Chapter 1

"Who am I?"

"Where am I?"

"Why had I turned into an egg?"

Li Peng stared at his body and muttered in confusion.

He had merely been exhausted from working overtime and fallen asleep at his desk.

Yet when he woke up, he found that he had become a giant egg wrapped in black-and-white Yin-Yang Qi.

Beside him was another egg, shimmering with five colors of light: azure, yellow, red, black, and white.

Li Peng froze for a moment before quickly calming down.

After all, he was a modern man who had been tempered by countless webnovels and transmigration dramas.

He was no stranger to transmigration.

Just as he steadied himself, a stream of information flooded into his mind.

It made him instantly understand his circumstances—

He was actually the Golden Winged Great Peng, the Son of Ancestor Phoenix.

"I actually became that idiot Golden Winged Great Peng?"

Li Peng could not help but curse.

As an old reader well-versed in prehistoric webnovels,

he was all too familiar with the character Golden Winged Great Peng.

He had an impressive brother named Kong Xuan.

The two had originally been twins, with comparable origins and talents.

The Golden Winged Great Peng was born with control over yin and yang, while Kong Xuan controlled the five elements.

Yet Kong Xuan later became the strongest beneath the Saints and could even fight Saints;

while the Golden Winged Great Peng lived a stifled life and, by the time of Journey to the West,

had to call a pawn like Sun Wukong his brother.

Thinking of this, Li Peng could not help feeling indignant on the Golden Winged Great Peng's behalf.

Just as Li Peng was feeling indignant for the Golden Winged Great Peng, he suddenly realized that he had already become the Golden Winged Great Peng. Wouldn't all those humiliating events fall upon him instead?

"Am I supposed to live through the Golden Winged Great Peng's miserable life all over again?" Li Peng muttered irritably.

But he immediately realized that he was still only an egg.

Everything he knew had yet to happen.

That meant Li Peng could completely change his fate.

In the original history of the prehistoric world, the Golden Winged Great Peng had refined his innate divine ability into the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle, resulting in mediocre aptitude and accomplishing nothing.

But now, his innate talent remained, and he also possessed the advantage of foresight.

Thinking of this, Li Peng was filled with confidence for the future.

"Since I've been reborn as the Golden Winged Great Peng, I will never live a mediocre life like before!

"I will become the one moving the pieces, no longer a piece on the board!"

Flames burned in Li Peng's eyes as he muttered ambitiously.

Just then, a mechanical electronic voice rang out:

"Ding! Detected that the host has a strong desire to become stronger. The activation conditions for the God-Tier Choice System have been met!"

"System booting... 1%... 5%... 10%... 50%... 100%. Boot successful! The God-Tier Choice System is at your service."

A system?

Li Peng was stunned at first, then overwhelmed with joy.

As a veteran webnovel reader, he knew perfectly well what a system meant—crushing everything in his path and reaching the pinnacle!

He forcefully suppressed his excitement and waited for the system to finish activating.

"Ding! System binding successful. Please make your initial choice."

"Choice One: Since the host has the heart to grow stronger, how can you rely on external objects? Immediately terminate the system binding and venture through the prehistoric world alone!

"Reward: Title—'Super Dunderhead.'"

"Choice Two: Ignore the damage to your origin, immediately hatch, and travel through the prehistoric world!

"Reward: One drop of Pangu's Essence Blood."

"Choice Three: Continue cultivating here. Hatch only after fully tapping into your potential!

"Reward: Innate Yin-Yang Origin."

"Please make your choice as soon as possible!"

Li Peng was momentarily stunned when he heard the choices offered by the system, then carefully considered all three options.

He immediately ruled out the first choice—if there was a shortcut, why would he insist on cultivating slowly?

Unless the reward was Great God Pangu's cultivation, in which case it might be worth considering.

But what kind of title was "Super Dunderhead"?

The system had not left him any room to choose at all!

After grumbling inwardly, he continued reading.

The reward for the second option was Pangu's Essence Blood. If he could obtain it, his cultivation would surely surge, making some loss of origin worthwhile.

But it actually wanted him to travel through the prehistoric world?

With Li Peng's current cultivation, if he encountered any somewhat powerful living being, he would probably end up as its meal.

What was more, he would be carrying a drop of Pangu's Essence Blood. That was practically inviting powerful figures from every corner to rob him.

Thinking of this, he decisively gave up the second choice.

Next, he looked at the third option.

