Primordial Era: From Primordial Human Race to Grand Luo Immortal

"Don't let tools corrupt my true nature."

"Don't let tools corrupt my true nature."

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Fate repeated this phrase several times, and he felt that it seemed to have a hidden meaning, but the stinging pain in his mind made him unable to recall why.

He felt as if he had forgotten something, as if he had forgotten something extremely important, but he felt that what Ji Yuan said made a lot of sense.

We should elevate ourselves rather than rely on external things. Only when our inner strength is strong can we easily accomplish what was previously impossible.

As for fishing, he might really need to learn specific fishing techniques, because that is the essence of fishing, the essence of spiritual practice, and the essence of enlightenment.

He just watched quietly as Ji Yuan fished, one fish after another being caught, and one grilled fish after another being eaten by him.

He was so engrossed in watching Destiny that he failed to notice that all the fish were manifestations of his own Dao, and that his own aura was growing weaker and weaker, and that his control over the Dao of Destiny was becoming increasingly thin.

He could only sense that he was becoming more and more skilled at fishing.

After Ji Yuan finished eating the last grilled fish, he slowly wiped his mouth and said gently, "Old man, now you've figured it out. Go fishing, I believe you can do it."

Destiny nodded, his eyes filled with unwavering determination. He casually took Ji Yuan's fishing rod and sat down at his own fishing spot.

With practiced ease, he baited the hook and gently cast the line, creating ripples on the water's surface.

Fate has an extremely strong feeling that this time, he will catch all the fish, he will be invincible, he will devour everything of Laozi, and climb to the supreme throne.

Time flew by, and seasons changed; the fishing rod moved, trembling violently.

Hands move with the heart, man and rod become one.

The fishing rod was slightly bent, the fishing line was taut, and it curved into a beautiful arc in the air.

Fate flicked its wrist, and a subtle force was transmitted to the fishing rod, causing a large wave to rise on the water's surface, accompanied by a fish leaping out of the water.

His eyes were almost wet with tears, a strange emotion lingering within them, as he looked at the fish with hope.

He carefully lifted it up, and only when it landed on land did his heart finally settle down.

Destiny roared: "I have succeeded, I have succeeded, I have finally succeeded! The Great Dao is in me, the Great Dao is in me!"

Without any hesitation, Fate set up a fire on the ground, pierced the fish with the end of the fishing rod, and roasted it right there on the spot.

Soon, an enticing aroma wafted from the fish, an aroma that seemed even stronger than the one Ji Yuan had grilled, almost as if it were about to materialize.

The entire pond was filled with the aroma of grilled fish.

Ji Yuan pretended to swallow, quietly walked to Destiny's side, and slowly said, "Old man, give me a bite too. After all, I taught you how to fish."

Destiny quickly hid the grilled fish in her bosom, looked at Ji Yuan with cold eyes, and said words as icy as the October wind: "I didn't ask you to teach me. I learned by myself. This has nothing to do with you. This fish is for me to eat. If you want to eat it, go catch your own."

Ji Yuan smiled, then turned around and pretended to be angry as he returned to his fishing spot.

After sitting for a while, as if feeling uneasy, he ran to the bamboo forest and carefully selected a bamboo pole.

Then he tied the fishing line and hook back on and cast out a hopeful cast.

Fate glanced at him, a cold smile playing on its lips; it had already taken control of everything.

As the delicious grilled fish entered his stomach, the Great Dao belonging to Laozi merged into his body. Destiny sensed a faint connection, and it seemed that he had gained a little control over this pond.

Fate glanced at Ji Yuan without leaving a trace, and he finally understood why he could never catch this person. It turned out that from beginning to end, Laozi had a kind of control over this pond.

He was just playing with himself, but now he can no longer play with himself. With the fish in his belly, Lao Tzu can no longer fully control this pond.

Fate almost laughed out loud. If that were the case, he could follow suit and devour the Dao of the other Dao Provers as well, weakening the fighting power of the Primordial World to the extreme.

After finishing the fish, he also cast his line of hope; now the real competition was about to begin.

Ten thousand days and nights passed quickly. Fate's rod suddenly trembled, and with a light lift, another fish took the bait.

