Primordial Era: From Water God to Heavenly Emperor, I Just Want to Improve
Chapter 5

Archaic Vestige, Divine Demons Preaching

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While traveling, Zhou Yuan stuffed the spiritual herbs and divine materials from the Primordial Era lands into the grotto-heaven within his body.

Although these spiritual items were commonplace on the Primordial Era lands at this time, they would slowly fade from the stage of history as the world's spiritual energy declined, becoming rare relics.

"Perhaps I can open a medicinal garden later..."

Thinking this, Zhou Yuan slowed his pace. He collected a few stalks of any spiritual herb he hadn't seen before, preserving its seeds.

He collected as he traveled, and he cultivated as he collected.

Time flowed by, and he didn't know how much had passed...

One day.

A mountain range, stretching for an unknown number of miles, suddenly blocked his path.

Zhou Yuan gazed intently.

He saw towering peaks piercing the heavens, and exotic flowers and rare herbs blooming with fragrance.

Strange beasts and divine birds were everywhere, and immortal gold and divine ore could be picked up at will.

It was truly a place of abundant spiritual energy, a sacred ground for divine demons and immortal cultivators.

Before Zhou Yuan could investigate further, streaks of divine light suddenly flashed across the sky, soon forming a torrent.

"Why are so many beings gathered here?"

The Primordial Era lands were vast and boundless, yet it was rare to see so many cultivators gathered at once.

Zhou Yuan's expression shifted, and he stopped a passing being:

"May I ask, fellow Daoist, where are you headed?"

The being, who had been hurrying along, was annoyed at being stopped, and anger flared on his face.

But as he turned, he saw a Daoist in a long green robe, his divine light contained, radiating a pure spiritual glow, looking at him with a smile.

His cultivation was like looking at a flower through mist, clearly a powerful being whose Dao practice far surpassed his own.

In the Primordial Era, the weak were prey to the strong. The being immediately suppressed his emotions and respectfully said:

"You must be new to our Myriad Spirit Mountain Range, Senior. You are unaware that three thousand years ago, two Greater Divine Ability wielders came here."

"Those Greater Divine Ability wielders, pitying us Postnatal Beings for lacking cultivation methods, decided to preach here three times. Today is the time for the third sermon."

"Therefore, we beings are gathered here."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan swept his divine sense across the sky. Indeed, ninety-nine percent of the owners of those divine lights were Postnatal Beings.

"Greater Divine Ability wielders?"

Zhou Yuan's expression changed slightly. In the Primordial Era, those who could be honored as Greater Divine Ability wielders were at the very least Innate Dao Lords, who had comprehended the profound mysteries of the Great Dao and attained the Dao Fruit of a certain path.

There were Greater Divine Ability wielders preaching in the Myriad Spirit Mountains.

"I am currently in need of Dao Rhyme Sustenance for my cultivation. Now that Greater Divine Ability wielders are preaching, this is a rare opportunity. Moreover, seeing as they are preaching to Postnatal Beings, they must be two virtuous individuals."

Thus, listening to the sermon should not be delayed.

With this thought, Zhou Yuan no longer hesitated.

He took a rare spiritual herb as a road inquiry fee, then transformed into a streak of azure-green rosy light and flew towards the location of the sermon.

The being received the treasure medicine, was stunned for a moment, and then hastily looked around.

Seeing that no other beings were paying attention, he quickly put it away, his heart filled with joy, and blended into the crowd heading to the sermon.

This treasure medicine was ordinary to a Divine Demon like Zhou Yuan in the True One Realm, but it was a rare treasure for ordinary Grotto-heaven Realm cultivators.

He hadn't expected this Senior to be so generous.

The Myriad Spirit Mountains were lined with Three Thousand Stone Steps. By the time Zhou Yuan arrived, the steps were already filled with beings of all kinds.

There were Tigers, Leopards, Jackals, and Wolves emanating fierce slayer auras, as well as Mountain Spirits and Plants that had attained the Dao with their pure spiritual light.

Even on the stone platforms at the front, there were several figures shrouded in faint divine light, standing like mountains, unfathomable, their Dao practice and divine abilities still above Zhou Yuan's.

Clearly, these were Innate Beings who had attained the Dao. Zhou Yuan even suspected that some of them had already attained the Grand Unity Great Sage fruit.

However, these beings sat on the stone steps with exceptional solemnity and respect.

They clearly held the two Greater Divine Ability wielders who were about to preach in high regard.

Zhou Yuan lowered his escape light and casually found a stone step to sit on, quietly awaiting the arrival of the Greater Divine Ability wielders.

