When Luo Qing emerged into existence with the status of the Innate Crimson Emperor, the entire Primordial Era was quite unsettled.
From the Origin of the Great Dao's primordial sea, streaks of divine light began to rise.
A large number of top-tier Innate Gods and Innate Sacred Beings within the Primordial Era successively awakened from their places of gestation.
Unlike Luo Qing, a top-tier Innate God who had Reverted to Innate, the other top-tier Innate Gods...
As soon as their consciousness awakened, countless pieces of information about the Primordial Era surged towards them.
Deep within the starry sky, in the hidden location of the Solar Star.
Two Innate Sacred Beings' consciousnesses awoke one after another.
"The Primordial Era's calamitous energy is currently dense and rapidly rising. The Dragon Clan, Kirin Clan, and Phoenix Clan are powerful; a conflict between the three is inevitable. Now is not the time to emerge; we must wait for the opportune moment!"
"Little brother will listen to big brother. Even though we have awakened, not emerging will not hinder our own cultivation."
It wasn't just within the Solar Star; two Innate Sacred Beings within the Lunar Star also hesitated before deciding not to emerge for the time being.
Seeing that the Primordial Era was on the verge of a great catastrophe, a massive battle was unavoidable.
The newly emerged Innate Sacred Beings or top-tier Innate Gods were not much stronger than others.
As a result, most top-tier Innate Gods or Innate Sacred Beings chose not to emerge immediately, even after awakening, in order to avoid the war between the three clans.
Top-tier Innate Gods and Sacred Beings were Children of the Great Dao, protected by heaven and earth.
As long as they did not actively emerge, even a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal might not be able to find their hiding place.
Of course, most top-tier Innate Gods chose to remain in their lairs and cultivate alone.
There were also those with astonishing courage and adventurous spirits who chose to emerge at this time.
"The Great Dao is only attained through struggle; why should one merely retreat? Great opportunities also appear during times of great chaos. If not now, when should we contend!"
"If I emerge alongside the Innate Sacred Beings, I fear it will be difficult to compete with them. It would be better to emerge in advance, seize the opportunities and creations of the Primordial Era, and take a step ahead."
For the other top-tier Dao Sons nurtured by the Great Dao, emerging a little earlier or later made no difference.
However, for the top-tier Innate Gods and Sacred Beings of the five elements, they could not wait any longer.
Especially for the water, fire, and earth elements.
If they didn't emerge soon, others would monopolize entire Great Daos. If they delayed further, they wouldn't even have the qualifications to compete.
A large batch of top-tier Innate Gods and Sacred Beings thus emerged and began to traverse the Primordial Era.
These Innate Gods were no different from Luo Qing; upon emergence, they already possessed the cultivation of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
They were also accompanied by their nascent Spiritual Treasures, each possessing considerable destiny and strength.
Within a small blessed land, Luo Qing was unaware that the Primordial Era was about to initiate competition among top-tier Innate Gods.
Having just completed his transformation, Luo Qing had no intention of going out immediately.
Instead, he went into seclusion for another thousand years. With the enhancement of his Divine Path Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.
The laws of fire had reached perfection, and his Immortal Path cultivation naturally advanced to the Grand Unity realm.
Golden Immortals and Gold Gods cultivate laws; upon reaching Grand Unity, they begin to touch upon the power of Great Dao rules.
Once the Great Dao rules are perfected, one can attempt to condense the Dao Fruit.
However, compared to laws, Great Dao rules are clearly more ethereal and difficult to grasp.
Even though Luo Qing, as a top-tier Innate Fire God, was naturally extremely close to the Great Dao of Fire.
Upon sensing it, the Great Dao rules remained obscure and difficult to understand, with slow progress.
"As expected, there are no shortcuts in cultivation. Even with an extraordinary foundation, one needs to put in painstaking effort to cultivate slowly upon reaching Grand Unity."
The speed at which he comprehended the Great Dao rules was truly disheartening.
Luo Qing did not have the patience to ponder it further.
"It would be great if I could find a top-tier Innate Spiritual Root like the Bodhi Tree or the Enlightenment Tea Tree!"
He glanced at the half-dead Netherworld Ghost Willow and sighed inwardly.
However, the Bodhi Tree should still be on Mount Sumeru, which was Luohu's lair, and Luo Qing clearly did not dare to go there.
As for information about the Enlightenment Tea Tree, Luo Qing knew very little.
Besides these Spiritual Roots that could assist Immortals and Gods in comprehending the Dao, the remaining items that could help comprehend the Great Dao were Innate Spiritual Treasures.
