Chapter 14 Primordial Qi
Within the Five Elements Realm, the destructive lightning was refined by the power of the Five Elements, forming a ball of primordial essence. Yin and Yang manifested on it, creation and destruction coexisting.
Taking out this ball of primordial essence, Feng Zichen inhaled and refined it into his body. Instantly, a destructive force flowed through his body, causing flesh to decay and acupoints to dim wherever it passed.
Following this, a force of creation surged forth, flowing to his limbs and bones, restoring vitality to his body damaged by the destructive force, and restoring light to his acupoints.
The acupoints went from dim to bright, like a cycle of reincarnation, within which creation arose spontaneously, giving birth to countless divine phantoms. Seeing this, Feng Zichen took out the primordial Yin-Yang Five Elements essence bestowed by the Goddess Nuwa and integrated it into his body, accelerating the birth of the divine phantoms. Since
the Goddess Nuwa bestowed the primordial Yin-Yang Five Elements essence, Feng Zichen had only used a wisp of it when cultivating the Five Elements Great Escape technique, and had never used it again. Now, with the acupoints giving rise to spirits, it is precisely the time to use this item.
The innate essence of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements enters the body, greatly increasing the power of creation, and the illusory image of the spirit becomes increasingly solid. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light bursts from Feng Zichen's left eye, and a golden crow flies out, transforming into a three-legged deity whose appearance is identical to Feng Zichen's.
Then, a silver light flashes in his right eye, and a jade rabbit emerges, transforming into a black-clad deity;
from his five internal organs, thirty-five spirits emerge, forming groups of seven, transforming into the Five Divine Beasts… A total of three hundred and sixty-five spirits emerge from Feng Zichen's body, all with appearances identical to his.
After their birth, the spirits tremble in unison, transforming into runes that land on Feng Zichen's Yang Spirit. The Yang Spirit suddenly grows larger, its aura becoming increasingly majestic, emanating a vast and powerful Purple Emperor Qi.
This is due to the blessing of the Zhou Tian Star Gods, bringing the Yang Spirit a step closer to forming the Purple Emperor Dao Image.
As the Star God was born, the innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements essence was not exhausted. It circulated within Feng Zichen's body for a moment before being absorbed by the Primordial Dao Seal.
Having absorbed the innate Yin-Yang and Five Elements essence, the Primordial Dao Seal glowed slightly, emitting a stream of purple energy.
This purple energy immediately devoured all the Ziwei Star Qi on Feng Zichen's Yang God, and then entered his body, consuming all his magical power.
"This is—Primordial Qi?!"
Sensing the aura of the beginning of all things, the origin of Taiji, emanating from the purple energy, Feng Zichen seemed to understand something. He circulated the Star Dao Scripture, drawing upon boundless starlight for the energy to absorb and strengthen.
After an unknown amount of time, the Primordial Qi ceased absorbing starlight and began to slowly rotate within Feng Zichen's body, evolving into One, Two Forms, Three Powers, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies… various innate energies.
"This is…"
As if struck by a sudden inspiration, Feng Zichen fell into deep enlightenment, comprehending the wonders of primordial energy transformation and exploring the principles of creation.
Within the Ziwei Palace, the Hongmeng Dao Seal glowed faintly, expounding the Hongmeng Dao to Feng Zichen, helping him comprehend the Dao of Primordial Qi transformation.
In the primordial world, time was immeasurable; unknowingly, a hundred years passed.
The Ziwei Star Qi within Feng Zichen's body had completely transformed into Hongmeng Qi, and the Star Dao Scripture had also become the Hongmeng Dao Scripture. His Yang God still resembled the Ziwei Emperor, but now possessed an ancient aura, as if from the beginning of heaven and earth.
Feng Zichen stood up, and a surge of Hongmeng Qi erupted from his body, evolving into various primordial energies in the universe.
Thus, Feng Zichen possessed a trace of the Ziwei Emperor's majesty. It should be known that in later generations, the Ziwei Emperor was not only the ruler of all stars but also the master of all phenomena.
What are all phenomena?
