At the same moment.
Within the forbidden grounds of the Taiyi Sect, the Taiyi Saint Lord suddenly opened his eyes and gazed toward the heavens.
"A Primordial Chaos opportunity has appeared," the Taiyi Saint Lord murmured.
His eyes shone with strange light as a divine beam shot from his pupils, piercing through the nine heavens to gaze upon the Big Dipper constellation at an infinite distance.
He saw a fruit-bearing tree producing thirty-three fruits, with the Primordial Chaos opportunity lying within those thirty-three fruits.
But the moment the Taiyi Saint Lord glanced at it, the image suddenly blurred as a mighty expert intervened, disrupting the heavenly secrets.
Instantly, the heavenly secrets became obscure and unclear, with divination techniques and insight methods all encountering obstacles.
"What kind of fruit tree is this? It doesn't seem like an innate treasure, yet the fruits contain Primordial Chaos opportunities?"
The Taiyi Saint Lord called out sharply: "All Taiyi Heavenly Reverends, follow this sect leader on campaign!"
From within the Taiyi Sect, four beams of light streaked across the sky, appearing before the Taiyi Saint Lord."Let's go!"
Without wasting words, the Taiyi Saint Lord took the lead, soaring upward and streaking toward the nine heavens.
In just one breath's time, he passed through layer upon layer of space, arriving beyond the Big Dipper constellation.
Before him, thirteen mighty experts had already appeared.
Seeing the Zhuyuan Great Emperor, the Taiyi Saint Lord smiled and cupped his hands: "Taiyi, accompanied by sect elders, pays respects to the Zhuyuan Great Emperor!"
The Zhuyuan Great Emperor nodded: "So it's the Taiyi Saint Lord. Your Taiyi Divine Eyes are something this emperor greatly envies!"
"You flatter me, Great Emperor. Your Zhuyuan Eyes represent the pinnacle of ocular techniques in this world!" The Taiyi Saint Lord laughed heartily.
The Zhuyuan Great Emperor remained noncommittal. He had originally been in seclusion, not planning to involve himself in external matters, but Primordial Chaos opportunities were rare and could even aid his cultivation, so he specifically emerged midway to investigate.
After these two groups arrived.
From the east, three True Dragons came traversing through the void.
Dragon might permeated the starry sky, their powerful aura washing over everyone.
From the west, two giant tigers came roaring through the air, also carrying Primordial Chaos authority.
From the south, two streams of light—one blue, one purple—flew over, revealing two female figures with phoenix manifestations appearing behind them.
From the north, a giant turtle slowly approached. Its movements seemed sluggish and not particularly fast, but in reality its speed wasn't slow at all, quickly arriving at the scene.
After another breath.
Five massive demon clan Primordial Chaos mighty experts appeared, occupying the southeast direction.
Three mighty experts from the sea clan emerged, arriving at the northeast position.
Three mighty experts from the Shangqing Sect appeared with interconnected auras, taking the northwest position.
Three sword cultivators from the Sword Pavilion arrived stepping on their swords, their auras serene and far-reaching.
In the blink of an eye, forty mighty experts had gathered here.
But this wasn't the end, as dark energy billowed in the distance.
Twenty-eight mighty experts from the demon realm arrived together, standing further west to observe.
In moments, most mighty experts from both immortal and demon realms had arrived.
The Zhuyuan Great Emperor watched all arriving experts with calm indifference, not particularly concerned about these people.
With the Immortal Lord and Demon Lord remaining hidden from the world, he stood as the strongest existence across both immortal and demon realms!
The arrival of everyone had taken only three breaths.
The speed of mighty experts was truly astonishing.
Even Su Yuan was clicking his tongue in amazement—Primordial Chaos Great Luo Golden Immortals were more powerful than he had imagined.
And now such a group of mighty experts had all come to the Big Dipper starfield, all targeting the starfruit tree on the Tian Shu Star.
But with only thirty-three fruits and sixty-eight mighty experts present, the numbers didn't quite match up!
What would happen next?
The Taiyi Saint Lord looked toward the Shangqing Sect's three Primordial Chaos experts: Daoist Xuanqing, Daoist Yuanqing, and Daoist Miaoqing.
The Three Purities nodded toward him.
The Taiyi Saint Lord then looked toward the Sword Pavilion direction, where the three mighty experts—Heaven Sword Master, Earth Sword Master, and Human Sword Master—also nodded in acknowledgment.
The three great sects immediately formed an alliance right before everyone's eyes, with eleven mighty experts making for a not-insignificant force.
Among the three True Dragons, the leader was the Era Ancestral Dragon, flanked by the Mist True Dragon and Cloud True Dragon.
The Era Ancestral Dragon glanced at the fruit tree on the Tian Shu Star, then sent mental messages to the phoenix, white tiger, and mysterious turtle clans.
"Let's join forces!" said the Era Ancestral Dragon. "We'll distribute fruits according to contribution!"
"Agreed!"
"Acceptable!"
The four super divine beast factions instantly united, totaling eight Primordial Chaos mighty experts.
The leader of the demon clan experts was a demon monkey from the Long-Armed Ape Monkey clan, who had achieved enlightenment through the Metal Law and called himself "Golden Fur King."
His golden eyes narrowed as he approached the three sea clan experts, forming a two-clan alliance that also comprised eight Primordial Chaos mighty experts.
Meanwhile, the twenty-eight mighty experts from the demon realm who had arrived didn't further divide into factions but stood together as one.
The Zhuyuan Great Emperor frowned, sensing that the situation seemed somewhat unusual.
Seeing this lineup, Su Yuan's eyes lit up. If these mighty experts started fighting and one or two cultivators fell, wouldn't activating the [Echoing Thought] effect of his thought incarnations allow him to gain one or two Primordial Chaos-level thought incarnations?
