A thousand years later, Chen Tian opened his eyes. His aura was incredibly varied...
At times, he was like a sharp sword, as if he might pierce through Chaos. At times, he resembled an elegant young gentleman, accompanied by the sound of a zither. At times, his battle intent surged as he fought Heaven and Earth. At times, he was like an old man, his hands as delicate as a woman's jade hands as they painted pictures...
"Open my status screen." Chen Tian spoke inwardly.
Ding—Host: Chen Tian. Cultivation: mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal. Cultivation Method: Hongmeng Scripture. Magic Treasures: Mountain River Fan, Primordial Staff, Innate Five Directions Banner Divine Powers: Soaring Golden Light. Universe Grand Unity Shift. Tiangang Thirty-Six Transformations. Disha Seventy-Two Transformations. Sleeve Universe... Self-Born Divine Powers: One Thought, One Array (Heavenly Dao level). Three Forms of Dao Severing (Heavenly Dao level) Dao Mastery: Painting Dao (Heavenly Dao level), Palm Dao (Heavenly Dao level), Array Dao (Heavenly Dao level), Great Accomplishment in the Great Dao of War (Heavenly Dao level), Qin Dao (Heavenly Dao level), Sword Dao (Heavenly Dao level) Choices Remaining: Eleven System Possessions: Salted Fish, Martial Arts, Chat Group, Sign-in, Fishing, Summoning, Livestreaming, Mother and Son
The Self-Born Divine Powers were abilities Chen Tian had comprehended from the Great Dao rewards over the past thousand years. They were different from his other divine powers!
They advanced along with the Great Dao. For example, once Chen Tian's Array Dao reached the Chaos level, his divine power would reach the Chaos level as well!
"Phew... Once we return to Kunlun Mountain, I'll have the Path of Alchemy and the Path of Artifacts. By then, refining Nine-Turn Golden Pills will be effortless. Then I'll make an Innate Spiritual Treasure-level Wuling Hongguang and become the first car god of Kunlun Mountain in the Prehistoric World!" Chen Tian fantasized gleefully as everyone else woke up as well.
Thanks to Chen Tian, everyone had benefited this time. Although not all of them had broken through, they had all made more or less some progress, especially Fuxi and Tongtian!
After all, Chen Tian had obtained Qin Dao and Sword Dao, while Fuxi's primordial spirit had originally been transformed from the Qin Dao Demon God's. Thus, he had now already become a Quasi-Saint!
One had to know that in the original plot, during the second lecture, only Taiqing Laozi had successfully slain a corpse and broken through to the Quasi-Saint realm. But now? The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa aside, Fuxi, Hong Yun, Zhenyuanzi, Di Jun, Taiyi, and the others were all more or less Quasi-Saints. Those who were not probably lacked a spiritual treasure with which to perform Corpse-Slashing.
Fortunately, Fuxi had learned the Immortal Dao Body. Although breaking through had been extremely difficult, and the Immortal Dao Body seemed to still be transforming his constitution, he had at least broken through to the Quasi-Saint realm. His constitution had also changed to resemble Chen Tian's, which meant Fuxi now counted as half a member of the human race!
As for Tongtian, aside from the Array Dao, the Dao he had comprehended was the Sword Dao. He had now reached the middle-to-late stage of slaying two corpses! This made Taiqing Laozi and Yuanshi so envious that they wished they could rush to Kunlun Mountain without delay.
"We pay our respects and thanks to Daoist Friend Tian Chen." Everyone bowed courteously to Chen Tian, and the Three Pure Ones were no exception. Fortunately, Chen Tian held them up. Otherwise, they really would have bowed.
"Three Masters, what are you doing, bowing to me?" Chen Tian rolled his eyes. Then he looked at everyone. "There is no need to thank me. Please rise."
After hearing him, everyone stood and looked at Chen Tian. The Quasi-Saints wore complicated expressions.
Damn... What am I looking at? How did those four huge words get on his forehead?
No wonder you comprehend the Dao as easily as drinking water. Your background is ridiculously powerful!
"Elder Brother, I sense that an opportunity is waiting for me to claim!" Taiyi said to Di Jun at that moment.
