Chapter 281: Thinking Lu Yun had quieted down, who would have thought he was actually brewing a big move!

Hongjun Daozu smiled slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Yangmei, you and I are both ancient beings born in Chaos, so naturally, we share an inextricable bond. I have asked you to come today because there is an important matter to discuss."

Yangmei Daxian raised his eyebrows slightly, seemingly not entirely trusting Hongjun's words, but he did not directly refuse either, merely saying indifferently, "Oh? What matter could make Hongjun Daozu attach such importance to it?"

Hongjun Daozu sighed softly and said, "To tell you the truth, some incidents have occurred in the Great Desolation recently. An outsider powerhouse named Lu Yun has, from who knows where, gathered a group of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and is attempting to disrupt the order of the Great Desolation. Although I am the Heavenly Dao Spokesperson, I cannot easily eradicate them. Fellow Daoist Yangmei, you have lived in seclusion for many years and are well-versed in the secrets of Chaos, so I have come specifically to request your assistance."

Upon hearing this, a strange look flashed in Yangmei Daxian's eyes; he naturally knew what Hongjun meant by "Outer Realm Heavenly Demons."

However, he merely sneered and said, "Hongjun, you are truly interesting. What makes you think that I would help you? Do you think I have forgotten how you conspired to kill Fellow Daoist Qiankun, Fellow Daoist Yinyang, and the others back then?"

Hongjun Daozu's expression changed slightly; he naturally knew that Yangmei Daxian held no small amount of resentment toward him.

Back then, in order to fight against Luo Hou, he had joined forces with Yangmei Daxian, Yinyang Laozu, Qiankun, Dian Dao, Taiji, Kunwu, and others. But in the end, apart from Hongjun, only Yangmei Daxian, who had seen that the situation was dire and fled, survived; everyone else died. Hongjun had reaped all the benefits, which led Yangmei to conclude that Hongjun had intentionally conspired to harm the other fellow daoists.

This was also the reason why Yangmei had stayed away from the Great Desolation all these years.

If he could, Hongjun would not want to see Yangmei again until he had completely controlled the Great Desolation.

But at this moment, he was truly forced into a corner by Lu Yun, and for the sake of the bigger picture, he had to lower his status and continue to persuade him.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, the past is gone, why bring it up again?" Hongjun Daozu said with a sincere tone. "I admit that the arrangements back then did indeed have many flaws, but it was absolutely not intentional, and it was also to maintain the stability and order of the Great Desolation. Now, the appearance of this Lu Yun and the group of Outer Realm Heavenly Demons poses an unprecedented threat to the Great Desolation. If it cannot be resolved in time, I fear the entire Great Desolation will fall into turmoil. I implore you, fellow daoist, to consider the bigger picture and lend me a hand."

Yangmei Daxian sneered, "The affairs of the Great Desolation, what do they have to do with me? Don't tell me you want to say you want me to return to the Great Desolation? I'm afraid even you don't believe that, let alone me!"

Hearing this, Hongjun Daozu knew that if he did not offer some actual benefits, it would be impossible to move Yangmei.

Therefore, he stopped persuading and said directly, "Fellow Daoist Yangmei, I will not let you help in vain, and the matter I want you to help with is not without danger."

Yangmei Daxian, who had already prepared to leave, paused and asked, "Tell me first, what exactly is the matter."

Seeing that Yangmei Daxian had relented, Hongjun Daozu felt a surge of joy and hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist Yangmei, Lu Yun's greatest reliance is that he is backed by a world. I wish to ask you to take action and help me find the location of that world of Lu Yun's. As long as I find his lair, I can seize the initiative and force him to submit."

Upon hearing this, Yangmei Daxian frowned slightly and said, "Hongjun, do you know how difficult this is? Worlds are separated by endless Chaos; trying to find the exact location of another world in this Chaos is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack."

Hongjun Daozu nodded and said, "I naturally know the difficulty, but this is the only way now. I believe that with your strength and wisdom, Fellow Daoist Yangmei, you will definitely find a way to break this."

Yangmei Daxian was silent for a moment, then finally said slowly, "Hongjun, I can help you, but you must agree to two conditions of mine."

Hongjun Daozu was delighted upon hearing this and hurriedly asked, "What conditions? As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

Yangmei Daxian said indifferently, "The first condition: I want to take back the former Spiritual Treasures of Qiankun and the others!"

Hongjun almost didn't even think about it and directly agreed, "No problem!"

