Primordial World: Innate Gourd Vine, Kidnapping Nüwa at the Start
Chapter 5

It'd Be a Waste Not to Go All Out as a Transmigrator

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Even Fu Xi fell silent at this point, for if what Nuwa said was true, the time left for Qing Xuan was indeed running short.

Even if he could perfectly fuse his primordial spirit with his main body right now, the difficulty of successfully transforming before the seven gourds ripened was still all too clear.

For a moment, aside from the sound of the wind, the entire garden was deathly still. Qing Xuan could even hear the heartbeats of Nuwa and Fu Xi.

"In the original trajectory of the Primordial World, Nuwa did not seek out additional Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Three Lights Divine Water for the Innate Gourd Vine."

"He must not have reached the stage where primordial spirit and main body merge. But now, with Nuwa's help, I have reached a height that the Innate Gourd Vine never achieved in the original trajectory."

"If I still chose to use one of the gourds as a vessel, wouldn't that be squandering this opportunity? Even if I managed to transform in the future, wouldn't I still be at the mercy of others in the Primordial World?"

"I am a transmigrator—that means my life had already reached its end. Everything now is an extra gain. Since that's the case, what is there that I cannot let go of?"

Having thought this through, Qing Xuan made a bold decision. He would seize this chance of survival and gamble with his life.

If he succeeded, he would become like Yang Mei Old Ancestor. If he lost, at worst he would vanish into nothing. Or become a boy attendant by Nuwa's side.

Once his mind was set, a single gourd vine stretched toward Nuwa. It swept up the Three Lights Divine Water in her hand and poured it onto its own roots.

At the same time, Qing Xuan began to mobilize the eight laws. With the other seven as support and the Creation Law as the main force, he accelerated the fusion of his primordial spirit with his main body.

Seeing this, Nuwa's tears finally fell. Yet she did not stop Qing Xuan. She only watched the changes on the gourd vine with a face full of worry.

In the end, she sat down directly beneath the gourd vine and began to circulate the Creation Law she commanded. For a moment, two streams of Creation Power resonated with each other.

Seeing this, a flicker of excitement appeared on Fu Xi's face. He sat back down on the stone stool, calmed the anxiety in his heart, and began to play his zither.

For a time, the melodious sound of the zither rose once more, evolving into a strand of Law Power that shuttled ceaselessly among the eight laws.

Every time it passed through a law, the pattern of the Eight Trigrams Diagram would appear, as if deducing the path ahead to prevent straying onto the wrong road.

Thus, another thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. Qing Xuan's primordial spirit finally succeeded in merging with his main body. Even the seven gourds had completed their connection.

This sent Qing Xuan into a frenzy of joy, for it meant that even when the seven gourds ripened, they would not fall from the vine.

In other words, as long as no one plucked the gourds from the vine, they would hang there forever, becoming law containers to aid Qing Xuan's cultivation.

At the same time, Qing Xuan saw Nuwa's Qing Yun manifest above her head. Three lotus flowers, still in bud, swayed within the Qing Yun.

"So this is the Top Three Flowers of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal? Condensing the three flowers is the early stage of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal; when all three flowers fully bloom, that is the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal peak."

"I feel that Nuwa's Human Flower is about to bloom. It seems I need to give her a hand. Let her break through to the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal before she attends the lectures at Zixiao Palace."

With this thought, Qing Xuan directly mobilized the Creation Law and channeled it into the Qing Yun above Nuwa's head.

This caused Nuwa's Qing Yun to expand once more. In the end, the area covered by the Qing Yun reached ten thousand li, and the Human Flower finally showed movement.

Flower Blooms First Grade, Flower Blooms Second Grade... until Flower Blooms Ninth Grade, the entire lotus flower finally bloomed completely. At the same time, it signified that Nuwa had smoothly broken through to the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

After the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, the original inheritance methods had been completely severed. The highest cultivation realm that Primordial beings could reach was only the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Not even the cultivation method for the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal had been passed down to Primordial World cultivators. Only when Hong Jun gave his first lecture at Zixiao Palace would Primordial World cultivators find a path of cultivation.

But that would mean that all Primordial World cultivators would walk the Sever Three Corpses Path—a shortcut method to prove the Dao.

The cultivation realms of Primordial beings, from lowest to highest, were: Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, Golden Immortal of the Origin, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, and Limitless Golden Immortal of the Origin.

From Earth Immortal to Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, one cultivated the Five Qi in the Abdomen. The Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivated the Three Flowers on the Head. Each major realm was divided into four minor stages: early, mid, late, and peak.

