A Celestial Immortal Cultivates Penglai, Fortune Comes Knocking

Though Yellow Dragon was a dragon vein that had gained sentience from the earth veins, he was now merely a latecomer. He knew absolutely nothing about dredging and repairing earth veins and still had to rely on instinctive perception to feel his way forward bit by bit.

The difficulties remained mountainous. Only after expending a vast amount of time did he manage to repair a small section of an earth vein.

Once he had sorted out the earth veins in this region, Yellow Dragon formed seals with his fingers and cast the Sweet Dew Technique he had learned from the Azure Dragon Patriarch, a technique specifically used to cultivate spiritual roots and immortal plants. With his fingers working through hand seals, he sent his mana into the sky, where spiritual clouds brimming with vitality gradually gathered.

Thunder boomed in peals. Above the mountain range Yellow Dragon had chosen, torrential rain poured down upon the earth like a waterfall. Each raindrop, rich with spiritual qi and carrying wisps of vital force, fell to the ground and intertwined with the Sha Qi and turbid qi within the land. One portion seeped back into the earth, while the other dispersed into nothingness.

Once his mana was exhausted, Yellow Dragon sat cross-legged in the void, drawing in spiritual qi from all directions to restore his mana while pondering how he could revive the island's vitality more quickly.

The moment his mana had recovered somewhat, he once again used his divine art to summon spiritual rain, washing away the Sha Qi and turbid qi while nourishing the land.

Yellow Dragon's cultivation also rose step by step.

One year, ten years, a hundred years...

It took several centuries to wash away all the Sha Qi and filthy qi from the surface of this mountain range. As the rain seeped deep into the earth and flowed into the sea, it was gradually absorbed and purified by the prehistoric world over time.

After washing the Sha Qi and filthy qi from the mountain range's surface clean, Yellow Dragon gathered countless seeds of innate vegetation from islands untouched by the great battle. He scattered them across this region, then summoned spiritual rain with his divine arts to nurture life, urging the seeds to swiftly take root, sprout, and grow.

Within several months, the mountain range Yellow Dragon had restored was once again overflowing with vitality. Strands of spiritual qi began to form. Though it was far inferior to the rich spiritual qi of the surrounding islands that had escaped the destruction of the great battle, it was no longer a land devoid of spiritual qi.

One day, while cultivating, Yellow Dragon suddenly sensed a change within himself.

As his cultivation rose, it was only natural for his physical body and Primordial Spirit to grow stronger.

Yet when he carefully inspected himself inwardly, he discovered something extremely abnormal—his innate foundation had actually improved by ten percent!

This was no ordinary matter.

One's innate foundation was determined from birth. Unless one encountered a heaven-defying opportunity, it was absolutely impossible for it to grow on its own.

Yet now, it had truly and unmistakably changed.

Why has my innate foundation improved? Could the soul of a transmigrator have affected this body? Or could it be... that some unknown force is working in the shadows?

His brows furrowed tightly as he repeatedly examined every part of his body, yet he could not find the reason.

Something is wrong... This is absolutely not right!

In the prehistoric world, strengthening one's physical body and Primordial Spirit was no difficult matter. One merely needed to cultivate diligently or consume spiritual-root pills.

However, for innate lifeforms, their innate foundations had been fixed from the day they were born. Unless they encountered the most supreme innate spiritual treasures of the prehistoric world, there was absolutely no way to alter them.

But after thinking back carefully, Yellow Dragon was certain that he had never come into contact with any special spiritual object. Could it be that Penglai Immortal Island possessed some supreme divine treasure?

Yellow Dragon began from this mountain range, following its course toward Penglai Immortal Island's main peak. Region by region, he cleared the island of filthy qi and Sha Qi, sorted out its earth veins, gathered its earth qi, sowed seeds of innate vegetation, and restored the island's vitality—all while searching for the spiritual object that had changed his innate foundation.

