Ziwei Star.
Ziwei's thoughts stirred, and he furrowed his brow slightly.
"I have the intention to take disciples."
"The grand trend has changed..."
"But not by much?"
Everything Lei Jun did now
revolved around the grand trend.
Taking disciples
was no exception.
Naturally, it was the same here.
But to his surprise, even though he had formed the intention to take disciples, the grand trend had barely changed.
"Is it because they haven't managed to take human form?"
Lei Jun calculated with his fingers.
His Divine Sense pierced through the two great rivers of time and Fate.
At a glance, he saw Fusang and Yuegui drifting within them.
But it had to be said:
Compared with before, their traces in the two great rivers
had faded considerably.
Anyone whose cultivation was not above Lei Jun's
could not investigate them.
However, this wasn't because Lei Jun had acted.
Rather, Lei Jun's power was enough to affect everything connected to him,
including traces and Spirit Treasures.
Naturally, this included Spirit Roots!
Before long,
Lei Jun understood the reason.
"So their Fate is still undecided!"
"Their current paths of Fate are not much different from before, as far as the Primordial Wilderness is concerned!"
"No wonder!"
Changes to the grand trend had to benefit the Primordial Wilderness.
And whether the transformation of Spirit Roots
benefited the Primordial Wilderness was actually an open question.
To some extent,
one could even say it was not a good thing.
After all, one of the Primordial Wilderness's major sources of spiritual energy
was Spirit Roots.
If a Spirit Root took human form, wouldn't that mean one fewer source of spiritual energy?
And these were top-grade innate Spirit Roots, no less.
But...
In their original paths of Fate, although Fusang and Yuegui failed to take human form, in the end, their roles in the Primordial Wilderness also dwindled to almost nothing.
One had its Origin drained dry.
The other was constantly chopped down.
Neither could really be considered a top-grade innate Spirit Root anymore.
So,
whether they took human form or not made little difference to the Primordial Wilderness.
Naturally,
their impact on the grand trend was also slight.
As for why Lei Jun had formed the intention to take disciples,
the reason was the same as above.
What people called contending for the grand trend
was simply changing the "plot."
The more the "plot" differed from its original path of Fate, the greater the Heavenly Dao's Permission Right.
Conversely,
the more "Modified" it was,
the greater Lei Jun's Permission Right became.
Of course,
this all depended on whether it benefited the Primordial Wilderness.
For a moment,
Lei Jun felt a sense of anticipation.
What changes would two Spirit Roots whose foundations were no weaker than the Three Purities bring to the Primordial Wilderness once they successfully took human form?
And how would they affect the grand trend?
Thanks to this,
Lei Jun had, for the first time, formed the intention to take disciples.
As for who the so-called "Senior Sister" was,
that naturally meant Yuegui on Taiyin Star.
Countless ages ago, he had once happened upon Taiyin Star and broken off a branch of Yuegui. That was how they had formed a bond.
Whoosh!
Lei Jun focused his Divine Sense and discovered Yuegui's condition.
"Not bad!"
"She's almost ready to take human form."
"My gift of the Dao Diagram wasn't wasted."
Since Taiyin Star was relatively peaceful, Yuegui had been the first to develop awareness.
On top of that, she had received the opportunity to take human form earlier.
So now,
she was nearly ready to do so.
Soon,
Lei Jun gathered his thoughts and stopped dwelling on it.
Instead, he took out the other Spirit Root branch as well.
At that moment,
the two branches resonated with each other.
One was Yuegui, containing Lunar Force.
The other was Fusang, containing Solar Force.
Both were the purest of their kind in all of heaven and earth.
Nothing else in the Primordial Wilderness
could possibly surpass them.
It was thanks to this
that Lei Jun could cultivate the Renyuan Dan Method on his own.
Otherwise...
he would have needed a Dao Companion to cultivate it.
But that was clearly unrealistic.
Lei Jun was far beyond the cultivators of the Primordial Wilderness.
Besides,
the Renyuan Dan Method was very special.
It was an internal alchemy method,
quite different from the Diyuan Dan Method.
It treated the Dao Body as a "great medicine" and refined a "Dan Pill" within the body, directly nourishing one's cultivation.
It assisted cultivation
without the need to swallow anything.
That was why it was called internal alchemy.
But external objects—or rather, the power of others—could still be useful.
The method that needed none of that at all
was the more advanced Heavenly Yuan Dan Method.
Lei Jun couldn't practice it yet.
"The Dao Body is both a great medicine and a lamp!"
"If it is a lamp, it must have lamp oil!"
"The process of cultivating the Renyuan Dan Method is like adding oil to the lamp!"
"So the flame doesn't go out, and even..."
"Burns brightly!"
And "Yin Yang" was the best lamp oil!
After all, whether heaven and earth with all their myriad things, or the human form of a Dao Body,
all came into being through the interaction of Yin and Yang.
As the saying went:
Wuji Gives Birth to Taiji, and Taiji Gives Birth to the Two Forms.
When Yin and Yang harmonized, all things came into being.
The human body was one of those myriad things!
The sun and moon needed no explanation.
They were of a higher order than mere Yin Yang Force.
Yin Yang had its limits.
But the sun and moon might not.
When Yang reached its extreme, it became Yin; when Yin reached its extreme, it became Yang.
When the sun and moon came together,
they were called Taiji!
Taiji gave rise to an endless cycle of life!
Therefore,
only a small amount of Lunar Solar Force was needed.
It was enough simply to have some.
That was why Lei Jun needed only a single Spirit Root branch.
Then,
Lei Jun did not hesitate any longer.
