After the lotus pod of the Chaos Green Lotus landed before Hong Yuan, it transformed into a massive cauldron in the blink of an eye.
At the center of its inner base was a Taiji Diagram, formed by two embracing Yin Yang fish.
The outer surface of the cauldron was divided into eight equal faces, engraved with symbols and characters representing eight natural phenomena.
It was called the Universe Cauldron and possessed the ability to refine quality and transform the acquired into the innate.
Though it was merely an Innate Supreme Treasure, Hong Yuan considered it the most useful treasure. With this cauldron, he would never lack spiritual treasures in the future.
Pangu stared at the Universe Cauldron and frowned slightly.
He seemed to feel that giving his little brother something of such a grade was far too shabby.
After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand.
Countless broken artifacts appeared at once. They were fragments of Chaos Spirit Treasures shattered across various places during his battle with the Chaos Demon Gods.
Without another word, Pangu fused all those fragments into the Universe Cauldron.
Although Pangu primarily wielded the Law of Strength,
at his level, using the Law of Strength to evolve other laws was hardly difficult.
Refining a mere artifact was nothing to him.
The grade of the Universe Cauldron began soaring at that moment.
It changed directly from an Innate Supreme Treasure into a Low-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure.
Then it surged toward the Mid-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure rank.
In the end, it stopped at the Mid-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure rank.
Pangu looked at the Universe Cauldron before him and still seemed dissatisfied. After some thought, he took out a portion of Great Dao Merit.
He fused it into the Universe Cauldron.
The Universe Cauldron successfully advanced into a High-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure.
Pangu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly lifted his head and asked the void in a deep voice, "Father, do you think it can be improved further?"
"It can!"
The moment Pangu asked, the Great Dao turned its gaze upon them.
In an instant, the Universe Cauldron advanced into a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
It even skipped over the Top-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure rank in one leap.
Hong Yuan was completely dumbfounded at the sight. So I'm this awesome?
With just a few words, he had turned the Universe Cauldron from an Innate Supreme Treasure into a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
Only after the Universe Cauldron merged into his body did he come back to his senses.
As it merged with him, the Chaos Bead and the World-Destroying Millstone, which had been floating in the void, also entered his body.
Before Hong Yuan could carefully comprehend his three Chaos Supreme Treasures, Pangu's previous smile vanished, and his expression became solemn.
"Little brother, heaven and earth have taken shape. I am still one final step short!!"
Hong Yuan's heart skipped a beat upon hearing Pangu's words.
"Big Brother..."
Before Hong Yuan could finish, Pangu interrupted him. "Little brother, there is no need to worry too much. I still exist; I merely need to rest for a while."
After saying this, Pangu gave Hong Yuan one last look, his eyes carrying a trace of reluctance.
"Little brother, your big brother is leaving!"
Having said that, Pangu looked upon the world he had created.
A satisfied smile appeared on his somewhat weary face.
"My name is Pangu. After enduring endless ages, I have finally opened a new world. From this day forth, this world shall be called the Primordial Wilderness!"
"My actions have created heaven and earth, laying the foundation of eternity for all things in this world. Though my body and soul may perish, I have no regrets. Behold the vastness of this heaven and earth, where living beings shall arise naturally. May those of later generations cherish this world, inherit my spirit, forge ahead into the future, and never give up!"
As Pangu finished his final words,
his body began to change.
The breath he exhaled became wind and clouds; his voice became thunder; one of his eyes became the sun, and the other became the moon; his limbs and body became the four poles and five sacred mountains of the Primordial Wilderness.
His other organs became all things within the Primordial Wilderness.
The most conspicuous among them was naturally the Zhou Mountain standing before Hong Yuan. (It would only be called Buzhou Mountain after Gong Gong crashed into it.)
That mountain peak seemed to support the entire heaven and earth.
A single glance was enough to inspire awe, as though Pangu still existed.
Yet this was hardly strange. After all, it had been formed from Big Brother's spine.
It could be called the center of the Primordial Wilderness.
Meanwhile, Pangu's Primordial Spirit, which remained in place, split into three at this moment and flew toward a newly formed mountain called Kunlun Mountain.
His heart, wrapped in most of his blood essence, fell directly into the depths of Zhou Mountain.
There, two palaces took shape.
One was called Pangu Hall, and the other Hong Yuan Hall.
Hong Yuan sensed the divine hall connected to his mind and was slightly dazed.
Big Brother really was gentle...
He had even prepared a home for him.
Just as Hong Yuan was lost in thought,
an incomparably vast mass of merit gathered above the Primordial Wilderness. There was so much merit that it filled the skies over more than half the Primordial Wilderness.
"This is World Creation Merit?" Hong Yuan was astonished.
"Isn't this amount of merit a little too terrifying?"
The next moment, the World Creation Merit suddenly split into several portions, the largest of which flew toward Hong Yuan.
It accounted for a full forty percent.
Twenty percent entered Hong Yuan's body and merged into the Chaos Bead and World-Destroying Millstone. As objects of World Creation, receiving that merit was only natural.
Hong Yuan stored the other twenty percent of the merit away.
Though he had not yet decided what to use the merit for, there was no harm in storing it first.
This stuff was a universal remedy. Want to raise your cultivation?
Use some merit!
Want to enhance a treasure?
Use some merit!
Want to enlighten all things?
Use some merit!
Want to improve your aptitude?
Use some merit!
The remaining fifteen percent of the merit flew toward Kunlun Mountain, while another ten percent fell directly onto Zhou Mountain before Hong Yuan.
Five percent of the merit fused with the Great Dao Profound Yellow Mother Qi between heaven and earth, forming a small tower with forty-nine levels. In the blink of an eye, it vanished from Hong Yuan's sight.
The remaining twenty-five percent of the merit fell directly into all things within the Primordial Wilderness.
Hong Yuan watched the twenty-five percent of merit fly away, and with just one glance, he knew where it was headed.
If nothing unexpected happened, it should be going to the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
Still, something was strange. Weren't the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches supposed to share fifty percent?
The Three Pure Ones received thirty percent, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches received twenty percent.
Why did they now receive only twenty-five percent in total?
Hong Yuan did not know how much merit there had been in the original timeline. If the total amount was the same, could the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches still attain their original achievements?
"Forget it. Once they undergo Form Transformation, I can go out and take a look. If I find them agreeable, I'll lend them a hand. After all, they're my nephews!"
At the thought of the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches respectfully calling him Second Uncle, Hong Yuan could not help finding it amusing.
Those were the renowned Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches!
Looking at his surroundings, although they had not yet fully stabilized, they had already begun to take shape.
Hong Yuan sighed emotionally. "Sure enough, this kind of environment suits me better. Chaos was too empty and void-like. There was no fun in it at all!"
"Then next, I'll undergo Form Transformation first, then go to Pangu Hall to see Big Brother."
Although Big Brother had said that he still existed and merely needed to sleep for a while,
Hong Yuan still wanted to visit Pangu Hall as soon as possible.
Perhaps he might find a way to help Big Brother awaken sooner.
After pondering for a while, Hong Yuan stopped hesitating. He sensed the divine hall linked to him and vanished from where he stood.
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