The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 1: Transmigrating to the Primordial World as an Immortal of the Jie Sect, Creating the First Technique
The primordial wilderness, the Kunlun Mountains.

Kunlun Mountain is the ancestor of all mountains and a top-level blessed land and grotto-heaven in the primordial world. The innate spiritual energy in the mountain is extremely rich. Clouds and mist surround the mountainside, and further up the mountainside, it is shrouded in clouds and mist, and only a hazy view can be seen.

In the mountains, thousands of cranes soar through the sky, countless plant spirits roam the ground, and many strange beasts gallop about.

Rare flowers and exotic herbs can be seen everywhere, and innate medicinal herbs can be found everywhere.

A thousand years ago, the Three Pure Ones established their religion and became saints. They set up a grand formation at the foot of the mountain and recruited many disciples.

Taiqing Laozi was quiet and inactive, and only accepted Xuandu as his personal disciple.

Yuqing Yuanshi valued lineage and accepted twelve disciples, including Guangchengzi and Chijingzi, as his personal disciples. He also accepted Randeng Daoist, who was listening to the Dao in Zixiao Palace, as the vice leader of the Chan Sect.

Shangqing Tongtian teaches without discrimination, as long as one's heart is firm in seeking the Dao, he will accept all who come. However, he only has four direct disciples: Duobao Daoren, Jinling Shengmu, Wudang Shengmu, and Guiling Shengmu. Those who pass the Questioning Heart Formation are the inner disciples, and the rest are all nominal disciples.

In Kunlun Mountains.

Shangqing Tongtian sat high on the cloud platform, with tens of thousands of Jiejiao disciples sitting cross-legged around him, listening to his sermon.

The sage's preaching was extraordinary; as soon as he opened his mouth, countless extraordinary phenomena appeared.

Flowers rained down from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the ground, and the Daoist essence filled the Sanqing Palace. The sounds of the Dao transformed into auspicious beasts such as divine dragons, colorful phoenixes, and unicorns, galloping through the Sanqing Palace, roaring in mid-air, and showering down endless holy light.

A massive pillar of light appeared behind Shangqing Tongtian, within which countless rays of light flowed continuously.

Every ray of light was an outpouring of the power of the laws he had comprehended.

The teachings of Shangqing Tongtian proceed from the easy to the difficult, starting with the initial stages of Qi cultivation.

At the pulpit, the crowd listened with rapt attention, completely absorbed in the Great Way.

Having attained sainthood and established a teaching, he had the responsibility to educate all living beings. This was his first sermon after becoming a saint, and Heaven was cheering him on, adding to the saint's majesty.

Among the disciples sitting cross-legged on the outer perimeter was a man named Zhou Chen, who was listening intently.

He is a human who was born later in life, and has been in the prehistoric world for thousands of years.

At the beginning of his transmigration, he was terrified.

You should know that in the primordial world, Golden Immortals are as common as dogs, Taiyi Immortals are everywhere, and only Daluo Immortals can be considered powerful.

As a mortal who hasn't even reached the realm of immortals, his safety is not guaranteed at all; he might be trampled to death by someone one day.

Fortunately, after he transmigrated, he received a gift from Mother Earth and gained extraordinary comprehension.

Fortunately, he was not far from Kunlun Mountain, and through his foresight, he traveled all the way to the foot of Kunlun Mountain. He passed the Heart-Questioning Array set up by Shangqing Tongtian and became an inner disciple of the Jie Sect.

Tongtian's sermon this time focused on the most fundamental methods of cultivation.

It begins with the four stages of transcending the mortal realm: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit to return to emptiness, and refining emptiness to unite with the Dao.

After achieving the Dao of Refining Emptiness and Merging with the Dao, one can transcend the Heavenly Tribulation and become an Earth

After that come Celestial Immortals, True Immortals, Mysterious Immortals, Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, Daluo Golden Immortals, and Quasi-Saints (Hun Yuan Golden Immortals).

