Taiyi looked in the direction of the sound and saw three auspicious seven-colored clouds drifting from the western sea, which were the Three Pure Ones.

He raised his hand and retrieved the Chaos Bell, quietly waiting for the three to arrive.

Even so, Dongwanggong's condition was not good at this time. Not only had his primordial spirit collapsed, but his true spirit had also become dim and lifeless.

If Taiyi had truly rung the Chaos Bell, then the Eastern King Duke would surely have turned to ashes, with no chance of being reborn...

The three approached and, seeing the miserable state of the Eastern King Duke, the Taoist Taiqing shook his head and sighed.

"Alas! It is a pity that your cultivation over countless eons has been reduced to nothing but a pie in the sky."

Yuqing Daoist looked at Taiyi, somewhat indignantly, and said, "We are fellow Daoists, how can Your Majesty be so heartless?"

Taiyi chuckled: "Fellow Daoist Yuqing, why ask a question you already know the answer to? The reason he ended up in this state is largely due to the karma of you. If it weren't for your instigation, how could he have made such a mistake!"

Taiyi stated that he admitted to committing the murder, but he was unwilling to take the full blame.

That is indeed the case.

If it weren't for the Three Pure Ones' earnest invitation, the Eastern King Duke would not have betrayed the Primordial God Clan and gone to join the Xuanmen.

Since he did not join the Xuanmen sect, Taiyi had no reason to come and attack him.

He wouldn't have ended up like this.

"you……"

Yuqing Yuanshi was about to retort when Taiqing Daoren raised his hand to stop him.

"Enough. What more is there to say now?"

He looked up at Taiyi and asked, "Since Fellow Daoist Dongwanggong only has this little bit of true spirit left, His Majesty should be satisfied. I am preparing to take him away, and I think His Majesty will give me that face."

Taiyi was ultimately compassionate. After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "Alright, since Brother Taiqing has spoken, let's stop here. Please go ahead."

He also had some idea of ​​what the Taoist Taiqing wanted to do with the true spirit when he took it back.

It's nothing more than using the power of creation to give birth to a new primordial deity. Although it can inherit some of the Eastern King Duke's destiny, it will ultimately no longer be the original deity...

The Taoist Taiqing took out a bright yellow bundle from his sleeve; it was the Primordial Spiritual Treasure, the Qiankun Diagram.

He unfolded the Qiankun Diagram, and instantly five-colored rays of light appeared. The two streams of Qian and Kun circulated and enveloped the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke.

At this moment, two beams of spiritual light shot up from the seabed and simultaneously flew towards the Taoist Taiqing.

The radiant light clearly enveloped the Eastern King Duke's personal magical treasures: the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Ruler and the Heavenly Flower Wonderful Falling Flag.

Taiichi saw this but did not stop it.

He could have easily taken the two magical treasures long ago, but that would have given people grounds to believe he was trying to kill someone to steal them.

Given his status, he would naturally disdain doing such a thing...

Taiqing put away the spiritual treasure. In this round, their Xuanmen had suffered a great loss, so they naturally did not want to stay any longer and immediately bid farewell to Taiyi and left.

They truly came and went in a hurry...

The Three Pure Ones rode auspicious clouds out of the East Sea, and only then did the Shangqing Daoist speak up indignantly, saying, "Fellow Daoists, are we just going to let this go like this?"

Master Yuqing glanced at him indifferently, "Since we've lost this round, let's not dwell on it any longer. Otherwise, if others find out, they'll think our Xuanmen can't handle losing."

"That's right, it's just a temporary setback, nothing to worry about. Anyway, we have a long lifespan, so we have plenty of time to deal with them. It doesn't matter if we lose this time, we can always come back in the next round."

The course of history is constant, and divine artifacts are ever-changing; this divine race cannot remain eternally prosperous.

Once their time is up, that will be the opportune moment for our Xuanmen sect to rise again.

“Indeed, the decline of the divine race and the rise of the Xuanmen are ordained by fate.” Daoist Yuqing nodded in agreement.

The Taoist priest Shangqing was persuaded by the two men and stopped dwelling on the matter. However, he couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the fate of the Eastern King Duke.

"Alas! What a pity for Fellow Daoist Dongwanggong!"

Taiqing and Yuqing exchanged a smile, then shook their heads at Shangqing Daoist.

The third brother was thinking too simply.

Little did they know that the Eastern King Duke's calamity was ordained by fate.

If he doesn't perish once, how can he completely wash away the mark of the innate gods and perfectly integrate into the Xuanmen (mystical sect)?

...

Taiyi watched the Three Pure Ones depart, then turned and returned to Penglai Immortal Island. Seeing that his subordinates had achieved a great victory, he gave them some instructions and then went back to the Heavenly Court.

As for the Queen Mother of the West in Kunlun, although she joined the Xuanmen sect along with the Eastern King Duke, Taiyi had no intention of launching a campaign against her.

The main reason is that the distance between East and West Kunlun is too close. If he were to attack the Queen Mother of the West, the Three Pure Ones could easily provide support.

All three are highly powerful beings and incarnations of Pangu. They possess immeasurable merits in creating the world and also have supreme treasures. Defeating them will not be easy.

It's not worth turning against the Three Pure Ones for the sake of the Queen Mother of the West alone.

In any case, the Penglai Immortal Island lineage has been wiped out, which has served as a sufficient deterrent to those in the Primordial God Clan who harbor ulterior motives...

Hu Le had a good haul this time, taking the opportunity to plunder Penglai Island.

The most valuable item was a top-tier innate spiritual root called the Longevity Fruit.

In the western Kunlun Mountains, there is a magical herb called the Immortal Herb. If a mortal consumes it, he or she can immediately ascend to heaven and gain the power of immortality.

Even those with advanced cultivation can benefit from purifying their bloodline, strengthening their foundation, and increasing their magical power by consuming this herb.

The longevity fruit from Penglai Immortal Island has similar uses to the immortal herb.

Moreover, both the immortal herb and the longevity fruit are among the main ingredients for refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

Originally, this spiritual root grew on Penglai Immortal Island, but unfortunately, after this battle, not only was the Longevity Fruit Tree tainted by the bloodthirsty energy, but even the spiritual cave that nurtured it was severely polluted.

Left with no other choice, Hu Lezhi uprooted the longevity fruit and planted it in a secluded, blessed place...

After returning to the Heavenly Court, he went straight to the Imperial Garden of Yaochi, found a place with abundant innate spiritual energy, and created a spiritual garden there.

He walked around the cemetery, his divine senses roaming the underground.

A moment later, he stopped in the northeast corner of the spirit garden, flicked his finger and sent out a ball of magical power that disappeared into the ground.

A dense mass of innate spiritual energy suddenly gushed forth from the ground, transforming into a misty white fog that permeated the entire spiritual garden.

After he flicked his finger to open the earth's spiritual vein, he took out a celestial tree from the purple gourd.

This tree is about a thousand feet tall, with lush branches and leaves, its crown like a canopy. It is surrounded by a swirling rainbow of colors, and there are more than a dozen fruits hanging between its branches. Each fruit is about the size of a fist, perfectly formed, golden in color, plump and juicy, and looks very tempting.

This immortality fruit tree takes a thousand years to flower, a thousand years to bear fruit, and another thousand years to mature. Each time it can produce eighty-one fruits, which is already rare among spiritual roots for having so many offspring.

The famous ginseng fruit tree in Wuzhuang Temple only produces thirty fruits at a time...