Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 6 Improvement in Cultivation
The journey home was silent, yet my state of mind was distinct.

Unlike when they arrived, they were cautious and took things one step at a time.

The journey back to Skull Mountain was much easier for Ma Yuan.

He did not use his great magical power to travel quickly.

Instead, it maintained a steady, unhurried pace.

Treat this long journey home as a form of spiritual practice.

A period of reflection on one's state of mind and a review of one's gains.

After a thousand years of travel, the landscapes he saw, the strange tales he heard, and the spirits of all living things he sensed have all transformed into the purest insights, flowing gently through his heart.

These insights, though scattered, are exceptionally precious.

They allowed Ma Yuan's understanding of this world to extend beyond what he already knew in his mind.

Instead, it adds a sense of authenticity to the experience of measuring things personally.

He gained a deeper understanding of the Dao of Cause and Effect, in particular.

If his previous realization was that he understood the concept of cause and effect, then...

Along this journey, we have witnessed the withering and flourishing of plants, the survival and extinction of living beings, and the changes in the earth's veins.

That is, it allowed him to see with his own eyes that invisible and intangible web of cause and effect.

How does it cover all living beings, and how does it operate endlessly?

He finally understood why his opportunity had fallen into that broken space.

It was precisely because he possessed a trace of the Dao of Cause and Effect that, among the countless interwoven threads of cause and effect, there existed the thickest and most compatible thread of fate between him and the still ownerless Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

He followed his intuition, which is to act in accordance with the "cause".

Ultimately obtaining the treasure is the inevitable outcome.

When the silhouette of Skull Mountain, shrouded in a faint aura of menace, reappeared on the horizon.

A long-lost sense of peace arose in Ma Yuan's heart.

Although this place is barren and desolate, it is his only root in this primordial world, the place where he can settle down and make a living.

With a flash, he returned to the cold and desolate cave of bones.

Within the cave.

It was still that same blue stone cushion, with empty walls on all four sides.

Ma Yuan looked around, showing no sign of disdain.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately began preparing for his upcoming retreat.

With a flick of his sleeve, the low-grade storage magic treasure, the leopard skin pouch, flashed with light.

A pool of crystal-clear water, along with the spiritual soil beneath it.

It then appeared in a corner of the cave.

Three emerald bamboo stalks, their entire bodies as clear and translucent as glass, stood quietly by the pool.

It was that low-grade innate spiritual root—the Pure Heart Glazed Bamboo.

Ma Yuan used his magic to carefully connect the three spiritual roots to the earth veins of Skull Mountain.

In an instant, a refreshing coolness spread from the green bamboo, diluting the sweltering and malevolent aura that had permeated the cave.

The entire space became peaceful and serene.

This calming glass bamboo can soothe the mind.

His subsequent cultivation will be twice as effective with half the effort, free from the interference of evil fire.

After doing all this, Ma Yuan returned to the blue stone cushion and sat down cross-legged.

He had a thought in his mind.

Twenty-four azure pearls, radiating a warm and lustrous light, flew out from his body and hovered in front of him.

The Sea-Stabilizing Pearls echoed each other, causing ripples to spread throughout the cave.

Gazing at the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl before him, Ma Yuan's mind was exceptionally clear.

"Magic treasures possess spirits, and restrictions act as locks. Only by refining the restrictions can one truly wield their power, making them as easy to control as one's own limbs."

Common sense about the primordial world flowed through his mind.

The number of innate restrictions contained within a primordial treasure varies depending on its grade.

A low-grade innate spiritual treasure may contain up to twelve restrictions.

The middle grade consists of twenty-four paths.

The highest level is the thirty-six paths.

There are as many as forty-eight top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

As for the legendary innate treasure, it contains forty-nine restrictions, which secretly correspond to the number of the Great Evolution of the Heavenly Dao.

The twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls before him were a complete set of top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

The twenty-four beads are all integrated into one. Within them are forty-eight complex and profound innate restrictions.

To completely refine it, given his current Golden Immortal cultivation level, is nothing short of a pipe dream.

That requires painstaking effort and can be calculated in cycles of years and periods.

Even refining just one of the restrictions would be enough for him to initially unleash the power of this treasure.

"let's start."

Ma Yuan stopped thinking and focused all his mind, entering a deep state of meditation where he was completely absorbed in the world.

He separated a wisp of his primordial spirit and carefully probed into the interior of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

The scene before him suddenly opened up, as if he were in a boundless chaotic ocean, with raging earth, water, fire and wind everywhere.

In the center of the ocean, there are enormous shackles radiating divine light, layer upon layer, firmly locking the core of this world's origin.

That is an innate restriction!

Ma Yuan dared not force his way in.

Instead, it prompts one to gain a deeper understanding of the principles of cause and effect.

Using the primordial spirit as the carving knife and cause and effect as the guiding thread.

They began searching for the weakest point in the first barrier.

This is an extremely mentally and physically demanding process.

Time lost its meaning at this moment.

There is no sun or moon in the cave, yet a thousand years have passed in the world.

Ma Yuan remains in seclusion, ignoring all outside affairs.

I don't know how much time has passed.

When the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Dijun and other great beings returned to their respective dojos from the distant Zixiao Palace with complex emotions of joy and sorrow.

The entire primordial world began to recover its former vitality once again.

It was at this time.

Deep within the White Bone Cave of Skull Mountain.

After being in seclusion for countless years, Ma Yuan finally slowly opened his eyes.

"boom!"

A powerful aura, far surpassing anything before, awakened within him, but instead of bursting out of the cave, it was instantly and perfectly contained, returning to his inner self.

At this moment, his aura did not surge.

Instead, he became more reserved and profound.

"The Golden Immortal realm at the early stage has reached its current peak, and it is only one step away from the middle stage."

Ma Yuan murmured to himself, feeling the surging magical power within his body, a sense of peace washing over him.

During this retreat, he fully digested and absorbed the insights gained from his thousand-year journey.

Its foundation is far more solid than that of an ordinary Golden Immortal.

And his greatest gain,

These were the twenty-four Sea-Stabilizing Pearls floating in front of him.

At this moment, the divine pearl still radiates a warm and gentle light.

But between him and me, there was an additional close connection, a bond of blood and mutual understanding.

"Of the forty-eight innate restrictions, I finally managed to refine six of them."

A look of satisfaction flashed in Ma Yuan's eyes.

If word of this speed were to spread, it would be enough to shock the entire primordial world.

Even an ordinary Golden Immortal might spend several times the time required to refine a single restriction on a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

However, he took a different approach based on his unique understanding of the Dao of Cause and Effect.

Over thousands of years, it successfully refined a total of six paths!
Although we are still a long way from completely mastering this treasure.

But this already means that he can unleash some of the power of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl!

With a thought, a divine pearl flew into his palm.

He could clearly sense that he could easily draw upon the power of the six layers of restrictions, transforming it into the power of six small worlds to suppress the enemy.

This power is enough to make any Golden Immortal despair!

"Now I can finally have a real foothold in this vast wilderness."

Ma Yuan stood up, feeling the surging power within his body and the sense of security brought by the treasure in his hand.

I felt a sense of peace I had never known before.

(End of this chapter)