Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 34 Red Cloud Slays Corpse, Quasi-Saint Era

Finally, having thought all this through, Hongyun had a sudden thought and took out a large cauldron, which landed in the palace.

The large cauldron was a gray, square cauldron with various mysterious patterns on it, seemingly unchanging yet constantly changing.

If you look closely enough, you can almost see that the cauldron seems to contain a whole world within it.

This cauldron is the Creation Cauldron, a supreme innate treasure, and also the first supreme innate treasure that Hongyun obtained.

Moreover, unlike Taiyi's Chaos Bell, which is a companion treasure, it was not refined and its restrictions were not lifted, thus making it difficult to unleash its power.

The Creation Cauldron that Hongyun received as a reward from the system was as if it had been born with him, with all the restrictions on it being lifted for Hongyun.

As long as you leave your mark on it, you can directly refine and control it, and unleash the full power of the Creation Cauldron.

Of course, this also requires Hongyun to be strong enough. The stronger he is, the stronger the Creation Cauldron will be, and it will be able to reach the limit of the Creation Cauldron.

However, although the Creation Cauldron is very powerful, its greatest strength is not in combat, defense, or attack, but in alchemy.

This cauldron and the Qiankun Cauldron are not a set. The Qiankun Cauldron was transformed from the lotus seedpod of the Chaos Green Lotus, while this Creation Cauldron...

Okay, so this Creation Cauldron is produced by the system. However, the two are somewhat similar; the Qiankun Cauldron excels at refining artifacts and can transform acquired spiritual treasures into innate spiritual treasures.

The Creation Cauldron excels at alchemy; using this treasure to refine pills can greatly improve the success rate and quality of the pills.

Furthermore, if a low-grade pill is placed inside, over time, under the nurturing of the Creation Cauldron, the pill can gradually improve its quality, transforming into a mid-grade pill, a high-grade pill, or even a top-grade pill.

The ultimate level is top-grade elixirs.

What is a top-grade elixir? Just like the grades of spiritual treasures and spiritual roots, elixirs are also classified into four grades: superior, medium, inferior, and supreme.

For example, the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Laozi of Taiqing is naturally a top-grade elixir that can instantly transform a mortal into a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Its effects are comparable to those of the Yellow Plum. However, refining such a top-grade elixir often comes at a considerable cost.

For example, the reason why Lao Tzu's Nine-Turn Golden Elixir has such powerful effects, enabling mortals to become Great Luo Golden Immortals, is because Lao Tzu not only used extremely precious materials when refining the elixir, but also incorporated his own understanding of the Great Dao into it.

To put it simply, it's about imitating the process of Huang Zhongli's fruition. However, one's understanding of the Great Dao originates from heaven and earth, and is a fragment of the Great Dao laws of heaven and earth, making it more natural. The other is artificial, directly integrating one's own understanding of the Dao into it.

Even Laozi of the Taiqing Realm had to sacrifice a large amount of his cultivation to refine such a Nine-Turn Golden Pill.

It is conceivable how precious this top-grade pill is. No wonder that in the primordial world, the most famous pill is the Nine-Turn Golden Pill of Laozi Taiqing.

However, Hongyun felt that with the Creation Cauldron, he might become a great alchemist and even rival Laozi of Taiqing.

After all, with the Creation Cauldron, a supreme treasure for alchemy, he could gradually accumulate alchemy experience and might even be able to refine a top-grade pill similar to the Nine-Turn Golden Pill in the future.

It's hard to explain such a precious cauldron. When Zhen Yuanzi finds out later, I should tell him that I went out for a walk and accidentally kicked it on the road.

Or perhaps he was just passing by Buzhou Mountain when he suddenly felt a connection, went in, and casually searched around before finding the Creation Cauldron?

Hongyun gradually calmed down, no longer paying attention to the Creation Cauldron, and instead prepared to cultivate the method of severing the three corpses.

He had been studying this method for a long time and had already gained some insights, but it was still not easy to sever the corpse with the Great Dao.

Hongyun also needs to prepare more and conduct more simulations to be more confident.

And so, another thousand years passed. On this day, a cloud of auspiciousness suddenly appeared above Hongyun's head, about the size of an acre.

Above the auspicious clouds, three chaotic spiritual clouds drifted leisurely, exuding a mysterious and profound aura.

