Refining the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit Fragment, Condensing the Secret Art of Primordial Violet Qi (Please Follow and Vote!)

Shangqing Palace, Qingxuan Hall.

After arriving at the Kunlun Mountain Dao Field, Lu Yuan was assigned by Shangqing Tongtian Daoist to cultivate in Shangqing Palace. As a personal disciple, he naturally had the right to occupy a palace of his own within Shangqing Palace.

Here, Lu Yuan also met the disciples under the Three Pure Ones Daoists. The Three Pure Ones had not yet widely accepted disciples, and at present, Kunlun Mountain only had Shangqing Tongtian Daoist's two personal disciples, Daoist Duobao and Saint Mother Jin Ling; the Three Pure Ones' Dao attendants, the Water Fire Boys and White Crane Boy; and Immortal Elder Nanji, who served at Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist's side.

Among these future disciples of the Mysterious Gate's Three Teachings, the highest in cultivation were Senior Brother Daoist Duobao and Immortal Elder Nanji, both of whom had condensed the Five Qi within their chests and attained the Taiyi Dao Fruit.

Second Senior Sister Saint Mother Jin Ling possessed late-stage Golden Immortal cultivation.

As for the Water Fire Boys and White Crane Boy, they possessed only True Immortal-level cultivation, give or take.

Meanwhile, the illustrious figures of the Mysterious Gate's Three Teachings in later generations—Grand Master Xuandu, the Yuxu Twelve Golden Immortals, the Jie Sect's Seven Attendant Immortals, and the like—had not yet entered under the Three Pure Ones Daoists' tutelage.

After discussing the Dao for several days with Senior Brother Daoist Duobao, Second Senior Sister Saint Mother Jin Ling, and Immortal Elder Nanji, Lu Yuan gave each of them an Innate Life Spirit Fruit before returning to Qingxuan Hall to enter seclusion.

After attaining the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, Lu Yuan discovered that the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit fragment within the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Profound Yellow World-Generating Bead, had greatly weakened its rejection and pressure against him. It seemed there was now a sliver of hope that he could refine it.

Faced with such a fine opportunity, Lu Yuan naturally would not let it slip away. After all, this was a fragment of the primordial spirit of Earth Emperor Heavenly Emperor Yue Jianshi, the Lord of Gods and Demons—an unrivaled great power who had once sought to breach the Primordial Saint Realm.

If this primordial spirit fragment contained even a trace of the secret of Hunyuan, he would have struck it rich!

This seclusion took Lu Yuan a full thousand years before he finally refined the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit fragment completely.

That day, within Qingxuan Hall, Lu Yuan, seated cross-legged upon a meditation cushion, suddenly opened his eyes. A flash of wild joy crossed his face, and his heart surged with excitement.

"I've truly struck it rich this time. That Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit fragment actually contains Yue Jianshi's insights into the Dao of Earth and Profound Yellow.

"More importantly, it contains a secret art for condensing Primordial Violet Qi. This secret art has always been passed orally through the inheritance of the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Emperors, never committed to writing!

"An inheritance tied to the path of Hunyuan like this is possessed by only a scant few lineages in the entire Primordial World!"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Lu Yuan turned his gaze toward Sanqing Hall. The Three Pure Ones Daoists were Pangu's Orthodox Lineage; they certainly possessed a complete Hunyuan inheritance!

Other than the Three Pure Ones Daoists of Kunlun Mountain, only four lineages in the Primordial World could possibly hold the cultivation path to Hunyuan.

The first was Pangu's Orthodox Lineage: the Twelve Ancestral Witches of Buzhou Mountain; Dijun and Taiyi, born from the Sun Star; and Xihe and Changxi, born from the Taiyin Star.

As everyone knew, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were nurtured from Pangu's Primordial Blood mixed with the earth's baleful qi, while the Sun Star and Taiyin Star were nurtured from the left and right eyes of Great God Pangu.

Thus, in the Primordial World, Great Divine Ability Users such as the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Dijun, Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi, like the Three Pure Ones Daoists, belonged to Pangu's Orthodox Lineage.

To a greater or lesser extent, they all possessed some cultivation methods for the path of Hunyuan left behind by Great God Pangu.

The second was the Three Sovereigns lineage. The Three Sovereigns Heavenly Emperors had all once sought to breach the Primordial Saint Realm. Though they unfortunately perished in the Hunyuan Tribulation, they must have left behind inheritances of the path to Hunyuan through various means.

For instance, Lu Yuan had obtained the secret art of condensing Primordial Violet Qi from this Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit fragment.

