Chapter 180: Zhunti Appears to Seize Tian Yuan

Looking at the many respectful members of the Dragon Clan before him, Tian Yuan felt slightly satisfied in his heart.

Since the Dragon Clan can suppress water currents, they can likewise organize the Earth Veins.

This series of actions just now was naturally for this very moment.

"The Northern Earth Veins were suppressed because of you all; it should be the Dragon Clan that guides and repairs them."

The Malevolent Qi in the north within the Consciousness Space can be cleared by the Wu Clan, but the work of repairing the Earth Veins must likely fall upon the Dragon Clan.

The moment the Array was broken, Tian Yuan already knew the situation within the Consciousness Space.

The Northern Earth Veins are different from the east and south; they must be repaired by the Primordial World itself before they can manifest in the Consciousness Space.

The Dragon Clan is born with the ability to control water, and the Northern Earth Veins happen to be water-based, so it is fitting for them to repair them.

Guide and repair the Earth Veins? Zhulong was stunned, his eyes filled with shock.

The many Dragon Clan members all around were likewise stunned on the spot.

To Heaven and Earth, the Earth Veins are such an important existence; this will absolutely be able to reduce the Karma carried by the Dragon Clan.

With almost no hesitation, Zhulong cupped his hands and shouted respectfully: "Zhulong is willing to lead all my clansmen to repair the Primordial Earth Veins to atone for the sins of the Dragon Clan."

"We are willing to follow the Ancestor!" the remaining Dragon Clan members echoed loudly.

Being suppressed here was for the sake of all their clansmen. It was just that they were schemed against, turning into suppressors of the Earth Veins.

Fortunately, Senior Tian Yuan appeared; otherwise, they feared they would be suppressed here for all eternity.

By then, one could not even imagine how dense the Karma carried by the Dragon Clan would have become.

Sweeping his gaze over the group of Dragon Clan members before him, Tian Yuan spoke indifferently: "The development of Earth Veins is not that simple!"

"We have long since disregarded life and death; we will act according to Senior's instructions!" Zhulong responded loudly.

When he initially chose to be suppressed here, he had not thought about returning alive.

Hesitating for a moment, Zhulong requested in a low voice: "Senior, could you take my nephew Yinglong with you, so he may be kept by your side to run errands?"

It is pitch black here with no sense of the passage of time, and Zhulong does not know how much time has passed outside.

But even the once-weak Fierce Beast Hou has grown to this level of cultivation; the Primordial World may no longer be as it once was.

That is where Yinglong's world is, rather than being trapped here forever.

Yinglong wanted to stay and repair the Earth Veins with his clansmen, but he understood his uncle's deep intentions clearly.

After the Dragon-Han Calamity, although the Dragon Clan still had much of its strength remaining, the sins they carried kept them from moving forward.

It was not just to understand the outside world; this was also a great opportunity for him.

Tian Yuan's Dao techniques are profound and extraordinarily mysterious; even the Fierce Beast Hou can be driven by him, so he is definitely no ordinary great power.

Glancing at the nervous-looking Yinglong on the side, Tian Yuan nodded slightly.

Taking a little fellow along does not matter; it just happens to put Zhulong's heart at ease.

"Many thanks, Senior!" Zhulong was overjoyed! With an excited expression, he hurriedly shouted at Yinglong: "Yinglong! Why don't you hurry and pay respects to Master!"

After experiencing the Dragon-Han Calamity, the Dragon Clan had long since lost any desire to contend for the Primordial World; the only thing they wanted was the continuation of their race.

Yinglong, who was about to step forward to pay respects, stiffened, his eyes filled with surprise.

Many of the surrounding Dragon Clan members also revealed looks of disbelief, but faced with Zhulong's words, no one made a sound.

Even Tian Yuan, who was at the head, looked at Zhulong with surprise.

The title of "Master" is not simple; Yinglong is the Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan, and this Zhulong really paid a heavy price, but Tian Yuan did not care; what he has been doing all along is repairing the Primordial World.

If the Dragon Clan can properly organize the Northern Earth Veins, it does not matter if Yinglong is brought along.

