Suddenly, the system's notification rang out in Minghe's mind.
"Ding! Detected that Dijun is about to establish the Heavenly Court. The host may make one of the following choices."
"Choice One: Go pledge allegiance to Dijun and join the Heavenly Court. Reward: one of the Innate Five Directions Flags, the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner."
"Choice Two: Continue secluded cultivation and ignore this matter. Reward: the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root, Five-Leaf Pine Needle."
After hearing the system's prompt, Minghe did not hesitate and silently said in his heart, "System, I choose the second option."
Pledge allegiance to Dijun and join the Heavenly Court? How could that be possible?
He had kept such a low profile for so long. How could he suddenly lose his mind now?
Joining the Heavenly Court would mean becoming entangled in the Tribulation of Calamity between the Wu and Yao Races.
Minghe would never do such a thing.
It was much more comfortable to quietly remain a stay-at-home spectator.
Still, this reward had caught Minghe by surprise.
Five-Leaf Pine Needle.
It was one of the only Top-grade Innate Spiritual Roots in the Primordial World that possessed all five elemental attributes.
Minghe had already comprehended three of the Five Elements Laws. Now that he had obtained this spiritual root—
He would certainly be able to comprehend the remaining two.
With a thought, Minghe retrieved the spiritual root from the system space.
Five-Leaf Pine Needle was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root. Like the Enlightenment Tea Tree, it ranked only below the Ten Top Innate Spiritual Roots.
Moreover, Five-Leaf Pine Needle possessed all five elemental attributes, making it even more precious.
Minghe surveyed his palace. In truth, a small grotto-heaven had already formed within it.
It was used to cultivate the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
Minghe felt this was necessary. After all, the Enlightenment Tea Tree could assist cultivation.
Without needing to brave wind or sun, he could plant it directly in this palace and cultivate beneath the tree while comprehending the Dao. Naturally, that was a good thing.
But now, aside from the Enlightenment Tea Tree, he had gained another spiritual root: the Five-Leaf Pine Needle.
"Let's just plant them all together," Minghe muttered to himself.
It could not be helped. Sometimes, having too many spiritual roots was also a kind of trouble.
Minghe planned to remodel the palace, expand the grotto-heaven within it, and plant the Five-Leaf Pine Needle there as well.
With a thought from Minghe, streams of magic power immediately spread forth.
This magic power was incredibly sharp, like countless blades and swords tearing through space.
It continuously forced space to expand.
Amid sounds like porridge boiling, earth, water, fire, wind, and thunder churned violently.
Minghe used his immense magic power to carve out the grotto-heaven. After an unknown amount of time, everything gradually calmed.
The grotto-heaven inside the palace had expanded enormously, and aside from the Enlightenment Tea Tree, another spiritual root had been planted within the palace.
Five-Leaf Pine Needle.
Minghe examined the Five-Leaf Pine Needle and saw waves of five-colored radiance emanating from it.
It seemed to be a phenomenon produced by the condensation of the five elemental forces.
Minghe took a deep breath to calm himself, then began comprehending it.
The five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—were one whole. The five great elements combined with one another, generating and restraining each other.
The Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag and the Wu Ji Xing Huang Flag emerged from Minghe's body.
Minghe continuously contemplated and compared them, sensing the Five Elements Laws contained within these things.
He had already comprehended the three great laws of water, fire, and earth, especially the Law of Earth.
Earth held an important position among the five elements and could harmonize the other four great laws.
With these three great laws, along with the Five-Leaf Pine Needle as a reference—
He could easily comprehend the remaining two great laws of wood and metal.
This was practically a natural progression. It would only require a considerable amount of time.
Minghe estimated that if he truly comprehended the Five Elements Laws, he would be able to break through once more and advance to the Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
After all, he had cultivated for so long. His foundation was solid, and his accumulated base was exceptionally deep.
He should have advanced long ago, but Minghe had suppressed himself because he felt he had not yet reached perfection. That was why he had not broken through.
While Minghe was in seclusion, cultivating and comprehending the Five Elements Laws, Dijun indeed established the Heavenly Court in the Primordial World.
Aside from his younger brother Taiyi, Dijun had recruited three other great powers to establish the Heavenly Court with him.
Just as the five of them were preparing to establish the Heavenly Court, a member of the Demon Race happened to discover the Thirty-three Heavens atop Buzhou Mountain.
Thus, Dijun made the Thirty-three Heavens the foundation of the Demon Race and established the Heavenly Court there.
Dijun sent out invitations far and wide, inviting great powers from all sides to attend the ceremony. However, Minghe had never left home and had no reputation whatsoever in the Primordial World.
Naturally, no one came to deliver an invitation to Minghe.
The day the Demon Race established the Heavenly Court was truly lively. Great powers from every side came, including the Three Pure Ones.
In the Thirty-three Heavens, the Demon Race displayed an extremely powerful lineup, led by the five great powers Dijun, Taiyi, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Kunpeng.
Below them were the Ten Great Demon Marshals—Jimeng, Yingzhao, Baize, and others—all of whom possessed Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation.
This greatly shocked all parties.
Unlike East Prince Gong, who stood alone, Dijun's ability to recruit talent was truly remarkable.
Setting aside everything else, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Kunpeng had actually joined the Heavenly Court.
This had truly caught everyone off guard.
Afterward, Dijun led the Demon Race in paying respects to Heaven and Earth, as well as Hongjun, before declaring the establishment of the Heavenly Court.
"Rumble!!"
A series of thunderous roars rang out. Space trembled, and streams of Merit unexpectedly emerged.
As the Demon Race established the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Dao was moved and actually bestowed Merit upon them.
Dijun and the others were overjoyed. After all, even when East Prince Gong had established the Immortal Court, nothing like this had happened.
As the Merit descended, Dijun used it to sever one corpse on the spot, becoming a Quasi-Saint.
This caused everyone's expressions to change drastically.
Even the Three Pure Ones looked exceedingly grim.
After all, by all rights, the Three Pure Ones should have been the first to break through and become Quasi-Saints.
Yet now, Dijun had used Merit to become the first Quasi-Saint.
Although the others—Taiyi, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Kunpeng—had not been able to use the Merit to sever corpses and become Quasi-Saints—
Their cultivation had still advanced greatly. Before long, they would likely advance to the Quasi-Saint realm as well.
For a time, the Demon Race's strength surged tremendously.
This placed pressure on everyone.
After all, the Demon Race's power was simply too great at this time, and no other force in the Primordial World could contend with it.
Would this not make them the sole dominant power? Would Dijun and his people truly rule the Primordial World from now on?
Just then, from the land of the Primordial World—more precisely, directly beneath the Thirty-three Heavens—
At the foot of Buzhou Mountain, streams of monstrous baleful aura suddenly shot upward.
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