"It seemed that relying solely on the gray gourd and my insights into Pangu's pressure still wasn't enough to perfect the Mythical True Immortal chapter."
"I needed more reference points, more kinds of innate Dao resonance, so I could draw inferences, spark inspiration, and fill in the crucial piece that was always just out of reach."
As the saying went, "Stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade."
With that thought, Ao Chen slowly opened his eyes. His original plan to remain here in seclusion and deduce the cultivation method had vanished.
He decided to search Mount Buzhou thoroughly and see if he could find other innate spiritual treasures.
This was the foremost divine mountain of the primordial world, formed from Pangu's spine. It had given rise to countless innate spiritual treasures, innate spirit roots, and all manner of wondrous creations.
Every one of these innate treasures contained a unique imprint of the Great Dao and innate spiritual radiance.
If he could find one or two and carefully study their Dao resonance and laws, then compare them with his Great Dao Origin Scripture: Mythical True Immortal chapter, he would surely gain tremendous insight and deduce the cultivation method to true perfection!
At the same time, he had only recently broken through to the Heavenly Immortal realm. It was time to consolidate his cultivation and seek out spiritual treasures to replenish himself.
In fact, that had been his plan all along. He had only been delayed by the matter of the innate gourd, and now he was simply returning to it.
Ao Chen rose to his feet and once more gazed toward the deeper, higher reaches of Mount Buzhou.
This time, he had a clearer goal.
Instead of rushing upward, he spread out his vast, boundless divine sense to its fullest, meticulously probing the expansive mountain range around him.
His divine sense was combined with the Heavenly Immortal realm's ability to "step into the dimensions of space and time," allowing it to penetrate layers of spatial barriers and detect the faintest fluctuations of energy and anomalies in Dao resonance.
His heaven-defying comprehension was working at the same time, analyzing everything he sensed, separating truth from falsehood, and searching for clues to possible opportunities.
Treasures concealed themselves in Mount Buzhou, and opportunities were hard to find. But Ao Chen was patient, and he was confident.
Time passed quietly. Like the most devoted seeker of the Dao, he patiently roamed and searched the higher reaches of this primordial divine mountain.
As he searched, he continued to consolidate his cultivation.
He had begun to draw upon the Heavenly Immortal realm's power to "move the forces of heaven and earth," and he tried to resonate more deeply with Mount Buzhou's immense might.
His understanding of "transcending the ages, unique throughout eternity" deepened as he observed Mount Buzhou's unchanging, primordial passage of time.
Who knew how long had passed when Ao Chen entered a mountain hollow veiled in thin streams of chaos energy. His ever-alert divine sense suddenly caught a wisp of an aura—faint and elusive, yet extraordinarily pure and incomparably sharp!
The aura lay deep within the earth's veins, concealed by layers of restrictions and chaos energy. Without his extraordinary comprehension and unique senses, he would never have found it.
"Hm?!" Ao Chen abruptly stopped. His gaze sharpened like a sword as he fixed on the direction from which the aura came.
"This resonance... Is it innate Geng Metal energy? So pure, so sharp... It must be extraordinary!"
A faintly intrigued smile curled Ao Chen's lips.
He drew in his aura and quietly concealed himself, as if merging with the void, then set off toward the wisp of innate Geng Metal energy.
Meanwhile, as Ao Chen pursued the Dao, a major event was unfolding in the primordial world.
The Wu and the Yao had founded their tribes.
Somehow, Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi had persuaded Fuxi and Nuwa to join the Sun Palace and establish their own tradition.
Di Jun became the Yao Emperor, Taiyi the Eastern Emperor, Fuxi the Xi Emperor, and Nuwa the Wa Empress. The four rulers stood above their age, intent on governing all living beings.
And to give their claim legitimacy, Di Jun had even chosen a name for this tribe: the Yao.
In fact, the Yao had not just appeared in the primordial world. Long ago, Di Jun had already rallied people under that name, and it had spread far and wide.
But until now, Di Jun had not prayed to Heaven and Earth or sworn an oath before the Heavenly Dao, so the Yao had not counted as a tribe.
Now that they had formally sworn their oath, the entire primordial world was shaken.
Their actions, however, directly enraged the Wu.
The Wu were descendants of Pangu and had always considered themselves the rightful rulers of the primordial world, taking it upon themselves to govern all living beings. Di Jun's words were an unmistakable slap in their faces.
Not long after the Yao established their tribe, the Wu prayed to Heaven and Earth, declaring themselves the Wu, an independent tribe that honored only Heaven and Earth and their divine father, Pangu. All others were false.
To prove their claim, the Wu immediately marched on the Sun Palace. All twelve Ancestral Wu took the field, leading countless tribesmen against the newly established Yao.
War was on the verge of breaking out.
P.S. Thanks to the big shot 'Shanshui Yunjian' for the monthly ticket. I'm adding an extra chapter today!
While Ao Chen meditated deep within Mount Buzhou, searching for opportunities to complete the Great Dao Origin Scripture: Mythical True Immortal chapter and consolidating his Heavenly Immortal foundation,
a long-brewing storm finally erupted without warning across the primordial world!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The dull, powerful beat of war drums rang across heaven and earth. They were the Wu's call to arms!
