Chapter 5

"Sigh, I got carried away and forgot about the hidden danger of the Yin-Yang Demon God's essence blood within me," he said with a helpless sigh, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Immediately, Li Peng's expression turned serious, and he quickly began circulating the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique.

As it circulated, countless black and white Yin-Yang Qi began to wrap around his body.

The drop of Yin-Yang Demon God's essence blood, which had been restless, actually stopped its commotion. Instead, it obediently allowed Li Peng to refine it.

This turn of events made Li Peng feel like he had thrown a punch into empty space.

He had been prepared for a great battle, to forcibly refine this drop of essence blood, but before he could even make a move, the other party surrendered.

This made him feel a surge of frustration!

However, Li Peng quickly understood why the essence blood was so obedient.

Firstly, he had merged with fragments of the Yin-Yang Demon God's remnant soul, and his soul was tainted with the Yin-Yang Demon God's aura.

More importantly, the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique was originally a technique created by the Yin-Yang Demon God based on its own being, making it naturally compatible with the essence blood.

Considering these factors, the essence blood was so compliant.

Although he felt a bit dejected, since the essence blood was willing to cooperate, this was an excellent opportunity to strengthen his foundation and break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

No sooner said than done, Li Peng continued to circulate the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique, relentlessly refining the Yin-Yang Demon God's essence blood within him.

As the refinement progressed, he felt both his body and soul ascending.

Yin-Yang Qi and spiritual energy from tens of thousands of miles around him converged madly towards him, quickly forming a massive spiritual energy storm composed of Yin-Yang Qi.

Li Peng stood within the storm, and the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Flowers naturally appeared above his head.

As the Yin-Yang Qi continuously poured in, the Heaven Flower above his head bloomed layer by layer, from the first grade to the twelfth grade. After the Heaven Flower reached the twelfth grade, the Earth Flower began to bloom, also ascending grade by grade to the twelfth. Once the Earth Flower was complete, the Human Flower bloomed in sequence, from the first grade to the twelfth, each layer distinct.

When the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Flowers above his head all reached the twelfth grade, a profound aura emanated from Li Peng's body. His momentum suddenly increased tenfold, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged towards him. Clearly, he had broken through to the Grand Unity realm at this moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Peng slowly ceased his cultivation. Gazing at the twelve-grade Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Flowers above his head, his heart was filled with immense joy. Now that all three flowers had reached the twelfth grade, his innate talent was no less than that of the top Chaos Demon Gods. Li Peng firmly believed that with his unremitting efforts and the System's help, surpassing the Heavenly Dao and reigning above all the Saints of the Primordial Era was not an impossible feat.

The Golden Winged Great Peng, who was originally destined for a mediocre existence in history, had its fate thrown into a maelstrom by Li Peng's arrival. He would settle scores with all those who had ever bullied him.

Just as Li Peng was envisioning the future, the System's voice rang out again:

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing Choice Three, obtaining the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Yin Yang Twin Swords (when wielded together, they can contend with Innate Supreme Treasures!), and two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood!"

"Ding! Rewards have been automatically stored in the System Warehouse. Please check them, host."

Li Peng was overjoyed upon hearing this. The Yin Yang Twin Swords' power was comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure, and a single drop of Pangu's Essence Blood could create an Ancestor Witch. How precious!

He immediately sent his divine sense into the System Warehouse. Inside, two long swords entwined with Yin-Yang Qi, and two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood emitting vast pressure, floated quietly.

Li Peng first took out the Pangu's Essence Blood and examined it in his palm. Profound patterns covered the surface of the essence blood, and waves of Pangu's majestic pressure continuously emanated, deepening his reverence for Pangu.

After a moment of thought, Li Peng decided to refine this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood immediately.

Although it felt like a waste of such a heavenly treasure, no treasure, no matter how good, was as practical as converting it into his own strength.

Without hesitation, he swallowed the Pangu's Essence Blood in one gulp.

As the essence blood entered his abdomen, a violent power erupted within his body.

Simultaneously, a cultivation technique automatically appeared in his mind – the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique!

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique was a supreme body-refining method that directly led to the Hunyuan Great Dao.

It was said that upon reaching the ninth revolution, one could achieve physical sainthood.

However, in the Primordial Era thus far, apart from Pangu, no one had reached the ninth revolution.

