Comprehending the Five Elements, Reaching the Eastern Sea

Taiqing had no intention of following a single-rule path.

Though the single-rule path advanced quickly, its strength was limited.

With the Heavenly Dao pressing down from above, and powerful Chaos Demon God reincarnations like Hongjun watching with covetous eyes.

Limited strength meant weakness, and weakness in the Primordial Wilderness was the original sin.

Moreover, he, Taiqing, walked the path of non-action, taking all things in heaven and earth as his teachers. As long as something was useful to him, he would comprehend it.

This was his way of non-action—all things serving his use.

Now, Taiqing felt that mastering the Five Elements Law, possessing both yin and yang and the five elements, was the only way to go far.

He did not hesitate and directly began comprehending the Five Elements Law.

The Five Elements Law was neither difficult nor easy to speak of.

What Taiqing sought to master was the innate Five Elements Law, not a single-element law.

The innate Five Elements Law was the innate law formed by merging the five single-element laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The Five Elements Law that Old Ancestor Wuxing mastered was precisely this innate Five Elements Law.

Taiqing needed to master the single-element laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth before he could fuse them and comprehend the innate Five Elements Law.

The difficulty lay in comprehending the single-element laws, merging them into one, and then grasping the innate Five Elements Law.

Other beings, at most, mastered one or two laws and reached their limit.

Single-element laws meant five types, and merging them into one made six.

The difficulty was unimaginable.

This was precisely why the Five Elements Law ranked among the top ten of the three thousand laws.

It was also simple because all things in the Primordial Wilderness possessed the five elements.

To comprehend a single-element law, one could smoothly do so from the myriad living beings of the Primordial Wilderness.

Among them, beings mastering a single element were the most numerous.

As Taiqing comprehended laws, the Ink Jade Qilin carried him, hurrying eastward toward the Eastern Sea.

Now, the three clans had retreated into seclusion, the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity had ended, and the Primordial Wilderness once again fell into peace and tranquility.

Along the way, they encountered few obstacles.

After all, the three clans had all withdrawn, and the elite forces of the myriad races had been lost in the great battle at Mount Sumeru.

In the current Primordial Wilderness, powerful beings were pitifully scarce.

Apart from hidden Chaos Demon God reincarnations like Old Ancestor Yang Mei and Old Ancestor Wuxing, who cultivated in seclusion.

A single Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, placed in the Primordial Wilderness of today, could openly be considered a top-tier great power.

The pair of Taiqing and the Ink Jade Qilin, in the current Primordial Wilderness, no being dared to provoke.

Even if one did, it could be easily dealt with.

The distance from Buzhou Mountain to the Eastern Sea was unimaginably vast.

Even with the Ink Jade Qilin's speed at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, traveling continuously at full power.

It still took a full four or five Eons to go from the foot of Buzhou Mountain to the shore of the Eastern Sea.

"Esteemed Master, the shore of the Eastern Sea has arrived. Where should we go next?"

After traveling at full power for four or five Eons, even the Ink Jade Qilin was somewhat exhausted.

Its aura was noticeably lower than when it first met Taiqing at Buzhou Mountain.

"Hoo~"

On the Ink Jade Qilin's back, Taiqing exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes.

In his gaze, five colors flickered.

Those five colors represented five laws.

Over these four or five Eons, Taiqing had been sitting on the Ink Jade Qilin's back, meditating and comprehending laws.

Effort did not disappoint—he had already grasped each of the five single-element laws.

Moreover, he had comprehended each of the five single-element laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

He only needed to merge the five into one and comprehend the innate Five Elements Law.

Taiqing could not help but marvel at his own heaven-defying comprehension.

If it were any other being in the Primordial Wilderness, let alone comprehending five laws and bringing them all to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

In four or five Eons, other beings might manage to comprehend just one of the five single-element laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Reaching the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm with that one law could already be called a prodigy.

"Could it be that Pangu Father God's jade marrow enhanced my comprehension?"

Taiqing clearly felt that his comprehension was far stronger than before.

Although his comprehension was heaven-defying before, comprehending even a single law among the Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm would likely have taken at least ten Eons.

Unlike now, after refining the Pangu Marrow, his comprehension had reached such an astonishing degree.

For these four or five Eons, he had been carried around everywhere by the Ink Jade Qilin.

Such an environment was even less conducive to calming his mind and comprehending the laws.

"It seems I still underestimated the power of Pangu Father God's Marrow.

Not only did it wash and refine my foundation, granting me a Physical Body as formidable as my twelve Ancestral Witch younger siblings, but it also invisibly enhanced my comprehension."

Only after truly experiencing the might of the Pangu Marrow did Taiqing sigh at the enormity of this heavenly fortune.

Taiqing eagerly wished to return earlier, so that Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao could refine the Pangu Marrow sooner.

Moreover, once the Twelve Ancestral Witches were born, letting them refine the Pangu Marrow might even allow them to develop a Primordial Spirit, or rather, preserve their Primordial Spirit.

"You have worked hard, Ink Jade Qilin. From now on, there is no need to rush at full speed.

Head in that direction. I have a feeling that direction will yield some gain."

Although the Ink Jade Qilin was already his mount, Taiqing still had to speak courteously.

After all, from now on, the Ink Jade Qilin would also represent his face, much like a man's steed—riding it out was a matter of prestige.

Taiqing pointed in a direction. He was not pointing randomly but following the memory of the location of the Three Immortal Islands.

Furthermore, a faint, indistinct sensation came from within Taiqing's Primordial Spirit.

In the direction he pointed, something was drawing him there.

However, the attraction was extremely weak, so weak that if Taiqing had not already intended to go that way and carefully examined his Primordial Spirit's state, he would not have sensed it at all.

"As you command, Esteemed Master."

At Taiqing's words of appreciation, the Ink Jade Qilin felt that all the hardship of these many Eons had been worth it.

In this Primordial World where strength reigned supreme, which superior being truly regarded lower beings as living creatures?

For this alone, the Ink Jade Qilin felt that being sent by the Beginning Qilin, the clan leader, to follow Taiqing had been the right choice.

Before the Ink Jade Qilin could carry Taiqing in that direction, waves rose in the Eastern Sea, and a voice emerged from within them.

"Esteemed Master, this little dragon, Ao Jiang, has been waiting here for some time. I beg Esteemed Master to accept this little dragon.

This little dragon is willing to follow Esteemed Master's commands. Wherever you point, I dare not disobey."

From within the waves, a five-clawed golden dragon leaped out, then transformed into a Dao Body and knelt before Taiqing.

The piety on his face did not seem feigned.

His cultivation was, surprisingly, at the same Early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm as the Ink Jade Qilin.

"Ao Jiang? Have you also come to repay a karmic debt to This Seat?"

Having already experienced the matter with the Ink Jade Qilin, Taiqing immediately recalled the Ink Jade Qilin's words upon seeing this five-clawed golden dragon appear.

The Ink Jade Qilin had previously said that Taiqing had saved the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.

The Qilin Clan had already sent a junior to repay the karmic debt.

As the most powerful among the three clans, the Dragon Clan could not possibly remain silent.

Sure enough, Ao Jiang's answer confirmed Taiqing's speculation.

"Reporting to Esteemed Master, Ao Jiang has indeed come to repay the karmic debt.

I beg Esteemed Master to accept this little dragon. This little dragon is willing to serve as Esteemed Master's mount."

Ao Jiang reported truthfully.