Merit and Doubts

Furthermore, as the earth vein was reconnected and restored, linking with Mount Buzhou's ancestral vein, vast and boundless Chaos Qi poured in from the depths of the void.

It was as though this land had come alive, slowly breathing in and out. With each inhale, endless Chaos Qi was drawn into the world; with each exhale, under the effects of the world's Dao rules and the earth vein's spiritual qi, the Chaos Qi was gradually broken down and transformed into Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence.

Part of the transformed Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence flowed freely along the earth vein network that connected heaven and earth, erupting from spiritual caverns and spring sources throughout mountains, rivers, and great marshes before spreading in every direction.

It nourished this land that had endured calamity after calamity. Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence slowly recovered, and the vitality of heaven and earth grew ever more abundant.

The other part was intercepted by the earth veins to nourish and restore themselves. The newly reconnected earth veins slowly replenished their depleted origins, their channels becoming sturdier and the flow of spiritual qi increasingly smooth.

Though no one knew how many long years it would take to return to their peak, there was hope at last.

Yuan Yan took in every one of these changes in heaven and earth. His gaze pierced through the heavy mountains and vast earth, reaching deep into the earth veins. He quietly watched the Chaos Qi continuously pour in from the void and witnessed the entire process of its breakdown and transformation by the Innate Earth Veins and the Dao of heaven and earth. There was not the slightest surprise on his face; he remained calm and indifferent throughout.

In truth, he had known all along.

Back when he had yet to take form on Mount Buzhou, the Primordial Gourd Vine, a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Root, had rooted itself in Mount Buzhou's ancestral vein. It had not merely absorbed Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence to nourish itself. In secret, it had also assisted the ancestral vein in breaking down the Chaos Qi drawn in by heaven and earth, transforming it into Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence.

It was precisely because several ancestral veins of heaven and earth, such as Mount Buzhou and Kunlun Mountain, served as cores, while countless Innate Earth Veins crisscrossed to form an immense earth vein network covering the entire Primordial World, that they could work with the intangible rules of heaven and earth to breathe, break down, and transform Chaos Qi together. This allowed the Primordial World's Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence to remain inexhaustible, nurturing the growth of endless living beings.

Without this cycle, if the earth veins merely kept releasing Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence, giving without receiving and consuming without replenishing, then no matter how vast and abundant their origins were, the day would eventually come when they were exhausted and dried up. The Primordial World could not possibly have remained prosperous.

And at the very moment the earth veins completely stabilized and the cycle of heaven and earth began operating once more, Yuan Yan's merits were finally complete!

Boom! A thunderous roar sounded in the unseen, as if heaven and earth acknowledged his actions.

Along with that roar from heaven and earth, vast amounts of Heavenly Dao Merit gathered above the nine heavens. They churned like a sea of clouds, forming a majestic pillar of merit light that descended directly upon Yuan Yan.

A massive amount of black-and-yellow Heavenly Dao Merit surged into his body. Its dazzling radiance illuminated his entire form, wrapping him in a sacred and peaceful aura.

Yuan Yan only felt his primordial spirit become incomparably clear and serene. Every pore across his body opened, and it was as if his connection with the entire Primordial World had become closer and more intimate than ever before.

At the same time, a profound and mysterious realization emerged within his heart. Countless methods for using Heavenly Dao Merit appeared with perfect clarity.

Heavenly Dao Merit was originally formed from diluted Heavenly Dao origin. It was the reward heaven and earth bestowed upon living beings who had rendered merit. Within the Primordial World, it could be called the ultimate all-purpose treasure, with countless uses and almost limitless possibilities.

For example, with sufficient Heavenly Dao Merit, one could directly nourish and strengthen one's origin, improving one's innate foundation and aptitude.

For example, by consuming Heavenly Dao Merit, one could directly raise one's cultivation realm. However, the laws and Great Dao comprehended through such direct advancement were bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, leaving one's foundation unstable. They had to be carefully sorted through before they could truly become one's own.

Moreover, although Great Firmament Golden Immortals who had walked their own Great Dao could use merit to have the Heavenly Dao deduce and perfect that path, doing so would make their Great Dao impure and prevent it from perfectly harmonizing with themselves.

