Chapter 14: The Primordial Chaos Has a Way of Giving Birth to All Things; Towns Yuan Exits the Gate and Does Not Reach Zhou

  Pangu opened the sky and died, ending the Hongmeng era. 18,000 years later, his true body that held up the sky and earth collapsed, with his feet pointing northwest and his head in the southeast. The skin, fur, tendons, and bones on his body transformed into the myriad things of the vast wilderness, but only his spine continued to uphold the will, standing upright between heaven and earth, transforming into Mount Buzhou.

  From then on, the innate collapse, and all things return to the acquired. Even the primordial spirit of chaos in the Hongmeng, slowly transformed into the acquired spiritual energy. From then on, there were no more new innate gods and demons born.

  The congenital things, which contain the rules of the great way, are far superior to the acquired ones. If we talk about the congenital spiritual energy, it is also the case. Therefore, the living beings in the primordial chaos, relying on swallowing and spitting out the congenital chaotic spiritual energy to temper their physical bodies and cultivate magical powers, although they take a long time according to the heavenly calendar, have great and powerful abilities. After the heaven was opened, the living beings could only cultivate with acquired spiritual energy, although their progress in cultivation accelerated a lot, but just like the difference between fast food and regular meals, their magical powers and wonderful uses are far inferior.

  However, nothing is absolute, and it's not entirely like that. Only because after the creation of heaven and earth, the Tao gave birth to the Heavenly Way, and when the Heavenly Way was first established, it needed spirits to carry out its functions and govern. These spirits, who responded to the heavenly numbers, were all possessors of great spiritual powers, blessed by the Heavenly Way with deep good fortune, not being pre-heavenly, yet surpassing the pre-heavenly.

  Among them, there are three clear airs transformed by Pangu Yuanshen, which are respectively changed into Xuanqi, Yuanshi and Shiqi. Xuanqi is extremely yin, it is the mysterious white air of Mingji Xuantongyuan, before all things, it transforms into Taiqing Shenbaojun, also known as Daode Tianzun, also known as Taishang Laojun. Yuanshi is extremely yang, it is the green air of Hundong Taiwuyuan, after Laojun, it transforms into Yiqing Tianbaojun, known as Yuanshi Tianzun. Shiqi is extremely harmonious, it is the black and yellow air of Chi Hundong Taiwuyuan, after Yuanshi, it transforms into Shangqing Lingbaojun, also known as Lingbao Tianzun, also known as Tongtian Jiaozhu.

  These three are an old man, a middle-aged man and a young man, representing the triple personality of Pangu Yuanshen. They were born before all things, started from the origin of the hundred airs, got the blessing of Pangu's opening heaven, with deep blessings, not defeated or damaged, as the ancestor of the gods, the master of the heavenly immortals. Three in one, living in the west of Mount Buzhou.

  In the Eastern Void, the essence of the true Yang energy coalesced above the Azure Sea, in the realm of the Blue Spirit, giving birth to a great divine being who governed the harmonious Yang energy, known as the Wood Duke, also known as the Eastern King. In the Western Splendor, the mysterious Yin energy gathered, and in the Divine Land of Yi River, a female immortal was born, known as the Queen Mother of the West, also known as the Golden Mother. The two of them together governed the Yin and Yang energies, refined and transformed all things, and nurtured Heaven and Earth.

  The left eye of Pangu transformed into the sun star, where two great gods were born: one was called Emperor Jun and the other was called Donghuang Taiyi, who was transformed from the pre-heavenly golden crow and had a majestic aura. The right eye transformed into the yin star, where two female immortals, Changxi and Xiwangmu, were born.

  Pangu's twelve turbid airs transformed into living spirits in the southwest, they did not cultivate their yuan Shen, and were born with strong and unmatched physical bodies. They all wielded dragon halberds and snakes, with terrifying appearances and shapes like demons.

  Di Jiang: Human face and bird body, six legs and four wings, one flap of the four wings covers 280,000 miles, whole body covered in red scales.

  Jianmu: The whole body is cyan, with a bird's face and human body, stepping on two cyan dragons.

  Body covered in golden scales, left ear pierced by a golden snake, feet stepping on two golden dragons, human face and tiger body, with wings growing from the shoulders.

