See the Great Way by Breaking Through Life and Death; Create the Future with the Nine-Turn Divine Art (Continued)

Taotie twisted his tiger-like body, which suddenly swelled another size. In an instant, his paws shattered mountains and rivers, and his sweeping tail tore a huge rift through the void!

Qiongqi, in the form of a green ox, wore a face that seemed both to laugh and to cry. In an instant, the world shifted and Yin and Yang were reversed. An invisible domain spread across a vast area, constantly draining the essence from every living thing within it.

"You only know how to kill, and you won't even take human form. How are you any different from ordinary fierce beasts?"

Facing the Four Fierce Beasts' overwhelming menace, the Three Ancestors remained calm and struck in turn.

A long whip suddenly appeared in Yuanfeng's hand, radiating the aura of a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. She lashed out, and in an instant, endless divine flames surged through the void. The blazing fire rose as if it would burn the entire north to ash!

Light flashed in Ancestral Qilin's palm, revealing a small bottle. Yin-Yang and Five Elements Qi flowed across its surface. He tossed it forward, and an Yin-Yang vortex formed at its mouth, emanating a terrifying suction force.

"Hmph."

Compared with Yuanfeng and Ancestral Qilin, Ancestral Dragon was far more forceful. He brought his palm down, shattering space and throwing time into chaos. Countless suns, moons, and stars flickered into existence and vanished again in his palm.

"Crack!"

The whip struck, and Taotie let out a scream as his long tail was burned to ash by the divine flames!

"No!"

On the other side, Taotie cried out in alarm. He had once devoured all beneath heaven, but now the Yin-Yang vortex sucked him straight into the bottle. After that, there was no sound from within.

Ancestral Dragon was just as domineering. He faced two opponents alone without even taking dragon form, forcing Qiongqi and Hundun to retreat again and again.

"So strong!"

Watching the battle in the sky, Yun Xiao was shaken.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans truly deserved their place as rulers of the Primordial Wilderness. In a single exchange, they had left the Four Fierce Beasts—each at the Perfection of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm—with one dead and one injured. They were overwhelmingly powerful!

Now she understood.

The fierce beasts had caused such chaos only because no powerful beings had been willing to act.

After all, the beasts couldn't be eaten, and they had no Accompanying Spiritual Treasures. Killing them brought no benefit.

If they hadn't provoked the three clans, Ancestral Dragon and the others probably wouldn't have bothered with them.

"Pfft!"

The Four Fierce Beasts had already been at a disadvantage. After losing two of their number, they fell completely behind. In the end, the Three Ancestors struck together and killed the remaining three on the spot!

Blood rain poured down. Countless fierce beasts on the ground wailed, their ferocity only growing stronger.

The Three Ancestors of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans looked coldly at the countless beasts below. They simply couldn't be bothered to attack them, and were about to leave when all three suddenly felt a stir in their hearts.

"What is this?"

They exchanged glances, sensing an invisible power from heaven and earth flowing into their bodies.

Under its influence, their cultivation surged wildly. In the next instant, they broke through the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and advanced to Primordial Golden Immortals!

The power of fortune?

The Three Ancestors were delighted. They had assumed that killing fierce beasts brought no benefit, never expecting to receive the fortune of heaven and earth!

Then, when they looked at the beasts below, their eyes changed at once.

"Kill!"

The Three Ancestors attacked. In an instant, countless fierce beasts fell in pools of blood, their bodies littering the land.

The Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan received their summons and instructions. A great hunt soon erupted in full force.

The fierce beasts, once hated by everyone, had now become prized targets.

"Fortune bestowed for killing them? No way!"

Watching this, Yun Xiao pressed a hand to her forehead in dismay.

She'd been too hasty!

Who could have guessed that killing fierce beasts would bring fortune once the Fierce Beast Tribulation began?

It was too late to start killing them now.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans were already deep in the slaughter. Going there now would be no different from snatching food from a tiger's mouth.

Besides, she had chosen not to participate in the Fierce Beast Tribulation and had already received the Fragment of the Jade of Creation as her reward.

If she took action now, who knew what trouble it might cause?

"I should focus on breaking through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm first. It seems I don't really need fortune that much."

Thinking of the system she already possessed, Yun Xiao felt at ease.

When it came to fortune, who could have more than the system?

With that thought, Yun Xiao vanished from the entrance to the Innate Restriction.

Before entering Fangzhang Island, she also told Xiao Bai to hunt down any lone fierce beasts in the West Sea.

Just because she wasn't participating in the Fierce Beast Tribulation didn't mean Xiao Bai couldn't!

These beasts were fortune just waiting to be claimed!

Time passed without measure in the Primordial Wilderness.

Deep within Fangzhang Island, Yun Xiao sat beneath a Fragment of the Jade of Creation, with the Enlightenment Mirror floating behind her head. Bathed in the light of the Dao, she seemed at once near and far, real and illusory.

Five lights flickered in her heart. They were the Five Elements Qi.

To advance from the Golden Immortal realm to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, one needed to comprehend the Five Elements of heaven and earth.

Comprehending any one of the five elements—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth—to Perfection was enough to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

One at Perfection meant the Early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Two meant the Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Three meant the late stage, and four meant Perfection.

Once all five elements were fully comprehended, one would be nearly a step away from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

At that point, three flowers would gather above one's head.

When the Five Elements reached Perfection and the three flowers blossomed overhead, one could attain the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, Yun Xiao's thoughts stirred, and a streak of golden light flew out.

It was a strand of Innate Geng Metal Origin she had obtained by killing Geng Metal Ancestor.

Her divine sense entered it, and she began to comprehend the mysteries of Innate Geng Metal.

That was right—she planned to first bring Metal, one of the Five Elements, to Perfection, enhancing her offensive power.

Ten years, fifty years, a hundred years.

One day, Metal Qi began to circulate through Yun Xiao's heart in an endless cycle. This was the sign of Perfection!

Above her head, the faint image of an Auspicious Cloud drifted by, surrounded by the profound colors of the Five Elements.

Early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal—achieved!

With her innate talent, reaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm was only a matter of time. Even without Geng Metal Ancestor's Origin to study, she would have naturally reached the realm in a thousand years.

"Let's keep going!"

Yun Xiao pressed on, beginning to comprehend the Great Dao Laws and the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.

Just like that, another two hundred years passed.

One day, Yun Xiao slowly opened her eyes. In her gaze, a great river of the Dao flowed past. A flash of Green Light appeared, then returned to its unadorned state.

Law of Strength: 5%!

Law of Alchemy: 15%!

Law of Artifacts: 15%!

She had refined another tenth of the Pangu Jade Marrow. Her Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique had advanced to the late stage of the third revolution, and her physical body had reached the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!

"I'll refine some more spirit fruits and try to advance my Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique, too!"

At a thought, Yun Xiao summoned a pill furnace and sent a postnatal spirit fruit into it. She circulated the Law of Alchemy and began refining pills.

With her current understanding of alchemy, she could easily refine third-grade spirit pills.

"Boom!"

But just as Yun Xiao activated the Spirit Coffin Lamp, the pill furnace exploded with a crash!

It turned out that third-revolution spirit pills required a more intense divine flame, and the furnace she had made herself clearly couldn't withstand the heat.

"It's time to find a proper furnace."

Yun Xiao shook her head, then left Fangzhang Island and appeared above the West Sea.

"The baleful qi of heaven and earth hasn't thinned at all, even after the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans killed those fierce beasts. If anything, it's growing denser."

She looked around. Although the deaths of the Four Fierce Beasts had brought a brief calm to the Primordial Wilderness,