For example, one could burn Heavenly Dao Merit to enter a state of enlightenment where one merged with the Dao. In that state, the efficiency of comprehending the Dao and cultivating would multiply, allowing progress to advance by leaps and bounds.

Its many wondrous uses were too numerous to count. This showed just how precious Heavenly Dao Merit was.

Yet Yuan Yan did not use the Heavenly Dao Merit at this moment. Instead, he condensed it into a Merit Golden Wheel and suspended it deep within his sea of consciousness, where it guarded his primordial spirit and true soul.

If the Heavenly Dao Merit he had received were used directly to raise his cultivation, it would have been enough to elevate him to the peak of the Middle Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

But he would never directly use Heavenly Dao Merit to raise his cultivation realm. At most, he would accept an empowerment to gain Great Dao insights, then personally use them to develop and perfect his own Great Dao, or burn Heavenly Dao Merit to cultivate within a state of enlightenment.

Moreover, condensing it into a Merit Golden Wheel would bring him immense benefits as well. Though this Merit Golden Wheel was likely only comparable to a Low-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, beneath the illumination of its golden merit light, his mind was clear, inner demons could not arise, all laws could not invade him, and even his speed of comprehending the Dao increased somewhat.

As Yuan Yan truly sensed the endless uses of Heavenly Dao Merit, the smile on his face deepened. He secretly sighed to himself, Cleaning up the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins truly is an exceptionally rare fortunate opportunity.

But then Yuan Yan's gaze flickered slightly, and threads of doubt arose in his heart.

Since clearing the Three Clans Battlefield that needed clearing and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, one that could not only earn Heavenly Dao Merit but also bring many other gains, why were there so many similar Three Clans Battlefields in the Primordial World that no one had cleaned up?

Especially among the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, the Three Clans Battlefield contained not only the corpses of countless races, but also the corpses of the three clans themselves. The experts of those three clans bore Bloodshed Karmic Force and were precisely in need of merit to dissolve it. Should they not have been desperate to do this?

And if clearing the Three Clans Battlefield and continuously restoring earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, then what about restoring the earth veins in the west?

As these doubts filled his heart, Yuan Yan naturally did not know that the reason he could obtain this fortunate opportunity was because he had taken advantage of the timing.

Tracing back to before the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes erupted, all three clans had tacitly employed both carrots and sticks. While drawing in the countless races and rogue cultivator experts who had not submitted to them, they also eliminated those who refused to submit.

As a result, after the war of the three clans, aside from Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei, there were very few experts in the Primordial World above the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

And among those few experts, some had sealed off their Dao fields or even entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the great calamity, while others had submitted to the three clans, participated in their war, and survived.

After the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei had been occupied with the Dao-Demon Strife. They did not care about such a small amount of Merit at all. After the Dao-Demon Strife, Hongjun and Yang Mei had been busy proving the Dao, leaving them no time to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.

As for the few experts who had avoided the great calamity, the Dao-Demon Strife had only recently ended. They neither would nor dared to emerge into the world so soon.

As Yuan Yan truly sensed the endless uses of Heavenly Dao Merit, the smile on his face deepened. He secretly sighed to himself, Cleaning up the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins truly is an exceptionally rare fortunate opportunity.

But then Yuan Yan's gaze flickered slightly, and threads of doubt arose in his heart.

Since clearing the Three Clans Battlefield that needed clearing and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, one that could not only earn Heavenly Dao Merit but also bring many other gains, why were there so many similar Three Clans Battlefields in the Primordial World that no one had cleaned up?

Especially among the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, the Three Clans Battlefield contained not only the corpses of countless races, but also the corpses of the three clans themselves. The experts of those three clans bore Bloodshed Karmic Force and were precisely in need of merit to dissolve it. Should they not have been desperate to do this?

And if clearing the Three Clans Battlefield and continuously restoring earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, then what about restoring the earth veins in the west?

As these doubts filled his heart, Yuan Yan naturally did not know that the reason he could obtain this fortunate opportunity was because he had taken advantage of the timing.

