Primordial Era: I, Ksitigarbha, shall be the Supreme Being of the Primordial Era.

Although my primordial spirit has only recently recovered, and severing it would severely damage my vitality, these are minor matters for the sake of future growth!

Without hesitation, after expressing his intentions to the Guide, Ksitigarbha took out his companion spiritual treasure—the Three Lives Stone—from his dantian.

Since the last time the soul was severed, this treasure has been nurtured within Ksitigarbha's body.

The Guide Daoist had heard Ksitigarbha mention that he possessed a companion spiritual treasure, which was being nurtured within his body, so he had never seen what it was.

Now that he had seen it, it turned out to be a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, which made the Guide Daoist secretly marvel at his disciple's great fortune.

Ksitigarbha placed the Three Lives Stone on his head to suppress his primordial spirit as before. Then he calmed his mind and used spiritual energy to create a whip within his primordial spirit, driving the Dao Ancestor's Dao Sound to a certain place.

Daozu Daoyin had no foundation and only a little spiritual light, so he could only hide everywhere when faced with Dizang's expulsion.

When Dao Ancestor Daoyin arrived at the designated location, Dizang hardened his heart and raised the blade of primordial spirit once more.

"cut!"

A flash of light, and a sharp pain swept through his body. Even though he had experienced it once before, Ksitigarbha still could not bear it. He was even unable to suppress the fragments of his primordial spirit by incorporating them into the Three Lives Stone.

Outside, the Guide Daoist heard Ksitigarbha groan, and then his aura suddenly dropped, almost disappearing completely.

But the Guide Daoist could not help at this time, after all, he was only a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Jieyin hurriedly shouted at Ksitigarbha, "Three Lights Divine Water! Quickly bring out the Three Lights Divine Water!"

Upon hearing this, Ksitigarbha endured the excruciating pain and used his last bit of strength to retrieve the jade bottle containing the Three Lights Divine Water from the Pot Heaven Technique.

The guide took the jade bottle, took out the Three Lights Divine Water from it, and after checking that there was no problem, dripped it onto the Baihui acupoint of Ksitigarbha.

This place is closest to the primordial spirit, allowing the Three Lights Divine Water to take effect most quickly.

As the Three Lights Divine Water entered his body, Ksitigarbha's nearly extinguished primordial spirit was like barren land suddenly showered with sweet rain, instantly bursting forth with vitality.

Ksitigarbha's consciousness regained control of the body, first forcing the fragments of the primordial spirit into the Three Lives Stone for suppression, and then reabsorbing the spiritual source and using the Three Lights Divine Water to repair the primordial spirit.

Seeing that Ksitigarbha's breathing gradually became steady and that spiritual energy was gradually circulating in his body, the guide was relieved.

After putting away the six bamboo sticks of purity, he sat cross-legged at the head to protect Ksitigarbha.

……

In the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun, who was meditating cross-legged, was suddenly awakened when Ksitigarbha severed his primordial spirit.

After calculating with his fingers, he pondered for a moment, then closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.

……

The primordial wilderness, the East.

Zhunti Daoist hung the Seven Treasures Tree above his head to conceal his figure and disrupt the heavenly secrets, while holding the Qiankun Bag in his hand and constantly digging for spiritual objects.

Just now, a sudden feeling of palpitation came from his heart, which made Daoist Zhunti panic for a long time.

But it only lasted a moment before it recovered.

Zhunti calculated and concluded that the problem likely stemmed from his disciple, which he believed had now been resolved.

After all, with the Guide Daoist overseeing Sumeru, if even his own senior brother couldn't handle it, then going back would be pointless.

Fortunately, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has deep blessings and should have weathered the crisis.

After settling down, Zhunti continued his excavation. This land in the East is truly blessed with abundant resources and treasures!

"Everyone I'm connected with is connected to me, hahaha!"

With a fanatical look in his eyes, Daoist Zhunti happily plundered the spiritual roots he saw, uprooting them and extracting the spiritual veins from the good spiritual mines he found.

The main theme is "Three Lights"!

In less than two hundred years, the Qiankun Bag had visibly bulged.

As for the things inside the Pot Heaven, they are not good, so even Zhunti is unwilling to put them in.

