Primordial Era: I, Hongyun, take charge of the literary path

"How dare you! You have no nerve!"

Upon hearing this, the golden dragon flew into a rage and shouted, "Bald Taoist, I've guarded this place for tens of thousands of years! Everything here is mine! Touching my things is courting death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden dragon opened its blood-red maw and a golden beam of light shot out, heading straight for the red clouds.

Hongyun flashed away, seemingly ignoring the obstruction of the lake water, and easily dodged the beam of light.

The golden dragon's attack struck the canyon wall, creating a huge hole with a loud boom.

"Such powerful force."

Hongyun secretly became wary.

Next, the golden dragon spat out several more beams of light, but Hongyun dodged them all.

"You bald Taoist priest, die!"

The golden dragon roared, its body radiating golden light, and transformed into a golden lightning bolt that pounced towards the red clouds.

Hongyun stopped dodging and waved the small flag-like Fire Cloud Banner in her hand, which then grew larger.

The Fire Cloud Banner was entirely crimson, emitting a faint glow of fire and rosy light, with hazy fire clouds spreading across the lake.

"Literary talent is divine, a stroke of genius."

Hongyun aimed at the golden dragon and gently slashed.

A beam of red light shot out from the Fire Cloud Banner, transforming into a fire sword that cleaved the golden dragon's body in two before it could even let out a scream.

The golden dragon's corpse slowly sank to the bottom of the canyon, and then its body began to dissolve and merge into the water.

Hongyun calmly put away the Fire Cloud Banner, looked at the corpse of the Golden Dragon, and made a slight gesture.

A pale golden Flaming Sun Stone flew over.

Even a peak Golden Immortal couldn't withstand a single blow from the Fiery Cloud Banner; this was the power of a spiritual treasure, capable of unleashing several times its own strength.

Once the water beast is killed, it turns into water. If it doesn't drop a Flame Sun Stone or Flame Sun Mystic Stone, it means that all the hard work of killing the enemy will be for nothing in the end.

Hongyun looked at the Golden Dragon's Blazing Sun Mystic Stone, which contained a dragon-shaped phantom moving inside, clearly indicating its extremely high quality.

"This Blazing Sun Mystic Stone is even better than the one from the Golden Scale Demon Crocodile; it's enough to further enhance my physical body."

Hongyun was overjoyed, then left the canyon and found a secluded place to prepare for alchemy.

It was an underwater cave, encased in natural rock walls, deep in the mountains, and difficult to discover.

Hongyun set up restrictions at the cave entrance and inside the cave, took out the alchemy furnace and spiritual herbs, and began to refine the Great Sun Divine Pill.

Hongyun sat cross-legged on a futon, in front of him was a cauldron made entirely of red gold, with lifelike four-symbol cloud seal patterns on its body, as if it might manifest in the world at any moment.

The Samadhi Fire continued to bake the alchemy furnace.

"Sunlight Divine Water, Golden Crow Grass..."

Seeing that the fire was ready, Hongyun waved her sleeve lightly, and a ball of Sunlight Divine Water floated out of the Jade Dew Bottle.

The Sun God Crystal was crystal clear, yet it seemed to contain a miniature sun within, radiating a golden light that was too dazzling to look at directly. This single sphere alone caused the air within a hundred feet to become scorching and distorted.

He made a series of hand gestures, and the divine sunlight water fell into the furnace. The furnace immediately hummed and trembled, and the four symbols on the furnace body seemed to come alive, with the shadows of the four symbols vividly appearing.

When the Sunlight Divine Water began to boil slightly, Hongyun's expression turned solemn. He flipped his right hand, and a Golden Crow Grass appeared in his palm.

This golden crow grass is made entirely of pure gold, with fine lines on each leaf, just like the feathers of the golden crow, radiating the scorching power of the sun.

The moment the Golden Crow Grass was put into the furnace, the alchemy furnace shook violently, but Hongyun forcibly suppressed it.

Under the refinement of the Samadhi True Fire, the essence of the Golden Crow Grass was extracted and incorporated into the Sunlight Divine Water.

Suddenly, the sun blazed down in the furnace, and all the yang energy in the world seemed to be converging into it.

