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

As Ksitigarbha spoke, he took out a Bodhi seed from his robes.

This Bodhi seed was something he specifically asked for from Daoist Zhunti before he came; it contained the law of cause and effect sealed by Daoist Zhunti.

Ksitigarbha placed the Bodhi seed on the spirit of the Eastern King Duke, then chanted incantations and made hand gestures.

After an unknown amount of time, the intricate incantation was finally completed, and several golden threads instantly appeared on the Bodhi seed.

Driven by Ksitigarbha, they all entered the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke.

After a period of exploration, the curved threads seemed to have found their target, and one after another they straightened out.

"Found it!"

Ksitigarbha looked at the thread of cause and effect with surprise.

Then, he activated the Three Lives Stone floating above the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke. A dark power of law slowly emanated from the Three Lives Stone and entered the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke along the line of cause and effect.

Ksitigarbha closed his eyes to sense, and after a short while, he pointed at the Three Lives Stone and shouted, "Take this!"

The true spirit of the Eastern King Duke trembled instantly. He felt as if something within his true spirit was being hooked, and this strangeness and the unknown filled his true spirit with fear.

Amidst the pleas of the Eastern King, Ksitigarbha, like an old man fishing, sat cross-legged in the void, his hands suspended in the air, and pulled sharply in his direction.

The causal threads, tainted by the obscure laws, instantly pulled back.

As each thread of cause and effect was pulled out of the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke by Ksitigarbha, at the end of each thread of cause and effect was an invisible ball of light drawn out by the power of that law.

The Guide, who was protecting the Dharma on the side, stared wide-eyed at Ksitigarbha in shock upon seeing the orbs of light, and murmured, "Cause and effect are the thread, laws are the hook, fishing for souls!"

Such methods are truly astonishing!

Those clusters of light are the opportunities, talents, origins, and soul essence hidden deep within the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke...

These were then stripped one by one from the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke by Ksitigarbha.

The true spirit of the Eastern King Duke also grew weaker and weaker, until finally only his self-awareness remained.

"I... am... appointed by the Dao Ancestor... Dao Ancestor... I... hate him so much..."

As the self-awareness within the true spirit of Dongwanggong dissipated, Dongwanggong in various timelines also perished one by one.

Thus, the existence of the Eastern King Duke was completely annihilated in the primordial world.

Above the East Sea, after cleaning up the mess left behind by the Eastern King Duke, Hongjun slowly returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, leaning on a golden cane with dim light.

Before leaving the primordial world, Hongjun turned his head and glanced in the direction of Penglai Immortal Mountain.

"What you did in the past, you will reap today."

Ultimately, the course of Heaven's will remained unchanged, and I was unable to intervene.

The one who escaped…

After a sigh, Hongjun's figure gradually disappeared into the horizon.

Inside the Penglai Treasure Vault, Ksitigarbha took out a fragment of his soul, radiating a golden, misty aura, from the Three Lives Stone.

This was the second fragment of Ksitigarbha's soul that he created with the Daoist voice when he was on Mount Sumeru.

It has been nurtured for quite some time now.

Ksitigarbha slowly merged the various orbs of light he had extracted from the true spirit of the Eastern King Duke, finally transforming them into a pure soul bearing the illusory image of the Eastern King Duke.

As Ksitigarbha infused this pure soul into his split soul.

The divided soul gradually began to exude an aura unique to the Eastern King Duke.

Ksitigarbha looked at the divided soul with satisfaction, then took the Pure World White Lotus that was hanging to the side and forced the divided soul into the twelfth-grade Pure World White Lotus.

When the soul is separated and enters the Pure White Lotus, it is like a drop of water falling into the ocean, without causing a ripple.

Ksitigarbha waited for a while, but seeing that the Pure World White Lotus had no reaction, doubts arose in his heart.

"Could something be wrong?"

Ksitigarbha placed his hand on the twelfth-grade Pure White Lotus with a puzzled expression. After a moment, he shook his head with a wry smile.

"I see……"

The Guide Taoist then understood what Ksitigarbha was trying to do and immediately asked him, "Disciple, is there something wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Ksitigarbha turned around and explained, "Master, there is nothing wrong with it."

The disciple originally intended to let the divided soul enter the Pure World White Lotus to complete its transformation and become the disciple's clone.

Unexpectedly, because of the excessive killing by the Eastern King Duke, he was burdened by karma and deeply affected by the true spirit.

The divided soul inherited the remnants of the Eastern King Duke's soul, and also inherited this immense karma.

However, karmic obstacles prevent him from taking form!

"What should we do?"

"Either you accumulate vast amounts of merit to offset your karma, or... you will be reborn and undergo countless tribulations!"

"Such merit is hard to find!"

"Therefore, this disciple plans to send this fragmented soul, carrying the Pure White Lotus, to undergo tribulation once the Netherworld Reincarnation reappears!"

Upon hearing this, the Guide looked at Ksitigarbha with suspicion and said, "If it's just to obtain an avatar, a twelve-petaled Pure World White Lotus would suffice as a vessel for the divided soul. Why did you, my disciple, implant the soul of the Eastern King Duke into it?"

Ksitigarbha did not directly answer the question for the Guide, but instead asked him, "Great Master, where do you think the way out of Mount Sumeru lies?"

Although the Taoist priest was puzzled as to why Ksitigarbha would ask such a question, he guessed that the answer must be related to what Ksitigarbha had done.

So, after thinking it over, he slowly uttered, "East!"

"That's right!" Ksitigarbha suddenly clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "Then, Grand Master, have you considered who might be the greatest obstacle our Mount Sumeru will encounter in the East in the future?"

