"Old Immortal Qingmu, you betrayed the Immortal Dao back then and threw yourself into Original Sin. Now you dare show yourself so brazenly—aren't you afraid those Immortal Dao Patriarchs will pound you to death?
Hahaha!"
Huli Great Immortal, with his tiger head and human body, stood in the void like a towering mountain, exuding an intensely oppressive aura. His massive tiger head, in particular, roared with laughter like a ferocious tiger's howl, not only shaking the sky full of Breath of Original Sin into violent turbulence but also making the Original Sin Dharmakayas present tremble with fear.
Compared to him, Old Immortal Qingmu appeared much quieter, his voice not as booming as Huli Great Immortal's as he replied, "If even you, Huli Great Immortal—who first betrayed the Monster Immortal Great Dao and then threw yourself into Original Sin—dare show yourself openly, why wouldn't this old man dare?"
"Hahaha!"
Huli Great Immortal roared with laughter.
Old Immortal Qingmu asked, "Has the Great Immortal come for this Cauldron of Qiongqi?"
"Hah!"
Huli Great Immortal shot back, "Aren't you?"
"This old man has no interest in the Cauldron of Qiongqi, nor dare I have any."
"Hahaha!
Old Immortal Qingmu, you old undying thing, when did you become so humble? This doesn't suit you at all."
"Not to mention this old man knows full well I lack the ability to control the Cauldron of Qiongqi, even if I had the ability, I no longer have the heart for it."
"Oh?
Old Immortal Qingmu, could it be that being suppressed in the Guixu for countless ages has ground your heart and spirit to dust, hm?
Hahaha!"
"You are correct. This old man's heart and spirit were slowly exhausted and scattered away within the Guixu."
"So that means you also have no intention of scheming for the title of Original Sin True Lord?"
"I dare not entertain such delusions."
"Hahaha!"
Huli Great Immortal seemed utterly unconvinced. "Old Immortal Qingmu, if you have no interest in this Cauldron of Qiongqi and no intention of scheming for the Original Sin True Lord, then why show up now?
Looking for death?
Hahaha!"
"This old man has been stifled under the water for too long, so I wanted to come out for some fresh air and incidentally meet a few old friends!"
"In that case, this Cauldron of Qiongqi shall belong solely to this seat!
Hahaha!"
"After all, this is the Cauldron of Qiongqi. This old man advises the Great Immortal to think thrice before acting."
"Hahaha!"
Huli Great Immortal shouted arrogantly, "When Qiongqi was alive, this seat feared it not. Now that it's dead, with only a wisp of divine consciousness and Demonic Will remaining, this seat will pay it even less heed."
With that, Huli Great Immortal let out three great laughs and, without any hesitation, directly leaped into the Cauldron of Qiongqi.
"Damn it!
Have to admit, that Huli Great Immortal is really fierce."
Watching Huli Great Immortal jump straight into the Cauldron of Qiongqi, Da Xing the Mad Monk was full of admiration. Beside him, Gu Qingfeng also nodded, unable to help but praise, "Truly fierce."
Back when the Cauldron of Taotie had appeared, Gu Qingfeng himself had hesitated repeatedly before jumping in. In fact, if not for feeling as if the Taotie was summoning him, he might never have jumped in at all.
"But fierce as he is, Huli Great Immortal might not be able to subdue Qiongqi."
"Is that so? He said he didn't fear Qiongqi even when it was alive. Now that Qiongqi is just a wisp of divine consciousness and Demonic Will, could Huli Great Immortal still fail to subdue it?"
"Listen to him brag!"
Da Xing the Mad Monk said, "Although Huli Great Immortal was also renowned and mighty in the Primordial Era, compared to the Four Great Fierce Beasts, he's not even in the same league. It's no exaggeration to say that in front of the Four Great Fierce Beasts, an existence like Huli Great Immortal is pretty much just a little brat."
"Really?
