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

Chapter 2: Independent of its own spacetime, transcending eternity, witnessed by the passage of time.

As Zhou Chen fully circulated his cultivation technique, absorbing the Heavenly Flower Golden Lotus and continuously opening up star particles, his body directly absorbed all the Heavenly Flowers and Golden Lotuses from the Shangqing Palace. Although the Heavenly Flowers and Golden Lotuses were constantly regenerating, they would be absorbed back by Zhou Chen as soon as they appeared.

This unexpected turn of events also caught the attention of the Tongtian Sect Leader. It's important to understand that the celestial flowers and golden lotuses appearing in the Shangqing Palace were intended for the disciples of the Jie Sect to use in their cultivation. Although the Jie Sect disciples weren't of very high cultivation levels, their numbers were considerable. The spiritual energy contained in these celestial flowers and golden lotuses should be sufficient for all the Jie Sect disciples' cultivation, with a surplus. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a slap in the face to a sage? To hear a sage preach and there's not enough spiritual energy? How embarrassing!

However, it was absorbed by Zhou Chen alone, and the regeneration speed could not keep up with the absorption speed of Zhou Chen.

The Tongtian Sect Leader was somewhat puzzled. What kind of cultivation method was Zhou Chen using to absorb so many Heavenly Flowers and Golden Lotuses into his body?

However, the Tongtian Sect Leader did not hesitate. Instead, he directly used his supernatural powers to break through the void, connect with the chaos, and draw in the endless chaotic energy to transform it into pure innate spiritual energy for Zhou Chen's cultivation.

After all, he doesn't only have Zhou Chen as his disciple. If Zhou Chen absorbs all the Heavenly Flowers and Golden Lotuses, what will happen to the other disciples?
Although it is an explanation of supernatural powers and techniques, it still requires spiritual energy. Without the replenishment of spiritual energy, how can these disciples listen to the teachings with peace of mind?

While explaining the supernatural powers and techniques, the Tongtian Sect Leader observed Zhou Chen, curious about how much innate spiritual energy Zhou Chen could absorb.

With the help of this boundless innate spiritual energy, Zhou Chen's speed in opening up star particles increased dramatically.

Three thousand years, opening up two hundred million star particles.

Five thousand years, opening up three hundred million star particles.

Eight thousand years, opening up five hundred million star particles.

In ten thousand years, all 840 million particles have been developed.

As all the particles were opened up, a look of joy appeared on Zhou Chen's face. He began to condense them again, continuously absorbing spiritual energy to compress and condense the star particles, until they were compressed and condensed to the extreme. Then, according to the standards after condensation, he strengthened the star particles.

As the star particles condensed to their ultimate state, Zhou Chen could clearly sense that the spacetime around him was being repelled by his body. His body was much heavier than this spacetime, and could easily tear through space.

At this moment, a Dao Fruit appeared above Zhou Chen's head. With the appearance of the Dao Fruit, the River of Destiny appeared directly. Then, Zhou Chen's true spirit flew out from the River of Destiny and merged into the Dao Fruit. The Dao Fruit instantly merged into Zhou Chen's body.

The Tongtian Sect Leader nearly popped his eyes out. In his understanding, the ability to tear apart the primordial space, condense the Dao Fruit, and unite the true spirit was something only a Great Luo Golden Immortal could do.

A Great Golden Immortal, with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and the Five Qi Converging at the Origin, comprehends the laws, transcends the river of fate, and unites with the true spirit. Only then can they expel space and time from their bodies and tear apart the primordial space.

But how could Zhou Chen, a mere Earth Immortal, tear apart the primordial space, condense a Dao Fruit, and unite his true spirit?
Ignoring the shocked Tongtian Sect Leader, Zhou Chen absorbed spiritual energy to refine and strengthen the star particles, while also pondering how to elevate his physical body and primordial spirit to reach the realm of "one proof of time".

He had already cultivated the star particles that had been condensed to the extreme, and condensed them into a Dao Fruit. The Dao Fruit merged with his own true spirit, and from then on, his true spirit was no longer in the River of Fate. He directly obtained immortality and lived as long as heaven and earth.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Chen had an idea. Although he was born with an acquired body and was a born being, the transformation of his physical body and the transformation of his primordial spirit were not distinguished by whether they were born or not. It was just that it involved the interaction between himself and time and space.

Although he is not yet independent of space and time, his condensed stellar magic power can clearly perceive the existence of space-time power. Therefore, he only needs to absorb space-time power and integrate it into his body, merge it with his physical body and primordial spirit, and forge his own space-time power to be independent of the primordial space-time. He can even transform himself through space-time power and reach the realm of proving the passage of time.

Transformation requires a large amount of innate spiritual energy and the power of spacetime. His transformation of his physical body and primordial spirit requires that every inch of his physical body and primordial spirit be filled with a large amount of the power of spacetime. Only in this way can he forge his own unique power of spacetime.

At this moment, Zhou Chen thought of this and no longer hesitated.

As Zhou Chen made his decision, an even greater suction force emanated from his body, increasing the absorption rate of innate spiritual energy and drawing in an endless stream of it. Not only that, the River of Time appeared directly, descending upon the Shangqing Palace.

As the River of Time appeared, the Tongtian Sect Leader opened his eyes and looked at it, revealing a look of shock.

The River of Time and Space! It's the River of Time and Space! I never imagined that Zhou Chen, who is only at the Earth Immortal realm, could summon the River of Time and Space.

