Upon hearing Hu Le mention Ji Meng, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, paused in his steps, his expression suddenly turning grim.

If it weren't for this bastard!

How could their demon race have fallen to such a state?

Despite his inner turmoil, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, could not neglect the proper etiquette.

They were already preparing to return Ji Meng to them, so he should at least say thank you.

Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, turned around, suppressing his discomfort, and thanked Hu Le on the throne...

He left the Heavenly Palace and arrived at the South Heavenly Gate, where he saw Ji Meng still hanging on the flagpole.

In recent days, the Heavenly Court has been taking special care of him, feeding him Golden Elixir Elixir; otherwise, Ji Meng's physical body would not have survived a single day.

Bai Ze, the demon saint, pointed his finger, and the ropes that had been binding Ji Meng fell off silently, causing Ji Meng to fall from the flagpole.

"Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, what do you want to do?"

Seeing this from afar, the gatekeeper immediately shouted and led his men to surround the area.

"Please don't misunderstand, everyone. I have already received the permission of the Dongxuan Emperor."

Upon hearing this, the heavenly soldiers and generals turned around and returned to their original positions.

As for whether Bai Ze the Demon Saint's words were true or false, they were now outside the South Heavenly Gate, and they did not believe that anyone would dare to falsely convey the Emperor's orders.

Ji Meng fell from the flagpole and was immediately dizzy from the impact. However, because he had consumed the Golden Elixir and possessed immense vitality, he did not die. He swayed on the ground for a moment, then got up and quickly ran to Bai Ze Demon Saint.

"How pitiful! How lamentable!"

Seeing this, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, sighed inwardly and pointed again. The black dog's skull opened wide, and Ji Meng's primordial spirit finally escaped from its body.

"ah……"

After Ji Meng came out, he roared excitedly.

This is the taste of freedom.

Although the black dog's intelligence had been destroyed by Ji Meng, the fact that Ji Meng had lived inside it for so long had imbued it with some spirituality, causing it to instinctively run into the distance.

Upon seeing this, Ji Meng's primordial spirit wished he could unleash a palm strike of lightning to kill the black dog.

This is his dark history, and it cannot be allowed to continue to exist in the world.

Unfortunately, the restrictions within his primordial spirit were not yet lifted, leaving him powerless to do anything but watch helplessly as the black dog darted into the Southern Heavenly Gate and disappeared...

"Fellow Daoist, thank you very much."

Ji Meng suppressed his resentment, turned around and bowed deeply to Bai Ze, the Great Sage, saying with deep gratitude.

Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, forced a smile. "Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be so polite. Please come with me back to meet His Majesty the Demon Emperor."

After saying that, without waiting for Ji Meng's reaction, he opened his sleeve and pulled Ji Meng into it all at once.

Once he gets back, Di Jun doesn't even know how he'll react to Ji Meng, so why should he say anything more to Ji Meng now...

...

Tongming Hall.

After Bai Ze the Demon Saint left, Hu Le withdrew his gaze, refocused his divine sense on the treasure pouches, and then forcibly erased the restriction on one of the treasure pouches.

The next instant, several bright clusters of spiritual light rolled out of the treasure pouch.

The spiritual light was divided into five colors, some emitted seven colors, some was shrouded in rosy light, and some was surrounded by radiant light, all of which were filled with primordial energy.

These are the innate spiritual treasures that Di Jun compensated him with.

Originally, he asked for ten items, which Di Jun naturally refused. However, Di Jun wasn't very good at bargaining, and after a lot of haggling, he only managed to get eight items down to his name, so he reluctantly agreed...

Eight innate spiritual treasures hung above the jade table, emitting various colors of precious light, illuminating the entire Tongming Hall.

Hu Le glanced over, pointed, and one of the primordial spiritual lights vanished, revealing a gleaming silver ruler.

It was the same dazzling ruler that Di Jun had used before.

He reached out and grabbed the ruler, infusing it with magical power. With a gentle shake, the Radiant Ruler trembled violently, releasing several clusters of silver flowers that drifted out into the void...

He then extinguished the clusters of spiritual light, revealing the true forms of the other innate spiritual treasures.

However, the remaining magical treasures were not as powerful or of the same quality as the Radiant Ruler, so Hu Le was not very interested in them. He only glanced at them before preparing to put them away.

However, when he saw the last jewel, he suddenly felt a surge of excitement, as if this treasure was extremely important to him.

He quickly refocused his gaze on the pearl, then grabbed it in his hand and examined it closely.

The bead was about the size of a chicken egg, round and lumpy, with a layer of hazy white light flowing on its surface. Inside the bead, however, was a chaotic mass that was difficult to discern. When you held it and shook it, the chaotic energy inside the bead immediately began to boil and surge.

Hu Le tried to project his divine sense into the treasure, and couldn't help but frown. He discovered that there wasn't even a single innate divine restriction inside the treasure; it was completely empty.

That shouldn't be the case.

Both its aura and its appearance resemble those of a primordial spiritual treasure.

Besides, Di Jun is a demon emperor, after all; he shouldn't try to renege on this!

Once he found the depths of the spiritual treasure's origin, countless pieces of information surged into his sea of ​​consciousness along with his divine sense.

His face first showed shock and disbelief, then joy, then frowned, and a trace of regret appeared on his face.

"This...this is actually the Chaos Pearl, a supreme innate treasure!"

After digesting the information provided by the spirit treasure, Hu Le understood its origins.

This treasure is called the Chaos Pearl, a precious gem born from the primordial chaos in the beginning of time, containing a portion of chaos within.

If it had continued to evolve back then, that chaotic world might have evolved into another primordial world.

Unfortunately, it encountered Pangu's creation of the world, and the Chaos Pearl suffered a calamity. It was struck head-on by the Heaven-Opening Axe, which not only shattered the innate divine restrictions within the Chaos Pearl, but also annihilated the spirituality within the pearl. Its quality even dropped from an innate supreme treasure to an innate spiritual treasure.

Since the innate divine restrictions within the Chaos Pearl have completely dissipated, this treasure naturally possesses no other power besides containing a portion of chaos.

It's called a magical treasure, but it's actually just an inanimate object, completely useless.

Of course, the Chaos Pearl is a supreme innate treasure with the power of immortality and indestructibility. The innate divine restrictions that were shattered by the Heaven-Opening Axe also have the opportunity to repair themselves.

Several decades ago, Di Jun obtained this treasure by chance. When he learned that it was a supreme innate treasure, he was just as excited as Hu Le...

I thought that after some time, the innate divine restriction within the treasure would be restored, and the treasure's power would be restored.

Unfortunately, he waited and waited! So many years have passed, and there is still no sign of the Chaos Pearl recovering.

Of course, it may be recovering, but it's so slow that no one notices it at all.

From then on, he understood that even when the immeasurable calamity arrived, and heaven and earth returned to chaos, and the era began anew, the Chaos Pearl might not be able to re-condense a primordial divine restriction.

Although cultivators have long lifespans, this is far too long.

Moreover, even if the Chaos Pearl restores one of the innate divine restrictions, so what?

It should be noted that even the most precious innate treasures have at least forty-nine innate divine restrictions.

In that case, how many immeasurable eons would it take for the Chaos Pearl to fully recover...