Innate Five Elements Banners

These five banners, serving as a protective formation, were quite powerful.

Once they guarded the human race, at least until Taishang Laojun taught them the Golden Core Great Dao, they wouldn't be massacred by other races of the Great Desolation.

Swish!

Hongyun waved his hand, and the Wuji Apricot-Yellow Banner was planted in the very center of Shouyang Mountain.

Swish!

With another wave of his hand, the Green Lotus Precious Color Banner was planted in the east of the human race's land.

Swish, swish, swish!

The Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner was planted in the south of the human race's land.

The Plain Cloud Boundary Banner was planted in the west of the human race's land.

The True Martial Black Eagle Banner was planted in the north of the human race's land.

With the five banners in place, the entire sky above the human race was instantly enveloped in a majestic formation.

"Alright, live and multiply well here. In the future, Great Desolation mighty figures will come to teach you cultivation methods!"

Hongyun said to everyone.

At this moment, the eighty million members of the human race felt as if they were covered by a protective shield, completely safe.

"Thank you, Holy Father!"

"Great kindness, Holy Father!"

"Long live the Holy Father!"

The human race shouted in unison.

Hongyun then waved his hand, summoning the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, and his figure transformed into a stream of light, flying into the distance.

Although he was human before his transmigration, in the Great Desolation, his true form was merely a cloud.

His protection of the human race could only be considered diligent.

It was impossible for him to guard the growth of the human race all the way.

As for the tribulations they would face in the future, Hongyun could only say he would help if he could, and only if it didn't affect him.

On the other side.

Deep fear flashed in Nuwa's eyes.

Return to the human race?

She wouldn't dare, even with ten times the courage.

This time, Hongyun had tricked her badly.

But Nuwa had no choice. How could she have imagined that Hongyun's strength was so terrifying?

Thinking about how she had snatched the Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil from Hongyun before, she still felt a lingering fear.

At that time, Hongyun could have easily killed her in return!

Nuwa stood up, staggering, and rode her magic treasure towards Fengqi Mountain.

Becoming a Saint was impossible for her now.

Her current realm was only late Quasi-Saint, and she had to recover her injuries and realm in the shortest possible time.

As for becoming a Saint, she could only think of a way later.

Nuwa estimated that with her path to becoming a Saint severed this time, it would be difficult to become a Saint in the future.

However, after her recovery, with the strength of a peak Quasi-Saint, she would still be a powerful figure in the Great Desolation.

As long as she didn't leave Fengqi Mountain and focused on cultivation, it would be equivalent to eternal life.

Meanwhile, Hongyun returned to Fire Cloud Cave.

This time, his gains were substantial, and he needed to digest them properly.

Swish!

Hongyun first took out the fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation.

This was a new fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation, and Hongyun didn't yet know which Great Dao Law it contained.

He would only know after refining and comprehending it.

Hongyun took out the Great Dao Cushion and began to comprehend.

Fifty years later.

Hongyun finally opened his eyes.

"I didn't expect this fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation to contain the Five Elements Great Dao Law!"

Hongyun was extremely surprised.

The Five Elements Great Dao Law refers to the five great Dao laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

However, if one can comprehend these Five Elements Great Dao Laws, it's not just mastering one law.

It's mastering five in total.

How fortunate is that?

Currently, Hongyun has only mastered four laws: Devouring, Light-Dark, Reincarnation, and Chaos.

Next, if he can master five Great Dao Laws, Hongyun believes the growth of his Mythical Dao Fruit will be significant.

"From now on, I will enter secluded cultivation. I only need to keep an eye on the human race's situation!"

Hongyun thought to himself.

Next, he would spend a lot of time using Heavenly Dao Merit to cultivate the Great Dao Laws.

After all, he had too much Heavenly Dao Merit, enough to last him a long time.

Moreover, regarding the human race, the Innate Five Elements Banners were there, with his Primordial Spirit imprinted on them.

He could know at any time if Taishang Laojun went to establish a religion among the human race.

Once Taishang Laojun went there, Hongyun planned to go immediately.

Although Hongyun hadn't figured out how to trick Taishang Laojun into gaining the Heavenly Dao Merit for establishing the human religion, at least he had the intention.

He absolutely could not let Taishang Laojun succeed.

That was a massive amount of Heavenly Dao Merit, enough to make one a Saint, an absolutely immense amount.

Sizzle!

Hongyun sat cross-legged on the Great Dao Cushion, taking out the Heavenly Dao Merit from the Gourd Vine.

He was comprehending the Five Elements Laws while absorbing and utilizing this Heavenly Dao Merit.

With the thousand-fold speed boost from Heavenly Dao Merit, coupled with the hundred-fold speed boost from the Great Dao Cushion, Hongyun's cultivation speed naturally advanced by leaps and bounds.

Meanwhile.

In the Great Desolation, the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan were also gradually growing stronger.

Since the end of the second Witch-Demon War, the Demon Clan had almost recovered.

However, they still hadn't found a way to deal with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Without a method to counter the Twelve Ancestral Witches, even if they went to war with the Witch Clan again, they would still be defeated.

They couldn't rely on Dao Ancestor Hongjun to save them every time, could they?

Therefore...

Now, under the leadership of Dijun and Taiyi, the Demon Clan was engaged in a conflict with another force.

This force was not on the Great Desolation continent.

But in the East Sea.

On the Three Immortal Islands in the East Sea.

"Damn it!"

"How detestable!"

"Dijun and Taiyi of the Demon Clan, leading the Heavenly Court, have repeatedly suppressed our Immortal Court! Now they even want to go to war with our Immortal Court!"

Eastern Prince Gong roared, his face filled with anger.

