Chapter 48: Upon first seeing the Western scenery, Chen Ku was dumbfounded!

Over there!

Jieyin and two others traversed the void, already billions of li away from Dong Wanggong and company.

Chen Ku glanced behind him, seeing no one following and sensing no aura.

"Hey, it seems Dong Wanggong is nothing special after all."

"I thought they'd be cornered and lash out at us."

Chen Ku muttered under his breath.

After all, Dong Wanggong and company had been waiting at the edge of the primordial world for a long time.

Who would have thought they were just here to say a few words?!

Hearing Chen Ku's words, Zhunti let out a cold snort and said:

"Hmph, even if the Xiating crowd comes after us, what is there to fear?!"

"The Golden Toad Ancestor serves as their warning."

"Moreover, Dong Wanggong is certainly not unaware of today's affairs; I have already noted this debt."

Zhunti's words were full of a cold smile.

Toward Dong Wanggong and company, he felt not the slightest fear.

On the contrary, the Golden Toad Ancestor's earlier covert strike caused Zhunti to also silently remember this grudge.

Upon hearing that, Chen Ku gave a knowing smile.

It seems my martial uncle is quite petty.

Compared to Zhunti, Chen Ku instead appeared rather composed.

After all, the three lectures at the Purple Sky Palace have all concluded.

I suppose Dong Wanggong's day of demise is not far off.

What's there to quarrel with someone destined to fall?

Meanwhile, Jieyin to the side also glanced toward the direction where Dong Wanggong and company had been.

"For now, we need not consider anything else."

"With this Grand Primordial Purple Qi in hand, our becoming saints later is a foregone conclusion."

"By then, the so-called Xiating will be nothing worth mentioning to us."

Jieyin spoke arrogantly and proudly, his eyes gleaming, his spirit imposing.

Even the age-old sorrow between his brows seemed to have faded a little.

Upon hearing that, Zhunti beside him also showed a smile and echoed:

"Not bad!"

"Although we are nominal disciples of the Dao Ancestor, we still retain a master-disciple bond."

"The Dao Ancestor Master treats us well."

Needless to say, one can hear that both Jieyin and Zhunti are deeply grateful to Dao Ancestor Hongjun for granting the Grand Primordial Purple Qi.

But upon hearing this, Chen Ku pondered for a moment and then said:

"Master, Martial Uncle, we cannot get too excited too soon!"

"The Dao Ancestor previously said that the two strands of Grand Primordial Purple Qi would settle the karmic debt of the ancient Dao-Demon conflict."

"Thus, the karma of the West also falls upon us."

"Reviving the West's fortune, purifying the lingering resentment, mending the shattered heavenly earthly spirit veins..."

"All of this requires us to do it."

"As the saying goes, those involved are confused; observers see clearly."

What Jieyin and Zhunti care about is the Grand Primordial Purple Qi they obtained, or rather the opportunity to later prove the Dao and become saints.

But Chen Ku pays more attention to the words spoken when Dao Ancestor Hongjun bestowed the Grand Primordial Purple Qi.

Karma!

One must know that, for cultivators of the primordial world, karma is perhaps the power that all beings most wish to avoid.

Furthermore, as Dao Ancestor Hongjun said, the two strands of Grand Primordial Purple Qi settle the karmic obstacles of that primordial heavenly calamity.

This is certainly not a good thing.

Upon these words, Jieyin and Zhunti were instantly stunned.

The two could not help but show a look of contemplation.

And the more they pondered, the worse their expressions became, feeling increasingly uneasy.

"This... disciple, your words make sense!"

"Before, we only rejoiced in harvesting the Grand Primordial Purple Qi, thus forgetting these karmic ties."

"It turns out the Dao Ancestor Master granting the purple qi actually had such intentions?!"

The two suddenly awakened, no longer retaining their earlier proud demeanor.

Reviving the West—how easy could that be?!

Or rather, if it were that easy, Jieyin and Zhunti would not have waited until now.