However, the Fire Spirit Ring in Luo Qing's possession was currently only a low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
The rules of fire contained within the primordial fire it held were too limited, and its effect on Luo Qing's enlightenment was negligible.
"It would be great if I could find well-known fire-attributed Innate Spiritual Treasures like the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl or the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner."
High-grade and top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures not only possessed immense power but could also greatly assist Immortals and Gods in comprehending the Great Dao.
Unfortunately, the best treasure Luo Qing possessed was a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Wind Spirit Pearl.
He couldn't help Luo Qing comprehend the rules of the Fire Element Great Dao.
Since there couldn't be much progress on the Great Dao rules for the time being, Luo Qing turned his attention to artifact forging.
Previously, due to his cultivation and understanding of the Great Dao, his artifact refining technique was stuck at mid-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
Now that Luo Qing was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he naturally began to attempt refining high-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
One hundred years later.
In a remote corner of the Primordial Era.
Luo Qing looked at the Five-Colored Divine Pearl in his hand with satisfaction.
This pearl had been upgraded by him to a high-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure.
The small blessed land within it had also expanded further to an area of three thousand li, becoming a mid-grade blessed land.
In terms of power, high-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures could actually rival low-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
It only lacked the ability to assist Immortals and Gods in comprehending the Great Dao.
With the blessed land upgraded, the Netherworld Ghost Willow within could also live more comfortably.
Putting away the pearl, Luo Qing frowned as he looked at the surrounding Primordial land.
Three Eras had passed, and the malevolent energy in the Primordial world had doubled compared to before he went into seclusion.
This was clearly not a good omen; it was the prelude to another great calamity in the Primordial Era!
Identifying a direction, Luo Qing got up and headed towards the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
He wanted to gather intelligence on the Western Continent and the three primordial races to figure out his next move.
The speed of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was several times faster than that of a Golden Immortal.
Before long, Luo Qing had crossed tens of thousands of li.
He appeared on the outskirts of Wind Spirit Mountain, above the former Fire Artifact Mountain.
The once bustling and noisy Fire God Land had now become overgrown with weeds, turning into a desolate mountain.
"It seems Fire Artifact Mountain eventually perished in the river of history."
Luo Qing sighed. He wasn't particularly surprised.
Fire Artifact Mountain, which only recruited Innate Fire Gods, had a fundamental flaw from the start, making it too difficult to grow.
In the Primordial Era, if you don't advance, you retreat, and it's easy to be destroyed.
After a glance, Luo Qing didn't linger and continued deeper into the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
On a battlefield spanning ten thousand li, both sides were locked in a fierce struggle.
"Holy Ancestor descends, strengthening the might of our Divine Path!"
"Heretical ways! Fellow Daoists of the Divine Path, destroy them!"
As Luo Qing approached, a faction of the Divine Path and a faction of the Mandala were fighting each other.
The strongest individuals on both sides were only at the early Golden Immortal stage.
Luo Qing had no intention of intervening, but he stopped a few people to inquire about the situation.
From their words, he learned.
The Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin tribes had now officially dominated the Southern, Eastern, and Canghai regions.
Countless gods had fled to the Western Continent, further exacerbating the chaos there.
The Divine Path and the Immortal Path had reached a point where they could no longer coexist.
Where the Divine Path occupied, the Immortal Path retreated for miles.
Where the Immortal Path flourished, the Divine Path was also driven away.
Currently, both sides were fighting over the Wind Spirit Mountain Range, each wanting to claim it as their territory.
The outer regions of Wind Spirit Mountain were still minor skirmishes, with at most Golden Immortals and Gold Gods fighting.
However, in the core area of the Wind Spirit Mountain Range, Grand Unity Golden Immortals had already begun large-scale conflicts.
"The treasure of the Wind Spirit Clan!"
From them, Luo Qing learned the core reason for the struggle over the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
Although the Wind Spirit Clan had been destroyed, the Fierce Beasts hadn't had time to loot their homes before being ambushed.
By the time the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin tribes returned, the Wind Spirit Clan's core blessed land had already vanished.
Since then, the treasure of the Wind Spirit Clan had been rumored to be within the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
Everything happening in the Wind Spirit Mountain Range now was actually centered around this treasure.
Luo Qing glanced at the Netherworld Ghost Willow and the two Tiger Eggs in his personal blessed land.
He suddenly realized that he seemed to have quite a connection to this treasure of the Wind Spirit Clan!
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