Although most of those Spiritual Treasures had been distributed to the Saints of the Heavenly Dao Faction, in order to solve Lu Yun, he could completely ask for them back from disciples like Laozi! At worst, he could give them some other compensation, or wait until he had completely controlled the Great Desolation to seize them back from Yangmei! Yangmei Daxian glanced at him with deep eyes and added, "The second condition: I want the Creation Jade Slip in your hands!"

Hongjun Daozu's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and he almost refused directly. After all, the Creation Jade Slip was absolutely an extremely important item to him! But he also knew that he did not have many choices now.

Taking a deep breath, Hongjun said, "I cannot give you the Creation Jade Slip directly, but I can lend it to you to study for one Yuanhui at most!"

One Yuanhui is 129,600 years.

Yangmei Daxian flatly refused, saying, "No, at least ten Yuanhui!"

Hongjun Daozu's expression was grave, his heart struggling incessantly. The Creation Jade Slip was not only his treasure for attaining the Dao, but also the foundation for his control over the Heavenly Dao and his insight into all things. But facing the threat of Lu Yun and the conditions of Yangmei Daxian, he had to make concessions.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, ten Yuanhui is truly too long. I can only agree to lend it to you to study for five Yuanhui at most; this is my limit." Hongjun Daozu's voice carried a hint of unquestionable firmness.

Yangmei Daxian's eyes flickered, seemingly weighing the pros and cons. He knew well that Hongjun would not easily relent; although five Yuanhui was less than his initial request, it was not short, and it was enough for him to comprehend many mysteries from it.

"Fine, five Yuanhui it is. But before that, you must first give me a copy of the Creation Jade Slip, otherwise, I'm afraid I cannot accompany you," Yangmei Daxian said indifferently, his tone containing both compromise and a warning.

Hongjun Daozu nodded slightly; although he felt unwilling, he understood that this was not the time to quibble over such things.

"Very well!"

Hongjun manipulated his self-corpse, Qushan Daoren, to take out an exquisite Jade Slip and hand it to Yangmei Daxian.

"This is a copy of the Creation Jade Slip. Although it is not the original, the Heavenly Dao Law contained within it is no different from the original. I hope Fellow Daoist Yangmei will find news of Lu Yun's world as soon as possible," Hongjun Daozu said solemnly.

Yangmei Daxian took the Jade Slip, sensed the aura of the Great Dao contained within it, and nodded with satisfaction. He knew that Hongjun would not fake this, as both sides needed the other's help to achieve their respective goals.

Furthermore, for the sake of caution, both sides had to swear an oath to the Great Dao.

After the oath was completed, Yangmei Daxian said, "Hongjun, rest assured, I will keep my word. Once I find the location of Lu Yun's world, I will naturally notify you."

Having said this, Yangmei Daxian's figure gradually blurred, finally turning into a streak of green light and disappearing into the Chaos.

Hongjun Daozu watched the direction in which Yangmei Daxian had left, a complex light flashing in his eyes.

Finally, he issued an order to Qushan Daoren: "You also continue to search for Lu Yun's world from other directions!"

Given the current situation in the Great Desolation, his self-corpse wouldn't change much, so it was better to let the self-corpse search as well; perhaps it could find Lu Yun's lair faster.

Moreover, if his self-corpse could find it on its own, then he would naturally not need to pay Yangmei Daxian other Spiritual Treasures, nor would he need to lend out the original Creation Jade Slip. After giving clear instructions to his self-corpse, his consciousness returned to his original body.

The first thing Hongjun Daozu did was to investigate the situation at Future City. Discovering that no new Outer Realm Heavenly Demons had been added to Future City and that the original three were just working hard on their cultivation, he finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But soon he discovered that the speed at which Qin Ling and the others were improving their strength was astonishing! Perhaps, by the time of the so-called Honghuang Genius Competition, these three guys could directly reach the Quasi-Saint level!

Although the several Saints on the Heavenly Dao Faction side had also taken action, allowing the disciples reincarnated into the Heavenly Dao Faction to rapidly increase their strength, it was still quite difficult to get them to reach Quasi-Saint by the time of the Honghuang Genius Competition, and there was no more room to maneuver to further accelerate the strength improvement of the Heavenly Dao Faction disciples.

"It seems I can only add some settings during the official competition stage!"

He silently made a decision that once the Genius Tournament officially began, he would provide rewards to those Heavenly Dao Faction disciples who performed outstandingly.

Inside the Lu Yun Universe.

As time passed, Lu Yun finally succeeded in refining the All-Heavens Atlas and completely mastered the method of using it.

With a thought, the All-Heavens Atlas turned into a streak of light and merged into his sea of consciousness.