Hmm, this one was good.

Develop quietly!

Although the reward was only Innate Yin-Yang Two Qi, inferior to Pangu's Essence Blood,

it was safer.

Moreover, Innate Yin-Yang Two Qi was extremely compatible with the Golden Winged Great Peng. For him, it might be more suitable than Pangu's Essence Blood.

After all, there was no best option, only the most suitable one.

Thus, Li Peng said to the system without hesitation, "I choose the third option."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for making the most suitable choice!"

"Ding! Since this is the initial choice, the system will distribute the reward in advance!"

"Ding! Innate Yin-Yang Two Qi has been placed in the system storage. Please collect it."

As the system's voice faded, Li Peng's consciousness entered a vast, boundless space.

The system storage was so huge that he could not see its end, as though it were infinite.

"This system storage is way too big... The system really is amazing."

As he marveled, his gaze was drawn to a stream of black-and-white energy intertwined within the space.

"So this is the Innate Yin-Yang Origin? It's truly captivating."

Li Peng muttered to himself for a moment, then beckoned with his hand, drawing out the Yin-Yang Qi and merging it into his body.

As the Innate Yin-Yang Two Qi entered his body, he felt both his flesh and soul being continuously transformed.

After this transformation, Li Peng found that his comprehension of the Way of Yin and Yang had become increasingly smooth, and his speed of absorbing the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth had noticeably improved.

This change delighted him immensely.

The improvement in his efficiency at comprehending the Dao and the acceleration of Spiritual Energy absorption undoubtedly meant that his aptitude had risen to another level.

With that in mind, Li Peng calmed his mind and focused entirely on comprehending the Yin-Yang Origin within him.

As he concentrated on cultivating, the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth around him seemed to go out of control, surging madly toward the egg he occupied.

The egg beside him, which shimmered with five-colored light, could only watch helplessly as the Spiritual Energy it could absorb steadily dwindled, unable to do anything about it.

Fortunately, Kong Xuan had not yet developed self-awareness. Otherwise, he would probably have hated Li Peng to the bone already.

After all, obstructing someone's cultivation was like cutting off their future!

At the same time, within the Purple Cloud Palace—

"Pfft—"

Ancestor Hongjun suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with shock. "How could this be? Why have the Heavenly Secrets suddenly fallen into such chaos?

"Is Ancestor Yang Mei secretly causing trouble? Or is it that extraterrestrial demon Luohu?

"You forced me out at the critical moment when I was comprehending the Dao to become a Saint. Did you think that would stop me from becoming one?

"It is nothing but futile. At most, it will only cost me more time!"

"Hmph! Once I become a Saint, I will make all of you pay the price!"

Ancestor Hongjun's gaze was icy as he spoke coldly.

After saying this, he merged with the Heavenly Dao once more and continued comprehending the Laws of the Heavenly Dao.

Though he had been disturbed, Ancestor Hongjun's speed in comprehending the Heavenly Dao was no longer as swift as before, but it still surpassed that of ordinary prehistoric cultivators by thousands or tens of thousands of times.

Time passed, and a thousand years went by in the blink of an eye.

Li Peng, who was immersed in cultivation, was suddenly awakened by a series of system notifications.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for perfectly fusing with the Innate Yin-Yang Origin!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for awakening the divine ability—Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light!"

Hearing the system notifications, Li Peng emerged from deep cultivation, indescribable joy rising in his heart.

"I finally have a divine ability of my own!" Li Peng muttered.

He then asked the system, "What power does this Innate Destruction Divine Light possess?"

"Please check the attribute panel yourself," the system replied mechanically.

Li Peng was slightly startled. Then he spotted the words "Attribute Panel" in the lower-right corner of the system interface.

Li Peng lightly touched the Attribute Panel with his divine sense, and the panel immediately unfolded.

Host: Li Peng

Species: Golden Winged Great Peng

Aptitude: Top-tier innate living being (Aptitudes are divided into acquired deity aptitude, innate deity aptitude, and Chaos Demon God aptitude. Each category is further divided into top-tier, high, middle, and low grades.)

Cultivation Art: Ancestral Phoenix Art

Divine Ability: Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light

Realm: Late Golden Immortal (Prehistoric cultivation realms: Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Mystic Immortal, Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, Saint, Heavenly Dao, Great Dao. Below Earth Immortal, all are ants, not worth mentioning.)

