Primordial World Earthworm

Pangu opened the chaos, separating the pure from the turbid to establish the universe. The Primordial Heaven and Earth were established, and all things began to take shape.

The heaven and earth at this time were chaotic and violent, not the ultimate paradise that later generations imagined.

In the beginning, time and space were unstable. Spatial rifts crisscrossed, and the flow of time was chaotic. All things in the world, as soon as they formed, would be torn apart by the chaotic forces of time and space, returning to their elemental forms of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

On the earth, magma surged. In the sky, fierce winds raged. All tangible matter faced the fate of destruction. The entire world was like a giant purgatory, devoid of life and in utter chaos.

This violent scene continued for an unknown number of years. Finally, time and space gradually stabilized, and the Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind that filled them slowly shed their most violent forms. In the heaven and earth, all things finally began to solidify, and primordial energy began to slowly generate.

After countless more years, the Primordial Heaven and Earth finally became suitable for life to survive. Thus, countless hidden innate beings broke free from their shells, some as spiritual roots, others as living beings, bringing a trace of life force to this desolate world.

However, among these living beings, they were clearly divided into two categories.

One category was called Innate Fierce Beasts. They were born without intelligence or reason, possessing only pure desire for destruction and the instinct to devour. Wherever they passed, life force was extinguished, and all spirits vanished. Most of them were born from the intermingling of the remnant souls of Innate Demon Gods slain by Pangu during the creation of the world and the Chaos Fiendish Energy, specializing in destruction and ruin.

The other category was Innate Beings. They were born with Pangu's will to create, carrying the mission to stabilize the heaven and earth and nourish all things. They were naturally endowed with the ability to sort energy and transform fiendish energy. This formed a fated opposition to the destructive nature of the Innate Fierce Beasts.

The Primordial World was thus plunged into continuous conflict between the Innate Fierce Beasts and the Innate Beings. Life force and destruction collided, order and chaos clashed, constantly enacting the most primitive and cruel laws of survival.

The above is the information obtained by Lin Yan, a穿越人士 (transmigrator), from the bloodline inheritance of his current body.

And at this moment, he was nestled in a layer of soil millions of zhang deep underground, leisurely gnawing on his own "delicacy."

"Ptooey... ptooey..." Lin Yan spat out a few mouthfuls of the "delicacy" he had just put in his mouth.

"Why does this Innate Earth Essence contain so much fiendish energy?" Lin Yan said with some dissatisfaction, turning and continuing to... wriggle forward.

"Earth Dragon, what kind of Innate Being is this? Isn't it just a giant earthworm? To think that I, the person in charge of a key national ecological modification project, an expert in the ecological revitalization of ancient villages in the Yangtze River Delta, was drinking Maotai at a celebration banquet yesterday... In the blink of an eye, I've become an earthworm, only able to survive by eating dirt all day." Lin Yan grumbled as he wriggled forward.

When Lin Yan first transmigrated to the Primordial World and discovered he had become an Earth Dragon, his heart was utterly devastated.

"Heavens, are you playing with me? Even if I accidentally stepped on a few earthworms in my past life, you don't have to punish me like this, do you? And even if I transmigrate, you should at least give me a better starting point! What's an earthworm? A decomposer at the bottom of the food chain? Are you making me sort garbage and promote material circulation in the Primordial World?"

However, despite the complaints, Lin Yan quickly accepted this reality. As a transmigrator, he had no control over his fate. Instead of blaming the heavens and others, it was better to figure out how to survive.

Although he harbored resentment about becoming an earthworm, as an Innate Being born at the beginning of creation, his origin was far more extraordinary than it appeared on the surface.

His earthworm body, or rather, his Earth Dragon body, was formed by the fusion of the Innate Earth Element Origin and fragments of Pangu's will, after absorbing a wisp of innate earth qi from heaven and earth. It could be considered one of the sources of earth element beings in the Primordial World, carrying the initial Dao rhythm of the Earth Element Laws.

His entire body was composed of eighty-one segments, secretly corresponding to the meaning of "nine-nine returns to one." Each segment had its own duties and unique functions.

A faint earthy yellow halo surrounded his body, which was a natural shield formed by innate earth qi. It allowed him to perfectly blend with the surrounding soil, achieving the effect of hiding his presence. As long as he was within the soil, even beings far superior to his cultivation level would find it difficult to detect his existence.

His head also had a small mouthpart, filled with fine serrated teeth. Even hard Innate Earth Essence or metals could be easily ground into powder by them, becoming energy to nourish himself.