Even the Twelve Ancestor Witches only managed to cultivate up to the eighth revolution at most.

This showed how difficult this cultivation technique was.

Li Peng cast aside all distractions and began circulating the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique according to its path.

The Ancestral Phoenix Art he had previously cultivated already encompassed both the primordial spirit and the physical body.

His physical body had already reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.

Now, switching to the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique with the aid of Pangu's Essence Blood, his progress was naturally extremely rapid.

Ten minutes, the first revolution was complete;

Half an hour, the second revolution was complete;

Four hours, the third revolution was complete;

Half a month, the fifth revolution was complete;

Ten years, the sixth revolution was complete;

A thousand years later, the seventh revolution was also complete.

Another three thousand years passed before Li Peng finally opened his eyes.

"Sigh, the energy from this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood is depleted, yet I've only reached the late stage of the seventh revolution.

If my original physical body hadn't been close to the peak of the fifth revolution, I might not have reached this realm."

He looked at the only other drop of Pangu's Essence Blood remaining in the System's warehouse, his heart struggling with whether to continue refining it.

If he refined another drop, he was confident he could break through to the eighth revolution, but it felt like such a precious essence blood was being wasted just to elevate his physical body to the Quasi-Saint level.

Moreover, his physical body leaping from the peak of Golden Immortal to the late stage of Grand Unity Golden Immortal so quickly would lead to an unstable foundation, potentially affecting his future path.

With this thought, Li Peng ultimately abandoned the idea of continuing to use Pangu's Essence Blood to strengthen his physical body.

The further one progressed in cultivation, the more difficult breakthroughs became. If he saved this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood for when he attempted the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, it would undoubtedly greatly increase his chances of success!

Li Peng thus completely gave up on the plan to enhance his physical cultivation with Pangu's Essence Blood.

He no longer paid attention to that drop of Pangu's Essence Blood and instead turned his gaze to the pair of Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures—the Yin Yang Twin Swords.

According to the System's introduction, each Yin Yang Twin Sword was a Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, but when wielded together, they could unleash the might of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

At this thought, Li Peng's heart grew eager to try them out.

With a slight movement of his mind, he retrieved the Yin Yang Twin Swords from the System's warehouse.

Li Peng held two long swords, one black and one white, feeling a surge of joy.

He immediately injected his magic power into the Yin Yang Twin Swords and began refining them.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his magic power entered the swords, they automatically recognized him as their master. Forty-one layers of Innate restrictions were unlocked without any need for refinement.

In an instant, Li Peng could unleash the full power of the Yin Yang Twin Swords.

Due to the compatibility of their attributes, he wielded the twin swords as if they were extensions of his own arms.

Li Peng was momentarily stunned and asked the System, "System, why did the restrictions on the Yin Yang Twin Swords unlock automatically?"

"Treasures bestowed by the System default to the host as their master, thus no refinement is needed. They recognize their master upon acquisition," the System replied.

Li Peng was greatly satisfied upon hearing this, as this mechanism had saved him an immeasurable amount of effort.

After playing with them for a while, he stored the twin swords in his Dantian.

Afterward, his gaze fell upon the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda, the accompanying spiritual treasure of the Yin-Yang Demon God.

According to the Yin-Yang Demon God, although this pagoda had fallen to the Innate Supreme Treasure level, it was still the most powerful artifact in the Primordial Era.

Hongjun had not yet become a Saint, and the great powers did not possess treasures bestowed by him.

Currently, apart from the Eastern Emperor Tai Yi wielding the Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Bell and Di Jun possessing the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure River Diagram and Luo Book, others were not worth mentioning.

Among those Innate great powers, only Laozi had the acquired Merit Supreme Treasure Heaven and Earth Golden Yellow Exquisite Pagoda as his companion. Others like the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, and Jieyin likely possessed nothing at this time.

And Li Peng already possessed the Yin Yang Twin Swords, whose attack power rivaled that of Innate Supreme Treasures, and the Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda before him.

His current wealth could truly be considered abundant.

With this thought, Li Peng's heart filled with joy, and his confidence in competing for the six positions in the front row grew even stronger.

Although he did not intend to become a Heavenly Dao Saint, it did not prevent him from seizing this opportunity to obtain a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

Primordial Violet Qi was the foundation for achieving enlightenment. In the future, whether kept for Kong Xuan or his wife, it would be excellent.