It should be noted that he only came into contact with the River of Time and Space after he broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm.

Moreover, at that time, we could only observe; we couldn't utilize the power of the river of time.

Now that he has become a saint, he can borrow a portion of the power of the River of Time and Space and summon it like Zhou Chen. But don't forget what realm Zhou Chen is at.

At this moment, the Tongtian Sect Leader was greatly shocked and even began to doubt his own existence! Zhou Chen looked like he was at the Earth Immortal realm, but at this moment, the Tongtian Sect Leader had serious doubts: was this really the Earth Immortal realm?
In the Earth Immortal realm, does the true spirit merge into the Dao Fruit? In the Earth Immortal realm, does one exist independently outside of space and time? In the Earth Immortal realm, does one summon the River of Space and Time?

Although the Tongtian Sect Leader was very puzzled and confused, it was simply not appropriate for him to ask at this moment, because Zhou Chen was still cultivating. Moreover, he was a sage, Zhou Chen's teacher; how could he possibly lower himself to inquire about such matters?
In the eyes of the Tongtian Sect Master, all he saw was endless spacetime power merging into Zhou Chen's body, aiding his cultivation.

Fortunately, the void was broken just now, and the endless chaotic power was summoned and transformed into pure innate spiritual energy, which is why the innate spiritual energy in the palace has remained in an extremely rich state.

As Zhou Chen began to temper the endless power of spacetime into his body, his body became like a bottomless pit, with every inch of flesh, every cell, and every wisp of magic power constantly devouring the power of spacetime. After the devouring was complete, an extremely tedious tempering process was required to refine this power of spacetime into his own power of spacetime, integrating it into his physical body, primordial spirit, and magic power.

At this moment, the Tongtian Sect Leader stopped preaching altogether and directly created an avatar to preach in his place. He then stared directly at Zhou Chen, as if trying to see through him.

As time passed, Zhou Chen's physical body and primordial spirit finally underwent a transformation after the fusion of the power of spacetime.

His original body shattered, revealing his transformed form.

The old body, however, automatically shattered and turned into nothingness.

The Tongtian Sect Leader looked at Zhou Chen's new body with utter shock in his eyes.

Because at this moment, Zhou Chen's body contained an extremely powerful force. This force was very special, possessing some characteristics of the power of spacetime, but it was far more dangerous than any equivalent spacetime power. Furthermore, it had characteristics similar to stellar power, and was purer and stronger than the stellar power emitted by primordial stars. In terms of quantity, this force was comparable to that of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and in terms of quality, it was far more terrifying than that of an ordinary Grand Luo. The Tongtian Sect Master estimated that, aside from senior Grand Luo wielding powerful innate spiritual treasures, Zhou Chen could be invincible among the Grand Luo realm.

Then Tongtian Jiaozhu revealed a smile, "Second brother, your Chan Sect has taken in a Daoist named Randeng, and my Jie Sect now also has a Da Luo Daoist, who is my disciple. If we were to have a match, beating Randeng would be a piece of cake, haha!"

The Tongtian Sect Leader believed that Zhou Chen had already broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, not the Earth Immortal realm that he had revealed. The Earth Immortal realm was just a small hobby of Zhou Chen's, something he kept low-key.

The Tongtian Sect Leader simply stopped paying attention to Zhou Chen, dispersed his clone, and began explaining again.

He thought that Zhou Chen had gained some enlightenment after listening to his sermon and had broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

After all, he was a sage, and the great path they were explaining was the great path of the sage.

Now, among all the disciples he has taken in over these tens of thousands of years, which one hasn't broken through to a higher cultivation level?

Although Zhou Chen's breakthrough in cultivation was quite dramatic, he could still accept it; everyone has their share of unexpected opportunities.

If Zhou Chen knew what the Tongtian Sect Leader was thinking, he would say directly, "I am truly at the Earth Immortal realm, not at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm."

After all, what he created was a unique mythological Great Luo cultivation method, which was completely different from the Shangqing Immortal Method taught by Tongtian.

At this moment, Zhou Chen completed the integration of his own spacetime power, became independent of his own spacetime, and achieved the status of "the only witness to the passage of time is myself," and his own power could move the power of heaven and earth.

Now, all that remains is to condense the Dao Body and allow it to enter the spacetime dimension, at which point the Earth Immortal realm will be fully realized.

Once Zhou Chen had calmed down, the Tongtian Sect Leader stopped lecturing. This time, because of Zhou Chen, the Tongtian Sect Leader had lectured for an additional five thousand years.

Once the disciples of the Jie Sect had recovered from their profound state of listening to the Dao, the Tongtian Sect Leader's gaze swept over them.

"No matter how powerful one's supernatural abilities are, they are merely techniques. Cultivation is the foundation. You must not put the cart before the horse."

"Disciple, please remember this!"

Many disciples of the Jie Sect responded in unison, but how many of them took those words to heart is unknown.

"This sermon is now concluded. The next sermon will be in 25,000 years."

After the Tongtian Sect Leader finished speaking, his figure instantly disappeared from the cloud platform.

The immortals of the Jie Sect also got up and left Shangqing Palace, heading towards their respective cave dwellings. Zhou Chen was among them.

After returning to his cave, Zhou Chen did not continue cultivating, but instead organized the supernatural powers and techniques taught by the Tongtian Sect Master.

(End of this chapter)