Evaluation: In the prehistoric world where the War of the Three Clans has only just settled, you can already claim a small mountain and become the lord of one region.

Li Peng stared at the system's evaluation, and countless wild horses galloped through his mind.

His ambition was to transcend the Heavenly Dao. Why would he be content becoming some mere mountain king?

After briefly grumbling, he opened the divine ability section for a closer look.

Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light: Born from the fusion of the host's Yin-Yang Origin and Innate Yin-Yang Two Qi, it contains the Laws of Destruction. Its power is immense and can kill enemies one major realm above the host.

Seeing this description, Li Peng nodded inwardly.

In the prehistoric world, very few could kill enemies one major realm above themselves. They either relied on heaven-defying spiritual treasures or possessed peerless divine abilities.

Now, he possessed one of them.

After rejoicing for a while, he turned his attention to the aptitude section.

A top-tier innate deity physique might not compare to reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods like Hongjun, Luohu, and Yang Mei, but it was no worse than the Three Pure Ones.

If he could secure a seat when Hongjun preached the Dao, becoming a Saint in the future would not be impossible.

Thinking of this, Li Peng felt completely satisfied.

"Sigh, my cultivation is still too low. If I can keep cultivating, perhaps I can attain the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm after several tens of thousands of years."

Feeling that he was being too greedy, he shook his head and sighed, resolving to focus on cultivation.

Only then did he notice that the Attribute Panel contained a cultivation art called Ancestral Phoenix Art.

Since transmigrating, aside from familiarizing himself with the system, he had devoted himself entirely to comprehending the Innate Yin-Yang Origin and had not even realized that he already possessed a cultivation art.

Li Peng opened the description of the Ancestral Phoenix Art.

The Ancestral Phoenix Art was Ancestor Phoenix's cultivation method. It tempered both the primordial spirit and the physical body, and it was a cultivation art capable of directly reaching the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

As long as the cultivator possessed sufficient destiny, they could smoothly break through to the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

When Li Peng read this, he felt rather helpless.

Because he knew perfectly well that this was clearly a cultivation art requiring one to unify the prehistoric world and gather all destiny before attaining the Primordial Great Luo Dao.

But could Li Peng truly unify the prehistoric world and gather all destiny?

That was obviously unrealistic.

The prehistoric world had Ancestor Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao, and six Saints.

Gather all destiny?

Before he could succeed, the Saints would probably have already blasted him into ashes.

If he truly possessed the strength to defeat Hongjun and the six Saints, why would he need to unify the prehistoric world?

By then, he would at least be an existence at the Heavenly Dao level. The destiny of the prehistoric world would be of no use to him at all.

Therefore, this Ancestral Phoenix Art was actually a Primordial-level cultivation art with its path ahead cut off.

Even though its future path was severed, it was very suitable for building a foundation.

After all, the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm was still far too distant for Li Peng. For now, he should focus on cultivation and strive to take human form as soon as possible.

With that in mind, Li Peng closed his eyes and began cultivating.

Time flowed by—one thousand years, five thousand years, ten thousand years, twenty thousand years...

As the years passed, his cultivation gradually increased as well.

Late Golden Immortal, Peak Golden Immortal, Early Taiyi Golden Immortal...

No one knew how much time passed before Li Peng finally reached the Peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Just as Li Peng was preparing to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm in one push, the system's voice rang out once again.

"Ding! The host is about to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Please make a choice!"

"Choice One: Break through directly to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, regardless of how many grades the flower blooms."

"Reward: Innate Middle-Grade Spirit Treasure, Water Spirit Pearl."

"Choice Two: Travel the Primordial World and accumulate foundations, causing the flower to bloom to the ninth grade."

"Reward: High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, Purple Lightning Hammer; two drops of Zhu Jiuyin's, the Ancestral Shaman's (Quasi-Saint Peak), essence blood."

"Choice Three: Travel the Primordial World and accumulate foundations, causing the Three Flowers to bloom to the twelfth grade."

"Reward: Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, Yin Yang Twin Swords (when combined, the twin swords can contend against an Innate Supreme Treasure); two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood."

"Please make your choice as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing the system prompt, Li Peng immediately halted his breakthrough and began to think carefully.

Based on his experience reading countless Primordial World novels, the higher the grade at which the Great Luo Flower bloomed, the greater one's potential and future achievements would be.

The system had offered such choices so that he could build a solid foundation and break through to even higher realms in the future!