Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 57: Karma
Above the East China Sea.

The vast expanse of blue waves is shrouded in mist and smoke.

A magnificent and majestic black dragon, thousands of feet long, was soaring steadily through the sea of ​​clouds at a leisurely pace.

And on that broad dragon head.

Ma Yuan, dressed in a blue robe, sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed.

He was completely immersed in a profound and mysterious state of enlightenment.

Thousands of years have passed since the day the Purple Jade Immortal Mountain was refined and entered the Sea of ​​Meditation Pearl.

During this period, he did not rush to seek the next opportunity.

Instead, he devoted all his energy to sorting out and consolidating his own Dao.

That day, a complete blessed land was refined into a chaotic minor world.

This process is nothing short of a creation of the world simplified a billion times!
He witnessed firsthand how that sacred mountain, with its own earth veins, suppressed the raging earth, water, fire, and wind within the world.

And how does it use its inherent spiritual energy to organize the chaotic energy, slowly transforming and generating it towards the most fundamental Yin-Yang and Five Elements energies...?

For Ma Yuan, who is currently on the path of "seeking within and reopening chaos within himself"—a path that defies the natural order—this is a different story.

The benefits are so great that they are simply unimaginable!

Each enlightenment gave him a deeper understanding of the principles of the Five Elements' rotation and the evolution of the world.

His Dao Fruit had just entered the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

It is through the accumulation of thousands of years that it has become more and more solid and perfect.

However, just as Ma Yuan was consolidating his cultivation and his Dao heart was clear, he keenly sensed a slight discord.

He turned his gaze to his mount, Ao Xuan.

After thousands of years of following him and being bathed in the Daoist aura of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, Ao Xuan's cultivation has also improved considerably.

The magical power within its demonic body grew ever stronger.

But that's about it.

Ma Yuanna's gaze, which could already see into the origin, easily penetrated Ao Xuan's powerful physical body, revealing the deepest parts of his primordial spirit and bloodline.

There, strands of black silk, finer than a strand of hair yet incredibly stubborn, clung tightly to Ao Xuan's primordial spirit like maggots clinging to his bones.

And as time went on, it actually became increasingly intense!

The karmic burden left behind after the Dragon-Han Calamity!
"Karma..."

Ma Yuan frowned slightly and sighed softly.

He knew that this was the fundamental reason why Ao Xuan was unable to condense the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit for so long.

He had tried to find a solution.

Over the years, he not only frequently preached and answered Ao Xuan's questions, but also bestowed upon Ao Xuan several invaluable purple-gold grapes.

That's a celestial fruit grown from a top-grade innate spiritual root!

These spiritual root fruits, containing the essence of the Great Dao, are enough to enable any cultivator at the peak of the Profound Immortal realm to break through the bottleneck and condense a Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.

However, when the abundant spiritual power of the purple-gold grapes surged into Ao Xuan's body, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, completely swallowed up by the black karmic threads, failing to create even the slightest ripple.

He even tried to mobilize the Heavenly Merit Golden Wheel within his primordial spirit.

He attempted to use the power of merit to offset Ao Xuan's karma.

But in the end, it was still a failure.

It is said that merits and demerits are difficult to offset each other.

The amount of merit required to eliminate karma is several times, or even ten times, that of the karma itself!
Moreover, the karma within Ao Xuan's body originated from the great karma of his race during the ancient calamity, and had long been deeply ingrained in his primordial spirit and bloodline.

If we want to completely eradicate it, the amount of merit required would probably be enormous!

This is something that Ma Yuan's current meager merits cannot possibly bear.

Ma Yuan knew that if this karmic burden was not removed, Ao Xuan would never make any progress.

Furthermore, as his cultivation level increases, this karma will also grow stronger.

One day, this karma will ignite a karmic fire within them, burning them from the inside out, ultimately leading to their utter annihilation, turning them into ashes. At that time, they will be the masters of that karma.

This karmic burden from the dragon race may inevitably affect him as well.

This goes against his consistent approach of prudence.

"It seems that this matter needs to be addressed at its root."

A thought slowly rose in his mind.

He thought of the dragon race, which once dominated the primordial world but is now weak and has retreated to the four seas.

A dead skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

As one of the main characters in the world.

Its profound heritage is far beyond what ordinary small clans can match.

Although the Dragon Clan no longer enjoys the glory of its ancient times, it was once a supreme clan that ruled over all scaled aquatic creatures and stood alongside the Phoenix and Qilin clans.

With the accumulation of countless eons, the clan may possess secret methods or treasures capable of resolving this predicament of bloodline karma.

Moreover, times have changed.

When I first entered the East Sea, I was still a Golden Immortal, and I had to be careful in my actions, lest I attract unnecessary trouble.

Now he has attained the Taiyi Dao Fruit, his cultivation is stable, his magic treasures are complete, and his supernatural powers are self-sufficient.

Aside from the three thousand guests of Zixiao Palace, he can be considered a powerful figure in the entire prehistoric world.

"With my current cultivation level, even if the Dragon King of the East Sea himself came, I could discuss the Dao with him on an equal footing."

"It wouldn't hurt to take a trip to the Dragon Palace and investigate its true nature."

With this in mind, Ma Yuan had already made up his mind.

“Ao Xuan,” he said calmly.

"Master, what are your orders?" Ao Xuan replied respectfully.

Do you know where the Dragon Palace of the East Sea is located?

Upon hearing this, Ao Xuan's enormous dragon body trembled violently, and he replied, "Reporting to my master, I am a branch of the Black Dragon lineage, with diluted blood, and I have long since severed ties with the Dragon Palace."

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Ma Yuan showed no surprise whatsoever; instead, he nodded.

He didn't speak, but slowly raised his hand and gently placed it on Ao Xuan's huge head.

His eyes were slightly closed, and the causal supernatural power that had long been integrated with his own Great Dao began to operate silently!

In his perception, Ao Xuan was no longer a black dragon, but had transformed into a collection of countless threads of cause and effect.

Most of the threads point towards themselves.

It represents the cause and effect between master and servant.

However, there is another strong causal line that points to a certain place deep in the East China Sea.

Ao Xuan was born into the dragon clan and possessed the bloodline of the dragon clans of the four seas. Even if the bloodline was thin, the karmic connection between him and the dragon clan of the East Sea was still difficult to sever.

It seems that the cause and effect point to the true location of the Dragon Palace of the East Sea!
After doing all this, Ma Yuancai slowly said, "Let's go, head southeast."

"Yes, Master!"

Although Ao Xuan was filled with shock and confusion, he couldn't understand how his master knew the location of the Dragon Palace, which even he himself couldn't perceive, in an instant.

But he dared not disobey Ma Yuan's orders in the slightest.

It let out a high-pitched dragon roar.

With a sudden jerk, the enormous dragon ceased soaring through the clouds.

Instead, it shot off like an arrow and plunged headlong into the unfathomable blue sea.

In an instant, the vast waves parted to both sides.

Guided by Ma Yuan, the man and the dragon sped toward the Dragon Palace located deep in the East China Sea!

(End of this chapter)