The Heavens Are Too High to Reach

With the Primordial Avatar successfully cultivated and a small-scale plane now in his possession, He Yu's harvest from this journey could be called bountiful, and he felt satisfied in his heart. However, there were still many matters awaiting his completion, and with the Great Beast Calamity now imminent, he had to ensure everything he could prepare was ready before the great catastrophe arrived.

Regarding this Great Beast Calamity, He Yu actually felt quite depressed. He had transmigrated here only one year before the calamity—was this not playing a cruel joke on him? Thinking back on his experiences during this period, cold sweat couldn't help but break out. If he had chosen to settle down and cultivate peacefully by the small river back then, he feared that even if he were to transform into a great beast, he wouldn't have understood the reason for his demise at all!

Regardless, he had reached this point now. In this Great Beast Calamity, the first generation of natural beings in the Primordial World would find it hard to escape their fate. He was the most likely to survive, possessing twenty-five Demon Cores, and with the Celebratory Cloud Green Lotus now wielding immense power, he no longer feared the aura of Gods and Devils; he only needed to face the power of Heaven and Earth.

The power of Heaven and Earth was divided into the thunder and fire of the heavens, the gale of the firmament, and the marshes, waves, and giant peaks of the earth.

He Yu felt a sense of relief. Due to the constraints of the era, the first era of the Primordial World could not tolerate the power of an Earth Immortal, so the maximum power of Heaven and Earth would only be at the late stage of a Loose Immortal. Such might was far beyond what He Yu could reach; currently, his full strength was equivalent to the peak of the early Primordial Spirit stage, a gap as vast as clouds and mud compared to a Loose Immortal. His only reliance was the Primordial Avatar.

Now that the Primordial Avatar was successfully cultivated, it possessed the cultivation of an early-stage Loose Immortal. Coupled with the ability to utilize all of He Yu's Daoist techniques, it could likely contend even against the Heaven and Earth power of a mid-stage Loose Immortal. However, he was about to face the power of a late-stage Loose Immortal. With his current self and the Avatar combined, there was no chance at all; he had to strengthen the Primordial Avatar.

Heavenly Gale Origin? I need to find the Heavenly Gale Origin as soon as possible. He Yu pondered, slowly walking to the side of the Hedgehog Demon King. The Hedgehog had not yet regained consciousness; his consciousness was suppressed by He Yu's demon qi, and without dispelling it, the Hedgehog would never wake up.

Looking at the Hedgehog, He Yu felt a tinge of regret. Through the fusion of Earthly Baleful Qi into his body, the Hedgehog had achieved the Earthly Baleful Demon Body. Much like the Wu Race, his soul, Demon Core, and Earthly Baleful Qi were perfectly fused with his flesh. He Yu was certain that in his current state, if he were to absorb the aura of Gods and Devils, he would become terrifyingly powerful. Although He Yu could not know exactly how strong, he would certainly be a leader among the great beasts. Originally, if he could have controlled the Hedgehog's source of consciousness, He Yu would have been very happy to possess such a powerful subordinate. Unfortunately, the Hedgehog's source of consciousness was fused with his flesh; there was no way to extract a portion, and thus, control was lost.

How could He Yu allow a future powerhouse to exist outside of his control? During this time, he had become thoroughly clear on the rules of the Primordial World.

The strong are respected; the weak are the prey of the strong!

The strong dominate the weak without any reason or morality. Once the Hedgehog became incomparably powerful, He Yu would undoubtedly become a meal in his mouth.

"Sigh! I have many things to do now; I cannot waste energy on the Hedgehog and the Violent Crocodile." He Yu indeed had much to do: searching for the Heavenly Gale Origin, scouring the Primordial World for spiritual essences and roots, and selecting twenty-five Demon Kings to control. These were his pillars of support in the era of the great beasts! Otherwise, even with the Primordial Avatar, he would be unable to take a single step.

Zzz!

The Primordial Sword in the Avatar's hand swung, and a surge of golden light and smoke emerged, enveloping the Hedgehog. Accompanied by a faint sizzling sound, the Hedgehog was completely annihilated, turning into wisps of black smoke that dissipated. Under the Primordial Dazzling Light, even an early-stage Loose Immortal would be injured; annihilating a mere Hedgehog was effortless. Not only his flesh but his soul and consciousness were all wiped out.

Whoosh! After annihilating the Hedgehog, the Primordial Avatar turned into a streak of gold-black light and merged into He Yu's sea of consciousness. As the Avatar entered, the sea of consciousness became increasingly stable. Having fused with the small-scale plane, it was now a embryonic world, naturally stabilized by the early-stage Loose Immortal Avatar, and began to grow slowly under the Primordial Light and Earthly Baleful Qi.

Having destroyed the Hedgehog, He Yu immediately rode his demon cloud toward the Violent Crocodile's village. The Violent Crocodile Demon King had also absorbed Earthly Baleful Qi, so he could not be left alive either.

Familiar with the path, he arrived at the Violent Crocodile's village in no time at full speed. Hovering in the void, the Primordial Avatar's eyes flashed with golden light. Simultaneously, every demon and living being in the village below entered He Yu's sight. The entire Primordial World was illuminated by the Primordial Light. By focusing his gaze, while he could not discern the entire world, seeing for a thousand miles around was no problem at all.

