Chapter 5

"Alas, I still got carried away and forgot about the hidden danger of the Yin-Yang Demon God's Essence Blood within my body." He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and spoke helplessly.

Li Peng's expression immediately turned solemn as he swiftly circulated the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique.

As ** circulated, countless streams of black-and-white Yin-Yang Qi began to coil around his body.

That drop of the Yin-Yang Demon God's Essence Blood actually stopped struggling and instead obediently allowed Li Peng to refine it.

This unexpected turn of events made Li Peng feel as though he had punched empty air.

He had already been prepared for a fierce battle, intending to forcibly ** this drop of Essence Blood,

Yet before he could even make a move, it had surrendered outright.

It left him feeling rather irritated!

However, Li Peng soon understood why the Essence Blood was being so obedient.

First, he had fused with a fragment of the Yin-Yang Demon God's remnant soul, causing his own soul to be tainted with the Yin-Yang Demon God's aura.

More importantly, the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique had originally been created by the Yin-Yang Demon God based on himself. It was naturally compatible with the Essence Blood.

With all these factors combined, the drop of Essence Blood became so compliant.

Although he felt somewhat depressed, since the Essence Blood was willing to cooperate, this was the perfect opportunity to strengthen his foundation and charge toward the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

No sooner had he thought of it than he acted. Li Peng continued circulating the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique, constantly refining the Yin-Yang Demon God's Essence Blood within his body.

As the refinement progressed, he felt both his body and soul continuously undergoing sublimation.

The Yin-Yang Qi and Spiritual Energy within hundreds of thousands of miles madly converged upon him, swiftly forming a massive Spiritual Energy storm composed of Yin-Yang Qi.

Li Peng ** within the storm **, while the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Flowers naturally emerged above his head.

As Yin-Yang Qi continuously surged into him, the Heavenly Flower above his head bloomed layer by layer, advancing from one petal to twelve. Once the Heavenly Flower had fully bloomed to twelve petals, the Earthly Flower followed, likewise rising petal by petal to twelve. After the Earthly Flower reached completion, the Human Flower also bloomed in succession, from one petal to twelve, each layer distinct.

When all three flowers above his head reached twelve petals, a profound aura spread from within Li Peng's body. His presence abruptly increased tenfold, and the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth flooded toward him like a tide. Clearly, he had broken through into the Grand Unity realm at that moment.

Who knew how much time passed before Li Peng slowly ceased his cultivation. Gazing at the twelve-petaled Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Flowers above his head, he could barely contain his delight. Now that all three flowers had reached twelve petals, his aptitude was no weaker than that of the greatest Demon Gods of Chaos. Li Peng firmly believed that so long as he persevered, with the system's help, surpassing the Heavenly Dao and standing above the sages of the primordial world would not be beyond reach.

The Golden Winged Great Peng, once ordinary and unremarkable in history, had seen his fate stirred into monstrous waves by Li Peng's arrival. Those beings who had once humiliated him would all be settled with, one by one.

Just as Li Peng was looking ahead to the future, the system's voice sounded once more:

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing Choice Three. You have obtained the Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure Yin Yang Twin Swords (when combined, the twin swords can contend with an Innate Supreme Treasure!), as well as two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood!"

"Ding! The rewards have been automatically deposited into the system warehouse. Please inspect them, host."

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

He immediately sent his divine sense into the system warehouse, where he saw two longswords wrapped in Yin-Yang Qi and two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood emitting vast, overwhelming pressure, all silently floating within.

Li Peng first took out a drop of Pangu's Essence Blood and examined it in his palm. Profound patterns covered its surface, while waves of majestic Pangu pressure continuously radiated from it, deepening his reverence for Pangu.

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

Although using such a heavenly treasure this way was somewhat wasteful,

No matter how fine a treasure was, it was less practical than turning it into one's own strength.

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

The Essence Blood entered his stomach, and a violent force immediately erupted within his body.

