Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

In order to avoid being kicked out by my Uncle Tongtian!

Huanglong returned to the Daoist temple and picked several of his own ginseng fruits, as well as a few blood dates, unicorn fruits, and some other fruits from spiritual roots. He even picked a few heavenly peppers.

They assembled the fruit into a large fruit basket, which they then carried to the Shangqing Palace!

After that, whenever the Tongtian Sect Leader lectured on the Great Dao at Shangqing Palace, Huanglong would always go, and he would sit at the very front with a group of his personal disciples.

When the Tongtian Sect Leader explained the Great Dao, his teachings were often comprehensive because he had many disciples who specialized in different areas.

It is unrestrained by any single path, encompassing everything from swordplay and combat to formation deduction, from the changes of the five elements to cause and effect and destiny.

His lectures at Tongtian were often profound yet simple, and he was particularly adept at inspiring his disciples' spirituality through discussions. This style was quite different from the rigorous and subtle approach of Yuanshi Tianzun and the non-action and naturalness of Taiqing Laozi.

Huanglong absorbed the different laws of the Great Dao with all his might, transforming them into his own knowledge.

After listening to the Dao, Huanglong no longer meditated and pondered, but instead devoted more energy to sorting out his own Dao and... verifying his understanding of the evolution of heaven and earth at the extreme of the South Sea.

The Xuanhuang Realm is the place where all of this is tested and verified.

In the Xuanhuang Realm, Huanglong combines his understanding of the laws of the "world" with his insights gained from observing the evolution of the primordial world at the extreme of the South Sea. Here, he is the god of creation, the one who evolves and observes the laws of the world.

He channeled his magic power, separating the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, which collided, merged, separated, and evolved at the boundary.

Huanglong, through his own understanding of the Five Elements, reinterpreted Yin and Yang, divided the Five Elements, and imprinted the fundamental principles of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth onto the world.

Visualize the primordial celestial bodies, and imagine them manifesting in the celestial dome of the Xuanhuang Realm.

Each imprint of the laws, each adjustment of the world's structure, allows Huanglong to re-examine his own Great Dao.

He carefully observed the changes in the world each time a new law appeared in the Xuanhuang Realm, whether it was an evolution towards greater perfection or a period of turmoil and unrest.

The deterioration of the situation made him realize that the laws he had comprehended were not yet perfect, or that there were weaknesses in the rules governing the world.

Success would make the laws of the Xuanhuang Realm clearer and more stable, and the foundation of the world more solid.

This is an extremely mentally taxing process, but it is also a stage for rapidly understanding the world.

He could clearly feel that as the Xuanhuang Realm continued to improve, his understanding of the fundamental Dao of "world", "creation", and the birth and death of all things was constantly deepening.

Many things that were difficult to understand in the past cultivation have become clear and understandable after being verified in the evolution of the Xuanhuang Realm.

His spiritual practice progressed rapidly in this almost "creation"-like manner.

Time flows like water, silently but never stopping.

In the primordial land, after the battle between the Wu and Yao races at Buzhou Mountain, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Quasi-Saints of the Yao race never appeared again.

The two sides entered a long period of stalemate and buildup, with minor skirmishes occurring frequently on the vast land, but no major battle broke out.

On Kunlun Mountain, the Great Dao of the Three Pure Ones was held as scheduled, and the Taoist cultivation of the disciples of the three religions was rapidly improving.

Under this rhythm, Huanglong observed his three masters evolving the Great Dao and absorbed its essence; at the same time, he continuously experimented with and evolved his "Xuanhuang Realm" in his own Five Elements Grotto-Heaven.

Time flies, the sun rises and the moon sets, and a whole cycle (129,600 years) of long years quietly passes by in the pursuit of the Dao and the exposition of the Dharma.

After a period of arduous cultivation and accumulation, the disciples of the three religions have made astonishing gains.

Huanglong emerged from the Xuanhuang Realm, his eyes still displaying strange phenomena of world evolution and the flow of Dao principles, which slowly dissipated after several breaths.

His aura was harmonious and profound, and his three flowers, nourished by the laws of the Great Dao, were already budding and ready to bloom. His cultivation had firmly reached the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!