As the Avatar focused, He Yu's eyes caught sight of the Violent Crocodile Demon King. He saw a massive black crocodile lying in the center of the village's grand palace. It was ten zhang long, covered in ferocious spikes, and exuded a fierce, soul-shaking aura.

"Late-stage Golden Core? So he really did absorb all of that Earthly Baleful Qi!" Sensing the Violent Crocodile's strength, He Yu was slightly surprised, though it was within his expectations. The Hedgehog had reached the peak of the mid-stage Golden Core even after He Yu had absorbed much of his baleful qi; now that the Crocodile had absorbed it all, he was naturally much stronger.

Rumble!

The power of the Loose Immortal surged from the Primordial Avatar within him, manifesting from He Yu's crown as a hundred-zhang-long gold-black giant hand. It extended down to the palace where the Crocodile resided, tyrannically shattering the roof and grabbing the Crocodile. Under the terrifying might of a Loose Immortal, the Crocodile could not resist in the slightest.

"Ah! Gr... Great King?" Grabbed by the giant hand descending from the heavens, the Crocodile could not shake it off despite his full effort. He was immediately struck with terror. Seeing He Yu's massive demon body and the gold-black hand extending from his head, he was both shocked and bewildered.

Bang! Facing the Crocodile's shock and confusion, He Yu sneered. The giant hand tightened, crushing him directly into a mass of bloody minced meat. Then, a flash of golden light scorched it, and he too turned into wisps of black smoke that dissipated.

Below, chaos reigned. The giant hand from the sky, the shattered palace roof, and the disappearance of the Crocodile caused the countless demons in the village to panic and shriek. He Yu paid them no mind and simply rode his demon cloud away.

The Heavenly Gale Origin was located at the peak of the firmament. To find it, one had to cross the Firmament Gale layer, which was impossible with He Yu's current cultivation. However, for the Primordial Avatar, it was quite easy. Yet, using the Avatar for a long journey required his full consciousness, meaning his own body needed to be protected. The outside world was dangerous, so the safest place was naturally his Demon King Palace. Thus, He Yu rode his cloud at full speed toward Demon King City.

Shortly after returning to Demon King City, He Yu's first act was to summon his ten Demon Marshals, five Demon Generals, and the ten most powerful Demon Kings, ordering them to surrender a wisp of their consciousness origin. The twenty-five Demon Kings were confused but had to obey He Yu's command; those who had not yet surrendered it did so immediately.

"This Seat needs to go into seclusion for a period. You are to guard well. If there is the slightest disturbance, do not blame this Seat for being ruthless!" Having secured the consciousness origins of the twenty-five Demon Kings, He Yu gave his orders and entered the Demon King Palace. He shut the doors tight and deployed the Lesser Five Elements Formation, the only simple defensive array he had managed to figure out.

Inside the formation, He Yu activated it and opened his crown. The Primordial Avatar flew out as a streak of gold-black light, exiting through a window in the palace roof and ascending toward the firmament. At this moment, He Yu's entire consciousness was anchored in the Avatar; it felt just like his own body. This sudden sensation of transforming from a crab into a human made him incredibly excited.

Clouds drifted rapidly downward as He Yu ascended with the speed of a lightning bolt. The speed of an early-stage Loose Immortal was terrifying, and with the Avatar unburdened by flesh, it was even more effective. He truly enjoyed the sensation of such speed. However, even ascending at such a pace, he did not see the Firmament Gale layer for a long time. The Primordial World was simply too vast. Looking around from high above, he saw only an endless expanse; he couldn't even see the shadows of the Four Seas. Although he considered himself the master of the Primordial World, what he truly controlled was only the area around the Mount Buzhou Range, which was perhaps but a drop in the ocean compared to the entire world.

He did not know how much time had passed, but the Firmament Gale layer remained elusive. He Yu couldn't help but sigh. His current speed was likely not inferior to an Earth Immortal, yet after so long, he still couldn't see the gale layer. The sky was truly too high. He had to remember that above the Firmament Gale layer was the Firmament Thunder Fire layer, and only above that was the Heavenly Layer. The distance from the gale layer to the thunder fire layer was more than ten times the distance from the earth to the gale layer, and the distance to the Heavenly Layer was ten times that again. Calculating it this way, it was truly terrifying.

The Heavenly Layer is already so difficult to reach, and it is said there are Thirty-Three Heavenly Layers above it, with the distance between each layer increasing exponentially. Above the thirty-third layer lies the barrier of the Primordial World. Hongjun's Purple Heaven Palace, established after he became a Saint, sits within the boundless chaos above the thirty-third layer. What kind of cultivation would one need to enter the Purple Heaven Palace? He Yu pondered to himself. He feared that even if a Heaven Immortal flew at full speed for a year, they would be nowhere near the Purple Heaven Palace! That was not even mentioning the dangers of the chaos—the chaotic tides, the reverse-flow vortices, the gale-force explosions... without great magic power and great divine abilities, entering the chaos was a death sentence.

Possessing the information of Pangu, He Yu knew many secrets of the Primordial World, including descriptions of the heavens. He had previously known they were high, but only now, experiencing it personally, did he realize just how high—it was enough to scare anyone to death!

Given the height of the Primordial World, not to mention reaching the thirty-third layer, even reaching the Heavenly Layer might take He Yu's demon body a year of flying! By extension, the vastness of the Primordial earth and the Four Seas was ten times greater than the height of the sky. Such a massive territory was enough to exhaust Earth Immortals and Heaven Immortals to death!