Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!

At the core of the pagoda, five innate spiritual restrictions containing the laws of heaven and earth are connected end to end, as if they were formed on their own within the pagoda. The Daoist charm containing the laws of the five elements descends from the endless void and continuously merges into the five spiritual restrictions!

Buzz...buzz...buzz...!

When the Daoist principles of heaven and earth dissipate.

A dazzling five-colored light, accompanied by an intimidating pressure, erupted from the refining cauldron, directly shattering the top-grade refining cauldron into countless fragments that were embedded in the rock walls around the cave. Only a human-shaped area remained behind Huang Long.

The five-colored spiritual light pierced straight through the rock strata above the cave and shot rapidly into the sky.

"Trying to run? No way!"

Ignoring the pain coursing through his body, Huanglong chased after the pagoda radiating multicolored light as he left the cave.

Above the Five Elements Grotto, a beam of spiritual light was about to break through the Five Elements Grand Array covering the grotto. Huanglong immediately manipulated the array to condense barriers in front of the pagoda, preventing it from rushing outward.

Under the resistance of those barriers, the tower's momentum suddenly dropped, finally hovering below the great formation. Before Huanglong could arrive, a suction force that devoured everything spread outward from the tower, absorbing the surrounding innate spiritual energy.

In an instant, the suction force spread throughout the entire cave, devouring all the innate spiritual energy that had accumulated over a hundred years. It seemed that the spiritual energy and vitality of those spiritual roots and immortal herbs were also swallowed up.

Without time for a thorough examination, Huanglong immediately activated the Five Elements Grand Array to draw innate spiritual energy from within a radius of ten thousand miles and inject it into the pagoda. This prevented the spiritual treasure from drawing in the spiritual energy from the numerous spiritual roots and immortal plants in the cave.

What pained Huanglong was that a large portion of the ordinary innate spiritual herbs had turned into withered grass.

Several days later, the storm of spiritual energy that had been frantically converging here gradually subsided, and the light enveloping the spiritual treasure slowly receded.

A three-story pagoda stands quietly in the air, about a foot high, its entire body shimmering with a warm, five-elemental luster.

The tower is made of several kinds of innate divine iron, with five colors blending together and echoing each other, presenting a posture that is both heavy and somewhat lively.

The pagoda pierced the sky and flew towards the Yellow Dragon, circling around it, a sense of closeness emanating from within.

Huanglong separated a wisp of his primordial spirit and probed into the tower. Without any resistance, he automatically imprinted his primordial spirit onto the tower's origin.

The pagoda's functions were entirely controlled by Huanglong.

"It was imprinted with the Five Elements Spiritual Restriction during its forging, hence the name 'Five Elements Tower'!"

With a slight movement of his primordial spirit, a thin layer of flowing light enveloped the outside of the tower. As the light swirled, strands of innate spiritual energy were absorbed by the tower, and drops of the Five Elements spiritual essence flew out from the bottom of the tower and landed in Huanglong's hand.

Under Huanglong's control, the power of the five elements circulated endlessly, and the pagoda suddenly appeared as a thousand-foot-tall phantom, exuding boundless pressure.

With a thought, five-colored light unfolded from the tower, forming a perfect shield. Huang Long casually unleashed a burst of magic power onto the shield. The five elements circulated on the shield, completely blocking Huang Long's attack.

"Indeed, even a Golden Immortal would find it difficult to break through. If activated at full power, it could withstand a Taiyi for a moment."

Huang Long was very satisfied with all the functions of the Five Elements Pagoda.

"It can be used for both offense and defense, making it a rare find among low-grade spiritual treasures, especially considering it's the first time such a piece has been crafted."

A figure suddenly appeared beside Huang Long, and with a gentle wave of his hand, the Five Elements Pagoda in Huang Long's hand appeared in his hand and obediently spun around.

When Huanglong saw the sudden appearance of Yuanshi, he immediately straightened his posture, bowed to Yuanshi, and respectfully said, "Greetings, Master!"

