Primordial Wilderness

"Primordial Wilderness"

Outside Blackwood Village, stars glittered in the night.

Inside Blackwood House.

Qingyu slept soundly, giving off faint snores.

Lu Qingfeng was also asleep, but within his mind, a ring carved with dragons and phoenixes flickered with light!

Player has reached sixteen years of age. Login Ring activated...

Login Ring bound. Unique code generated. Basic attributes generated...

Please log into "Primordial Wilderness" on your own. Enjoy the game!

Lu Qingfeng abruptly opened his eyes and immediately "saw" the Dragon-Phoenix Ring glowing within his mind.

Immediately afterward, a stream of information came through—

At the dawn of Chaos, the Three Thousand Demon Gods ran rampant through Chaos. Pangu split heaven and earth, forging the Primordial Wilderness. From then on, after countless calamities, the Primordial Wilderness endured forever, giving birth to countless Great Powers of divine ability and countless legends of creation...

The large-scale real online game "Primordial Wilderness" brings you to witness the Eighth Calamity of the Primordial Wilderness, following Shushan Swordfighting!

"Primordial Wilderness online game?"

Lu Qingfeng examined the Login Ring, and a surge of excitement rose in his heart.

This was a large-scale real online game set against the backdrop of the Primordial Wilderness. It was said that players could not only choose True Body Entry into the game, but could also bring all sorts of cultivation methods, divine powers, and magical artifacts from the game back into reality.

The Human Federation that developed "Primordial Wilderness" had produced countless experts through this game. There were even legends of immortals stationed among the stars, suppressing the myriad alien races of the universe!

"Perhaps this is my belated golden finger!"

"Log in."

There was no panic or hesitation, nor did he make pointless guesses.

Following the Login Ring's instructions, Lu Qingfeng directly logged into "Primordial Wilderness"!

Rumble!

A bolt of Primordial Thunder boomed and flashed across his vision.

Before his eyes, there was neither heaven nor earth—only boundless Chaos.

Within that vast, indistinct Chaos stood a giant of immeasurable height and size. Holding a colossal axe, he swung it fiercely. Chaos churned and reversed, the Primordial Wilderness was first opened, and heaven and earth began to appear.

Within Chaos, the Three Thousand Demon Gods bled and fell. Not a single one survived!

Some perished within Chaos, while others had their blood and divine souls fall into the newborn Primordial Wilderness.

In the blink of an eye, countless years passed. From the flesh, blood, and divine souls of the Chaos Demon Gods emerged innumerable races of Fierce Beasts. Heaven and earth of the Primordial Wilderness also naturally nurtured countless Divine Beasts.

Fierce Beasts and Divine Beasts roamed the Primordial Wilderness.

The recently opened Primordial Wilderness sank into endless slaughter.

Fierce Beasts fought one another, while the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans contended for Three Clans' Supremacy—one act ended, and another took the stage.

Afterward came the conflict between Dao and demon!

Demon Ancestor Rahu and Dao Ancestor Hongjun enacted the Dao Demon War!

Lu Qingfeng silently watched the evolution of the Primordial Wilderness.

The scenes before him moved from Pangu's Creation and its heaven-opening calamity, to the Beast Calamity, Three Clans' Supremacy, and the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation of the conflict between Dao and demon...

Then came the Witch Demon Tribulation, and Buzhou Mountain was destroyed!

The Human Emperor Tribulation—Xuanyuan and Chiyou fought, and humanity rose to prominence!

The Investiture of the Gods Tribulation—the Primordial Wilderness shattered, the Jie Sect declined, and Buddhism first rose!

The Journey to the West—Buddhist teachings spread eastward, and Buddhism flourished!

Shushan Swordfighting reenacted the Investiture of the Gods, and the Eighth Saint of the Primordial Wilderness returned to his rightful place!

Scene after scene flashed past before his eyes. Mythological legends that had been familiar in his previous life unfolded one after another before him.

In a daze.

Lu Qingfeng felt a powerful pulling force. When he opened his eyes again, he was already inside a building. The clamor in his ears gradually grew louder, and figures continuously appeared around him.

A long-lost sense of familiarity filled Lu Qingfeng's heart.

Lu Qingfeng looked up and saw three large characters radiating mysterious light above the building—

Reincarnation Pool!

"Reincarnation Pool?"

"Haha! I can finally log into "Primordial Wilderness"!"