  Gonggong: A serpent-like head with a human body, feet treading on two black dragons, hands wrapped around a large green snake, and the entire body covered in black scales.

  Zhurong: Beast head and human body, with two fire snakes passing through his ears, treading on two fire dragons, and covered in fiery red scales.

  Houtu: Human body with a snake tail, seven hands on the back, two hands in front, holding two leaping snakes.

  Tian Wu: Eight human faces, tiger body with ten tails.

  Xuán Miǎo: A gigantic beast with spikes all over its body.

  Qiang Liang: Tiger head and human body, holding two yellow snakes.

  Hui: Human face and bird body, with two green snakes hanging from its ears, holding two red snakes in its hands.

  Jiǔyīn: Human face and snake body, entire body is crimson red.

  Xishiba: Human head and beast body, with two green snakes on its ears.

  In the southeast, in the midst of the great marsh, the essence of yang energy gives birth to the spirit of thunder and lightning.

  There is also a place where the northwest turbid air gathers, in the Blood Sea, where the Old Ancestor of the Nether River was born.

  These great Taoist practitioners are all born out of the heavenly way, with unique advantages that are no weaker than the pre-heavenly demons created by Hongmeng.

  After that, in the vast expanse of chaos, all things flourished and life was limitless. All kinds of living beings emerged one after another. Although they were not as powerful as these great gods, as the earliest living beings in the vast expanse of chaos, most of them were also transformed from Pangu's true body and were born with extraordinary abilities. Among them, those who had a predestined affinity for the primordial spiritual energy could cultivate divine powers.

  Among these primordial spirits with divine powers, there were those transformed from Pangu's true body, gathering together as a tribe and calling themselves the "Yao". They revered Taiyang Star's Taiyang Gong Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taoyi as their masters. These Yao tribe spirits cultivated both their physical bodies and their yuan-shen (primordial spirits), excelling at transformation and possessing extraordinary wisdom. Later, many of the native Honghuang earth spirits, including those of wood, stone, birds, beasts, and ghosts, joined them. The Yao welcomed all comers, absorbing and integrating them, gradually becoming the largest tribe in Honghuang.

  There are also clans transformed from Pangu's essence, gathering to form tribes, calling themselves Wu, worshiping the magic gods transformed by the twelve turbid airs as their ancestors, and calling them ancestral Wu. These Wu tribes' spirits do not cultivate their yuan Shen, born with strong physical bodies, unmatched divine powers, skilled in combat, rough in temperament, and their reputation grows daily on the vast earth, no weaker than the demon clans. They only accept those transformed from Pangu's essence, not accepting those born from the land of Honghuang, slightly fewer in number compared to the demon clans.

  In addition, there are many ethnic groups standing out, but compared with the two tribes of Yaowu, their strength is far from comparable.

  And so, Zhenyuanzi was beside Pangu's true body, diligently cultivating and refining his spiritual treasure. After 20,000 years, he finally achieved perfection in his practice. When he emerged from his retreat, Pangu's true body had already transformed into the Mountains of No Bounds.

  He was overjoyed with the success of his alchemy, and his heart was filled with delight. After infusing the Earth Book with the essence of Xuan Huang and merging it with a hint of Hong Meng purple energy, more than ten Daoist talismans were generated, greatly enhancing its defensive capabilities. Moreover, it had become a self-contained world, not an illusory realm, but a real one with its own heaven and earth, vast and boundless. Once the Daoist talisman was fully refined, its master would be like a saint within that world, able to summon clouds and rain with just a thought. Elated, Zhenyuanzi transferred all his possessions from the Causal Cauldron into the Earth Book. Most of these items were spiritual roots, which possessed the ability to nurture and sustain themselves by continuously absorbing and transforming external spiritual energy. Instantly, the Earth Book was filled with an abundance of spiritual clouds, resembling a primordial blessed land.

  The Earth Book and the Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Root complement each other, perfectly matching what Zhen Yuan Zi needs. It seems to be tailor-made for him, truly worthy of being his life-saving treasure for two lifetimes!

  After obtaining a Hongmeng purple energy, Zao Huo Ding created an eight-layered seal that could return all things to their origin and transform the post-heavenly into the pre-heavenly.

