Leaving Buzhou Mountain

"The Great Dao stands above."

"I am the Origin of the Chaos Pearl. Today, I take form, and my name is Qing Xuan."

Qing Xuan's voice passed through the Primordial World Firmament and spread across all of Blue Star.

At that moment, whether they were in cities or wildernesses, whether ordinary people or Transcendent powerhouses who had returned from other worlds, all of them saw the young figure taking form from Chaos.

The sun, moon, and stars hung behind him.

Mountains, rivers, and the Four Seas gathered within him.

As all the phenomena slowly faded, Qing Xuan stood within Buzhou Mountain's Innate Grand Formation, dressed in a dark Daoist robe. His aura was unfathomable, yet his expression had barely changed from beginning to end.

It was difficult to imagine that he was a lifeform that had only just taken shape.

It was even harder to imagine that, for this day, he had gestated in the Primordial World for thirty-six Epoch Cycles.

After a brief silence, discussions far more fervent than those sparked by the discovery of the Primordial World suddenly erupted across Blue Star.

"Is this an Innate Divine Being?"

"And what is the Origin of the Chaos Pearl?"

"When he took form just now, did an entire world really appear behind him?"

"That was probably just a phenomenon, right? It couldn't be that he really absorbed the sun, moon, and stars into his body."

"What realm is a Taiyi Golden Immortal?"

Countless questions arose one after another.

Yet no one could provide an answer.

The myths and legends of the real world had never mentioned the Chaos Pearl.

Likewise, the databases of the various planes contained no records related to Innate Divine Beings, the World Great Dao, or Taiyi Golden Immortals.

Every name Qing Xuan had personally spoken was utterly unfamiliar to Blue Star.

This made Qing Xuan seem increasingly mysterious, but it also made it impossible for the real world to truly assess his strength.

Some were awed by the scene of his transformation.

Others believed it was merely a natural phenomenon produced when a Primordial World lifeform was born.

After all, Qing Xuan had never truly made a move from beginning to end.

The forty-six students in Douzhe Continent had also witnessed the entire transformation.

After the public trial channel fell silent for a moment, messages began flooding in.

"So this is the Innate Divine Being that gestated for thirty-six Epoch Cycles?"

"He looks no different from a Blue Star human."

"It took more than 4.6 million years for him to take form. He should count as one of the oldest lifeforms in the Primordial World, right?"

"But what Soul Master level does a Taiyi Golden Immortal actually correspond to?"

"The phenomena during his transformation were indeed astonishing, but phenomena do not represent actual destructive power."

Some showed obvious curiosity toward Qing Xuan.

Others paid greater attention to that unimaginably long gestation period.

Even Soul Masters of Douzhe Continent with the poorest talent did not need millions of years before they could begin cultivating.

He only took form and entered the world after 4.66 million years.

In the eyes of some students, this instead proved that Primordial World lifeforms grew extraordinarily slowly.

"At the very least, the world phenomenon behind him isn't something an ordinary lifeform could possess."

"That still doesn't necessarily mean he's strong in battle. Until he actually makes a move, no one knows what level that Taiyi Golden Immortal is."

The debate in the public channel grew increasingly heated.

Su Qingxue's name never appeared.

Only when someone asked for her opinion of the Taiyi Golden Immortal did she leave a single sentence in the channel.

"Without combat data, it cannot be compared to the Soul Master system."

There was neither praise nor contempt.

It was simply an extremely calm judgment.

She had just entered Spirit Hall Academy not long ago, and everything she came into contact with could be clearly found recorded in the fighter data of the real world.

Martial Soul quality determined potential.

Innate Soul Power affected cultivation speed.

Soul Rings increased a Soul Master's strength.

Every step had clear standards.

By comparison, everything in the Primordial World Firmament was far too unfamiliar.

Inside the monitoring hall.

Zhou Ruolan watched Qing Xuan's transformation footage once more.

As a Seven-Ring Soul Sage, she understood better than ordinary people that phenomena and combat power could not be equated completely.

