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

Hongyun entered the great formation with great excitement.

Within the Innate Fire Array, a spiritual root grows, its entire body crimson, its skin resembling dragon scales.

Then, Hongyun used his primordial spirit to sense the Heavenly Dao and learned the information about this spiritual root: this tree was the phoenix tree.

"Plant the parasol tree, and the phoenix will come."

There is a line in the poem "Juan'a" in the Book of Songs, "The phoenix cries out on that high hill; the parasol tree grows in the morning sun," which describes the auspicious scene of the phoenix perching on the parasol tree.

For the phoenix, the parasol tree is absolutely the most precious treasure of the phoenix clan; they would fight tooth and nail to get their hands on it.

The parasol tree is a top-grade innate spiritual root. It takes three thousand years to bloom, another three thousand years to bear fruit, and another three thousand years to mature. In the end, one can obtain three thousand parasol seeds at once.

The flesh of the phoenix tree seed is reddish-brown, and the fruit is thick. One seed can increase magical power by three thousand years and improve the fertility rate of birds, which is why the phoenix craves it.

Furthermore, the wutong seed contains fragments of the Fire Law, which can assist in participating in the Fire Law.

Although the phoenix tree is a superior innate spiritual root, its efficacy is not much worse than that of a top-grade innate spiritual root.

Besides being used for food, the seeds of the paulownia tree can also be used to refine elixirs, specifically fertility pills, to improve the birth rate.

Among the top-grade innate spiritual roots, the phoenix tree ranks high, especially in terms of increasing fertility. If the Phoenix Clan knew this, they would go crazy.

Although the three races are very powerful and have countless experts within them, their birth rate is definitely the lowest among all races.

This is also a limitation imposed by the laws of reproduction in the primordial world: the more powerful a creature is, the lower its probability of having offspring.

Once exposed, all three races will fight over it.

The Phoenix Clan wants to increase the birth rate, while the Dragon Clan and the Qilin Clan do not want the Phoenix Clan to achieve their goal.

The seeds of the parasol tree can increase the fertility rate of birds. If the phoenix clan were to take them away, it would definitely break the tripartite balance of power among the three clans.

This is something neither the Dragon Clan nor the Qilin Clan wanted to see; neither wanted to watch the Phoenix Clan grow stronger.

Thinking of this, Hongyun became nervous. He had a bad feeling that the birth of the Wutong Tree might become the fuse that ignites the final battle between the three races.

He will also slip into the eye of the storm.

But with such a precious treasure before him, if he hesitated and didn't take it, Hongyun would despise himself. He might as well fight it out.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Hongyun.

"Qing Xuanzi said that I will face a calamity in the southeast. Could it be because of the phoenix tree?"

Thinking of this possibility, Hongyun's face darkened, but he still said the same thing: he could not give up.

Instead of rushing to take the phoenix tree away, Hongyun first searched the entire array space. Often, innate spiritual roots are accompanied by some top-tier treasures, which cannot be ignored.

"Haha, it actually exists."

Hongyun's face lit up with joy as he discovered a top-tier fire-elemental treasure at the base of the paulownia tree.

It was the essence of Bing fire that he had once longed for.

Bing Fire is one of the ten Heavenly Stems, and it is the pure Yang fire in the Five Elements. It corresponds to the sun and has the property of shining brightly. The essence of Bing Fire is equivalent to a small sun.

If the essence of Bing Fire is placed in the Hundred Herbs Diagram, the Sunlight Divine Water and the Golden Crow Grass will have a foundation for growth.

Hongyun carefully transferred the essence of Bing Fire into the Hundred Herbs Diagram and placed it into the illusory sun within the diagram. Then, the feeling instantly changed; the light radiating from the sun seemed to have come alive, and the Golden Crow Grass began to condense the divine water of sunlight.

"Haha, with this essence of Bing Fire, I will never lack materials for alchemy in the future."

Hongyun excitedly thought that the Sunlight Divine Water and Golden Crow Grass would eventually run out, but with the essence of Bing Fire, they could truly be inexhaustible.

