The Three Clans Finally Retreat, Transformation Emerges from the Purple Mansion

"The Heavenly Dao above bears witness! I, Ancestral Dragon, offer this broken body to forever seal the Four Seas' eyes, quelling the world's floods and redeeming the boundless slaughter of my Dragon Clan!"

"The Heavenly Dao above bears witness! I, Primordial Phoenix, offer this broken body to forever seal the Immortal Volcano, calming the earth's venomous fires and repaying the endless karma of my Phoenix Clan!"

"The Heavenly Dao above bears witness! I, Beginning Qilin, offer this broken body to forever seal the Primordial World, dissolving the world's malice and cleansing the infinite sins of my Qilin Clan."

"May the Heavenly Dao witness this!!!"

The oaths of Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Beginning Qilin heralded the retreat of the Innate Three Clans; the Dragon-Han Great Tribulation had come to an end.

Now the Myriad Races lay in decline, and the war between Hongjun and Luohu over the Dao of Demons was still far from beginning.

With the Dragon Clan withdrawing into seclusion, the vast East Sea would remain a safe haven for a long time to come.

And I had already attained Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—it was time to take form and emerge into the world.

Thinking of this, East King Duke stirred his mind, and instantly a radiance blazed forth for ten thousand miles. A profound Dao Sound resounded, and Pure Yang Qi overflowed, coalescing into a massive vortex.

The Pure Yang vortex spun unceasingly, frantically siphoning the surrounding Innate Spiritual Qi, growing ever stronger.

Within the vast vortex, a golden figure stood tall in the void.

He wore a flowing gold Daoist robe and a Pure Yang jeweled crown, appearing as a young man, his entire being radiating a Pure Yang aura like the primordial sun of the Primordial World.

Sensing the world around him, East King Duke declared:

"The Great Dao above bears witness! I am East King Duke, my Dao name is Donghua!"

For a divine being born of heaven and earth like him, his appearance and name were bestowed by the world itself, corresponding to his innate roots and aligning with his path—they were not chosen at will.

As Donghua's words fell, nothing happened, save for two streaks of spiritual light flying toward him from afar.

With a single thought, Donghua knew the information of his two companion spirit treasures.

One was a cyan great bell, an Innate Spiritual Treasure with thirty-six Innate Restrictions, named Jingyang.

The other was a gilded Daoist robe, also an Innate Spiritual Treasure with thirty-six Innate Restrictions, named Pure Yang.

Donghua did not rush to leave his place of transformation; instead, he focused on refining his spirit treasures.

After all, in the Primordial World, spirit treasures themselves were a part of one's strength, and the best way to enhance combat power.

With forty-nine restrictions, it was a Supreme Treasure.

With thirty-seven to forty-eight restrictions, it was a Top-grade Spiritual Treasure.

With twenty-five to thirty-six restrictions, it was a High-grade Spiritual Treasure.

With thirteen to twenty-four restrictions, it was a Medium-grade Spiritual Treasure.

With one to twelve restrictions, it was a Low-grade Spiritual Treasure.

In the Primordial World, spirit treasures were divided into Innate and Houtian, which had nothing to do with whether they were born from heaven and earth.

Those containing the Innate Undying Spiritual Light were Innate Spiritual Treasures; those without were Houtian Spirit Treasures.

A spirit treasure's power was influenced by its grade, but Houtian was not necessarily weaker than Innate.

The reason Innate Spiritual Treasures far surpassed Houtian, driving cultivators to pursue them relentlessly, lay in the laws they contained within.

Another reason was that the method of Severing Three Corpses passed down by Hongjun required an Innate Spiritual Treasure to host each severed corpse. Of course, to meet this requirement, one had to at least complete the refinement of the treasure.

After refining it, a cultivator could comprehend the laws within.

Moreover, the treasure's origin carried a single strand of Innate Undying Spiritual Light, rendering it nearly indestructible.

Ordinary damage could be repaired by absorbing the world's Primordial Qi; even if the treasure were completely shattered, it would merely return to its source and rejoin the world.

Its spiritual light would never perish, awaiting only the right opportunity to be reborn through creation and choose a new master.

