Entering the Primordial Golden Immortal Realm, the Space-Time Ancestral Witch, Shi Chen Daoist

Buzz!

Two beams of divine light shot straight toward the Pangu statue beneath the hall's domed ceiling. Even the Great Dao Patterns on the statue resonated, glowing faintly.

The bloodline power throughout Xuanyuan's body surged like a raging sea. Golden spatial patterns intertwined with silver-white temporal patterns, forming a fine web of time and space over his skin. Each tremor sent ripples across the Pangu Blood Pool inside the hall.

"Brother Xuanyuan is about to break through!" Di Jiang's eyes brimmed with anticipation.

He, too, wanted to see what changes would come when an Ancestral Witch advanced to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm!

"Fourth Brother's talent far surpasses mine!" Tongtian exclaimed in admiration.

Over the years, with the help of opportunities such as the Five Needles Pine and Enlightenment Tea, he had benefited greatly. Like Zhu Jiuyin, he had touched the threshold of Primordial Golden Immortal;

But he was still a little short. He needed more time to consolidate his gains, or another opportunity to give him a push.

Rumble!

Drawn by the aura of their shared origin, the essence of blood qi in the pool turned into streaks of crimson light. As if alive, they surged out of the pool, one after another, and poured into Xuanyuan's body.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Technique accelerated to its limit, and the bottleneck at the peak of the thirty-sixth level of the fourth revolution shattered with a boom.

The fifth revolution—the thirty-seventh level—was achieved!

As soon as the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique broke through, vast Earthly Fiend Tainted Qi was drawn from deep beneath the ground of the inner world within Pangu Hall. It merged with Pangu Blood Qi, becoming the most fundamental Source Power to nourish the flesh.

Then Xuanyuan's body began to swell at a visible rate, growing from 129,600 zhang as if caught in a gale.

At last, it stopped at exactly 12,960,000 zhang—not an inch more or less. His body was flawless, without a single imperfection.

Before Xuanyuan, vast as an ancient divine mountain, even the Twelve Ancestral Witches, each more than 100,000 zhang tall, looked like Lesser Witches beside a Great Witch—tiny as embryos!

The Ancestral Witch Body followed a path of exploring the bloodline and proving the Dao through the flesh. After Xuanyuan advanced to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, his height multiplied a hundredfold and his overall size a millionfold.

At 12,960,000 zhang—roughly 42,000 kilometers—he could crush an ordinary mighty cultivator with a mere gesture.

Even a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure wielded by a peer of equal cultivation would struggle to break through his physical defenses!

"This... what a powerful physique!" Candle Dragon gaped in astonishment.

As an ancient Primordial Golden Immortal, he now felt a trace of threat from Xuanyuan, a junior who had only just broken through.

The Dragon Race followed the path of proving the Dao by Law. Their bodies were strong enough, but they were no Dragon-Kin Giants or members of the Witch Race, who proved the Dao through the flesh.

Thus, even Candle Dragon's body was only a thousand li in size—not even a tenth of Xuanyuan's!

"Time and space have merged. My Dao has begun to take shape!"

Xuanyuan's voice, imbued with Xuan Ming's Dao resonance, made the Great Dao Patterns on the Pangu statue shine with golden light.

Crack!

He raised a hand and swept it through the air. Space twisted into a vortex before him, while time slowed abruptly where his fingertips passed. Golden and silver Great Dao Patterns condensed in his palm, forming a mark of time and space.

At that moment, Xuanyuan was no longer merely a cultivator of the Space Dao. Through his own efforts, he had broken through the Space-time Barrier, creating something from nothing and becoming the unprecedented...

Space-Time Ancestral Witch!

A being who alone commanded these two supreme laws in the Primordial World Heaven and Earth!

Rumble!

Just then, All Heavens Divine Thunder resounded through the hall. A brilliant, mysterious light appeared out of thin air, transforming into a curtain of light millions of li across, suspended high in the sky.

Within the curtain, a scene from Pangu Opens Heaven slowly unfolded:

Amid Chaos, Pangu held the Sky-Opening Axe. When the axe light fell, the river of time reversed, and the Time Wheel, the Time Demon God's Companion Treasure, shattered with a crash. Its fragments scattered throughout Chaos.

Then the second strike fell, cleaving another Companion Treasure, the Primordial Star Sword, in two. Its blade shattered into countless specks of light.

With the third strike, the Time Demon God's body disintegrated completely. Yet at the instant of his death, countless brilliant lights broke free from the restraints of Chaos Qi and crossed the endless reaches of time and space.

One of those lights shot toward Xuanyuan like a meteor.

"The Time Great Dao?"

Xuanyuan's heart stirred. He watched as the light merged effortlessly into the space between his brows, resonating instantly with the bloodline of the time-and-space laws within him.

A familiar shiver spread through his body, just as it had when the Source Power left behind by the Hollow Willow entered him and granted him the bloodline of Space!

The two sources of law merged within him. The golden and silver patterns on his skin blazed ever brighter, the barrier between the laws of time and space vanished completely, and his aura surged once more.

His path of proving the Dao by Law had likewise reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm!

