Primordial Era: I, Ksitigarbha, shall be the Supreme Being of the Primordial Era.

"This sermon concludes here. This will be the last sermon at Zixiao Palace ten thousand years from now."

After Hongjun finished his sermon, his figure disappeared from the high platform.

All the primordial deities also awoke from their meditation.

The gates of Zixiao Palace opened, and some innate deities gathered together to chat and laugh, or made plans to meet again in the primordial world.

However, the Guide Daoist and the Zhunti Daoist dared not delay and used their escape techniques to rush back to the prehistoric world.

They could sense that their disciple was in extremely poor condition, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to die at the slightest disturbance.

The other innate deities stared in astonishment at the two Daoists who had vanished like the wind, wondering what had happened.

The innate deity, recalling the story of the Three Pure Ones and others vying for opportunities after the lecture, rolled his eyes and followed behind Erdao, wanting to take a look and hopefully get a share if there was an opportunity.

Among them are top-tier innate deities such as Kunpeng, Dongwanggong, and Styx.

"Senior brother, should we go and see what's going on?"

Tongtian looked somewhat excitedly in the direction where the innate saints had disappeared.

Upon hearing this, Yuanshi first rebuked Tongtian, "Third brother, one should always prioritize prudence. How can you attain enlightenment with such recklessness?"

Tongtian gave a sullen smile and dared not refute.

He knew his second brother's temper; if he argued back, he would be severely criticized.

Taiqing Laozi remained calm, pondered for a long time, and then said, "It is not destined for us; there is no need to force it!"

Lao Tzu's words set the tone, and after Yuanshi and Tongtian nodded in agreement, they stopped thinking about the matter.

On the other side, Jieyin and Zhunti, who were rushing towards the primordial world, also noticed the group of innate deities following behind them.

The Daoist Zhunti's face turned cold, and he cursed inwardly, "These leeches!"

He was about to unleash the Seven Treasures Tree to make his move.

The Guide Daoist looked behind him with a cold face and raised his hand to stop the Zhunti Daoist.

"Junior brother, let's be realistic. If they want to follow, let them. We'll settle accounts with these scoundrels later!"

"Hmph!" Zhunti snorted coldly, "If it weren't for the crisis facing Ksitigarbha, I would definitely have fought them!"

Sensing the increasingly weak aura of Ksitigarbha, two streams of magical power surged, increasing their speed even further.

"Why did these two Western Daoists expend so much magical power to rush back to the Primordial World?"

Upon seeing this, the primordial deities pondered and considered giving up the pursuit.

But having already pursued this for so long, they were reluctant to give up if a great opportunity truly presented itself.

All the innate deities gritted their teeth, channeled their magical power, and increased their speed to keep up.

Jieyin and Zhunti, sparing no effort, desperately rushed back to the prehistoric world. Every living being on the prehistoric land saw two streaks of light shooting into the western land like shooting stars.

Then several more streaks of light followed closely behind.

Before long, rumors spread throughout the primordial world: a supreme treasure had fallen into the West!

In an instant, the entire primordial land was in an uproar.

Regardless of their level of attainment or their origins, they all surged towards the western land.

After receiving the guidance of Zhunti and the other two, they returned to Mount Sumeru and immediately went to the place where Ksitigarbha was in seclusion.

In front of the Ksitigarbha thatched hut, Xiaobai anxiously circled around the meditating Ksitigarbha, constantly calling out to its master.

The sense of tranquility and annihilation emanating from Ksitigarbha was infinitely more profound than when he entered Mount Sumeru.

This is not formed from Ksitigarbha's practice of Nirvana, but rather a sign that he is about to truly return to nothingness and his soul will return to heaven and earth.

Seeing that Jieyin and Zhunti had returned, Xiaobai rushed forward, knelt before them, and pleaded urgently, "Master, please save Master! Master... Master, he..."

Little White's eyes were filled with tears, and she was sobbing, unable to even speak properly.

The guide waved to Xiaobai to indicate that everything was alright, and then placed his hand on Ksitigarbha's head.

Without the presence of Ksitigarbha's primordial spirit, the crimson jade cloud-patterned robe on his body had long lost all its spiritual light, only able to gather a thin layer of shield to prevent the Guide from touching it.

However, the Daoist who guides you is of a high level and possesses powerful magic, which cannot be blocked by this single layer of protection.

The shield dissolved the moment the hand touched it.

After sensing the current state of Ksitigarbha's body, Jieyin realized that Ksitigarbha's primordial spirit was not in his body. He then made hand seals and used great magic to calculate the location of Ksitigarbha's primordial spirit.