"Oh? I sense it too!" Hong Yun spoke up as well.
"I do too!" Nuwa said.
"I feel the same! Why don't we go and take a look together?" The Three Pure Ones spoke simultaneously the next moment.
The few of them exchanged glances and nodded together. "Good!"
Afterward, the other great powers returned to the Prehistoric World and departed, though some followed the group.
"It should be the Innate Gourd Vine. That way, the human race's supreme treasures—the Human Creation Whip and the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil used to create humans—will be obtained. After the third lecture ends, Nuwa will begin searching for the opportunity to become a Saint. Then she will create humans and become a Saint. After that, the Saint Era will begin..." Chen Tian followed them, murmuring inwardly.
Soon, everyone arrived at Mount Buzhou. They saw a towering tree standing in a mountain ravine on Mount Buzhou!
Calling it a tree was inaccurate; it was more like a vine, because it had no leaves at all. Seven gourd-like fruits hung high above. The seven gourds were different colors: red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and gold!
This was precisely the Innate Gourd Vine, and each of its seven gourds was an Innate Spiritual Treasure!
"These treasures have not matured yet. Let us wait for the time being. Once they mature, we shall rely on our own abilities. How about it?" After looking at the Innate Gourd Vine, Taiqing Laozi spoke to everyone.
"Excellent!" Everyone nodded.
However... they were rather difficult to divide, because there were quite a lot of people present: Di Jun and Taiyi, Nuwa and Fuxi, Minghe and the Queen Mother of the West, Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi, and finally the Three Pure Ones and Chen Tian.
Still, some knew that the opportunity did not belong to them. If they forcibly competed for it, they would probably incur the wrath of everyone.
More than ten years later.
The seven gourds on the Innate Gourd Vine finally matured. Taiqing Laozi stepped forward and said, "Come!"
The next moment, the purple gourd severed itself and fell into Laozi's hand. This was precisely the Purple Gold Gourd that Taishang Laojun would later use to hold pills.
"Come!"
"Come!"
"Come!"
Afterward, those who sensed a connection with the treasures stepped forward one after another. Like Laozi, they caused the gourds to fall into their hands.
Hong Yun took the red gourd. It would later be refined into the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd. Nuwa took the golden gourd, which would later be refined into the Monster Summoning Gourd. A banner inside the gourd could summon all the demon clans under Heaven.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi obtained the yellow gourd and refined it into the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife. It would later become Daoist Lu Ya's magic treasure. The green gourd fell into Yuanshi's hand, and the cyan gourd fell into Tongtian's hand. Only the final blue gourd remained. However, the blue gourd seemed not to have fully matured, yet it still fell to the ground along with the other gourds.
Everyone glanced at it. The treasure was already ruined, so no one looked at it again.
"This item is fated to be mine!" The next moment, Nuwa uprooted the Innate Gourd Vine, taking the Breathing Soil at its roots into her storage space as well.
"Uh... You don't want this?" Chen Tian pointed at the blue gourd.
"Disciple, this treasure is useless. It detached before maturing and has already been ruined. Just let it merge into the Prehistoric World in the future." Laozi spoke indifferently.
Everyone nodded after hearing that. Indeed, what use was there in keeping a useless magic treasure?
Chen Tian curled his lips. What a bunch of wasteful idiots!
This thing was ruined, but it seemed that Hongjun had taken it and refined it into the Chaos Gourd. The Chaos Qi inside could kill Daluo and injure Quasi-Saints!
"If you don't want it, then I'll take it!" Chen Tian promptly collected the blue gourd. No one said anything, since nobody cared about a useless magic treasure.
Afterward, everyone parted ways, and the Three Pure Ones brought Chen Tian back to Kunlun Mountain.
"Disciple, today I shall explain the Path of Artifacts to you. Listen carefully, and don't pretend to be serious!" Yuanshi sat in the Hall of the Three Pure Ones and looked at Chen Tian.
In the past, Chen Tian had been unable to take in any of this. After all, how could he learn the Great Dao back then? He had blocked his five senses and infuriated Yuanshi to death.
"Indeed. After Second Brother finishes his explanation, I shall explain the Path of Alchemy to you!"
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