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

The crane was guarding outside; in this boundless expanse of heaven and earth, he had nowhere to escape.

"We must fight, for only by fighting can we survive."

As soon as Hongyun stepped onto the steps, he felt a sudden weight on his body, making it impossible for him to fly and even causing his magical power to stagnate.

The phantom of the Wen Yun Diagram appeared, analyzing the surrounding information. Various mysterious runes were densely distributed on the steps, emitting a faint glow.

The pressure that Hongyun felt came from these runes. After analyzing them using the Wen Yun Diagram, he discovered that these runes were harmless and were likely a test.

With this in mind, Hongyun began to climb, ascending step by step, feeling the increasing pressure on her.

When Hongyun climbed to the hundredth step, a change occurred. The previous steps were all white and looked ordinary, but the hundredth step was green.

As Hongyun stepped onto the steps, a cool energy surged from them and flowed into his body, instantly healing some of his injuries.

Sensing this miraculous change, Hongyun's face lit up with surprise. He could recover from his injuries in less than three thousand years; there was indeed a great opportunity here.

Next, Hongyun climbed step by step. After each hundred steps, a green step would appear, and his injuries were rapidly healing.

When Hongyun reached the thousandth step, another change occurred. This step was golden, and another staircase extended out from the side.

At the end of the stairs stood a palace, resplendent in gold, yet exuding an ancient charm.

Hongyun stood still, making a decision, and then walked towards the palace. The palace walls were covered with runes, as if narrating the mysteries of heaven and earth.

Looking at the palace, Hongyun took a deep breath, hoping that something inside could help him out of his predicament.

With this in mind, Hongyun explored the palace, proceeding cautiously, using her divine sense to detect any restrictive formations ahead with each step.

After walking around the palace, Hongyun found nothing – no magical treasures, no elixirs. Finally, her gaze fell on a futon in the middle of the main hall.

After thinking for a moment, Hongyun plucked a hair from her head, blew a breath of immortal energy, and the hair transformed into another Hongyun.

At Hongyun's instruction, he sat on the prayer mat. Hongyun couldn't help but be cautious, as who knew what kind of hidden tricks might be involved? Fortunately, nothing happened.

Afterwards, Hongyun sat down on the futon and felt his mind become clearer, his perception of heaven and earth became clearer, and the obscure laws seemed to be right in front of him.

Sensing this unusual situation, Hongyun focused her mind and began to cultivate while sitting cross-legged on the futon.

After an unknown amount of time, the mysterious power dissipated, and Hongyun awoke from her cultivation.

"Haha, mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal!"

Hongyun stood up excitedly. This time, not only had his injuries healed, but his cultivation level had also broken through.

"What a pity, that Daoist charm is gone."

Hongyun looked regretfully at the futon on the ground. The futon was not a primordial spiritual treasure, but only a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure. It was a trace of Daoist charm that made it extraordinary.

After thinking for a while, Hongyun decided to take the prayer mat with her, but found that it was as if it were nailed to the ground and she couldn't lift it at all, so she had no choice but to give up.

Afterwards, Hongyun took a deep look at the palace, then returned to the main staircase and continued climbing upwards.

As before, there is a green step for every hundred steps. After Hongyun recovers from her injuries, the energy provided by the green step is converted into mana.

We arrived at another thousand steps, also golden steps, also a single staircase, and at the end of the staircase was also an ancient palace.

Hongyun explored the palace and found a bottle of Eight-Turn Body Tempering Pill on the altar in the main hall.

Without hesitation, Hongyun began cultivating in the palace. After using a bottle of Eight-Turn Body Tempering Pill, Hongyun's physical cultivation broke through, reaching the mid-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Next, Hongyun continued to climb, step by step, palace by palace, and his cultivation level steadily improved in the process.

When Hongyun arrived at the mountaintop, his cultivation had already broken through to the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and his physical body, primordial spirit, and magical power had all reached the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal.

As expected of the cave dwelling of a powerful Golden Immortal, a mere glimpse of opportunity saved Hongyun from countless years of arduous cultivation.

Of course, the cave of a powerful Primordial Golden Immortal is definitely not that simple. Hongyun could guess that the extent of his exploration was less than one ten-thousandth of the extent of this ruin.

The deeper inheritance and secrets of the ruins were not revealed to him, but Hongyun was already content.

The palace on the mountaintop was the largest and most ancient. Hongyun looked at the palace, and there were three innate Taoist characters on the plaque.

"Cangwu Palace? The Cangwu Ancestor?!"

Hongyun murmured, "Ancestor Cangwu was a brilliant and extraordinary figure during the era of ferocious beasts."

Thinking of this, Hongyun straightened her clothes, bowed slightly to the palace, and then pushed open the door and went inside.

The Cangwu Palace is about a thousand feet square, and its top is inlaid with thousands of star pearls, which emit a soft light and illuminate the entire Cangwu Palace as bright as day.

Hongyun walked around Cangwu Palace but still found nothing—no spiritual treasures, no elixirs.

The truly good things were all avoiding him, or rather, were not meant for him, which made Hongyun feel a little regretful.

Finally, Hongyun arrived at the center of the main hall and looked up at the dome above her head. Stars and pearls shone brightly, seemingly ordinary, yet they possessed their own mysteries.

"Huh? There are traces of an array here."

Suddenly, Hongyun's eyes lit up, as if she had discovered something. The star pearls on the dome of the main hall were not randomly arranged; they contained the patterns of an array.

Hongyun sat cross-legged on the ground, looking up at the dome, while the illusory image of the Wenyun Diagram behind him turned a new page.

While Hongyun was comprehending the array formation on the dome, he discovered that the array formed by the star pearls seemed to have turned into a black hole, directly absorbing his divine sense into it.

In a daze, Hongyun saw a strange and mysterious scene: mountains and valleys with countless branches, like giant dragons lurking underground.

Amidst the countless mountains and valleys stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, spiritual rain falls in abundance, spiritual energy overflows, and spiritual rivers flow like streams.

One of the seemingly insignificant mountain ranges, stretching from northwest to southeast, resembles a lurking dragon, radiating divine light, ethereal brilliance, and golden radiance.

Within the mountain range, artificial hills abound, clouds and mist swirl, divine springs and lakes appear, grottoes and red cliffs stand tall and verdant, strange rocks jut out, divine birds sing, and divine light wafts through the air.

This scene, with its dancing starlight, dazzling brilliance, twin phoenixes singing, black apes and white cranes, and divine trees and spiritual plants, is a paradise on earth.

Upon seeing such a magical and magnificent mountain range, a name flashed through Hongyun's mind: the Cangwu Mountains.

At the highest peak of the Cangwu Mountains, a magnificent palace, radiating light and overflowing with spiritual energy, stands.

The palace was constructed entirely of star-gold divine materials and precious jade, radiating colorful light and shrouded in mist, making it extremely luxurious.

The three characters "Cangwu Palace" exude a Taoist charm, with twelve beams of mysterious light descending, allowing one to understand the principles of the Great Dao at a glance.

In the Sanyang Kaitai position of Cangwu Palace, there is an unremarkable hall with the three characters "Cangwu Hall" on it.

A figure stood in the Cangwu Palace.

Suddenly, the figure moved, looked over, and met Hongyun's gaze across endless time and space.

"Young friend, what year and month is it where you are?"