In the Primordial Wilderness, time went unrecorded. A Huiyuan Era quietly passed.
Qing Huan set out for the Eastern Sea.
Along the way, his keen treasure-seeking senses allowed him to gather every Spiritual Root and medicinal treasure he encountered. He did not even spare Acquired Spiritual Roots.
After all, once the Witch-Demon Calamity had passed, Spiritual Roots and medicinal treasures would inevitably become scarce.
Among the countless trillions of living beings of the Demon Race, which one did not need Spiritual Roots and medicinal treasures for cultivation?
Though the Primordial Wilderness was vast and boundless, it could not withstand such consumption forever. There would always come a day when it was stripped clean.
Of course, Qing Huan was not collecting these resources merely to plunder them. He would certainly give back to the Primordial Wilderness in the future. Otherwise, if the Heavenly Dao were to settle accounts with him, the losses would outweigh the gains.
While collecting Spiritual Roots and medicinal treasures, Qing Huan also encountered quite a few amusing things.
Once, he discovered a spiritual herb hidden deep within a valley. Layer upon layer of grand formations surrounded it, clearly guarded by some unknown lifeform.
Qing Huan brought out the Xuanhuang Seal and shattered the seemingly impressive formations with a single strike, successfully claiming the spiritual herb.
At last, Qing Huan arrived at the shores of the Eastern Sea.
Before him stretched the boundless, magnificent Eastern Sea. Waves rose ten thousand zhang high, crashing against the coastal reefs and splashing up layer after layer of snow-white foam.
The sea wind howled past, carrying a salty, damp scent.
Gazing at the endless sea, Qing Huan suddenly recalled that five immortal islands were hidden within the Eastern Sea. Their rank was a full tier above even the finest Blessed Lands.
Of those islands, only Penglai Immortal Island had been discovered, and East Prince had found it when he established the Immortal Court.
As for the other four islands—Yingzhou, Fangzhang, Daiyu, and Yuanjiao—they were treasures shrouded in mist. Since no fated person had discovered them, they remained mysteries to this day.
"Tsk, tsk. It would be nice if I could happen upon even one of them."
Qing Huan muttered to himself, longing gleaming in his eyes.
"After all, these immortal islands were formed from Chaos Fragments. Each island is itself a top-tier major world, and the undiscovered Innate Spiritual Roots and spiritual treasures upon them are all... ah!
It seemed that after Hongjun's second lecture at the Purple Cloud Palace ended, I should follow the Eastern Prince and see whether I could seize Penglai Immortal Island ahead of time.
If I can possess an island, I can abandon Zhongnan Mountain Jade Pillar Cave.
Zhongnan Mountain may be good, but it cannot escape the fate of heaven and earth collapsing in the future, with Innate Spiritual Qi turning into acquired spiritual qi.
These five immortal islands are different. They exist independently within the Eastern Sea's space, each forming its own major world, untouched by changes in the outside world."
Just as Qing Huan was deep in thought, a wild burst of laughter and a streak of golden light suddenly emerged from within a mountain by the Eastern Sea.
"Ahahahahahaha! I, Ye Lingtian, have finally reached the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal Realm! System, check in."
["Ding." Congratulations to the host for reaching the first tier, first level, first layer, initial stage, first rank of the Primordial Golden Immortal Realm's peak Great Perfection. This system hereby grants special rewards.
Host Ye Lingtian: Hongmeng supreme treasure, Sky-Supporting Cudgel; Hongmeng supreme treasure, Hongmeng Pearl; Hongmeng supreme treasure, Primordial Sacred Sword.
Hongmeng-grade Great Dao cultivation art, Creation Art; one Pangu Essence; twelve drops of Pangu's Essence Blood; one Pangu Marrow; one Pangu Heart; one Pangu Kidney; ten strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi; and a jade token containing an attack surpassing Pangu's peak strike. It can directly slay Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, including Hongmeng Divine Luo Golden Immortals above Pangu's realm.]
"Hiss! Products produced by the system truly are premium goods. Claim everything with one click." Holding these treasures, Ye Lingtian immediately became high-spirited, an overwhelming aura radiating from his body as though he could look down upon the entire world.
"Looks like it will not be long before I can beat Hongjun into the ground and kick the Heavenly Dao around. Then I will pass down to all living beings the method of Dao Proving through Laws and attaining the Primordial Realm. At that time, the countless living beings of the Primordial Wilderness can all attain the Primordial Realm.
Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao's bullshit Three Corpses Method is simply poisoning the countless trillions of living beings in the Primordial Wilderness.
Clearly, all living beings can cultivate the Primordial Realm and become Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortals, yet that dead earthworm insists on suppressing every lifeform in the Primordial Wilderness.
With the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man united, there should be at least twenty-seven Sages in the Primordial Wilderness. Yet there are only six ordained by Heaven. What an utter joke.
They do not realize that only the union of the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man forms a complete Primordial Wilderness.
That bastard Hongjun, for his own selfish desires, turned the Primordial Wilderness into a living hell and planned all kinds of Tribulations and heavenly calamities. He is utterly inhuman. He even prevented the Earthly Dao and Human Dao from awakening, suppressing them outright. His crimes are unforgivable."
Worst of all, he schemed Ancestor Hong Yun to death, schemed the Witch and Demon Races to death, schemed the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors into being trapped in Fire Cloud Cave, schemed away the human race's final Human Emperor, schemed Houtu into eternally guarding reincarnation, and schemed the Interception Sect's ten thousand immortals into destruction.
The Interception Sect truly considered the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness, yet it was schemed out of existence just like that. Sigh!
Sect Master Tongtian cared deeply for the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness, yet he was tricked into consuming the Saint-Slaying Pill...
Standing inside the mountain, Ye Lingtian was overjoyed as he talked to himself, his face full of disdain and mockery.
He picked up the Hongmeng supreme treasures in his hands and felt the tremendous power contained within them. It seemed as though he could now confront Hongjun head-on, rival the Heavenly Dao in combat, and even beat Pangu without issue.
At the Eastern Sea's shore, Qing Huan sharply sensed a powerful aura shooting skyward from a mountain, accompanied by wild laughter. This aura seemed to have only just broken through the Golden Immortal Realm, instantly arousing his interest.
With a single thought, he arrived atop the mountain in an instant. On the slope stood an Innate Lifeform, his face filled with wild joy as he occasionally let out foolish chuckles.
Is this guy sick in the head? Why does he keep laughing like an idiot?
Qing Huan was utterly bewildered.
"Who is spying on me?"
Ye Lingtian suddenly looked toward Qing Huan, his eyes wide and his face full of disdain and mockery. The corners of his mouth curled into a contemptuous smile, as though Qing Huan were nothing more than an insignificant ant.
"Little friend, what has made you so happy? Why not tell me, so I can share in your happiness?"
Qing Huan sat down on a large bluish stone, amusement in his eyes as he looked at Ye Lingtian below.
In his eyes, this mere Golden Immortal dared to look at him with such mockery. The man truly did not know the immensity of heaven and earth and was already courting death.
"Hmph!"
Terrifying Law Dao rhythms radiated from Ye Lingtian as he flew directly before Qing Huan and stood in the air.
"A mere ant. I truly admire your courage. A puny Grand Unity Golden Immortal actually dares provoke a Primordial Golden Immortal. You really do not know your own limits."
Ye Lingtian naturally saw through Qing Huan's realm at a glance, his tone full of disdain.
"Oh?"
Qing Huan paused, falling into brief thought.
That's it? A Primordial Golden Immortal?
But in an instant, he seemed to understand something and silently guessed:
Could this guy be a transmigrator? And he calls himself a Primordial Golden Immortal...
He must have transmigrated into a fragment of the Primordial Wilderness within some top-tier major world.
In these low-martial major worlds of the Primordial Wilderness, one can almost attain the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal Realm every few tens of thousands of years...
Even without a system, one can break through to the Hunyuan Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, usually within no more than ten Kalpas.
Although Pangu opened the Primordial Wilderness, he also opened countless major worlds of the Primordial Wilderness, as well as countless quintillions upon quintillions of worlds...
Things like the Milky Way Universe, the Infinite Multiverse, the Omnipotent Universe, the Tenth-Level Civilization Universe, the God-Level Universe, the Three Thousand Universe Seas...
Are they not all merely stars within Chaos? And they all revolve around the Solar Star.
"Pfft, hahahaha!"
Qing Huan truly could not hold it in and burst into laughter.
This kid probably has one of those so-called systems on him.
In a major world like this, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could create who knew how many of them with a single thought... including the Heavenly Dao, Great Dao, and cosmic systems of his world...
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