World-Cleansing White Lotus, Daluo Transformation

By the shores of the Eastern Sea, deep within Penglai Immortal Island.

In the thick, unmelting innate spiritual Qi, a twelve-rank lotus pedestal emitting a soft white glow swayed gently.

The lotus petals were crystal-clear, flowing with profound Daoist runes of the ultimate degree, and the surrounding void seemed washed completely immaculate under this white light.

Between the opening and closing of each lotus petal, it seemed to contain the ultimate truths of the world's inception, breathing in and out massive amounts of sun and moon essence.

I actually transmigrated to the Primordial World, and even became the legendary lost Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure—the World-Cleansing White Lotus?

Li Qingxiao's consciousness awakened within the lotus pedestal, and monstrous waves surged in his heart.

As a modern person well-read in Primordial World lore, he knew all too well how cruel this world was.

The Dragon-Phoenix Cataclysm had just passed, and the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans had fallen into decline.

Endless karmic retributions and baleful Qi still permeated heaven and earth, leaving the land scarred and desolate.

True Saints had not yet emerged, and this was presently an era for innate deities to grow wildly.

The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Di Jun, Taiyi... these powerful beings who would later shake the universe were all still cultivating in their respective dojos at this moment.

And his own true body had a background so high it was simply terrifying!

In the past, the Chaos Green Lotus nurtured Great God Pangu, and after he split the heavens and cleaved the earth, the green lotus disintegrated.

Among them, four and a half semi-ripened lotus seeds respectively transformed into the Twelve-Petal Creation Green Lotus, Twelve-Petal Merit Golden Lotus, Twelve-Rank Karma Fire Red Lotus, and Twelve-Petal World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Only one unripened lotus seed's whereabouts remained unknown.

As for Li Qingxiao's current true body, it was precisely that escaped lotus seed, which, after countless yuanhui,

absorbed the very first strand of World-Purifying Light at the dawn of heaven and earth, and was ultimately nurtured into:

The World-Cleansing White Lotus!

Not only did his starting point possess the foundations of a peak Taiyi Golden Immortal, but he also came with heaven-defying traits:

Ten Thousand Laws Immunity, purifying all cause, effect, and karmic retribution!

This meant that in this primordial world where people stressed "karmic cause and effect" and were prone to having their minds clouded by tribulation Qi,

he could recklessly plot for fortuitous encounters without having to fear backlash from the Heavenly Dao!

Since the heavens have given me such a heaven-defying background, in this lifetime, I, Li Qingxiao, will never be a chess piece manipulated by anyone.

The protagonist of this Primordial World and universe, I am fully qualified to be!

With a thought, Li Qingxiao no longer suppressed his true body's foundation, actively opening up his aura to guide the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual Qi.

"Rumble—!"

Above the previously cloudless Penglai Immortal Island, the wind and clouds abruptly changed color.

Billions of miles of spiritual Qi surged crazily like boiling seawater, transforming into ink-black tribulation clouds.

Within the cloud layer, purple Heavenly Violet Lightning slithered like wild dragons, emitting a terrifying heavenly might that destroyed everything.

This was not an ordinary immortal-cultivating lightning tribulation of later generations,

but rather the Heavenly Dao Punishment brought down because heaven and earth refused an anomaly!

When the primordial world first opened, the Heavenly Dao was incomplete; ordinary innate deities were naturally protected by heaven and earth during their transformation and did not face lightning tribulations.

However, the World-Cleansing White Lotus was a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, and its heaven-defying transformation truly seized the fortune of heaven and earth,

which was why it provoked the Heavenly Dao to send down the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Violet Lightning to obstruct it!

Such a vast lightning punishment would make even an ordinary Daluo Golden Immortal's scalp tingle and force him to give it a wide berth.

However, Li Qingxiao, who was at the center of the heavenly punishment, showed no panic.

"Well timed!"

Li Qingxiao released his divine sense, and the World-Cleansing White Lotus swelled against the wind, transforming into a size of ten thousand zhang.

The lotus pedestal spun briskly, casting down billions of pearly-white World-Cleansing Divine Lights to protect the entire immortal island within.

"Crack!"

The first bolt of Heavenly Violet Lightning, as thick as a water vat, crashed down with the terrifying might to tear the void apart,

slamming fiercely into the protective divine light of the World-Cleansing White Lotus.

There was no deafening explosion, nor was there any earth-shattering runaway of spiritual Qi.

That Heavenly Violet Lightning, which was enough to reduce a Taiyi Golden Immortal to ashes, the moment it touched the light of the World-Cleansing White Lotus, melted away like snow,

forcefully decomposed by that pure-to-the-extreme purifying power, transformed into the purest lightning origin, and fed back into the lotus pedestal.

"Exhilarating!"

Joy surged in Li Qingxiao's heart.

Ten Thousand Laws Immunity truly lived up to its reputation!

Immediately following that, the second, the third... all the way to the ninety-ninth heavenly punishment descended in succession.

