Mystic Immortal, Phoenix Arrives at Hundred Gods Mountain

The Fierce Beast race was defeated, and the Divine Race became the rulers of the Primordial Era.

First, the Five Elements Tribe relocated, and then the Fierce Beasts were defeated.

The Fierce Beast powerhouses near Hundred Gods Mountain began to tread carefully, no longer displaying their previous arrogance.

Hundred Gods Mountain completely dominated the surrounding area of hundreds of thousands of miles and entered a phase of rapid development.

In just five thousand years, Hundred Gods Mountain, which originally had only twenty to thirty thousand gods, now gathered over fifty thousand gods.

Since the Divine Race defeated the Fierce Beast race, the number of Nature Spirits had also been increasing.

Although the number of Innate Gods had increased, it was not significant.

In the past, when Fierce Beasts rampaged outside, newly born Innate Gods in the vicinity had to seek refuge with Hundred Gods Mountain for self-preservation.

But now, the Fierce Beasts were like rats scurrying across the street, their days numbered.

Given the arrogance of Innate Gods, there was no need for them to seek refuge with Hundred Gods Mountain.

Inside the Vice Hall of the core Cave Mansion in Hundred Gods Mountain.

Luo Qing exhaled a mouthful of hot, turbid air as he finished his cultivation.

After breaking through to True Immortal, he had been dragging his feet for six to seven thousand years.

Urged by Old Bai, Luo Qing had no choice but to step into Mystic Immortal cultivation.

Now, only one realm barrier remained before Golden Immortal.

Luo Qing felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

He had not forgotten that the day he achieved Golden Immortal would be the day he dueled Hun Xing, the Mountain Lord.

Having already broken through to Mystic Immortal, Luo Qing did not intend to come out of seclusion immediately.

Over the years, Luo Qing had utilized his identity as a master artifact forger.

He held a grand artifact forging session every five hundred years, gathering a considerable amount of precious materials from the gods of Hundred Gods Mountain.

If he were to forge them all into Immortal Artifacts, he could make over a thousand.

However, ordinary Immortal Artifacts were useless given Luo Qing's current predicament.

"I was already certain of forging fifth-tier Immortal Artifacts before. I'm not in a hurry for Acquired Spiritual Treasures. However, I can start imitating the Fire Spirit Ring."

Luo Qing muttered, taking out the accompanying treasured artifact, the Fire Spirit Ring.

When he was at the True Immortal cultivation level, he could barely forge fifth-tier Immortal Artifacts.

As long as he didn't synthesize the final step, imitating the Flame Fire Pearl was not a problem.

But for the Fire Spirit Ring, a top-grade treasured artifact with 36 Innate Treasure Restrictions, his imitation progress was always lacking.

Now that Luo Qing's cultivation had broken through, he naturally had to try imitating the Fire Spirit Ring again.

One restriction, two...

He only stopped when he had inscribed 36 Innate Treasure Restrictions onto the artifact embryo, with only the final Innate Rune remaining.

Holding the Fire Thunder Pearl, which was comparable to a top-grade treasured artifact, Luo Qing smiled, yet also felt regret.

"What a pity, the final step still can't take shape, so it can only be used as a bomb," Luo Qing grumbled with distress.

Even though his cultivation had reached Mystic Immortal, Luo Qing still couldn't perfectly engrave the Innate Treasure Restrictions, otherwise, it would still self-destruct.

Furthermore, the self-destruction of an Innate top-grade treasured artifact posed little threat to Hun Xing, the Mountain Lord of Taiyi Mountain.

He looked inward at the four Innate Spiritual Treasures within his body: the Golden, Wood, Water, and Earth Spirit Rings.

Luo Qing's expression turned solemn. Fifth-tier top-grade Immortal Artifacts had reached their limit.

He had also completely mastered the imitation of top-grade Innate Treasures.

"Now I should be qualified to forge Acquired Spiritual Treasures and imitate Innate Spiritual Treasures, right?"

Luo Qing was somewhat unconfident. The reputation of Innate Spiritual Treasures was indeed too great.