Among the disciples of the three religions, only Xuandu, the sole disciple of the Human Religion, was at the same level as him!

Let's look at the other disciples of the Chan and Jie sects!

Guang Chengzi, the senior disciple of the Chan Sect, relied on his own comprehension and the once-in-a-millennium evolution of the Great Dao of the Three Pure Ones to reach the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

The chief Daoist Duobao of the Jie Sect was also a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, but he was slightly higher than Guangchengzi, reaching the peak of the late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal. He was proficient in Daoist arts and was trusted by the Tongtian Sect Master to handle all matters, large and small, within the sect.

Jin Ling, the second disciple of the Jie Sect, also made rapid progress in his cultivation, reaching the peak of the late Taiyi stage as well. His magical power was formidable, no less than that of Duobao.

What caught the attention of the disciples of the three religions the most was Wudang, the third direct disciple of the Jie Sect who rose to prominence later.

She unexpectedly surpassed others, relying on her extraordinary comprehension and foundation, not only breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, but also breaking through two more realms in succession, reaching the middle stage. However, the speed of her progress was unmatched by all the disciples who joined the sect later, which was astonishing.

Among the disciples of the Chan Sect, several disciples, including Taiyi, Chijingzi, Yuding, and Lingbao Grand Master, broke through the shackles and reached the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

On the Jie Sect's side, Zhao Gongming, the eldest disciple of the outer sect, and Yunxiao, one of the Three Immortals, both reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, while Qiongxia and Bixiao barely broke through to the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

Among the Seven Immortals who served him, several, such as Wuyun Xian and Jingu Xian, also reached the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

However, the rapid improvement in cultivation levels of the disciples of both the Chan and Jie sects, especially the Jie sect disciples who preached the Dao more frequently, resulted in their overall progress significantly surpassing that of the Chan sect disciples who entered the sect at the same time. This also brought about some subtle changes.

Some disciples of the Jie Sect, due to their rapid progress in practicing the Daoist arts and their inherently arrogant nature, began to act more and more recklessly and became bloodthirsty.

Inside and outside Kunlun Mountain, friction between the sect and the disciples of Chan Sect gradually escalated due to differences in their beliefs regarding elixirs, cave dwellings, and even philosophical discussions.

The disciples of the Chan Sect mostly practiced quiet cultivation in the temple, and they saw these "furry and horned, born from eggs and moisture" people becoming increasingly arrogant and unscrupulous.

Not only do they frequently seize opportunities, but they also devour all the spiritual beasts in Kunlun Mountain, turning the mountain into a chaotic mess and completely unrelated to the sacred site of the saints.

The disciples of the Chan Sect grew increasingly contemptuous and dissatisfied with the disciples of the Jie Sect.

When disciples of the two sects met, although they restrained themselves due to the rules of the sage's sect and no major casualties occurred, they often fought fiercely, and the disciples of the Chan sect usually lost more often than they won.

In a contest between realms, the Great Luo of the South Pole will not intervene, and Guang Chengzi, with Duobao and Jinling restraining him, will also be unable to make a move.

Huanglong often listened to the teachings of the Jie Sect. At the Daoist discussions among the disciples of the three sects, he had already captured Duobao. The disciples of the Jie Sect dared not be presumptuous when they encountered him. They were always very respectful and called him "Senior Brother" affectionately.

Although Huanglong also disapproved of the behavior of some disciples of the Jie Sect and had tried to admonish them, it was all in vain.

In Huanglong's view, it wasn't a bad thing that the disciples of the Chan Sect were being suppressed by the disciples of the Jie Sect. At least in terms of cultivation, Taiyi, Yuding, and others were working harder than before.

Taiyi, Yuding, and several other junior brothers often sought Huanglong's help to practice their supernatural powers and techniques, as if he were the senior brother of the Chan Sect.

Huang Long, Huang's sparring partner, never holds back, and of course, he doesn't hold back either...!

So every time, Taiyi and the others would finish their tea at Huanglong's place and then leisurely ride back to their own dojo on a cloud.

However, during the once-every-thousand-years sage's discourse, several of them would accuse the disciples of the Jie Sect before their own masters...!