Primordial world, Two Realms Mountain!
As the boundary between the eastern and western lands, divine peaks stood tall here, majestic and immeasurable.
Immortal blossoms bloomed, and jade grasses carpeted the ground!
Rosy light surged forth, auspicious radiance rose!
And amid the spiritual light filling the skies, an Innate Bitter Bamboo swayed in the wind.
At this moment, Chen Ku's heart was filled with helplessness.
"Bitter... so bitter..."
"Other people transmigrated and became the Three Pure Ones or Nuwa."
"Even if they got the short end of the stick, they should at least have the foundation of some mighty Innate Great Power."
"And after transmigrating, I actually became an Innate Bitter Bamboo?!"
Chen Ku roared furiously at the heavens in his heart, on the verge of tears.
That was right!
After waking up from a nap, he had discovered in shock that he had transmigrated.
And he had transmigrated into the Primordial world, where countless races stood side by side and innumerable powerful beings became Saints and ancestors.
At first, Chen Ku had been overjoyed.
After all, as a webnovel enthusiast in his previous life, he had long yearned for the Primordial world.
However, he soon discovered that he no longer had a body.
In its place was this Innate Bitter Bamboo, rooted atop Two Realms Mountain and unable to move.
The Innate Bitter Bamboo was one of the ten supreme Innate Spiritual Roots. It had been nurtured by the Seven Emotions Great Dao, and its innate spiritual radiance was indestructible, possessing endless wondrous uses!
Its reputation stood alongside Spiritual Root Immortal Fruits such as the Yellow Central Pear and Ginseng Fruit, which showed just how extraordinary it was.
By all logic, such a foundation could be considered quite exceptional.
However, Chen Ku knew very well.
Since ancient times, only one Innate Bitter Bamboo had ever existed in the Primordial world. In the end, it had been discovered by Jie Yin and Zhun Ti during their travels and refined into the spiritual treasure Six Roots Pure Bamboo.
The moment he thought of this, Chen Ku panicked!
What should he do?!
Could he only wait here for Jie Yin and Zhun Ti to arrive and take him into the Western Sect?!
And once Jie Yin and Zhun Ti refined him, his consciousness would likely vanish completely.
At that point, he would truly be dead.
What the hell... They were both transmigrators, so why was he so miserable?
Chen Ku sighed for a long while before finally thinking of something.
"No!"
"If I want to avoid my original fate, I'm afraid the only way is to transform as soon as possible."
"As long as I can transform, I won't be restricted by this Bitter Bamboo being rooted here, and I can escape Two Realms Mountain."
"Then let Jie Yin and Zhun Ti search all they want."
Chen Ku suddenly recalled that in the Primordial world, all things and all living beings could cultivate.
As long as one cultivated to a certain realm, one could transform into human form and shed one's original appearance.
As long as he could transform into a human, he could immediately make a run for it and flee Two Realms Mountain.
By then, even if Jie Yin and Zhun Ti descended here, they would not notice anything.
After all, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and the others had yet to attain the Dao and become Saints.
Having made up his mind, Chen Ku immediately began to move his consciousness, sensing and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that filled his surroundings.
At the first attempt, specks of divine radiance immediately began to billow from the Bitter Bamboo swaying in the wind, profound and mysterious, strange beyond description.
It really worked!
Chen Ku was delighted!
Fortunately, although he was only a strand of consciousness, he had still been nurtured by the highly complete laws and order of the Primordial world, so he retained the ability to cultivate.
Otherwise, he would truly have been useless!
Streams of spiritual energy poured into him. The Bitter Bamboo's aura became increasingly vast, immortal radiance bursting forth as it stood out brilliantly among the countless spiritual roots and jade grasses.
The wonder of a supreme Innate Spiritual Root was fully displayed!
Just as Chen Ku desperately absorbed spiritual energy and strengthened his own origin.
Suddenly, a voice sounded in his mind without warning.
