operated, vowing to strangle Hongjun within it.

"Escape!"

Hongjun could not spare a moment for shock over why the Heaven-Opening Merit on that Pure Qi had suddenly appeared.

Nor could he care why the Power of the Heavenly Dao on his body had suddenly retreated and dissipated.

Dragging his heavily injured body, he immediately activated the jade disc of creation to protect himself and fled the Innate Great Formation in a pathetic state at his fastest speed.

"Boom-crack!"

The power of Laws condensed by the Innate Great Formation struck the fragments of the jade disc of creation one after another.

Already heavily injured, Hongjun kept spitting out blood as if it were worthless.

"three corpses, help me!"

Three figures, all in the Late-stage Quasi-Saint realm, appeared and activated the jade disc of creation together, racing toward the outside of the Innate Great Formation.

These three figures looked seventy to eighty percent similar to Hongjun.

They were precisely the three corpses severed by Hongjun—the Good Corpse, the Evil Corpse, and the Self Corpse.

After some time, outside the Innate Great Formation, Hongjun looked quite pathetic as he stared gloomily at the formation.

This was the greatest crisis and the most severe injury Hongjun had encountered since his Reincarnation and Rebirth in Honghuang.

Even now, Hongjun could not understand why the Heaven-Opening Merit on that Pure Qi would suddenly appear and be touched by the Power of the Heavenly Dao.

"Forget it, I should return to Jade Capital Mountain first to recover from my injuries. I must not let Luo Hou discover me and launch a sneak attack while I am heavily wounded."

"I will ask the Heavenly Dao about the reasons for this later."

Hongjun had just communicated with the Heavenly Dao through the fragment of the jade disc of creation, only to find that it gave no response.

Activating the jade disc of creation to turn into a stream of light, Hongjun fled back to Jade Capital Mountain in a pathetic state under the protection of the three corpses.