Moreover, not only that, at this moment, Hongyun's body trembled again, and five more divine lights appeared behind him.

Arranged in five colors—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—it is precisely his five-colored divine light.

The five-colored divine light flickered and shimmered, greedily devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, forming a huge vortex of spiritual energy above the Mingdao Palace.

Boundless spiritual energy surged towards the five divine lights, making them even brighter and more dazzling.

It exuded a powerful Daoist aura, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

Inside the Mingde Palace, Zhen Yuanzi was also in seclusion, meditating. Suddenly, he felt something, opened his eyes, looked up and saw the strange phenomenon above the Mingdao Palace, and couldn't help but smile.

"Hongyun is going to succeed. He should be able to sever the corpse with the Five Elements very smoothly," Zhen Yuanzi muttered to himself.

He then closed his eyes again and continued cultivating, seemingly having complete confidence in Hongyun.

Meanwhile, Xuanfeng was also teaching his two junior brothers how to cultivate. Kong Xuan was alright, being relatively well-behaved, but Xuanpeng was extremely restless, which gave Xuanfeng quite a headache. He tried many methods, but none of them could get him to settle down.

In the end, the most direct method was used to get the little golden roc to obey. Well, the most direct method was, of course, to give it a good beating.

Anyway, the teacher is still in seclusion, so there's no fear of the little guy complaining. Besides, the effect is very good. The little guy is now working hard to become stronger so he can beat himself up, so he's studying more seriously.

Just then, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky above Mingdao Palace. Xuanfeng naturally knew the reason, knowing that his teacher was about to sever the three corpses. He couldn't help but feel envious: "Teacher's cultivation has improved too quickly."

"It's a pity I can't go to Zixiao Palace. If my teacher hadn't stopped me, I would have really caused a disaster if I had used my supernatural powers to eavesdrop."

Xuanfeng shook his head, recalling his past foolishness, and then said to his two junior brothers, "You two should cultivate diligently, especially Kong Xuan. Did you see that? That's what the Five-Colored Divine Light looks like when it's fully mastered. Isn't it amazing?"

"Impressive." Kong Xuan was also captivated by what he saw and nodded in agreement.

"And Xuanpeng, you too. Your Yin-Yang Divine Light is no worse than this. You should also cultivate it diligently," Xuanfeng said to Xuanpeng.

Little Golden Roc raised its head and said, "I will definitely become that strong too, and then..."

Before he could finish speaking, the little golden roc noticed the gaze that Xuanfeng was casting at him. He was immediately startled and stopped talking, not daring to continue.

"How come I'm always so careless and blurt out my innermost thoughts?" Little Golden Roc thought to himself.

"What will happen then?" Xuanfeng asked with a smile.

"At that time, at that time, I don't know what I'll have to do." Little Golden Roc murmured a few times, his momentum completely weakened.

Xuanfeng was very satisfied with what he saw. It seemed that his teaching method was very successful. Wasn't he very obedient now?

"Cultivate diligently," Xuanfeng said, and continued to instruct the two on their cultivation, which made them even more serious.

However, the red cloud revealed five-colored divine light and absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This strange phenomenon on Longevity Mountain lasted for a hundred years.

The commotion was so great that it attracted the attention of many powerful figures.

Everyone knew that Zhen Yuanzi or Hongyun were about to dismember the corpse, so they felt both envious and nervous.

In fact, Hongyun's attempt to sever his corpse was already considered late. In the prehistoric world, many powerful beings had already successfully severed their corpses and advanced to the Quasi-Saint level.

The first to sever their corpses and become Quasi-Saints were the Three Pure Ones brothers who cultivated in Kunlun Mountain. Led by Taiqing Laozi, they were the first to sever their corpses and become Quasi-Saints. After that, Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Tongtian also successively severed their corpses.

For example, the powerful beings that emerged from the Sun Star, such as Emperor Jun of the Demon Clan, have now successfully severed their corpses and become Quasi-Saints.

However, for some reason, his younger brother Taiyi did not dismember the corpse.

Furthermore, three other powerful figures from the demon race—the siblings Fuxi and Nuwa, and the demon master Kunpeng—also successfully severed their corpses and became quasi-saints.

(End of this chapter)