After an unknown period of deep contemplation, Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes. He saw immortal music ringing from the horizon and fragrant breezes wafting as two streams of rosy light appeared on the summit's Dao Platform.

These two Innate Divine Beings were shrouded in divine light, with various phenomena subtly evolving around them, and waves of Dao sound resonating throughout the universe. They glanced indifferently at the beings listening below and, without further ado, began to speak:

"The cultivation path of Turbid Fiend Divine Demons is nothing more than absorbing the Qi of heaven and earth to open up the acupoints of the Dao body, then the Grotto-heaven, the Heavenly Human, the True One, the Grand Unity, until one plucks the Dao Fruit and attains the position of Innate Dao Lord..."

These two Innate Divine Beings spoke one after another.

Starting from Opening Acupoints, they systematically explained the path of cultivation.

From shallow to deep, from the surface to the core.

There were no auspicious signs of heavenly flowers scattering or golden lotuses surging from the earth.

Yet, every word directly addressed the very foundation of cultivation.

Let alone these postnatal beings, even Zhou Yuan, who had already attained the True One Realm and possessed an Indestructible Golden Nature, felt moments of sudden enlightenment.

But as time passed, the teachings of the two Innate Divine Beings grew increasingly profound.

"Heaven and earth are creation..."

This Innate Dao Lord abruptly began speaking of the Great Dao of Creation.

The Dao is not lightly transmitted, nor are techniques lightly bestowed.

Profound admonitions flowed from the Dao Lord's mouth, eliciting different reactions from various beings.

Some beings listened, utterly bewildered and confused, and fell asleep midway, a smile on their lips, sleeping soundly.

Others tried their best to memorize it, but as soon as they recalled it, they forgot it instantly, becoming increasingly agitated.

Even the Grand Unity Great Sages in the front rows felt sweat bead on their foreheads as they listened to the later parts, clearly finding it extremely challenging.

Zhou Yuan, however, listened with golden light shining in his eyes, nodding frequently.

The Myriad Dao Book in his sea of consciousness displayed its marvel, profound and mysterious, the gate to all wonders.

Those Moral Admonitions seemed like individual runes, drilling into his mind to be repeatedly pondered and comprehended.

"Marvelous, marvelous, marvelous!"

"Black and white, life and death."

"One Qi gives birth to creation, creation engenders Yin and Yang."

"The Way of Yin and Yang is creation!"

Zhou Yuan felt a surge of understanding, and Yin-Yang Dao rhymes evolved around his body.

The Innate Yin and Yang Qi, taken from the Black and White Divine Demon, leaped out and entered his grotto-heaven, evolving the phenomenon of Chaos Without Limit.

"Divine Ability, Innate Yin-Yang Primordial Chaos Divine Light."

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed.

He hadn't expected that by taking this opportunity to listen to the sermon, he would successfully refine the Innate Yin and Yang Qi and achieve a Greater Divine Ability.

"With this Greater Divine Ability, I might be able to comprehend the profound mysteries of the Yin-Yang Law and use it to glimpse the Grand Unity Great Sage realm."

Thinking this, he couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude towards the Dao Lord on the platform.

This sermon had saved him tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation.

Zhou Yuan's transformation naturally drew the attention of countless beings around him.

Even the Innate Divine Beings on the high platform couldn't help but cast their gazes.

But this was merely a small interlude in the sermon.

After the first Innate Divine Being finished speaking, not many beings remained at the scene.

As the second Innate Divine Being began to speak, Zhou Yuan's expression turned peculiar.

You might ask why, but this Innate Divine Being was speaking precisely about the Way of Heaven and Earth's Principles of Change and the Heaven and Earth's Heavenly Secrets.

Involving the changes of heavenly secrets, this kind of sermon was even more profound and mysterious than the Dao of Creation.

The assembled Innate Great Sages listened, utterly disoriented. If it weren't for their respect for the Divine Being on the platform, they would have likely fled.

Zhou Yuan, however, listened with growing excitement, even bordering on elation.

Heavenly secrets, karma, deduction, change.

He compared what he heard with the [Five Elements Mystic Gate], feeling he had gained immensely.

The Innate Great Sages in front of him glanced at him with strange expressions. Could a True One Realm divine demon be more outstanding than them, who had already comprehended the profound mysteries of the laws?

The Divine Being preaching on the platform glanced at Zhou Yuan, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

His Way of Principles of Change, which calculated heavenly secrets and fortune, was incredibly complex.

It was difficult for those without exceptional intelligence to understand.

He hadn't expected there to be a Jade Tree Immortal Flower among the audience; truly wonderful.

This Divine Being suddenly felt a desire to nurture talent.

He decided to hold nothing back, fully elaborating on all his insights and understandings from this period.

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