There seemed to be countless complex formations engraved on this fish. He didn't need to guess to know that this was the condensation of the Dao of Formations of Laozi.

As he caught the fish, fate was also secretly watching Laozi's actions. He clearly saw Laozi tremble slightly and glance in his direction, as if he couldn't believe that he could catch a fish.

This made Fate even happier, and it also made it more certain that its idea was correct. That old bastard had malicious intentions from the beginning. Now the positions of hunter and prey have been reversed. Let's see who can control whose fate.

Time flies, years pass by, spring goes and winter comes again.

At this moment, heavy snow is falling, the weather is freezing cold, and large snowflakes are falling on the ground, piling up a thick layer of snow.

Two sprightly old men gripped their fishing rods tightly in the cold weather, their eyes occasionally meeting, as if they were competing with each other.

"Splash!" Another fish leaped out of the water. Destiny steadily reeled in the line, and a fish engraved with an alchemy furnace fell into his hand.

This is a manifestation of Laozi's alchemy path, which he now holds in his hands.

He laughed loudly: "Old man, now that this fish is gone, there's only one left in the pond. You've lost completely, are you still not willing to admit defeat?"

Ji Yuan stubbornly twisted his body, gripped the fishing rod tightly, and said defiantly, "Just you wait, this last fish will decide the winner. Whoever catches this fish will be the final winner."

"Very well, then I'll grant your wish and show you just how big the gap is between us. Your comprehension is still a bit lacking, hahahaha." Fate's arrogant laughter shattered the sky, and snowflakes fell softly to the ground, just like his current mood, soaring high enough to break everything.

The two sat in the snow, one calm and collected, the other extremely flustered, creating a tense atmosphere between them.

Soon, the one who seemed so nonchalant reached out and lifted his fishing rod, and a fish fell into his hand, finally breaking the unspoken tension.

Having caught the fish, fate had it all, and an extremely arrogant expression appeared on his face, as if everything was under his control. Ji Yuan, on the other hand, put on an extremely dejected expression, as if he had lost everything.

Fate, holding a fish, swaggered up to Ji Yuan and placed it before him, saying, "Laozi, you have lost."

Under Ji Shi's incredulous gaze, Destiny devoured the fish piece by piece. With the last bite of fish gone, he laughed wildly: "Laozi, go to sleep. Everything you have is mine now."

The next moment, Ji Yuan slowly sat down on the ground, his breath barely audible.

The world underwent drastic changes, and an indescribable desolation permeated the entire world, as if the world was aging at an extremely rapid pace.

soon.

The pond dried up, the bamboo forest slowly disappeared, the earth cracked, the wind and snow were gone, leaving only desolation, as if all the vitality of the world had been drained away.

Fate glanced at the old man sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing its own power into its body.

"Laozi, Laozi, you were ultimately outmaneuvered. Everything you have is now mine, hahahahaha."

As fate laughed, his figure slowly dissipated. If he hadn't been afraid of attracting Ji Yuan's attention, he would have completely annihilated Laozi instead of leaving behind a spark, a weak spark that had a chance to bloom again.

After fate completely disappeared, the old man sitting on the ground slowly opened his eyes, and his figure changed back to Ji Yuan's appearance.

"I never expected it, I never expected that fate could have such a role, actually devouring the impurities in the Great Dao of my senior master, leaving only the pure things, the pure Great Dao."

Ji Yuan muttered to himself. In fact, he had only wanted to play a trick on fate at first, but then he discovered a loophole in fate's heart and used it to his advantage, tricking his Dao by fishing.

At this moment, the Great Dao of Destiny within Ji Yuan's body is merely an evolution of Ji Yuan, an evolution so real that even he himself cannot perceive it, as if it has never disappeared.

In fact, Ji Yuan had also completely comprehended the last great Dao, which was the Dao of Destiny that he had never truly mastered all these years.

Unexpectedly, through this twist of fate, he actually mastered the Three Thousand Great Dao General Principles, and is only waiting for the final ultimate sublimation to reach the level of the Great God Pangu.

