Primordial Era: Starting with Chaotic Double Pupils, Becoming an Apprentice to the Willow God

The night in the desolate wilderness was eerily quiet.

Stone Village sits at the foot of the mountains, like a sleeping young beast.

A few dim lights flickered in the stone house, left by the villagers keeping watch.

In the surrounding darkness, a few muffled roars of beasts occasionally echoed, causing the leaves to rustle and fall.

Village entrance.

The huge, charred willow stump looked particularly lifeless in the night.

It was completely black, as if it had been burned by heavenly fire, leaving only a broken piece of its body.

Only a tender green willow branch hangs down from the top of the charred tree trunk, swaying gently in the night breeze, emitting a faint green glow.

This single green light is the only guardian of Stone Village.

The moment Ye Xuan arrived at Stone Village, an unexpected change occurred.

Ye Xuan's body was created by the sage Nuwa herself, and the most pure and original innate spiritual energy flowed within him.

That was the ancestral energy beneath Mount Buzhou, the first glimmer of life at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

However, the laws governing the lower realm of this world are not perfect.

When a "container" filled with innate pure spiritual energy suddenly appears in a barren land where the laws are imperfect.

It's like a lake filled with clear spring water suddenly appearing in a dry desert.

"call--"

A visible white wave of energy emanated from Ye Xuan and spread outwards with a roar.

That's not the wind.

That was an innate spiritual energy so rich it was almost impenetrable.

This spiritual energy was so pure, carrying a supreme and unparalleled rhythm of the Great Dao, that it instantly filled every inch of space in the entire Stone Village.

"Click."

At Ye Xuan's feet, several withered grass seeds sprouted, grew, and blossomed the moment they came into contact with this spiritual energy.

In the blink of an eye, a clump of lush green grass grew to knee height, with glistening dewdrops hanging on the leaves and emitting an enticing fragrance.

The originally dry and hard ground became soft and moist.

The intense heat in the air disappeared, replaced by a gentle, cool sensation.

Even the rough stone houses, washed clean by this spiritual energy, had their surface dust removed and began to glow with a faint, precious light.

At this moment, the barren stone village seemed to transform into a legendary paradise.

Ye Xuan stood there, stunned for a moment.

He never expected that simply crossing a line would cause such a huge commotion.

"Is this the difference between innate talent and acquired skills?"

Ye Xuan looked down at the wildly growing weeds at his feet and clicked his tongue in amazement.

He was just a mortal in the prehistoric world, unable to even defeat a minor demon.

But in this perfect world, the spiritual energy emanating from their bodies alone can bring blessings to the land.

Just as Ye Xuan was about to conceal his aura...

"Shh shh shh".

A series of rapid sounds came from behind.

The charred willow tree beside him, which had been lifeless, was now trembling violently.

The tender green willow branch, which had been swaying gently in the wind, now seemed to have come alive.

It stood taut, its entire body bursting with brilliant green light, no longer a faint firefly, but like a burning green torch, illuminating half the village.

It moved.

The willow branch, like a thirsty serpent that had been starving for countless years, frantically reached out towards Ye Xuan.

It did not attack Ye Xuan.

It stopped three feet in front of Ye Xuan, dancing wildly and greedily devouring every trace of innate spiritual energy emanating from Ye Xuan's body.

"Slurp—"

There was even a sound in the air that resembled drinking water.

With the infusion of innate spiritual energy, the green on that willow branch became deeper and more lustrous, as if it were carved from jade.

Even on the charred tree trunk, the originally dry and cracked bark began to heal, revealing a faint trace of new, tender white.

A powerful life force revived from within the withered tree stump.

Ye Xuan stood there, not daring to move.

He knew that Liu Shen had woken up.

That ancestral spirit who once slaughtered so many in the last era that no one dared to claim supremacy in the world.

Although it is now in decline and undergoing a rebirth, it is still essentially a powerful immortal king.

"Buzz!"

A mighty will descended without warning.

This will is not domineering, unlike the primordial sages who are aloof and regard all things as straw dogs.

It carries a sense of ethereal wisdom that sees through the vicissitudes of life, and a resilience that endures countless tribulations.

The surrounding space seemed to freeze.

The willow branch stopped swaying and hovered in front of Ye Xuan's brow, emitting a faint green light, as if scrutinizing him.

A voice resounded directly in the depths of Ye Xuan's mind.

"where u from?"

The voice was neither male nor female, nor could one discern joy or anger, yet it was filled with confusion.

"Why do you possess chaotic spiritual energy? This aura... is pure and ancient, like the source of all things, yet it is different from any other source I know."

"Moreover, you possess a primordial Dao aura that I have never seen before."

The Willow Goddess has awakened.

It was awakened by this "delicious" taste it had never experienced before.

Ye Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the tension in his heart.

He knew that when facing a powerful figure of this caliber, lying would be easily exposed, but telling the truth was more likely to trigger significant consequences.

It must be half true and half false.

Ye Xuan straightened his animal-hide royal robe, bowed slightly to the charred tree stump, his posture neither humble nor arrogant.

"Junior Ye Xuan greets the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit."

He raised his head, and in his distinctive double pupils, a chaotic current swirled, reflecting the green light on the willow branches.

"This junior is originally from beyond the heavens."

"Due to an accident, I accidentally entered a spacetime rift, lost my way home in the chaos, unaware of the passage of time, and when I opened my eyes again, I found myself here."

"As for this aura..."

Ye Xuan paused, a wry smile appearing on his face.

"Perhaps I was tainted by some chaotic energy in the spacetime rift, without even realizing it."

There's truth and falsehood in what he said.

Time travel is real, and so are the spacetime rifts.

As for the chaotic aura?

That wasn't something contaminated; it was a unique product of his own primordial nature.

The willow branches swayed gently, as if trying to discern the truth or falsehood of Ye Xuan's words.

"A spacetime rift... beyond the heavens..."

Willow Goddess's voice carried a hint of contemplation.

"This world did indeed have a passage leading to the outside world, but it has long been severed."

next moment.

An invisible wave emanated from the willow branches, instantly enveloping Ye Xuan's entire body.

That was Willow God's investigation.

It wanted to see through the boy's background, his past and his future.

however.

The moment Liu Shen's will touched Ye Xuan's body.

"Buzz!"

Ye Xuan's double pupils suddenly lit up.

The two pupils overlapped, deep and boundless.

A hazy mist welled up from the depths of her pupils, instantly obscuring Liu Shen's senses.

That wasn't Ye Xuan actively defending himself, but rather the self-protection mechanism of his double pupils.

It is also a layer of causal mist left on Ye Xuan by the primordial Heavenly Dao.

In Liu Shen's view.

The boy in front of me suddenly disappeared.

Instead, chaos reigned.

A vast, boundless, absolute chaos, devoid of up, down, left, right, time, and space.

Even though it was a Celestial King, even though it had once understood the mysteries of eternity, it could not see through this layer of chaotic mist at this moment, nor could it see Ye Xuan's past and future.

Blank.

It is outside the Five Elements and transcends the boundaries of Heaven and Earth.

"I can't see through it."

There was a hint of surprise in Liu Shen's voice.

"Your destiny is actually a state of chaos."

The willow branches ceased their probing ripples and returned to their gentle state.

Although she couldn't see through Ye Xuan, Liu Shen didn't sense any malice from him.

On the contrary, she felt very comfortable.