Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 44 Golden Immortal Perfection
When Ma Yuan lived a secluded life on Skull Mountain, focusing solely on distinguishing Yin and Yang and refining his Dao foundation.

The outside world has long since changed beyond recognition.

After the three lectures at Zixiao Palace ended, the treasures at Fenbao Cliff were all scattered.

Those three thousand travelers of the mortal world, each carrying complex emotions of joy or sorrow, satisfaction or regret, returned to the primordial wilderness.

In an instant, the entire primordial world was filled with dazzling light and abundant Daoist charm.

The powerful being who obtained the great treasure returned to his dojo immediately, went into seclusion to cultivate and comprehend what he had learned during his time at Zixiao Palace.

Those cultivators who gained nothing, or only some ordinary spiritual treasures, turned their attention to those destined individuals with profound fortune but no special background.

In particular, the Old Ancestor Hongyun, who obtained the last wisp of Primordial Purple Qi, instantly became the target of everyone's criticism.

An invisible undercurrent surges wildly beneath the calm surface.

The impending start of the Age of Saints did not bring the peace we had imagined; instead, it instilled in all the great powers an unprecedented sense of urgency.

A new conflict surrounding fortune, spiritual treasures, and even the elusive holy position has quietly begun.

However, all this noise and strife had absolutely nothing to do with Skull Mountain, which had long been completely isolated by the Great Array of Cause and Effect.

Inside the White Bone Cave, time stood still, as if it had never changed since time immemorial.

Ma Yuan sat cross-legged, his mind clear and serene.

He devoted most of his energy to comprehending the Dao within himself.

He knew that the principles of Yin and Yang were one of the most fundamental and profound laws in the universe.

To integrate it into one's own foundation of Tao is not something that can be achieved simply through arduous cultivation; it requires painstaking effort and a profound understanding of the ultimate principles of Tao.

Therefore, he took his own foundation of the Three Realms as the root and the primordial spirit protected by the golden light of merit as the guide.

Day after day, they began to deduce the supreme mystery of the division of Yin and Yang within the Five Elements.

This is an extremely tedious and lengthy process, akin to creating a small yin-yang world within one's own body.

Even when he was busy cultivating the Great Dao and occasionally felt mentally exhausted, Ma Yuan never wasted his time.

He would devote a portion of his mind to the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls to continue his cultivation of refining the innate restrictions.

"Om-!"

Twenty-four azure divine pearls surrounded him, radiating a warm and precious light, like twenty-four miniature worlds, making Ma Yuan's figure appear mysterious and unpredictable.

He knew that the number of innate restrictions contained within a primordial treasure varied depending on its grade.

There are at least thirty-seven and at most forty-eight top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

The twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls in his hand were formed from fragments of the Chaos Pearl, forming a complete set. Among top-grade innate spiritual treasures, they were among the most exceptional!

Within it, there are exactly forty-eight complex and profound innate restrictions.

It is only a hair's breadth away from the legendary innate treasure containing forty-nine restrictions.

Now that he is a powerful being in the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm, and with the protection of his merits, his comprehension has greatly increased. Refining the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl is no longer as difficult as it used to be.

He adopted a more composed attitude, treating the process of refining magical artifacts as a form of adjustment and verification of his own cultivation.

He primarily cultivates the Great Dao, supplementing it with the refinement of magical treasures.

The two complement each other and progress together.

Time flowed slowly through this monotonous practice.

There is no sun or moon in the cave, yet a thousand years have passed in the world.

When Ma Yuan awoke from that deep meditative state once more, a genuine sense of satisfaction flashed in his deep eyes.

"My thousands of years of hard work have not been in vain."

In his deep eyes, his left eye seemed to burn with a blazing, golden sun, embodying ultimate yang and strength, while his right eye flickered with a cluster of tranquil, dark blue flames, embodying ultimate yin and gentleness.

One yang and one yin, one hard and one soft.

A new, more perfect and harmonious balance has formed in his eyes!
After thousands of years of arduous practice, he finally succeeded!

He successfully differentiated his own true fire essence into "Ding Fire," which represents Yin Fire, and "Bing Fire," which represents Yang Fire!
As the fire element and yin-yang were perfected, Ma Yuan felt a jolt throughout his body!
The final bottleneck that had troubled him for so long, the path to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, was broken through in an instant, as if it were made of paper!
A powerful aura, far surpassing that of a late-stage Golden Immortal, erupted within him, only to be instantly and perfectly contained, returning to his inner self.

"Golden Immortal... Perfected!"

Ma Yuan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, feeling the vast and pure magical power within his body, which had reached a balance of yin and yang, and his mind was clear and empty.

His cultivation level exceeded his expectations.

After differentiating into Yin and Yang True Fire, he naturally broke through to the peak of the Golden Immortal realm and reached a perfect and flawless state!

At this moment, he is only one step away from the realm of condensing the five elements in his chest and attaining the Taiyi Dao Fruit!
After the breakthrough in cultivation.

He then turned his gaze back to the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls floating in front of him.

Thousands of years of painstaking effort have yielded equally remarkable results.

"Of the forty-eight innate restrictions, I finally managed to refine nine of them."

Including the six restrictions he had previously refined, he now controls a total of fifteen innate restrictions within the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl!
This number is already close to one-third of the full power of this treasure!

He could clearly feel that when he activated the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, he was no longer simply drawing upon the world power of a few of the divine pearls within it.

Instead, it can initially link the great power of these twenty-four minor worlds together!

Once unleashed, twenty-four layers of worlds pile up and press down!

Its power is so great that even an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal would be killed on the spot if he is not careful!

"Now I can finally have a real foothold in this vast wilderness."

Ma Yuan nodded in satisfaction and slowly absorbed the Dinghai Pearl into his body to nurture it.

"The Great Luo condenses the Three Flowers, and the Great Yi gathers the Five Elements."

A faint light flickered in Ma Yuan's eyes; he now had a clear understanding of the path ahead.

“My cultivation of the Five Elements Great Dao is inherently aligned with the five vital energies in my chest (heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys), giving me a natural advantage in breaking through the barrier of Taiyi Golden Immortal.”

"Now, the fire element of Yin and Yang has been completed, and the corresponding Qi of the heart has been perfected."

"Next, I only need to differentiate this water element source into Yin Gui and Yang Ren. And differentiate the earth element source into Yin Ji and Yang Wu."

"When my three great principles of water, fire, and earth are in perfect harmony, without any flaws, that will be the day when the three energies of the heart, spleen, and kidneys converge and reach their full potential!"

"At that time, by condensing the three energies, I can seize the opportunity and break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm in one fell swoop! My cultivation will advance even further!"

(End of this chapter)