The Primordial War: The Symbol Emperor

Wei Chen found a place where spiritual energy could be nurtured; such places were countless in the prehistoric world.

Finding a blessed land is difficult. The primordial world is still in its infancy, and many blessed lands and rare treasures, as well as various innate spiritual objects, have not yet been conceived.

Rather than risking several lifetimes to find one, it's better to settle down anywhere.

Since we already have Pangu's primordial energy, we don't need innate spiritual energy. The important thing is to focus on cultivation.

The Eight Desolations Earth-Suppressing Pearl and the Mountain and River Map were not yet refined. He could not use these two treasures to set up an array, nor did he have any other treasures capable of setting up a large array. He could only set up a simple concealment array.

This time, he dared not directly enter the Innate Dao Talisman, for fear of being deduced by the Great God of the Primordial World.

He took out the Eight Desolate Earth-Suppressing Pearls. The four facing east, south, west, and north were high-grade innate spiritual treasures, and the other four were mid-grade innate spiritual treasures. Together, they formed a set of supreme innate treasures of the earth.

Without much thought, he directly refined it, planning to set up a grand formation before going into seclusion; a few thousand years wouldn't make a difference.

In the blink of an eye, a Yuanhui had passed, and the Eight Desolations Earth Pearl and the Mountain and River Map had only refined sixteen restrictions. The later ones became increasingly difficult to refine.

He wasn't going to waste any more time. The grand formation set up by the sixteen restrictions was something that even a Great Luo Golden Immortal couldn't break without some means, unless he bombarded it for tens of millions of years.

Wei Chen used innate Dao talismans to deduce for over a thousand years and finally developed a great formation called the (Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Formation).

Based on the Mountain and River Map, with the Eight Desolations Earth Pearl as its foundation, and the earth as its spiritual source.

"This is incredible! If the Mountain and River Map and the Eight Desolations Earth-Suppressing Pearl are both refined, even a Saint Realm expert wouldn't be able to break through them."

"Unfortunately, it has a slight flaw. Without cultivating the laws of the earth, it can't unleash even 30% of its attack power. It can only be used to trap people or for defense," Wei Chen said with a hint of regret.

After setting up the grand formation, Wei Chen entered the Innate Dao Talisman. With the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Formation, there was no need to worry about being discovered unless one's cultivation was powerful enough to ignore the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Formation.

Looking at the spear, Wei Chen was speechless; it was as if nothing had changed.

He's starting to regret it now. He really shouldn't have added all the innate spiritual materials back then. Now, who knows when it will be born.

"Forget it, the Primordial Measuring Ruler isn't bad either, it's enough for me to sweep across the primordial world!" Wei Chen stopped worrying and flashed to a pile of glittering spiritual materials.

He only used one of each innate spiritual material to forge the spear, and there are still many here, piled up like mountains.

"Should we give each of these spiritual materials a Dao talisman?" Wei Chen pondered.

"Give it to them. It's just that the Dao Talisman will automatically absorb it anyway. If it's useless to the Dao Talisman, then there's no loss. We can't use up all these spiritual materials anyway."

As for the possibility of ruining the talisman through practice, he hadn't even considered it. These innate treasures possessed their own spirituality and automatically absorbed energy; how could they possibly be ruined?

If it cannot absorb the essence, the talisman will naturally give up. Unlike human-made talismans, which can easily be ruined and lost in an instant if the crafting process is not careful or if the spiritual materials clash, the talisman is not made by hand.

He removed his Taoist robes and took down the Imperial Sword; these two spiritual treasures represented a certain path. This path was not suitable for him; what he desired was freedom and unrestrained freedom to roam the world at will.

He carefully put away the two treasures. Although the treasures were tempting, they were a burden he couldn't accept, and besides, he didn't lack treasures.

Looking at the Chaos Origin Stone, Wei Chen felt a surge of excitement. This was the true treasure, and whether he could deduce a more advanced and perfect cultivation technique depended on it!

Divine sense seeped into the Chaos Origin Stone, and a vast and boundless aura filled it, a void universe, until a purple light pierced through the void.

Then the first wisp of silvery-white gas appeared in the chaos, and gradually countless gases multiplied, boundless and limitless.

Finally, these silvery-white gases wandered and dispersed, giving rise to grayish gases wherever they passed. Eventually, the grayish gases multiplied and evolved into a vast and boundless chaos.

At the beginning of chaos, a Daoist chant resounded incessantly, and silvery-white gas formed vortexes, giving birth to chaotic demons or chaotic treasures.

Wei Chen managed to capture a vague record of the origin and evolution of chaos. This was due to his insufficient strength, as well as the fact that there were few records of the origin of chaos itself. It was already quite good that he could capture a vague record of the Dao!

Dozens of eons passed by unnoticed. With the blessing of the innate Dao talisman, Wei Chen comprehended the (Origin Dao Scripture) and deduced the Great Dao of the Primordial Golden Immortal. His cultivation level also increased to the mid-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

"Hoo!" Wei Chen stopped studying the Daoist scriptures. Cultivation was also very important, and he couldn't let his cultivation fall behind because of studying the scriptures.

Hundreds of years passed in this way. Wei Chen, holding the Primordial Measuring Ruler, stood before a mirror he had conjured with his magic power. He muttered to himself, "I'm old, really old!"

He couldn't even remember how many "yuanhui" (a unit of time) he had been in the primordial world. One yuanhui was equivalent to 120,000 years on Earth! How many tens of thousands of years was that?!

He has grown accustomed to living alone, and his yearning for the Tao has become even more steadfast and eternal through the trials of time, unlike before!

"The first step in cultivating the Tao is to cultivate solitude, and the second is to forget emotions! Alas..." Wei Chen sighed in front of the mirror. In the mirror, he not only did not age at all, but with the accumulation of endless years, he became more and more calm and refined, and every word he spoke exuded composure.

But his eyes were calm and world-weary, as if he had seen through the riches and honors, had no desire for beautiful wives and concubines, and looked as if he had no will to live.

When Wei Chen first arrived in the prehistoric world, he wanted to conquer all the beauties there. But now, he only wants to cultivate the Dao in peace and quiet, and the Great Dao has become his sole pursuit.

Only the Tao is eternal; everything else is fleeting and will eventually dissipate.

"Perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal—Perfected Second Level of the Self-Crossing Technique—Under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, the strongest beings in the Primordial World are at the Perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal level. My strength is enough to sweep across the Primordial World."

"After contemplating for tens of thousands of years, my Daoist heart is unmoved by anything; I am invincible—"

Wei Chen muttered to himself calmly. After achieving perfection in his cultivation, he wanted to create a method for cultivating the mind, but found himself without a starting point. So he simply did nothing, just quietly observed and pondered—

The effect is surprisingly good, definitely a thousand times better than Taoist cultivation methods.

Think about it, when you sit alone in quiet contemplation, it's easy for your mind to wander, filled with all sorts of wicked thoughts, and the loneliness becomes unbearable.

Wei Chen, this madman, has been pondering this for tens of thousands of years. How much torment has he endured during that time? How many evil thoughts and desires have arisen within him?

If it were his past life, he absolutely wouldn't have been able to endure it for even a day, yet now he's been meditating for tens of thousands of years. This is simply insane; he thinks he's gone mad.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, he has asked himself countless times: Is it really worth it? Is it really worth it to be so selfless and devoted to the Great Dao?

Is a life without laughter, passion, or family affection meaningful?

He didn't know—

His Daoist heart had a flaw: emotion.