Middle Stage of the Origin

At the ancient battlefield of Buzhou Mountain, Sha Qi was like blood, and ten thousand souls wailed. Ming Xin sat cross-legged at the core of this land of destruction, like a stabilizing pillar, yet also like an abyss that devoured everything.

Around him, the Five Emperor Phantoms stood proudly, no longer pure manifestations of the Dao, but entwined with condensed, substantive dark red Sha Qi, as if five demon emperors returning from the Netherworld, wielding the life and death of the Five Elements and boundless territories! The endless battlefield Sha Qi, mixed with the unwilling resentment and shattered laws of fallen Wu and Yao powerhouses, turned into a visible blood-colored torrent, madly surging into Ming Xin's body.

This terrifying energy, enough to make a Quasi-Saint frown and easily pollute the Primordial Spirit of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, had now become the best nourishment for him to temper his Great Dao of Killing and hone his Five Elements divine abilities! "Five Elements cycle, Sha refines return to origin!" Ming Xin's heart was as calm as an ancient well, and the Great Nirvana Killing Buddha Scripture operated at an unprecedented extreme.

The five Emperor Origin Talismans were like five eternal millstones, forcibly crushing, stripping, and purifying the incoming filthy Sha Qi! Impurities were purified by the Nirvana Buddha Light, resentment was shattered by the Killing Will, leaving only the purest dark red energy, containing the most primitive essence of destruction and killing.

Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, it merged into the foundation of his Great Dao of Killing. His aura, amidst this frenzied devouring and refining, climbed steadily and terrifyingly toward a certain critical point! His Magic Power, which had already reached the extreme of the early Golden Immortal of the Origin stage and could advance no further, began a qualitative transformation, becoming more condensed and filled with a majesty that surpassed the laws!

The bottleneck of the Great Dao of Killing at fifty percent had long been broken through under this vast infusion and refinement of Sha Qi, and it continued to deepen, stabilize, and march toward higher levels! The Five Elements Great Dao perfectly blended with it, with Nirvana, the Mortal World, and the Power of Salvation as harmonizers and foundations.

After an unknown amount of time, when he had absorbed and refined nearly seventy percent of the Sha Qi from this vast ancient battlefield, and the surging blood mist had thinned considerably—Boom!!! An invisible shackle within Ming Xin's body seemed to be completely shattered!

A vast aura, far surpassing the early Golden Immortal of the Origin, transcending the laws of heaven and earth, carrying a hint of the immortal meaning of the Origin, erupted like a primordial volcano that had slumbered for billions of years! Crack! Crack! The space around him, centered on him, groaned under the unbearable pressure, shattering inch by inch, then forcibly mending under the suppression of his aura!

An invisible pressure instantly enveloped the surroundings. Those residual souls and Sha spirits that had been howling and roaring, as if encountering a supreme sovereign, instinctively prostrated on the ground, trembling, not even daring to wail! Golden Immortal of the Origin! Middle Stage!

It came naturally, without any obstruction! The accumulation was too profound! The origin of the Old Ancestor of Five Elements, the Five-Needle Pine spiritual root, the Chaos Five Elements Pagoda, the self-enlightened method of Slaying Three Worlds, the insights from successive battles, and the nearly endless Sha Qi of the ancient battlefield devoured now...

All this accumulation erupted at this moment, pushing him across the chasm from the early to the middle stage of the Golden Immortal of the Origin! Ming Xin suddenly opened his eyes. In his left eye, the five colors cycled through birth and destruction; in his right eye was a pure, soul-freezing vacuum of killing!

He slowly raised his palm, his five fingers slightly clenched, feeling the surging, terrifying power within him that could, with a single thought, move the Five Elements of the Primordial World and control the life and death of all things! This was a qualitative leap! A level of life completely different from a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

His perception, application, and even... control of the laws of heaven and earth had all risen to a new realm! His Primordial Spirit was more condensed and immortal, his physical body initially merged with the Dao principles, and his Magic Power carried a trace of the indestructible nature of the Origin!

He moved his mind slightly, not using any divine ability, but simply drawing a trace of the pressure of the Middle Stage of the Origin. Hum! A hill formed from a pile of giant bones a hundred miles ahead silently turned into the finest dust, annihilated and vanished, as if it had never existed.

"So this is the power of the Middle Stage of the Origin..." Ming Xin murmured to himself, his eyes without joy or sorrow, only the calmest cognition of his own strength. He did not stop but seized the moment to consolidate this new realm and attempted to fuse the newborn Origin power with his many divine abilities and techniques.

