At this moment, an endless storm of light exploded upon [Paramita]. Wherever it passed, it was like ice and snow meeting the height of summer, melting and disintegrating inch by inch.
Such a scene stunned all the Dao Lords.
Even the World Honored One stood dumbfounded in place. It wasn't until the next instant that he understood what had happened. On his Buddha face, the originally heavy brow instantly smoothed out.
"Hahahaha!"
At this moment, with the World Honored One's shrewdness and deep scheming, he laughed out loud without any disguise. The laughter carried unconcealed mockery and delight.
"Well done."
"Old bastard, oh old bastard, you didn't expect this day either, did you!"
At the pinnacle of [Paramita], the Primordial Saint didn't respond to this at all. Only immeasurable spiritual power surged, transforming into a patch of pitch black, swallowing all the boiling brilliant light.
Soon, the brilliant light dimmed, revealing once again that lofty, diminutive figure. Exhausting his eyesight, the World Honored One could only barely see his movements. He seemed to raise his hand, then rub his fingers together. Immediately after, a profound voice filled with emotion drifted down from beyond the mortal dust:
"Interesting."
"Beast Taming, you actually changed your disposition and started playing with schemes and intrigues. To be able to take this step, as of today, you can truly be considered to have graduated."
There was a problem with the Nascent Soul Pill!
What was originally supposed to be a Nascent Soul Pill used to merge into [Paramita], unknown when, it turned into an explosive pill, directly exploding at the crucial moment!
Even the Primordial Saint didn't anticipate this kind of unexpected change to occur, because the refinement of the Nascent Soul Pill was under his observation from beginning to end. There were no problems with the pill recipe, and the Cangjiang Dragon Lord's refinement was also perfectly correct. Since that was the case, the only place where a problem could possibly arise was Mount Longhu.
But he had checked beforehand as well, and didn't find any problems.
"How did you do it." The Primordial Saint asked curiously.
Dao Tianqi's expression was calm, as if he had returned to the classroom hundreds of thousands of years ago, answering the teacher's question: "Just modifying a few concepts is enough."
"It's nothing difficult."
To him, the difficulty of changing the Nascent Soul Pill into an explosive pill was not even as difficult as feigning a look of "anger" towards the Cangjiang Dragon Lord just now.
He only spent three days thinking about the former.
The latter, he practiced for several months, just for this scene before his eyes, to speak the most vicious words he could think of right in front of the Primordial Saint's face:
"Master, your talent is insufficient. Thinking too much will only cause you unnecessary trouble. Just don't delve deeply into it."
"..."
After a brief silence, the profound voice sounded again: "Compared to you and Sisui, my comprehension is indeed inferior by a tier. I could only seek other paths to make up for it."
The Primordial Saint appeared very open and at ease.
Of course he knew his talent was insufficient. Although it was still at the absolute peak level of the sea of light, there was still a hairsbreadth gap from the absolute limit of comprehension.
That was why he had to plan, to scheme, to use other methods to fill the deficiency of his own talent. In terms of results, he did it incredibly successfully. He schemed against the Ancestral Dragon, used the Ancestral Dragon to scheme against Sisui, and then used Sisui to scheme against the Three Foundations, finally creating today's excellent situation.
That was all there was to say.
The profound voice faded, the mighty power rapidly dissipated, and the Primordial Saint's gaze was withdrawn from the Netherworld. The shattering of the Nascent Soul Pill didn't seem to cause any ripples in his heart.
However, on another side, someone's mental defenses were broken.
True history, Immortal Nexus overseas.
"Bastard!"
The Ancestral Dragon, who had just seized the body of the Old Dragon Lord, raised his head. Sensing the shattering of the Nascent Soul Pill, he went berserk on the spot, his dragon pupils filled with irrepressible fury.
The Nascent Soul Pill is gone?
Missing this crucial item, what would he use to trigger the [Tribulation]? The plan that was originally operating like a precision instrument instantly ground to a halt.
Right at this moment, the profound voice fell:
"It doesnt matters. The more complex the plan, the more it can't keep up with changes. Since we chose deity transformation and ascension, we must be prepared for a link in the plan to go wrong."
