Chapter 170: The Call from Kunlun Mountain

After leaving Zhurong and the others behind, Tian Yuan paid no further attention to Zhu Jiuyin and the other Ancestral Witches.

The general trend was set; the Wu Clan had no other opportunities, and Houtu would surely handle things well.

Tian Yuan believed that before long, the main vein at the very bottom would be completely purified.

And now, Tian Yuan had arrived at Mount Buzhou.

Feeling the powerful might rushing toward him, Tian Yuan took a step forward, his figure vanishing into the interior of Mount Buzhou.

In the endless, gloomy void, only a solid heart floated.

Compared to before, the Pangu Heart had swollen significantly, and the ruddy flesh was clearly visible.

Boom, boom, boom! A steady, heavy heartbeat sounded; with every beat, dense patterns could be vaguely seen emerging.

They wove outward in all directions, with mysterious energy surging within them, disappearing into the void.

After the Pangu Heart completely merged with Mount Buzhou, the energy flowing out was clearly much thicker.

That energy flowed down from Mount Buzhou, with the vast majority heading toward the three main veins of the Eastern Land.

Following the main veins, it radiated into every branch vein, and there were faint signs of it purifying the remaining two main veins as well.

"To think that the interior of Mount Buzhou also forms a space of its own." Standing before the Pangu Heart, Tian Yuan looked around.

Unfortunately, with his current strength, he could not see the end; there was only boundless gloom.

After examining the Pangu Heart closely, Tian Yuan swept toward the surrounding darkness.

This was the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space; before the Pangu Heart had completely merged, there was no such space inside.

Yet, after a thorough search, Tian Yuan found nothing.

The only surprising thing was that the patterns derived from the void were spreading toward the surroundings.

He calmed his mind to sense them carefully; it seemed something was about to be conceived, though the specifics remained unknown.

Unable to detect anything, Tian Yuan did not linger and flashed back to Mount Buzhou.

Glancing at the main vein below in the east, Tian Yuan's eyes brightened slightly.

Aside from the three he had just captured, Zhurong and the other Ancestral Witches had indeed submitted.

As for the many members of the Wu Clan that Houtu had seized from the Blood Pool, although they were bloodthirsty and violent, they could not resist the Ancestral Witches and were now running and venting their rage in the main vein, roaring one by one.

Having added so many members of the Wu Clan at once, Tian Yuan was very expectant.

Withdrawing his gaze, Tian Yuan flipped his right hand, and a mass of golden merit appeared in his palm.

It was precisely that wisp of merit that had fallen and fled when Nuwa became a Saint, which Tian Yuan had intercepted in the end.

This was the first time Tian Yuan had observed merit from such close range; he could clearly feel a gentle energy.

"It is exactly as the rumors say!" After just two glances, Tian Yuan grasped the use of this thing.

It could be absorbed directly to raise one's Essence Refining Stage, or added to a spiritual treasure to enhance its power.

The mass of merit before him was neither large nor small, but it was of no great use to Tian Yuan, and besides, he had never thought of absorbing merit to improve his cultivation.

Raising one's Essence Refining Stage by such forced means would ultimately be far inferior to others.

He had just inquired about the battle between Nuwa and the Western Two Sages, so he was naturally even less likely to absorb it.

Just as Tian Yuan intended to put the merit away, his movements suddenly stiffened, a look of surprise on his face.

"I... I... give!"

A weak, intermittent voice sounded in the heart of Mount Buzhou.

A living being was communicating with the will of Mount Buzhou, and the other party was clearly craving the merit in his palm.

Tian Yuan looked toward Fire Cloud Cave, that sky filled with red mist, for the first time.

When Hongyun moved his dojo to Mount Buzhou, he had told him about the changes in Fire Cloud Cave. At the time, he had tried to contact the other party using Mount Buzhou, but received no response.

Could it be that now that Nuwa had become a Saint and the Human Race had returned to their place, Fire Cloud Cave had also gained a great harvest? Looking carefully, Tian Yuan did not sense anything unusual.

"I..."

Just as Tian Yuan was puzzled, the voice appeared again, and it was clearly somewhat anxious.

This time, Tian Yuan caught the fluctuation and could not help but look into the distance in surprise.

Kunlun Mountain! This voice actually came from Kunlun Mountain! Earlier, when the middle main vein was completely purified and Kunlun Mountain manifested, there had been no further movement; now, a will had actually been born there too.

With a look of surprise, Tian Yuan took a step, and his figure arrived at Kunlun Mountain.

With Tian Yuan's arrival, the Kunlun Mountain beneath him trembled slightly, and a gentle will rose up, wrapping around Tian Yuan, revealing intimacy and joy.

"It seems these immortal mountains and cave dwellings all have their own wills."

Tian Yuan reached out his right hand to stroke that invisible will, a sense of expectation rising in his heart.

Mount Buzhou stood tall and upright; it was not only the Heavenly Pillar of the Primordial World but also the main vein of the entire land, so it would certainly not be easy to urge it into action.

But settling for the next best thing, Kunlun Mountain, Shouyang Mountain, Golden Turtle Island, and the like were much simpler.

If they could all be awakened one by one, they would definitely be easier to command than Mount Buzhou.

Such immortal mountains and cave dwellings were also shrouded in powerful might.

A strike from Kunlun Mountain was also not something ordinary beings could contend with, and more importantly, they were all dojos for many great powers.

For example, letting Kunlun Mountain smash Yuanshi Tianzun, or using Mount Sumeru to blast the Western Two Sages.

These were their own dojos, so they would likely only be able to endure it passively.

Thinking this, Tian Yuan did not hesitate at all and tossed out the merit in his palm.

The golden merit had just fallen when it sank into Kunlun Mountain and vanished in a blink; under Tian Yuan's gaze, he saw wisps of Mysterious Yellow Qi emerging from the Kunlun Mountain beneath him.

"Thank you, Big Brother Buzhou!" A slightly clearer voice came, and then Kunlun Mountain fell into silence.

Feeling the slightly different Kunlun Mountain, Tian Yuan did not pay much mind to it.

He did not need the merit, and if he could lend Kunlun Mountain a helping hand, he was naturally more than happy to do so.

Judging by the scene just now, it must have accelerated the awakening of Kunlun Mountain.

After taking a close look for a moment, Tian Yuan did not linger, and his figure vanished from the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space.

Since the matter of purifying the Earth Vein had been left to Houtu, there was naturally no need for him to worry about it; the urgent priority now was to prepare for Proving the Dao to Hunyuan.

Appearing on Mount Buzhou, Tian Yuan immediately went to check on those stone people.

The passage broken open by the Demon Court had already closed, completely severing the connection to the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, and these stone people had not shown any changes.

At this moment, they were scattered across various parts of Mount Buzhou, quietly cultivating.

Having already captured all of the Wu Clan, Tian Yuan no longer needed these stone people to comb through the Earth Vein.

Sweeping his peripheral vision toward the valley where Pangu Temple was located, Tian Yuan was slightly taken aback, his eyes filled with astonishment.

The blood mist in the valley had already faded, and the shadow of Pangu Temple was nowhere to be seen, leaving only a stretch of collapsed ruins.

Frowning, Tian Yuan did not go to investigate, but instead chose a valley to sit quietly and began to cultivate the laws.

The Western Two Sages were an existence that kept Nuwa in check, and Tian Yuan did not know what other methods Hongjun might have.

He needed to step into the realm of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal as soon as possible, so that the thousands of stone people left behind would also have a chance to Prove the Dao to Hunyuan.

When that time came, with thousands of Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals, what schemes of Hongjun would there be to fear?

(End of this chapter)