After he and Queen Mother of the West returned to the Three Immortal Islands to establish the Immortal Court's dojo, they had been developing discreetly.

Over the past ten thousand years, they had managed to make the Immortal Court flourish.

Even some great powers of the Immortal Dao in the Great Desolation had come to the Three Immortal Islands and joined the Immortal Court.

After all, the Three Immortal Islands could be considered excellent grotto-heavens.

They were much better than randomly finding a place to cultivate in the Great Desolation.

But now, ever since the Demon Clan discovered that the Three Immortal Islands had been reoccupied by Eastern Prince Gong and Queen Mother of the West, they had been constantly harassing them.

Especially in recent years, the Demon Clan had attacked the Three Immortal Islands several times.

Currently, the battle between the Demon Clan and the Immortal Court had reached a fever pitch.

"Should I ask the Dragon Clan for help?"

Eastern Prince Gong was somewhat worried.

Although the Dragon Clan had declined, there were still many powerful individuals within the clan.

These powerful individuals were not just Grand Unity realm, but Quasi-Saints.

Eastern Prince Gong even sensed that there were existences at the Quasi-Saint Peak within the Dragon Clan.

However, since the end of the Dragon-Han Primordial Calamity, they had not emerged from seclusion and did not participate in the struggle for the world's destiny in the Great Desolation.

Several months later.

Eastern Prince Gong returned to Penglai Immortal Island, dejected.

He had wanted to unite the Dragon Clan against the Heavenly Court's Demon Clan, but unfortunately... the Dragon Clan completely ignored him.

After all, the Dragons, Phoenixes, and Qilins were top-tier races that had vied for dominance in the Great Desolation back then.

At that time, the Witch Clan and Demon Clan were merely minor factions, not even qualified to catch the Dragon Clan's eye.

Let alone the Immortal Court.

Meanwhile.

In Fire Cloud Cave.

Sizzle, sizzle...

Hongyun was continuously comprehending the Great Dao laws, while the vast Heavenly Dao Merit was also being consumed at a visible rate.

"In just ten years, the Metal Law within the Five Elements Laws has reached the introductory level!"

Hongyun sighed with emotion.

This speed was simply too fast.

He felt that the quality of the Heavenly Dao Merit obtained this time was even higher than that from the previous Heavenly Marriage.

And the quantity was countless times greater.

"It takes ten years to reach the introductory level for one law, twenty years for minor completion, and thirty years for late-stage completion. This way, each law only needs sixty years to cultivate!"

Hongyun calculated in his mind.

Sixty years was one cycle.

He planned to cultivate the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth laws within the Five Elements to the late-stage first.

Then, he would attempt to break through to the fifth layer of Mythical Dao Fruit Foundation Building.

After all, once he reached the fifth layer of Foundation Building, Hongyun would be equivalent to a Saint.

However, from the fourth layer to the fifth layer of Foundation Building, relying solely on the five newly added laws to reach late-stage, Hongyun was unsure if he could succeed.

But even so, he had to continue cultivating for three hundred years.

If he couldn't break through, Hongyun would have to try to push the laws of Devouring, Light-Dark, Reincarnation, Chaos, and Five Elements towards the perfect realm.

In any case, only by continuously improving the level of the Great Dao laws could he nourish his Mythical Dao Fruit.

For the following period, other than occasionally sending a trace of his divine sense through the Innate Five Elements Banners to check on the Human Clan's situation, Hongyun remained in seclusion, cultivating.

Time flowed, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed.

"Hoo! Now, not only has the Metal Law reached late-stage, but the Wood Law has also reached late-stage!"

Hongyun let out a breath. Over a hundred years of cultivation had brought two laws to the late-stage.

Hongyun felt that his strength hadn't increased much.

It made sense. Currently, the highest level of his Great Dao laws was only late-stage.

Whether it was Devouring, Light-Dark, Reincarnation, Chaos, or the Metal and Wood laws within the Five Elements, they were all at the late-stage.

There might be some gaps in power, but these gaps were not enough to form a significant difference in strength.

Even if Hongyun cultivated more Great Dao laws, as long as the level didn't improve fundamentally, his strength wouldn't change much.

"But it doesn't matter. As long as I can elevate my Mythical Dao Fruit, my strength will surge!"

Hongyun thought to himself.

Once the Mythical Dao Fruit reached the fifth layer of Foundation Building, his strength would not just increase tenfold or a hundredfold.

Instead, he would truly ascend from the non-Saint level to the Saint level.

Continue cultivating!

Hongyun didn't stop and began to comprehend the Water Law.

Kunlun Jade Void Palace.

Taishang Laojun, with white eyebrows, sat cross-legged on a cushion, cultivating.

The aura emanating from Taishang Laojun was now much stronger than before.

However, his expression was somewhat perplexed.

"Eldest Brother, you haven't made any progress in a hundred years!"

At this moment, Yuanshi, who was beside Taishang Laojun, spoke.

Yuanshi's current aura was no weaker than Taishang Laojun's.

It was worth noting that Taishang Laojun was the first to reach the late-stage of Quasi-Saint, while Yuanshi only reached it after Nuwa.

"Second Brother, I seem to have encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation!"

Taishang Laojun said.

"Big brother, you've already reached the Quasi-Saint peak and are impacting the Saint position, so it's natural to have a bottleneck!"

Tongtian, standing to the side, chuckled faintly.

This big brother was being a bit too humble.

To reach the Quasi-Saint peak and impact the Saint position without any bottlenecks, just how profound were the origins of the Three Pure Ones?

Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun himself was stuck for countless years when impacting the Saint position.

"Third brother, you don't understand!"

Taishang Laojun said indignantly.