At that time, his household would have at least two Saint-level combat powers.

With this thought, Li Peng almost drooled.

After a period of daydreaming, he once again turned his gaze to the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

Li Peng walked forward, gazing at the colossal pagoda that stood tens of millions of feet tall, his heart filled with excitement.

He placed his palm on the pagoda's body and extended his divine sense into it.

The Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda not only did not resist but instead transmitted a wave of joyful fluctuations.

With a slight movement of his mind, Li Peng understood that this treasure was originally the Yin-Yang Demon God's accompanying spiritual treasure. Although its artifact spirit was damaged, it still instinctively gravitated towards the aura of the Yin-Yang Demon God.

Li Peng's soul aura and attributes were extremely similar to the Yin-Yang Demon God's, which was why the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda was exceptionally welcoming of his arrival.

Understanding this, Li Peng's face broke into a smile.

One had to know that fully refining such an Innate Supreme Treasure could take more than ten Yuanhui.

Even basic refinement would require tens of thousands of years.

But now, with the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda actively cooperating, the refining speed could be increased by a thousand or ten thousand times.

Li Peng hesitated no longer. He circulated the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique and used his Yin-Yang magic power to refine the first layer of the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda's restrictions.

As expected, the refining process was simpler and faster than when he had refined the Universe Ruler before. It only took a hundred years to refine the first layer.

With his initial victory, Li Peng became immersed in refining the restrictions of the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

Time flowed, and twenty thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

The Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda had a total of forty-five layers of restrictions. Li Peng had already refined thirty-two layers and could now unleash most of the pagoda's power.

As an Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda possessed both defensive and enemy-trapping capabilities, as well as the function of gathering fortune.

In terms of defensive power alone, this pagoda could even rival the Heaven and Earth Golden Yellow Exquisite Pagoda in Laozi's hands!

Li Peng brought the Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda into his body, then opened his status panel to check his gains this time.

Name: Li Peng

Race: Golden Winged Great Peng

Talent: Top-tier Chaos Demon God Talent!

** : Ancestral Phoenix Art, Nine Revolutions Profound Technique (Late Stage of Seventh Layer), Yin-Yang Rotation Technique, Chaos Yin-Yang Art (Uncultivated)

Spiritual Power: Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light

Realm: Early Stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal

Physical Realm: Late Stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal

Comprehended Laws: Yin-Yang Laws (Three Layers!)

Treasures: High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Universe Ruler, Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Yin Yang Twin Swords, Innate Supreme Treasure Yin-Yang Pagoda, Innate Middle-Grade Spirit Treasure Yin-Yang Jade Bracelet

Items: Two Low-Grade Innate Spirit Roots, one drop of Pangu's Essence Blood

Uncompleted Choice: Slay Randeng

Evaluation: In an era where the top powers of the Primordial Era are absent, as long as the host acts cautiously, they can roam freely between heaven and earth.

Li Peng looked at the System's evaluation and was very satisfied.

He was no longer an ant that could be slaughtered at will in the Primordial Era, but had truly established a foothold.

He believed that with his own talent and the System's assistance, it would not be difficult to stand shoulder to shoulder with Saints in the future, or even go a step further...

After indulging in a brief fantasy of the future, Li Peng turned his gaze to the treasure section.

Looking at the many treasures he possessed, his satisfaction grew.

Then, he directly activated a formation and left the secret realm left behind by the Yin-Yang Demon God.

However, the moment Li Peng stepped onto Buzhou Mountain, he was surprised to find that

Pangu's pressure on him had weakened by several tenths compared to before entering the secret realm!

Not only that, but the entire Buzhou Mountain also felt a strange sense of closeness to him.

This change left him puzzled for a moment.

After much thought, he finally attributed it to his refining of Pangu's Essence Blood, and that he now carried Pangu's aura.

Buzhou Mountain, formed from Pangu's spine, would naturally show favor to Pangu's legacy.

With this thought, Li Peng realized even more, that many powerful beings in the Primordial Era had deep connections with Pangu:

The Twelve Ancestor Witches were nurtured by Pangu's Essence Blood, the Three Pure Ones were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, Di Jun and Tai Yi were born from Pangu's eyes, and Minghe originated from the filthy blood in Pangu's navel...

In conclusion, these powerful beings related to Pangu all left their names in later generations and were all top existences in the Primordial Era.

From this, one could see how profound Pangu's influence on the Primordial Era was.