Shengxia looked at the three peerless beauties, his mind wandering.
The three Xiao sisters had just taken human form and were only in the Golden Immortal Realm. Even as innate beings, those who transformed early could not be compared with those who transformed late. The earliest batch was born when the Honghuang was still filled with Chaos Spiritual Qi, while those who transformed later only had Innate Spiritual Qi, a result of the Dragon-Han Calamity.
The three women bowed slightly and politely addressed him as Brother Zhao Gongming.
Since they had called him brother, he could not shortchange the three fairy maidens. So, he took three Nine-Revolution Golden Pills from the system space, handed them to the three women, and instructed them to swallow them when breaking through their realms for even better results.
Everyone knew that Taishang Laojun could refine Nine-Revolution Golden Pills, but those produced by the system were extraordinary, containing thirty percent fewer impurities than the ones Laojun refined.
One could see the effects of Laojun's Nine-Revolution Golden Pills in Journey to the West: they could save any human or animal as long as they had not been dead for too long.
Moreover, ordinary cultivators who consumed them could advance their cultivation realms. Sun Wukong was a Golden Immortal at the time, and after eating a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, he advanced to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm.
The Nine-Revolution Golden Pills that Shengxia gave to the three fairy maidens could be called the king of pills; it was not just a matter of increasing a single realm.
Three Immortal Islands were located in the East China Sea near the Jin'ao Island, about half a month away from the Honghuang continent for a Golden Immortal riding a cloud.
At this time, the Heavenly Dao was incomplete, and Golden Immortals did not face heavenly lightning tribulations, but they did have transformation tribulations.
Meanwhile, Shengxia's true body was refining the body of a Chaos Demon God on Penglai Fairy Island, elevating his foundational potential within the Honghuang.
Shengxia was originally transformed from the first dark cloud between heaven and earth, which could only be considered an innate living being. The system allowed his clone and true body to share benefits.
"Ding! System check-in successful. The three Xiao sisters successfully survived their transformation tribulations. Reward: one hundred percent Law of Space; reward: one hundred percent Law of Time; reward: successful refinement of the Space Chaos Demon God physical body; reward: successful refinement of the Time Chaos Demon God physical body."
With the system, what was a golden finger? This was it. His original innate foundation was now upgraded to a low-grade Chaos Demon God foundation, and his cultivation realm accordingly reached the Early Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal Realm.
This was the exact same realm as a Dao-Embodiment Sage. Shengxia stopped his cultivation, knowing that even a bowstring needs relaxation. He walked out of his immortal cave and began strolling around the island.
Just at that moment, across the Honghuang world, auspicious purple Qi surged for thirty thousand miles, and Dao sounds echoed from the void: "First came Hongjun and then came the heavens; I have attained sagehood, and in thirty thousand years I shall lecture at the Zixiao Palace. Those with affinity are welcome to come and listen."
Was staging such a grand display for attaining sagehood really that impressive?
Because the protagonist had a poor impression of Hongjun—having loved reading Honghuang-themed novels back on Earth and knowing that this man was full of schemes and deeply disliked him—he prepared to teach him a lesson.
He raised his hand and pressed down. In the Zixiao Palace at the edge of Chaos, Hongjun let out a miserable cry, slamming hard against the floor and spitting out golden blood.
Shengxia relaxed his downward-pressing hand and swept it lightly through the air. A normal-sized human palm materialized out of the Chaos and began to slap him repeatedly: *pa, pa!* Then came the sound of resounding face-slaps.
"Calling yourself impressive? Calling yourself awesome?" Hongjun was beaten completely dizzy. He was a Heavenly Dao Sage, after all; why was he being given zero respect?
In the Honghuang, many high-level mighty figures were left gaping in utter shock. What on earth was this? A Heavenly Dao Sage was being bullied to this extent!
Yet everyone knew in their hearts that only the person who had lectured on Mount Wuyi could possibly possess such formidable strength.
Following that, a voice rang out: "The Honghuang is inherently the territory of all clans. Hongjun, do not try to play clever little tricks, or you might just find yourself killed."
Hongjun struggled to climb up from the ground, a distinct, bright red palm print clearly visible across his face.
With a venomous glare directed toward the direction of the Chaos, he roared, "Who on earth is it? How dare you ambush this seat!"
However, only silence answered him.
The Ancestor Witches, the Three Pure Ones, and others were all struck dumb with shock. They had never witnessed anyone dare treat Hongjun in such a manner.
At this moment, Shengxia was pondering to himself that since he had already made a move, he could not let Hongjun get away so easily.
He decided to head to the Zixiao Palace and confront Hongjun face-to-face. With a flash, Shengxia vanished from his spot. The next instant, he had already appeared inside the Zixiao Palace.
Upon seeing Shengxia suddenly appear, a flash of surprise crossed Hongjun's eyes, but he immediately regained his composure.
"Who are you? Why did you ambush me?" Hongjun demanded in a cold voice.
Shengxia's lips curved upward slightly. "I am Shengxia of Penglai Fairy Island. I simply cannot stand your old man's posturing."
Hearing this, Hongjun's expression turned pitch-black with anger. "How arrogant! Do you know the consequences of offending me?"
Shengxia burst into laughter. "Of course I know, but I couldn't care less. I've come today precisely to let you know that the Honghuang is not yours alone to dictate."
With that, an overwhelming aura burst forth from Shengxia's body, locking him in a standoff with Hongjun. The entire Zixiao Palace trembled violently as a result.