Taiqing's Birth

The nascent Great Desolation World!

A terrifying giant stood with his head supporting the sky and his feet treading upon the earth, transforming into a colossus that held up the heavens.

This pillar-like giant was none other than the Great God Pangu, who had split the heavens and the earth.

At this moment, the Great God Pangu was nearing the end of his strength.

The act of creation had exhausted his power, and supporting the heavens and earth for countless Yuanhui had drained his very foundation.

Just as the Great God Pangu was about to collapse and transform his body into all things in the Great Desolation, a strange fluctuation of space and time appeared not far from his brow.

A peculiar soul manifested before the brow of the Great God Pangu.

"Pangu Father God!"

The strange soul emitted a thought filled with shock.

Following that, the strange soul fell into silence.

The pressure of Pangu, combined with the conditions at the dawn of creation, was not something this soul could withstand.

With a single glance, the Great God Pangu understood everything about that soul with absolute clarity.

"Little one, I hope you can accomplish the task I left unfinished."

He drew the strange soul into his Primordial Spirit, and with a thunderous roar, he fell.

The Great God Pangu ultimately collapsed; he could not escape the fate of transforming his body into all things in the Great Desolation.

The Primordial Spirit of the Great God Pangu split into three, with the first portion merging with that strange soul.

The three Primordial Spirits combined with the clear qi of creation and drifted toward Kunlun Mountain, which had been formed from the head of the Great God Pangu.

Twelve drops of the Great God Pangu's essence blood flew toward Pangu Hall, located at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, which had been formed from his spine.

Since the Great God Pangu split the heavens and earth and transformed into all things, an unknown number of Yuanhui had passed.

The Fierce Beast Calamity had already ended, and the era had entered the time of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans vying for hegemony over the Great Desolation.

The three clans fought incessantly, and with others plotting against them, the situation was dire.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans were now like a powder keg; a single spark would ignite a terrifying war.

This would subsequently evolve into a horrific calamity.

On Kunlun Mountain, a consciousness slowly drifted into wakefulness.

"I... where is this?"

"I wasn't just on the road? Right, I only remember a voice—go with my insurance! And then I lost consciousness."

A violent headache struck, and immediately, a mark of Innate Inheritance surged into the mind of Taiqing like a bursting dam.

Once Taiqing had finished absorbing the memories of the Innate Inheritance, he finally understood his situation.

He had actually transmigrated!

Moreover, the world he had transmigrated into was that terrifyingly extreme place—the Great Desolation World!

Transmigrating to the Great Desolation was one thing, but the most absurd part was that he had become Taiqing.

The very same Taiqing whose brothers would eventually turn against each other, who would be forced by Hongjun to consume the Saint-Slaying Pill, and who would be imprisoned in the Purple Cloud Palace.

The original Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had held a winning hand, only to play it into a complete disaster.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches had either died or fled, and while the Sanqing had attained sainthood, how were they any different from prisoners in the end?

The Great Desolation should have been the family legacy of the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, yet it had ended in such a miserable state.

And the origin of his identity as Taiqing had actually been arranged for him by Father God Pangu.

After the Great God Pangu had seen the memories within the soul of the transmigrated Taiqing, he had entrusted him with the task of protecting his younger brothers and sisters, maintaining the Great Desolation, and leading them to inherit their family legacy.

If Taiqing failed to do so, he would naturally end up like the original version.

Brothers would turn into enemies, he would be forced by the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun to swallow the Saint-Slaying Pill, and he would be imprisoned in the Purple Cloud Palace.

Furthermore, he risked being exposed under the Heavenly Dao, which might discover his memories from the future.

He would then be completely erased by the Heavenly Dao!

After all, it was far too simple for the Heavenly Dao to inspect the memories of a low-level living being.

However, Taiqing had perhaps forgotten that he was protected by the Merit of World Creation.

"Are you kidding? Pangu Father God, do you have to screw over your child like this? By the time we, the Sanqing, are born, that old guy Hongjun will be close to attaining sainthood. And there's the Heavenly Dao suppressing the Great Desolation hanging over my head—how am I supposed to play this?"

Complaints aside, the situation was set, and Taiqing could not change it.

The Heavenly Dao and Hongjun will inevitably scheme against the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches in the future; they must be guarded against.

That he has become Taiqing is also an indisputable fact.

Adhering to the principle that since he is already here, he might as well make the best of it, Taiqing quickly accepted his identity and calmed his mind to begin actively absorbing Innate Spiritual Qi to strengthen his origin.