Above the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was the Golden Immortal of the Origin, also called a Quasi-Saint, because one foot had already stepped into the Saint realm.

At this stage, one needed to cultivate laws. Only by comprehending laws to a certain degree could one raise one's cultivation realm. It was also divided into four minor stages: early, mid, late, and peak.

Above the Golden Immortal of the Origin was the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, the true Saint Realm. There were only two ways to reach this realm.

The first was to use vast merit to forcibly push oneself to the Saint position. This method was called Merit Creates Saint—having the cultivation of a Saint but not the strength of one.

The second method was to prove the Dao and become a Saint through Law Power. However, this law was not the Heavenly Dao Law, but the Great Dao Law.

The Limitless Golden Immortal of the Origin was also called the Half Step Dao Realm. It meant gaining the recognition of a Dao, or combining with the Dao.

In the Primordial World, Nine is the Extreme Number, so the Limitless Golden Immortal of the Origin and the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin were divided into grades one through nine. The Limitless Golden Immortal of the Origin was also the highest realm in the Primordial World.

But above the Heavenly Dao were the Twelve Great Perfections, so above the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin were three more realms: the Dao Realm, the Great Dao Realm, and the Primordial Supreme Realm, collectively called the Chaos Three Realms.

Each realm was divided into grades one through twelve. The cultivation of most of the Three Thousand Chaos Gods and Devils was between the Dao Realm and the Great Dao Realm. As for the Primordial Supreme Realm, even Pangu had failed to break through.

Originally, there were only two ways to reach the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, but Hong Jun blazed a new trail and created a third breakthrough method. Though it was a shortcut, it could still succeed.

Hong Jun's shortcut method was to borrow the Law Power within Innate Spiritual Treasures, fuse it into the Three Corpses Incarnation, and then use the Three Corpses Unification to merge the Law Power of the three treasures.

But this alone was not enough to prove the Dao and become a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin. One also needed the Foundation of the Great Dao—the Primordial Violet Qi.

The Primordial Violet Qi had the effect of fusing all laws. Thus, as long as one achieved Three Corpses Unification and used the Primordial Violet Qi, one could prove the Dao and become a Saint in one fell swoop.

Now, Nuwa's breakthrough to the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal relied on her comprehension of laws. In the Dao method passed down by Hong Jun, this was something only a Golden Immortal of the Origin could achieve.

Thus, Nuwa's breakthrough actually triggered a Law Resonance. For a moment, boundless Creation Power surged toward Phoenix Perch Mountain from all directions.

It finally converged in the backyard garden. The immense Creation Power actually caused the common spiritual roots in the garden to evolve into innate spiritual roots.

The common innate spiritual roots also used the Creation Power to rise to mid-grade spiritual roots. Unfortunately, no top-grade innate spiritual root was born.

As she smoothly broke through to the Mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, Nuwa slowly opened her eyes. She merely sensed the Creation Law around her, and a smile she could barely suppress appeared at the corner of her lips.

"Little Gourd Vine, you helped me break through, so I will help you transform. Are you ready? Begin receiving the Creation Power."

Then Nuwa began to channel the Creation Power, forcibly pouring it into the Innate Gourd Vine. But even after the Creation Power was exhausted, Qing Xuan still could not successfully transform.

This inevitably left Nuwa feeling somewhat despondent, even causing her to mutter to herself: "It's a pity I have no Creation-attribute magic treasure in hand, or else I could surely help the Little Gourd Vine undergo Form Transformation in one go."

Just as Nuwa was feeling helpless, a flash of green light flickered on the Innate Gourd Vine. Immediately after, the seven gourds burst into radiance simultaneously.

As the various colors of light interwove, a handsome young man holding a folding fan suddenly appeared before Nuwa.

This sent Nuwa into a frenzy of joy, and she rushed forward to grab the young man, saying: "Are you the Little Gourd Vine? Have you finally succeeded in Form Transformation?"

"That's not right—the Innate Gourd Vine is still right here. Not one of the seven gourds is missing. How did you manage to condense a Physical Body?"

Indeed, this young man was Qing Xuan. He closed his folding fan, tapped it lightly in his left hand, and then spoke with a smile.

"Of course, it was the Creation Power you gathered for me that helped condense this Outer Incarnation of mine. So, to be precise, I cannot be considered to have successfully undergone Form Transformation."

"Because my Main Body must remain here and cannot move. Moreover, if it ever sustains damage, I will consequently face Soul Annihilation."

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