Beginning With Being Refined, Accidentally Swallowing the Chaos Pearl

In the boundless Chaos where heaven and earth were not yet divided and the primordial mist obscured all, a towering giant tree stood, reaching a height of one million li. Its intricate branches, adorned with crystal-clear jade leaves, stood silently in the depths of the universe.

It was incomparably dark there, filled with endless loneliness.

"Where is this?" Feng Yue spoke, then gasped in shock, "How did I become a tree?"

I transmigrated. I just got bitten by a snake and then I transmigrated—what nonsense!

Looking at the gray, misty world around him, he felt no sense of direction. He looked down at his feet to see a tangled web of tree roots, and his upper body had become countless branches and tender leaves. Now, he had to accept the reality: he had truly transmigrated?

The next moment, a rumbling sound echoed. A Dao sound from the depths of the Chaos spread forth, resounding through the heavens.

"The Great Dao is above. I am the controller of the Time Great Dao, the Time Demon God, Shi Chen. With time as the immortal rule, I suppress the Chaos. May all spirits of the Chaos understand that time is like a shuttle and know that years slip away. May the Great Dao bear witness!"

This was a voice containing the Great Dao. Feng Yue was shocked. The Time Demon God?

Suddenly, a brilliant light shone down from above the Chaos, enveloping the top of Feng Yue's head.

"Chaos is immortal, all things are eternal!"

"Heaven and earth have perished, the kalpa manifests again!"

Sixteen golden runes radiating the light of the Great Dao surged into Feng Yue's mind, emitting a series of hums.

Three breaths later, Feng Yue looked up, slightly surprised.

"Inheritance?"

"Great Dao inheritance memory."

There were no cultivation techniques or Dao scriptures in the inherited memory, nor were there any secret arts or divine abilities. There was only one massive golden rune: Dao!

As for what the Dao was, he had to comprehend it himself!

There were no shortcuts to take.

Transmigration, while cliché, fit the thought patterns of an Earthling.

His true form was a Chaos Tree, a top-tier Chaos spiritual root. In terms of talent, he was no weaker than those Chaos Demon Gods.

In the days that followed, Feng Yue immersed himself in comprehending the "Dao" character left behind by the Great Dao. Occasionally, when bored, he would stretch out his branches to crush a Chaos Stubborn Stone, watch a snail-like Chaos creature drift by, or let the Chaos gale blow through his messy branches and tender leaves.

During this time, every so often, a Chaos Demon God would announce their oath to the Great Dao and manifest into the world. This made Feng Yue incredibly envious, and he vowed that once he manifested, he would travel through the Chaos to see the world.

"The Great Dao is above. I am the controller of the Space Law, the Space Demon God, Yang Mei. With the void as the immortal rule, I suppress the Chaos. May all spirits of the Chaos comprehend the foundation of the six directions of space—up, down, left, right, front, and back—and know the pinnacle of the Chaos universe!"

"The Great Dao is above. I am the controller of the Fate Law, the Fate Demon God, Fate...!"

"The Great Dao is above. I am the controller of the Law of Creation, the Creation Demon God...!"

"The Great Dao is above. I am the controller of the Reincarnation Law, the Reincarnation Demon God...!"

Time passed, and in the Chaos region where Feng Yue cultivated, a monster with a dragon's head, tiger's tail, and phoenix wings, surrounded by five-colored light, approached rapidly. With each step covering ten thousand li, it arrived directly in front of Feng Yue in a few moments.

Feng Yue opened his eyes, startled. This, this, this... a Chaos Demon God?

"Strange? What a huge tree!"

"A Chaos Tree, a Chaos spiritual root?"

"Perfect. I can refine it to enhance my realm and my comprehension of the Great Dao. Perhaps I can reach the peak of the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. By then, the name of the Five Elements Demon God will surely be able to compete with Shi Chen and Yang Mei... Hahaha."

The Demon God did not hesitate. After discovering the spiritual root, he sat down on the ground and began to refine it.

As for Feng Yue, he was panicking.

It was actually the Five Elements Demon God, one of the top ten Chaos Demon Gods.

In the Great Dao inheritance memory, these manifested Chaos Demon Gods were born as Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. It would be easy for them to crush an ant like him, let alone one who was an "honor student" among the Demon Gods!

In the Chaos, the strong were respected. Whoever had the strongest power had the hardest fist; basically, no creature could escape this rule.