After only a moment of hesitation, Yinglong hurriedly prostrated himself to pay respects: "Yinglong pays respects to Master!"

Tian Yuan nodded slightly and looked at Zhulong: "After the Dragon-Han Calamity, why did you all come to the north?"

The Demon-Dao Dispute occurred after the Dragon-Han Calamity, at which time Hongjun had not yet become a Saint; Tian Yuan truly did not understand how there could be such a scheme.

Hearing Tian Yuan's question, Zhulong's eyes dimmed.

"The three clans contended for hegemony, and the Primordial World flowed with rivers of blood. The Dragon Clan felt we had committed too much slaughter, so we conceived a method to reduce our sins. We were guided by the Heavenly Dao to come to the north to guard this great marsh." As he spoke, Zhulong's eyes were filled with confusion.

He then recounted the events that had occurred one by one.

Unfortunately, the entire Dragon Clan was wrapped in Calamity Sha and Karma, and their Primordial Spirits were severely obscured; how could they know who had schemed against them?

If not for the appearance of Tian Yuan, they feared they would never have known the truth.

Tian Yuan frowned slightly and cast his gaze downward.

"By the way, this marsh was full of Fierce Beasts back then; I wonder if it might be related to this matter?"

The Dragon Clan came here after receiving guidance, and there were quite a few Fierce Beasts in the north at that time.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans stood out during the Beast Calamity; Zhulong thought the Fierce Beasts wanted to use the Northern Water to impact the north of the Primordial World, so without much consideration, he directly suppressed the Fierce Beasts along with the marsh.

Only after long years did they suffer the invasion of the marsh's great momentum, eventually merging with the Array that shrouded the surroundings; thereafter, the Dragon Clan suffered from Primordial Spirit agony time and again.

The Dragon Clan knew their sins were heavy and only said it was punishment from Heaven and Earth, so they did not think much of it.

After pondering for a while, Tian Yuan was too lazy to speculate and simply pinned it on Hongjun; in any case, that fellow is the one who schemes the most in the Primordial World.

Without further words, Tian Yuan settled his mind, and suddenly a faint will rose from his body.

When it became dense to a certain degree, these wills dispersed and all fell upon the many members of the Dragon Clan.

"Senior, this is?" Zhulong felt the bit of energy entering his body, his eyes filled with shock and doubt.

This fluctuation was the aura of the Array that shrouded the surroundings, and it was also closely related to the iron chains that bound them.

"The Heaven and Earth Will! The Earth Veins are formless and have no momentum; only when the Will gathers can the Earth Veins be converged."

The Dragon Clan is born with the ability to control water, but wanting to develop Earth Veins using water momentum is naturally not that simple.

Only with the help of the Will of Mount Buzhou can one find the path of the Earth Veins; otherwise, it would truly become a flood sweeping across the north.

Tian Yuan's indifferent words, heard by Zhulong and the others, undoubtedly made their hearts tremble.

The Heaven and Earth Will; human power can actually wield the Heaven and Earth Will.

At this moment, Zhulong was certain that his choice was not wrong, and he felt even more grateful toward Tian Yuan.

The Dragon Clan was currently a people bearing the weight of their sins; not only did Tian Yuan take the initiative to save them, but he also provided such guidance, and this kindness was truly too heavy to bear.

Zhulong, with these thoughts in his heart, led his many clansmen and once again bowed deeply to Tian Yuan in a grand gesture of respect.

Tian Yuan accepted it calmly, though his gaze was directed toward the spring eye below.

Just as he had previously anticipated, the Ancestral Vein of the Northern Land was not pure and had already suffered pollution from Fierce Beasts.

Before the Dragon Clan could develop the Earth Veins, they needed to clear away the corpses of the Fierce Beasts within.

Fortunately, he had brought the Hou along, which made disposing of those corpses quite convenient.

In the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, Gonggong, who had been waiting idly, felt his eyes narrow and hurriedly exclaimed aloud: "Little Sister, it's happening, it's happening!"

Beside him, Houtu, Nuwa, and the others were all looking ahead with pleasant surprise.

