All Repaired, an Unexpected Development

Moreover, the path to the Primordial Unity was truly difficult! Even at the height of the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Tribes, when they ruled over the myriad races of scaled creatures, flying birds, and beasts, the total number of Golden Immortals of Primordial Unity within the three tribes did not exceed fifty.

Many high-ranking innate Gods and Devils had cultivated for thousands or tens of thousands of epochs, bolstered by fortune, yet repeatedly failed in their attempts to break through to Golden Immortal of Primordial Unity. They simply could not transform their Great Luo Dao Fruit into a flawed Primordial Unity Dao Fruit, and could only remain at the perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

In the blink of an eye, several decades passed. Yuan Yan and Yuan Jie had roughly sorted through the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories. Both had benefited immensely, and their understanding of the Primordial World had grown ever more thorough.

Only then did they realize that their greatest gain from killing the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor was not the two innate spiritual treasures, nor the chaos-origin power and pure innate origin they had gained by refining him, but the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories.

The Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories not only carried the crystallized insights of his lifelong cultivation, but also contained his vast knowledge and detailed understanding of the myriad phenomena, hidden secrets, and obscure legends of the Primordial World.

The Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's lifelong cultivation legacy included his unique comprehension of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, his self-contained cultivation philosophy, the Nether-Poison Dao he had created, as well as all manner of cultivation scriptures, peerless divine abilities, ancient formations,

mysterious pill scriptures, supreme artifact-refining arts, and many other inheritances that he had collected over endless years.

There was no need to say much about his comprehension of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws and his Nether-Poison Dao. Studying them could deepen their understanding of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, and could also mutually verify against their own Dao, allowing them to derive and perfect it.

As for the various scriptures, divine abilities, formations, pill scriptures, and artifact-refining arts he had collected, even if they could not allow them to fully discern the complete Dao of their creators, they still contained countless profound principles of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. So long as they comprehended a portion of them and then aligned and verified them against their own Dao, they would be of immense benefit.

Beyond that, the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's extensive knowledge and profound understanding of the Primordial World were even more invaluable.

From the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories, they came to understand the method for breaking through to Golden Immortal of Primordial Unity. Once their cultivation realm and accumulations were sufficient, they would no longer need to deduce the path to Primordial Unity themselves. This would undoubtedly save them an enormous amount of time.

They had also learned from the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories countless secrets of the Primordial World buried beneath the river of time:

For instance, after the Calamity of Ferocious Beasts came to an end, the Ferocious Beast race had not been completely exterminated. So long as the resentment of Gods and Devils and baleful ferocity remained unceasing, Ferocious Beasts would continue to arise without end. Deep within the Northern Continent, there was even an entrance to the Beast Abyss, which led directly to the origin of Ferocious Beasts;

For instance, not all mighty Golden Immortals of Primordial Unity born during the Calamity of Ferocious Beasts and the Dragon-Han Calamity had perished. Many had grown weary of the struggles of calamities, while others had been defeated by powerful enemies and fled far into the chaos beyond the heavens;

For instance, although several Golden Immortals of Primordial Unity from the Dragon Clan had survived the Dragon-Han Calamity by sheer luck, every one of them bore Dao injuries that were difficult to heal and had been tainted by immeasurable karmic blood-bale. To preserve their lives, they could only each suppress a dangerous region of the Primordial World, exchanging the merit of guardianship for merit to erase their karmic burdens;

There were also the locations, dangers, and secrets of perilous regions of the Primordial World such as the Return Ruins, the sea eyes of the Four Seas, and the Undying Volcano.

Only by knowing these secrets of the Primordial World could they understand how vast Heaven and Earth were, how numerous the powerful were, and avoid making a single wrong step while traveling the Primordial World in the future—needlessly provoking an enemy they could not resist or rashly entering a forbidden land where death was certain.

At that moment, Yuan Yan wished he could immediately enter seclusion and completely sort through and absorb the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories and insights.

Yet after pondering for a moment, his gaze shifted slightly, and he ultimately suppressed the thought for the time being.

After thirty or forty epochs of effort from him, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling, although they had not yet cleaned up and restored every battlefield of the three tribes that required cleansing and repair, they were close.

So long as the four of them continued to give it their all, they would need no more than one epoch to clean up and restore all the battlefields of the three tribes that still required cleansing and repair.

One epoch was not exactly gone in the blink of an eye, but neither was it an unbearably long span of time.

Since that was the case, he did not mind bringing this undertaking to a perfect conclusion before entering seclusion to cultivate and thoroughly sort through and absorb the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's memories and insights.

Once his mind was made up, Yuan Yan's thoughts were linked with those of Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling. In but an instant, the other three fully understood his intentions.

In an instant, the four split up, tore through space, and crossed the void toward the nearest battlefields of the three tribes that still needed to be cleaned up, continuing their work of cleansing and restoring them.

Sure enough, under the four's diligent efforts, before even one epoch had passed, they had cleaned up and restored every battlefield of the three tribes that needed cleansing and repair.

The instant all the battlefields of the three tribes requiring cleansing and repair had been restored!

"Rumble—"

A peal of thunder sounded from the unseen, and a vast ocean of Mysterious Yellow merit gathered above the Nine Heavens before pouring directly down upon Yuan Yan, Yuan Lun,

Yuan Jie, and Yuan Ling.

At once, Yuan Yan, Yuan Lun, Yuan Jie, and Yuan Ling were all greatly surprised.

It was perfectly normal for them to receive Heavenly Dao merit for cleaning up and restoring the battlefields of the three tribes.

What was abnormal was that the Heavenly Dao merit they received this time was far too great—fully one-tenth of all the Heavenly Dao merit they had painstakingly earned over the past thirty or forty epochs.

Cleaning up and restoring a small battlefield of the three tribes did not take much effort. Logically, they should not have received so much Heavenly Dao merit.

Moreover, at that moment, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling all sensed something at once. First, they sensed an opportunity, drawing them onward from the unseen.

Then another realization arose from the unseen: beyond the battlefields of the three tribes, many regions of the Primordial World had become deadly lands for various reasons; their earth veins had been damaged or even shattered for various reasons; their earth veins had been blocked for various reasons—they needed to be cleaned up and restored.

If they could cleanse and restore them, they would surely obtain vast amounts of merit and fortune.

As this realization arose in their hearts, Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling could not help but be startled. They hurriedly used their Primordial Spirits to commune with Heaven and Earth, deducing the heavenly secrets to determine why such an 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 chain of 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 final payment—the remaining merit for cleaning up and restoring the battlefields of the three tribes.

As for the opportunity they had sensed from the unseen, part of it was the blessed fortune brought by the immense merit they had gained from cleansing and restoring the battlefields of the three tribes, which had caused their fortune to rise. The other part was a reward granted to them in advance by the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World.

And the realization that had arisen from the unseen 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 this opportunity but took no action afterward, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World could not manifest directly and take back the opportunity it had granted in advance.

After all, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was an aggregate of the Great Dao laws and rules of the Primordial World, not a living being with a concrete form.

However, the Heavenly Dao was supremely impartial: where there was gain, there must be 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 trials or calamities because of it.