Tracing back to before the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes erupted, all three clans had tacitly employed both carrots and sticks. While drawing in the countless races and rogue cultivator experts who had not submitted to them, they also eliminated those who refused to submit.

As a result, after the war of the three clans, aside from Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei, there were very few experts in the Primordial World above the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

And among those few experts, some had sealed off their Dao fields or even entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the great calamity, while others had submitted to the three clans, participated in their war, and survived.

After the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei had been occupied with the Dao-Demon Strife. They did not care about such a small amount of Merit at all. After the Dao-Demon Strife, Hongjun and Yang Mei had been busy proving the Dao, leaving them no time to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.

As for the few experts who had avoided the great calamity, the Dao-Demon Strife had only recently ended. They neither would nor dared to emerge into the world so soon.

As Yuan Yan truly sensed the endless uses of Heavenly Dao Merit, the smile on his face deepened. He secretly sighed to himself, Cleaning up the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins truly is an exceptionally rare fortunate opportunity.

But then Yuan Yan's gaze flickered slightly, and threads of doubt arose in his heart.

Since clearing the Three Clans Battlefield that needed clearing and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, one that could not only earn Heavenly Dao Merit but also bring many other gains, why were there so many similar Three Clans Battlefields in the Primordial World that no one had cleaned up?

Especially among the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, the Three Clans Battlefield contained not only the corpses of countless races, but also the corpses of the three clans themselves. The experts of those three clans bore Bloodshed Karmic Force and were precisely in need of merit to dissolve it. Should they not have been desperate to do this?

And if clearing the Three Clans Battlefield and continuously restoring earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, then what about restoring the earth veins in the west?

As these doubts filled his heart, Yuan Yan naturally did not know that the reason he could obtain this fortunate opportunity was because he had taken advantage of the timing.

Tracing back to before the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes erupted, all three clans had tacitly employed both carrots and sticks. While drawing in the countless races and rogue cultivator experts who had not submitted to them, they also eliminated those who refused to submit.

As a result, after the war of the three clans, aside from Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei, there were very few experts in the Primordial World above the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

And among those few experts, some had sealed off their Dao fields or even entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the great calamity, while others had submitted to the three clans, participated in their war, and survived.

After the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei had been occupied with the Dao-Demon Strife. They did not care about such a small amount of Merit at all. After the Dao-Demon Strife, Hongjun and Yang Mei had been busy proving the Dao, leaving them no time to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.

As for the few experts who had avoided the great calamity, the Dao-Demon Strife had only recently ended. They neither would nor dared to emerge into the world so soon.

As Yuan Yan truly sensed the endless uses of Heavenly Dao Merit, the smile on his face deepened. He secretly sighed to himself, Cleaning up the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins truly is an exceptionally rare fortunate opportunity.

But then Yuan Yan's gaze flickered slightly, and threads of doubt arose in his heart.

Since clearing the Three Clans Battlefield that needed clearing and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, one that could not only earn Heavenly Dao Merit but also bring many other gains, why were there so many similar Three Clans Battlefields in the Primordial World that no one had cleaned up?

Especially among the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, the Three Clans Battlefield contained not only the corpses of countless races, but also the corpses of the three clans themselves. The experts of those three clans bore Bloodshed Karmic Force and were precisely in need of merit to dissolve it. Should they not have been desperate to do this?

And if clearing the Three Clans Battlefield and continuously restoring earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, then what about restoring the earth veins in the west?

As these doubts filled his heart, Yuan Yan naturally did not know that the reason he could obtain this fortunate opportunity was because he had taken advantage of the timing.

Tracing back to before the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes erupted, all three clans had tacitly employed both carrots and sticks. While drawing in the countless races and rogue cultivator experts who had not submitted to them, they also eliminated those who refused to submit.

As a result, after the war of the three clans, aside from Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei, there were very few experts in the Primordial World above the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

And among those few experts, some had sealed off their Dao fields or even entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the great calamity, while others had submitted to the three clans, participated in their war, and survived.