This would be a truly great opportunity!
He changed his mind. He felt he didn't need to relocate these starfruits anymore. Although he currently only had thirty-three strands of star law origin energy, he could slowly accumulate more star law origin energy in the future—he wasn't lacking these. But obtaining Primordial Chaos expert cultivation wasn't easy; if he could acquire even one, he would make a huge profit!
Su Yuan's mind became active.
Mighty experts weren't easy to kill, but that didn't mean they were truly immortal.
With a thought, Su Yuan released the starfruit tree's restrained form, allowing the thirty-three fruits to begin radiating their aura, with their rule origin energy becoming exceptionally clear.
All sixty-eight mighty experts looked over, their eyes shining with peculiar light.
"It's actually rule origin energy! The foundation of achieving enlightenment!" The Taiyi Saint Lord thought with surprise and joy. "And it's star laws—I've also cultivated star laws. If I can refine a strand of star law origin energy, I could birth another Primordial Chaos avatar."
Many mighty experts felt their hearts stir.
Law origin energy was exceptionally rare, almost equivalent to the foundation of achieving enlightenment!
Although the probability of successfully breaking through to Primordial Chaos by refining law origin energy was small for ordinary cultivators, for immensely talented complete Golden Immortals at the Primordial Chaos level, refining law origin energy could undoubtedly increase the breakthrough probability significantly! Even raising it to over fifty percent.
So many starfruits meant over a dozen Primordial Chaos existences—this was truly a heaven-shaking great opportunity!
The atmosphere instantly became heavy and murderous.
Yet everyone showed extreme restraint, with no one rushing to make a move!
It seemed everyone was waiting for someone else to make the first move, or perhaps they were still waiting for the starfruits to fully ripen.
Time passed bit by bit, the area tacitly shielded by the joint efforts of the Primordial Chaos experts.
Within the Immortal-Demon Realm Sea, other Primordial Chaos experts still existed, but having failed to notice the Big Dipper constellation in time, they had undoubtedly missed this great opportunity.
The sixty-eight mighty experts began constantly sending mental messages to each other, with undercurrents already raging and alliances forming in secret!
A month passed.
Su Yuan watched speechlessly—these mighty experts were incredibly steady.
Not a single one rushed to act, and the group's positions hadn't even changed much!
During this time, the starfruits hanging on the starfruit tree had gradually ripened.
The various creation methods Su Yuan had previously left behind continued catalyzing the starfruit tree's maturation.
Actually, the starfruit tree itself wasn't important—it was merely a vessel containing the law origin energy, essentially a living "bottle."
It didn't inherently possess the ability to generate law origin energy, nor did it need such ability; it only needed containment capacity.
Thus, the starfruit tree ripened quickly. After just three short months, the starfruit tree had stopped growing, and all thirty-three starfruits on the tree had fully matured. The star law origin energy had completely integrated into the fruits, becoming part of them.
But even after ripening, the battle Su Yuan anticipated didn't erupt, as all the mighty experts maintained their composed demeanor.
Su Yuan suddenly realized a problem: the time perception of Primordial Chaos experts differed from his. To such experts, a yuan assembly felt no different from a single year—what did a mere few months matter?
Without external interference, these fellows might potentially debate for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
The corner of Su Yuan's mouth lifted.
[Mimicker] ability activated.
He locked onto the Zhuyuan Great Emperor and mimicked the Zhuyuan Great Emperor's methods!
When activating [Mimicker], Su Yuan instantly gained many of the Zhuyuan Great Emperor's techniques and could employ weakened versions of Primordial Chaos great divine arts.
What shocked Su Yuan was that the Zhuyuan Great Emperor had mastered a full one hundred thirty-two complete Golden Immortal-level laws at the Primordial Chaos stage!
These laws had almost all reached the critical point of proof but couldn't advance further.
Beyond this, the Zhuyuan Great Emperor didn't possess just one Primordial Chaos-level law but a full six!
Additionally, laws below the Primordial Chaos level were as numerous as hairs on an ox.
The Zhuyuan Great Emperor's strength was terrifyingly powerful!
Su Yuan suspected the Zhuyuan Great Emperor could fight one against a hundred!
"How exactly did this guy cultivate?" Su Yuan wondered in shock.
No wonder this fellow could become the Celestial Court's ruler and leader of the immortal realm's most powerful force!
He truly stood just one step away from breaking through to Primordial Chaos Supreme Great Luo Golden Immortal!
Su Yuan hesitated no longer. Using his [Hidden Walker] ability to conceal his presence, he executed the Zhuyuan Great Hand Seal!
A palm materialized above the starfruit tree, grabbing toward the starfruits on the tree!
This instantly alarmed all mighty experts.
"How audacious!"
"Someone's making a move!"
"It's the Zhuyuan Great Emperor!"
The Celestial Court's twelve mighty experts all looked at their leader in surprise, their eyes asking whether they should act.
The Zhuyuan Great Emperor frowned—he hadn't made a move just now. Others might not know, but he certainly knew himself!
This had to be a conspiracy!
However, that Zhuyuan Great Hand Seal appeared too suddenly. In an instant, five starfruits were plucked by the Zhuyuan Great Hand Seal.
The Zhuyuan Great Hand Seal vanished instantly and immediately reappeared beside the Zhuyuan Great Emperor.
Five starfruits shimmered brilliantly, emitting clear and dazzling radiant light!
The law origin energy within was so clearly evident, impossible to fake!
Facing the suddenly appearing starfruits, the Zhuyuan Great Emperor couldn't help but act.
He grabbed the five starfruits and, confirming their authenticity, no longer cared about who had set this trap, directly storing all five starfruits in his possession!