At the same time.
Somewhere in Kunlun Mountain, a place sheltered by a Xiantian Array.
This was the core ancestral vein of Kunlun Mountain, where endless Xiantian pure energy converged into a vast ocean.
The Three Pure Ones had yet to take form, but the three streams of pure energy already possessed sentience.
Deep within this ocean of pure energy, three clusters of brilliant, dazzling Taiqing Origin floated.
These three streams of pure energy shared the same origin, yet each radiated a distinct Dao aura.
One was tranquil and inactive, one was majestic and lofty, and one was sharp and aggressive.
This was the Pangu Primordial Spirit divided into three, the Taiqing Origin carrying the legacy of the world's creation.
Suddenly, sensing that their destined opportunity had been lost, one of the streams of pure energy felt a surge of doubt.
The cluster of Taiqing Origin radiating a tranquil and inactive aura fluctuated violently, and a clear flaw appeared in its previously seamless Dao aura.
"Why has my Great Dao opportunity suddenly vanished into thin air?"
The other two streams of pure energy felt the same.
"Eldest Brother, I feel it too. In the darkness, it seems a supreme treasure vital to my path of enlightenment has completely deviated from the trajectory of Heavenly Dao."
"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, this is simply preposterous! Our opportunity has been forcibly snatched away, and even the heavenly secrets have become chaotic, impossible to calculate!"
Realizing that someone had stolen their opportunity, the three streams of pure energy were beyond furious. Had they not been unable to manifest, they would have certainly sought out the culprit who stole their fortune.
In the end, the Three Pure Ones could only turn their anger into cultivation, striving desperately to manifest and take form ahead of schedule.
Time flowed, and a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
For the Primordial World, a thousand years was but a fleeting moment, a mere snap of the fingers.
At this moment, Tianlu had already refined the Xiantian Restrictions of the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus. He had reached the limit of this realm with thirty-six restrictions refined, leaving only thirteen remaining.
Logically speaking, a Xiantian treasure contained forty-nine Xiantian Restrictions; it was impossible to reach this level in a mere thousand years.
For an ordinary Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, even spending tens of thousands of years to refine a single restriction would be a cause for great celebration.
Refining thirty-six restrictions was a massive undertaking that required countless years of grinding even for Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals and Quasi-Sages.
Yet, Tianlu's progress was incredibly smooth, to the point that even he wondered why.
During the refining process, the Creation Green Lotus showed no resistance; instead, it seemed to actively open its core origin, allowing Tianlu's Primordial Spirit imprint to drive straight in.
Tianlu did not dwell on it; if he could not figure it out, he would not think about it.
Since the treasure was already branded with his name, it was his.
After finishing the refinement of the Creation Green Lotus, Tianlu suddenly fell into a state of enlightenment regarding the Great Dao.
The moment the thirty-six Xiantian Restrictions were fully connected, the Creation Origin contained within the Creation Green Lotus, dating back to when Pangu created the world, flowed through the connection of his Primordial Spirit and fed back into Tianlu.
The next moment, he closed his eyes to cultivate.
Tianlu's body, lying on the Cloud Treasure, floated slightly, and a profound Great Dao aura radiated from his entire being.
His breathing gradually synchronized with the pulse of the Primordial World, and he seemed to merge into the very fabric of this realm.
At the same time, wisps of Creation energy, Wealth energy, Luck, and the Law of Merit permeated his surroundings.
The cyan Creation energy transformed into lotus flowers that bloomed and withered beside him.
The golden Wealth energy gathered like a brilliant galaxy, forming the phantoms of ancient Xiantian coins that circled his body.
The purple Luck and the mysterious yellow Law of Merit intertwined, forming a canopy that hovered above his head, shedding ten thousand rays of auspicious light, impervious to all evil and unbreakable by all laws.
The next moment, the Three Flowers atop his head began to bloom—the Heaven, Earth, and Human flowers gradually unfolding.
In the Primordial World, Primordial Unity Golden Immortals cultivated the Five Elements, while Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals condensed the Three Flowers atop their heads.
The three treasures of Essence, Energy, and Spirit were pushed to their absolute limit, transforming into three pillars of light that pierced the heavens and shook the earth.
