Primordial Chaos: I Am the Third Golden Crow, Steadfast and Hidden
Chapter 3

Another Choice, Mysterious Bead

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"System, I choose option two." After some deliberation, Ling Xiao made his choice.

Setting everything else aside, the Primordial Violet Qi held no attraction for him.

[Host has chosen option two. Reward has been issued.]

"Third Brother, what is the result?" Finally, seeing that there was no response for a long time, Di Jun could not help but ask.

Ling Xiao snapped back to reality, paused for a moment, and spoke slowly.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, I believe now is not a good time to go out. According to my deductions, the current Primordial World is filled with many powerful beings whose strength is unfathomable."

"Furthermore, we have taken human form quite late; many treasures have already been scavenged by others. Rather than going out to hunt for treasures, it is better to cultivate at home. It will not be too late to venture out once our strength is formidable."

He wore a serious expression, and his words sounded perfectly logical.

Di Jun and Tai Yi pondered for a moment, finding Ling Xiao's words reasonable, and agreed.

Although they wanted to go out and travel, if it were truly as their Third Brother said, it was safer to cultivate first and improve their strength.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, do not feel disappointed. In fact, there may still be some treasures on the Sun Star; we can search here first," Ling Xiao said with a smile.

The Sun Star was formed from the left eye of Pangu. It was vast and boundless, and while it was filled with infinite killing intent, it also nurtured various treasures.

As the saying goes, to settle the world, one must first put one's own house in order. It was better to explore their own home before considering anything else.

In the place where they were nurtured lay the Fusang Tree, one of the Ten Innate Spiritual Roots. This divine tree was of extraordinary significance; in the original Primordial World, it was not only the habitat of the ten Golden Crows but could also be used to refine the Star Banners for the Grand Stellar Array.

To their Golden Crow clan, it was of vital importance.

"Third Brother's words are reasonable. Shall we set off, then?" Di Jun said with a beaming smile, having long been unable to sit still and eager to get moving.

Tai Yi nodded in agreement, expressing his full concurrence.

Thus, Ling Xiao led Di Jun and Tai Yi out of their place of birth and began to search the Sun Star.

Towering flames, like billions of long dragons, surged violently and majestically; even a Golden Immortal would find it difficult to remain here for long.

This was the deep interior of the Sun Star, an incredibly dangerous place, yet three figures strolled through it as if it were flat ground, calm and unperturbed.

Just as Ling Xiao had expected, they had not been searching for long before they discovered an opportunity.

A grand innate array.

It shrouded the Sun Star, and the endless killing intent it exuded was enough to annihilate a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

It was no wonder they had been able to be nurtured here for so long without being disturbed; in this era of the Primordial World, aside from freaks like Hongjun, a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was already the pinnacle of combat power.

Now, they had arrived at the depths of the Sun Star, intending to refine this array.

Di Jun held the River Map and Luo Scroll in his hands, deducing the mysteries of the array.

"This array is truly profound! Once refined, it can serve as the protective array for our clan!"

Di Jun exclaimed while deducing, a brilliant smile appearing on his face.

"Indeed, this array is too ferocious; one moment of carelessness and there would be a risk of losing one's life!" Tai Yi echoed.

This conversation almost made Ling Xiao laugh. When it came to arrays, two of the four great killing arrays of the Primordial World were already in their possession.

It was like holding a watermelon while picking up sesame seeds.

Ling Xiao felt it was necessary to drop a hint.

"Two brothers, I have just been contemplating my innate treasure and have gained deep insights. You should also contemplate yours more often; perhaps you will have unexpected gains."

The Grand Stellar Array and the Primordial River-Luo Array were both born from the innate treasures of Di Jun and Tai Yi, yet at this moment, they had not realized this.

"Is that so?"

Sure enough, after hearing Ling Xiao's words, Tai Yi immediately became interested and began to multitask, contemplating the Chaos Bell.

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Di Jun did not respond, as he was busy trying to refine the nameless array.

Thus, Ling Xiao and Tai Yi studied their own innate treasures while waiting for Di Jun to refine the array.

Ling Xiao sat with the Primordial Cauldron above his head, contemplating it intently. Since taking human form, he had not yet carefully experienced the mysteries of the Primordial Cauldron.

As for the fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation he had received as a reward, he had temporarily cast it aside; until he reached the stage of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal and began to comprehend the laws, it was essentially useless.

"Wait, what is this..."

Just as Ling Xiao was looking inward, he suddenly discovered a bead lying quietly within his body. It was silent and still; had he not discovered it through introspection, he would never have sensed it.

Ling Xiao's heart stirred, and he began to probe the mysterious bead with his divine sense, eventually merging into it.

Suddenly, a sense of immersion washed over him, and the scene before his eyes changed. It was a void of chaos, containing nothing at all.

This feeling was strangely familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

That's right!

Was this not the scene from when he first awakened?

The scene he saw then was exactly the same as it was now.

In other words, he had been inside this bead all along.

"Could this thing be... the Chaos Bead?" Ling Xiao was shocked. Having read many Primordial World novels, it wasn't hard for him to guess that this might be the essential divine artifact for anyone transmigrating into the Primordial World: the Chaos Bead.

With this thought, Ling Xiao began to attempt to refine and mobilize the Chaos Bead, only to find that the thing wouldn't budge an inch; it completely ignored him.

"I refuse to believe it!"

Ling Xiao gritted his teeth, his stubborn nature flaring up as he poured all his effort into trying to refine this mysterious bead.

In the Primordial World, time is not recorded, and he did not know how much time had passed.

On this day.

Across the entire Sun Star, a majestic and vast aura suddenly surged upward.

Ling Xiao and Tai Yi were startled awake. They exchanged a glance, their figures vanishing from where they stood before reappearing beside Di Jun.

"Big Brother, have you refined the formation?"

The two asked in unison, for in that very instant, they had felt the killing intent of the formation shrouding the Sun Star shift.

It stood to reason that the formation had been refined by their elder brother.

Di Jun opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance flowing through them. The smile on his face grew increasingly radiant until he finally could not help but burst into laughter.

"Thanks to the fortune of my second and third brothers, this formation has been refined by me. I have even given it a name: the Solar Grand Formation. How is it?"

Di Jun was beaming, full of high spirits. With this formation, the safety of the three brothers was greatly guaranteed.

"Not bad, Brother is wise," Tai Yi said with a smile, happy for him.

"Since this formation has been broken, let us go search for treasures."

Ling Xiao spoke with a smile. Without the restrictions of the Solar Grand Formation, they could roam the Sun Star to their hearts' content.

"As our third brother says, let us set off!" Di Jun stood up and nodded heavily.

Following this, the three of them split up and flew off toward different parts of the Sun Star.

This search lasted for over a hundred years. The Sun Star was far too vast, and various dangerous areas had yet to be set foot upon. Since it was their first time developing the place, exploration naturally could not be that fast.

Afterward, the three brothers gathered to share the treasures they had found.

Sun Essence Stone, Origin Fire, fire-attribute spiritual roots—they had everything one could ask for.

After the treasures were divided equally, Di Jun spoke up.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, while I was refining the Solar Grand Formation earlier, I had a premonition that there is a similar formation on the Lunar Star."

"I wish to go and explore it. What do you two think?"

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