Some powerful Martial Souls could similarly trigger changes in heaven and earth when they awakened.

What truly determined one's strength was still the power one could display against an enemy.

However, she did not overlook Qing Xuan because of this. "Record his declaration in full."

Zhou Ruolan looked toward the information on the Firmament.

"The Chaos Pearl should be an innate object unique to the Primordial World. Qing Xuan's foundation is formed from its origin, so his level of life may be far above that of ordinary Primordial World beings."

"As for the Taiyi Golden Immortal..."

She paused.

"Do not make a level assessment before seeing actual combat."

The instructor responsible for documentation nodded and entered Qing Xuan's information into a separate file.

[Primordial World Anchor File.]

[Daoist name: Qing Xuan.]

[Foundation: formed from the Origin of the Chaos Pearl.]

[Great Dao: World Great Dao.]

[Realm: Early Taiyi Golden Immortal.]

[Actual combat power: unknown.]

As the Firmament's observation range expanded, the Transcendent Association also began a preliminary analysis of the region where Qing Xuan was located.

Yet the footage still showed no traces of civilization.

No cities.

No nations.

No sects or academies.

Not even a second living being had been discovered.

All that could be seen were boundless mountain ranges, Chaos energy pervading the surroundings, and an Innate Grand Formation that had existed for millions of years.

Not long afterward, the Transcendent Association released its first report on the Primordial World plane.

[Plane name: Primordial World.]

[Heaven-and-earth energy: extremely high.]

[Known lifeforms: one.]

[Traces of civilization: not yet discovered.]

[Cultivation system: unknown.]

[Provisional plane classification: high-energy primitive plane.]

The report did not classify the Primordial World as a weak world.

However, in the eyes of most Blue Star citizens, a world without even cities or a mature civilization could not escape the impression of being primitive and barbaric, no matter how abundant its heaven-and-earth energy was.

Qing Xuan might be very special.

But his uniqueness was more likely due to the Origin of the Chaos Pearl rather than the Primordial World itself.

Not long after the first public assessment of the Primordial World appeared, the Douzhe Continent monitoring zone also completed its three-month statistical report.

Student information was synchronized to the academies and the public trial channel one file after another.

Among them, the most eye-catching was still Su Qingxue.

[Trial participant: Su Qingxue.]

[Current identity: core disciple of Spirit Hall Academy.]

[Current Soul Power: level 12.]

[First Soul Ring: 420-year Ice-Plume Bird.]

[Phase evaluation: excellent.]

After three months in Douzhe Continent, Su Qingxue had successfully obtained her first Soul Ring and become a true One-Ring Battle Soul Master.

That 420-year Ice-Plume Bird Soul Ring was not only close to the theoretical limit of a first Soul Ring, but was also exceptionally compatible with her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

Spirit Hall Academy had officially added her to the Golden Generation candidate list.

The topic in the public channel quickly shifted.

"A 420-year first Soul Ring!"

"Su Qingxue's Soul Power is already level 12."

"At this rate, she really might become a Titled Dou Practitioner before she returns."

"She's only been in Douzhe Continent for three months. There are still more than twenty years to go."

Compared with the incomprehensible World Great Dao and Taiyi Golden Immortal, Soul Power Levels and Soul Ring ages were undoubtedly far more intuitive.

Everyone could see the gains Su Qingxue had already made.

They could also roughly estimate the height she could reach in the future based on Douzhe Continent's existing cultivation experience.

The other forty-five students had also made gains.

[Thirty-seven people have successfully obtained their first Soul Rings.]

[Seven people have entered Soul Master Academies to study.]

[One person has joined a Soul Master family.]

[No deaths at present.]

The entire class's trial in Douzhe Continent had gradually entered the proper track.

There was a clear path of cultivation.

There was measurable growth.

There were even Titled Douluo and Divine Positions as ultimate goals.

By comparison, although Qing Xuan in the Primordial World Firmament possessed an extraordinary bearing, he still lacked the most crucial proof of strength.