He was unsure if his current cultivation level would truly allow the Eye of the Great Dao to analyze Innate Spiritual Treasures.

However, Luo Qing had no choice but to take this step. Innate Spiritual Treasures were the only means Luo Qing had to threaten the old ancestor Hun Xing.

"It will succeed!"

Luo Qing secretly affirmed his resolve.

He briefly revealed his Mystic God cultivation to Old Bai to appease Hun Xing, the Mountain Lord.

Then, Luo Qing went into seclusion again.

This time, he would not emerge until he had analyzed the four low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures in his hands.

Time flowed like water. Ten thousand years after the defeat of the Fierce Beast race.

The Divine Race ushered in a period of vigorous development, with countless new gods and Innate Gods being born. The three races that opened the heavens had spent immense effort and manpower over ten thousand years to eliminate the remnants of the Fierce Beasts.

They had also suffered considerable losses.

The Phoenix Clan saw that this wouldn't do.

If they relied solely on their own clan's strength, even if they wiped out all the Fierce Beasts in the Southern Domain, their own clan members at the bottom would likely perish.

At that point, let alone dominating the entire Southern Domain, the Phoenix Clan would be fortunate not to weaken to the point of extinction.

Therefore, the Phoenix Clan began to change its strategy. It was naturally extremely difficult for the Phoenix Clan alone to exterminate the remnants of the Fierce Beasts.

It wasn't that the Grand Unity powerhouses were unwilling to act, but rather that the Southern Domain of the Primordial Era was simply too vast.

Relying on just a few Grand Unity powerhouses would take far too long.

It would be better to rally all the Divine Race forces in the Southern Domain to participate in exterminating the remnants of the Fierce Beasts together.

Those willing would be welcomed, and for those unwilling, the Phoenix Clan had its own thunderous methods.

As the ruler of Hundred Gods Mountain, which spanned hundreds of thousands of miles, and with a Grand Unity Golden Immortal residing there, it was naturally one of the forces the Phoenix Clan sought to win over.

One day, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal of the Phoenix Clan, accompanied by over a hundred bird-like deities, arrived at Hundred Gods Mountain.

As the overlord of the Southern Domain, the Phoenix Clan's status was self-evident.

Although there were no traces of the Phoenix Clan near Hundred Gods Mountain, Hun Xing did not dare to offend the visitors and respectfully invited them into the council hall of Hundred Gods Mountain.

"An encirclement operation against the remnants of the Fierce Beasts?"

"This... The nearby Fierce Beast lairs contain Beast Kings who are Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and there are dozens of Gold God level Fierce Beasts. My Hundred Gods Mountain might not be able to handle this alone!"

Upon hearing the Phoenix Clan's intention, Hun Xing showed a look of difficulty.

While Hundred Gods Mountain had developed and grown considerably in recent years, compared to the Fierce Beasts, they were still somewhat lacking in the number of Gold God level powerhouses.

"Mountain Lord Hun Xing, rest assured, our Phoenix Clan will not demand that Hundred Gods Mountain single-handedly exterminate the nearby Fierce Beasts.

At that time, I, along with the ten Gold Gods I brought on this trip, will assist Hundred Gods Mountain.

This is a beast-extermination plan jointly established by our Phoenix Clan's two Ancestral Founders. All Divine Race members in the Southern Domain of the Primordial Era are forbidden from disobeying. Do you understand, fellow Daoist Hun Xing?"

Although the Grand Unity Golden Immortal of the Phoenix Clan spoke calmly, their domineering nature was evident.

"Fellow Daoist Phoenix, rest assured. Fierce Beasts are the great enemies of our Divine Race, and exterminating them is an undeniable duty for Hundred Gods Mountain.

However, you have arrived rather urgently. May I request that Hundred Gods Mountain be allowed five hundred years to prepare?" Hun Xing said, his eyes distant.

"Five hundred years is but a moment. Naturally, there is no objection! Then I shall impose upon your esteemed domain for a while longer!"

The Grand Unity Golden Immortal of the Phoenix Clan did not push too hard. Five hundred years was merely enough time for a period of seated meditation and cultivation.

