From Swamp Dog to Crocodile Ancestor

On this day, Li Yi sat quietly cross-legged atop the white jade palace, basking in the glow of the sunset.

The surroundings remained desolate, with the huge sun radiating its scorching heat. Without the protection of the swampy environment and the poisonous barrier, this scorched earth was dry and scorching, making it impossible for vegetation to survive.

I wonder how many more years it will take for this place to regain its vitality.

Li Yi silently transformed into his true form, his enormous body covered in dark scales that reflected a dazzling halo in the blazing sunlight, making him extremely eye-catching.

A wisp of red glow quickly gathered at the edges of these mirror-like black scales.

That was the midday glow, representing the sun's purest fiery aspect—intense and singular.

They flowed along the ink scales, quickly shrinking on the mirror-like surface, and strangely seeped into the mirrored world inside the ink scales.

The intense red light flowed into Li Yi's body and quickly converged towards the small world within him.

Within the realm of clarity and turbidity, chaos reigned. A moon and two indistinct suns hung high in the sky, emitting a steady light that illuminated the murky swamp below.

Such a wondrous sight would be impossible to find in the outside world, but this is the place where Li Yi's immortal foundation evolved, and it is exceptionally mysterious. By returning to the source, one can get closer to the Great Dao.

A ray of red light came from the outside world and pierced into this chaotic world.

The clear air was stirred up, and a blurry red sun shadow appeared faintly.

In an instant, the turbid swamp below roared, the three phases converged, forming a series of large whirlpools, and a series of spectacular sights exploded.

One after another, pillars of pale white fire rose from the ground, piercing through the chaos, sweeping past the pure and impure immortal foundations, and soaring straight into the sky.

Illuminated by the red glow of the sunset, they burned even more fiercely, exploding with a thunderous roar and turning into patches of white fire rain, as if unleashing a cataclysmic disaster in this small world.

Fortunately, there were no living beings here, only a vague place for expounding the Dao.

The clear air that formed the sky was filled with white flames of varying sizes, which were quickly polluted by the turbid air and became disordered.

The moon's shadow remained stable, but the two sun shadows were trembling violently.

Li Yi sensed something was wrong and immediately dispelled the beam of red light. The red sunlight then quickly dissipated like bubbles.

But it was already too late.

The golden shadows representing the sunset glow were affected and ignited by the white flames, burning fiercely and creating a spectacular sight before quickly vanishing.

As everything gradually returned to balance, Li Yi gazed at this small world and sighed.

This time, I was too reckless and wanted more, which led to a backlash.

Fortunately, the purple shadow formed by the morning glow was not affected; that was the result of his long-term cultivation.

The golden sunlight faded away, and since I hadn't cultivated for very long, the loss of power was negligible.

It's more of a symbol; it hasn't reached the stage of being full of power yet.

"call……"

Li Yi opened his eyes and found himself surrounded by a shimmering palace radiating white light.

Although he failed this time, he gained insights into the mysteries of the Pure and Impure Immortal Foundation and learned how to proceed next.

"No more rosy clouds can be added; just the first rays of dawn will suffice. This is the perfect state for us now."

"Only after I've cultivated it into a tangible form can I consider other things."

This path is difficult, especially the concept of balance, which gave Li Yi a completely new understanding of.

A beam of bright moonlight illuminated the white jade palace, and the moonlight flowed around like water, presenting a strange and wondrous phenomenon.

Li Yi then realized that it was already several nights later.

Cultivation knows no time.

He flashed and arrived outside the palace, gazing at the bright moon.

The moonlight tonight is slightly flawed; it's not a full moon, but it's still very beautiful.

Just as he was about to absorb the moonlight, Li Yi suddenly stopped, his gaze falling on a star that had suddenly appeared next to the moon, emitting a red light.

"This is……"

Looking at the faint hourglass-shaped pattern formed by this star and several other stars around it, he immediately thought of the star map inside the palace.

With excitement, Li Yi continued to look along one end of the hourglass. The stars were scattered everywhere, but some stars always twinkled steadily, gradually outlining a corner of the star map.

As the entire star map was about to match his memory, Li Yi's expression became completely solemn, and he stepped into the palace again.

boom!

A transparent ripple spread out, and Li Yi soared into the sky, leaving a sentence in the white crocodile's mind at the same time.

"Continue in the same direction as before."

In mid-air, Li Yi transformed into a chaotic streak of light, swiftly traversing the sky, searching for the truly complete territory of the star map.

There might be a secret hidden there, which must be related to an ancient human clan.

After hovering over the scorched earth for a while, Li Yi stood on a cloud, looked up at the sky above, and nodded to himself.

He was right under the illumination of the star chart, exactly where the star chart indicated.

Below was a flat, unremarkable expanse of scorched earth. Perhaps there were some secrets or strange phenomena here before, but after being swept away by the phosphorescent fire disaster, everything was burned to ashes.

Undeterred, Li Yi plummeted from the clouds, crashing to the ground with a thud, creating a large crater.

Immediately afterwards, a large swamp spread out beneath his feet, and the turbid air composed of the four phases of the swamp kept twisting and turning, turning the scorched earth into a swamp.

The scorched, grayish-black soil turned into silt, but there was still no sign of life in the area.

Seeing that a large area had been transformed into this state, Li Yi covered his entire body in black scales and ventured deep into the swamp.

Not long after, he encountered another hard clod of earth, which smelled of burning.

The phosphorescence disaster originates underground, and the first to suffer is undoubtedly the swamp itself.

When it breaks through the soil and ignites a patch of sky, that is the last glimmer of its light.

However, Li Yi possessed powerful magic; as long as his magic surged, he could continuously explore downwards.

As his magical power rapidly depleted, Li Yi's body gradually became sluggish.

Finally, he sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy somewhere diagonally below him, carrying an ancient aura.

At this moment, Li Yi had already ventured to an unprecedented depth in the swamp, so it was not surprising that he discovered this.

After a period of searching, Li Yi broke through the scorched earth around him, turning it into silt, and finally discovered the full picture of this fluctuation.

This is an ancient palace, its surface bearing the marks of time and decay. It is entirely made of some kind of ancient jade in white and red hues, and Li Yi can already perceive its entirety.

When Li Yi's senses swept over a broken section of the main hall, he was immediately invigorated.

He was now certain that the side hall that the white crocodile had previously recognized as its master was actually stripped off from this main hall!