At the same time, a **—the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique—automatically surfaced in his mind!

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

It was said that upon reaching the ninth revolution, one could attain sainthood through the physical body.

Yet since the beginning of the primordial world, apart from Pangu, no one had cultivated it to the ninth revolution.

Even the Twelve Ancestor Witches had only reached the eighth revolution at most.

This showed just how difficult this ** was to cultivate.

Li Peng cast aside all distracting thoughts and began circulating the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique according to its prescribed route.

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

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

Now that he had switched to the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and had Pangu's Essence Blood assisting him,

His progress naturally became exceptionally rapid.

Ten minutes later, the first revolution was complete;

Half an hour later, the second revolution was complete;

Four hours later, the third revolution was complete;

Half a month later, the fifth revolution was complete;

Ten years later, the sixth revolution was complete;

A thousand years later, the seventh revolution was complete as well.

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

"Alas, the energy in this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood has been exhausted, yet I only reached the late seventh revolution.

If my physical body had not already been close to the peak of the fifth revolution, I probably would not have reached this realm."

He looked at the sole remaining drop of Pangu's Essence Blood in the system warehouse,

And struggled over whether to continue refining it.

If he refined another drop, he was confident he could break through to the eighth revolution,

But using such precious Essence Blood merely to raise his physical body to the Quasi-Sage realm would be truly wasteful.

Moreover, his physical body had leaped from the peak of the Golden Immortal realm to the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm,

The improvement had come too quickly. With an unstable foundation, it might affect his future path of cultivation.

Thinking this through, Li Peng ultimately gave up the thought of using more Pangu's Essence Blood to strengthen his physical body.

The further one advanced in cultivation, the harder breakthroughs became. If he saved this drop of Pangu's Essence Blood for when the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique charged toward the ninth revolution, it would certainly greatly improve his chances of success!

Thus, Li Peng completely abandoned the idea of using Pangu's Essence Blood to raise his physical cultivation.

He no longer paid attention to that drop of Pangu's Essence Blood and instead turned his gaze toward 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. When combined, they could unleash the might of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

At that thought, Li Peng's heart stirred with eagerness.

With a thought, he removed the Yin Yang Twin Swords from the system warehouse.

Li Peng held one black and one white longsword in his hands, joy filling his heart.

He then poured his mana into the Yin Yang Twin Swords and began refining them.

Unexpectedly, the moment his mana entered the sword bodies, the twin swords acknowledged him as their master on their own. All forty-one layers of Innate restrictions opened without needing refinement.

In an instant, Li Peng was able to unleash the Yin Yang Twin Swords' power to its utmost limit.

Because their attributes were compatible, he wielded the twin swords as easily as his own limbs.

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

"Artifacts granted by the system recognize the host as their master by default. Thus, they require no refinement and acknowledge their master as soon as they are obtained," the system replied.

Li Peng was highly satisfied upon hearing this. This mechanism had saved him an unknown amount of time and effort.

After playing with them for a while, he stored the twin swords within his dantian.

Then, his gaze fell upon the Yin-Yang Demon God's accompanying treasure—the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

According to the Yin-Yang Demon God, although this pagoda had fallen to the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure, in the current primordial world, no artifact was stronger than it.

Hongjun had yet to become a sage, and the great mighty beings had not yet received treasures bestowed by him.

At present, aside from 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, no one else was worth mentioning.

Among those Innate great mighty beings, aside from Laozi possessing the accompanying Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure Heaven and Earth Golden Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, the others, such as the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, and Jieyin, likely possessed nothing at all at this time.

Meanwhile, Li Peng already possessed the Yin Yang Twin Swords, whose offensive power rivaled that of an Innate Supreme Treasure, as well as the Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda before him.

His current wealth of treasures could truly be considered abundant.

Thinking of this, Li Peng was delighted and became even more confident in competing for the six seats in the front row.

