The Primordial World.
Since Pangu had cleaved open heaven and earth, countless ages had passed.
At this time, the Dragon-Han Calamity had only recently ended, and heaven and earth were gradually recovering their vitality.
The Netherworld Blood Sea was a forbidden land for living beings in the Primordial World. No fish or shrimp thrived within the Blood Sea, and no birds crossed above it.
Yet all things were born from the mutual interplay of yin and yang. At times, extreme yang gave rise to yin; at times, extreme yin gave rise to yang.
The Netherworld Blood Sea was an instance of extreme yin giving rise to yang. Within this deathly still sea, a placenta had been gestating for an unknown length of time.
It was encased within a lotus flower, a red lotus—the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
It could absorb the baleful aura within the Blood Sea. Shielded by it, the placenta had gestated safely for a very long time.
By now, it had gradually taken human form. The placenta seemed to breathe in and out the creations of heaven and earth, the radiance of the sun and moon, and the boundless blood qi of the Blood Sea.
Whenever that blood qi was drawn in and absorbed, it first passed through the filtering of the Karma Red Lotus.
Only after it had been purified was it finally absorbed by the placenta.
But no one knew that the consciousness gradually forming and growing within the placenta at this time had not been born from the placenta itself.
It was a transmigrator.
That was right. Lin Hao had transmigrated into this Primordial World, and he had even become Old Ancestor Minghe.
This was obviously an enormously fortunate event, and Lin Hao was overjoyed.
After all, although Old Ancestor Minghe could not attain sainthood, he lived an exceedingly comfortable life.
Though the title of strongest beneath the Saints was somewhat disputed, when it came to being the best at preserving one's life beneath the Saints, he was unquestionably number one.
As long as the Blood Sea did not run dry, Minghe would not die.
Minghe could completely refine the Blood Sea and create up to four hundred eighty million Blood God Son avatars.
So long as even a single drop of blood remained in the Blood Sea, he could revive without limit.
And as one of the Primordial World's most important garbage dumps, who would dare evaporate the Blood Sea dry?
Even Saints would not lightly dare touch such immense Karmic Force.
Otherwise, even a Saint might be knocked down from the Saint's seat!
For that very reason, though Minghe was not a Saint, he had nearly the same abilities as one.
Undying and indestructible!
Naturally, Lin Hao was thrilled to become such a peerless great cultivator.
Just like that, an unknown amount of time passed. Then one day, the tranquil Blood Sea suddenly began to boil.
Streams of blood qi and bloody light spread outward, forming all manner of strange phenomena in the skies above the Blood Sea.
This was precisely the birth of Lin Hao—or rather, Minghe.
"Rumble!"
Masses of dark clouds gathered above the Blood Sea alongside fierce winds, as though a lightning tribulation were about to form.
But after only a moment, the lightning tribulation dispersed on its own. A dazzling ray of light shot down from the heights.
It plunged straight into the Blood Sea and landed upon Minghe, who was still a placenta at this time.
As the light spread out, the placenta completely transformed into human form.
It was a young man.
The young man opened his eyes and rose to his feet atop the red lotus, then seemed to feel that something was off.
With a wave of his hand, a crimson robe appeared over his body.
"From this day onward, I am Minghe," the young man muttered.
As a Primordial Demon God, his foundation was so extraordinary that he was practically a favored son of the Heavenly Dao. Thus, Minghe had no need to undergo a lightning tribulation.
He directly took human form, and even received a reward from the Heavenly Dao. After that ray of light fell upon him, it not only accelerated his transformation.
It also helped him deduce a cultivation technique. Minghe named this technique the Blood Scripture.
Standing atop the Karma Red Lotus, Minghe looked in every direction. The moment he was born, he already possessed the cultivation and strength of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
He could truly be said to have been blessed by heaven, with immense fortune and opportunity.
After all, in the current Primordial World, Great Luo Golden Immortals were effectively the ceiling, standing among its very highest ranks.
Wherever they went, they could be called Old Ancestors and hailed as great powers!
With a thought from Minghe, the Karma Red Lotus beneath him slowly rose into the air, carrying him above the Blood Sea.
Looking down upon the entire Blood Sea from above, the sight was even more magnificent.
The dark crimson ocean stretched boundlessly, and he was its master.
"By refining this Blood Sea, I can become undying and indestructible?" Minghe murmured.
Combining the Blood Scripture with his own deductions, he tried to work it out and found that it could indeed be done.
However, refining the Blood Sea was an enormous undertaking. With Minghe's current cultivation, he was still far from capable of it.
For now, he needed to raise his strength first.
Minghe intended to follow the strategy of the original owner: no showing off, only quietly building strength.
As long as his strength increased and he refined the Blood Sea to forge an undying, indestructible body.
Wouldn't he then be free to do whatever he pleased?
At that moment, Minghe seemed to sense something. Reaching out with one hand, he grabbed, and two rays of light immediately flew out from the Blood Sea.
They arrived at Minghe's side as two sword lights, continuously circling around him.
The sword lights surged forth, slicing through the void with sharp hissing sounds that revealed the terrifying keenness of the two swords.
These were Minghe's two companion swords: the Yuantu Sword and the Abi Sword.
Both the Yuantu Sword and the Abi Sword were top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and they carried the Innate Path of Slaughter.
They possessed the ability to kill without incurring karma, making them incomparably fierce.
If not for the Four Swords of Zhu Xian stealing the spotlight, these should have been the greatest swords in the Primordial World.
"Ding. The host has completed transformation. The God-Tier Selection System has officially activated. Please make one of the following choices." "Choice One: Leave the Blood Sea and travel the lands of the Primordial World. Reward: one of the Innate Five Directions Flags, the Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag." "Choice Two: Remain in the Blood Sea and cultivate in seclusion. Reward: the Houtian Merit Supreme Treasure, the Hong Meng Sky Measuring Ruler."
Just then, a pleasant notification suddenly rang out in Minghe's mind.
Minghe froze for a moment before vaguely recalling that when he had transmigrated, he had also brought along a system.
But the gestation period had been such a long prelude that he had actually forgotten about it for a while?
Of course, none of that was important. What mattered was how he should choose now.
Which one should he choose?
Minghe pondered briefly, then silently said in his heart to the system, "System, I choose option two."
Having just arrived, Minghe still intended to play it safe. He had only just been born; though he was a Great Luo Golden Immortal, he was unfamiliar with everything here. If he did not first solidify his skills.
Then if he ran into a fight after going out, wouldn't he be caught completely off guard?
Moreover, comparing the rewards for the two choices, Minghe naturally favored the latter.
The reward for staying home was even better than the reward for going out. Only an idiot would want to leave.
As Minghe made his choice, the reward was immediately issued.
Naturally, the reward did not directly appear before Minghe. Instead, it was temporarily stored in the system space.
With a mere thought from Minghe, he could claim it and take it out.
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