This origin allowed him to naturally control the purest Earth Element Laws, possessing the supreme power to improve soil, transform fiendish energy, and manipulate the earth.

But...

No matter how extraordinary his origin, he was still just an earthworm. In terms of combat power, he was at the very bottom compared to those Innate Beings with profound origins and the power to destroy heaven and earth from birth.

Therefore, ever since he learned his identity through Bloodline Inheritance, he had adhered to the principle of "staying hidden is victory." He hid deep underground, silently eating dirt, and dared not venture out.

After traveling several miles, Lin Yan finally found a soil layer containing Innate Earth Essence. He opened his mouthparts and swallowed chunks of Innate Earth Essence, which were rich in earth element energy.

These Innate Earth Essences were the refined essence formed by the condensation of the Earth Element Origin after the earth cooled. They contained extremely pure energy. After he devoured them, some would transform into Innate Spiritual Qi, nourishing his Earth Dragon body. The other part would become gentle Earth Element Spiritual Qi, integrating into the surrounding Soil, making the originally barren soil layer, filled with faint malevolent energy, fertile and full of Life Force.

In his previous life, Lin Yan was a top ecological modification expert in China, dedicating his life to desert control, soil improvement, and ecological restoration. Now, having transmigrated into a Primordial Earthworm, the work he did every day was still soil improvement. This could be considered a professional alignment in another form.

After his internal monologue, Lin Yan turned and took a few more bites of the Innate Earth Essence beside him. Dissatisfaction aside, he still had to eat.

Suddenly, Lin Yan raised his head—if that could be called a head. A dull vibration was faintly transmitted from deep within the earth. At the same time, he keenly sensed that the temperature of the surrounding soil seemed to be slowly rising.

The warning information from his Bloodline Inheritance instantly told him what was about to happen.

"Earth fire eruption? Holy crap!" Lin Yan's soul scattered in fear.

Although the Primordial World had stabilized a lot by now, there were still many places where earth fire erupted from time to time. This earth fire was Innate Fire Essence, containing supreme power, with extremely high temperatures and great might. When it erupted, it would form a destructive Earth Fire Torrent. In short, his current body could not withstand it at all.

"Escape!" This was the first thought that flashed through Lin Yan's mind.

He could clearly perceive that the rock layer of a脉 beneath him was rapidly collapsing. Scalding Innate Fire, mixed with magma and debris, was surging upwards like a raging tsunami.

With no time to think, Lin Yan opened his massive mouth and frantically gnawed at the soil layer in front of him. The eighty-one segments of his slender body also exerted force simultaneously, wriggling rapidly and escaping upwards at several times the usual speed.

"Boom--Boom--" The earth fire broke through the soil behind him, emitting a deafening roar. The scorching Innate Fire Essence was madly chasing him through the passage he had opened. Lin Yan could even feel his body being scorched by waves of heat.

"Faster! Faster!" The instinct for survival made him dig upwards even faster.

"Come on! Lin Yan! You can do it! You've led national-level ecological projects, how can you die in an earth fire eruption, and in the form of an earthworm? That's too embarrassing." Lin Yan kept cheering himself on, but the temperature behind him grew higher and higher, almost drying out the mucus on his body.

Finally, just as Lin Yan felt his mucus was about to cook him, he broke through the last layer of soil. His body shot out of the ground like an arrow released from a bow, and without stopping, he rapidly... wriggled towards a giant stone in the distance.

Lin Yan, still shaken, hid behind the giant stone and watched the earth fire erupting wildly from the passage he had dug not far away. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"That was close! I almost got roasted into dried Earth Dragon." Lin Yan said with lingering fear, looking at his blackened body.

"This Primordial World is too dangerous. I was just minding my own business eating dirt underground, who did I offend? To use earth fire on me?"

"Transmigrating into an earthworm is one thing, but the living environment is so harsh. Heavens, aren't you going to give me a way to survive?"

"Others transmigrate, either with a good background or a golden finger. Why are you so stingy, giving me nothing?"

Lin Yan, having just escaped danger, complained endlessly to the sky.

[Ding! Detected that the host successfully diverted the earth fire eruption, producing a weak positive impact on the regional ecological environment, indirectly saving a micro Earth Dragon clan (Quantity: 9) from annihilation by the earth fire. This meets the minimum conditions for the activation of the "Ecology Civilization Spark" system. System binding initiated...]