"Sixteen Years! It damn near suffocated me!"

The cheers of one young man after another rang in his ears.

"A real online game. The Reincarnation Pool is probably the Initial Login Point."

Lu Qingfeng looked at the youths around him, some excited and lively, others putting on grave airs, and could not help smiling.

Such a scene was rarely seen in the oppressive Blackwood Village. Even during the annual harvest season, the villagers' faces more often held sorrow and lifelessness.

"It's been a long time."

Amid the noisy clamor, the emotions Lu Qingfeng had suppressed for sixteen years eased somewhat.

Then, following the cheering youths, he walked out of the Reincarnation Pool.

It was as though he had passed through a layer of space. When he emerged again, he was already within a Prosperous Town.

"This game allows players to choose True Body Entry. It is no longer merely a virtual online game."

"Then why hadn't the system asked me whether I wanted True Body Login when I logged in?"

Lu Qingfeng was puzzled.

Though his current body was incomparably real, it was indeed only a body created within the game, not his true body entering. In other words, without making a choice himself, the system had defaulted him to Conscious Soul Entry, leaving his physical body behind in reality.

This did not match the Game Instructions from before he logged in.

"I wonder whether that's good or bad."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head. Then he recalled the usual scenarios from online-game novels in his previous life and silently thought, Attribute Panel.

A virtual panel appeared before him—

Name: Lu Qingfeng

Race: Human

Faction: None

Title: None

Cultivation: None

Level: Level 0 (0/1)

Lifespan: 16/68

Root Bone: 1

Merit: Unknown

Karma: Unknown

Cultivation Method: Yellow Court Scripture First Layer (Not Yet Initiated)
Trait: Deriving Methods (First Layer); Govern All Arts (First Layer); Karma Elimination (First Layer)

Spells: None

Divine Power: None

Equipment: None

Just as Lu Qingfeng had expected, the Attribute Panel was utterly bare. However, attributes he had expected to see, such as physique, strength, attack, and defense, were not displayed on it.

"A real online game—"

Lu Qingfeng pondered.

Turning to look around, he saw that the pedestrians and buildings were no different from reality. If he had awakened here after a night's sleep, Lu Qingfeng might have thought he had transmigrated once more.

"Look!"

"A Sword Immortal!"

Suddenly, cries of alarm rang out beside him.

Lu Qingfeng looked up at the sound and saw a streak of white light flash across the horizon before quickly vanishing. Immediately afterward, dozens of white, azure, and crimson rays streaked past. Sharp Sword Qi dispersed from the sky, tearing open the clear heavens and making Lu Qingfeng's entire body tremble.

"A Sword Immortal?"

"Riding Sword Light through the skies! Such ability is far more formidable than the so-called 'immortals' of the Returning Truth Sect."

Lu Qingfeng raised his head, watching the dozens of Sword Lights disappear as astonishment surged through his heart.

Returning Truth Sect disciples were, at most, at the Martial Arts Level and had not yet escaped the Mundane Category. Though their strength was great, they could only Split Stele and Stone. Though they were swift, they could only perform Flat Ground Shifting.

How could they compare to those Heavenly Sword Immortals, wielding the divine power of Sword Light!

"Then how is this game meant to be played? And what help can it offer me?"

Lu Qingfeng browsed the Attribute Panel, his gaze settling on the cultivation method section.

Every other section was empty, while only the cultivation method section contained information.

"Yellow Court Scripture."

"This was said in mythological legends to have been passed down by Dao Ancestor Hongjun. In 'Primordial Wilderness,' it ought to be the most supreme method. Why is it in my cultivation method section?"

"Could it be the Elementary Grade Cultivation Method that every player starts with?"

Lu Qingfeng pondered as he silently opened the cultivation method section.

Cultivation Method: Yellow Court Scripture

Cultivation Method Level: Dao Ancestor Level

Cultivation Requirement: None

Cultivation Method Trait: Deriving Methods; Govern All Arts; Karma Elimination

Note: Cultivation method levels are divided into elementary, Exquisite Level, Side Gate Level, Orthodox Level, Profound Level, Supreme Level, Sect Leader Level, and Dao Ancestor Level.

"Dao Ancestor Level."

"As expected, it is the highest-tier cultivation method in 'Primordial Wilderness.' It seems it isn't the Elementary Grade Cultivation Method players receive by default."

After checking the detailed information on the "Yellow Court Scripture," Lu Qingfeng formed a rough guess.

