The Innate Divine Beings of the Primordial Era

As the first Innate Divine Being to emerge, the Primordial World would reward him with Worldly Fortune—not much, but still sweet. Li Fan was satisfied.

A divine being must know contentment and hold reverence for heaven and earth.

Wangshu spoke up: "Cultivate well. You're still too weak now. Don't go down to the Primordial World—the remnants of the Chaos Demon Gods haven't been dealt with yet."

Sure enough, the Primordial World was too dangerous. Best to cultivate first. For a divine being still gestating, cultivating the laws of one's origin was twice the result with half the effort, as heaven and earth directly infused it. Cultivating anything else just wouldn't work.

Even Li Fan, stubborn as he was, couldn't stomach the snail's pace of cultivating the Law of World.

After emerging, with the aid of the Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation, his progress with the Law of World shot forward.

Time trickled by, and before he knew it, one Eon had passed. In this bout of cultivation, Li Fan pushed the Law of World to the realm of True God.

But time was the greatest enemy—one Eon was fifty-six billion years. When he'd first crossed over, all he did was cultivate, day in and day out. It nearly drove him mad from sheer loneliness.

Only sleep offered relief. Later, he came up with an idea: dreaming. He'd comprehend the Law of Dreams to temper his mind and will.

He dreamed many dreams. At first, they were set in modern cities, then martial arts worlds, then fantasy realms. He scripted his own plots—starting with tormenting the protagonist, nightmares, and later shifting to sweet dreams.

In the city, the Dragon King returned. In martial arts, he was the unrivaled master. In fantasy, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Once he'd honed his mind and will, he woke up.

Being human and being a divine being—standing at different heights meant different thoughts. Both human and god changed. Li Fan could clearly feel that his emotions and thoughts were different before and after crossing over.

This time, during cultivation, he sorted through his Innate Inheritance and created his own technique, naming it the "Nine Revolutions World Record."

An incomplete origin was a major headache. Even if he went into seclusion again, he wouldn't break through to Venerable God anytime soon. He'd leave seclusion and ask Wangshu.

The great goddess Wangshu spent most of her time sitting under the Moon Laurel Tree, observing the Primordial World—a classic homebody.

"Great goddess, is there any way to help me complete my origin?"

Wangshu chuckled. "Simple. Eat what you lack—grab some Demon God origin from the Primordial World. Those demons are rampaging across the land anyway, popping back to life every so often, never truly dying."

"Is there another way?" This goddess from the dawn of creation had guts that could tear the sky open. Easy for her to say, but Li Fan didn't want to taint the purity of his origin.

That was a perk unique to Innate Divine Beings. Besides, those Demon Gods weren't truly dead—that scared him.

What if one revived inside his body? Those Demon Gods were ruthless. He'd be in over his head.

Wangshu pondered for a moment. "Then it gets tricky. The simple way is an Innate Spiritual Treasure—it must be of the same origin, at least a Top-grade Spiritual Treasure. One probably won't cut it; a Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure would be best."

"Anyway, Innate Spiritual Treasures have Innate Indestructible Spiritual Light, so the origin will slowly recover. No big problem."

Li Fan thought, There's a way, and I do have a treasure, but the biggest issue is that I can't shake the origin of the 'Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation' myself. It's a dead loop—I need external help.

He'd have to trust the goddess. Life rarely offered such gambles, and cultivation was paramount. In this era, Li Fan felt a severe lack of security.

"Great goddess, this is my companion Innate Spiritual Treasure. Please lend me your aid."

Wangshu said warmly, "Good. You're a fortunate little one. Seems you're not simple either—having a Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation. Keep it safe when you go out, or it might get snatched."

"It's because I trust you, goddess, heh!"

When Wangshu used the Lunar Law, Li Fan fully felt the power of a Da Luo Venerable God. That soul-freezing chill even affected his will.

Strong—too strong. When will I attain Da Luo? Once you prove Da Luo, it's proven forever, maxing out survivability. I'm envious!

The Jade Disc of Creation resisted fiercely, but it was useless. Soon, two clumps of "origin" were extracted before Li Fan.

