Primordial Era: I, Huanglong, have refined all the heavens, and will not join the Chan Sect.

Chapter 3 The Goal of This Trip: To Obtain Merit

Erxian Mountain, Magu Cave.

Huanglong opened his eyes after a thousand years of seclusion, a look of joy on his face.

"I've finally stabilized my cultivation level, and I don't need to worry about any hidden dangers anymore. Moreover, my magical power is deeper than I expected, and my physical strength has also increased significantly!"

In total, it only took a little over two thousand years to advance from the early stage of Golden Immortal to the late stage of Golden Immortal.

This was something Huang Long had never dared to imagine before; the effects of the Source Liquid far exceeded his expectations.

Using the source liquid to improve one's cultivation level has absolutely no side effects.

The reason why the foundation might be unstable a thousand years ago was simply because the speed of the realm improvement was too fast, and it had nothing to do with the source liquid.

No matter who it is or what method they use, even if their cultivation level is rapidly improved through accumulating merit, it will lead to instability in their realm.

Huanglong had never tasted the flavor of merit before, but the effects of the source liquid were so good that, according to his estimation, it probably wouldn't be much worse than merit.

"It has been less than a thousand years since the Sage Hongjun preached. It is likely that there are no powerful beings active outside in the prehistoric world."

Huanglong calculated that, judging from this point in time, most of the powerful beings in the prehistoric world should have already set off for the Zixiao Palace in the Outer Heavens.

Prolonged stillness breeds restlessness; prolonged seclusion is not a good thing for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, with most of the powerful beings now heading to Zixiao Palace, the danger level in the prehistoric world has been greatly reduced.

Huanglong wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to travel around.

On the one hand, traveling through the wilderness can broaden one's horizons and enhance one's spiritual practice.

On the other hand, it can also yield some rare and precious materials to refine more source liquid.

In order to refine those thirty-nine drops of source liquid, Huang Long used up all the items he had that he didn't need.

Of course, Huanglong's primary purpose was to accumulate merit and cleanse himself of negative karma.

Huanglong, being a member of the true dragon clan, has a poor relationship with the dragon clan due to his long years of cultivation.

However, he was, after all, a dragon, and was also burdened with immense karma, making him despised by heaven and earth.

If you don't find a way to eliminate karma, your cultivation will become increasingly difficult to improve.

The chieftains of some ancient races spent countless years, yet their cultivation remained stuck at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level. The main reason for this was the constraint imposed by karma.

Besides the difficulty in improving their cultivation, those burdened by karma are easily blinded by their primordial spirit during great calamities, leading them to do many unwise things.

Even if Huanglong possesses the memories of a transmigrator and knows how to seek advantage and avoid harm, if his primordial spirit is blinded by the calamity energy, he might still do some foolish things and end up plunging headlong into the great calamity.

When Master Hongjun finishes his first sermon, a great upheaval will occur in the prehistoric world.

The Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother are in charge of all the immortals.

The Lich and Demon races are about to appear, which foreshadows the imminent arrival of the Lich Calamity.

At that time, the prehistoric world will become even more dangerous.

Therefore, this is the best time to travel and plan for good deeds.

There are three best ways to accumulate merit.

The first is to perfect the order of heaven and earth.

Although Houtu was tricked by the Heavenly Dao, after she was reincarnated, the heavens and earth bestowed a great deal of merit upon her, and she instantly became a saint, which shows how great the amount of merit was.

However, this method is not suitable for Huanglong today.

Even though he gained the memories of the transmigrator and learned about many ways to perfect the order of heaven and earth, he still could not touch these things.

The reason is simple: Huanglong is still too weak and burdened with karma.

If he dares to reach into those places, a bolt of divine lightning will strike him on the head and obliterate him completely.

The second channel is to assist the human race in becoming the protagonists of heaven and earth.

However, since the human race hasn't appeared yet, there's naturally no room for maneuver.

The third channel is to repair heaven and earth.

The great battle between the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans nearly shattered the entire primordial world.

Although, in the end, the three races bore boundless karma and paid a huge price to barely repair the world.

However, many cracks still exist in the primordial world.

There are three of the most serious areas.

One is an immortal volcano, which is suppressed by the Phoenix Clan.

Huang Long wouldn't dare to go to this place unless he was out of his mind.