Congratulations on successfully transmigrating into the Primordial world. You have awakened the wisdom of your previous life and obtained heaven-defying comprehension! Because spiritual energy entered your body, you gained insight and created the Hundred Bitter Sutra! The Hundred Bitter Sutra is highly compatible with you and has automatically deduced the great divine ability—Fetal Transformation!
These successive prompts left Chen Ku stunned.
Then, he reacted!
A golden finger?!
Not bad, not bad!
After all, every powerful transmigrator needed a golden finger by their side.
In the many webnovels he had read in his previous life, all kinds of golden fingers possessed endless wondrous uses, whether systems of every sort or old grandpas living inside rings.
And now, it seemed that this "heaven-defying comprehension" was his golden finger!
Chen Ku instantly understood its function.
Heaven-defying comprehension!
Any profound and exquisite, obscure and unfathomable cultivation technique, divine ability, or great art could be comprehended in an extremely short time.
Just imagine it: achievements that other cultivators needed tens of thousands of years to attain could be reached by him in merely a few days under the blessing of heaven-defying comprehension.
Wasn't that practically a cultivation cheat?!
For Chen Ku, who wanted to transform as quickly as possible, this was an immense boon.
This was great!
Chen Ku rejoiced inwardly!
At the same time, two profound and mysterious spheres of light appeared within his sea of consciousness.
Upon instinctively sensing them, he discovered that they were the Hundred Bitter Sutra cultivation technique he had created earlier and the great divine ability Fetal Transformation.
The two spheres of light slowly unfolded within his mind.
Wave after wave of profound, obscure, and incomparably mysterious insights emerged in Chen Ku's heart...
The first thing Chen Ku sensed was the Hundred Bitter Sutra.
As he sensed it, Chen Ku discovered in delight that the Hundred Bitter Sutra had practically been tailor-made for him.
This cultivation technique did not demand any supreme foundation, talent, or anything else.
On the contrary, every time he uttered the word "bitter," his mana would increase by a measure.
Furthermore, if other powerful beings heard it, sorrow and bitterness would invade their sea of consciousness, and they would unconsciously develop sympathy for Chen Ku.
It could be said that as long as the other party's cultivation was not far beyond Chen Ku's, they would be affected by it.
Chen Ku raised an eyebrow, overjoyed.
"This Hundred Bitter Sutra truly is a lazy person's ultimate manual."
"Isn't this much easier than cultivating something like the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill or the Nine Revolutions Primordial Skill?"
He sighed contentedly.
Then, he tentatively opened his mouth and sighed:
"Bitter... I'm so bitter..."
The instant the words left his mouth, he immediately felt his mana increase by several measures, incomparably clear and distinct.
Even the Innate Bitter Bamboo outside seemed to have grown a little taller. Its spiritual radiance became increasingly blazing, and its aura increasingly profound.
"Haha... It really works!"
"Bitter, this is truly too bitter!"
Fortunately, Two Realms Mountain was quite desolate, and no other powerful beings usually set foot here.
Otherwise, seeing Chen Ku laugh while repeatedly saying "bitter," those unaware of the situation might have thought he had gone mad from cultivation and lost his mind.
Only after a while did Chen Ku stop repeatedly lamenting his bitterness.
He then began to sense the great divine ability Fetal Transformation.
Once he sensed it, he became even more delighted and excited.
With Fetal Transformation, one could transform into any creature or object between heaven and earth with a single thought.
One could become a man, a woman, old, young, a divine bird, or a strange beast.
It could be said that as long as Chen Ku's thoughts shifted, he could assume any appearance whatsoever. Its transformations were truly unfathomable.
And this great divine ability, Fetal Transformation, was especially suited to Chen Ku's current circumstances.
Using it to transform would be like achieving twice the result with half the effort, like a fish in water.
Thus, Chen Ku gathered his stray thoughts and began focusing wholeheartedly on comprehending the great divine ability Fetal Transformation.
At the same time, cries of "Bitter... so bitter..." rang out from the Innate Bitter Bamboo.
Spiritual energy gathered, and Dao rhythms permeated the air!
