Giving Birth

Peacock King and Golden-Winged Great Peng.

In the later ages, during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and the Journey to the West Calamity, they would be extremely famous big shots.

But now, in this early Primordial Era, they were just two little beings with no parents to speak of.

Li Xuan stroked his chin, thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Hey, why not send an incarnation out to take a look, find a chance to take in Kong Xuan and Golden Peng, while this seat keeps cultivating—two birds with one stone, no conflict."

Li Xuan had already mastered the art of exploiting loopholes.

After all, this seat was absolutely not going out.

Especially now, with five strands of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi inside his body.

That was practically a glaring purple lamp, who knew how many flies it would attract swarming over.

Thinking this, Li Xuan moved both hands at once, selecting option two and option four simultaneously.

"Ding, selection to take in the Peacock and Golden-Winged Great Peng completed."

"Ding, selection to continue cultivating for two hundred and fifty thousand years completed."

With two prompts arriving almost at the same time, Li Xuan's lips curled upward, and he casually waved a hand, beginning to form hand seals.

Spiritual energy converged, and an Incarnation Outside the Body manifested once again.

But this time, the incarnation that appeared made Li Xuan blink.

He stared at the incarnation, somewhat baffled, even at a loss.

This incarnation, though its appearance was still identical to the main body, had a head of flowing purple hair that reached its waist!

And its eyes were a deep, profound purple!

What's more, its cultivation fluctuation directly surpassed the Golden Immortal and Primordial Unity Golden Immortal levels, entering the realm of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

A Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal without a Zenith Heaven Golden Core?

"What the hell..."

The incarnation and the main body muttered in unison.

But then Li Xuan roughly understood.

Since it was an incarnation, it naturally copied all the habits of the main body.

But the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, which had been suppressed, washed away, and refined, the incarnation couldn't replicate—it could only pick up a trace of its aura...

And just that trace of Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi's aura...

"Turned me into this freakish look? Like some demonic being taking human form..."

The incarnation touched its flowing purple hair, grumbling as it flew southward.

Li Xuan's main body sighed, closed his eyes, and continued cultivating.

A twentyfold cultivation speed boost—he couldn't waste it.

Half of it went to refining the Heavenly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, and the other half was enough for his own cultivation!

The golden core inside his body spun rapidly, its patterns growing ever more profound.

Li Xuan's realm began to slowly climb toward Golden Immortal second level, third level.

The incarnation was now at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level.

With the strength of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, even in the entire Primordial Era, it stood at the top of the pyramid.

Such a being could dwell above the Nine Heavens, flying billions of miles with ease!

So as soon as Li Xuan left Mount Taixuan, he went straight into the Nine Heavens Gaseous Wind.

Pity he had no true form. If he were another being, manifesting a massive original body, then the creatures below, looking up, would see a colossal shadow, filled with overwhelming pressure.

The Nine Heavens Gaseous Wind—none below Primordial Unity Golden Immortal could enter!

Now, the Primordial Beings had just gone through the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, which had raged for a full one hundred and twenty thousand years.

Among the Three Tribes—feathered, scaled, and beast—who knew how many experts and strong warriors had died.

Thus, the entire Primordial Wilderness was currently in a state of withered talent.

After all, many of the later generations' powerful innate beings had yet to be born, or had only just been born.

For instance, the Three Pure Ones.

For instance, the Two Sages of the West.

For instance, Nuwa, Di Jun, Tai Yi, the Styx Sect Master, and so on...

But now...

Heh heh heh...

As long as those five bastards didn't make a move.

This Humble One seemed to be number one under heaven...

Li Xuan thought smugly, roaming within the gale winds.

That Nine Heavens Gaseous Wind, which could shatter metal and melt iron, scattering even the physique of a Golden Immortal, now felt merely like a gentle breeze brushing his face.

Li Xuan was utterly at ease!

Heading all the way south.

At present, the Primordial Wilderness's land had yet to be divided into four continents.

The reason was that the most fearsome calamity between Hongjun and Luohu, stirring up the Mystic Gate and the Demon Cult, had not yet erupted.

Thus, the Primordial Wilderness's land was still a single whole, not yet split apart.

Naturally, it couldn't be divided into four continents.

But because of the sun, east, west, south, and north were still easy to distinguish.

Where the sun rose was east, where it set was west.

With the system's guidance, Li Xuan traveled without pause, heading straight for his destination.

It was deep within the Southern Primordial Wilderness.

The Primordial Phoenix was gravely wounded, its entire body ablaze with the Divine Phoenix True Fire.

At the same time, countless drops of blood scattered from its body, turning into a rain of fire.

The strike of the God-Slaying Spear was not something she could withstand.

She burned her soul, her essence blood, and driven by the determination that she absolutely must not die and must safely deliver Primordial Phoenix's only direct bloodline, she flew south.

But the injuries of the flesh could not be reversed by willpower.

After flying for less than half an hour.

About three hundred million li from Phoenix Mountain.

She could fly no more.

With a mournful, piercing cry, the Primordial Phoenix randomly chose a mountain peak and descended.

The blood of the Primordial Phoenix drenched the entire mountain.

And even in such agony, the Primordial Phoenix gritted her teeth and built a crude nest atop the peak.

Then she lay down in it, crying out endlessly, filled with infinite sorrow and hatred.

Blood splattered, her belly heaved.

The Primordial Phoenix screamed in pain.

She was already severely wounded, and now she had to give birth.

The agony was unimaginable.

As she was about to deliver, heaven and earth gradually began to change.

All kinds of strange phenomena erupted!

Clearly, the child she was about to bear was absolutely extraordinary!

But misfortune never comes singly.

The Divine Phoenix Essence Blood was of vital importance to Luohu; how could he allow the Primordial Phoenix to escape?

Long ago, when the Primordial Phoenix was struck by the God-Slaying Spear and then fled burning her essence blood.

He had already sent two of his generals to pursue and kill her!

Wufa, Wutian!

Luohu had many subordinates, but the strongest were four.

They were named by Luohu himself, personally taught by him, and each was a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal at perfection, half a step into the Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Wufa, Wutian, Wuxiang, Wuxin!

And though the Primordial Phoenix was a Golden Immortal of the Origin level powerhouse, she had been struck directly by the God-Slaying Spear, leaving her gravely wounded and near death.

Thus, sending Wufa and Wutian to pursue and kill her was more than enough.

The Divine Phoenix laid her egg, her cry echoing across the heavens!

Blood rained down over the entire mountain peak, as a haze of vitality rose into the air.

This place, drenched in the blood of countless Divine Phoenixes, would surely become a blessed spiritual ground in the days to come...

"Hahaha, still trying to lay an egg before you die? Fine! Let you birth it first, and then we brothers will take your essence blood!"

Suddenly, two dark figures slowly materialized in the sky, a sharp, piercing laugh spreading across the heavens at the same time.

Wufawutian had already caught up.

The Divine Phoenix shrieked, her eyes filled with nothing but madness and murderous intent.

Wufawutian were not fools; they had no intention of approaching her now.

They knew full well that the Divine Phoenix was doomed to die—they only needed to wait a little while.

Rustle!

With the Divine Phoenix's cry, a glistening giant egg slowly emerged from beneath her tail feathers.

And as the egg appeared, the strange phenomena across the entire sky erupted into full frenzy!

Five beams of Primordial Divine Light, colored cyan, yellow, red, black, and white, shot straight over and, in the blink of an eye, plunged into the giant egg.