Although after the great calamity ended, the people of the three races all knew that they had been blinded by the calamity's energy and that Rahu's instigation had triggered the great war, they understood where the real root of the problem lay.

However, among the three tribes, there are still many members who harbor great hatred towards the members of the other two tribes.

Huanglong's current cultivation level is only at the late stage of Golden Immortal. Going to the Undying Volcano at this time would be suicide.

The second place is the Four Seas, where the largest sea eye is filled with the remains of the Ancestral Dragon, while the other dragons suppress the remaining sea eyes.

The Four Seas will be the main place for Huanglong to plan his merits in the future, but for now, he has no intention of going there.

Due to the karmic burdens they bear, not many members of the Dragon Clan are destined to go to Zixiao Palace to listen to the Dao.

At the same time, the dragon race is not monolithic. If some dragons see that Huanglong is repairing the ley lines and repairing the sea eyes in the four seas, they might just make him a laborer and never let him have his freedom again.

The third is the West, which is also the place Huanglong plans to travel to and seek merit.

To be honest, the West is really in a terrible state.

First, the war between the three races shattered the heavens and the earth, and later it became the main battlefield between Hongjun and Luohou.

In the West, creatures were either dead or injured, and the earth's veins were almost shattered into pieces.

It was precisely because of these numerous calamities that the Western powers were the fewest, in addition to the fact that Hongjun preached in Zixiao Palace.

The West is now the safest place in the entire prehistoric world.

Traveling to the West to repair the earth's veins and plan for good deeds is undoubtedly the wisest choice.

Then, Huanglong left Magu Cave and flew westward on the clouds.

……

Time flies, and three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, a Taoist priest dressed in a yellow robe sat cross-legged on a cloud and flew into the Western Land.

The pair of slightly immature but imposing dragon horns on his head, as well as the Devouring Yuan Gourd at his waist, all revealed his identity: he was none other than Huang Long.

During his three-hundred-year journey, Huanglong, by chance, acquired a considerable amount of acquired spiritual roots and spiritual soil jade marrow.

Although these items were not of high value, being mostly later-developed artifacts, they were still a gain, which made Huanglong very satisfied.

Moreover, with the Devouring Yuan Gourd in hand, even the most useless things can be refined into Origin Liquid.

Since gaining the memories of the time traveler, Huang Long's self-identity has become increasingly clear.

He was merely a true dragon burdened with karma, devoid of any blessings.

Unlike the Three Pure Ones who possess the merit of creating the world, innate spiritual treasures would travel great distances to embrace them.

Encountering a acquired spiritual root or a spiritual treasure is already considered good luck; obtaining an innate spiritual treasure is considered extremely lucky.

If you don't encounter it, that's normal, and there's no need to feel disappointed or discouraged.

During these three hundred years, Huanglong also encountered many living beings, some with good fortune and some with bad.

Two hundred and twenty-five years ago, I encountered a toad spirit with the cultivation of a late-stage Golden Immortal. The spirit ambushed me and swallowed me whole using its supernatural powers.

Fortunately, Huanglong was a true dragon with a strong background, and the thirty-nine drops of source liquid he consumed made his magic power more profound than that of others of the same level.

After a fierce battle lasting over a decade, Huanglong, relying on his profound magical power, managed to wear down the toad demon to death.

Furthermore, during this battle, based on the transmigrator's memories and his experience inside the toad demon's belly, he comprehended the supernatural power of "Universe in the Sleeve".

One hundred and twenty years ago, Huanglong encountered a hospitable willow tree spirit with the cultivation of a Golden Immortal. Huanglong was invited to sit and discuss the Dao with the spirit for fifty years, and both of them gained something from the conversation.

Huanglong vaguely felt that he was one step closer to the perfection of the Golden Immortal realm.

Ninety years ago, Huanglong and a rat demon in the late stage of Golden Immortal encountered a good quality acquired spiritual root. After the fruit matured, it had the effect of enhancing magical power.

After a fierce battle, Huanglong used his "Sleeve Universe Divine Power" to take the opponent into his sleeve. With his profound magical power, he obliterated the opponent's primordial spirit and put the opponent's corpse into the Devouring Yuan Gourd.

At other times, Huanglong prioritizes stability, preferring to play it safe rather than take unnecessary risks.

Finally, they arrived in the Western lands without any major incidents.

(End of this chapter)