The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 12 The Great Dao Within Oneself, the Disgusting Zhou Chen
After completing the creation of his microcosm, Zhou Chen glanced at the disciples of the Jie Sect who were still immersed in listening to the sermon, and began to organize the content of the sage's sermon.

The sages previously discussed cultivation methods and insights for those below the Great Luo realm up to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. These were largely irrelevant to Zhou Chen, because below the Great Luo realm, cultivation was merely about honing magical power; the Golden Immortal realm involved obtaining the Dao Fruit of Longevity; the Taiyi realm involved contact with the laws; and the Great Luo realm involved perfecting the laws, transcending the River of Destiny, and beginning to build one's own Great Dao. Although the sages didn't discuss the later Quasi-Sage realm, Zhou Chen could still deduce some of it.

After all, Zhou Chen had read quite a few fantasy novels about the prehistoric era in his previous life. Wasn't it all about severing the three corpses? According to what the sage said and the essence of innate spiritual treasures, Zhou Chen could come up with the method of severing the three corpses. It was about occupying the profound mysteries of the Great Dao contained in the innate spiritual treasure by severing the corpses. This is why the stronger the innate spiritual treasure, the stronger the clone of the severed corpse. Because the stronger the innate spiritual treasure, the stronger the innate supernatural powers or profound mysteries of the Great Dao it contains.

Although Zhou Chen hasn't yet established his own Great Dao, he's not someone an ordinary Grand Luo Immortal can easily challenge. Leaving aside his immense magical power, the spatial and temporal power contained within it alone is beyond the capacity of a Grand Luo Immortal who hasn't yet established their own Great Dao. While Grand Luo Immortals have escaped the River of Destiny, they haven't restrained the timeline. Of course, almost no one would dare to interfere with the timeline. The River of Time isn't something anyone can cross at will. Even Saints rely on magical treasures and supernatural powers to cross it, but do you think a Saint would dare to act within the River of Time?

They simply dared not, firstly because Heaven would not allow it, and secondly because even a sage could not withstand the backlash of the long river of time.

But Zhou Chen is an exception. His entire body has been washed by the River of Time, achieving a state of physical immortality and primordial spirit indestructibility. Moreover, after being washed by the River of Time, Zhou Chen's entire body, including his physical body, magical power, and primordial spirit, possesses certain attributes of the River of Time. In other words, Zhou Chen can attack the past, present, and future. He is not afraid of the backlash from the River of Time at all. As for the Heavenly Dao, it cannot kill him either. At most, it can seal him, but not for long. You can't seal the River of Time for Zhou Chen's sake! As long as you don't seal the River of Time, Zhou Chen can emerge from a certain point in the River of Time, it just takes some effort.

Although Zhou Chen's offensive power may not be as strong as those great supernatural beings who have established their own Great Dao, when it comes to survival methods, they cannot compare to Zhou Chen, who has proven his physical body to be immortal and his primordial spirit to be indestructible.

Zhou Chen may not be as powerful as a great master in attack, but his characteristics are the same as those of a saint in the prehistoric world. Note that he is a saint in the prehistoric world!

Because sages are special, they are Primordial Golden Immortals formed from Primordial Purple Qi. They are immortal and indestructible in the Primordial World, but once they leave the Primordial World, their immortality disappears. In the Primordial World, they can rely on the power of the Heavenly Dao to exert strength far exceeding that of Primordial Golden Immortals, since they can borrow the Great Dao of the Primordial World. However, once they leave the Primordial World, they can only exert the strength of their own Great Dao.

Although Zhou Chen hasn't broken free from his own Great Dao, his attacks are incredibly disgusting. As long as someone hasn't broken free from their Great Dao, Zhou Chen can attack their past. But if someone has broken free from their own Great Dao, Zhou Chen can also attack their past if he's really determined, though it will provoke a backlash from the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao relies on these Great Daos to increase its strength. The more Great Daos there are in the primordial world, the stronger the Heavenly Dao becomes. If Zhou Chen does this, it's like he's ruining the Heavenly Dao's livelihood. If the Heavenly Dao allows it, then something is amiss.

