Reunion with Hongjun

Within the Innate Grand Formation.

Qing Yi had already reached the edge of the formation.

She raised her hand, and the Innate Grand Formation that had accompanied the Creation Green Lotus through countless ages of gestation instantly transformed into billions of azure patterns that flowed into her palm.

Qing Xuan looked at Qing Yi, whose hands were empty.

"Cultivate in seclusion here for a while first. You should stabilize your Dao body, and I need to refine the lotus platform as well."

"And then?"

"Once we leave, we'll find a suitable spirit treasure for you first."

With a Supreme Innate Spirit Treasure and the World Dao, so long as he did not encounter a Great Luo, Qing Xuan could afford to be a little reckless now.

Qing Yi looked at him for a moment. "We'll look together."

Qing Xuan smiled. "Naturally."

Beside the Lotus Pond.

Qing Xuan sat cross-legged, the Twelve-Petal Creation Azure Lotus floating before him.

This portion of the origin had been voluntarily separated by Qing Yi, and since no new spirituality had been born within it, it held no resistance toward Qing Xuan.

Moreover, the World Dao carried by the Origin of the Chaos Pearl was exceptionally compatible with the Creation Azure Lotus.

The refinement process proceeded without any mishaps.

Qing Yi merely took control of the Innate Grand Formation, concealing Qing Xuan's aura from the outside world.

Qing Xuan, meanwhile, entered the lotus platform through the World Dao, gradually leaving his own Dao imprint within it.

Three thousand years later.

The Twelve-Petal Creation Azure Lotus completely merged into Qing Xuan's World Dao.

The lotus platform settled at the center of the world.

A thread of creative vitality flowed into the mountains and rivers.

The vegetation that had previously only manifested along with the Dao before vanishing took root in the world for the first time. In the depths of the Four Seas, the first traces of life also emerged.

The embryonic world, once containing only sun, moon, mountains, and rivers, now possessed a cycle of creation.

Qing Xuan's accumulated cultivation naturally advanced another step at that moment.

Middle Taiyi Golden Immortal.

There was no lengthy struggle to break through, nor were there any unnecessary twists.

Once the World Dao had been completed, the breakthrough in cultivation was merely the result.

Qing Xuan opened his eyes.

The Twelve-Petal Creation Azure Lotus withdrew all its phenomena, shrank to the size of a palm, and fell into his hand.

Qing Yi dispersed the Innate Grand Formation and walked over to the Lotus Pond.

She glanced at the azure lotus.

"You refined it?"

"I've only gained preliminary control."

There were still many Innate restrictions within the Twelve-Petal Creation Azure Lotus. They could not all be refined in merely three thousand years.

But for Qing Xuan as he was now, it was already sufficient.

Qing Yi nodded lightly.

"Then let's go."

The two did not remain in the Daoist sanctuary to continue cultivating in seclusion.

Though they already possessed a sufficiently powerful spirit treasure, both Qing Xuan and Qing Yi had only just embarked upon their own Dao paths.

The opportunities, inheritances, and powerful figures within the Primordial World were what they truly needed to see next.

At the same time.

The Blue Star Unknown Planar Research Center reevaluated its earlier valuation based on the practical effects displayed by the Twelve-Petaled Lotus Platform.

Qing Yi had been able to take human form primarily because she retained twelve petals' worth of Creation Origin herself.

The other half of the lotus platform Qing Xuan had obtained had completed the world's cycle of life and helped his cultivation advance by one step.

In Shen Qinghe and the others' eyes, this still fell within the scope of life attributes and cultivation assistance, making it extremely close to a Hundred Thousand Year Life-Type Soul Bone whose attributes matched perfectly.

In the end, Shen Qinghe and three Titled Dou Practitioners jointly left their spiritual imprints upon the assessment report.

The previous preliminary valuation was not raised.

[Overall value: approximately equivalent to a Hundred Thousand Year Life-Type Soul Bone with perfectly compatible attributes.]

[Divine artifact tier: not reached.]

Based on this formal valuation, the Transcendent Association approved the investment of a Ninth-Level Spatial Soul Guidance Core into the Primordial World Passage Project.

The erroneous value judgment was, for the first time, truly converted into the mobilization of resources in the real world.