Ten thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the first sermon by Shangqing Tongtian has come to an end.

Zhou Chen woke up from his trance-like state, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

"This sermon is now concluded. The next sermon will be held 30,000 years from now."

After Shangqing Tongtian finished speaking, he disappeared from the cloud platform.

"Congratulations, teacher."

After Shangqing Tongtian left, the disciples of the Jie Sect all stood up, bowed to Shangqing Tongtian, and then each opened a cave in the Kunlun Mountains to cultivate in seclusion and digest what they had learned from listening to the Dao.

Zhou Chen also found a secluded and deserted place, opened up a cave dwelling, and began to conceive the cultivation method he wanted.

With his extraordinary comprehension, Zhou Chen understood everything Shangqing Tongtian said. Although he had never cultivated before, his understanding of the Great Dao deepened as he listened to Shangqing Tongtian's teachings. Countless heavenly flowers and golden lotuses continuously merged into his body, enabling him to break through to the Celestial Immortal realm.

But this Celestial Immortal realm was not what he desired. According to the teachings of Shangqing Tongtian, breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm, transcending mortal to immortal, greatly increases lifespan, but there will always come a day when lifespan ends. Only by achieving the Golden Immortal realm and obtaining the Dao Fruit of Longevity will lifespan be limitless, but even that is only lifespan. Only by reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm can one achieve eternal life, transcend the river of fate, condense one's own Dao Fruit, and attain great freedom and liberation. However, one can still be killed.

This was something Zhou Chen could not tolerate. What he wanted was to enjoy eternal freedom, to be equal to the Dao, to be eternal, immortal, indestructible, undying, quiescent, eternally indestructible, and to be eternal in a single thought. Even if only a single thought existed, it could return from the source of the Great Dao. As long as the Dao existed, it could never be erased.

Zhou Chen sat upright in his newly opened cave dwelling, lost in thought.

In the memories of later generations, the mythical Great Luo is equal to the Dao, eternal, immortal, indestructible, undying, and annihilated. All such things can pass through the "Dao". A single thought can give rise to chaos, eternal and indestructible, and even a single thought can be eternal. Even if only a single thought exists, it can return from the source of the Great Dao.

As long as the Dao exists, it can never be erased. Its existence is indescribable and ineffable. Even if one sees it, one can only see a mass of the Dao's original order. Its existence transcends all time, space, and time, and is above all tangible and intangible things. It is above the immeasurable and uncountable "nothingness" and transcends the origin of everything. In short, it is the Dao itself. The Dao exists and is indestructible!

There are no Quasi-Saints, Primordial Golden Immortals, or Saints. The Great Luo is the ultimate Dao, surpassing even the Dao Ancestor of the Primordial World. After all, the Dao Ancestor only merged with the Dao, not cultivated to the point where he himself became the Dao.

But how does one cultivate to reach the Great Luo realm?
Transcending all time, space, and time, surpassing all tangible and intangible things, transcending the origin of everything, it is itself the Tao.

Zhou Chen fell into deep thought and began to ponder quietly.

He was deep in thought, pondering how to cultivate himself, considering time, space, years, and the tangible and intangible.

He pondered for a long time and had already gained some understanding.

If one wishes to cultivate this method, then one must cultivate both the physical body and the primordial spirit. The physical body is cultivated in a tangible way, while the primordial spirit is cultivated in an intangible way. Only in this way can one achieve success.

At this moment, a light shone in Zhou Chen's eyes. He thought of the universe and the stars, the sun, the moon, the mountains and rivers, and combined with what Shangqing Tongtian had said, he had already made progress in the cultivation of the Earth Immortal.

Earth Immortals: They can create star rivers, refine their own realm, shatter the void with their physical bodies, and attain longevity and immortality, becoming independent of their own spacetime.