Twelve towering figures, radiating overwhelming baleful energy, converged from every corner of the land. They were the Twelve Ancestral Wu, born from Pangu's blood essence!
Dijiang, ancestral Wu of space and speed, beat his wings and split the sky;
Jumang, ancestral Wu of eastern wood, stood surrounded by countless trees;
Zhurong, ancestral Wu of southern fire, blazed with flames that scorched the heavens;
Roushou, ancestral Wu of western metal, came with the force of an army;
Gonggong, ancestral Wu of northern water, sent raging waves sweeping across the land...
The others appeared as well: the ancestral Wu of time, Zhu Jiuyin; the ancestral Wu of thunder, Qiangliang; the ancestral Wu of wind, Tianwu; the ancestral Wu of lightning, Xizi; the ancestral Wu of weather, Shebishi; the ancestral Wu of earth, Houtu; and the ancestral Wu of rain, Xuanming!
Each Ancestral Wu possessed an incomparably powerful body. A mere gesture could stir the laws of heaven and earth, and their might was terrifying!
Behind them stood countless millions of Wu warriors, brawny and radiating baleful energy that soared into the sky!
They had no primordial spirits and practiced no magic. They believed only in strength, and their bodies were their greatest weapons!
"You Yao brats! You've usurped heaven and earth, and you don't even know you're courting death! Today, we'll show you who truly rules the primordial world!"
The most hot-tempered of them, Zhurong, roared and was the first to transform into a blinding inferno, charging at the enemy.
Facing him across the vast firmament stood a magnificent palace complex wreathed in golden light: the Sun Palace, still in its earliest form!
The Yao Emperor Di Jun's face was dark as water. The River Chart and Luo Writing floated above his head, and his eyes were filled with killing intent.
Beside him, Donghuang Taiyi wore an imperial robe embroidered with golden crows and held the Chaos Bell in his palm. His presence was peerless, his battle intent soaring to the heavens!
Behind them, there were no orderly ranks of the later-era stellar gods, but the Yao had assembled their most elite forces: the Ten Great Yao Gods and countless powerful Yao who had mastered their cultivation!
The Yao had yet to be joined by Kunpeng, and they had not yet developed the famed Zhou Tian Star Formation that would later shake the primordial world. But Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi's renown had already spread throughout it!
"You Wu brutes! You defy the will of Heaven and repeatedly offend its authority! Today, we'll wipe out your bloodline and send your souls back to heaven and earth!"
Di Jun snorted, his imperial majesty on full display.
"Kill!"
Donghuang Taiyi was even more direct. He struck the Chaos Bell, sending invisible sound waves surging toward the charging Zhurong.
The battle erupted in an instant!
There were no formations clashing or schemes being tested. The first large-scale direct confrontation between the Wu and the Yao immediately became the most primal and brutal clash of strength!
Zhurong roared again and again, unleashing a sea of Southming Li Fire that met the Chaos Bell's sound waves head-on without yielding!
Gonggong summoned the waters of the four seas and turned them into waterspouts, which clashed fiercely with the Yao experts' magical abilities and treasures!
Dijiang controlled space, his figure flickering unpredictably. Each time he appeared, countless Yao warriors fell!
The other Ancestral Wu also unleashed their innate abilities, each engaging a Yao great sage in battle!
The earth trembled, and the sky wailed!
The laws shattered, and the primordial energy ran wild!
Countless living beings were reduced to ash in this war between the greatest tribes!
Donghuang Taiyi fought with peerless ferocity. The Chaos Bell rang across heaven and earth, suppressing space and time with unmatched power.
Nuwa swept her delicate hands across millions of miles of mountains and rivers. Each palm strike crushed hundreds of thousands of Wu warriors into pulp.
Yet the Twelve Ancestral Wu's bodies were simply too powerful. Ordinary attacks could not harm them at their core. Working together, they could even fight Donghuang Taiyi, armed with a supreme treasure, to a standstill!
Nuwa was soon held back by Xuanming and Houtu as well, leaving her unable to influence the battle any further.
Di Jun's expression turned grave. He realized that in a contest of pure, top-tier physical strength, the Yao were faintly at a disadvantage!
The Wu's unreasonable physical prowess and innate abilities were simply too difficult to suppress without the support of a great formation!
"The River Chart and Luo Writing, reveal the cycles of heaven! The Primordial River-Luo Formation, rise!"
At this critical moment, Di Jun hesitated no longer. He abruptly summoned the River Chart above his head!
Fuxi beside him unleashed a divine ability, activating the Luo Writing in his hands and joining his power with Di Jun's.
The two top-grade innate spiritual treasures blazed with light. The lay of the primordial world's mountains and rivers appeared before them, sketching out a small world that enveloped a radius of tens of millions of miles!
The Primordial River-Luo Formation!
This was a supreme innate formation born alongside the River Chart and Luo Writing. It could draw upon some of the stars' power, create illusions, trap enemies, and even divine the workings of all things and expose their weaknesses!
As the formation rose, the power of countless mountains and earthly veins surged forth, forming a hazy illusion that trapped many of the Ancestral Wu within.
Divine radiance flowed and shifted unpredictably, steadily wearing down the Ancestral Wu's strength as it sought to find their weaknesses.
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