The Primordial Era's First Sage

"He clearly held back when we fought last time. If he had gone all out, I'm afraid my body and soul would have been annihilated already," East King Duke thought to himself, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Beside him, the faces of the Three Pure Ones turned extremely grim.

They, the Pangu Three Pure Ones, possessed exceptional talent. It was one thing that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had achieved enlightenment before them.

Then, a mysterious Primordial expert appeared, which they could accept.

But Li Peng, who had listened to the Dao lectures with them in Purple Heaven Palace, had far surpassed them.

What was even harder to accept was that he actually possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure!

Such strength, such Destiny!

In an instant, the confidence and arrogance of the Three Pure Ones were severely damaged.

The other great powers also fell into shock, unable to recover for a long time.

The next moment, the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda flew out on its own, meeting the Chaos Bell.

"Boom—!"

After the loud noise, everyone saw the Chaos Bell being knocked flying and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Tai Yi spat out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with disbelief.

Clearly, he had sustained a serious injury from the previous blow.

Seeing this, Di Jun quickly stepped forward and asked, "Tai Yi, how is your injury?"

"It's nothing, just a minor injury," Tai Yi said, waving his hand and forcing himself to stand.

The great powers present witnessed this scene and were all shocked.

"The Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Bell was smashed away in one blow? Could Li Peng's pagoda be more powerful than the Chaos Bell?" a nameless peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal exclaimed.

Laozi sighed and said, "It's not that the Chaos Bell is inferior to the pagoda, but that Daoist Li Peng's cultivation is far above Tai Yi's."

After speaking, he said to Yuanshi and Tongtian, "Second brother, third brother, let's go."

Yuanshi was confused, "Big brother, why are we leaving?"

Tongtian also showed a look of doubt.

Laozi sighed helplessly, "Daoist Li Peng's strength is beyond our ability to contend with. Even if all the great powers present joined forces, the outcome would not change."

East King Duke was unconvinced and shouted, "Daoist Laozi, you might be overestimating him! I don't believe that so many of us can't deal with him!"

Laozi shook his head, "Even the Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Bell couldn't break through the pagoda's defense. Can you say you can break it? Or can anyone here break it?"

East King Duke fell silent immediately.

He also remembered the strength of the defense of the supreme treasure in Li Peng's hand.

"Let's go," Laozi said indifferently.

With that, he rode the clouds towards Kunlun Mountain.

Yuanshi and Tongtian had originally wanted to see if their combined strength could break through the defense of the pagoda-shaped supreme treasure.

But seeing their elder brother had already left, they could only give up.

Laozi's long-standing authority made Yuanshi and Tongtian dare not disobey their elder brother's wishes.

The two then rode the clouds and left with Laozi.

Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and then rode their clouds to leave.

Seeing that the top figures like the Three Pure Ones, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun had all left, the great powers present

turned their gazes to Di Jun, Tai Yi, and East King Duke.

Li Peng also looked at them.

Facing the gazes of everyone, Di Jun and Tai Yi's expressions changed several times. In the end, they could only sigh and ride their clouds away.

Seeing that Di Jun and Tai Yi had also left, East King Duke felt helpless and followed them.

Li Peng saw that all the top great powers in the Primordial Era had left and then turned his attention to the Grand Unity Golden Immortals and the cultivators who had just entered the Quasi-Saint realm.

"Do you also want to fight me for this Innate Gourd?" Li Peng's voice was filled with killing intent.

The remaining people heard this and did not dare to stay any longer, hurriedly riding their clouds away.

In the blink of an eye, only Li Peng and Nuwa were left in this place.

Seeing that Li Peng had retreated the crowd with just a word, Nuwa's face couldn't help but show a look of admiration.

At the same time, she sighed inwardly about her insufficient cultivation, unable to help Li Peng in any way.

While she was lost in thought, Li Peng walked closer and said, "Look at these gourds and see which one is your destiny."

His meaning was clear: as long as Nuwa chose one, he would give it to her.

Nuwa was touched and thought to herself, "So Brother Li forcefully took all the gourds for me."

Although touched, she still said with reserve, "These were all hard-won by Brother Li. I can't accept them."

She hadn't noticed that her address for Li Peng had changed from "Fellow Daoist Li" to "Brother Li," clearly showing that the recent events had greatly increased her favor towards him.

