Taiyi Completion—Unable to Transform?

As for why rumors from his previous life claimed that top Innate Divines such as the Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi had all emerged upon transformation as Great Firmament Golden Immortals, he did not know either.

However, he guessed that perhaps they had not immediately entered the world after transforming, but had cultivated to the Great Firmament realm before emerging, leading others to misunderstand. Or perhaps there were other reasons.

"I have already developed intelligence and become a Golden Immortal. I will definitely change my fate, transform and enter the world before then, and not be chopped into pieces!"

Yuan Yan encouraged himself once more, then immersed all his mind into the Primordial Inheritance and Primordial Origin.

While sorting through and comprehending the Primordial Inheritance, he also contemplated the laws and Great Dao contained within the Primordial Origin, grasping the Yin-Yang Law and Five Elements Law. At the same time, he breathed in Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence, continuously strengthening his Primordial Soul and Primordial True Spirit under the nourishment of his Golden Immortal law Dao Fruit.

At the same time, he did not forget to control the Primordial Gourd Vine, no longer sending Primordial Origin to the seven primordial gourds and reducing their supply of Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence.

If he continued sending Primordial Origin into the primordial gourds, then once too much was transferred, his main body might wither away just as it had in its original fate.

Even if it did not wither, its grade would fall, causing the foundation and status he possessed after transforming to decline.

And if he continued using all the Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence absorbed by the Primordial Gourd Vine to nourish the seven primordial gourds, his own cultivation would certainly be affected.

He was already worried that he did not have enough time. Naturally, he could not allow the primordial gourds to interfere with his cultivation.

In fact, if the Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence absorbed by the Primordial Gourd Vine had not far exceeded what he needed for cultivation, he might have stopped nourishing the seven primordial gourds altogether.

Time was never counted in the Primordial World. Yuan Yan immersed himself in comprehending the Dao and cultivating. As time passed, dense law Dao Rhymes gradually gathered around him, profound beyond measure and wondrous beyond words, suffusing a radius of hundreds of millions of miles with supreme divinity and holiness as countless strange phenomena arose.

Thirty Yuan Assemblies later!

Boom! Deep within Yuan Yan's sea of consciousness, his Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao Fruit bloomed. Boundless, undying immortal light spread without end, law auras permeated the air, and its pressure enveloped the heavens and earth for hundreds of millions of miles.

Even then, had the innate formation guarding the Primordial Gourd Vine not blocked and suppressed it, that vast and terrifying law aura would certainly have spread outward and shaken an even broader region.

"Hahahaha..." Yuan Yan could not help laughing aloud, his spirits soaring.

He had cultivated in seclusion for thirty Yuan Assemblies, a total of three to four million years—who knew how much longer than the entire history of humanity on Earth in his previous life.

He had finally comprehended the Yin-Yang Law, Five Elements Law, Chaos Law, Creation Law, Destruction Law, Slaughter Law, Space Law, Time Law... and dozens of other laws to perfection. He had also grasped at least the basics of all three thousand laws.

This had finally nurtured his Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao Fruit to its utmost limit, allowing him to break through to Taiyi Golden Immortal completion.

He had finally reached the standard for transforming and entering the world. He could finally transform, go out and see this world, and no longer remain trapped here alone!

It was only because he had immersed himself in comprehending laws, while his soul and true spirit were nourished by those laws in incomparable comfort, that he had become so engrossed he nearly lost all sense of time.

Otherwise, if he had lived alone for three or four million years with no one to speak to, he truly might have gone mad.

With that thought, Yuan Yan willed it and prepared to transform and enter the world.

But suddenly, Yuan Yan's expression changed drastically. "That's impossible! How could this happen?"

He had clearly sensed the opportunity to transform and enter the world, yet it was like the moon reflected in water or flowers in a mirror—visible, but impossible to grasp.

It seemed as though something was restricting him. He simply could not follow that opportunity and transform.

"Could my Primordial Inheritance be wrong? Or is the Primordial Gourd Vine half a grade higher than other Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots, requiring cultivation to the Great Firmament realm before I can transform?" Yuan Yan wondered inwardly.

However, Yuan Yan suddenly shook his head lightly, rejecting that notion.

The moment he conceived the thought of continuing to cultivate and transforming only after reaching the Great Firmament realm, an ominous premonition arose in his heart. It seemed that if he truly did so, he would never again have a chance to transform.

What kind of existence was he? A peak Innate Divine at Taiyi Golden Immortal completion. Such a feeling would not arise without cause. This was a spontaneous warning from his Dao Heart; it could not be wrong.

"What exactly is going on? I cultivated to Taiyi Golden Immortal completion and sensed the opportunity to transform, so why can't I transform and enter the world? And why can't I continue cultivating and transform after reaching the Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm?"

"Could it be that I am truly fated to nurture seven primordial gourds, then wither and perish after the Three Pure Ones and the others pluck them away? Is that why the Heavenly Dao has bound me and prevented me from transforming?"

Thinking of this, Yuan Yan became immensely agitated.

"No, impossible. That should not be the reason. Otherwise, how could I have obtained the Primordial Inheritance and been bestowed a name by heaven and earth—Yuan Yan? Besides, my spiritual intuition also tells me that is not the reason!"

"Then what is the reason?"

After pondering for a long while, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Yuan Yan, and he recalled the many Primordial World novels he had read in his previous life.

Some of those novels seemed to mention that Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Roots were too powerful and carried the origin of heaven and earth. If they transformed using their entire main body, they would exceed the limits imposed by heaven and earth, which heaven and earth would not permit. If they wished to transform, they could not do so with their entire main body.

For example, Zhunti's main body was the Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Root known as the Primordial Gengjin Bodhi Tree. He had severed off part of his main body in order to transform, then refined the remaining portion into the Dao-bearing supreme treasure, the Seven-Wondrous Treasure Tree.

There were also tales that Zhen Yuanzi's main body was the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and that he had transformed from the first batch of ginseng fruits combined with a portion of the Ginseng Fruit Tree's Primordial Origin. Of course, some also claimed that Zhen Yuanzi had transformed from Primordial Wutu Essence.

"That's right! That must be the reason!" Yuan Yan was exhilarated.

When that thought arose, his Dao Heart trembled, and his sense of the opportunity to transform and enter the world grew even stronger.

"But if that is the case, how should I transform? Should I sever off a portion of the Primordial Gourd Vine's main body to transform, or should I use one primordial gourd to transform?"

Yuan Yan hesitated inwardly.

Yet after hesitating only briefly and glancing at the primordial gourds on his main body, Yuan Yan understood that he had no choice at all.

Over these thirty Yuan Assemblies, in order to cultivate to Taiyi Golden Immortal completion as quickly as possible and transform and enter the world sooner, and in order to ensure the quality of his foundation after transforming, he had stopped the Primordial Gourd Vine from sending Primordial Origin to the primordial gourds.

As for Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence? He had still supplied them, because he could not use so much himself. Other than what he needed, he gave all the rest to the seven primordial gourds.

Moreover, considering that he would need powerful treasures by his side after transforming and entering the world, and that quality mattered more than quantity, he had given the vast majority of the Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence to the first primordial gourd. He had also influenced its gestation and evolution, making the Great Dao it contained compatible with his own.

The Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence given to the other primordial gourds could only ensure that their vitality would not be cut off and that they might still grow if given the chance in the future. As for their rate of growth? It was practically nonexistent.

But without receiving Primordial Origin, the first primordial gourd's growth rate had not increased but instead decreased. The Primordial Origin it contained was now merely average even among High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.