They saw a stream of water emerge from the spring eye in the air; it did not seep into the ground and disappear, but instead transformed into a small creek and fled toward the direction of Mount Buzhou.

In just this short amount of time, more and more streams appeared around the spring eye, radiating outward in a divergent pattern.

"The Earth Veins of the Northern Land have formed!" Houtu could not help but exclaim.

Although they were different from the Earth Veins on the eastern and southern sides, she could not be mistaken about this familiar fluctuation.

"The Northern Earth Veins are reviving, and Mount Buzhou has also changed!" Nuwa turned around, a look of joy on her beautiful face.

The Earth Veins were the foundation of the Primordial World; only through the Earth Veins could Mount Buzhou continuously input energy into the heavens and earth.

As the Primordial World grew stronger, the speed at which the Earthly Dao and Humanity recovered would also increase. For the individual and for the world, this was a great joyous event.

"I am actually a bit curious about what has happened to the Primordial World," Gonggong looked at the rumbling Mount Buzhou in the distance, his eyes filled with wonder.

The Earth Veins were supposed to manifest in the Consciousness Space; he had not expected that these Northern Earth Veins were actually influenced by the Primordial World.

Being able to make the Earth Veins manifest was certainly no ordinary matter.

Houtu withdrew her gaze and said softly: "We should still focus on cultivating with a calm heart!"

The North was only absorbing a small amount of Malevolent Qi; the Wu Clan's next focus would be on the Southern Land.

As for what was happening outside, Houtu did not care much. The only ones in the Primordial World she was concerned about were Xuanming, and perhaps Dijiang as well.

Repairing the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk and becoming the Lord of the Earthly Dao was the top priority.

After chatting briefly, Houtu fled toward the Eastern Land.

That Main Vein had the Demon Race on one side and the Wu Clan on the other; she dared not delay for too long.

Nuwa also stood up and fled toward the light screen covering the Eastern Land.

Fuxi had previously received guidance from Tian Yuan, but unfortunately, so much time had passed and there was still no progress.

Yet, as it concerned Fuxi's Dao, she was likewise unable to help.

Gonggong and the other Ancestral Witches did not linger either; after taking a few looks at the evolved Earth Veins, they all fled toward their respective places.

Although the Northern Earth Veins had revived, they were still shrouded in quite a bit of Malevolent Qi.

This place was different from the East, and they also needed to seize the time to cultivate.

The Western World, on Mount Sumeru.

Jieyin and Zhunti turned their heads in unison, their gazes fixed toward the direction of Mount Buzhou.

Within their line of sight, the rumbling sounds of Mount Buzhou could be clearly seen intensifying.

"Senior Brother! That Stone Man of Buzhou Mountain has broken through in strength again!" Zhunti muttered softly, his eyes full of temptation.

A long, long time ago, he had been full of curiosity about the Stone Man of Buzhou Mountain.

However, the other party's cultivation was powerful and had an unclear and mysterious relationship with Mount Buzhou, so he had never been able to get his wish.

After becoming a Saint and battling with Nuwa, the two of them had been busy with the preparations for the Western Sect.

They had already made their Great Vows, and they did not want to have too much karma with the heavens and earth; establishing a sect was certainly not something they were doing for fun.

During this period, many living beings had come, and they had already accepted several disciples with good foundations.

"Amitabha, since Junior Brother is tempted, you may go and investigate; leave Mount Sumeru to me," Jieyin performed a Buddhist Verse, his voice gentle.

Zhunti pressed his palms together: "Good! It is a perfect opportunity to ferry some fated people to the East."

There were countless Spiritual Roots on Mount Buzhou; he could find some to bring back to improve the Western Spiritual Veins.

The Western World was barren; currently, only the area around Mount Sumeru had complete Spiritual Veins, but this was clearly not enough to revitalize the West.

Having become Saints by making Great Vows, there was still much they needed to do.

Jieyin nodded gently.

With a flash of rosy light, Zhunti's figure had already vanished from Mount Sumeru.

In the vast Northern Land, within that great marsh, three streaks of rosy light fled past.

