"Ugh, where am I? Why can't I move?" Ling Xuan woke from the darkness, his body curled up as liquid filled the surroundings, as though he were submerged in water.
At that moment, a massive amount of information flooded into Ling Xuan's mind. His head felt as if it were about to burst, and he hurriedly closed his eyes to process it.
After a long while, Ling Xuan opened his eyes again. "I never expected something like transmigration to happen to me."
In his previous life, Ling Xuan had been a young man from Earth. He loved peace and had a mild temperament, yet he lived by the principle: "If others do not offend me, I will not offend them. If they offend me, I will destroy them." He had gained a modest reputation among the world's brokers.
Who could have expected that, while Ling Xuan was walking down the street that day, he saw a child putting firecrackers into a sewer cover? Driven by curiosity, he stepped closer to take a look. Then, with a bang, the cover shot into the sky and ultimately smashed into Ling Xuan's head.
"Ah, I wonder how much that kid will have to compensate me. Will I get a share?" Ling Xuan sorted through his thoughts. He had been an orphan in his previous life, with no attachments to speak of. Since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Once he settled his mindset, Ling Xuan thought further.
"According to the information in my mind, I've transmigrated into the Primordial World. I'm a lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus, and I haven't taken form yet. Once I cultivate the Green Lotus Primordial Art to the third level, I'll be able to take form."
Ling Xuan was quite happy. A Chaos Green Lotus seed—such a foundation was among the very best in the entire Primordial Wilderness. It was said that Pangu had been born from the Chaos Green Lotus. By that reasoning, he and Pangu were brothers.
Thinking of this, Ling Xuan immediately began cultivating, hoping to take form as soon as possible so he could go out and acknowledge his nephew.
As the saying went, cultivation knew no years. In the blink of an eye, some time had passed. Ling Xuan now sat cross-legged in the darkness, his cultivation already having reached the Golden Immortal realm.
"It's time!" Ling Xuan opened his eyes, sensing that the moment had come. The dark aura around him surged into his body. This was the Chaos Qi contained within the Green Lotus seed, and faint cracks flickered through the surrounding space.
Crack!
Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared, and Ling Xuan was standing within the Primordial World. Clouds and mist swirled around him, filled with auspicious clouds and crystalline pearls. A cloud brimming with fortune merged into his body, and the Heavenly Dao, sensing this, bestowed strands of Merit upon him.
Ling Xuan felt something stir in his heart and spoke aloud.
"Today, I take form. My previous life is over. My name is Qing Xuan. There is no more Ling Xuan."
Rumble! Rumble! A sudden sound echoed between heaven and earth, as though some great event had occurred.
Qing Xuan sensed that many restraints between heaven and earth had vanished, and he understood that the Heavenly Dao had acknowledged him. He then began to examine himself carefully.
Qing Xuan had long black hair falling to his waist, a tall and upright figure, and handsome features. His brows resembled distant mountains, his nose was straight and refined, and his eyes were deep and mysterious. A faint golden Dao pattern rested between his brows. He wore a flowing Daoist robe fastened with a jade belt, while Chaos Qi faintly coiled around him. His bearing was extraordinary.
Just as Qing Xuan was admiring himself, a treasure suddenly flew from within his body: a Fang Tian Hua Ji. It was roughly nine feet long, dark silver throughout, with Dao patterns carved across its surface. Chaos Qi emanated from its body.
The halberd blade split into two sides. One side was crescent-shaped, while the other was a sharp spike, both incomparably sharp. As Qing Xuan gripped the halberd, its name surfaced in his mind.
Primordial Halberd, an Innate Supreme Treasure. It could shatter anything, release Chaos Qi to form a Chaos Domain that weakened enemies, and absorb Chaos Qi for its own growth.
"Hahahaha! An Innate Supreme Treasure, one on the same level as the Pangu Banner and the Chaos Bell! I'll refine it first." Qing Xuan was overjoyed. After all, even top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures were rare in the Primordial Wilderness. Only treasures such as the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell could compare.
Qing Xuan stored the Primordial Halberd within his body before looking around. He soon noticed something unusual.
Qing Xuan found himself within an immortal mountain shrouded in clouds and mist. The spiritual energy around him was so dense it had nearly solidified. In the distance, immortal cranes danced through the air while Spiritual Beasts frolicked about, making the place resemble an earthly paradise.