Yuanshi looked at Huanglong with a complicated expression. He had originally chosen this disciple out of respect for Qinglong, and also to learn about the cause and effect with the Dragon Clan.

Now, this disciple gave him a pleasant surprise. With the cultivation of a Golden Immortal, he had thoroughly comprehended the weapon-refining inheritance he left behind and even successfully refined a post-natal spiritual treasure.

Having such a disciple seems quite good. Yuanshi's solemn face, which had remained unchanged for ten thousand years, showed a rare hint of a smile.

Huang Long thought he was hallucinating, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again, but the solemn face was still there.

He tossed the magical treasure in his hand to Huanglong, ignoring the disciple who looked doubtful that he was hallucinating.

With a touch of authority, he said, "Keep working hard. If you have any questions, you can come to Yuqing Palace to find your teacher at any time."

Hearing Yuanshi's words, Huanglong suppressed his excitement and said to Yuanshi, "Yes, Master. Please don't despise my foolishness and disturb your cultivation!"

Seeing Huanglong's trembling body, Yuanshi shook his head, and his figure slowly dissipated.

As the figure of Yuanshi completely faded away, Huanglong clenched his fist and shouted loudly, causing the spiritual energy of the entire Five Elements Grotto to ripple.

Huanglong has finally gained Yuanshi's recognition and is no longer a dispensable, marginal disciple.

After a moment, Huanglong regained his composure, completely refined the Five Elements Pagoda, and placed it in the eye of the Five Elements Grand Array in the cave, allowing it to merge with the array, absorb spiritual energy, and condense the essence of the five elements.

Huang Long stretched and relaxed his body.

Looking at the cave dwelling, which had been ravaged by the Five Elements Pagoda and resembled a scene from a great battle, as well as the spiritual roots and immortal plants that had lost their spiritual energy, especially the three treasures: blood dates, white lotus, and enlightenment tea.

After a thorough examination, Huang Long breathed a long sigh of relief.

The Enlightenment Tea and White Lotus are alright, as their inherent quality is not low. The Five Elements Tower's devouring power is not targeted at them, so they can barely preserve their own spiritual energy.

The Crimson Blood Dates fared much worse. With most of their spiritual energy gone, the newly formed dates became shriveled and dull, looking malnourished.

He summoned Zi Ling and had her lead the bees to replant the previously collected seeds of immortal herbs and spiritual medicines. Once all the spiritual fields were planted, Huang Long cast a spell to bring down sweet rain while simultaneously clearing the earth's energy.

Several months later, seeing the immortal herbs and spiritual plants regain their vitality, Huanglong instructed Ziling to take good care of the cave dwelling, and then rode a cloud towards Sanqing Peak.

Huanglong planned to first obtain the array formation inheritance from his Uncle Tongtian and the alchemy inheritance from his eldest uncle. As for whether to cultivate them, he would decide later. Otherwise, it would be difficult to obtain these two inheritances after the Three Pure Ones split up!

Before Shangqing Palace, Huanglong slowly descended from the auspicious clouds. Looking at the great array containing the inheritance of his master Tongtian's array formation, he put a tea leaf in his mouth and stepped into the array...!

Several months later, Huanglong rubbed his head as he walked out of the formation. He sat down to meditate and recuperate for several days. His headache subsided, and he bowed to Shangqing Palace before flying off to Taiqing Palace without stopping.

The alchemical tradition left by the Sage Taiqing is even more challenging to comprehend; it takes several years just to memorize the tradition.

Having received exclusive inheritances from two sages in succession, even Huanglong, who was already in the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm and had the help of the Enlightenment Tea, still exhausted his mind and spirit.

Having absorbed far too much knowledge far beyond his own level, Huanglong felt as if his mind was being overwhelmed by this knowledge.

He bowed to the Taiqing Palace, then rode a cloud and leisurely returned to the temple.

Inside the Jade Purity Palace, Yuanshi watched Huanglong depart. Yao Yao nodded again, unsure whether she was disappointed in this somewhat greedy disciple or approving of his actions.