This formal report, which explicitly placed the Twelve-Petaled Lotus Platform at the level of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and below the tier of divine artifacts, was also fully included in the Primordial World Observation Archive.

Primordial World.

Qing Yi had just opened the Innate Grand Formation and was preparing to leave with Qing Xuan when a clear cry suddenly came from the endless void.

The sound was not grand.

Yet the Dao patterns throughout the entire Daoist sanctuary trembled lightly at the same instant.

Qing Xuan looked up. Above the heavens, three thousand Dao Resonances appeared from nothing.

Streams of clear light intertwined with one another, eventually converging into a damaged jade disc.

It was Hongjun's Creation Jade Disc.

The three thousand Great Daos continued to descend.

Every Dao Resonance pointed toward the same place.

Qing Xuan's world.

More precisely, the Twelve-Petal Creation Azure Lotus at the center of the world, which had just completed its initial refinement.

Qing Yi stood beside Qing Xuan, and a hint of seriousness appeared in her clear eyes.

She had already seen Hongjun through Qing Xuan's World Dao Resonance.

She also knew that the damaged jade disc before them was the treasure Hongjun used to carry the three thousand Great Daos.

After the Creation Jade Disc appeared, a figure in plain robes slowly emerged from the void.

Hongjun looked the same as before.

After the northern battle, there was an air of killing intent around him that had yet to fully dissipate, while his cultivation was even more unfathomable than it had been three thousand years ago.

Yet he showed no trace of dishevelment.

Clearly, even clashing with Great Luo powerhouses such as Shen Ni had not truly shaken his foundation.

"After several thousand years apart, Fellow Daoist Qing Xuan's cultivation has advanced further. Congratulations."

Hongjun spoke with a smile.

Qing Xuan raised his hand in return.

"This breakthrough came only through a fortunate opportunity. As for your battle in the north, Fellow Daoist, I imagine your gains were even greater."

"The Beast Dynasty's foundation has been shattered, and Shen Ni was grievously wounded by the various fellow Daoists. But the great calamity has yet to fully subside."

Hongjun did not describe the battle in detail.

That battle, which had gathered several Great Luo powerhouses, could not be explained in a few sentences.

The young Daoist's gaze soon fell upon Qing Yi.

Just as when he had first met Qing Xuan, this fellow Daoist in azure robes also gave him a distinctly unusual feeling.

Qing Xuan naturally introduced her. "This is Fellow Daoist Qing Yi."

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun." Qing Yi gave a slight nod and said nothing more.

Even though the aura of the man before her felt unfathomably deep, she did not care.

A trace of understanding appeared in Hongjun's eyes.

"So that's how it is."

He finally understood why the Creation Jade Disc had awakened on its own from afar and led him here.

Qing Xuan did not conceal the existence of the Twelve-Petaled Lotus Platform.

Since the Creation Jade Disc had already sensed it, there was no point in continuing to hide it.

He raised his hand, and a world unfolded in his palm.

The sun and moon revolved, while mountains and rivers emerged.

The Twelve-Petal Creation Azure Lotus sat at the center of the world, its boundless creative vitality continuously circulating through the Four Seas, mountains, and rivers.

The moment the azure lotus truly appeared, the Creation Jade Disc suddenly let out a clear cry.

The three thousand Great Daos no longer merely descended. They began circling the Twelve-Petaled Lotus Platform of their own accord.

Beyond the lotus platform, layer upon layer of illusory lotus shadows emerged.

The first layer.

The second layer.

Until a full twelve layers of illusory lotus shadows surrounded the existing Twelve-Petaled Lotus Platform.

Twelve-petaled lotus.

Twelve layers of Dao traces that did not yet exist, yet truly remained deep within its origin.

Twenty-four petals in total.

The smile on Hongjun's face gradually faded.

Since Qing Xuan had met him, this was the first time he had seen such obvious gravity on the face of this future Dao Ancestor.

Twelve petals' worth of Creation Origin.

An Innate Divine Body.

They were precisely of the same origin as the Twelve-Petaled Lotus Platform in Qing Xuan's hand.

"A lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus..."

Hongjun finally spoke.

"I never expected the Primordial World to have truly given birth to a complete Creation Green Lotus."