Yinglong appeared in the air, looking at the Primordial World he had been away from for so long, his heart filled with emotion.

The Starry Sky was still as dazzling as ever, and the stars above the firmament seemed even brighter.

Yet, throughout the entire world, he felt an extremely familiar fluctuation; it was the Great Calamity, and the heavens and earth were shrouded in Calamity Sha.

With a look of shock, Yinglong did not stop his figure and continued to follow behind Tian Yuan.

For such kindness from Tian Yuan toward the Dragon Clan, even if it meant entering the Calamity himself, Yinglong would not hesitate.

Tian Yuan did not know what Yinglong was thinking; he scanned his surroundings and frowned slightly.

It had already been a while since he fled into the depths of the marsh, broke the Array, and taught the Dragon Clan how to dredge the Northern Water. However, the speed at which the Earth Book was merging had slowed down significantly; it must be because those Fierce Beasts were missing.

But there was no need to rush; as long as the Earth Book converged with the spring eye, and by borrowing the might of the Dragon Clan, the prototype of the Northern Earth Veins could be quickly formed.

It would just take quite some time to fully restore it to its original state.

The Earth Veins of the North were different from the eastern and southern sides; it only had one Ancestral Vein, which was that marsh.

Radiating from the marsh as the center, the number of Branch Veins was the same, also totaling one hundred and eight.

Future development and dredging work would all be concentrated on the Dragon Clan, or perhaps Zhenyuanzi, the master of the Earth Book, could also help a little.

Just as he was thinking this, several figures flew over from the distance; they were exactly Huluwa, Hongyun, and the others.

"Father Mountain!"

"Dao Brother Tian Yuan!"

"Master!"

The few who came up to greet him hurriedly paid their respects.

Sweeping a glance behind Tian Yuan, many gazes lingered briefly on Yinglong.

Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi exchanged a look, having already recognized Yinglong's identity.

However, after only a slight surprise, the two of them paid it no mind.

The status of a Dragon Clan Crown Prince was indeed extraordinary, but it was no longer the time of the Dragon Han First Tribulation, and they were all existences who had surpassed Zulong.

Compared to the indifference of Hongyun and the others, the shock in Yinglong's eyes could not be concealed.

Setting aside Tian Yuan and Hou, among the four who had just rushed over, besides the child who called Tian Yuan "Master," the cultivation of the others was all above his own.

The might that faintly radiated from them was not the slightest bit inferior to his father, Zulong.

For some inexplicable reason, Yinglong became even more curious about Tian Yuan's identity.

What kind of person could have so many great beings follow him?

Looking carefully at Zhenyuanzi, Tian Yuan asked softly, "Zhenyuanzi, have you found your own Dao?"

He could clearly feel a faint aura of Earth Veins on Zhenyuanzi.

It seemed that these Northern Earth Veins would have to rely on Zhenyuanzi and the Dragon Clan.

"I have gained a slight realization, and I hope to have some success!" Seeing Tian Yuan ask, Zhenyuanzi could not help but smile.

He then continued to ask, "Dao Brother, what has happened in the North?"

It was not that he, Zhenyuanzi, had never been to the Northern Land, but only this time had the Earth Book reacted. It was clear that some other major event had occurred, and it was related to Tian Yuan.

Tian Yuan did not hide it either, and simply spoke of the matter regarding the Northern Earth Veins.

Hearing that the Northern Earth Veins were about to revive, everyone present was overjoyed.

After chatting briefly, Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi remained in the North, while Tian Yuan headed toward Mount Buzhou.

With the manifestation of the Northern Earth Veins, there must have been changes in the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, and he wanted to go back and take a look.

Before long, Tian Yuan, leading Hou and Huluwa, approached Mount Buzhou.

Just as Tian Yuan was about to land on Mount Buzhou, his figure paused, and he looked ahead in surprise.

There, a figure stood proudly, blocking the path between them and Mount Buzhou; it was none other than Zhunti, one of the Western Two Sages.

"Tian Yuan! It is time for our karma to be settled."

(End of chapter)