Were the Primordial Four Great Fierce Beasts truly that powerful?"
"Damn it, and you're the one who actually devoured the Taotie's divine consciousness and Demonic Will, yet you don't even know what kind of existences the Primordial Four Great Fierce Beasts were."
Da Xing the Mad Monk shot Gu Qingfeng a sidelong glance. "Have you ever heard the legends about the Primordial Four Great Fierce Beasts?"
"What legends?"
"Legend has it that each of the Primordial Four Great Fierce Beasts had extraordinary origins. Primordial Chaos was formed from the Demonic Will left after the death of the Demon God Huandou. Qiongqi was formed from the Demonic Will left after the death of the Demon God Gonggong. Taowu was formed from the Demonic Will left after the death of the Demon God Gun. And Taotie was formed from the Demonic Will left after the death of the Demon God Chiyou."
Gu Qingfeng was inwardly shocked, clicking his tongue in amazement. This was the first time he had heard such a legend about the Primordial Four Great Fierce Beasts. "That legend doesn't sound very credible, does it?"
"The legend has been passed down for a long time. Whether it's true or false is unknown. But based on this old monk's experience, there's no smoke without fire. While you can't fully believe in legends, you also can't completely dismiss them."
Although Gu Qingfeng was reluctant, he had to admit there was some truth to Da Xing the Mad Monk's words. At the very least, he couldn't find a reason to refute it.
In his experience, any legend might be exaggerated, but it was definitely not fabricated out of thin air.
The so-called Daoless Age was a perfect example.
Legends about the Daoless Age had been circulating since the Primordial Era, yet no one believed there could really be such a thing as a Daoless Age, nor that the Three Thousand Great Daos had ever been slaughtered, nor that heaven and earth had been reborn.
Gu Qingfeng hadn't believed it back then either.
And the result?
The Three Thousand Great Daos really had been slaughtered, the Daoless Age really had begun, and even the Venerable of the Daoless Age was real.
This couldn't help but make Gu Qingfeng feel somewhat uneasy inside.
Because Da Xing the Mad Monk was saying that the Taotie was, damn it, formed from the Demonic Will left after the death of the Demon God Chiyou.
Chiyou!
Damn it, that's the number one Demon God of all heaven and earth, ancient and modern, and the progenitor of the Demonic Path!
If the Taotie really was formed from Chiyou's Demonic Will, and now the Taotie's divine consciousness and Demonic Will were within him... didn't that mean Chiyou's Demonic Will was on him?
Although Gu Qingfeng feared nothing in heaven or earth, towards a mythical Demon Progenitor like Chiyou, he still felt considerable apprehension. It wasn't exactly fear, but more a kind of reverence, similar to the respect he held for the Human Dao progenitors, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Right at that moment, another change occurred in the scene. A figure suddenly shot out from who-knows-where and directly dove into the Cauldron of Qiongqi.
Gu Qingfeng had been pondering the matter of the Taotie being formed from Chiyou's Demonic Will and hadn't noticed the change in the scene. "What just dashed in?"
"Probably another Original Sin Patriarch!"
Ever since the Cauldron of Qiongqi had appeared, Da Xing the Mad Monk had been in a state of excitement and agitation. Especially with the appearance of Original Sin Patriarchs like Old Immortal Qingmu and Huli Great Immortal, Da Xing was as excited as if he knew a great show was about to start.
"It's finally beginning. This old monk knew that once the Cauldron of Qiongqi appeared, there would definitely be a good show. And those interested in the Cauldron of Qiongqi absolutely wouldn't be limited to just Huli Great Immortal."
Before Da Xing the Mad Monk's words had fully faded, whoosh! whoosh!
Two more shadows shot out from the void, both diving into the Cauldron of Qiongqi with lightning speed.
Immediately after, whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!
One shadow after another emerged from all directions, all diving into the Cauldron of Qiongqi at their fastest speed.
In just this short moment, over a dozen shadows had already plunged inside.