Amidst a expanse of pure white snow, the Yin Yang Old Ancestor laughed to the heavens. The yin and yang energies of the fallen White Dragon merged into him, and the shackles of being trapped in the thirty-third heaven finally broke!
Yin and yang hues arose, shaping heaven and earth. The extreme yin illuminated the moon, the extreme yang blazed the sun. Heaven against earth, sun against moon, night against day, life against death, light against darkness...
Countless large and small yin-yang manifestations appeared, yin and yang pervading everywhere, the Taiji essence reaching every corner!
On Yujing Mountain, Laozi frowned. The Great Dao of Taiji Yin Yang, someone was about to become the Lord of the Taiji Dao!
Hongjun said calmly, "There is no need to worry. He is merely the Lord of the Taiji Dao of this era."
However, the emergent Taiji yin and yang flashed for a moment before being scattered by a golden light that shot into the sky.
The Primordial World was shocked.
Hongjun suddenly stood up, disbelief flashing in his eyes.
Luohu in the West roared, "How is this possible? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
On the volcanic mountain in the Southern Heavens, Phoenix Ancestor froze, standing stunned.
Every peak existence, every reincarnated chaos god and demon, was in disbelief!
Even Qing Ling wore an incredulous expression.
What had he just witnessed?
Amidst the golden light, a Golden Dragon stood astride the heavens, its head above all existence, the Great Dao adorning it. The vast oceans instantly thawed, all in a frenzy.
The waters of heaven and earth, the clouds in the sky, the wind in the air, the wind and clouds conjured rain from all directions, while the Golden Dragon of the Great Dao soared.
All living beings instinctively prostrated, all except the supreme powers.
Zu Long, had he achieved Hunyuan!?
Qing Ling could hardly believe it, yet it seemed true.
Zu Long, the first being in heaven and earth to take this step!
Yet, it also seemed different. There was no acknowledgment from the will of heaven and earth, no resonance from the Great Dao.
Perhaps, Zu Long was not meant to achieve Hunyuan, not even fate had anticipated it.
Then what was the point of the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation? What was there left to contend for in this grand tribulation? What could Dao and Demon possibly fight over?
Qing Ling's thoughts raced through countless possibilities.
Beneath the Golden Dragon of the Great Dao, Zu Long regarded the three with cold eyes.
Yin Yang Old Ancestor, Ku Rong Old Ancestor, and Black Qilin King were forced to endure the pressure of Hunyuan. Had they not been among the very apex of existences, they would have already knelt.
"You all deserve to die!"
A single statement revealed the fury in Zu Long's heart!
With a punch, the Golden Dragon roared, its fist intent piercing through the power of Hunyuan, shattering the golden bridge formed by the Taiji diagram.
Another punch was thrown.
Zu Long's golden fist, which should now be called the Hunyuan Golden Fist, struck the spiritual platform of Yin Yang Old Ancestor.
"Boom~"
Yin Yang Old Ancestor's divine body instantly exploded.
But it fragmented into yin and yang energies, flying into the Taiji diagram. The golden bridge reappeared and vanished from existence in an instant.
A Congenital Supreme Treasure was indeed extraordinary.
On Qilin Cliff, White Qilin King instantly rose. Even facing Hunyuan, he showed no fear, standing beside Black Qilin King.
Zu Long then turned his gaze to Ku Rong Old Ancestor.
Ku Rong Old Ancestor felt fear for the second time in his heart.
The first time was the fear he felt when encountering Pangu.
Zu Long once again raised his fist, the fist intent issuing forth, breaking through Ku Rong Old Ancestor's defenses. The punch was invincible; in the Hunyuan realm, nothing was impossible!
But as Zu Long threw his fourth punch, the golden light on his body suddenly dimmed.
A trace of blood appeared at the corner of Zu Long's mouth.
The terrifying Hunyuan pressure also receded.
Seeing this, Ku Rong Old Ancestor turned and fled, escaping with his injuries.
The Black Dragon from the West roared and returned.
The Azure Dragon from the North pointed its sword toward them.
The Candle Dragon from the Eastern Wilds returned with dark red scales.
"Big Brother!"
Zu Long waved his hand, stopping them, and looked at the Black and White Qilins.
The Black and White Qilin stood side by side, black and white blending, the aura of the thirty-second heaven emanating from them.
Zu Long said coldly, "Black Qilin, you also played a part in White Dragon's death."
Black Qilin King remained silent. He had indeed played a part.
Zu Long looked to the Southern Heavens. Phoenix Ancestor met his gaze without any sign of evasion.
