The Primordial Path of Kong Xuanming

All living things constantly change their fate during the evolutionary process, and cultivators must overcome heavenly tribulations to evolve to the next level. Before achieving immortality, one must undergo the three-nine, four-nine, six-nine, and nine-nine heavenly tribulations (the cultivation realms below immortality are: Acquired, Innate, Great Perfection of Innate, Foundation Establishment, Void Core, Core Formation, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Emergence, Divine Transformation, Body Integration, Tribulation Crossing, Mahayana, and Ascension, each stage has 12 levels). After achieving immortality, each major stage also requires overcoming tribulations (the cultivation of immortality is divided into Mortal Immortal, Human Immortal, Divine Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Taiyi Divine Immortal, Taiyi Heavenly Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Taiyi Mysterious Immortal, Great Luo Divine Immortal, Great Luo Heavenly Immortal, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Great Luo Mysterious Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Sub-Saint, each stage also has 12 levels). Those who fail to overcome the heavenly tribulations will die and their souls will perish, or only their true spirit will remain to reincarnate, their spiritual energy returning to heaven and earth. The cause and effect of constantly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth during the evolutionary process will also cancel each other out. Aside from those who attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal status and enjoy infinite lifespan and immortality, all cultivators below that level face the crisis of the Five Signs of Decay of the Celestial Beings.

Because the primordial beings born from heaven and earth have extremely long gestation periods, ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of years, they absorb immeasurable spiritual energy during this time. Therefore, even the weakest among them possess the strength of an Earth Immortal upon birth. Of course, some gods and demons are born with the strength of a Golden Immortal (the first five sacred beasts to be born), but this strength refers to physical strength and the innate supernatural abilities of gods and demons. The offspring of gods and demons do not possess such strength and can only inherit and cultivate their innate supernatural abilities. At the same time, the mating of different gods and demons may also give birth to new races. Truly powerful races have few members, and under the constraints of the rules, the more powerful the primordial race, the lower its reproductive capacity.

The Five Sacred Beasts were born from the primordial chaos of the Five Elements, and from their very inception, they were tasked with suppressing the four cardinal directions of heaven and earth. The Azure Dragon of the East (Wood), the White Tiger of the West (Metal), the Phoenix of the South (Fire), the Black Tortoise of the North (Earth), and the Qilin of the Center (Water) each govern a system of rules. The innate Five Elements cycle endlessly, controlling the balance of growth for all living things. Where there is life, there is naturally conflict. Over countless billions of years, countless different races have been born, and countless billions of lives have perished. In this primordial universe, survival of the fittest prevails; the law of life is vividly displayed, with the high ruling over the low, and the strong ruling over the weak.

Another billion years have passed. At this time, more than five billion years have passed since the creation of heaven and earth. Countless billions of innate gods and demons have appeared on the primordial land. These gods and demons have formed countless forces of all sizes, whether for self-preservation, to control a region, for racial hatred, or to conquer and rule everything.

Among them, the three most powerful races are the winged bird race, the wingless beast race, and the aquatic race that lives in the endless ocean. The three races venerate the five sacred beasts of the primordial chaos, namely the Northern Earth Black Tortoise, the Southern Fire Phoenix, the Central Water Qilin, the Eastern Wood Azure Dragon, and the Western Metal White Tiger, as their supreme beings.

The five sacred beasts suppress the five directions of heaven and earth. The three major clans revere the seven-colored phoenix of the phoenix clan, the five-colored qilin of the qilin clan, and the nine-clawed dragon of the dragon clan as the kings of the three clans, leading trillions of people of the three major clans in the Eastern Continent!

The primordial land is boundless, and there are many powerful beings with supernatural abilities stronger than the three great races of the primordial world. These include: the Three Pure Ones (transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit); Taiyi, Dijun, and Xihe from the Sun Star; Nuwa and Fuxi from Buzhou Mountain; the Northern Darkness Demon God Kunpeng; the Ancestors of Qiankun, Diandao, Qiongtian, Xiantian, and Wuji—all of whom are Great Luo Golden Immortals. These powerful beings usually gather in small groups of two or three. Without the strength of a Quasi-Saint or higher, even Great Luo Golden Immortals cannot withstand a numerical onslaught! Therefore, many powerful Great Luo Golden Immortals do not easily offend the three great races of the primordial world, choosing instead to live in seclusion, cultivate in seclusion, or gather in groups for self-protection! Of course, the three great races also do not easily provoke them!