Primordial Wilderness: Starting by Downloading Pangu's Cultivation

"Dao Venerable, spare us!!"

"..."

Seeing the enormous hand reaching toward them, all the beings kneeling on the ground began to beg for mercy.

Though they wanted to resist, the pressure bearing down on them made it impossible to break free.

Dao Venerable Qing Tian remained unmoved. Trash like this only polluted the world by existing.

Ah!

Ah!!

Screams rang out.

One by one, the beings had their bodies crushed and died.

Gulp!

Ancestor Qiankun, standing nearby and watching this scene, kept swallowing his saliva. It was utterly terrifying.

Could this Qing Tian also be a reincarnated Chaos Demon God?

Even among Innate Demon Gods, there were distinctions: Innate Demon Gods and Chaos-reincarnated Demon Gods.

Innate Demon Gods were the supreme gods born after Great God Pangu fell and transformed into all things, while Chaos Demon Gods were incarnations of the remnants of Chaos Demon God souls that survived Great God Pangu's Heaven-Opening.

Such demon gods were naturally far stronger than Innate Demon Gods like themselves, for they had once existed in the same era as Great God Pangu.

In an instant!

Afterward, Qing Tian descended beside Ancestor Qiankun, who was still wearing a stunned expression.

"Greetings, Dao Venerable Qing Tian." Seeing Qing Tian descend beside him, Ancestor Qiankun hurriedly knelt and called out.

His body trembled involuntarily, for facing such a powerful existence was truly terrifying.

"Daoist Qiankun, do you perhaps look down on me, Qing Tian?" Qing Tian lightly waved his hand, making Ancestor Qiankun, who was kneeling, stand up. He had naturally noticed the other's earlier actions.

From that single gesture of his, Qing Tian had already decided to make Ancestor Qiankun his friend.

Since arriving in the Primordial Wilderness, Qing Tian had yet to make a single friend. This Dao Ancestor Qiankun would be his first.

"Ah, no. Venerable—no, Daoist Qing Tian." Ancestor Qiankun was a perceptive man and naturally understood the meaning behind Qing Tian's words.

"Daoist Qiankun, stand behind me. I will break this Innate Formation." Qing Tian said to Ancestor Qiankun, then walked toward the Innate Formation.

Ancestor Qiankun stood at a distance and watched. He believed this formation would naturally be no match for Qing Tian.

"Destiny! I never thought that on this journey through the Primordial Wilderness, I would encounter such an existence. Truly my fortune."

Ancestor Qiankun gazed at Qing Tian, who was advancing slowly. To befriend such a being would be a great help on his future path of cultivation.

Arriving at the edge of the Innate Formation, Qing Tian pointed with a single finger. A surge of powerful energy erupted from within.

Boom!!

A burst of strong energy from the Innate Formation rebounded Qing Tian's attack.

"Hmph!"

"Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Qing Tian had no mood to waste his precious time on this Innate Formation. The Pangu Axe quietly appeared in his right hand.

Ancestor Qiankun saw the axe suddenly appear in Qing Tian's right hand, and his eyes went wide. "That axe is..."

Boom!

Gripping the Pangu Axe, Qing Tian let out a furious shout, raised it high, and mercilessly slashed down at the Innate Formation.

Rip!!

In an instant, a mighty axe-light slashed downward from above, tearing apart everything in its path.

As for the Innate Formation, it was torn apart like a sheet of paper under the powerful axe-light of the Pangu Axe.

Rumble!

Boom!!

Explosions rang out.

Boundless radiant light dissipated between heaven and earth.

After the radiant light faded, the treasure that had been wrapped within the Innate Formation was revealed before the eyes of Qing Tian and Ancestor Qiankun.

Not a treasure?

When the light dissipated, the scene within was exposed. It was not an Innate Treasure, but an Innate-grade spiritual root.

This result surprised both Qing Tian and Ancestor Qiankun.