As for the third and fourth, they were the Immortal and Demon lineages. Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the Mysterious Gate's Immortal Dao had proven the Dao and become a Saint, residing high above the heavens in the Purple Heaven Palace and transmitting the Dao to Three Thousand Gods and Demons. That went without saying.

As for the Demonic Dao lineage, during the decisive battle between immortals and demons, Demon Ancestor Luohu had been but a hair's breadth from attaining the Primordial Dao Fruit. Had he not been besieged by the four great Immortal Dao ancestors—Hongjun, Yangmei, Yin-Yang, and Heaven and Earth—it was uncertain who would be residing high beyond the heavens today.

However, in Lu Yuan's view, Demon Ancestor Luohu was sinister, cunning, selfish, and self-serving. He certainly would not pass down the Demonic Dao's path to Hunyuan.

After all, within the Demonic Dao, even disciples who inherited its teachings were merely expendable materials painstakingly raised for use!

Why would Luohu pass down the cultivation methods for the path of Hunyuan?

Recalling the secret art for condensing Primordial Violet Qi within the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit fragment, a trace of distress appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

Condensing Primordial Violet Qi required heaven-reaching destiny and merit, fused with one's own Power of the Great Dao through the secret art.

Even the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Emperors of the World of Gods and Demons, who had established boundless merit and occupied heaven-reaching providence, had only condensed one or two complete strands of Primordial Violet Qi before proving the Dao of Hunyuan.

It was precisely because Primordial Violet Qi protected their true spirits that, although the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Emperors had perished beneath the Hunyuan Dao Tribulation, they still retained a sliver of a chance to rise again.

"Merit and destiny are actually the 'raw materials' for condensing Primordial Violet Qi. It seems the lineages of the future Saints fought for the right to enlighten the living beings of the Primordial World not merely to gather the destiny of great teachings!"

Lu Yuan sighed softly. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes. He had originally wished only to cultivate bitterly and attain the Dao, without becoming entangled in too much karma of the Primordial World.

But the emergence of this secret art for condensing Primordial Violet Qi meant that he had no choice but to contend for destiny and merit.

Still, for Lu Yuan, who possessed memories of the Primordial World's later ages, accumulating destiny and merit would not be difficult so long as he planned carefully!

Yet in this era of Witch-Demon Hegemony, Lu Yuan was in no hurry to reveal himself. As for matters of great merit and great destiny, it would not be too late to make plans after the Witch and Demon Clans had reached their end and the Three Pure Ones Daoists had become Saints.

After all, the best opportunity to obtain merit and destiny would come in the era when the human race rose and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors attained the Dao.

With a slight stir of thought, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged on his meditation cushion and closed his eyes once more, beginning to comprehend the Dao of Earth and Profound Yellow left behind by Yue Jianshi.

In the blink of an eye, another thousand years passed. While Lu Yuan remained in seclusion, within the Solar God Palace's traveling palace, Dijun, Taiyi, and the other great powers had already discussed the details of establishing the Demon Race and founding the Heavenly Court.

Immediately afterward, Dijun and Taiyi led the many great powers of the Solar God Palace's traveling palace toward Buzhou Mountain.

Streaks of cloud-light swept across the firmament, revealing wisps of demonic qi. Dijun, Taiyi, and the other great powers of the Solar God Palace stood upon auspicious clouds, their eyes fixed on the void around Buzhou Mountain in the distance.

In the blink of an eye, Dijun, Taiyi, and the others arrived in the void near the main peak of Buzhou Mountain. They stood upon auspicious clouds in midair, waiting for Taiyi to act.

Taiyi took out a great bell of chaotic profound yellow. It appeared ancient and unadorned, yet contained boundless might. This was the Chaos Bell, one of the Three Treasures of Creation. It held the status of an Innate Supreme Treasure, capable of both attack and defense, and was an exceedingly rare treasure for suppressing destiny.

With a gentle shake, a majestic bell chime rang out. A thread of profound yellow light blossomed, and the colossal Chaos Bell emerged from that radiance, suppressing the boundless void of the Primordial World.

In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color. Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire flickered faintly in the void, while the great powers of the Solar God Palace beside him turned pale in horror, feeling their primordial spirits and true spirits become sluggish.

As the Chaos Bell swept through the air, countless spatial fragments scattered throughout the void around Buzhou Mountain's main vein, unexpectedly revealing a broad passageway.

The instant this passageway appeared, heaven and earth shook within the void. Clear qi drifted across the skies, and waves of strange phenomena rose into the air.