Although he did not intend to become a Heavenly Dao Sage, that did not prevent him from taking this opportunity to obtain a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

Primordial Violet Qi was the foundation of Achieving Dao. Whether he kept it for Kong Xuan in the future or gave it to his own wife, it would be perfect.

At that time, his household would have at least two Sage-level combatants.

At the thought, Li Peng nearly drooled.

After indulging in his fantasies for a while, he once again turned his gaze toward the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

Li Peng stepped forward and looked at the enormous pagoda, tens of millions of zhang tall, his heart filled with excitement.

He placed his palm against the pagoda and sent his divine sense inside.

Not only did the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda not resist him, it instead transmitted a wave of cheerful fluctuations.

With a thought, Li Peng understood that this artifact had originally been the Yin-Yang Demon God's accompanying treasure. Although its artifact spirit was damaged, it still instinctively felt close to the Yin-Yang Demon God's aura.

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

Once he understood this, a smile appeared on Li Peng's face.

One had to know that completely refining such an Innate Supreme Treasure would ordinarily take more than a dozen kalpas.

Even basic refinement would require tens of thousands of years.

But now, with the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda actively cooperating, the refining speed could increase a thousandfold or even ten-thousandfold.

Li Peng no longer hesitated. He circulated the Yin-Yang Rotation Technique and used Yin-Yang mana to refine the first layer of restrictions on the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

Sure enough, the refining process was simpler and faster than when he had refined the Universe Ruler. It took only a hundred years to complete the first layer.

With his first success secured, Li Peng immersed himself in refining the restrictions of the Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda.

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

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 abilities, and it could also gather fortune.

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

Li Peng absorbed the Innate Supreme Treasure Chaos Yin-Yang Pagoda into his body, then opened his attribute panel to examine the gains from this time.

Name: Li Peng

Race: Golden Winged Great Peng

Aptitude: Top-tier Chaos Demon God Aptitude!

**: Ancestral Phoenix Art, Nine Revolutions Profound Technique (late seventh level), Yin-Yang Rotation Technique, Chaos Yin-Yang Art (not cultivated)

Divine Ability: Innate Yin Yang Destruction Divine Light

Realm: Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal

Physical Realm: Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal

Comprehended Law: Yin-Yang Law (third level!)

Artifacts: 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 Spiritual Roots, one drop of Pangu's Essence Blood

Unfinished Choices: Kill Randeng

Evaluation: In this era before the primordial world's top great mighty beings emerge, so long as the host acts cautiously, he may roam freely between heaven and earth.

Li Peng was extremely satisfied as he looked at the system's evaluation.

He was no longer an ant in the primordial world, helplessly at the mercy of others. He had truly gained a firm foothold.

He believed that with his aptitude and the system's assistance, standing on equal footing with sages in the future would not be difficult,

Perhaps he could even go a step further...

After envisioning the future for a while, Li Peng turned his gaze toward the treasure inventory,

And as he looked at the many treasures he possessed, he grew increasingly satisfied.

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

However, the moment Li Peng set foot on Buzhou Mountain, he discovered in surprise,

That Pangu's pressure suppressed him several degrees less than it had before he entered the secret realm!

Not only that, the entirety of Buzhou Mountain gave him an indescribable sense of familiarity.

For a time, he could not understand this change.

After pondering for a long while, he finally attributed it to having refined Pangu's Essence Blood,

Which had caused him to carry Pangu's aura.

Buzhou Mountain had been formed from Pangu's spine. It was only natural that it would favor those bearing Pangu's legacy.

Thinking of this, Li Peng realized even more clearly,

That many great mighty beings of the primordial world had deep connections to Pangu:

The Twelve Ancestor Witches were nurtured from Pangu's Essence Blood, while the Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit,

Di Jun and Tai Yi had been born from Pangu's eyes,

While Minghe had emerged from the filthy blood of Pangu's navel...

In short, all these great mighty beings connected to Pangu would leave their names behind in later generations and were all peak existences within the primordial world.

From this, it was clear just how profound Pangu's influence on the primordial world was.