Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 118 Reversing the Innate Nature
In the primordial chaos, years passed without a trace; seasons changed, and time flew by.

Ma Yuan established his lineage by founding the Five Elements Platform and accepting disciples, and established the Daoist tradition within the Yuan Dao Palace.

Tens of thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over these tens of thousands of years, the entire Skull Mountain Taoist lineage has remained orderly and prosperous.

The aura canopy that enveloped the Yuandao Palace also became increasingly solid and heavy.

Auspicious clouds swirl around, and auspicious omens abound.

The entire sacred mountain was transformed into a true paradise, impervious to all evil.

The thirty-three disciples who were the first to enter the sect are now the backbone of the lineage.

The four direct disciples had already undergone a complete transformation and were now incredibly accomplished.

The eldest disciple, Kong Lingzi, spends most of his time in seclusion in the "Wuxiang Cave" behind the Yuandao Palace, studying the "Wuxiang Sutra" bestowed upon him by Ma Yuan.

His temperament became increasingly ethereal and graceful, his Taoist aura blending with the void, and every gesture he made could evoke subtle changes in space and the laws of the void.

His cultivation was so solid and profound that he had already faintly touched the threshold of the late stage of the Profound Immortal realm.

The second disciple, Yuanshan, became the guardian deity of the entire Skull Mountain.

He cultivated the "Nine Revolutions of Immortal Witch Technique" personally taught by Ma Yuan to an extremely high level.

Its physical body is harder than gold and iron, and its vital energy is as vigorous as a furnace. It sits outside the mountain gate year-round, and its voice is as loud as a bell, shaking the four directions.

The third disciple, Bai Yu, became increasingly mysterious and unpredictable.

Beside his cave dwelling, he created a place where life and death cycled.

Half of it is teeming with life, and spiritual plants are everywhere.

Half of it was deathly still, with mountains of white bones.

He would sit in meditation at the boundary between life and death for many years, comprehending the diagram of Yin and Yang, his body radiating a constant flow of Daoist energy, inspiring awe in those who looked upon him.

The fourth disciple, Yun Shu, was stationed at the central hub of the Daoist temple's energy flow.

Holding a fortune talisman, he assisted the purple-gold jade ruyi in managing the flow of blessings throughout the entire mountain gate.

This makes the auspicious atmosphere of the entire temple even stronger, ensuring that everything goes smoothly and no disasters occur.

Under her meticulous care.

The auspicious atmosphere in the mountains grew stronger day by day. Spiritual beasts would often bring good omens, and immortal herbs would grow spontaneously. The entire Taoist temple was shrouded in a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.

The four direct disciples, each with their own duties and achievements, have long since become the true pillars of the Skull Mountain lineage.

Over the tens of thousands of years, Skull Mountain has opened its gates several times.

They recruited several batches of disciples with exceptional talent and temperament, which made the foundation of the entire lineage increasingly solid.

With ample resources and proper guidance in cultivation techniques, Ma Yuan's disciples, both inner and outer, made great progress in their cultivation.

Except for Kong Lingzi, who is about to enter the late stage of Xuanxian.

The other three disciples also steadily entered the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal realm.

While ordinary inner disciples may not possess the same talent and comprehension as the four personal disciples, they still make progress in their cultivation, with some even reaching the Xuanxian realm.

Even among the outer disciples, there were a few exceptionally talented and persevering individuals who survived countless near-death experiences in the Five-Colored Thunder Pool and ultimately succeeded in condensing the Profound Immortal Dao Fruit.

Today, Skull Mountain remains relatively unknown amidst this vast wilderness.

However, it has already become a powerful independent cultivator force with two Golden Immortals, more than ten Profound Immortals, dozens of Celestial Immortals, and hundreds of Earth Immortals.

As for Ma Yuan, the leader of Skull Mountain, he had long been living a secluded life.

He spent most of his time within the already perfectly evolved Purple Necklace Heaven.

On one hand, amidst the birth and death of that world and the cycle of all things, he continued to comprehend the secrets of world evolution that pointed directly to the origin of the Great Dao.

On the one hand, as the supreme creator god, he guides the faith of the three races of metal, wood, and thunder, and even the myriad beings of this world, deeply studying the supreme mysteries of the incense and divine way.

When he occasionally leaves seclusion, it is only to preach and answer questions for his disciples on the Five Elements Platform.