A Heavenly Divine Tree stood rooted in the earth, radiating endless light that illuminated its surroundings.

On the tree's branches hung golden fruits one after another.

From those golden fruits emanated an incomparably enticing fragrance.

Even from several zhang away, Qing Tian and Ancestor Qiankun could both smell that fragrance.

"Daoist Qing Tian, can you tell what tree this is?" Ancestor Qiankun walked over to Qing Tian and asked, but his gaze was fixed above the divine tree.

Because the fruits hanging from the divine tree gave him a sense of immense power, and the cultivation bottleneck in his body that had never budged was now beginning to loosen.

A treasure!

Ancestor Qiankun was no fool; he naturally knew that this divine tree was undoubtedly a supreme treasure.

Qing Tian did not answer Ancestor Qiankun's question. Instead, as he looked at the golden-yellow fruits, a name surfaced unbidden in his mind.

Yellow Zhong Plum.

One of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots of Heaven and Earth.

But Qing Tian could not be certain whether this divine tree was indeed the Yellow Zhong Plum, so he walked beneath the tree with a speculative gaze.

The closer he got to the divine tree, the stronger the aura emanating from it became.

Once beneath the tree, Qing Tian looked up at the fruits hanging there, and sure enough, it really was the Yellow Zhong Plum.

For on each fruit hanging from the branches were two characters born of Heaven and Earth.

Legend has it that this tree blooms once every million years, bears fruit once every million years, and takes another million years to ripen. Now, there were only nine fruits on the branches.

Its flowers resembled lotuses, and its fruits resembled pearl stamens.

Both flowers and fruits bore the characters "Yellow Zhong."

Hence the name.

"Daoist Qiankun, this fruit is called the Yellow Zhong Plum, one of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots of Heaven and Earth in the Primordial Wilderness."

"This fruit contains immense energy and is of great help to all living beings in the Primordial Wilderness. If a Celestial Immortal were to obtain and consume this fruit, they could instantly attain the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm."

Qing Tian turned and explained to Ancestor Qiankun.

"What? Consuming one fruit can make one a Golden Immortal of the Origin?"

"Heaven-defying!!"

When Ancestor Qiankun heard Qing Tian explain the effects of the Yellow Zhong Plum—that consuming it would grant the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm, which was currently the top combat power in the Primordial Wilderness...

After all, the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was the end of the immortal path, and beyond that lay the Saint realm.

Achieving the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm was already difficult, especially now that Heaven and Earth had just opened and the Heavenly Dao had not yet been born. Given enough time, living beings could manage it.

But beyond the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm lay a watershed.

Behold, no one knew how many Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals existed in the Primordial Wilderness, but Golden Immortals of the Origin were exceedingly rare.

Yet now, simply by consuming this fruit, one could become a Golden Immortal of the Origin—this condition was far too tempting.

Even Ancestor Qiankun was captivated, for the cultivation of a Golden Immortal of the Origin was truly formidable.

He had been stuck at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm for over a hundred thousand years, unable to break through. If he could consume this Yellow Zhong Plum, then everything would no longer be a problem.

Qing Tian looked at Ancestor Qiankun's expression and naturally understood the shock the Yellow Zhong Plum had brought him.

Indeed!

The effects of the Yellow Zhong Plum were truly heaven-defying, but all treasures come with great side effects.

And the Yellow Zhong Plum was no exception.

Any living being whose cultivation was elevated by consuming this fruit would forever remain at the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm, unable to take another step forward.

"Daoist Qiankun, this fruit has a major side effect: once consumed, one's cultivation will be permanently stuck at the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm for the rest of their life. If you wish, you may pick one and consume it."

Qing Tian said to Ancestor Qiankun, curious to see what choice Ancestor Qiankun would make under such tempting circumstances.

When Ancestor Qiankun heard Qing Tian reveal the side effect of the Yellow Zhong Plum, his expression shifted rapidly.