"Could my luck really be this good? I just obtained a Spiritual Treasure, and now I've found a cave mansion as well." Cultivation valued wealth, companions, techniques, and land. This land referred to one's cave mansion. Although the Primordial Wilderness currently had no shortage of spiritual lands rich in spiritual energy, immortal mountains of this caliber were still exceedingly rare.
Qing Xuan was delighted and flew toward the towering main peak at the center. As he drew close, he saw that the summit was veiled in clouds and mist, with a magnificent palace faintly visible within.
Qing Xuan stood before the palace entrance and saw a stone stele erected there, engraved with the four great words: Penglai Immortal Palace.
"Penglai Immortal Palace... Penglai!" Qing Xuan was shocked. In the many Primordial Wilderness novels from his previous life, the name Penglai carried extraordinary significance.
Could I really be Pangu's biological brother? Then what should the Heavenly Dao call me? Qing Xuan calmed himself and jokingly thought to himself.
Qing Xuan wandered through Penglai Immortal Palace. Inside were cultivation chambers, an alchemy room, a library, and more. It was fully equipped. As long as he refined the stone stele at the palace entrance, he would gain control of Penglai Immortal Palace and the entire Penglai Island.
Qing Xuan walked to the stone stele, sat cross-legged, and reached out to touch it.
"You and I are fated. From now on, you'll be my palace."
With that, he began refining the stone stele. As Qing Xuan's divine sense entered it, he saw a grand formation. By comprehending and refining that formation, he could refine the stele, so he began to study it.
In the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed.
"Come!"
Qing Xuan shouted, and the grand formation within the stone stele merged into his body.
Rumble!
Penglai Immortal Mountain shook. Countless streams of ethereal Qi rose into the air, forming an enormous spirit dragon that coiled above Qing Xuan's head before finally entering his body. Qing Xuan's cultivation rose another level, reaching the mid-stage Golden Immortal realm.
"Hahahaha! I never expected such a benefit. Wonderful, truly wonderful!" Qing Xuan was extremely pleased. Ever since taking form, everything had gone smoothly for him. This was surely Heaven's will. He could hardly wait to acknowledge his three nephews.
"Not yet, not yet. If I'm not mistaken, there should be two more immortal mountains waiting for me. It won't be too late after I refine them all." Thinking this, Qing Xuan immediately flew away.
Penglai Immortal Mountain was covered in Spirit Grass and spirit flowers, but Qing Xuan did not linger. After refining Penglai Immortal Island, he sensed that a certain place was calling to him.
As Qing Xuan flew onward, his gaze was drawn to a pool. Three-colored light radiated from the water, and a white Lotus Platform stood at its center.
Qing Xuan immediately recognized it. This was the Innate Supreme Treasure—the World-Purifying White Lotus!
Legend had it that Pangu's Chaos Green Lotus had produced six lotus seeds. During the great calamity of opening heaven, the green lotus shattered, and those six lotus seeds gave rise to several Lotus Platforms within the Primordial Wilderness.
They were the Creation Green Lotus, Merit Golden Lotus, World-Destroying Black Lotus, Karmic Fire Red Lotus, World-Purifying White Lotus, and Qing Xuan.
Among them, the Creation Green Lotus had transformed into a flat crutch, the Jade Ruyi, and the Qingping Sword, which were obtained by the Three Pure Ones. As the saying went, red flower, white lotus root, green lotus leaf—the Three Pure Ones had originally been one family.
The remaining Lotus Platforms were all Innate Supreme Treasures, regarded as top-tier Spiritual Treasures even within the Primordial Wilderness.
Qing Xuan raised his hand and collected the World-Purifying White Lotus. He spent several decades refining it, only to unexpectedly sense an aura of shared origin.
"This... right. I was transformed from a Green Lotus seed, and the White Lotus is also a treasure formed from a lotus seed. Naturally, we share the same origin."
Qing Xuan was ecstatic. One had to know that the method of attaining sainthood through Severing the Three Corpses ultimately required the three corpses to merge into one. Yet the key condition for that merger was that the treasures used to sever the three corpses had to share the same origin. Otherwise, it would inevitably fail. Hongjun had not told the Three Pure Ones and the others about this because he wanted them to ultimately use Primordial Violet Qi to attain sainthood.
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