It can be said that the temptation to prove the Dao and become a saint is astonishing.

But the karma that the two must bear is also enormously great.

Moreover, consider it from another angle.

Nowadays, Hongjun has already attained saintly cultivation; why not directly act to revive the West, instead of transferring the karma onto Jieyin and Zhunti's heads?

This suffices to show that even for a saint, this matter is not that easy.

Damn it!

If it weren't for Chen Ku's words awakening the person in the dream, I'm afraid we two would still be immersed in the expectation of becoming sages, unaware of this great karma.

But there's nothing to be done; this matter is already settled and cannot be altered.

After a long while, Jieyin finally spoke in a heavy tone:

"Ah, thinking too much is useless!"

"We can only proceed step by step, hoping to resolve this immense karma as soon as possible and restore our West to its former state."

As the words fell, Zhunti showed no reaction.

He knew that these words could only be considered a kind of self-consolation.

Seeing Jieyin and Zhunti both looking somewhat gloomy, Chen Ku instead gave a light smile.

"Hehe, Master, Grandmaster-uncle, there's really no need to worry too much."

"When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a path; we should still return to the West first."

"Although I have become Master's disciple, I have yet to see what the Western Heaven and Earth actually looks like."

Chen Ku spoke.

He was originally born merely at the border between East and West.

Afterwards, after becoming a disciple of Jieyin, he traveled the world together with Jieyin and Zhunti.

Therefore, it can be said that even to this day, he has not truly witnessed all of the Western Heaven and Earth.

However, according to Chen Ku's thinking, the primordial supreme, all kinds of laws and orders, are the most perfected existence among all heavens and myriad worlds.

Although the West is barren, it shouldn't be too outrageous, right?

This is why he appears so "carefree and oblivious," as if he doesn't know what worry is.

Upon hearing Chen Ku's words, Jieyin and Zhunti also nodded.

Without further words, the three immediately set off again, pushing their speed to the extreme, heading toward the Western Heaven and Earth.

However, as they drew ever closer to the West, Chen Ku's heart also gradually sank involuntarily!

Along the way, the surrounding heavenly and earthly spiritual qi deteriorated at a visible speed, becoming extremely thin.

In view, there was only a scene of withered desolation.

Bald and barren, to say not a blade of grass grows is no exaggeration!

Upon closer inspection, faint traces of the ancient towering trees of old could be seen, but now they are utterly devoid of vitality, only countless lifeless dead trees lying across the land!

Moreover, it differs from the bustling prosperity of the Eastern Heaven and Earth.

Within a span of tens of thousands of li, Chen Ku saw not a single living being.

Such a scene could hardly be expressed by a single word like "desolate" or "stern"!

However, although there are no living beings, the resentful spirits here are not few.

Whoosh…

Whoosh…

Standing in the void, mournful winds gusted around his ears, howling without cease.

And amidst this vast wind sound, faintly mixed in were streams of deep resentment, wails that could be called mournful and piercing.

Gloomy!

Eerie!

If a being of slightly lower cultivation were here, their scalp would already be numb and their flesh creep.

"These are the beings of the ancient West who fell with resentment, their grudges not dispelled, turned into wandering vengeful spirits, right?"

Chen Ku's face suddenly fell.

The ancient war of the three clans and the Dao-Demon struggle caused the Western beings to be reduced to one in ten, falling in the Great Calamity.

Moreover, one must know that in the present world, the Underworld has not yet been established, and the Great Dao of Reincarnation has not yet appeared.

Therefore, these resentful spirits—or rather, streams of yin-spirit obsession—have filled this Western Heaven and Earth, further erasing endless spiritual qi, making this place almost a forbidden zone where even birds won't defecate.

Chen Ku was somewhat dumbfounded.

It seems I was previously too naive, too optimistic.

"Tsk… suffering, suffering!"

"I only heard that the West was barren and desolate!"

"I never expected… it would be like this."

Chen Ku couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

This time, I am truly speaking from the heart about my suffering.