Falling Phoenix Slope

He simply sat cross-legged atop the highest solitary peak, his mind settling into stillness as he cast aside all distracting thoughts and directly comprehended the force of attraction that was incomparably compatible with his own Great Dao.

With a slight turn of his thoughts, a faint, almost imperceptible chime rang out.

His accompanying supreme treasure—the Seven Symbols Treasure Umbrella—hovered above his head, casting down strands of Mysterious Light to protect his body.

In an instant, Yin-Yang Qi erupted from Qing Huan's body, transforming into two lively and exceptionally agile Yin-Yang Dao Fish that leisurely swam around him.

The profound Dao resonance of Great Dao laws spread silently outward from him like ripples upon water, enveloping the mountains, rivers, and land for tens of millions of li around.

At that moment, countless hidden low-level creatures in the mountain range, as well as Plant Spirits that had only just undergone Transformation, were irresistibly drawn to this vast and pure Dao resonance.

To them, it was no different from sweet rain falling from the heavens, from the Great Dao bestowing its favor!

Countless creatures held their breaths and focused their minds, striving to grasp that Dao resonance of Great Dao laws, regarding it as a tremendous opportunity to transform themselves completely.

Qing Huan's mind was wholly immersed in comprehending the Yin-Yang Great Dao.

Time flowed like sand through his fingers, and another five Huiyuan Eras passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, his understanding of the Yin-Yang Dao grew ever deeper and more profound.

At a certain moment, inspiration struck, and the opportunity had ripened!

His eyes suddenly opened, and two tangible rays of Yin-Yang divine light pierced through the void.

The Seven Symbols Treasure Umbrella above his head trembled slightly, drawing in its treasure light before turning into a streak of radiance that entered his brow.

As the pull of opportunity, Luck, and aura reached its peak, a sudden change occurred somewhere within the mountains below!

Halfway up an otherwise ordinary mountain, space violently rippled like water. Layer upon layer of intricate and profound innate patterns suddenly lit up, outlining a massive restriction barrier that covered several million li!

Innate Yin-Yang Qi and Five Elements Qi endlessly circulated across the barrier, generating, transforming, annihilating, and regenerating one another, forming a naturally created Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Grand Formation of unfathomable power!

"So that's how it is! What an Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Grand Formation! No wonder I always sensed an opportunity drawing me here!"

A flash of delight passed through Qing Huan's eyes. His figure swayed, and he appeared before the barrier halfway up the mountain as though he had teleported.

A dense and pure aura of innate laws, perfectly aligned with his own path, rushed toward him and invigorated his spirit.

"Let me see what kind of Innate Spiritual Treasure or spiritual root this formation has nurtured."

Before his words had faded, Qing Huan had already begun studying the formation before him.

Though this formation was incomparably mysterious, it was not without clues to follow.

Its core lay in Yin-Yang Rotation and the mutual generation and support of the Five Elements—precisely what he excelled at most.

A formation like this was not particularly difficult for Qing Huan to break.

After all, his main cultivation was the Great Dao of Yin-Yang laws, with earth, fire, wind, water, and lightning as secondary paths.

The Four Symbols evolved into the Five Elements, so Five Elements Laws were mere child's play to Qing Huan.

As for laws such as space and Destruction, Qing Huan had not comprehended them too deeply, since they were all incomplete laws.

Though people spoke of comprehending the three thousand Great Daos, how many could truly accomplish it?

Even the Chaos Demon Gods of old had needed immeasurable eras to prove the Dao and attain Hunyuan. How could creatures of the Primordial Wilderness reach it in a single leap within a short time?

Even Great Immortal Yang Mei, without the comprehension experience he had gained as a Chaos Demon God, would not have known how long it would take him to break through to Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

Perhaps he still would not have found the way even by the Primordial Magic Era.

Great God Pangu, meanwhile, had stood at the peak of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal. Through Heaven-Opening, he sought to prove the Dao and attain Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal—the Great Dao Realm.

In the end, no one knew whether he had succeeded. In any case, only after his body transformed into all things did the present Primordial Wilderness come to be.

