Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Four innate spiritual treasures, their origins incomplete, floated silently, devoid of any spiritual energy, exuding an aura of decay and desolation.

Huanglong lightly stomped his foot, and four pillars rose from the earth.

Huanglong placed the four magical treasures on the four pillars respectively.

At the same time, his thoughts activated the protective array of the temple.

In an instant, the earth veins within a radius of 100,000 li rumbled, and a massive amount of innate spiritual energy and Daoist essence were drawn together by the great formation, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, converging under the great ailanthus tree.

The spiritual energy was so dense that it almost condensed into a liquid, turning into a misty white fog that enveloped the four spiritual treasures.

At the same time, within the four incomplete spiritual treasures, the undying spiritual light seemed to sense the opportunity for revival, emitting an invisible fluctuation.

Four vortexes formed around the four spiritual treasures, greedily devouring the rich innate spiritual energy and Daoist charm.

As if sensing something, the large ailanthus tree moved its branches and leaves without wind, making a soft rustling sound.

A mysterious Daoist aura cascaded down from the branches and leaves; it was the power of time, gentle and enduring, which accelerated the speed at which the four spiritual treasures absorbed spiritual energy and Daoist aura.

Huang Long looked at it for a moment, then looked away.

Innate spiritual treasures inherently possess the ability to regenerate on their own. However, within the Undying Volcano, apart from the fire-elemental innate spiritual energy, the Phoenix Clan's numerous members lacked sufficient innate spiritual energy of other attributes, making it impossible to use it to nurture these incomplete innate spiritual treasures.

Now, his dojo is filled with innate spiritual energy of various attributes, and with the catalysis of the Daoist energy of the Great Toon Tree, the recovery time of these four spiritual treasures has been greatly shortened.

After doing all this, Huang Long got up and returned to the Five Elements Courtyard on Wudao Peak.

After savoring a pot of Enlightenment Tea, Huanglong finally spared half of his attention to enter the Xuanhuang Realm!

Replacing the Heavenly Dao of the Xuanhuang Realm, it manipulates the Xuanhuang Realm, devouring the chaotic energy with all its might, and evolving into spiritual mountains and immortal peaks suitable for planting various spiritual herbs.

As his comprehension of the Law of Fire reached its perfect level and was imprinted into the Xuanhuang Realm, the speed at which the Xuanhuang Realm absorbed chaotic energy increased significantly.

The chaotic energy released by the Chaos Yin-Yang Pearl, under the absorption of the power of the Xuanhuang Realm, evolved into earth, wind, water, and fire at the edge of the world. The pure and spiritual energy rose to become the sky, while the heavy and turbid energy sank to become the earth.

The boundary of the Xuanhuang Realm is expanding outward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, Huanglong summoned a pill-making cauldron and began to cultivate the pill-making tradition of the Taiqing Sage, accumulating pill-making experience little by little.

After all, the spiritual herbs required for the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir are extremely valuable, and even though he is wealthy, he dares not waste them.

Moreover, the many spiritual herbs he obtained from Xuandu need to be cultivated and propagated again before they can be used for alchemy.

The tempering and fusion of spiritual herbs, the control of true fire, the infusion of laws and Daoist principles... and the awakening of spirit after the pill is formed!

He refined the pills batch after batch, making corrections again and again. Huanglong's understanding of the art of alchemy was improving rapidly.

Time loses its meaning before beings like him.

In the Five Elements Courtyard, as Huanglong sent a beam of spiritual light into the alchemy furnace, the furnace immediately erupted in a violent tremor.

After absorbing a massive amount of Daoist essence, the furnace lid suddenly opened, and nine pills emitting a strange fragrance flew out of the furnace.

"receive!"

He stretched out a powerful magical hand and grabbed the nine pills in his hand!

Upon closer inspection, eight patterns resembling innate restrictions faintly appeared on the pill, indicating that it had reached the eighth stage of its transformation.

Huanglong placed the nine Eight-Turn Golden Pills into a jade bottle.

"Nine Eight-Turn Golden Pills have been formed; the next step is the Nine-Turn Golden Pill."

The figure brewed a pot of Enlightenment Tea and began to carefully examine each of the naturally imbued spiritual herbs with Daoist charm.

