In the Origin Land of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, within the Five Elements Space.
Luo Qing reverted to the innate, sinking into a muddled state, unaware of the passage of time.
No one knew how many years had passed when, on this day, the Five Elements Essence throughout the entire Five Elements Space suddenly surged.
The Five Elements Essence within the space became more than twice as dense for no apparent reason.
The essence suddenly ran wild, jolting Luo Qing awake from his daze.
As his consciousness returned, the Divine Egg within the core of the Fire Origin immediately began to tremble.
Crack!
A fissure appeared on the surface of the Divine Egg.
As if triggering a chain reaction, crack after crack rapidly spread across the entire Divine Egg.
As the entire Divine Egg began to shatter, the four Divine Treasures besides the Fire Spirit Ring also began frantically absorbing the Five Elements Essence throughout the Five Elements Space.
Under the absorption of the five abyssal maws, all the essence within the Five Elements Space was rapidly drained away.
The entire Five Elements Space then began to shake, showing signs that it was about to collapse.
Boom!
The Divine Egg's shell shattered completely, and an Innate God was born!
"I, Luo Qing, have returned!"
Luo Qing opened his eyes and threw back his head with a laugh.
He had succeeded!
He had reverted to the innate and become an Innate Fire God.
And he was even an Intermediate Innate God.
[Innate Fire God: Crimson King] Bloodline: Intermediate Innate God Position Dharma Appearance: Crimson King Dharma Form Talents: Nine Breaths to Absorb Qi, Innate Crimson Fire
Yet when Luo Qing gazed at his talents, he could not help sighing.
After all, he had become an Innate God by reverting from the acquired state.
Even as an Intermediate Innate God, he had not awakened any high-level talents.
Nine Breaths to Absorb Qi was said to be one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Cover divine abilities, but it seemed to be standard equipment for Innate Gods.
Any Innate God knew this technique. Otherwise, how could Innate Gods cultivate without training, with their cultivation continuing to rise on its own?
Nine Breaths to Absorb Qi could allow an Innate God to cultivate all the way to the limit of their position.
Crimson King's position was that of Fire, and its limit was probably the early or middle stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Innate Spiritual Fire was something Luo Qing found familiar. He had discovered similar things on several captives.
It was more or less standard equipment for Innate Fire Gods as well.
Apart from these two talents, Luo Qing had no other talents.
"So be it. At least I've become an Intermediate Innate God now, and the path of advancement has been completely opened!"
There was nothing else he could do but comfort himself.
After examining his divine body, Luo Qing turned his attention to his cultivation.
The Fire Essence in the Five Elements Space had been so dense that it was almost liquid, and he had absorbed all of it.
Besides helping him revert to the innate and be born into the world, it had also greatly advanced his cultivation.
At this moment, Luo Qing's cultivation in both the Divine Dao and the Immortal Dao had reached the peak of the Heavenly God realm.
Luo Qing nodded in satisfaction. His foundation was at least ten times stronger than before.
A profound foundation not only strengthened one's power but also had a far-reaching influence on one's pursuit of higher realms.
Wasn't solidifying his foundation precisely why he had reverted to the innate?
"What a pity about this excellent Five Elements Space!"
After checking his condition, Luo Qing looked around and discovered that the entire Five Elements Space was already on the verge of collapse.
Luo Qing swept his eyes across the area. Relying on his senses, he immediately located four Innate Spiritual Rings within the space.
Divine treasures concealed themselves. As soon as the four Innate Spiritual Treasures were born, they automatically restrained their auras and hid themselves.
But Luo Qing had been born from the same source as the four Innate Spiritual Rings, and their auras were interconnected.
They had nowhere to hide from Luo Qing.
Luo Qing activated his Fire aura and beckoned with a wave of his hand. The Metal, Wood, Water, and Earth Innate Spiritual Rings flew into his hands on their own.
At the same time, the Fire Spirit Ring, which had been circling Luo Qing constantly, began to hum and tremble as the four great Divine Treasures appeared.
"I almost forgot about you!"
Luo Qing smiled and summoned the Fire Spirit Ring into his hand as well.
Because he had seized its Fire Origin, this treasure had already fallen out of the ranks of Divine Treasures.
However, because it had been nurtured in the Five Elements Space for countless years, it had only degraded into an Innate High-grade Treasure Artifact.
It had become Luo Qing's companion treasure.
In the future, it might not be impossible for it to return to the ranks of Innate Spiritual Treasures.
[Gold Spiritual Ring] Quality: Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Function: It can subdue all techniques of the Metal element in the world and possesses the power to cut through anything.
Like the Gold Spiritual Ring, the Water, Wood, and Earth Spiritual Rings could also subdue divine abilities and Dao arts of their respective elements.
In addition, the Gold Spiritual Ring excelled at offense, the Water Spiritual Ring at transformation and speed,
the Earth Spiritual Ring specialized in defense,
while the Wood Spiritual Ring combined defense, healing, concealment, and many other functions.
Of course, in truth, it was not only the Gold Spiritual Ring that possessed offensive power. The other three Spiritual Rings did as well.
Their power was simply inferior to that of the Gold Spiritual Ring.
As for the Fire Spirit Ring, which had degraded into a treasure artifact, it was also a weapon of slaughter. It could even smelt all forms of fire.
However, it had lost its ability to restrain fire-type divine abilities.
