The Primordial Era: Starting with Becoming a Disciple of the Queen Mother of the West

After settling the entire Yan Yuan clan in the western region of Qingheishan, Xuan Yao declined the clan leader Yan Heng's repeated thanks and stepped into the quiet and desolate secret chamber of the cold pool.

The massive stone gate crashed down, shutting out the outside noise and the soaring spiritual light of the newly blessed land.

Xuan Yao lifted his robe and sat quietly cross-legged on the white jade platform.

To outsiders, this trip to the east was truly a spectacular sight.

With the body of a mid-stage Golden Immortal, he reversed the fate of the Taiyi Great Power, frightened away the demons, and even brought back an entire innate and extraordinary primordial clan, along with the innate ancestral tree of water and fire, to his own Qingheishan Daoist temple.

If such skills and achievements were to be reported back to the Xikunlun Sect, even his two senior sisters, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and the Plain Maiden, would likely look at him with new respect.

However, in this quiet, secluded room, the temperature in Xuan Yao's eyes gradually cooled down.

His dark eyes were fixed on the jade ground in front of him, and his mind raced as he meticulously reviewed the life-or-death battle with True Immortal Chi Li.

"It was incredibly fortunate that we were able to win this battle, but it was also extremely dangerous."

Xuan Yao sighed softly, his slender fingertips tapping lightly on his knee.

He knew in his heart that he was not blinded by the glorious result of killing a Taiyi who was of a higher level.

Although True Immortal Chi Li held the title of Taiyi Golden Immortal, in terms of actual cultivation, within the Taiyi realm, he could at most be considered a low-level, incomplete cultivator.

This person forcibly broke through the barrier by taking advantage of the initial fortune of Zifu Continent, so his foundation was originally very weak.

His chest was filled with chaotic and disordered energy, with the fire element being excessively intense, while the other four elements were like candles flickering in the wind, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Even more deadly is that, in order to forcibly seize the Ancestral Tree of Water and Fire, this person actually used evil magic to enslave hundreds of thousands of Yan Yuan clansmen in the Fire Swamp, extracting their blood essence day and night.

By acting so perversely, he has long been burdened with countless grievances from heaven and earth, as well as karmic obstacles.

Before he even engaged Xuan Yao in battle, thirty percent of his magical power had already been consumed by the backlash from the earth's veins and the resentment from the fire poison.

The most crucial point is that True Immortal Chi Li, being deep within his own cave, was far too arrogant and conceited.

Completely unaware that Xuan Yao possessed the illogical and powerful treasure of the Falling Treasure Coin, he brazenly unleashed his natal flying knife and natal innate fire gourd right from the start.

The two protective treasures were forcibly knocked down by the money, which was tantamount to severing the left and right arms of True Immortal Chi Li. It was precisely because of this that Xuan Yao was able to find an opening and force him into a hopeless situation with the Xuan Sha Golden Whip and the Zhou Tian Sha Banner.

"If it were a true Taiyi cultivator with the Five Qi Converging at the Origin, a clear Dao heart, and possessing defensive spiritual treasures, even if he was only at the early Taiyi stage, I would never have been able to achieve success so easily today."

Xuan Yao closed his eyes and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

If he were to encounter someone with such a solid foundation, he would likely find it extremely difficult to cope if the opponent simply used the self-circulating laws of heaven and earth within the Taiyi realm to forcefully crush the Golden Immortal.

If one is not careful, even the primordial spirit may suffer severe damage.

Thinking of this, Xuan Yao's internal energy flowed even more calmly. The slight restlessness that had arisen from acquiring the treasure and taking on disciples was completely washed away during this in-depth review.

"Although I now possess numerous methods and magical treasures..."

"Outside, there are thirty-six Heavenly Demon Banners; inside, there are Yin-Yang Water and Fire Guardian Generals."

"Our main attack is the Flying Golden Sword, our trump card is the Mysterious Golden Whip, and our surprise attack is the Falling Treasure Coin."

"Although it seems that they are invincible in the Golden Immortal Realm, in the end, when facing the real power and Taiyi cultivators, they are still suspected of taking shortcuts."

"If one day Zifu Continent truly sends a powerful late-stage Taiyi master with profound foundations, or if the great upheaval of the demon and witch races sweeps to the gates of Xikunlun, how can these few magical treasures and a little bit of cleverness possibly protect the lives of everyone on Qingheishan Mountain?"

In the primordial world, all the scheming and the myriad causes and effects, in the end, all come down to one's own true cultivation.

If one's cultivation is insufficient, no matter how many spiritual treasures one possesses, they are nothing more than easy prey in the eyes of others.

With such a strong sense of crisis, Xuan Yao no longer hesitated.

He took a deep breath and began to silently guide the essence of the Ren Water Peach, which had accumulated over countless years, deep within his Qi Sea.

After the previous Yaochi Grand Gathering, he had refined several top-grade innate Ren Water Peaches.

The medicinal power of the immortal fruit produced by that top-grade spiritual root had actually been dormant in his limbs, bones, and deep blood vessels, and had not been fully digested.

Xuan Yao was not in a hurry to force his way through the barrier, but instead slowly activated the Heart-Soothing Ruyi on his Heavenly Spirit.