The first to bloom was the Lead Flower, representing the physical body's blood and energy.
Six petals, nine petals.
The Lead Flower swayed as its petals unfolded in layers.
Almost instantly, it broke through the six-petal limit of ordinary experts, crossing without hindrance into the nine-petal stage, which represented the aptitude of a top-tier Xiantian God or Devil.
Following this, the Silver Flower, representing magic power, and the Gold Flower, representing the Primordial Spirit and true soul, bloomed simultaneously.
According to the rules governing the Primordial World, nine was the extreme number; nine-petal Three Flowers were the limit allowed by Heavenly Dao, representing the supreme potential to one day contend for the realm of a Hunyuan Saint.
However, the three Great Dao flowers atop Tianlu's head did not stop growing after reaching nine petals.
At this moment, as if all the Luck and Law of Merit in the world were being used by Tianlu, combined with the frantic injection of the Creation Green Lotus's origin, the shackles of Heavenly Dao were forcibly shattered.
The tenth petal, the eleventh, the twelfth.
Twelve was the number of perfection.
Three brilliant, dazzling twelve-petal Great Dao flowers, radiating the power to suppress the ages, floated silently above Tianlu's head.
At this moment.
Tianlu broke through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, leaping beyond the past, present, and future to condense his Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit.
At this moment, his indestructible true spirit leapt out of that surging River of Fate.
His past self, present self, and future self were forcibly converged into one by a supreme, overwhelming power in that instant.
Across the river of time and space, he was the one and only.
A round, golden Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit, radiating an aura of eternal immortality, slowly condensed and took shape at the center of his Twelve-Petal Three Flowers.
This Dao Fruit was the embodiment of his own Great Dao; as long as the Dao Fruit remained intact, even if his physical body turned to ash and his Primordial Spirit shattered, he could still return from the endless expanse of time and space.
Tianlu regained consciousness and sensed his own state.
He slowly opened his eyes, and deep within his pupils, two universes seemed to be birth and destruction in a cycle.
Every gesture he made carried a terrifying power capable of easily tearing through the void and overturning the laws of reality.
The laws he had comprehended were Creation, Wealth, Luck, Merit, Space, and Devouring.
Six Great Dao laws.
Tianlu's divine sense turned inward, clearly seeing six incredibly thick chains of Great Dao laws engraved upon his condensed Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit.
The Law of Creation was obtained from the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus.
The Law of Wealth and the Law of Luck were innate companions to his origin as the first Pixiu auspicious beast of heaven and earth.
The Law of Merit stemmed from his innate divine ability to swallow and exhale merit.
The laws of Space and Devouring were manifestations of the strange space within his belly.
For a moment, Tianlu fell silent.
He stared blankly at the six Great Dao laws on his Dao Fruit, raised a claw to scratch his chin, his eyes filled with a trace of confusion.
He pondered: did he really possess the ability to control so many laws?
Had he comprehended them during his Primordial Unity Golden Immortal period?
In the Primordial World, for an ordinary cultivator, being able to comprehend a single law to the Zenith Heaven realm in their entire lifetime would already make them a heaven-sent genius.
Yet he had comprehended six in one go, and it seemed he hadn't even deliberately cultivated for the less than one hundred thousand years since he transmigrated.
Thinking of this, Tianlu began to recall his experiences over the past one hundred thousand years.
Aside from sleeping, he had just wandered around looking for shiny treasures, or lay on Cloud Treasure daydreaming.
So-called closed-door cultivation, life-and-death battles, and contemplating heaven and earth simply did not exist in his memories.
Forget it, perhaps it was just the innate talent of a Pixiu auspicious beast.
Tianlu shook his head, casting these complicated thoughts to the back of his mind.
As a qualified auspicious beast, why should he waste his energy on things he couldn't figure out?
Strong is strong; what was wrong with being gifted?
Immediately, Tianlu sat upon his cloud and left the blessed land sheltered by the Xiantian Array.
He intended to continue traveling through Kunlun Mountain to see if he could find other opportunities or spiritual treasures.
Since Kunlun Mountain contained something as heaven-defying as the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus, it must surely hide many more good things.
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