Seventieth Plan for a Brighter Future (Part 1)

  Kunpeng watched as Xingtian's figure disappeared into the distance, and he too was deeply moved. In the past, the power of the Wu and Yao tribes was so great that even saints had to yield three points, but now even the imperfect Heavenly Court disregarded the majesty of the Wu tribe.

  It's a feeling, after getting the 'Gan Gui Fu', Kun Peng immediately returned to his old nest - Beiming Sea, to avoid unnecessary troubles.

  Back in the North Sea, the first thing Kunpeng did was to carefully examine the 'Ganqing Divine Axe' that he had finally obtained. However, the result of his examination far exceeded his expectations.

  From the memories of later generations, Kunpeng learned that 'Ganji Divine Axe' was the axe spirit transformed after Pangu opened the sky with his axe. However, the result of his examination of this axe was completely different. This 'Ganji Divine Axe' was just a piece of primordial stone from the chaos that absorbed a thread of essence when Pangu created all things, and it took countless epochs to transform into this 'Ganji Divine Axe'. Since this axe was transformed after Pangu opened the sky, it was tainted with a hint of acquired energy, making it only a mundane spiritual treasure.

  Kunpeng had put so much thought into finally getting this axe from Xingtian Dazhen's hands, but he hadn't expected the outcome to be like this. How could he not feel surprised and angry?

  However, fortunately, the 'Gan Que Shen Fu' was transformed from the Hunyuan Yuanshi, and its axe body was extremely heavy. Generally, even a Daluo Jinxian could not withstand a single blow from this giant axe. This is also why the Jade Emperor, who had an accurate saintly cultivation base, would be injured by Xing Tian's one axe strike.

  Actually, Kunpeng was also very puzzled in his heart when he traded with Xingtian. He didn't understand why a powerful demon like Kunpeng would take a fancy to this giant axe that wasn't particularly extraordinary, and even gave him two top-grade refining materials. Although Xingtian was loyal and honest, he wasn't stupid, and he wouldn't refuse such a good deal.

  Kunpeng's plan this time can be said to have ended in complete defeat, which also led to Kunpeng's vigilance. Since entering the Hongyuan, he has always been smooth sailing, thinking that existence in the Hongyuan is not a big danger. This mistake made him thoroughly understand that the Hongyuan is not as safe as he imagined, and everything is not under his control.

  To achieve the ultimate goal, Kunpeng has been calculating everything since the day he entered the Hongyuan. He needs to use three pre-heavenly spiritual treasures to kill San Shi, and then give some to his disciples, which makes Kunpeng feel a shortage of spiritual treasures in his hands. With 36 Dinghai Divine Pearls, he can kill himself, and this corpse's magical power is equivalent to the power of 36 worlds. However, unlike Evil Corpse, he doesn't have strong attacking power, and these Dinghai Divine Pearls are not pre-heavenly spiritual treasures for attack either. So, even with the power of 36 worlds, it's hard to exert his abilities without corresponding pre-heavenly spiritual treasures.

  Kunpeng originally wanted to use the axe spirit of Pangu's Axe as a basis, combined with Fenbao Rock, to refine an axe that could be compared to Pangu's Flag, a pre-heavenly treasure. With such a spiritual treasure, Kunpeng could use it as his ultimate power to protect himself. Pangu's Axe can open up the heavens and earth, so it also has the ability to slaughter saints. Even if the pseudo-Pangu's Axe refined from the axe spirit of Pangu's Axe cannot slaughter saints, it can still heavily injure them. If combined with his evil corpse abilities, Kunpeng's overall abilities would make it possible for him to severely injure a saint even if they were not careful in their response. In this way, next time he faces the Infinite Tribulation, he will have a means of protecting himself.

  If he could cut out the three corpses with the 36 Dinghai Divine Pearls, then relying on his own strength and combining it with the Pangu Axe, he could rival a saint. After becoming a saint, he alone could resist two to three saints, which was also the benefit of cutting off the three corpses to become a saint. However, things turned out to be beyond his expectation, completely shattering this dream of his.

  The 'Gan Qi Shen Fu' is not the spirit of Pangu's axe, although it is also an extraordinary spiritual treasure. If this 'Gan Qi Shen Fu' were to be used as a base and combined with the divided precious rock obtained from Daozu Hongjun, it might be possible to refine a spiritual treasure with decent attacking power. However, this spiritual treasure would not be able to compare to the three innate treasures transformed from Pangu's axe in terms of attacking power, and could only rely on its own weight to overwhelm others. This is mainly because both of these objects have incomparable weight, although they can usually overpower a Da Luo Golden Immortal or an almost-saint with just one move, this point is negligible for a true saint.

  Looking at the 'Gan Que Shen Fu' in his hand, Kun Peng was hesitant. Saints could borrow the power of heaven and earth, and no matter how heavy it was, it posed no threat to them. Since Kun Peng entered the Hongyuan, he had offended most of the saints. Last time during the catastrophe of heaven and earth, he was lucky to have Donghuang Taiyi, Emperor Jun, and the twelve ancestral witches attracting the attention of the saints in front of him, so that the saints did not pay much attention to him. However, no one could guarantee that the saints would not take action against him in the next catastrophe, after all, he had two acquired treasures that could suppress the aura of destiny, which were the spiritual treasures that all saints needed.