After sweeping through the entire formation, Hongyun's gaze fell on the phoenix tree. Innate spiritual roots are not as easy to transplant as acquired spiritual roots; if not handled properly, they can damage one's origin.

There is a Primordial Fire Array here, which is most suitable for the growth of Primordial Wutong Trees. If Hongyun moves it hastily, the original essence of the Wutong Tree will inevitably be damaged.

Once the essence of the parasol tree is damaged, it will not bear fruit again until its essence is restored.

Thinking of this, Hongyun collected exactly three thousand paulownia seeds from the paulownia tree.

Hongyun casually tasted a wutong seed.

A surge of intense, explosive fire energy entered his body, but it was quickly refined into magical power by Hongyun.

The magical power gained from the wutong seeds is quite good, but the taste isn't particularly delicious; they're a bit hard to eat, though they do have a pleasant aroma after chewing them.

Hongyun felt like she was eating nuts.

After collecting all the paulownia seeds, Hongyun began to analyze how to remove the paulownia tree, ideally without harming its essence, and if that wasn't possible, to choose the option with the least damage.

Next, with the help of the Wenyun Tulu (a book of literary fortune), Hongyun began to study the phoenix tree in depth, communicating with its spirit in order to get it to cooperate with his actions.

The parasol tree, being an innate spiritual root, possesses considerable spirituality and is also connected to the red clouds, thus complementing them well.

After more than a thousand years of research, Hongyun came up with a solution that could minimize damage to the original essence of the phoenix tree; transplanting without damage was impossible.

"Phoenix tree, cooperate with me."

Hongyun touched the trunk of the paulownia tree, and the paulownia tree swayed its branches, conveying a good message.

Then, Hongyun took a deep breath and began transplanting the phoenix tree. At first, everything was fine, but soon a problem arose: the formation protecting the phoenix tree had malfunctioned.

The parasol tree is the core of this innate Bing Fire Grand Array. If the parasol tree malfunctions, the innate Bing Fire Grand Array will become unstable, and the aura of the parasol tree will be dissipated.

A powerful burst of fire shot into the sky, radiating precious light, making everyone know that a treasure had been born.

Hongyun sensed something was wrong and sped up. With the birth of his innate spiritual root, the nearby experts would surely sense it.

Especially for powerful birds, they might be tempted to act impulsively when faced with a spiritual root like the parasol tree.

Just as Hongyun had expected, the instant the aura of the phoenix tree was released, countless birds took to the sky, centered on the volcano where the phoenix tree was located.

The gazes of powerful avian beings, including Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, and even Daluo Golden Immortals, all turned in this direction.

During this period when the three races were on the verge of war, once the birds under the Phoenix Clan made a move, the scaled creatures under the Dragon Clan and the beasts under the Qilin Clan followed suit, and the situation began to spiral out of control.

When Heaven harbors murderous intent, the stars shift and the constellations change; when Earth harbors murderous intent, dragons and snakes rise from the land; when man harbors murderous intent, the world is turned upside down.

The hermits and powerful beings from Mount Sumeru in the West, Mount Yujing in the East, the South Sea, and Mount Wuliang in the North observed the changes in the heavens, their expressions varying: Rahu was excited, Hongjun was solemn, Yangmei was indifferent, and the Yin-Yang Ancestor was calm...

The fuse for the decisive battle between the three races has been lit, and the powder keg of the Dragon-Han Calamity could explode at any moment.

All living beings are caught in the calamity; no one can escape it, not even the innate saints who have not yet been born will be affected.

Just like the previous great calamity, the Great Calamity of Ferocious Beasts destroyed the northern wilderness. As a result, during the Great Calamity of Lich Kings, the north nurtured the fewest innate deities.

All things considered, only Kunpeng is famous, but Kunpeng's training ground is in Beiming, not in the core of the northern part of the prehistoric world, so the impact on him is relatively small.

The conflict between Taoism and Demonism destroyed the West, and in the end, only two people emerged as the innate saints of the West.

The founders of the Western religion are Jieyin and Zhunti.

No one can escape this systemic impact; no one can remain unaffected or unperturbed.