Just as Luo Qing had expected, the five Spiritual Rings had been born from the same source. They were originally one set of Divine Treasures.
Once the Five Elements united and transformed into a single Five Elements Ring, its power could rival a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
It could suppress every transformation of the Five Elements and subdue Five Elements treasures.
But now that the Fire Spirit Ring had been forced to become an Innate Treasure Artifact,
although Luo Qing, its companion, could still wield the might of a Divine Treasure while holding it,
the power of the Five Elements Spiritual Rings had still fallen to that of a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
"Sigh, I suppose there are gains and losses."
Luo Qing sighed, but he felt no regret whatsoever.
Compared to his own Dao Path, which was more important—the High-grade Divine Treasure or himself? Luo Qing could still distinguish between the two.
After collecting the Five Elements Spiritual Rings, Luo Qing opened the Eye of the Great Dao again and scanned the entire Five Elements Space.
Only after confirming that nothing had been left behind did he escape from the Five Elements Space.
The moment Luo Qing stepped through the spatial gate, the entire Five Elements Space collapsed with a roar and vanished.
Returning to the underground cavern, Luo Qing saw that the many Immortal Artifacts he had arranged had not shown the slightest disturbance. Only then did he relax.
After collecting all the Immortal Artifacts, he brought his palm down and collapsed the entire cavern, burying every trace. Only then did Luo Qing follow the fire vein toward Crimson Flame Mountain.
When he had come down, Luo Qing had spent an entire month merely finding his way.
Going back up was much easier.
In the blink of an eye, Luo Qing appeared at the summit of Crimson Flame Mountain.
Luo Qing had originally been wondering how he should explain to the Golden Immortal elders of the tribe that he had reverted to the innate and become an Innate God.
He also did not know whether the Five Elements Tribe considered such a matter taboo.
But when Luo Qing emerged from the magma and swept the area with his divine sense, he was dumbfounded.
Crimson Flame Mountain, which had originally stretched for a thousand li in every direction, was now only half its former size.
The other half had become a basin-like pit several hundred zhang deep.
Above the entire Crimson Flame Tribe, only a few fierce beasts wandered about. Not a single tribesman could be seen.
"Did fierce beasts breach the Crimson Flame Tribe?"
Luo Qing's expression changed. The excitement that had filled his face instantly turned as pale as paper.
At this moment, Luo Qing could not worry about anything else. He immediately opened the Eye of the Great Dao and looked toward the Five Elements Tribe and the other four tribes.
His heart trembled as he hoped that the Crimson Flame Tribe had merely lost its territory and that its people had retreated elsewhere.
But the scene within the Eye of the Great Dao completely dashed Luo Qing's ardent hopes.
Within a radius of several thousand li around the Five Elements Tribe, there was not a single living tribesman left.
The lands of the other four great tribes were no better than that of the Crimson Flame Tribe.
Broken buildings and cave abodes were scattered everywhere, along with traces left by battle and vast quantities of divine blood.
From the bloodstains that remained, Luo Qing sensed the auras of the Crimson Flame tribesmen, the Thick Earth tribesmen, and the other tribes of the Five Elements Tribe, as well as those of the fierce beasts.
The Azure Light in his eyes dimmed. Luo Qing stood there with a dark expression and remained silent for a while.
Beneath his calm expression was a towering fury that he could no longer suppress.
The Five Elements Tribe had a Grand Unity Golden Immortal ancestor guarding it, along with no fewer than fifty Metal Gods.
Luo Qing absolutely refused to believe that a mere beast tide could exterminate the Five Elements Tribe.
His figure vanished from the mountaintop in an instant, and Luo Qing reappeared in his cave abode.
Perhaps because he had been lucky, although half of Crimson Flame Mountain had been destroyed, Luo Qing's cave abode remained intact.
With a thought, Luo Qing discovered a message jade stone on the inner side of the cave abode's entrance.
The moment the jade stone entered his hand, Luo Qing's eyes lit up. The fury that had nearly overflowed from his chest finally subsided somewhat.
He finally understood what had happened to the Five Elements Tribe.
For Luo Qing, the best news was that the Five Elements Tribe had not been exterminated. It had merely suffered a devastating blow and been forced to relocate its tribal lands once more.
"Whew! Thank goodness!"
Luo Qing let out a breath of relief.
Having lived in the Five Elements Tribe for several thousand years, Luo Qing had developed deep feelings for it.
Just as Luo Qing reappeared at the mountaintop and pondered what he should do next—
whether he should cultivate on his own first or search for the Five Elements Tribe that had departed—
a voice filled with surprise suddenly exploded beside his ear.
"Huh? An Innate Fire God who was just born? Interesting, interesting! Hahaha!"
A voice like a thunderclap rang beside Luo Qing's ear, instantly filling him with alarm.
"The Fierce Beast Calamity is raging, and the outside world is fraught with danger. Little friend, you should come back to the mountain with me and cultivate."
Before Luo Qing could speak or see the newcomer clearly,
a divine wind swept over and carried him away. In an instant, it bore him a thousand li into the distance.
When Luo Qing recovered from his daze and steadied himself, he opened his eyes again and was immediately dumbfounded.
"Welcome, little friend, to Hundred Gods Mountain!"
A burly, gold-armored Grand Unity Golden Immortal stood before Luo Qing, smiling as he looked at him.
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