A moment later, the Taoist priest put away the hand seals.

Upon seeing this, Daoist Zhunti asked what was going on.

"Ksitigarbha's primordial spirit is trapped in a hidden place, unable to return to its original form, and is about to be annihilated."

Zhunti was greatly alarmed upon hearing this and hurriedly asked if there was any solution.

After pacing around twice, Jieyin suddenly thought of a way: "We can use the Dao essence of the Dao of Nirvana that is left on Ksitigarbha's body as a medium to guide this Dao essence into the void to pursue it."

The physical body and the primordial spirit contain the same Dao essence, and the two are closely connected, so it is not difficult to find the location of Ksitigarbha's primordial spirit.

Once found, we will use your understanding of cause and effect as a hook to connect our karma with that of Ksitigarbha and his disciples. In this way, we will surely be able to guide Ksitigarbha's primordial spirit back!

"Shall we begin then? I'll assist my senior brother!"

Zhunti looked anxious.

"No rush, let's see the guests who followed us off first!"

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Guide Daoist as he looked towards the outside of Mount Sumeru.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Zhunti's anger flared up. "These scoundrels! If anything happens to my disciple Ksitigarbha today, I will make them pay the price!"

Having said that, he summoned the Seven Treasures Tree, which shot into the sky.

The guide followed closely behind.

The primordial deities followed the two to the outside of Mount Sumeru, only to find that the two had merely returned to their Daoist temple, leaving them with countless doubts.

"Could it be that these two old Taoist priests have hidden some kind of treasure in their temple?"

A primordial deity spoke with a sinister tone.

"Who cares if they are or not? We'll find out once we go in. With so many of us, are we afraid of those two?"

There were also innate deities standing aside, instigating others to join forces and enter Sumeru.

The top innate deities such as Dongwanggong and Kunpeng remained hidden to the side, waiting to be the ones to pounce.

Just then, the protective array of Mount Sumeru opened, and the two Daoists, Zhunti and Jieyin, walked out one after the other.

A primordial deity wanted to ask the two Daos a question, but the two Daos directly launched an attack.

The Six Pure Bamboos sealed off the void, the Seven Treasures Tree swept towards one of them, and then prayer beads appeared, directly hitting the other person.

In the blink of an eye, the two innate deities were severely injured and forced to retreat.

These two innate deities were only at the mid-stage of the Great Luo realm; how could they withstand a blow from beings like Jieyin and Zhunti, who were filled with resentment?

The other innate deities watched in horror as Jieyin and Zhunti suddenly attacked, their minds instantly going blank.

Before any fight, they would always have a verbal battle first, and only after the verbal battle would they fight. Who would have thought that these two would be so uncivilized and start fighting right away?

"Jieyin, Zhunti, what are your intentions?"

One of the innate deities reacted and questioned the two.

But then they saw Zhunti holding the Seven Treasures Tree, who had appeared behind the two injured people at some point.

"What is your purpose? I would like to ask you all: what is your purpose in coming to my Mount Sumeru?"

He sneered, but his hands didn't stop moving. The Seven Treasures Tree swept fiercely at the two of them.

The two only had time to unleash their magical treasures, but the spiritual light emanating from the Seven Treasures Tree was a step ahead and struck them first.

Above Mount Sumeru, two innate deities instantly shed blood.

The two were barely clinging to life, their breaths waning. Zhunti took out his Qiankun Bag and used magic to collect them, along with their spiritual treasures, into the bag to suppress them.

Even the Great Luo Golden Immortal is difficult to kill; one can only suppress him and then slowly process him once there is some free time.

The hidden Dongwanggong and his companions watched with apprehension at what had happened in the blink of an eye, their faces solemn.

At this point, Dongwanggong had to admit that he was afraid that when he made his move on Mount Sumeru last time, Jieyin and Zhunti had held back.

Otherwise, given their performance, he would never have just escaped with serious injuries.

Even Kunpeng and the Styx River were hesitant, weighing whether it was worth making a move.

The other innate saints with slightly lower realms had long been frightened away by their greed, and some of the more rational ones had begun to slowly retreat, shielding the others in front of them.

Jieyin and Zhunti knew that only by striking first and killing a few innate saints as a deterrent could they scare the crowd away more quickly, so they simply did not hold back.

After suppressing the two, the Guide Daoist once again summoned his prayer beads, and the 108 beads instantly shattered, with a flick of his sleeve.

The 108 prayer beads shot towards the remaining innate deities like meteors.