At the same time, Xuanyuan's Xuanyuan's Nascent Soul advanced further, nourished by the feedback from both the laws and his physical body.

One Proof, Three Proofs—the three-in-one Primordial Golden Immortal had no weaknesses!

"After the Time Demon God fell, his true spirit reincarnated as Shi Chen Daoist, but he never appeared in the Primordial World. I wonder where in Chaos he's cultivating now..." Xuanyuan murmured pensively.

After a moment, Xuanyuan shook his head.

He was destined to face Old Ancestor Yang Mei and the Five Elements Daoist anyway. One Shi Chen Daoist was nothing to fear.

When you have too many lice, a few more bites don't matter.

Shi Chen Daoist was no weaker than Old Ancestor Yang Mei, but Xuanyuan still had ample room to grow. There was no need to rush.

"Congratulations, Fourth Brother! Your cultivation has greatly increased, and you've entered the Primordial Golden Immortal realm!"

"Congratulations, Daoist Xuanyuan!"

"Brother Xuanyuan, is this what an Ancestral Witch's body is like at the Primordial Golden Immortal level? It's incredible!"

The mighty cultivators gathered around Xuanyuan to congratulate him.

"Hahaha! Everyone, we've all gained something from this discussion of the Dao. But I've been cooped up for too long and feel like stretching my legs. I'm planning to take a trip across Primordial World Earth!"

Xuanyuan laughed heartily, his gaze settling on Tongtian and Candle Dragon.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches wouldn't leave seclusion for now, while Kuafu and Da Yi had to watch over the Witch Ancestor Tribe. They couldn't go wandering about.

"Shutting oneself away to cultivate isn't the answer. To take this final step, I'll need more experience. Since Fourth Brother is going out, how could I possibly stay behind?" Tongtian said with a laugh, clapping his hands.

Ever since leaving Kunlun Mountain, he and Xuanyuan had been inseparable. Things should stay that way.

"This discussion of the Dao has been immensely beneficial. Still, I'll have to be shameless and ask to stay here a while longer, so I can continue comprehending the Dao." Candle Dragon considered for a moment before speaking to everyone.

Thanks to Shouyang Mountain's influence, the conditions for cultivation in the East Sea were quite good. But it had once been one of the starting points and centers of the Kalpa Tribulation, and it still bore some Calamity Qi. It simply couldn't compare to Pangu Hall in helping one cultivate and comprehend the Great Dao.

Cultivation depended on wealth, companions, methods, and a place to practice. The place—one's cultivation ground, a Blessed Land—came last, but its importance was beyond question.

At this point, after suffering heavy losses in the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the Dragon Race had withdrawn to the four seas to recuperate. They wouldn't fight other races again, and with the Nine Sons of the Dragon holding down the fort, that was enough.

During this era, most of the mighty cultivators in the Primordial World were Grand Unity Golden Immortals. Aside from a handful of ancient beings, Xuanyuan might be the only one of his generation to have emerged into the world and broken through.

The ancient beings would naturally show Candle Dragon some respect. As for those Grand Unity Golden Immortals...

The Nine Sons of the Dragon were all at Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection, and had even touched the Threshold of Primordial Golden Immortal. Together, the nine could put up a fight even against an early-stage Primordial Golden Immortal!

So even if Candle Dragon didn't return to the East Sea for a while, the Dragon Race would be fine.

"What's wrong with that? We're fellow Daoists, so you can stay in Pangu Hall for as long as you like!"

"Exactly. Candle Dragon is straightforward, and I like him. If he doesn't want to leave, then let's stay and comprehend the Great Dao together!"

"Stay, by all means. It'll be livelier with you here!"

Hearing Candle Dragon's request, the Twelve Ancestral Witches spoke up in turn.

And so, Candle Dragon continued discussing the Dao and cultivating with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while Xuanyuan led Tongtian out of Pangu Hall.

"Hm? Fourth Brother, did you sense that?"

As soon as they appeared at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, Tongtian looked sharply toward its summit, immediately locking onto the special space where the Gourd Vine was located.

"I did. An opportunity has appeared."

Xuanyuan nodded. His Spiritual Sense swept out, locking directly onto the area at Buzhou Mountain Peak enveloped by an Innate Restriction.

Deep within his soul, the ancient, unadorned Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler trembled gently, its surface glowing faintly as if it had sensed the aura of an Innate Spiritual Root.

"Brother, let's go."

Before the words had even left his mouth, the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler flew out of Xuanyuan's soul and hovered over his palm.

Boom!

He raised a hand and swept it through the air, infusing the ruler with the power of a Primordial Golden Immortal. A dazzling streak of light burst from it, instantly ripping through the space before him and opening a passage through time and space. At the other end, the phantom image of the Gourd Vine atop Buzhou Mountain came into view.

Seeing this, Tongtian held the Qing Ping Sword in one hand and the Coiling Dragon Flat Crutch in the other. The lightning glow from his Purple Lightning Hammer and Fishing Drum swirled around him as he sprang after Xuanyuan.

The two stepped onto a bridge of light formed from the ruler's radiance. In an instant, they crossed endless time and space and appeared within the special realm outside the Gourd Vine.