Next, Hongyun continuously added various spiritual herbs, and Lieyang seemed to transform into a three-legged golden crow that came to life, circling the alchemy furnace three times, letting out a clear cry, and greedily devouring each spiritual herb.

Each medicinal herb was absorbed into it, and the three-legged golden crow then transformed into a ball of blazing white true fire.

The most dangerous moment in alchemy has arrived.

The Sunlight Divine Water is extremely Yang, and the Golden Crow Grass is purely Yang; when these two meet, they will inevitably ignite a Yang fire that burns the heavens.

The usual way of alchemy emphasizes "harmony of yin and yang, using yin to control yang", but the Great Sun Divine Elixir does not follow the usual way and goes against the grain, using yang to refine yang.

To refine the Great Sun Divine Pill, the Yang Fire must be layered upon layered until it reaches a critical point. At the moment when everything is about to be burned away, the Yang Fire gives rise to Yin, and Yin and Yang are reversed.

The slightest mistake could lead to the destruction of the elixir and death.

Time flew by, and fine beads of sweat appeared on Hongyun's forehead, each drop instantly evaporating in the high temperature.

At this moment, his hands moved like butterflies flitting among flowers, constantly changing the alchemy hand seals, and his magical power surged into the alchemy furnace like a tide.

The alchemy furnace emitted muffled thunderous roars, as if an ancient ferocious beast was howling inside.

"Drink it, give it to me!"

Hongyun let out a low shout, and an astonishing aura erupted from his body, with array patterns appearing beneath him.

These array patterns are the Yang-type Spirit Locking Array that Hongyun spent decades carving out. At this moment, the array is operating at full power, transforming into crimson chains that wrap around the alchemy furnace.

The roaring sound from the alchemy furnace grew increasingly intense.

The furnace lid clanged loudly from the flames, and dazzling golden rays shot out from the cracks in the furnace.

Hongyun knew that the most crucial moment was approaching; the instant when yin arises from yang is fleeting.

The next instant, Hongyun abruptly withdrew all his magical power, switched his alchemy technique, and transformed his offense into defense.

Inside the alchemy furnace, the raging yang fire lost its suppression and began to backfire wildly, but Hongyun gritted his teeth and persevered.

Just as the yang fire reached its peak and even the furnace body began to melt, the world suddenly fell silent.

That kind of quiet is not silence, but a stillness that transcends sound; it is the greatest sound that is silent.

The golden light suddenly receded, and all the heat, violence, and destruction collapsed inward in an instant.

A distant cry echoed from the alchemy furnace.

Seven golden halos rippled out from the furnace, even melting the stone walls into flowing magma.

A smile appeared on Hongyun's face as she slowly opened the furnace lid, and three round and plump pills flew out.

Each one radiates a gentle light, no longer dazzling, but rather with a warm, spring-like feel. Faint golden patterns flow across the surface of the pills, and upon closer inspection, one can even see a pattern of a three-legged golden crow spreading its wings and soaring.

The Great Sun Divine Pill, which takes seven cycles to form, yields three pills per batch. Hongyun never expected that he would succeed in refining it on his first try.

Hongyun took out the jade bottle and carefully put the pill inside, which represented his breakthrough.

Next, Hongyun chose not to leave, but instead took out the Flaming Sun Mystic Stones from the Golden Scaled Demon Crocodile and the Golden Flood Dragon, deciding to go all the way and cultivate here to break through the bottleneck.

The energy from the Blazing Sun Stone surged into Hongyun's body like a tidal wave. Hongyun circulated the "Red Cloud Dao Scripture," using this Blazing Sun power to continuously temper his physical body.

The Flaming Sun Stones of the Golden Scaled Crocodile and the Golden Flood Dragon are of very high quality, especially the Flaming Sun Stone of the Golden Flood Dragon, which has extremely pure energy and almost no impurities.

Hongyun's physical body grew at a snail's pace. Even after the two Flaming Sun Mystic Stones were completely refined, his physical body still hadn't broken through and remained at the late Golden Immortal stage.

"continue!"

Hongyun took out a Great Sun Divine Pill and swallowed it. The Great Sun Divine Pill transformed into a stream of heat that impacted the bottleneck.

boom!

The bottleneck loosened slightly.

Hongyun continued to consume the Great Sun Divine Pill.