"From now on, the myriad worlds of the heavens are all within my grasp." Lu Yun felt the powerful ability brought by the All-Heavens Atlas, a look of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

He immediately opened the Transmigration Chat Group and announced this good news to the group members.

Lu Yun: "Everyone, the All-Heavens Atlas has been refined. Next, I will begin to open a passage to the Great Desolation for you all. Please prepare material samples from your respective worlds so that I can perform the positioning."

Upon hearing this, the group members expressed that they were ready and could not wait to enter the Great Desolation.

Liu Chongxiao: "Big Brother Lu Yun, I have prepared some special ores from our world; they should be able to serve as material samples, right?"

Xiao Ling'er: "I have some leaves of spiritual plants from our world here; they should also meet the requirements."

Ling Yan: "Haha, I have a crystal formed from condensed origin energy here; that should be unique enough, right?"

Lei Hong: "I have already uploaded quite a few things; Big Brother Lu Yun, just pick the ones that are suitable and buy them!"

……

Seeing the group members so proactive, Lu Yun could not help but reveal a smile on his face. He quickly began to purchase the material samples uploaded by the group members one by one in the Points Mall.

Compared to before, when he had to help a member of the Transmigration Chat Group farm points for a long time just to perform a Jieyin, only to have 10% of the points skimmed off as a service fee by the Points Mall, the points he now needed to consume to purchase these material samples were at most a mere hundred thousand or eighty thousand—simply not worth mentioning! Even more conveniently, he could make bulk purchases simultaneously and have the All-Heavens Atlas record them all at once! As one material sample after another was received, the All-Heavens Atlas rapidly began to operate. It continuously deduced and analyzed the information within these samples, ultimately locking onto the specific locations of the worlds where the group members resided.

A mysterious and profound feeling was transmitted from the All-Heavens Atlas, making Lu Yun's mood increasingly excited.

"Alright, everything is ready." Lu Yun silently recited in his heart, then mobilized the power of the All-Heavens Atlas to begin opening channels to the Great Desolation for the group members.

He took out the Chaos Bead directly, preparing to use this object as the hub to open up the all-heavens channels!

"Hum!"

Rays of light were seen shining within Lu Yun's Cosmos Stage, each ray connecting to a different world. As the light gradually stabilized, the channels leading to the Great Desolation took shape one by one.

Lu Yun himself also dispatched all his incarnations to head out through these channels respectively. The laws of the myriad worlds were all rare nutrients for his growth! At the same time—

"Everyone, the channels have been opened. You may begin your transmigration," Lu Yun announced in the Transmigration Chat Group.

Upon hearing this, the group members were all incredibly excited. Following Lu Yun's instructions, they began to travel through the channels of their respective worlds, heading toward the Primordial World.

In Future City, Qin Ling, Qiu Wanli, and Lin Chen were in the midst of intense cultivation. They suddenly felt an inexplicable fluctuation coming from the void, and immediately after, they saw rays of light streak across the sky and land around Future City.

"It's the others from the group who have arrived!" A look of surprise flashed in Qin Ling's eyes, and he hurriedly stood up to welcome them.

Qiu Wanli and Lin Chen followed closely behind, arriving together at the spot where the light had landed. As the light gradually dissipated, figures appeared before them.

These figures were naturally the group members who had transmigrated through the channels opened by the All-Heavens Atlas, numbering several hundred in total.

They came from different worlds, possessing their own unique cultivation systems and powers. But at this moment, they had all gathered together because of Lu Yun, appearing upon the Primordial Land.

"Hahaha! Is this the Great Desolation? We have finally arrived at the Great Desolation!"

"Hiss! It truly lives up to being the Great Desolation; this concentration of spiritual energy is just incredible!"

"Thank you, Big Brother Lu Yun; otherwise, how could we have had a day like this?"

"Indeed, we should be thankful. I was just about to die under a heavenly tribulation, thank you Big Brother Lu Yun for saving my life!"

"Welcome to the Primordial World!" Qin Ling, Qiu Wanli, and Lin Chen said in unison, their faces beaming with sincere smiles.

The group members responded to their welcome one after another, and then, under their guidance, began to settle down in Future City.

At the same time, Hongjun, who had originally been thinking about how to arrange rewards for the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Faction, suddenly discovered that the heavenly secrets had become extremely chaotic, and the source of this chaos was actually in Future City.

He immediately turned his attention back to Future City, his eyes instantly widening, and a look of bewilderment appearing on his face! "I thought that Lu Yun had quieted down; I never expected that he was actually brewing a big move!"

(End of this chapter)