Because of existences like the Qiankun Cauldron, which could turn Houtian back into Innate, there was no fixed number of Innate Spiritual Treasures.

To use a spirit treasure, one had to first refine its restrictions, or the treasure's master had to open the restrictions and lend it out.

Donghua's two companion spirit treasures were both top-tier High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and he was quite satisfied with them.

After all, only a few—Taiqing, Taiyi, Di Jun, Minghe, and Zhenyuanzi—had better companion spirit treasures than his.

Not to mention the likes of Kunpeng and Hongyun, who didn't even have a single companion spirit treasure.

Over the course of several thousand years, Donghua refined eighteen restrictions in each of his two companion spirit treasures. Given his early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation, this was his limit.

Only these life-bound companion treasures, tied to his very existence, could bear such deep refinement at a low realm.

For an ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, refining a Low-grade Spiritual Treasure with twelve restrictions was already their limit.

As his companion spirit treasures, the Jingyang Bell and the Pure Yang Daoist Robe naturally contained the Pure Yang Law.

When a cultivator's laws aligned with those of a spirit treasure, refinement became twice as efficient with half the effort.

During these years of refining his companion treasures, Donghua not only elevated his cultivation to mid-Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal but also deepened his understanding of the Pure Yang Law through his insights.

Putting away the two spirit treasures, Donghua took a single step and left the Innate Formation that had nurtured him, officially stepping into the Primordial World Heaven and Earth.

"Zifu Continent."

The moment he left the formation, this name naturally reflected itself in his mind.

Every top-tier Grotto-heaven Blessed Land has its name branded into heaven and earth, containing the primal secrets of that region's waters and soil.

When a fated one steps foot inside, the true name of the Blessed Land spontaneously responds, as if cause and effect are linked, naturally surfacing within the cultivator's mind.

As one of the world's supreme immortal mountains and blessed lands, Zifu Continent is guarded by an Innate Great Array. Not only is its spiritual energy exceedingly abundant, but it also isolates all inner and outer heavenly secrets.

Donghua's Divine Sense spread slightly, and his Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal-level perception had already located the array's core, refining it in an instant.

Thus, this Eastern Sea immortal realm was completely claimed by Donghua.

Through the power of the array, he perceived the entire island. The veins of the entire landscape seemed to extend within his palm—every blade of grass, every tree, every spirit and beast's faintest movements were clearly revealed.

Yet after a thorough search, the result was as he had expected: more than half of the continent's spiritual essence had been inherited by him, and what remained was no longer enough to stir his interest.

It was time to see the outside world. Having been in the Primordial Wilderness for so long, he was already impatient.

Leaving Zifu Continent, Donghua did not rush his journey. Instead, he strolled leisurely across the sea's surface.

With each step he took, the void beneath his feet naturally contracted, and his form appeared tens of thousands of li away—this was the great divine ability later known as Shrink Ground into Inch.

The Eastern Sea was boundless; ten thousand years passed like a single moment.

In the past, the Dragon Clan had dominated heaven and earth, but now they were entangled in karmic sin and forced to seal their gates.

Without their restraint, the countless scaled creatures—old sins unresolved, new ones added—were mostly ignorant beings. Even those with intelligence indulged in warfare among their own kind.

Along the way, when he encountered obstinate, karma-laden creatures who recklessly stirred up greed and murderous intent, Donghua showed no mercy. With a flick of his finger, he brought their calamity upon them, reducing them to ashes.

This act was not for the sake of killing, but to cleanse the filth left behind by old calamities, and to fulfill the final measure of heavenly fate for those trapped in tribulation.

After all, only such innate objects were worthy of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal's notice and beneficial to their path.

Donghua stood aloft in the void, his robes stirring in the faintly salty sea breeze.

He had lingered in this sea region for several decades, casting his Divine Sense like a net, sweeping across one empty stretch of ocean after another, yet finding nothing.

Just as his thoughts stirred and he was about to abandon this area and turn elsewhere—

In that instant, an indescribably subtle sensation gently brushed against his spiritual awareness.