As Yellow Dragon cleared away more and more filthy qi and Sha Qi, and the area he restored continued to expand, he became increasingly skilled at purging the filthy qi. His speed became dozens of times faster than at the beginning, while his understanding of the spiritual-rain divine art deepened further, making its use ever more effortless.

Throughout this process, Yellow Dragon continued searching for the reason behind the improvement of his innate foundation. At last, he found the source of the issue.

As Penglai Immortal Island's vitality gradually recovered, Yellow Dragon discovered a marvelous phenomenon—whenever the island's vitality revived, specks of light containing a special origin would emerge from the earth.

These specks of light silently seeped into his body, slowly yet continuously strengthening his physical body, tempering his Primordial Spirit, and even improving his innate foundation. The process was exceedingly subtle; without deliberately sensing it, it was nearly impossible to detect.

These mysterious specks of light, capable of improving innate foundations and origins, contained immense fortune. After careful consideration, Yellow Dragon named them "Creation Origin."

After observing carefully, Yellow Dragon discovered that the amount of Creation Origin born on the island was extremely small. Moreover, he could only absorb it passively, so the amount he could absorb and refine in a short time was very limited. Most of the Creation Origin that could not be absorbed in time eventually dissipated between heaven and earth.

Once he realized this, Yellow Dragon began trying every method he could think of, hoping to preserve the Creation Origin that he could not immediately absorb.

After several thousand years of exploration and repeated experimentation, he finally created a unique technique—the "Creation Origin Condensation Technique."

The successful creation of this technique allowed Yellow Dragon to gather and preserve the Creation Origin that would otherwise have dissipated.

By the time the last region of Penglai Immortal Island had been completely cleared of Sha Qi and filthy qi, nearly a hundred thousand years had passed.

Standing atop Penglai Island's tallest main peak, Yellow Dragon watched as the final region was continually nourished by spiritual rain. Great swathes of vegetation grew rapidly, adorning the island's last mountain range in vibrant green and filling it with life. The entire island began to emit a faint spiritual qi.

After being strengthened by Creation Origin, his physical body had become nearly ten times tougher than it had been at the start. Tempered by Creation Origin, his Primordial Spirit had become more powerful and solid, faintly radiating traces of an undying aura. His innate foundation now nearly rivaled that of innate lifeforms nurtured by heaven and earth.

If he wished, he could step into the realm of the Undying Golden Immortal at once.

Aside from the first thirty thousand years, when the Creation Origin Condensation Technique was incomplete and most of the Creation Origin had scattered away, he had harvested a total of nine drops of Creation Origin, each larger than a peanut. Five drops had been absorbed and refined by Yellow Dragon, leaving four and a half drops.

As he looked upon this island, once barren and empty but now thick with forests, once devoid of living creatures but now filled with them in groups and flocks, an indescribable sense of accomplishment surged within him.

Suddenly!

Bursts of Dao music rang out from the depths of the void.

The Dao music echoed across all of Penglai Immortal Island. At the same time, one profound-yellow lotus after another appeared from the void, gathering in the sky within moments into a cloud of merit and celebration that hovered above Yellow Dragon's head.

As he looked at the cloud of merit above him, streams of information regarding Heavenly Dao merit appeared within Yellow Dragon's Primordial Spirit.

"Heavenly Dao merit is the reward granted by the Heavenly Dao to living beings who safeguard the operation of the prehistoric world and promote its complete development. Yellow Dragon successfully restored Penglai Immortal Island, reducing the consumption of the prehistoric world's origin. Thus, the Heavenly Dao was moved and bestowed merit as a reward."

"Heavenly Dao merit can be directly absorbed to improve one's cultivation. It can also be used to refine merit spiritual treasures or cultivate innate spiritual roots."

By integrating merit into a spiritual treasure, one could create a merit spiritual treasure and kill without becoming tainted by karma. Or one could gather it within the Primordial Spirit to form a Golden Wheel of Merit. When danger arose, merely revealing the Golden Wheel of Merit would generally turn peril into safety. Whoever dared directly kill a living being protected by merit would be entangled by karmic sin from the prehistoric world and plagued by ceaseless misfortune.