Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 13 Sermons and Teachings
“Shiji…”

Ma Yuan looked at the woman kneeling gracefully before him and nodded slightly in his heart.

I am quite satisfied with this enlightenment I have received.

"From this day forward, you will be the steward of this White Bone Cave. When I am not here, you will take care of this place."

His voice remained calm, yet it possessed an undeniable air of authority.

"Yes, sir."

Shi Ji responded respectfully, her voice filled with joy and determination.

For her, who had just taken human form, Ma Yuan was her benefactor.

His words are the supreme decree.

Ma Yuan's gaze fell on Shi Ji, and with a sweep of his divine sense, he saw through her background completely.

"Not bad at all."

He secretly praised it in his heart.

Shi Ji truly deserves to be chosen by a sage and taken in as a disciple.

Its natural talent is indeed far beyond that of ordinary spirits and monsters.

She was born from a stubborn rock, with a deep-rooted origin and containing incomparably pure innate earth essence within her body.

This allowed her to skip the long process of refining essence into qi and refining qi into spirit as soon as she took human form.

He directly possessed the cultivation level of a peak Celestial Immortal.

What's even more remarkable is her celestial body, transformed from a body of stubborn stone.

It is harder than gold and iron, and incomparably strong.

In terms of physical strength, it is even comparable to that of the same level of witch clan or great demons who excel in physical strength.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

This stone body also caused her to be subject to many limitations when cultivating certain profound Taoist techniques or comprehending ethereal Taoist principles, making her appear exceptionally slow.

This is why, in myths and legends, she cultivated for countless eons, yet remained only at the level of a Golden Immortal.

Ultimately, it was completely restrained by Taiyi Zhenren's Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover.

"Your foundation lies in the Earth Path, possessing a powerful physical body and unparalleled defense. This is both your advantage and your constraint."

After pondering for a moment, Ma Yuan decided to properly plan out his new maidservant and steward's future path of cultivation.

He wasn't going to cultivate a mere stone lump that could only guard the house.

Rather, he is a truly capable and independent assistant who can share his burdens and solve his problems.

"Just follow me."

After Ma Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the blue stone cushion, where he sat down cross-legged.

Shi Ji followed closely behind.

Seeing Ma Yuan sit down, she obediently found a futon below, sat upright, and her clear, cold eyes were filled with a thirst for Taoist knowledge.

In the days that followed, the entire White Bone Cave was plunged into an unprecedented tranquility and peace.

Ma Yuan temporarily shelved his plans to go to the East China Sea and began to carefully teach Shi Ji.

He did not teach Shi Ji any specific techniques or supernatural powers, but instead started by explaining the most basic principles of Tao.

"The Tao is the origin of heaven and earth, the mother of all things..."

"The Five Elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—generate and restrain each other, forming the foundation of all things. As a stone body, you should take earth as your root, but earth can generate metal and also restrain water. Thick earth carries virtue and can also melt fire..."

Ma Yuan's sermons did not feature any extraordinary phenomena such as heavenly flowers or golden lotuses sprang from the earth.

His voice was calm and steady. In the simplest language, he slowly and deliberately told Shiji about his understanding of the primordial world and his insights into the path of cultivation.

He combined his advanced knowledge from later generations with his own personal insights gained from thousands of years of arduous cultivation.

This established an incredibly grand yet solid worldview and philosophy of spiritual practice for Shiji.

Shi Ji listened with rapt attention.

She was like a stubborn rock that had stood the test of time, possessing the purest and most resilient nature.

Her greatest strength lies in stillness and enlightenment. Every word Ma Yuan spoke was like a ray of divine light, illuminating her nascent sea of ​​consciousness and opening a door to the supreme path for her.

In addition to preaching, Ma Yuan would also guide her on specific difficulties in her spiritual practice.

He took out the corpse of the horned serpent demon and removed its tendons and bones.

Using the various divine iron ores he had collected during his travels, he personally crafted a magical artifact called the Cloud Light Cloth for Shi Ji, bestowing it upon her for protection.

He also imparted to me all the basic knowledge of battle formations.

Let her learn how to manipulate and maintain the natural formations in Skull Mountain.

Days passed by, and life was quite leisurely and carefree.

The growth of Shiji is astonishing.

Under Ma Yuan's careful guidance, her cultivation steadily progressed towards the realm of the Mysterious Immortal.

More importantly, her originally somewhat rigid personality gradually gained a touch of liveliness and wisdom.

Ma Yuan himself also gained a lot during his time as a teacher.

The process of systematically organizing and imparting one's own principles and beliefs to others is itself the best form of self-cultivation and consolidation.

His understanding of his own Dao became increasingly profound and clear as a result.

In the midst of tranquility in Skull Mountain, where master and disciple were kind and respectful, and life was peaceful and serene.

The outside world has long since changed beyond recognition.

After the Dao Ancestor's decree spread throughout the four seas and eight wastelands, the newly promoted leader of male immortals, the Eastern King Duke, began his grand ambitions and hegemony with overwhelming force.

He first became a Daoist couple with the Queen Mother of the West, the lord of West Kunlun, under the witness of ten thousand immortals.

The yin and yang energies merged, greatly boosting their momentum.

Immediately afterwards, the so-called Immortal Court was formally established with Zifu Continent as its base!

The Eastern King Duke called himself the Immortal Emperor, while the Western Queen Mother was the Immortal Queen.

Appoint celestial officials, establish celestial rules, and widely distribute celestial edicts.

He called upon all the wandering immortals in the world who were unwilling to submit to the demon race to come under his command.

In an instant, countless independent cultivators and small and medium-sized forces across the entire eastern part of the prehistoric world responded.

They had long been fed up with the domineering and powerful nature of the demon race's Heavenly Court.

Now that the Celestial Court, bestowed with titles by the Dao Ancestor, has emerged, it is natural for them to flock to it.

In just a thousand years, the power of the Purple Mansion Continent Immortal Court expanded rapidly, like a snowball rolling downhill.

Celestial officials were as numerous as clouds, and heavenly soldiers were as plentiful as rain.

There are also quite a few guest elders at the level of Great Luo Golden Immortal.

The entire Celestial Court was filled with soaring fortune and fluttering banners, and it actually seemed to have a certain momentum to rival the Heavenly Court of the Demon Race, which hung high in the nine heavens, and compete for supremacy!

The Wu tribe, who originally ruled the primordial land, adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards this newly established Celestial Court.

In the eyes of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, both the demon race and the Celestial Court were weaklings who cultivated their primordial spirits.

As long as they don't provoke me, the more fiercely they fight among themselves, the better.

Thus, a delicate yet tense new order was formed in the primordial world.

The Heavenly Court of the Demon Race occupies the Nine Heavens, ruling over all demons, and its power is immense and deeply rooted.

The Purple Palace Celestial Court, majestically situated in the East Sea, commands the scattered immortals, rising like the sun at dawn.

In the heart of the land of the Witch Clan, twelve tribes stand, their malevolent aura soaring to the heavens.

The three forces are like a three-legged cauldron.

They were locked in a standoff, wary of each other.

A storm, far more devastating and magnificent than the Dragon-Han Calamity, sweeping across the entire prehistoric world, has quietly taken shape in the hearts of all the great powers.

Everyone knows that this peace is short-lived.

It was merely the last vestige of peace before the great calamity.

(End of this chapter)