To be honest,
Even though the Black Pig Monster King had suffered over a dozen backlash incidents and still couldn't fully control Original Sin to this day, he was already quite satisfied.
After all, Original Sin was Original Sin, hailed as one of the most mysterious and powerful forces between heaven and earth.
Even if it was just Acquired Original Sin, it wasn't something just anyone could refine, fuse with, or control at will.
Throughout the ages, countless senior experts had attempted to fuse with Original Sin, only to fail in the end, with some paying a heavy price for it.
During his ten-thousand-year wanderings across the myriad realms, the Black Pig Monster King had once been fortunate enough to meet a senior from the Primordial Age.
That senior, after fusing Original Sin into himself, suffered countless backlashes. Each backlash was excruciatingly painful, each one left him weak and frail. Over time, the cultivation that senior had painstakingly built up was gradually exhausted by the repeated backlashes of Original Sin.
By the time the Black Pig Monster King met him, that senior was already weak and on the verge of death.
Of course,
given the Black Pig Monster King's nature, he naturally wouldn't lend a helping hand. He killed him on the spot and directly seized that senior's Original Sin, essentially picking up a bargain.
Although he had suffered over a dozen backlashes over the years, he had managed to endure them all without any major issues. For this, the Black Pig Monster King always considered himself very lucky.
The two of them chatted idly like this, one sentence here, another there.
It was called chatting, but it was mostly Gu Qingfeng asking questions, and the Black Pig Monster King answering.
Actually, he wasn't necessarily trying to pry out any specific information. Perhaps it was because he had been drifting alone in the Primordial Black Hole for too long, and coupled with running into an old friend, he just felt like chatting casually.
He had originally thought of reminiscing about old times, but seeing the Black Pig Monster King's fearful and cautious demeanor, Gu Qingfeng simply couldn't bring himself to do it.
Every time he encountered such a situation, an indescribable loneliness would well up in his heart.
Compared to now, he would rather return to the past.
Thinking back to those days, how exhilarating it was to venture into the Nine Nethers with the Black Pig Monster King. Along the journey, the two of them would kill, burn, loot, and rob together. From time to time, the Black Pig Monster King would play some underhanded trick to scheme against him, and Gu Qingfeng would repay him in kind with an even more despicable trick.
When there were enemies, the two would join forces to deal with them.
When there were no enemies, they would scheme against each other.
Those days, though thrilling and filled with brushes with death, were incredibly exciting and worth remembering.
In contrast to now.
Meeting again after so many years, the two of them no longer had any common topics. The Black Pig Monster King was both wary and afraid of Gu Qingfeng, not wanting to have anything to do with him, fearing he would invite great trouble.
As for Gu Qingfeng, bored out of his mind, he had thought of reminiscing to pass the time. Not only did the reminiscing fail to happen, but the more they talked, the more boring it became.
This couldn't help but make him sigh, lamenting how lonely and dull life was, solitary and uninteresting.
It was truly too dull.
So dull that Gu Qingfeng was starting to feel sleepy.
He reclined in the chair, crossed his legs, yawned, and asked, "Alright, I don't have anything else to ask. What are you planning to do, kid?"
"What do you mean, what am I planning to do?"
"I mean, are you planning to continue wandering around in this Primordial Black Hole?"
"This lowly one is not only severely injured but also weak and frail, hanging on by a thread. How would I dare show my face? And besides...
I reckon the people from Violet Mist Immortal Realm are probably looking for me everywhere right now."
Given the Black Pig Monster King's current condition, he needed to find a safe place to heal as soon as possible.
And the space Gu Qingfeng had created was more than suitable.
But after thinking about it, the Black Pig Monster King felt it would be wiser to find a safe place on his own after leaving. He really didn't want to get entangled with Gu Qingfeng, a target of public criticism. Who knew when he might get caught up in major trouble?
"What exactly did you do, kid? Why did the Violet Mist Immortal Realm people beat you up like this?"
"This lowly one didn't do anything."
"Don't talk nonsense. If you really did nothing, would they have beaten you up like this?
Tell me, we're not outsiders. Did you harass some female disciple of the Violet Mist Immortal Realm?
Or did you steal some treasure of theirs?"
"Elder Gu!
This lowly one swears to heaven, I really didn't do anything, and I certainly didn't steal any treasures from them. It's that little bastard named Tian Kui from the Violet Mist Immortal Realm who wanted to seize my Great Dao Destiny and my Original Sin!"
Seeing that the Black Pig Monster King didn't seem to be lying, Gu Qingfeng figured this was most likely true. People from major immortal realms weren't necessarily of high moral character, especially an entity like the Violet Mist Immortal Realm, a giant in the Great Wasteland. There were quite a few hypocrites within, putting on a righteous facade while secretly engaging in deeds dirtier and more evil than those of demonic cults. They preached benevolence and morality openly but committed vile acts in the shadows.
The only thing that piqued his curiosity was that the Black Pig Monster King's own cultivation was already quite decent. Back in the Ancient Era, just relying on his powerful descendant bloodline and true form, he didn't fear so-called giant patriarchs.
One must know that the current Black Pig Monster King, besides his descendant bloodline, also possessed a Great Dao Throne and the power of Original Sin, along with many powerful magical treasures. Unless facing an exceptionally powerful existence, the Black Pig Monster King had the qualifications to put up a fight. Even if he couldn't win, escaping was definitely not a problem.
"Who is this Tian Kui you mentioned?
Also a patriarch of the Violet Mist Immortal Realm?"
"No!
He's just a little brat from the Current Era who hasn't even grown all his feathers yet."
Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng was quite surprised. "A youngster from the Current Era beat you up like this?"
The Black Pig Monster King nodded gloomily, his expression looking somewhat dejected and aggrieved. "That kid is a Star Lord."
"A Star Lord?"
Gu Qingfeng's brows furrowed slightly. "A Heavenly Destiny Star Lord of the Current Era? So what?
Aren't you also a Great Dao Destiny? And a damn Throne at that, which is stronger than a Star Lord."
"I don't know what kind of Heavenly Destiny Star Lord that kid is, but he's incredibly powerful. I clashed with him using my Destiny Throne and couldn't win. Not only did I not win, but my Destiny Throne was even injured by his Destiny Star Lord."
"Oh?
Now that's something rare."
According to common sense, a Great Dao Star Lord Destiny couldn't compare to a Great Dao Throne Destiny. Within the Great Dao, a Destiny Throne was one rank higher than a Destiny Star Lord. Similarly, a Destiny Imperial Seal was one rank higher than a Destiny Throne, and a Destiny Imperial Authority was one rank higher than a Destiny Imperial Seal.
However,
nothing in the world was absolute.
While common sense dictated this, it didn't mean a Great Dao Destiny Star Lord was necessarily weaker than a Great Dao Destiny Throne.
There were many factors influencing the strength of a Great Dao Destiny: whether one's own cultivation could bear the weight of the Great Dao Destiny, how much comprehension one had of the Great Dao Destiny, and so on, all had an impact.
Ultimately, it still came down to the person bearing the Great Dao Destiny.
If someone couldn't bear the weight of the Great Dao Destiny, or their comprehension of it wasn't deep enough, or they couldn't even control the Great Dao Destiny, then even if you gave them a Great Dao Imperial Authority Destiny, they might not necessarily be able to defeat a Great Dao Destiny Star Lord.