When Luo Qing emerged with the status of the Innate Crimson Emperor,
the entire Primordial Wilderness was also far from peaceful.
The source sea of the Three Thousand Great Daos likewise began to rise with streaks of divine light.
In the Primordial Wilderness, large numbers of Top Deities and Innate Sacred Beings successively awakened from the places where they had been gestating.
Unlike Luo Qing, a Top Deity who had Reverted to Innate, the other Top Deities born innately
received countless pieces of information about the Primordial Wilderness the moment their consciousness awakened.
Deep in the Starry Sky, within the hidden place where the Solar Star was located,
the consciousnesses of two Innate Sacred Beings awakened one after another.
"The Calamity Fiend Qi in the Primordial Wilderness is dense and rising rapidly. The Dragon Race, Kirin Clan, and Phoenix have grown powerful, and a struggle between the three is inevitable. Now is not the time to emerge. We must wait for the right opportunity!"
"I'll listen to Big Brother. Now that we've awakened, even if we don't emerge, it won't hinder our cultivation."
It was not only the two Innate Sacred Beings within the Solar Star. After hesitating, the two Innate Sacred Beings on the Lunar Star also decided not to emerge for the time being.
A great calamity was about to arise in the Primordial Wilderness, and a great war was unavoidable.
The Innate Sacred Beings and Top Deities who had just emerged were not much stronger than the others.
As a result, most Top Deities and Innate Sacred Beings, in order to avoid the Three-Clan War, had no intention of emerging immediately even after awakening.
The Top Deities and Sacred Beings were Children of the Great Dao and naturally enjoyed the protection of Heaven and Earth.
As long as they did not emerge of their own accord, even if a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal came, it might not be able to find their hiding places.
Of course, most Top Deities chose to remain in their lairs and cultivate alone.
There were also deities of astonishing courage and adventurous spirit who chose to emerge at this time.
"The Great Dao values only strife. How can I keep retreating? Great opportunities also arise in times of great chaos. If I don't strive now, when will I?"
"If I emerge together with the Innate Sacred Beings, I'll have difficulty competing with them. It's better to emerge early, seize the opportunities and fortunes of the Primordial Wilderness, and gain the advantage."
For the Top Daoists nurtured by the other Great Daos, emerging a little earlier or later did not matter.
But the Top Deities and Sacred Beings of the Five Elements could not wait that long.
Especially those of water, fire, and earth.
If they did not emerge soon, others would seize control of their entire Great Daos. If they delayed any longer, they would not even have the qualifications to compete.
A large batch of Top Innate Deities and Sacred Beings emerged and began traveling through the Primordial Wilderness.
These deities were exactly like Luo Qing; they possessed Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation as soon as they emerged.
They also had Companion Spirit Treasures with them, and each possessed extraordinary fortune and strength.
Within the Small Blessed Land, Luo Qing was still unaware that the Primordial Wilderness was about to begin the initial competition among the Top Deities.
After completing his transformation, Luo Qing had no intention of leaving immediately.
Instead, he secluded himself for another thousand years. With the support of his Divine Dao Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation,
the Fire Rule had reached perfection, and his Immortal Dao cultivation naturally stepped into the Taiyi Realm as well.
Golden Immortals and Metal Gods cultivated laws. Upon reaching Taiyi, they began to touch the power of Great Dao rules.
Once the Great Dao rules reached perfection, they could attempt to condense a Dao Fruit.
However, compared with laws, Great Dao rules were clearly more ethereal and difficult to grasp.
Even though Luo Qing was a Top Innate Fire God, naturally possessing an extraordinary affinity with the Great Dao of Fire,
his comprehension still found the Great Dao rules obscure and difficult to understand, with progress painfully slow.
"As expected, there are no shortcuts in cultivation. Even with an extraordinary Foundation, once one reaches Taiyi, one still needs to cultivate slowly through painstaking effort."
The speed of comprehending the Great Dao rules was truly moving.
Luo Qing no longer had the patience to keep pondering over them.
"If only I could find a Top Innate Spiritual Root like the Bodhi Tree or Enlightenment Tea Tree!"
Glancing at the half-dead Netherworld Ghost Willow, Luo Qing sighed inwardly.
However, the Bodhi Tree should still be on Mount Sumeru. That was Luohou's lair, and Luo Qing obviously did not dare go there.
As for the Enlightenment Tea Tree, Luo Qing knew little about it.
Aside from Spiritual Roots that could assist immortals and deities in comprehending the Dao, the other things that could help with comprehending the Great Dao were Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Unfortunately, the Fire Spirit Ring in Luo Qing's possession was only a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
The Fire Rule contained within its Fire origin was truly limited, so its effect on Luo Qing's comprehension was negligible.
