43: To the West

Watching the First Qilin and the others leave, Qing Wu gradually withdrew his attention.

This time, although he did not let the First Qilin achieve his goal of recruitment, at least he did not offend the Qilin Clan.

As far as the First Qilin's temperament was concerned, he gave Qing Wu a sense of experienced, steady, and easygoing nature.

This calm and restrained temperament formed a sharp contrast with the Ancestral Dragon's flamboyant and hegemonic way personality.

The First Qilin was like a towering mountain, heavy and restrained.

While the Ancestral Dragon was like a monstrous wave, flamboyant and powerful.

The Qilin Clan occupied the Central Land, acting low-key yet hiding a sharp edge.

As the Clan Chief, the First Qilin well understood the principle of overcoming hardness with softness.

He was skilled at befriending various forces, presenting a gentle exterior while actually being calculating at every step.

This way of conducting himself allowed the Qilin Clan to unknowingly permeate their influence throughout the Primordial Land.

Qing Wu noticed that in the First Qilin's speech and behavior just now, everything was filled with careful calculation.

First showing goodwill, then offering incentives, and finally revealing his true intentions.

This step-by-step method required long-term vision and profound planning.

In contrast, the Dragon Clan led by the Ancestral Dragon presented a different atmosphere.

They occupied the Four Seas, acting in a flamboyant and hegemonic way, crushing everything with absolute strength.

The Ancestral Dragon himself was even more self-centered, tolerating not even a hint of defiance.

Although this style was simple and crude, it allowed the Dragon Clan to establish hegemony over the Four Seas in a short time.

As for Ling Ming, who led the birds, compared to these two, he was slightly inferior in both Heart-Nature and strength.

This couldn't be helped, as the destined king, Yuan Feng, was missing.

As a replacement, he had already done quite well.

In any case, the tripartite confrontation was beginning to take shape, and the time for the three clans to formally establish themselves was not far off.

Afterward, would it be possible for the three clans to live in peace?

That was certainly impossible.

Among the three clans, the Dragon Clan was the most powerful and extremely aggressive.

Without Yuan Feng, the Bird Clan was weak.

The balance between the three clans was even harder to maintain.

Taking a step back, even if the three Clan Chiefs had long-term vision and tried their best to maintain surface peace and pursue common development.

But some beings in the shadows would also constantly stir up trouble and provoke battles between the three clans to fulfill their intentions.

At that time, the Primordial World would once again fall into the flames of war.

Qing Wu frowned slightly.

The struggle between powerful clans would inevitably affect the entire Primordial Land.

Although the Immortal Volcano was remote, there was no guarantee it wouldn't be dragged in; he needed to plan ahead.

After a moment's thought, he had a plan in mind.

The urgent task was to improve his strength as soon as possible while searching for more opportunities.

The Primordial Land was about to be in chaos; only by being strong could one preserve a piece of pure land in these troubled times.

As for the open and secret struggles between the First Qilin and the Ancestral Dragon... let them fight first.

As long as it didn't affect the Immortal Volcano, he was happy to watch from the sidelines.

Afterward, the two of them continued to search for opportunities on Mount Buzhou, also trying to find the Gourd Vine, one of the famous Ten Great Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Roots.

After all, this Gourd Vine was also one of their purposes for coming here.

Perhaps because it had not yet matured, Qing Wu used his Divine Ability, Qingmu Sound, to ask many Spiritual Roots and plants, but none knew of its existence.

He could only attribute it to the time not being right yet.

There was too much Karma associated with this thing; he alone wasn't enough to attract its attention and make it emerge early, so he simply gave up, deciding to come back next time.

By then, there should be another major Transformation in the Primordial World.

The three clans would retreat, the Heavenly Dao would emerge, and the era belonging to those Innate Sacred Beings would fully arrive...

After paying respects to the Pangu Great God and gaining some insights into his own Great Dao.

After that, the two of them found no other valuable opportunities.

Immediately, the two did not stay long; after turning back to bow to Mount Buzhou, they went straight down the mountain.

After descending Mount Buzhou, Qing Wu and Yuan Feng traveled on clouds.

Overlooking the Eastern Land, it was a scene of prosperity.

Between the mountains and rivers, Cultivators of various clans bustled about, either driving Magic Treasures or riding Spirit Beasts, all heading toward the territories of the three clans where Luck was at its peak.

“These creatures are quite pragmatic.” Yuan Feng's phoenix eyes lifted slightly, taking in everything these Cultivators were doing.