"The greatest resistance..." The Guide Daoist's mind kept flashing through the various innate deities of the East, and finally he turned his gaze to the distant Kunlun Mountain.

"The Three Pure Ones!"

"Indeed!" Ksitigarbha laughed. "If my disciple were to say that the Eastern King Duke would have an opportunity in the future to return to the Taiqing Sect and become a disciple again..."

"A radical solution?"

"This clone is a move that I, your disciple, have made for the Three Pure Ones!"

Whether it succeeds or fails, that's up to fate!

"Now that this divided soul cannot take form, what can be done?"

"Then it depends on the fate between Taiqing and Dongwanggong! This disciple has done all that can."

Ksitigarbha casually put away the Twelve-Petaled Pure White Lotus and smiled as he spoke to the Guide.

"This time, I have gained a great deal and I am satisfied!"

Moreover, Ksitigarbha suddenly paused, then continued to the Guide, "The gift I owed my two junior brothers back then has now been settled!"

"Since that's the case, this matter is settled, let's go back!" The Guide Daoist stopped dwelling on the matter and immediately led Ksitigarbha away from the Penglai Treasure Vault.

The East China Sea has become much calmer, but within its vast expanse, there is no sign of life.

Sensing the increasingly intense calamity aura in the world, the Guide Daoist sighed, "It seems the destruction of the Celestial Court is the trigger for this great calamity! After returning to the mountain this time, do not go out again unless it is absolutely necessary!"

The last sentence was spoken to Ksitigarbha.

Ksitigarbha nodded upon hearing this, but dared not make any guarantees to the guide.

Looking at Ksitigarbha, the Guide shook his head helplessly. "I still don't understand why you feel such a great sense of urgency, my disciple. Perhaps it's because you were born with this knowledge?"

But Ksitigarbha, you must understand, your two masters are still here, and we will stand up for you in any eventuality!

"Understood, Master!" Ksitigarbha smiled at the guide, but his eyes still revealed a hint of determination.

"Sigh, do whatever you want! Mount Sumeru will always be your support!"

With a sigh, the Guide patted Ksitigarbha on the shoulder, then waved his hand to shatter the void and grabbed Ksitigarbha to return to Mount Sumeru.

Not long after the master and disciple left, Di Jun and Tai Yi appeared in the East Sea one after the other.

The two crows had a question in their hearts about whether the Eastern King had perished.

Just as the Guide Taoist said of the Eastern King Duke.

Erwu would never believe that such a selfish person wouldn't leave himself a way out.

However, after exploring the East China Sea, the two eagles ultimately found nothing.

The two witches also entered the Penglai Treasure Vault, but unfortunately, the Guide Daoist used the Six Roots Purification Bamboo to conceal the secrets of heaven, and the two witches' cultivation was also slightly inferior to the Guide Daoist, so they did not discover anything.

Regarding the fact that the Penglai Treasure Vault was completely empty, Erwu speculated that either the Eastern King Duke had moved it ahead of time, or some other innate deity had acted as a predator, taking all the treasures from the Penglai Treasure Vault during the great battle between the two sides.

"Brother, now that the Eastern King has self-destructed, even if he has a backup plan to return to the path of cultivation, we can kill him once today, and we can kill him again in the future. What is there to fear about him returning to the primordial world?"

Donghuang Taiyi stroked the Chaos Bell in his hand, his words brimming with confidence.

Upon hearing this, Di Jun gave up the idea.

The demon race suffered severe damage this time and will likely need many years to recover.

He hadn't forgotten that the demon race also had the powerful witch race as an enemy.

"Okay, let's go back!"

Thus, the great war between the demon race and the celestial court finally came to an end.

The Celestial Court was destroyed, while the Demon Race returned to the Demon Court to lick their wounds.

Unfortunately, the Witch Clan did not grant the Demon Clan's wish.

After the great battle between the two sides ended, the Wu tribe immediately rallied its people to attack the Demon Court.

Fortunately, Di Jun left Kunpeng and three of the Ten Demon Gods—Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, Shang Yang, and Bi Fang—in the Demon Court to guard against the Witch Clan.

Bai Ze had made prior arrangements and briefly halted the Wu Clan's advance.

Although the twelve Ancestral Witches attacked together, they still failed to penetrate the center of the Demon Court.

Just as Kunpeng and the other demons were struggling to hold on, Dijun and Taiyi returned first.

With the combined power of the Innate River Luo Grand Array and the Chaos Bell, the Witch Clan ultimately chose to retreat.

However, this surprise attack by the Wu tribe still brought huge losses to the demon race.

After the demon army returned, the two races strangely fell into a state of calm, with only a few minor frictions occurring.

Both the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Emperor Jun knew that after the next great battle between the two sides, it might be the time to establish themselves as the overlords of the primordial world.

On Kunlun Mountain, the Taoist Master Tongtian returned to the mountain with a hint of joy.

He gained something from this trip to the East China Sea.

That's right, it's the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram.

After Dongwanggong self-destructed, he immediately returned to the core of the explosion and indeed discovered the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram.

Upon returning to Kunlun Mountain, Tongtian did not even meet with Taiqing Laozi or Yuqing Yuanshi, but immediately went into seclusion to study the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram.

Yuanshi felt a sense of relief upon sensing Tongtian's return.

But after waiting and waiting, Tongtian did not come to see him and his elder brother, and anger suddenly rose in his heart.

"Elder brother, Tongtian didn't come to see me immediately upon his return; instead, he went into seclusion on his own. He truly lacks manners!"

"Let him be. He should have gained something from this trip."

Lao Tzu closed his eyes and entered into meditation, completely unable to understand the meaning behind Yuan Shi's words.

Helpless, Yuan Shi could only suppress his anger and enter into cultivation.