The lightning waterfall filling the sky almost submerged Penglai Immortal Island, but that white lotus stood like a pillar against a torrential current, immune to ten thousand laws and untouched by ten thousand tribulations.

All of the destructive thunder was forcibly purified into nourishment for Li Qingxiao's transformation.

When the final bolt of thunder was absorbed, the tribulation clouds in the sky dissipated like smoke, and a sky-full of Creation Sweet Dew descended.

Amidst the dazzling white light, the massive twelve-grade lotus platform rapidly shrank.

Ultimately, it transformed into a youth draped in a moon-white Daoist robe.

The youth had sword-like brows, starry eyes, and a striking, handsome appearance, with his brows and expression radiating an otherworldly, aloof temperament.

Faint phantoms of white lotus flowers flickered in and out of existence beneath his feet, and with every gesture he made, the laws of the Great Dao accompanied him.

His cultivation realm was the Early Great Encompassment Golden Immortal!

The moment he was born, he possessed the Daluo Dao Fruit and transcended the River of Fate.

This was the profound foundation of a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure!

Feeling the ceaseless Daluo magical power within his body, Li Qingxiao did not become carried away by the success of his transformation.

He raised his head, his deep gaze looking toward the boundless Heaven Beyond Heaven, and a trace of urgency flashed in his eyes.

The Dragon-Phoenix Cataclysm has passed, the malevolent Qi between heaven and earth is rapidly receding, and the heavenly secrets are gradually becoming clear.

According to the predetermined timeline of the Primordial World, that legendary Dao Ancestor Hongjun is probably not far from harmonizing with the Dao and proving his Dao to become a Saint.

As a transmigrator familiar with the plot of the Primordial World, Li Qingxiao was all too clear about the future trajectory.

Once Hongjun preached the Dao and the Heavenly Dao established order, the class structure and distribution of opportunities in the Primordial World would be completely locked in!

Especially those six purple-gold futons in the very front row of Purple Heaven Palace.

On the surface, those were supreme opportunities leading straight to the immortal and indestructible Heavenly Dao Saint Position.

Yet in his heart, Li Qingxiao knew very well:

Heavenly Dao Saints might appear noble, but in reality, they pinned their primordial spirits to the void.

Subject to the restraints of the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun, they were ultimately just top-tier chess pieces in this grand chess game!

The Heavenly Dao Saint Position is a shackle. I wield the World-Cleansing White Lotus, possessing Ten Thousand Laws Immunity; why would I need to pin my primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao and become some wretched puppet?

However... I must absolutely not be absent from the grand trends of the Primordial World, the boundless Qi fortune, and the karmic causes of attaining the Dao that those six futons involve!

Not being a Saint's puppet did not mean being a mere spectator.

Quite the opposite; only by personally cutting into that grand drama of Purple Heaven Palace that was changing the landscape of the Primordial World,

using the struggle for the futons to shatter the established heavenly numbers and playing the future destined Saints in the palm of his hand,

could he step out onto a true Dao that surpassed the Heavenly Dao with an attitude of supreme transcendence!

If I want to play games with the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and even the one sitting high upon the cloud during the future grand situation of Purple Heaven Palace...

Having merely the cultivation of the Early Great Encompassment Golden Immortal and the body of the World-Cleansing White Lotus is still far from enough.

I must take advantage of this window of opportunity before Hongjun has attained the Dao and various mighty figures are still in seclusion undergoing bitter cultivation,

to plunder the ownerless heavenly materials and earthly treasures of the Primordial World as much as possible and elevate my own foundation!

A step slow means every step slow. In this Primordial World, opportunity is all about the word 'fight'.

Li Qingxiao waved his sleeve, chanting with a gaze as burning as torches:

Born in this grand era, I must seize the initiative.

As for those six futons and the Heavenly Dao grand trend of the future Purple Heaven Palace, no matter what, I, Li Qingxiao, will go stir things up and fight for the qualification to be the chess player behind the scenes!

Having made up his mind, Li Qingxiao decided to set off immediately to search for opportunities in the Primordial Continent.

However, before leaving, he naturally did not forget to thoroughly loot his "birthplace".

As one of the legendary three overseas immortal islands, Penglai Immortal Island had been shrouded by a major innate array for years,

allowing it to escape the flames of war of the Dragon-Phoenix Cataclysm, and treasures could be said to be everywhere on the island.

Li Qingxiao swept his divine sense across the area, locking onto several nodes on the island with the densest spiritual Qi.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Purple-Veined Dragon Emperor Ginseng, store!"

"Nine-Turn Innate Spirit Cloud Fungus, store!"

"A spiritual spring formed by the convergence of Three Lights Divine Water? I'm taking the pond too!"

With a sweep of his large sleeve, Li Qingxiao gathered all the mature Innate Spirit Medicines and heavenly materials and earthly treasures on the island into his Universe in the Sleeve.

As for those young seedlings that had yet to fully mature, he left them untouched.