His consciousness sank into a void, causing Chen Ku to lose track of time.
Who knew how long had passed!
One day, the Innate Bitter Bamboo suddenly underwent a miraculous transformation.
In the unseen depths, those profound and mysterious prompts once again surfaced in Chen Ku's mind.
You uttered "bitter" ten thousand times. The Hundred Bitter Sutra has fused into your origin Dao foundation, and you have comprehended the method of forging a Dao body! You have studied the great divine ability Fetal Transformation and comprehended 10% of it, gaining sudden enlightenment into the method of transformation!
That was right!
At this moment, both the Hundred Bitter Sutra and the divine ability Fetal Transformation had advanced.
The opportunity to transform had arrived as well!
"Today, I transform!"
"Haha... Bitter, so bitter!"
Chen Ku could no longer suppress the joy and anticipation in his heart.
Under the influence of the Hundred Bitter Sutra, saying "bitter" had practically become an unconscious catchphrase for him.
As his words fell, the Innate Bitter Bamboo, which had been swaying in the wind amid intertwining spiritual radiance, suddenly erupted with divine and immortal light that filled the heavens.
Whoosh...
Spiritual energy spanning ten thousand zhang cascaded down from the Ninth Heaven like a waterfall, pouring endlessly into the Innate Bitter Bamboo.
Waves of purple qi swirled and reflected one another, profound and mysterious, beyond words.
Every leaf on the Bitter Bamboo shone brightly, suffused with undying spiritual radiance.
Within hundreds of thousands of li, auspicious light flooded the land, hazy and blended together, creating an immense commotion.
And amid the intertwined immortal light and divine brilliance filling the skies, a figure slowly emerged.
Immortal light enveloped his entire body, concealing his true appearance.
After a long while, the lightning tribulation descended and scattered the endless divine radiance.
Bolts of lightning crashed down one after another, sparks of electricity scattering everywhere.
Under the cleansing and tempering of the lightning tribulation, the figure became increasingly solid until it finally took complete form.
Chen Ku wore a green Daoist robe that fluttered in the wind. His features were handsome, his eyes bright as stars and gleaming with sharp light.
A gentleman as refined as jade, unmatched beneath the heavens!
He lowered his head and examined himself before nodding in satisfaction.
"The cultivation of a Taiyi Golden Immortal is not bad!"
His true body was a supreme Innate Spiritual Root, so he had possessed the cultivation of a Taiyi Golden Immortal from the moment he was born.
Such a starting point was not low.
However, Chen Ku knew that now was not the time to be pleased with himself.
He turned to look at the Innate Bitter Bamboo, which shone with dazzling divine brilliance and surging spiritual light.
Although he had successfully transformed, the Innate Bitter Bamboo had not vanished. Instead, it had become Chen Ku's accompanying spiritual treasure.
He formed a hand seal, and rolling mana surged forth, rising and falling as though blazing, wrapping around the entire Bitter Bamboo.
As boundless mana poured in like an abyss, one Innate restriction after another within the Bitter Bamboo dissipated and vanished into nothingness.
Once all the Innate restrictions had dissipated, this spiritual root had been completely refined by Chen Ku and became the Six Roots Pure Bamboo.
Once unleashed, it could seal a person's six senses and leave them at the mercy of others.
With the accompanying spiritual treasure fully refined, a mysterious connection arose in Chen Ku's heart.
With a thought, the Six Roots Pure Bamboo immediately flew up and entered Chen Ku's sea of consciousness.
"Hehe, not bad, not bad!"
"My transformation is complete, and the spiritual treasure has been refined as well."
"This is no place to stay for long!"
Chen Ku had just been about to make a run for it.
But at that moment, laughter drifted over from the distance.
"Haha, Senior Brother, spiritual light towers into the heavens here, and auspicious signs have suddenly appeared. An opportunity must have emerged."
"This time, the two of us are surely about to reap an astonishing harvest."
Hearing this, Chen Ku's expression froze, and the corner of his mouth twitched fiercely.
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