Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 50 Success at Taiyi
Within the cave, time stood still.

Immersed in enlightenment, Ma Yuan devoted all his energy to the cultivation of separating Yin and Yang and reshaping the origin.

This is an extremely tedious yet incredibly profound process.

He used his own three foundations of Taoism as a furnace, and his primordial spirit, protected by the golden light of merit, as a divine hammer.

Day after day, year after year, it refines the three elements of water, earth, and fire within its body.

Countless millennia have passed since then.

Perhaps it will be 30,000 years, or perhaps 50,000 years.

When Ma Yuan awoke once again from that deep state of complete absorption in the meditative state of forgetting himself and the world.

Inside his secluded cave of white bones.

It was already shimmering with light, and the essence of Taoism arose spontaneously.

"boom--!"

With the completion of this final step, Ma Yuan felt a thunderous roar, as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart, resounding from his Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness!
The Dao Fruit, originally formed from the Daoist principles of the Three Powers, was sublimated at this moment!
It is based on the three elements of water, fire, and earth.

It was as if the sharp and killing energy of Geng metal and the boundless vitality of Yi wood had sprung up out of thin air!
The Three Powers give rise to the Five Elements!

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!

Although the elements of metal and wood are still illusory and have no physical form, the five elements are already complete.

The five elements rotate, generating and restraining each other.

Ultimately, five brilliant streams of energy, each a different color, converged within his chest, yet resonated with each other.

This is the mark of the Taiyi Golden Immortal – the five vital energies in the chest!
"Today, I have finally attained the Dao of Taiyi!"

Ma Yuan stood up, and a terrifying aura far surpassing his previous one flashed through his body.

He felt the vast and boundless pure magical power within his body, which had achieved a balance of Yin and Yang, and his mind was completely clear.

Taiyi Golden Immortal!

Only then did he truly have a foothold in this magnificent and turbulent prehistoric world!
It should be noted that there is still a considerable amount of time before the final battle between the liches and the complete arrival of the era of saints.

Looking at the entire prehistoric world, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal is considered quite remarkable.

Even Maitreya, the chief disciple of the Western Sage, is only at this level of cultivation now.

Ma Yuan is confident that by reversing his innate nature with his acquired abilities, he can recreate the profound foundation of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang.

Even when facing those renowned Taiyi Golden Immortals, they are absolutely no less than their opponents!
After years of arduous practice, I have finally achieved perfection.

Ma Yuan felt his mind was clear and his spirits were lifted.

The slight melancholy that had accumulated from years of seclusion also vanished.

With a thought, he simply took a small step forward.

In the next step, his figure had already traversed the distance of space and appeared silently in a medicinal herb garden on the back of Skull Mountain.

This place is the medicinal herb garden that Shi Ji has carefully cultivated over the years.

As far as the eye can see, the garden is filled with blooming flowers and exotic plants.

The garden is filled with ethereal beauty and teeming with life.

Most of them were acquired spiritual roots that Ma Yuan had collected from various places in the prehistoric world in his early years, and they were growing well under Shi Ji's careful care.

The spiritual energy in the garden transformed into a visible seven-colored mist, rising and almost condensing into liquid.

Countless spirit butterflies fluttered about, and several newly awakened immortal deer were carefully nibbling on the immortal herbs on the ground. When they saw Ma Yuan appear, they merely blinked curiously without showing the slightest panic.

A peaceful and serene atmosphere, like that of a celestial being.

Looking at the thriving scene before him, Ma Yuan was quite satisfied.

His gaze slowly swept across the garden, taking in the growth of every spiritual root. Although there were many of these spiritual roots, most of them were acquired through cultivation.

Although precious, they are also limited.

In the very center of the herb garden, the three low-grade innate spiritual roots, the Pure Heart Glazed Bamboo, shone brightly.

At this moment, Shi Ji was sitting quietly cross-legged beneath the three innate spiritual roots.

Above her head, the superior-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Illusionary Light Mirror, cast down beams of seven-colored light, enveloping her within.

A faint, mysterious golden light emanated from her, making her appear dignified, solemn, and incomparably holy.

Seeing this, Ma Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

He knew that the golden light of merit was the merit bestowed by Heaven when he sorted out the earth's veins.

He took 70% to protect his primordial spirit, while the remaining 30% was integrated into the earth's veins of the entire Skull Mountain.

As the manager of the Taoist temple, Shi Ji had been in charge of everything in the mountain for many years. She was connected with the mountain's fortune and naturally received a share of the benefits, thus gaining this enormous advantage.

He could tell at a glance that although Shi Ji's cultivation had not yet broken through to the Golden Immortal realm, her solid foundation and abundant accumulation far surpassed those of ordinary Xuanxian peak cultivators.

Furthermore, one's merits will protect one's body, and good fortune will be bestowed upon one.

It seems that her breakthrough to the Golden Immortal realm was simply a natural progression, lacking only a sudden enlightenment.

Ma Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

It should be noted that if it weren't for his appearance, following the original trajectory, Shi Ji would have joined the Jie Sect and probably would have only reached the cultivation level of an ordinary Golden Immortal even until the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods.

At this point in time, she may not even have taken human form yet!
Now she has not only taken human form, but also has a bright future ahead of her; this is the good result of good deeds.

As if sensing Ma Yuan's arrival, Shi Ji, who was immersed in cultivation, slowly opened her eyes.

"Congratulations, sir, on your great success!" She quickly stood up and bowed respectfully.

"Get up." Ma Yuan smiled gently. "You haven't slacked off all these years, that's good."

Looking into Shi Ji's eyes, which were filled with filial piety and reverence, he had a sudden thought and made a decision.

"You have now accumulated enough knowledge and are only one step away from the Golden Immortal realm. Today, I will give you a lecture to help you break through the barriers and condense the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit."

He also needed to take this opportunity to reorganize and consolidate what he had learned during his tens of thousands of years of seclusion.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir!" Upon hearing this, Shi Ji was overjoyed and quickly bowed down again.

Ma Yuan waved his hand, but his gaze had already passed over this small herb garden and was looking towards the boundless primordial world.

"Once the sermon is over, it's time to go out again," he thought to himself.

Now that his cultivation has greatly improved and he has become a Taiyi Immortal Lord, he can go anywhere in this primordial world!
Those dangerous places and secret realms that were once too dangerous to venture into due to insufficient cultivation levels no longer require such caution.

"It's time to add some real depth to my little world."

He glanced at the three solitary low-grade innate spiritual roots in the garden and couldn't help but shake his head.

In such a large dojo, the most precious spiritual roots are only three low-grade innate spiritual roots, which is really quite meager.

He clearly remembered how many unclaimed treasures were hidden in this primordial world.

The five-needle pine, the essence of the five elements; the innate banana tree, which can produce the treasures of the four elements; and the legendary yellow plum, which ripens only once every nine thousand years…

These are truly top-tier innate spiritual roots!
If one could obtain even a fraction of it and transplant it into one's own Skull Mountain, it would not only greatly enhance the foundation of the Daoist temple, but also help him perfect his own Dao.

With this thought in mind, Ma Yuan had already made up his mind.

He then put aside his thoughts and began preaching to Shiji.

　I was so busy rushing to catch my flight today that I'm updating late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)