  This function is also extraordinary. It's necessary to know that after the heaven and earth were opened, all things became later heaven, no longer early heaven. Therefore, the early heaven spiritual treasure is extremely precious. Having this tripod is equivalent to having countless early heaven spiritual treasures, how can it not make people gasp in amazement? Moreover, it can also transform later heaven spiritual energy into early heaven chaotic spiritual energy. Although chaotic spiritual energy is not scarce in the current Honghuang era, when the heaven and earth are opened, the early heaven chaotic spiritual energy will eventually transform into later heaven spiritual energy. At that time, the early heaven chaotic spiritual energy will be extremely precious!

  And with the support of this tripod, the congenital spiritual root in the terrestrial book has been nourished by the primordial spirit all along, and will never fall into the acquired one again.

  Having a Causal Furnace is equivalent to having a miniature Hongmeng world!

  It's just that the second treasure's seal is also incredibly difficult to crack, and even with Zhen Yuanzi's profound cultivation, his progress was extremely slow. Fortunately, the seals he added later were all comprehended at the moment of their creation, taking advantage of the old master's loopholes, barely managing to fully refine the treasure within 20,000 years and merge it with his primordial spirit.

  If it weren't for this, I don't know how many cycles of reincarnation would be needed to refine a great treasure of the Tao!

  The innate spiritual treasures obtained from the crucible of creation, Zhenyuanzi has also checked one by one, among which there are several innate supreme treasures. They are mostly newborn and difficult to explore their effects individually. However, there are two flags that Zhenyuanzi is very familiar with. One side is apricot yellow and the other side is deep blue, which are the central Wu flag and Qinglian treasure color flag in the five-element flag, respectively representing the earth element flag and the wood element flag.

  These two flags are both defensive treasures, and when wrapped around the body during a fight, they can withstand even the most powerful innate magical artifacts. The Qinglian Treasure Flag should originally belong to the Western Guiding Daoist, but now its true form, the Qinglian, is trapped in the Town Temple Scripture, and the Innate Wood Element's power is far inferior to that of the Town Temple Master. It makes sense for this flag to belong to the Town Temple Master instead.

  That Central Wu Ji's yellow flag is quite strange. The Earth Book is indeed the spiritual treasure of the Earth element, but compared to the previous life, when I obtained the treasure, the Earth Book only had an additional light and clear aura, without any other differences. Why didn't I get it in my previous life, but got it this time? Is it due to that lump of soil and dust, or is there another reason that can't be calculated?

  He didn't know that because of his various actions in the Hongmeng, his aura had changed, and under the influence of the aura, his fate was different from his previous life.

  Can't understand, Zhenyuanzi doesn't think much either. Having more congenital spiritual treasures is not a bad thing, after all, he and his disciples will experience killing calamities in the future, and they will need many congenital spiritual treasures.

  He looked around and found himself in a valley at the foot of a mountain. After some thought, he realized that the giant mountain beside him was actually Mount Buzhou, transformed from Pangu's spine.

  Magnificent Pangu, even if his body perished, he left behind a single thought that supported the heavens and earth for 18,000 years! Such divine power is truly unimaginable unless one has seen it with their own eyes!

  Majestic and unparalleled, standing tall between heaven and earth, gazing proudly at the vast expanse!

  Zhenyuanzi's heart was filled with reverence, and when he looked up at the mountain, all he saw was its majestic grandeur, with its peak piercing the sky and disappearing into the distance. The clouds that lingered around it were still at the foot of the mountain, while above, it was like a sharp sword thrusting into the vast expanse of the heavens, vanishing from sight in the far-off horizon.

  At this time, the spiritual energy of the vast and obscure Hongyuan was still abundant, and Mount Zhōu was even more extraordinary. The thickness of the spiritual energy between the mountains was several times stronger than other places in Hongyuan, and it was a blessed place even among the primordial chaos.

  Such a spiritual mountain, I'm afraid even that stubborn rock will become a treasure. The flowers, grass, trees, and spiritual roots and sprouts must be numerous too. Why not take advantage of the situation and hurry to explore the mountain, also to test one's own fate!

  It is indeed:

  The great way is under the heavenly way

  After innate comes acquired.

  The Primordial Chaos opened with the first calamity

  The heavenly machine is turning in this year.