Chapter 1154

But if a Tian Dao-level powerhouse is introduced, countless yuan hui of development could vanish into thin air.

The entire world would revert to the primordial state, replaying earth, fire, water, and wind.

Such an event counts as a catastrophe for any world.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The clash between the Heavenly Punishment Eye and the Chaos Pearl continued; seeing the chaotic barrier nearly shattered, the Heavenly Punishment Eye launched spears of Primordial Creation Thunder faster and in denser numbers.

Almost every instant, spear-shaped Primordial Creation Thunder struck the chaotic barrier, causing its tremors to never cease.

Had Luo Fu not intervened just now to aid the Chaos Pearl.

The Chaos Pearl would already have consumed nearly half its internal reserves.

The Chaos Pearl had not existed long; compared to other Chaos Treasures that took several liang jie to form, its existence had not even reached one yuan hui, and its stored power was minimal.

Compared to ordinary Chaos Treasures, the Chaos Pearl's stored power amounted to barely a fraction.

Had the Chaos Pearl not been able to directly consume chaotic currents and convert them into its own power at an extremely rapid rate, its stored power would not even amount to a fraction.

At the Hunyuan level, time loses meaning.

One yuan hui to a Hunyuan Daoluojin Xian is like a single day to a mortal.

For Tian Dao-level powerhouse, the scale of time expands further still.

To Tian Dao-level powerhouses, yuan hui have lost all quantitative significance—liang jie are the units by which they measure worlds.

Under normal circumstances, a cultivator who breaks through to Hunyuan Daoluojin Xian after spending merely half a liang jie is already considered a prodigy.

To become a Hunyuan Daoluojin Xian requires half a liang jie.

The gap between a Tian Dao-level powerhouse and a Hunyuan Daoluojin Xian is at least ten thousandfold; without hundreds of liang jie, breakthrough to Tian Dao level is nearly impossible.

Chaos Treasures equivalent to Tian Dao-level powerhouses require even longer gestation periods than the time needed to reach Tian Dao level, never shorter.

A Chaos Treasure gestating for over a thousand liang jie is already considered extremely fast.

This is why the Primordial World has not yet birthed a Chaos Treasure.

First, the Primordial World lacks the conditions to gestate Chaos Treasures; second, it was born too recently—this time span cannot even gestate a Primordial Supreme Treasure, let alone a Chaos Treasure.

Given the Primordial World's depth, the number of Primordial Supreme Treasures could not possibly be so few.

Even an ordinary Hunyuan world can gestate three or five Primordial Supreme Treasures; how much more so the Primordial World?

The few Primordial Supreme Treasures born in the Primordial World, strictly speaking, were not gestated by the Primordial World itself.

They were born from the remnants of Chaos Treasures.

With the remnants of Chaos Treasures, the Primordial World was able to gestate those few Primordial Supreme Treasures at the moment of creation.

In truth, without the remnants of Chaos Treasures, the Primordial World could have gestated at most one or two Primordial Supreme Treasures at creation.

More Primordial Supreme Treasures require vast stretches of time to gestate.

The Chaos Pearl had not existed for even one yuan hui; among Chaos Treasures, it was merely newborn.

A newborn infant naturally has limited accumulation.

Fortunately, Luo Fu had intervened; under Luo Fu's arrangement, ninety-nine percent of the chaotic barrier's power could sustain itself.

Most of the scattered lightning from the spear-shaped Primordial Creation Thunder had been consumed.

With the scattered lightning from the spear-shaped Primordial Creation Thunder as replenishment, the Chaos Pearl expended little power—less than one percent of its own reserves.

Even if this battle continued for several more days, the Chaos Pearl could endure.

As the Heavenly Punishment Eye relentlessly struck the Chaos Pearl, Ancestor Hongjun's gaze locked tightly onto Luo Fu, his perception sweeping every corner around him.

Attempting to probe Luo Fu's origins.

Unfortunately, Luo Fu had made no pretense whatsoever; no matter how carefully Ancestor Hongjun probed, he could gain no insight.

As if realizing this, Ancestor Hongjun looked at Luo Fu and suddenly spoke:

"Friend, you have concealed yourself exceedingly well—I still have not uncovered your true nature. But it does not matter; you must know you cannot be my match. Please leave the Primordial World. If you agree, I shall owe you a favor."

The Heavenly Punishment Eye's relentless strikes had failed to overcome the Chaos Pearl, causing Ancestor Hongjun to realize Luo Fu was troublesome, so he directly chose to trade a favor for Luo Fu's withdrawal.

"Hah! Ancestor Hongjun, you spoke too soon. Only after fighting can we know who wins or loses. If you truly defeat me, I will withdraw."

Luo Fu sneered and flatly refused Ancestor Hongjun.

Without fighting, victory or defeat remains uncertain—how could he possibly accept a favor in exchange for surrender?

After all, Luo Fu still had techniques unexerted.

If he unleashed these techniques, Luo Fu was confident he could suppress Ancestor Hongjun.

If he could win, why would he choose to stand down?

Right now, if Luo Fu demanded reversing the liang jie as one condition for his withdrawal, Ancestor Hongjun would almost certainly agree.

Compared to the failure of the Journey to the West liang jie, the threat Luo Fu posed was clearly greater.

Trading a liang jie Ancestor Hongjun himself had established to eliminate Luo Fu's threat was an extremely advantageous deal for him—he had no reason to refuse.

In other words, if Luo Fu were willing to stand down, his entire purpose in entering the Journey to the West World could be fulfilled one hundred percent.

Under such circumstances, the Ten Thousand Worlds Chat Group would surely acknowledge it.

But Luo Fu had no intention of doing so.

He had prepared for so long—not merely to force Ancestor Hongjun to abandon the Journey to the West liang jie.

He sought to utterly suppress Ancestor Hongjun and reshape the landscape of the Journey to the West World.

Compared to this goal, reversing the liang jie was merely a minor objective.

If Luo Fu's original goal had indeed been merely to reverse the liang jie, his current goal had clearly undergone a massive transformation.

This transformation stemmed entirely from Luo Fu's planning.

Luo Fu had not anticipated his scheme would proceed so smoothly.

He had not only forced Ancestor Hongjun to reveal all his cards but compelled him to personally confront Luo Fu.

As for Luo Fu, his greatest trump card had never been revealed.

Precisely because the plan had proceeded with extraordinary ease, Luo Fu's ambitions had swelled.

Of course, Luo Fu's swelling ambition was not blind, but highly rational.