The Primordial Era: Starting with Jingwei Filling the Sea

Chi was defeated, and the hall remained silent for a long time.

Chi was the only disciple of the Chan Sect to reach the peak of the Great Luo realm (excluding Randeng Daoren, as Yuanshi Tianzun never acknowledged this disciple). Chi's defeat to Jinling Shengmu meant that the disciples of the Chan Sect were defeated by the disciples of the Jie Sect.

The Jie Sect could easily defeat the strongest disciple of the Chan Sect by sending out a single peak-level Great Luo Immortal. The difference in strength between the Chan and Jie Sects is obvious.

Chi returned to the Chan Sect camp dejectedly, his heart filled with frustration. He was no match for the Golden Spirit Mother even before his breakthrough, and he was still defeated by her afterward. In that sense, his breakthrough was in vain.

Chi didn't even dare to look at Taiyi Zhenren and Qingxu Daode Zhenjun, who had sacrificed their own cultivation to help him break through. Now that he had been defeated, he had no face to see them.

Fortunately, Guang Chengzi has not yet returned; otherwise, Chi would probably have crawled into a hole on the spot.

The Golden Spirit Mother ignored the defeated Red She turned her attention to Western religions.

Although Maitreya Daojun and Medicine Master Daojun only have the cultivation level of the late-stage Great Luo Realm, as the first echelon of the Western Sect, they have a very high opinion of their own strength.

Previously, when the late-stage Daluo Grandmasters such as Wudang Holy Mother, Yunxiao Fairy, and Zhao Gongming were fighting fiercely, Maitreya Daojun and Yaoshi Daojun had no intention of joining the fray. The people they wanted to fight were the top disciples of the three sects of Ren, Chan, and Jie.

This idea isn't wrong.

The Western Sect, along with the Human Sect, the Chan Sect, and the Jie Sect, are all great sects founded by sages. If the disciples of the Western Sect do not even have the courage to participate in the final competition, how can the Western Sect maintain its dignity?

Even if they lose, Maitreya Daojun and Medicine Master Daojun must lose to the strongest person, because the Western Sect needs to save face!

Seeing that the Golden Spirit Mother was looking at them, the Medicine Master Daoist and the Maitreya Daoist had no intention of stepping onto the stage. They did not want to lose to the Golden Spirit Mother; they wanted to lose to the Burning Lamp Daoist.

When Jinling Shengmu fights them, she will definitely go all out. But it's different if it's Ran Deng Daoren. Ran Deng Daoren is a senior master, and he will give them some dignity, so that even if they lose, they will lose with honor.

There's no way around it; Maitreya Daojun and Medicine Master Daojun truly cannot defeat late-stage Grand Luo masters from the three sects of Humanity, Chan Buddhism, and Jie Buddhism. They might win one or two matches by using tricks, but in terms of genuine skill, they are no match.

As disciples of the same sage, their skill levels are roughly the same, but Maitreya Daojun and Medicine Master Daojun's equipment is far inferior to that of the three Great Luo Immortals of the Three Teachings. Fighting them is truly impossible!

In the past, at the Xuanmen Daoist Conferences, they relied on faking the competition with the Burning Lamp Daoist in order to maintain the face of the Western Sect.

Seeing that the two Western heroes were reluctant to leave the stage, the Golden Spirit Mother pondered for a moment and understood what they meant: they were going to throw the match again.

In past Daoist conferences, apart from the very first few where the Western Duo had a proper duel, in subsequent major competitions, the Western Duo always opted to stage a fake match with the Burning Lamp Daoist.

Everyone assumed that Daoist Ran Deng was a senior master who was only fighting the Western Two Heroes to a standstill out of a desire to instruct the younger generation. No one suspected that Daoist Ran Deng and the two Western Saints had a prior connection.

As the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit pondered whether to challenge Grand Master Xuandu or directly challenge Daoist Ran Deng, Grand Master Xuandu stepped forward.

"Junior Sister Jinling, let your brother fight you!"

As the chief disciple of the three religions, Grand Master Xuandu greatly desired to see them united as one. However, his individual power was too small, and he could not change the antagonistic relationship between the Chan and Jie religions.

