Chapter 499

They too will be caught in the great calamity.

On the other side.

Originally, Zhunti and Jieyin had been heading toward the Zi Xiao Palace.

But before reaching the Zi Xiao Palace, the two Western Saints saw the purple qi vanish and the rain of the Dao cease as well.

"Brother, the purple qi is gone." Zhunti blinked in surprise.

"Yes." Jieyin sensed it briefly, "Judging by the signs, that being did not break through successfully."

"If it didn't break through, then why did the Heavenly Dao just show such signs?" Zhunti looked puzzled.

By normal logic, such a cosmic transformation must have been triggered by a being breaking through—not merely just beginning to break through.

In that case,

if the being truly couldn't break through, that might be normal.

But now, even the Heavenly Dao offered congratulations—so why did it fail?

"No matter the reason, that being truly did not succeed." Jieyin spoke gravely.

"Brother, do we still need to go to the Zi Xiao Palace to meet the Teacher?" Zhunti asked.

"Return first." Jieyin thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Let's see if any great event unfolds across the Primordial World before deciding whether to go to the Zi Xiao Palace."

Then, without hesitation, Jieyin and Zhunti turned back toward Mount Sumeru, their own abode.

If no great event occurs, the Western Two Saints won't trouble Ancestor Hongjun.

As registered disciples of the Ancestor, Zhunti and Jieyin knew well that, in some ways, they were not favored by the Ancestor.

In the Ultimate Heaven, the Zi Xiao Palace.

Facing the Heavenly Dao's response to Luo Fu's impending breakthrough, Ancestor Hongjun opened his eyes—he naturally noticed the changes in the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao, even the shifts in the Dao itself.

"Is little Luo Fu breaking through?" Ancestor Hongjun smiled faintly.

To say that Luo Fu drew the Dao's congratulations was enough to shock even Ancestor Hongjun.

Not even the Hunyuan Daoluo could provoke such a change in the Dao—not even Ancestor Hongjun himself.

This alone proves how astonishing Luo Fu's achievements are.

It wasn't merely a matter of power.

"Huh…"

Moments later, Ancestor Hongjun's gaze held a hint of surprise.

Luo Fu had not broken through; the purple qi vanished—he felt it too.

"Why didn't you break through? Is it not enough for you?" Ancestor Hongjun's eyes held an odd expression, then slowly closed.

Even this famed Ancestor could not fathom Luo Fu's decision.

Yet whatever Luo Fu intended, whatever choice he made, the Ancestor would not interfere.

Nor could he interfere.

In the Strange World.

Facing the imminent breakthrough, Luo Fu's eyes glowed faintly, then gradually retracted his breakthrough power.

For any other Primordial World being, controlling oneself to halt a breakthrough mid-process would be impossible.

It would be like stopping halfway through defecation and pulling the excrement back in.

At least, ordinary beings could never do it.

But Luo Fu, relying on his own vast Dao accumulation and insight, accomplished it effortlessly.

His aura once again settled to the level of Golden Core Immortal.

Of course, this was Luo Fu's own version of Golden Core Immortal.

By contracting past and future into himself, Luo Fu differed vastly from Primordial World beings.

The new path of Golden Core he forged far surpassed all other Golden Core Immortals.

At this moment, even if a Saint-level powerhouse stood before him, Luo Fu could crush them with a mere gesture.

After all, normally speaking,

Luo Fu could now use the Dao to attain Hunyuan Daoluo,

and also break through to Hunyuan Daoluo through sheer physical power.

This was utterly terrifying.

It proved the extent of Luo Fu's accumulation.

The Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, and the Western Two Saints all relied on merit to become Saints.

Even Ancestor Hongjun's path of severing the Three Corpses was a kind of shortcut.

Such shortcuts still differed significantly from true breakthroughs achieved through sheer power or Dao.

For Primordial World beings, merely attaining Hunyuan Daoluo was already an unimaginably difficult feat.

Any method was an unprecedented opportunity.

But for beings from far grander worlds, they preferred to accumulate sufficient strength before breaking through.

That was why the Dao had manifested just now.

Yet Luo Fu, though he could break through so easily, chose not to.

This was because, before breaking through, Luo Fu had thought of

the entity within the Supreme Changhe.