If there were a favorability detector, it would surely show that Nuwa's favorability towards Li Peng had broken ninety, just waiting for a confession to make things happen.

Hearing Nuwa's refusal, Li Peng chuckled, "What nonsense are you saying? I obtained these treasures precisely for you."

As he spoke, he gently stroked Nuwa's hair.

Nuwa heard his words and felt the warmth of his palm, her cheeks instantly flushing crimson.

Seeing that Nuwa wasn't resisting at all, Li Peng knew she had indeed developed feelings for him.

Otherwise, why would she allow him to make such an intimate gesture?

However, he didn't overstep, his hand lingering in Nuwa's hair for just a moment before retracting.

After all, he still didn't know how much favorability Nuwa truly had towards him.

The warmth on her head suddenly disappeared, and a faint, fleeting sense of loss crossed Nuwa's heart.

But this flicker of strangeness vanished in an instant.

She approached the row of gourds and sensed them carefully, finally pointing to a purplish-green gourd. "This one seems to have the deepest connection with me."

Li Peng glanced at the gourd and said with a smile, "Since you have a connection with it, take it when it ripens."

As he spoke, he had already placed the ripe purplish-red gourd into his System space.

Time flew by, and two thousand four hundred and fifty years quietly passed.

Six of the seven gourds on the vine had fully ripened and were taken by the two of them respectively.

The purplish-black gourd before them was the last one, but it was much thinner than the previous six, appearing underdeveloped, and even the seven-colored gourd vine showed signs of wilting.

"The origin of the gourd vine is almost depleted. I'm afraid this last one won't be able to fully mature," Nuwa sighed softly.

Hearing this, Li Peng smiled faintly and took out a jade bottle from his System space.

He took a few steps forward and poured out a few drops of water that shimmered with gold, silver, and purple light.

Nuwa was puzzled by his actions, but then she saw the three-colored water drops seep into the roots of the gourd vine.

Instantly, the previously withered vine regained its vibrant vitality, and the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth converged towards the gourd vine like a tide.

"This, this is the Three Lights Divine Water!" Nuwa exclaimed in disbelief.

She never imagined that Li Peng could casually produce even such a sacred healing item.

Seeing Li Peng nod calmly, Nuwa hurriedly grabbed his wrist. "Stop! Do you know how precious the Three Lights Divine Water is?"

Li Peng feigned ignorance. "Is this item very rare?"

"Naturally! Every drop is priceless!" Nuwa stated emphatically.

"But I have a whole lake of Three Lights Divine Water here. I always thought it wasn't anything special and often used it to make tea!" Li Peng said innocently.

Nuwa stood there stunned, the words "a lake" and "making tea" echoing repeatedly in her mind.

Li Peng ignored her reaction and continued to water the gourd vine.

After a while, Nuwa finally came back to her senses.

She saw Li Peng still watering the gourd vine and immediately reached out to snatch the jade bottle from his hand.

"You've already watered it for so long, the gourd vine has recovered. Such a precious thing cannot be wasted anymore," Nuwa said, clutching the jade bottle with a pained expression.

Seeing her like this, Li Peng couldn't help but tease, "Have you noticed, you look just like a nagging housewife right now?"

"Nagging housewife? What does that mean?" Nuwa asked, confused.

"A nagging housewife is..." Li Peng explained with a smile.

After hearing his explanation, Nuwa's cheeks instantly turned red, and she covered her face, turning away.

Li Peng looked at her adorable reaction and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, six hundred years passed. The last purplish-black gourd finally ripened.

Li Peng directly dug out the entire gourd vine along with the soil beneath it.

Nuwa was a little confused by his actions but didn't ask any further questions.

Not long after, Li Peng dug out the gourd vine and the soil.

The moment he unearthed the gourd vine and the soil, the System's prompt sounded:

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining seven gourds, the gourd vine, and the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil beneath the gourd vine, completing Choice Three!

Reward obtained: Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, Yin-Yang Laws each increased by 20%."

As the System's voice faded, countless insights into the Yin-Yang Laws flooded into Li Peng's mind.

In an instant, he was immersed in the comprehension of the Yin-Yang Laws.

In an instant, the Yin and Yang energies between heaven and earth converged towards Li Peng, with waves of Yin-Yang Law emanating from his body.

Seeing him like this, Nuwa immediately understood that he had entered a state of enlightenment.