All he could do was take good care of his fellow disciples and act as a mediator between the disciples of the Chan and Jie sects. Now, seeing that the Golden Spirit Mother was having trouble making a decision, he took the initiative to step forward and help her make the choice.

A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Golden Spirit Mother, and she bowed respectfully to Grand Master Xuandu, saying, "Since it is Senior Brother Xuandu who is bestowing this instruction, this junior sister will not stand on ceremony!"

Grand Master Xuandu's cultivation was clearly much more profound than that of the Holy Mother Jinling.

Even though they are both at the peak of the Great Luo realm, their combat strength differs. Grand Master Xuandu broke through earlier, and his accumulated magical power, experience, understanding of the Great Dao, magical treasures, and so on are all superior to those of the Golden Spirit Mother.

The most terrifying thing is that Grand Master Xuandu cultivated the Supreme Golden Body.

The Supreme Golden Body, a supernatural power, was tailor-made for Grand Master Xuandu by the Sage of Taiqing. The Supreme Golden Body holds a position in the Human Sect that is equivalent to the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts in the Chan Sect.

After mastering this divine power, Grand Master Xuandu's physical body became incredibly strong, though not quite on par with the Wu Clan members of the same realm. With a stronger physical body, the magical power he could unleash also increased.

The Witch Clan was able to sweep across the world in its heyday, with its great witches capable of challenging opponents far stronger than themselves, precisely because of their formidable physical strength. The Witch Clan's only weakness was that their spiritual power was integrated with their physical body, making it difficult to activate innate spiritual treasures. Without the support of these treasures, the Witch Clan was unable to annihilate the Demon Clan.

Today, Grand Master Xuandu is equivalent to a great sorcerer who can activate innate spiritual treasures.

When the Golden Spirit Mother encountered such an opponent, she was completely restrained. All her supernatural powers and magical treasures were like child's play in front of Grand Master Xuandu, and were easily countered by him.

Finally realizing the gap between herself and Grand Master Xuandu, the Golden Spirit Mother, after another unsuccessful counterattack, chose to concede defeat.

Grand Master Xuandu won with great sportsmanship, knowing when to stop and not harming the Holy Mother Jinling. With the Holy Mother Jinling defeated, Daoist Ran Deng could no longer contain himself and challenged Grand Master Xuandu.

It wasn't that Daoist Ran Deng didn't want Fang Yang to fight Grand Master Xuan Du first; it was just that he was somewhat wary of Fang Yang.

Fang Yang's displayed strength was too overwhelming; he lacked confidence in his victory. He thought that if Fang Yang defeated Grandmaster Xuandu, he might not even have a chance to win a single match against Fang Yang.

In the mind of Daoist Ran Deng, Grand Master Xuan Du was indeed very strong, but he still had the confidence to defeat him. However, if it were Fang Yang, he would lack that confidence.

Moreover, compared to Fang Yang, Grand Master Xuandu is far more of a gentleman. Such a person, even if he defeats Daoist Randeng, would still save face for Daoist Randeng. If he were defeated by Fang Yang, Daoist Randeng would lose all face and dignity.

Taking these factors into consideration, Daoist Ran Deng decided to first fight Grand Master Xuan Du. After winning this match, he solved the two easy questions and then challenged the two Western Heroes.

In this way, even if he loses to Fang Yang, his record will look much better.

It must be said that the old-timer Daoist Ran Deng is very cunning and shrewd, even coming up with such a profound strategy.

The scene of the battle between Daoist Ran Deng and Grand Master Xuan Du was very exciting. Daoist Ran Deng went all out, and apart from the Qiankun Ruler, a primordial spiritual treasure that he could not let Zhao Gongming see (Daoist Ran Deng thought that the Dinghai Pearl was still in Zhao Gongming's hands), he even revealed his own body, the Silent Coffin.

Although Grand Master Xuandu was strong, he was still a junior. He lacked combat experience and his methods were not ruthless enough. He lost to Daoist Ran Deng by half a move.

Thus, Fang Yang's final opponent was determined.

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