However, this was not something he could easily ask other players about. Fortunately, whether or not it was an Elementary Grade Cultivation Method that players received by default made no difference to Lu Qingfeng.

In any case, it was a good thing.

"Before entering the game, there was a general introduction to 'Primordial Wilderness' and login guidance. Yet after entering, there is no guidance at all. Everything must be explored on one's own."

Lu Qingfeng felt the game's realism more and more deeply.

But for him, the most important thing now was not playing the game, but discovering what help this game could provide him in reality.

"There are no more than three possibilities."

"First, cultivation, levels, skills, equipment, and the like from the game can be brought out and manifested in reality. If that is the case, then with the level of 'Primordial Wilderness,' even a random treasure would be enough to help me overcome my current predicament."

"Second, they cannot be manifested. But the experience gained from leveling in 'Primordial Wilderness,' along with its various cultivation methods, spells, divine powers, and so on, can be cultivated in reality. 'Primordial Wilderness' is so realistic that perhaps its cultivation methods can also be practiced in reality."

"Third is the worst-case scenario—nothing can be manifested, and the game's cultivation methods cannot be cultivated in reality either. It is purely a game with no use in reality."

Naturally, Lu Qingfeng hoped for the first possibility.

The introduction to "Primordial Wilderness" had also described the first possibility. But since Lu Qingfeng had not been given the option of True Body Entry, he could not help suspecting that treasures within the game—even cultivation methods and divine powers—might all be impossible to bring back into reality, and that cultivation methods from "Primordial Wilderness" might be impossible to practice there as well.

If so, then this game would be tasteless chicken ribs to him—discarding it would be a pity, yet keeping it would serve no purpose.

But what the truth was still required testing.

"Log out."

With a thought, Lu Qingfeng's consciousness returned, and he had already logged out of the game.

Inside Blackwood House, Qingyu was still sound asleep.

Lu Qingfeng sat up in the darkness and said in a low voice, "Bring up the Attribute Panel."

Within the silent Blackwood House, there was only Lu Qingfeng's tense, slightly hoarse voice and Qingyu's nearly inaudible snores.

Name: Lu Qingfeng True Body

Race: Human

Faction: None

Title: None

Cultivation: None

Level: Level 0 (0/1)

Lifespan: 16/68

Root Bone: 1

Merit: Unknown

Karma: Unknown

Cultivation Method: Yellow Court Scripture First Layer (Not Yet Initiated)
Trait: Deriving Methods (First Layer); Govern All Arts (First Layer); Karma Elimination (First Layer)

Spells: None

Divine Power: None

Equipment: None

"The Attribute Panel can be brought into reality!"

Lu Qingfeng felt a little jubilant.

Being able to bring up the Attribute Panel in reality at least proved that this game could affect reality.

"Let's try the cultivation method."

Lu Qingfeng touched the "Yellow Court Scripture," and passages of obscure text immediately surged up from the depths of his heart.

"Before the Supreme Dao's Jade Dawn Lord of the Shangqing Purple Clouds, he dwelt idly among pearl stamens and composed seven-character verses, scattering into the five forms and transforming into myriad gods.

This was the Yellow Court, called the Inner Chapter; the zither heart thrice folded, the embryo immortal danced. Nine qi reflected bright and emerged between the skies, while the divine-canopied youth gave birth to purple mist.

This was called the jade scripture, fit for careful study. Chant it ten thousand times, and one ascends through three heavens. A thousand disasters vanish, a hundred illnesses heal; fearing not the ferocity of tigers and wolves,

"It also wards off old age and extends life forever..."

A cool sensation arose within his body. Lu Qingfeng felt utterly comfortable, his mind clearing.

After a moment, he stopped, examined his body once over, and brought up the Attribute Panel.

Cultivation, Level, lifespan, cultivation methods, and so on—none had changed.

"Cultivation was never easy. The 'Yellow Court Scripture' was a supreme Dao Ancestor Level cultivation method in the Primordial Wilderness. It was only natural that it would be harder to cultivate and progress more slowly."

Lu Qingfeng was not discouraged. Instead, he was even more delighted.

Since the "Yellow Court Scripture" truly could be cultivated in reality, then at least the second possibility he had guessed was correct!

"I'll enter the game again. This time, I need to explore properly and see whether Cultivation and items can be manifested in reality."

Lu Qingfeng lay down silently and logged into "Primordial Wilderness" once more.