The Ancestral Dragon was still baring his fangs: "But..."
"Wait."
The profound voice was light and understated, yet carried a mountain-like oppression. The Ancestral Dragon immediately shut his mouth, speaking no more, only leaving behind jumping divine sense thoughts, as if struggling.
Meanwhile, at the pinnacle of [Paramita].
The unreachably high, diminutive figure stood with hands clasped behind his back. Withdrawing his gaze from the Ancestral Dragon, he continued to look down upon the sea of light, finally resting below [Paramita].
The [Five Elements] seal.
Previously, through tiny clues, he had deduced the Sword Lord and Cang Hao's methods. However, a deduction is just a deduction; practically, he had discovered nothing at all.
But not discovering anything didn't mean he couldn't make a judgment. This situation even further corroborated his thoughts: "The problem definitely lies within the [Five Elements]. This Great Dao has been hollowed out, yet despite repeatedly inspecting it, I saw nothing and found no clues."
He didn't bother thinking about whether his guess was wrong.
Instead, he thought about what kind of method could deceive his line of sight? In today's sea of light, there weren't many methods capable of doing this, so it wasn't hard to guess.
"Heaven-Mending, it's you, right?"
The Primordial Saint smiled.
The laughter carried approval, crashing violently into the [Five Elements] seal: "It's [Yin and Yang], right? In the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea, you deceive me on the consciousness level."
"An exquisite method."
"What a pity, your strength is insufficient."
As his voice fell, the entire [Five Elements] seal violently trembled. Various brilliant colors surged forth continuously like flowing fire from this divine mountain-like Great Dao...
That layer of skin of the [Five Elements] was mercilessly peeled away by the Primordial Saint. And within the already completely empty [Five Elements], lay the [Heavenly Dao] forged by the Sword Lord and Cang Hao. At this moment, all their setups within the [Five Elements] were exposed by the Primordial Saint; there was no more secrecy to speak of.
However, Bu Tianque was still nowhere to be seen.
But the Primordial Saint knew the other party was right inside the [Heavenly Dao], it was just that he couldn't see him. This profound method had truly deceived his eyes.
But it was meaningless.
"If I can't see it, then I'll just dispose of it all!"
With a stir of his thoughts, the Primordial Saint directly and forcefully stripped the [Heavenly Dao] out of the [Five Elements], leaving only the empty shell of the [Five Elements] Great Dao in place.
"Rumble!"
Instantly, the sea of light shook violently!
Having lost the [Heavenly Dao], how could the completely empty [Five Elements] continue to support [Paramita]? This lofty and distant place instantly ushered in its collapse!
[Paramita] was about to crumble!
Numerous concepts were born because of this. The most active and joyful among them was [Tribulation], which almost immediately manifested light and shadow from within the Sea of Bitterness.
Almost simultaneously, the Ancestral Dragon roared excitedly overseas.
The various Dao Lords immediately realized the reason for the Primordial Saint's actions:
"[Five Elements] is the Great Dao controlled by the Ancestral Dragon."
"Now the destruction of the sea of light is imminent, and it's all because the [Five Elements] is difficult to maintain. The karma of destruction lies with the Ancestral Dragon, and this tribulation is also born because of the Ancestral Dragon..."
Thus, the [Tribulation] had come!
The great tribulation of the destruction of the sea of light was completely worthy of the [Tribulation]. Because of this, the Ancestral Dragon regained its favor, and the flaw caused by the destruction of the Nascent Soul Pill was also compensated for.
But in this way, a new problem arose along with it.
On the second tier of [Paramita], the World Honored One frowned, somewhat uncomprehending: "This is drinking poison to quench a thirst. The [Tribulation] is here, but what about the [Five Elements]?"
"Although the Sword Lord and Cang Hao harbored malicious intentions by hiding the [Heavenly Dao] within the [Five Elements], to some extent they also used the [Heavenly Dao] to fill the vacancy of the [Five Elements], which was actually beneficial to the deity transformation and ascension. Now that the [Heavenly Dao] is gone and the [Five Elements] is empty, what do you plan to use to ascend?"