In the Great Desolation World, strength is ultimately what speaks. As long as my cultivation is powerful, even Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao will be nothing more than a minor skin ailment.

Once my strength is sufficient, Hongjun, Heavenly Dao—I, Taiqing, shall make you repay everything.

I, Taiqing, will lead this Great Desolation toward a better future.

Having realized his path forward, Taiqing immediately began to cultivate and absorb the pure qi.

One must eat a meal one bite at a time, and cultivation must also be improved step by step, leaving footprints along the way.

Taiqing's most urgent priority is to manifest and be born as soon as possible.

Under Taiqing's active absorption of pure qi to strengthen his origin, his foundation grew rapidly.

Time in the Great Desolation is worthless; in the blink of an eye, hundreds of thousands of years passed.

It was on this very day that Innate Spiritual Qi gathered within Kunlun Mountain, forming a vortex of spiritual energy.

This vortex swept wildly, pouring the Innate Spiritual Qi into an Innate Great Formation.

Inside the formation, a vast ocean of Taiqing Qi gathered, gradually forming the image of a Daoist.

The Daoist wore a cyan Daoist robe, with the golden, brilliant Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda hovering above his head, holding an Innate Taiji Diagram in his left hand and a Taiyi Fly Whisk in his right.

At the center of the Daoist's brow was a cyan axe mark; this was the Open Heaven Taiqing Mark.

"I am Taiqing. Today I manifest and am born. I offer my thanks to Father God Pangu and the Great Dao for the grace of creation."

Yin-yang fish flashed in Taiqing's eyes as he looked into the void and bowed three times toward the direction of Buzhou Mountain.

Regardless of anything else, Father God Pangu's creation of the Great Desolation bestowed upon him the boundless grace of existence.

As for the Great Dao, even if the Great Dao might not pay him any mind, there is no harm in offering a greeting first.

Perhaps if the Great Dao sees that Taiqing is polite and a well-behaved grandson, it might even step in when the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun try to bully them?

Being a little polite never hurts.

After all, strictly speaking, he, Taiqing, is indeed of the grandson generation to the Great Dao.

"BOOM!"

A thunderous sound erupted above Kunlun Mountain, echoing through the nine heavens.

The Heavenly Dao, which had already manifested since the end of the Fierce Beast Calamity, or perhaps the Great Desolation World itself, seemed to be acknowledging Taiqing's identity.

What is going on? Is this Taiji Diagram not supposed to be passed from Hongjun to me only after his third sermon?

As the thunderous sound faded, Taiqing began to examine his own attire.

He looked at the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram in his hand, which shone with the brilliance of a supreme treasure as the yin-yang fish continuously rotated.

Taiqing was startled, and then his face filled with wild joy.

He had not expected his companion treasures to include not only the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda but also the World-Opening Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram.

Could it be that Father God Pangu knew I was too weak and would be unable to contend with the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun upon my birth, so he bestowed the Taiji Diagram upon me?

Taiqing speculated in his heart.

Forget it, regardless of the reason, I should first check on my two younger brothers. They should be manifesting soon as well, right?

He shook his head; since he could not figure it out, he would stop thinking about it. Having a supreme treasure is always better than not having one.

Immediately, Taiqing turned his gaze toward the two oceans of pure qi to his side.

These two oceans were the origin pure qi of Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao.

At this moment, the two oceans of cyan qi were unconsciously and autonomously inhaling and exhaling the surrounding pure qi.

But if one looked closely, one could see that both masses of qi were missing a corner.

This is not right. Why is a corner missing from the origin pure qi of both my younger brothers?

Taiqing immediately noticed the missing corners, and his heart skipped a beat.

He hoped this would not affect his brothers' future birth.

Taiqing hurriedly investigated, and then stood there, frozen in embarrassment.

Because the missing corners of the Shangqing and Yuqing origins were, in fact, caused by him.

It turned out that before he was born, while he was actively absorbing pure qi, he had unknowingly absorbed a corner of his brothers' origins.

At this moment, within his own Taiqing origin, the fusion of the Taiqing, Shangqing, and Yuqing origins had actually formed a unique divine ability—

One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones!

It could manifest three incarnations with the same strength as the Main Body—the Shangqing Daoist, the Yuqing Daoist, and the Taiqing Daoist.

The Shangqing and Yuqing origins had already completely fused with his own and could not be returned.

Since I was able to absorb my brothers' origins and fuse them into such a divine ability...

I wonder if my two younger brothers can do the same?