Of course, it's not that the Heavenly Dao will protect you just because you've found your own path. After all, there are countless powerful beings in the primordial world who have found their own paths, such as the Great Luo Golden Immortals, Quasi-Saints, and Primordial Golden Immortals, and the Heavenly Dao has never interfered with them.

Because Zhou Chen's attack was equivalent to erasing the person's current path. If the person died before even leaving this path, how could this path still exist?
In the primordial world, taking Quasi-Saints as an example, there are no special spiritual treasures between them. They simply use their own Great Dao to obliterate the other's Great Dao. Once the other's Great Dao is obliterated, the other will die. But will the other's Great Dao still exist?

Yes, it exists in the Heavenly Dao, and it's even stronger there. The Heavenly Dao is like copying homework from you, and it's not just copying from you, but from everyone in the entire prehistoric world. How could you possibly compare? Okay, we've digressed. Overall, Zhou Chen's safety is basically guaranteed. If pushed to the limit, he might do something earth-shattering.

Zhou Chen summarized the content he had discussed. The earlier parts were not very important, but the part about the Tongtian Sect Master from five thousand years ago was about formations.

Among the Three Pure Ones, Laozi was skilled in alchemy, Yuanshi was skilled in weapon crafting, and Tongtian was skilled in formations.

Tongtian began by explaining the most basic formations, and then gradually progressed to the more advanced ones, including the Ten Deadly Formations and the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, which shone brightly in the Investiture of the Gods. Finally, he discussed the Primordial Chaos-level formations, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

There are many formations in the primordial world, but there are only four Primordial-level formations: the Great Formation of Heavenly Gods and Demons, the Great Formation of Heavenly Stars, the Formation of Ten Thousand Immortals, and the Formation of Slaughtering Immortals.

The Great Array of Divine Fiends is a protective array for the Wu Clan, set up by the Twelve Ancestral Witches. It can summon the phantom of Pangu, and is invincible to anyone but a saint. In essence, it uses the fundamental Dao of the twelve clans to summon the phantom of Pangu and unleash the Dao of Pangu's power. Of course, their strength is far from reaching the level of Pangu's Dao of power, but its power should not be underestimated, especially in the primordial world, where whoever creates the world has the strongest Dao.

The Zhou Tian Star Array is a protective array for the demon race. It is led by 365 Great Luo Golden Immortals of the demon race, with the Chaos Bell as the array eye, the Hetu Luoshu as the medium, and the 365 Great Luo Golden Immortals of the demon race as the power source. It mobilizes the Great Dao Origin of the Zhou Tian Stars to attack the enemy. Even saints have to retreat.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation originally belonged to the Eastern King Duke. It was said that if ten thousand Great Luo Golden Immortals were to set it up, it could rival a sage. Later, the Purple Mansion was destroyed by the demon race, the Eastern King Duke perished, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation diagram fell into the hands of the Tongtian Sect Master. The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation is not to be underestimated; it gathers the power of ten thousand immortals, forming a formation within a formation. The Great Dao within the formation will bless the person in charge of the formation, thereby enhancing their strength.

The Immortal Slaughtering Formation is the most famous among the four Primordial Chaos-level formations. If set up by a sage, it is said that it cannot be broken by anyone other than the Four Sages. Originally, it belonged to Rahu. Later, Hongjun defeated Rahu, and the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Diagram also fell into Hongjun's hands. When the treasures were distributed in Zixiao Palace, Hongjun bestowed the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Diagram upon Tongtian Jiaozhu.

In fact, it is the unique nature of the Great Dao contained in the Four Swords of Zhuxian, coupled with the enhancement of the formation, that gives them such a resounding name.

(End of this chapter)