“Seeing the three clans' great power, they are eager to seek refuge.”

“I wonder if this is ultimately good or bad.”

Qing Wu's gaze swept over the scene below, and he nodded: “Seeking benefit and avoiding harm is the nature of all living beings.”

“Analyzing based on the current situation, these three clans will likely be the overlords of the Primordial World in the future.”

Their gazes suddenly turned toward a valley where a struggle was taking place.

A group of Dragon Clan Cultivators was driving away several Loose Cultivators.

This place was originally where these Loose Cultivators had undergone Transformation and emerged, and where their Daoist Temple had been since they began to Cultivate, but now it had welcomed these uninvited guests.

The leading Dragon Clan member said proudly: “This area within a radius of a million miles is now under the jurisdiction of my Dragon Clan. Either submit or get out!”

Seeing this scene, many of these Loose Cultivators chose to bow and submit, joining the Dragon Clan camp.

Some who were defiant were also forcibly persuaded.

The rest could only perish.

Yuan Feng frowned: “The Dragon Clan's actions are indeed a hegemonic way.”

Although she was somewhat displeased, she ultimately did not intervene.

Since coming out, she had seen many such situations.

At first, she wanted to intervene despite Qing Wu's discouragement, but as these situations became more frequent, she grew too lazy to care, merely watching quietly with her beautiful eyes.

“Let's go to the west,” Qing Wu said suddenly.

Yuan Feng was startled: “The west? Such a remote place, what are we going there for?”

Qing Wu steered the cloud and turned, explaining: “Precisely because the west is remote, the three clans have no time to attend to it for now. Look at the Eastern Land today; where can you not see the figures of these three clans' Cultivators?”

He pointed to the endless stream of Cultivators below: “The three clans' power is expanding too quickly, with all sorts of Karma constantly entangling. If we operate in the east, we will inevitably be dragged in.”

Yuan Feng was dismissive: “With our strength, are we still afraid of them?”

“It's not fear,” Qing Wu shook his head.

“But it's not worth it. The struggle between the three clans involves too much Karma. Winning isn't necessarily a blessing, and losing is certainly a disaster. Rather than being entangled in this senseless Karma, it's better to stay out of it.”

Yuan Feng nodded; anyway, with her Luck, she could find opportunities anywhere, so going to the west was fine.

And Qing Wu had some considerations of his own regarding this.

Although the Western Land was not as vast as the east, which had Mount Buzhou, Kunlun Mountain, and countless other immortal mountains and blessed lands.

But the west also had top-tier primordial ancestral courts like Mount Sumeru.

Now the east was everywhere filled with the active figures of the three clans' Cultivators; avoiding this unnecessary Karma was a significant obstacle to their search for opportunities.

In contrast, the west, where powerful Cultivators were few, had instead become a more suitable place to seek opportunities at this time.

Furthermore, Qing Wu knew of a major event that would soon affect the entire Western Land.

That Struggle between Dao and Demon was precisely what happened on the Western Land.

Luo Hou wanted to attain the Dao through killing, provoking the great war between the three clans, and nearly succeeded.

For the other Chaos Gods and Demons who had a Dao struggle with him, they naturally didn't want to see Luo Hou attain the Dao first, and thus they competed to stop him.

The result was that many Chaos Gods and Demons died, Daoist Yang Mei escaped with heavy injuries, and Luo Hou detonated the ley lines of the western ancestral court, Mount Sumeru, bringing equality to all living beings for the creatures of the west.

Therefore, he had to go to the west before then and seize any possible opportunities.

A thought suddenly flashed through Qing Wu's mind.

What if, in this battle, the winner wasn't Hongjun, but Luo Hou or another Chaos God and Demon?

Then would that Dao Ancestor in the Primordial World be someone else in the future?

This thought was extinguished as soon as it arose.

This was definitely a Karma that could affect the overall trend of the Primordial World.

Hongjun's role in the future Primordial World was self-evident.

Merging with the Heavenly Dao played an important role in the stability of the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

Preaching to the Primordial World, the Method of Severing the Three Corpses to Attain the Dao was also the most suitable method for the future Primordial World.

The Six Sages were all his Disciples, and the Primordial World honored him as the Dao Ancestor.

No matter which Karma it was, none could be easily touched.

Shaking his head, Qing Wu didn't completely erase the thought.

Regardless of who became the Dao Ancestor, he had the Great Dao Golden Wheel of Karma, so he couldn't be touched anyway.