First was the Chaos Five Elements Pagoda suspended above his Primordial Spirit. He sank his mind into it, and the vast Origin Magic Power surged into the pagoda like a flood from an opened gate. The pagoda shook violently, its chaotic light blazing brightly. The fifth layer, the Nether Water World, and the chaotic void light at the pagoda's top became increasingly solid.

The Five Elements worlds within the pagoda seemed to transform from illusion to reality, truly evolving living beings and all things! Its power of suppression, defense, and attack was more than ten times greater than before! At this moment, he was confident that with this pagoda alone, he could forcibly shake or even suppress an ordinary mid-stage Quasi-Saint!

Next was the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability. With the infusion of Origin power, the five emperor phantoms entwined with Sha Qi seemed to come alive. Their majesty was even greater, and the Five Elements Law they invoked with every move was vast as an ocean, their divine power skyrocketing.

The Myriad Killing Art, Mortal World Palm, Immortal Crossing Art, Karma Life-Death Eyes... all divine abilities and techniques, driven by the Magic Power and realm of the Middle Stage of the Origin, underwent earth-shaking changes, their power incomparable to before. Especially the Great Dao of Killing, which had officially broken through fifty percent, became even more terrifying when combined with the Origin power.

He even felt that if he fully activated the Killing Law, supplemented by the Karma Life-Death Eyes, he might pose a fatal threat to a Golden Immortal of the Origin of the same rank! Just as he was immersed in the pleasure of power enhancement—

A very intense emotional fluctuation suddenly came from the faint connection with the Past Self at his brow—it was not danger, but an extreme shock, excitement, and... an incredibly strong desire! At the same time, a fragment of a blurry image was transmitted along the connection: deep within an endless chaos, a colossal green lotus phantom, radiating boundless life and creation energy, slowly rotated.

On its lotus petals seemed to rest... a blurry jade disk phantom? The image flashed and vanished, yet it carried a supreme Dao aura! "Chaos Green Lotus?! Jade Disk of Creation?!" Ming Xin was greatly shaken, instantly understanding what earth-shattering opportunity his Past Self had encountered!

He also sensed the Past Self's intense, urgent desire to compete but lack of strength! "The location of the opportunity..." Ming Xin's eyes blazed with sharp light, without a moment's hesitation. The Past Self was him; his desire was the Main Body's desire! The trace of such a Primordial Supreme Treasure was worth his full effort!

He suddenly rose, no longer concealing the aura of the Middle Stage of the Origin, which erupted violently, instantly dispersing the remaining Sha Qi of the ancient battlefield! "Five Elements Escape Art, Chaos Return to Void!" He shouted softly, his body seeming to transform into a five-colored chaotic stream of light.

It was no longer simple flight but a direct integration into the Five Elements Law of heaven and earth, following the mysterious connection with his Past Self, moving at a terrifying speed akin to spatial jumping!

He tore through the void, hurtling toward the direction from which the sensation had come!

His speed far surpassed what it had been at the Great Luo stage! The cultivation of the Middle Stage of the Golden Immortal of the Origin was on full display!

Wherever he passed, the Five Elements Law of heaven and earth made way for him, space folded of its own accord, and countless mountains and rivers receded beneath his feet at a dizzying pace.

Some ancient beings hidden deep within vast mountains and great marshes were startled by this unabashed aura of the Origin. They extended their divine thoughts to probe—

Only to be intimidated by the icy slaughter and the imperial majesty of the Five Elements contained within that aura. They hastily withdrew their thoughts, their hearts filled with terror!

"The West... that killing star... has broken through?!" "Middle Stage of the Origin! It's actually the Middle Stage of the Origin! How long has it been?!"

"Such an aura... it's even more terrifying than some veteran Quasi-Saints!" "The Primordial World... is about to see more trouble!"

Ming Xin paid no heed to any of this. His only goal was to reach the location of his Past Self as quickly as possible and contend for the supreme opportunity that seemed to involve the Chaos Green Lotus and the Jade Disk of Creation!

His figure, like a chaotic meteor streaking across the sky of the Primordial World, carried a resolute and determined momentum as he plunged without hesitation into the unknown depths of chaos!

A struggle concerning the supreme creation of the Primordial World, one destined to shake the Myriad Worlds, had already begun!

And Ming Xin, having broken through to the Middle Stage of the Golden Immortal of the Origin, had undoubtedly become one of the most significant participants in this contest!