Moreover, the path to Primordial Golden Immortality was truly difficult! Even at the height of the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, when they ruled over the scaled creatures, birds, and beasts of the Myriad Tribes, the total number of Primordial Golden Immortals within the three tribes did not exceed fifty.
Many high-ranking Innate Fiendgods, despite cultivating for thousands or tens of thousands of Epochs and receiving the blessing of fortune, repeatedly failed in their attempts to break through to Primordial Golden Immortality. They simply could not transform their Great Firmament Dao Fruit into an incomplete Primordial Dao Fruit, and could only remain at the Perfected Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.
In the blink of an eye, several decades passed. Yuan Yan and Yuan Jie had roughly sorted through Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories. Both gained immensely from them, and their understanding of the Primordial World grew ever more thorough.
Only then did they realize that their greatest gain from killing Netherworld Serpent Ancestor was not the two Innate Spiritual Treasures, nor the power of Chaos Origin and pure Primordial Origin obtained from refining him, but Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories.
Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories contained not only the crystallization of all his lifelong cultivation insights, but also his vast knowledge and detailed understanding of the countless phenomena and hidden secrets of the Primordial World.
The fruits of Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's lifelong cultivation included his unique insights into the three thousand laws and Great Daos, his self-contained cultivation philosophy, the Nether-Poison Dao he had created, as well as all manner of cultivation scriptures, peerless divine abilities, and ancient formations he had collected over countless years,
mysterious alchemy scriptures, top-tier artifact-refining techniques, and many other inheritances.
There was no need to say much about his understanding of the three thousand laws and his Nether-Poison Dao. Studying them could deepen their understanding of the three thousand laws, mutually verify their own Dao, and further develop and perfect it.
As for the various scriptures, divine abilities, formations, alchemy scriptures, and artifact-refining arts he had collected, although they could not allow them to fully comprehend the complete Dao of their creators, they still contained countless profound truths of the world's Great Dao. By studying even a fraction of them and comparing them with their own Dao, they would gain tremendous benefits.
Beyond that, Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's broad knowledge and deep understanding of the Primordial World were even more invaluable.
From Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories, they learned the method of breaking through to Primordial Golden Immortality. Once their cultivation realms and accumulations were sufficient, they would not need to deduce the path to Primordial Golden Immortality themselves, undoubtedly saving them an enormous amount of time.
They also learned from Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories of countless secrets of the Primordial World buried by time:
After the Ferocious Beast Calamity Cycle ended, the Ferocious Beast Clan had not been completely wiped out. So long as the resentment of fiendgods and ferocious baleful qi remained unceasing, ferocious beasts would continue to arise without end. Deep within the Northern Continent, there was even an entrance to Beast Abyss, directly connected to the Ferocious Beast Origin;
Not all of the Primordial Golden Immortal great powers born during the Ferocious Beast Calamity Cycle and the Dragon-Han Calamity Cycle had perished. Many had grown weary of the conflicts of the Calamity Cycles, while others had been defeated by powerful enemies and fled far into the Outer Chaos;
After the Dragon-Han Calamity Cycle, although several Primordial Golden Immortals of the Dragon Clan had survived by chance, every one of them carried Dao wounds that were difficult to heal and had been tainted by boundless Bloodshed Karmic Force. To preserve their lives, they could only each suppress a dangerous region of the Primordial World, exchanging the merit of guarding it for Merit to eliminate their Karmic Force;
There were also the locations, dangers, and secrets of hazardous lands in the Primordial World, such as Return Ruins, the Four Seas Sea Eyes, and Undying Volcano.
Only by knowing these secrets of the Primordial World could they understand how vast the world was and how numerous its powerful beings were. In the future, as they traveled the Primordial World, they would not easily take a wrong step, provoke an enemy they could not contend with, or rashly enter a forbidden land where death was all but certain.
At that moment, Yuan Yan could not wait to enter seclusion and thoroughly sort through and absorb the insights contained in Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories.
Yet after pondering for a moment, his gaze shifted slightly, and he ultimately suppressed the thought for the time being.
After the efforts of himself, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling over the past thirty or forty Epochs, they had not yet cleaned up and restored every Three Clans Battlefield that required it, but they were close.
As long as the four of them continued giving it their all, they would need at most one more Epoch to clean up and restore every remaining Three Clans Battlefield.
One Epoch was not exactly fleeting, but neither was it unbearably long.
Since that was the case, he did not mind bringing this journey to a perfect conclusion before entering seclusion to cultivate and thoroughly sort through and absorb Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories and insights.
Once he made up his mind, Yuan Yan's minds were linked with Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling. In but an instant, the other three completely understood his plans.
In an instant, the four separated, tore through space, and crossed the void toward the nearest Three Clans Battlefields that required cleaning and restoration, continuing their work.
Sure enough, through the four men's diligent efforts, in less than one Epoch, they had cleaned up and restored every Three Clans Battlefield that needed it.
The instant all the Three Clans Battlefields requiring cleaning and restoration had been cleaned up and restored!
"Rumble—"
A rumbling sound came from the unseen depths. An immense amount of Mysterious Yellow Merit gathered above the Ninth Heavens and descended directly upon Yuan Yan, Yuan Lun,
Yuan Jie, and Yuan Ling.
Yuan Yan, Yuan Lun, Yuan Jie, and Yuan Ling were immediately greatly surprised.
It was perfectly normal for them to receive Heavenly Dao Merit for cleaning up and restoring the Three Clans Battlefields.
What was abnormal was that the Heavenly Dao Merit they received this time was far too much. It amounted to a full tenth of all the Heavenly Dao Merit they had painstakingly earned over the past thirty or forty Epochs.
Cleaning up and restoring a small Three Clans Battlefield did not take much effort. Logically, they should not have received so much Heavenly Dao Merit.
Moreover, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling all sensed something at the same time. First, they sensed an opportunity drawing them somewhere from the unseen depths.
Then they sensed that, beyond the Three Clans Battlefields, many regions of the Primordial World had become deathlands for various reasons. Their earth veins had been damaged or even shattered for various reasons, while other earth veins had become blocked for various reasons—they needed to be cleaned up and restored.
If they could clean up and restore them, they would surely obtain immense Merit and Fortune.
Upon receiving such a sense, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling were startled. They hurriedly used their primordial spirits to communicate with heaven and earth, deducing the heavenly secrets to learn why this anomaly had occurred.
Perhaps the Heavenly Dao wished for them to know the reason. The heavenly secrets were exceptionally clear, and in but an instant, the four understood the cause and effect.
The reason they had received so much Heavenly Dao Merit this time was not due to any anomaly. Rather, the Heavenly Dao was settling the remaining balance—the final payment for cleaning up and restoring the Three Clans Battlefields.
As for the opportunities they sensed in the unseen depths, part of them came from the good fortune brought by the large amount of Merit they had gained and their rising Fortune after cleaning up and restoring the Three Clans Battlefields. The other part was a reward granted in advance by the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World.
The sense arising in the unseen depths was the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao hoping that they would continue diligently cleaning up and restoring the Primordial World.
Of course, even if the four accepted these opportunities and failed to take action afterward, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World could not directly manifest and reclaim the opportunities granted in advance.
After all, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was an aggregate of the world's Great Dao laws and rules, not a specific living being.
However, the Heavenly Dao was utterly impartial; with every gain came a loss. If they dared to do such a thing, they would likely lose opportunities that should have belonged to them in the future, and might even suffer tribulations or calamities because of it.
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