Zu Long then looked at the Dragon tribe juniors below him and the White Dragon Divine Mountain. He closed his eyes, a single tear that had yet to fall drying on his eye.
"Today, I establish the Three Tribes' Covenant!
Phoenix and Qilin conspired against my Dragon tribe, their crime deserving death! My Dragon tribe will first annihilate Qilin, then the Southern Heavens, to avenge the souls of my Dragon tribe!
However, I swear here, I, Zu Long, Phoenix Ancestor, and the Twin Qilin Kings shall not act!
Otherwise, with my remaining three breaths of Hunyuan power, I shall destroy you all!"
On Yujing Mountain, Hongjun breathed a sigh of relief.
Luohu also calmed down.
The various Great Gods, Great Demons, and remnants of chaos breathed sighs of relief.
Fortunately, Zu Long's Hunyuan state was temporary, not true Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal!
Qing Ling also realized with dawning comprehension that it must have been the power of fate left by the White Dragon Ancestor's dissipation into the world that granted Zu Long temporary Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal power.
However, the departure of the White Dragon Ancestor brought many variables to the Primordial World.
Yet, it also accelerated the process of the Primordial World's development. For instance, it deepened the enmity between the three tribes, making it an irreconcilable hatred!
Beneath the Great Dao Golden Dragon, Zu Long walked into the Crystal Palace, followed by the three ancestral beings.
The Black and White Qilins sighed and returned to Qilin Divine Cliff.
Heaven and earth returned to peace, a brief calm.
Qing Ling also withdrew his consciousness and focused on the Eastern Wilds.
Zu Long's oath was truly brilliant, restraining the Phoenix and Qilin while leveraging the Dragon tribe's advantages, and allowing them to avenge their kin!
The power of Hunyuan held more deterrence than even oaths of the Great Dao.
Therefore, Phoenix Ancestor and the Twin Qilin Kings would not act rashly.
Although the clan leaders of the three tribes could not act, the Dragon tribe's ancestral power far surpassed that of the other two tribes.
This way, the three Phoenix Ancestors would have no energy to spare for him, a Heavenly Dao Mighty Being.
Qing Ling had not forgotten that beneath his Jianmu tree, two Heavenly Dao Mighty Beings and two Daluo of the Phoenix tribe were suppressed, and even a peak existence suppressed on the Solar Star!
The Phoenix tribe, having lost such a significant portion of their vital forces, would not be in a good position.
Especially in terms of peak existence combat power.
However, with Black Phoenix Holy King trapped on the Solar Star, she would not be able to emerge for at least this grand tribulation.
The two deities of the Solar Star had not yet emerged, and only Hunyuan could ascend, yet Hunyuan beings were unwilling to go.
The crisis in the Eastern Wilds had temporarily subsided, and the situation had become relatively safer.
The Seven Dragon Emissaries, six Daluo beings, had also left the Eastern Wilds.
The Four Great Upper Clans also returned to their clans to recuperate.
However, one Daluo from the Black Lizard Upper Clan was captured by a Heavenly Dao Mighty Being of the Qilin tribe while aiding the Western Wilds battlefield and suppressed beneath Qilin Cliff. This was the same Black Gauze woman who had once nearly destroyed Xi Shan.
Now, the Black Lizard Upper Clan only had Black Wen and Chao Sheng remaining as Daluo Golden Immortals.
Qing Ling sat at the summit of Jianmu. His cultivation of the seventeenth heaven was still weak, yet he could not cultivate.
Because he was within the grand tribulation.
Once he cultivated, he might become entangled in the tribulation, his fate uncertain.
As long as he weathered this grand tribulation, his future would be limitless.
Qing Ling closed his eyes, sinking into his primordial spirit, and opened the gift from the White Dragon Ancestor: the secret of Ku Rong Old Ancestor's Life-Death Gu.
His innate divine ability, the Eyes of Life and Death, though peculiar and immensely powerful, was somewhat cumbersome against peak existences.
And Ku Rong Old Ancestor's Life-Death Gu, though a Gu technique, was remarkably similar to his divine ability, and could even be planted into the Dao body of a half-step Hunyuan.
Qing Ling began to comprehend this secret technique.
His primordial spirit touched it, sensing life and death.
Ku Rong Old Ancestor cultivated the Great Dao of Ku Rong and Life-Death, possessing the true essence of life and death. His techniques were extraordinarily powerful.
And the key lay in the Great Dao of Life and Death.
However, what the White Dragon Ancestor gifted him was not only the secret of life and death but also the opportunity of destiny!