All the sights and sounds in the universe are called all phenomena. The Primordial Chaos Qi is the ancestor of all Qi, capable of giving rise to all primordial Qi in the world. Although the power of the Ziwei Star can command the power of all stars in the heavens, it is ultimately inferior to the Primordial Chaos Qi.
With his right hand forming a seal, Feng Zichen unleashed a divine thunderbolt, manifesting the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and all phenomena of the universe.
This is the Myriad Manifestations Divine Thunder; with its strike, all things are born, possessing limitless potential. It was comprehended by Feng Zichen based on the principles of Yin and Yang, combined with the Dao of Myriad Manifestations.
Silently calculating in his mind, Feng Zichen realized that he had been on the battlefield of the three races for one hundred and twenty years, leaving him speechless for a long time. Indeed, cultivation knows no time!
If he hadn't been born from the Primordial Era, he would probably have died of old age decades ago. The twists and turns of life are truly mysterious and unexpected.
With a sigh, Feng Zichen headed towards the Great Luo Dao Domain. More than a hundred years had passed; he wondered how Ao Xue was doing.
Upon arriving at the Great Luo Dao Domain, just like before, Feng Zichen was blocked by a light barrier, unable to proceed.
"I wonder how Ao Xue is doing now?" After staying in front of the Great Luo Dao Domain for several days without finding a way in, Feng Zichen had no choice but to leave and continue his seclusion.
After Nuwa became a saint, perhaps out of fear of the saint's power, the various races refrained from warfare, and the prehistoric land fell into a long-awaited peace.
During this time, all races were recuperating, and the human race did not face much danger. Even if Feng Zichen returned to the human race, there would be no problem. It would be better to take this opportunity to improve his cultivation in preparation for the great calamity to come.
Back in his seclusion place, Feng Zichen took out the merit energy in his body, intending to refine it into a magic weapon.
His cultivation level could not be improved in the short term; his recent progress had been too rapid, and it was better to consolidate it to avoid an unstable foundation. Since
he could not improve his cultivation level, he could only improve himself in other ways, and refining a magic weapon was the method Feng Zichen thought of.
Now that he had the Innate Five Elements Divine Light for offense, he did not need a weapon for killing, so Feng Zichen planned to refine a defensive treasure. Upon closer inspection, he possessed many valuable items, but among them, the Xuanhuang Merit Qi was the most effective for protection.
Xuanhuang Merit Qi was a reward from Heaven for those who had rendered meritorious service to the world. Possessing this qi could enhance one's fortune, turning misfortune into good fortune; it could also form a protective barrier against all magical attacks.
Feng Zichen's ability to find the corpses of five Taiyi Golden Immortal level divine beasts so soon after entering the Three Races Battlefield was due to the effect of this merit qi.
Taking out the merit qi, Feng Zichen planned to refine it into a magical treasure—the Merit Spiritual Light—an inspiration he drew from the Myriad Manifestations Ruyi.
As the saying goes, "Ruyi, Ruyi, as I wish, ever-changing." The Myriad Manifestations Ruyi was multifaceted, capable of transforming into countless magical treasures. Inspired by this, Feng Zichen refined the merit qi into the spiritual light, imitating countless magical treasures, a single weapon with multiple uses, capable of both offense and defense—how wonderful!
Activating the Primordial Dao Seal, Feng Zichen simulated the Innate Ruyi Divine Restriction within the Myriad Manifestations Ruyi, infusing it into the Xuanhuang Merit, refining it into Merit Spiritual Light.
Twelve years later, the Merit Qi rapidly contracted, transforming into a golden spiritual light that constantly changed shape above Feng Zichen's head, sometimes bell-shaped, sometimes tower-shaped, sometimes cauldron-shaped…
Unfortunately, the Merit Spiritual Treasure could only be transformed into a vessel for upholding the Dao, not a weapon of destruction. Otherwise, it would have been another incredibly powerful magic weapon.
Playing with the Merit Spiritual Light, Feng Zichen carefully observed it; this was a superior-grade Merit Spiritual Treasure possessing thirty-six acquired divine restrictions.
(End of Chapter)