The Ruyi scepter descended with countless streams of pure and auspicious energy, transforming into a warm and jade-like light curtain that firmly protected his spiritual platform.

At the same time, his mind sank into his sea of ​​consciousness. The tall and majestic guardian deity of Yin and Yang, Water and Fire, slowly sat down cross-legged in the center of his sea of ​​consciousness.

Under the guidance of the divine general, the Nanming Li Fire, Ren Water Pure Qi, natal Xuan Sha and Fu De Pure Light within Xuan Yao's body began to be sorted and rearranged layer by layer, strand by strand, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, gradually becoming orderly.

Cultivation knows no time.

This period of seclusion lasted for thousands of years.

Over the past few thousand years, Xuan Yao's meridians have undergone repeated tempering through alternating periods of cold and heat.

The subtle evil marks and fatigue that had accumulated deep within his meridians and bones from repeatedly slaying Golden Immortals and even reversing the slaying of Taiyi were completely removed as wisps of black smoke under the purification power of the Southern Bright Fire.

The primordial spirit, which had been somewhat withered and damaged due to the continuous activation of the Falling Treasure Coin, was restored to its fullness and clarity under the nourishment of the rich and warm essence of the Ren Water Peach.

The day will come when the water and fire yin-yang cycle within the body is completely and perfectly integrated.

Xuan Yao felt his body and mind were clear and transparent. The barrier of the mid-stage Golden Immortal that had blocked him for tens of thousands of years on his spiritual platform loosened naturally, like snow melting in the spring breeze.

"break."

Xuan Yao held the decree in his mouth, his expression calm, and uttered only one word.

He then activated the supreme and wondrous method of the "True Explanation of the Golden Palace Mysterious Demon".

In an instant, the golden Dao Wheel behind his head expanded dramatically. The light of blessings, the black metal aura, the array patterns, and the sword's edge—four streams of Dao energy intertwined and embraced within the Dao Wheel, rising upwards simultaneously.

Inside the secret chamber, spiritual energy surged like a tidal wave.

However, in just a few short years, when all the strange phenomena returned to calm, Xuan Yao's aura had already silently crossed that threshold.

Late stage of Golden Immortal.

Feeling the immense magical power within his body, several times stronger than before, and the perfect golden essence deep within his sea of ​​consciousness that radiated immortal light and was indestructible, Xuan Yao slowly opened his eyes, his eyes devoid of joy or sorrow.

Reaching the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm greatly increased his magical power and extended his lifespan.

But he knew very well that there was a huge chasm set up by the Heavenly Dao between the late stage of Golden Immortal and the Taiyi Golden Immortal.

"The key to immortality for Golden Immortals lies in condensing the essence of gold, thus freeing their physical body and primordial spirit from the wear and tear of time."

"But the Taiyi realm requires, on the basis of this immortal golden nature, to completely connect the origin of one's five internal organs with the five elements of heaven and earth, and to condense the cycle of the five qi returning to the origin within the body."

Xuan Yao narrowed his eyes slightly, rapidly deducing the path to Taiyi in his mind.

At that stage, a cultivator's practice is no longer just about extracting spiritual energy from heaven and earth and circulating it through the microcosmic orbit.

Instead, one should let one's own Dao fruit become a small world of one's own.

The more firmly and clearly the five elements in one's chest are condensed, the more perfect one's own little world becomes.

In this way, the magical power is inexhaustible, and even in dangerous places where spiritual energy is depleted or the laws are chaotic, one can fight for a long time without losing and remain invincible.

If the five elements in one's chest are not properly condensed and remain unstable, one will end up like that Crimson Fiend True Man.

Despite his seemingly high level of cultivation, once his natal magic weapon is weakened and the earth veins backfire, his already unbalanced five-element circulation will instantly become disordered, turning into a deadly rope that tightly binds him.

Xuan Yao closed his eyes and pondered on the white jade platform, repeatedly using his divine sense to simulate the fluctuations in magical power during the battle between True Man Chi Li.

The more he deduced, the more certain he became.

When True Immortal Chi Li attempted to break through to Taiyi, he must have been in a hurry and used five elemental spiritual items of too low a grade.

Moreover, during his breakthrough, he relied too heavily on the fire element, which caused fire to overcome metal and fire to overpower wood, making it impossible for the other four elements in his body to maintain balance.

This is why, after he entered the Taiyi realm, he always had a charred crack between his eyebrows, and his Dao injury never healed over the years.

This is precisely why, after discovering the Yan Yuan Ancestral Tree, he went so far as to forcibly enslave the innate descendants and use blood sacrifice to remove the restrictions in order to seize the water and fire spirit embryo.

He wanted to use the miraculous balance of water and fire within the spiritual embryo to forcibly repair the already unbalanced circulation of the five elements in his chest.

"Sacrificing blood to the Dao may seem quick, but it is actually digging one's own grave."

"Learn from the mistakes of the past to guide the future."

"If I want to break through to Taiyi, I must find the most outstanding spiritual objects of the five elements in the world to build my foundation."

"Moreover, these five elements must be perfectly integrated and balanced on the day of leaving the pass, in order to be the true Taiyi lineage."