As the Phoenix Clan's cultivators temporarily resided at Hundred Gods Mountain, the dozens of True Gods and Mystic Gods who had accompanied the Phoenix Clan's Grand Unity Golden Immortal began to move about within the mountain.

The Phoenix Clan's strategy for exterminating the Fierce Beasts this time was not solely to annihilate the remnants of the Fierce Beasts.

Gathering intelligence on the strength of the various Divine Race cultivation forces in the Southern Domain was also one of their objectives.

The Southern Domain was to be the Phoenix Clan's future designated backyard. The more they understood the numerous forces, divine powerhouses, and treasures within it, the better.

Mountain Lord Hun Xing was fully aware of the Phoenix Clan's every move, but unfortunately, the Phoenix Clan's power was too great, and Hundred Gods Mountain could not resist.

Furthermore, Mountain Lord Hun Xing did not place much importance on Hundred Gods Mountain; it was merely a tool he had created for the pursuit of the Dao.

Once his fifth disciple became a Gold God, and he himself transformed into a higher-tier or even top-tier Innate God root, then Hundred Gods Mountain would become dispensable.

"Last time Chi Huo emerged from seclusion as a Mystic God. Another five thousand years have passed, so he should be close to becoming a Gold God. Let's let the Phoenix Clan have their way for now, what's the harm!"

Hun Xing murmured, closing his eyes once more to return to his silent state.

Meanwhile, inside Luo Qing's secluded cultivation chamber.

The time required to analyze this Innate Spiritual Treasure far exceeded Luo Qing's imagination.

The Gold Spiritual Ring took Luo Qing two thousand years, and the Wood Spiritual Ring took fifteen hundred years.

The Water Spiritual Ring and the Earth Spiritual Ring together took another fifteen hundred years.

If not for the fact that the more Innate Runes and analytical experience the Eye of the Great Dao accumulated, the faster the analysis speed would become, Luo Qing would certainly not have analyzed all four Spiritual Treasures at once.

At this moment, the analysis of the four Spiritual Treasures was complete.

Luo Qing now had a thorough understanding of Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Innate Spiritual Treasures contained the Origin of the Great Dao and Innate Spiritual Restrictions, as Luo Qing had discovered after refining the Spiritual Treasures.

Now, Luo Qing had figured out the composition of the Innate Spiritual Restrictions of the four Spiritual Treasures.

The Innate Runes within them, both in quantity and complexity of arrangement, were several times superior to those of Innate Treasure Restrictions.

To make a comparison, roughly nine Treasure Restrictions could be considered equivalent to one Spiritual Restriction.

Coupled with the enhancement of the Origin of the Great Dao, even a single Spiritual Restriction's power far surpassed the combined might of thirty-six Treasure Restrictions.

"Ultimately, the strength of Spiritual Treasures lies in the Origin of the Great Dao!"

Luo Qing muttered.

Excluding the influence of the Origin of the Great Dao, a treasured artifact with thirty-six Treasure Restrictions was not necessarily weaker than a Spiritual Treasure with four Spiritual Restrictions.

"The Origin of the Great Dao... the origin of the Dao! It seems that whether it's for crafting Acquired Spiritual Treasures or replicating Innate Spiritual Treasures, the key lies in the Origin of the Great Dao."

Luo Qing had grasped the crucial point of crafting Spiritual Treasures.

But this was a bit tricky. Without reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, how could one master the rules of the Dao?

If there were no materials naturally containing the Origin of the Great Dao, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal wouldn't be able to craft an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

Luo Qing wondered if the area around Hundred Gods Mountain was barren, or if these gods were unwilling to provide him with materials for artifact forging.

He hadn't received any materials containing the Origin of the Great Dao yet.

Suddenly, Luo Qing's heart stirred. He didn't have materials containing the Origin of the Great Dao.

But he still had five Innate Gods containing the Origin of the Great Dao in his possession.

He wondered if the Origin of the Great Dao from Innate Gods could serve as crafting materials.

"It's worth a try!"

Luo Qing's eyes lit up.