The surrounding Chaos region was imprinted with the Five Elements Demon God's own law runes, which looked like shimmering five-colored lotus marks, extremely dazzling.

As the Five Elements Demon God cast the refining spell, the surrounding Five Elements law runes began to emit light directly onto the giant tree, invading his branches, leaves, and his entire trunk and roots.

"Hmm?"

"Is this refining?"

"It's quite comfortable. It seems I can absorb it!"

Feng Yue felt the power of the Five Elements law being injected into his body by the Five Elements Demon God. It didn't hurt or itch at all; on the contrary, it felt very comfortable.

As the first to be born among the Demon Gods, Shi Chen personally defined the kalpa, yuanhui, and hui to define time.

One kalpa equals fifty thousand yuanhui; one yuanhui equals twelve hui.

One hui equals 10,800 years; one yuanhui equals 129,600 years; one kalpa equals 6.48 billion years.

Time is not counted in the Chaos; here is a conversion of the time of one kalpa.

Three kalpas later, the Five Elements Demon God continued to pour the power of the Five Elements law into Feng Yue. The key was that there was no sign of refining at all; instead, it made Feng Yue grow even faster. His original size of one million li was now a full ten million li.

"A mere spiritual root, and I am unable to refine it?"

The Five Elements Demon God stood up and cursed.

The Five Elements Demon God flew to a distance of one million li from Feng Yue, then suddenly turned around.

Originally thinking the Demon God was leaving, Feng Yue had even considered calling out to make him stay, however...

"If I cannot obtain this spiritual root, no other Demon God shall have it either!"

A five-colored longsword was infused with endless rays of law by the Demon God, and as the power of the Great Dao gathered behind him, the five chaos elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth began to converge.

"Damn it!"

"You have no sense of honor!"

"Bullying a weak, elderly, and crippled tree like me!"

"Five Elements Annihilation!" The Demon God gathered five-colored light in his hands and unleashed the divine ability. Feng Yue felt his soul ascending to the heavens on the spot.

The surrounding chaos space was twisted, and all the chaos gales and Chaos Divine Fire vanished without a trace.

At this critical moment, a strange bead emitting purple-gold light suddenly manifested above Feng Yue's head.

It illuminated the four poles and blocked the attack for him.

"The Chaos Pearl?"

The Five Elements Demon God shouted.

"This is one of the five great chaos supreme treasures from the inherited memories of the Great Dao!"

"The Chaos Pearl?" Feng Yue was also somewhat surprised; this was a supreme treasure.

After blocking the attack, the Chaos Pearl entered directly from the center of Feng Yue's tree trunk, reaching the core of his true form.

Seeing this, the Five Elements Demon God remained in place, neither retreating nor approaching.

"It was swallowed?"

"You broken tree, you actually dared to swallow the Chaos Pearl?"

Faced with this incredible scene, the Five Elements Demon God was at a loss; these events had far exceeded his expectations.

"Whoosh!"

A passage of purple-gold runes began to circulate in Feng Yue's mind, wrapped in a mass of misty purple energy where a few faint characters could be vaguely seen.

"Immeasurable Space-Time Sutra!"

As the cultivation technique manifested, the Chaos Pearl began to melt directly into a long river of space-time, piercing through Feng Yue's body from the tree heart to the trunk, from the trunk to the roots, and then spreading out to lie within his billions of branches and tender leaves.

The Five Elements Demon God stood frozen in place, somewhat dazed.

The surrounding chaos space-time seemed to be changing, and the previously shattered chaos regions recovered their original appearance from the void.

The various chaos gales flowed once more. Feng Yue's entire body felt as if it had been reborn; his roots were covered in purple-gold runes, his trunk was filled with the aura of the Great Dao, and his branches and leaves were vibrant with five-colored hues. The power of the five great chaos element runes condensed and was absorbed and evolved by Feng Yue.

"This is my own Five Elements Law. This spiritual root can actually swallow and transform it into its own profound laws?"

"Going against the Dao, absorbing the laws of the Great Dao, and swallowing the Chaos Pearl—this spiritual root has actually birthed intelligence. No wonder I couldn't refine it!"

"Hmph!"

"Five Elements Demon-Exterminating Slash!"

A major ultimate move was summoned directly by the Five Elements Demon God. The longsword transformed to a size of hundreds of millions of li, its flowing light spreading all around and illuminating the chaos region as if it were broad daylight.