It turned out that he had been engrossed in calculating heavenly secrets before, forgetting the passage of time, and had become separated from the escorting main force.
With Lu Ya's Golden Immortal level perception, he could only see the faint silhouettes of the nine Golden Crows in the far distance.
They were quite a distance away.
"Chase!"
With the life and death of his own kin at stake, there was no room for hesitation. Lu Ya quickly employed the Rainbow Transformation technique, channeling his Golden Immortal power to its fullest, intending to catch up.
The Rainbow Transformation technique, a unique escape art of the Golden Crow tribe, executed with the full power of a Golden Immortal.
Lu Ya covered billions of miles every minute, every second.
With his peak Golden Immortal cultivation and the Golden Crow tribe's exclusive escape art, his speed was astonishing.
Soon, Lu Ya was close to catching up with the main force.
"Good!"
"As long as I inform them in advance of the heavenly secret calculation's result."
"They will..."
Lu Ya was overjoyed at the prospect of changing the fate of his nine elder brothers.
While rushing madly, pushing himself to his limits without regard for the risks.
Suddenly, he collided with a poisonous insect in mid-air.
The insect, with its six wings, was a rare and exotic creature of the Primordial Era. Upon seeing Lu Ya crash into it, it became enraged and bit Lu Ya directly.
"This is a Six-Winged Golden Cicada!"
The venom of the poisonous insect immediately infiltrated Lu Ya's Golden Crow body.
His peak Golden Immortal power proved utterly inadequate against this Primordial exotic creature.
The venom penetrated deep into his magical power, instantly rendering his Golden Immortal magic utterly immobile.
Not a single trace of his power could be mobilized.
Deprived of his magic, he plummeted from the sky.
He fell from billions of miles high, crashing to the ground, and a cry of pain escaped Lu Ya.
Although he had lost his magic, and the demon race was not known for its physical prowess.
Despite Lu Ya's peak Golden Immortal cultivation, his physical body was at most at the early Earth Immortal level.
However, Lu Ya only felt pain; his Golden Crow body was not significantly damaged.
With the physical defense of an early Earth Immortal, falling from billions of miles high was not fatal.
This was a normal occurrence.
Even a minor demon at the early Earth Immortal stage would not fear falling from such a height.
Immortals were, after all, Immortals.
They possessed such resilience.
Just as Lu Ya was about to mobilize his primordial spirit.
Suddenly, the venom, from the depths of his magical power, invaded Lu Ya's primordial spirit and physical body, rendering him completely unable to move even an inch.
Lu Ya was completely at the mercy of his captor.
Only his consciousness remained, capable of thought.
"Earlier, I encountered a Six-Winged Golden Cicada!"
"My father once said it was an exotic creature of the Primordial Era!"
"Its venom is so potent that it can incapacitate even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal if caught off guard!"
"My mere peak Golden Immortal cultivation is naturally unable to resist the venom of the Six-Winged Golden Cicada!"
"However, such a terrifying exotic creature, whose venom can poison a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, there are likely no more than three such beings in the entire Primordial World."
"Why did I have to encounter it?"
"Why... did I have to encounter it just as I was about to catch up with my nine elder brothers?"
"This is too coincidental!"
"And why haven't my nine elder brothers and my mother noticed my absence for so long and come looking for me?"
"No! This is unreasonable!"
As Lu Ya's mind raced,
A terrifying figure appeared before him.
As the son of the Demon Emperor, Lu Ya was well-traveled and immediately recognized this as a Quasi-Saint level great divine ability practitioner!
Moreover, it was likely an established Quasi-Saint who had reached the late stage of Quasi-Sainthood! Only slightly inferior to his father, and comparable to the late Kunpeng, the Demon Master.
"Little one, are you truly of the Golden Crow tribe? How could you, while using an escape technique, crash into the Six-Winged Golden Cicada raised by this old ancestor?"
