The Primordial Era: Starting from Being Forced to Become an Apprentice of the Three Pure Ones

In the Taibai Palace, time passes silently.

Li Bai's centuries of deduction and contemplation have made his own shortcomings crystal clear.

The biggest problem is that the Geng metal element is too strong. If it is not restrained, it will greatly affect his temperament.

However, solving these shortcomings is not something that can be done overnight.

Taibai knew that the most urgent task was to solidify his foundation and thoroughly solidify his mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivation.

Thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The spiritual energy inside the Taibai Hall remains abundant.

Taibai, who was sitting cross-legged on the cloud bed, slowly opened his eyes.

A sharp golden glint flashed in his eyes and then disappeared.

He exhaled a long, gentle breath, which produced a faint metallic hum.

"Phew, my cultivation at the mid-stage of Golden Immortal has finally stabilized."

He muttered to himself, his voice echoing in the empty hall, but there was no joy in it, only a trace of sorrow.

After thousands of years of seclusion, he refined his magical power day and night, purified his Dao foundation, and integrated the righteous and peaceful essence of the Taiqing Immortal Technique into his own sharp Geng metal origin.

Although there has been some progress, the later the stage, the more difficult it becomes.

The immense killing power brought by the innate Geng metal essence was like a double-edged sword. While granting him unparalleled offensive power, it also began to reveal its enormous hidden dangers.

Moreover, Geng metal represents "killing and warfare." If one becomes obsessed with the power of attack, one will surely lose one's true self, hinder enlightenment, and find it difficult to reach the higher realms of the Great Dao.

If this innate defect is not resolved, then after he cultivates to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, his cultivation will inevitably rely on specific resources such as innate Geng metal, making his breakthrough speed extremely difficult.

More importantly, he always had a murderous impulse in his heart, and if he hadn't actively suppressed it, he probably would have lost control long ago.

As for switching to the Law of Slaughter, Taibai has no intention of doing so.

After all, there were two negative examples in the primordial world: Demon Ancestor Luo Hou and Styx Ancestor.

If the Law of Slaughter could truly lead to enlightenment in the primordial world, then the Styx Ancestor wouldn't have failed to achieve enlightenment even during the Journey to the West calamity.

As Taibai pondered his own shortcomings, he couldn't help but think of his three teachers.

"The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner and the Lidi Flame Banner are both in the hands of the Three Pure Ones. As for the rest, we can use some spiritual roots and materials to make up for them. If all else fails, we can persuade the three teachers to go..."

Before he could finish thinking, a chilling killing intent suddenly erupted from the depths of his primordial spirit.

His once clear eyes were now tinged with a terrifying pale golden glint.

The ethereal aura surrounding him was violently dispersed by this out-of-control primordial power.

Instead, the surging Geng metal energy transformed into visible, sharp, pale golden ripples that spread outwards.

The metallic energy cut through the spiritual energy within the hall, causing it to hiss and crackle, and white marks quietly appeared on the jade pillars and stone walls.

"not good!"

After sensing that things were not going well, Taibai knew that his own flaws had been triggered by delusions, and he was on the verge of going astray.

He immediately guarded the last shred of clarity in his mind, ignoring the excruciating pain in his sea of ​​consciousness, and frantically circulated the Taiqing Immortal Technique.

The peaceful Daoist principles within the Taiqing Immortal Technique began to exert their power, constantly calming the rampaging sharpness.

It took about another hundred years for his urge to kill to finally subside.

During this time, the sound of sword energy occasionally echoed within the hall, its sharpness overwhelming.

At other times, it is enveloped by a soft, clear light, which soothes the restlessness.

When the last trace of uncontrollable ferocity was finally completely calmed, Taibai slowly exhaled a breath with a metallic tremor.

He looked inward with lingering fear, sensing the Geng metal origin that was temporarily "enveloped" by the Taiqing Daoist rhyme but was still restless.

"Sigh, one could easily go berserk if one is not careful. I should go to Shangqing Peak to take a look. It seems that the source of metal element exists there."

Because he is the essence of Geng metal, Taibai is particularly sensitive to things in the world that have the Geng metal element.

The five elements interact with each other, creating a fundamental attribute. Therefore, spiritual beings of other attributes should not be far behind, especially in blessed lands like Kunlun Mountain.

Taibai stepped out of Taibai Hall and looked towards the mountainside of Shangqing Peak.

Then, he rode a cloud of light, flying low along the mountain ridge, leaving a pale golden trail behind him with his sharp Geng metal aura.

Before long, they landed in a quiet valley full of life.

In the center of the valley, a clear spring flows, its water crystal clear, exuding the pure essence of Ren water and vibrant life.

Beside the spring, a small tree, no more than three feet tall, stood quietly, its entire body emerald green like jade. The spiritual light of the Jia wood flowed among its branches and leaves; it was a low-grade innate spiritual root.

With a slight sense, Taibai knew that the quality of the spiritual spring and the spiritual root was quite good, and that the spiritual stone with the metal element was in the spring.

However, although the Jia wood energy in the spiritual root is acceptable, it is naturally incompatible with the Geng metal in the body, and is not something urgently needed at present.

Therefore, his goal was that spiritual spring and the golden spiritual stone beneath it.

However, the innate spiritual root seemed to support the innate spiritual spring. Just as Taibai was about to step forward to collect the source of the spiritual spring and the metal stone.

The seemingly delicate jade spirit root seemed to sense a threat, and the entire plant trembled violently.

Immediately afterwards, countless emerald green vines suddenly sprang up, whistling through the air, and lashed out at and entangled around Taibai.

Taibai was startled. He had never expected that this spiritual root would be so intelligent and react so strongly.

He lightly touched the ground with his feet and gracefully retreated, avoiding the first wave of thorns.

"All things have a spirit; this is no exaggeration. If you want to get the spring, you must first take it."

"No! What do you mean by 'all things have a spirit'? This is a formation!"

After sensing it repeatedly, Taibai immediately extinguished the sigh that had just arisen.

But the vines attacked fiercely, so he could only defend while searching for the location of the array's core.

Taibai's magical power surged, transforming into countless golden energy blades as thin as hair, completely protecting his body.

When the emerald green vines collided with the golden energy blades, they immediately produced a dense, rain-like cutting sound.

The resilient spiritual roots and vines were easily severed by the pure sharpness of Geng metal.

Broken vines flew everywhere, sap splashing out and releasing a rich, fresh herbal fragrance.

However, that spiritual root was inexhaustible; even after the vines were cut off, new vines surged toward Taibai.