After the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei had been occupied with the Dao-Demon Strife. They did not care about such a small amount of Merit at all. After the Dao-Demon Strife, Hongjun and Yang Mei had been busy proving the Dao, leaving them no time to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.

As for the few experts who had avoided the great calamity, the Dao-Demon Strife had only recently ended. They neither would nor dared to emerge into the world so soon.

As Yuan Yan truly sensed the endless uses of Heavenly Dao Merit, the smile on his face deepened. He secretly sighed to himself, Cleaning up the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins truly is an exceptionally rare fortunate opportunity.

But then Yuan Yan's gaze flickered slightly, and threads of doubt arose in his heart.

Since clearing the Three Clans Battlefield that needed clearing and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, one that could not only earn Heavenly Dao Merit but also bring many other gains, why were there so many similar Three Clans Battlefields in the Primordial World that no one had cleaned up?

Especially among the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, the Three Clans Battlefield contained not only the corpses of countless races, but also the corpses of the three clans themselves. The experts of those three clans bore Bloodshed Karmic Force and were precisely in need of merit to dissolve it. Should they not have been desperate to do this?

And if clearing the Three Clans Battlefield and continuously restoring earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, then what about restoring the earth veins in the west?

As these doubts filled his heart, Yuan Yan naturally did not know that the reason he could obtain this fortunate opportunity was because he had taken advantage of the timing.

Tracing back to before the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes erupted, all three clans had tacitly employed both carrots and sticks. While drawing in the countless races and rogue cultivator experts who had not submitted to them, they also eliminated those who refused to submit.

As a result, after the war of the three clans, aside from Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei, there were very few experts in the Primordial World above the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

And among those few experts, some had sealed off their Dao fields or even entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the great calamity, while others had submitted to the three clans, participated in their war, and survived.

After the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei had been occupied with the Dao-Demon Strife. They did not care about such a small amount of Merit at all. After the Dao-Demon Strife, Hongjun and Yang Mei had been busy proving the Dao, leaving them no time to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.

As for the few experts who had avoided the great calamity, the Dao-Demon Strife had only recently ended. They neither would nor dared to emerge into the world so soon.

As Yuan Yan truly sensed the endless uses of Heavenly Dao Merit, the smile on his face deepened. He secretly sighed to himself, Cleaning up the Three Clans Battlefield and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins truly is an exceptionally rare fortunate opportunity.

But then Yuan Yan's gaze flickered slightly, and threads of doubt arose in his heart.

Since clearing the Three Clans Battlefield that needed clearing and reconnecting and restoring the earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, one that could not only earn Heavenly Dao Merit but also bring many other gains, why were there so many similar Three Clans Battlefields in the Primordial World that no one had cleaned up?

Especially among the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, the Three Clans Battlefield contained not only the corpses of countless races, but also the corpses of the three clans themselves. The experts of those three clans bore Bloodshed Karmic Force and were precisely in need of merit to dissolve it. Should they not have been desperate to do this?

And if clearing the Three Clans Battlefield and continuously restoring earth veins was such a rare fortunate opportunity, then what about restoring the earth veins in the west?

As these doubts filled his heart, Yuan Yan naturally did not know that the reason he could obtain this fortunate opportunity was because he had taken advantage of the timing.

Tracing back to before the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes erupted, all three clans had tacitly employed both carrots and sticks. While drawing in the countless races and rogue cultivator experts who had not submitted to them, they also eliminated those who refused to submit.

As a result, after the war of the three clans, aside from Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei, there were very few experts in the Primordial World above the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.

And among those few experts, some had sealed off their Dao fields or even entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the great calamity, while others had submitted to the three clans, participated in their war, and survived.

After the war between the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, Top-tier Great Supernatural Beings such as Hongjun, Rahu, and Yang Mei had been occupied with the Dao-Demon Strife. They did not care about such a small amount of Merit at all. After the Dao-Demon Strife, Hongjun and Yang Mei had been busy proving the Dao, leaving them no time to clear the Three Clans Battlefield.

As for the few experts who had avoided the great calamity, the Dao-Demon Strife had only recently ended. They neither would nor dared to emerge into the world so soon.