Ascending through eternity, unique throughout eternity, with time bearing witness only to me, without equal, capable of wielding the power of heaven and earth, stepping into the dimension of time and space, preserving my Dao body.

After Zhou Chen conceived the concept of the Earthly Immortal Realm, his eyes lit up. This was his concept of the Earthly Immortal based on his understanding of the mythical Great Luo Immortals.

Once the concept was established, the creation of cultivation methods began. Zhou Chen quickly developed an idea based on some fictional novels from his previous life.

The idea is that quantitative change leads to qualitative change. According to the illusory skill Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, the human body is composed of endless particles. If Zhou Chen does not cultivate Divine Elephant but cultivates Stars, wouldn't he cultivate the Milky Way?

As for shattering the physical body into the void and achieving independence from spacetime, Zhou Chen understood it as condensing his own stellar magic power to a level that is more advanced or denser than the power of the void and spacetime.

As for the subsequent transformation, I haven't figured out how to proceed yet, but there's no rush. Let's first test the deduced cultivation method and see if it's feasible.

With a thought, his body emitted a tremendous suction force, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth near the cave, which was then slowly refined and transformed into star particles.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, 30,000 years have passed. Zhou Chen was awakened by a drumbeat. This was the fish drum used by Shangqing Tongtian to summon the disciples of the Jie Sect. It was time for the second sermon.

Zhou Chen ended his cultivation state and looked at the 100 million star particles he had created within his body. His lips twitched. The spiritual energy required by this cultivation technique was simply too enormous. During this period, Zhou Chen had been frantically absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth near his cave. This was Kunlun Mountain; even a True Immortal, let alone an Earth Immortal, couldn't absorb such a massive amount of spiritual energy! And he had only created 100 million star particles, with 740 million still to be created, not to mention the matter of condensing and compressing them.

Zhou Chen didn't think too much about it. The time for the sermon was about to begin, and he needed to hurry to Shangqing Palace to listen to the sermon.

As he stood up, a strange feeling came over him. He was slightly taken aback, stopped and sensed it for a moment, then smiled and ignored it, leaving the cave and heading towards Shangqing Palace.

Just now, Zhou Chen actually sensed the resistance of the primordial space, as if it was restricting his movements. After a moment's thought, he knew that his idea was correct. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sensed the resistance of the space. If he couldn't sense it, how could he break through and become independent?

When Zhou Chen arrived at Shangqing Palace, most of the disciples of the Jie Sect had been waiting for a long time. This was a sage giving a sermon, and unless there was something important, they would wait in advance to avoid missing the sermon. Those who came only after hearing the sound of the fish drums, like Zhou Chen, were ultimately a minority.

Zhou Chen casually found a spot to sit cross-legged and quietly waited for the sermon to begin.

Before long, Shangqing Tongtian suddenly appeared on the cloud platform in the middle of Shangqing Palace.

"I've met the teacher!"

The disciples of the Jie Sect bowed to Shangqing Tongtian together.

After Shangqing Tongtian nodded slightly in acknowledgment, he began to preach. Another strange phenomenon appeared in the heavens and earth: pure innate spiritual energy transformed into celestial flowers fell from the sky, and golden lotuses emerged from the ground.

Zhou Chen looked at the celestial flowers and golden lotuses with a longing expression, and then began to frantically absorb them using his cultivation technique.

This time, Shangqing Tongtian did not continue to explain the methods of cultivation, but instead explained the techniques, the techniques of supernatural powers and spells, which are methods of fighting and self-defense, including the great supernatural powers of the Heavenly Gang number and the minor supernatural powers of the Earthly Fiend number.

Zhou Chen was multitasking, focusing on absorbing the star-forming particles from the Heavenly Flower Golden Lotus while attentively listening to the supernatural techniques and methods taught by Shangqing Tongtian, memorizing them thoroughly. Fortunately, he possessed extraordinary comprehension; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to do this.

(End of this chapter)