Wangshu's tone carried a hint of surprise. "This Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation of yours actually contains the Lunar Law. You should know to repay others, right? Don't worry—let me borrow your treasure to comprehend, and I'll return it later."

"Thank you, great goddess. Please, take it and comprehend as you wish."

Wangshu smiled. "Seeing how sincere you are, I'll set up a Divine Prohibition for you later. Otherwise, someone with a matching fragment might sense you up close."

"There are several deities with fragments, each incomplete to varying degrees. If you leave Taiyin Star, you'll likely get robbed. I wonder who holds the 'main Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation.'"

Li Fan knew it was with Hongjun, but knowing that didn't help. He couldn't take it—just a thought in his mind.

The secret of crossing over from the lower reaches of the River of Time was something he'd never tell anyone. He understood the principle: an innocent man with a jade is a crime.

In this Primordial World, survival came first. The day he could survive in Chaos, Li Fan planned to be ready to flee at any moment.

Crossing into the Primordial World let him witness magnificent sights and various great gods, and even glimpse the secrets of heaven and earth.

The Primordial World was vast. Without proving Da Luo, one could never glimpse its shores in a lifetime. No matter which direction, Zhou Mountain was always visible.

This time, Wangshu took the Jade Disc, and Li Fan took the origin. Both went into seclusion.

The Innate Divine Prohibition Guarding Taiyin Star fully activated. Li Fan felt the might of this formation—far stronger than his own Guardian Formation, the Innate Reincarnation Grand Formation.

Of course, Zhou Mountain's Divine Prohibition Grand Formation was even stronger. Even a Hunyuan Grand Unity might not break it—truly maxing out security.

All beings on the Primordial World saw the "moon" shine brighter than the sun. In the Primordial Era, the sun and moon had always hung high above all living things.

No one complained, and no one dared to. Could they beat the Gods and Devils on their home turf?

"What is Moon Goddess Wangshu up to now?"

Doumu Yuanjun Ziguang murmured, "Wangshu, have you broken through again? Looks like I can't slack off either. I'll continue birthing stars. Let's see who's the First Goddess of the Starry Sky."

Li Fan decided to absorb the Law of World origin first, leaving the Law of Reincarnation origin for later. Perfection had its merits, but imperfection had its advantages too.

Switching cultivation paths was never easy. An imperfect law was actually faster to switch from. Cultivating the Law of World would also gradually change the origin within him.

Once he cultivated the Law of World to Venerable God—that is, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal—he'd slowly absorb the Reincarnation Origin. That would strengthen his origin and boost cultivation speed.

Primordial Unity was easy to cultivate; Da Luo was hard to prove. Here, Da Luo meant the Grand Unity Dao Fruit, not the later Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—that had no substance, since by the Witch-Demon Era, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals were as common as dogs.

The realm divisions of the Primordial Era were brutally simple and crude. In other cultivation novels, from Celestial God to True God, you could split it into Thirty-Six Heavens, and the same went for True God to Venerable God, and Venerable God to Da Luo Venerable God.

Better to be born early than to be born well. By the time of Later Generations, even among the Three Thousand Innate Divine Beings, only a handful had cultivated the Grand Unity Dao Fruit.

Trouble descends from the heavens while you sit quietly at home. You want to gestate to your limit before emerging? Dream on. These Innate Divine Beings were still too naive—in Later Generations, even Mount Zhou collapsed, which was just absurd.

The Top-Grade Innate Divine Beings were fine, but the rest could only count their bad luck. Once you emerged, what could you do? Want to overturn the heavens? Have you asked about a fist the size of a sandbag yet?!

Thinking about it this way, it all made sense. In Later Generations, a great upheaval struck Mount Zhou. Most of the Innate Divine Beings were probably even more unlucky than me—all pitiful souls. There's a difference between emerging by choice and being forced out.

I always wondered why these Innate Divine Beings with complete inheritances went to listen to Hongjun's lectures during the Witch-Demon Era. Turns out the Prehistoric Universe was just too dangerous!

As for clinging to the thigh of Immortal Ancestor Hongjun—I'll worry about that later. First, I'll cultivate to Venerable God before leaving seclusion. Let's go!!!