Primordial Era: The Sun Emperor

The Heavenly Court is in the heavens, and the Divine Court is on earth.

One reveres the sun, the other considers Pangu as their ancestor.

Two enormous creatures stood facing each other across the boundary between heaven and earth.

In just a few eons, the influence of the Wu Clan covered most of the prehistoric land, and countless forces were forced to submit to the Wu Clan.

All living beings aspire to join the Heavenly Court, but the Heavenly Court does not accept just any force. Although it recruits talents from all over the world, it only accepts the elite and does not expand its influence extensively.

Left with no other choice, they had to either submit to the witch clan and become food for the witch clan's cultivation.

The Wu tribe discovered that instead of slowly cultivating themselves, it was faster to devour those beings who had achieved cultivation, thus increasing their own cultivation level much more quickly.

This was a devastating blow to all races.

Submission was one thing, but they also had to hand over their clansmen to sacrifice to the witch clan from time to time in exchange for protection.

This was a blatant humiliation for all races, and they could not bear it, so they fled the territory of the witch clan.

However, the Wu tribe expanded at an extremely rapid pace, forcing all kinds of creatures to migrate westward or eastward, and the coast of the East Sea became increasingly prosperous.

The entire central part of the prehistoric world was occupied by the Wu tribe, with only a few small groups still surviving in those areas.

Although the Wu Clan was powerful, their numbers were still small compared to the entire prehistoric world, making it difficult for them to oversee the entire continent.

Therefore, unless it is a very large group, the Wu tribe will find it difficult to detect.

Many races were forced to split up, separating into small groups to live in seclusion, no longer occupying places openly and dominating mineral veins and rare treasures in blessed lands for cultivation as before.

The core reason why Taiyi was unwilling to take in these myriad races was that he did not want to become a party in the war between the Lich and the Demon.

If it truly embraces all races, even if it no longer calls itself the Demon Race, it will still fight to the death with the Witch Race in accordance with the general trend of Heaven, so that the Human Race, which is more suitable for the position of the protagonist of Heaven and Earth, can dominate the prehistoric world.

Both the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan will be weakened. Whoever accepts all races will become the demon clan in reality; the name is just a label.

Taiyi thought that the Heavenly Court was high above and in charge of everything in the prehistoric world. The various races below competed, but no one could threaten the rule of the Heavenly Court. They all had to submit to the Heavenly Court and obey its orders.

The current Wu tribe is too powerful.

The demon race had not yet been formed; it was a scattered mess, and no one could resist the Heavenly Court's orders alone.

When the Wu tribe is almost wiped out, that will be the time for the Heavenly Court to dominate the prehistoric world.

This is what Taiyi thought.

As for who will lead all races, he doesn't care, because it can't be him.

A new era of change is slowly unfolding as time goes by.

As the two major forces developed steadily, the power of the Witch Clan expanded rapidly, while the power of the Heavenly Court also continued to grow.

Even the Styx Ancestor, who used to clamor at the gates of Heaven, was willing to submit, join Heaven, and receive the title of Lord of the Blood Sea before being sent back to the Blood Sea.

This is what is meant by submission; in ordinary times, they can be commanded, but in a life-or-death battle, they cannot be relied upon.

The core issue is to strengthen the training of core members.

The easiest way to dominate the primordial world is to be invincible and kill anyone who comes. But if you can't do that, you have to build a huge power.

Developing the combat capabilities of core members has become an urgent task.

Taiyi gradually taught the Daoist cultivation method within the Heavenly Court, intending to cultivate all the Star Lords into divine rulers with celestial status. However, the most basic requirement of this method is to reach the perfect state of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, where the Five Qi converge and the Three Flowers gather at the top.

He was somewhat troubled by this, wondering how he could enable more people to attain the status of Heaven and Earth.

It's impossible for every one of those fruit positions to be attained by someone who has reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal Perfection.

Currently, the positions of Heaven and Earth Gods are held by only him, Ziwei, and Changxi, who recently attained the position of Taiyin God.

But now, he has only created this method, and for this reason, he has once again entered seclusion.

On this day, on the shore of the East China Sea, the blue waves stretched endlessly, and the misty waters were boundless.

This vast and boundless sea also hides countless spiritual veins beneath its surface.

After the dragons were defeated, most of them hid here, not daring to venture deep into the primordial wilderness. They could only make clouds and rain every day to accumulate merit and eliminate their sins.

Islands are scattered across the sea, some large, some small, some hidden, some visible, each island imbued with rich innate spiritual energy.

However, among these countless islands, three are the most mysterious and extraordinary.

Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou are three fairy islands overseas.

Legend has it that these three immortal islands did not originate from the primordial world, but were formed from fragments of chaos that fell into the primordial world.

When the world was created, chaos exploded and countless fragments scattered in all directions. Among them, three of the largest fragments fell into the depths of the East Sea, where they merged with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Over countless years, they transformed into three immortal islands.

The island retains primordial chaos, and its innate Daoist essence is so rich as to be almost tangible. All plants and trees are spiritual, and all birds and beasts possess sentience. It is a first-class blessed land in the primordial wilderness.

Penglai is the largest of the three islands, with verdant mountains and cascading waterfalls. Spiritual energy, like threads, flows down from the mountain peaks and into a spiritual lake in the center of the island.

The lakeside is planted with exotic flowers and rare herbs that never fade in all seasons, their fragrance and spiritual energy intertwining to soothe the soul.

Fangzhang Island is the next best, shaped like a giant tortoise lying in the sea. The island has a natural Gengjin ore vein, and the gold essence produced there is an excellent material for refining spiritual treasures.

Yingzhou Island is the smallest, but the most tranquil. Bamboo forests stretch as far as the eye can see, and the wind rustling through the bamboo leaves produces clear, melodious sounds like flutes and pipes, making it an ideal place for quiet meditation and enlightenment.

The three islands are connected by cloud bridges, shrouded in mist and ethereal atmosphere. From a distance, they resemble three bright pearls inlaid on the blue waves, or three celestial palaces floating between the sea and the sky.

On this day, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred in the sky above Penglai Island.

A golden crack appeared in the sky, and boundless golden light of merit poured down like a celestial river, enveloping the entire Penglai Island in a dazzling golden glow.

The golden light was so intense that it even turned the vast blue waves of the East China Sea golden, and the light soared into the sky, illuminating half of the horizon.

All living beings within a million miles looked up, gazing in the direction of Penglai, their faces filled with horror.

"Could it be that someone has attained enlightenment?!"

"What immense merit... Who is this?"

"Penglai Island..."

On the island, the Eastern King Duke sat serenely by the Spirit Lake, surrounded by golden light, his aura as deep and boundless as the sea.

Before him floated a purple gas, as thin as a hair, yet it exuded a Daoist aura that could change the very fabric of the world.

The purple mist swirled, sometimes transforming into the shape of a dragon, sometimes into the shape of a phoenix, and finally condensing into a purple-gold talisman, which slowly merged into the space between the eyebrows of the Eastern King Duke.

Primordial purple aura.

This is the foundation for his enlightenment bestowed upon him by the Dao Ancestor Hongjun in the Zixiao Palace.

This Primordial Purple Qi was enough for him to attain the status of an Emperor. Now that the time was right, the Eastern King closed his eyes and concentrated his mind to completely refine the Primordial Purple Qi.