Now, all he has to do is continue to deceive fate, letting it go to the worlds of other enlightened beings, devour their impurities, and leave behind the purest Great Dao.

With a thought, Ji Yuan caused the entire world to vanish, leaving behind another vibrant world. This world was originally illusory, existing only to deceive fate, to devour impurities and leave behind the purest Dao.

In this vibrant world, there was an old man with a white beard sitting by a pond, his aura vast and boundless, as if everything in the universe was merging into him.

This is the true Laozi, and at this moment, he is about to enter that stage.

This stage is called the union with the Tao.

Time passed indefinitely, until everything in the universe merged with him.

Laozi trembled slightly, his eyes snapped open, and within them, the profound mysteries of the Great Dao surged, leaving only purity.

"Is this what it means to be in harmony with the Dao?"

It's a completely different feeling from that of a Great Immortal. The Dao arises from oneself, and exists within oneself. One truly exists and walks with the Great Dao.

Rather than simply entrusting one's hopes to the Great Way.

"But why was it so easy?"

As Lao Tzu pondered this, he had not yet noticed Ji Yuan beside him.

"Master Uncle, how are you feeling?" Ji Yuan asked with a smile.

Only then did Laozi realize that Ji Yuan had interrupted him, and he was startled: "Only now do I understand the true difference between Great Luo Immortals."

He asked with a smile, "My dear junior nephew, did you help your senior uncle achieve Dao so quickly?"

Ji Yuan nodded, then shook his head, and said with a smile, "I didn't play a big role in this; fate played the biggest role."

"What?" Laozi was truly surprised. How could there be a matter of fate? Shouldn't he be unable to enter the entertainment industry?
Ji Yuan then told Laozi the whole story.

Laozi clapped his hands and laughed: "Fate has done a good thing. In that case, we have actually been controlled by his fate all along. If we were in a dangerous situation, wouldn't he be able to usurp our will?"

Ji Yuan nodded: "That's right. That old man left behind many, many tricks. It's a pity that he shouldn't have entered the world of performance, and even more so, he shouldn't have entered your universe. I just happened to seize the loophole in his mind, allowing him to reveal his own Great Dao without realizing it."

"At the same time, we can also use it to devour the impurities of the other Dao Prodigies, so that we can maximize its effect and provide a guarantee for them to become true Great Luo Daoists in the future."

"Excellent, excellent indeed!" Lao Tzu laughed heartily. Using the enemy to replenish his own strength—this was the best method. He had never imagined that fate could be used in such a way; truly, fate is unpredictable...

"By the way, Senior Uncle, this is your Dao Fruit." Ji Yuan flipped his palm, and a flawless and dazzling Dao Fruit appeared in his hand.

Laozi's eyes narrowed. He could sense that if he absorbed this Dao Fruit into his body, he could return to the level of a Primordial Golden Immortal, but because of the Dao Integration, he could advance even further and become stronger than before.

Ji Yuan stared intently at Taishang Laojun. If his grandmaster uncle was truly moved, then he would be unable to attain the true Great Luo Dao, but could only attain the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal Dao. This was a test of the Dao, and if he passed it, his chances of attaining the Dao in the future would greatly increase.

"Take it to nourish the Primordial True Realm. I no longer need this thing. My only pursuit is to attain the Dao." After only a moment's thought, Laozi made this decision. If he were still bound by the past, how could he attain the Dao of Hunyuan like the Great Luo Heaven?

"Good!" Ji Yuan's face lit up with joy. With a gentle squeeze, the Dao Fruit dissipated, and endless power fell into the Realm of Evolution. Through the purification of the Realm of Evolution, it flowed back to the Primordial True Realm, providing it with ample nourishment for sublimation and laying the groundwork for the ultimate leap in the future.

"Then, Senior Uncle, would you be interested in going together to see which world fate has taken us to this time?" Ji Yuan said with a smile.

"Very good, very good, then let's go and take a look together." Lao Tzu stroked his beard and chuckled, just as he had been thinking.

The two disappeared from the spot and slowly rushed towards a world containing the energy of creation.

In this world, there is a gentle woman who is making clay figures with her eyes full of tenderness.

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(End of this chapter)