The terrifying figure spoke to Lu Ya:
"My precious was flying peacefully in the sky, and you, not watching where you were going, crashed right into it. If not for your status as the Demon Emperor's son, any other demon would have been bitten to death on the spot by my treasure!"
"A dignified son of the Demon Emperor, even if young, should at least have learned the Rainbow Transformation technique. How can your flying skills be so poor? You are disgracing your father!"
"Alas, considering your identity, this old ancestor will not punish you excessively. You will simply lie here for more than ten days. You bumped into my treasure, so you must pay a small price, right? It's not a major issue anyway."
"Children lying down more is also good. This old ancestor will not take your life. After more than ten days, the poison will dissipate on its own."
"By then, you will be able to move your mouth and your body, and your primordial spirit, magic power, and physical body will all return to normal."
Treasure!
Six-Winged Golden Cicada!
Late Quasi-Saint, established Quasi-Saint!
Connecting these few keywords, and considering that there were only a few dozen Quasi-Saints in the Primordial World, it was easy to identify the identity of this established Quasi-Saint.
Pan Wang!
He was a great divine ability practitioner born during the Witch-Demon era after the ancient Dragon-Phoenix tribulation, contemporary to his father. He specialized in the Way of Poison and the Way of Gu insects, residing in Mount Azure Poison.
He was also a cultivator who had practiced for over forty thousand Yuan Hui.
However, unlike Di Jun, who established the Demon Court and dominated the Primordial World, Pan Wang had always remained in Mount Azure Poison, researching various Gu insects and poisons.
He rarely ventured out, hence his low profile in the Primordial World.
But Pan Wang was indeed a powerful being comparable to Kunpeng, the Demon Master, and could even gain an advantage in combat with his poisonous insects.
"Mount Azure Poison..."
"This is Mount Azure Poison, Pan Wang's dojo!"
"No wonder the Six-Winged Golden Cicada is here! Pan Wang is the only Quasi-Saint level great divine ability practitioner in the Primordial World who excels in Gu insects. Even if there are no more than three Six-Winged Golden Cicadas in the Primordial World, it is not surprising for Pan Wang to possess one or two."
"But why, why was I so unlucky as to fly over the dojo of Pan Wang, a Quasi-Saint level great divine ability practitioner?"
"And to coincidentally crash into a Six-Winged Golden Cicada?"
Lu Ya recalled his experiences.
Suddenly, he had an inspiration and calculated heavenly secrets, learning that his nine elder brothers were about to die.
At that time, engrossed in calculating heavenly secrets, he had directly separated from the main force.
Perhaps this was a hint from fate.
A hint that since he had already separated from the main force, he should not pursue them.
This was because fate was sealed! The death of the nine Golden Crows was an unchangeable outcome!
However, he refused to obey fate and insisted on pursuing them to alter destiny.
He had fully unleashed his escape technique, desperately trying to catch up.
If he had not pursued with all his might and failed to catch up, Lu Ya would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
But precisely because he pursued with all his might, disregarding his surroundings, he had crashed into the Six-Winged Golden Cicada!
And flown over the dojo of Pan Wang, a Quasi-Saint level great divine ability practitioner!
Then, Pan Wang, coincidentally, decided to make him lie there for more than ten days, after which he would regain his freedom.
This, all of it, was the result of trying to alter destiny!
Now, lying here for more than ten days, and regaining his freedom after that, what would happen at Wa Huang Palace?
Endless unwillingness and grievance appeared in Lu Ya's eyes.
He naturally knew.
His nine elder brothers would inevitably all die at the hands of the Wu clan!
"This is fate! The operation of the destinies of all living beings!"
"Under fate, everything is predetermined. Who can defy destiny?"
"Everything, though it seems not to have happened, is already foreordained! Foreordained!"
"Even if one knows the result of heavenly secret calculations, trying to defy destiny is absolutely impossible!"
"Destiny can be calculated! But it cannot be changed!"