During this time, Zhunti also encountered some Eastern cultivators who were inquiring about the loss of spiritual objects. Although most of them were not of high cultivation level, Zhunti did not provoke any karma and simply avoided them.

This also made the Eastern cultivators secretly resentful.

The strong look down on such things, and the weak cannot find Zhunti Daoist's whereabouts, which makes Zhunti extremely comfortable along the way.

Looking at the Qiankun bag that was about to overflow, Daoist Zhunti calculated the time and felt that it was time for him to go back.

Standing on high ground and looking at the magnificent landscape of the eastern land, Zhunti Daoist's reluctance reached its peak.

"Next time I come, I'll definitely bring a few more bags. My 'Pot Heaven' technique also needs improvement; this size isn't enough to hold anything!"

Having said that, Daoist Zhunti suppressed his urge to turn back and continue, and shot off rapidly toward the western land.

Not long after Zhunti left, several people suddenly appeared in this place. Judging from their cultivation level, most of them were at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, and two others exuded the aura of the Daluo.

"That damned thief has already dug up several sacred mountains bare. If I catch him, I'll tear him apart and skin him alive!"

"Heaven is benevolent, leaving a glimmer of hope for all things. This little thief's actions are utterly demonic; he has destroyed the roots of all the spiritual creatures along his path. He truly deserves to die!"

……

Regardless of the curses and insults hurled by the Eastern cultivators, Daoist Zhunti was already approaching the point where the East and West met.

Mount Sumeru

Ksitigarbha, who had been sitting in meditation for decades, finally awoke, and Jieyin, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, also opened his eyes and looked at Ksitigarbha.

"Master!" Ksitigarbha bowed to the Guide Daoist first, then said, "If it weren't for Master's help this time, I'm afraid my soul would have been scattered. I thank Master very much!"

"Hehe, alright, get up! We're master and disciple, there's no need for this!"

"Quickly check your primordial spirit. If it is damaged, your master will search the entire universe to find a treasure to repair it!"

The guide replied cheerfully, and then urged Ksitigarbha to examine himself.

Ksitigarbha immediately sat cross-legged and entered meditation, focusing his inner gaze upon himself.

His primordial spirit was full and his spiritual light was ethereal; there was no trace of the tragic state when his soul was severed.

Looking at the spiritual energy within his body, it was also noticeably more abundant than before.

With his mind leaving his body, Ksitigarbha replied to Jieyin, "Master, your primordial spirit is unharmed, and your cultivation has even made some progress."

Upon hearing this, the Guide Daoist placed his hand on Ksitigarbha's shoulder. After a long while, he clapped his hands and chuckled, "Excellent, excellent! Your foundation is solid; you have already reached the Perfection of True Immortal! My disciple is truly blessed!"

"But with only a mid-grade innate spiritual root as a foundation, it seems there's still a long way to go?"

Faced with the guide's question, Ksitigarbha no longer concealed anything and recounted his origins and background in detail, except for the fact that he was a time traveler.

After listening, the Guide Daoist pondered for a long time before saying, "The Dao Ancestor's Dao Sound gave you the karmic connection of taking form and hearing the Dao. Even if your soul is divided, according to your words, if the divided soul transforms into a clone, I'm afraid you will still have to repay the karmic debt, otherwise it will inevitably affect the transcendence of the original body!"

Ksitigarbha nodded, agreeing with what the guide had said.

However, the karma of the Dao Ancestor is not easy to repay. How many sages in later generations have successfully transcended the primordial world and attained the Dao of Hunyuan?

Of course, there is also the reason of absorbing the primordial purple energy and using merit to connect with the Heavenly Dao to become a saint, but we will not mention that for now.

But even without the Primordial Purple Qi, and without relying on merit for cultivation...

To attain the Dao and become a Primordial Golden Immortal, one must confront the Dao Ancestor's teachings on cause and effect. After the Dao Ancestor's three teachings, one's body merges with the Heavenly Dao, and this cause and effect is the cause and effect with the Heavenly Dao.

The cause and effect between people is easy to repay, but the cause and effect between people and heaven is difficult to repay!

However, Ksitigarbha's cultivation level is currently too low to resist, so he can only take it one step at a time and try to repay this karmic debt as soon as possible.