His aura became increasingly restrained and profound.

It seemed to have merged with the entire universe and the great Dao, becoming one with it, making it impossible for anyone to fathom its depths.

His realm had already reached a point where, naturally, he had touched the invisible barrier leading to the Great Luo realm. However, he had yet to choose to break through.

Because he knew that even within the Great Luo Realm, there were vast differences, like heaven and earth.

"The Great Luo One transcends the river of time, overlooking the changes of countless ages. His true spirit resides in the origin of the Great Dao, and he is free and at ease. Only then can he be considered a true master of supernatural powers."

Inside the secluded meditation room of Yuandao Palace.

Ma Yuan sat cross-legged, his mind calm, silently deducing his future path within the vast and boundless Dao.

His mind was completely clear.

"However, even though they are all Great Luo Immortals, the depth of their cultivation and the level of their potential are vastly different."

He knew that once a cultivator broke through to the Great Luo realm...

Then it can begin to condense into the three flowers on the top of the head, symbolizing the perfection of "essence, energy, and spirit".

Three flowers gather at the top, and five energies converge at the origin.

Only then can one be considered a true Great Immortal.

These three flowers on the top are also divided into nine grades due to differences in the cultivator's own background, cultivation level, merits, luck and other factors.

"Ordinary Great Luo cultivators, those with mediocre talent and shallow fortune, can mostly only condense Dao Flowers of the first to third grade."

Ma Yuan understood in his heart, "These kinds of Dao flowers belong to the lower level. If a cultivator does not have a great opportunity, he will probably stop at this level for his entire life, and the Great Dao will be hard to achieve."

"And above that are the Dao Flowers of the fourth to sixth grades, which are the intermediate level."

Only those with extraordinary backgrounds, or those with profound expertise in a particular field, have a slim chance of success.

"If one could obtain this flower, perhaps in the endless years to come, one could glimpse a trace of the supreme mystery leading to the Quasi-Saint realm."

"As for the most superior Dao Flowers, those of grades seven to nine..."

A hint of longing flashed in Ma Yuan's eyes.

"Only when a flower blooms in nine grades can it be considered perfect!"
These Great Luo cultivators possess a foundation so profound and their cultivation so perfect that they are far beyond what ordinary Great Luo cultivators can achieve.

These figures are mostly primordial deities who existed since the beginning of time, possessing extraordinary origins and attaining enlightenment only through immense divine favor!

“Even those born after birth, with extraordinary talent and extraordinary destiny, will find it difficult to enter this realm.”

Upon realizing this, Ma Yuan fell into a long silence.

"My origin is a wisp of evil energy in this Skull Mountain, which gathered many negative energies such as the malevolent energy, death energy, and resentment of heaven and earth, and only then was I fortunate enough to awaken my intelligence and transform into human form."

"In the end, they are just beings born after birth."

He understood that although he had relied on the foresight of a time traveler and his innate supernatural power of cause and effect.

Along the way, opportunities kept coming.

They had already honed their Dao foundation to a level far surpassing that of ordinary innate beings.

However, its fundamental nature remains unchanged.

"If I were to forcibly condense the three flowers at the top with this foundation, even if I were to succeed by chance, I would probably only be able to obtain the middle-grade Dao Flower of the fifth or sixth rank at most."

Ultimately, this was a inferior approach, and if one wishes to use it to attain the realm of Primordial Chaos in the future, the path will be extremely difficult.

Ma Yuan slowly shook his head.

"Therefore, the lower and middle vehicles are not what I seek!"

"I ask that the flower bloom in nine grades, and that I may attain the most perfect and supreme Great Luo Dao fruit!"

"But if you wish to condense that superior Dao flower, there is only one path to take!"

"That is... the acquired reversal of the innate!"

"I will use my already perfected Five Elements Dao as a furnace and my vast magical power as a divine hammer to completely cleanse and erase my acquired foundation that originated from evil energy, and reshape my origin within my Dao body to recreate the universe!"

"Instead, we will use the purest innate five elements to reshape a true 'innate five elements Dao body'!"

"Only in this way can the acquired imprint engraved on the true spirit be completely erased."

"Only when my foundation is perfected and without any flaws can I seek the supreme opportunity of the Nine Grades of Flower Blooming in the Great Luo Realm!"

(End of this chapter)