Her expression turned serious. She formed hand seals, preparing to set up a concealment formation and a simple defensive formation here, to prevent any powerful beings from launching a surprise attack.

However, just as Nuwa began to set up the formations, Li Peng had already awakened.

Although only a brief moment had passed in the outside world, within the state of enlightenment, Li Peng felt as if he had experienced tens of thousands of years, having comprehended an additional 20% of the Yin-Yang Laws respectively.

Li Peng originally wanted to continue immersing himself in the state of enlightenment, but the System detected that his Yin-Yang Laws had increased by 20% and forcibly pulled him out. No matter how he tried, he could not return to that state.

"Why did you wake up so soon? Did I disturb your enlightenment?" Nuwa asked somewhat **.

"No, I've already finished my enlightenment," Li Peng replied with a smile, shaking his head.

"It's over already?" Nuwa looked incredulous.

"Yes," Li Peng nodded with a smile.

Nuwa, however, thought Li Peng was comforting her. After all, powerful beings in the Primordial Era would meditate for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. How could his enlightenment end in just a moment? She was convinced that she had disturbed Li Peng, causing him to wake up early, and felt filled with guilt.

Seeing Nuwa's guilty expression, Li Peng didn't know how to explain, as he couldn't reveal anything about the System. He could only change the subject. "This harvest is truly immense!"

As he spoke, he brought the Gourd Vine and the soil beneath it to Nuwa and showed it to her. Nuwa initially paid no attention, still lost in self-blame, but when she saw the soil clearly, her face instantly showed shock.

"This is Nine Heavens Breathing Soil!" Nuwa exclaimed.

"That's right," Li Peng nodded with a smile.

"How did you know there was Nine Heavens Breathing Soil underneath?" Nuwa asked curiously.

"I didn't know," Li Peng answered frankly.

"You didn't know? Then why did you dig up the soil along with it?" Nuwa looked disbelieving.

"Think about it, a place that could nurture seven Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures, how could the soil beneath it be ordinary?" Li Peng spread his hands, his tone indifferent.

Nuwa was speechless upon hearing this. She hadn't even thought of such a simple logic.

Seeing Nuwa's dazed expression, Li Peng smiled and patted her head, then took her back to the Three Immortal Islands.

Time flowed, and three thousand years passed in a flash.

During these three thousand years, Li Peng used the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus to slay his evil corpse, and his Primordial Spirit cultivation successfully broke through to the mid-stage Quasi-Saint realm.

His current status panel is as follows:

Name: Li Peng Species: Golden Winged Great Peng Dojo: Three Immortal Islands Overseas Talent: Top-Tier Chaos Demon God Talent Techniques: Ancestral Phoenix Art, Nine Revolutions Profound Technique (late seventh layer), Yin-Yang Rotation Technique, Chaos Yin-Yang Art (unpracticed), Slaying Three Corpses Method (two corpses slain) Corpse Avatars: Self-Corpse White Lotus Daoist, Evil-Corpse Black Lotus Daoist Spiritual Power: Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light Primordial Spirit Realm: Mid-stage Quasi-Saint Physical Body Realm: Late-stage Quasi-Saint Comprehended Laws: Law of Yin (60%), Law of Yang (50%) Treasures: Innate Supreme Treasure Yin-Yang Pagoda, Post-Heaven Merit Supreme Treasure Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Merit Ruler, Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures Yin Yang Twin Swords, Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp, Yin Yang Orb, Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus, Purple Gold Gourd, Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, Water-Fire Gourd, Immortal-Slaying Gourd, Purple-Green Gourd, Chaos Gourd, High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures Universe Ruler, Purple Lightning Hammer, Twelve Sea-Calming Divine Beads, etc. Spirit Roots: Foremost of the Top Ten Innate Spirit Roots Yellow Middle Plum, Gourd Vine, Tongtian Jianmu, Enlightenment Tea Tree, Purple Jade Fruit, Kirin Melon, etc. Items: One drop of Pangu's Essence Blood, Nine Heavens Breathing Soil. Evaluation: First person below Saint.

Li Peng looked at his status panel and nodded with satisfaction.

He was now immensely wealthy, possessing three treasures comparable to Innate Supreme Treasures and as many as nine Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.

With such wealth, perhaps only Dao Ancestor Hongjun could surpass him.

Just as Li Peng was tallying his gains, Nuwa, Fuxi, Changxi, and Xihe arrived at the peak where he had been in seclusion.