The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 22 Killing a Celestial Immortal is Harder Than Slaying a Saint
The Tongtian Sect Leader looked at his disciple with a complex expression. He understood immediately after Zhou Chen explained: Zhou Chen had fused with the power of spacetime, condensing it into his own unique spacetime. This allowed him to both integrate into and remain independent of spacetime. When Zhou Chen wanted to integrate, he could easily do so because they both belonged to the same power of spacetime. When he didn't want to, because the power of spacetime had been condensed into his own, he could repel the surrounding spacetime, making it independent. Zhou Chen could even repel spacetime; how could karma and karmic consequences be imposed on him?
Moreover, because Zhou Chen had been washed by the River of Time, he absorbed its power, which, like the power of spacetime, was condensed into himself. Therefore, when Zhou Chen was in the River of Time, he could merge into it, just like the power of spacetime. In other words, when Zhou Chen acted in the River of Time, there was no karmic consequence, and the River of Time would not even react. However, if someone retaliated, it would be different; karmic consequences would descend. But because of Zhou Chen's special nature, these consequences could not fall on him; they could only fall on his enemies. Even if the Heavenly Dao sensed Zhou Chen's existence, it would be useless. Zhou Chen had merged into the River of Time, and the karmic consequences on Zhou Chen were essentially being placed within the River of Time.

It's important to understand that the River of Time isn't a living being, and karma has no effect on it. Moreover, the River of Time flows along the only timeline in the primordial world, so who knows where it will carry this karma and cause to, or who it will send a karmic gift package to! Therefore, the Tongtian Sect Leader was certain that even if the Heavenly Dao discovered Zhou Chen's existence in the River of Time, it wouldn't do anything to him.

The Tongtian Sect Leader couldn't help but mourn for Zhou Chen's future enemies for a few seconds. If this kid Zhou Chen really entered the River of Time, those great supernatural beings in the prehistoric world really wouldn't be able to do anything about him!

Wait a minute! Even the sages seem to have no way to deal with him! An immortal body, an indestructible primordial spirit, plus the ability to merge with the river of time, wow, is he maxed out in defensive attributes?

To obliterate Zhou Chen, he must first be immobilized. And because he exists outside of his own spacetime, this would require either the Taiji Diagram or the Chaos Bell, two of the Three Treasures of Creation. To break through his physical body and obliterate his primordial spirit, only the Pangu Banner, the Primordial Measuring Ruler, and the God-Slaying Spear can achieve this. Furthermore, perfect coordination is essential; if the restraints are even slightly loosened, given this kid's cunning, he'll likely disappear into the river of time.

Oh right, I almost forgot, this kid also has a Dao body hiding in the space-time dimension. We need to go to the space-time dimension to capture the Dao body and kill it together, otherwise killing it will be useless. After a while, this guy will emerge from the space-time dimension again.

After figuring it out, even the Tongtian Sect Leader was speechless. This guy was just a Celestial Immortal; killing him felt even harder than slaughtering a Saint! A Saint's immortality was simply due to merging their Great Dao into the Heavenly Dao with the help of the Primordial Purple Qi. It wasn't impossible to erase their Great Dao, but after a Saint's Great Dao was erased, they could rebuild it with the power of the Heavenly Dao, thus being reborn. Moreover, in the Primordial World, Saints could borrow the power of the Heavenly Dao, and no one could erase a Saint's Great Dao. But even a Saint wasn't as difficult to kill as Zhou Chen, this Celestial Immortal!

Zhou Chen's main body must possess at least two supreme treasures, his Dao body in the spacetime dimension must also possess two, and he must also possess at least two top-tier great supernatural beings.

There are five treasures in total that can be used to harm Zhou Chen. The God-Slaying Spear is missing, the Taiji Diagram is with Senior Brother Laozi, the Pangu Banner is with Senior Brother Yuanshi, the Chaos Bell is with Donghuang Taiyi, and the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler was just found and is going to be offered to me. I definitely won't lay a hand on this little bastard. After all, he is my disciple.

Well, in the prehistoric world, no one except the Dao Ancestor can kill this little bastard. Even a saint would have a hard time killing him.

Wait a minute, these are my disciples, Tongtian's disciples! Isn't this the fighting force of my Jie Sect?! Why am I thinking so much?
The Tongtian Sect Leader cleared his mind of distractions, ignored Zhou Chen, and addressed Jin Ling and the others.

“Zhou Chen is right, the Jie Sect needs these two spiritual treasures, but I won’t take them for nothing. I’ll exchange them for the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and the Heart-Piercing Lock!”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and four swords radiating murderous aura, a formation diagram, and a small yellow lock appeared in front of everyone. Before they could speak, the Tongtian Sect Leader waved his hand again, and all the treasures flew into their arms.

The Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram was given to the Golden Spirit Mother, the Turtle Spirit Mother received the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, the Wudang Mother received the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, the Cloud Soaring Immortal Trapping Sword, the Qiongxiao Immortal Extinction Sword, and the Bixiao Heart-Piercing Lock. Only Zhou Chen received nothing.

Zhou Chen said with a grin, "Teacher, look, all the senior girls have one, can I have one too?"

The Master of Heaven glared at him and said irritably:

"I've already given you the Purple Lightning Hammer, why would you need another magical treasure? Besides, with your strength, isn't it the same whether you have a magical treasure or not?"

Zhou Chen scratched his head and said shamelessly:
"Actually, it's not that I want to take it, it's mainly for your sake, teacher. You see, you've already given it to my senior sister, if you don't give it to me, wouldn't it seem like you're being biased? How about this! I don't want any more spiritual treasures, and you don't really have any spiritual treasures that I'd like to take a liking to anyway. I've been studying formations recently, so you can give me the Myriad Immortals Formation Diagram."

"Hmph! Jin Ling, you should stay away from this little bastard from now on, lest he corrupt you."

The Tongtian Sect Leader snorted coldly, and a formation diagram flew towards Zhou Chen. However, judging from its force, it was not light, equivalent to the full-force attack of a Great Luo Golden Immortal. If he were not afraid of hurting Jin Ling and the others, he would have made sure to let this little bastard see the power of a saint.

After throwing the Myriad Immortals Formation Diagram to Zhou Chen, the Tongtian Sect Leader left Yingzhou Island with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and the Pure World White Lotus. However, before leaving, he gave Jin Ling a small drum, which was a part of Yu Gu's original essence.

"Jin Ling, this fish drum is for you. Yingzhou Island is not in the primordial wilderness. When this fishbone makes a sound, it will be the time for my next sermon. Don't miss it."

When Jin Ling and the others came to their senses, the figure of the Tongtian Sect Leader had already disappeared. Only the spiritual treasure in his arms reminded them that they were not dreaming. Their master (teacher) had actually given them the Zhuxian Sword Formation.

"This, this, Master..."

Jin Ling stared at the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram in her hand, unable to speak, while Gui Ling, Wu Dang Yun Xiao, and Qiong Xiao were in similar situations.

Only Bixiao was unharmed; she had already hung the Heart-Piercing Lock around her neck and played with it for a while before looking at the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords in her sisters' hands. Her little eyes darted around, clearly eyeing the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.

(End of this chapter)