Primordial Era: The Three Senior Brothers of the Taiqing Clan

The Three Pure Ones had just turned their gazes away from the River of Time and were preparing to close their eyes and cultivate when they saw Chen Qing making a new move.

Chen Qing sat cross-legged in the void, and with a wave of his hand, the Qiankun Cauldron flew out from his body and hovered in front of him. The cauldron was ancient and heavy, with a mysterious yellow light flowing across its surface, exuding the vast aura unique to innate treasures.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Qing took out thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls and the Qiankun Ruler.

Thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls were arranged in a row, suspended in mid-air. Each pearl emitted a five-colored radiance, which shone brightly, like a string of dazzling pearls. The light was ever-changing and beautiful, as if it contained the most mysterious secrets of the world.

The Qiankun Ruler lay quietly in Chen Qing's palm. Its body was blue and white, with the yin-yang fish pattern slowly flowing. An aura of the unity of heaven and earth emanated from it, creating a wonderful resonance with the Dinghai Divine Pearl.

The two spiritual treasures are a set of thirty-six mid-grade innate spiritual treasures and a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. Either one would be enough to make the powerful beings of the prehistoric world fight tooth and nail for it.

However, Chen Qing's next move surprised all three Qings.

He then threw the thirty-six Sea-Stabilizing Pearls and the Universe Ruler into the Universe Cauldron!

"Buzz—"

The Qiankun Cauldron trembled violently, its mouth spewing forth a dazzling, dark yellow light that engulfed both spiritual treasures. Immediately afterward, the cauldron began to tremble slightly, emitting a deep rumble, as if it were operating at full power, refining everything within.

"This kid..." Tongtian's eyes widened, his face full of heartache. "What a waste! Two top-quality innate spiritual treasures, just refined like that? The Sea-Stabilizing Pearls, a complete set of thirty-six, are rare treasures! The Qiankun Ruler is an even more top-tier innate spiritual treasure, containing the Qi of Heaven and Earth, with endless wonders! Just refined like that? What a pity!"

Although he was the leader of the Jie Sect and was always generous, he still couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache when he saw such a precious spiritual treasure being refined.

Yuanshi snorted coldly and glanced at Tongtian sideways: "What do you know?"

He said solemnly, "Spiritual treasures are ultimately external objects; cultivation is the foundation. Don't you understand this principle?"

Tongtian opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but found himself speechless.

Yuanshi continued, "Chen Qing cultivates the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, and he cultivates both his physical body and his spiritual power. He refines the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl and the Universe Ruler, extracting fragments of their laws and primal power, which he then integrates into himself, causing his cultivation level to increase dramatically."

He paused, his eyes flashing with a sharp light: "More importantly, the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl contains the image of all the heavens and the Universe Ruler contains the Qi of Heaven and Earth. The combination of the two is enough to open up a real world within the body."

If successful, Chen Qing will become the master of that world. As long as the world's level continues to rise, his cultivation will also increase accordingly—this is the right path!

"Alright, alright, you're right." Tongtian waved his hand and muttered, "I was just saying that later."

Lao Tzu remained silent, simply gazing at the surging light within the Qiankun Cauldron. His eyes held no pity, only satisfaction.

The key to acquiring spiritual treasures lies in their quality, not quantity. A few that are handy are enough; the rest are of little use. After all, refining spiritual treasures requires time and effort, and it's better to spend that time improving your cultivation.

His disciple, Chen Qing, had clearly already understood this principle.

"Alright." Laozi withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly, "Chen Qing is all settled, let's hurry up and cultivate. With the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, the situation in the prehistoric world is turbulent. As the true descendants of Pangu, the Three Pure Ones cannot be surpassed by others. Otherwise, the Three Pure Ones will lose face."

The "others" he referred to were naturally Donghuang Taiyi and Dijun. Those two, relying on the merits of establishing the Heavenly Court, caught up with the cultivation of the Three Pure Ones in one fell swoop, which made Laozi somewhat uncomfortable.

Of course, if the Three Pure Ones were to use their merits to enhance their cultivation, they could certainly do so—after all, they possessed the merits of Pangu's creation of the world, which were far greater than those obtained by Di Jun and Taiyi. But they felt it was unnecessary.

Firstly, their strength was already at the top of the primordial world, so there was no rush. Secondly, although the cultivation level increased by merit points had no hidden dangers, it was ultimately not something they had cultivated step by step on their own, so using it would be somewhat awkward and not as smooth and effortless as cultivating it themselves.

More importantly, the Three Pure Ones all had a deep-seated feeling that these merits from the creation of heaven might have an even greater purpose, perhaps even being closely related to their future attainment of enlightenment. Therefore, they would not easily use these merits unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, this immense merit from the creation of heaven has another wonderful use—protection.

With their accumulated merits, the protection of Heaven and Earth, and the blessing of good fortune, no one dares to kill them. Otherwise, the karmic consequences and backlash would be unbearable for anyone. This is one of the reasons why the Three Pure Ones were able to stand firm in the primordial world.