  When the boundless kalpas arrive, all beings with karma on their bodies must settle their karma. Kunpeng, Zhunti, Nüwa Niangniang, Taishang Laojun and Yuanshi Tianzun all have considerable karma on their bodies. Although they have great merits and are protected by the Heavenly Way, later generations remember that Kunpeng does not know how much protection the Heavenly Way has for him, whether heavenly punishment can threaten the life of a saint.

  Kunpeng's consistent argument is that my life is mine, not heaven's. He doesn't want to entrust his own life and death to the Tao of Heaven, which he doesn't fully understand. So when the next boundless kalpa arrives, if he can't attain enlightenment and become a saint, he'll need a powerful spiritual treasure that can threaten even saints to protect himself. Because when the boundless kalpa arrives, he must enter the world to resolve his karma, but the karma of saints isn't so easily resolved. Zhunti, one of the two saints from the West, has always been sinister and treacherous. The only thing in the Western Pure Land that can suppress the aura is a twelve-grade merit golden lotus. Given Zhunti's nature, he will definitely make a move against Kunpeng. Although Kunpeng, who was beheaded twice, can rival saints in terms of magical powers, he has offended several saints and doesn't dare guarantee that he won't be attacked by two saints.

  According to the memory of later generations, Kunpeng knew that in the next calamity of Wu Liang, all the saints participated, and only Nuwa did not take action directly. The other five saints all took action personally. Tongtian Jiao Zhu can be said to have been completely defeated by the other four saints in this calamity. It can be said that the next Wu Liang calamity is more dangerous than the last one. Kunpeng owed a favor to Tongtian Jiao Zhu, who had helped him resist the Tianhe water in the previous Wu Liang calamity. Therefore, Kunpeng settled this karma with Tongtian Jiao Zhu during the Wu Liang calamity.

  At this time, Kun Peng finally felt that he was too arrogant, had offended too many people, and the consequences of his actions were astonishingly great. Unfortunately, it's now too late for regrets, and all he can do is think of ways to enhance his own abilities in order to protect himself in the next calamity.

  It is absolutely true that if one does not become a saint, he will be nothing but an ant. If Kunpeng wants to live freely in the vast wilderness and no longer fear the infinite calamities, then becoming a saint is his only choice.

  However, the story goes back to the fact that although the infinite calamities are fraught with danger, there is also a great opportunity in them. It can be said that danger and opportunity coexist. For Kunpeng to achieve enlightenment without the help of the Great Tao, entering the infinite calamities to gain opportunities is his necessary choice.

  In the last calamity, Kunpeng took advantage of the opportunity to behead both good and evil corpses, and formally turned against the demon clan as a sworn enemy. However, since he was a demon master of the demon clan, his fate was linked to that of the demon clan to a certain extent, so he did not completely sever his relationship with the demon clan. This would pose great obstacles for him to behead himself in the future. If he wanted to become a saint, he had to find a way to thoroughly sever his connection with the demon clan in the next calamity. If luck was on his side, Kunpeng might be able to borrow the power of the calamity to behead himself, and thus all three corpses would be beheaded, which means that the time for him to attain enlightenment and become a saint is not far away.

  Kunpeng's thoughts were good, but in reality, it was much more difficult to do so. To completely cut off the relationship with the demon tribe, he had to face the demon tribe's holy woman, Nüwa Niangniang, because the demon tribe was now under her jurisdiction. The holy person was not easy to get along with, especially one like Nüwa who had a grudge against Kunpeng. She would never easily let Kunpeng take advantage of the opportunity to cut off the cause and effect with the demon tribe.

  Kunpeng quietly calculated all the spiritual treasures on his body, but no matter how he thought about it, there was not a single spiritual treasure that could protect himself. Among the two acquired spiritual treasures, the "Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Merit Ruler" was an attacking spiritual treasure, and although its power was extraordinary, it was impossible to threaten the safety of a saint. The "Pangu Cauldron" was a spiritual treasure that focused on alchemy and equipment refinement, and had considerable ability in suppressing aura, but overall, its defensive capabilities were not comparable to the "Heavenly Earth Xuan Huang Lian Gong Tower" and "Taiji Diagram" in the hands of the Supreme Elder Lord. During the Great War between the Witch and the Demon, Donghuang Taiyi fell despite being protected by the "Hunyuan Bell" and the "Zhou Tian Star Fighting Array", let alone him.

  After thinking for half a day, Kunpeng believed that in order to safely pass the next calamity, he would still have to rely on this "Ganji Divine Axe". This was the only thing that could threaten the safety of the Holy Man. With the weight of this axe and the Lingbao refined by Fenbao Rock, what he needed to consider was its sharpness. If it had even half the sharpness of the Pangu Flag, then combining the two would give him the power to break through space and pose a threat to the Holy Man with some degree of certainty.

  As both of these spiritual treasures were Chaos Origin Stones, the materials that could fuse with them were extremely rare. After much consideration, Kunpeng finally decided to use the Starlight Essence and the other half of the Moonlight Essence he obtained from the Taiyin Star to forge a divine axe. As for whether or not he would be able to forge an inverse spiritual treasure capable of threatening a Saint, that would depend on his own destiny.

  However, since the last calamity is not far away, there is still a long time before the next calamity, he can make some preparations, and it's best to activate the ultimate ability of 'Pangu Ding', so that the power of the refined spiritual treasure will be greater.