"If only I could find famous fire-attributed Innate Spiritual Treasures like the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl and Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner!"
High-grade and Top Innate Spiritual Treasures were not only immensely powerful, but could also greatly assist immortals and deities in comprehending the Great Dao.
Unfortunately, the best treasure in Luo Qing's possession was merely a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Wind Spirit Pearl.
It could not help Luo Qing comprehend the Fire Element Great Dao's rules.
Since the Great Dao rules could not make much progress for the time being, Luo Qing turned his attention to Artifact Refining.
Previously, constrained by his cultivation and comprehension of the Great Dao, his Artifact Refining Technique had stopped at Low-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
Now that Luo Qing was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he naturally began attempting to refine High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
A hundred years later.
In a remote region of the Primordial Wilderness,
Luo Qing looked with satisfaction at the Five-Colored Divine Pearl in his hand.
This Treasure Pearl had already been upgraded by him into a High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure.
The Small Blessed Land within it had also expanded to a radius of three thousand li, becoming a Mid-grade Blessed Land.
In terms of power, High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures could in fact already rival Low-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
They merely lacked the ability to assist immortals and deities in comprehending the Great Dao.
With the Blessed Land upgraded, the Netherworld Ghost Willow within it could also live more comfortably.
Putting away the Treasure Pearl, Luo Qing frowned and looked toward the surrounding Primordial Great Land.
Three epoch cycles had passed, and the Calamity Fiend Qi between Primordial Heaven and Earth was at least twice as dense as before his seclusion.
This was clearly no good omen. It was a sign that another great calamity was about to descend upon the Primordial Wilderness!
After determining his direction, Luo Qing rose and headed toward the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
He intended to investigate the situation on the Western Continent and among the Three Clans of Creation, so he could decide what to do next.
A Grand Unity Golden Immortal's speed was several times faster than a Golden Immortal's.
Before long, Luo Qing had crossed countless tens of millions of li.
He appeared above the outskirts of the Wind Spirit Mountain Range, where Fire Artifact Mountain had once stood.
The once lively and bustling land of the Fire God was now overgrown with weeds and had become a barren mountain.
"Looks like Fire Artifact Mountain ultimately vanished into the river of history."
Luo Qing sighed. He was not particularly surprised.
Fire Artifact Mountain only recruited Innate Fire Gods, so it had a major inherent flaw. It was simply too difficult for it to grow stronger.
In the Primordial Wilderness, one either advanced or retreated, and it was easy to be destroyed.
After taking one look, Luo Qing did not linger and continued toward the depths of the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
On a battlefield spanning ten thousand li, the enemy and allied sides were locked in fierce combat.
"The Holy Ancestor has descended! Strengthen the might of our Divine Dao!"
"Evil and heretical path! Fellow Daoists of the Divine Dao, wipe them out!"
When Luo Qing drew near, one Divine Dao faction and one Mandala were fighting each other.
The strongest cultivators on either side were only early-stage Golden Immortals.
Luo Qing had no intention of intervening. He merely stopped a few people and asked them about the situation.
From their mouths, he learned
that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Three Clans had now officially dominated the Southern, Eastern, and Canghai regions.
Countless deities had fled to the Western Continent, further worsening the chaos there.
The Divine Dao and Immortal Dao had reached the point where the two could no longer coexist in the same place.
Where the Divine Dao occupied territory, the Immortal Dao kept its distance.
Where the Immortal Dao flourished, the Divine Dao was likewise driven away.
At present, the two sides were fighting over the Wind Spirit Mountain Range, each wanting to claim it as its own territory.
The outer regions of the Wind Spirit Mountain were still the site of minor clashes, with at most Golden Immortals and Metal Gods fighting.
But in the core of the Wind Spirit Mountain Range, Grand Unity Golden Immortals had already begun fighting openly.
"The Wind Spirit Clan's treasure trove!"
Luo Qing learned the true reason they were fighting over the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
Although the Wind Spirit Clan had been destroyed, before the ferocious beasts could loot them, they had been ambushed.
By the time the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Three Clans returned, the Wind Spirit Clan's core Cave Heaven had already vanished into hiding.
From then on, rumors of the Wind Spirit Clan's treasure trove spread throughout the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
All the struggles in the Wind Spirit Mountain Range now revolved around this treasure trove.
Luo Qing glanced at the Netherworld Ghost Willow and the two Tiger Eggs within his personal blessed land.
He suddenly realized that he seemed to be rather closely fated with the Wind Spirit Clan's treasure trove as well!
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