Upon hearing this, Yuanshi and Tongtian both nodded in agreement.

The three of them said no more, closed their eyes, and immersed themselves in cultivation.

At the summit of Kunlun Mountain, three powerful auras slowly rose, merging with heaven and earth and resonating with the Great Dao.

Meanwhile, Chen Qing was completely focused on controlling the Qiankun Cauldron, refining the Dinghai Divine Pearl and the Qiankun Ruler.

The Qiankun Cauldron truly lives up to its reputation as a supreme innate treasure; returning to one's origin and refining all things are its specialties. The two spiritual treasures within the cauldron, enveloped in the primordial light, slowly melted, transforming into two pure primordial energies.

The primordial energy of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl displays five colors, as brilliant as a rainbow, containing the imagery of the myriad worlds—mountains, rivers, earth, sky… countless illusory images of small worlds flow within it, like a miniature universe.

The primordial energy of the Qiankun Ruler is a mixture of blue and white, with yin and yang flowing and the primordial energy of heaven and earth surging within it, exuding a vast and boundless aura as if the world had been created.

The two primordial energies slowly approached each other within the Qiankun Cauldron, attracting yet repelling one another. Chen Qing dared not be careless, carefully manipulating the Qiankun Cauldron to gradually merge the two primordial energies.

This is an extremely delicate process; the slightest mistake can lead to a fundamental conflict, rendering all previous efforts futile.

Time passed slowly.

One year, ten years, a hundred years...

Chen Qing sat cross-legged before the Qiankun Cauldron, motionless, like an old monk in deep meditation. His mind was intimately connected with the cauldron, sensing every subtle change in the primordial energy within it.

Gradually, the two primordial energies began to merge.

Multicolored light intertwined with bluish-white light, forming a chaotic sphere of light. Within the sphere, the scene of the beginning of heaven and earth faintly appeared—pure energy rising, turbid energy descending, mountains taking shape, rivers flowing…

This is the process of the world's birth.

Chen Qing's heart stirred; he knew he had grasped the key. He activated his magic power, drawing the fused primordial energy from the Qiankun Cauldron and slowly drawing it into his body.

The moment the primordial energy entered his body, Chen Qing shuddered.

The aura was so vast and profound, it seemed to have contained an entire world within his body. His 840 million particles vibrated simultaneously, emitting a buzzing roar, as if cheering or welcoming something.

Chen Qing gritted his teeth and guided the primordial energy, dispersing it into every single particle.

This is a massive undertaking.

Eight hundred and forty million particles, each one must be integrated with a trace of the world's origin. Even if it's just a tiny trace, eight hundred and forty million of them add up to a terrifying number.

Fortunately, Chen Qing's suffering from the over-differentiation of his meta-neurons had long since made him accustomed to simultaneously controlling 840 million individuals.

With a thought, 840 million particles simultaneously began to operate, evenly absorbing and integrating that primordial energy.

At the same time, Chen Qing also put away the two undying spiritual lights. These two undying spiritual lights were of no use to him, since he already had countless undying spiritual lights in his body. He would save them as a gift for his future junior brothers!

Time continued to pass.

One hundred years, two hundred years, three hundred years...

A tremendous change is taking place inside Chen Qing's body.

Within each particle, a tiny point of light begins to appear. At first, that point of light is just an invisible glimmer, but as time goes by, it grows larger and brighter, gradually forming a small space.

That space was a chaotic void, with no up or down, no left or right, only endless emptiness.

But Chen Qing could sense that it was the beginning of a world.

As long as he continues to inject energy and laws into it, this small world will continue to expand and evolve, eventually becoming a truly complete world.

And he is the master of these worlds.

An indescribable joy welled up in Chen Qing's heart.

He eventually succeeded in traversing the myriad worlds.

Although it is only the beginning now, and these small worlds are just empty shells in a state of chaos, as long as he persists in cultivating and accumulating, one day, these 840 million small worlds will grow into the true myriad worlds.

At that time, he will be the lord of all heavens and the king of all worlds.

Chen Qing took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions and continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and lay a solid foundation for these small worlds as much as possible.

The Qiankun Cauldron continued to rotate slowly, but the primordial energy within it was almost depleted. Chen Qing absorbed the last trace of primordial energy into his body before letting out a long breath and opening his eyes.

In his eyes, there are the shifting stars and the birth and death of worlds, as if he encompasses the entire universe.

Early period of the Great Luo Dynasty.

His cultivation level remained steadily at the early stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Although it was only the early stage, his combat power was far beyond that of an ordinary Great Luo.

Eight hundred and forty million particles, each with the cultivation level of the early stage of the Great Luo realm, each fused with undying spiritual light, and each containing the rudimentary form of a world.

With such strength, he would dare to fight even a Quasi-Saint.

Chen Qing stood up, stretched his limbs, felt the surging power within him, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Then, he put away the Qiankun Cauldron, turned around and walked out.

After cultivating for so long, it's time to go back and take a look.

By the way, go check on that chubby little boy, Duobao, to see if he's been slacking off.