With a thought,
Fusang became the sun, and Yuegui became the moon.
Then, in the next instant,
they slipped into Lei Jun's body like two swimming fish.
One black and one white, they swam around without pause.
These were the Yin Yang Fish.
The black one represented Yin, but its eye was white.
The white one represented Yang, but its eye was black.
They symbolized the reversal of extremes.
The fish swam about, and before long, their paths settled into place.
Head to tail,
they formed a circle.
They also resembled an Array Diagram!
Each time the Yin Yang Fish came together, they produced a dose of "great medicine."
It bolstered his cultivation and strengthened his magic power.
It also aided the circulation of his inner cosmos.
And that wasn't all.
It even had other wondrous uses.
At that moment,
Lei Jun had mastered the Renyuan Dan Method!
However,
Lei Jun had not yet had time to experience the method's wonders.
The Primordial Wilderness.
Suddenly, a change came.
Or rather, a Strange Phenomenon!
The phenomenon came out of nowhere. The cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness hadn't had time to react.
Even Lei Jun was somewhat surprised.
He saw that between heaven and earth,
a Golden Bridge had appeared, and an Array Diagram had suddenly emerged.
Yin-Yang Qi flowed across the diagram.
It was incredibly wondrous.
Just looking at it seemed to let one comprehend something.
However,
this was only the beginning.
The Innate Yin-Yang Qi on the Array Diagram seemed to have received some sort of "stimulus" from the unseen, and began to change!
Before,
the Yin-Yang Qi had been mixed together, indistinguishable from one another.
It had been wondrous, to be sure,
but ultimately lacked order.
Now, however,
the Yin-Yang Qi gathered on opposite sides, arranged according to some sort of pattern. It formed a new Array Diagram!
The proportions of black and white in its different sections represented the ebb and flow of yin and yang.
They also represented how yin and yang gave rise to and overcame each other.
Together, they revealed a Great Dao principle.
Taiji!
In an instant,
the Primordial Wilderness trembled!
Every cultivator who had taken human form, as well as those capable of projecting their consciousness beyond their bodies,
was utterly shocked.
The diagram was simply too profound!
Not only could one study it,
it felt as if one were comprehending the Dao itself!
It was hard to describe in words.
Besides,
some had already figured it out, staring at the Array Diagram without blinking.
A thought arose in their minds.
"A Supreme Treasure!"
"Could this be the birth of a Supreme Treasure?"
"If I could obtain it, wouldn't that be a great opportunity!"
Quite a few cultivators
shared this thought.
They all sprang into action.
Among them
were Spirit Beasts that hadn't taken human form, as well as powerful cultivators who had.
However, they had gotten one thing wrong.
This diagram really was a Supreme Treasure.
But it wasn't unclaimed.
It was just that...
before the Array Diagram changed,
on an Immortal Mountain in the Primordial Wilderness,
a cultivator stood gazing blankly at the sky, still unable to react.
He stared at the Array Diagram, both familiar and strange,
unable to figure out what had gone wrong.
Only after a while
did anguished cries ring out.
"The Ancestor's Supreme Treasure!"
"Why did it suddenly fly away?"
"And why did it fall out of control?"
This cultivator was none other than
Yin-Yang Ancestor.
Not long ago, Yin Yang had taken human form.
He had also been born alongside an Innate Supreme Treasure.
The Yin Yang Diagram!
Ever since taking human form, Yin Yang had worked tirelessly to refine the Yin Yang Diagram.
As it happened,
he and the Yin Yang Diagram were an excellent match.
Refining it had been easy.
It had forty-nine restrictions. With his late-stage Da Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, refining thirty-six of them had been a breeze.
Who could have expected
that the moment he finished refining it, the Yin Yang Diagram would change?
It flew away, beyond his control.
And it displayed power that he could never have unleashed himself.
Neither the Golden Bridge, which could connect heaven and earth,
nor the incomparably profound Array Diagram that emerged after the transformation
was something he could manage,
or even comprehend.
That alone would have been bad enough.
After changing, the Array Diagram had become a new Supreme Treasure!
Even the restrictions he had refined had been wiped clean.
In other words,
all his efforts over the years had been for nothing!
So be it if they were wasted.
Time wasn't worth much. He could simply refine it again.
The real problem was
that he had lost control of the Array Diagram!
It was unclaimed now!
"No!"
"This treasure must be reclaimed by the Ancestor!"
"Otherwise, I'll never Prove the Dao!"
With that,
Yin-Yang Ancestor dashed out of the Immortal Mountain and headed for the sky,
determined to retrieve the transformed Array Diagram
as quickly as possible.
"Though I don't know why the Array Diagram changed, as long as I can get there in time!"
"Then it won't be a problem!"
"It might even be an opportunity!"
There was no helping it.
The diagram was simply too extraordinary.
Unfortunately,
he wasn't the only one who had noticed it.
Besides,
he wasn't the fastest in the Primordial Wilderness.
Some cultivators were faster than him.
And there was more than one.
When Yin-Yang Ancestor reached the Array Diagram,
he was completely dumbfounded.
Despair rose in his heart.
Near the Array Diagram,
three cultivators had already arrived. Their auras were no weaker than his, and were even somewhat stronger.
They were unmistakable.
Two were imposing middle-aged men,
and the third was a stunning woman, dignified and regal, wearing a phoenix crown and embroidered robes.
Though the three were at odds with one another,
Yin-Yang Ancestor clearly had no place among them.
Especially now that he had lost his Supreme Treasure.
He sensed further,
and discovered that other cultivators were rushing over as well!
In an instant,
Yin-Yang Ancestor was overcome with despair.
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