Beneath the great Chinese toon tree, the cracks on the surface of the four incomplete innate spiritual treasures are slowly healing, and several of the innate restrictions at their core have been restored.

A dozen or so phoenixes built their nests and settled down in the phoenix tree. Their downy feathers had fallen off and replaced with bright, green plumage.

Aside from briefly leaving Huanglong to gather medicinal herbs for him after receiving his order, Ziling spent the rest of her time guarding outside the Five Elements Courtyard.

Yuan Lu, Bai Xiao, and the others, having learned of their return, are currently in seclusion studying alchemy and are devoting themselves even more to the cultivation of spiritual herbs and immortal plants within the Daoist temple.

Everything is as usual; still waters run deep.

The boundless starry sky above the nine heavens has quietly changed its appearance over the past few thousand years.

Ancient stars will suddenly shine as brightly as the moon, then slowly dim after several days.

Sometimes, several adjacent or very far apart stars will twinkle at the same time, in unison, and their starlight will fall in the same way.

Even more remarkably, some stars that have remained motionless for billions of years may temporarily deviate from their original orbits and move closer to other stars...!

The starlight scattered across the primordial wilderness, besides the remaining power of the stars, began to carry an aura that made all living beings tremble.

"The demon race's Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array is becoming more and more terrifying...!" An ancient being murmured as he looked at the starry sky.

In the Shouyang Mountains, the Sage Taiqing opened his eyes, glanced at the starlight scattered across the earth, and then looked away. The Samadhi True Fire under the alchemy furnace was still burning fiercely.

Inside the Kunlun Jade Void Palace, the Primordial Celestial Venerable gently swayed the jade ruyi in his hand, his gaze traversing countless spaces as he looked at the ancient stars that had changed their appearance, and he merely let out a soft snort.

On Jin'ao Island, inside Biyou Palace, the Tongtian Sect Leader looked at the wisp of starlight imbued with a peculiar aura, a hint of disdain on his face.

On Mount Sumeru in the west, observing the changes in the celestial stars, Zhunti, holding the Seven Treasures Tree, exchanged a glance with Jieyin beside him, both revealing solemn expressions.

At Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi, sitting under the ginseng fruit tree, sensed the terror contained within the starry sky, and a look of unwillingness appeared on his face...!

Inside the Lingxiao Palace on the 33rd Heaven.

Emperor Jun sat high on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, his face majestic and serene.

Fuxi held the Hetu and Luoshu, and presented the celestial phenomena of the Zhou Tian constellations to Emperor Jun.

"Your Majesty, the Zhou Tian Star Array can now unleash 70% of its power, and the 365 Star Banners are seamlessly connected to the origin of all the stars in the heavens."

Kunpeng chimed in, "The Zhou Tian Star Array can now withstand the second axe blow from the Pangu phantom formed by the Zhu Tian Shen Sha Array."

Upon hearing this, Di Jun laughed loudly, "Good! Good! Good!"

"When the power of the great formation reaches 90%, it will be time to send troops to our race."

How much longer until the end of the day?

Fuxi and Kunpeng exchanged a glance, their faces showing reluctance.

Fuxi pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, although the Zhou Tian Star Array has been deployed outside the city, more than two hundred of the three hundred and sixty-five demon race Great Luo Immortals are not true Great Luo Golden Immortals, and their understanding of the array's operation is limited. If we want to improve it to ninety percent..."

"It still requires at least one more epoch of understanding and refinement," Kunpeng added after Fuxi finished speaking.

Di Jun's expression darkened slightly.

One cycle lasts 129,600 years.

For the Heavenly Emperor, it wasn't a long time; he could wait... But!

"Report!!!"

An urgent report came from outside the palace, interrupting Di Jun's thoughts.

A demon king at the Taiyi realm strode into the hall and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, Lord Bai Ze requests an audience!"

"Announce!"

A moment later, a figure in white robes entered the Lingxiao Palace.

Bai Ze, who was usually so composed, now had a hint of anxiety that he could not hide between his brows.

"Your Majesty!" Bai Ze bowed respectfully. "I have important matters to report."

"explain!"

"..."