Several thousand years passed in the flick of a finger.

Within Qing Huan's primordial spirit, the complex formation patterns and restrictions were analyzed and stripped away layer by layer.

At last, a smile of understanding rose at the corner of his lips. He took one step forward and passed through the seemingly impregnable innate barrier without obstruction.

The scene within the formation suddenly opened up before him!

Spiritual qi was so dense that it formed five-colored auspicious clouds winding through the area. Even a single breath made one feel their cultivation improve.

Innate Yin-Yang Qi and Five Elements essence intertwined here into resplendent Law Divine Chains, nourishing all things within the formation.

Spiritual herbs and immortal mushrooms covered the ground. Though most had grown after the world began, the exceptional environment had filled them with spiritual vitality.

Yet the most eye-catching sight was an innate Spirit Pool at the center of the formation, formed from gathered chaotic spiritual liquid!

At the center of the pool, two enormous eggs floated quietly like the eyes of Yin-Yang Fish.

One gleamed throughout with red, green, yellow, blue, and black light, while vast innate Five Elements Qi condensed into solid runes that circled its shell;

The other was wrapped in incomparably pure innate Yin-Yang Qi, distinct yet intermingling, condensed into a black-and-white Taiji Diagram that slowly revolved.

The innate Yin-Yang Five Elements law power of the entire grand formation was endlessly nourishing these two giant eggs, while the aura of its core origin poured out majestically from within them!

"Hm?"

Qing Huan's gaze sharpened, and he understood instantly.

"Could these be the sons of Yuanfeng, chief of the Phoenix Clan—Kong Xuan and Great Peng?"

At the end of the Tribulation of Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin, the gravely wounded Yuanfeng had been returning to the Volcano of Immortality when innate Five Elements Qi and innate Yin-Yang Qi entered her body. Unable to give birth along the way, she laid two eggs!

This place would later be known as Falling Phoenix Slope!

To atone for the monstrous karma of the Phoenix Clan, a wisp of Yuanfeng's True Spirit transformed into the Dark Bird and guarded Yin Shang for eight hundred years. Her eldest son, Kong Xuan, bore the Luck of the Phoenix Tribe and guarded Three Mountains Pass of Yin Shang for eight hundred years...

"Tsk, tsk!"

Qing Huan's thoughts cleared, and he did not hesitate in the slightest.

"Since we have met here, it is a fated affinity decreed by Heaven!"

Qing Huan was no pedantic fool. He had already transmigrated into the Primordial Wilderness, and someone wanted to lecture him about Karma? Wasn't that simply brainless?

If he feared Karma, he should have killed himself the moment he had transmigrated into this world.

The two giant eggs before him had yet to be born. They had not been tainted by even the slightest karma of the Phoenix Clan, and their foundations were extraordinary.

If he took Kong Xuan and Great Peng, the two brothers, as disciples, he would gain the Luck of the Phoenix Clan.

And he would not be burdened by karma... wasn't that an excellent bargain?

"Since you are fated with me, today, I, Qing Huan, shall accept you as my personal disciples!"

As soon as his words fell, a somewhat wary voice came first from within the giant egg flowing with Five-Colored Divine Light:

"Who might Senior be? You wish to take my brother and me as disciples, but do you know that we bear the bloodline of the Phoenix Clan?

"Though we have yet to be born and remain untainted by karma, the threads of Karma still bind us. Does Senior truly not fear being afflicted by boundless karmic obstacles?"

"Haha!"

Qing Huan laughed.

"Since I have spoken, I naturally do not fear it! Mere Karma and karmic burden are hardly worth mentioning.

"Your paths are close to and mutually generating with the origin of my own Dao path.

"With me as your master to expound the Dao and resolve your doubts, I can not only help you undergo Transformation sooner, but also guide you to comprehend the origin of the Great Dao!"

No matter what, he had to take in these two brothers today. With proper cultivation, Great Peng would at the very least become a Quasi-Sage in the future.

A brief silence followed.

The consciousnesses within the two giant eggs seemed to be engaged in an intense exchange.